Xuan Miao was besieged by numerous Han soldiers, and he tried his best to break out. However, there were too many Han soldiers, and he could not break out. In addition, the Han soldiers had mint leaves in their mouths, and his illusion skills were ineffective.
The encirclement of the Han army became smaller and smaller, and Xuan Miao became more and more eager. He fired his sword continuously, and around him, the light and shadow of swords almost formed a sword curtain.
However, this could not stop the Han army's advance. The encirclement of the Han army in the front row became smaller and smaller. The sword curtain collided with the Han army's shield formation, and sparks splashed into the air.
The halberds and spears protruding from behind the shield array were thrust towards Xuanmiao. Xuanmiao could not block the back when blocking the front, and could not protect the left when protecting the right.
Not long after, his body had been cut with more than ten cuts by halberds and spears. The ground around him was covered with chopped halberds and spears.
After all, Xuan Miao is a man, not a god, and his physical strength is limited. His moves are getting slower and slower, and there are more and more wounds on his body.
Soon, a spear pierced his lower back, making Xuan Miao groan in pain. He swung his sword backwards, clicked, and the spear was cut off. He then swept his sword backwards.
Sha! The blade of the sword could not reach the Han soldiers, and was blocked by the shield. The sharp edge swept out a long spark on the shield. Poof! There was another muffled sound, and another spear pierced Xuan Miao's lower abdomen.
Xuan Miao screamed out in unbearable pain.
Puff puff--
Halberds and spears stabbed from all directions, leaving bloody holes in Xuan Miao's body, and bursts of heart-rending screams were heard from the crowd.
After the fighting stopped, the Han troops who had gathered together retreated one after another. As the people retreated, looking at the center of the battlefield, only a body of flesh and blood remained.
Xuanmiao was besieged by Han soldiers and died, but on the other side, Cen Peng was also dead. Xuanmiao stabbed Cen Peng three times in the lower abdomen, which was already a fatal wound. Moreover, the dagger used by Xuanmiao was poisoned.
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Before Cen Peng could leave any last words, he died.
The Han army officers headed by Zang Gong gathered around and looked nervously at the medical officers around Cen Peng. Several medical officers looked at each other, then retreated together, knelt down and kowtowed. Seeing this, people suddenly understood what was going on.
Wow! All the Han soldiers present knelt on their knees, wept bitterly, and cried: "General!"
Immediately afterwards, the surrounding people also knelt down and cried together with the Han soldiers.
Throughout the ages, to say that the assassin has been used to the extreme, it can really be said that it was Gongsun Shu.
Liu Xiu sent two groups of armies to attack Yizhou. One group, with the Western Expeditionary Army as the core, fought from Liangzhou to Yizhou.
As a result, the leader of the Han army, Lai She, who was also the leader of the Western Expeditionary Army, was assassinated and died in Wudu County. The Han army that went south with the Western Expeditionary Army as its core was in chaos. Geng Yan and Gai Yan had no choice but to lead their troops.
Retreat and change from attack to defense.
The other route was the Han army with the Southern Expedition as its core, attacking Yizhou from Nanjun. As a result, the Han army's general Cen Peng and his soldiers had already reached Chengdu, and were about to have a decisive battle with Gongsun Shu.
It happened that at this time, Cen Peng was also assassinated and died in the army.
Two Han armies and two Han army generals suffered the same fate. This is really sad. It also makes people sigh. The Chengjia court used assassins to the extreme.
Cen Peng's life was full of ups and downs and full of legends.
Back then, when Liu Xiu followed his eldest brother to rebel in Nanyang Chongling, Cen Peng was their strong enemy. Even though the Han army had captured the entire Nanyang at that time, Cen Peng still occupied Wancheng, the county seat of Nanyang. He would rather die than surrender and fight to the death to resist the Han.
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Wancheng was trapped for more than a year and was impregnable. The Han army was helpless against Cen Peng. In the end, because the food in Wancheng was exhausted, all the soldiers and even the people in the city had no food to eat. Cen Peng sympathized with his subordinates and
He was even more considerate of the people in the city and was forced to surrender to the Han army.
Later, Liu Xiu appeased Hebei and Cen Peng happened to arrive in Hanoi.
Only then did he surrender to Liu Xiu.
