Seven hundred and ninth chapter vitality is seriously injured
Wu Han used his arms to lift his halberd forward. General Deng Fengjun, who was stabbed in the lower abdomen, rose into the air and flew backwards. He collided with another general on horseback and knocked that
The famous general knocked his horse off directly.
Two more generals urged their horses to approach Wu Han, and slashed at Wu Han's neck with both swords.
Wu Han did not dodge. He stood on the spot and raised the silver halberd in his hand forward. Hearing a clang, clang, and two crisp sounds, the two knives that were slashing towards his head were blocked by the halberd.
While the opponent was sheathing his sword, Wu Han also raised his halberd and stabbed him to the left and right quickly.
The tip of the halberd stabbed the belly of the horse on his left, and the tail of the halberd stabbed the belly of the horse on his right. The two horses suffered pain, and they both neighed and fell to the ground.
The two generals on the war horse also fell down. Before they could get up from the ground, Wu Han raised his halberd and smashed their heads and helmets like watermelons.
On the ground.
Seeing all four of his generals fall under Wu Han's halberds, Deng Feng was heartbroken. He shook his body and wanted to step forward. The cronies around him swarmed up and said in a hurry: "General,
Go quickly, if you don’t go, it’s really too late!”
The surrounding Han troops were densely packed and boundless. Deng Feng looked around and couldn't help but grit his teeth secretly. He really hated it, his teeth itched with hatred, but there was nothing he could do.
He glared at Wu Han fiercely, gritted his teeth, said no more, got on his horse, took all his trusted subordinates with him, and fled with hatred.
In the Battle of Duxiang, first Yancen led his troops to be defeated, and then Deng Feng also led his troops to be defeated. After Yancen's army and Deng Feng's army fled the battlefield one after another, only Dong's army was left on the battlefield.
In a sense, Dong Jun also played a role in breaking up the relationship between Yancen and Deng Feng.
More than 200,000 Han troops surrounded Dong's remaining army of only 10,000 men. Dong and the remaining troops under his command were huddled together.
Looking at the crowds of Han troops around him, Dong suddenly felt the sadness of Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu.
He was really surrounded on all sides, with no way to escape! The generals under Dong's command came closer to him one after another. At this time, each of them looked more miserable than the last, their helmets were crooked, and their faces and bodies were covered with blood.
The generals looked at Dong eagerly and said in a trembling voice: "General, Deng Feng and Yancen have led their troops to escape. We... what should we do?"
What to do? Dong smiled bitterly. At this time, he didn't know what else he could do. A general looked at Dong, then at the others, lowered his head and said: "General, our army is less than ten thousand, and the Han army is less than ten thousand."
There are hundreds of thousands of people. If we continue to fight, it will be difficult for any of us to survive. How about... why not surrender to the Han army... to the Han army!"
Hearing his words, Dong and the generals present were shocked. While the generals changed their expressions, they also secretly breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, this general said what they wanted to say in their hearts but did not dare to say.
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After the general finished speaking, no one in the room stood up to scold him. They all lowered their heads and remained silent. Seeing this, Dong understood what everyone was thinking.
Before Dong could make a statement, the Han army's attack suddenly stopped. At the same time, the Han army's troops moved to the left and right to make way for a passage, and a group of Han army generals walked out from the crowd.
The leading Han general was young, only in his early twenties, with a handsome appearance and a thin body. He sat on the horse, looked at the remnants of Dong's army opposite, and asked loudly: "Where is Dong? Let him
Come out and speak!”
Hearing the voice, Dong in the crowd raised his head and looked for some recognition. When he saw this young general, he felt that he looked familiar. After thinking about it for a while, he suddenly remembered who this person was, Deng Yu and Deng Zhonghua.
Dong separated from the crowd around him and walked out step by step. The surrounding generals hurriedly stopped him and whispered: "General, be careful of fraud!"
