The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 245 Returning to Ye City
No one knows when the rout started. Even some of the soldiers didn't know what was happening. They marched normally according to the long snake formation, but when they saw the soldiers in front starting to run towards the rear desperately, the soldiers behind them didn't even know what was happening. Knowing what was in front of me, I instinctively ran with it.

The defeat was like a mountain, really a defeat like a mountain. From the moment Liu Yao started to retreat, Liu Tai and Liu Tai's headquarters were no longer able to resist.

Liu Yao also knew in his heart that he could not retreat even a step when facing Liu Tai. As long as he retreated and Liu Tai lost his momentum, he would have no way to save the situation. Liu Yao knew this.

But Liu Yao knew better that Liu Tai could really kill him.

When he used a spear formation and showed no fear in the face of his own cavalry, which resulted in the loss of his own bodyguard, Liu Yao paid attention to Liu Tai.

Even Liu Yao was an official member of the clan, so Liu Yao knew very well that Liu Cong was worried about Liu Tai before his death.

But fortunately, Shi Le was in front, and the clan had its own, so it maintained a fragile balance.

But in Liu Yao's view, this was Liu Cong's integration of the Huns and ethnic minorities to successfully suppress the Han people represented by Liu Tai.

At this time, Liu Yao had no choice but to admit that he and Shi Le had never been taken seriously by Liu Tai.

In June when he changed his country's name, Liu Tai first defeated Shi Le and then himself. Your sister didn't even last until the snowy day? !
This is such an incredible military capability. If we talk about it in detail, I am afraid that only the great military strategists of ancient times can compare with it.

But just like this, it proved from the side that Liu Tai is really loyal to Liu Cong, a really loyal man!

Liu Yao was even more filled with regret at this moment. If he had known what kind of country name he would change, wouldn't it be better to continue to use the country name of Dahan? !

Seeing Liu Tai looking like the autumn wind sweeping away the fallen leaves and killing him and Shi Le, Liu Yao felt that if he could do it all over again, he would never use the title of country.

I thought this was a Chinese curse against the Xiongnu, but I never expected that this was actually a sealing spell to protect the Xiongnu from continuing to rule the Han people legitimately and legally!
Liu Yao felt regretful in his heart, but he had not completely lost the courage to make a comeback, let alone draw his sword and kill himself in tears.

Because this is not the first time he has experienced such a failure. As long as he escapes back to Chang'an, he will still have the capital to continue resisting. If he dies here, then he will really have nothing.

And his escape skills are also good. At least Liu Tai's personal guards, although they are powerful in fighting, don't seem to be very powerful in pursuit.

This matter is still driving his army behind him unhurriedly, allowing him to escape smoothly!

Anyone who can run away will definitely be able to run away. At this moment, Liu Yao's heart was full of confidence!
However, at this moment, a series of uniform slogans suddenly came from behind:
"Drop your weapons, squat down and surrender!" "Drop your weapons, squat down and surrender!" "Drop your weapons, squat down and surrender!"...

This sound, as if chasing a soul, made some people look back involuntarily. A group of elite cavalrymen held obviously lengthened scimitars in their hands, passing by the edge one after another at this moment.

One cavalry passed by, two cavalry passed by, and a whole row of cavalry passed by. The soldiers who were escaping at the edge were directly slashed by the scimitars in the hands of the cavalry. Any soldiers who did not hold their heads and squat in defense were directly hit. Shaved into pieces under the light of countless knives!
These cavalrymen had no intention of slowing down their speed. They were like an ink pen, stained with bright red blood paint, and they scratched across the vast land. Everywhere they passed were broken bones and fragments, dripping with blood!

The blood and death are so breathtaking. Faced with Yue Qi's slaughter, if these soldiers fight back, Yue Qi's combat effectiveness is actually not strong, but at this moment they are fleeing, and even if they dare to turn their heads, only a few of them, let alone Stop talking about resisting!

And as the soldiers continued to slaughter without slowing down at all, these slow-running soldiers watched their comrades beside them being shaved into bones and blood, which completely drained their courage to continue running.

After all, no matter how fast they ran, how fast could they be on horseback to pursue them?

At this moment, they decisively obeyed Yue Qi's slogan. They threw away their weapons and squatted on defense with their heads held in their hands. They wanted to live!
They no longer had the courage to continue running.

Of course, there were other soldiers who wanted to escape from the other side, but at this time the personal guards led by Liu Tai pursued them from the other side unhurriedly. Anyone who did not hold their heads and squat in defense did not hesitate to use their spears. Stab him to death, then continue to pursue forward.

