Chapter 724: The Wu army is defeated, and Huzhou changes hands

A leaf is blind, and Mount Tai is not seen. Sometimes even the most astute person can make a big mistake in certain circumstances, and he will not realize what he is wrong until the consequences are revealed.

Pang Wanchun was like this this time, when he led his army to rush into the Song army's main array, there were only two thoughts in his mind, one was to kill Sun Tu and other major generals, and the other was to shoot the light signal above, so that the Song army could no longer systematically launch attacks on his subordinates. Because only in this way can we give full play to the advantage of having more troops and turn the situation around.

So half of the seven arrows were directed at the upper light. But obviously, Pang Wanchun ignored the most critical point - the sky is about to dawn, even if the light is broken, the Song army can change the flag in time to re-command!

In the process of breaking through the bloody battle of his army, the sky has gradually brightened, and in the end, it is even more sunny, and there is no light for a long time. It can be said that his risky rush to kill, with thousands of subordinates, even himself was seriously injured, but in exchange for only a moment of Song Jun's command out of control, with dawn, the Song army has already stabilized its position, and the offensive is more fierce, it is really a failure!

It was precisely because he suddenly understood this that Pang Wanchun was extremely angry, and finally caused several wounds on his body to collapse together and pass out. In fact, his luck is not bad, if he had figured out the key earlier, as long as he suddenly fell into a coma in the Song army's array, I am afraid that he would really die here.

But even so, after seeing their own coach vomiting blood and falling, the surrounding Wu troops were also in a state of confusion, and when they saw the Song army attacking again, they didn't even have the heart to resist, so they immediately protected Pang Wanchun and retreated. And this retreat completely broke the entire battle situation that was still in a delicate balance, and Sun Tu, who was in a high place, immediately seized the flaw on this side, and immediately ordered the military horses to break through the enemy's formation from this side, so as to break through the entire defense line of the Wu army, break it in half, and it is difficult to command it again.

When Pang Wanchun's sneak attack was unsuccessful and he fled in a hurry, Sun Tu actually thought about leading people to pursue. But after only rushing out a few steps, he quickly came back to his senses, he was the chief general of the Shandong Army, and he had a heavy responsibility, so he couldn't just rush to kill like an ordinary general. It is his duty to sit in the Chinese army, dispatch troops, and continuously expand the results of the battle. So he immediately reined in his horse and reacted quickly, so that the banner used by the day was raised to a high place to continue to command the battle.

Sun Tu's decision was obviously extremely wise, and it was also very rewarding in the ensuing battle. Now that he found the weakness of the Wu army, he naturally would not let go of the opportunity, and at the same time, his mind turned rapidly, guessing why the enemy army on that side was suddenly so vulnerable.

In just a moment, a bold conjecture jumped out of his mind, although he didn't know whether it was correct or not, but he knew that this was the key to a complete victory, and immediately turned back to the more than ten heralds around him and shouted: "You guys just run up the road, run all the way, shout to me all the way: Pang Wanchun is dead, the rebels will be defeated!" Just go! ”

Shicai and Pang Wanchun fought head-on, but Sun Tu personally shot the arrow into Pang Wanchun's body, and then he also saw Dong Ping's continued pursuit. He believed that with the combat strength of Dong Ping's subordinates, he would definitely be able to bring a lot of damage to Pang Wanchun, who was not lightly injured, even if he couldn't really kill him, I was afraid that it would be difficult to command the battle again.

And the retreat and confusion on the side of the enemy army confirmed this. Taking this opportunity to spread the news that I don't know whether it is true or false will inevitably completely disturb the morale of Wu Junjun, and at the same time boost his own morale. Even if Pang Wanchun showed his face later, it was not so easy to stabilize the army's heart for a while. Such a beneficial and harmless strategy naturally had to be implemented immediately.

The heralds immediately received the order, and then quickly ran forward, and as they ran, they had already shouted loudly: "Pang Wanchun is dead!" The rebels will be defeated! Pang Wanchun is dead! The rebels will be defeated! "These people are all professionals with loud voices, whose roars can be heard for miles, and even though they are now on the battlefield where the sound of murder is earth-shattering, their cries still spread rapidly and fall into the ears of the enemy and our soldiers.

After hearing the roar, many soldiers of the Song army really lifted their spirits and fought harder, but the Wu army on the opposite side was suspicious, and when they were distracted, they could only be pressed into defeat and retreat, and the casualties increased rapidly. Some shrewd Song soldiers immediately shouted similar words in a loud voice, and while rushing forward, they shouted: "Pang Wanchun is dead, our army will win, and Huzhou will be broken!" ”

At the beginning, there were only a few hundred people shouting like this, but as the victory continued to expand, many generals reacted one after another, and they also roared, and finally gathered the roar of thousands of Song troops, and the battlefield sounded a continuous, loud and clear voice: "Pang Wanchun is dead......

