Chapter 386: Defeat, the Disappearance and Reappearance of the Baiqi Soldiers

"Retreat, there is an ambush!"

Lu Meng roared loudly, the sound was so loud that it almost spread throughout the city, and the powerful voice stirred in the city.

"emission!"

A voice that stirred up the whole city of Nanchang sounded almost at the same time as Lu Meng. Then on the ground nearby, floor tiles were suddenly lifted one by one, and countless soldiers emerged from them. The moment those soldiers came out, they drew their bows and nocked arrows. Just cum, without any hesitation.

Then, countless firelights lit up everywhere in the city, accompanied by huge roars, and countless arrows exploded among the cavalry or infantry. In such a narrow place in the city, they could not even hide or disperse. When they arrived, they could only let the arrows carrying gunpowder fall among them, and then explode, blowing away everything around them.

"The enemy is attacking, kill me!"

Zu Mao rushed towards an archer, raised his sword and killed the archer, but the arrow in the soldier's hand was still fired, falling into the crowd, causing more than a dozen casualties.

Looking at this scene, Zu Mao's eyes were splitting. He never thought that the enemies he patrolled around the city would actually be hiding under him. Perhaps they had stepped on their hiding place countless times. , but could not find it.

"Evacuate towards the city gate closest to you. Don't be reluctant to fight. They are carrying the gunpowder that my lord said. It has huge lethality and can explode. It is invincible!"

After all, Lu Meng had experience in dealing with this situation once, and he was directing their retreat at the moment. If all of them thought about retreating from the south gate and eventually piled up at the east gate, it would be a huge disaster.

"Listen to General Lu and evacuate in an orderly manner!"

After once again uncovering an archer hiding underground, Zu Mao got on his horse and shouted, as a veteran on the battlefield, he knew very well that once the army was defeated and started to flee, if there was a trample or something, it would be fatal. The number of people killed may be more than the number of people killed in the war.

Taishi Ci was still quietly ambush on the city wall at this moment. He was here at the southeast gate, which was the largest gate besides the east gate. It was also the gate very close to them. Taishi Ci's eyes followed the movement of the army. Moving and moving, just when the people at the front were about to approach the city gate, Taishi Ci suddenly stood up and shouted angrily.

"kill!"

Before he finished speaking, an arrow flew out swinging, penetrated a soldier and then embedded deeply into the ground, and then suddenly exploded. The arrow that penetrated into the ground blasted a crater in the ground, and the debris collapsed like... The daggers left countless bloody holes on their bodies, even more deadly than the daggers.

However, in addition to that arrow, countless arrows also fell into the crowd.

"There is someone at the southeast gate! Escape quickly!"

Someone in the crowd yelled. Fear had gradually taken over them. The morale that had just been restored was gone. Only fear gradually occupied their hearts.

“There’s an ambush at Ximen too!”

“There’s one at the northwest gate too!”

"There's one over here too, don't fucking come here, go away!"

"There is no ambush at the south gate. There is no ambush at the south gate. Come quickly!"

Amid the ambushes, this voice sounded particularly loud. Suddenly, the Sun troops who had been running around like headless flies in the city rushed towards the south gate together. Everyone was afraid that they would be left behind, and then Being pierced to the core by an arrow, or being annihilated by an explosion that seemed like an attack from hell.

But they don't know that there is a big river outside the south gate, and there is only one way to escape, which is the bridge over the river. And above the bridge, there is a young weapon with a spear standing on the horse, blocking the bridge, more than two feet wide. On the bridge, there are six rows of cavalry with spears pointed at the sky, occupying the entire bridge. They are waiting here quietly, waiting for the soldiers fleeing from the South Gate to pass by. By then, what will happen to a group of defeated soldiers and remnant generals? It can withstand the charge of elite cavalry.

Gu Rubing was across the river at the moment, quietly looking at the war-torn Nanchang City, with a smile on his face.

It turned out that on the night when they formulated their plan, Colonel You Nu captured six spies who released the carrier pigeons inside and outside the city. All six were captured alive. With their methods, it was easy for them to extort some information. It was so easy. After receiving their mission, they were to monitor the entire Nanchang City at all times for all troop mobilizations, personnel mobilizations, and any abnormal behavior, and they needed to be notified to Jiangdong.

There were eight people in total, and only six were caught in total. Each of them did not know the other person's contact information, but the other two were all arrested within two days. From the eight of them, they finally pieced together all the information. Gu Rubing and the others also took advantage of the task and changed the original strategy into the current one.

