At the end of the Han Dynasty: a stingy husband from his hometown

Chapter 288: Continuous battles and victories, King Piao surrenders

The soldiers of the Piao Kingdom who had already been overwhelmed by anger and rushed out with murderous intent, wanting to slaughter all the blasphemers, looked at the barbarians who were running away in a hurry, but they seemed to have exhausted all their strength and punched them. Like that in the air.

This feeling of having no way to vent their anger suddenly made all the soldiers of Piao Kingdom feel extremely aggrieved.

However, General Zhu Guo took the opportunity to boost morale and shouted: "The thieves must be afraid of us, so they fled in panic. The statues of gods and gods in front of us are watching us, and there are so many sacred cows. They are all Take it back to the city, don’t leave it outside to be desecrated by those blasphemers!”

After listening to the comforting words of General Zhu, the soldiers of Piao let go of the anger in their chests.

Immediately afterwards, they hurriedly put down their angry expressions, clasped their hands and bowed before the statue of the god and the many sacred cows. After they calmed down, they respectfully went to take care of the cows.

On the mountains in the distance.

Xiang Hong and Fazheng held telescopes and had a panoramic view of the actions of the Piao people.

When Fazheng saw this, he couldn't help but turned to Xiang Hong and said: "It is said that one can make a big effort, then it will weaken, and three times it will be exhausted."

"Their morale was at its highest when they left the city. After the struggle, the anger in their hearts had long been vented. It was the time to defeat the enemy."

The telescope was also something that Zhou Qi ordered someone to tinker with.

Although he couldn't come up with things with higher technological content and more reliance on basic industries, crystals already existed in this era. Although they were expensive, they were nothing to Zhou Qi.

The manufacturing principle of a telescope is simple. As long as you can experiment a few times and polish the lenses, it is not difficult to manufacture them.

However, this kind of thing is now only allocated to senior generals.

When Xiang Hong heard this, he immediately said to the guards behind him: "Bang the drum and let them take action!"

"Boom boom boom!"

When Xiang Hong finished speaking, the war drums roared immediately. The soldiers hidden among the cattle appeared and took fire starters to light the reeds tied to the tails of the cattle and poured with fire oil.

"boom!"

In an instant, more than a hundred fire lights lit up.

"Moo!"

Immediately afterwards, the cattle whose tails were set on fire all went crazy from the pain and began to run wildly.

"Moo moo!"

The actions of the fire oxen also frightened the other oxen, and they started running wildly with their hooves mooing.

At this time, in order to drive back the cattle, almost all the Pyu soldiers came to the cattle herd, and many of them even entered the center of the cattle herd.

More than 1000 oxen galloped wildly, and immediately rushed the soldiers of Piao State, causing them to fall over and flee in all directions crying for their fathers and mothers.

at the same time.

The five thousand barbarian soldiers who were pretending to escape immediately stopped and turned around after hearing the sound of the war drums, waiting for the next order.

The [-] Shan soldiers who had been waiting for a long time also rushed to the battlefield.

The Fire Ox Formation completely destroyed the formation of the Pyu soldiers. Many Piao soldiers were seriously injured by the rampage of the Fire Ox, and some even died on the spot.

However, these fire bulls now do not distinguish between friend and foe, so Xiang Hong did not immediately let the barbarian soldiers turn around and kill them, but waited quietly.

Not long after, almost all the crazy cattle fled the battlefield, leaving only the mess on the ground and the Pyu soldiers who fell to the ground and howled in pain.

"Boom boom boom!"

Having seen all this, Xiang Hong knew that the time had come and immediately ordered someone to change the rhythm of the war drums.

at the same time.

E Huan was leading a thousand Shan cavalry. When the sound of the war drums began to change, he suddenly raised the square halberd in his hand, pointed in the direction of the city gate, and shouted sternly: "Charge with me!"

Although the Fire Ox Formation can cause confusion among Piao soldiers, these thousand cavalry are the key to this battle.

Otherwise, even if the general of the Zhu Kingdom chooses to cut off his tail to survive, he can still escape back to the city with the remaining defeated soldiers under his command, and then continue to defend the city.

"Boom!"

A thousand cavalrymen carried unrivaled momentum and quickly reached their fastest speed, racing towards the city gate intersection against the clock.

Five thousand barbarian soldiers who were waiting in full formation and the remaining [-] Shan soldiers also launched an attack at the same time.

At this time, General Zhu Guo had not yet realized the seriousness of the matter. Seeing his subordinates being smashed to pieces by the Fire Bull Formation, he roared at the top of his lungs and asked the soldiers who had fled in all directions to gather around him. And sent troops to rescue the wounded.

"Tap Tap"

A thousand cavalry galloped forward, kicking up dust all over the sky.

General Zhu Guo couldn't help being shocked when he saw this, and then hurriedly shouted: "Array, array, quickly array!"

