Chapter 497: Imprisoned

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Li Cunxiao led the Chinese army to kill the thief army fiercely, and before the follow-up infantry of the thief army caught up, the remaining cavalry that was scattered and scattered by the spear was quickly annihilated, and then did not continue to attack the thief army as Zhu Wen guessed, but quickly turned back and withdrew to the position of the Chinese army.

Cai Wenqiu, the general of the thief army, was stunned by Li Cunxiao's round of attacks, and as soon as he met the enemy, the 200 cavalry of the front army were gone. These 200 cavalry are the elite of his elite, although he has 3,000 soldiers and horses, but only this cavalry is his treasure. But now, as soon as it is shot, it is gone.

After eating this blow, Cai Wenqiu finally realized that the officers and soldiers of more than 1,000 people on the opposite side were not easy to deal with. However, Cai Wenqiu did not retreat, although he was not one of Wang Xianzhi's ten votes, he was also an old brother who followed Wang Xianzhi in his early years. Now he is also newly promoted to a well-known soldier and horse envoy, with 3,000 soldiers and horses under his command. Besides, there are police in Yucheng, so he has to help.

Gritting his teeth, Cai Wenqiu directly ordered to launch the most common and best trick of the grass thieves, the crowd tactic. He directly ordered 3,000 soldiers and horses, plus 5,000 homeless people with sharpened sticks who followed.

Eight thousand people rushed up, and it was like a flood that burst its banks.

This time, Zhu Wen's left flank also began to fight, and countless thieves were killed.

Zhu Wen shouted: "The archers release their arrows, the spearmen throw their spears, and the sword and shield bearers come with me!" ”

The chaotic battle began, and the recruits on the left flank shouted to embolden themselves and rushed forward with their weapons in hand. He saw a familiar recruit from his own team, who had been drinking in the brothel camp the previous night, and had just jumped up and stabbed a thief to death with a spear. As a result, half of his head was cut off with a knife himself. There's also a guy who also drank with yesterday. It was pierced by several spears. There were five or six holes in the body.

Zhu Zhen's performance was good, he had already cut down two thieves in a row, and Zhu Cun brandished a flag gun to pierce a thief army.

At this moment, a sudden shower of arrows fell from the top of his head, and for a moment he didn't have time to see which way the arrow came from, but this arrow did not distinguish between friend and foe at this time. Falling from the sky, both sides of the melee were within his range. Zhu Wen hurriedly raised the round shield in his hand. Hide underneath.

Zhu Wen hid under the shield, and just happened to see Li Cunxiao riding the tall horse and leading the troops to rush over and kill him, and the thieves around him kept retreating. At this time, a tall spearman stupidly rushed towards Li Cunxiao, but was directly cut off half of his head by Li Cunxiao's iron lance. Li Cunxiao didn't stop, and directly stabbed the throat of another enemy with a straight stab from the tail of the lance, and the thief fell to the ground unwillingly.

Li Cunxiao brandished his horse lance, swept through thousands of troops, and let out a terrifying shout.

At this time, Zhu Wen avoided the rain of arrows. They themselves jumped off the earthen wall and rushed into the enemy line, and the fortifications they had worked so hard to build were indeed useful. But in the face of an enemy army like a tide, the effect is limited.

A thief army poked at his chest with a spear, Zhu Wen waved his spear to block the spear, and the man jumped backwards, ready to do it again, but Zhu Wen directly followed a sweep of the thousand troops, swept the man's legs, swept him to the ground, and stabbed him to death with a spear. Zhu Zhen was surrounded by three thieves, and Zhu Wenbu stabbed one of them to death with one shot, but did not pull out the gun, but directly drew a knife and stabbed the other person in the back of the heart. Zhu Zhen slashed at the man's neck with a knife and chopped off his head.

One of the auxiliary brothers fell to his side, lying limply on the ground, a spear plunging into his back, peeking through his abdomen. There was no way to save the man, but when Juwen saw a thief armed with a knife running over to cut his head, he roared angrily and charged over.

The other party raised a knife to meet the battle, it was a tall and thin man, who was actually wearing a red iron armor and an iron helmet, and he actually wore a jib armor on his hands. Zhu Wen aimed at his neck and slashed it with all his might, but was swept away by the guy's sword.

"Die!" The man screamed.

Zhu Wen exchanged hands with him several times in a row, but his strength was not as strong as his, so he had to circle around him, constantly swinging his knife and slashing at his face.

"Die!" The man let out a loud shout and jumped up to attack.

Zhu Wen hurriedly raised his shield, and after receiving this slam blow, the shield made a loud explosion, and it burst open, and the broken pieces of wood scattered from his hand. The man roared and slashed again, and Zhu Wen was forced to block a few times, and he was shocked and bleeding, and he was dizzy.

The man smiled at Zhu Wen and slashed at him with a knife.

