Chapter 100: Surrender (1)

Time went on to the afternoon. Speaking of Hongze City, Du Ran looked at him in a daze for a long time. His face, which was originally a heroic one, had no time to trim because he had been fighting for several days. He was already stranded with stubble, and there were still a few blood stains on his cheeks.

Not only Du Ran, but all the generals of Hongze Town have reached their limits. They have been nervous about guarding the city for 20 days, and no one dares to be careless. They have been exhausted for a long time after a while. If they delay for another day, Hongze City will really not be able to defend.

At this moment, Wang Hongyi's reinforcements arrived and defeated Wei Cundong. It was as powerful as a rock. Thirty thousand troops collapsed and twenty thousand troops chased after it. This scene made everyone in the city stunned.

Looking at the situation downstairs, at this time, 5,000 Wei Cun’s army retreated, and 20,000 remaining troops fled in a panic, while Wang Hongyi charged forward, shouting from time to time: “Those who kneel down and abandon their weapons will not be killed.”

Du Ran seemed to be in a dream, and she really couldn't believe it.

The fact is right in front of us. The defeated Chengdu army threw away their armor and fled everywhere. The Wang Zhenjun in armor kept chasing and destroying the enemy. Blood continued to bloom on the ground, and the smell of blood continued to spread in the air. This scene was really a dream, and it was too real.

"Is the 30,000 Chengdu troops of the old thief Wei defeated like this?" Du Ran said this for a long time before saying it, but he could not hear his subordinates' response.

He turned his head and looked aside, and found that the soldiers on both sides were all like him, with a look of disbelief on his face, looking down.

"General, this Wang Zhenjun is too powerful..." After a long time, the guard general was closest to him and stuttered.

The 30,000 regular soldiers in Wei Cunzhen were strong soldiers in Shu, and they broke through with just one blow. This is really hard to believe.

The following words were not said again, and the intention to express them was very clear. The strength of Wang Zhenjun was beyond their expectations. It was so terrifying that he could defeat the Chengdu army in one fell swoop.

Of course, Dou Jiande was also Qianlong of the Tang Dynasty. He had been running the army for ten years, but was defeated by Li Shimin's 300 cavalry. This was actually the biggest coincidence caused by many special factors.

Just give Wei Cundong an hour, the result will be completely different.

Looking at the Chengdu army fleeing under the city, Du Ran was silent for a moment and spoke again: "The battle under the city will not end for a while. You are stationed here and do not act rashly. I will go to see the general."

After saying that, he ordered the guards beside him to temporarily take charge of military affairs. He turned around and went down to the city and asked where Du Gongzhen was.

At this time, the Grand Marshal's Mansion in Hongze City and the Du Mansion were all anxious and uneasy.

These slaves don’t know about the situation outside the city, but for many days, the Chengdu army has besieged Hongze City. However, they know that once the city is broken by the Chengdu army, the rest of the people may still have a way out. They who have become one with the Du family have only one way out.

Seeing Du Gongzhen's face turned pale, she returned from the city and lie down and didn't speak when she arrived at the study. These people were naturally confused. If their backbone was gone, their fate would not be very good.

Obviously they were worried too early. As the housekeeper stepped in, he quickly heard a voice saying: "Du Ran is asking for a meeting outside."

"Let him come in!" Du Gongzhen said.

"Uncle, the situation of the battle has changed. The Chengdu army has been defeated by Wang Hongyi's Wang Zhenjun!" Hearing Du Ran in, he heard his crackling sentence, and there was obvious panic in his tone.

Du Ran was in a very delicate mood at this time, feeling relieved about the defeat of the Chengdu army, and was also afraid of Wang Zhenjun.

According to the uncle and nephew's previous plan, they hoped that both Wenyang and Chengdu were injured, and they could not imagine reaping the benefits of the fisherman, and they could also maintain some capital. However, the current situation was beyond their expectations and caught them off guard.

"What are you panic?" Du Gongzhen scolded.

Du Ran was stunned, and quickly stood with his head down and his hands down, glanced at Du Gongzhen from time to time.

Du Gongzhen was originally a middle-aged man in his fifties, with square face and thin eyebrows with majestic appearance. At this time, his eyebrows were deeply locked and he was pondering in the room.

"This place is not a place to talk. Follow me to the study room." Du Gongzhen said, and then instructed Du Ran: "Looking at you like this, thank you for your hard work, wash here first, change into new clothes before speaking!"

"Yes, uncle." Seeing that his uncle was so calm, he seemed to have a backbone. Du Ran calmed down his panic and quickly responded.

Du Gongzhen coughed a few times at this time.

Du Ran realized that Du Gongzhen looked ugly and felt uneasy, and hurriedly said: "Uncle, your body..."

"No problem. Go and process the previous things first. This problem is just a moment of depression." Du Gongzhen waved his hand and walked towards the study.

Du Ran agreed quickly and took a shower. He was afraid that his uncle would wait for a long time and then he took a hurry to wash, so he changed his clothes. In just a moment, he had already changed and headed towards the hall.

Thinking of his uncle's steps just now, Du Ran whispered to the butler beside him: "You can boil some porridge soup to remove the heat from the stove, and then you can send it to the study."

"Yes." The housekeeper knew that the next thing the uncle and nephew discussed was not something he could know, so he hurriedly stepped down.

The study room is located, only two courtyards away from Du Gongzhen's bedroom. After entering, I saw Du Gongzhen drinking tea, but still frowning. When I heard my nephew coming, he said, "Sit down!"

Du Ran answered his order and found a chair to sit. The room was decorated in a simple but generous and smooth manner. There were more than a dozen seats next to a long conference table.

