Qinglong Three Kingdoms

Chapter 504 Defeat like a mountain

At this moment, Zhou Xin had no intention of going up to stop Zhou Tai himself, of course he also knew the importance of himself to defending the city.

Zhou Xin thought of going up to intercept Zhou Tai because he still had some force before. After all, he didn't know who Zhou Tai was, but he had actually faced Zhou Tai, and he was really frightened by Zhou Tai's bravery. .

Now Zhou Xin also knew that this person was Zhou Tai, but no matter what, he didn't dare to fight Zhou Tai one-on-one.

Fortunately, the battlefield is not completely controlled by personal bravery, so Zhou Xin retreated to his command position and began to deploy troops to carry out defensive battles on the city wall.

And Zhou Tai's rush to chase and kill Zhou Xin also separated him from the Danyang soldiers who followed him. Therefore, after Zhou Xin dispatched hundreds of troops to besiege, he couldn't lead the troops to charge and break the formation for a while.

Then Zhou Xin relied on the suppression of the crossbowman, and temporarily restored the battlefield on the city wall to a certain degree of stability.

However, at this time Zhou Tai also realized the reality, and no longer thought about beheading Zhou Xin. Of course, he didn't want to be surrounded and killed by the soldiers sent by Zhou Xin, so he turned around and went to the edge of the city wall to kill him. The new Danyang soldiers fought hard, and after a while, Zhou Tai joined the Danyang soldiers he had brought.

So Zhou Tai turned around to kill again, but he led the Danyang soldiers who attacked the city wall to tear up the Kuaiji defenders' formation on the city wall again.

In this way, although there are crossbowmen on Zhou Xin's side who occasionally suppress regardless of the enemy and ourselves, more and more Danyang soldiers are climbing up the city wall, and the soldiers from both sides are mixed together. The crossbowman shoots the arrow.

Now the Kuaiji defenders on the city wall of Qiantang County are indeed gradually unable to resist. Many defenders retreat from all over the city wall to the Jiange area where Zhou Xin is located, and then they can only retreat to the area leading to the bottom of the city wall. Aisle, and finally withdrew into the city.

If so, the city gate of Qiantang County will be opened when the Danyang soldiers commanded by Zhou Tai attack under the city wall, allowing more soldiers outside the city to enter the county through the gate.

To be honest, Zhou Xin already had some intention of retreating. Anyway, he had notified Kan Ze in the city to prepare to withdraw from Qiantang County. If the fight continued like this, the situation would be irreversible when the soldiers collapsed.

But just when Zhou Xin was about to say the word "withdrawal", he suddenly saw in the distance that there seemed to be a large army coming to cover up and kill him. Zhou Xin seemed to see Zhu Wei's military flag with the word "Wei" in the distance, and Xiong Baoying's military flag in the distance. The Xiongbao totem flag, as well as the Xiongbao camp's "Pang" and "Ling" general flags, surrounded by endless soldiers, rushed towards Qiantang County.

The troops left by Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin on the outskirts began to disintegrate like boiling water pouring into hot oil. No matter whether they were new recruits from Danyang or young and strong from Wu County, facing the incoming troops, almost all of them collapsed and dispersed without any resistance.

"Reinforcements are coming! Reinforcements are coming!", "Persevere, there is salvation! There is salvation!"

Zhou Xin yelled a few words in his mouth, and then asked the guards around him to yell too, so that the Kuaiji defenders who were also facing a collapsed situation could not help but muster their last strength. They can also see it on the city wall of Qiantang County. The scene outside.

This army that swept in like waves was like a fire pouring into their hearts, causing their hearts to churn immediately.

Compared to the excitement of the Kuaiji defenders, the Danyang soldiers brought by Zhou Tai's side were a little confused. The Danyang soldiers who killed the city wall could also see the scene that happened in the distance, and watched their comrades behind them being killed by unknown people. The enemy army was defeated, and seeing the crows piled up under the city wall, and their unprepared companions, they all knew that they were in big trouble.

Many people have begun to retreat towards the city wall. They will only wait for death if they stay on the city wall. If they escape down the city wall, they may be able to escape before the enemy attacks.

Even Zhou Tai couldn't help turning his head and looking into the distance at this moment. He could see that Jiang Qin's "Jiang" general flag had been tilted, and he could see that Jiang Qin was retreating this way surrounded by the defeated soldiers. Apparently, just as Zhou Tai had expected, Jiang Qin and those young and strong from Wu County could not resist the charge of the Xiongba battalion commanded by Pang Yan.

Zhou Tai turned his head and glanced at Zhou Xin, who still gathered more than 3000 Kuaiji defenders to block the Jiange and the steps of the gate tower, and then glanced at many Danyang recruits who had already started to retreat. He knew that the defeat was doomed, and he There is no way to capture Qiantang County.

So Zhou Tai had no choice but to say "retreat", and then retreated to the city wall, and finally took the new recruits of Danyang who were still a little at a loss below, and searched for the north side of Qiantang County.

At this moment, the only retreat for Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin was Wu Cheng's side.

However, having lost their military stronghold and all their money, food and supplies, they have no idea how long they can sustain their army. Even if they can find villages and towns on the road or the Wubao compound of rich families to loot, they may not be able to. Loot to meet the food and grass needed by the soldiers.

What's more, Pang Yan would never watch their fat escape at will. Pang Yan only needs to send a general to chase them down, and it is enough to make their entire army crumble.

Zhou Tai could already see that many young and strong men from Wu County who were taken by Jiang Qin surrendered before Pang Yan's Xiongba Battalion soldiers in the distance, and the trend of surrender was spreading rapidly. In a blink of an eye, thousands of people seemed to be kneeling there .

But at this moment, Zhou Tai didn't have time to think about other things. He just led his troops to meet Jiang Qin who had fled back, and then the two of them led their troops to retreat in the direction of Wucheng.

It's just that the soldiers who fled with them gradually changed from six or seven thousand at first to three or four thousand, and then became one or two thousand. After all, the soldiers led by Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin were all It was coerced, not to mention the young and strong in Wujun, even the recruits from Danyang were also coerced by coercion.

Now that the army has collapsed, a lot of selfishness has emerged. Even if some people were aroused by Zhou Yu's indulgent looting before, their loyalty and cohesion to the army are not much at all.

Now that the army is defeated like a mountain, they would rather take the opportunity to flee back to their homes, or look for fallen grass in the mountains, than to return to the army and help Zhou Yu, Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin and the Sun family continue to kill and die. more peaceful.

Of course, just as Zhou Tai expected, although Pang Yan's Xiongba battalion also began to scatter in all directions to take in their defeated troops, Pang Yan still led nearly [-] troops in person, chasing Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin closely. of defeated soldiers.

The defeated soldiers of Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin had fought a siege battle for a day, so even if some soldiers wanted to run with them, they couldn't keep up with Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin's pace. There were only two or three hundred soldiers left around Tai and Jiang Qin.

"Hey... Zhou Tai and Jiang Qinmo are about to run away, a certain family has something to say!"

At this time, Pang Yan was gradually approaching with his horse, but Pang Yan also seemed to know that Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin were leading the army here, so he also shouted loudly.

Pang Yan's voice was like thunder. When Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin heard it, they couldn't help but glance at each other and slowly slow down their horses...

(End of this chapter)