Chapter 412: I'm Going To Get Away With My Clothes (Happy National Day!)
As the fire started at the dock, Zhang Wu, who had rested for the whole day, said to Nan Jiyun, who had also finished repairing:
"General Nan, it's time for you to perform!"
"Nan Jiyun!"
"The end is here!"
"Order to lead three thousand cavalry to attack Yin Ziqi's camp at night! After entering the camp, don't be wary, just set fire to the camp. Do you understand?"
"You will finally understand!"
Nan Jiyun got on his horse and shouted: "Light the torch!"
Three thousand cavalrymen raised their torches at the same time, and a long fire dragon appeared in the dark night.
Nan Jiyun held up the torch and whipped his horse whip vigorously, and three thousand cavalrymen shot towards Yin Ziqi's camp like an arrow from a string.
Nan Jiyun's cavalry charged and set fire, while Zhang Wu took the remaining troops and took advantage of the night to touch the light of the fire.
Zhang Wu did not ask the troops to move faster, but asked all the soldiers to keep shouting:
"Luoyang is back!"
"Yin Ziqi is dead. Surrender without killing him!"
And Nan Jiyun led the cavalry into the enemy camp. He stepped over the fence of the camp astride the horse, and then Nan Jiyun threw the torch in his hand vigorously:
"put!"
Torches were thrown into the camp built by Yin Ziqi along the water. The torches streaked across the sky like a fire dragon rising into the sky, illuminating the Puppet Yan camp.
The infantry led by Zhang Wu gradually approached the military camp while shouting.
When Luoyang returned, Yin Ziqi's death cry reached the camp. The Puppet Yan army, which was already panicking, completely collapsed.
Yin Ziqi was old and slept very lightly. He had already woken up when the explosion occurred at the dock.
He put on his coat and walked out of the tent. When he saw Nan Jiyun's cavalry throwing torches and Zhang Wu's army shouting slogans.
Yin Ziqi said quickly: "Not good!"
"Quick! Put up my flag! Let people shout out that I'm not dead!"
The soldiers under his command began to shout: "Nothing happened in Luoyang! Yin Ziqi is still in the army!"
However, their voices were not as loud as those of the infantry led by Zhang Wu.
Among the rebels, many soldiers already wanted to escape, and they also shouted after Zhang Wu's troops.
Just like that, the defeat spread to the entire army, and Yin Ziqi watched helplessly as some of the soldiers around him began to flee.
The flames burned from the dock to the granary. The military camps in the front row were all set alight by Nan Jiyun's cavalry. The Chinese army had already begun to flee.
Yin Ziqi sighed and said, "Our army is defeated!"
Yin Ziqi has a set of golden armor, which was given to him by An Lushan. The armor pieces are covered with gold foil. Yin Ziqi wears this set of golden armor every time he fights.
Yin Ziqi did not run away directly, but went back and put on this iconic set of gold armor.
Perhaps it was a long-term hint. When the soldiers on the left and right saw Yin Ziqi put on the golden armor, they immediately felt much relieved.
Yin Ziqi said to the left and right:
"The military camp is in chaos. If you want to survive, follow me and fight out!"
His personal guards were still hesitant at first, but they saw that the surrounding soldiers had begun to fight each other, fighting for the way out of the camp.
They saw the golden armor on Yin Ziqi again, raised their weapons and said:
"I am willing to break through with the commander-in-chief!"
Yin Ziqi mounted his horse. He immediately gave up the idea of saving the army and fled in the direction where the military camp was not on fire.
In Suiyang City.
Zhang Xun was preparing for the next day's battle when he heard an explosion outside the city.
He quickly climbed onto the city wall and saw flames rising into the sky from the Puppet Yan military camp.
"Is there a fire? No!"
Zhang Xun saw the "Fire Dragon" rushing up from the lower reaches of the Bian River. It was a cavalry!
Zhang Xun's deputy Xu Yuan also heard the noise. After he climbed onto the city wall, he saw the fire dragon crashing into the enemy camp.
Xu Yuan quickly asked: "Commander, where did this army come from?"
Zhang Xun immediately said: "It's Nan Jiyun! General Nan is back!"
Xu Yuan was stunned. He looked at the burning enemy camp doubtfully and asked:
"Did Nan Jiyun really borrow troops? Where did they get so many cavalry here?"
Zhang Xun was also a little confused. The total cavalry in Pengcheng and Linhuai was only 3,000. Could it be that Pengcheng and Linhuai sent troops together to rescue Suiyang?
How is this possible? Since the siege of Suiyang, Zhang Xun often wrote letters to Xu Shuji and Helan Jinming, but all the letters fell into the sea.
If they had wanted to save Suiyang, they would have sent troops long ago. How could they go all out to save Suiyang when they were running out of ammunition and food?
Zhang Xun asked Nan Jiyun to break out and ask for reinforcements, mainly to show the defenders in the city and let them have hope for reinforcements.
In addition, they also hope to protect Nan Jiyun, a powerful general of the Tang Dynasty, and let him leave Suiyang City.
But Zhang Xun didn't expect that Nan Jiyun could really borrow troops to come back.
Immediately afterwards, Zhang Xun heard Zhang Wu ordering the soldiers to shout.
"Luoyang is back!"
"Yin Ziqi is dead. Surrender without killing him!"
The fire in the enemy camp below was getting bigger and bigger, especially the grain and grass next to the dock were on fire, and the flames shot into the sky and illuminated Bianshui River.
Xu Yuan said excitedly: "Commander! The enemy has been defeated!"
Zhang Xun was able to defend Suiyang for eight months. Naturally, he could see that the enemy's camp was on fire and the granary was burned.
