"The people sent to Liucheng have not returned yet. Although the Han army is not chasing us now, just in case, we should leave here as soon as possible. After arriving at Liucheng, we can reorganize our troops, advance, attack, retreat and defend.
, then everything will be decided by the king." Konohamaru replied.
Qiu Liju thought about it carefully and felt that he shouldn't stay in this barren mountain. He immediately said to Konohamaru: "Then give the order. The whole army will return to Liucheng together and let the two people who don't have horses ride one."
, whoever dares to escape again will be killed on the spot."
"promise!"
After the entire army was assembled, Qiu Liju took the remaining more than 18,000 cavalry and began to move slowly towards Liucheng. They stopped and went hunting in the nearby forest along the way. After two days and one night,
We are finally arriving at Liucheng.
"Your Majesty, after crossing these hills, we will reach Lianagi Castle." Konohamaru pointed to the hills ahead and said excitedly.
Qiu Liju grinned with hatred at this time. He kept sending people to Liucheng along the way. As a result, all the people sent out never returned. At this time, Liucheng was about to arrive. He couldn't restrain the anger in his heart and cursed.
Said: "Those damn people, as soon as they returned to Liucheng, they all forgot about me, the great king. When I return to Liucheng, see how I deal with them, and the young commander guarding Liucheng will also be killed!"
The army continued to move forward, and after climbing over the hills, they saw Liucheng.
There is also a big flag with a wolf's head on the wall of Liucheng, with a big word "Liao" embroidered on the side of the wolf's head. The flag swings in the wind and makes a whirring sound. However, there is no one on the wall.
"What's going on? Where have all the people died?" Qiu Liju was furious. Seeing that there was no one in Liucheng, he shouted loudly.
Konohamaru carefully observed the surrounding terrain and saw undulating hills and dense forests. He carefully recalled what happened along the way. He rode his horse to Qiu Liju and whispered in a low voice: "Your Majesty, there was originally something in Liucheng.
We have 20,000 cavalry, but now there is not a single person in sight, and even the people who were sent first have not been heard from, and it is so quiet at this time, it seems that there must be a scam involved!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the lingering sound was still echoing in the air, when he suddenly heard the sound of a trumpet, and many Han troops came out from all directions. The first man was riding a white horse, holding a fine steel double-edged spear, and wearing a chain armor. He looked handsome.
The tall and burly man is none other than Gongsun Zan.
As soon as Gongsun Zan came out, many white horse cavalry appeared behind him, blocking the way Qiu Liju was going. He rode his horse two steps forward, pointed his spear at Qiu Liju, and shouted loudly: "Qiu Liju
Ju! I have been waiting for you for a long time again. Today next year will be your death anniversary! Shoot the arrow!"
With an order, the archers lined up on the highlands on both sides, under the command of Wang Men, Zou Dan and others, began to shoot arrows at the cavalry in the middle of the road.
The Wuhuan people were all shocked. After a group of them were shot to death by the Han army's archers, the rest began to resist, taking out their own bows and arrows and shooting at them with the Han army.
At the same time, Qiu Liju drew out his scimitar. He did not investigate why Liucheng was lost. He only wanted to rush out of here and escape back to Pinggang to end the trouble. So he moved his scimitar forward.
Zhao, shouted loudly from behind: "The Han army has surrounded us, anyone who doesn't want to die should come with me and kill them!"
After giving the order, Konohamaru immediately led the assault cavalry behind him and rushed forward. At this time, the Wuhuan people were like trapped animals fighting. The cavalry who rushed out did not want to die. Many of them twisted into a rope.
It was like a sharp blade thrust directly into Gongsun Zan and his white horse Yi Cong who were blocking the way.
The two armies quickly fought together. Although the Wuhuan people were physically weak, they all fought desperately to survive. The cavalry at the back and in the middle were shooting at the Han troops on the highlands on both sides while moving forward quickly.
, firmly guarding Qiu Liju in the center.
Gongsun Zan led the White Horse Yi Cong to attack the Wuhuan cavalry. Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Tian Kai, Gongsun Fan, Gongsun Xu and others behind him also fought hard, and they were in a palm-sized area with the Wuhuan people.
, the entire road was blocked for a while.
Konohamaru led his men to charge three times in a row without being able to rush over. He simply gathered all his troops and rushed to one place. After a bloody battle, he finally tore a hole in the Hakuba Yi Cong, and led many Wuhuan people to start from there.
He was killed in the bloody road.
Qiu Liju quickly rushed out of the siege under the protection of everyone, and the Wuhuan cavalry behind him also rushed out along the bloody road. There were only two thousand Baima Yi Cong. Once they were rushed away by the Wuhuan people, they could not gather again.
They could only watch helplessly as a large number of Wuhuan cavalry rushed out of the bloody road.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Gongsun Zan immediately ordered: "Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, each with two hundred riders on both sides of the road, pursue and cover up the enemy. Don't let Qiu Liju escape!"
