Zhang Ji regarded the villagers outside the city as tools for his promotion and wealth.
He happily left the county government and returned to the military camp. He ordered more than two thousand soldiers and horses, and led a group of soldiers under his command. He left the city through the west gate and went straight to the villagers outside.
Seeing so many soldiers coming out of the city, the villagers outside who were shouting anti-Lang slogans immediately dispersed and fled in panic, like a pile of loose sand, straight to the woods to the west of the city.
Seeing this, Zhang Ji had a look of contempt on his face. He sneered at these ignorant country bumpkins and didn't take them seriously at all. He gave orders to kill all the rebel thieves, and those who took the head of each thief would receive a reward.
One hundred coins.
Upon hearing his order, the eyes of the more than 2,000 Wang Lang soldiers below all flashed with golden light. People yelled and chased the villagers out.
Zhang Ji himself took the lead, riding a war horse and running at the front. How could the two legs of the villagers be faster than the four legs of the war horse? Soon, Zhang Ji caught up with a tall villager.
He raised the spear in his hand, aimed it at the villager's back, and stabbed him hard. To his surprise, the villager suddenly rolled to the side, inexplicably dodging his inevitable shot.
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Zhang Ji was furious, reined in his horse, turned its head, and came back to fight.
The burly villager quickly took out two large handfuls of sand from his arms, raised his hands outward, and sprinkled all the sand on Zhang Ji's face. The latter had sand in his eyes and did not care about going up to kill the villagers. He held a gun in one hand.
He rubbed his eyes repeatedly with his other hand.
After a while, he regained his sight and spit out two mouthfuls of sand.
He looked carefully and saw that the burly villager had already run a long way away, and everyone had reached the edge of the woods. At this time, the soldiers behind him also caught up with him, and everyone asked with concern on their faces: "Is the general okay?"
As a dignified general, he was blinded by a country bumpkin with sand on the battlefield. Zhang Ji was so angry that his face turned red and his neck thickened. He gritted his teeth and yelled: "Young man, I will cut this thief into pieces today!"
As he spoke, he swung forward and shouted loudly: "Chase me! No one can let go!"
Wang Lang's army, led by Zhang Ji, chased and killed the villagers who had fled, and they all poured into the woods to the west of the city.
It is winter now, and the trees in the forest have long withered, with no leaves and only bare trunks left. However, the trees in the forest are densely packed and there is a lot of snow, which greatly affects people's speed.
Zhang Ji also had to get off his horse and waded through the thick snow to catch up with difficulty. As Wang Lang's army went deeper and deeper into the dense forest, he found that instead of catching up with the villagers, the distance between the two sides became smaller.
Getting further and further away.
"Don't you have enough to eat? Come on, work harder. If we let the rebels escape today, we won't even have dinner when we get back!" Zhang Ji roared angrily.
After chasing for a while, when I looked forward, I couldn't even see the backs of the villagers. Everywhere I looked, there were only trees and white snow.
At this time, Zhang Ji suddenly took a breath of cold air. How could a group of villagers run so fast? Our soldiers tried their best, but not only failed to catch up with the opponent, but they were even thrown away by the opponent.
No! These people can't be ordinary villagers!
An idea flashed in Zhang Ji's mind, and he realized something was wrong. He stopped in a hurry, raised the spear in his hand high, and shouted to the soldiers around him: "Wait! Stop! Stop chasing!"
A soldier nearby said angrily: "General, the rebels haven't gone too far yet..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhang Ji waved his hand and said: "Stop talking!" Stopping his men's words, Zhang Ji squinted his eyes and slowly glanced around.
The huge forest was so quiet, there was no movement at all, no sparrows, no birds chirping, no sound at all.
Zhang Ji's eyes flickered and he said urgently: "No! Retreat! The whole army will retreat to Weicheng immediately!"
Many of Wang Lang's generals were born in the martial arts world. They may not be good at leading troops in battles, but they have rich experience in the martial arts world. They are all very good at ambush and plotting.
At this time, Zhang Ji felt that something was wrong in the forest, so he immediately ordered his soldiers to move from the rear to the front and withdraw from the forest as soon as possible.
Just when Wang Langjun was about to return the same way, he suddenly heard bursts of killing sounds coming from the depths of the forest, and then, a large group of villagers armed with sharp swords rushed out from the depths of the forest.
Behind him, there were many soldiers wearing armor.
At this situation, the expressions of Wang Lang's soldiers changed drastically. Zhang Ji gritted his teeth secretly. There was indeed an ambush in the forest! These villagers were indeed not simple! He shouted urgently: "Retreat! The entire army retreats!"
Just now, Wang Langjun was chasing and killing the villagers. Now the situation suddenly reversed, and the villagers were chasing and killing Wang Langjun.
When Wang Langjun hurriedly ran out of the forest, the villagers followed closely and chased him. When the two sides came into contact, they immediately fought together.
Zhang Ji ignored others and shouted loudly as he ran back: "Retreat! Everyone retreat!"
Liu Xiu, who set up an ambush in the forest, did not expect Zhang Ji to be so alert and retreated before fully entering the encirclement they had arranged.
As a last resort, they had no choice but to abandon their planned ambush location and pursue him from the depths of the forest.
This undoubtedly greatly affected Liu Xiu's battle plan, but at this point, he can no longer control so much. Just kill as many people as you can.
Liu Xiu held the Chixiao Sword in his hand, took three steps into two steps, chased after a soldier of Wang Lang's army, and stabbed him out with his sword.
