At the edge of the Yan River, Chen Shi, the military commander of Yanling, had an emotion that was very similar to that of Baili Ba, the general of the Junshui Camp, in his mind.
Three days ago, Chen Shi was ordered by King Su Zhao Hongrun to lead 5,000 Yanling troops to build a dam on the upper reaches of Yan River. At that time, he realized that the move of His Highness King Su would increase the strength of Yanling's defense.
The loophole caused the Chu army on the south bank of the Yan River to forcefully cross the river to attack Yanling.
In fact, his guess was correct, because it had only been three days since he led his troops to leave Yanling, and the 60,000 Chu army vanguard on the south bank of the Yan River had successfully crossed the Yan River.
However, he guessed the beginning correctly, but not the ending.
Chen Shi originally thought that King Su's insistence would lead to the fall of Yanling and the encroachment of a large area of the Wei Dynasty by the Chu army. However, he never expected that what he was waiting for was not a request for help from Yanling, but a total of 60,000 soldiers.
The defeat of the Chu army.
Yes, rout.
The whole army was defeated!
Even standing on the edge of the Yan River, Chen Shi could clearly see the Chu soldiers fleeing towards the Yan River like a tide in the distance, the panic on their faces, and the mighty and majestic soldiers chasing behind them.
The Junshui Camp army.
What a shame...
Chen Shi's face showed a look of shame unconsciously.
A few days ago, because he had successfully blocked several river-crossing battles by the Chu army, even he could not help but begin to think that if His Highness Prince Su did not reuse him, it would lead to the fall of Yanling and the capture of the country by the Chu army.
The biggest source.
But in the end, Prince Su almost annihilated all the 60,000 Chu army vanguards in one go!
Chen Shi didn't want to use the reinforcements from the Junshui Camp as an excuse, because he knew that even if he received the support from the Junshui Camp, at best, he would only use this army to defend Yanling, and would not do this to lure the enemy.
Go deep and ambush the enemy's decision to turn from defensive to offensive.
He finally realized that this was the biggest difference between him and His Highness Prince Su: He was thinking about how to defend Yanling, while His Highness Prince Su was thinking about annihilating all the enemy troops who invaded the country.
One defends, the other takes the initiative, making judgments!
"Ahem!...Chen Wuwei, it's not good to be distracted at this time."
Next to me, a gentle reminder came.
Chen Shi turned to look at the man and smiled to himself.
He recognized these people. They were Zong Wei, Zhang Ao, Li Meng, Fang Shuo and others who were with His Royal Highness King Su. It was precisely because these people summoned people in the name of King Su that he led his troops along Yan.
The water flowed down and cut off the Chu army's return route.
That's all...for now, let's do our duty!
Taking a deep breath, Chen Shi adjusted his mood and concentrated on the battle at hand.
To be honest, Chen Shi and the nearly five thousand Yanling soldiers under his command were under great pressure to shoulder the important task of cutting off the Chu army's return route. After all, the defeated Chu army who fled back from Yanling had only one choice if they wanted to return to the south bank of the Yan River alive.
He relied on the three pontoon bridges he was currently clinging to to cross.
Unless these people desperately jumped into the Yan River for the chance of survival.
Because of this, Chen Shi and his nearly 5,000 Yanling soldiers are now the life and death enemies of these Chu soldiers trying to survive. Just look at the crazy momentum of these people. You can understand that they are like moths flying into the flames.
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It is indeed very difficult to defend the three pontoon bridges under such circumstances.
Their nearly five thousand Yanling soldiers were like a small boat in the vast ocean at this moment. Facing the Chu army of tens of thousands to forty thousand, the situation was precarious, as if they would be overturned at any time.
Fortunately, the defeat of the Chu army gave Chen Shi and his nearly 5,000 Yanling soldiers strong confidence. After all, they were beating a dog in the water. No matter how dangerous the situation was, they were still full of confidence in victory.