First, he used the contact information of eight people to deliver false news to Jiangdong to calm the morale of the army. After the spies from Jiangdong sent the news that it was Lü Meng who was attacking the city, Gu Rubing kept an eye on it. After all, Lü Meng had already been attacked last time. If you have been fooled once, you will definitely be wary, so you moved all the people in the entire Nanchang County. They also dug various underground passages in the city to hide the archers, and also set up defenses on the city walls. Double protection.

At the same time, among the nine gates of Nanchang County, the South Gate was selected as the most suitable for ambush. This place has only one escape route and is the last line of defense for his subordinates. As for Huang Zhong, when he learned that there were only 80,000 soldiers attacking Nanchang County, Gu Rubing sent Huang Zhong to support Cangwu County. It was simply a foolish dream to want to stop the full-scale attack of Shi Xie's state with only the few people in Cangwu County.

Gu Rubing also sent the information he obtained to all the county governors and Liu Qi, so that they could be prepared in advance. Gu Rubing took the initiative to enter the encirclement of Cao Cao, Sun Jian, Liu Zhang, and Shi Xie this time, but a larger encirclement consisting of Ma Chao, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Xu Rong, Zhang Liao, and Zhang He surrounded Cao Cao and his men again. The current situation is the same as the situation in Xudu at that time.

After the Sun army rushed out of the South Gate and climbed the bridge, they suddenly saw the soldiers waiting for them quietly in front of them. They lost their minds for a moment. When they reacted and walked back, the soldiers behind them were already rushing over like a tide. It was simply wishful thinking to retreat. The soldiers in front were pushed forward by the soldiers behind them. The soldiers behind them had no idea what was happening in front of them and were only thinking about escaping.

In this way, the soldiers in front were pushed in front of Zhao Yun and his men.

"Kill!"

Zhao Yun shouted loudly, and the Night-Shining Jade Lion rushed out and led Zhao Yun to kill the enemy. The cavalrymen behind also rode their horses and began to charge, and their sharp edges could no longer be hidden.

It is hard to imagine how big the gap is between an elite cavalry that has been resting and recuperating, and an army that has been defeated and is beginning to flee.

The current situation is simply a one-sided killing, and there are still deserters rushing towards this side, and they don't even have a chance to retreat.

Zu Mao no longer organized his soldiers to escape, and led some people to charge into the governor's mansion. The governor's mansion was located in the center of Nanchang City, covering a large area, and was a good place to garrison.

Lu Meng led other soldiers to kill into the governor's mansion from the back door. The shouts and screams from the south gate were deafening, even comparable to those in the city. As long as they had a little brain, they knew that there must be ambushes outside the south gate, so they quickly made a choice to charge into the governor's mansion, relying on each other to gain a chance of survival.

Gu Rubing narrowed his eyes slightly and watched the crushing battle quietly. The main reason why this battle could be so easy was because of gunpowder. They saw this kind of lethal weapon for the first time. It was obviously just an arrow, but it could produce huge explosive damage. In addition, there were ambushes on all sides and soldiers on all sides. In this case, collapse was normal, unless Lu Meng and Zu Mao had the characteristic bonus of reducing the attributes of the army's rout.

Now it seems that the two did not have this characteristic bonus, so this battle was unusually smooth.

Ten thousand elite cavalrymen had all fought their way out of the long bridge and started fighting on the other side of the river. The fleeing soldiers even took off their armor and threw it away in order to run faster. Suddenly, they ran into such a bloodthirsty cavalry and had no intention of resisting.

Suddenly, a huge splash sounded, and some soldiers jumped into the river to escape. They would definitely die if they stayed on the shore, but there was still a chance of survival if they jumped in. Although these people were scared and could no longer fight, their desire to survive reached its peak at this moment.

With the first person taking the lead, countless people began to jump into the river, all wanting to survive. As a result, the originally bustling South Gate quickly became empty. Those who were still pushing out finally saw the ambush outside and stopped pushing out. Instead, they rushed towards the prefectural governor's mansion, because Lu Meng and Zu Mao had already captured the prefectural governor's mansion.

Zhao Yun saw that there were fewer and fewer people at the South Gate, and he stopped fighting and turned his horse back to Gu Rubing across the bridge.

"My lord, there are fewer and fewer people at the South Gate. I think Zu Mao and Lu Meng have discovered that the defense of the prefectural governor's mansion is empty, so they have entered the prefectural governor's mansion."

