Chapter 25: A Big River

As soon as he exclaimed, a guard came forward fearfully and reported: "Their spears are on them."

There was no need for the guard to finish. The rebel garrison had already seen clearly: the heads of the dead soldiers who left the city last night were hanging on the places stabbed by the spears in the hands of the royal army!

It was definitely hopeless to actively seek rescue. The rebel guards had to keep praying, hoping that the rebels in those two cities could inquire and rescue them.

This was his wishful thinking. The rebels in those two places already knew that King Xiao Nanchen was using stone cannons to attack Qingcheng. How could they dare to come?

Even if they come, hundreds of thousands of royal troops are spreading everywhere, wouldn't reinforcements be like moths throwing themselves into the fire?

The Qingcheng rebels had no hope of appealing, so they had no choice but to continue to endure the beatings of the rain of stones and cannons.

Seeing your subordinates beaten to pieces every day at all hours of the day is indeed a test for a general's soul.

The rebel garrison simply ordered his cronies to come to the city to supervise the battle, while he hid far away, watching the battle and commanding the remote control counterattack.

Finally, good news came from the city: the royal army's stone cannons outside the city were not enough!

The guard hurriedly climbed to the top of the city to look out from the distance, and immediately shouted in his heart: Good!

In addition to leaving some soldiers to guard the trebuchet, the king's army went to the nearby mountains to collect stones.

The rebel garrison originally wanted to send troops out to harass, but because no one dared to leave the city, he had to give up this arrogant idea.

For several days, Wang Jun was like ants moving, busy picking stones of various sizes from the nearby mountains, and then using various vehicles to transport them to the front of the formation.

Seeing those stone cannons gradually piling up again, the rebel guard could only sigh helplessly: "Have a good rest first, and wait a few days before fighting them!"

He said this bravely, but his subordinates had no choice but to accept his orders.

But their sweet dream cannot last "a few days", but ends tonight.

There was no light from the stars or the moon that night, and everything inside and outside the city seemed to be deserted, falling into silence.

The royal army outside the city continued to attack and rested because of exhaustion; the rebels at the top of the city also fell asleep because the alarm was temporarily lifted.

The soldiers on both sides who were on guard duty, as in recent days, did not notice any unusual behavior from the other side, and felt more at ease.

Just as the rebels were waiting for dawn to arrive, they suddenly heard shouts of killing from all over the city.

The king's army took advantage of the fact that the rebels were extremely tired physically and mentally, and launched a real attack on this dark night.

The battles in the previous days were just preparations for tonight.

When the rebels were caught off guard, even if they wanted to resist, they were in an unorganized and chaotic state because the generals and soldiers lost effective communication.

The king's army was different. They were still teams of ten, fifty, or one hundred people. They climbed ladders and ropes from various places and carried out continuous attacks on Qingcheng.

The rebel garrison did not dare to slack off anymore. He personally led his guards around the city, constantly calling on the soldiers to hold on.

Didn't hold on until the dawn came.

The city walls of Qingcheng were already in flames, and more and more soldiers and generals of the king's army appeared.

When Xiwei's sky came to this plain, the rebel guard found that there were only a dozen guards following him.

More rebels were either killed and dispersed by the royal army, or they raised their hands and surrendered.

The rebel garrison was hesitating whether to surrender, but he saw countless soldiers from the royal army, all of them thrusting their spears at him without saying a word.

There is no need to keep such prisoners, it is nothing more than beheading them in public.

The king's army quickly cleared the battlefield, and Zhou Shengchen led his trusted soldiers into the city on horseback.

The remaining rebels were organized into queues and escorted by part of the royal army to farm in Guanzhong. The people in the city finally saw the royal army entering the city after being afraid for many days.

Countless people ate pots of juice and lined the streets to welcome Zhou Shengchen and other officers and soldiers of the royal army.

Seeing with their own eyes the legendary King Xiao Nanchen who was victorious in every battle, the people knelt down and worshiped him, saying, "This is the god who came down to earth to save the common people in the world."

After rectifying the order in all parts of the city, Zhou Shengchen ordered people to stay and guard, and then led the army to Jiangzhou with military advisor Xie Chong.

Hong Xiaoyu and Yu Feng were engaged in a tough battle of harassment here. When they learned that Zhou Shengchen had arrived, they immediately came to see him.

In the big tent, after Zhou Shengchen listened to her report, he immediately ordered: "Attack the city day and night, and send people to dig out the river embankments nearby."

The order was simple, but it made everyone confused.

The big river on the sand table should be used for this!

Jiangzhou is stubbornly defending the enemy and is surrounded by a large river, which is indeed inconvenient for the king's army to attack. But blessings and misfortunes depend on each other. This big river can also be effectively used by the royal army!

