The Xiliang Army was like a flood of locusts, and wherever it went, it caused a bloody storm.
Seeing that Dianman was already following the few soldiers and horses and galloping towards the southwest Jincheng, Meng Da quickly swung his knife to cut over a Xiliang Iron Cavalry soldier passing by, and turned over the horse. He had just run two steps, but heard someone behind him shouting and calling him.
"Meng Da, come and die for me!"
"Mengda, leave your head!"
Five of the eight generals who rushed out of the city, Cheng Yi and Ma Wan, who were closest to Meng Da, saw that they had a firm advantage, so they started to clamor.
Meng Da stationed his troops in Fufeng after Guo Jia attacked Guanzhong. The generals of Xiliang had more or less met him, so he could recognize him at a glance on the battlefield.
At this moment, Cheng Yi and Ma were chasing Meng Da with one after another, with excitement and laughing like a sudden smile. Perhaps defeating the Taiping Army was a glorious thing in his life.
Seeing that Cheng Yi was getting closer, Meng Da suddenly leaned over and hugged the horse's head and continued to run. In the chaos, Cheng Yi caught up with Meng Da before playing with the horse, and roared and waved his knife to slash.
Meng Da, who was short and hugging the horse's head as if he was not able to fight back, kept paying attention to Cheng Yi who was standing with him from the corner of his eyes.
The sword was swung down and the shadow of the sky. If it was hit, it would definitely be dead. However, Meng Da was prepared for it. He held the horse's head and tilted slightly and avoided Cheng Yi's killing move. The blade flew less than three inches away around him. The inertia after swinging the sword made Cheng Yi face Meng Da sideways, opening wide in the middle!
Meng Da's eyes turned cold and he gritted his teeth and exerted force. He was waiting for this moment, using defense instead of attacking. He wanted to wait for the opponent to reveal his flaws.
Cheng Yi waved the knife and did not cut off Meng Da's head. Instead, at that moment, Meng Da suddenly turned his waist and abdomen and turned around, followed the trend and waved the knife backhand, and took the head of Cheng Yi's neck!
Perhaps it was Meng Da's runaway look that Cheng Yi did not expect the other party to fight back. No, in fact, the other party has been waiting for this moment!
Let you take action first. It is to take your life in the void after you swing your knife!
Cheng Yi saw a cold light passing by his eyes, and the scene in his eyes suddenly turned around. The moment he looked down from high, he saw the blood spurted out from his neck and spilled into the air. His head had already flew up and dripped a parabola in the air and rolled down to the battlefield.
After knocking Cheng Yi down, Meng Da straightened his back and suddenly turned around and roared.
"Come on!"
The scene of Cheng Yiren's head falling frightened the horse who was following behind him, and saw Meng Da's fierce expression with wide eyes. The horse was subconsciously holding the reins and did not dare to come forward to confront him.
Meng Da was shocked by the horse and immediately ran away, calling on the scattered soldiers to escape northwest along the way.
Behind the Western Liang Army, Cheng Gongying looked at the entire battlefield. When he saw Dian Man retreating to the southwest and Meng Da fleeing to the northwest, he growled unwillingly.
"The decision to make the final decision in the last battle is so decisive, and everyone under Guo Jia's command should not be underestimated!"
Cheng Gongying sighed to the sky, the breeze blows through the clouds and mist, Cheng Gongying gritted her teeth and hurts her heart.
The trend is over!
If Meng Da does not decisively send people to report the news, he will fight to the death. This is courage, but also stupid!
Ten thousand infantrymen are by no means the opponent of the Western Liang army, and it is only a matter of time before they are killed.
However, in the first round of the first round of the first round, Meng Da retreated in two groups, one southwest, one to Jincheng, the other northwest, and the other to Wuwei.
And so. Even if the Taiping Army left in front of us were killed, Zu Li's Xiliang Army had become an isolated army. It could not achieve the effect of a surprise attack on Jincheng, but also allowed the Taiping Army to know that Wuwei was empty.
At this time, the Taiping Army had already sparsely left on the battlefield, and Cheng Gongying suddenly ordered the withdrawal of troops.
Except for Cheng Yi who died in battle, the other generals were still unsatisfied. They thought it was a good thing to win a big victory.
But Cheng Gongying's heart had fallen into the ice cellar.
Hearing the signal that Mingjin had withdrawn his troops, Ma Wan, Yang Qiu, Zhang Heng, and Li Kan rode back with a little anger. When he saw Cheng Gongying, he questioned him.
"Brother Cheng, what do you mean? Look, the Taiping Army with only a few hundred people left on this battlefield, why don't they kill them all?"
"That's right, we should take advantage of the victory and chase to Jincheng."
"Oh, Brother Cheng, what do you mean? I asked me to wait until I left the city to fight. Now the momentum of victory is near, why did I withdraw my troops?"
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Cheng Gongying took a deep breath. Facing the complaining but puzzled eyes of the four people, he whispered: "The Taiping Army sent people to the southwest and northwest at the beginning of the battle. Now we will kill to Jincheng. The cavalry of Xiliang may be able to attack Jincheng first by the enemy's informant, but can we attack the city? Infantry can't keep up, how can Jincheng be broken? If we can't break Jincheng, we will all be dead. And the person who went to the northwest to deliver the letter will definitely bring Zu Li's battle situation. The soldiers forced Gan Ning from Wuwei to learn this news. What do you think he will do? Should we send troops to fight Zu Li or return to the army to save Jincheng? Or take advantage of the emptiness of Wuwei and fight down? Now, I will give you the choice to wait. I will definitely not stay in Zu Li anymore. Should I wait for these 20,000 soldiers and horses to go back to Wuwei to save the lord, or to fight Jincheng?"
