The high-level magician inspected it and shrank his eyes, as if he had discovered something terrible.
"Lord Governor, these nine thousand crossbows are of the wrong shape... They have all been replaced with nine-stone heavy crossbows. This has a range of nearly 360 steps, and half of the magician group will be suppressed."
"Ye Qing has always been cunning, there must be a conspiracy behind this move."
The governor's eyes shrank when he heard this, his expression became solemn, and he continued to listen to the secret analysis of these local people and confidants: "It is said that the nine-stone heavy crossbow is second only to the ten-stone big yellow crossbow. Although it is rare to find it in local treasury, the Yuzhou treasury is similar to Yanzhou, so the heavy crossbow
At most five thousand, Ye Qing probably urgently adjusted the Jingzhou crossbows."
"But it has only been a few days since the war started. Ye Qing has also arrived in Jingbei not long ago. In such a short period of time, even if he has control of the local treasury, how did he send these crossbows from thousands of miles away?" Some people were puzzled.
The body occupied by the governor was knowledgeable and had a higher perspective. He considered and said: "We can only take the Han River, the Yangtze River, and the Si River... Yuan Shu is really a waste. He saw that even the Jingzhou navy was packed up and given to Liu Bei.
, that’s why this happened.”
The anger returned, but in the end nothing was done and the governor would not fall into the trap: "The whole army abandoned their belongings to replenish their equipment and accelerated their retreat."
"The rear team will set fire to the tent with the wind, and burn the supplies if they can. Don't worry about it if it's too late. Just attract the opponent's attention and withdraw quickly."
Several generals from the rear who were responsible for arson were overjoyed and left, not knowing how much they would burn in time, or simply perfunctory.
In response to all this, the governor could only pretend not to see it, and instead mobilized the entire army.
Cao Jun sped up, and the commander's flag kept moving north. When facing the water-sprinkling pontoon bridge, he could see Liu, Tian, and Tao's coalition forces stopping at the abandoned camp. Ye Qing personally led the commander's flag to put out the fire.
Only the nine thousand red-armored elite soldiers were always stationed near and far. When the high-level magician looked, he saw a large area of white and red energy gathering, forming a large pale red cloud, which looked quite rich.
And looking at the whole thing, there is a faint red tiger, and it seems to be taking shape.
Everyone in the army knew that this tired army was at the end of its battle and could not catch up for five miles. It could be escaped after crossing Surabaya. However, at this time, the enemy was only stationed at two miles, not far or near, not saying a word, silent and solemn.
The atmosphere is oppressive and quite annoying.
The soldiers looked back from time to time, thinking about the majesty of this army last night, and felt a little uneasy in their hearts.
"Don't look back, move forward, and pay attention to order when crossing the pontoon bridge..." The captain pressed forward and glanced at the three long pontoon bridges in front of him. He originally came from wading water. Due to the heavy rain last night, the Surabaya River surged.
The water was full of turbid floating objects and the water was very fast, so we had to build a pontoon bridge.
"It is said that during the Battle of Guangwu Kunyang, the river water also surged..."
"Pa--" A colleague patted the man and lowered his voice: "The crow's mouth is talking nonsense, and the commander heard it, and he will die."
In last night's battle, although the main camp was not broken, the destruction of the sub-camps still had a serious impact. In the shadow of the huge failure, private rumors about the God's Punishment Meteor spread rapidly. After seeing two "meteors" falling into the camp, there were too many sergeants.
Maybe it was blocked, but it was all about suppressing rumors about the details of the blockade.
The governor couldn't care about this, saw through the bait, and also organized a formation of 5,000 heavy crossbows, preparing to shoot at them.
The southeast direction was against the wind for Cao's army, and the range was undoubtedly much shorter, but the opponent had a tailwind. Considering this, he placed five thousand elite cavalry on both wings, preparing to attack the opponent as soon as he got close.
Everything was prepared in an orderly manner. What made the governor a little regretful was that the other party was very cautious, or considering that the sergeants were exhausted from the night battle, they avoided direct confrontation with the cavalry, that is, they did not come close to the three-mile charging distance.
But these were just ordinary episodes during the retreat.
The governor had already begun to consider whether there would be any other obstacles on the way back to Yanzhou, and whether Ye Qing had any hidden agenda. He had already conducted some reconnaissance along the way, and found no obstacles so far.
At this time, Cheng Yu came back from exploring the river and reported: "The Si River is deep enough for small ships to navigate. My lord, beware that the enemy will use this to transport troops."
The governor of the "Jingzhou Navy" was shocked and immediately ordered: "Expand the investigation"
"Wen Ze, please go to the front army in person to urge them to speed up the crossing of the river..."
"Follow your orders"
Yu Jin led his own soldiers to cross the river first, and the governor immediately ordered his headquarters to cross the river to guard against possible enemies. He also ordered the magician group to start emergency operations, not caring about consuming mana at the critical moment.
The 50,000-person headquarters had not yet crossed the halfway point when they heard a high-level magician stand up suddenly: "Report from the downstream scouts - a group of light cavalry was spotted in front of them to intercept them, and the flag of Jiangdong Sun Jian was raised."
Another person shouted: "Lord, what's wrong is that there are still two naval forces going up the river, each carrying the banner of Jingzhou and Yangzhou."
The governor was startled, thinking that if these two rebels joined forces, they must have reached a secret agreement or at least have a tacit understanding. Are they going to kill him here?
"But the main force of 110,000 is eager to return home. This desire is unstoppable. I also have the magician group in my hand. No matter how bad the situation is, I can escape with ease. It's a shame that the two thieves dare to have such an idea." The governor still maintained his composure.
He was ordered to cross the river quickly and was not prepared to stay in Pengcheng for any longer.
