As soon as they entered the city, the general Xu He was shot and killed. Many Liaodong soldiers saw it with their own eyes and were naturally horrified.

There was chaos inside and outside the city gate. At this moment, a large number of figures suddenly appeared on top of the city, all with bows and arrows. Arrows rained down for a while, and screams were continuous.

The team of shield soldiers in the city had begun to slowly advance forward. Behind them, there was a row of spearmen, with the tips of their spears protruding from the gaps in the shields, approaching the city gate in an orderly manner.

At the rear of the team, the archers were still firing arrows.

"Don't mess up!" Although the leader of the Liaodong Army was shot and killed, it was not a riot after all. Someone had already shouted: "Listen to my command, don't mess up the position, follow me and kill them."

In the chaos, someone stood up and immediately became the backbone of many people. Although some companions were shot and fell to the ground from time to time, the quality of the Liaodong Army was not weak. The soldiers already in the city lined up as much as possible.

, saw that someone had already charged towards the shield soldiers with swords, and many soldiers rushed forward with roars.

Hundreds of soldiers who were blocked outside the city gate didn't really know what was going on inside the city for a while, but they knew that the situation had changed, and a large number of archers appeared above the city gate to kill them with arrows. The Liaodong soldiers were first panicked.

But soon a small number of Liaodong archers launched a counterattack against the archers at the top of the city.

Song Shixin ordered Xu He to lead his troops to the county town to change defenses. To defend the city, he naturally had to bring a group of archers with him.

Song Shixin brought out 5,000 soldiers and horses from Shunjincheng, leaving 1,000 soldiers and horses commanded by Han Ying in Zhumapo, and the remaining 4,000 soldiers and horses were brought to Tianji Mountain.

Among the five thousand soldiers and horses, there were one thousand cavalry, and two hundred cavalry were left on the horse slope. Among the remaining eight hundred cavalry, Cui Bo took five hundred cavalry and sent them to Changwu County.

Among the four thousand soldiers and horses, there were also 300 archers. Xu He mobilized 100 archers from these 300 archers. Archers often formed formations when marching, so

Although half of the Liaodong soldiers followed Xu He into the city, these one hundred archers were still outside the city.

After the archers at the top of the city appeared, their target was the archers outside the city. As a result, the hundreds of defenders suffered heavy casualties. Before they could react, more than a dozen people had been shot dead.

After the remaining Liaodong archers reacted, they had unified consciousness and did not retreat. Instead, they launched a counterattack against the archers at the top of the city. For a while, arrows from both sides were crisscrossing each other, and screams could be heard one after another.

Although many people in the team shouted to retreat and the city gate was crowded, the Liaodong soldiers outside the city still showed their due fighting qualities. Seeing the archers counterattack, a small number of shield soldiers immediately raised their shields to cover

Archer.

There were bursts of killing sounds in the city. Many soldiers outside the city had previously seen their companions retreating from the city. They all retreated, but soon they found that the retreating soldiers turned around again and swung their swords to kill into the city, so they also shouted loudly.

Roaring, intending to follow behind and rush into the city.

The Liaodong Army has been in the Northeast for hundreds of years. For most soldiers, the best way to get promoted and make a fortune is to achieve military exploits.

The successive generals of the Liaodong Army were all very generous to the officers and soldiers who had made great achievements in battle, and there were some unwritten rewards in the army. If they could make great contributions, they would not only be promoted, but also be rewarded with fertile land, but the rewards would not be recorded in writing.

field.

For ordinary soldiers, getting promoted can naturally bring glory to the ancestors, but getting fertile land makes people even more passionate.

In fact, everyone knows that if this battle can annihilate the enemy and capture the county seat, the general will definitely be heavily rewarded.

Even though the Liaodong Army is not as good as before, it is full of confidence from top to bottom. It has never taken Long Rui's army seriously from the beginning. In a moment of chaos, the companions rushed into the city, and the soldiers in the rear naturally also

Morale is boosted.

At this time, the sound of horse hooves was suddenly heard. Although there was a fierce battle, the clear sound of horse hooves still attracted the attention of many people.

However, the sound of horse hooves came not from one direction, but from the left and right wings.

So the Liaodong soldiers outside the city were horrified to find that two groups of cavalry suddenly appeared on the left and right wings, each with two to three hundred men, and the total number of cavalry was five to six hundred.

If the Liaodong soldiers were still willing to fight hard at the moment, when hundreds of cavalry appeared, the Liaodong soldiers outside the city collapsed almost instantly.

Of course they knew what would happen if the cavalry cut them in from both sides.

At this moment, it is almost impossible to form a formation to attack. The shield soldiers protect the archers, and the sword soldiers and spear soldiers are facing the direction of the city, intending to rush in and fight. Moreover, the general Xu He has been killed. In this case,

There are almost no soldiers and horses in the world who can form a formation to meet the cavalry coming from two wings in an instant.

Moreover, the speed of the cavalry on both wings is as fast as the wind.

Dozens of archers were originally interacting with the archers at the top of the city. When they saw the cavalry coming from both sides, they were all frightened. Of course they knew that once the cavalry approached, they would have no power to fight back and they would be killed by swords.

, I am fish.

Several archers no longer had the courage to hold on, so they turned around and ran away.

As soon as these people ran away, the already collapsed fighting spirit of the others was instantly wiped out. Whether they were archers or infantry, they fled northward like crazy.

