Dong'anping.
Shen Kan looked at the soldiers who had escaped from the city with a grimace. When they went out to chase Liu Yu, there were nearly a thousand of them, but now there were only 500 who came back, and they were lost in less than half an hour. 50% of the soldiers.
Had it not been for the archers at the top of the city driving away the chasing cavalry when they were near the city gate, I am afraid even more men would have been lost.
You Han, the supervisor sent by the governor of Qingzhou, had just witnessed the entire defeat of Shen Kan's men at the city gate. In the opinion of You Han, the supervisor of the Ningbei Army, the heads of the several soldiers who had just led the team should be beheaded and pursued. If they can't cooperate when they retreat, they won't cover each other when they retreat, they will just run away, they should all be beheaded in the Youzhou army.
When You Han angrily demanded that several of the leading troops be beheaded as a warning to others, Shen Kan quickly explained that it was not that we were incompetent, but that Liu Yu was too cruel and had suffered serious losses. If he killed the troops again, Being the middle team leader will probably demoralize the team even more.
After Shen Kan defended his subordinates one after another, he finally got the supervisor You Han to give up his plan to behead the soldiers who failed to fight well.
How could Shen Kan kill his own men, because these leaders were his confidants, and although their performance just now was very unbearable, they were already the boldest and best at fighting in Shen Kan's army.
After seeing Shen Kan's soldiers shooting arrows randomly at the top of Dong'anping City, Liu Yu led his cavalry away from the city wall.
In the easy battle just now, Liu Yu led a dozen cavalrymen to clash twice, but only killed a dozen people.
These Shen troops with low combat power began to collapse and flee. Coupled with the number of people who surrendered and fled into the surrounding wilderness during the pursuit, Liu Yu estimated that the number of soldiers who escaped back to Dong'an Ping City would not exceed 600.
However, only two of Liu Yu's own cavalrymen were slightly wounded by arrows. With such a disparity in battle damage ratio, Liu Yu knew that Shen Kan in Dong'an Pingcheng must have been frightened.
After taking dozens of prisoners down and tying them up, Liu Yu led his guards to the ferry adjacent to Pingcheng in Dong'an.
There were some Shen Kan tribesmen and craftsmen building a pontoon at the ferry, but now they had gone to who knows where.
The defenders at the top of the city could clearly see the situation at the ferry. Liu Yu ordered his guards to destroy half of the pontoon bridge that had just been built under the eyes of the defenders, and even buried it deep in the soil. The stone piers that bound the pontoon cables and hemp ropes were pulled out by horses and thrown into the river.
Shen Kan, who was in Pingcheng, Dong'an, saw that Liu Yu was so arrogant. Although he was angry, he was helpless and even felt deep fear in his heart.
Shen Kan surrendered to the imperial court because he naturally chose to rebel since he did not want to die in the face of several wealthy families in Linzi City.
He originally thought that he would take the initiative to surrender to Ningbei General Wang Hu, and then take the initiative to confess that Dong'anping was a warehouse for the rebels. In the future, he could cling to the thighs of the imperial army and no longer have to fear anyone.
But who would have thought that Liu Yu, the remnant of the Donglai rebels, would be so vicious. He was killed by nearly half of his troops without even seeing Liu Yu's main force.
I don't know how many troops Liu Yu has behind him, and whether he can defend Dong'anping with his six to seven hundred remaining troops.
Dong'an Ping changed hands, and now Dong'an Ping City is almost an empty city except for his own troops. Even if he wants to capture some strong men, there is no hope.
After seeing Liu Yu completely destroying the pontoon bridge on the Zishui River, Shen Kan became even more desperate. The pontoon bridge would not be erected in two or three days, and he didn't know if he could hold on to it for two or three days.
Soon, Shen Kan's uneasy worries became a reality.
Just in the afternoon, a large number of troops clearly appeared in the east of Dong'an Pingcheng.
The anxious Shen Kan roughly counted the number of people and found that there were three thousand people. He realized that with the remaining six or seven hundred people in his city, it was impossible to even cover the city walls and it was impossible to defend the city. .