Unexpectedly, at this time, a person rushed from behind him, slashed at his calf, the man fell to his knees with a scream, and Zhu Wen jumped up and slashed down, chopping off his head.

"You're the one who is going to die!" Zhu Wen said viciously, and then he looked up and saw that it was the elder brother Zhu Cun who had just saved his life.

Zhu Cun was also covered in blood at this time, and he couldn't figure out whose it was. The group of sword soldiers under his command had already been disrupted at this time. More than 200 people, who were shocked by thousands of people, were already in a mess.

"The thief is with the army, dare to kill my brother, take his life!" A voice shouted from behind, loud and loud, riding a large horse, and rushed towards him.

The two brothers raised their swords together to face the battle, and the general on the horse swept directly with a horse lance, and both Zhu Wen and Zhu Cun were swept down together, fortunately wearing armor. A violent burst suddenly exploded, and the knife in his hand was immediately taken off. He wanted to reach for it, but the horse's iron hooves rumbled over.

There was a dizzying collision, Zhu Wen was directly knocked out of the war horse, he wanted to stand up, but his whole body was blocked in pain, and he felt that the whole world was shaking. The general, who had knocked him into the air, rode his horse again, and the lance in his hand was already raised high.

The war horse was getting bigger and bigger in his eyes, Zhu Wen's hands were numb, the tiger's mouth was still bleeding, his eyes were dizzy, and his vision was blurred. There was a miserable smile on his face, he was going to die here today.

The hooves of the war horse were already close to him, and the next moment the horse lance of the general on the horse did not pierce his body, and the iron hooves of the war horse could trample him to death.

Suddenly, the war horse noticed the miserable scream, and suddenly weakened its knees, and the whole horse fell forward.

With a thud, the horse fell to the ground and slid for some distance, sending up a puff of dust. The last one stopped less than half a foot away from Zhu Wen.

Wait for him to come to his senses. Wiped a handful of dust off his face. Only then did I see that the majestic war horse just now actually stepped on a horse trap, and the horse stumbled and fell. And that general, at this time, happened to be pressed under the horse by the war horse, and the incident happened suddenly, and he was already overwhelmed before he had time to pick up his pedals, and one foot was pressed. The other hand was also twisted and weird.

Zhu Wen shook his head and shook his head, and felt his knife from the ground, and the thief general already shouted weakly: "I surrender, I surrender!" ”

Zhu Wen first picked up the horse lance that fell to the ground, and holding the heavy horse lance, Zhu Wen's dizzy head seemed to be a little more sober. He looked around, and Zhu Zhen was helping his second brother Zhu Cun over.

The battle seemed to be drawing to a close, and on his left flank, there were few living people in sight except for corpses scattered all over the ground.

A flock of crows hovers overhead. From time to time, they peck on the ground.

Zhu Zhen looked at him suspiciously and wiped a handful of blood stains from his face. He said to him with a smile: "Commander Wang and Commander Gao have just led their troops to support, they have killed the enemy's army, and now the thief army is fleeing south. ”

Zhu Wen smiled and turned his head to look at the guy who was still pressed on the horse.

"Lao Tzu accepts your surrender, now, report your name!"

"The grass army knows that the soldiers and horses make Cai Wenqiu" Cai Wenqiu under the horse endured severe pain and replied helplessly.

The three of them sat on the pile of corpses and gasped for breath, when a sound of horses' hooves sounded, and Li Cunxiao passed by with a team of cavalry. Looking at the appearance of the three of them, Ha Luha smiled and said, "Looking at your appearance, you can't die for a while." Boy, yes, I can hold on until now.

Zhu Wen stretched out his hand and pointed to the horse, "Report to the commander, we have caught a prisoner, claiming to be a grass thief and knowing the soldiers and horses Cai Wenqiu." ”

Cai Wenqiu shouted under the horse: "I am not a prisoner, I am attached to the battle." ”

Li Cunxiao sent a few people to rescue Cai Wenzhou from his horse, and after confirming that he was the main general of the thief army, he couldn't help laughing. At this moment, the sound of the trumpet sounded again, but it came from the north.

When the thief reinforcements from the north of Yucheng arrived, Li Cunxiao turned over and said to Zhu Wen: "Lao Tzu goes to the north, and the battlefield here will be handed over to you to clean." This time you did a good job, and you are indispensable to command all of them when you turn around. After speaking, he galloped his horse and galloped past, followed closely by the soldiers behind him. The afternoon sun shone on the tip of the spear, and the red battle flags of the auxiliary army flew overhead.

The thief army in the southeast, the main general was captured, the elite cavalry was annihilated, and the infantry of the main force was also defeated.

Zhu Wen felt that his whole body was swollen and painful, as if he had fallen apart. At this time, he couldn't do anything else, he and Zhu Zhen and Zhu Cun looked for their subordinates together. Many of them were found in the pile of dead men, and only eighteen of the fifty members of the team were still alive, and a few of them were seriously injured and disabled with missing arms and legs.