After switching to Liu Xiu's command, Cen Peng's magnificent war history officially began. He first followed Liu Xiu to pacify Hebei, then followed Liu Xiu to pacify Hanoi, and then followed Liu Xiu to capture Luoyang.
The Han army's southern expedition was ineffective, and Wu Han massacred new areas in the city, arousing public anger. It was Cen Peng who stepped forward to replace Wu Han and carried the banner of the southern expedition. He first wiped out Nanyang, and then led his army into Nanjun to wipe out Qin Feng.
Tian Rong, Yancen and other warlord forces.
From then on, the Southern Expeditionary Army headed by Cen Peng was stationed in Nanjun. With the strength of one army, they withstood the massive attacks of the Shu army one after another. Nanjun was in war for many years, but what is incredible is that Cen Peng
Nanjun was managed very well, and Nanjun managed to feed the Southern Expeditionary Army. When the Luoyang court was troubled by food problems, the Southern Expeditionary Army did not cause any trouble to the court, and my life in Nanjun was quite comfortable.
Cen Peng was not only an excellent general, he was also an expert in local governance. Otherwise, Liu Xiu would not have been able to make Cen Peng both the shepherd of Yizhou and the governor of all counties in Yizhou.
When the Luoyang court made the strategic decision to attack Shu in an all-out way, Cen Peng's life was like a mess.
He led the Han army to open Jiangguan, the gateway to Bashu, from Nanjun, and fought from Jiangguan all the way to Jiangzhou, and from Jiangzhou to Qianwei County, all the way to Wuyang, and then sent out surprise troops from Wuyang to capture Guangdu.
The lone army penetrated thousands of miles into the hinterland of the enemy camp, and no one could stop or defeat it. No one in the Chengdu court dared to fight, and Gongsun Shu looked up to the sky and sighed, where did this man of God come from?
Unlike Lai She, after Lai She's death, his body was transported back to Luoyang. However, after Cen Peng's death, it was difficult to transport his body back to Luoyang. Firstly, it was a long journey, and secondly, the Han army was unable to retreat at all.
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Once they retreat, Gongsun Hui and Wang Yuan of Zizhong will definitely lead the Shu army to intercept them. As a result, their Han army of only 50,000 people will be surrounded by Shu army groups and are in danger of being annihilated.
Cen Peng's body can only be buried here in Wuyang. Cen Peng died, but the people of Shu remember Cen Peng's kindness.
The people of Shu spontaneously built a temple for Cen Peng in Shu to worship this general who promoted the Han system in Shu and loved the people like his own son.
Whether a person is benevolent or not is not decided by himself, but by the people.
In the enemy's sphere of influence, the people in the enemy's territory were allowed to set up temples to worship, which shows Cen Peng's character. Especially compared with the Wu Han behind Cen Peng, the people of Shu should really miss Cen Peng.
Cen Peng's assassination and death not only caused grief to the Han army and people, but also to the Shu officials who came to seek refuge with Cen Peng. Cen Peng led his army to advance too fast, and many people from Shu came to
The defecting officials were all on their way here, but they had not yet seen Cen Peng. Among them, the one with the highest official position was Rengui, who was also one of the kings with different surnames who were canonized by Gongsun Shu, and his title was King Qiong Valley.
When the news of Cen Peng's assassination reached Chengdu, everyone in the Cheng family and the imperial court were as relieved as if they were celebrating the New Year, and everyone was filled with joy and excitement.
When the news reached Luoyang, the Luoyang court immediately fell into shock and grief.
Just as Cen Peng was about to capture Chengdu and defeat Shu, victory was in sight. But at this critical juncture, Cen Peng was assassinated and died. This was too fatal.
People seem to see the shadow of the Western Expeditionary Army in the Southern Expeditionary Army. Could it be that the Southern Expeditionary Army's attack on Shu should be like the Western Expeditionary Army, giving up halfway, or like the Western Expeditionary Army, the whole army should be defeated halfway?
Retracement?
This doesn't exist.
After Laishe's death, neither Geng Yan nor Gai Yan was able to take over the Western Expeditionary Army. After Cen Peng's death, behind him, there was a Wu Han who was repairing ships in Yiling.
In terms of prestige, reputation, leadership and command, Wu Han was more than enough to succeed Cen Peng and lead the southern expedition.
When Wu Han in Yiling heard that Cen Peng was assassinated, he
After hearing the news of Wu Han's death, he was extremely shocked. He repeatedly confirmed the accuracy of the news. After receiving a positive reply, Wu Han took a breath.
