Jia Yujing of Red Mansion

Chapter 315 Between the palms of hands

Even Jia Qiong himself did not expect that the war would go so smoothly.

The information between the two sides is unequal, and there is a huge gap in combat power. This battle can almost be said to be a complete victory.

In the Battle of Heilongtan, Zhang Shicheng's main force was completely lost. He only escaped by swimming with more than a thousand defeated troops, and fled in a panic towards Jianhu Lake.

After interrogating the prisoners, Jia Qiong found out that Zhang Shicheng had escaped, so he was not in a hurry and immediately ordered Liu Xianglian to lead 500 cavalry in pursuit.

Those who escaped with Zhang Shicheng were basically his confidants and Zhenwa. They had relatively strong fighting abilities and could be said to be the capital for his fortune.

If Liu Xianglian attacked this defeated army, although there would be no problem in winning, under the desperate resistance of the enemy, his own damage would probably be inevitable.

In order to reduce unnecessary losses, Jia Qiong ordered Liu Xianglian to adopt guerrilla tactics, not to engage the enemy in close combat, but to use the mobility of the cavalry and the long-range firepower advantages of crossbows to eat away at the enemy bit by bit.

Zhang Shicheng and his remaining soldiers were like sheep being targeted by a pack of wolves, being driven all the way to Jianhu.

Once they want to stop and rest, the five hundred cavalry behind them will pounce on them and bite them hard, leaving them to run away, exhausted both physically and mentally, and in extreme pain.

There is a vast plain between Yancheng and Jianhu. Even if Zhang Shicheng wanted to escape into the mountains to avoid the pursuit of the cavalry, he could not do it. He could only run all the way, panicking like a bereaved dog.

In just two days, Zhang Shicheng had less than 200 people left. The other defeated troops were either killed or fell behind.

Only then did Zhang Shicheng realize that something was wrong. Although the sun was about to set and the sky was dark, he could still see that the guards on the city wall were all wearing fine leather armor and holding black spears. These were definitely not his group of peasant soldiers. The equipment you should have.

"The person below is Zhang Shicheng. Jianhu has been captured by me a long time ago. You and other rebels should be captured as soon as possible."

The remaining more than 200 people are Zhang Shicheng's loyal confidants. If they didn't have a glimmer of hope in their hearts, they would definitely not be able to persevere.

Just when Zhang Shicheng was about to run away, he heard a shout from the city gate and the sound of a crossbow being cocked.

"Run away quickly. It will be dark soon. Maybe you can escape."

……

In fact, as early as three days ago, Feng Ziying had secretly attacked the baggage team transporting grain from Funing County to Jianhu County, and then pretended to be a grain transport team to open the city gate and captured Jianhu County in one fell swoop.

At this time, the Chu army's flag had already been erected on the wall of Jianhu City, but the sky was dark and the defeated soldiers were in a hurry to enter the city and did not notice it.

In the evening of the third day, when Zhang Shicheng saw the dark city wall of Jianhu County, he was so excited that he almost cried, without noticing anything unusual on the wall.

However, they shouted for a long time but no one answered them, and everything on the city wall was quiet.

At the same time, there was a faint rumbling sound coming from behind, like spring thunder.

"Jianhu is also occupied, what should we do?"

"I can't run anymore. If I don't run, the worst I can do is fight with them!"

"Open the door quickly, I'm going to starve to death."

He hurriedly looked up and saw a general in black armor looking down at them. A group of crossbowmen emerged from the city wall, hundreds of gleaming crossbow arrows aimed at them.

"Wherever you can run, I can't run anymore. If you want to run away, you run away."

"Finally escaped, hahaha, we can't die!"

Zhang Shicheng knew without looking that the group of cavalry who had been chasing them were coming again. He had heard this sound countless times in the past two days.

"The commander is back, open the door quickly!"

A group of people surrounded Zhang Shicheng to the city gate and shouted loudly to the guards on the city wall.

Listening to the shouts of the most loyal brothers around him, a deep sense of frustration welled up in Zhang Shicheng's heart.

He knew that he had no way to escape. They were too close to the city gate. Not to mention how exhausted they could escape the cavalry. The crossbowmen on the city wall alone could shoot them into hedgehogs.

“Brothers, we have lost and we won’t fight anymore.

You are not the main culprit. You have thrown away your weapons. The officers and soldiers will not make things difficult for you. "

Zhang Shicheng said dejectedly. He took off the steel knife from his waist and threw it on the ground, making a clanging sound.

