Five thousand Xiaoguo Army cavalry followed Zhao Xun like a tide, and every Xiaoguo Army Mohe soldier straightened his body, raised the long sword in his hand, and made a chopping motion.
"boom……"
The cavalry formation of five thousand cavalry carried strong inertia, like a huge wave, covering the sky and covering the earth. In an instant, the poor guard formation was submerged, and thousands of sharp long knives were cut down mercilessly.
, drew thousands of strange arcs in the air, and in an instant, continuous screams rose into the night. The defenseless soldiers were splashed with blood on the spot, and they rolled into dust with howls.
On Lincheng City!
"Come here, give me the order. The cavalry in the city must assemble and fight them out!" Han Meng looked at the siege soldiers who were retreating in panic and shouted coldly.
A moment later, after a "creak" sound, the east gate of Lincheng, which the guards had been unable to attack for a long time, was finally opened.
"Kill! Brothers, it's time to counterattack!" Han Meng rode out to kill first, followed by two thousand iron cavalry, shouting and killing the retreating guards.
Zhao Xun fired a shot, and the heavy infantry's giant shield immediately fell into pieces. A large iron gun weighing dozens of kilograms was not easy to resist. The heavy infantry's chest was immediately pierced by his own giant shield, and he fell to the ground. He was forced to pull up.
The defense line was torn open by Zhao Xun, and then expanded. Like a dam that burst, it collapsed instantly.
Hu Yi suddenly turned around and looked around blankly. He saw the Xiaoguo Army cavalry, like wolves entering the flock of sheep, mercilessly slaughtering the guardsmen on the entire battlefield.
When Han Meng's two thousand cavalry fought out of the city, the seven thousand cavalry immediately formed a pincer attack on the more than seven thousand guard infantry, encircling them on all sides.
"Those who surrender will not be killed! Those who surrender will not be killed!"
Zhao Xun raised his spear and shouted sternly. Although these were enemy troops, they were still veterans who had experienced the test of war. It would be a pity to kill them. Besides, it would be good to use them for their own purposes to defend against the north.
Gradually, some of the guardsmen dropped their weapons and knelt down to ask for surrender. For these soldiers, the Xiaoguo Army cavalry naturally spared their lives and let them return to a place to wait for their fate.
"General, the line is already unstable. The Xiaoguo Army has now surrounded us and we cannot resist it." A general said to Hu Yi worriedly.
"General, the Xiaoguo Army cavalry in Lincheng City has also come out, and the Xiaoguo Army cavalry in the rear has formed an encirclement on all sides. Our brothers have been fighting hungry for several hours, and now they are all exhausted.
I can’t stand it any longer. General, retreat!”
"Withdraw, where to retreat? The people in front and behind are all Xiaoguo Army cavalry. They can't retreat to the sky. Besides, except for our cavalry of less than 300 people, the rest are infantry. How can we retreat?" Hu Yi
He glared at the general who shouted to retreat with a sullen expression. He knew that this so-called retreat was actually an escape.
The general was glared at and immediately became silent. He suddenly realized that even if he left his men and ran away, he still had to escape. Three hundred people faced seven thousand cavalry, and every one of them spit at the same time.
Drowned. Besides, the Xiaoguo Army cavalry are all one man and two horses. How could they escape without fatigue?
Fear of death is an instinct that a normal person should have, and it is nothing. But now, even if I want to, I can't run away.
"Send the order for the entire army to assemble towards me!" After a while, Hu Yi shouted coldly.
A strange phenomenon formed on the battlefield. The Guard soldiers gathered in the middle, and the Xiaoguo Army only drove them away, not chased them. If they wanted to escape, they would be greeted by a hail of arrows. Gradually, the Xiaoguo Army began to run in circles around the Guardsmen,
And the guardsmen began to gather together.
Finally, the Xiaoguo cavalry formed four cavalry squares, located in the four directions of the assembled guards, forming an encirclement.
Soon, the infantry and young men in the city came out of the city to assist. They first took the more than a thousand surrendered guard soldiers into separate custody, and then, in conjunction with the cavalry, trapped the guard soldiers among them.
The guards tried to break out, but under the cavalry fire and the infantry arrows, they fell one after another. Then the cavalry forcefully broke through and drove back the soldiers who broke through.
After going back and forth three or four times, the guardsmen finally understood that they were now caged birds and turtles in a urn.
Zhao Xun rode his horse forward, a stone's throw away from the guards. Looking at the injured and exhausted guards, he said in a deep voice: "I am Zhao Xun of the Xiaoguo Army. Let your general come out and talk!"
After a while, Hu Yi rode his horse out slowly and appeared in the front line of the guards.
"I am Hu Yi, the commander-in-chief of the Guard Army, and I have met Governor Zhao!"
Zhao Xun smiled faintly and said: "Captain Zhao? Haha... I remember that you all called me a traitor when you first went there. How come you have become a governor now? The Guards are not what I imagined.
strong."
"Zhao Xun! Don't think that just because you have the advantage, you can humiliate us!" Hu Yi said angrily.
