157. The Fall of Wuzhou (10)
The Wuzhou border is more than a hundred miles away.
There are only two cities in Wuzhou, Wuzhou and Cangwu, and the rest are barren plains and fine hills, like stone swords.
The night wind blew and drizzled, causing the weeds on the plain to lower their heads.
But in such a night, there were constant screams and yelling and killing.
The chaotic people chased and killed the grassland. Some people were constantly being cut down to the ground and fell into the weeds.
The flag was wet with rain and rolled on the flagpole, and there was no sign of it.
Among these storm-chasing people, tens of thousands of horsemen were running in the front. They all lay low on the horse's back and kept galloping, but from time to time, people fell down from the horse's back and never got up again, as if they were extremely tired.
After several miles behind, there were endless infantrymen, some were still chasing the horse army, while others were scattered in the night.
Behind him, there was another horse army. Fish scales slightly refracting silver light in the night.
The several horse soldiers were in a neat formation. The knights on the horses held spears and chased the fleeing infantry, stabbed them out, pierced the bodies of the infantry without mercy, and then continued to move forward.
Some soldiers knelt down and surrendered, but were also stabbed to death. Before, they did not surrender in the city, but now they have no chance to surrender.
More than ten miles behind these chasing horses, there were continuous infantrymen, moving forward on the grass where the Yuan army was scattered.
The golden dragon flag was hanging low, and Zhao Dongting's chariot was guarded and moved forward in this infantry formation.
After leaving Lipu County, they chased the rear troops of Ali Hague that night, and then continued to chase and kill. The remaining troops of Ali Hague kept fleeing. Until now, they have caught up with the central troops of Ali Hague.
During the pursuit, the remaining troops of Ali Hague were killed and more fugitives were involved.
After the city of Lipu County was destroyed, there were only less than 40,000 soldiers left in Ali Hague, and now there are almost only more than 10,000 horse soldiers left. The infantry is almost negligible. Ali Hague has long been unable to raise any intention of resistance, so he led the horse army straight to Wuzhou City.
However, escaping requires a price. Since the head and tail cannot take care of each other, the infantry behind him were killed so much that he abandoned his armor.
The pursuit and fighting have never stopped all night.
Among the Song army, the guards' personal army, the imperial guards' horse army in front of the palace and the Xingguo army's horse army alternately pursued and continued to attack the Yuan army's horse army camp.
The infantry were left far behind.
Zhao Dongting sat in the chariot, swaying with the chariot, with bandages wrapped around his left hand and reading the military book with his right hand.
The army had no plans to set up camp, and seemed to be heading straight to Wuzhou City.
The anti-Yuan army had sent people to inquire two days ago. The Southern Song generals wanted to rush to Wuzhou City as soon as possible.
If Wuzhou City could not be lost, it would be of great significance to the entire Guangxi and Guangdong's war situation. The Song Dynasty would be able to truly bring Guangxi into its hands and resist Guangdong's Yuan army outside Wuzhou City, and buy time for the development of the entire Guangnan West Road.
With the danger of Wuzhou City, only 50,000 soldiers were required to guard it, and it was not impossible to block 200,000 enemy troops outside the city.
Zhao Dongting didn't know whether Wuzhou City had been lost now. All he could do was to rush over as soon as possible.
The drizzle gradually rests.
Before we knew it, it was dawn again.
The Ali Hague horse army in the front is still several hours away from Wuzhou City.
The Song Dynasty's horse army had once again caught up with the rear of their horse army and fought endlessly.
Even though Ali Hague sent several waves of troops behind the palace to stop them the eve of the night before, they still failed to stop their pace.
The Yuan army was exhausted to the extreme and had little combat power.
Looking at the chaotic horse army formation, there were only seven or eight thousand people left. Among these seven or eight thousand people, some people were still falling off.
Some of them starve to death, while others are exhausted and exhausted to death.
Even the war horses fell off their fronts one after another, fell to the ground, then spit out white foam and twitched, gradually stopping moving.
Such a day and night running around is hard to say, not to mention a human being, even a war horse cannot stand it.
Ali Hague was also among the horse army at this time, his face was extremely hard to see, his lips were white, and the blue veins on his forehead were about to burst out.
He really never thought that he would lose so ugly.
He even thought that he fled to Wuzhou City like this, even if he was saved, he would not have the face to live to meet Boyan again, but he was not willing to die like this. He still wanted to live, defeat the Song army and make such a great humiliation.
"drive!"
Whenever he thought of this, his heart felt a strong desire to survive, and the force of the horse whip whip the war horse could not help but increase.
The two sides of the pursuit are getting closer and closer to Wuzhou City.
Wuzhou City.
Kong Yuan's army had already attacked the city before the sky was dawn. In less than two hours, many soldiers had already climbed to the top of the city.