From that day on, various units of the royal army took turns sending troops to attack the city. The remaining soldiers took advantage of the darkness to gradually dig up the river embankment.

This afternoon, dark clouds gathered and thunder rolled.

Zhou Shengchen ordered all the troops to retreat to the heights of the camp. The rebels in Jiangzhou City also saw the darkness of the sky.

Usually, if they encounter such weather, they will yell and curse. They met today, and they were naturally very happy - a heavy rain was coming, and both sides could no longer fight.

In the vast sky, the strong wind rolled up the dark clouds, which gradually gathered together. Between the dark clouds and the earth, bright lightning flashes quickly across the loneliness.

The rebels standing at the top of the city shrank and watched, enjoying the strong wind and full of longing for the storm!

The soldiers of the royal army heard the power of anger, the flame of enthusiasm and the confidence of victory from the thunder.

"Kachacha, boom, boom", terrifying thunders came one after another, shaking Jiangzhou City and the nearby mountains and rivers.

The lightning is like the whip of an angry god, lashing the endless vastness.

"Papa", a bean-sized raindrop fell first from the void. Immediately following, rain's thousands of troops rushed towards the world with their heads and faces covered in the strong wind.

Being drenched by such rain, the rebels could only cheer with excitement, happy that there would be no more casualties.

The heavy rain was very cooperative and the ground fell well. It fell from dusk until dawn of the next day, and then gradually stopped.

When the rebels stood at the top of the city again, preparing to guard against the royal army's attack, they saw in despair that there was a vast expanse of white everywhere.

The river gushed out of the dug river embankment, flooding endlessly and flowing more toward the low-lying Jiangzhou City.

The royal army outside the city had long retreated to high and low places, and hundreds of boats of various sizes were collected from nowhere. They were swimming in the flood outside the city to prevent the rebels in the city from escaping.

Even if they wanted to escape, the rebels did not have that many ships. They could only stand desolately in the morning breeze, waiting for the flood to recede.

The floods haven't receded yet, and several walls of Jiangzhou City have collapsed.

There was no food in the city. The rebels had no way to go to heaven and no way to enter the earth, and they were in a pure desperate situation.

Zhou Shengchen, military advisor Xie Chong, generals Hong Xiaoyu, Yu Feng and others stood on a high place and looked at Jiangzhou City, motionless like several sculptures.

"They surrendered." Military advisor Xie Chong said silently.

A white flag was slowly but resolutely raised from the top of Jiangzhou City.

"Behead the rebel guard general and send his head to Zhongzhou. The rest of the soldiers will be spared from death and sent to Guanzhong for training. Order people to block the river embankment immediately and provide relief to all the people." After Zhou Shengchen said this, Hong Xiao Yu and Yufeng immediately took orders and led everyone forward.

After flooding Jiangzhou, Zhou Shengchen immediately led his troops to Shuozhou.

When they arrived here, Zhou Tianxing, the general of the Wang Army who was attacking alone, was already feeling extremely stressed.

The rebel garrison in Shuozhou was quite stubborn and had accumulated a large amount of grain, but was not afraid of the attack and siege of the royal army.

Not only that, they also relied on the dangers of the mountains and rivers to launch counterattacks against the king's camp from time to time.

Fortunately, Zhou Tianxing also followed Zhou Shengchen for many years, and he still maintained the momentum of besieging the enemy.

When King Xiao Nanchen's banner was flying outside Shuozhou City, the rebel guard knew that the most difficult moment was coming.

He no longer pursued the pursuit of driving away the king's army immediately, but made full preparations to defend the city, hoping to wear out the king's army.

After trying to attack for many days, Zhou Shengchen analyzed the current situation with military advisor Xie Chong and other generals, and decided to withdraw temporarily and return to Qingcheng to rest.

The news spread, and although the officers and soldiers of the royal army in each battalion felt that it was a pity that they could not capture Shuozhou immediately, they also knew that the royal army was exhausted from the continuous battles, so they had to pack their bags.

The rebels on the city originally thought that the attack power of the royal army was no more than this, but they stopped attacking again.

With doubts in their hearts, they saw the people and horses in the king's camp being busy.

After a brief analysis, the rebel guard excitedly confirmed that the king's army was attacking Sheep, and its real purpose was to withdraw.

Indeed, Zhou Shengchen led hundreds of thousands of royal troops to fight everywhere, and he should have been exhausted long ago.

The rebel garrison immediately made a decision and ordered a force of two thousand people to leave the city in the dark night before dawn to attack the royal camp.

This enemy general can also be said to know his troops, because this is the time when he is most likely to become sleepy.

This enemy force quietly approached the royal camp and suddenly launched an offensive.