Even though General Zhuguo screamed his throat out, these Piaoguo soldiers who were frightened by the Fire Ox Formation still failed to form an effective defensive formation.

Moreover, as the largest overlord on the Indochina Peninsula, Piao had no experience fighting cavalry at all, although it had three thousand cavalry.

In normal times, a mere thousand light cavalry might not dare to attack a military formation of tens of thousands of people.

But now it was different. The formation of the soldiers of the Piao Kingdom was in chaos and their morale was low. Facing the overwhelming momentum of thousands of galloping horses, they did not dare to resist at all, and they fled in all directions, screaming.

However, E Huan did not lead his troops to pursue him at all. He only had eyes on the city gate, and he just held the Square Heavenly Halberd to kill the enemy troops standing in front of him.

Charge, charge, charge again!
For cavalry on the battlefield, it is difficult to start running again after stopping, so they can only keep running.

Without any suspense, the cavalry broke up the formation of Shan soldiers and ran straight towards the city gate.

When General Zhu Guo saw this, his eyes could not help but burst, and he shouted loudly: "Close the city gate, close the city gate quickly!"

However, this place was still some distance from the city gate, and it was full of people shouting and screaming. The soldiers on the city only knew that General Zhu and his [-] soldiers and horses had not returned to the city, so they did not dare to close the city gate at this time.

However, after they saw the Shan cavalry getting closer and closer, they finally came to their senses and planned to close the city gate.

"kill!"

Just as the cavalry gradually approached the city gate, five thousand barbarians and [-] Shan soldiers also joined the battlefield.

At this time, the Piao soldiers had no fighting spirit at all and were basically defeated in one battle.

They didn't obey the command and all fled towards the city, as if only the city could give them a sense of security.

Including General Zhu of Piao State, they were also carried away by the defeated army and fled towards the city.

On the city wall, the general who was about to close the city gate couldn't help but hesitate a little when he looked at the general Zhu Guo who was fleeing into the city.

Looking at the current situation, if the city gate is closed, the general of the Zhu Kingdom will be in trouble.

If the city gate is not closed, the Shan cavalry will be the first to enter the city.

After hesitating for a long time, the general who defended the city finally gritted his teeth and said, "Follow me to the city gate, and don't let the Shan cavalry enter the city!"

He could not sit back and watch General Zhu's death in battle, nor could he ignore the lives of the [-] Pyo soldiers.This is almost equivalent to the entire fighting force of the Piao Kingdom. If all of them are lost here, it will be impossible to defend this city.

Under the nest, have the eggs finished?
Although the generals who defended the city did not know this idiom, they also understood the truth.

Moreover, he believed that the city gate was narrow and difficult to pass through. If a resisting horse was placed at the gate, it might not be able to block the charging cavalry.

Once they were stopped at the city gate, and when General Zhu led his troops to withdraw, these cavalrymen would become lambs to be slaughtered, and they would no longer have anything to fear.

"Tap Tap!"

As soon as the general who defended the city ordered his men to break up the resisting horses, E Huan had already led a thousand cavalry to charge forward.

"Vertical shield!"

"Hold the spear!"

"defense!"

The generals who defended the city commanded in an orderly manner, confident that they would be able to stop these cavalry and delay them until General Zhuguo retreated to the city.

Unexpectedly, E Huan didn't seem to see the rejecting horses at all. He held the square halberd and rushed over directly.

"open!"

Seeing that the Juma was getting closer and closer, E Huan waved the Fangtian Halberd in his hand, and actually lifted the entire Juma into the air and smashed it towards the Piao soldiers arrayed at the city gate.

"boom!"

The horse fell from the sky and immediately disrupted the defensive formation of these people.

E Huan saw the right opportunity and rushed forward, directly opening a hole in the defense of the Pyo soldiers.

Seeing that E Huan's horse had slowed down, the general who defended the city hurriedly attacked E Huan with his sword, and was about to kill him under his horse, so as to frighten the Shan cavalry behind him.

"puff!"

Unexpectedly, the two men fought for only one round. E Huan directly stabbed the general guarding the city under his horse, and then killed several people in a row, showing his unstoppable courage.

When the other Piao Piao soldiers saw this, they were extremely horrified and dispersed one after another. E Huan easily captured the city gate.

"Dismount, get into position, and follow me to defend against the enemy!"

After E Huan repulsed the soldiers of Pyu State and captured the city gate, he did not enter the city to clean up the remnants. Instead, he led his troops to guard the city gate.

At this time, General Zhu Guo saw that the city gate was captured by the enemy. He was immediately frightened and angry. He personally led his army to the city gate, hoping to clear out the dismounted cavalry and retake the city gate.

