Vol 2 Chapter 2843: Qin Niu challenged the three gods of war in a one-on-one battle and marched str

Chapter 2839: Qin Niu challenged the three gods of war and marched straight into Jiyin

Le Yi's status in the Wei army is almost equivalent to that of Bai Qi in the Qin army. As the head of Cao Wei's military attache, the living Le Yi is naturally more valuable than the dead one.

If he can be captured alive, even if he cannot be persuaded to surrender, just spreading some rumors in his name will be enough to shake the morale of Wei troops everywhere, making Bai Qi's next offensive easier.

It is a pity that Le Yi felt that he had failed Cao Cao. He felt a debt in his heart and was unwilling to be captured at all. As a result, he immediately committed suicide when he saw Li Cunxiao. Even if Li Cunxiao wanted to save him, it was too late.

"well…"

After Li Cunxiao sighed regretfully, he ignored the trembling soldiers around him who were pointing guns at him, and said in a deep voice to Le Jin, who was holding Le Yi's body and crying: "Le Jin, Le Yi's last order is to let him go." You put down your arms and surrender, don’t let his hard work go to waste.”

Hearing Li Cunxiao's words, there was a look of struggle in Le Jin's eyes, but in the end he put down his weapons feebly, and ordered with a painful look on his face: "Pass the order, the Grand Governor has an order, all those who are still alive should put down their weapons and march towards The Qin army surrendered."

　　Hearing this, the soldiers present were all relieved. After all, continuing to resist would only lead to death. They were definitely not willing to die, and following orders to surrender and be captured was not the same treatment.

The total number of defenders in Puyang West City was 15,000. The city wall collapsed and killed nearly 3,000 defenders. Therefore, the number of the Duanhou army led by Le Yi was about 12,000.

With the fall of the collapse gap and the subsequent street fighting, the defenders suffered nearly 7,000 casualties under the fierce offensive of the broken barracks. This means that there are still nearly 5,000 people in Xicheng resisting.

Of course, once the news of Le Yi's death spreads, the remaining defenders will definitely be demoralized, and it is obvious that they cannot hold on for long.

Therefore, Le Yi's decision to let Le Jin surrender was obviously right. If he continues to fight without Le Yi, his life will be in vain. It is better to surrender proactively and reduce the sacrifice.

In addition, Le Yi is a little selfish. The only outstanding talents of this generation of the Wei family are him, Le Cheng, and Le Jin. And he and Le Cheng are both dead. If Le Jin also dies in the battle, then what will happen to him? If the pulse is gone, the Le family will be completely reduced to a small family.

 So, even if it was for the sake of his family and future generations, Le Jin could not die.

Le Jin naturally knew this, so even though he was still loyal to Cao Cao and unwilling to surrender deep down, he still chose to follow his brother's instructions and surrender to Da Qin. After all, for a big family like them, the importance of family inheritance , to override one's own loyalty.

After Le Jin issued the order to surrender, the remaining five thousand defenders laid down their weapons and surrendered to the Qin army. This also allowed the Qin army to encounter almost no resistance and easily captured the prefect's mansion and major treasury.

It is worth mentioning that the Puyang grain depot was not set on fire by Le Yi in advance, but the armory and other warehouses escaped, and this was naturally intentional by Le Yi.

Le Yi burned the grain depot, naturally because he did not want the Qin army to replenish the grain in Puyang. In this case, he could only transport grain from behind to replenish it, in order to delay the Qin army's advance and buy time for Chen Liu's Cao Cao.

 The reason why he deliberately did not burn other warehouses was because of Le Yi's last tenderness, leaving the last leeway so that Le Jin and other surrendered generals could have an easier time.

At the last moment of his life, Le Yi was still planning for Cao Cao, and took care of Le Jin, but he did not consider himself. To reach this point in his life, I don’t know whether to call him righteous or stupid.

Not long after the wall of Puyang's West City collapsed, Le Yi knew that it could no longer be defended, so he issued an order to personally cut off the rear in the West City and allow the remaining armies to break out of the encirclement as soon as possible.

 After receiving the order, Lan Yu, Jiang Hengchu, Yu Rongwang, Niu Hong and other generals all led their troops to gather towards the east gate, intending to break out of the encirclement.

The total number of Puyang defenders was 45,000, and during Bai Qi's nine-day fierce attack, the number of casualties reached nearly 10,000, while the defenders behind the break of Xicheng were 15,000, which means that the total number of breakout troops was two Thousands of people.

 As for why you choose Dongmen? The reason is also very simple.

