Chapter 426 0421 [Northern Holy Duke] (Tree for the leader is like this 12
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"Dong dong dong dong!"
The drums were beating loudly in the camp, and even Deng Chun led his light cavalry and ran on foot to chase down the defeated Chu army.
Instead, the heavy armor soldiers and fire gun soldiers who had just made great achievements chose to silently retreat to the camp.
The Chu army was not an elite golden army, and was defeated several times in a row. Without a decisive force to join the battle, the rest of the battle would be completely one-sided.
But the unlucky Gong Bin encountered a crazy enemy army, and nearly a hundred of his swordsmen and shieldmen were killed or wounded (more injured than killed), which has reached a ratio of one-third. Because among the 3,000 soldiers, there were only 250
Sword and shield hand.
While Gong Bin was fighting hard, the Chu army on the left was killed and routed.
The friendly troops on the left who got out of the battle immediately attacked the flank of the frantic Chu army, and together with Gong Bin, they defeated the enemy in front of them. Gong Bin also quickly got out of the bitter battle, and then rushed forward to cooperate with the friendly troops on the right, continuing to form a pincer attack.
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Attack, break up.
Attack again, then collapse.
The advantage of the Chuanxia Rebels on the entire battlefield expanded like a snowball.
Because the Chu army had too many defeated troops, the reserve team that rushed to respond was overwhelmed by the defeated troops.
Zhong Xiangqin led his troops to participate in the battle. Everywhere he looked, they were surrounded by defeated troops. He didn't know where to save them. Even if he knew, he couldn't get through. The way forward was blocked by routed troops. The soldiers under his command pulled him and tried to persuade him.
"Your Majesty, leave quickly, we have been defeated!"
Zhong Xiang glanced at Ju Ming's camp, felt resentful and powerless at the same time, turned around and fled back to Jiangling City with his soldiers.
The deserters and pursuers ran hard on the mud, and from time to time someone fell to the ground.
It's a pity that we couldn't use cavalry to pursue them and could only watch a large number of troops retreat and just flee towards Jiangling City.
Ju Ming asked the heavy cavalry retinue and some civilians who returned to the camp to clean the battlefield and control the prisoners. He smiled and said to the people behind him: "The south is stable."
Zhang Boring asked: "There will still be many enemy troops fleeing back to the city. Do they want to stay and continue to attack the city?"
"It's best if we can negotiate," Ju Ming looked to the north. "Our enemy is not in Jinghu, so there is no need to increase unnecessary casualties. However, for this negotiation, one Jiangling will definitely not be enough. Yidu and Changyang must also be captured!"
Yidu is on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and Songzi can be attacked by land. If Zhu Ming takes it, Prime Minister Zhong will have even more trouble sleeping and eating.
Gu San's chest continued to bleed, and he came back with a strange spear: "Marshal, look at this, it can pierce heavy armor."
Zhu Ming glanced at it and said: "The Iron Cone Spear is not that rare. It is in the "Martial Arts General Essentials"."
It is impossible to pierce heavy armor by relying on manpower to attack with a gun, but it can pierce the gaps between the armor plates.
Yue Fei's son, Yue Yun, did not use a hammer as written in the novel, but a weighted version of a special iron cone gun. In the early Northern Song Dynasty, in order to deal with the heavy armor of the Liao State, the Song army once equipped the iron cone gun on a large scale, but later it gradually became less common.
It was used and was not picked up again until the Southern Song Dynasty when it dealt with the Jin soldiers.
This is not some strange weapon. There are so many of them in existence that later generations of archaeologists unearthed more than two hundred weapons at one time.
"The blade is four-edged, quite strong and sharp, and cannot be broken. It is shaped like an ear of wheat, so people call it a wheat ear gun." This is the written record of the iron cone gun.
When repeatedly stabbing heavy armor, the spear tip and spear tip will slip, sliding from the armor piece to the gap.
When an ordinary spear slides toward a gap, its force is much weakened, and it is difficult to penetrate even the gap. The special structure of the iron cone spear can use the remaining force to easily penetrate the gaps between the armor plates.
