Chapter 318: Just chase, just do it!

Chapter 318: Just chase, just do it!
The scene of thousands of people surrendering en masse was spectacular.

They lined up in a long queue and filed out of the camp. After handing in their equipment at the designated location, they were led to the other side, sat on the ground, and anxiously waited for the judgment of fate.

Will he die?

If the government troops wanted to kill the prisoners, would they shoot them to death with arrows or bury them alive in a pit?

Everyone couldn't help thinking about these things, scaring themselves, and then trembling uncontrollably.

"You come out to fight with such little ability?" Jin Zheng walked over, took a quick look, then picked up the whip, whipped the prisoner kneeling on the ground, and cursed.

The people he whipped cried out in pain but did not dare to speak loudly.

"You can't even use a bow, how can you fight?" Jin Zheng let him go, and then turned to beat another man, saying, "Are you here to die?"

The prisoner cried out twice, but when he realized he was being beaten even harder, he wisely shut his mouth.

Jin San whipped his men twice more before throwing the whip to them and looking at the advancing troops in the distance.

"Let's go. Leave this to Li Zhong. It's not interesting." He jumped onto the horse, squeezed his legs against the horse's belly, and rushed out quickly.

On the southern foot of Fangcheng Mountain, a large group of troops had already begun to advance without any delay.

Wang Que'er, deputy commander of the Silver Spear Army, led 1,200 soldiers, carrying five days' worth of food and water, and marched ahead as a vanguard.

Jin San accompanied Shao Xun, leading the remaining Silver Spear Army and 7,000 auxiliary troops, a total of more than 10,000 people, and followed closely behind.

The key to this battle is speed, not giving the enemy any chance.

After the large group of troops left, Li Chong ordered the battlefield to be cleaned up and the prisoners to be identified.

The casualties in this battle were quite heavy.

It was mainly the young and strong men from Xiangcheng who were forced to attack three times due to the powerful bows and crossbows behind them, resulting in more than 1,300 casualties.

The casualties among the auxiliary troops were less, less than a thousand.

In the end, the Yamen Army made the final move, and with only two or three hundred casualties, they crushed the enemy's will in one fell swoop and achieved complete victory.

The camp was breached in just half a day, which was a quick and efficient operation. Li Chong became much more optimistic about the upcoming battle.

Perhaps, they really have time to return to the north and fight on two fronts.

……

On the broken post road, defeated soldiers were piled up in endless piles.

Pang Shi frowned and looked at it carefully.

The enemy pursued them so fiercely, not giving them any chance to gather and reorganize. This was very dangerous. The longer the rout lasted, the harder it would be to gather the rogue soldiers.

In the end, those who were separated were really separated.

Pang Shi did not participate in the daytime battle, and he did not have the two thousand men under his command.

They had just finished escorting food and supplies when they heard the news that the camp had been breached and the entire army was defeated.

The Nanyang prisoners who were escorting the carriage collapsed on the spot and ran away.

Pang Shi met Hou Tuo, who entrusted him with an important task: to cover the retreat.

Pang Shi knew very well that this was not an easy job. But Hou Tuo had saved his life and had never asked him for anything before, so it was hard to refuse.

The morale of more than 2,000 soldiers was low and they were in panic. They gritted their teeth and placed the grain carts sideways to block the road, trying to stop the pursuers.

Pang Shi led more than a hundred troops and marched northward, trying to pick up more defeated soldiers and organize them as part of the rear guard army.

But the mission had to be terminated just after accommodating hundreds of people because the enemy's vanguard appeared in the distance.

There were only fifty or sixty of them. After seeing Pang Shi and others, they did not panic. Instead, they sped up and jogged over.

As they got closer, some of them ran to the small earthen slopes on both sides of the post road, then put down their spears, took out their well-strung bows from their waists, and drew their bows and arrows.

About ten people took off the small round shields on their arms, held the shield in their left hands and the sword in their right hands, and lined up in the front.

Finally, there were twenty people, holding spears, in groups of five, each with a few steps between them, following the swordsman and shieldman.

The two sides soon started fighting.

But as soon as the fight started, Pang Shi felt something was wrong, especially when an arrow flew over his head and landed on a tree trunk.

Pang Shi subconsciously looked at the feather arrow above his head.

The arrow penetrated deeply into the wood, and the feathers were still shaking.

"Swoosh!" Another arrow shot and hit the throat of a personal soldier beside him.

Pang Shi couldn't help but dodge.

While more than a hundred of his troops were charging, more than ten of them had fallen one after another.

The arrows shot from the high ground on both sides were fast and sharp, and every arrow hit the flesh with terrifying accuracy.

On the battlefield where the frontal fighting was taking place, the enemy was divided into groups of five. The swordsmen and shieldmen quickly stepped forward and used round shields to block the swords and spears of the opposite side. The people behind them, one on the left and one on the right, stabbed out with spears like lightning, killing two people instantly.

There was also a tall and strong man, wielding a long-handled axe with both hands, relying on the iron armor on his body, leaping into the crowd and sweeping fiercely. The last archer fell behind, continuously drawing his bow and arrows, using tricky and vicious archery skills to harvest lives.

