Chapter 51 Yuan Shu's End
The situation of defeat was already established, especially after Ji Ling was surrounded, Yuan Shu, who was only concerned about running for life in a hurry, had no intention of organizing troops to resist.
There is no shortage of brave warriors in Runan's army. However, when these elite imperial soldiers who were following and chasing behind the rear were swept away by their own defeated troops. Even if there were brave warriors who were not afraid of death and wanted to fight to the death with the court's soldiers, they would soon be destroyed by the enormous army that followed. A person's power seemed pale and powerless in such a situation.
If Yuan Shu could calm down at this time or gather his troops in time, perhaps even if he was defeated, it would not be so ugly. However, Zhang Liao obviously did not give Yuan Shu this opportunity. After Ma Chao came to help, Zhang Liao simply asked him to bring a team of troops to pick up the Yuan army soldiers who gathered together and had a tendency to join forces. Once there was a tendency to assemble, he would immediately defeat him.
Zhang Liao commanded the army and according to Liu Xie's plan, he drove the defeated army towards Yangcheng Mountain. This task was not difficult, because there was only one big road to go from Daoyangcheng Mountain here, and Zhang Liao only needed to continuously drive away these Yuan troops.
The panicked Yuan Shu had no time to think about these problems. Ma Chao seemed to have recognized him. Every time he had time to see his figure wandering around him, which scared Yuan Shu so much that he had no time to calm down and think about his marching direction or escape direction that had been gradually controlled by Zhang Liao.
"Stop him, stop him!" On the horse's back, Yuan Shu looked at Ma Chao who wanted to approach him again. He was so scared that he lay on the horse's back and shouted loudly. At the same time, he whipped the horse whip vigorously. He continued to rush forward regardless of the soldiers blocking the front. Many soldiers were knocked down along the way, and were crushed by the rioters who rushed over and could never get up again.
"Yuan Shu can really run!" Ma Chao looked at Yuan Shu again out of his sight, and the surroundings were covered with Yuan army defeated, making it difficult for him to pursue. He could only lead his men and horses to fight out of the defeated army, reorganize the formation, and prepare to launch a charge again.
Under the defeated army, Yuan Shu fled to the vicinity of Yangcheng Mountain in a panic. A general shouted at Yuan Shu: "Lord, go here and go directly to Yangdi. Now Yingchuan has become an empty city. We only need to pass Yangdi and go back to Runan directly."
"Let's go!" Yuan Shu was not in the mood to care about any alliance at this moment. No one in the whole alliance listened to him. Now, saving his life is the most important thing. He turned his head and took a group of trusted generals toward Yangdi.
Seeing the avenue in front of me, a sudden clamor of killing sounds sounded in the valleys on both sides. A large number of imperial horses suddenly came out, which made Yuan Shu a little confused. Why are there still enemies here?
"Zhao Zilong in Changshan is here, Yuan Highway, you can't get off your horse and surrender!" A cavalry rushed out in the middle of the avenue, and the leader of the cavalry was white horse and silver spear, rushing in front. Before the people arrived, there was a long bow in his hand, and arrows were like pearls, shooting more than ten Yuan generals.
"Zhao...Zhao Zilong!" Yuan Shu was panicked and left. Zhao Yun was a general of the court. When he followed Liu Xie to fight against Nanyang, countless generals of Yuan's army died at his hands. At this moment, he appeared here, and there were only a group of defeated troops left by Yuan Shu, so how could he dare to fight?
"General, run away!" Li Tong led the ambush and rushed to the front, then joined Zhao Yun with his men and horses, and bowed.
"I will continue to pursue the troops, and Wenda will bring a group of troops to gather the surrendered troops."
"Here!" Li Tong agreed, and began to accept the surrendered army with a group of troops. Zhao Yun led the main force to continue pursuing Yuan Shu, and soon joined forces with Zhang Liao's troops. The two had known each other when they were in Jizhou. Now that they saw each other again, there was no need to say much. After greeting each other, they divided the troops on both sides and began to drive Yuan's army from both wings.
Yuan Shu soon discovered that he was surrounded. A general led a large number of troops and horses to block their necessary path. Rows of archers lined up in the open space between the mountain and the monuments, and there were large shields in front of the archers. Seeing the defeated soldiers rushing over like headless flies, with the general's order, in an instant, thousands of arrows were fired at once, and the black rain of arrows fell from the sky, completely dazed Yuan Shu's defeated army.
They stopped and looked at the imperial soldiers who had cut off their retreat at a loss. In the rear, Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao had already led their troops to come. Seeing that Huang Zhong and a team of troops completely blocked Yuan Shu's retreat, the two tacitly did not continue to attack, but began to arrange defense lines and surrounded Yuan Shu's remaining army.
Huang Zhong drove his horse out of the formation and came to the two armies. Looking at Yuan Jun who was in chaos but did not dare to move forward, a deep disdain flashed in his eyes and said aloud: "Yuan Gaolu, at this time, do you still have to resist stubbornly?"
When Yuan Shu heard this, he suddenly realized that the court had already set up a huge trap waiting for him to get in. Since the princes of Hulao Pass divided their troops, the trap had already begun. What made Yuan Shu angry was why Liu Xie did not deal with Cao Cao, Chen Deng, and Yuan Shao, but he was holding him to the death.
