Chapter 1632: Kill the giant king
If you want to win more with less, you will naturally have to pay a price.
The Qin army not only suffered 10,000 casualties, but also lost five generals to win the war.
It can be seen that this victory was not easy at all.
After the first battle, although Wang Mang and his 40,000 remnant troops escaped temporarily, it was obviously impossible for Li Jing to let go of this opportunity to pursue the victory.
Li Jing left part of the army to clean the battlefield, and while he personally led most of the army to pursue the enemy, he also asked Huang Feihu to lead the cavalry to intercept them in a detour, and sent Zhou Yu to lead the cavalry directly to attack Liangshanbo.
The three things were carried out at the same time in no particular order. Li Jing acted so aggressively that he hardly gave Wang Mang any chance to react.
In the end, Huang Feihu's cavalry caught up with Wang Mang's troops and held them back, and then Li Jing led the army to catch up.
Under attack between the two armies, the Northern Han Dynasty fled in panic and encountered little resistance. They once again defeated Wang Mang's army. Nearly half of the enemy army chose to surrender, but Wang Mang only escaped with less than 20,000 remaining troops. .
Immediately afterwards, Zhou Yu, who was traveling by water, also got ahead of Wang Mang and broke into Liangshan Po, which had never been breached in ten years but was extremely empty of troops at this time, completely cutting off Wang Mang's last retreat.
After learning that Liangshanbo had been breached, even Wang Mang, who was used to losing for a long time, suddenly felt a little hopeless.
It was naturally impossible to capture him without restraint. With Wang Mang's pride, he would not allow himself to be captured alive.
It was impossible to escape back to Youzhou. Wang Mang thought that he had tried his best in this battle, but he lost miserably in the end.
The army of 160,000 people was traced back and forth, but they were unable to defeat Li Jing's 60,000 people. If Liu Che, Yuan Shao, Han Xin and others knew about it, they would definitely kill Wang Mang alive, so the Northern Han Dynasty would definitely not be able to go back.
In the end, Wang Mang adopted Chen Qingzhi's strategy, abandoned all his troops except the navy, and temporarily hid in Qi State with Zhu Tianpeng.
Wang Mang still has nearly 20,000 troops in his hands, of which exactly 10,000 are naval troops. The Qi navy and Liangshan navy each account for 5,000. If he flees to Qi, it means abandoning nearly 10,000 troops.
This is undoubtedly a difficult decision for Wang Mang, but he has no other choice at this time.
But even if you want to escape by water, it is still not easy. After all, the Qin army also has a navy, and the warships are faster.
Therefore, if you want to escape safely by water, you must have another bait to attract the Qin army.
After much thought, Wang Mang endured the pain in his heart and left Juwuba to continue his breakout northward by land under his own banner, while he and Zhu Tianpeng took the waterway to Qi State.
Wang Mang and Ju Wuba have always been inseparable. When Ju Wuba is there, Wang Mang is also there, so leaving Ju Wuba behind can confuse Li Jing and make him think that Wang Mang took the land route instead of the water route.
"Brother Wuba, for the sake of the safety of the entire army, I have no choice but to wrong you first."
Wang Mang grabbed Ju Guuba's hand and warned: "Be careful along the way. Once you enter the mountain, your troops will be completely safe."
Juwuba was first injured by Ran Min, and then suffered heavy injuries in the battle between the Five Tigers in Liangshan, so he looked a little sluggish, but he still patted his chest and grinned: "Don't worry, lord, Juwuba guarantees mission accomplished."
Looking at Ju Wuba's leaving figure, Wang Mang felt his heart bleeding.
To Wang Mang, Ju Guuba was more than just a subordinate. No matter how difficult the situation he faced, Ju Guuba never left him and saved his life several times.
Although the two are nominally master's servants, in fact, their relationship has already reached the level of brothers.
But now, for the sake of his own safety, Wang Mang personally sent his last brother to a dead end, but he called it for the safety of the entire army.
Wang Mang felt disgusted by himself like this. He once again lived in the way he hated most.
"Wu Ba, you must live."
After giving a heartfelt blessing, Wang Mang turned around and boarded Liangshan's warship, while Ju Wuba and Zhou Yafu led the army and continued to flee north.
Although Zhou Yafu knew that he had become Wang Mang's abandoned son, he still refused to give up his army and decided to lead the army in a final desperate resistance. If he was lucky, he might be able to escape?
Facts have proved that Zhou Yafu was very unlucky. His army fled less than fifty miles before being overtaken by Li Jing.
After a great battle, nearly 10,000 remaining troops were killed, hundreds were killed, and the rest all surrendered.
Zhou Yafu took advantage of the chaos to escape, but was accidentally discovered by Tai Shici. He decisively shot his horse with an arrow, causing it to fall to the ground. Guan Sheng, who caught up, took advantage and directly captured him alive.
As one of the four generals who participated in the siege and killing of Ran Min, Ju Wuba couldn't surrender even if he wanted to. Besides, he had never planned to surrender again.
At this time, Ju Wuba was just like Ran Min back then, surrounded by the four war gods Huang Feihu, Huang Tianhua, Huang Tianxiang, and Jintai, and he had no intention of surrendering.
The difference is that Ran Minyong had the strength to escape, but he took the initiative to stay until he died in the battle, in order to delay time for the main force, which led to the subsequent Beihai victory;
As for Ju Wuba, he was first injured by Ran Min and then severely wounded by the Five Tigers of Liangshan. His combat strength was less than half and he had no strength to escape at all. Even one of the four gods of war, let alone the four gods of war, could still kill him. life.
"Ju Wu Ba, when you used the more to bully the less, when you dealt with General Ran Min Shi, did you think that today would happen?" Jin Tai sneered and mocked.
"Where does all this nonsense come from? Is it because I'm afraid of death?"
Ju Wu Ba looked impatient and shouted extremely arrogantly, immediately leading the generals to become furious.
Huang Tianhua rushed forward and said, "Father, there is no need to attack this person together. The child alone is enough."
Huang Feihu moved a little and was about to agree, but Li Jing rode over and said calmly: "No, the four of you come together. Li wants to let Ju Wuba die in the same way as General Ran Min."
There was a hint of surprise in Huang Feihu's eyes. No wonder he had to dispatch four of their god-of-war generals in the face of a seriously injured Juguba. This was retaliation.
"kill……"
The four generals occupying one side each roared in unison and launched an attack at the same time.
The all-out attack of the four gods of war, not to mention that Juwuba was seriously injured, could not stop it even at its peak, and with almost no resistance, he was killed on the spot by everyone.
Huang Feihu cut off Ju Wuba's left leg with one force, Huang Tianxiang cut off his left arm with a shoulder-level shot, and the overwhelmed Shen Shen was smashed to pieces by Huang Tianhua with a hammer.
Jin Tai directly sealed his throat with a knife, and his head flew out of his forehead and rolled to the ground, dying with his eyes open.
The second in the list of generals of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the invincible giant, fell.