The four generals looked at each other, the joy of victory was diluted, and each was full of heavy hearts.
If you cannot attack Jincheng in surprise and do not have the infantry to prepare for the first time, you will definitely not be able to break Jincheng in a short time. The Taiping Army will test it in the early stage of the fight against Wuwei, and be cautious, but once the Taiping Army commander learned that Han Sui's main force was not in Wuwei, then taking over Wuwei in one go would be the best choice.
Where should they go?
The four generals finally unwillingly voted unanimously to withdraw their troops back to Wuwei to rescue Han Sui.
A large part of this decision is to protect yourself. Going to Jincheng is like going deep into the army. If you can't fight, you will die without a burial place.
Then retreat to Wuwei. Even if Wuwei cannot defend it, at least he can break through and retreat to the northwest depths, and at least he has a way out.
Under the orders of the four generals and Cheng Gongying, the Western Liang army went directly toward Wuwei.
There were hundreds of Taiping soldiers left on the battlefield, and they had already chased Meng Da when the Western Liang army withdrew their troops.
This battle was extremely rapid from the beginning to the end, but countless corpses were left on the battlefield, most of which were soldiers of the Taiping Army.
It was not until the morning of the next day that Dianman, who was rushing back to Jincheng, arrived at the gate of Jincheng.
"Open the city gate! I am the captain under General Meng!"
The four gates of Jincheng were closed, and the defenders at the city were not careless at all, and it was not necessarily that everyone knew Dianman, so the defenders did not open the gate without authorization.
Dian was tired and panting while riding on the horse. Xu Yi was also physically and mentally exhausted. He seemed dazed and his eyes were dull.
"What's wrong with you? Are you injured?"
Dianman only had time to turn his head and take a look. There were less than twenty people around him, and among them he knew only Xu Yi.
Xu Yi suddenly burst into tears.
"Fifth brother and ninth brother!"
The scene that happened to Jincheng on the starry night was repeated in Xu Yi's mind. The scene that Guo Ye whipped his sword and slapped him on the back of his horse.
Dian Man saw Xu Yi crying very sloppy for the first time. He gritted his teeth and lowered his head, and bleeding was oozing from the cracks of his fists. But what could he do?
Major military affairs cannot be delayed. If he cares about all his brothers when executing military orders, he will not be able to take on the major responsibilities, because he cannot tell which one is more important.
Fei Shi appeared at the top of the city and saw Dian Man, covered in blood and crying Xu Yi, both of them knew these two young people. At this moment, his expression changed drastically and he ordered the city gate to open the city gate and let less than twenty people enter the city.
After hurriedly walking down the city tower, Fei Shi came to the city gate. After entering the city, Dianman was about to hold his fists and salute, Fei Shi waved his hand and asked straight to the point: "What happened?"
Dian Man replied truthfully, briefly informing Fei Shi about the incident of the 10,000 soldiers led by Meng Da encountered Han Sui's main army in Zuli.
"Mr. Fei, there are only two roads now. Either wait for the Grand Governor to lead his army back to reinforce Jincheng, or ask for help from the lord. If the Xiliang army comes to attack Jincheng, within two days, Jincheng will face the situation of being surrounded on all sides."
Dian Man's words were anxious and his expression was solemn.
At this time, Fei Shi looked at the soldiers behind Wang Dian in an abnormal manner and opened her mouth, "Let the wounded soldiers treat the wounded first, I know this."
Dian Man looked at Fei Shi incredibly and asked, "Mr. Fei, if Jincheng is wrong, not only will the lord give up halfway by attacking Han Sui, but even the 40,000 troops under the command of the Grand Commander be destroyed? It's better to make a decision to ask Chang'an for help."
As Dian Man thought, it would be a solution to make Gan Ning withdraw his troops. If he asked Chang'an for help, even if Jincheng was lost, he could fight back within five days, and still provide support for Gan Ning to lead his army to attack Han Sui, and Han Sui's main force would be ruined here.
Fei Shi was lukewarm and asked the soldiers to treat the wounds as usual. When he learned the news, he was indeed shocked, but after calming down, he had no worries.
Dian Man followed him, just to break the pot and ask the end, and see what Fei Shi planned to do. Anyway, it would be impossible to remain indifferent. Otherwise, he would have fought to break through the siege and deliver the letter. Wouldn't it be a waste of time?
Fei Shi looked Dian Man up and down and found that the blood on his body was dry, obviously all the enemy was splashing on him.
"Actually, the lord had already expected this situation. Before leaving Jincheng, the lord told me that if Han Sui didn't want to sit and wait for death, then his only chance was to attack Jincheng after the Grand Governor led his army to the expedition, and plunder or burn the food and grass in the city."
Fei Shi's confidence is not without foundation, but his source of confidence is that he is ready to face this situation, and this confidence is given to him by Guo Jia, who is hundreds of miles away.
Dian Man was stunned and asked back, "Has the lord expected it?"
He turned his head and looked, but did not find that there were a large number of defenders in Jincheng.
"But the city's garrison is empty."
Fei Shi nodded and said truthfully: "That's right, in Jincheng, there are only three thousand soldiers and horses I brought with me, plus the four thousand soldiers Ma Mengqi originally left behind, and there are only seven thousand people in total."
Dianman was unbelievable.
Chapter completed!