The bow strings and the catapults were shaking, while the city wall was filled with shouts of killing.
The people who pretended to be the Yuan army had already run away, and less than a thousand Jurchen soldiers were left, under the leadership of Wanyan Zhang, fighting bloody battles with the Yuan army attacking the city wall.
No one cares about the Yuan army under the city anymore.
Everyone knew that they would die, and an extremely depressing atmosphere enveloped the heads of the Jurchen soldiers.
They launched charges again and again towards the Yuan army that climbed the city wall, and people kept falling in pools of blood.
Suddenly, there were rumbling sounds from the other end of the water village, as if the sky collapsed and the earth was broken.
In just a few dozen minutes, there were only more than 300 soldiers left beside Wanyan Zhang.
The Yuan army under the city no longer shoots arrows on the top of the city.
Kong Yuan's army was all pressing down under the city. Kong Yuan raised his head and looked at the group of people on the city wall who were still resisting stubbornly, and was stunned.
In another ten minutes, there were only a hundred people left by Wanyan Zhang.
However, at this time, thousands of Jurchen soldiers suddenly came from the water village.
"kill!"
Among them, countless injured people ran to the top of the city, without saying anything, but just rushed towards the Yuan army and rushed to Wanyan Zhang.
Wanyan Zhang smiled bitterly and asked the deputy general who ran to the side, saying, "Is the water village broken?"
There was still blood flowing down from the deputy general's forehead and said, "The enemy has never been able to break the village. It was because the water camp could not withstand the bombardment of the catapult cart and collapsed."
"Okay! Haha!"
Wanyan Zhang suddenly burst into laughter, his chest fluttering violently, "Didn't lose my Jurchen face!"
The deputy general looked at Wanyan Zhang's bloody arms and his voice was choked, "I wish to be the general's front pawn again in the next life! I will die for the general!"
The Jurchen soldiers around them shouted, "So for the general to die!"
The Yuan army surrounding them were shocked by this momentum, and they just pointed their guns at them and did not rush up again.
Kong Yuan looked at the city, suddenly ordered to stop beating the drum, and then shouted to the top of the city: "Wanyan Zhang, I will respect you as a man, surrender!"
Wanyan Zhang just laughed wildly, "Thank you General Kong for your good intentions. I, Wanyan Zhang, first served as the general of Jin, then the general of Yuan, and then the general of Song. I killed countless Yuan troops in this Wuzhou city. How could I surrender to the Yuan Dynasty again?"
Kong Yuan was stunned.
Yes, Wanyan Zhang had already surrendered to Yuan Dynasty and rebelled against Yuan Dynasty. Even if he surrendered again, he would not be able to survive. Emperor Kublai Khan had not yet reached that level.
Slowly clenched his fists again, Kong Yuan said in a deep voice: "Beat the drum! Bouncing! After the war... properly bury these Jurchen soldiers..."
As he said that, he suddenly sighed, "Wait, I will send an order, and I will not hurt General Wanyan Zhang's life."
A hint of regret and guilt appeared on his face.
In this era, heroes are respected and heroes are respected, and even more so in the army.
The sound of desolate drums started.
Fighting again on the city wall.
"Long live the Jurchen!"
The Jurchen soldiers guarded Wanyan Zhang and kept bleeding, and the bodies gradually piled up, but no one retreated.
Wanyan Zhang kept laughing wildly.
Although he and nearly ten thousand Jurchenerlang died in Wuzhou, they did not regret it until they died. They died happily and passionately.
Time passes gradually.
The only remaining Jurchen soldiers were forced to last until dusk.
The setting sun is like blood.
The only Jurchen soldiers left on the city wall were Wanyan Zhang.
He poked his mace to the ground, surrounded by countless Yuan troops. His right arm kept shaking, and his physical strength had already reached its limit.
Under the city, Kong Yuan suddenly took off his helmet and bowed slightly to Wanyan Zhang.
The generals and soldiers around him also took off their helmets to pay tribute.
Although Wanyan Zhang was an enemy, he used his courage to win their respect.
"kill!"
Wanyan Zhang turned his head and looked at the sunset in the sky for a while, as if the scene in front of him was filled with scarlet curtains, and suddenly he shouted loudly.
Each man and a stick rushed towards the Yuan army that was approaching.
A general in the Yuan army rushed out and his spear was slapped heavily on Wanyan Zhang's mace.
The mace took off and fell towards the city.
Several Yuan soldiers rushed to Wanyan Zhang at the same time and pushed him to the ground.
Wanyan Zhang couldn't struggle, his eyes were red and yelling, "Why did he insult me? Why did he insult me?"
The Jurchen soldiers were dead. He didn't want to live, he just wanted to die.
Chapter completed!