Although the battle between the two armies tested the command methods of their respective generals and the heroic fighting of the officers and men under them, in the final analysis, the most important thing was the competition of morale and confidence between the two armies. An army that is deflated and panicked, even if it can fight fiercely in the past, will become a rabble in the case of chaos in the army.

A thousand years ago, the Chu and Han clashed, and in the final battle, it was in the situation that the Han army gave the Chu army the last fatal blow and completely collapsed in the face of the enemy army. And today, outside the city of Huzhou, the old scene of the year is repeated.

In the tsunami-like roar of "Pang Wanchun is dead", when his own coach did not show up to refute it for a long time, Wu Jun was already in turmoil. Maybe some generals still want to lead their troops to resist, maybe some people are still skeptical, but panic and despair have spread rapidly. In the face of the Song army that was crushed by the whole line, they had completely lost the ability to resist, and many people turned around and ran away with just one face, even if they were stabbed by the Song army from the rear, they could not change their idea of fleeing for their lives.

The winner was decided at this moment. Nearly 50,000 Wu troops who relied on the city to fight collapsed, and more than eighty percent of the men and horses had no heart to resist, only one thought was left to escape, completely ignoring their own robes in front of and behind them, just screaming, exclaiming, rushing forward desperately like frightened cattle, sheep, deer and horses, and even some people slashed their knives and guns into their robes in order to escape with their lives, killing life and blood to continue to escape. Others quickly discarded their weapons and took off their armor in order to run faster.

On the plains outside the entire city of Huzhou, if you look down from above at this time, you can see a strange and terrifying scene. More than 40,000 people were killed by more than 20,000 Song troops like pigs and sheep, and people kept falling, and people kept kneeling......

And the screams behind him made Wu Jun panic all over the place, and everyone only hated that they had lost two legs, and they didn't dare to turn back, they would only rush forward. Even before coming to Huzhou City, most people did not intend to take refuge in the city, but continued to flee around the city to the south.

There was still a garrison of 2,000 left in Huzhou City, but under such a general situation, even if Ning Heng had the heart to rescue, he was unable to return to the sky. He didn't even have time to close the gates, when the two fleeing soldiers and horses had already burst into the city. Without the Song army's move, they were already frightened, and the Wu army, who only knew that they were fleeing for their lives, had already taken the lead in attacking the defenders in the city.

When the Song army followed in, the defenders in the city had no resistance at all, and were quickly suppressed, either dead or surrendered, only half a day's work, this blocked the Song army for more than a month, and the strong city of Zhejiang, which could not be attacked for a long time, was lost. Fortunately, Ning Heng saw the opportunity quickly, and after confirming that the city could no longer be defended, he decisively took a few hundred soldiers and quickly escaped from the city, otherwise he would also be buried in Huzhou City.

It wasn't until Sun Tu led his army into the city and confirmed that the enemy could no longer repeat that he immediately ordered to stop the pursuit and let the military horses in front return in time!

To be honest, this big win was really a bit of a surprise to him. Although he thought that there would be chaos after the Wu army thought that the commander was killed, the enemy's rout still caught him off guard. It was only then that he realized that these rebels were different from the regular army after all, and that they were just a group of farmers and hired laborers who had never touched a knife or gun two years ago. People like this may still be able to obey the command and fight bravely when fighting a good battle, but once the defeat is certain, then they will flee faster than anyone else, and there is no possibility of re-restraining their troops and horses and turning back to fight.

However, this rout of the enemy was also a problem for the Shandong army. In order to chase and kill the rout, all the soldiers and horses are also completely scattered, only from the city to the south, you can see the mountains and fields of the two sides of the army and horses are still desperately chasing, if at this time suddenly a neat army of the army from the rear to kill, even the Shandong army is afraid that it can not resist ah.

This is the reason why the poor do not chase after the poor on the battlefield, and if they are good, they will accept it, and if they blindly kill the enemy, it will also bring great danger and trouble to themselves.

If it is an ordinary army, even if the commander gives the order in this case, it will be difficult to restrain the troops and horses without half a day's work. But in the end, the Shandong army was a well-trained elite division, and as the horn of the retreating troops continued to sound, except for the soldiers who were still fighting, everyone began to stop and return to the team, and after gathering into a team, they retreated in an orderly manner.

However, the Wu army in front, after hearing the trumpet, thought that the Song army was attacking a large force again, which scared them to flee faster, and they couldn't care about anything. So, on the way to their escape, they discarded countless swords, guns, armor, and even some money and other things, and in the end, they naturally cheapened the Shandong army.

It was not until after noon that the military returned to Huzhou safely.

At this point, the battle around Huzhou finally ended in a great victory for the Song army, and this big victory was even more hearty than all the previous victories combined, killing more enemies, which can be called a complete victory!