The army, which had been routed all the way and finally rested, saw the millions of thieves coming so quickly.
For a time, the entire camp was in chaos, and no one listened to Sun Chuanting's orders.
Seeing this scene, Sun Chuanting was helpless. These soldiers were newly recruited. The intruders were powerful and it was understandable that they did not dare to resist.
Suddenly, when Sun Chuanting saw the food piled up in the camp out of the corner of his eye, a bold idea suddenly appeared in his mind.
Looking at the panic-stricken army, Sun Chuanting winked at his subordinate Gao Jie, quietly pointed at the grain, and shouted:
"This defeat was deliberately done by the general. The purpose was to make the intruders underestimate the enemy. Now there is an ambush of the imperial army in Tongguan."
"As long as we hold on to the camp, we will surely destroy the intruders in one battle!"
Lieutenant General Gao Jie saw this and shouted:
"General Sun, as long as we repel the intruders, can you share the food with us?"
For a moment, the soldiers in the camp became quiet, staring at Sun Chuanting and the piled up grains with burning eyes.
Facing everyone's gaze, Sun Chuanting shouted:
"I swear, if we win this battle, we will give each person ten stones of food!"
"If someone dies in the war, I will give ten shi of food to his family!"
As soon as these words came out, the soldiers' breathing suddenly became rapid!
One stone of grain, if a person eats sparingly, can last for more than a month, but ten stones of grain can last for ten months!
Moreover, there are still imperial troops in Tongguan, they only need to hold the camp!
Immediately, Sun Chuanting quickly commanded the soldiers to defend the camp.
…
At the same time, Yuan Zongdi led tens of thousands of cavalry to chase thousands of defeated troops. After seeing the Tongguan city wall, he ordered the army to slow down a little and laughed:
"General Liu, do you think this kid Sun Chuanting will fall into the trap?"
On the side, Liu Zongmin sneered and said:
"General Yuan, if Sun Chuanting dares not to abandon these defeated troops, then his men will definitely mutiny."
"Actually, I hope Sun Chuanting can stay here for a few more days. In this case, we can open up and play!"
When Yuan Zongdi heard this, a smile appeared on his face and he whispered:
"General Liu, please don't say this in front of King Chuang."
From the day he raised his troops, Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, had stipulated that whenever he attacked a city, those who surrendered would not be killed.
Defend the city for a day and kill three out of ten.
Guard the city for two days and kill seven out of ten.
Defend the city for three days and massacre it!
Not only that, Li Zicheng also issued three military orders.
The former looks back and the latter kills him.
If there is a horse in the procession, behead it; if a horse leaps into the fields and seedlings, behead it.
Anyone who steals a chicken will die!
…
Tongguan City Wall.
Xu Da saw thousands of broken troops running towards Tongguan, but the tens of thousands of cavalry only chased but did not kill, ignoring the camp, and said thoughtfully:
"Master Li, do you think there are any intruders among these defeated troops?"
Li Banghua looked embarrassed and said slowly:
"Wei Guogong, the Ming Dynasty can't afford to delay it."
There have been too many natural and man-made disasters in the Ming Dynasty in recent years, including Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty who was eyeing it.
If you are not careful, the day of national subjugation is just around the corner.
…
Not long after, when the defeated soldiers were only a few dozen steps away from the Tongguan city wall, Xu Da could even clearly see the pleading look on the faces of the defeated soldiers, and said:
"Open the city gate!"
After the words fell, Tongguan City Gate slowly opened.
Thousands of defeated soldiers suddenly became energetic and quickened their pace.
Yuan Zongdi was overjoyed and ordered the army to follow him, shouting:
"My son Sun Chuanting, do you still remember the hatred of Nanyuan?"
When Liu Zongmin saw this, he cursed in a low voice:
"Sun Chuanting, you are such a waste!"
Inside the camp.
When Sun Chuanting saw the thousands of defeated troops pouring into Tongguan, he said unwillingly:
"hateful!"
"Who is the leader of the army? Mr. Li doesn't even try to persuade him!"
"If Tongguan falls, the Ming Dynasty..."
…
Just after the defeated troops entered Tongguan, a shout rang out:
"Sir Ming, get down!"
A few hundred meters away, the dark muzzles of dozens of squatting tiger cannons were aimed at the broken soldiers and the cavalry behind them.
Seeing this scene, the defeated soldiers didn't dare to hesitate. They all fell down with their heads in their hands, fearing that they would die under the artillery fire.
As for Yuan Zongdi, who was riding on a tall horse, his pupils shrank when he saw those tiger crouching cannons, and he shouted:
"There's artillery!"
"The army turns around"
Immediately, Yuan Zongdi suddenly lay down on his horse, tightened the reins, and forcibly changed the direction.
The cavalry at the front hesitated for a moment, and then were knocked to the ground by the cavalry following closely behind.
For a moment, people stood on their backs at the gate of Tongguan City.
At this moment, Xu Da shouted:
"shoot"
The next second, countless arrows fell from the sky. In just one salvo, tens of thousands of cavalry suffered heavy casualties.
Among the crowded crowd, Yuan Zong was the first to pull out the arrow on his shoulder and shouted at the top of his lungs:
"Sun Chuanting, King Chuang's million-strong army will arrive soon. If you don't surrender, King Chuang will massacre the city!"
"When the time comes, not only will you die, but no chickens or dogs will be left alive in Tongguan!"
However, Wei Guogong Xu Da's eyes did not waver at all, and he continued to issue military orders:
"Red Yi Cannon"
"put"
The next second, more than a dozen deafening cannon shots rang out.
"Boom boom boom"
More than a thousand meters away from Tongguan, gunpowder smoke suddenly appeared.
After five volleys of arrows were fired, Xu Da ordered his soldiers to stop shooting and shouted:
"Those who surrender will not be killed."
Yuan Zongdi pushed away the bodyguards covered with arrows and looked at the corpses around him with a pale face. These were all his own soldiers.
He raised his head, glared at the general wearing sharp armor on the city wall, and cursed:
"you……"
Suddenly, Liu Zongmin, who was lucky enough to escape, covered Yuan Zongdi's mouth and shouted:
"We surrender! Surrender!"
After that, Liu Zongmin whispered:
"General Yuan, please bear with me for now."
"As you can see, the artillery in Tongguan is very powerful. We might as well pretend to surrender and then sneak into Tongguan."
"When King Chuang's million-strong army arrives, we will cooperate internally and externally."
Yuan Zong, who was originally struggling wildly, felt that it made sense when he heard it for the first time. He calmed down and nodded heavily.
On the city wall.
Xu Da waved his hand and ordered hundreds of guards to go out of the city and bring back all the horses.
The injured or dead horses were stewed directly to feed the army, and the intact horses were properly placed.
Those troops who surrendered went to clear the battlefield and were not allowed to enter Tongguan.
For a time, the entire Tongguan city wall suddenly became busy.
…
the other side.
Sun Chuanting saw that the mysterious reinforcement general easily defeated tens of thousands of cavalry, and murmured:
"Who is leading the troops?"
"Why have I never seen this before?"
Suddenly, Sun Chuanting remembered something and secretly thought something was wrong. He quickly called his subordinate Chen Yongfu and ordered:
"Hurry to Tongguan and warn the general not to let the surrendered troops gather together."
"If not, let the general send all the surrendered soldiers to the camp. The reputation of killing and capturing prisoners will be borne by me alone!"
At the end of the sentence, Sun Chuanting's tone was extremely cold.
Chen Yongfu did not dare to hesitate and hurriedly took the order and left.
