Just when the rebels were about to break through the defense line of the barrier, at the critical moment, a large group of soldiers suddenly came from behind.
They were armed with large shields and steel knives, and quickly pushed back the rebel soldiers who had fled behind the barrier.
Most of these rebel soldiers were killed, and a very few were driven back into the trenches.
It turned out that the imperial infantry of the Xia Yue tribe had arrived.
The imperial infantry who arrived rushed to the top of the barrier and fought side by side with the royal cavalry.
The large shields have been connected to form a row of shield walls on the barrier.
Although the trench under the barrier is almost filled with corpses, it is no longer possible for the rebel soldiers to break through the barrier.
The rebels who climbed the barrier could only push each other's shields with each other, and then were stabbed to death by steel knives or lances suddenly thrust out from behind the big shields.
The pace of the attack was slowed down.
More and more soldiers gathered in the trenches, and more rebels successfully climbed onto the barrier.
One by one, they rushed towards the barrier crazily.
Suddenly, clay pots were thrown from behind the shield wall and hit the crowd in the trench.
The pots collided with each other and broke into several pieces.
The semi-thick liquid inside flowed everywhere.
Many rebels were also covered in this liquid.
Some knowledgeable junior generals in the rebel army guessed what it was.
They exclaimed one after another: "Get out, this is kerosene, the bandits are going to set fire to us, retreat quickly."
But they made a mistake.
This was not ordinary kerosene, but fierce kerosene.
As they shouted, torches were thrown one after another from behind the shield wall.
Huge flames shot into the sky one after another.
The crowded trench suddenly became a hell.
Countless rebel soldiers were engulfed in flames and turned into burning men.
They were huddled together with nowhere to escape.
The firemen trampled and pushed each other, and then gradually became silent.
The body in the firelight gradually curled up, becoming smaller and smaller.
Black smoke billowed over the battlefield, smelling of burnt protein and burning animal fat.
The entire trench now became a wall of fire.
The tragic scene and the wall of fire caused the rebels behind to stop attacking.
Most of the soldiers' calves were shaking, and the timid ones even peed their pants.
Some people began to vomit.
Sima Ying also felt queasy.
He knew that the morale of his soldiers was now close to zero, and forcing them to attack would not only have no effect, but might even force them to rebel.
He had no choice but to order his troops to withdraw and set up camp temporarily.
More than 90,000 troops formed companies and built fortifications in the plains between hills.
The night went by without incident, and the Imperial Army made no attempt to steal the camp.
Of course, Sima didn't need to do this.
Today, Sima Ying is already a turtle in the urn.
After dawn on the second day, Sima Ying launched another exploratory attack on each camp.
There is no result except leaving corpses on the ground.
At this time, the rebels had lost all morale.
If they were not trapped among the hills, they might have broken up and fled.
At this time, Sima Ying was desperate.
He knew that it was impossible for him to break through the opponent's fortress blockade, and now the army's food and grass were about to be exhausted.
It was dark again, and Lu Zhi, Lu Ji and several other officials came to see him.
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"Your Majesty, our army is now in dire straits, and we have no choice but to survive by cutting off our arms.
If we keep the green hills, we won't be afraid of running out of firewood."
Lu Ji spoke first.
Sima Ying smiled hoarsely and said: "How can there be any way to keep the green hills now?"
Lu Zhi cupped his hands and explained: "Your Majesty, we can pass through the Taihang Mountains in the west and go to Bingzhou to meet Liu Yuan.
However, the mountain road is difficult to travel, and there is no military ration left.
We cannot move forward with the army.
Your Majesty can only Summon the soldiers and generals to go together.”
Sima Ying's heart trembled, and she replied: "You are saying that you want Gu to abandon these tens of thousands of troops and escape alone.
But without these tens of thousands of troops, without the two states of Jiyou, Gu will be like a lonely ghost.
What's the difference between being able to live under someone else's care and dying?"
When Lu Ji heard this, he became anxious and said loudly: "Your Majesty, please keep Qingshan here.
It is obvious that these tens of thousands of troops cannot escape.
As long as Your Majesty can escape, there is still a chance to regroup."
Sima Ying closed his eyes and pondered for a while before facing the reality.
Now he really had no other choice.
He finally made up his mind and said to the other people: "Okay, you guys pack up and set off immediately."
Sima Ying immediately summoned dozens of soldiers, went to the granary, and extracted enough food for a hundred people for ten days to make dry food.
In the middle of the night, Sima Ying and others galloped out of the west gate of the camp, announcing that they were going to survey the enemy's situation, and then left never to return.
At this time, in the bleak north wind, a snowflake fell leisurely.
After dawn the next day, the sky and the earth were already completely white.
By noon, the soldiers had discovered something unusual, because throughout the morning, no senior officers in charge of the headquarters could be found in each battalion.
In a strange atmosphere, low- and mid-level officers gathered spontaneously to discuss this strange incident.
Everyone gathered the information they had, and finally determined based on these information that their lord, King Cheng Du, and a group of senior generals and school officials ran away.
Everyone suddenly panicked, and the quartermaster said something that made everyone even more panicked: "After tens of thousands of people in the army had this lunch, they ran out of food."
There was silence in the entire tent.
Finally, the older white-bearded military lord spoke: "I think we young and old men should surrender."
Everyone was whispering to each other.
A young captain said: "We were guilty of treason before, and we wanted to kill the Yi tribe.
If we surrender, the court will be able to find our family.
It doesn't matter if I die, but I don't want to implicate my family."
He continued: "I think we should break up into pieces and escape for our own lives."
Another military leader sneered and said: "How can you escape?
It's so cold and it's snowing again.
The most important thing is that there is no food.
Whoever can escape through the mountains and ridges will starve to death even if they are not discovered."
The elder military marquis said again, "Needless to say, we have the only way to surrender.
Anyway, we will die.
Surrender may still have a chance to survive and be forgiven by the emperor.
Let me go and talk about it.
As long as we don't Even if we, the three Yi clans, are sentenced to beheading a few of our senior ranks, we will accept it.
If the emperor is determined to kill them all, then we will fight to the death and turn them into bandits."
After hearing this suggestion, everyone agreed in unison.
When it was getting late, the old military lord finally returned to the camp, and everyone quickly gathered around him.
The old man said with a blushing face: "It's settled.
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On behalf of the emperor, the King of Changsha promised to pardon our sins and we only need to accept the court's adaptation.
In addition, he also asked me to bring back dozens of carts of military rations to meet the short-term needs of these tens of thousands of troops." ."
After hearing this, everyone cheered.
Early the next morning, the captains of each capital organized and counted the troops and horses of their headquarters, and marched southward one by one to surrender to Sima.
There are currently less than 80,000 soldiers and horses left among the tens of thousands.
Sima looked at the steady stream of rebels coming to surrender, thinking that King Chengdu's rebellion had been put down, but King Chengdu was not captured, which was a pity
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