After all, even if they are running for their lives these days, is there any reason for infantry to outnumber cavalry?

Anyway, all my cavalry are horseshoeed. As long as you don’t enter a perverted environment like a swamp, I will run with you to the end of the world!
As for the soldiers who were squatting with their heads covered, they were captured one by one by the infantry regiment led by Wang Sang.
Wang Sang said that compared with the perverted requirement of marching eighty miles a day, this kind of chasing the defeated troops is really trivial. This is not chasing the defeated troops. This is simply the merit of chasing the mobile!
Under such a pursuit rhythm, most of Liu Yao's soldiers squatted on defense with their heads in their hands.

After all, most of them had served in the Han army and knew that Liu Tai's army had the best discipline among all the Han armies.

Basically, as long as you choose to surrender, Liu Tai will basically not do anything to torture and kill soldiers.

Therefore, the Han soldiers thought that they would surrender if they could not defeat me. Most of them chose to throw away their weapons and squat down to surrender.

As for the foreign soldiers, they more or less knew that Liu Tai was a pure nationalist.

Under such circumstances, they still want to struggle more or less at this moment, but seeing the horror of Yue Qi's bloody scraping through the army, as long as the family is not a wealthy one, they basically surrender. .

Only those foreigners who had assets or higher status in Luoyang wanted to struggle again and try to see if they could escape.

And Liu Tai's headquarters is responsible for the last hit. No matter who it is, he will kill him. Tell them with bloody facts that if they continue to run, they will only die.

For Liu Tai, these people are an important labor force in the future. The foreigners go to the Coal and Steel Company to mine coal and steel, and the Han people go to build the Yongji Canal. It would be good to conquer one more. How can he let them escape.

Even if you die, you must use your bodies to nourish this land.

Under the relentless pursuit of Liu Tai's two cavalry, Liu Yao was desperately forced to a dead end by Liu Tai.

The most important thing is that his horse didn't hit the hooves. When running on some rugged roads, the horse stumbled and fell down.

He struggled to get up, and the guards around him hurriedly helped him up, but they couldn't help but continue to run away.

But at this time, Liu Tai had already chased him, and led his army to surround Liu Yao!
"Tsk tsk tsk, after all, becoming an emperor has the burden of being an idol. If you were afraid before, you would put on soldier clothes and run away!"

Liu Tai looked at Liu Yao's embarrassed appearance and looked down at Liu Yao indifferently while riding on the horse.

"Rebellious ministers and traitors! Even if you succeed in your rebellion, can you stop the world's public opinion?" Liu Yao said to Liu Tai.

"Tell your soldiers not to waste their lives in vain. I won't kill you for the time being!" Liu Tai looked at Liu Yao and said,
"You personally go to persuade Shi Le to surrender. I think the effect should be the best. Even if Shi Le is solved, your Zhao Kingdom is still there. After all, your life is worth more than your death!"

"You want me to call the door for you, haha! How can there be such a shameless emperor in the world!" Liu Yao pointed at Liu Tai and said,
"If I lose today, I will lose. If you want to kill me, see if I will beg for mercy!"

Seeing how determined Liu Yao was, Liu Tai didn't say anything more. After all, insulting the emperor was indeed too much.But seeing that Liu Yao didn't draw his sword and kill himself, he still wanted to survive, and it was enough for him.

Before the Zhao Kingdom was destroyed, Liu Yao who was alive was valuable after all.

Liu Tai waved his hand and said to his guards: "Capture him, and anyone who blocks him will die!"

Liu Tai's soldiers did not hesitate and immediately rushed towards Liu Yao. Liu Yao's personal guards were also brave, but Liu Tai's personal guards did not need to be merciful to them. Anyone who stood in the way would be killed to satisfy them. of loyalty.

As for Liu Yao, he directly pressed him down with several shields, completely pressing him to the ground, and then tied him up.

With Liu Yao being captured, the war finally came to an end.

The soldiers under Liu Yao also died, some escaped, and some were captured. After a little calculation, more than [-] prisoners were captured in this battle.

Among them, perhaps no more than 2 people died directly in the war. The remaining people trampled each other in the great rout, or were lucky enough to escape towards the Taihang Mountains in the north.

To be honest, Liu Tai could intimidate Luoyang at this time, and maybe he could make the remaining orphans and widows surrender directly.

But Liu Tai knew very well that the defeat of the 15-strong army directly announced that the Zhao Kingdom in Luoyang was afraid that it would be in turmoil from now on. Only God knows whether it can survive in the future.

