si-mexico Chapter 786: Yiyang Falls, Chu State Destroyed
Chapter 786: Yiyang Falls, Chu State Destroyed
These Chu soldiers have no way to retreat.
What awaits them is only death, except surrender.
They would rather die than surrender, and charged towards the Yan army like moths to a flame.
One hundred thousand versus eight hundred thousand.
No chance of winning.
There is only one death.
Ironically, these ordinary soldiers and civilians would rather die than surrender and surrounded the emperor's kingdom, but the emperor they were protecting may have already fled to the sea and completely abandoned this land.
Ordinary people would rather die than surrender, and the emperor and the nobles fled overseas.
They roared and fought against the Yan army, charging forward.
The Yan army advanced steadily, firing artillery at the enemy's center.
The Chu army's defensive formation was constantly compressed.
After a morning, half of the Chu army had died, and the remaining people were forced to the city gates and walls.
They were divided and surrounded, in pieces and in groups.
The Yan army shouted that they would not be killed if they surrendered, but no one was willing to surrender.
"Kill the enemy! Kill the enemy!"
The sword in Li Lei's hand was full of gaps and his body was covered in blood.
His horse had been killed in battle, and he was now fighting on foot.
There were still two arrows stuck in his body, and he was surrounded by more than 10,000 soldiers. The rest of the army was divided and surrounded.
Liang Kai rode forward to the front line, pointed at Li Lei from a distance and shouted,
"Li Lei, I am Liang Kai, the commander of the Great Yan Divine Vanguard Army!
You have been completely surrounded. There is no way out by resisting. No matter how many people die, it is meaningless.
You cannot change the outcome of the demise of the State of Chu. Think about your subordinates and the people behind you. You want to die, but they want to live.
Surrender, the Yan army treats prisoners well and will not kill you!"
Li Lei raised his head, looked at Liang Kai, and sneered,
“Liang Kai, deputy commander of the Tianyu Army, was later promoted to commander of the Shenfeng Army. You are originally from Kun, but you want to be a running dog of the Yan State.
What an ungrateful and shameless person!
You can be a traitor, but Li cannot be a traitor!
Behind me is my hometown Yiyang!
My hometown is where my loyal bones are buried. Tens of thousands of years from now, the people of Chu will still remember me, but they won’t remember you!
"Soldiers of the Chu army, listen to my orders! Kill the bandits!"
Li Lei roared and rushed towards Liang Kai.
The more than 10,000 soldiers beside him also let out tragic roars and rushed towards the Yan army!
Moths to the fire!
The Chu army, which had no hope of winning, launched a final attack on the Yan army.
The two sides fought a bloody battle, and rows of soldiers fell.
The sword in Li Lei's hand broke, so he picked up a long spear and continued fighting.
He finally rushed in front of Liang Kai, or rather, Liang Kai rushed in front of him.
"You are stubborn and seeking death!"
Liang Kai rode away, the tip of his gun pointed directly at Li Lei's chest.
After a bloody battle for half a day, the exhausted Li Lei raised the long spear in his hand and stabbed at Liang Kai.
Liang Kai swung the spear in his hand, making a spear flower, and threw the long spear in Li Lei's hand away.
Then, taking advantage of the horse's momentum, he shot a spear through Li Lei's chest.
Li Lei was pushed back several steps by the impact of the warhorse before being pinned to the ground.
He stared at the sky with lifeless eyes, muttering his last words of advice.
"Kill the thief... Kill the thief..."
Li Lei died at the gate of Yiyang City, at the doorstep of his hometown.
Liang Kai raised his head and shouted loudly,
"Your commander is dead. Surrender immediately and lay down your weapons. The Yan army will treat prisoners well!
I say it again, lay down your weapons and surrender! The Yan army treats prisoners well! "
However, the scene he had envisioned of the soldiers surrendering together did not occur. Instead, the soldiers roared in anger and charged towards him.
Their eyes were bloodshot, filled with hatred and anger, and they all rushed towards Liang Kai.
Seeing this, Liang Kai wanted to draw his spear to fight, but found that Li Lei was dead and was still holding his spear tightly.
The spear was stuck in Li Lei's bones and in his palm.
Liang Kai had no choice but to give up, then drew his sword and cut off the flagpole of the general's flag with one stroke.
"Kill! Kill all these Chu troops!"
Liang Kai roared and charged with his troops.
The last of the Chu army was no match for four people with just two fists.
By evening, the last Chu soldier fell.
The battlefield fell silent, leaving only corpses scattered across the ground.
This battle also showed that the Chu State had no more soldiers to fight and was destroyed.
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Take the stage.
Shen Changgong put down the telescope and sighed,
"Since the Yan army began fighting, they have been victorious in every battle and every attack.
But this time, the Chu army really opened my eyes.
There were 200,000 people, and not a single soldier surrendered. All of them fought to the death.
The bravery of the Chu people is truly admirable."
The Southern King also said,
“Yes, this is the only battle in which not a single prisoner was taken, and all the enemy troops were killed.
Xiang Qu, Zhou Yun, Li Lei, these Chu people, have completely washed away the term "Jiangdong rats."
"But so many Chu people died in vain. If they were put into production, they could produce a lot of food and minerals every year. It's a pity that they died.
They could have enjoyed the happiness of family life, but now, having died in the enemy's army, their families can't even get any compensation."
"Don't be sentimental. Your Majesty has been here in the wind all day. Take him back to the camp and rest."
"Why go back to the camp? Let's go straight into the city and rest."
Shen Changgong ordered the Yuying army to advance, climb the city wall, enter the city and open the city gate.
After the Yuying Army had deployed its defenses in the city, Shen Changgong entered the city with the Emperor of Dayan and other civil and military officials.
In the city, the county magistrate had already fled, and no one knew where he had gone. It was unlikely that he had gone to Yingdu, so he might have lived in hiding.
But the officials below did not run away, and Yan Fuyao did not kill them. Instead, he appointed a Yan civil official as the governor of Yiyang County, and asked those officials to help the new governor to streamline government affairs and appease the people.
They settled into the yamen and rested there.
After the battle, it's time to clean up the battlefield and report the damage.
The casualties of each army were counted. Because the Chu army fought desperately to counterattack, each army suffered a lot of casualties, ranging from several thousand people.
The two envoys were also given a small courtyard where they ate and rested.
Gong Yangzhan and Wenbo sat in the room, looking at the dishes on the table, both with worried expressions on their faces.
"Master Wen, we have witnessed the demise of the Chu Kingdom with our own eyes, right?"
"Alas, yes, I never thought that one day, I, Wen, would actually witness the destruction of a nation.
Yiyang is less than two days' journey from Yingdu. I plan to visit the Chu Imperial Palace and then bid farewell to the Emperor of Yan and return home.
What about you, Lord Ram?"
Gong Yangzhan waved his hand and said,
"That's not important. What's important is what you're going to say to the Emperor of Dayan before you leave.
When you return, how do you plan to tell our Majesty?"
"You mean to say that the Emperor of Great Yan asked us whether we were willing to surrender to Great Yan, and we would make our choice and then decide how to act after returning home, right?"