At this time, on the other side of Surabaya, a warning signal suddenly flashed in the distance in front of the army, followed by smoke and dust, and the ground shook.
All the officers and soldiers of Cao's army saw cavalry rushing towards them from the other side of the Surabaya River. They were all red. The magician inspected the strength of this man and horse, and judged that it must be a thousand troops rushed from Jingzhou's water transport.
Some generals are still shouting: "Go and explore quickly..."
"Zhang Fei from Yan is here!" shouted angrily like thunder, with a "boom", the red torrent accelerated, and a thousand red-armored cavalry swept in almost in the blink of an eye.
"Zhang Fei" Yu Jin was shocked in the headquarters across the river. He went up to meet him and shouted angrily: "The two families have just made a truce agreement and jointly attacked Dong. Liu Shijun went back on his words and violated faith. Aren't you afraid of being ridiculed by the world?"
"
"Ha was ordered to protect you when you cross the river."
At this time, the governor's heart became clear, and his whole body was boiling with green energy: "The magicians teamed up to create ice to freeze this section of the river, and the surrounding area of the pontoon will be deeply frozen."
"yes"
The hand of the high-level magician lit up with a faint watery light, and he appeared to be a half-real person. The only difference was that he did not have a real person's spiritual pool. At this time, his full state was still impressive.
The surrounding magicians formed a formation with the group leader as the center, and special spiritual power trails were faintly formed in the air.
"This is all food and grass, hurry up and save it, and these weapons..."
Cao's army abandoned the camp five miles away, and Qianqian organized a team of magicians to jointly use rain to put out the fire. Although it was a hot summer day, there had just been a heavy rain last night. Not only was the camp so wet that it was difficult to continue burning, but there was enough water vapor in the air, so
Artificial rainfall works very well.
Waves of sweet rain fell, and the flames everywhere quickly extinguished, and most of the supplies were rescued. These and the sub-camp supplies were the wealth accumulated in many places in Xuzhou for many years. Because the Qingzhou soldiers liked to slaughter when they looted, all the victims were gone.
, these will become the money and food support for the husband to go to Luo.
The young girl breathed a sigh of relief after looking at the real person, and suddenly stared at the fluctuation of the cold spiritual power of Surabaya. She felt interesting and laughed out loud: "Can't we have done this earlier? What kind of floating bridge..."
"Madam, the threat is too great, and I am worried that you will come with a few more meteors. The opponent will not dare to waste mana easily.
Ye Qing smiled and glanced at the riverside, only to see the cold aura rising, the vast ice fog sweeping across, the huge mana gathering, and the permeating "creeping" sound, the Si River quickly froze on this section of the river, forming thick white ice.
road.
The generals of Cao's army on both sides of the Taiwan Strait were dumbfounded... It was midsummer.
"Heaven will not destroy me - my lord is mighty and prosperous," Cheng Yu laughed and shouted, the mysterious power in his old and resolute voice suddenly made the eyes of a large number of Cao soldiers shine, and they shouted and rushed across the solid ice:
"It's really frozen. It's very frozen. You can pass people——"
Cheng Yu was not so happy on the surface, but looked at his lord's unresponsiveness. He was confused and lowered his voice: "This frozen river crossing is also an old thing of Guangwu. He is a famous lord. Please have someone shout after him."
"Ah..." The governor himself was a little surprised by such an effect. Physical knowledge does not mean reaction. Bi's habitual understanding of magic has long been ingrained. Only then did he order the propaganda to continue, which immediately caused the entire army to shout and boost morale.
: "It's frozen, cross the river, cross the river——"
The handsome flag stood behind on the frozen river until the end, and then moved to the north bank on the ice. The flag was raised high, causing Cao's soldiers to shout louder: "Destiny, destiny, destiny..."
The three armies are invigorated and disheartened
This is how a top strategist can turn around the situation at a critical moment, and then retreat to the background after success. Cheng Yu has long been accustomed to this, and now he is following his lord, but his hands are tightly squeezed in his sleeves.
As the only top strategist left in Cao's camp, Cheng Yu clearly felt... something was wrong.
Cheng Yu was not worried about the current situation of the battle. He was the only one in the Cao camp who had always seen Ye Qing's bottom line clearly. He had judged very early on that it was impossible for Liu Shijun to continue to pursue him. Any further pursuit would make Sun Wu laugh at the trapped beast and move him.
Hitting one's own feet with a stone will undermine the righteousness achieved by Dong Xiuwen...
The fait accompli was no longer considered, but was occupied by a strange intuition just now.
What's wrong?
Cheng Yu looked at his lord, then at the Taoist priest with a proud face, and finally turned his eyes to the group of subordinates who later joined other places. He evoked a lot of information and gradually fell into deep thought...
The governor knew that it was rare to improve morale and that morale should not be wasted lightly, so he ordered the magicians to set up defensive cover, and the army slowly retreated from Surabaya.
These 9,000 red-armored soldiers were just chasing, forcing Cao's army to flee in embarrassment. In the process, they left behind countless baggage and listened to Liu Bei's army shouting in unison, "Farewell to Ambassador Cao!"
This little episode ends here.
"The promise will be fulfilled in the end." The whole army rested. After Tao Qian's dinner, Ye Qing returned to the inner tent. Thinking this, he blew out the lamp and laughed in the darkness.
Qianqian turned over and reached out to touch his cheek: "Huh?"
"The hint revealed by Tao Qian during the banquet couldn't be more obvious. The Xuzhou fruit is ripe. This is due to his own strength that far exceeds history. But to pick it peacefully, we need an opportunity and a reputation..."
I'm going to Luoyang tomorrow, it's time to get this status.