What they are thinking about now is not how to defeat the Chu army, but how to cooperate with the Junshui Camp friendly forces in the rear to eat up the 60,000 Chu army vanguards in one go, and achieve an exciting victory and win the battle!
Of course, as for the Chu soldiers who forcibly fled to the south bank when they successfully seized the pontoon bridge, Chen Shi and others were beyond their reach.
However, they didn't care. After all, just a few hundred Chu soldiers escaped, which was of no consequence to the entire battle.
It is undeniable that the Chu army was indeed crazy in order to survive, but Chen Shi and his nearly five thousand Yanling soldiers were like three nails, nailed to the sides of the three pontoon bridges.
In normal times, as many as 30,000 to 40,000 defeated Chu soldiers on the north bank of the Yan River would have eaten up this force without much effort. But now, due to the approaching Wei soldiers from the Junshui camp behind them, those Chu soldiers could not compete with Chen Shijun.
Troubled thoughts.
Seeing that the pontoon bridge was lost, the Chu soldiers who became more and more frantic in order to survive jumped into the Yan River one after another, trying to swim to the other side.
I have to say that this is quite a spectacular sight. I saw densely packed Chu soldiers on the north bank of the Yan River, rushing to jump into the Yan River. From a bird's-eye view, the water is full of dense black spots.
But at this moment, a sudden surge of water surged down the upper reaches of the Yan River, and the Chu soldiers in the water were rushed downstream.
Did you catch up?
Chen Shi subconsciously glanced upstream.
Digging the dam and releasing the water was not an instruction given by Zhao Hongrun, but Chen Shi's own judgment.
After all, Zhao Hongrun didn't think that just two or three days of water storage could bring much damage to the Chu army.
Of course, the main reason was that he did not think that Chen Shi could build a dam in one day. After all, at that time, Chen Shi was very resistant to building dams upstream. Therefore, he did not take this dam into consideration, and simply considered "building a dam"
"The incident was just used as bait to induce the Chu army to cross the river and attack.
I'm afraid Zhao Hongrun didn't expect that Chen Shi would complete the dam building in one day.
In fact, if you think about it carefully, this is not surprising. After all, Chen Shi subjectively judged that Zhao Hongrun's transfer of him away from Yanling would definitely lead to the fall of Yanling. Therefore, he hoped to build a dam as soon as possible and was ready to support Yanling at any time.
As for why the dam must be built, it was because Chen Shi felt that his refusal to hand over military power a while ago made King Su prejudice him. Therefore, he had to complete the task assigned by His Highness King Su.
Finally, he can wait for an opportunity to do something else.
However, Chen Shi obviously did not expect that the dam he built three days ago in anger and anger with his soldiers would now have a good effect in intercepting the Chu army.
This is truly unpredictable.
Due to the opening of the dam and the release of water from the upper reaches of the Yan River, the water level in this area of water has risen significantly, and the water potential has become much more rapid than before. Although it is far inferior to the Yan River during the flood season, it was enough to scare those Chu soldiers who tried to swim across the Yan River to cross the river.
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What to do? What to do?
For a time, almost all Chu soldiers were considering this issue.
With obstacles in front and pursuers behind, they were now in a desperate situation with enemies from both sides. What made them feel desperate was that the Wei soldiers in the dredging camp behind them showed no mercy at all. They took pity on them and drove the two hundred vehicles that could be called a fortress.
The terrifying chariots lined up in a straight line, trying to drive them all down the Yan River.
"ah--"
"Ahhhh——"
Thousands of Chu soldiers were unfortunately squeezed into the Yan River due to the pushing and shoving of Tongze. They screamed in horror and were rushed downstream, not knowing whether they were alive or dead.
Seeing this scene, the Chu soldiers closest to the river bank crowded back in fear, but behind them, two hundred tanks advanced slowly while the crossbowmen in the carriages above fired crossbow bolts, killing one by one.
The Chu soldiers closest to them.
