Vol 2 Chapter 2606: The Southern Army won all three routes, Zhu Rong killed three generals with one
Chapter 2606: The Southern Army won in all three directions, Zhu Rong killed three generals with one sword
Chapter 2602: The Southern Army won in all three directions, Zhu Rong killed three generals with one sword
Wu Yi naturally knew that Liu Yu would not be able to reuse him, but even so, he would not be able to defect to the Nanman.
The first person Wu Yi sought refuge with was Liu Yu. After defecting to Liu Ji, he repeatedly opposed Liu Yu. Liu Yu overthrew Liu Ji and took over the power without killing him. This was already magnanimous enough, not to mention continuing to let him serve as the governor. .
It can be said that Liu Yu never felt sorry for Wu Yi from beginning to end.
Under such circumstances, if Wu Yi betrayed Liu Yu for the second time, how would he be any different from an animal? He is bound to be crucified on the shameful rack of disloyalty and unrighteousness, and will be despised by future generations.
In addition, hundreds of members of the Wu family are in Chengdu. If Wu Yi really surrenders to Chi You, his family will definitely be implicated by him and will probably be directly exterminated by Liu Yu. After all, Liu Yu has never been a soft-hearted person.
Although Wu Yi is also afraid of death, he is a person who knows his integrity and values family affection.
Therefore, whether it was for his own reputation or for the sake of his relatives at home, he would never surrender to Chi You.
Chi You saw that he had given Wu Yi a way to survive, but Wu Yi not only did not appreciate it, but also arrogantly insulted him as a barbarian. Naturally, he was furious. He waved his hand and said: "Drag this guy who doesn't understand current affairs out and chop him down."
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The soldiers immediately came up and dragged Wu Yi away, but he shouted as if he was dead: "Chi You, you are destined to be defeated with a weak country against a strong country. Not only will your ambition not be realized, but it will also harm the entire South... "
Before Wu Yi could finish his words, his head was chopped off by an axe-hand and he died tragically on the spot.
After killing Wu Yi, the anger in Chi You's heart also dissipated a lot. After all, although Wu Yi, the prefect, did not surrender, there were many county magistrates and captains who surrendered, which was enough to appease the captured Shu soldiers.
Chi You was very clear-headed. He knew that this battle would go so smoothly. It was just that the Shu army had underestimated the combat power of the Southern Army, and that was why they were caught unawares. But the next step would not be that easy.
Zhou Bo of Yizhou County must have received Wu Yi’s flying pigeon message and learned about the changes that had taken place in the Southern Army.
Zhou Bo is much stronger than Wu Yi, and he also has many powerful generals under his command.
So, the next battle will definitely be a tough one.
Although the Southern Army was elite, its number was still too small after all, and it was far inferior to the Shu Army in terms of troop replenishment. The only way was to recruit prisoners of war from the Shu Army for their own use.
However, the hidden dangers of recruiting surrendered troops are extremely high. If they defect in front of the battle, it will be a fatal matter.
Therefore, Chi You could only rely on regaining the top officials of the Shu army and letting these people help the Southern Kingdom appease the surrendering army, thereby achieving the purpose of controlling the surrender of the Shu army.
Chi You would definitely not surrender his troops to fight unless it was absolutely necessary, but he still had to make the necessary preparations.
It didn't matter that Wu Yi didn't want to surrender. Three of the five magistrates of Jianning County surrendered. In addition, there were several generals who surrendered. And these people were all high-ranking officials of the original Jianning-Shu Army. It was enough for the prisoners to be captured. The Shu army obeyed the advice.
In this way, the five counties of Jianning, which had 15,000 defenders, only held out for four days before being captured by Chi You. The prefect Wu Yi died in the battle, but could not hold out until Zhou Bo's reinforcements arrived.
Chi You rested for a day in Jianning and then continued to march towards Yizhou County with his army.
Zhou Bo received a message from Wu Yi and learned that the Jianning army had fallen. He immediately stopped supporting and led 30,000 elite Shu troops and 20,000 defenders from Yizhou prefect Meng Da, for a total of 50,000 troops. , waiting quietly for Chi You's arrival in Yizhou County.
Chi You captured five cities in four days and killed Wu Yi, the prefect of Jianning. It can be said that he was unstoppable. The situation on Duan Siping and Gonggong's side was not bad either.
Duan Siping's 20,000 troops on the western front were attacked at night by Huang Quan, the prefect of Yongchang, not long after they entered Yongchang.
However, Duan Siping was prepared for this. Instead of letting Huang Quan succeed, he set an ambush for Huang Quan and wiped out the three thousand night attack army.
After Huang Quan escaped by chance, he knew that the troops in his hands were not enough to fight against Duan Siping, so after burning the grain and grass that could not be taken away, he voluntarily abandoned the two cities and concentrated his troops for defense.
