Deserters kept appearing along the way, and Xie Jun's heart became heavier and heavier. There was a saying that he knew, but he never thought that one day it would be reflected in himself. There are many ways to say similar words, such as when a wall falls and everyone pushes it, or when a tree falls, the hozens scatter.
The Yong River is hundreds of feet wide from north to south. Whether you are going to Qianzhou or Yaozhou, you must cross the Yong River. Fortunately, the Han army was not so powerful that it was everywhere. The Zhou army successfully crossed the Yong River. , and then habitually burned the bridges and sunk all the ferries he could find. Perhaps, this was the best way Xie Jun could think of to give himself a sense of security. However, he automatically ignored the dangers on this big river. , but not just the bridge he burned.
The Han army only walked more than twenty miles upstream before crossing the river on another bridge. At this time, the distance between the two sides had been shortened to less than fifty miles. The scouts sent by the Zhou army were basically killed by the Han army. As for Xie Jun, he had no idea how far away the Han army behind him was. All he could do was run, run with all his strength.
In fact, sometimes people have stronger endurance than horses. During the more than 400 miles from Tiger Leaping Mountain to Yaozhou, Zhou Jun ran around without sleep, and even killed one-third of the horses along the way. Of course, if the situation were changed, , a man riding a horse would be exhausted after running four meters. Even so, by the time we could see Yaozhou City in the distance, more than half of the soldiers had lost strength. This still means that there are still soldiers who can ride the war horses. As for those war horses The soldiers who fled to death, besides becoming prisoners of the Han army, had no other choice but to change their direction and escape.
The total number of deserters, plus those who lost their horses, exceeded 15,000. When the Zhou army reached the point where they could see the Yaozhou city wall, the number of 30,000 troops was already less than half.
But Xie Jun finally breathed a sigh of relief, Yaozhou has finally arrived.
After Yaozhou garrison Ma Wen was defeated in the battle, Xie Jun was busy attacking the Han army in Huazhou, so the position of Yaozhou garrison remained vacant. After Ma Wen led his army to leave Yaozhou, the affairs in the city were decided by the county garrison Zhao Yihu. Of course. , that was before, and now the person who calls the shots in Yaozhou is also named Zhao, but his name is Zhao Er. Zhao Yihu is not dead. Zhao Er followed Liu Ling's order to guard Yaozhou. Defending the city captured by Ji Chengyun is naturally the first priority, and The second most important thing is to use Zhao Yihu to introduce Xie Jun into Yaozhou City.
At this time, Zhao Yihu is standing above the gate of Yaozhou City, wearing a brand-new county magistrate's official uniform, with a smile that is difficult to understand on his face. However, if you see Zhao Er standing behind him, use a handle If the extremely sharp horizontal knife is pressed against his back, you will understand that the smile should be called a bitter smile. Perhaps it is the most bitter smile in the world. In fact, the moment Xie Jun made the decision to defect to Yaozhou, the end was already Destined.
Every step he takes is in Liu Ling's calculation. His direction is designated by Liu Ling. His ending is written by Liu Ling. Capture Yaozhou, kill Ma Wen in Tongzhou, Ji Chengyun divides his troops to defend Tiger Leaping Mountain, Mo Chou Jian, the Zhou army camp in Huazhou rioted and was nearly wiped out. Xie Jun was defeated and fled to Yaozhou. Liu Ling played a game of chess, a chess game that he decided. He didn't like the nineteen-way Go game because he always said it was too It takes a lot of effort. However, on the big chessboard of Yongzhou, a land of thousands of miles, he has calculated every move in place, and every move is a killer.
It is said that the battlefield is like a game of chess, but how can someone without a vision of the overall situation play a game of life and death?
Liu Ling designated a grave for Xie Jun, so Xie Jun came.
Zhao Yihu, the governor of Yaozhou County, stood on the city wall, pointed at the defeated generals below and asked loudly: "Whose army is outside the city, and why are they attacking me, Yaozhou?!"
His voice was trembling a little. No matter who it was, it might be difficult to remain calm with a sharp knife on his back. But what he was most afraid of was not the knife stabbing him in the back, but watching Xie Jun die in front of his eyes.
In front of him. He knew that if he cooperated well, as an insignificant little chess piece, he would survive as a reward. He also knew that his career would fall with Xie Jun's corpse, and there would be no chance of success.
day.
However, Zhao Yihu did not have the consciousness to risk his life to save Xie Jun. In his opinion, it was a pity if his career was lost, but nothing would be lost if his life was lost. Therefore, when Zhao Er said to him, Xie Jun dies, you live.
Xie Jun live, you die! When asked these ten words, Zhao Yihu chose the former without hesitation.
"Brother Xiucheng! Don't you recognize me?"
With Xie Jun's character, he actually put down his identity, called Zhao Yihu and became a good brother. This shows that Xie Jun's state of mind was at the end of his rope at this time. Now he has only ten thousand soldiers, and only Zhu Zhengneng will be the only one. In such a desolate situation, he met Zhao Yihu twice.
All the condescension of the past has been put away.
"Ah! Could it be that he is really a general?!"
Zhao Yihu pretended to be surprised and shouted.
Zhao Er was stunned for a moment. Although he couldn't see the expression on Zhao Yihu's face from behind, but just by Zhao Yihu's exclamation, he could tell that the expression must be wonderful. Moreover, this tone, this tone, it is indeed like this
I really just recognized Xie Jun. This Zhao Yihu should not be underestimated.
Zhao Er thought in his heart that if this person were to be an actor, he would definitely be a wonderful flower without having to draw a sketch.
