Wang Lang sent 20,000 soldiers under his command, intending to help Li Yu and Zhang Shen, but unexpectedly, Peng Shi was unexpectedly killed by Jia Fu in his own camp. Wang Lang's army was leaderless, the morale of the army was in turmoil, and its morale plummeted.
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Wu Han took this opportunity to command his soldiers and launch an all-out attack on Wang Lang's army.
Wang Lang's army only made symbolic resistance and began to lose ground. Wu Han refused to give up. While commanding the cavalry, he continued to harass the enemy and disrupt the enemy's square formation. At the same time, he personally led the infantry and marched on the front battlefield.
Advance step by step.
Every commander has his own style of leading troops in battle, and Wu Han is no exception. Wu Han's style is to attack. Wu Han was an official from Youzhou and often came into contact with Youzhou's sudden cavalry. He also had a very good understanding of cavalry combat.
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The army he commanded perfectly combined his own advantages, and was particularly good at coordination with horse and foot.
During the battle, he sent out cavalry to harass the enemy's flanks and rear, or to attack the enemy's weak points, in order to disrupt the enemy's formation as much as possible.
At the same time, he commanded the infantry to continuously approach forward on the frontal battlefield, putting great pressure on the enemy's front troops and forcing them to retreat continuously.
As a result, the two flanks of the enemy army were harassed by cavalry and became chaotic. In addition, the front army continued to retreat, one after another, and collided with each other. The entire formation of the entire army became a mess.
Ten thousand fought against twenty thousand, and few fought against many. But under the command of Wu Han, looking at the situation on the battlefield, Wu Han's army was more like a party with more people and more strength. On the contrary, Wang Lang's army was more like a party with fewer people.
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The fact that the battle has reached this level shows Wu Han's commanding ability.
Jia Fu and others, who were deep in Wang Lang's army, were not idle either. Jia Fu led the Ben Ming Army and rushed from left to right, messing up the center of Wang Lang's army.
Soon, Wang Lang's army went from being defeated one after another to fleeing. People no longer cared about their formations, turned around and ran back. The casualties caused by trampling on each other were countless.xdw8
After this battle, only 3,000 of the 20,000 Wang Lang's troops who left the city escaped in the end. The rest of Wang Lang's troops either died in battle or were captured alive by the Wu Han army. It could be said that they were completely defeated.
When Wang Lang heard the report from the soldiers who had returned, saying that his son Wang Xi had just left the city among the soldiers and was still among the rebels, and was killed by the enemy, Wang Lang felt his eyes darken, and he suddenly fell to the side.
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The ministers present had weak hands, so they hurriedly supported the prince and shouted: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty"
Wang Lang slowly opened his eyes and looked around at the people around him. Before he could speak, a mouthful of old blood spurted out.
Let’s talk about the battlefield outside the city.
When Li Yu and Zhang Jie saw Handan sending troops to reinforce their side, they and their officers were all overjoyed.
However, the expectations were the greatest, and the disappointment was also greater. Who would have thought that the 20,000 reinforcements would be defeated so quickly, and they did not even have time to put any decent pressure on Liu Xiujun. He had already been defeated like a mountain and collapsed thousands of miles away.
When the news reached Li Yu and Zhang Shen, they were stunned, as were the generals around them. The morale of the entire army, which had finally been raised, fell to the bottom in an instant, even lower than the morale at the beginning of the battle.
Not as good as that.
"Heaven will defeat our army! God will defeat our army!" At this time, Li Yu was completely desperate. He knew very well that the 20,000 reinforcements sent by Handan were defeated, and Handan would not send another soldier.
One pawn.
Just relying on our own group of hungry and exhausted soldiers, there is no way they can be a match for the wolf-like tiger Liu Xiujun.
In fact, this is indeed the case.
On the battlefield, the evenly matched situation has quietly changed. Liu Xiujun advanced step by step, while Wang Lang's army was forced to retreat step by step. Every time the square formation took a step back, groups of soldiers fell in the front row.
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Seeing that Wang Lang's army was showing signs of defeat, Liu Xiu called Long Yuan and told him: "I am ordering the officers and men of the front army to persuade them to surrender as they advance. If anyone puts down their weapons and surrenders, they can all be accepted!"
"Yes! Lord!" Long Yuan agreed and ran quickly towards the front army.
Liu Xiu said again: "Long Zhun, Long Bo!"
"My subordinates are here!" Long Zhun and Long Bo urged their horses forward and stepped in to salute.
"Go to the rear army and ask the brothers to carry out the big pots and bury them to make rice!"
"Yes! Lord!"
Long Zhun and Long Bo drove their horses to the rear army. Not long after, a large number of soldiers came over carrying large iron pots.
Arriving at the Chinese Army Opening Ground, people began to get busy. Some burned firewood, some set up pots, some carried water, and some cut meat.
After a short time, steam came out from each large iron pot, and the aroma of the stew also spread.
At this time, not to mention what Wang Langjun on the opposite side felt when he smelled the aroma of the meat soup. Even Liu Xiujun's soldiers raised their noses and smelled the aroma of the meat, and their mouths and tongues were filled with saliva, and they couldn't help but swallow their saliva.
On the front army side, after receiving Liu Xiu's order, Liu Xiujun's soldiers no longer simply killed and wounded the enemy troops, but shouted loudly while attacking: "Brothers of Wang Langjun, listen, now as long as you are willing to put down the weapons in your hands,
Weapon, Da Sima can forget the past, not only can it save your lives, but you will also have broth to drink!"
"Stop resisting! Wang Lang's rebellion in Hebei is against the law of heaven. Following Wang Lang will only lead to death. It's still too late to abandon the dark side and join the bright side!"
