At dusk, 10,000 troops crossed the Qingge River, and the terrain ahead suddenly opened up. This was a basin with a radius of hundreds of miles. There were large rice fields on both sides of the official road, and villages were scattered beside the woods. The troops accelerated their march.
, running all the way along the official road.
As night gradually fell, the soldiers were hungry and exhausted. Several generals came forward and said: "Lord, my brothers can't hold on any longer. Let's take a rest!"
"My lord, we haven't had any rest since we marched in the morning. We really can't stand it anymore."
Seeing that the soldiers were in low spirits, Liu Shining nodded and said, "Rest where you are for an hour!"
There were rice fields on both sides of the official road, and the exhausted soldiers sat down to rest. Many soldiers could not resist the sleepiness of their bodies and fell to the ground and fell asleep.
There was a small river hundreds of steps away. The soldiers jumped off the rice fields and ran to collect the water. Pieces of rice were trampled down.
Several lieutenants were summoned by Liu Shining. Liu Shining said: "This time the Jin army attacks Xuancheng, it is obvious that they want to destroy us. Xuanzhou is only the first step, followed by Jiangzhou, Raozhou, and Hongzhou."
In other places, from the perspective of strength, we are indeed no match for the Jin army. I have been considering a retreat during this time, and I think Liu Pi is a good choice."
"My lord, although Liu Pi is a soft persimmon, we still have Ma Sui's territory to go to him."
"It doesn't matter. We go from Jizhou and pass through Hengzhou. There is no Ma Sui garrison in Hengzhou."
Another general hesitated and said: "But the soldiers are all from here. Let them leave their homes and abandon their families to go to Xiangxi, I'm afraid..."
Liu Shining's face sank and he said, "Can't we wait until we kill Liu Pi and then take over the soldiers' families?"
No one dared to say anything. At this moment, a shout suddenly came from the direction of the river in the south. The generals stood up one after another. They saw chaos on the other side of the river, but the night was shrouded and it was not clear what happened.
"Lord, is there an enemy ambush?" a general asked nervously.
Liu Shining's face changed drastically and he shouted urgently: "Order the soldiers to stand up!"
But it was too late. Countless cavalry suddenly appeared in the rice fields to the north and rushed to the official road in an instant. The resting soldiers were caught off guard and were stabbed down by the cavalry's spears. The soldiers who reacted screamed in horror and ran away.
In the rice fields to the south, countless soldiers were running towards them desperately. Behind them, there were dark shadows and countless cavalry chasing them.
A dozen soldiers reacted quickly, pushing the stunned Liu Shining onto his horse, and surrounded him as he fled westward. At this time, Liu Shining's 10,000-strong army collapsed across the board. The soldiers themselves were exhausted, and their morale and physical strength were at their lowest.
Wherever they could withstand the surprise attack of ten thousand cavalry, the soldiers ran away crying, pushing each other, trampling on each other, or kneeling down and begging for mercy.
"Woo——"
The horn of the Jin army sounded, and the 10,000 cavalrymen began to surround us. The cavalrymen shouted: "Surrender without killing! Surrender without killing!"
More and more soldiers took off their armor, threw away their weapons, and squatted on the roadside and in the rice fields with their heads in their hands. The fighting was already sporadic. Torches were lit one after another, and soon both sides of the official road were illuminated like daylight.
The soldiers who took off their armor and threw away their weapons walked in groups toward the river. On the other side of the river was a large open space. The prisoners of war waded across the river and sat in the open space together, guarded by thousands of cavalry, waiting for dawn.
Another part of the cavalry began to gather their armor and weapons and search for the soldiers hiding in the rice fields.
Liu Shining and several Zhonglang generals all had war horses. They rode on their war horses and fled. In the dark, the Jin cavalry mistook them for their own people and spared them. They escaped. They escaped through the Qingge River in one breath.
He stopped and began to gather the defeated soldiers who had escaped.
But when daybreak came, only more than 300 people had been gathered. Liu Shining already understood that he had fallen into a trap. Li Feng's news was accurate, there were 10,000 cavalry, and everyone else was deceiving him, including Runzhou Qian Yi.
, Lai Wenbo of Xuancheng, and even the businessman in Jingxian County were probably lying to themselves.
Liu Shining gritted his teeth with hatred. By the time he arrived in Jingxian County, the damn businessman had long disappeared. Even the county magistrate was so frightened that Liu Shining was defeated thirty years ago and fled without a trace.
Liu Shining could only sigh and fled towards Jiangzhou in panic with hundreds of defeated soldiers.
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The situation in Jiangzhou will also cause Liu Shining to collapse. The cavalry general Yang Miao led 20,000 troops to land at the dock of Xunyang County. The 20,000 troops rushed towards Xunyang County, which was about a few miles away from the river. There were only a few hundred soldiers in the county.
Lu Tan, the governor, and Kaifeng, the deputy envoy of Jiangnan East Road Jiedu, surrendered to Kaicheng.
At this time, Liu Shining's brother Liu Shichao and military advisor Fan Hong were both in the camp more than ten miles away from the county seat. When Liu Shichao received the news, he was immediately frightened and panicked. Fan Hong was decisive and said immediately: "We have an army of ten thousand.
The newly recruited army has lax military discipline and weak combat skills. It will definitely lose in a fight with the enemy. It is better to retreat to Raozhou immediately."
Liu Shichao was still hesitating. His wife and children, his brother's wife and children, and his mother were all in Xunyang County. What would they do if he left?
Fan Hong was so anxious that he stamped his feet, "General, if you don't leave, the enemy will come to kill you!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a hurried alarm bell rang outside the camp, and a soldier reported, "Something bad has happened. The enemy's main force has been discovered several miles away and is heading towards the camp!"
