Chapter 1152: Disdainful
As soon as Wang Qi died, the whole battle came to an abrupt end, and the remaining Youzhou soldiers who had not yet surrendered and tried to break through finally gave up their thoughts, and even Wang Ji and Wei Qian couldn't break out, and the others didn't have any thoughts.
Therefore, the Youzhou army surrendered from one by two, to the surrender of the whole team of men and horses, and in the end, all of them threw away their weapons, and no one dared to resist anymore, and the whole battle ended quickly.
Wen Qin ordered Wang Qi's body to be collected and cleaned up at the same time, but there were so many troops surrendered, and the dirty and tiring work of cleaning up the battlefield naturally did not need to be done by Xiao cavalry, and these surrenders could be completed.
Jia Cheng witnessed the defeat of the Youzhou army on the top of the city, and he saw that his eyes were straight, and he knew very well in his heart that the defeat of the Youzhou army was actually caused by him, if he didn't insist on opening the city gate and not giving the Youzhou army a chance to enter the city, the Youzhou army would not have been wiped out so completely. Secondly, Jia Cheng also felt the horror of the Bingzhou cavalry, they were like autumn wind sweeping leaves, and they swept the entire battlefield in an instant, and the Youzhou army, which seemed to be mighty, was so vulnerable, dead or surrendered, tens of thousands of horses collapsed in a very short time.
Zhang Wucheng actually didn't have many defenders, after Jia Cheng saw the strength of the Bingzhou army, he couldn't help but be afraid, what if the Bingzhou army launched an attack on Zhangwu City after destroying the Youzhou army? With the strength of Zhang Wucheng, he can't stop the state army at all!
For a moment, Jia Cheng even had the idea of abandoning the city and fleeing, but after thinking about it, even if he escaped from Zhangwu City, what was the use, with the speed of the Bingzhou cavalry, he could easily catch up with them, and in the end, it would still be a dead end? So Jia Cheng didn't dare to move at all, he stood on top of the city, standing like death, his face was as white as paper, his heart was uneasy, and he didn't know what to do.
However, after the state army surrounded and annihilated the Youzhou army, it did not attack Zhangwu City, and did not even glance at it, and after cleaning up the battlefield, they escorted the prisoners of war and retreated.
Jia Cheng was amnesty, he fell to the ground, he was soaked in sweat, Jia Cheng was difficult to understand, why the state army actually abandoned Zhang Wucheng after defeating the Youzhou army, and when they retreated, they didn't even glance at the corner of their eyes, could it be that Zhang Wucheng was completely disdainful in their eyes?
In fact, Jia Cheng's idea is correct, Wen Qin is really disdainful of Zhang Wucheng, their target this time is the Youzhou Army, thousands of miles of pursuit, just to be able to completely annihilate Wei Qian and Wang Qi, as for Zhang Wucheng, it was not included in their attack target, so after the Xiao Cavalry Battalion completed the task, it took the initiative to retreat and did not try to attack Zhang Wucheng.
In fact, at this time, Zhang Wu's defenders were relatively weak, and they had witnessed the defeat of the Youzhou army, they had already lost their courage. First of all, Zhangwu City is just a small county town under the rule of Bohai County, Jizhou, and there is no high strategic value, Cao Liang has no plans to march to Jizhou at present, so he boldly occupies Zhangwu City, but it is easy to attract the attention of the Jizhou army and affect the overall strategic situation.
This is what Cao Liang told Wen Qin in advance, not to take a city in Jizhou in vain, even if such a city is at your fingertips, you can only give up for the time being, and you can't guarantee that it will affect the overall situation because of greed.
Therefore, Wen Qin obeyed Cao Liang's order and gave up the plan to attack the city, but before he left, he glanced at the city with a meaningful look, in fact, this battle can be fought so smoothly, and the "tacit cooperation" of the guards of Zhangwu County has an inseparable relationship, if the gate of Zhangwu City is opened, at least a large part of the Youzhou army will pour into the city, and rely on the city wall of Zhangwu for defense, so that if the Xiaocai battalion wants to annihilate the Youzhou army, they must enter Zhangwu City.
Siege is not the strength of the cavalry battalion, once it falls into the siege battle, then the casualties of the cavalry battalion will inevitably rise significantly, and with the protection of the city wall, the Youzhou army's confidence in resistance will also increase a lot, at least it will not collapse as easily as in the field.
Therefore, the Xiao Cavalry Battalion can do its best today, thanks to this guard of Zhang Wucheng, Wen Qin doesn't know what the reason is for this guard to make such a stupid move, the two sides even fought and killed each other, if it wasn't for the Xiao Cavalry Battalion to separate them, Wen Qin didn't know when they were going to fight.
However, it is impossible for Wen Qin to delve into this reason, after all, he can't go to the top of the city to ask in person, not to mention, the reason has become no longer important, the important thing is the result, the Xiaocai battalion won a complete victory, killed thousands of enemies, captured more than 20,000 people, captured Wei Qian alive, and beheaded Wang Qi, such a result, he was already very satisfied.
Seeing the Xiao Cavalry Battalion marching away, Jia Cheng woke up like a dream, Zhang Wucheng was fine, but he himself was in trouble.
The Youzhou army was defeated under Zhangwu City, and the whole army was annihilated, this matter must alarm the imperial court, and the imperial court will definitely send someone to investigate this matter, Jia Cheng knows very well that he is absolutely to blame, if the imperial court wants someone to come out and take the blame, Jia Cheng believes that he will definitely be unable to escape death.
According to the normal operation, there is no problem with Jia Cheng's handling, and no one should open the city without understanding the specific situation, in case it is the enemy's spies who are put in, then the consequences are unimaginable.
But the operation was fine, but it led to tens of thousands of casualties and captures, such a big responsibility, someone has to bear it, Jia Cheng can't think of anyone who will be more qualified to bear this responsibility than him, so no matter what the situation, Jia Cheng is destined to be in a catastrophe.
But is there really no escape? Jia Cheng suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind, Sima Jun's side would definitely use him to ask for the crime, but if he escaped to the side of the Bingzhou Army, just by blocking the Youzhou Army from entering the city, he could take a credit for him. After thinking about it, if he wants to avoid death, he must take the initiative to surrender to the Bingzhou army, but the Bingzhou army does not seem to be interested in taking Zhangwu, so Jia Chengcheng must take the initiative to go out of the city to catch up with the Bingzhou army and surrender to it before the Bingzhou army withdraws, so that there may still be a chance to survive.
So, Jia Cheng ordered to light up the soldiers and horses in the city, open the city gate, and desperately chase in the direction of the retreat of the Bingzhou army.