In fact, when Li Chengqian saw the opponent launch the Zhenguan General's cannon, he knew that the city could not be defended.
In order to prevent the people from being persecuted by the rebels, he sent people to the city to notify the people to evacuate before he asked the soldiers to withdraw the city wall.
Therefore, when the rebels entered the city, there were almost no people in the city.
But even so, the rebels are still in high spirits.
Especially Wen Tong.
The city in front of them blocked them for half a month.
And after paying the price of more than 10,000 casualties, the city finally fell under their feet.
Arriving in front of the dilapidated city wall, I looked at the tragedy in front of me.
Wen Tong couldn't help but sigh: "After paying such a heavy price, we finally captured Runzhou City."
However, Mr. Naru did not show any excitement that he should have after winning.
He looked at the battlefield solemnly, then grabbed a general next to him and asked, "Have you captured any prisoners?"
The general hesitated for a moment and did not reply.
Seeing this, Mr. Lu couldn't help but frown.
He said: "Why don't you answer?"
Seeing that his tone was unhappy, the general could only bite the bullet and said: "We have not captured any prisoners!"
"What?"
Wen Tong on the side was a little confused.
He asked in surprise: "Tens of thousands of people were involved in this war, how could it be possible that no prisoners were captured?"
"That's right."
"But we really didn't catch it."
Obviously, the general was also a little confused about this.
"Those guys are really hard to describe in words."
"Even if some people are under heavy siege, no one is willing to surrender."
"What's more, after being captured by our army, he immediately committed suicide by talking."
The expression on the general's face was very complicated.
Before coming, they had only heard that Runzhou City was filled with new troops and local troops.
But how come the new army and the local army have such combat power? Could it be said that Li Chengqian dispatched elites from other armies while he was coming to support?
Obviously, no.
The only soldiers who followed Li Chengqian to defend here were the Runzhou soldiers and the Changzhou soldiers, except for the more than a thousand soldiers of the Qianzi camp.
You know, even the rebels did not take these soldiers who belonged to Jiangnan Road in their eyes.
Especially after experiencing several previous wars on the Yangtze River.
The rebels almost believed that they were more of a rabble than a rabble.
But this war actually changed their view of Jiangnan Road's soldiers.
Of course it's not just them.
The people in Datang were also shocked by the outcome of this war.
Although the final result was defeat, Runzhou City was captured by the enemy.
But when facing an enemy several times their own, the combat power displayed by Jiangnan Road soldiers is really eye-catching.
Not only did no one escape when the city was broken, there were even more than a thousand people willing to serve as death squads.
When Li Chengqian and his large troops retreated, these people stayed in the city and fought fiercely with the enemy in the alleys, blocking the enemy's pursuit.
Even if they were captured later, none of these people surrendered, and all of them died in the battle, or simply committed suicide.
This kind of scene has never happened even in the Liangzhou Army.
After all, ants are still alive, let alone a group of living people?
And this time, the performance of Jiangnan Road soldiers in Runzhou City really impressed everyone in the world.
Just when all the rebels were sighing together that these Jiangnan soldiers were brave and not afraid of death.
A scout suddenly galloped over.
He ran straight to Wen Tong, got off his horse and intervened: "General, we found traces of the enemy's large army, and the traitor Li Chengqian was among them..."
As soon as he said this, Wen Tong didn't wait for him to speak.
Mr. Lu on the side said directly: "Then what are you waiting for? Why don't you chase after me?"
Wen Tong also decisively ordered: "Send the order and mobilize 10,000 soldiers and horses to follow me to pursue the remnants of the enemy's army. We must capture Li Chengqian alive and not let him escape Jiangnan Road!"
They came for Li Chengqian.
How could Li Chengqian be allowed to run away so easily?
More than 10,000 people followed Wen Tong out of the city and followed Li Chengqian's retreat route. ??
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now.
Li Chengqian and his party had already left the confines of Runzhou City.
However, the 6,000 Changzhou soldiers who followed Li Chengqian to Runzhou now have less than 2,000 left, and there are even fewer Runzhou soldiers left.
As for Qianzi Camp, after the war is over, we can directly announce the fourth reconstruction.
Now the whole army together is less than 3,000 men.
However, in the face of such a war, it would be considered good if the entire army was not wiped out.
After running for more than ten miles, Li Chengqian saw that no pursuers were catching up, so he ordered the entire army to rest and regroup on the spot.
The journey along the way is truly intolerable to many people.
After all, they had just experienced a big battle, and almost everyone was injured.
But now that they were able to run for ten miles in one breath, even the tough men in the Qianzi camp could no longer hold on, let alone the Jiangnan soldiers who lacked training.
The exhausted people fell to the ground, gasping for air.
Li Chengqian also got off his horse, walked to a big tree and sat down.
Luo Ding'an and other members of the Qianzi Camp stood beside him.
Li Chengqian looked around and found that Zhu Gu was not among the team.
He couldn't help but ask: "Where is Mr. Zhu?"
Hearing this, Luo Ding'an looked around, but did not find Zhu Gu's figure. He couldn't help guessing: "Master Zhu seems to have never followed..."
Li Chengqian frowned, feeling very uncomfortable in his heart. Judging by the time, the enemy may have entered the city now, and may even start to pursue our side.
If Zhu Gu fell behind or was trapped in the city, then he might really be in danger.
Thinking of this, Li Chengqian couldn't help but sigh.
Zhu Gu is a good person, whether he is an official or whatever.
If he really died in this war, it would be a real loss to the Tang Dynasty, and even more to the people of Runzhou.
Just when Li Chengqian was filled with melancholy.
Suddenly, a messenger came and said: "Your Highness, there are dozens of people running towards this way..."
Hearing this, everyone immediately became vigilant.
The soldiers of Qianzi camp also stood up one after another.
Luo Ding'an immediately said: "Who is the other party? Is he a pursuer?"
"Probably not."
The ordering soldier thought: "Looking at the armor, it looks like one of our own."
"They probably ran away."
Li Chengqian immediately said to Luo Ding'an: "Ding'an, please bring someone to help."
"Yes, Your Highness!"
Luo Ding'an clasped his fists in agreement, then picked up his sword and mounted his horse, leading hundreds of people to follow the messenger and run towards the rear.
Not long after, they stopped the team coming from the direction of Runzhou City on the road.
Just as the messenger said, these people are all officers and soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.
And Zhu Gu was surprisingly among them.
When Zhu Gu saw Luo Ding'an, he breathed a sigh of relief: "General Luo, is your highness here?"
"Your Highness has no worries, just rest in front."
Luo Ding'an said: "Just now, His Highness was still thinking about you, but now that you are fine, Your Highness can rest assured."
After hearing Luo Ding'an's words, Zhu Gu couldn't help but feel moved.
Just when he was still about to say something, everyone suddenly noticed that the ground began to tremble slightly.
Looking into the distance, I saw tens of thousands of green-armored rebel soldiers rushing towards them with dust all over the sky...