"No problem!" Dong waved his hand. He had no personal relationship or contact with Deng Yu. He had only met Deng Yu from afar before.
However, Deng Yu was well-known, and he had heard a lot about Deng Yu's deeds. He knew that Deng Yu was a gentleman, not a young man.
He walked out of his own crowd, came to the opposite side of Deng Yu, raised his hands and said: "General Deng, I am under Dong!"
Deng Yu looked Dong over, returned the greeting, and said: "Dong, now your army has been surrounded by our Han army. The life and death of more than ten thousand soldiers depend on your thoughts. Now, do you still want to continue to resist?"
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He was a very talkative person, and in just a few words, he put the problem to Dong. If Dong insisted on resisting, then the responsibility of the Han army to surround and kill these remnants of Dong's troops was not the Han army's fault, but all Dong's fault.
The remnants of Dong's army all turned their attention to Dong. Dong took a deep look at Deng Yu, secretly smiled bitterly, raised his head and asked: "General Deng, if our brothers are willing to surrender, what will your army do with them?"
Deng Yu said seriously: "As long as your troops are willing to surrender to our Han army, I will advise your majesty to protect them from death."
Dong asked: "Does General Deng really mean what he said?"
Deng Yu smiled and said, "Yu never speaks lies."
Dong and Deng Yu looked at each other for a moment, nodded, and then he looked around at the people around him and said: "This battle is not about our incompetence, but about Deng Feng and Yancen. If you abandon me, you will not care. If you continue to fight, brothers
We just lost our lives in vain...surrender! We have tried our best in this battle and have no regrets in our hearts."
After hearing Dong's words, many soldiers around him choked with sobs.
Dong took a deep breath and slowly untied the sword under his ribs. He looked down at his sword. Without any warning, he pulled out the sword fiercely and placed it across his neck, intending to wipe his neck and commit suicide.
Fortunately, the people around him were close enough to him and their reactions were quick enough. People screamed in surprise. Some people grabbed his arms, while others hugged his waist and shouted urgently: "No, General!"
General, not allowed!"
Deng Yu on the opposite side also frowned and asked in a serious voice: "Dong, what are you doing?"
Dong was tightly held by everyone around him, but he still refused to throw away his sword. He looked at Deng Yu and said sadly: "Rebellion first and surrender later, how can Dong have the dignity to survive in the world?"
As he spoke, he glanced at the people around him and said in a deep voice: "Let go! Do you hear me? Let me go, everyone!"
No one let go, but people hugged Dong tighter.
Dong's intention to commit suicide has little to do with his face.
The soldiers under his command can surrender. With Liu Xiu's personality, most likely he will not punish them, but he is different. He is the culprit. Even if he chooses to surrender, he will most likely be executed in the end.
Instead of being executed in a cowardly manner, it would be better to kill yourself with a horizontal sword now, and die a clean and vigorous death.
Deng Yu dismounted from his horse and walked towards Dong. When the surrounding Han soldiers saw this, they were all startled. When they were about to step forward to stop them, Deng Yu raised his hand to stop them. He came to Dong and said,
He broke open the fingers that were holding the sword hilt tightly, took the sword from his hand, and said: "Dong, if you had known this, why did you do it in the first place?! If you are determined to repent, come with me to see His Majesty. You are
Life or death, Your Majesty will make your own decision!"
If there is still a way to live, who is willing to die? Dong looked at Deng Yu in front of him, couldn't help it anymore, and burst into tears.
In the Battle of Duxiang, Deng Feng's army and Yancen's army suffered heavy casualties and were severely damaged. They fled one after another. Dong's army who was left behind could not escape. After being surrounded by Han army groups and desperate, Dong led the remaining troops to attack the Han army.
surrender.
At this point, the battle to block the countryside is over.
