Chapter 563: Annihilation of Zhao Army

On March 19, the 28th year of Qianyuan, after more than half a month of besieging Gucheng, Deng's army suddenly withdrew from the encirclement. Although the Zhao army commander Ling An knew that this was probably a trap set by Deng's army specifically for him, because Leting's defeat was unable to rescue Gucheng and the people in the army, and he received the order from Leting to withdraw his troops, Ling An had no choice but to take this opportunity to break out.

However, shortly after Ling An led the army out of Gucheng, he was led by Deng's generals Li Cunxiao, Wu Tianxi and Li Dingguo. After several hard battles, after throwing down thousands of corpses, Ling An finally broke through the blockade of Li Cunxiao and the other two and headed north. However, Li Cunxiao and others were still chasing behind him. Seeing this, Ling An had to order to speed up.

"General, Li Cunxiao and others have been biting us behind their backs!" Zhou Kun said to Ling An while riding his horse.

Ling An gritted his teeth and said, "It's okay. After passing the mountain road ahead, it's a plain area. When you get there, Deng Jun will have no way to stop us. Don't worry about them and let the soldiers speed up. We must cross the mountain road as soon as possible."

Li Cunxiao and others were biting behind them like dog skin plaster, and Ling An was helpless, but the most important thing now is not how to defeat the pursuers of Li Cunxiao and others, but to cross the mountain road as soon as possible, so Ling An told Zhou Kun to ignore it.

"Here!" Zhou Kun saw Ling An say so, so he had to let go of his resentment and continue to move forward. After running for a long time, the Zhao army finally entered the mountain road. After watching the Zhao army enter the mountain road, Li Cunxiao and others ordered the army to stop. Because there were 40,000 Shence Guards led by Zhang Liao in front of him, the Zhao army would definitely not be able to escape. He and others fought hard for a long time and chased the whole way. He was really tired, so he stopped to rest, just to kill the enemy better. Moreover, Li Cunxiao and others knew very well that after Murong Ke controlled Gucheng, he would definitely send people to support him and others.

"General, Li Cunxiao and others have stopped!" Zhou Kun hurriedly said to Ling An when he noticed that Deng Jun had stopped.

After learning that Deng's army had stopped, Ling An couldn't help frowning. It was only twenty or thirty miles from Gucheng to here. Although Deng's army fought fiercely with him, he would not be unable to chase him. There must be a fraud. However, Ling An couldn't figure out what the reason was. However, it would be a good thing for him to stop chasing him.

So he said to Zhou Kun: "Don't worry about Deng Jun, we will continue to move forward and walk out of the mountain road as soon as possible. As long as we go out, we will be safe!"

"Here!" Zhou Kun replied.

However, when Ling An led the army to the end of the mountain road after several hard work, he found that there was a Deng army standing in front of the mountain pass, and the leader was Zhang Liao, who had been fighting for a long time.

After seeing the Zhao army appear, Zhang Liao quickly ordered the entire army to be on guard. Then he waved his spear in his hand, pointed at Ling An from a distance, and shouted loudly: "Ling An, you have nowhere to escape. Why don't you dismount and surrender quickly? When will you wait?"

"Stop!" The moment he saw Zhang Liao, Ling An knew that he was powerless to turn things around. Even if Zhang Liao could not defeat him, it would be absolutely no problem to hold him back. Once he was dragged by Zhang Liao's army, tens of thousands of Deng troops behind him would arrive in a flash, facing attacks on both sides, and in such a narrow mountain road, unless he could fly, he would not be able to escape.

"Zhang Liao, I guess you have been planning for today for a long time, right?" Ling An looked at Zhang Liao with a calm face and said, perhaps because he knew there was no way out. Ling An was very calm at this moment, and he no longer had the urgency he had in Gucheng.

