Jiannan's army began to fire climbing arrows at the city wall. The soldiers set up simple siege ladders and prepared to charge. Yan Wu took off his heavy armor and only wore a layer of chain mail, exposing his arms and walking rifles, and took the lead in running towards the city wall.
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Li Siye also waved his sword and ordered: "Shoot for me!"
For a time, thousands of arrows were fired from the city wall, and various types of crossbows, barbets, and ripraps were thrown downwards. The soldiers who climbed up the siege ladder were either hit by stones, shot through by arrows, or shot by barbarians.
He was swept down the ladder, and his death was very miserable in different ways. General Yan Wu was also very lucky. He climbed up on the wooden tree that pierced the city wall with the city wall. He was knocked down by the wooden tree several times and was stained with blood, but he was still alive and well. It seemed that this man was really
He died out of anger.
Li Siye looked at Jian Nanjun's pile of corpses below and said to the people behind him: "The most basic quality of a general is to be rational and calm. You must make the most rational decision at any time, otherwise you will be dragged along through life and death.
The soldiers who follow you to die are guilty of a grave crime."
"I think the heat is almost there. Sound the suona and beat the drums. Let brothers Cui Ning and Cui Mi lead the unity camp to fight."
Two shirtless men waved drumsticks on the top of the city, making a rumbling sound that shook the sky. Then the high-pitched and loud sound of Suona pierced the sky. Flags in the northwest direction of Chengdu were erected at the end of the sky. Cui Ning
The Cui Mi brothers took the lead in charging forward with their horses and whips raised. Although the team moved forward at a fast speed, the formation of the cavalry and infantry was not disordered at all.
"Kill! There will be a reward for capturing Yan Wu alive, five hundred pieces of brocade!"
Yan Wu was about to pack up his troops and attack the city again. Suddenly he heard shouts of killing from behind. A general rode his horse close to him and crossed his hands and said: "Cui Ning, Cui Mi brothers have already led the united battalion to ambush in the northwest of Chengdu. At this moment, we are approaching him."
Our army is coming, so we must not attack the city again, otherwise our army will be attacked from both sides and the whole army will be defeated."
Yan Wu's eyes widened angrily when he heard this: "Cui Ning and Cui Mi, are they the two rebels who sacrificed the sword pavilion to lure the rebels into Shu? Since we can't kill Li Siye, we will deal with them first. Brothers,
Follow me and charge into the enemy's formation! Kill him without leaving a single piece of armor behind."
The Jiannan troops retreated from the city wall, turned their spearheads, and attacked in the direction of the Unity Camp.
Li Siye turned to Kuban and said, "Now you can attack. You can personally lead 10,000 people out of the city from the south gate, attack Yan Wu from behind, and form a pincer attack with Cui Ning."
Cui Ning rode on his horse and watched Yan Wu leading his army to counterattack him. He immediately ordered to slow down the march, form a shield array in front, and maintain a passive defensive posture. He ordered the crossbow and arrow team of the Unity Battalion to charge towards Jiannan.
The army casts arrows.
Cui Mi asked his brother hesitantly: "Aren't you afraid that Yan Wu will bypass us and run away with this passive defense?"
Cui Ning laughed and said: "Don't worry, how could Li Siye let the tiger go back to the mountain so easily? He will definitely send troops to attack Yan Wu from behind. When Yan Wu's back is disturbed by the enemy, our army can take advantage of the attack and defeat Yan Wu."
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Sure enough, Yan Wu had just encountered Cui Ning, who had formed an iron-walled formation, but before he could overwhelm him, he was pursued by the Hexi Army behind him. The formation was suddenly in chaos, and the soldiers began to flee to both sides.
When Cui Ning saw that the time had come, he immediately waved his hand and ordered the entire army to attack and pursue Yan Wu.
General Yan Wu, covered in blood, rode his horse and charged left and right among the crowd. He knew that he was in a dilemma of defeat, so he quickly called on his soldiers to retreat. However, the retreat at this time had no order, and Yan Wu could only wait for him.
Surrounded by his own soldiers, he withdrew from the pincer attack range of both enemy armies.
"Kill Yan Wu, don't let him escape." Such voices were heard everywhere among the pursuing soldiers.
General Yan's mount is a bay-red horse named Xiazhao Yunzhui, which means that its hair is as beautiful as the morning glow. However, he is unwilling to exchange his war horse with his subordinates because of his face-saving attitude. It is very conspicuous among the rushing crowd.
