Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2211: Zhao's End, the Three State Governors

After losing their few light shields, the tactic of firing thousands of arrows at once was no different from the end of the world for the remnants of Zhao Kuangyin.

Without these shields, how can they rely only on their mortal bodies to withstand the salvo of arrows?
When thousands of arrows are fired at you at once, no matter you are an ordinary soldier, an elite battalion, or even a powerful general of the time, or someone like Xing Tian, ​​Xiang Yu, Li Cunxiao, or Li Yuanba, once you are covered by the rain of arrows and have no shelter, you will die and there is absolutely no chance of survival.

Therefore, Zhao Kuangyin immediately ordered the remaining troops to retreat into the houses on both sides. However, a few hundred people were not too many, but not too few either. How could they retreat into the houses on both sides in an instant? Most of them were still under the overwhelming attack of arrows and could only wail continuously.

However, after just a moment, there was no sound.

"Set fire! How can Zhao Kuangzi continue to hide?"

While Gao Shun asked the archers to maintain suppression, he gave instructions to a group of soldiers.

Entering the houses on both sides did provide them with a certain degree of cover, but the archers' suppression of them was still effective. At least, even though Zhao Kuangyin and his men had retreated into the houses, their space for movement was extremely limited due to the constant suppression of the archers.

At the same time, the reloaded crossbows whistled out again, and with their concerted efforts, they directly shot down a wall. The Zhao Kuangyin soldiers hiding behind the wall were all shot and killed by the archers that followed.

The mood of all the remnants of the Zhao army in the house, including Zhao Kuangyin, fell to the bottom at this time.

Staying in this house is just waiting to die.

If they fought their way out, facing the enemy's large number of powerful bows and crossbows, the few remaining men they had would be wiped out in an instant.

The distance of dozens of steps was like a cushion for them now, and it was a distance that they could not possibly rush through.

Suddenly, countless torches were thrown all over the sky, along with a large amount of kerosene, completely covering the house where Zhao Kuangyin and others were.

The flames shot up into the sky and surrounded the house in almost an instant. The soldiers, in their panic and instinct for survival, wanted to rush out, but before they could take a step, a thick smoke choked them and made them pass out.

Xing Tian, ​​You Liang and Tu Xingsun looked at the flames rising into the sky with regret. What a waste, it was truly such a waste.

They didn't even get any credit for such a great achievement!
Although, as participants in this battle, each of them must have a share of the credit for killing Zhao Kuangyin!
However, each person only accounts for a small proportion. After all, with so many people sharing the credit, no matter how great the credit is, if too many people share it, it will be just that.

But if Zhao Kuangyin was captured alive by one of the three of them, or killed by their own hands, then that person would definitely be able to take the vast majority of the credit. At this time, the meaning represented would be completely different.

But at this point, it was too late to say anything. After the fire started, the enemy couldn't rush out, and they couldn't rush in either.

Since then, the battle in the Central Plains, although not completely over, has been settled and has officially entered the final stage.

Zhao Kuangyin, the overlord of the Central Plains, and a series of great generals represented by Zhao She, 70% of the civil and military officials in the Central Plains, had either died or surrendered. Although Tian Dan in the north was still struggling, he only had less than 20,000 remnants and defeated generals left, and could be easily swept away.

Tian Rangju of Runan still had 80,000 soldiers under his command, but Guo Ziyi was eyeing him covetously to the north, and 100,000 troops from the Hanzhong camp were advancing to the west. Now it was difficult for him to even protect himself.

It is even conceivable that once the news of Zhao Kuangyin's death spread, the 80,000 troops in Runan would have been in a panic.

Although Liu Bei, one of the northern princes, also occupied part of the Central Plains territory, although Di Qing's troops suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Xuzhou, both sides suffered losses in that battle. Even though Liu Bei's situation was better, it was not much better.

Liu Bei is now also severely injured and no longer has the ability to intervene in the overall situation.

It is worth mentioning that for the several princes who sent troops from the north, the situation in Youzhou was not bad. After all, they had never served as the main force. At the most critical moment, they are still in Yanzhou and have the ability to withdraw from the Central Plains War at any time.

But Yuan Shao was unlucky. His Guanning Iron Cavalry was blocked to the south of Guo Ziyi's troops because of a joint plot by Guo Ziyi and Liu Bowen.

And when Zhao Kuangyin had basically been defeated, if this army wanted to fight its way back to the north, they would have to cross the entire Central Plains and pass through the entire Yuzhou and Yanzhou. If it were just a few individuals, it might not be possible for them to return even after crossing the mountains and rivers.

But this is an entire army of several thousand people. Even if the Jin army was completely blind, it would be impossible for them to cross the entire Central Plains and return to the north, unless they gave up land and took the water route.

Therefore, this can be considered a rare unexpected surprise.

Yuan Shao's elite troops, the Halberd Warriors, had been wiped out long ago, and now, the Guanning Cavalry was probably not far from being completely wiped out.

If a war in the north breaks out in the future, it will be much easier to fight.

Today, only a few months have passed since the beginning of the Central Plains War, but the three states of the Central Plains have been basically recovered, leaving only half of Yanzhou and one area of ​​Runan in Yuzhou still in the hands of the enemy.

However, nowadays, the most urgent task for Li Xiang is not to encourage radical progress, but to stabilize the Central Plains as soon as possible.

Before this war began, China had no foundation at all. In order to collect food and grass, Zhao Kuangyin squeezed as much as he could from the people. The last bit of surplus food in the hands of the people was also squeezed out.

It can be said that the Central Plains now is full of starving people, and people starve to death every day.

If we don't stabilize the Central Plains as soon as possible, there might be another Yellow Turban Rebellion in the Central Plains after so many years. If it really develops to that extent, it will be a lot of fun.

If Li Xiang wanted to stabilize the Central Plains, the first thing he had to do was naturally to arrange officials to govern the three states in the Central Plains, and the first to bear the brunt of that was naturally the governors of the three states.