A dozen or so people rummaged through the pile of dead people, and finally found about a hundred or so alive, of which more than 20 were seriously injured. There are more corpses that can be recovered, and in this battle, their 1,000 people intercepted here, more than 30 were seriously wounded, more than 300 were killed in the battle, and almost all of the rest were wounded. The casualty attrition has reached more than 40 percent, an extremely high figure.

They were killed and wounded nearly 400, but they also killed a lot of grass thieves, leaving more than 1,000 corpses on the battlefield, and hundreds of injured people who did not have time to escape. Although it is said that these more than 1,000 are not the records of their two battalions, it is really remarkable that they can block so many thieves with a thousand people, and finally insist on the other battalions to help.

"What about these people?" Zhu Zhen pointed to the wounded captives of the grass thieves, more than a hundred of them, who were disarmed at this time, or squatting or lying on the ground.

Zhu Wen looked back at his people, all of them were injured, and many more had become cold corpses lying on the ground. I couldn't help but feel uncontrollable anger in my heart, "Kill!" ”

"Good!" Zhu Zhen immediately jumped up, without the slightest hesitation, and directly led a group of people to pull the captive aside and cut off his head. There were bursts of screams and begging for mercy, but Zhu Wen was not moved. Since you dared to rebel in the first place, you must be prepared to be killed today.

After a long time, the riverbank calmed down, and there was a strong smell of blood in the air.

Zhu Zhen was covered in blood, and walked over with a knife full of gaps as if she had been soaked in blood. "Third brother, all of them have been cut, and there is no one left!"

Zhu Cun also walked over at this time, carrying a big burden and throwing it in front of them.

"What is this?"

"Belongings recovered from the body of the thief."

Zhu Wen looked down and saw a lot of things. He nodded, "Divide the things equally among the surviving brethren." ”

"It's all divided?" Zhu Cun was a little surprised.

"It's all divided." Zhu Wen said lightly.

The property was divided, and the more than 100 people who survived the battlefield had a share for everyone. Everyone was very happy and admired Zhu Wen. After that, Zhu Wen commanded to cut off the heads of the thieves, and then cut off the heads to take them back for merit, and the headless corpses were thrown directly into the river.

After packing everything up, it was almost dusk, and Zhu Wen asked people to temporarily pile up the preparations on the battlefield and come back to pick them up. Then he returned to Yucheng with those wounded, and Yucheng had completely fallen into the hands of the auxiliary army at this time. Liu Xun and the others had just defeated the thousands of grass thieves who came to the north to help, and they had just returned to the city at this time.

"A beautiful victory!" Liu Xun saw Zhu Wen coming back, and said to him with a smile: "You guys played very well today." ”

Zhu Wen was excited for a while, and he felt flattered. hurriedly said: "These are all well-commanded by a few yamen, we just did our duty." ”

"Do your duty, you can't rely on more than 200 people to block the offensive of more than a thousand thieves, and it is impossible to capture a general of the grass thieves. In today's battle, the head of the Zhu team should remember a great achievement, and when I look back, I will personally ask the marshal for your credit. ”

Zhu Wen was excited, and hurriedly knelt down: "Thank you for the promotion in Yanei, the post is unforgettable." ”

"What about the captives?" Liu Xunxiao asked.

"The subordinate killed them."

The atmosphere in the air suddenly became depressed and dull, Liu Xun's black pupils stared at him, and the smile on his face suddenly turned cold, which made him tremble a little.

"Who told you to kill the prisoners?" Liu Xun's deep voice sounded.

Zhu Wen had an ominous premonition in his heart, and he stammered a little: "No one, the little one just thought"

"Bang!" Liu Xun slapped the table and shouted angrily: "If no one gives an order, you dare to kill the prisoner without saying a word?" Who gave you such guts? How many captives did you kill? ”

"More than a hundred." Zhu Wen lowered his head and said.

"How many in a hundred?"

Zhu Wen turned his head to look at Zhu Zhen, Zhu Zhen was also frightened at this time, his face was pale, and he bowed his head to Zhu Wen and said, "One hundred and eighty-seven." ”

Liu Xun had already heard this number, and his face became even more ugly.

"One hundred and eighty-seven, Zhu Wen, you are so bold, you dare to call the shots without authorization, killing and capturing one hundred and eighty-seven people, it is simply against the sky, do you still have military discipline in your eyes? Come on, take down Zhu Wen. Liu Xun drank.

Zhu Zhen and the others all changed their faces, and no one could have imagined that this would be the result. Hurriedly knelt down and pleaded, Liu Xun was unmoved, and said in a deep voice: "If it weren't for your achievements in today's battle to kill the enemy prisoners, I would have beheaded you right now to show the public." Now, Ben will temporarily confine you in confinement, and how to deal with it will be handed over to the commander. Come, take the three of them down together. (To be continued......)