If it were stabbed deeper, the wound left by the square pyramid would cause the enemy to bleed profusely.
Wang Xun glanced at it: "It may be that there is a weapon warehouse in a county in Jinghu. There are some iron cone guns stored decades ago. The bell thieves got them and ordered the craftsmen to imitate them. The army of the Song Dynasty has rarely used them because
It is not easy to make, and even if it is made, it will be disliked by the soldiers. Because in the past few decades, the Song Dynasty has made a large number of weapons using filled steel. The tip of the iron cone gun is too thin, and the filled steel is not hard enough, so it is easy to break during combat."
"Hurry up and bandage it!" Ju Ming scolded.
Gu San was stabbed by a square pyramid, but fortunately it didn't go deep into his flesh, otherwise the wound would be really difficult to treat.
Prime Minister Zhong's headquarters was the first to flee back to Jiangling. As soon as he entered the city, he shouted: "Only open the north gate of Wengcheng!"
He asked the remaining troops to stand above the barbican, ready to throw rocks and logs at any time, and he led his troops to ambush on both sides of the inner city gate. As long as the enemy dared to follow the broken troops and pursue them, he would immediately launch an all-round attack.
Gong Bin chased the enemy to the moat. The water level in the moat had risen sharply, but the current was not too fast.
Some of the Chu troops he was chasing fell down and were captured on the way, some lost their strength and knelt down to surrender, and some were trampled to death. Nearly half of them fled here and jumped into the moat.
The moat was densely packed with people.
No matter how good the water is, you can't swim. There is no room for your arms to paddle, so you can only keep treading water with your feet.
The Sichuan Gorge rebels who chased here stood on the shore and repeatedly poked into the water, and bright red blood began to boil in the water.
There were also some Chu soldiers who were out of strength, unable to support their feet in the water, so they subconsciously hugged the people next to them, and then they sank to the bottom of the river together.
Those who can get close to the other side are the lucky ones. There is no need to climb at all. The river water has risen close to the river bank. All you need to do is lie on the bank with both hands and exert force, and then roll up.
The several bridges on the moat were also crowded with broken soldiers. From time to time, people were squeezed into the river, and there were many trampled corpses on the bridges.
The barbican city was already crowded with defeated soldiers, and latecomers could not enter at all, so they could only run around the city wall without their lives.
Sporadic broken troops could be seen everywhere in the suburbs of the city. They were fighting in the wrong direction and could not escape towards the city. They could only flee wherever there were no pursuing troops.
"You go away quickly and don't bother me anymore!"
Yingxuan, the hero of Dongting, roared angrily. He had a deep wound. He was bleeding profusely and was weak. After running for a while, he couldn't hold on any longer. He was almost dragged away by his own soldiers.
"When we first became sworn brothers, we said we would live and die together. How can we abandon my brother now?"
"When a man is alive, he is nothing more than a righteous man. Today he will accompany his brother to death!"
"We can't speak. Anyway, I will sell my life to my brother."
"..."
There are about twenty or thirty people left around Yingxuan, all of whom are rangers from the waters of Dongting Lake.
They armed themselves with weapons and surrounded Yingxuan, trying to drag a few backers to die together.
More and more rebels are chasing after them. Some of the Yuanyang squads have already dispersed. Upon seeing this, they immediately formed a temporary formation. One after another, hundreds of people formed formations here. I feel that Yingxuan is a big shot. Once captured, it will be more cost-effective than ordinary rout troops.
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Yingxuan was indeed a big shot. He brought capital into the group and captured two counties to join Prime Minister Zhong.
After Zhong Xiang proclaimed himself emperor, he rewarded the leaders of various ministries. He was originally going to give Yingxuan the title of county prince. However, Yingxuan did not want to be too showy and resolutely declined the title of king, and finally named Beishenggong.
Yan Qi, whom Han Shizhong and Chen Ziyi defeated in Zhijiang, was only titled Xishenghou.