Once Puyang falls, the Qin army's next main attack direction must be Jiyin County in the south, thus cutting off the retreat route of the Chenliu Wei army. Therefore, they will definitely not be able to break through from the south gate, otherwise they will directly face the Qin army's pursuit.

As for the north, it is not possible. After all, everything north of Puyang has fallen, and the Qin army is heavily guarded in the direction of Dunqiu. It is too difficult to break through the encirclement.

Only the territory east of Puyang is still under the control of Cao Wei. Puyang borders Juancheng County in the north of Jiyin County, and Juancheng County has not yet been conquered, allowing the breakout army to rest and reorganize.

This is also the main reason why generals such as Lan Yu, Jiang Wenhuan, Yu Rongwang, and Niu Hong all chose to break out from the east gate.

 But just when Lan Yu and other generals were rushing to the east gate, Le Yi suddenly sent a message from a general, asking Lan Yu and other generals to lead their troops to break out from the north gate instead of the east gate.

This order also confused Lan Yu, Jiang Wenhuan and other generals. After all, it is extremely difficult to break out from the north gate. Even if they can break out, they will probably suffer more than half of the casualties. Why did Le Yi let them go from the north gate instead of the east gate? ?

“Could it be that Le Yi planned to surrender, so he deliberately allowed our army to break out from the north gate as a token of surrender to Qin?”

Niu Hong analyzed Le Yi's motives with malice, but his words stirred up a hornet's nest and immediately aroused condemnation from many Wei generals.

Even though Le Yi was defeated repeatedly in battles, his prestige among the Wei army was still very high. In order to atone for his sins, he even stayed behind in person. Jiang Hengchu, Yu Rongwang and other generals would naturally not allow Niu Hong to insult their leader.

Niu Hong was not one to talk back when he was scolded. Seeing that there were only a thousand people left in the Wei army, did anyone dare to refute him? Niu Hong immediately became angry, but before he could speak, he was scolded by Lan Yu. blocked.

"Niu Hong, don't say such words that are not conducive to unity in the future. If General Le Yi wanted to surrender to Qin, he would not delay it until now." Lan Yu scolded with a serious look.

Hearing this, Niu Hong subconsciously wanted to refute, but after seeing Lan Yu's angry eyes, he could only hold back his words and stepped aside to sulk.

Just when everyone was confused, Le Yi's personal guards escorted Xun You, and Xun You explained Le Yi's intention to them.

“Precisely because it is easiest to break through from the east gate, Bai Qi will definitely deploy heavy troops here, so it is easier to break through from the north and south gates.

Once Puyang falls, the Qin army will quickly march into Jiyin. If we break out from the south, we will directly hit Bai Qi's gun.

On the other hand, although the north has been occupied by the Qin army, most of Bai Qi's energy will definitely be focused on quickly conquering Jiyin, and there will definitely not be much time to deal with the remnants of us. Therefore, as long as we can avoid the first round of pursuit by the Qin army, we have a great possibility of escaping into Juancheng County for repairs. "

After hearing Xun You's words, Lan Yu and other generals suddenly realized, and at the same time, they felt cold sweat break out from behind.

If it weren't for Le Yi, they would definitely break out from the east gate, and I'm afraid it would be a disaster.

“Although there are the Grand Governor and the two generals Niu Mo Wangelai on the west gate to cut off the rear, I’m afraid they won’t be able to hold on for long. The top priority is to break through the north gate as soon as possible.”

Xun You said with a serious face, and the generals headed by Lan Yu also nodded in agreement.

 At the same time, Puyang East Gate.

On the surface, there are only 5,000 Qin troops watching, but there are 10,000 Qin troops ambushing here ten miles away, and the leaders are Qin Niu and Yu Yuan, just waiting for the Puyang defenders to come to their door.

"General Yu, something is wrong. It has been a stick of incense since the west wall of Puyang collapsed. The Puyang defenders should have broken out long ago. Why is there no movement yet?" Qin Niu said with a solemn face.

"Don't worry, General Qin. The Puyang defenders cannot sit still and wait for death. They will definitely break through. There are dead ends in both the north and south directions, so we only need to guard the east here and wait for the enemy to come to our door." Yu Yuan said with a smile. .

As soon as he finished speaking, soldiers came to report.

"Report...to General, the Wei and Ming coalition forces have broken through from the north gate and are fighting with our army at the north gate."

"What?"

Qin Niu and Yu Yuan both screamed, obviously they did not expect that the Wei and Ming coalition forces would break through to the north. After all, this was a road of nine deaths.

