Three Kingdoms: I choose Xiao Qiao and Da Qiao, why are you crying, Diao Chan?

Chapter 497 Return with a great victory!

After collecting Kuai Liang's ashes, Wei Yan personally carried Kuai Liang's urn into Guzang City.

He wanted to let Kuai Liang’s spirit in heaven take a good look at this fortified city that they had built together!

There were 44,000 troops, plus the 6,000 brought back by Lu Meng and Gan Ning, a total of 50,000 people. During the siege, almost 6,000 people were consumed.

Of the 20,000 enemy troops, 11,000 escaped, and about 9,000 were lost.

Such a loss ratio was caused by a strong attack.

If they were not so anxious to attack and used more gunpowder cans to consume their enemies, their losses would be less.

However, being able to capture Guzang City has already achieved a major strategic goal for them!
The next step is to wait for Wen Pin, Jiang Qin and others to withdraw, and then the subordinates can hold a celebration banquet.

However, this celebration banquet is destined to be less lively due to Kuai Liang's death...

the other side.

How could Wen Pin not know that Zhang Xiu wanted to find a small path nearby to bypass Wen Pin's camp?

He deliberately buried mines on the path, and when Zhang Xiu's cavalry passed by, they were blown to pieces!

Seeing this tragic scene, how could Zhang Xiu dare to take the small road again?

He could only retreat to the camp in the rear and feel unhappy.

Wen Pin looked at the enemy soldiers who were shouting and cursing outside the camp, his mood remained calm.

Although he thought that his martial arts were no less brave than Zhang Xiu.

But in the case of a disparity in troop strength, he would not rashly give up his huge defensive advantage for the sake of so-called credit.

He would wait for an opportunity to attack the enemy, but never when the enemy's morale was at its highest.

But soon, the scouts in the rear suddenly reported:
"Report to the general, General Wei Yan and his men have already breached Guzang City, and Zhu Jun is leading more than 10,000 remnant troops towards us!

"However, General Jiang Qin is also leading 20,000 men chasing behind us. They should be here to support our army."

Upon hearing that Wei Yan had successfully captured Guzang City, Wen Pin was immediately delighted.

As for the 10,000 remnant troops led by Zhu Jun rushing towards this side, isn't that exactly what he wants?
If they could cooperate with Jiang Qin's 20,000 troops coming from the rear to attack Zhu Jun and destroy him in one fell swoop, wouldn't that be another great achievement?
Thinking of this, Wen Pin immediately ordered the soldiers to lay mines behind the camp.

It was too late to dig the trap, but there was more than enough time to lay the mines.

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Soon, Zhu Jun led his army to Hanwu Road.

Because there were 20,000 troops chasing them from behind, they did not dare to slow down.

Even when they saw the enemy camp blocking the road, they still did not slow down.

Of course, Zhu Jun was no fool. He would not let his army directly attack the enemy's camp. Instead, he planned to bypass the camp from both sides.

The enemy did not leave the camp to intercept them, probably because they were guarding against Zhang Xiu's army on the other side of the camp.

Although Zhang Xiu's army failed to successfully support them, it was now of some use.

Zhang Xiu also discovered the arrival of the imperial troops led by Zhu Jun.

When he saw the remnants of the army, he knew that Guzang City had been lost.

Now he could only try his best to rescue Zhu Jun and others!
Zhang Xiu immediately led the remaining 9,000 cavalrymen and slowly approached Wen Pin's camp, trying to put pressure on Wen Pin. However, just as they approached the deer horns and planned to have the soldiers dismount and move the horns away,

Suddenly, a wave of arrows burst out from the camp and shot straight towards Zhang Xiu's army!
Zhang Xiu had long been on guard against the enemy's arrow shooting, and immediately ordered his soldiers to raise their shields to block the attack.

But what Zhang Xiu didn't expect was that when the enemy's rockets landed on the shield, they actually "bang" exploded into a ball of scorching flames!

The enemy's arrows actually exploded!
Zhang Xiu encountered this situation for the first time and was caught off guard!

Hundreds of soldiers were injured and burned in an instant!

Zhang Xiu became anxious and quickly ordered his army to rush through the gaps in the enemy's antlers, trying to approach the two sides of the enemy camp to support Zhu Jun!
However, just as the soldiers in the front row approached the deer antlers, the ground beneath their feet exploded with a "bang"!

Dozens of cavalrymen in the front row were sent to death along with their horses!
Seeing the powerful attack that he had encountered on the path before, Zhang Xiu, who had never seen a landmine before, was immediately blown away and lost his spirit!
He hurriedly stopped the charging cavalry and dared not move forward easily.

On the other side, Zhu Jun's army was also bombarded by landmines!
Zhu Jun's army was also forced to stop and dared not rush forward easily.

Because they don't know where the mines are hidden on the ground ahead.

The only basic judgment can be made by observing whether there are enemy soldiers nearby.

After all, Lu Bu’s army’s mines can only explode if there are soldiers nearby to ignite the fuse.

Of course, the fuse of a mine can can be tens of meters long.

The enemy can even ignite the mines near the camp from inside the camp!

Faced with such a tricky weapon, Zhu Jun was quite troubled.

However, at this time, the careful observer Mao Jie noticed that there were subtle signs of soil being turned over on the ground where the mine cans were buried.

As long as we can avoid these places where the soil has been turned over, we should be able to avoid the enemy's mines!

Mao Jie immediately told Zhu Jun his idea.

Zhu Jun looked back at the 20,000 enemy troops approaching him, and without time to think about it, he quickly ordered the army to open a path ahead according to the method provided by Mao Jie.

Mao Jie's method was indeed effective.

By avoiding places where the soil has been turned over, even if the mine cans are successfully ignited, the damage caused will be greatly reduced!

Zhu Jun's army successfully reached the narrow roads on both sides of the camp, attempting to pass through quickly.

But what they didn't expect was that Wen Pin in the camp already knew their intentions.

Countless gunpowder cans were suddenly thrown from inside the camp to outside the camp.

There were loud bangs and screams, and Zhu Jun's army was suffering terribly!

In this situation, Zhu Jun's soldiers could only charge forward!

In a short period of time, thousands of soldiers were killed by the flamethrowers!

But this is not the end. Just when Zhu Jun's army was halfway through the charge, the gates on the north and south sides of the village suddenly opened!

Wen Pin actually divided his troops into two groups, and ordered the 8,000 soldiers in the camp to attack the enemy from the gates on both sides!
At the same time, Jiang Qin in the rear finally caught up.

When he saw Zhu Jun's army in chaos, he understood Wen Pin's intention and immediately led 20,000 troops to attack Zhu Jun's army!
Under the double-sided attack from Wen Pin and Jiang Qin, Zhu Jun's army, which was already in chaos, had no power to fight back at all!

Mao Jie was captured alive by Wen Pin in the chaos, and Zhu Jun's general Hu Zhen was stabbed to death by Jiang Qin!
Only Han Sui protected Zhu Jun, and with the help of Zhang Xiu, he finally led more than a thousand people to fight desperately!
Wen Pin and Jiang Qin joined forces and stopped pursuing the enemy. Instead, they returned with a great victory, escorting Mao Jie and thousands of prisoners!

(End of this chapter)