In such a situation, even if the Soldier Saint is resurrected, he will not be able to save the completely collapsed army.
Zhang Xun said decisively: "The reinforcements came from the Bian River. Yin Ziqi's army camped along the river. After being defeated, they will inevitably flee towards Suiyang!"
"Drumming! Let the young men in the city get up to speed and follow me out of the city to kill the enemy!"
Xu Yuan quickly stopped Zhang Xun and said, "Shuai Zhang! The soldiers in the city are tired and have been without food for many days. It's too risky to leave the city now! It's better to wait until dawn!"
Zhang Xun said: "At this time, the enemy camp has been defeated. If I were Yin Ziqi, I would definitely break out of the camp and gather the troops near the camp."
"The enemy has hundreds of thousands of people. If he is allowed to organize again, he may fall into a deadly battle again."
"Now we need to take advantage of Yin Ziqi's failure to gather his troops and completely defeat the puppet Yan army!"
Zhang Xun is indeed Yin Ziqi's old rival.
Just as Zhang Xun expected, after Yin Ziqi broke through with his soldiers, he immediately had his flag set up, and ordered his soldiers to light bonfires and collect the soldiers who escaped from the camp.
Originally, Yin Ziqi had gathered thousands of people. He ordered the escaped soldiers to hold torches to guide more people to come and gather.
But at this time, the gates of Suiyang City suddenly opened wide, and Zhang Xun personally led his troops to kill them!
"Kill! Capture Yin Ziqi alive!"
The soldiers in Suiyang City had a deep hatred for Yin Ziqi. Now that Yin Ziqi was defeated, although they were also hungry and panicked, they still showed amazing fighting power.
Zhang Xun was already fifty-seven years old, and he still charged forward with the Mo Dao in his hand, directly charging towards the phalanx where Yin Ziqi gathered his defeated troops.
Yin Ziqi also did not expect that Zhang Xun, an old rival, would risk going out of the city to fight at night.
It happened that he had just gathered the soldiers and the soldiers were still in shock.
Sure enough, following a charge by the Suiyang defenders, the soldiers who were originally frightened birds put down their weapons and fled again.
This time, even Yin Ziqi's personal guards abandoned him and ran away.
Yin Ziqi felt desperate. He was about to mount his horse and escape, but because his golden armor was too eye-catching, he was regarded as a target by the Tang army.
Feathered arrows flew directly towards Yin Ziqi, and one of them hit his horse.
Yin Ziqi quickly abandoned his horse and ran away, only to see an old man rushing up with a sword in his hand.
"Thief Yin shall die!"
Zhang Xun was the fastest. He faced off against Yin Ziqi countless times on the city wall, and was naturally very impressed by the golden armor he wore.
At this time, Zhang Xun was already skin and bones from hunger, but he still stabbed Yin Ziqi in the back of the heart!
Yin Ziqi, who was frightened to death, was stabbed by Zhang Xun's Mo knife in a panic. Severe pain hit him. He turned around and saw Zhang Xun's pale face, vomited blood and said:
"Die at your hands! Fortunately!"
After saying this, Yin Ziqi vomited blood and died on the spot.
This battle lasted from night to day.
Nan Jiyun led the cavalry to charge eleven times and burned more than half of the puppet Yan's camp.
Zhang Wu's infantry kept shouting outside the military camp while receiving the surrendering troops. By daybreak, the number had swelled to 50,000.
Most of Yin Ziqi's troops surrendered directly to Zhang Wu, while a small number became skirmishers and fled the battlefield.
The rest include those who died by drowning in the Bian River, those who were trampled to death in the military camp, and countless soldiers who were burned to death by fire. These need to be slowly counted after the war.
The enemy general Yin Ziqi died in battle, and the largest rebel army in Henan could be considered completely destroyed.
Although the rebels still occupy Bianzhou City and several other important cities in Henan Province, they are obviously at the end of their campaign.
One night later, the situation in Henan was completely reversed!
Nan Jiyun introduced Zhang Wu to meet Zhang Xun.
After hearing about Zhang Wu's deeds, Zhang Xun finally understood how Nan Jiyun had borrowed troops from Bianzhou and Linhuai.
He held Zhang Wu's hand and said: "General Zhang! You are a righteous man!"
Then Zhang Xun said to Nan Jiyun:
"Helan Jinming was the military governor who was officially given the banner by the imperial court. You killed him to save Suiyang. The blame lies with me."
"I will apologize to the court."
Nan Jiyun said to Zhang Xun: "Shuai Zhang! He Lan Jinming was killed by someone from Nan! You have done great service in guarding Suiyang, and you have also done a great job in killing the enemy general Yin Ziqi. Don't let this incident ruin your future!"
"
Zhang Xun said: "I'm just a dying old man. I have no future. Nanba, you are a rare and powerful general. You can't get involved because of this matter."
At this moment, Zhang Wu said with a smile:
"Don't argue, you two. Helan Jinming was killed by me, Zhang Wu, and Helan Jinming's nephew Helan Jing can testify."
"Now that Suiyang is relieved of the siege, I will hand over the Bianzhou and Linhuai armies to you two."
"It depends on two of us to regain Henan Road!"
Zhang Xun and Nan Jiyun were both shocked, but saw Zhang Wu had already mounted the horse and said:
"The rescue of Suiyang was just for Zhang's temporary motivation. Now that the siege of Suiyang has been resolved, it is time for Zhang to leave."
After making such great achievements, Zhang Wu just left like this?
He still took on the crime of assassinating He Lan Jinming and left like that?
I only heard Zhang Wu singing while riding his horse:
"When it's over, take off your clothes and hide yourself and your name!"