My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 375
  As the sky gradually became brighter, more battle reports were sent from the front scouts Pixing Daiyue to the main army in the rear. At this time, the generals in the army also knew about the changes in the war and came to the commander's tent early.

The battle reports were summarized and compiled into coherent messages by Wu Zixun.

On May [-]th, a cavalry army from the Liang State appeared to the west of Taikang. Yanglie's army Tong Jue joined the enemy. The general Tong Jue was defeated and fled. The entire army collapsed. Half an hour later, with the defeated army, they met Zan who was attacking the city. Wei's army converged, and Xuanwu's army came for reinforcements. Tuoba Zongjue of Liang State led the trekking cavalry and Fushan cavalry to attack from inside and outside, and were defeated again.

On the first day of June, Xu Mao and Zhao Ji'an joined forces and rushed to the south of the city. On the way, they were ambushed by Tuoba Zongjue's deputy general Mi Qinjiqian. They lost [-] people and retreated in panic to the mountains to the east to reorganize.

Early this morning, the remnants of the Yanglie Army, Xuanwu Army, and Zanwei Army regrouped and were defeated again by Tuba Congwu, the general of the Trek Army, and fled south.

The atmosphere in the handsome tent became ominous.

From last night's battle report to this morning's information, the generals in the commander's tent showed interesting expressions. Lu Bu grinned and rubbed his palms on his knees.

"I thought that Liang State was a coward like Qi State, but he could fight so fiercely. Your Majesty, since Qi State's surrender of troops and generals is useless, it is time for us to give Liang State's generals a good showdown."

Lu Bu's words were very in line with the thoughts of the generals in the tent.

Everyone would not feel angry because of the defeat at the front, but instead showed an expression of excitement like a hunter encountering an interesting prey.

Su Chen looked at a group of warlike famous generals with an expression on his face that wanted to laugh, but when he thought of the scene of five armies and [-] people fleeing on the battlefield ahead, he still felt a little uncomfortable after all.

He asked Jiangjun to play forward, and he had his own calculations in mind.

The first is to consume the troops of the surrendered generals, and the second is to allow these surrendered troops to win more battles, cultivate morale, and combat skills. After all, these troops will be incorporated into the main force under their own command to fight against the two southern countries.

Now that he was defeated, his efforts were in vain.

"However, judging from the collected battle reports, the two cavalrymen who attacked Xu Jinwu and Tong Jue should be the newly formed trekking and Fushan troops under the hands of Emperor Liang." The person who spoke was the coach Li Jing. Now that Su Chen came to the commander's tent, he He retreated to the first place on the left and sat down, "But no matter how strong the elite soldiers and horses are, they still depend on the generals who command them. Otherwise, no matter how elite the cavalry is, it will be in vain if they are led by incompetent generals."

His words won Zhao Yun's agreement, and he said: "It's just like when the old lord Sun Zan handed over the White Horse Yi Cong to the command of Yan Gang, but the whole army was annihilated."

Although decades have passed, Zhao Yun still has a regretful tone when talking about that time.

"General Zhao, there is no need to be sad. Throughout the ages, one general has been incompetent and has killed all three armies." Xiang Yu entered the military tent and felt this for the first time. Then he said to Li Jing over there: "Let's continue talking about Liang's army. , Xiang is somewhat interested!"

Su Chen nodded towards Li Jing and motioned for him to continue.

"The person guarding Taikang is Tuoba Zongjue, the general of the Liang clan. It is said that he is the uncle of the Emperor of Liang. People with the same outstanding abilities as him include Tuoba Congwu and Tuoba Zhaori. Zongjue came to Taikang, except for himself. The tribe’s army, as well as the trekking and Fushan armies given by Emperor Liang, these are all direct descendants, so naturally they cannot be handed over to outsiders.”