The fall of Dong'an Pingcheng was just a matter of speed.
When he saw the three thousand soldiers under Liu Yu's command outside the city, who had just arrived outside the city and began to skillfully make siege equipment, Shen Kan's heart became even colder. It seemed that this hateful Liu Yu was targeting Dong'an. Pingcheng is bound to be won.
You Han, who was supervising the army, began to urge Shen Kan non-stop at this time, asking him to order his soldiers to quickly prepare racket poles, hook guns, boiling water and other utensils for defending the city, so as to give head-on blows to the thieves outside the city.
Shen Kan and the soldiers around him looked uneasy after hearing the urging of the supervisor You Han. They were already as afraid of Liu Yu from top to bottom.
Outside Dong'anping City.
After the three thousand infantrymen behind him arrived, Liu Yu ordered the siege equipment to be made.
Liu Yu, who had been observing the city of Pingcheng in Dong'an, noticed that the defenders were a little strange. After seeing that he was preparing to attack the city, the defenders at the city did not take the time to prepare the equipment to defend the city.
Liu Yu guessed that Shen Kan in the city no longer had much confidence in guarding the city. Based on Liu Yu's previous understanding of Shen Kan, although this man had done a lot of killing, stealing, and looting in the past, he was extremely concerned about his own life. Cherish, he surrendered to the Jin army, probably because of this.
Although Liu Yu is confident that he can defeat the frightened defenders with one blow, it will definitely consume the lives of many of his soldiers. Each of these three thousand soldiers is very important to Liu Yu. Although the immortal training There is no strong army, but Shen Kan in Dong'anping City may not even be qualified as an enemy.
Liu Yu called a guard, lowered his head and gave instructions, then wrote a short message and handed it to him.
Soon, the guard rode a horse and ran to the foot of Dong'anping City holding a white flag.
"My general said that you and I are both neighbors in Donglai County. We cannot bear to lose our lives under the sword. As long as Kaicheng surrenders, bygones are bygones and we will still treat you as brothers."
Then, the cavalryman shouted three times, and then used a bow and arrow to shoot Liu Yu's surrender letter to the top of the city.
You Han, the supervisor, had also heard the shouts of the cavalry below at the top of the city. When he heard the words to persuade them to surrender, he ordered with some annoyance.
"Shoot him, shoot him for me."
But no one around Shen Kanbu shot, as if they didn't hear You Han's words.
One of Shen Kan's soldiers brought the letter that had been shot onto the pillar of the gate tower to Shen Kan.
Before Shen Kan reached out to get the letter, the supervisor You Han beside him suddenly grabbed it.
He sneered and said to Shen Kan: "Brother Shu Heng, if you don't hurry up and order people to prepare to defend the city, do you still want to rebel again?"
Shen Kan hesitated and didn't know what to say. In fact, he had already been shaken when he heard Liu Yu's guards shouting to surrender. However, You Han, the supervisor sent by General Ningbei, was still with him. He suddenly Haven't had time to make any decisions yet.
Seeing Shen Kan's hesitant attitude, You Han knew that this Shen Kan probably wanted to rebel again. He first enumerated the court's kindness to Shen Kan, and then said that the remnants of Donglai could not last long.
Finally, when he saw that Shen Kan was still hesitant, he couldn't help but said angrily: "Shen Kan, you have killed their people in Linzi City, and now you have rebelled against them, how can you reap your rewards! The slaves of the third surname are not good. End!"
Suddenly, a dark figure jumped out from beside Shen Kan, pounced towards You Han, and threw You Han to the ground. Several of You Han's guards were also pushed to the ground by Shen Kan Buqu next to him.
You Han, who was firmly pressed to the ground, angrily cursed Shen Kan as a "family slave with three surnames." The shadow man who suppressed him tied You Han up with the help of several people, but he refused to listen. He yelled and cursed, pulled off a piece of tattered scarf and stuffed it into his mouth.
"If you scold me again, you are a Youzhou barbarian."
