Chapter 430: The End of the Jingzhou War

"General, there is a bandit army coming from the direction of Lingling!"

The news that the scouts found surprised both Wei Yan and Xu Huang. Wei Yan asked: "How many people and horses?"

"There should be more than ten thousand people." The scout bowed.

"Explore again!"

"Here!"

After the scouts retreated, Wei Yan frowned and looked at Xu Huang: "Is there a scam?"

Cai Mao's 20,000-strong army had just been defeated and abandoned its armor. It was a bit strange to come back at this time and come with such a big fanfare.

If something goes wrong, there must be a demon!

Xu Huang nodded: "Be careful!"

After all, judging from the fighting experience during this period, it is impossible for the other party to think that more than 10,000 people are enough for them to fight. This is indeed a bit strange.

The distance between the two sides was close, and the other side showed no intention of evading or stopping. Wei Yan looked at Xu Huang and said, "I will go to meet the enemy. The general will lead the vine armor soldiers to meet him!"

The Vine Armor soldiers were afraid of fire. Wei Yan was worried that the other party knew this and came to fight. After all, there were Vine Armor soldiers in the mountains.

"Be careful!" Xu Huang said in a deep voice.

Wei Yan nodded and led his army to meet the opponent. When the opponent approached, Wei Yan immediately ordered his soldiers to form a formation and be on guard. However, he saw a general running out of the enemy's formation.

What kind of number is this?

Wei Yan frowned and looked at the person coming, but he saw the general rushing to the front of the formation. After taking a look at Wei Yan's lineup, he said loudly and disdainfully: "I am Lingling General Xing Daorong! The thief general, if you don't dismount and accept surrender, I will Spare your life!"

Wei Yan: "..."

"Go and ask." Wei Yan didn't know what the other party had to rely on, so he asked the deputy general to go and ask.

The deputy general rode his horse to the front of the formation, frowned and shouted: "Thief general, you have such a loud tone."

"If I don't speak loudly, how can you defeat me with only these few men and horses? Do you know that in the past, tens of thousands of troops in Shanyue were defeated by me and led an army of ten thousand. You men and horses only look like five or six thousand people. I thought that there was something in heaven I have the virtue of being a good person and don’t argue with you. Please dismount and accept the surrender quickly, lest I, the general, take action myself." Xing Daorong said proudly.

Are emotions taking us too far?

Wei Yan finally understood that there was no deceit. It was clear that he had met a fool. He immediately lost interest. With a wave of his hand, he set up the crossbows one by one.

"What do you want to do!?" Xing Daorong was furious when he saw this, and after looking in the direction of the handsome flag, he rode towards him.

"Get out of the way!" Seeing this scene, Wei Yan stopped his soldiers from firing arrows. When the opponent came closer, he raised the long sword in his hand and dropped it. With one strike, Xing Daorong's weapon was knocked away, and with one backhand strike, he knocked Xing Daorong off his horse.

The war horse rushed into the crowd and was quickly subdued.

Xing Daorong stumbled, rolled around on the ground a few times, and stood up dizzy. He looked around at the serial crossbows aimed at him. After a moment of silence, he knelt down again: "General, spare your life!"

Wei Yan: "..."

After fighting for half a lifetime, this is the first time I have encountered such a strange thing. When he came, he was fierce, defeated neatly, and surrendered without shame.

"With your abilities, you still want to kill the general and capture the flag?" Wei Yan looked at Xing Daorong and wondered where the other party got his confidence?

It’s not impossible to kill generals and seize the flag. Lu Bu often did this kind of thing in his early years. Dian Wei seems to have done it too, but who can do this kind of thing is not brave enough to do anything. You are the top military general in the world. You are a remote person. A local minor character with mediocre strength and martial arts skills, how could he have the confidence to do such a thing?

"Final general..." Xing Daorong smiled awkwardly and didn't know what to say. He often fought like this when fighting Shanyue and Zong thieves, and he never lost a single time.

In fact, regardless of others, in terms of bravery, Xing Daorong still has some. It is true that he has never been defeated in a hundred battles, but his opponents are usually clan thieves and Shanyue from the Lingling County area. More powerful opponents have basically never been encountered, and they have gradually developed. It was his arrogance that caused him to have some abilities, but he just wanted to show off his power in a place like Lingling County.

How do Shanyue and the clan thieves know the art of war? Naturally, the brave are respected, but this set will not work in the Central Plains. The era of judging heroes by martial arts has long passed in the Central Plains. Even the generals who were famous for their bravery in the early years are now basically competing for their ability to lead troops.

If Xing Daorong had been placed in the early days when the feudal lords were separatist, he might have been able to become a powerful general if he had survived to this day. Unfortunately, in Lingling, he faced opponents like Shan Yue and Zong Zei all day long. After a long time, his skills have disappeared. He is long, but he is quite confident. After all, Lu Bu dare not say that he has never been defeated. The name of being undefeated gives people a too high sense of accomplishment.

The general rushed into the enemy's army face to face and never came out. The remaining Lingling soldiers were killed by Wei Yan's men in a single volley. They threw away their helmets and armor. They were defeated and fled back in embarrassment.

Wei Yan informed Xu Huang and led his troops to catch up. After chasing all the way to the city, he followed the rebel army directly into the city. Cai Mao was still chatting with Liu Du and was a little confused when he heard the news that the defeated army had retreated. Wei Yan, who had been killed along with Liu Du when he came out to see, was shot to death among the rebels.

Until his death... Cai Mao didn't even figure out what was going on. He was not killed when the 20,000-strong army was defeated. He didn't know what happened this time, so he died in the rebellion.