Zhang Liao replied: "Ling An, from the moment Leting defeat, you should know that you are powerless to turn the world. I will fight you for a long time and know your ability. My Majesty Deng is eager to seek talent. If you can surrender, I will recommend you as the General of the First Guard!"

"Hahaha!" Hearing Zhang Liao's words, Ling An laughed instead of anger and said, "Zhang Liao, today I, Ling An, was defeated by you and Murong Ke. I accept my fate. If you want to kill or cut, just come, but if you want me to surrender, don't think about it!"

Seeing Ling An so stubborn, Zhang Liao hurriedly said, "General Ling, as the saying goes, good birds choose trees to live, and wise ministers choose masters to serve. After today's battle, Zhao State is powerless to make things happen in Pei County. Once Pei County loses, the entire Central Plains war situation will be inclined to our great Deng. The defeat of Zhao State is only a matter of time. Why should General Ling be so stubborn? Even if General Ling does not think about himself, he should think about his soldiers. Does General Ling really want to see their blood sprinkled on the battlefield?" Seeing that the temptation was not achieved, Zhang Liao attempted to use the lives of the soldiers under Ling An to persuade Ling An to surrender, hoping that Ling An could think of those soldiers who had been through life and death with him, and could abandon his weapons and surrender, so that he could also avoid a big battle.

When Ling An heard this, he turned to look at the soldiers behind him. His persistence was shaken. These were brothers who followed him for many years and fought in battles. If it were not forbidden, he would not want to watch them die on the battlefield.

"General, Da Zhao only had warriors who died in battle, no cowards who surrendered. They fought against Deng's army. We will always follow the general!" Just as Ling An hesitated, a voice sounded behind him.

It was like a stone stirring up a thousand waves. Soon, the whole army shouted in unison: "That's right, General, we fight with Deng Jun!"

Ling An's troops were all elites of Zhao's battles, and his beliefs were far beyond the reach of the surrendered troops incorporated by Zhao in the Central Plains. Even if they died, they were unwilling to surrender.

"How fortunate is that Da Zhao can have such a loyal guard. It's a pity that the generals are incompetent, which leads to the death of a group of loyal and brave men on the battlefield. Just because everyone can have such determination, why should I cherish my life?" Ling An thought to himself.

After making a decision in his heart, Ling An showed a firm look on his face, looked at Zhang Liao, and said, "Zhang Liao, it is useless to say more. We are a person from the Great Zhao in life, and we should die as the soul of the Great Zhao. If we want us to surrender, it is impossible. If you still regard us as our real opponents, there is no need to say anything else if we persuade us to surrender. We should see the truth under our hands!"

When Zhang Liao heard this, he felt very regretful and looked at the soldiers behind him carefully. Deng State is different from Zhao State. Zhao State dominated the world for many years and had already gathered a group of soldiers who were willing to sacrifice their lives for Zhao State, but Deng State was not good. Although Deng State is now invincible in the world, there are not many people who are truly absolutely loyal to Deng State, except for the old Deng people. Deng State is smooth sailing now, but if Deng State is defeated one day, the outcome will be much worse than Zhao State. Deng State is still far behind if Deng State wants to reach such a height as Zhao State. This is not a matter of strength, but the foundation. In the final analysis, it is still the lack of foundation of Deng State.

However, this foundation cannot be achieved overnight, and it is not his turn to Zhang Liao to consider it. What he has to do now is to defeat the Zhao army in front of him and contribute to the Deng Kingdom's capture of Pei County.

"Oh..." Zhang Liao sighed and said, "Since that's the case, I will fulfill General Ling's orders. The entire army will obey the orders and kill me!" Zhang Liao ordered Wang Shao to lead his troops to guard the mountain pass, but he led 30,000 elite troops to pounce on the Zhao army.

"All the soldiers, today's battle is dead. Since that's the case, let's fight happily. Don't walk too fast on the road to the underworld and kill!" Ling An shouted loudly, and more than 20,000 Zhao troops quickly fought with Deng's army.

