"There are small words; deep things can be said. The rabbit dies and the fox is sad; the sound of injury is sad." [Su Muzhe watches to send filial piety]
Large groups of deserters broke out of the city and scattered towards Suishui. They are still willing to follow Cheng Yin. The only candidates are the family soldiers they have trained for many years. Only a few thousand people protected Cheng Yin and others as they fled to Shuishui.
Sushui.
At this time, the Yulin army who was chasing after them began to fire arrows leisurely on their horses. Anyone who still held the sword and resisted would be shot to death. Some people saw this and hurriedly dropped their swords and knelt down to beg for mercy. Yulin
The cavalry ignored him and rode straight towards him. The deserters followed suit, and surrendered soldiers began to appear on the entire battlefield, causing considerable chaos.
Xu Rong followed the army on horseback. Seeing the tragic scene of corpses lying everywhere, his heart was not shaken. Instead, he asked someone to pull up a surrendered rebel leader from the ground and asked: "Where did Cheng Yin and other traitors go?"
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"Go, go to the north of the city."
"You are deceiving me by ordering people to break out to the east of the city. In fact, you are fleeing through the north gate with a small number of troops." Xu Rong nodded and said, "There are indeed capable people in their army."
Gaishun said at the right time: "The thieves have been routed. Now that they know their movements, if we send cavalry to pursue them by the river, the thieves will rush to cross the river first to escape for their lives. If they are crushed by people and horses, our army will gain a lot."
"I have already sent Gongming to lead the troops." Xu Rong disagreed and said calmly, then asked: "Does General Gai Lang also want to take advantage of his merits in chasing down the bandits?"
Gai Shun's brows twitched and he looked at Xu Rong thoughtfully.
When did this "already" mean? Was it a preparation before the war or a temporary order just now? Why had he never heard of Xu Rong making such an arrangement?
Of course, this is not the time to care. Gai Shun is naturally unwilling to put himself in the same position as Xu Huang, nor is he willing to lower himself to compete with Xu Huang for the pursuit of military exploits. Moreover, he and Xu Rong are the presiding officers of this war.
You don't need to personally behead the enemy to share the credit.
So Xu Rong wants to use this method to perform meritorious service for his confidant Xu Huang, so let him do it, Gaishun thought in his heart, not to mention there is a more important thing waiting for him at this time: "No need, let's leave it to this
Let’s defeat the enemy. Our top priority should be to clear the battlefield and collect the prisoners until the country arrives in person.”
Cheng Yin and Hou Xuan ran hastily towards Sushui, with the rumble of horse hooves behind them. When they anxiously ran to the shore, they saw a mist on the river, and a few small boats docked alone among the reeds.
All is a joy.
But before he could be happy for a long time, he saw groups of soldiers rushing towards the ships. They were fighting for it, and they even did not hesitate to draw swords on the former robes. Cheng Yin was furious and kept scolding: "
Stop it! No grabbing!"
With the power of the past, his roar temporarily calmed everyone, but as the thunderous sound of horse hooves behind him mixed with billowing dust, attacking the remnant army with its back exposed, everyone began to be confused again. Cheng Yin and Xu You
We had already boarded the boat first. The small boat could carry more than a dozen people, but at this time no one cared about the number of people and kept crowding onto the boat.
"Let me go up! I haven't gone up yet! General, let me go up!"
"Don't sail the boat, don't sail the boat yet!"
"Get out of here! Let go!" Cheng Yin stood on the boat, looking like a madman. He held a knife in his hand and kept slashing at the side of the boat, cutting off the fingers of the deserters who were begging for help on the side of the boat.
The deserters had their fingers and hands cut off, and they all fell into the shallow water, wailing and struggling in pain. After this, no one dared to run to Cheng Yin's boat, but instead climbed onto other boats.
Some people on the boats nearby also imitated Cheng Yin and chopped off people's hands, while others were unprepared and were overturned from one side of the boat. The whole boat fell into the water and struggled. The scene was noisy and chaotic. Suddenly, thousands of people were thrown into the water.
Yu Mingqi gave chase and suddenly ran into the chaos.
"Brother!" Cheng Yin shouted anxiously on the boat. The candidate had already run to the shore. When he saw the pursuers arriving and heard Cheng Yin's anxious cry, he hesitated for a moment and turned to Cheng Yin miserably.
He smiled and shouted: "You go first!"
After saying that, he turned around and walked back with his knife in hand. Facing the cavalry running like a pack of wolves, he shouted: "Come on, come on! If you lose, you will lose. The candidate is here, who will kill me?"