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei gave a "promise" and immediately led two hundred cavalry in pursuit. The Han army was ready and recharged. The horses under them were also well fed with fodder and ran faster than Wu.
The underfed horses of the Huan people were much faster. In less than a moment, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei caught up with Qiu Liju.
"Qiu Liju, where are you running?" Zhang Fei shouted loudly, and rushed into the Wuhuan people's battle formation with a snake spear of eight feet in hand. He rushed left and right, and no one could stop him wherever he passed.
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Guan Yu took the opportunity to lead his troops past the Wuhuan people, blocking the front of the road. He waved the Qinglong Yanyue Sword forward and attacked Qiu Liju head-on.
Qiu Liju's face was startled. Seeing that the people who came to stop him were unable to resist Guan Yu, Zhang Fei was hesitating when he heard Konohamaru shout loudly: "Your Majesty, leave quickly, I will stop the pursuers!"
"You have to be more careful, I will wait for your return in Pinggang!" Qiu Liju pulled the reins of his horse, and with the five hundred cavalry accompanying him, he galloped to the side of the road and fled to the northwest.
The Wuhuan people who rushed out immediately divided into two groups. One group followed Qiu Liju and ran away, while the other group took the initiative to stay and follow Konohamaru to fight against Guan Yu. Zhang Fei's hundreds of white horses followed.
"Second brother, Qiu Liju has run away. You stop this guy here while I go after Qiu Liju!" Zhang Fei was killing with great joy. When he turned his face and saw Qiu Liju running away with his men, he hurriedly shouted to Guan Yu.
Before Guan Yu had time to answer, he saw Konohamaru galloping towards Zhang Fei, holding up the scimitar in his hand and slashing at Zhang Fei, and shouted loudly: "As long as I am here, you can't be so arrogant."
Zhang Fei blocked Konohamaru's attack with his snake spear. He only felt his hands were slightly numb. He couldn't help but admire Konohamaru's arm strength. He sneered and shouted: "Okay! I'll deal with you first. I'm here."
It’s never too late to chase Qiu Liju!”
Konohamaru shouted to the followers behind him: "Surround that red-faced man and never let him chase the king!"
With an order, Konohamaru's personal entourage, hundreds of cavalry, surrounded Guan Yu and his White Horse Yi Cong, while Konohamaru personally led the troops to fight Zhang Fei.
The two horses intersected, and in a flash, Konohamaru and Zhang Fei were fighting in circles, riding on the horse while using their extraordinary martial arts and superb riding skills.
Zhang Fei's snake spear was a little difficult to use because of Konohamaru's close proximity. In addition, Konohamaru's superb swordsmanship really cost him a lot of effort. The two of them fought twenty or thirty moves on horseback, and they actually succeeded
The outcome is undecided.
Konohamaru looked at the dark-faced man in front of him and couldn't help but admire his martial arts. Among the opponents he had encountered, except for Uriden from the Liaodong vassal country, no one could fight him for such a long time.
.If he hadn't fought Zhang Fei closely, he would have been stabbed to death by Zhang Fei after only a few moves. He took advantage of the weapons, but he didn't dare to be careless.
Zhang Fei originally thought that Konohamaru was a small character, but once the battle started, he immediately became energetic. He smiled, cheered up a bit, and shouted at Konohamaru: "Good job, but today you met me, so you are included."
If you are unlucky enough to die under my spear, your life will not be wasted!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Fei became more and more courageous as he fought, and became more and more skillful in dancing the snake spear. After another ten moves in a row, Zhang Fei shouted "Kill" loudly, and Konohamaru was stabbed in the heart by Zhang Fei's spear.
, a big hole poked out of his chest.
Konohamaru didn't see clearly how Zhang Fei thrust out the spear. He only felt a chill in his heart, and severe pain spread throughout his body. He didn't even cry out when he was struck by Zhang Fei's spear.
He stood up, fell heavily to the ground, and was trampled by the messy horse hooves until his flesh and blood were bruised.
At this time, Guan Yu raised his sword and fell to the ground, one after another. Although the number of white horse Yi Cong around him continued to decrease, the number of Wuhuan people he killed also gradually increased. When the killing was about to start, he suddenly saw the Wuhuan people because of Konohamaru.
All of them died and dispersed. Only one big man ran towards Zhang Fei and shouted at the same time: "Give my brother his life!"
A smile appeared on Guan Yu's lips, and he threw the Qinglong Yanyue Sword in his hand. The blade directly penetrated the big man's body. He fell from his horse and died. He rode his horse to the side of the big man and stretched out his hand.
He pulled out the Qinglong Yanyue Sword and shouted to Zhang Fei who was not far away: "Third brother, Qiu Liju has run away. My eldest brother is still fighting hard. I don't want to chase him!"