Cui Ning spotted Yan Wu's position, took off his horn bow from his horse, fully drew the arrow, aimed at his back and shot.
Because in the previous siege, he removed his outer armor and only wore the lock ring. This kind of soft armor has a protective effect against swords and guns, but it is not enough protection against blunt weapons and sharp arrows. Cui Ning's armor-piercing armor
The arrow easily penetrated the chain mail and penetrated his back.
"Mr. Yan!"
The guards hurriedly guarded him on the left and right. Yan Wu lay on his horse in pain, and the guards around him pulled the reins of his horse and retreated southward.
Cui Ning put away her horned bow and laughed loudly: "Yan Wu is injured. Chase him. If you catch him, you will be rewarded!"
Kubani also ordered the entire army to pursue him, and he pursued them for three or four hours at a stretch until the sky darkened before giving up and withdrawing his troops. The long and bumpy escape did not give Yan Wu a chance to receive treatment, and blood flowed from the horse's back along the wounds.
By nightfall he was extremely weak and exhausted.
At this time, the medical officers in the army who could treat wounds had disappeared and disappeared. They had no choice but to find a barefoot doctor in a certain county, who removed the arrows and bandaged them randomly. Yan Wu was already infected with arrow sores.
He was put on a stretcher by his soldiers and retreated south. When he was about to reach the border of Xizhou, he was already on his deathbed. He called his general Wei Gao, the military envoy of the Kunming Army, to his side and whispered: "I will take these swords."
The brothers of the Southern Army are all in your hands. After my death, you can make your own decision whether to surrender to Li Siye or to retreat to central Guizhou and join the southern court."
After saying that, he breathed his last. The general named Wei Gao buried him among the mountains and rivers of Xizhou, and then led the remaining troops of the Jiannan Army to the southeast and went to Qianzhong County to join the Southern Court.
, of course this is a story for later.
After Li Siye defeated Yan Wu, there was no force in Shu that could resist his army, and all the states and counties submitted letters of surrender. He led his troops all the way south, gathering more than a dozen states in Lingnan, and did not continue to the east or to the south.
Advancing southward can be regarded as taking over the second step of the geographical dividing line on the Chinese territory, including Shuzhong, Longyou, the Hexi Corridor, the Guanzhong Qinling area, and most of the geographically complex areas west of the Taihang Mountains. The plains of the Central Plains, and the Yangtze River
The Ping principle in the middle and lower reaches is still in the hands of Shi Siming and Li Heng in the south.
On their way back with their troops, a deserter from the Jiannan Army took the initiative to report the location of Yan Wu's cemetery to them in order to seek reward.
Li Siye led everyone to the tomb in the forest. It was just a bare little earthen bag without any signs such as wooden signs. Maybe he was afraid of being discovered and destroyed.
Wearing armor and holding a knife in both hands, he asked the deserter: "Are you sure this is Yan Wu's cemetery?"
The deserter vowed: "Yes, they deliberately chose to avoid everyone at night when they dug the grave. I discovered it secretly when I got up at night, but I didn't make any announcement."
Cui Ning crossed his hands beside him: "Master, can you tell by digging his tomb?"
"No need," he raised his hand to stop him and said, "This must be Yan Wu's tomb. For a generation of famous generals to fall into such a shabby state, wouldn't it chill the hearts of loyal people in the world? Don't touch the things underground, but build a pile of earth to cover them.
In the cemetery, stone monuments are carved, terracotta warriors are erected, and ancestral halls are built. People in the world do not judge heroes by success or failure. With his loyalty and courage, he deserves the title of hero and should be given a generous burial."
When everyone heard this, they all flattered and said: "Your Majesty recognizes heroes, values heroes, and is very open-minded. All the wise people in the world will definitely join him."
Li Siye disagreed and said to the people around him: "Now let's find something to pay homage to General Yan."
Kubani crossed his hands and said: "The incident happened suddenly and there was no time to find a sacrifice."
Li Siye turned his head and glanced at the deserter who was standing behind the crowd with his neck hunched and counting money strings. Kubani understood and immediately grabbed him with a knife and took him to the grave and chopped off his head. Blood spurted all over the grave and everyone was horrified.
"You should be damned if you seek small profits and lose important principles."