In contrast, what I wanted to see more was Shi Le's head. It was better to capture Yecheng first and then think about other things.

After all, the weather is getting colder, and no one can guarantee when it will snow. When the Yellow River freezes, Zu Ti is afraid that he will send troops northward.

In any case, he needs to deal with Shi Le before Zu Ti leads his army northward. Before that, he needs to fight with God for time!
Soon, Liu Tai's army finished the battlefield, collected the enemy's baggage, and began to make arrangements.

Liu Tai approached Wang Sang and said, "Uncle Wang, you need to work hard to garrison Jijun!"

"The king is worried that Zu Ti will take the opportunity to go north?" Wang Sang reacted immediately after hearing Liu Tai's words.

Liu Tai nodded, and then said, "With Liu Yao being captured and Zhao's main army defeated, we naturally have to capture Yecheng first.

Zu Ti is a smart man and should choose to attack Luoyang, but no matter what, we need someone to defend here! "

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will never let the ancestor cross the Yellow River with the veteran minister here!" Wang Sang couldn't help but promise.

"Uncle Wang, I will leave some prisoners for you to help you build defense facilities. In addition, I have sent people to notify Tian Zhen's team to come to Jijun and ask them to take advantage of the fact that the Yellow River is not frozen and arrange for some people to go to Qingzhou. , reduce your food stress!”

"Okay, okay!" Wang Sang smiled broadly after hearing Liu Tai's words.

Soon, Liu Tai left almost [-] prisoners to Wang Sang to help him build defense facilities on the spot.

For Wang Sang, because he has been in charge of a political party, he is still very experienced in how to use prisoners.

Not to mention, Wang Sang had [-] soldiers in his hands at this time, which was completely enough to suppress these prisoners and wait for the arrival of Tian Zhen's fleet.

As for why there were only [-] soldiers left, it was because Xu Miao needed to take his headquarters to escort the remaining prisoners to Yecheng.

Liu Tai only brought some handsome flags, chariots, and Liu Yao to go ahead and deal with Shi Le. There was no time to slowly escort these prisoners away.

At this time, Shi Le was also looking at the south eagerly. Until now, he had been looking forward to Liu Yao's arrival.

He hoped that Liu Yao would win, but was also afraid of Liu Yao's victory. Shi Le sincerely prayed that Liu Yao could defeat Liu Tai, but he also suffered serious losses.

In this case, my life will be harder in the future, but there is still some hope.

After all, his position has always been to be a chess piece for the Xiongnu Liu family to check and balance Liu Tai, and he doesn't mind continuing to maintain this status now.

What I fear most is that if one of Liu Tai and Liu Yao wins a big victory, then my future will be bleak.

At this time, Zhou Ping was still steadily implementing Liu Tai's plan, cleaning the outside of Ye City, and had basically destroyed all the peripheral defense facilities. Even the holes left by whoever drained the moat were bulldozed into mountains and slowly piled up. The soil raised was buried.

Just like this, Rigonyizu's operation was to fill in the peripheral defense facilities as much as possible, and the rest was just to start the official attack.

It's just that Liu Tai's soldiers are precious, and Zhou Ping would not dare to attack easily without Liu Tai's order.

After all, if Liu Tai suffers a loss in the fight with Liu Yao, he has enough soldiers and will have more options to deal with it.

So Zhou Ping still used the relatively stupid strategy of piling up mountains of soil and continued to pile up soil, as if he wanted to build a thoroughfare from the ground to the city wall!
While both Zhou Ping and Shi Le were waiting for the troops returning from the south, a large flag with Chinese characters appeared on the horizon under the warm sunshine.

Looking at the orderly ranks of this army, the morale of the soldiers is high, and the joyful atmosphere can be felt from a distance.

Zhou Ping couldn't help but let out a big sigh of relief, while Shi Le looked at the scene in front of him and almost broke his back molars.

Shi Le knew very well that his savior was gone, and the next thing to see was how long he could hold on.

The so-called variables Shi Le knew were naturally there. After all, in addition to Liu Yao, the Jin court in the south would counterattack at any time, and Liu Tai might retreat.

But Shi Le himself knew that this probability was no different from the so-called miracle!

But even so, Shi Le still wanted to live, because if he died, he would really have nothing!
Liu Tai did not let Shi Le wait any longer. Instead, he took the tied Liu Yao and various matters proving his identity around Yecheng that day.

Then he said that Shi Le would be given one night to consider whether to surrender unconditionally or prepare for the siege tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)