Duan Siping, on the other hand, took his time and advanced steadily. After all, the terrain of Yongchang County was complex and it was extremely easy to encounter an ambush.
As for the eastern front, the governor of Zangqi County is Yan Yan, a veteran general from central Sichuan. He has fought with the Nanman for more than ten years, so he has extremely rich combat experience.
But this time when faced with the 30,000-strong Nanguo army who had changed their uniforms, Yan Yan was in the same situation as Wu Yi. He was directly fooled by the Nanguo army led by Gonggong, and lost two cities one after another not long after the battle. .
However, Yan Yan was a veteran after all, and his reaction speed was much faster than that of Wu Yi. After realizing that the Nanguo Army was no longer what it used to be, he put the entire army of 3,000 elite troops at the top of the city, thus blocking the most violent round of the Nanguo Army. offensive.
The idea of strengthening one force, then weakening again, and finally exhausting three times, is naturally applicable to the Southern Army.
The Sui Sui army after the change of equipment is no longer what it used to be, but it is not invincible. As long as it blocks the first round of attacks, subsequent attacks will only become weaker and weaker.
Yan Yan concentrated his elite troops and blocked Gonggong's first round of fierce attacks, and the rest was naturally much easier.
Zhu Rong, who was sent to the Eastern Front by Chi You to assist Gonggong, saw that the offensive was frustrated, so he took the initiative to ask Gonggong for a fight.
Chi You sent Zhu Rong to Gong Gong to cultivate their relationship. How could Gong Gong be willing to let Zhu Rong personally participate in the battle.
In order to show off in front of his sweetheart, Gonggong asked Zhu Rong to take over the command, while he himself pretended to be an ordinary soldier and climbed to the top of the city while Yan Yan was not paying attention.
Except for Qielan City, which is the seat of Zangdao County, the other cities are not too high. For a **** of war like Gonggong, it is not difficult to climb over them.
After Yan Yan discovered that Gong Gong was on board, he reacted quickly. He immediately mobilized five hundred crossbowmen and a large number of hundreds of crossbows to fire at Gong Gong. He even did not hesitate to shoot his own people, just to kill the Gong Gong The workers were forced to retreat.
The reason why catapults are not used is because the accuracy of catapults is too low and it is difficult to hit Gonggong on the tower.
But Gonggong was not unprepared. He was holding a large black iron shield weighing a hundred kilograms. No matter how hard the Shu army fired, he could not break the defense.
Yan Yan saw Gonggong rushing towards him and knew that he was no match for Gonggong and would definitely die if he got close, so he ordered a catapult to attack the area where Gonggong was.
The Shu army directly threw dozens of fire oil cans and lit them with rockets, forcing Gonggong to jump out of the city.
Gonggong originally wanted to show off in front of Zhu Rong, but was embarrassed by Yan Yan instead. Naturally, he was extremely angry and climbed up the tower again from another position.
Yan Yan saw that Gonggong was coming up again, so he could only focus half of his firepower on one person, Gonggong, but this also made the city's defense weaker.
After the two sides were in a stalemate for two days, the Shu army ran out of fuel in the city, and Yan Yan had to abandon the city and flee. He led 7,000 defeated troops to retreat to Qielan, where they were governed, but was overtaken by 500 cavalry led by Zhu Rong.
“General, the Southern Barbarian cavalry is less than ten miles away from our army.”
The scout who was hit by several arrows died of serious injuries before reporting back to save him.
A flash of determination flashed in Yan Yan's eyes, and then she said to the brothers Deng Qiang and Deng Xian beside him: "You go first, while I, the prefect, will lead two thousand dead men to stay behind." This Deng Qiang is the one who has been a soldier and a warrior all his life. The 'number one general in the former Qin Dynasty' who was victorious and never defeated.
Deng Qiang is one of the hidden figures in the Bronze Hundred Calls. After he was born, he was implanted into the Deng family in Shuzhong and became Deng Xian's brother.
Hearing Yan Yan's words, Deng Qiang was shocked and said quickly: "General, even if the enemy is cut off, I should wait for the cut off and the general should leave first."
“That’s right.” Deng Xian nodded in agreement.
Yan Yan waved her hand and said: "I am old and have been fighting for many years. I have accumulated too many hidden wounds. I don't have many days left to live. But you are different. Your war has just begun."
As he spoke, Yan Yan’s eyes fell on Deng Qiang, the young talent he was most optimistic about.
“Deng Qiang, you are the most talented person in military skills that I have ever seen. Your future should not be to die in southern Shu, but to assist His Majesty in defeating the Qin Dynasty and reviving the Han Dynasty.”
“Uncle Yan…”
Deng Qiang was so anxious that he even called Yan Yan the name he called Yan Yan in private, but Yan Yan blocked him as soon as he said it.
