The revival of Shu Han

Chapter 541 Sweeping Like a Rolling Mat ([-])

After careful deliberation, Zhang Ti and the other three decided to lead the army to Danyang, [-] miles southwest of Jianye.

This is an impossible choice.

First of all, as the capital of a country, Jianye does not have a complete city wall.Since the founding of Soochow, it has always used the Yangtze River as its wall.In the city of Jianye, except for the stone city that Sun Quan just moved the government office to and built here.It is more like those modern cities in later generations: common people, wealthy families, and aristocratic families gradually gathered near Jianye, and then purchased nearby land by themselves, built houses, and expanded slowly and freely in cities without city walls.

Secondly, after Zhang Zun and others sent Tao Jun's body back, especially after many defeated soldiers returned to Jianye.Now the whole Jianye is in panic.Many people have already started to pack their gold and silver and prepare to go out for refuge.In such a big environment, if you choose to fight against the city in Jianye, I am afraid that the fight will not take long, and the army on our side will be dispersed.

The same reason, this time to play.Zhang Ti and others did not bring the [-] so-called "recruits" who had just been conscripted: they are not called soldiers just because they have a knife in their hand.What if a fight breaks out later, you guys rush away?
"Hey, 3 people. Although they are all the country's elite, the Han army on the opposite side has more than 20 people."

"Is Tao Shiying's troops still behind?"

"Don't count on the troops in Jiaozhou. If the Yangtze River is in hand, Tao Shiying's troops can go directly to the Yangtze River from the Ganjiang River. The whole journey will be there soon. But now, the Yangtze River is no longer in my hands, and Tao Shiying can only go by land. No matter what, it won’t make it.”

"Yes, if the Yangtze River is in hand, there is actually no need for him to come from Jiaozhou to support."

"That's all, let's go to battle. I am deeply favored by His Majesty, so I will return this life to Your Majesty here."

And on the other side.

"Zhongsi was startled. I didn't expect Sun Yuanzong to refuse to surrender. He was so crazy."

"Hey, I'm ashamed. Liang originally thought that relying on a few generals and an army of more than 20, she could pretend to be a tiger and create a glory that one person said would bring down a country. Who would have thought that she would almost be the meat on the plate. I am ashamed that I failed to achieve the mission. .”

"It's okay, it's okay, as long as Zhongsi comes back safely." Taking a long breath, Zhang Zun stood up: "I was not good at water warfare, and I came here by relying on Shizhi all the way. Now I finally want to fight land The battle is over, Zhongsi, please wait a moment, wait until I destroy the last of Wugou's soldiers, enter Jianye City, capture Sun Yuanzong, and vent my anger on Zhongsi!"

"The former general, it doesn't matter whether the next person vents his anger or not. But the Wu army who came this time is the most elite 3 people in Soochow. Please be careful with the former general."

"Hahahaha, please rest assured Zhongsi, isn't there no difficulty?"

……

On December 15th, [-] Han troops and [-] Wu troops lined up in the southern suburbs of Danyang County.

This is a terrain with vertical and horizontal water networks and scattered small forests.It is the decisive battle place carefully selected by Zhou Chu and others.

Soochow is in the south after all, so although scattered snowfall has begun at this time, the scene of the land covered with snow is not yet visible for the time being.Not only that, even the trees with some snow on top of their branches still keep their green branches and leaves.

"Paji~" Turning over from his horse, Zhang Zun's boots trampled heavily on the soft mud.When he lifted his feet, not to mention the wet mud brought up by the combat boots, they also left a big footprint on the original ground.

"Hey!" Zhang Zun shook his head with a wry smile after looking at the small hole under his feet and the improved overweight plate armor on his body that weighed more than [-] kilograms: In this terrain, the cavalry and spearmen on our side cannot Just don't think about any wonderful performance.

"Come here, order!"

"Please show me the former general."

"Order our cavalry to remove their armor and horses. Afterwards, the cavalry is deployed to a position slightly behind the two wings of the battlefield. Do not launch the battle at the beginning, and wait for the general's order."

"Here!"

"Order our spearmen to remove their armor, and then form a ring to protect our large formation."

"Here!"

"Da Zhuang?"

"Former general, Pan Dazhuang is here."

"My elder brother is indeed a heavenly man. Well, I have said this too many times. Before this battle, he asked me to take you with me. Today, let me see your bravery!"

"Please don't worry, the former general! Although Wu Nan was our teacher, today we will be better than blue."

"Shan, you lead your troops to the front, today's battle, the main attack is you."

"Here!"

At this time, on the other side of the battlefield, watching the opposite Han cavalry retreat, some soldiers began to remove their armor.Zhou Chu and the other three, who were originally frowning, finally showed a smile.

"Brothers! We are the strongest fighters in Great Wu who can solve all difficulties, solve troubles, and get around the tent! Although our army is relatively small in today's battle, the northerners on the opposite side are not familiar with our terrain at all. You see, They just now know that this soft and muddy ground cannot wear heavy armor to fight at all! Right now they are busy disarming! Let us rush forward and drive these guys into the stream to drown !"

