In the afternoon, the distance between the two armies was less than thirty miles. Shen Quan had already discovered that the opponent's strength was abnormal. It was far more than 5,000 men, and the strength even exceeded his own. He immediately realized that the Jin army had arrived and was mixed with Li Wanrong's army.
At this time, Shen Quan was a little bit stuck. Retreating would lead to enemy pursuit, and he could not figure out the enemy's details when he advanced. He had no choice but to temporarily camp. On the one hand, he sent scouts to explore the enemy's details, and on the other hand, he sent people To urge Deng Weigong's army to join him.
As night gradually fell, Shen Quan suddenly received a report from a scout that 20,000 enemy cavalry were rushing towards the camp. Shen Quan was shocked and immediately ordered the tents to be put away. The army held up the trench and defended with bows and arrows.
Of course, the Shence Army did not have a camp fence. They just dug a trench around the perimeter, which was filled with antlers and pickets. They also pitched hundreds of large tents and deployed a large number of patrol posts on the perimeter to prevent the enemy from approaching the camp for more than ten miles. Then send scouts to hide on both sides of the official road to monitor the enemy's movements.
Shen Quan still has some abilities. He is well-deployed and heavily fortified, and is basically invulnerable. It is impossible for the enemy to attack by surprise, so he can only fight hard.
But Shen Quan's personal ability cannot represent the ability of the army. Although the Shence Army is well-trained, its night combat capabilities are very weak. More importantly, the morale of the Shence Army is currently low, and the military is war-weary. They are unwilling to stay away from home, let alone Willing to sacrifice his life for the eunuch.
Many soldiers saw this battle as a way out of going east. The first thing they thought about was not fighting, but how to break away from the army and return home. In this strong war-weary atmosphere, loopholes appeared everywhere in the defense of the Shence Army. .
The biggest problem is the 5,000 soldiers in the north. These 5,000 soldiers were originally Li Wanrong's subordinates. They were temporarily cut off by the eunuch group and handed over to the command of Shen Quan. If it takes a little longer, Shen Quan may be able to replace them through a comprehensive exchange of blood. Put a lot of your cronies in charge of the army to control the army.
But the time was too short. Shen Quan had only commanded this army for a few days, and there was no time for him to change generals. He only replaced two generals, who were responsible for commanding two battalions, and the generals below the battalion commander were still Li Wanrong. Veteran general.
In a large tent that had not yet been dismantled, more than a dozen generals and captains gathered together. The first general was called Lu Huaisheng. He was originally a general in the second battalion, but was demoted to one level by Shen Quan. The other generals were used. One of the Zhonglang generals resigned and left.
"I just received a secret message from the old general. He has surrendered to the King of Jin. He has been named General of Guard and Duke of County. If we surrender, we can directly join the Jin Army and our military positions will remain unchanged. Brothers, this is Our chance!"
Lu Huaisheng's words aroused the resonance of everyone. A general said: "The emperor has been taken away by the King of Jin. Our allegiance now is to the eunuchs. I, Chen Guo, will never sacrifice my life for someone without eggs. Even if the King of Jin does not Accept me and I will return to my hometown to farm."
"Stop talking about this, General Lu, just tell us what we should do!"
More than a dozen pairs of eyes were fixed on Lu Huaisheng. Lu Huaisheng lowered his voice and whispered a few words to everyone. Everyone nodded. They had no choice but to risk their lives.
The two Zhonglang generals appointed by Shen Quan, one named Jiao Tong and the other Li Sheng, had just returned from the Chinese army's tent and began to deploy according to the commander's orders.
They summoned more than a dozen generals above the rank of captain, and Jiao Tong said to them: "We just got the latest information. The enemy is less than ten miles away from us. It is night now and the army cannot go out to fight, so we can only take a defensive position. Below, Li and I
The general arranges the guard positions of each team and brigade!"
Lu Huaisheng suddenly said: "Two generals, we haven't had dinner yet! How can we fight when we are hungry? We should arrange dinner first!"
Jiao Tong glared at him and said angrily: "If you miss one meal, you won't starve to death. The enemy is about to come and kill you. How can you have time to have dinner?"
"Then there's nothing we can do. If we don't have dinner, we won't fight!" Lu Huaisheng shouted to everyone.
"Yes! If we don't have dinner, we won't fight!" Everyone agreed.
Jiao Tong and Li Sheng were furious and rushed to grab Lu Huaisheng. Lu Huaisheng shouted, "Do it!"
More than a dozen generals drew their swords and attacked the two generals. Jiao Tong and Li Sheng were killed on the spot.
Lu Huaisheng stood up and said, "Everyone, listen to my orders now!"
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In the darkness, Li Bing led 20,000 cavalry to the outside of the enemy camp. The enemy sentries on the outside retreated back to the camp. The Jin army was not fast. Li Bing divided his troops into two groups. He led 10,000 troops to feint attack from the west.