It is impossible to say that there is no quarrel between Wu Han and Cen Peng. The Southern Expedition Army was founded by Wu Han, and then Cen Peng took over it; in the crusade against Gongsun Shu, Wu Han was the chief general, and then it was taken over by Cen Peng.
Cen Peng took over.
Regarding Cen Peng's assassination, Wu Han was not very happy. After all, he had lost a general. What he was worried about was the 50,000 elite Han troops led by Cen Peng.
The 50,000 Han troops have already reached Guangdu, which is only a few dozen miles away from Chengdu. At this time, Cen Peng dies. What will happen to these 50,000 soldiers?
Can they still evacuate from the hinterland of Yizhou without incident? Can Gongsun Hui and Wang Yuan, who are stationed in Zizhong behind them, give them a chance to return the way they came?
Fifty thousand soldiers of the Han army, whose life and death depended on the line, could be surrounded and annihilated by the Shu army at any time. When Wu Han heard the news of Cen Peng's death, the first thing he thought of was the fifty thousand Han soldiers, and he was also shocked and broke out in white hair sweat.
He immediately wrote a letter and sent it to Zang Palace in Wuyang.
In the letter, Wu Han, as the Grand Sima and the commander-in-chief of the Han army, first appointed Zang Gong as the commander-in-chief of the army, and then told Zang Gong to lead the army to withdraw south quickly. They could not return the same way, let alone stay where they were. They had to lead the army.
The army marched south to Nan'an.
Nan'an is surrounded by mountains and rivers, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack, and there is a large amount of food stored in Jianwei County in the city. We can capture Nan'an first and stay there for three to five months. It will not be a problem. We can wait for reinforcements and save the lives of the soldiers.
After Cen Peng's death, the 50,000 Han army was in chaos. At this time, Wu Han's letter was rushed to Wuyang. It was like a timely rain, which greatly stabilized the mood and morale of the Han army.
The Han army found its way forward.
Just as Wu Han said, their Han army, which has penetrated deep into the heart of the enemy camp, will die if they retreat, and if they stay where they are, they will die. For this reason, going south is the only way out.
At the critical moment, Zang Gong succeeded Cen Peng and took up the banner of general. He first recalled the cavalry stationed in Guangdu, and then led his troops southward.
The Han army was about to withdraw, and the people who had defected to the Han army asked to follow the Han army south to Nan'an.
Zang Gong was not willing to take these Shu people with him. As far as he was concerned, these people were a burden, and there might be many assassins with hidden evil intentions hidden among them.
But thinking of Cen Peng's attitude towards the people of Shu during his lifetime, Zang Gong finally took these people with him.
After hearing the news that the Han army was going south, the ministers of the Chengdu court were all in high spirits, and one by one they asked Gongsun Shu to send troops to fight.
Gongsun Shu sent his brother Gongsun Guang to lead fifty thousand Shu troops to pursue the Han army.
Because there were a large number of civilians among the Han army, the Han army could not move south as fast as it wanted. Seeing that Gongsun Guang was about to pursue him, Zang Gong led his troops to turn around and attack the Shu army.
Cen Peng was assassinated and died. The officers and soldiers of the Han army were filled with grief and anger, and they all had a ball of anger in their hearts.
Now the two armies were fighting, and the Han army vented all its anger on the Shu army. In the confrontation between the two sides, the Han army defeated the pursuing Shu army on the frontal battlefield, and killed Gongsun Guang, the Shu army, and was defeated.
Gongsun Shu led the remaining troops to defeat the general and fled back to Chengdu in panic. Gongsun Shu originally thought that with Cen Peng's death, the Han army would lose its backbone and its combat strength would be greatly reduced. At this time, no matter who he sent to attack the Han army, he would achieve a complete victory. Since
In this case, the credit should naturally go to his brothers.
Unexpectedly, Gongsun Guang really gave him a "long face". He was defeated in the battle, and it was a huge defeat. He was killed by the Han army and lost his armor. He almost died in the rebel army.
After repulsing Gongsun Guang's troops, the Han army's subsequent retreat became much smoother. Soon after, the army arrived in Nan'an. Zang Gong personally went into battle and led the Han army to attack the city. The Han army soldiers worked hard to tear apart the Nan'an city defense and invaded.