Zhang Fei said in a rough voice: "Sigh! Qiu Liju, a bastard, can run pretty fast!"
Gongsun Zan, Liu Bei and others were still fighting. They had firmly surrounded five or six thousand Wuhuan people. The more the Wuhuan people fought, the less willing they were to fight. For a while, they dropped their weapons and shouted to surrender.
"General, great, these five thousand people are finally surrendering!" Liu Bei said with joy when he saw the Wuhuan people who surrendered.
Gongsun Zan frowned, looked at the surrendered Wuhuan people, and immediately shouted: "The Wuhuan people rebelled against the Han and killed many Han people. If I let them surrender, I will not be able to explain to the dead Han people. I
Don’t allow them to surrender, shoot them all!”
Following Gongsun Zan's order, his soldiers began to massacre the unarmed Wuhuan people. Some Wuhuan people were ready to take up arms and fight again, but it was already too late. In less than a while, several Wuhuan people were killed.
After thousands of screams, all the surrounded Wuhuan people were slaughtered, leaving only corpses on the ground.
When Liu Bei saw this scene, he sighed heavily and thought to himself: "Gongsun Zan only advocates force, but does not know how to use the Wuhuan people. This is far worse than Gao Fei. Now the country of the Han Dynasty is in turmoil.
, the governors from all over the country are recruiting troops and horses, and the world is about to be in chaos. It’s time for me to gain some merit. Although Gongsun Zan is not kind to me, his character will harm him sooner or later. I think it’s time to leave.
Gongsun Zan."
At this time, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei came back from behind with the remaining two hundred cavalry, came to Gongsun Zan's side, cupped their hands and said: "General Qiu, Qiu Liju, under the escort of more than ten thousand Wuhuan cavalry, is heading northwest
Run away."
Gongsun Zan said coldly: "Damn it! Let Qiu Liju escape. In this way, Qiu Liju will definitely be swallowed up by Gao Fei who is ambushing in Bailang Mountain. Gao Fei is really getting an advantage."
Liu Bei immediately said: "General, now there is nothing to worry about Qiu Liju's troops. General has been fighting hard in western Liaoning for these days. It's time to return to Youbeiping with his troops. Nanlou and Wuyan are still in Guangyang, Yuyang, Youyang."
The area around Beiping is in chaos. If the general leads his troops back to Youbeiping, relying on the general's reputation, he will definitely be able to deter Nanlou and Wuyan. When the time comes, the general can lure Wuhuan people to his own use, and the chaos will be put down, and the court will
The general will also be given a huge reward."
Gongsun Zan said: "Invitation? Isn't it enough for those Wuhuan people to harm the Han people? They should all be killed to prevent them from causing rebellion again in the future. But you are right, Qiu Liju is indeed at the end of his rope, I should hurry up now
It’s time to go back to Youbeiping. Xuande, you write a letter to Gao Fei and say goodbye to him in my name. We won’t stay here anymore. I will rush back to Youbeiping as soon as possible to reorganize our troops and attack Nanlou.
,Wu Yan will wipe them all out."
Although Liu Bei disagreed with Gongsun Zan's approach, he had nothing to do. After all, he didn't want to follow Gongsun Zan's men all the time. If Gongsun Zan could obey him, maybe it would be a different matter. He didn't say anything, and only said softly: "
promise!"
Therefore, Gongsun Zan's soldiers and horses swept the battlefield in this area, burned the corpses of the Wuhuan people, and then began to return to Youbeiping with the army.
At the same time, Qiu Liju was running forward as if he was dying, running for fifty or sixty miles with the remaining tens of thousands of cavalry in one breath. After making sure that there were no pursuers behind him, he stopped and paused for a moment.
rest.
Qiu Liju sat on the side of the road, took the water bag and drank heavily. He looked up and saw the setting sun. The sunset on the horizon was as red as blood. He never gave up and actually shed two lines of tears.
"I never expected that I would end up in this situation!" Qiu Liju said to the soldiers beside him with a sense of sadness, "Has Konohamaru caught up?"
The soldier replied: "Your Majesty, the Commander-in-Chief...he has been killed in battle."
At this moment, a big man with a beard ran towards Qiu Liju, knelt on the ground with a plop, and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, my eldest brother and my second brother were killed by Gongsun Zan's white horse Yi Cong. Please remember us."
For the sake of my family’s grudge against the king, I ask the king to avenge me!”
Qiu Liju sighed, helped the big man up, and said softly: "Mu Yiwan, don't worry, after returning to Pinggang, I will gather all the troops again, and I will definitely defeat Gongsun Zan.
He slaughtered them all. Now is not the time to cry. I will appoint you as the commander-in-chief to command all the troops."
Konohamaru is Konohamaru's younger brother. He immediately thanked him and said, "Thank you for your love, Your Majesty."