The mountain road is relatively narrow. Even though the Deng army has a slight advantage in number, it cannot be reflected here at all. The two sides fought back and forth, which is very anxious. Moreover, the Zhao army is obviously at a dead end. It completely ignores its own fighting. Even if it dies, it is a stance that Deng army will be at the bottom. For a moment, Deng army was suppressed by the Zhao army.

Seeing this, Wang Shao, who was guarding the mountain pass, suddenly had the urge to go up to support him, but he quickly gave up this idea, because Zhang Liao gave him the task of defending the mountain pass and not allowing a Zhao army to leave, so he could only hold on to the troops. He could only hope that the reinforcements behind him could arrive earlier, otherwise even if the war god Cewei won, he would suffer heavy losses.

Wang Shao's prayer soon came true. Just as the two armies were in a state of anxiety, a voice came from behind him.

"Don't panic, brothers of Shencewei, we'll wait!" At this time, Li Cunxiao, Wu Tianxi, Li Dingguo, Wenling, Huan Heng, Deng Han, Deng Yu and others led tens of thousands of elite troops to fight. Under the attack on both sides, the Zhao army was soon defeated and could only let the Deng army strangle. However, in the process of strangling the Zhao army, the Deng army's own casualties were also quite serious.

Originally, Li Cunxiao and others were resting and waiting for the arrival of subsequent troops. However, after the spies returned, they learned that Zhang Liao's Shence Guard was suppressed by the Zhao army, Li Cunxiao and others could not sit still and planned to lead troops to support in advance without waiting for the arrival of subsequent troops. However, it was so coincidental that when Li Cunxiao and others were planning to lead troops to support Shence Guard, Wen Leng, Huan Heng, Deng Han, Deng Yu and others led more than 10,000 elite troops to arrive, so the two armies joined forces to support them together.

With reinforcements, the situation quickly reversed. The Zhao army was beaten to pieces, and the morale that had just been barely increased was beaten to pieces. The Deng army was allowed to strangle it, and even the deputy general Zhou Kun died at the hands of Wu Tianxi.

As soon as Zhou Kun died, only one Ling An was left in the Zhao army to support the overall situation, but Ling An was not as strong as the generals of the Deng army. He was defeated by Xiahou Yuan and was defeated repeatedly and had many lottery tickets on his body.

The war lasted for three hours. The Deng army finally culled the Zhao army. Except for some surrenders, they all died in battle. However, the Deng army itself also suffered heavy casualties. In the narrow mountain road, the bodies of soldiers who died in battle between the Deng army and the Zhao army were originally tragic.

At this time, Ling An was surrounded by Deng's army, with only a few personal guards left by his side. However, out of respect for Ling An, Deng's army did not rush to kill Ling An, but chose to surround him.

At this time, Zhang Liao led the generals to come up, looked at Ling An, covered in blood in front of him, sighed, and said, "General Ling, the situation is hopeless. If you are willing to surrender at this moment, you will still keep your word." Zhang Liao admired Ling An's loyalty very much. At this time, he hoped to persuade Ling An to surrender.

"Hahaha!" Ling An roared to the sky and said with a slutty smile: "Surrender? I have tens of thousands of children died here? If I, Ling An, surrender, what kind of face will I have to see my brothers in the future?"

Seeing this, Zhang Liao knew that Ling An had already decided and could not surrender, so he said, "General Ling, I respect you and can't bear to take action. You should slap yourself. This is also the last respect I will respect you!"

"Thank you!" Ling An looked at Zhang Liao gratefully, then looked to the north and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, I, Ling An, can no longer serve you, but I can tell you very responsibly that my sons from Zhao are not cowards, and I hope to be Zhao again in the next life!" After that, he drew out his sword and committed suicide.

"General, let's go slowly, let's wait!" Ling An's last personal soldiers saw Ling An commit suicide, first shouted in grief and anger, and then committed suicide on the spot.
Chapter completed!