Take your head and I will guarantee you a great achievement!"
First came Hou Zhe, Zhao Yun and Zhao Yun, who came on horseback with spears and swords in hand. Zhao Yun's riding skills were slightly better than Hou Zhe's and ran ahead. When Hou Zhe saw this, no matter how close Zhao Yun was to Xu Huang, he subconsciously jumped on the horse
He bent his bow and nocked an arrow, and shot it out with a whoosh. The arrow relied on the wind and the horse's speed to quickly surpass Zhao Yun. An arrow hit the candidate's forehead. The feathers of the arrow were still trembling. Zhao Yun rushed over soon after and swung his arrow.
He took out a sword and cut off the candidate's head.
The headless body of the candidate was still standing there. Zhao Yun and others ignored him and passed by with their horses. Together with the cavalry chasing after them, they trampled on the shallow river beach to kill the remaining soldiers.
Cheng Yin stared blankly at the headless body of the candidate standing on the spot, and then he was tripped by the chasing cavalry and trampled to a bloody pulp. He vaguely remembered that he abandoned Li Kan in Baibo Base to escape for his life last year.
Inside the door, Li Kan must have been chopped to death by the enemy in despair, right?
Why did he do the most cowardly thing among the three of them?
Xu You stood on the boat at this time, no longer as calm and calm as he had deliberately shown in the past. When he saw Cheng Yin standing at the head of the boat, he mustered up the courage to say: "Cheng... Mr. Cheng, the enemy's army is strong, we should hurry up."
Let's set sail and retreat for the time being. When we reach the other side, we can find Fan Jun and others' soldiers and horses."
Cheng Yin turned around and knocked Xu You down on the board of the boat with a palm. He was completely devastated. He seemed to be shouting, but also questioning himself: "Where else do you want to run!"
Xu You threw himself to the side, and his face was immediately buried in the pile of fingers that Cheng Yin had just chopped off. He opened his eyes wide and looked at the pile of fingers, feeling dozens of cold fingers pressing against his face.
, Xu You, who said that he had "seen more enemy generals than he had killed", spat it out with a "wow". Cheng Yin was even more angry when he saw this trash, and couldn't help but chop him with a knife.
He went up and said, "It's all because of you, you mediocre dog! If it weren't for you, our brothers would have ended up in this situation!"
"A mean dog! A mean dog! A mean dog!"
The regret of being defeated and fleeing, the grief and anger of losing his brother, and the guilt hidden in his heart all came to his heart at once. Cheng Yin looked ferocious, and he slashed at Xu You's thin body with a knife like crazy, only cutting the other person.
It was only after he was completely changed that he regained some of his sanity.
He stared at the shivering boatman and the few remaining soldiers with red eyes, and hissed: "Send the boat back!"
At this time, there were no traces of the rebels on the battlefield anymore. They either fled in all directions, were killed, or knelt down and asked to surrender. Xu Huang Zhuoran immediately stepped forward. He waved his hand to his side and stopped his men from raising their hands.
With the action of releasing arrows from the bow, Zhao Yun, Hou Zhe and others watched Cheng Yin's boat rowing back to the shore.
"In our army, whoever belongs belongs to whomever belongs, and even I cannot usurp it at will." Xu Huang just witnessed the whole process of Zhao Yun and the two killing the candidate, although he would look for opportunities to cultivate Zhao Yun regardless of public or private matters.
, but his character does not allow him to do things for personal gain: "Hou Zhe, I will remember your contribution."
Hou Zhe's face was filled with joy and he held his fists in thanks.
Xu Huang nodded. He saw that Cheng Yin was still holding a knife in his hand after he came ashore. He must not have come ashore to ask for surrender, but was determined to die, so he said casually: "As for him, in the end, he can be regarded as a brave man."
, it is not beautiful to die in the rebellion, so let Zilong give him a ride."
The Battle of Jie County finally ended with the annihilation of all the rebels including Cheng Yin, Hou Xuan and others by the Sushui River. Gaishun finally lived up to the last chance given to him by the emperor and defeated the enemy in one battle, capturing over 10,000 prisoners.
, beheaded thousands of people, the thief general Cheng Yin, and all the candidates were killed.
Just when Xu Huang began to clean up the battlefield by the river and was about to send people back to report his merits, the Northern Army led by the emperor belatedly arrived at the outskirts of Jie County.
Also arriving with the emperor were several battle reports from Taiyuan, Anyi and other places.