Eight hundred and fifty-eight chapters Dong Xian is destroyed
When he heard that the general in front of him was Ma Wu, who was known as the God of Martial Plague, Jiao Qiang secretly grinned and felt a chill in his heart. No wonder this man's martial arts skills were so good. It turned out that he was Ma Wu and Ma Zizhang! Jiao Qiang was shocked.
At that time, another group of cavalry rushed over. The leader of this group of cavalry was also a Han general. He was holding a big hammer, and his face and body were covered with blood. The man who rushed over in a hurry was just in time.
It's Wang Ba.
Seeing Ma Wu confronting an enemy general, Wang Ba, regardless of who the opponent was, rode his horse up to Jiao Qiang, picked up the hammer with both hands, aimed at Jiao Qiang's head, and hit him viciously.
Jiaoqiang had no time to speak and hurriedly raised his sword to parry.
Bang! With a loud noise, Jiaoqiang was so shaken that he almost fell off his horse. His arms hung down weakly, and the hand holding the knife shaft was trembling. Before he could catch his breath, Wang Ba
Another blow, sweeping across his waist.
Jiaoqiang did not dare to resist, and was unable to resist. He leaned to the side, jumped directly from the horse, and fell to the ground with a thud.
Wang Ba chuckled, raised his horse and stepped forward. When he was in front of Jiao Qiang, he picked up the hammer in his hand and prepared to continue smashing it.
Ma Wu stepped forward first, blocked Wang Ba's hammer with his nine-eared eight-ring knife, frowned and said, "He is mine!"
Things must come first and come first. This enemy general is obviously fighting with him. Wang Ba is a good man. He intervenes when he comes up and snatches the enemy general's head. How can Ma Wu let him.
Wang Ba said as a matter of course: "Whoever kills it belongs to him!"
Ma Wu's nose was almost crooked with anger, and he yelled angrily: "Get out!"
Wang Ba said tit for tat: "You should give me a try!"
Ma Wu laughed angrily and said, "Little bastard, I see you are itchy again!"
When the two of them said something to each other, they almost forgot about Jiaoqiang who was sitting on the ground. At this time, Jiaoqiang only had one feeling, he was a knife and a slave, and I was a fish.
He raised his head, looked at Ma Wu on one side, and then at Wang Ba on the other side, and said in a trembling voice: "I...I am the strongest, willing...willing to surrender to the two generals..."
After speaking, he threw the knife aside and lowered his head.
After hearing what he said, Ma Wu and Wang Ba, who were not giving in to each other, let out tuts almost simultaneously, as if they were dissatisfied with Jiao Qiang's surrender and their failure to remove his head in time.
Jiaoqiang smiled bitterly, thinking that he, Jiaoqiang, had never been treated like this since he followed Liu Yong to rebel. But there was no way, he was no match for Ma Wu or Wang Ba, let alone now.
He still faced Ma Wu and Wang Ba.
Knowing that there was no hope of victory, Jiao Qiang knew the current situation and decisively surrendered to Ma Wu and Wang Ba.
When the men he brought with him saw that their generals had surrendered, they were even more unwilling to risk death, so they laid down their weapons and surrendered to the Han army.
In Nancheng, after hearing the news that the Han army had captured the West City and that the top leaders in the city had surrendered to the Han army, Dong Xian was stunned and did not come back to his senses for a long time.
The surrounding generals gathered around and said urgently: "Your Majesty, the enemy has broken the city now. Our army...should our army fight or withdraw?"
Under the constant questioning from everyone, Dong Xian finally came to his senses. He put his hand on his forehead, pondered for a moment, and squeezed out one word from between his teeth: "Withdraw!"
However, it is no longer easy for Dong Xian to evacuate Changli. The west city has been captured, and there are Han troops outside the south city, north city, and east city. After some consideration, Dong Xian decided to evacuate to the east.
The Han army had already broken through the city, but the leading troops stationed in the city surrendered with little resistance. This resulted in the Han army advancing unimpeded into the city, and Changli City was already in chaos.
With the inconvenience of news transmission, Dong Xian only took some of his trusted soldiers to break out of the East City. It was Wang Liang who attacked Changli East City. Dong Xian's army and Wang Liang's army who broke out met each other outside the city. Both sides had no spare parts.