After Wei Yan captured Quanling, he learned that the prefect Liu Du and the Jingzhou general Cai Mao had died in the rebellion, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

Now, just like in Changsha and Guiyang before, after leaving a small number of troops and leading the army to move forward, Cai Mao is dead, so there should be no problem in capturing Wuling.

He asked the surrendered soldiers to take Cai Mao's body to Wuling to shake the morale of the army first, and then he and Xu Huang went straight to Wuling to see if the other party was going to withdraw the Fengjiang navy or surrender directly?

There doesn't seem to be much choice left for the other party now.

Kuai Yue and others looked unhappy after seeing Cai Mao's body.

Regardless of Cai Hao's ability, he was the commander-in-chief of the Jingzhou Army. Now Cai Hao's death naturally hurts morale. Morale, which was already low, is even lower now.

What's even more uncomfortable is that this small group of troops who have entered Jingnan has almost reached Wuling!

A force of thousands of soldiers and horses, blocked by the 50,000-strong army, captured three of the four counties in Jingnan, forcing the 50,000-strong army to dare not move lightly.

Now there are less than 50,000 troops left. Lingling, Guiyang, and Changsha have fallen one after another. Now only Wuling County is left. There are only more than 20,000 available troops, and most of them are blocking the river to prevent the enemy army from entering.

In other words, even if they fight now, their military strength is similar to that of the opponent!

This result makes people feel a little desperate. After all, Wei Yan and Xu Huang have always fought with less and more without any losses. Now that the forces are similar, even if they are on the defensive, they have no sense of security.

Liu Cong looked at the silent crowd, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Everyone, now that the matter is over, surrender."

surrender?

Everyone looked at Liu Cong. Apart from dying in battle, it seemed that this was the only way to go now, but...surrendering meant that they would give up all their positions in Jingzhou, including the wealth they already owned...It seems that they have no choice now. .

Kuai Yue and the others smiled bitterly. Naturally, they didn't want to die, and now they had no choice but to surrender.

On the second day after Wei Yan and Xu Huang arrived in Wuling, Liu Cong, accompanied by Kuai Yue and others, went out of the city to surrender. Wei Yan and Xu Huang both felt a little surprised, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed to be reasonable.

After checking the strength of the troops in the city, the two of them finally understood why the other side had surrendered. There was nothing they could do if they didn't surrender. With this strength, it would be difficult to defend the city on Wuling's side.

Wuling surrendered, and then Wenpin and Wang Wei's naval forces were recalled to accept the surrender. After Zhang Liao ordered people to take these core members of Jingzhou back to Jingbei, he could safely integrate the Jingzhou navy.

After Gan Ning left, Wenpin had to stay behind to lead his navy. Next, he attacked Jiangdong. They went down the river and took advantage of the location.

The Battle of Jingzhou basically started at the same time as Lu Bu's mobilization of troops to Xuzhou. Liu Cong's surrender came a few days later than Cao Cao's surrender. When Lu Bu was preparing to march to Jiangdong, Zhang Liao also began to make the final integration of the Jingzhou Navy.

"General, why are you worried?" When Wei Yan and Xu Huang came in with Huang Zhong, Wenpin and Wang Wei, they saw Zhang Liao sighing and said with some surprise.

"Old General, sit down quickly!" Seeing Huang Zhong, Zhang Liao smiled and said. This old man is Wenpin and Liu Pan's half-teacher. He is also proficient in water warfare. Zhang Liao recruited Jingzhou Junhou. Wenpin and Liu Pan knew that this old man was After being captured, he quickly recommended Zhang Liao, and Zhang Liao took Wenpin and Liu Pan to see Huang Zhong.

Under the persuasion of Wenpin and Liu Pan, Huang Zhong finally agreed to come out to help Zhang Liao integrate the navy, but he asked to participate in the war. Everyone knew that the Battle of Jiangdong was the last battle to pacify the world. The veteran was in his seventies and had no skills. , but could not use it in his life. This old man saw that the world would be unified again, and he hoped to participate in this last battle. He did not seek any official career, but just wanted to vent his ill will to the world. It was not that he had no ability, but he was born at the wrong time!

Zhang Liao discussed with Huang Zhong how to use troops, and he recognized the old man's ability, so he respected him so much. One was to respect his old age, and the other was that Huang Zhong was really capable.

"General, you don't have to be like this. I just want the general to give me a chance to prove myself!" Huang Zhong said with his fists clasped, he didn't need such politeness.

"Everybody sit down!" Zhang Liao nodded and asked everyone to sit down.

"General, why are you sighing so much?" Wei Yan looked at Zhang Liao curiously.

"I'm afraid our time to integrate the navy is running out." Zhang Liao sighed.

Everyone looked at Zhang Liao in confusion.

"Yesterday, my lord sent a letter. Gan Ning and the Bohai Navy have arrived at Chaohu. Let us coordinate the main force to cross the river and attack Jiangdong." Zhang Liao showed the letter sent by Lu Bu to everyone.

"Our navy is the main force here, right!?" Wei Yan and Huang Zhong were both anxious. The Jingzhou navy all had many years of experience in naval warfare. How could a group of navy who had only trained for less than a year compare? The lord is confused! ?

"I heard that there is a ship similar to the Tai Chi car. I don't know what it is, but it can carry the Vulcan cannon." Zhang Liao sighed, what kind of ship is it like to carry the Vulcan cannon? I can't imagine it. Anyway, the building ship can't be used. , the previous test not only capsized a building boat, but also sent a Vulcan cannon into the bottom of the river.

Wei Yan stopped talking after hearing this. The Tai Chi carriage was obviously not the same thing as an ordinary carriage. From this, he could infer that this new ship... I really want to drive it~