Chapter 65 The army was defeated like a mountain, Cui Shou fled
"What's going on? Hasn't that bastard Yan Xian attacked yet? If this continues, our army will definitely lose more people."
Cui Shou felt a little uneasy. At this moment, in addition to the people from the affiliated tribes, many Shanu warriors from the Rock Tribe themselves also died, and the number of casualties increased sharply.
However, Yan Xian, who was supposed to attack at the appointed time, still did not move, and the defenders of Yicheng did not panic at all, which made Cui Shou a little uneasy.
However, the battle has begun, and with the current situation, it is impossible for him to retreat.
Sighing, Cui Shou ordered the army to continue attacking. Like a violent storm, they kept occupying the top of the wall, but were counterattacked by the Zhou army.
During this period, Shanu's army had lost two or three generals one after another.
"Damn it, what on earth is that bastard Yan Xian doing?"
After waiting for a while, Yan Xian still didn't attack, which made Cui Shou become annoyed and cursed at Yan Xian.
"Commander, the situation seems to be wrong, why don't we retreat first." Cui Zian gritted his teeth and advised Cui Shou.
Cui Shou was already furious. After hearing Cui Zian's advice, he grabbed his collar and said with a ferocious face: "Retreat? How to retreat now? Once we retreat, our previous great advantage will be completely destroyed."
Pushing Cui Zian aside, Cui Shou immediately shouted to the crowd below: "I will attack at all costs, occupy a position on the city wall, and use a siege truck to break open the city gate for me."
"Anyone who is affiliated with the Rock Tribe and beheads a Zhou soldier will directly become a resident of the Rock Tribe and receive one hundred taels of silver."
At this moment, Cui Shou could only seduce these people with generous rewards. As for the warriors of the Rock Tribe, Cui Shou gave even more generous rewards, making these people even more crazy.
As soon as Cui Shou finished speaking, Shanu's army had occupied a place on the city wall and destroyed a piece of the wall to make it easier for Shanu's army from behind to come up.
"Kill." An Chuhe was originally responsible for defending the north. The breakthrough this time was within his defense line, which immediately made An Chuhe even more crazy.
Yin Xi and Zhang Ci were not to be outdone. As one of the four major generals, they each occupied a side and repelled Shan Nu's attack, but also paid a heavy price.
Yan Xian had not launched an attack until now. Cui Shou knew that Yan Xian must have had an accident, but now he could no longer think too much and could only attack the city at all costs.
As long as the city is conquered and Bai Yutian is captured, everything will be worth it.
However, things often backfired. When Shanu's army was attacking, a deafening sound of charge suddenly came from behind.
An army of 50,000 to 60,000 people is coming towards this side. It is not difficult to judge from their flags that these people belong to the Great Zhou side.
They arranged a large army behind the city in an attempt to surround the city, but were unexpectedly surrounded by the Zhou rebels.
"Yan Xian is dead, the camp has been lost, and those from Shanu who surrender will not be killed." With the sound of the charge, the figures urging surrender were deafening, and soon reached Shanu's side.
Suddenly, the expressions of countless Shanu people changed, and the blood disappeared from their faces.
Yan Xian was the second most powerful general under Cui Shou, and now he was the number one under Cui Shou. However, he was actually killed by the Zhou army. How could he keep Shanu's army from panicking?
Cui Shou turned around and his pupils shrank suddenly. His eyesight was extremely strong and he saw Yan Xian's head in Jing Zhao's hand.
In addition, Jing Ling, who was wearing prison uniform, was also among the army, which showed that the Shanu military camp had been lost.
Needless to say, the defenders responsible for guarding the military camp must have been in dire straits.
"Continue to attack the city. Anyone who dares to retreat will be killed without mercy." Cui Shou shouted and ordered the army to continue attacking the city.
The siege of the city was extremely brutal. The city wall occupied by Shanu's army was like a meat grinder at the moment. Tens of thousands of corpses were piled there. The blood had soaked the entire city. The mountains of corpses and seas of blood came to the city.
It’s no exaggeration to describe it.
"Yan Xian and his 100,000-strong army were completely wiped out. You are just struggling to the death, so why don't you surrender quickly?" Jing Zhao led all the soldiers to shout loudly, which had a great impact on Shanu's army.
"Not good." Cui Shou secretly shouted.
Even though they have an army of 400,000, the loss of Yan Xian's 100,000 army is definitely an immeasurable loss for them, and the blow to Shanu's army is absolutely devastating.
Under such circumstances, I am afraid that the morale of Shanu's army will be greatly reduced.
Sure enough, soon the Shanu people began to escape, even taking a large part of the people around them with them.
They thought that they had lost tonight and had no chance of winning.
As soon as the Shan Nu under the city wall escaped, the Shan Nu army above the city wall also began to panic. The Shan Nu army, which totaled only a few thousand people, was exposed to the sight of tens of thousands of Zhou troops.
Under the huge pressure, the hearts of these soldiers were shaken. Many people began to flee, abandoned the city and jumped directly from the city wall.
The leader of this Shan Nu army was Cui Shou's third fierce general, named Shi Ju. He originally wanted to escape, but was blocked by An Chuhe and the others.
He would rather die than surrender and got into a fight with three people. However, one person was the enemy of three people and he was quickly killed.
The army was defeated like a mountain, and Shannu was quickly defeated and fled in all directions.
"Commander, let's run away quickly, leaving the green hills behind, so we don't have to worry about running out of firewood." Cui Zian and a group of generals quickly advised.
Cui Shou, on the other hand, clenched his fists and stared at Bai Yutian on the city wall with a ferocious face.
Bai Yutian was in the first place. Under heavy protection, he commanded the occupation and sat in the rear, which continuously improved the morale of the Zhou army.
Since Shanu attacked the Great Zhou Dynasty, he has always been victorious and defeated the Great Zhou Dynasty in almost every battle.
This made Shanu's self-confidence inflated, and he even had the idea of completely destroying the Great Zhou Dynasty.
However, Cui Shou never dreamed that he would fail here, and it would be a huge defeat.
"The whole army retreats!" Cui Shou roared, almost speaking out word by word, with a gloomy tone.
Only half of the 400,000-strong army remains. If we do not retreat, we may not even be able to save the 200,000-strong army.
"Slave thief, where are you going?" Jing Zhao led the Fenghuo Battalion to surround them, and the entire army spread out, blocking all retreat routes of Shan Nu's army.
"Get lost." Cui Shou's eyes spurted out with rage, and he collided with Jing Zhao and others, causing heavy casualties in an instant, with corpses strewn across the field.
During this delay, Bai Yutian also quickly reorganized the garrison in the city, opened the city gate, and led the Zhenxi army to rush out.
An Chuhe, Yin Xi, and Zhang Ci each led 20,000 troops, surrounded Cui Shou from the flanks, and completely surrounded Cui Shou.
Bai Yutian also personally went out of the city to supervise the battle situation, and Dian Wei, Zhao Chuxue and Shen Yumiao were closely guarding him.
After finally catching such a good opportunity this time, Bai Yutian didn't want to let the tiger go back to the mountain and let Cui Shou escape.