"Why me!" Yuan Shu roared unwillingly.
"Because... you are the weakest!" Guo Jia rode out of Huang Zhong's army, looked at Yuan Shu, shook his head with pity, and said with a laugh.
"I... the weakest?" Yuan Shu widened his eyes incredibly. He had 100,000 soldiers, 100,000...
Looking back, Yuan Shu was sadly aware that the total number of soldiers and horses around him was less than 10,000 troops, and the number of troops 100,000, has only these troops left?
"I forgot to tell you that Chen Deng attacked Arc destiny and was ambushed by our army. Now he has been shot and killed in the chaos. The Xuzhou army has retreated five days ago." Guo Jia smiled.
Yuan Shu felt a little chill when he heard this. It was not because of Chen Deng's death, but how long has the alliance between the princes been completed. All the princes have been completely finished. If he is included, the two princes have been defeated by the court.
"I... I want to see Your Majesty, I am the descendant of the Third Duke, I want to see Your Majesty!" Yuan Shu looked at Guo Jia with some confusion, and suddenly shouted loudly, he was the descendant of the Third Duke, and he was a prince of the country. He believed that he was still qualified to discuss conditions with the court and Liu Xie.
"Sorry, you are the leader of the alliance and lead the troops to attack the court. The crime is unforgivable. Your Majesty has an order. If you have the chance, you will be killed on the spot!" Guo Jia shook his head, but looked at the soldiers under Yuan Shu and said calmly: "You are all Han people and Han soldiers. Now that Yuan Shu is about to be defeated, can you succeed? Do you want to die with Yuan Shu?"
When a group of Yuan army generals heard this, they looked at each other, and many soldiers even threw down their weapons, hugged their heads, and knelt on the ground.
They were already in a desperate situation, with less than 10,000 people. However, the number of troops sent by the imperial court to encircle and suppress them this time was as large as 30,000. The 100,000 troops were beaten and abandoned. Now there are not as many people, how can we fight?
Although there were many righteous people who were not afraid of death in this era, as the lowest-level soldiers, most of them joined the army just to have a meal and eat food when they joined the army. When they knew they would die, several of them were willing to fight to the end for Yuan Shu.
"Don't listen to his nonsense. When did the court keep his promises?" Yuan Shu looked at the blockbusters of soldiers kneeling on the ground and asked for surrender, and couldn't help but feel in a panic. He quickly roared and wanted these soldiers to regain their fighting spirit, at least to ensure that he rushed out.
"Just!" Huang Zhong snorted coldly: "The Nanyang army is mostly the Nanyang surrendered army. Can you go and ask, has the imperial court treated them unfairly?"
"Not bad!" Li Tong rode out and said loudly: "Soldiers, do you still remember how much military salary Yuan Shu has deducted everyone over the years?"
Yuan Shu was indulging in Runan to enjoy himself. Many times, the military pay could not be paid on time. Even if it was paid, the officials and soldiers would deduct a lot of them in the middle of the journey. In the end, there were not many left in the hands of the soldiers.
"I am willing to surrender!" A general suddenly threw away his weapon, turned over and dismounted, and fell to his knees on the ground.
"You..." Yuan Shu was furious when he saw this, and waved his sword to kill the man.
"Puchi~" A sharp arrow broke through the air, and an arrow shot through Yuan Shu's wrist. Yuan Shu screamed in pain, looking at Huang Zhong who slowly put away his bow and arrow with a pale face.
Seeing Yuan Shu, Huang Zhong snorted coldly: "Since you have surrendered, even if you are our soldiers, how can you kill them?"
Yuan Shu's face turned pale and he looked at Huang Zhong with hatred. However, fewer and fewer generals around him. With the surrender of these generals, more soldiers began to kneel down and ask for surrender. In the end, only the counselor Yan Xiang was left beside Yuan Shu. Even Li Feng, who was trusted by Yuan Shu, had already knelt on the ground.
Yuan Shu's lips trembled. Looking at these people who were flattering in the past, he was disgusted and distanced himself from him. His face turned pale with anger. He suddenly turned around and looked at Guo Jia and said, "I am willing to surrender too!"
Guo Jia shook his head funny and said to the two soldiers beside him: "Catch it!"
"Wait, I'm willing to surrender, why do you still want to take me!" Yuan Shu couldn't help but say anxiously when he saw this.
"Master!" Yan Xiang sighed and shook his head and said, "Don't you understand? From the moment the lord became the leader of the alliance, he was destined to fail, and the lord would never have the possibility of survival!"
Yuan Shu's face turned pale. At this moment, he remembered why Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Chen Deng were all shirking each other when they were electing the leader. They originally thought that these people were hypocritical. Now it seems that these people already knew this and were thinking about leaving a way out for themselves. Only Yuan Shu, who resolutely took the position of leader without hesitation.
"Sir, you are wise!" Guo Jia smiled and looked at Yan Xiang and said, "It's a pity that he was wrong to follow the mediocre master and it was difficult to use his talents. I wonder if he is willing to serve the court?"
Yan Xiang looked up, looked at Guo Jia, then looked at Yuan Shu, sighed and said tiredly: "Are you still alive in a silence, Xiang...I wish to surrender."
Chapter completed!