Chapter 1002: Jia Kui Is Defeated and Captured
"The Eastern Expedition Army is coming! Run!"
"Assholes, don't run, quickly form a battle array!"
"The cavalry is coming, we can't stop it, run quickly!"
"We are surrounded, run!"
Nearly half of the more than 20,000 Liang army soldiers were running around like headless flies. Even though many of them were killed by Jia Kui's central army and Pei's central army, they still couldn't calm down the chaos.
At this moment, the army on the other side of the stream had been killed by the 10,000 cavalry of the Eastern Expedition Army. Afterwards, the 10,000 cavalry were divided into ten groups, constantly strangling the Liang army soldiers who wanted to form a battle array. After two rounds of strangling, the Liang army finally went from chaos to collapse. No one was willing to face the cavalry of the Eastern Expedition Army anymore. All the people on the other side of the river fled for their lives regardless. Unfortunately, no matter which direction they fled, they were driven to the river by the cavalry of the Eastern Expedition Army. Thousands of people were driven to several floating bridges like ducks, and then rushed to the other side of the river.
"Jia Gong, gather the central army immediately and line up to meet me. Block the Eastern Expedition Army in the north for a quarter of an hour to buy time for the army to line up!" Jia Kui sat on his horse and shouted sternly;
"I obey your orders!"
"General Ding, please lead the central army of Pei to line up on the left side of the army!"
"Yes!"
"The rest of the generals, quickly reorganize the troops and horses. Anyone who dares not to obey orders will be killed!"
"I obey your orders!" The rest of the generals all obeyed the orders and left. They had dozens of personal guards around them, so they could still be used to reorganize the troops and line up.
However, the Eastern Expedition Army came too quickly and too suddenly, and half of the troops led by Jia Kui were a motley crowd. They had only been integrated for more than a day. Under the current circumstances, there was no possibility of lining up to meet the enemy.
However, the 3,000 central troops around Jia Kui were originally the elite of Cao Cao's army. At this time, they did not cross the river and happened to be next to Jia Kui. With his order, the 3,000 central troops quickly lined up and went to meet the Eastern Expedition Army in the north. Unfortunately, the three thousand central troops faced the twenty thousand soldiers of the Eastern Expedition Army. The difference in strength was too great, and they could not hold out for a quarter of an hour. As soon as the two armies engaged in battle, the three thousand central troops were like a stone thrown into the sea, splashing a little water and then disappearing.
At this time, Jia Kui still could not organize the soldiers around him. Seeing this, Jia Kui knew that he had no chance. As a last resort, Jia Kui had to order the army to evacuate separately, but now the army was surrounded by the Xiaohong River in the south and the Lu River in the east. The north was surrounded by the 20,000 troops of the Eastern Expedition Army. Only the west could be escaped, but the cavalry on the south bank of the Xiaohong River had begun to separate some troops and horses along the Xiaohong River to the west, preparing to cross the river from the upper reaches to annihilate Jia Kui's Liang State Army here.
As soon as the retreat order was issued, the Eastern Expedition Army had reached a position two hundred steps north of the army. Seeing that the Liang army was about to collapse, dozens of cavalrymen suddenly rushed out of the rapidly approaching Zhengdong Army, led by a teenage black-faced general, who shouted and rushed directly towards Jia Kui's flag.
"The son of Zhengdong Army Wuwei General Dian Wei, Chenliu Dian Man is here, where can Jia Kui, a man, escape!"
The guards were shocked, and more than 20 people shouted to Dian Man: "Protect the prime minister, the prime minister, run!" The remaining dozens of people escorted Jia Kui to the west of the Pei army's central army.
In a moment, Dian Man led the ten soldiers of the Tiebi Camp who were guarding him to fight against Jia Kui's 20 guards. Although Jia Kui's guards were also at the level of the imperial guards, they were still no match for Dian Man. At the moment the two sides engaged in battle, Dian Man had killed several people in a row, and directly killed through the defense line of the 20 guards, chasing in the direction of Jia Kui's escape. The rest of the guards were handed over to the soldiers of the Tiebiying camp beside Dian Man.
At this time, Jia Kui had already escaped thirty steps away under the protection of his guards. Dian Man saw that the cooked duck was about to fly away, and he hurriedly shouted and urged his horse to chase. When he was about twenty steps away, he controlled the reins with one hand and took out two hand halberds from his arms with the other hand, and threw them at Jia Kui's warhorse twenty steps away.
Jia Kui's warhorse let out a mournful cry, and then fell to the ground, knocking Jia Kui unconscious. The guards were shocked and were about to dismount and help him up, but Dian Man had already urged his horse to chase him close, and the short halberd in his hand flew towards the guards. Seeing that Dian Man was about to be surrounded by dozens of Jia Kui's guards, at this time, two young generals led dozens of people to rush over, and they were Huangfu Li and Zao Ping.
The two watched Dian Man lead ten nurses of Tiebi Camp and charge directly into the chaotic army. He immediately led his own guards of Tiebi Camp and followed closely. Wang Ran saw this and immediately sent his own 100 guards to follow the two. He was originally going to send his own guards of Tiebi Camp, but when the soldiers of Tiebi Camp were sent to guard the officers and generals of the Zhengdong Army, there was an iron rule that stipulated that they could only guard the main general. So when Wang Ran ordered the guards of Tiebi Camp to fight, they were rejected by the captain of the guards of Tiebi Camp. Wang Ran had no choice but to send another 100-man guards.
With the addition of Huangfu Li and the other two, dozens of Jia Kui's guards were quickly eliminated. At this time, Dian Man had successfully captured the unconscious Jia Kui, and Huangfu Li also successfully captured Jia Kui's flag. On the battlefield, beheading the general and seizing the flag was the top military merit, and it was actually obtained by two young generals who had just started fighting, which made the other generals envious.
However, no one had any bad intentions. In addition to the first merit of beheading the general and seizing the flag, there were still a lot of military merits for them to take. As Jia Kui's flag fell, Dian Man and others shouted the slogan "The commander will be captured, and those who surrender will be spared", and the Liang army on the entire battlefield no longer had any thoughts of arriving.
"Clang"
I don't know which soldier was the first to throw down his weapon. Then, more and more Liang soldiers put down their weapons, hugged their heads with their hands, and squatted on the ground. Soon, there were no Liang soldiers standing and continuing to resist on the entire battlefield, because all the soldiers who resisted were directly killed by the Eastern Expedition Army without any hesitation.
"Victory!"
"Victory!"
"Long live the Eastern Expedition Army!"
"Long live the Eastern Expedition Army!"
. . .
The entire battlefield was filled with the thunderous cheers of the Eastern Expedition Army soldiers. The cheers and shouts of more than 30,000 soldiers almost resounded through the sky, so that the people of Wuqiang Town more than ten miles away could hear them.
At the edge of the battlefield, Wang Ran looked at Dian Man who was happily escorting Jia Kui and Huangfu Li who was carrying the general's flag, and said to Lu Ling with a smile: "It is true that a tiger father will have a dog son. I just wonder if the boys in my Wang family will be like the young generals in front of me in the future."