The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 29 The Battle of Might (Part [-])

Hu Li knew that he was doomed, but he never thought of surrendering. When the army of Hou Shu surrounded him, he ordered his subordinates to attack.

It's not that he doesn't want to surrender, but that his clan is in Bianjing. If he surrenders, his family will also suffer.

Instead of doing this, it is better to fight with all your strength. Even if the Ma Ge shroud dies on the battlefield, his family will still be compensated by the court. If he dies alone, the clan can be preserved, so he chooses to sacrifice himself.

He gave the order to attack without hesitation. Da Zhou's Fengxiang Army was really not made of mud.

All of them are warriors of tigers and wolves. For a while, the army of Houshu was beheaded and killed countless times, and retreated steadily.

Soon there was a vacuum around Hu Li and the others.Hu Lihengdao immediately shouted loudly:

"I'm Hu Li, the governor of Puzhou, who is the envoy of the Great Zhou. Listen to the general of Shu, as long as you abandon the dark and turn to the bright, and surrender to my Great Zhou.

My Dazhou will definitely guarantee your safety, and give you corresponding official treatment, and even give you an official promotion! "

This Hu Li is also a wonderful person, he is almost in danger of himself, yet he still wants to persuade others to surrender.

If Li Tinggui persuaded Da Zhou's army to surrender, it would be easy to explain, but now it is the Zhou army who is at a disadvantage!

This general of the Zhou army actually persuaded the other party to surrender, is he out of his mind?
Leaving aside what the Shu army thought, even the soldiers of the Great Zhou felt baffled. Was their head kicked by a donkey when they lined up?
The soldiers of Hou Shu burst out laughing one by one, this guy is so funny, he is still instigating rebellion at this time, ah, he is either mentally handicapped or a fool.

Li Tinggui snorted coldly:
"Don't be shameless on the opposite side, General Zhou. Originally, this general wanted to persuade you to submit to my Shu Kingdom. I didn't expect you to be so stubborn. Then don't blame this general for being ruthless. The archer is ready..."

Following his life order, rows of archers moved into action, and their arrows were already on the string in an instant, waiting for Li Tinggui's order.

Li Tinggui secretly ordered the archers not to shoot Hu Li to death, but to capture him alive and dedicate him to Meng Chang.

Following Li Tinggui's gesture, the rain of arrows all over the sky was like Zhou Jun flying over, and a large number of soldiers immediately fell down.

Seeing the dense feather arrows whizzing past him, the brothers beside him fell down one by one.

Hu Li was also quite sad in his heart, those brothers who were born and died by him, how can he not feel sad and angry?

Hu Li looked at the remaining less than 1000 people around him:

"Brothers, I'm sorry for everyone, it's my fault for bringing everyone into a place of absolute death."

What Hu Li said was the truth, not hypocrisy.If it weren't for his greed for merit, it would be impossible to directly enter the mighty city.

It is useless to say these now, the guilt is real, but there is another meaning to his words.

His confidant soldiers immediately shouted:
"Swear to follow the general, we will die without regret"

"Swear to follow the general, we will die without regret"

"Swear to follow the general, we will die without regret"

……

It sounded very imposing, but only his personal guards were shouting loudly, and the rest of them lowered their heads and remained silent, devoid of fighting spirit.

It's no wonder they, the ants are stealing their lives, let alone these soldiers?In their eyes, it doesn't matter who is the emperor.

The most important thing is to allow them to live a peaceful life. Facing death, they only want to survive!

When Hu Li looked at the soldiers around him, he knew that they had given up. They could surrender, but he couldn't.

So he ordered in a low voice:

"In a while, we will fight hand-to-hand with the army of Hou Shu. Let's find a chance to break through. Life and death depend on each other's destiny."

"My lord, let us cover you to break through." A loyal guard said.

Where else can I escape, this is the mighty city, surrounded by the Shu army, it is not easy to escape.

Hu Li shook his head:

"You play by ear, if... alas" He wanted to say that if you want to live, you can surrender, but he couldn't say it.

Hu Li saw the Shu army getting closer and closer, and the place where he and others were located was constantly shrinking. Hu Li put his legs on the horse's belly and shouted loudly: "Come on!"

While shouting, he kicked the horse fiercely, and killed him in the direction of Li Tinggui.I thought in my heart that it would be the best if I could kill the enemy's general.

Hu Li's more than ten confidant guards followed closely behind, protecting Hu Li's sides.As for the remaining soldiers of the Hou Zhou army, they all urged their horses and ran in all directions.

Li Tinggui shouted: "Good time, I'm going to eat alone today, and I won't let anyone go!" Seeing Hu Li and the others getting closer, Li Tinggui shouted: "Shoot the horse!"

Hearing his order, the soldiers of the Shu army immediately aimed at the horses of Hu Li and others and kept shooting.

Hu Li kicked the horse vigorously, the spurs next to his boots were already dripping with blood, but the horse under his crotch had already been hit by three or four arrows, and he had long since lost the courage and strength to move forward.He heard the war horse neighing and fell to the ground.Just a moment before the horse fell to the ground, Hu Li jumped off the horse and rolled on the ground, taking off the momentum and dodging the arrows of the Shu army.

