An Chongjie was captured alive, which shocked the entire battlefield.
The Jin soldiers who were chasing out of the city suddenly lost their momentum and had no intention of pursuing them. They rolled back the flag and retreated into the city. The battlefield became eerily quiet for a while.
After a long time, enthusiastic cheers broke out everywhere.
Li Cunxiao stood proudly on his horse and accepted the cheers from everyone. In the past, such cheers only belonged to Shao Sheng.
Ye Li Kecheng, the commander of Long Xiang's army on the right wing, looked at him angrily.
He and Princess Heyang were childhood sweethearts, and he felt a father-like admiration for the saint, so he couldn't bear to see this guy's arrogance.
But the other warriors are very down to earth.
On the battlefield, there is one thing that can be recognized by both the enemy and ourselves, and that is bravery.
Historically, Li Siyuan led tens of thousands of exhausted infantry troops who had walked hundreds of miles of mountain roads. Facing the Khitan "half a million horsemen" arrayed on the plain, he took off his helmet and charged with his adopted son Li Congke.
He entered the enemy's formation, fought hard with his hammer, and was invincible. Then he captured a group of handsome men alive and returned.
This can greatly boost morale, and has the power to turn decay into magic - the Jin army advanced with great noise, and the Khitan army was defeated.
However, Ye Li Kecheng was confident of stopping Li Cunxiao's charge.
Zhu Jin, who is known as the number one horse breeder in Henan, doesn't dare to conflict with their formation. Li Cunxiao, an immature wolf cub, do you want to try?
"General Li is indeed very brave, and he ranks first in the battle of Zhuozhou." Ge Congzhou walked over with a smile and said.
Before the battle was over, it was said that Li Cunxiao was the first in meritorious service, but no one objected to this statement.
The facts are there. He first annihilated more than 3,000 Jin reinforcements from Anyuan, and then broke into Yizhou, which greatly shook the will of the enemy troops on the front line, forced the Yiwu army to retreat, and Zhuozhou lost troops and generals. Today, he captured the enemy alive at the foot of the city.
General An gave a heavy instruction and saved the lives of many defeated Xia soldiers.
After careful calculation, he achieved three merits. But who would have thought that just two months ago, he was besieged by the Jin army and the Yiwu army. He was beaten like a dog and couldn't even get out of the city.
Of course Ge Congzhou knew the reason, but it seemed that Li Cunxiao was still a little unclear, or maybe he knew it very well, but his character flaws made him a little arrogant, thinking that he had done a lot of credit and everyone else was just a foil.
"I like to hear what Ge Shuai said." Li Cunxiao smiled and said, "If An Fu accommodates this son, send someone to surrender. If he doesn't surrender, cut off the head of An Chongjie's son and give it to him to see if he can
Will he be so angry that he vomits blood and dies?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone had different expressions.
Isn’t this what a human being is saying? You killed someone’s only son who became a useful person, and you still expect them to surrender? Maybe you didn’t spend all your wealth to reward the troops, and then threw your wives and concubines to the soldiers to play with, and then killed them to use as military rations?
To boost morale and fight you to the end?
An Zhongjie, who had just been tied up, glared at him angrily and was a little worried at the same time.
This is not the first time he has been captured. He has been captured once before in Qizhou, and both father and son were arrested at the same time. He was released that time, will he be let go this time? I'm afraid it won't be that simple.
"General Xiao'an, what do you think?" Ge Congzhou walked up to him and asked condescendingly.
An Zhongjie was a little embarrassed and angry.
I wanted to beg for mercy, but felt that I was losing face, but if I didn't beg for mercy, if I was really killed, everything would be over. After thinking about it, I finally felt that face was more important than life, so I made up my mind not to say anything.
If you die, just die. If you beg for mercy at this time, even if you survive, it will be really worse than death - it is better to die than to be poked by others for the rest of your life.
Ge Congzhou seemed to be able to guess his inner thoughts, and said: "What a great young man! I have been fighting for many years, and I have seen some people betray their close friends to the enemy in order to achieve meritorious service; some people sacrifice their wives and daughters to the enemy in order to survive, hoping to make a living.
It's a joy to see someone; there are people who, for the sake of wealth and honor, do not hesitate to call their slaves and have no shame. You - very good. Are you really prepared to kill them at the point of necking?"
An Zhongjie gritted his teeth, a complicated look appeared on his face, but he remained silent in the end.
"What a pity!" Ge Congzhou smiled and said, "You want to die, but you have no chance. Your grandpa doesn't want you to make such a cruel choice. The beloved son of his parents, alas!"
An Zhongjie was startled when he heard this. He turned around and looked around. There were people around him, but he couldn't see anything.
But soon, a voice came from the wind: "The Jin people have opened the city! Anfu has moved to the city!"
Immediately, there was the sound of intensive war drums and the sound of trumpets. A large group of sergeants came out to form a formation to guard against the Jin army rushing towards them.
The quietness in the north wind is disconcerting.
An Fuqian, the governor of Zhuozhou, led more than 2,000 people out of the city and slowly stood still.
The north wind whistled, and the military flags were flying. An Fuqian, with gray hair on his temples, sat on his horse and stood still for a long time.
After a long time, he sighed softly and waved his hand.
A horseman ran out and arrived in front of Xia's army formation, saying: "Shao Shengyuan raised a righteous brigade and conquered the famous capital. The sound of good news continued to vibrate, and all the bad things were eliminated. The guilty general An Fuqian deeply understood his past mistakes, sincerely offered his prefectures and begged the saints.
Think about the livelihood of the people and protect the common people."
After the knight finished reciting it once, he recited it loudly twice more, and then returned to the formation.
Ge Congzhou also quickly received the news.
