Chapter 215: Heavy setback Zhu Fu
Zhu Fu, whose face was full of anger, could only glance at the battlefield that had already been defeated with hatred. A moment later, a word of withdrawal came out of Zhu Fu's mouth.
Immediately afterwards, Zhu Fu began to escape under the cover of his cronies.
He didn't let everyone flee with him, but fled from here with his cronies, because only in this way could he escape from this battlefield by letting those soldiers and horses cover him, otherwise everyone would flee with him, and his chances of escaping would be much smaller.
It is even easy to become the target of pursuit, chasing and killing all the way.
As soon as the coach fled, the soldiers and horses below naturally became even more unwilling to fight, and a defeat was decided.
The cavalry rushed and killed two back and forth, more than 10,000 men and horses here, and there were not many people left who could continue to fight, and even if there were some people, they were those who could not escape and simply surrendered on their knees.
For these surrendered people, Huang Zhong did not rush to kill, he knew that Liu Zheng's purpose was to occupy the entire Jiaozhou, if the soldiers of Jiaozhou were too desperate, Liu Zheng's control of Jiaozhou in the future would also cause dissatisfaction in various places, and the people's hearts would not gather, and it would be easy for accidents to occur at that time, causing various rebellions.
In the end, there were about 2,000 men and horses, and they surrendered automatically, some of them had no chance to escape, and the other part was frightened after being pursued by Huang Zhong's cavalry, and surrendered on their knees.
And how many people escaped from the battlefield, for a while, Huang Zhong really didn't have time to count.
But what he saw was that the main general Zhu Fu and many major generals were not found in the corpses on this battlefield. I guess I should have taken advantage of the chaos to escape.
At this time, Liu Zheng's men and horses ran over from Guangxin City to support Huang Zhong's 10,000 army, which was belated.
Liu Zheng took his own men and horses and galloped all the way from Guangxin City to Wuyangling non-stop.
It was precisely because he was worried that Huang Zhong's 10,000 soldiers and horses were not the opponent of Zhu Fu's army, and many of Huang Zhong's 10,000 soldiers and horses were new recruits who had hardly participated in battles, while Zhu Fu had 40,000 troops on his side, and the number of people was very different, he was worried that Huang Zhong's men and horses were not Zhu Fu's opponents.
That's why he will try his best to come to support Huang Zhong in the shortest possible time, in case Huang Zhong is defeated, he can also come from the rear to support and give Zhu Fu a heavy blow.
But when Liu Zheng arrived at the battlefield, he found that there were wreckage all over the ground, all of which were corpses, and at first glance, there were definitely more than 10,000 corpses lying on the ground. And lying around, if you really have to calculate carefully, I'm afraid there are more than 20,000 people.
And Huang Zhong estimated that there was still a group of people standing next to him, and the number was definitely seven or eight thousand.
Liu Zheng was stunned by this scene, he never expected that Huang Zhong not only defeated Zhu Fu, but even defeated Zhu Fu with a very small loss, allowing Zhu Fu to escape from here in a hurry.
Looking at the corpses all over the ground, Liu Zheng didn't even have time to look at it more, but directly found Huang Zhong to ask about the situation on the battlefield.
"General Huang Zhong, what's going on here, what about Zhu Fu's army?"
Huang Zhong pointed to the corpse on the ground.
"Qu Shuai, these are Zhu Fu's army on the ground, but Zhu Fu himself was not killed, he should have escaped with the army."
"What? 40,000 troops, all defeated by your 10,000 soldiers and horses? ”
At this time, it was not only Liu Zheng, but Xu Huang and Gan Ning, who were standing beside Liu Zheng, were all shocked.
Regarding Huang Zhong's situation, Gan Ning and Xu Huang naturally couldn't be clearer, they both understood that Huang Zhong only had 10,000 recruits under his command. The strength is much weaker than the 10,000 horses under their command.
But with such a number of soldiers and horses, Zhu Fu's 40,000 army was brutally defeated, and you can imagine how tragic the situation on the battlefield was.
However, when they thought of the corpses all over the ground, they also smiled bitterly, and they didn't know whether to say that Huang Zhong's strength was too strong, or Zhu Fu's strength was too weak.
"I didn't defeat Zhu Fu's 40,000 army, but I took advantage of the ambush to quickly disperse the morale of Zhu Fu's army, and then let the cavalry charge in a few waves, those Jiaozhou men and horses quickly broke down, and quickly fled, our army didn't even play a strong enough combat power, and the other thing was to clean up the mess."
Huang Zhong explained, and then pointed to the other side, where two or three thousand people gathered together to throw away their armor and sit on the ground.
More than 2,000 people were the surrendered troops that Huang Zhong subdued when he cleaned up the battlefield.
"My lord, these are the captives who surrendered on the battlefield, and I did not kill them, but seized their weapons and took them into custody for the time being."
Liu Zheng turned his head to look at the captives who were dejected and frightened.
The generals of the defeated army had no spirit, all of them were lost and afraid, some sat on the ground, not knowing what their next situation was, and some of them had just recovered from the fright, looking around at Liu Zheng's army.
Liu Zheng didn't look at the captives much, withdrew his gaze, and looked back at Huang Zhong again, with a smile on his face.
"Very good, General Huang Zhong, this time you are really an eye-opener for me, and the first merit of defeating Zhu Fu this time will be counted on your head."
"My lord, what are we going to do next? I think our army is newly victorious, it's time to seize the opportunity to pursue Zhu Fu, at this time Zhu Fu should have fled to Cangwu City, I suggest taking advantage of the victory to pursue, take advantage of the situation to defeat Cangwu City and eliminate Zhu Fu in one fell swoop. ”
Huang Zhong originally planned to clean up the battlefield, so he began to organize his army to Cangwu and directly pursue Zhu Fu.
It happened that Liu Zheng's men and horses also arrived at this time, and he simply suggested that Liu Zheng's two armies be merged into one, and everyone would kill directly towards Cangwu City, which happened to alleviate the embarrassment of dividing the troops into two ways.
"Good! I have this intention, originally I planned to come over to support you, if I can directly defeat Zhu Fu, it will be the best time to seize Cangwu City in one fell swoop, and now you have not only greatly fulfilled my expectations, but also let Zhu Fu lose his troops and lose his armor and escape, which is a good preparation for us to seize Cangwu City. ”
After Liu Zheng met Huang Zhong, he took all the horses and horses, quickly cleaned up the battlefield, and then directly waved his army and pursued in the direction of Zhu Fu's escape.
Although it was a pursuit, it was too much time behind Zhu Fu, and it was impossible to catch up with Zhu Fu halfway.
So Liu Zheng was basically pursuing in the direction of Cangwu City. Anyway, in the end, no matter whether he chases Zhu Fu or not, he will attack Cangwu City.
Liu Zheng's idea was that even if Zhu Fu fled with some remnants of the defeated army, there would definitely be a shortage of manpower.
After all, Zhu Fu only had 40,000 soldiers and horses, and he lost more than 20,000 here in Wuyangling, even if he could finally gather some of the fleeing troops, it would definitely not exceed 10,000.