"Okay, let's give them an internal and external response today."

Gu Rubing smiled, and then he and Zhao Yun rode their horses and rushed into Nanchang City. In addition to the Nanchang County City, the city wall of the north city was also captured by Sun's army. Because the city wall on the north side of Nanchang City is the shortest and the city gate is the smallest, the number of garrisons arranged is also the least. Under the leadership of a second-rate general, the city wall on the north side was captured.

More than 10,000 soldiers fled from the north gate, and more than 20,000 were trapped in the prefectural governor's mansion. There were also about 20,000 scattered soldiers from various gates, plus those who jumped into the river to escape. A total of about 30,000 people escaped, more than 20,000 were trapped, and more than 20,000 were killed.

Gu Rubing's side suffered only more than 3,000 casualties, most of which were caused by the attack on the northern city wall. Otherwise, there would have been only more than 1,000 casualties. This is the absolute suppression of hot weapons over cold weapons in war. In addition, there was information asymmetry. In this battle, it can only be said that Lu Meng and Zu Mao did not lose unfairly.

At the same time, in the prefectural mansion of Nanchang City, Lu Meng and Zu Mao sat dejectedly. Lu Meng clenched his fists tightly. He seemed to be in Chengde Military Town again, facing the full-scale attack of Gu Rubing's army. The fear surged in his heart again.

Zu Mao really felt the power of Liu Bei. The archers under Liu Bei could compete with the cavalry in hand-to-hand combat. The gunpowder they used was even more terrifying. Before setting off, Sun Jian once told them about the power of gunpowder, but none of them paid attention. Now Zu Mao deeply realized the power of gunpowder.

Today they lost nearly 30,000 people in battle, and more than 20,000 of them were killed by this explosive thing called gunpowder.

"Do you believe what I told you now?"

Lü Meng said in a weak tone. When he attacked the prefect's mansion, he was affected by the explosion of gunpowder. At this moment, his chest was bloody and bloody, and a soldier was bandaging Lü Meng.

"I believe it, it's his grandma's fault. Why is Liu Bei so evil? What on earth is this thing?"

Zu Mao said dejectedly, he had killed hundreds of people on the other side in this battle, but still could not stop their defeat. Lu Meng shook his head slightly, his tone even more dejected.

"I don't know, not only the gunpowder, but also the crossbows carried by their archers are also evil. They can fire the crossbows without a short time. There is no need to change the arrows. Even if they change, they will be changed quickly, and then they can continue. Continuous shooting."

"Grandma's, I shouldn't have come."

Zu Mao patted the dust off his body. He no longer had the same aura as before when he scolded Lu Meng, and his voice could not help but lower twice.

Throughout the entire prefecture, there were sleeping soldiers lying everywhere. They had just escaped from the situation of life and death. At this moment, their tense spirits relaxed, and they soon began to snore. From time to time, they would appear outside the prefecture. The soldiers who were standing guard came back to sleep, and then another wave of people went to stand guard again.

In this noisy environment, a group of people seemed to suddenly appear in the prefect's mansion. They had yellow cloth strips tied on their right arms and appeared quietly in the courtyard. After passing by the snoring person, The soldier who was sleeping soundly suddenly became silent. If he looked carefully, a bright red streak was flowing out from his neck.

This group of people who appeared inexplicably were wandering around the prefect's mansion. With a knife in their hands, a sleeping soldier was killed. Soon, a soldier fell to the ground and made a sound, waking up the people around him and turning their heads to look. When I went there, I suddenly found that many people around me had fallen down, and blood was gurgling out, like a small spring.

"Enemy attack!"

A loud roar resounded throughout the entire prefecture, and the sleeping soldiers, including Zu Mao and Lu Meng inside the house, rushed out and saw the white soldiers who seemed to have disappeared throughout the battle, appeared in the yard, and had already begun to attack. Massive fighting.

Seeing that those white soldiers were discovered, they no longer hid, but started killing in the courtyard. Each of them had the basic attributes of a third-rate general, as well as high bonuses to their characteristics. In a real fight, they would be comparable to a second-rate general. Not even scared.

Zu Mao himself is a general who is better at fighting than leading troops, so the bonus to his troops is not high. It mainly depends on the bonus from the coach Zhou Yu and the bonus from Lu Meng, but it is still not enough to make their soldiers It can withstand the powerful offensive of the white soldiers.