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Chapter 23 The decisive battle in Fengzhou (7)

The Black Eagle Army's 1,000 elite cavalry led by Guo Jiong have been waiting outside the city for a long time. The loud shouts of killing in the city made the Black Eagle Warriors excited. The Black Eagle Army's warhors seemed to realize that the war was coming, and they sniffed uneasily, kept raising their forelimbs and kicking the ground.

After the Shu army retreated from the North Gate, Guo Jiong carefully listened to the orders of the Central Army. When the drum beat of the attack sounded, Guo Jiong gave the order, the Black Eagle Army's elite cavalry was like a huge iron cone, quickly inserted into the Shu army, and divided the Shu army into two pieces. The Shu army was unable to stop the impact of the cavalry and watched it separate. While the Black Eagle Army's cavalry divided the Shu army, Kuang Cao led two thousand people to encircle the Shu army on a large scale from the left and right wings.

Seeing that the Shu army was surrounded by heavy siege, Hou Dayong was unable to fly, so he led the 500 cavalrymen but did not join the battle group and watched the battle.

The cavalry of the Black Eagle Army held up their long swords and took turns to attack the Shu army. The long swords of the Black Eagle Army were all from the Zhengzhou Iron Artillery Battalion, using advanced steel filling technology, which was extremely sharp. The cavalry of the Black Eagle Army used the horse's stunning horse from top to bottom. All the soldiers of the Shu army who were hit by the sword were full of flesh and flesh and blood.

The Shu soldiers were attacked so fiercely and soon became defeated, with fewer and fewer people. In the end, only Han Jixun and Zhao Ji were left with more than 400 Shu troops, forming a round formation, and trapped beasts still fighting.

Hou Dayong said to Shi Hu: "The defeat of the Shu army is decided, let them surrender."

Shi Hu sighed: "Han Jixun is also a hero. He still fights to the death in such a situation, and I am afraid he will not surrender."

Hou Dayong said, "Try it and talk about it." He ordered his personal guards: "The entire army stops attacking and surrounds the enemy."

After receiving the order, the personal guard waved the flag and issued the order immediately. After hearing the order, the Black Diao Army, which was besieging the Shu army, slowly escaped from the Shu army, retreated twenty steps and stopped, and surrounded but did not attack. The Shu army led by Han Jixun could no longer resist, but the Black Diao Army retreated and was able to breathe.

Hou Dayong and Shi Hu came to the Shu army formation. Hou Dayong said, "I am the vanguard of the Zhou army, and I want to say a few words to the Jiedushi."

At this time, Han Jixun was stabbed on his back and on his feet. When the Black Eagle Army blew up Ximen, Han Jixun was sleeping. After he got out of bed, he had no time to wear armor, so he hurried to Nandaying with his personal guards. There was no armor to protect him, so although the two swords were not fatal, the blade was very deep and bleeding continued.

Han Jixun lost too much blood and was already very weak. He rode his horse and slowly came out of the Shu army. When he came to Hou Dayong, his mouth trembled.

Seeing that Han Jixun was covered in blood, Hou Dayong bowed his hand and said, "Jingdu, you lost."

Han Jixun didn't say anything, just stared at Hou Dayong, and after a while, he said, "If the decisive battle is upright, I will not lose to you."

Hou Dayong smiled coldly and said, "If you continue to fight, the Shu army will have only one dead end. For the lives of hundreds of soldiers, surrender."

Han Jixun looked back at the few remaining Shu troops. Most of these soldiers followed him for many years. He could call out the names of most soldiers. Han Jixun said: "The general can only die in battle, how can he live on his knees? I will not surrender to you, but my soldiers can surrender to you, and I hope you can let them live."

Hou Dayong said: "The Black Eagle Army never kills prisoners."

When Han Jixun heard this, his already very dim eyes suddenly lit up and he murmured: "It turns out to be the Black Eagle Army, you are Hou Dayong, it's true." After saying that, he smiled bitterly and said to Hou Dayong: "I hope the general keeps his promise."

After Han Jixun finished speaking, he turned his horse's head and said to the Shu army: "It's meaningless to continue to fight. I order the whole army to surrender to the Black Eagle Army."

After Han Jixun finished speaking, he shouted to the sky: "The chief general is incompetent, exhausting the three armies." After shouting, he raised his long sword and strangled his neck hard. A stream of blood gushed out along the long sword. Zhao Jixun was deeply in love with Han Jixun. After Han Jixun committed suicide, he rode over and hugged his body, burst into tears, and sobbed.

After Han Jixun committed suicide, the Shu army no longer had the fighting spirit and threw the weapons in their hands on the ground.