He was not surprised. There were not many soldiers in Zhuozhou to begin with, and the resistance was very hard. The morale of the whole army was low, and they were confused about what the future would bring. Now that his son was captured in front of the battle again, it was really hard for An Fuqian to continue resisting even if he wanted to.
I can't cheer up. In this case, it's better to surrender.
Shao Sheng and the King of Jin recognized each other as brothers and were not life-and-death enemies like Zhu Quanzhong. It would be nothing if they surrendered.
"An Shijun understands the great righteousness, and the saint will surely be rewarded if he hears it." Ge Congzhou ordered to untie the rope from An Zhongjie's body.
An Zhongjie was still sitting on the ground, dejected, not knowing what he was thinking.
Over there, after receiving a clear signal, An Fuqian ordered the defenders to take off their armor and throw it on the ground together with their equipment.
Wang Qianyu, the deputy envoy of the Longxiang Army, led his men forward and drove more than two thousand surrendered troops to one place, guarding them carefully.
Yan Bao, the military commander in the left wing, received the order and led two infantry commanders into the city to control key points.
At this point, Fanyang City fell into the hands of the Xia army for less than a month.
Li Cunxiao looked on boredly. When he walked past An Zhongjie, he chuckled and said, "You and your son were captured twice."
An Zhongjie lowered his head and said nothing, but his clenched fists revealed his inner unrest.
Li Cunxiao laughed loudly and rode back to the Qingyi army's formation.
Ge Congzhou entered the city that afternoon.
Fanyang (today's Zhuozhou) was placed in the first year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign in the Sui Dynasty. It was once renamed Yongyang, Laishui, and Zhuoxian. Its ownership was uncertain between Yizhou and Youzhou. After Zhuozhou was established in the Dali period, it has always been Zhuozhou.
This place can be said to be a very crucial place in the south of Youzhou. If you lose this place, you will become virtuous and easy to rule. Soldiers and horses from the east of the river will swarm in. Based on this place, you can use the terrain to keep the enemy away - no,
Ge Congzhou immediately sent people to repair Qigou Pass.
Qigou Pass is located between Laishui and Fanyang. It was the site of Cao Bin's great defeat in history.
Guancheng has not been renovated for many years. It is already in tatters and has no garrison. It is almost undefended. It really needs repairs and reinforcements.
In addition, he also asked An Fuqian to personally go out and persuade Guiyi, Xinchang and Xincheng counties under Zhuozhou to surrender - Gu'an County, which had resisted Tianxiong's army for a long time, had just been captured.
In these counties, except for Gu'an Zhengdao, which has a few generals, the rest of the troops are weak, and most of them are guarded by Tutuan villagers. With An Fuqian's help, I believe that few people are willing to sacrifice their lives for Hedong.
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"Your Majesty, good news came from Zhuozhou. Ge Shuai conquered Fan Yang and took over the counties." Inside the carriage, Shao Shude soon received good news from the front.
Shao Shude stretched out his hand, and Chu Shenping handed it over respectfully. Along with the good news, there was also a letter from the supervisor.
After careful review, he roughly understood the process of this battle.
Ge Congzhou was more impartial and did not make any false claims, but he also pointed out tactfully that Li Cunxiao was unruly and unruly, not easy to control, and offended too many people, which was not conducive to the unity of the army.
Shao Shude laughed after seeing it.
After this guy was persuaded to surrender by the Liu family in history, Li Keyong wanted to protect him, so he just waited for his generals to intercede for him. What happened? No one interceded for Li Cunxiao.
Needless to say, Kang Junli, Li Cunxin and others who had a bad relationship with him would definitely not plead for mercy, but what happened to the other "neutral factions"? They didn't even say anything.
It can be seen from this whether Li Cunxiao knows how to be a good person.
"I hope he is smarter." General Shao Shude stood aside and thought silently.
He is not the kind of person who has never seen a brave general. In fact, Shao Sheng himself is a brave general - well, that's a slight exaggeration.
Since the beginning of the tribulation, there have been as many brave men as crucian carp crossing the river.
Is Zhu Jin brave? He is quite brave. But he went against me, and in the end even his wife let me sleep with him.
Is Xia Luqi brave? He is quite brave. He is loyal, and I gave him two beautiful palace ladies.
Li Cunxiao, the eldest nephew, if he can restrain his madness, he can be put to good use. If he continues to seek death, there is nothing to say. Reducing his position to serve the people is a frivolous thing. If he fails, he will be destroyed.
If it's a dragon, hold it for me. If it's a tiger, lie down for me. I don't have a stamp collecting habit. I only lick women, not famous generals.
After finishing thinking, he picked up the military newspaper and read it.
Ge Congzhou sent Ye Li Kecheng and his troops to guard Qigou Pass to block the Jin army that might advance. He also left Wang Qianyu to guard Zhuozhou to prevent the rebel army from coming back. He himself led the main force of Long Xiang's army and effectively
Jie Jun rushed to Youzhou - actually only a hundred and twenty miles away, passing through Liangxiang County.
This is a rush to pick the sweetest fruit.
Since Ge Congzhou presided over the Northern Expedition, Shao Shude felt his emotional fluctuations from the formation of troops for the first time.
Yes, veterans in the field can judge a lot of things through some details.
"Send the order -" Shao Shude tapped his fingers and said: "Go straight to Youzhou, no need to stop. The Qingyi army Li Cunxiao's troops were assigned to the camp in Qizhou and placed under the command of Ge Congzhou. Guide, Longwu, Konghe and other armies
It was also assigned to the camp in Qizhou, and King Siwu of Zhao was appointed as the deputy commander of the camp. In addition, An Fuqian and his son were asked to come to have an audience."
"According to the order." Chu Shenping responded.
The messenger rushed out quickly and headed to Zhuozhou to deliver the order to Youzhou.