"There is no need to say more, the general has made up his mind, go and carry out the order quickly."
Seeing that Deng Qiang's pestle was not moving, Yan Yan took off the family heirloom sword from his waist, forced it to the other party, and said: "Qielan City will be handed over to you. Promise me, you will definitely defend Qielan City."
"Um."
Deng Qiang nodded heavily, and Yan Yan also showed a look of relief.
“Let’s go quickly, otherwise it will be too late.”
Deng Qiang glanced at Yan Yan reluctantly, and then led his army to withdraw to Qielan City at full speed, while Yan Yan led two thousand soldiers to form a formation and cut off the rear.
As soon as the Shu army's formation was ready, Zhu Rong's cavalry caught up with them.
The Nanzhong area is mainly mountainous and the terrain is extremely complex, which is not suitable for large-scale cavalry operations, so the original Nanman army did not have cavalry.
But later on, Chi You repeatedly suffered losses at the hands of the Shu cavalry, and he naturally realized that the terrain in southern Shu meant that although large-scale cavalry could not be deployed, small-scale cavalry could be used to fight.
In addition, the Shu Kingdom has a large number of cavalry. If the Southern Kingdom wants to capture Yizhou, it must have a cavalry force.
It is precisely because of this that Chi You spent a lot of money to purchase war horses from Da Qin and formed a cavalry force of 5,000 people.
Most of the southern cavalry is on the side of Chi You's middle route army. There are only 500 cavalry in Gonggong's east route army, all of which are under the command of Zhu Rong. This is the first battle of this cavalry.
“Yan Yan?”
Zhu Rong, who was dressed in men's clothing, was extremely handsome. When he saw that it was Yan Yan who was left behind, his eyes were filled with excitement.
Yan Yan was a famous general in Shu. He fought with the Nanman for more than ten years. Countless Nanman warriors died at his hands, and countless Nanman people wanted to eat him alive.
Now that Zhu Rong has bumped into him, it is naturally impossible to let Yan Yan go.
"kill."
Zhu Rong waved the sword in his hand and commanded the cavalry without hesitation, rushing directly towards the Shu army after Duanhou. However, the Shu army's formation was like paper and was torn apart by the Southern cavalry in an instant.
The screams came to mind one after another, but Yan Yan seemed not to hear them. He led dozens of people to Zhu Rong and fought with Zhu Rong's guards.
【Ding dong, Yan Yan’s skill ‘King of Swords’ is activated, force +3, basic force 95 (+3), brow-pointed knife +1, current force increased to 99. 】
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Yan Yan tried his best to attack, but Zhu Rong blocked it with one arm, and Zhu Rong didn't even activate his skills.
"How can this be?"
Yan Yan’s eyes were full of disbelief. She couldn’t believe that the female general in front of her, disguised as a man, could have such terrifying strength.
“How is it impossible?”
Zhu Rong sneered and then struck out with his backhand, cracking Yan Yanzhen's mouth. He almost lost his grip on the weapon and was knocked back nearly ten meters, including both men and horses.
“General, we are here to help you.”
【Ding dong, Liu Gong's skill "Sword General" is activated, the force is +2, the base force is 90 (+2), and the current force is increased to 92. 】
【Ding dong, Mahan activates the skill ‘Axe General’, with force +2, base force 91 (+2), and current force increased to 93. 】
Seeing Liu Hao and Ma Han coming to help, Yan Yan quickly used his kung fu to dispel the paralysis in his arms, roared and continued to slash at Zhu Rong with his sword.
【Ding dong, Yan Yan’s skill ‘Lao Zhuang’ is activated with effect 1, his force +4, and his current force rises to 103. 】
Facing the siege of a divine general and two superb generals, Zhu Rong fought alone, one against three. Not only did he not fall behind, but he actually suppressed the opponent. This made Yan Yan and the three of them extremely horrified.
“Yan Yan, it seems that you are nothing more than that.”
Zhu Rong sneered. She had already figured out the depth of the other party, so naturally she had no intention of getting entangled anymore.
“Today next year will be the anniversary of your death, so you must die.”
[Ding dong, Zhu Rong’s skills ‘God of Swords’ and ‘God of Fire’ are activated one after another, the force is +4+5, the basic force is 106 (107), the flame knife is +1, the flaming horse is +1, and the current force is increased to 117. 】
The long knife in Zhu Rong's hand was instantly covered by the surging red inner energy, as if it was burning. Then the flaming long knife swept across. The weapons in the hands of Liu Hao and Ma Han were directly cut off, and the big knife in Yan Yan's hand also He was knocked away directly.
“Fire Slash.”
After Zhu Rong shouted loudly, he slashed out a half-moon sword with his hand, and with just one blow, all the heads of the three generals Yan Yan, Liu Hao and Ma Han were chopped off.
The power of the **** of fire is so terrifying.
(End of this chapter)