When the others saw this, they also silently threw their weapons on the ground. They had actually been fed up with the destruction of the cavalry for a long time, and they were only holding on because of their loyalty to Zhang Shicheng. Now that even the eldest brother has made them surrender and they are finally free, what else is there to say?

Seeing that Zhang Shicheng had no intention of resisting, Feng Ziying ordered people to open the city gate, collect the rebel weapons, and take them into custody.

A few minutes later, Jia Qiong led the cavalry troops to the city.

He was well aware of Zhang Shicheng's every move and knew that he would be doomed today, so he specially drove his horse here.

At this time, all the rebels had their weapons confiscated and were escorted by officers and soldiers, kneeling in a pile at the city gate.

It was already dark. Jia Qiong took a quick look but could not tell who was Zhang Shicheng, so she ordered Feng Ziying who came up to him: "Ziying, who is Zhang Shicheng? Bring him here."

"Yes, General."

Feng Ziying clasped her fists and accepted the order, then asked the soldiers to bring Zhang Shicheng over.

Jia Qiong looked at Zhang Shicheng who was kneeling in front of his horse, feeling filled with emotion.

This was a very famous leader of the peasant uprising army in original history. He once resisted the Yuan Dynasty's "million" army led by the famous Prime Minister Tuotuo for three months. This was delayed until Tuotuo was destroyed due to corruption in the Yuan Dynasty. After being demoted, he took the opportunity to defeat the Yuan army in one fell swoop, creating a new climax for the Red Scarf Army, and became famous all over the world in one battle.

Then it occupied the most prosperous Jiangnan and Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions. When its power was at its strongest, even Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, had to step aside.

Such a heroic figure who was famous in the original history was defeated so easily by himself, which made Jia Qiong feel proud.

Times make heroes, and now the trend is mine. Even if all the heroes in history appear on stage, I, Jia Qiong, have nothing to fear!

Jia Qiong asked: "Zhang Shicheng, why do you want to rebel?"

This was the Chu period, not the end of the Yuan Dynasty. There was no cruel racial oppression, the government's administration was quite acceptable, and the people were far from being unable to survive. He wanted to know why such a large-scale peasant uprising broke out.

Zhang Shicheng frowned and said: "Princes, generals and prime ministers would rather have the seed.

Why are we born to be inferior to others? No matter how much money we earn, we still have to look at the faces of those dog officials. I don’t accept it! "

Hearing this, Jia Qiong chuckled disdainfully and said, "Having ambition but no knowledge is really sad.

Now you have been captured alive by this lord, Zhang Shide was beheaded by this lord, and Zhang Shiyi was shot to death by random arrows when the city of Jianhu County was breached.

Of the four brothers of the Zhang family, only one Zhang Shixin is left. Did you ever think of this situation when you rebelled? "

"Second brother! Third brother! I'm going to kill you!"

Zhang Shicheng roared and rushed towards Jia Qiong, but was shot to the ground by Feng Ziying.

He struggled to stand up, but was held down by two soldiers. He could only stare at Jia Qiong fiercely, his eyes were split open, and his face was ferocious. One look at him and it was clear that he hated him.

Zhang Shicheng had been running away for the past two days. He only found out about the deaths of Zhang Shide and Zhang Shiyi now, and he was obviously greatly stimulated.

Jia Qiong said indifferently: "If I were you, I wouldn't be so impulsive.

Now that your 40,000 troops have been wiped out, how many more troops are left in the four counties of Xiangshui, Sheyang, Binhai, and Funing? It would be easy for me to defeat them.

Gather a crowd to rebel, the three Yi tribes!

The family members of your four brothers are all in Xiangshui County. Tsk, tsk, tsk, I don’t know how many children you have, but you have to be beheaded at a young age. It’s really pitiful. "

Zhang Shicheng stopped struggling instantly as if he had been struck by lightning.

The look he looked at Jia Qiong soon lost all hatred, leaving only deep fear.

Zhang Shicheng is also a smart man. After only a moment, he said eagerly: "Sir, I am willing to let the four counties of Xiangshui surrender. Maybe you will let our brothers' families go?"

Jia Qiong chuckled and said, "I like to deal with smart people.

I can't promise to let your family go. I can't make the decision on this matter.

But I can plead with the emperor. Whether the emperor agrees or not depends on their fate. "

(End of this chapter)