At this time, there were only their uncle and nephew in the room.

On the long table, there is a map of Shu.

After Du Gongzhen glanced over, he sighed: "I really didn't expect that I, Du Gongzhen, would fall into such a field now..."

"uncle……"

Seeing Du Ran showing a worried look on his face, Du Gongzhen waved his hand with a wry smile: "It's just a sigh. Ran'er, let's talk about the current situation of the battle. Although I saw and heard the result, you are the one who was in the battle. If you talk more carefully, Wang Hongyi led the Wang Zhen army to defeat the Chengdu army, were not suffering heavy casualties?"

"Yes, uncle and nephew thought about it carefully. Wang Hongyi raised 20,000 troops and attacked Liuzi County, it should have taken two or three days!" Du Ran replied, "But it was broken in just a few hours, which is really a puzzle."

"Even so, 20,000 people rushed to Hongze City and fought with the Chengdu army outside the city. According to common sense, even if one side wins, it will suffer huge losses. But in fact, Wang Zhen's army did not suffer heavy losses. It was like defeating the Chengdu army without any damage. I think it would cost up to a thousand people, and the losses were not big."

Du Gongzhen had considered these words for a long time. At this time, he said in thought: "I remember that Wang Hongyi was still attacking Liuzi County half a day ago. Even if Liuzi County is vulnerable, it is impossible to reach Hongze City so quickly. It is not uncommon to be able to defeat Wei Cundong in one fell swoop."

"Wei Cundong has led his army to attack our town for twenty days. The soldiers were exhausted and then retreated from the city. It is not rare to break it in one fell swoop. The key is how Wang Zhen's army led by Wang Hongyi captured Liuzi County with such rapid speed and arrived here. This is a big problem."

Although Wang Hongyi came late, Hongze City might fall into the hands of Wei Cundong, and since the Du family would be in a catastrophe, Wang Zhenjun's combat effectiveness and achievements still made Du Gong really wary and uncomfortable.

Du Ran was actually curious about this matter. When his uncle mentioned it, he replied: "This little nephew is thinking hard, but he is puzzled. Could it be that the garrison of Liuzi County surrendered?"

At this moment, someone came in to report that it was the messenger who had sent out before and had returned.

"Let him come in." Du Gongzhen said: "This person has been following him all the time, and he must know the key inside."

After a while, the messenger had already walked into the hall from outside, first saluting Du Gongzhen and then saluting Du Ran.

"No need to be too polite. Do you know why Wang Hongyi quickly conquered Liuzi County?"

"Yes, Xiaochen was ordered to serve as a messenger and watched the battle of Liuzi County throughout the journey. He knew the key to Wang Zhenjun's attack on Liuzi County."

"Tell me." Du Gongzhen said in a deep voice.

"After I took the envoy, I arrived at Wenyang Mansion all the way. It was very smooth at the beginning. Wang Hongyi agreed to send troops and officially sent troops the next day. I was also happy."

"When I arrived at Changshou County, I persuaded General Han to open the city to greet him. Unexpectedly, Wang Hongyi changed his face immediately, killed General Han, annexed his troops, and deliberately stayed in Changshou County for two days."

Speaking of this, Du Gongzhen's face remained unchanged, and he seemed to have known it for a long time, and Du Ran said angrily: "This person is really a wolfish ambition!"

Du Gongzhen waved her hand and said to the messenger: "Speak on."

"Yes, when we arrived in Liuzi County, it was already the morning of the third day of Changshou County. I was anxious, but I saw Wang Hongyi launching five strange cars, which they called Pili chariots. This car requires hundreds of people to call it, and it is very powerful. Just a few batches of attacks, it smashed a gap in the wall of Liuzi County. Twenty thousand soldiers rushed in. In less than an hour, Liuzi County was not only broken by Wang Zhenjun, but also accepted all the affairs in the city by Wang Zhenjun. When Wang Zhenjun left, the new county magistrate had brought hundreds of people to rebuild the defense and put the entire county town under his jurisdiction..."

"After that, the 20,000 troops suffered little loss, so they rushed here and fought a decisive battle with Wei Zhen." The messenger reported the content he obtained in detail to the two of them.

When he heard this news, not only Du Ran was shocked, but also a veteran like Du Gongzhen was shocked by the powerful trencher mentioned.

"A few batches of attacks made a gap in the city wall of Liuzi County. I really didn't expect that Wang Hongyi had such a powerful weapon in his hand, which was really unimaginable..." Du Gongzhen murmured.

Liuzi County was originally his county. He had watched it several times and had a direct understanding of defense. Since he could smash Liuzi County in several batches, even Hongze Prefecture would not be able to resist much time.

Can weapons that require hundreds of people to use are still called catapults?

When did Wang Hongyi have this trump card in his hand?

Du Gongzhen frowned, and recalled the several confrontations between him and Wang Hongyi, and suddenly felt something unfathomable.

This is what makes him most uneasy.

Of course, now that his strength has been fully demonstrated, Wang Hongyi can see his wolfish ambitions for Hongze Town by killing Han Liang.

If it were before, Du Gong would have been furious, but now he has offended Wei Cundong and offended Wang Hongyi again?

The most important thing is that Hongze City is now broken and the soldiers are exhausted. If they are tense, they can resist for a few days. Now they are loose and it will be difficult to fight again.

Du Gong really knew in his heart that even if the knife was pressed on his neck, these tired soldiers could not get up to fight.

"Uncle, please use some porridge first." At this time, Du Ran said to Du Gongzhen after hearing the butler's report.
Chapter completed!