Li Jing stood up and said, "The person who leads the mountain or trekking must be Tuoba Congwu. Judging from the information we have gathered before, Tuoba Congwu is both civil and military. He is the nephew of Emperor Liang. He is about twenty-seven years old. He is a good commander of the three armies." Miao Zi, Emperor Liang obviously wanted to cultivate him by asking him to follow him."

"It seems that we finally have a good opponent!" Dong Zhuo revealed a ferocious smile, "I heard that the Tuoba Zong Jue guarded the city tightly, and the Qi State's surrendered generals attacked continuously, and even the city wall could not stand firm. Your Majesty, just Let my Xiliang army try to compete with them!"

"And a certain family!"

Lu Bu's expression was arrogant and his eyes were full of disdain, "Both of them seem to be good at cavalry, but I don't know how they compare to me, Zilong, and Huo Qiaoqi!"

Seeing the generals in the tent igniting their fighting spirit one after another, Su Chen wanted them to lead the troops there, but Jia Xu on the side shook his head slightly at him.

After a moment of silence, Su Chen laughed: "Don't worry, I will let Qi's surrendered army continue to follow Liang's troops."

Su Dingfang frowned at Li Jing's side, cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, using troops like this is probably a bit risky. The morale of Qi's surrender army has dropped sharply, and the army has no fighting spirit. If it is defeated again, once it is chased by the enemy, it will take advantage of the opportunity to attack the main force. , will shake the military formation, your Majesty, please think twice!"

The intention of this country-destroying general was obvious. Like Lu Bu and others, he personally led the main force up and captured Taikang in one go. He easily wiped out the two cavalrymen in one battle, thereby directly knocking the Liang Kingdom's newly boosted morale to the ground. Lows.

Make the next battle easier.

"I also understand what General Su said."

Su Chen sighed, he actually had a plan in mind, "Crippling Taikang's troops and horses in one go is indeed very convenient for attacking Liang Guo, and it also makes the logistics much easier, but I want to defeat this surrendered army. Even if they are maimed, as long as the surviving soldiers become elite, they can add to the two armies in the future."

Su Chen pressed the table, tilted his body slightly and exhaled, with a low voice: "As for how many people die, I don't care at all. If they are turned into a rebel army and attack this town, then I will kill them all!"

Jia Xu on the side nodded with satisfaction. This strategy was what he proposed to Su Chen. He would surrender his troops and select the best to join the army. There would be no need to consider conscription among the people, which would damage the people's foundation in the North and the Central Plains.

As for Qi State.

Before he fully surrendered, he was not one of his own.

After listening to the emperor's words, the surrounding generals fell silent.

Here, Su Chen waved his hands towards them: "Don't persuade me about this matter anymore. If you really want to persuade me, go to Jia Wenhe for his advice!"

In an instant, Jia Xu's satisfied smile froze, and all the generals in the tent turned their heads to look at him. Dong Zhuo and Li Jue rubbed their fists with evil intentions in their eyes, and even Lu Bu was gearing up.

At this moment, an order came back from outside. He half-knelt outside the tent curtain and cupped his hands to report: "Your Majesty, the general of the fifth army has returned with his remaining soldiers. He is kneeling at the gate of the central army to apologize to Your Majesty."

"Apologise... Okay, I want to hear how they apologize!"

Su Chen shook up the Zhen Emperor's robe, stood up, walked around the long desk, and walked out of the tent. Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, Dong Zhuo and others all followed him. Xiang Yu followed slowly with his hands behind his back.

At the gate of the central army, there were all the soldiers who had fled back. There were still expressions of shock on their faces. Almost everyone had injuries on their bodies. They looked at the Xiliang army coming up from all directions with fear.

These elite soldiers in the military camp heard about this this morning. They followed the emperor and raised an army of [-] people. They fought from the north to the south and then into the grassland. Now they have destroyed the Qi State without any defeat.

Unexpectedly, this group of surrendered soldiers was allowed to break the example. It really made them feel angry. Looking at these soldiers who had returned from defeat, their eyes were naturally not much better.