I never thought that E Huan was too brave. Even though the Shan cavalry was not strong in infantry combat, under the leadership of the fierce general E Huan, they still blocked the Shan army led by General Zhu.

Not long after the fierce battle between the two sides, [-] barbarians and [-] Shan soldiers had already arrived.

Seeing that the situation was over, General Zhu Guo did not dare to continue fighting, so he had to flee in panic with his army.

E Huan let people take over the city, but he led his cavalry to chase Piao's defeated army. Five thousand barbarians chased him with howls.

The two sides fought and fled, and Piao's defeated troops were pursued for more than thirty miles. They did not give up until both sides were exhausted.

Xiang Hong ordered people to massacre the city, massacre all the captured Pyu soldiers, and then piled their corpses together to build the city.

After this battle, most of Piao's main force was lost, and the remaining soldiers were as fearful of the Han people as tigers.

Although Han soldiers basically did not participate in this battle, the commander was a Han general, and the Piao people could not tell the difference between the barbarians and the Han people.

They have also been at war with the Shan State many times, knowing that the other party does not have such capabilities, so they attribute all the credit to the Han people, and the objects of fear are naturally the Han people.

After this battle, the Shan soldiers' morale was also greatly boosted, and they were in awe of the Han generals.

Xiang Hong struck while the iron was hot and led his soldiers and horses to continue their advance. Wherever they went, if they did not open the city gates and surrender immediately, they would be slaughtered after the city was broken.

At first, there were still city defenders who dared to resist, but after Xiang Hong massacred three cities one after another, the Piao people were all trembling with fear. So wherever the coalition troops went, all the people in the city opened the city gates early and ate pots of pulp to welcome the king. division.

Although General Zhu Guo led his troops many times with the intention of blocking the advance of the coalition forces, under Fa Zheng's plan, the opponent lost consecutive battles, and in the end even he was killed by E Huan.

The coalition forces won nine out of nine battles. In less than two months, they had reached Pyai, the capital of the Pyu Kingdom, and surrounded it. During this period, they slaughtered nearly [-] Shan soldiers and civilians.

The Piao Palace was filled with an atmosphere of panic.

The face of the leader of Piao Kingdom was earth-colored, and his heart was extremely frightened.

He thought he was a hero, but when the general of the Zhu Kingdom was killed in battle, the main force was almost completely lost, and the allied forces surrounded the capital, even the leader of the Piao Kingdom could not help but feel a little embarrassed.

At this time, he also regretted extremely.

If he had known that the Han people were so powerful in combat, he would not have dared to kill the Chu envoy no matter how arrogant and domineering he was and no matter how rude the conditions he proposed.

Unfortunately, there is no regret medicine in this world.

"The coalition forces besieged the capital, and the soldiers and people in the city were in panic. Many ministers suggested that Kaicheng surrender and surrender to the country. I wonder what the king thinks?"

The general of the auxiliary country looked at the pale king, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and finally asked softly.

After hearing this, the leader of Piao Kingdom asked: "How many soldiers and horses are there in the city?"

The general of the auxiliary country sighed: "In addition to the [-] cavalry and [-] elephant soldiers that the king had previously entrusted to my command, there are also more than [-] soldiers who fled back from the front line."

"In addition, I also recruited [-] young men in advance according to the order of the king."

"These people have not been trained and may not be useful. Moreover, after learning that the coalition forces went all the way south and slaughtered nearly 8 people, soldiers in the military camp fled every day."

"In the beginning, there were only a few people escaping every day, then dozens, and now hundreds of people are escaping every day."

"If this continues, even if the coalition forces siege the capital but fail to attack it, all our soldiers will flee before long."

Hearing this, the leader of Piao Kingdom slumped to the ground helplessly, his eyes full of despair.

The implication of the words of the general of the auxiliary country was that the city could not be held at all, and he advised the king to open the city and surrender.

The leader of Piao State took a deep breath, and then said: "Send an envoy out of the city to ask for surrender and see what conditions the Han governor has."

The general of the auxiliary state said: "If you send an ordinary envoy, I am afraid that your status is not enough. It is better to send the prime minister."

"allow!"

At the Allied Forces' stronghold, Prime Minister Piao was led to the Chinese army's tent with generous gifts.

As soon as he entered the tent, Prime Minister Piao saw the mighty Nanzhong Governor sitting on the throne.

He hurriedly bowed and said: "Prime Minister of Piao State, I have paid my respects to the Governor-General of the above country. With my king's decree, I am willing to lead the whole country of Piao to surrender to the above country, and from now on it will become a vassal state of the above country!"

When Xiang Hong heard this, he just glanced at Prime Minister Piao, and then said: "Kill!"

The prime minister was horrified and hurriedly shouted: "The two countries are at war, so I won't kill the envoy. What's more, I am the envoy who came to ask for surrender. The governor cannot do this!"

(End of this chapter)