As expected, Wang Jun had no more preparations, and for a while there was a lot of noise and confusion inside and outside the camp. Fortunately, Hong Xiaoyu, Zhou Tianxing and others strictly controlled the troops, so the camp did not suffer any more losses.

The enemy troops could not attack and had to retreat quickly.

Entering Shuozhou City, the defender not only did not punish these soldiers who had not achieved anything, but also praised them greatly.

The reason is that through this small-scale sneak attack, the defender verified his guess: if the Wang army still has momentum, no one from the small force he sent will come back alive.

Since almost all of these people have returned, it can only mean that the king's army is also exhausted and has little fighting power.

The judge's guard was even more convinced: Zhou Shengchen was really going to withdraw his troops.

Sure enough, when the general of the Panjun army continued to observe from a distance at the top of the city, he discovered that although the Wang army still lit many bonfires while cooking, there was no corresponding number of soldiers and generals active.

This shows that the king's army is already retreating secretly.

The judge's guard immediately returned to the government office and summoned all the generals.

After deliberation, he designated several troops to follow, kill and rob the king's generals and baggage.

"We must kill more of King Xiao Nanchen's troops. This will not only frighten them, but also comfort our dead soldiers!" The rebel guard general made roughly the same mobilization order throughout the ages.

Such an order is very simple, but the soldiers who think about the problem very simply and directly are immediately excited - many of the things they grab can fall into their own pockets; killing the opponent's soldiers can get rewards from the defender!

An order was given and all the troops returned to camp to make preparations.

As night fell, the rebels quietly opened the city gates and crowded out from several city gates like ghosts.

The moonlight is like water, and the autumn air is crisp. It was the best combat weather and a fun night for everyone.

The rebels divided into several groups and pursued westward along various roads.

really. When they marched for anywhere from ten to dozens of miles, they discovered the shadow of the king's army retreating rapidly.

With a loud noise, the rebels began to make tentative attacks. As expected, the king's army was unprepared and was killed in the night and fled in all directions.

Seeing that they had succeeded, the rebels immediately launched a fierce attack. They wanted to take advantage of the situation to eliminate more of the royal army and seize more flags, drums, and grain to return to receive rewards.

Just as the two sides were fighting in chaos, the rebels discovered that countless royal troops rushed out from the dense forests and mountains everywhere, shouting and shouting.

Wherever these royal troops look tired, they are all full of vigor and fierceness!

The rebels knew that they had fallen into the trap and hurriedly fled back to Shuozhou City under the leadership of the defender.

When we arrived at the city, it was already bright. The rebel guard general glanced at the top of the city and couldn't help but sigh: "As I wish!"

On top of the city, instead of the arrogant flag of the rebels, it has been replaced by the banner of King Xiao Nanchen!

More and more royal troops were swarming from all directions, and the rebel defenders knew that there was no way out. But when he wanted to surrender, he couldn't be so cruel for a while, and still held on to the dream of being able to escape again.

However, the soldiers of the royal army did not shout anything about "hand over their guns and not kill". They just used the weapons in their hands to greet the rebels mercilessly.

When the rebel garrison saw the tragic death and injury of his own soldiers, and heard the constant screams of his own soldiers, while the royal army only slashed and killed like ghosts without shouting, he understood in his heart: This is Xiaonan King Chen is using this method to warn and deter other military towns that may rebel.

Knowing that his side had become a living teaching material and that he was definitely not going to survive, the rebel guard had to strictly order his troops to launch a counterattack.

During the fierce battle, he saw another column of cavalry in black clothes and black armor, charging toward him like a stream of iron.

The general at the head is none other than the heroic and fierce King Xiao Nanchen!

Zhou Shengchen was originally a fierce fighter, but now he has additional God-given skills. His charging attack is simply opening a death passage. It can be said that you will die if you touch it, and you will die if you touch it.

Seeing the fierceness of his approach, the rebel guard had no way out, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and fight with a broadsword.

Zhou Shengchen was so fast that he was in front of the rebel general in the blink of an eye. With a swipe of the heavy ring-headed sword in his hand, everything he owned—the sword, the horse, and himself—were all chopped into two halves.

The scene was truly terrifying. Seeing that their general was dead, the rebels dropped their weapons one after another and knelt on the ground begging for surrender.

"Everyone above the left who participated in the rebellion will be executed! The rest will be taken to Guanzhong!" Zhou Shengchen ordered simply, "Clear the battlefield quickly, secure the camp outside the city, and strengthen the city defense inside the city!"

The officers and soldiers of the king's army shouted in unison, and Army Commander Ma Ganhua immediately followed the order and supervised each ministry to act accordingly.

The scene gradually stabilized, and military advisor Xie Chong rushed to his side and advised him distressedly: "Your Highness, my king! You have been fighting continuously, so it's time to take a rest."