Although there are still 30,000 Chu soldiers on the north bank of Yanling, they are crowded together with frightened faces, and they are like 30,000 animals waiting to be slaughtered, with no fighting spirit at all.
The fate that awaited them was either to be shot dead by Wei soldiers from the Junshui Camp or to be forced into Yan River by a chariot convoy.
Even Bailiba, the general of Junshui Camp, couldn't bear this scene.
But if he can't bear it, the general order he issued will not be changed.
After all, it is very troublesome to take in the prisoners of the Chu army. You must know that in the Chu State, the status of civilians is extremely low. There is a completely different treatment between those with aristocratic blood and those without aristocratic blood. Even if the Wei State captured these Chu soldiers
, Chu State will not be able to redeem these soldiers by redemption in the future. Chu State will only redeem the generals in the army and the nobles of the Xiong clan, such as Pingyu Jun Xiong Hu.
As for these ordinary Chu soldiers, Chu State has a large population and they don't care at all.
If the soldiers are gone, just recruit them again. After all, the territory of Chu State is four times that of Wei State!
Why spend a lot of supplies to redeem a group of soldiers who lost the battle?
In other words, even if the Wei State took in this group of Chu soldiers, they were destined to get little reward. Instead, they would have to provide food rations for the prisoners, resettle them, and send people to guard them.
It was impossible to let them go back. After all, letting the prisoners back would be a disguised help to the Chu State, but keeping them was of no use. In this case, it was better to simply kill them all and end it all.
Thinking of this, Bailiba issued a cruel order without hesitation: route the 30,000 Chu troops and drive them all down the Yan River!
But at this moment, a voice stopped him.
"That's it!"
"..." Bailiba glanced back in astonishment, and was surprised to see Zhao Hongrun, Wang Shu, Ma Zhang and several clan guards riding up on their horses.
"His Royal Highness King Su..." Bailiba threw the long-handled saber in his hand to the guard cavalry beside him, clasped his fists, frowned and asked: "Your Highness, what do you mean?"
I saw Zhao Hongrun coming on his horse, looking at the miserable state of the Chu soldiers, shaking his head and saying: "Our army has already won this battle. If we continue to kill, it will just be a massacre... Let's call it a day!"
Bailiba frowned and reminded: "Your Highness, I think that keeping prisoners at this time is just a needless increase in the burden on our army... Considering the overall situation, I forgive you for not obeying your order!"
After hearing this, Zhao Hongrun raised his head and glanced at Baili Ba with a calm expression: "That's it!... I have use for these prisoners!"
Although his words were very calm, his tone was irrefutable.
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Bailiba narrowed his tiger eyes and suddenly said with a smile: "Isn't it that His Highness wants to use the golden order for these people?...According to a certain guess, His Highness only has one golden order given by His Majesty in his hand.
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"Ha." Zhao Hongrun curled his lips: "I'm sorry, I have already used the last one."
Huh?
Bailiba couldn't help being stunned when he heard this. He looked deeply at Zhao Hongrun, who also looked at him calmly.
After looking at each other for a moment, Bailiba chuckled lightly, turned his horse and slowly moved his position to the side.
This is a message that means compromise.
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun took a few steps forward on his horse, took a deep breath and shouted loudly: "Send the order to the whole army, don't kill if you surrender!"
The nearby Junshui camp soldiers heard this sound and began to shout to persuade them to surrender.
"Put down your weapons and those who surrender will not be killed!"
"Put down your weapons and those who surrender will not be killed!"
"Put down your weapons and those who surrender will not be killed!"
When they heard the Wei soldiers in the Junshui camp persuade them to surrender, many of the more than 30,000 Chu troops who were huddled together were in desperate situation, and many of them burst into tears.
The menace in that look... didn't look like that of a child who was only fourteen years old.
Bailiba silently observed His Royal Highness Prince Su. For the first time, he felt that the title given to the eighth prince by Emperor Wei was just right.