After the main force of the Shu army in Qinzhou was annihilated, Hou Dayong ordered Guo Jiong to lead people to clear out the riots and maintain public order to prevent the riots and the rogues in the city from taking advantage of the situation. At the same time, Qian Xiangnan posted notices to the people to calm the hearts.

The battlefield of Qinzhou was in full swing, but Fengzhou was as calm as if there was a war. Since Hou Dayong led his army to attack Qinzhou, the Zhou army and the Shu army have faced confrontation in the northeast of Fengzhou. The chief general of the Shu army, Li Tinggui, expected that the Zhou army could not capture Qinzhou, so he let him rest assured that the Zhou army could not capture Qinzhou, so he let him rest assured and ignored the challenges of the Zhou army. The Zhou army tried several times to attack the camps with strict defense, but failed, but instead killed the lives of hundreds of soldiers. More than ten days later, there was not much food left in Huangniu Bazhai, and the life of the Zhou army chief Wang Jing became more and more difficult.

Wang Jing said to Xiang Xun worriedly: "Li Tinggui was treacherous and was not fooled at all. He did not move his troops. There were Feng and Steps behind him, and Cheng Sanzhou were the only ones to rely on. We will soon drink the northwest wind. When the food is exhausted, it will be the day to withdraw. Now we must make good arrangements for retreating. We cannot let the Shu army chase after him when we send troops."

Xiang Xun said: "If the Black Eagle Army cannot defeat Qinzhou, Li Tinggui will sit firmly on Diaoyutai again, and our army will have no choice but to withdraw to Fengxiang Mansion and wait until there is enough food before a decisive battle."

Wang Jing said: "We don't have to defend all the Huangniu Villages. As long as we defend the Huangniu Villages, we can stop the pursuit of the Shu army."

When Wang Jing was discussing withdrawing the troops, the Black Eagle Army messenger was already on the way back to Fengzhou with great news of breaking through Qinzhou. The Shu soldiers who escaped by chance from Qinzhou were also desperately running away to the southwest. The escape was always faster than the speed of sending the letter. Shu general Li Tinggui got the news of Qinzhou's loss before Wang Jing.

When the first escaped Shu soldiers were captured by the Fengzhou Shu army, Shu general Li Tinggui was not only extremely shocked, but also had some suspicion, but after capturing several defeated Shu soldiers one after another, they all got the same situation. Li Tinggui was sure that Qinzhou was really lost.

Li Tinggui urgently summoned Gao Yanqi, Zhao Chongtao, Li Jin and Wang Luan to inform the situation.

Gao Yanqi still didn't believe it and asked: "Han Jixun, the governor of Xiongwu, is also a veteran general. The Zhou army is only 5,000 people. Why did the Zhou army break the city? Even if the city is broken, the two armies have equal strength and can still fight in the city? Is it the rumor that the city of Qinzhou is spread by the Zhou army?"

Li Tinggui said: "We have caught many Qinzhou Shu soldiers. The details are exactly the same. Qinzhou City will not be fake. Now I invite all the generals to come. I am discussing how to play the next move?"

Li Jindao: "When the Zhou army divided its troops to attack Qinzhou, the strength of the camp will definitely be weakened. We can take advantage of the fact that the Zhou army had not returned to the north and attacked the Zhou army with all our might, and did not want to compete with the Zhou army."

Lee Tinggui said: "The Zhou army is not weak. Now the decisive battle is unpredictable."

Zhao Chongtao said: "The Shu army lost the Bazhai of Huangniu and now lost Qinzhou again. If we do not take the initiative, I am afraid that someone in the court will make a lot of noise, which will be very unfavorable to us."

Lee Ting-gui was the commander of the capital of the Pangsheng Control Crane. He had a high power and a high position, but there were many political enemies in the court. Hearing what Zhao Chongtao said, he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "We are fighting the enemy here to die, and we must beware of someone in the court's plot. Some people whispered, and those who died became alive, and those who lost became victories. Alas, it's better to say it better than fighting well."

Gao Yanqiu continued: "The envoy of the Guest Province is right. If Qinzhou is lost, it is really hard to explain. If you don't send troops, you will definitely be charged with fear of the enemy."

Li Tinggui said: "The reserve of grain in Qinzhou can help the Zhou army to take a breath for a while, but as long as we drag it down, the Qinzhou grain will not last long. Our army has achieved success and support from the three states of Feng. If we continue to waste our lives, the Zhou army will have to retreat. However, now that Qinzhou is lost, we still have to send troops to fight to avoid giving people a handle."

After Li Jin got the order, he showed up in front of the Zhou army camp with two thousand troops from his headquarters. Wang Jing soon received news of the dispatch of the Shu army and ordered Zhang Jianxiong, the platoon stationed in the former Black Eagle Army camp, to lead his troops to fight.
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