When the cavalry from both wings came to attack, they shouted loudly: "If you disarm, you will not kill, if you disarm, you will not kill!"

In the blink of an eye, the two groups of cavalry were like daggers piercing their sides, piercing into the Liaodong army formation outside the city.

The Liaodong Army wanted to be rewarded for their meritorious service, and these Long Rui cavalry also wanted to make military exploits.

Under the sun, the cold light of the sword ruthlessly harvested the lives of the Liaodong soldiers. In just a moment, many Liaodong soldiers fell into a pool of blood like harvested rice.

The Liaodong Army has no formation at all and is like a piece of scattered sand.

When the cavalry attacks the infantry in chaotic formation, it is a complete crushing massacre.

Blood splattered, and a large number of Liaodong soldiers lay dead on the ground. Although a small number of Liaodong soldiers fought hard to fight back, the disparity in strength between the two sides made it impossible to reverse the situation.

More soldiers have dropped their weapons, squatting on the ground, holding their heads in their hands, hoping to save their lives.

The cavalry was slashing and killing, and the archers at the top of the city only attacked the Liaodong soldiers who continued to resist. And the resisting Liaodong soldiers soon knew that by now, continuing to resist would only lead to death in vain, so more and more people

The soldiers abandoned their weapons. Not long after, most of the Liaodong soldiers outside the city had abandoned their weapons and surrendered. Naturally, the soldiers at the city gate also saw the appearance of a large number of Long Rui cavalry, and they lost their fighting spirit and put down their weapons.

The Liaodong soldiers in the city did not know that their companions outside the city had completely collapsed under the impact of the cavalry, and they continued to fight with Long Rui's army in the city.

The Liaodong soldiers who dared to rush forward were all brave men, and both sides fought together.

However, more and more soldiers surrendered. The hundreds of soldiers in front were still fighting. When they saw a large number of their companions behind them abandoning their weapons and surrendering, they were all shocked.

"Disarm and refuse to kill!" Someone in Long Rui's military formation shouted loudly: "Those who stubbornly resist will be killed without mercy!"

The Liaodong soldiers who were fighting had no fighting spirit, and many of them immediately dropped their weapons and surrendered on the spot. After more than ten Liaodong warriors who fought desperately were able to kill them, the fierce battle finally stopped. From inside the city to

Outside the city, in addition to corpses everywhere, the seven or eight hundred people who survived had all abandoned their weapons and surrendered.

Although many Liaodong soldiers were unwilling to give up, the matter had come to this point and there was nothing they could do to reverse it.

After dark, Song Shixin, who was in Tianji Mountain, finally got the news. Hearing that a thousand men and horses led by Xu He had fallen into a trap and surrendered, his vision went dark and he almost fainted.

Since he led the army, he has never suffered such a defeat in the land of Northeast China.

In a small county town, he lost more than a thousand people in less than two days, and among them were 500 cavalry. Although several generals kept comforting him, Song Shixin was still furious and spit out a large mouthful of blood.

He knew very well that even if he could escape this time and return to Liaodong safely, he would become a laughing stock among the Liaodong army from now on.

Only a dozen people were able to escape alive.

Song Shixin understood that this time he suffered heavy losses. In the final analysis, he was too confident and did not value Long Ruijun from the bottom of his heart. He even felt that Long Ruijun was just a group of incompetent soldiers put together by a ragtag group of people, and he had to pay for it.

A heavy price to pay.

From the beginning, he never thought that Long Ruijun would use Changwu County as a breaking point.

Faced with his error in judgment, he did not leave enough troops in the county, which led to Long Rui's army taking advantage of it.

Although he responded quickly after learning of Jiang Xiaochun's whereabouts and sent Cui Bo to the county to garrison, it was already too late, and Cui Bo's 500 cavalry naturally fell into the trap designed by the opponent.

,completely annihilated.

Xu He immediately went to provide reinforcements, but also fell into a trap.

If being tricked by the enemy once means that the other party was too cunning, and being fooled the second time, it means that you are too stupid.

Although he wished he could immediately lead the remaining soldiers and horses to attack Changwu County again, his final rationality told him that such a move would undoubtedly be courting death.

Long Rui's army must have deployed heavy troops in Changwu County. With only more than 2,000 people attacking the county, there is no chance of victory.

He knew he was in dire straits.

If you can't take the county seat, you can't get back the food and grass. Without food and grass, you can't hold on at all.

"General Zhonglang, do you want to send someone to Zhumapo as soon as possible?" Lieutenant Tan said cautiously: "Before, the two armies did not directly fight. Long Ruijun had scruples and would not act rashly against Zhumapo. Now the two sides are at war.

See, Long Ruijun has no scruples anymore...!"

Song Shixin's body was shaken, and he finally thought of his brother-in-law.

Han Ying was guarding Zhumapo with a thousand soldiers and horses, but he was weak. If Long Rui's army launched an offensive against Zhumapo, it would be impossible for Han Ying to resist it.

He closed his eyes, pondered for a moment, and finally said: "Give me the order, and the entire army will set off immediately to meet Han Ying in Zhumapo."

At this point, if you continue to stay in Tianji Mountain, you can only be a lamb to be slaughtered by Long Rui's army. Without further ado, the only choice now is to rush to Zhumapo as soon as possible and join forces with Han Ying.

Return to Shunjincheng at all costs.

He knew that if he went back like this, Huangfu Yunzhao's painstaking arrangements would be in vain. In Huangfu Yunzhao's rage, he might not even be able to save his own head.
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