"General Yu, you stay and lead the army, and I will lead all the cavalry to intercept the enemy." Qin Niu said solemnly.

Hearing this, Yu Yuan felt a little reluctant, but he still nodded and said: "No."

In this way, the two men acted separately. Yu Yuan led 13,000 troops into the city, while Qin Niu led 2,000 cavalry to support the north gate.

Among the 20,000 Wei and Ming coalition forces that broke out from the north gate, there were not only the three war gods Jiang Hengchu, Yu Rongwang, and Niu Hong, but also the famous commander Lan Yu.

On the other hand, the Qin army only had 5,000 troops stationed at the north gate, and they did not expect to have strong generals. Naturally, it was difficult to hold back the 20,000-strong breakout army under the command of Lan Yu.

The three war gods Jiang Wenhuan, Yu Rongwang, and Niu Hong came out together, and the Qin army's defense line was instantly broken like paper.

Liu Yi, the general in charge of commanding the North Gate army, saw that he could not stop the Wei and Ming coalition forces from breaking through. If he tried to stop them, he would risk being defeated. He could only order the entire army to retreat to the camp and let the Lan Yu army leave.

Lan Yu saw that Liu Yi did not dare to fight, so she naturally had no intention of getting into trouble with him. After all, breaking out of the encirclement was the first priority.

Seeing half of the Blue Jade Army fleeing under his nose, Liu Yi couldn't help but feel anxious in his heart, pacing back and forth: "Why haven't the reinforcements arrived yet? If they don't come, the enemy will really run away..."

Before he finished speaking, news came that Qin Niu had led two thousand cavalry to come to the rescue.

Liu Yi was naturally overjoyed and quickly ordered the entire army to attack. More than 4,000 Da Qin infantry, plus 2,000 Da Qin cavalry, simultaneously killed the Lan Yu army that was breaking out to the north.

Lan Yu had long guessed that the Qin army would have reinforcements coming, but they did come faster than he expected. In desperation, he could only lead 5,000 infantry and cavalry, and the three generals Jiang Wenhuan, Yu Rongwang, and Niu Hong stayed behind. Send Muying to lead the army to continue north to break out of the encirclement.

The two sides fought fiercely for an hour. Lan Yu's 5,000 cavalrymen fought until Lejin surrendered in the west of the city. In addition, the breakout army had already fled far, so he led the army to retreat northward.

Looking at Lan Yu's retreating direction, Qin Niu smiled coldly, but did not order the pursuit.

“General, if we don’t chase now, it will be difficult to catch up with the enemy when they are far away.”

"Why are you anxious? Since Lan Yu is breaking out to the north, he will definitely pass through our army's territory. We can have the defenders along the way send troops to intercept, in order to delay Lan Yu's advance. Even if Lan Yu has the power to reach the sky, he will not be able to escape. "

Although Qin Niu said so, he was actually waiting for Yu Yuan. He had just failed to capture Jiang Wenhuan, Yu Rongwang and Niu Hong. Even if he caught up, he still couldn't capture him. It would be better to wait for Yu Yuan to arrive before pursuing him.

 Even Xilai, who had only broken through 107, could challenge the three Gods of War in a one-on-one battle, let alone Qin Niu, who could stand up to Niu Mowang in a short period of time.

The reason why Qin Niu couldn't defeat the three generals Jiang Wenhuan, Yu Rongwang and Niu Hong was mainly because Yu Rongwang's 'Exorcism' had the effect of sealing the weapon skill. After his weapon skill Sword God was sealed, his force value was directly reduced by 4 points. Added to Yu Rongwang.

 Under the circumstances, it was difficult for Qin Niu to exert his full combat power, so he was unable to defeat the three generals. However, if he had a helper, the situation would be completely different.

Yu Yuan did not keep Qin Niu waiting for long, and soon came with a thousand light cavalry. After the two joined forces, they led 3,000 cavalry and went north to pursue Lan Yu.

At the same time, Bai Qi also learned about Lan Yu's breakout to the north and Qin Niu Yu Yuan's pursuit, but he didn't pay much attention to it. After all, compared with the strategy after capturing Puyang, Lan Yu's breakout was basically useless. Not worth mentioning.

For Bai Qi, the top priority should be to march as quickly as possible before Cao Wei could react, drive straight in, attack Jiyin County, and completely determine Cao Cao's retreat.

 So, after capturing Puyang, Bai Qi did not even prepare to count the casualties, but immediately summoned his generals to prepare to continue marching to Jiyin.

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