Chapter 1247 The Last Battle

Zhang Dingbian fought desperately but failed. He looked at the soldiers of the Jiangdong Army who were chased by the Han army outside the city and could not enter the city.Although he had already escaped into Shouchun City, Zhang Dingbian finally gave up his plan to continue to resist, and ordered his soldiers to open the city and surrender.

The Han army outside the city was chasing and killing the Jiangdong army. Suddenly, the gate of Shouchun City opened wide.

"Quickly line up to meet the enemy!"

At this moment, the soldiers of the Han army were very scattered. Seeing that the gate of Shouchun city was opened, the Han army thought that the Jiangdong army in the city would take the opportunity to make a surprise attack.

The Jiangdong army fleeing outside the city also rushed to Shouchun City in a swarm.

However, after the city gate was opened.

No Jiangdong army came out of the city.

Zhang Dingbian had already taken off his armor, and in his single clothes, holding the seal of Jiujiang Taishou in his hand, he led the generals out of the city.

All the generals behind Zhang Dingbian were also dressed in single clothes, without any weapons or armor.

The Jiangdong army who rushed under the city gate stopped involuntarily when they saw such a scene.

This is to surrender?
Zhang Dingbian said to the soldiers: "Brothers, put down your weapons, surrender!"

When the soldiers heard the words, they had no intention of fighting, and put down their weapons one after another.

Gao Chong, Xu Chu, Xia Luqi, Tan Daoji and others led their troops into formation, but Zhang Dingbian waited out of the city to attack, instead he showed a gesture of surrender and couldn't help being stunned.

Tan Daoji rode out and shouted at Zhang Dingbian: "Zhang Dingbian, what are you doing!"

Zhang Dingbian said loudly: "The general situation is over. There are many casualties among my soldiers. It is difficult to stop you from going south, so in order to avoid unnecessary killings, I am willing to surrender!"

"Surrender?" Tan Daoji frowned, feeling undecided for a while.

Zhang Dingbian led his troops to make a surprise attack before, but now that the raid fails, he wants to surrender?The speed of this face change is too fast!
Although Zhang Dingbian had already left the city to present the seal, Tan Daoji felt that this was Zhang Dingbian's conspiracy.

Tan Daoji pondered for a while, and said: "Since it is a surrender, let all the soldiers and horses come out, put down all their weapons, you Zhang Dingbian, follow me to see Your Majesty!"

"it is good!"

However, Zhang Dingbian did not hesitate at all, Dang even ordered the soldiers and horses in the city to come out, and stepped forward by himself, and came to the Han army formation.

"It's really a surrender!" The Han army was very excited when they saw this.

Seeing that the Jiangdong army had all left Shouchun without any weapons, and Zhang Dingbian also came to his own formation alone, Tan Daoji believed that Zhang Dingbian really wanted to surrender.

Tan Daoji then asked the soldiers to search Zhang Dingbian. Although he was sure that Zhang Dingbian had surrendered, he still had to take him to see Liu Bian later. The protection work must be done properly.

Not long after, Tan Daoji brought Zhang Dingbian to the Han army camp.

Liu Bian also received the news of Zhang Dingbian's surrender, but he did not go out to greet him personally. Now that the world has been settled, Zhang Dingbian came to surrender, and it is no longer worthy of him to be a corporal.

Zhang Dingbian was taken to the camp, and Liu Biangao was in charge of the case.

Zhang Dingbian knelt down on the ground, raised the seal over his head, and said loudly: "The sinner Zhang Dingbian pays his respects to His Majesty!"

Liu Bian looked at Zhang Dingbian, and shouted in a deep voice: "Zhang Dingbian, you led your troops to attack our army last night, why did you surrender today?"

Zhang Dingbian replied: "As the saying goes, being a courtier is a matter of loyalty. Your Majesty leads the troops here, and I will naturally make the last fight. However, Your Majesty is far-sighted. If I fail to make a surprise attack, Your Majesty can divide the troops and go south within a few days. Jiangdong has no hope of winning anymore, and he has reached the end of his rope. In order to avoid unnecessary killings, I choose to surrender."