"Isn't the general in Huazhou? How...how did he end up in Yaozhou?"
Zhao Yihu asked pretending to be surprised.
Xie Jun was angry in his heart, thinking that I will kill you first when I enter the city later! But the city gate is not open at this time, so I still have to be more polite. He sighed and said: "Brother Xiucheng, this matter
I will tell you the details after we enter the city. Now please ask my dear brother to open the city gate and let me go first before we enter the city!"
Zhao Yihu slapped his forehead and said: "Oh, I apologize for neglecting the general. I will order someone to open the city gate right now!"
After saying that, he turned to look at Zhao Er, with a somewhat proud look on his face. Zhao Er nodded, but did not take back the horizontal knife in his hand: "You did a good job, the prince will definitely reward you if he finds out."
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Zhao Yihu quickly said: "In that case, thank you so much, General."
Zhao Er turned around and shouted to the soldiers below the city: "Open the city gate!"
With a creaking sound, the heavy city gate was pushed open by seven or eight soldiers. The city gate was so thick and heavy that even three or five strong men might not be able to push it open. At this time, the city gate
There are no iron gates installed yet, and once the city gate is opened, it will be unobstructed. Xie Jun sat on the horse tiredly, and his heart suddenly brightened when he saw the city gate. As long as there is still a majestic city, he will be confident
Can make a comeback.
Summoning the last of his energy, Xie Jun clapped his horse and rushed into the city gate. Behind him were more than fifty loyal tiger guards, and behind him was Zhu Zhengneng, who also looked tired. More than ten thousand remaining soldiers were defeated.
, like a group of beggars, they followed Xie Jun and others towards the city gate.
Yaozhou is divided into two cities, the inner and outer cities. The outer city is the so-called Wengcheng. After a few hundred meters inside the Wengcheng, there is the inner city wall. After entering the Wengcheng, you will not truly enter Yaozhou City until you enter the next gate. As in any big city
, all have urn cities built for defense. With the urn city there, even if the enemy attacks, they will be cut off from the gates of the inner city. The urn city, as the name suggests, is surrounded by high walls. If the enemy troops rush in,
, just like an old turtle trapped in a urn. After the enemy invades the urn city, the archers on the wall only need to fire for a while, and they can kill as many enemies as they come in.
Xie Jun took the lead and entered Wengcheng. He turned around and saw that the Tiger Guard was still feeling at ease. Looking up, he saw that the gate of the inner city in front had also been opened. He felt anxious and urged his horse to rush forward. Let's go.
When they were halfway to Wengcheng, they turned around and looked up at the tower, only to see Zhao Yihu hurriedly walking towards the inner city. Seeing that there was no movement around, Xie Jun relaxed his last trace of vigilance.
More than fifty Tiger Guards guarded Xie Jun forward. When the cavalry behind him entered the barbican city, there were about six or seven hundred people. The soldiers who opened the city gate suddenly showed their weapons and suddenly attacked, slashing with spears and bayonets.
They forcibly cut off the team entering the city, and then these hundred and ten soldiers struggled to close the city gate. With a clang, they lowered the huge crossbar and the city gate was firmly blocked!
This happened too suddenly. At this time, Xie Jun had already led his people to the inner city gate. Hearing the chaos behind him, Xie Jun quickly reined in his horse. When he turned around to look, he saw that the gate of Wengcheng had been sealed. He
I was shocked when I heard a creaking sound from the inner city gate, and it was slowly closed!
"not good!"
Xie Jun shouted: "I've fallen into a trap! Get out of the city quickly!"
The tiger guards around him were all masters who could fight one against a hundred. Although they were exhausted, they immediately turned their horses back to kill them when they discovered something was wrong. At this time, there were only a hundred or ten soldiers guarding the gate of Wengcheng, not to mention there were more than six or seven.
Hundreds of cavalrymen also entered Wengcheng. Even if the fifty tiger guards fought back, they could recapture the city gate in an instant. However, the hundred or ten soldiers who defended the city were already prepared, and the twenty soldiers on both sides of the city gate hole were ready.
Several giant shields were carried and divided into three rows to seal the city gate tightly. The hundred or ten soldiers used the giant shields as doors and sealed themselves tightly in the doorway.
Immediately afterwards, a horn sounded, and countless archers suddenly appeared on the walls around the barbican. Following a general's roar, countless feather arrows were shot down from all sides of the barbican! Hundreds of people rushed into the city.
The cavalry immediately panicked, and those who were shot by the arrows fell off their horses. Those tiger guards rushed straight to the city gate, but their horses could not jump over the two-meter-high giant shields, and their heavy swords could not split those thick and strong giant shields.
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Arrows rained like rain. Amidst the screams, the cavalry who rushed into the city were shot off their horses one by one. The Han troops on the city wall shot down one arrow after another mechanically. The neighing of the war horses,
The cry of a person dying resounds throughout Wengcheng!
The Tiger Guards could not open the city gate, but they saw that Xie Jun had jumped off his horse and hid under the horse to block the arrows. The loyal Tiger Guards immediately detached a team to rescue Xie Jun! The Tiger Guards who stayed in the city gate desperately tried their best to save Xie Jun.
He used his heavy sword to chop at the thick giant shield, and with the frantic chop of twenty or thirty people, he actually hit a hundred or so Han troops and couldn't help but retreat! However, behind the Han troops was the city gate that had been closed.
They were crowded in the doorway, and it was impossible to retreat!
The fierce tiger guard struck down with his sword one after another, sawdust flying from the giant shield!
PS: Next chapter at 12 noon, please collect it (to be continued)