There were only more than fifty people, but in the face-to-face fight without any tricks, they showed amazing skills and coordination.

To be fair, it is not difficult to kill one of them alone, even if their spear, sword and archery skills are quite remarkable. However, when three or five people gather together to implement group tactics, the difficulty of killing increases greatly.

One-on-one, their advantage is not that great.

But three on three, five on five, the advantage is just too great to watch.

More than a hundred people were beaten back by the fifty or sixty people on the opposite side, and their bodies were left along the way.

"Retreat!" Pang Shi's scalp tingled. Seeing the smoke and dust filling the sky behind him, and it seemed that more enemy troops were chasing after him, he didn't dare to fight anymore. He shouted towards the battlefield and rushed back.

The battlefield was extremely noisy and not everyone could hear his voice.

Some were still fighting, others had already fled, and the situation was in chaos.

The archers on the other side began to move forward to close the distance, trying to shoot arrows in a more energy-saving way. However, when they were halfway there, everyone on this side had already collapsed, and no one dared to stand and fight.

The Silver Spear Army soldiers, clad in iron armor, were actually running at full speed, roaring and chasing behind, their bowstrings ripping as they continued to reap lives.

Only after seeing that the post road was blocked by a large number of carriages and horses did they stop and send someone to report.

After doing all this, they did not stand still, but dispersed to both sides, placed their spears, long axes, swords and shields under their feet, and everyone took out their bows and shot arrows in the direction where the enemy troops were gathering.

The enemy also mobilized some archers and sent out spear-wielding infantry to try to drive them away.

These people's arrows are really annoying. They are not shot randomly, but aimed at specific people. The threat is really too great.

And the smoke and dust in the north was getting closer and closer.

The team was led by Wang Que'er. He first looked at the enemy position, then made a prompt decision and ordered some vehicles to be dispatched.

The soldiers did not hesitate at all. After much coordination, they drew more than ten carts from the auxiliary troops in the rear.

The cart was full of firewood and someone started pouring oil on it.

Hundreds of Silver Spear Army soldiers guarded the car on both sides, and first used a wave of volleys to suppress the opponent, making them unable to raise their heads.

The auxiliary soldier pushing the cart had a ferocious look on his face and rushed forward with a roar.

Some people held torches and set the vehicles on fire one by one.

The "Chariot of Fire" rushed forward and directly hit the enemy's baggage convoy that was blocking the road.

As the north wind blew strongly, thick smoke billowed and the fire grew larger, causing a commotion among the remaining enemy troops.

"Boom boom boom..." The drums sounded.

"Kill!" The soldiers of the Silver Spear Army roared in unison and rushed forward with spears in hand.

The enemy troops that were left behind were already in low morale and could not win a normal fight, not to mention they were so badly smoked by the fireworks that they just turned around and ran away.

Pang Shi ordered his men to shoot arrows, directly killing dozens of fleeing soldiers who were rushing towards them.

But there were too many people fleeing, and he couldn't stop them. After assessing the situation, he could only sigh sadly and run away.

What a shame! They couldn't stop us for even a moment!
The Silver Spear Army chased them all the way, not giving the other side a chance to breathe.

On the 11th, the two sides fought in the northeast of Duyang, and Pang Shi, who was left behind, was once again defeated and retreated.

On the 12th, the Silver Spear Army passed Duyang but did not enter, and continued to chase after Hou Tuo's defeated army.

On the night of the 13th, we fought in the old city of Bowang and defeated the enemy again, beheading more than 400 people.

Bowang is a place name that often appears in the screen. When Cao Hong attacked Jingzhou, he fought in Wuyang, Ye County, Duyang, Bowang, and also stationed in Ye.

Liu Bei stationed in Xinye, advanced his troops to Bowang, and when he reached Ye County, he set an ambush, defeated Xiahou Dun, and returned.

On the evening of the 14th, a battle took place at Gualijin, in which more than 300 enemy officers and generals were killed and Pang Shi was captured.

Gualijin is located in the northeast of Nanyang and is one of the famous ferry crossings.

Emperor Guangwu of Han personally led an expedition from Duyang to attack Deng Feng in Nanyang. They fought at Gualijin and Xiaochang'an. This was the most glorious time for Gualijin.

Wang Que'er and Hou Tuo were chasing each other, and by this time, both sides were exhausted.

Hou Tuo was followed by no more than a thousand people, all of whom looked frightened and had dishevelled hair and faces.

Wang Que'er's team also had a considerable distance from the baggage train, and the dry food they carried was only enough for one day.

But everyone's spirits are good and morale is high.

This is not the first time that we have been chasing the enemy like this.

When they were fighting against Wang Mi in Hebei, they pursued the enemy in the snow, not giving the enemy generals the chance to regroup their defeated soldiers, nor the enemy the chance to stop and reorganize. They just chased and attacked, chasing the enemy to the north, completely breaking the enemy's morale and preventing them from gathering again.

Ahead, Nanyang City (Wan County) is already in sight.

(End of this chapter)