Liu Shichao had no choice but to issue an order, "Send the entire army to assemble and retreat to Raozhou!"
At this moment, two screams came from outside the big tent, and the soldiers who were preparing to deliver the order were killed. Before Liu Shichao could react, he saw a veteran general holding a spear and breaking into the Chinese army's tent. He was the one who had followed Liu Qia for many years.
Veteran Wang Yangui.
Liu Shichao said in horror: "Wang Yangui, what are you going to do?"
"What am I going to do?"
Wang Yangui sneered, and approached Liu Shichao step by step: "I, Wang Yangui, fought in the north and south, and laid the foundation for your Liu family. In the last step, I kicked me to feed the horses and look after the warehouse, and even beat me to death and gave me a broken seat. Before you
In the eyes of the Liu family, I am not even as good as a dog. I, Wang Yangui, have been with the wrong person and taken the wrong path in my life. Before I am finally buried, I want Liu Qia to see what his son did to me and how I repaid him.
Son’s?”
Fan Hong retreated secretly. As soon as he reached the door of the tent, he turned around to run, but Wang Yangui pierced the back of his heart with a spear from his backhand. Fan Hong screamed and fell to the ground dead.
Seizing this opportunity, Liu Shichao pulled out his long sword from the sword stand and stabbed Wang Yangui fiercely.
Wang Yangui stepped back a few steps, swung his spear, and with a crisp sound of 'Dang!', the sword was knocked away. Wang Yangui flicked his wrist, and the spear pierced Liu Shichao's chest with a 'pop!' sound. Liu Shichao was in disbelief.
Looking at the spear in front of him, his vision went dark and he fell on his back.
Wang Yangui drew out his spear, strode out of the tent, and shouted loudly: "The whole army must assemble, open the camp gate and surrender!"
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The Jin army captured Jiangzhou without a fight. The army moved southward along the Ganjiang River and occupied Hongzhou, Fuzhou, and Raozhou. The army continued southward, targeting Jizhou and Qianzhou.
Li Feng and Zhang Yansheng, who retreated from Xuanzhou, were in a depression due to the capture of Xuancheng. In addition, most of the soldiers were from Xuanzhou and were unwilling to leave Xuanzhou. The soldiers were emotional during the retreat. In order to prevent mutiny, Li Feng and Zhang Yansheng
Zhang Yansheng had no choice but to let the soldiers choose to stay or stay. In the end, only 2,000 of the 10,000 troops were left, and they followed the two men and retreated to Jizhou.
That afternoon, Liu Shining led more than 300 people to flee to Xingan County in Jizhou. Jizhou is all mountainous, and several county towns are on the west bank of the Gan River. On the east bank, there is only one county town, Xingan County, and the rest of the land is barren mountainous areas.
Xingan County is just a small county, even smaller and shabby than Jingxian County, with a population of only a few thousand people. Most of the people in the county make a living by fishing and hunting.
Hearing that their lord Liu Shining had arrived, Li Feng and Zhang Yansheng hurried out of the county to greet him. Liu Shining did not expect to meet them here, and he immediately asked: "How many troops do you have?"
The two of them looked troubled, and Li Feng had no choice but to say: "Replying to my lord, there are only more than a thousand people left."
Liu Shining's face immediately darkened, and he said dissatisfied: "What's going on? How come there are only so few of the 10,000 troops left? Did you also encounter enemy resistance?"
Zhang Yansheng said helplessly: "My lord, the soldiers are all from Xuanzhou. When they heard that Xuancheng was lost, they were unwilling to leave Xuanzhou. When we retreated to Xinchang County, a mutiny almost broke out. We were forced to let the soldiers choose whether to stay or not. As a result, most of the soldiers
They all went back to Xuanzhou, and only two thousand people stayed."
"fart!"
Liu Shining was so angry that he yelled, "If you give them a choice, why don't you choose to die? There are only 2,000 people left in the 10,000-strong army, and you still have the nerve to come see me?"
The two of them were afraid to say anything and scolded each other for a long time. Liu Shining was tired, hungry and thirsty, so he went to the city to rest.
Li Feng and Zhang Yansheng were drinking and discussing in the room. Li Feng said: "Liu Shining was defeated miserably in Xuanzhou, his hometown in Jiangzhou was captured, and the situation is over. What do you think he will do next?"
Zhang Yansheng sighed, "The Jin army will catch up soon. I guess he will have no choice but to surrender to Ma Sui!"
"Brother, do you think Ma Sui will tolerate him?" Li Feng asked again.
Zhang Yansheng sneered, "The Jin army was worried that they had no excuse to attack Ma Sui, so Liu Shining became the best excuse. How could Ma Sui be fooled? He would definitely hand Liu Shining over to the Jin army!"
Li Feng lowered his voice and said: "This man has a cold nature and is unkind and unjust. Instead of letting Ma Sui hand him over to the Jin army, why not give this credit to us!"
Zhang Yansheng drank the wine in one gulp and gave the glass a heavy slap. "I've had this intention for a long time. Without further ado, let's take action now and take down his head!"
The two agreed upon an idea and ordered someone to inquire about Liu Shining, but they learned that Liu Shining had gone to bed after having had enough wine and food.
That night, the two men led an army to surround Liu Shining's camp, and the army rushed in. Liu Shining's more than 300 remnant troops were all asleep and were caught off guard. They were killed by Li Feng and Zhang Yansheng's troops. Liu Shining had not yet woken up and came out of the room.
When he came out, Li Feng cut him down with a knife, and then cut off his head with a knife.
Three days later, Yang Miao personally led the army. Li Feng and Zhang Yansheng surrendered out of the city and offered Liu Shining's head.