"Hey~~!"

Following Zhou Chu's order, Wan Wunan on the left side of Wu Jun's formation charged forward first.Immediately afterwards, the tent in the middle and Jiefan on the right, led by Zhang Ti and Shen Ying respectively, also started to charge.

Yes, that is, 3 people charged directly and all.As the most elite troops in Soochow Wu, these 3 people have the strongest personal combat power, and they are usually guarded by the monarch as the monarch's personal guards.When it really came time for them to go to the battlefield, either there was a breach in the enemy's formation, or the enemy had already killed the central army.In both cases, it's just a matter of fighting hard.There is basically no need to consider the formation or something.

Watching the [-] enemy troops across the mountains and plains rushing towards us across the woods and streams.At this time, Pan Dazhuang, who was standing at the forefront of the entire Han army formation, also showed a frenzy in his eyes: After so many years, it's finally time to show off again.

He raised his head, roared into the sky, and then roared: "Mandarin duck formation! Let's fight!"

"Hey~~!"

More than ten years ago, when Sima Guan founded the private soldiers of Fuling Society in Fuling County.One is the Zigong Salt Workers' Spear Array, and the other is the Mandarin Duck Array.

For more than ten years, because Ji Han's main enemy has always been the Wei and Jin Dynasties in the north, the pikemen have been able to shine.As the pikemen achieved more and more victories, they naturally received more praise and rewards.Its establishment is gradually expanding.

The mandarin duck soldiers seemed a little embarrassed.

However, Guan Yi still insisted on leaving a large proportion of mandarin duck soldiers in Ji Han's field army establishment.And in this expedition against Wu to expand the army, the mandarin duck formation was expanded to 3 people.

Now, it's finally time for the mandarin duck formation to shine.

In the south of the Yangtze River, there are rivers, ditches, and weir ponds everywhere. Even near the city walls, various small forests can be seen everywhere.In addition, the soil moisture content is too high and many other reasons.The cavalry started running here, and the pikemen wearing heavy armor fought here, and they also felt suffocated when they were stuck in the mud and couldn't exert their strength.

However, the mandarin duck soldiers who fought in light armor did not have such problems at all.And because the forests and water networks are densely covered here, it is more conducive for the mandarin duck formation to use various terrains to complete their cooperation.

Besides, who is the enemy on the other side now?Wu Guo's elite with outstanding individual combat power and a messy battlefield formation!The mandarin duck formation is the favorite enemy without formation.

Therefore, the [-] Imperial Guards of the Wu Kingdom faced the [-] Ji Han Yuanyang soldiers.Within a quarter of an hour of the battle between the two sides, the situation on the battlefield became completely one-sided.

"Hey~!" Zhou Chu got up from the ground in extreme embarrassment after barely avoiding the two spears behind the rattan player.But just when he was standing still, there was a "whoosh", and a bow and arrow hit his left arm impartially.

Because he was fighting in such a terrain, even Zhou Chu, as the commander of the army, did not wear full body clothing.Therefore, the arrow of this bow and arrow penetrated into the arm without any suspense.

"Hmph!" Gritting his teeth, he pulled hard, and Zhou Chu pulled out the barbed arrowhead with a large piece of flesh and blood.But before he could take a breath to relieve the pain, two more spears stabbed towards him.

There was no other way but to roll over again, retreat, and narrowly avoided the deadly gun.

"Hey! After all, I have stayed in the imperial capital for a long time, and I don't know enough about the Han army. Is this formation the legendary mandarin duck formation? It's so difficult to fight, even more difficult than I used to eliminate the three evils!"

After muttering this in his heart, the guards behind him had already gone up to meet him.Zhou Chu had a little leisure time, and looked up again after tearing off a piece of his war robe to cover the wound on his left arm.Zhou Ziyin only felt that he was about to burst: as far as he could see, those elites under his command were constantly working hard to hone their personal martial arts skills.In front of the enemy's mandarin duck formation, it is like a toddler.He didn't show his martial arts at all, and was easily killed by the enemy's joint efforts.

After fighting for nearly an hour, Zhou Chu clearly felt the sharp decrease of his elite.And what about the other party?There were casualties, but very few.

Not only that, Zhou Chu's eyes turned to the distance: the cavalry of the Han army was slowly detouring from both sides of the battlefield at an extremely slow speed.No way, within an hour at most, the enemy's cavalry will encircle our side!
"This battle is lost! Great Wu is doomed to perish!" With this thought in mind, Zhou Chu no longer hesitated: "The Trouble-Free Army, listen to my orders, turn the whole army to break out from the encirclement to the south!"

Maybe it was a tacit understanding, when Zhou Chu issued the order to break out.Shen Ying, who was in the right formation of the Wu army, also commanded the Xiefan army to break through to the north.