Poof! The soldier couldn't dodge, and the sword penetrated his back and fell to the ground. A soldier in front suddenly turned around, aimed at Liu Xiu's face, raised his hand and fired a crossbow arrow.
Liu Xiu pulled out the Red Sky Sword from the corpse and swung it outward. With a crisp clang sound, the crossbow arrows bounced away. Liu Xiu jumped up to the soldier and swept across with his sword.
The soldier subconsciously raised his crossbow to block. The wooden crossbow looked like paper under the sharp edge of the Red Sky Sword.
Click! The crossbow was broken into two pieces, and the soldier's throat was also torn open. The latter's neck was bleeding, and he took two steps back and fell on his back. Liu Xiu flicked his sword and continued to chase the enemy in front.
This is just a corner of the battlefield. The nearly 2,000 Zhongshan County troops are chasing and killing more than 2,000 Wang Lang troops in the woods. Both sides are running and fighting, and people are running and dying along the way.
On the ground in the woods, fallen bodies were scattered everywhere, and the scarlet blood dyed the white snow into patches of bright red.
Zhang Ji was the first group of people to run out of the woods. He looked around him and saw that there were only about a hundred soldiers who followed him out of the woods. There were many soldiers behind him who were running out with all their strength.
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He took a few deep breaths, grabbed a soldier next to him, and roared angrily: "Go! Return to the city immediately, notify the city, and prepare to meet the enemy!"
"Yes! General!" the soldier agreed, threw off his legs, and ran towards the direction of Jiangcheng.
Zhang Ji turned around and looked at his soldiers who were escaping from the forest, his face was as gloomy as water, and his fists were clenched tightly. You must know that this is Weicheng, the hinterland of Julu County, how could Zhongshan County soldiers suddenly appear here?
From Jincheng?
Why didn't our side hear any news beforehand? In addition, how did the Zhongshan County Army know that all their grain and grass were hoarded in Weicheng? Now Zhang Jiyi was confused and confused, and he had too many puzzles in his heart.
He led more than two thousand soldiers out of the city, but after waiting outside the forest for a long time, only a few hundred soldiers came out. Looking inside the forest, although there were still some of his own soldiers running out, there were still a few soldiers running out.
Next came the enemy troops.
Zhang Ji did not dare to wait any longer, stamped his feet fiercely, waved his hand and shouted: "Retreat!" As he spoke, he led the hundreds of soldiers who ran out and headed straight for the city.
When Liu Xiu chopped down several soldiers of Wang Lang's army and chased them out of the woods, Zhang Ji's several hundred men had already run far away.
Zhu You, Feng Yi and Wang Ba came to Liu Xiu panting, wiped the sweat and blood on their faces, looked at the back of Wang Langjun in front of them, and asked: "My lord, are you still pursuing me?"
Liu Xiu glanced at everyone and asked, "Can we fight again?"
Wang Ba grinned, patted his chest and said, "My lord, even if Ju Wu Ba is here, I can fight Lily again with him!"
Liu Xiu smiled, shook his head and shouted: "Chase! If it's too late for Jiancheng to close the city gate, we will directly enter the city!"
The Zhongshan County army led by Liu Xiu chased the remnant soldiers led by Zhang Ji and also ran towards Jiancheng.
One of the two sides was in front and the other was in the back. The distance between them was only about two miles. Seeing the enemy chasing them, Zhang Ji and others ran faster. After two cups of tea, they finally reached the gate of Yincheng.
In front of the city gate.
Before anyone arrived, Zhang Ji pulled his neck and shouted: "Close the city gate! Close the city gate quickly!"
The garrison of Jiangcheng, who had received the news in advance, was ready at the city gate. At this time, upon hearing Zhang Ji's order, the soldiers in the city gate cave worked together to close the city gate.
They did not close both city gates. In that case, Zhang Ji and others would also be locked out of the city. They only closed one city gate.
Zhang Ji and others followed the open city gate and rushed into the city. When the last soldier entered the city, the other city gate was slowly closed. At this time, Liu Xiu and others were even away from the city gate.
Less than a hundred meters.
If he ran any further, he would be within range of the defenders at the top of the city, and the city gate was already closed. Liu Xiu could only stop and look at the closed city gate in front of him, gritting his teeth unwillingly.
There is only one step left! If they can take one step earlier, they can enter the city before the city gate closes!
In this ambush, although Liu Xiu's troops successfully killed nearly 2,000 Wang Lang's troops with slight casualties, they failed to kill the opponent's general Zhang Ji and failed to advance into the city in one go. The battle intention was not clear.
If it can be achieved, it can also be said that they actually failed in this battle.
Just when Liu Xiujiang was standing a hundred meters away from Bin City, sighing secretly, suddenly, he heard a chaos in the city of Bin City. They were so far away, they could hear the shouts of killing and shouting coming from the city.
The sound of fighting.
Liu Xiu and others all looked confused, wondering what happened in the city. Liu Xiu looked at Yao Qi and asked, "Secondly, do we have any of our own people in the city?"
Yao Qi shook his head solemnly. There were indeed some of his spies lurking in the city, but they were not many, not even ten. It was impossible for them to attack the defenders in the city.
Liu Xiu asked: "What is the situation in the city now?"
Everyone else looked at Yao Qi with puzzled faces. The latter had a wry smile on his face. Although he was in charge of his own intelligence, he did not know everything. He said: "Lord, the situation in Yincheng is very serious now.
Weird..."
Before he finished speaking, an incredible scene occurred.