Liu Bian waved his hand, not impressed by Zhang Dingbian's words: "You knew this day, why did you lead the troops to make a surprise attack last night? It caused a lot of casualties on both sides?"

"Your Majesty wants to kill or cut, so please do as you please, but please forgive the innocent soldiers who surrendered!"

After Zhang Dingbian finished speaking, he fell silent.

"Take him down!" Liu Bian waved his hand, feeling a little lost.

In fact, what Zhang Dingbian did was not wrong. Although the unification of the big Han is now certain, the weaker side will not surrender directly because of this, and stretch out its neck to chop you. There will definitely be resistance.

Later, Liu Bian sent troops to take over Shouchun.

The soldiers and horses were exchanged, the Han army stationed in Shouchun, and the troops descended from Jiangdong, they entered the camp to take care of them, and only returned to their hometown after the war was settled.

Three days later, Liu Bian raised [-] troops and went south to Hefei.Thirty thousand soldiers and horses were left to guard Jiangdong's soldiers, but Zhang Dingbian was also taken out together. Even if these soldiers wanted to rebel, they would not be able to cause any trouble.

Hefei is located in Lujiang County, and it was also built very strong. This is the second fortress of the Jiangdong Army. Originally, it was thought that if Shouchun couldn't hold it, it would retreat to Hefei.

It's just that Zhang Dingbian surrendered directly after his defeat. There was no chance to retreat to Hefei.

After leaving [-] troops to guard Hefei, Liu Bian continued to lead his troops south to Ruxukou.

Ruxukou was the third line of defense for Zhang Dingbian's soldiers and horses. Shouchun couldn't hold it, so he retreated to Hefei, and Hefei couldn't hold it, so he retreated to Ruxukou.

Ruxukou, located on the bank of the Yangtze River, is a water army camp.

After the soldiers and horses of the Han army arrived at Ruxukou, Liu Bian was about to face a choice.

It was to go upstream to Chaisang, destroy Zhou Yu's army first, and gather Liu Yu's troops to attack Jianye.

Or just ignore Zhou Yu and go directly to Jianye!

In the village of Ruxukou, Liu Bian and Xu Da were discussing this issue.

Xu Da pondered for a while, and said to Liu Bian: "Your Majesty! Now our army has 6 soldiers and horses. Zhou Yu's side doesn't care at all. Besides, Zhou Yu is loyal to Sun Ce. If our army goes to besiege him, he will fight to the death. When the time comes, innocent lives will be lost again.

If our army can take Jianye first and force Sun Ce to surrender, then Zhou Yu of Chaisang will surrender without a fight! "

After hearing Xu Da's words, Liu Bian made up his mind and said, "Okay, then ignore Zhou Yu and go directly to Jianye, but Zhang Liao's side, where has he arrived now? Let's not rush into the army first. If Zhang Liao joins forces to build a business, it will be easier to pacify Jiangdong, so quickly send people to investigate the movements of Zhang Liao's army."

About the time Zhang Liao defeated Lu Xun, Liu Bian marched into Shouchun. At this moment, Zhang Liao and Sun Ce had just fought, so Liu Bian did not know the movements of Zhang Liao's army.

The scouts went there for two days, and two days later, they rushed back to Ruxukou to report Zhang Liao's movements to Liu Bian.

"Your Majesty, General Zhang Liao has entered Wuhu. Sun Ce personally led [-] troops to Yuhu to resist General Zhang Liao. Now the battle is still in a stalemate."

"It's true!" Liu Bian was pleasantly surprised when he heard this.

The scout clasped his hands and replied, "It's absolutely true, the villain saw General Zhang Liao in Wuhu!"

Liu Bian was overjoyed, and immediately ordered: "Great, Sun Ce has only [-] soldiers and horses. Our army joins Zhang Liao's army, which has more than [-] soldiers and horses. We will be able to take Sun Ce in one fell swoop! Send the order, and the army will set off immediately and go down the river." Come on, hurry to Yuhu!"

(End of this chapter)

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