The army of 100,000 could not be assembled just by massing. The herald had to break the legs of the horses before they could assemble only 10,000. The remaining people could only rely on their own initiative to move closer to Jiang Hong.
However, these armies have not experienced war for more than ten years, and what they learned on the battlefield in the past have long been rusty. How can it be so easy to assemble without the order of the commander-in-chief?
In other words, Zhao's 100,000-strong army at this time not only did not appear to have an advantage, but actually seemed a bit bloated.
The one who was most surprised was probably Jiang Hong.
He really didn't expect how the other party could have more than 50,000 armors!
These days, he has been asking the people around him for information about the rebels.
After the rebels occupied Shuzhou City, they began to recruit troops, raising a total of 50,000 troops.
Of course, the combat effectiveness of such a force is very weak. Although the folk customs in Shu are quite strong, they are still ordinary people and should not be feared.
You can recruit soldiers if you have money and food, but not armor and weapons!
Not just any knife can be used as a weapon. Weapons have extremely strict standards, and armor is even more impossible. Armor is prohibited throughout the Central Plains.
Only when you reach the Duke level can you own a few sets of armor.
How could they make up more than 50,000 sets of armor out of thin air?
And there are matching weapons!
Now Jiang Hong's head is no longer enough. Even if the news from His Majesty is that the King of Han is secretly helping, the docks are so big. Didn't the grain merchants say that the docks have been transporting grain for more than half a month? Directly.
It has brought down the price of food!
How can there be such a huge transport capacity!
At this time, Jiang Hong had many ideas in his mind, but he just couldn't sort them out.
Of course, it seems that there is no need to straighten things out, because the other party will obviously not give you this chance, and they have already come to kill you.
The battle between the two armies has already begun. Long Bing'er actually brought 60,000 troops, leaving more than 10,000 troops to defend the city.
Long Bing'er had already calculated the distribution and use of troops, as well as the tasks of each battalion, before setting off.
It can be said that Jiang Hong's side was poorly prepared, but Long Bing'er's side distributed the troops very well. First, the crossbowmen fired arrows indiscriminately, and then the army formation advanced to engage in hand-to-hand combat.
There were fifty elite guards around Xu Qing who did not need to kill the enemy unless necessary, while the remaining troops had their own tasks. The army immediately took action according to the orders arranged by Long Bing'er in advance.
Just as Xu Qing expected, Zhao Guojun was already in a state of confusion at this time. He was unable to fully mobilize his forces, and he still lacked sleep and was hungry to fight them.
How could he be the opponent of the rebels?
Long Bing'er dealt with these people as easily as chopping vegetables and melons.
Even the few battalions Zhao had finally assembled were dispersed by the rebel army.
Many people abandoned their armor, and many even knelt down and surrendered after seeing that they could not escape.
For this reason, many rebel generals gritted their teeth when they looked at the group of people kneeling and surrendering: "Do you people have any backbone?! Do you know that there is gold under the man's knees? You kneeled down so easily?"
The key is that the person who surrendered still spoke plausibly: "I can tell whether gold is more important or life is more important!"
Rebel general: "..."
What he said was so right that I couldn't refute it.
When Jiang Hong saw this scene, he couldn't help but be stunned. How could this happen?
At this time, deputy general Yuan Chongdu began to persuade: "General, while we still have a lot of troops on hand, organize ourselves and mount our horses to retreat!"
Jiang Hong said bitterly in his heart: "Retreat? I have destroyed all 200,000 troops. How can I have the dignity to retreat?"
At this moment, another scout's voice came: "Oh no, the rebels from Shuzhou City are outflanking us from behind!"
Jiang Hong looked at his deputy Yuan Chong and asked: "How many people can we directly command now?"
Yuan Chong said: "I'm afraid there are only five thousand people. The rebels in Shuzhou City have cut off the connection between the Chinese army and other battalions. The other people cannot receive our orders at all, and everyone has been busy all night
We must be tired and cannot form a fighting force at all. The military formation we assembled just now to face the enemy has been scattered..."
When Jiang Hong heard this, he couldn't help but grit his teeth and said: "Since we can't rush out at all, then we simply won't rush out! All the soldiers will rush over with me!"
At this time, Jiang Hong knew that it would be difficult to escape the siege of the rebels no matter what. They concentrated their superior forces to attack the Chinese camp. Even if other camps reacted, they were exhausted physically and mentally and could not rescue the camp.
Camp, becoming prisoners is probably the best outcome for them.
And even if I forcefully rush out, what will happen?
Even if an army of 200,000 people was destroyed in his own hands, would His Majesty be able to let him go even after returning to the capital?
Moreover, he also lied about so many military exploits and how difficult it was to fight.
He won so many rewards from the imperial court.
If he had won, the military exploits he had lied about would have turned out to be true, but now that he had failed, not only would he have failed, but he would also probably end up being annihilated.
At that time, no matter what happens, it will still be inevitable to die.
Anyway, if you can't get out anyway, then you might as well fight for yourself in the end and have a good reputation of dying on the battlefield!
Thinking of this, Jiang Hong had already picked up his saber, and with everyone he could muster, he was about to make the final resistance to the enemy.
At this time, more and more imperial troops took off their armor, handed over their weapons, and surrendered.
Anyway, Shuzhou now has food and lacks soldiers, so it will not refuse these surrendered soldiers.
Jiang Hong looked at the rebel formation that was getting closer and closer, and finally rushed out with a wave of his sword, charging towards them.
But what Jiang Hong didn't expect was that even among the 5,000 people he brought, half of them abandoned their armor. Only his own soldiers fought desperately to resist with him.
There is no way, they only have 5,000 people, and even a lot of armor is not complete. Although Jiang Hong has assembled elite heavy armor soldiers, the auxiliary soldiers who can't help them wear armor are long gone. They don't know where they are.
He could only barely wear a few pieces of armor, and only 30% of the elite infantry were fully armored.
But the opposite side is a densely packed military formation!
That kind of terrible pressure is not something ordinary people can withstand, and even most people will feel panic in their hearts just by looking at it.
Shuzhou will naturally welcome those who surrender, and the Shuzhou army will naturally not mind giving them a lift if they do not surrender. Soon the original army of 5,000 people became extremely thin.
It can be said that in this battle, Long Bing'er led his army directly to the Chinese army's camp. It only took more than two hours from the time when the two armies fought.
And for an hour, they were actually accepting surrendered prisoners.
At this time, Long Bing'er came out and looked at Jiang Hong and said, "Now that there are no more than a hundred personal guards around you, why don't you surrender?"