This battle was the first battle between Liu Xiuquan and Deng Feng's coalition forces after he wiped out the Red Eyebrow Army. With the remaining power of his victory, he took advantage of the trend and entered Nanyang to fight against the coalition forces of Deng and Feng. Strictly speaking, this was also the battle between Liu Xiu and the coalition forces of Deng and Feng.
’s final battle.
In fact, Deng Fengjun and the Red Eyebrow Army are similar in that they both have weak foundations and cannot afford to lose.
The Han army led by Liu Xiu was not guaranteed to win every battle or conquer every attack, and was often defeated. However, Liu Xiu had the entire Hebei base as his backing, and his foundation was strong enough.
Therefore, the defeat of the Han army once, twice or even several times did not have a big impact on the Luoyang court. The Han army could regroup and make a comeback countless times.
Neither the Red Eyebrow Army nor Deng Fengjun had such a strong family background, so their armies could only continue to win, and only in this way could they continue to survive.
But once they were defeated, even just once, the consequences would be fatal.
The Battle of Guodi in Hongnong County and the Battle of Duxiang in Nanyang both illustrate this point well.
In the Battle of Duxiang, the combined forces of Deng and Feng invested about 180,000 troops. At the end of the battle, Dong's entire army was wiped out, and Yancen's 20,000 troops escaped. Deng and Feng's army suffered the greatest casualties, with a total of seven soldiers lost.
, 80,000 people, in this single battle, Deng Fengjun's vitality was severely damaged.
Deng Feng led the remnants of his army and fled south. Liu Xiu did not want to give Deng Feng a chance to breathe. He ordered the main force of the Han army to go south to pursue the remnants of Deng Feng's army. In addition, Liu Xiu sent Ji Zun to command 30,000 Han troops to pursue them.
Deng Zhong.
When the Han army was chasing the remnants of Deng Fengjun, Deng Yu also brought the surrendered Dong to Liu Xiu. At this time, Liu Xiu had just finished the battle and was squatting next to the bucket, wiping the blood on his face and neck with a wet sweat towel.
Dong came close to Liu Xiu, knelt down on the ground with a bang, kowtowed forward, and said in a trembling voice: "The sinner Dong, I kowtow to your majesty!"
Liu Xiu wiped the sweat towel on his face. When he put it down, he saw that the sweat towel had turned red. He put it into the bucket, and the large bucket of water was soon dyed red.
He twisted the sweat towel, wiped his arms, looked at Dong, and asked: "Are you Dong?"
"It's right... it's sin... the sinner!"
"I heard that you planned to wipe your neck when you surrendered?" Liu Xiu wiped his hands a few times and put the sweat towel in the bucket again.yyls
The color of the water also became redder. Long Yuan, who was standing next to him, stepped forward and brought over another large bucket of clean water, and then poured the previous bucket of sewage onto the ground.
Looking at the red water stains on the ground, Dong shivered even more fiercely and said in a trembling voice: "The guilty minister... The guilty minister knows that he has committed a serious crime and wants to... want to die to apologize. Please have mercy on Your Majesty and let him go... let him go."
Brothers under my command..."
Liu Xiu took the clean sweat towel handed over by Long Yuan, continued to wipe the blood on his face, and said with a smile: "You are quite loyal."
Dong's head hung lower.
Liu Xiu said: "I can let your subordinates go."
Dong's face turned pale. Hearing this, his subordinates could survive, but he could not! He was sweating profusely, but he still gritted his teeth, kowtowed forward, and said, "I thank you, Your Majesty, for your great kindness!"
Liu Xiu said: "I can also spare your life."
Hearing this, Dong was stunned, raised his head unconsciously, and looked at Liu Xiu blankly. Liu Xiu said: "You only have this chance to survive. If you dare to cause trouble in the future, I will not forgive you again."
you."
Dong Du couldn't believe his ears and froze in place, unable to recover for a long time. He really didn't expect that Liu Xiu would let him go for such a big sin.
Deng Yu on the side said with a smile: "Dong, why don't you thank me quickly?"