Yuan Shao was miserable, with only a dozen or so people around him, and they fled into Bohai County in embarrassment.
I can no longer cry, and my tears have long since dried up.
When I was ambitious, I led dozens of soldiers and an army of 40,000 to attack Qinghe City in a mighty manner. I thought I was about to reach the peak of my life, and unifying Jizhou was not a problem.
In just four or five days, the generals around him fell to death, tens of thousands of troops were wiped out, and the earlier high spirits turned into a table full of cups.
The matchmaking process seems to be more relaxed than that of Yuan Shao and Xu You.
"My lord, you must not show any signs of depression after returning to Nanpi. An occasional failure is harmless. With Bohai County's abundant war potential, we will soon be able to accumulate the strength to compete with the plains again."
After all, Yuan Shao is also a hero. The defeat of Qinghe is just unacceptable for the moment and will not make him unable to recover.
"Zheng Nan, don't worry, in my heart..."
Before Yuan Shao finished speaking, there was a sudden sound of horse hooves in the distance, as if thirty or forty horsemen were racing.
The judge was immediately furious. He had been in charge of the criminal law in Nanpi City, and he had given repeated orders not to race horses on the official road. At this time, another young master from unknown family ran into his hands.
When Shen Pei urged his horse to block the road, several soldiers who had just escaped soon also rushed out, and they all blocked the road with their daggers and swords.
Soon, dozens of war horses came roaring over. When they saw someone blocking the way, they immediately reined in their horses and stopped. They also drew their swords and stared at Shen Pei eagerly.
The judge raised his head and looked at the team on the opposite side with a cold face. Suddenly his expression changed, he turned over and jumped off the horse.
"Second Young Master, why did you leave Nanpi City privately and come here?"
There was a young man in front of him who was only fourteen or fifteen years old. The first time he saw the judge, the young man burst into tears.
"Mr. Shen, you are back. Where is your father?"
Shen Pei walked over quickly and helped the young man get off the horse.
This young man is not anyone else, but Yuan Xi, the second son of Yuan Shao.
Yuan Xi held the judge's hand and cried so hard that she couldn't even say a complete sentence.
While Shen Pei comforted Yuan Xi, he continued to examine the warriors who were getting off their horses. Finally, he saw Yuan Shao's third son, Yuan Shang, being held in his arms among the crowd.
Taking a sudden breath of cold air, the judge felt something was wrong.
If it is just the second young master who is leading the fun, he must not bring the third young master out with him. Putting aside everything else, Yuan Shao's side wife, Mrs. Liu, will not agree.
After all, Yuan Shang was just ten years old this year. No one could afford to take care of him if he fell or bumped into him while he was running so fast. Yuan Shao cared most about his third son, Yuan Shang.
Before the judge could ask, Yuan Shao had already
Running over from behind.
"Xier, what happened?"
Yuan Shao already had an unknown premonition in his heart.
Sure enough, before Yuan Xi could answer, another team came rushing over from afar.
In the center of the team were several four-wheeled carriages, surrounded by more than two hundred elite riders, and about three to four hundred foot soldiers trotting behind.
There was a general at the front of the carriage, his body covered in blood, obviously he had just gone through a brutal fight.
Yuan Shao trembled and pointed at the general: "Yuancai, but a big change has occurred in Nanpi City?"
The coming general is Gao Yuancai, Yuan Shao’s close nephew.
"Uncle!"
Gao Gan gave a sharp shout, kicked off his saddle and jumped off his horse. He came to Yuan Shao in a few steps, knelt down on his knees and shouted in a sad voice: "Yesterday, Nanpi City was suddenly attacked by soldiers and horses from Le'an County. The commander of the army The man was Zhang He, Zhang Junyi, the former commander of the Hejian Army. Hei'er led his army to resist desperately, but his skills were inferior to others and he suffered from the lack of troops in the city. Zhang Junyi broke through the city gate and Nanpi City was lost."
Yuan Shao groaned, spit out a mouthful of blood, and fell backwards.
Fortunately, Xu You was right behind him and hurriedly stretched out his arms to hug Yuan Shao: "Benchu wakes up, Benchu wakes up."
After a long time, Yuan Shaocai let out a long breath and slowly woke up.
"Lin Zhirou, I and you are at odds with each other. You took away my giant deer and my southern skin. This is destroying my foundation in Jizhou."
Gao Gan wiped the tears on his face, gritted his teeth and shouted: "Uncle, fortunately you led the army back in time. Please give me a sentry, and I will recapture Nanpi City for my uncle within three days."
Yuan Shao smiled bitterly: "I was defeated in Qinghe. The 40,000-strong army now only has these personal guards around me."
Gao Gan plopped down on the ground, dumbfounded and didn't know what to do.