Enemy camp.
He also ordered Zhang Lingyun and Li Yan to lead 10,000 cavalry to attack the enemy camp from the north. According to the agreement, Li Wanrong's subordinates should cooperate with them from the north.
Zhang Lingyun and Li Yan turned to the north. Soldiers lit rockets and shot them straight into the sky. This was the signal agreed in the letter.
Lu Huaisheng saw it clearly and immediately shouted: "All brothers, follow me out of the camp!"
They led five thousand soldiers to run toward the northeast. There was a trench in front of them, and a large number of planks had been set up in advance. As the five thousand soldiers left, the biggest loophole in the enemy camp was exposed.
Zhang Lingyun shouted sharply: "Kill me!"
'Woo--' The low horn sounded, and the ten thousand cavalry shouted, raised their spears and charged towards the enemy camp. They rushed into the enemy camp like a flood bursting through a dike.
The six thousand soldiers who were squatting due west on the edge of the trench and raising crossbows for defense were attacked from behind by the Jin cavalry. The crossbow soldiers were killed so unprepared that chaos ensued. Li Bing saw the opportunity and immediately ordered: "Kill."
Enter the enemy camp!"
Ten thousand cavalry entered the enemy's camp from the front. After being wiped out by the twenty thousand cavalry, the ten thousand troops in the camp quickly collapsed. The soldiers either scattered and fled, or knelt down and begged for mercy.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Shen Quan led more than a hundred soldiers to flee westward. He was intercepted by an army of more than a thousand people. The leader was Zhang Lingyun. Zhang Lingyun waved his sword and sneered: "If you want to escape, ask me first."
The knife will answer or not!"
Without saying a word, Shen Quan urged his horse forward and stabbed with his spear. Zhang Lingyun swung his sword to fight. The two fought for more than ten rounds. Shen Quan was exhausted. Zhang Lingyun grabbed the silk ribbon on his back and dragged him off the horse.
The soldiers under his command swarmed up and tied up Shen Quan. His own soldiers tried to step forward to rescue him, but Zhang Lingyun killed several of them. Seeing that there was no hope of rescue, the other soldiers fled in all directions.
This battle did not last long and ended in less than an hour. In addition to the 5,000 soldiers from Li Wanrong's old army who surrendered collectively among the 15,000 soldiers, the remaining 10,000 soldiers were killed, more than 2,000 people were killed, and more than 4,000 people surrendered.
The soldiers took the opportunity to escape and went back to their hometowns.
At this time, the enemy general Shen Quan took advantage of the unpreparedness of the soldiers guarding him and jumped into the trench. He was pierced by more than a dozen sharp stakes in the trench and died on the spot.
Li Bing handed over the surrendered army to Li Wanrong, and he continued to lead an army of 20,000 to attack Zhongzhou...
At this time, Ju Wenzhen had already received the news that Shen Quan was defeated, not by Li Wanrong, but by tens of thousands of Jin cavalry who were chasing him. This news scared Ju Wenzhen and others out of their wits, and they urgently ordered the ship to set off.
The fleet set off again, but the officials and their families did not want to leave. The Queen Mother and the Emperor were invited to leave by Guo Song. Needless to say, the capital must be moved to Chang'an.
The officials were quick-thinking and bribed the boatmen. Soon, the more than 60 large boats on which the officials and their families were riding all turned around and headed back.
At this time, Ju Wenzhen and others could not take care of these officials. They kept urging the boatman to speed up, wishing they could fly to Jingnan.
On the third day, the fleet arrived in Nanpu County, Wanzhou. In the afternoon, the thunderous sound of horse hooves was heard in the distance. The Jin cavalry finally caught up from the north bank. The soldiers on the shore ordered the fleet to dock.
Ju Wenzhen and others turned pale with fright. They ordered the soldiers to threaten the boatmen and not allow them to dock. However, not all ships were threatened. Generally speaking, the boatmen were generally timid and did not dare to compete with the army. They first transported the palace ladies and The eunuch's twenty or so large ships docked.
The eunuchs here are not the eunuchs of the Northern Government, and the number of eunuchs in the palace is not large, less than 200. There are slightly more maids, but only over 500.
Dozens of large ships transporting items from the palace also docked. They were together with the fleet of palace maids, and they would dock together whenever they wanted to.
But no other ships will dock, including the eunuchs and the eunuchs of Beiya, the fleet transporting their belongings, and the former guards of Zuo Yintai, who are now their guards. They still have about two thousand people, and they are also on board. There are dozens of large ships, and all of them are added up, and the fleet has a total of more than 200 large ships.
Deng Weigong's three thousand cavalry followed on the south bank, but soon this army disappeared from the sight of the eunuchs in the North Yamen.