The ninth son of the emperor was demoted at the beginning. I have a famous Chinese general.

Chapter 242 Falling apart

"Attack."

More than two hundred artillery shells were fired in one breath, which disrupted the coalition camp. Ning Quan immediately ordered an attack.

"Kill."

“Kill, kill!”

“Kill them all!”

.......

The soldiers roared excitedly, drew their weapons, and rushed out of the city gate.

On the other side, Huo Qubing also led the cavalry to launch an attack.

At this moment, the coalition camp had been blown to pieces.

The soldiers were also frightened by the shelling and thought it was a punishment from God.

Therefore, the attack went very smoothly.

In less than half a quarter of an hour, the two armies rushed into the allied camp and began a frenzied massacre.

"what!"

"Run quickly!"

"what!"

"No!"

........

The shrill wails, cries, and pleas for mercy came one after another.

"No, how could this happen?"

Harry and Bach looked at all this and suddenly felt hopeless.

He originally thought he was the master, but ended up being slaughtered and defeated by the enemy.

Just when the two were in despair, suddenly, cannon fire was heard again from the direction of the city wall, and two shells whizzed over.

"boom!"

The shell hit Harry and Bach not far away, killing them instantly.

........

“Prince Harry, Prince Bach is dead!”

A Persian general in the coalition army shouted in horror.

Harry and Bach were the commanders of the coalition forces, and they were blown to pieces.

Suddenly, the coalition forces fell into chaos.

"We surrender."

“We are willing to surrender.”

“Let us go!”

.......

Soon, the coalition soldiers knelt down and begged for mercy, each with a look of horror on their face.

"General, this......"

Seeing this, the soldiers looked at Li Jing and other generals and asked hesitantly.

In theory, the enemy's surrender is a good thing.

But there were too many soldiers surrendering, a massive mass of at least 300,000.

How to accommodate and feed so many people?

"Let's tie them all up first, and then we'll have to detain them in the camp."

Li Jing thought for a moment and then gave the order.

"Yes."

The soldiers immediately obeyed the order, tied up the 300,000 prisoners like dumplings, and threw them into the tents for imprisonment.

Afterwards, Li Jing returned to the city to report to Ning Quan.

In fact, Ning Quan could see it clearly from the city wall without him reporting.

Although victory in this battle was inevitable and indeed worth celebrating, Ning Quan still did not expect to win so easily.

This was a completely one-sided situation. Their side suffered at most a few thousand casualties, while the coalition forces had a total of 370,000 to 380,000 casualties. It was too easy.

Of course, winning is always a good thing.

Ning Quan just expressed his emotion a little.

"How are we going to accommodate so many prisoners?"

Ning Quan smiled bitterly.

Now is a year of great disaster. We don’t even have enough food to eat, so how can we afford to feed so many prisoners?

"Your Highness, if you have no intention of executing them, I suggest you simply release them!"

Upon hearing this, Jia Xu suggested.

"Your Highness, I agree with Wenhe's suggestion, but I suggest only releasing the soldiers and leaving all the mid- and upper-level officers behind."

Zhuge Liang said.

“Well, why?”

Ning Quan pondered after hearing this.

"Because the middle and higher-ranking officers are all nobles, we can demand a ransom."

Zhuge Liang explained.

"Yes, how could I have forgotten about this."

"That's settled then. Release all the soldiers, all of them tomorrow. Detain all the mid-level and upper-level officers. They'll be released when the ransom is paid."

Ning Quan thought for a while and nodded in agreement.

"Yes, Your Highness."

Zhuge Liang bowed.

"Your Highness, the battle is over. Our army has won a resounding victory. We have killed over ten thousand enemy soldiers, captured three hundred and thirty thousand prisoners, seized five million dan of grain and fodder, and countless weapons and armor. Our army has suffered fewer than three thousand casualties."

At this time, Li Jing came back to report.

"Very good, thank you for your hard work."

Ning Quan praised with a smile.

"We are willing to serve Your Highness."

Li Ji and others bowed and said.

"Where is General Huo? Where is he?"

Ning Quan then asked.

General Huo is still leading his troops to clean up the battlefield. I will send someone to call him.

Li Jing smiled.

"Well, go quickly and call General Huo over."

"promise."

Li Jing responded respectfully and then gave his orders.

"Your Highness, General Huo has made another great contribution this time."

Zhuge Liang looked at Ning Quan with a smile and said sincerely.

"Yes, he has indeed made great contributions."

Ning Quan said with satisfaction.

Huo Qubing led the army to first annihilate the coalition forces of Bahar and several others, and then made a long-distance raid to join this battle.

This achievement alone will go down in history.

"I greet your Highness."

Not long after, Huo Qubing hurried over and bowed respectfully.

"No need to be polite, General Huo. You have made a great contribution this time."

Ning Quan said with a big laugh.

"This is all thanks to your Highness's wise teaching. I am only doing my humble part to help."

Huo Qubing said modestly.

"Haha, okay, from now on, it's up to you to eliminate the Eastern Xiongnu."

Ning Quan patted Huo Qubing on the shoulder and smiled.

"I will serve you till death."

“Yeah, not bad

"We have a big victory today, we should celebrate."

"Let's go back and have a drink together."

Ning Quan said with a big laugh.

"Yes, Your Highness."

Soon, a group of generals walked down the city wall and headed towards the mansion.

............

At the same time, on a small hill ten miles outside the city.

Seven or eight Daqian scouts were observing the battle on the hillside.

These scouts were sent by Crown Prince Ning Gao to monitor the battle situation of Ning Quan and the allied forces.

Naturally, they all saw the battle that just took place.

"Is the battle over just like that?"

"A coalition army of 500,000 was defeated just like that?"

One of the scouts looked at the other scouts with an expression of disbelief on his face.

"Yeah, didn't we all see it? It's incredible."

"No, this matter must be reported to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince immediately."

"Yes, and the explosion just now must be the Ninth Prince's mysterious weapon again. We must notify His Highness immediately!"

"Um!"

"Walk!"

The scouts exchanged glances and quickly rode away.

……

Three days later.

The news of the coalition forces' defeat first reached the ears of Crown Prince Ning Gao, who had already arrived in Wuwei.

Ning Gao arrived in Wuwei ten days ago, and there were 50,000 troops arriving in Wuwei with him.

These 50,000 troops were Ning Gao's direct subordinates, and they had followed him in his battles.

Ning Gao led his army to Wuwei, certainly not without a purpose.

Ning Yuanwu was unable to accept this humiliation, so he sent Ning Gao to Wuwei, ready to immediately lead his troops to recapture the three counties if Ning Quan was defeated.

However, what Ning Gao did not expect was that the battle situation changed too suddenly.

The coalition forces of more than 500,000 were completely wiped out by Ning Quan before they even made a move.

What else is there to fight?

What else are you preparing for?

Isn't this a joke?

When Ning Gao heard the news, he was completely stunned.