The people in Yanling City have gradually retreated to Anling in the north.
The Yanling Wei soldiers on the front line, led by Zhao Hongrun, Wang Shu, and Ma Zhang, also fully retreated from the Yan River.
Behind them, there was an overwhelming mass of Chu soldiers, and the surging heads seemed to be connected to the sky, like a tide of locusts.
Wu Wei Wang Shu looked back and his face changed slightly because of the spectacular sight.
"Chu...Chu soldiers are chasing after them..."
He glanced at Zhao Hongrun, who was riding a war horse nearby, and said anxiously: "Your Majesty... No, Master Jiang Run, the Chu soldiers are only a few dozen feet away from our soldiers. The general is worried..."
"Why are you panicking?" Zhao Hongrun said calmly: "Our soldiers run on two legs, and the Chu soldiers only rely on two legs to catch up. Are you still worried that we Wei people can't outrun the Chu people?... Don't look at the distance between the two armies.
It's only a few dozen feet. As long as our army's running speed is not inferior to that of the Chu soldiers, even if they run to the ends of the earth, the people behind them won't be able to catch up."
"Really...really?" Wang Shu asked with his eyes wide open.
Zhao Hongrun ignored him and just sighed silently.
I once chased an enemy hero with low health all over the map. Although there was only two body positions difference, but the same movement speed, I couldn't catch up. In the end, he was counter-killed by his teammates... This is a lesson learned from blood.
Looking back at the soldiers under his command, Zhao Hongrun saw that several soldiers carrying flags were obviously about to fall behind the main army. Zhao Hongrun said: "Notify me, throw away the flags in your hands... You are carrying that thing and you want to outrun the Chu soldiers? You are doing this."
You look down on others too much."
It may be that Zhao Hongrun's calm and calm expression from beginning to end made the military captain Wang Shu feel more and more surprised and trustful. Therefore, Wang Shu ordered his soldiers to discard the flags in their hands, including the military flags, on the road without saying a word.
Originally, the Chu soldiers behind were chasing closely, but when they saw the Wei soldiers discarding the flag on the road, they all stopped and bent down to pick it up.
It’s no wonder, after all, during the battle, the merit of capturing the flag is no less than killing an enemy soldier, especially the more advanced flags, which will cause looting. It is no exaggeration to say that if Zhao Hongrun’s Su Wang
The big flag is now abandoned on the road. I believe that the Chu soldiers behind will fight for this royal flag.
Seeing this scene, Chu General Shen Kang looked furious and shouted angrily, holding his sword: "Damn it! Are you going to faint after just a few flags?... Chase me!"
Despite his stern warning, the soldiers under his command were still reluctant to throw away the Wei army flags they found. After all, these were military achievements.
In this regard, Chu General Shen Kang had no choice but to constantly urge his soldiers to catch up with the Wei soldiers in front.
Under his urging, Chu Bing finally got closer.
Seeing this, Wu Wei Wang Shu couldn't help but said to Zhao Hongrun: "Master Jiang Run, the Chu soldiers... are catching up again?"
Can we still catch up? It’s amazing...
Zhao Hongrun glanced behind him in surprise, and then slapped his forehead as if he suddenly realized something.
It turns out that the equipment of Wei soldiers is generally more complete than that of Chu soldiers. Take the infantry as an example. The Chu infantry wears leather armor and holds a weapon in their hands, such as a spear or a halberd, and that's it.
The infantry wore iron armor with cotton-padded clothes underneath. They had equipment in their hands, an iron shield in their left hand and swords and spears in their right hand. The weight of their whole body equipment was obviously much heavier than that of the Chu soldiers. It was no wonder that the Chu soldiers behind them would catch up.
Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun said quickly: "Order all the soldiers to throw away their weapons... and retreat lightly!"
Wang Shu shrank his head when he heard this and said hesitantly: "Lord Jiang Run, throwing away your weapon...is against military discipline."
Zhao Hongrun frowned and said: "What nonsense are you talking about? Do you understand that emergency situations require authority? Weapons are just dead objects. Are dead objects as important as living people?... Throw it away!"
"Yes." Although Wang Shu was scolded, he had a sincere smile on his face.
Obviously, he was very pleased with Zhao Hongrun's statement that living people are far more important than dead things.
After giving the order, the Wei soldiers discarded their iron shields, swords and guns one after another.
Now the Chu soldiers behind were very excited. You must know that Wei's weapons and equipment are generally one level better than the Chu army. Now that the Wei soldiers have discarded high-quality weapons on the road, how can the Chu soldiers behind not loot them.
Seeing this scene, Chu General Shen Kang didn't even think about scolding him, because he also knew that the weapons of the Wei soldiers were extremely popular among the Chu soldiers under his command. Therefore, he could only urge his soldiers to catch up more quickly and not to rush for looting.
A fight broke out over the weapons of Wei soldiers.
After chasing for a while, Zhao Hongrun simply asked Wang Shu to order his soldiers to take off their armor and throw them away while running.
The nearly five thousand Wei soldiers were completely "lightly armed" this time, and their running speed was obviously faster.
On the contrary, the Chu soldiers who were chasing behind them could not catch up because they stopped several times to grab the weapons and equipment abandoned by the Wei soldiers.
However, this made Chu General Shen Kang much less wary of the Wei soldiers in front of him.
He originally had some doubts about whether these Wei soldiers had some tricks, but now that the other party had lost all their weapons and armor, how could Shen Kang doubt anything else.