As the leaders, Xu Mao, Xu Jinwu, Tong Jue, Zhao Ji'an, and Han Jinsu were kneeling at the gate of the central army. Their armor was stained with blood, and their cloaks were torn to pieces.

It can be seen that this is a lucky escape from the siege.

As soon as they came back, they knelt here, anxiously waiting for the emperor's punishment.

More and more Xiliang troops were surrounding here, and they were whispering to each other and pointing at the defeated generals. After a while, the soldiers of the Xiliang troops in the direction of the commander's tent moved out of the way, and they could hear it in the ears of Xu Mao and others. The roar of the mountains and the tsunami: "Greetings to Your Majesty!"

The five people raised their heads and saw the tall and mighty body of Emperor Xia, guarded by all the generals in the army, walking here and stopping a few steps away from them.

"Your Majesty... I'll wait..." Xu Mao remembered that when Su Chen surrendered, the other party personally supported him and said that with him invading the Liang Kingdom, it would be easy to invade the Liang Kingdom.

But now he was defeated like a mountain, which really made him feel ashamed. At this moment, he choked and raised his hands and turned his face to one side: "Your Majesty, please chop off my head as a sacrifice to the defeated soldiers!"

The other four people were shocked by his words. They came to plead guilty, not to die.

They scolded Xu Mao in their hearts, but since the other party had said everything, they couldn't take it back, so they had no choice but to imitate him and apologize to Su Chen.

However, the words were more tactful and he only said that he would be punished by the emperor.

"Which of you escaped from the battle?" Su Chen walked towards the five people kneeling on the ground alone. He looked at them as if he wanted to kill someone. "You must know that my army can only move forward and has no reason to retreat. How to defeat the battle? When Tell my soldiers clearly!"

Su Chen's words revealed another meaning: Whoever loses first will take the blame!
  Not sure whether he heard the meaning of Su Chen's words, Xu Jinwu quickly raised his head: "Your Majesty!" Then he pointed to Tong Jue next to him, "It's him. Yang Lie's army pretended to attack the west gate, and Liang's Fushan army came from the west. He led his army to intercept and while they were still fighting, he ran away first, allowing Fushan's army to follow the trend to the south of the city. At that time, I led my army to attack the city."

Tong Jue raised his head and roared at Xu Jinwu: "Nonsense, the Fushan cavalry was about to kill me, so I had no choice but to turn in!"

Dian Wei, who was standing next to Su Chen, watched them shirk each other with disdain in his eyes.

"Mud can't support a wall!"

He despised the generals who escaped from the battlefield the most. Back then, when he was alone and without weapons, he guarded the city gate and fought until his death to let Cao Cao escape.

The surrounding Xiliang soldiers and generals also showed disdain.

Su Chen looked straight at the five people on the ground and said in a calm voice: "I already know, there is no need to argue. General Tong, turn around."

Over there, Tong Jue, who was still arguing with Xu Jinwu, heard the words and turned his head. The moment Su Chen suddenly reached out and grabbed the King Xia sword held by Wu Zixun, he heard the sound of the sword being unsheathed.

The sword light reflected the morning sun, giving off a cold glow.

puff!
  The broad and majestic King Xia's sword swept out a fan-shaped sword light. Tong Jue, who was kneeling on the ground, had his neck broken instantly, and his head with an expression of surprise rose into the sky along with the bloody arrows spurting out.

Su Chen held the sword and shook it, blood beads shook the sword body, and with another swipe, he put the sword back into its scabbard.

"Take your head and sacrifice the flag!"

His eyes were cold and he looked at the other four generals whose faces were pale with fear.

"Immediately gather the remaining troops, reorganize them, and continue to attack Taikang. No matter how many times you are defeated, I will continue to attack!"

Immediately, he turned around and walked back to the tent.

"If we can't fight, I will deal with you and Liang Guo!"

(End of this chapter)