The only thing that can't be retreated is the Chinese army's circumvention.

As the elite of the Eastern Wu elite, the composition of the Zangzhang Army is extremely strict: children of the clan and children of martyrs.After all, this is a tent, the closest personal guard of the king.

Moreover, their commander is still Zhang Ti!
However, no matter who is in command, no matter who is the army.After all, the gap in objective strength cannot be blocked.Two hours after the battle started, Zhou Chu and Shen Ying had already led the participating troops to break through.The mandarin duck formations began to gather around the tent army.

The casualties increased rapidly, and many soldiers finally couldn't bear the despair and powerlessness in the battle, and began to spontaneously discard their weapons and surrender to the Han soldiers.

Then, Zhang Ti, who was in the middle of the army formation, was still fighting fiercely, without any intention of giving up.

The time has come.The Zangzhang army died in battle, and those who surrendered surrendered.At this time, there was only a team of about two hundred troops left, surrounded by Zhang Ti, and surrounded by tens of thousands of Han troops.

At this time, Zhang Zun stepped forward on his horse, raised his hand slightly, stopped the advance of his soldiers, and stood in front of the formation: "General Wu on the opposite side reports his name!"

"Great Wu Shangshu orders Zhang Ti!"

"It turned out to be Zhang Juxian. This general is Zhang Zun, the former general of the Han Dynasty. Brother Ju, the battle is enough at this point. Let's surrender. Surrendering at this time is not shameful."

"Hehehehe~~ I, Zhang Ti, have been appreciated by Zhuge Yuanxun since I was a child, and have been cared for and taught many times. After His Majesty ascended the throne, he promoted me from a school lieutenant to a minister. Zhang Ti is deeply favored by the country, how can I be resigned? Besides, if Great Wu is about to perish, and there are no monarchs and ministers to be buried for him, then the country of Great Wu will be ridiculed by all generations. Zhang Ti will never surrender today, and he is willing to die for the country! To die for the country is to live forever. Le Ye!"

"I will follow the Minister's order to the death and die for the country!"

"Hey~~ Wu Guo, there are still national scholars." Sighing leisurely, Zhang Zun gently raised his right hand: "Fire the arrow!"

……

"This is defeated? Lost..."

"Your Majesty, this is how the war is going. Juxian died for his country, Ziyin and Ziguang were defeated. Now, the Han army is marching towards Jianye!"

"... Such a big country will be destroyed in less than three months since the enemy sent troops. Wen Bin, since ancient times, has there been a big country that has fallen so quickly?"

"Your Majesty, now is not the time to talk about these things. The Han army arrived in no time. Please decide with one word!"

"Hahahaha~ I am not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death. Obedient people! Summon the Dian School under your command, and then dispatch the last [-] 'elites' of my great Wu. I want to march by myself. Even if I die on the battlefield, I can go to see the late emperors calmly."

"Your Majesty, I'm terrified. Whether it's the Dian school under the minister or the [-] army, almost all of them have escaped. The entire Jianye has no soldiers to fight."

"Hey~~" Smacking his lips, Sun Hao quickly laughed: "Shan, all ministers and workers, everyone is a king and minister. At this time, I will not embarrass you anymore. I will go later (anti-harmony ) Palace, kill your wife and children first, and then cut yourself off. Please do whatever you want.”

Of course, this is nothing more than to say, the emperor himself could not take the initiative to say the word surrender anyway.Wasn't the reason why Wan Yu was kept from going to the battlefield at the beginning to install steps for the emperor?
"Your Majesty, why is this? How about looking at the Sima family? After they opened the city and surrendered, the Han Dynasty did not embarrass them. On the contrary, according to the information of the school, you also know that the Sima family is actually living very well in Liangzhou. That’s right. Your Majesty might as well just surrender here. With the relationship of the Han and Wu allies for many years, I think coming to the Han Dynasty will not embarrass Your Majesty after all.”

"Yes, Your Majesty, let's surrender. The Han army is about to enter the city. Even if it is for the hundreds of thousands of people in Jianye not to suffer from military disasters, His Majesty should have sent someone to send a surrender form earlier..."

"Kang Dang~" The saber was thrown back on the ground very readily: "It's not because I am greedy for life and afraid of death, but because of the people of my Great Wu, I have to surrender. This is what I, the Emperor of Great Wu, did for the people. the last thing."

On December 277, AD [-], Wan Yu, Prime Minister of Eastern Wu, left the city and handed Sun Hao's surrender form to Zhang Zun, the former general of Ji Han, only five miles away from Jianye.

Since Sun Quan officially proclaimed himself emperor in 229 AD, the country of Soochow has lasted for 48 years, and the four emperors have died.

From 184 AD, when the three brothers Zhang Jiao rebelled, the Eastern Han government began to lose effective control over the local area, and the troubled times began.The 93 years of troubled times have finally come to an end.

(End of this chapter)