"Humiliate you? You think too highly of yourself. Recognize your current situation. If I don't kill you now, it doesn't mean I can't kill you! In one word, surrender or die! Thousands of people here, as well as Pingshou City
Nearly ten thousand people, their lives are in your hands. If you don't want every family to die, then ask your people to lay down their weapons and surrender. If you don't want to, then you can only end it with blood." Zhao Xun said calmly.
said.
"Don't even think about it! Our guards are all tough men and will never surrender!" Hu Yi shouted angrily with his beard and hair growing.
Zhao Xun laughed and said: "Really, what are those?" He pointed to the more than a thousand surrendered soldiers on the other side. Then he said: "You can only represent yourself. If you are willing to die, it does not represent your subordinates.
I will follow you to die. They have families, they also have parents, wives and children. I will give you a stick of incense to consider whether you surrender or die!"
Zhao Xun's voice was very loud. On the silent battlefield, the guards heard clearly. Whether to surrender or not, they would face a choice. Zhao Xun said very clearly that those who have parents, wives and children can survive.
Who wants to die?
Seeing his subordinates talking about each other, Hu Yi couldn't help but smile bitterly. After Zhao Xun said this, his subordinates' only fighting spirit was completely gone. Fight to the death? It's easy to say. Even if you win and escape, what can you do?
It's better to be trapped in the city, without food or water, waiting to starve to death.
"What do you think?" Hu Yi asked calmly when he returned to the Central Army.
No one spoke for a moment, and the silence fell into silence. After a long while, Lieutenant General Guo Zhengguo said: "General, there are only more than 4,000 of us here now. They have been hungry all day and have fought hard for a few hours. Now..."
Needless to say, it was clear what he meant, which was to surrender. How could such a fatal battle have any other ending?
Someone started talking, and naturally someone else answered, and several captains from both sides also bluntly said that in this case, there was no hope of breaking out, so it was better to surrender.
Of course, there are people who object. There were countless casualties in the battle between the two armies. Not to mention, the 10,000 Guards cavalry were wiped out in a battle last night. How can we surrender the Xiaoguo Army again? How can we be worthy of our dead brothers?
"Lord! The time has come!" Wei Dong whispered.
"Go and ask, will you surrender or not?" Zhao Xun said coldly. Being willing to accept the other party does not mean that he will give in infinitely!
Wei Dong rode several horses and shouted loudly: "Listen to the guards across the way, the time for burning incense has come. My chief governor asked you whether you would like to surrender or not!"
For a long time, no one answered!
"Wei Dong, come back! Since you don't want to surrender, then answer with swords and spears!"
"Cavalry is ready!" Zhao Xun raised his spear and shouted sharply. The messenger behind Zhao Xun immediately waved the triangular flag.
"Woooooooo..."
The low horn sound sounded again. The seniors stood up straight and began to gather slowly, drawing out their weapons and preparing to launch a siege. The infantry soldiers also raised their swords, spears and long bows, preparing to assist the cavalry in attacking.
"The attack has begun! General, it's time to make a decision. Whether to surrender or fight, we need a clear decision!" a captain said in a deep voice.
Hu Yi looked at the tired and hungry soldiers around him and said bitterly: "Raise the white flag, lower it!"
"Raise the white flag! It's down!" the guards around Hu Yi shouted loudly.
"Lord! The Guards are raising a white flag! They are willing to surrender!"
"Huh... I really want to lose face! Send the order, have them line up in groups, and call me their weapons. Anyone who carries weapons privately will be killed without mercy!" Zhao Xun said coldly.
"General Hu Yi, please pay homage to the Commander-in-Chief!" Hu Yi appeared in front of Zhao Xun with five or six lieutenants under his command.
"No courtesy! Casualties are inevitable on the battlefield. From now on, you and I Xiaoguo Army will be together. I don't want internal fighting to happen." Zhao Xun said in a deep voice.
"The Commander-in-Chief, the surrendered general would like to ask how the Commander-in-Chief will deal with our soldiers." Hu Yi asked in a deep voice.
"Those who are willing to serve in our Xiaoguo Army and are qualified will be treated equally as Xiaoguo soldiers. Those who are unwilling or unqualified will be given travel expenses and let go home. Do you have any questions?"
Hu Yi said: "The general is gone!"
Zhao Xun said: "Well, I will leave the guards of Pingshou City to you. Can you persuade them to surrender? I don't want the guards to starve to death in the city. I don't even want to be killed because of them.
Tens of thousands of people in Pingshou City also starved to death with him!"
Hu Yi knew the situation in Pingshou City and said: "The general is willing to go to persuade you to surrender! After all, the people are innocent!" Originally, Pingshou City was fine, but suddenly more than ten thousand soldiers and thousands of horses poured in, and the horses were chewed.
, which suddenly increased the burden on the city. In addition, the back-and-forth attacks and the sealing of the city gates made it inconvenient for supplies to come in and out. All of a sudden, the people in the city became hungry. Speaking of which, this was the fault of the guards.
Under Hu Yi's personal action, the six thousand guards of Pingshou City surrendered to Zhao Xun and were conquered by Zhao Xun.
At the end of May, the guards of Langya Mansion were first defeated and then surrendered. More than 30,000 soldiers ceased to exist, and the southern guards completely disappeared.