diskusbooks Chapter 584 Famous throughout the world
Chapter 584 Famous throughout the world
Accompanying Sun Tai and others, Guan Shouchang and his party headed south and soon arrived at the South City Gate.
The flood flowed from north to south, and many people were washed to the south, and then pulled up with ropes by people on the southern city wall.
At this time, the southern city wall was densely packed with people, numbering thousands.
When they saw the Yan army coming, they drew their bows and arrows, ready to attack.
"Let them surrender."
Guan Shouchang said to Sun Tai.
"Yes Yes Yes."
Sun Tai immediately shouted loudly towards the city wall,
"Listen up, everyone on the wall. I am Sun Tai, and I'm ordering you to surrender. We've already lost. Don't resist in vain. Surrender and you can still survive.
Throw all the weapons into the water, quickly! Quick!"
Hearing this, the Qin army, which had no fighting spirit to begin with, breathed a sigh of relief and threw their weapons into the water under the city wall.
The boat docked at the edge of the city wall. Guan Shouchang asked some soldiers on top of the city gate to get on the boat first to make room, and then he took some soldiers and generals to climb up the city wall.
"The fire bombs are ready, the ropes are tied tightly, and we're ready to send people down!"
"As ordered!"
Five soldiers tied ropes around their waists and asked people above to pull them. They followed the ropes and went down from the city gate.
The South Gate, like the North Gate, has one main gate and two side gates.
They stopped on both sides of the city gate with fire bombs in their hands, then lit the fire bombs one after another and threw them fiercely towards the three city gates. Then they quickly hid on both sides of the city gate to prevent themselves from being blown up by the fire bombs.
Boom boom boom!
After a few loud noises, the city gate collapsed with a loud bang. The force of the flood directly washed the city gate out.
The flood that had been accumulating inside the pass for a long time suddenly rushed out in a mighty force.
Along with the corpses, supplies, and other things inside the pass, they all rushed out quickly.
The Yan army had no intention of burying these 500,000 corpses. They were simply washed away by the flood and into the Han River in the south, then drifted downstream to feed the fish and shrimp.
People eat fish and shrimp, and fish and shrimp eat people. It's fair.
When some large items such as tents, food, and supplies were rushed to the city gate, they would inevitably be blocked. The soldiers above would hook them with grappling hooks, pull them up, and then throw them outside.
The flood accumulated to the north of Yulei Pass continued to flow towards that side, entered the pass, then rushed to the south and merged into the Han River.
Seen from the sky, the Han River seems to have an extra fork, forking north of Yulei Pass. One branch is on the west side, which is the original river channel, and the other is on the east side, passing through Yulei Pass.
Then the one in the west entered the territory of Qin and quickly moved eastward to merge with the flood in the east.
In the next few days, the Yan army took the prisoners back to the military camp by boat, and then sent a large number of soldiers to chisel stones and load sand to repair the destroyed river embankment.
After all, there can't always be water in Yulei Pass. This is not a river, but the only way they can pass through.
Many people came to help spontaneously. When they heard that Marshal Guan had helped them control the flood and eliminated the enemy, they were very happy and came together to help repair the river embankment.
There is strength in numbers. Gradually, the heavy rain stopped, the river embankment was blocked, and the water no longer flowed towards Yulei Pass.
It took several days to completely drain the floodwaters from Yulei Pass, leaving behind a mess.
Guan Shouchang sent soldiers and prisoners to clean up the debris and corpses in Yulei Pass, cleared the road, and led the army to officially march south.
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At the same time, Guan Shouchang's unprecedented battle soon spread to all countries in the world.
The southern countries that were closely watching the war in the north were shocked beyond words.
There were a total of 500,000 Qin elite soldiers, 300,000 of whom were veterans who had fought in the Liang Kingdom and had destroyed the country's elite troops.
Just like that, overnight, without any warning, they were all drowned?
How is this possible? Are those people fools?
How did the Yan army destroy the dam overnight?
It was blown up with explosives, so it's okay.
Even so, the world was shocked by the cruelty of the Yan people.
First, on the eastern battlefield, Shen Changgong defeated the 500,000 Wei troops with great ease, and then drove the remaining 200,000 Wei troops to the mountains and burned them all to death. The entire Wei army was annihilated.
Later, Guan Shouchang directly broke the dam and released the water, which flooded Yulei Pass and drowned all 500,000 Qin troops, annihilating the entire Qin army.
Damn it, you Yan army have figured out the ruthlessness of water and fire.
The war had just started, and the armies of the five southern countries had already been wiped out by one million people. The two major countries of Wei and Qin were severely damaged and had no power to fight back.
Another key point is that even though so many of your people died, at least their deaths had some effect, as you caused the Yan army to suffer some losses.
But look what happens now. The Yan army has one million people, and you also have one million people. Your entire army is wiped out, and the Yan people are left with nothing.
This is no longer a gap between artillery weapons, but a gap between overall strategy, the level of the commander, and the combat effectiveness of the soldiers.
The Yan army crushed them in all aspects.
Are all the Yan people supernatural beings?
Realizing the seriousness of the matter, the Three Emperors of the South could no longer sit still. They urged their armies to march quickly and rush to the north to provide support as quickly as possible. They must stop the Yan army and must be careful in fighting. They must not be surrounded by the Yan army. Even if it is a stalemate or confrontation, they must delay the Yan army!
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When Shen Changgong received this battle report, they had already completely captured Bengxiang County and Biancheng County. The next step was to advance to the southwest. As long as they captured Zhengxiang County, they could march to the city of Luoyang.
The Yan army's advance was so fast that it was beyond the Wei army's expectation. He ordered the prefect of Zhengxiang County to gather able-bodied men in the county and defend the county city to the death as long as possible. If anyone dared to surrender, his entire clan would be killed!
The county magistrate was an official sent from the capital, and his family was in Luoyang. He had no choice but to bite the bullet and summon most of the able-bodied men in the county, armed with kitchen knives, shovels, sticks, hoes and other weapons, to rush to the county city to defend it to the death and to stop the Yan people.
In the military camp, Shen Changgong looked at the battle report in his hand, laughed a few times, slammed it on the table, and said,
"Guess what, everyone. How's the war going in the west?"
Everyone looked at Shen Changgong who was so happy, and they knew what was going on.
Yu Huatian clasped his hands and smiled,
"Could it be that General Guan has won a great victory, captured Yulei Pass, and driven away all the Qin troops?"
Zhang Han laughed and said,
"Look at your courage. If you are a little bolder, I will tell you the number and annihilate the enemy. Kill all the 500,000 soldiers."