Yuan Shang came to his father with his short legs, caressed Yuan Shao's chest with his hands and said: "Father, my mother said that you are the most powerful person in the world. We are not afraid of losing now. When we return to Hejian Regroup and one day be able to avenge today."
Yuan Shao lovingly held Yuan Shang in his arms: "My Qilin son has grown up and knows how to share his father's worries. As long as you are here, there is hope. Let's return to Hejian Mansion now."
How is this going?
It turned out that Xun Yu not only mobilized soldiers and horses from the plains and Jinan cities, but also wrote a letter and sent it to Tian Yu, the new governor of Le'an County, ordering him to arrange for the Chiyan Camp stationed in Le'an City to quickly send troops, taking advantage of Nanpi City's attack. With a small army and few generals, Yuan Shao's base was captured in one fell swoop.
Zhang He was extremely excited. This was the first battle since the establishment of the Red Flame Battalion.
There are no external enemies in Le'an County, and it is only slightly connected to Bohai County. The Red Flame Army went to Bohai to fight, and there was no need to leave any defenders in Le'an City.
So Zhang He ordered his troops and horses together overnight, and led the army with Wu Anguo to set off.
Xiaoxing stayed overnight for two days before arriving at the gate of Nanpi City. The three armies took a short rest, then fired their cannons and called for battle against the enemy outside the city gate.
At this time, there were no more than a thousand soldiers in Nanpi City and no more than ten generals. The only people in the army who could talk about the matter were Gao Gan and Lu Weihuang.
After some discussion, the two men did not dare to go out of the city to fight. They just closed the four doors tightly and hung up the no-war sign. No matter how Zhang He and Wu Anguo provoked them, they simply turned a deaf ear.
Seeing that Zhang He was in such a hurry that it was difficult to attack the city, he pretended to split into two groups with the Wu'an soldiers, bypassing Nanpi City far away, and pretended to attack the other cities in Bohai County.
Gao Gansheng was afraid that the remaining cities would be captured by Zhang He's sneak attack, so he secretly sent more than a dozen emissaries to sneak out of Nanpi City and prepare to report to the surrounding cities.
As a result, they were all captured by the Red Flame Battalion ambushing all around. They then returned under the guise of a secret emissary to deliver the letter, broke open the city gate, and the Red Flame Battalion army entered.
Gao Gan and Lu Weihuang joined forces to fight against Zhang He, but were beaten to the point where they ran away like a rat with its head wrapped around its head.
Fortunately, Feng Ji, who was in charge of government affairs in the city, was well prepared. As soon as the city gate was forced open, he took Yuan Shao's family and escaped from Nanpi. After joining Gao Gan and others, they prepared to go all the way to Qinghe County to find Yuan Shao.
But no one expected that Yuan Shao's defeat not only failed to capture Qinghe, but also lost Julu and Bohai counties. His strength instantly fell from the overlord level to the ordinary prince level, which was even worse than that of Han Fu, the unlucky guy.
A little stronger.
Xu You rolled his eyes and remembered something. He took Yuan Shao and whispered: "At the beginning, General Chunyu led his army to Julu for reinforcements, and Julu City sent most of its troops to Qinghe. In fact, who can win the battle of Julu?"
The last laugh is unknown."
Only then did Yuan Shao remember that he still had such an army whose fate was uncertain, and he nodded immediately: "In any case, let's go to the river to take shelter first. The overall situation in the Bohai Sea has been decided, and it is too dangerous to stay here."
The two families gathered together, with less than 600 soldiers and horses. They hurriedly organized, turned around and fled northward, disgraced and fled to Hejian Mansion.
Lin Feng had already learned in the game that Zhang He Wu Anguo had made great achievements and led his army to storm Nanpi City. Therefore, when the messenger sent the news of victory back to Qinghe, he did not feel excited, but sighed and looked away.
The ground fell towards Julu City.
Xi Zhicai encountered a crisis.
Less than half a day after the guard camp was sent to Qinghe County, the armies of Chun Yuqiong and Jiang Yiqu arrived outside the east gate of Julu City.
There are still 7,000 soldiers in Julu City, and it is said that their strength is even greater than that of Chunyu Qiong outside the city.
However, the morale of the soldiers was low and their loyalty was insufficient, so Xi Zhicai did not dare to completely trust them.
The truly trustworthy troops in the trapped camp are too weak to complete the important task of defending the city.
Therefore, Xi Zhicai had to break up the remaining warriors in the trapped camp and assign them to the surrendered army to temporarily serve as low-level officers in order to better control the surrendered soldiers.
In fact, when Chunyu Qiong and his two men came to Julu City and learned that the city was lost, they panicked for a while and didn't know what to do.