Seven of Hu Li's men survived the rain of arrows and successfully jumped to the ground.The few remaining people were either shot by arrows, or their legs were pinned down by the horses during the vault, and they lost their combat effectiveness.

Li Tinggui laughed loudly, and immediately urged the soldiers to go forward and surround Hu Li and the others, while he commanded the rest of the troops to attack the nearly [-] Hou Zhou soldiers who were fleeing in all directions.

Soon, except for more than a dozen cavalrymen who escaped by chance, all the remaining cavalrymen fell into Li Tinggui's control.

At this time, Li Tinggui came outside Hu Li's encirclement and shouted loudly:
"Hu Li, surrender! As long as you lay down your weapons and explain the deployment of your Zhou army and the transportation of food and grass, I will spare your life and give you a battalion commander."

Hu Li spat a mouthful of blood and foam on the ground, and roared loudly:
"Delusion! How can I, Hu Li, follow the late emperor for several years and have made countless military exploits, surrender to the Kingdom of Shu? Even if I agree, my family in Kaifeng Mansion will not agree!"

How could Hu Li dare to surrender with family members as checks?Looking at Hu Li who was preparing for battle with a knife, Li Tinggui sighed, and felt a little sympathetic to Hu Li. He slowly raised his hand: "Archer, get ready!"

At this time, Zheng Lirui, who had previously sent the information, suddenly launched an attack. He was not attacking the Shu army, but Hu Li.

With the dagger in his hand, he stabbed fiercely in Hu Li's wrist, blood flowed profusely immediately, and the big knife in Hu Li's hand fell to the ground in pain.

Before he could react, Zheng Lirui ran up to Li Tinggui:

"General Li, don't shoot arrows, don't shoot arrows! I'm still here, I succeeded. He brought the city!"

Li Tinggui saw that it was a spy he had caught during the day. After some interrogation and feeding poison, he came to Shu.

"It turned out to be you, don't worry, you have made great contributions this time, I will give you the antidote, and at the same time I will ask His Majesty for your merits."

Although Li Tinggui doesn't like this kind of people, he has to temporarily appease him at this moment, otherwise no one will believe him in the future.

Zheng Lirui bowed his knees and said: "Thank you for your cultivation, I will definitely devote myself to the Great Shu Kingdom and die."

Seeing Zheng Lirui's slavish appearance, the injured Hu Li was furious:

"Zheng Lirui, I think I treat you well, why did you treat me like this?" Hu Li opened his eyes angrily, obviously the atmosphere was at its peak.

Zheng Lirui turned around, completely missing Li Tinggui's servile face just now:
"Why, you still dare to ask why, ten years ago, did you wipe out a group of bandits and kill all the three big bosses above, and now I tell you that they are my three brothers."

Zheng Lirui gritted his teeth and said.

"I've worked so hard for you all these years just to wait for today, so you can die in peace now, right?"

Hu Li was indeed ordered to exterminate a group of bandits ten years ago, because they burned, killed and looted.

They were extremely tough and killed many officers and soldiers. In desperation, Hu Li had no choice but to order arrows to shoot them all.

Unexpectedly, there were still people slipping through the net, and now Hu Li finally understood what was going on.

Before everyone could react, Zheng Lirui suddenly picked up a steel knife, stepped forward and killed Hu Li, and looked at his head.

Hu Li's loyal guards had red eyes at first glance, and all of them were holding knives to chop Zheng Lirui into pieces.

But before he reached him, he was shot right through by the archers of Houshu, and Zheng Lirui was frightened into a cold sweat.

Li Tinggui winked at him, and Zheng Lirui understood that now is his chance to perform.

So he stood in front of the soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and appeared in Zhou's treacherous posture:

"Brothers, now that Hu Li is dead, what are you still insisting on? Look at the soldiers of the Great Shu Kingdom around you. You should surrender. Only by surrendering can everyone have a way out."

Zheng Lirui began to use his three-inch tongue, and began to pour ecstasy soup on Zhou Jun.

After the surrender, the Dashu Congress treated us kindly, and the treatment was no worse than that of Dazhou. In short, it was a good thing.

Under his offensive, the soldiers of Da Zhou quickly surrendered one after another. For a while, Li Tinggui's mouth was so happy that his ear door was cracked.

This guy immediately wrote a memorial to Meng Chang, boasting that after a bloody battle, he beheaded nearly [-] Zhou soldiers and captured thousands of people in one fell swoop.

Along with this memorial was the head of Hu Li, the envoy of the Great Zhou, Meng Chang immediately believed it, and issued an imperial edict to praise him greatly.

Adding officials to Li Tinggui and others, Li Tinggui was in the limelight for a while.

Wang Jing here was shocked when he heard about it, and hurriedly wrote to Chai Rong, stating the problems he had encountered, and at the same time stepped up the formation of troops.

Wang Jing didn't know how much trouble his memorial had brought to the court, and it almost caused the Western Expedition to be abandoned.

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(End of this chapter)