Nonsense, they immediately started fighting together.
In this battle, although Wang Liang's army had a small number of troops, its morale was high. Although Dong Xian's army had a large number of troops, it had no fighting spirit. After a fierce battle, countless Dong Xian's troops were killed. In the end, only a few who followed Dong Xian managed to escape.
Thousands of people, including Pang Meng and Liu Yu.
You must know that Dong Xian had close to 150,000 troops in Changlu City. In the battle of Changlu, almost all 150,000 people were wiped out. In this single battle, Liu Xiu was equivalent to driving Dong Xian into eternal life.
An abyss with no place to turn.
In the Battle of Changlu, Dong Xian's army was defeated, Jiaoqiang surrendered, Su Mao fled north to join Zhang Bu, Dong Xian, Pang Meng, and Liu Yu only escaped with thousands of remnants.
This battle was the last battle that Liu Xiu personally fought. After this battle, not only the layout of Donghai County was established, but also the layout of Yanzhou and Xuzhou were basically established.
After this battle, the only force in the entire Shandong region that could still compete with the Luoyang court was Zhang Bu.
After the Han army won the great victory at Changlu, Liu Xiu rewarded the three armies, but Wu Han did not participate.
Wu Han had already taken the lead and led part of the Han army to pursue the remnants of Dong Xian's troops who had escaped.
After Dong Xian, Pang Meng, Liu Yu and others escaped from Changlu, they ran into Zhan Mountain. They hid in Zang Mountain to avoid being pursued by the Han army.
After a full month or so, some of Dong Xian's remnants heard that Dong Xian was still alive and in Zengshan. These remnants came to Zengshan and, with great effort, finally found Dong Xian and took him there.
Dong Xian received Tancheng.
Wu Han heard the news that Dong Xian had arrived in Tancheng, and immediately led the Han army to pursue him. The two sides started another fierce battle in Tancheng.
At this stage of the battle, Dong Xian's remnant troops had very few troops left. Facing the wolf-like and tiger-like Han army, they had no power to fight back, not even to parry.
In less than a day, Wu Han commanded the Han army and captured Tancheng. After the army entered the city, they surrounded and suppressed Dong Xian's remnants. During the chaotic battle, Liu Yu was killed.
Dong Xian and Pang Meng escaped again and fled Tancheng with hundreds of remnants and ran to Qu County.
The Battle of Tancheng was not large in scale, but Liu Yu was killed in this battle, which also heralded the complete end of Liu Yong's power.
Liu Yong was a rebellious tyrant at the same time as Liu Xuan. After Liu Xuan became emperor, Liu Yong was canonized as King of Liang and made his capital Suiyang. After that, Liu Yong expanded his power with Suiyang as the center and successively conquered Dong Xian.
, Zhang Bu and other separatist warlords took under his command.
At this time, Liu Yong reached the most prosperous period of his life, controlling Yuzhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, and the entire Shandong region, all under his control.
But with the fall of Liu Xuan and the defeat of the Red Eyebrow Army by Liu Xiu, a full-scale war broke out between the Luoyang Court and the Suiyang Court, the two Han Dynasty courts.
At this time, the Luoyang court controlled Youzhou, Jizhou, Jingzhou, Sili, the East and West Beijings (Xijing Chang'an, Tokyo Luoyang) and other places, and the Suiyang court controlled most areas such as Yuzhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, and Xuzhou.
On the surface, the strengths of both sides seem to be similar, but the foundations of Liu Xiu and Liu Yong are vastly different.
The areas controlled by Liu Xiu were all fought with real swords and guns, with blood and sweat, and they were truly controlled. However, Liu Yong was not like that. A considerable part of his territory was in Dong Xian and Zhang Bu.
Under the control of Liu Yong, local warlords such as Dong Xian and Zhang Bu were not sincerely loyal to Liu Yong.
After the war broke out between the two Han Dynasty courts, Dong Xian and Zhang Bu gave Liu Yong almost no support, which made Liu Yong completely passive in the fight against Liu Xiu. In the end, Suiyang was defeated twice and Liu Yong died.
Liu Yong's son Liu Yu was supported by Dong Xian and Zhang Bu, who wanted to use Liu Yu to continue to fight against the Luoyang court.