Yingxuan couldn't bear the unbearable death of these rangers, so he pushed away the two men who were protecting him, and said to the besieging pursuers: "I am the Holy Duke of the North of the Chu Kingdom. If I surrender, can I spare their lives?"
An officer said: "Since he is the Holy Duke of the North, he must be taken into custody and handed over to the Generalissimo for disposal."
Yingxuan said: "Mr. Zhu's name has been well known to me for a long time. I just happened to go to meet the hero today."
Although the ranger was not afraid of death, he did not want to die either. He honestly threw away his weapons and was escorted back to the camp by the soldiers.
"Beishengong?"
Ju Ming looked at this man carefully. He had some impression of Yingxuan. He was a capable general of Prime Minister Zhong and died in the battle before Yang Yao became the leader.
In the early stages of the uprising, Prime Minister Zhong and Yang Yao were still very popular among the people.
There were even heroic deeds in which the government troops robbed the people, while the rebels fought tooth and nail to protect the people.
At that time, the Southern Song Dynasty general Kong Yanzhou (who later paid gold) suppressed the uprising and sent troops to plunder small towns and villages along the way. Although the rebel general Xie Baoyi had few soldiers, he fought hard with the officers and soldiers, and the villagers also came to help. Kong Yanzhou was defeated and returned
He robbed officers and men's warships and greatly increased his strength.
"It is the Holy Duke of Northern Chu of Great Chu who is here!"
Yingxuan could hardly stand, so he raised his hands and said: "They are all wanderers, please Mr. Zhu let them live."
Seeing that his face was pale and the wound was bleeding, Ju Ming ordered: "Call the military doctor and bandage this Northern Holy Gong."
The Sichuan Gorge Rebel Army has already withdrawn its troops and is escorting prisoners back one after another. More civilians have been called back to clean up the battlefield.
Ju Ming was sitting next to him, watching the military doctor clean the wound with strong liquor, then apply ointment and wrap it with linen.
"There are four holy dukes over there in Chu State, right?" Zhu Ming asked.
Yingxuan said: "One prince, four holy kings, four holy dukes, and four holy princes."
Ju Ming smiled: "With the titles of north, south, east and west, and adding the word "sacred", this title is a no-brainer. Do you believe what Prime Minister Zhong said?"
Yingxuan said: "I believe that the rich and the poor should be equal to the rich and the poor."
Ju Ming asked: "In other words, you don't believe in Manichaeism?"
Yingxuan remained silent and did not answer.
Ju Ming asked again: "When Zhong Xiang became the emperor and you became the Holy Duke, how could he be equal to the common people?" Ju Ming pointed to the prisoner camp and said, "I don't have enough strong wine and ointment, and I have to treat my own soldiers. You are seriously injured.
They can be treated, but other prisoners can only be simply bandaged. Let alone the common people, even the soldiers cannot wait for the nobles."
Yingxuan was speechless and could only go around and say: "It can make the poor live better after all."
Ju Ming said: "I can also make the poor live better."
Yingxuan said: "I have read Mr. Zhu's "Chasing the Dufu Zhao Jixi"."
"Would you like to submit to me?" Zhu Ming asked directly.
Yingxuan said: "It is difficult to betray the old master."
Ju Ming smiled and said: "If you surrender, if you don't want to fight with Prime Minister Zhong's army, you can follow me to fight against the officers and soldiers from now on."
Yingxuan was still hesitating.
Ju Ming pointed at the rangers: "If you don't want to surrender, they will all die!"
Yingxuan and the rangers looked at each other. After a moment, he endured the severe pain of his wounds and knelt down: "Greetings to Ming Gong!"
"Okay!" Zhu Ming happily helped.
Not long after, the soldiers came back carrying a corpse: "Marshal, when we were cleaning the battlefield, we found a high official who was suppressed by the corpse and had not been seen before."
Ju Ming asked: "Who is this person?"
Yingxuan took a look and said with a sad expression: "Dong Shenggong Xia Cheng."
Ju Ming immediately ordered: "Send Xia Cheng's body to Jiangling and say that I want to talk to the person named Zhong!"