Obviously, Wei Bing was trying to escape for his life and didn't care about anything else.
Yan Ling... looks like he can get it!
Chu General Shen Kang looked happy and subconsciously glanced in the direction of Yan Ling.
Suddenly, his expression changed slightly.
It turned out that he noticed that in the distance ahead in the direction of Yanling, thick smoke was rising, and bursts of fire were shooting into the sky.
Damn it! Did the Wei people burn Yanling?
Recalling that the group of Wei soldiers in front had deliberately delayed for a long time, Shen Kang's face suddenly became very ugly.
Because if the Wei people really burned Yan Ling, then even if they got Yan Ling, it would be of no use.
It’s just an empty city, what good can it do?
Wouldn't Yanling really be burned?
Chu General Shen Kang was very anxious and once again urged the whole army to rush.
At the same time, as they gradually approached Yanling, Wu Wei Wang Shu and Ma Zhang also noticed the fire and thick smoke in the direction of Yanling City, and their expressions changed slightly.
Of course they would not think that the Chu soldiers were ahead of them and captured Yanling, because the Chu soldiers were still behind them.
In this case, there is only one explanation: Pei Zhan, the magistrate of Yanling County, ordered the burning of Yanling!
Lord Pei Zhan... No! Lord Pei Zhan definitely does not have the courage, so to speak...
Wu Wei Ma Zhang glanced at Zhao Hongrun with a strange look, because he remembered that when Zhao Hongrun ordered the entire army to march to Yanshui this morning for the so-called "gambling battle", the attitude of Yanling County Magistrate Pei Zhan was a bit strange.
Could it be said that...His Royal Highness King Su deliberately lost the battle at Yanshui and then burned the Yanling city with fire? Why did he do this?
Wu Wei Wang Shu and Ma Zhang looked puzzled.
Sure enough, when they approached Yanling City, they found that the entire Yanling was a sea of fire and thick smoke billowing.
"The people in the city..."
"in front of!"
Before Wang Shu could finish speaking, Ma Zhang pointed ahead in horror and saw a vague sea of people far ahead.
The sea of people quickly evacuated towards the north, turned around the hill called Yanling, and disappeared from everyone's sight.
"Lord Jiang Run, Yanling City..."
However, before Wang Shu finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhao Hongrun: "Follow the people in front who retreated towards Anling, let's also retreat towards Anling."
"this……"
Wang Shu's expression changed slightly, because in his opinion, since there were people evacuating from Yanling in front, they could no longer take this route. Otherwise, once the Chu soldiers behind caught up with the Yanling people in front, those people would obviously have to
Suffer.
But if Duan Hou is left behind, the Wei soldiers under their command will have no weapons and armor, so how can they fight with the Chu soldiers behind them?
I don’t know if he saw the hesitation in the minds of Wang Shu and Ma Zhang, but Zhao Hongrun comforted him in a low voice: "Just do as I say, I know what to do."
...I hope so.
Wang Shu and Ma Zhang sighed and ordered their soldiers to continue running and evacuating along the evacuation route of the Yanling people in front.
At this time, Zhao Hongrun looked back at the Chu soldiers behind him and said secretly: What will you choose, General Chu?
Behind Zhao Hongrun, the Chu general Shen Kangzheng also noticed the Yanling people in the distance who were evacuating to the north.
The Wei people... really planned to evacuate the people in the city and then burn Yanling, leaving our army with an empty city...
Chu General Shen Kang reined in the reins and stood still, looking at Yanling City and the Wei people who were evacuating to the north in the far northeast of Yanling City, with a look of contemplation on his face.
"General, the Wei people set fire to Yanling, are we going to put out the fire?" Zuo Zuo asked.
Chu General Shen Kang pondered for a moment, shook his head and said: "Save... we must save. However, even if we put out the fire now, we can only get an empty city. I believe that the Wei people have already transported away the valuable things in the city... Instead of
In this case, it is better to take advantage of the situation and take Anling!"
"Take advantage of the situation to take Anling?" Zuo Zuo exclaimed.
"Ah!... If my prediction is correct, there should be more than 100,000 Yanling people in front... We will follow these people. If Anling accepts these Yanling people, we will take advantage of the opportunity to conquer Anling..."
"What if An Ling doesn't accept it?"
"Hmph! Then kill all the people of Yanling under Anling City to intimidate the soldiers and civilians in Anling City!... Send the order, and the whole army will step up the pursuit. Furthermore, send someone to inform Mr. Xiong Hu, Lord Pingyu, please hurry up.
Come here with the remaining troops... This is a good opportunity to take Anling, don't miss it!"
"yes!"
As a result, under the orders of Chu General Shen Kang, tens of thousands of Chu troops marched quickly again on their own legs, trying to catch up with the Yanling soldiers and civilians in front of them at all costs.
When they discovered this situation, Wu Wei Wang Shu and Ma Zhang were angry and anxious. They couldn't help but regret that they should not have listened to Zhao Hongrun's words just now and told the soldiers to throw away their weapons and equipment. Now that it was better, the Chu soldiers behind them spared no effort to pursue them.
Coming up, they have no ability to break up the rear.
In this regard, Zhao Hongrun's expression was still very calm. He looked back and had a slight smile on his face.
Well, did you really choose to take advantage of the situation to attack Anling? You are very smart, that General Chu... Unfortunately, this smartness will kill you!