"If you continue to be stubborn and loyal to Wang Lang, you will lose your life in vain and be buried with Wang Lang!"
The so-called attack on the city is the first priority, and the first priority is to attack the heart. The hungry soldiers of Wang Lang's army, after smelling the smell of meat, were rubbing their intestines. Now they heard the Han army's persuasion to surrender, even if it was their willpower.
A determined person can't help but lay down his weapons, not to mention that many soldiers' willpower is not firm yet.
They originally chose to follow Wang Lang just to have a bite to eat, but now Wang Lang can't give them food, but Liu Xiuneng, why do they continue to fight?
Boom! Boom! Soon, the sound of Wang Lang's soldiers throwing down their weapons could be heard on the battlefield. A large number of soldiers dropped their weapons, knelt on the ground, surrendered to Liu Xiujun.
In fact, when the battle reached this point, Li Yujun was undoubtedly defeated, and Liu Xiu could win a complete victory even without using any mental tricks.
It has to be said that Liu Xiu is indeed very kind in nature. Here in Hebei, the war is in chaos, the situation is precarious, corpses are everywhere, and ten houses are empty.
Too many people had already died, and Liu Xiu really couldn't bear to see tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands more people die on the battlefield.
Going deeper, Liu Xiu hopes to use Hebei as his future base. If he kills one more person now, he will lose one point of power in Hebei in the future.
No matter in public or private affairs, Liu Xiu hoped to kill less people, preferably not to kill people, and the best strategy was to be able to subjugate the enemy's troops without fighting.
In a desperate situation, surrender was like a plague, spreading rapidly among Wang Lang's army, and the generals of various ministries could not stop it even if they wanted to.
The soldiers of Wang Lang's army who surrendered were brought back to the Chinese army one after another by the Han army. When people saw the rows of steaming large iron pots placed in the center of the open space, they couldn't help but swallow their saliva and roll their eyes.
The child almost flew out.
When Liu Xiu saw this, he couldn't help but smile and said to the three people around him: Xu Ying, Xu Ting, and Xu Fei: "Tell my brothers to give each of the surrendered soldiers a bowl of broth."
Xuying, Xuting, and Xufei looked at each other in shock. Xuying whispered: "Master, our brothers are still hungry now!"
It was already past noon, but the battle was not over yet, and people could only continue fighting hungry.
Liu Xiu said with a smile: "When this battle is over, everyone will have broth to drink! Go quickly!"
Xu Ying, Xu Ting, and Xu Fei conveyed Liu Xiu's order without saying any more words.
After receiving the bowl filled with broth from the soldiers of the Han army, many soldiers of Wang Lang's army poured it directly into their stomachs, regardless of whether it was boiled or not. They drank not a drop of the soup left in the bowl, and even the bottom of the bowl was filled with water.
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On the battlefield ahead, the defeat of Wang Lang's army was unstoppable. Now the soldiers who surrendered were no longer one or two, but surrendered in groups, one or two, led by the army commander.
At this time, both Li Yu and Zhang Shen knew that their side had been completely defeated in this battle and had no chance of winning.
Li Yu slowly took out the sword from his ribs, and at the same time took out his handkerchief, gently wiped the sword blade, and said: "The soldiers below can surrender, but I can't."
Even if he chooses to surrender, as the Great Sima, there is no way to survive. As if he could see Li Yu's thoughts, Zhang Shen's expression changed, and he hurriedly grabbed his arm and said in a trembling voice: "Da Sima, you..."
"If I had known this, I should have followed Liu Xiu back then!" Li Yu threw away the handkerchief and sighed looking up to the sky.
When Wang Lang rebelled, he was supported by the three kings of Hebei, and all counties and counties surrendered one after another. Even many counties and counties in Youzhou secretly showed their favor to Wang Lang. It can be said that he was in full swing.
At that time, Liu Xiu only had more than a hundred followers around him, and he was being hunted and hiding in Tibet. Who would have thought that only two months later, Liu Xiu had led his army to the city, and Wang Lang was left with only Handan.
A lonely city.
There was such a huge gap in strength between the two sides at the beginning, but now such a big reversal has occurred. How exactly it happened, and how Liu Xiu did it, Li Yu couldn't understand.
Now he can only secretly regret in his heart that he was blind and missed Liu Xiu, but chose Wang Lang.
"Da Sima!" Zhang Shen looked at the despair and despair on Li Yu's face, and he seemed to see himself. Li Yu smiled indifferently at Zhang Shen, but the smile was uglier than crying.
Without warning, he suddenly waved his arm and shook Zhang Shen's hand away. Then he flipped his wrist, held the sword upside down, put it on his neck, and said: "General, I, Li Yu, go first!"
After saying this, he wiped the sword in his hand hard.
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"Big..." Zhang Shen tried to stop Li Yu again, but it was too late. He saw a blood arrow spurting out from Li Yu's neck. He shook a few times on his horse, and then his body fell from the horse.
On the ground.
Looking at Li Yu who committed suicide with a horizontal sword, Zhang Shen seemed to have seen his upcoming fate. His nose felt sore and tears flowed down. He jumped off the horse, took off the cloak from behind, and slowly covered Li Yu's head.
On the corpse, he covered his face at the same time. Then, he got back on his horse, looked at the stunned generals on the left and right, and shouted loudly: "Generals, listen to the order, follow my general, and charge to the enemy's formation!"
After he finished speaking, he urged his horse to run forward without caring about the reactions of others.
All the generals present looked at each other in confusion. Most of them sat on their horses and did not move. Only a few generals followed Zhang Shen and rushed forward with him.
They are not seeking to fight, but seeking to die!