However, during the battle, the warlords' short-sighted and selfish side was revealed again. Zhang Bu watched as Dong Xian was defeated in battle after battle, and the territory was encroached on by the Han army one after another, without sending a single additional soldier.
Yi Peng did not provide any material assistance.
Under this situation, the Han army's campaign against Dong Xian showed a crushing trend.
After the Battle of Tancheng, Liu Yu was killed, and Dong Xian and Pang Meng fled to Qu County. Qu County was just a small town with a lack of supplies, and there was not much food in the city. Both Dong Xian and Pang Meng realized that Qu County was not a place to stay for a long time.
land.
The two discussed and decided to lead their army to attack Ganyu County.
Dong Xian left his family in Qu County, and led an army with Pang Meng to attack Ganyu County. Unfortunately, before they reached Ganyu County, they ran into Chen Jun, the prefect of Taishan.
The two sides met on a narrow road and engaged in hand-to-hand combat. Dong Xian and Pang Meng were defeated again and fled to Zezhong.
Wu Han took this opportunity to invade Qu County and killed all the defenders in the city. Along with it, Dong Xian's family members who stayed in Qu County all fell into the hands of Wu Han.
If it had been anyone else, Dong Xian's family might have been spared, but unfortunately, they fell into the hands of Wu Han, who was known for his ruthlessness.
No one in Dong Xian's family was spared, including Dong Xian's wives, concubines, and children, who were all executed by Wu Han's order. The news soon spread to Zezhong. After hearing this, Dong Xian burst into tears. The whole family was killed, and only the living ones were killed first.
If he is left alone, what's the point of continuing to resist and fighting the Han army?
Frustrated, Dong Xian dismissed his troops, and with only a dozen of his confidants, Pang Meng prepared to go to Luoyang and surrender to Liu Xiu face to face.
This was Pang Meng's idea for Dong Xian. Since they want to surrender, they must not surrender to Wu Han. Wu Han is a cruel and ruthless person. If they surrender to Wu Han, they will definitely be executed by Wu Han.
Compared to Wu Han, who killed without batting an eyelid, Liu Xiu was much more merciful and soft-hearted. If he cried in front of Liu Xiu and confessed his crime, it wouldn't be too difficult for them because of Liu Xiu's personality.
After all, Pang Meng has followed Liu Xiu for so many years, and he is still very clear about Liu Xiu's character and character.
Now their only way to survive is to surrender directly to Liu Xiu and strive for Liu Xiu's pardon. Dong Xian accepted Pang Meng's advice and then dismissed his troops and went to Luoyang with only a dozen of his confidants.
They calculated well, but they never dreamed that Wu Han was on guard against their move. By now, the overall situation of the war had been decided. Wu Han divided his men into many teams and dispersed them around Zezhong to prevent Dong Xian from waiting for opportunities.
Escape.
When Dong Xian and Pang Meng led a dozen of their subordinates to the Fangyu area, they happened to run into a group of soldiers and horses under Wu Han.
The leader of the Han army was a captain named Han Zhan. When he saw Dong Xian and Pang Meng coming across from them, he was so excited that he almost jumped from his horse.
Without saying a word, Han Zhan led his men to attack them.
Dong Xian explained that he was going to Luoyang to surrender, but Han Zhan didn't listen at all. When he met Dong Xian, he chopped off his head with a knife. During the chaos, Pang Meng and a dozen other people were killed.
Run away and they will all be killed.
It is worth mentioning that Pang Meng did not die at the hands of the Han army, but was killed by a local guide from Fangyu County who was leading the Han army. This man was named Qian Ling.
Later, Han Zhan and Qian Ling took the heads of Dong Xian and Pang Meng to Luoyang. Liu Xiu commended them for their achievements. Han Zhan was granted the title of Marquis, and Qian Ling was granted the title of Marquis of Guannei.
At this point, Dong Xian's power was completely destroyed. It can be said that after the Battle of Changli, Dong Xian had completely lost the ability to fight back. In the subsequent series of battles, Dong Xian was completely chased and beaten by the Han army. After being beaten once, he escaped.
Once, despite repeated defeats and escapes, he did not die, but when he decided to surrender, he ended up with his body and head missing. This is actually quite ironic.