In the evening, the sun began to set, and the sunset reflected half of the sky.
The Qinghe River is turbulent, rolling up sand and rocks and slapping against the river bank, making a roaring sound.
As Yuan Shao fell into the trap, the Jizhou army was ambushed, and the battle eventually turned into a major rout.
To the east of Jieqiao, the fleeing troops were scurrying like ants across the mountains and plains. The Qingzhou Army shouted slogans of surrender and avoid death. The shouts from all directions were deafening.
The Jizhou Army that was overtaken by the Qingzhou Army basically surrendered. Everyone wanted to run back, but they had no other choice but to surrender.
What's more, I have long heard that Liu Shijun of Qingzhou was famous for his benevolence and righteousness, and he always treated prisoners leniently, so there should be no serious danger to his life.
I just became a prisoner, and I didn't know how long it would be before I could see my family, but it was still better than losing my life, so there were so many followers, and no one resisted again.
Liu Bei was riding on a white horse, with thousands of cavalry galloping around him. Wherever he passed, Jizhou's deserters bowed their heads and kowtowed. The infantry behind them were basically gathering their troops to surrender. The Qingzhou Army had not fought such a downwind battle for a long time.
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But Liu Bei didn't even look at the surrendered troops around him. His eyes were fixed on the fast horses galloping in the distance. There were about dozens of people, and they rushed towards the boundary bridge. Both sides chased and escaped, because Lu Ma was so fast.
, the distance is gradually getting closer.
When they were approaching the boundary bridge, dozens of people in the distance suddenly stopped, drew their swords one after another, and looked at him with serious eyes. Someone shouted to him: "Who are you? Do you want to die in pursuit like this?"
Liu Bei pulled on the reins and kept a distance of more than twenty feet from these people. He drew out the two swords from his waist and shouted: "I am Liu Xuande of Zhuojun. Since you have been defeated, why not surrender early?"
"Liu Bei?"
"The person coming is actually Liu Bei."
"If we could catch him, wouldn't it be..."
Everyone looked at each other in shock. They did not expect that Liu Bei, as Liu Bei, would come to chase him in person.
But if you think about it carefully, as the saying goes, king versus king, adversary versus general, after all, he is chasing his own prince, and Liu Bei is here in person, which is reasonable.
What's more important is that now Liu Bei is here and there are not many people around him. If you can catch him.
For a time, these cronies around Yuan Shao kept having their thoughts wandering.
There really aren't many people around Liu Bei now.
The Xuanjia heavy cavalry were invincible in a short-range charge, but this place was two miles away from the camp, and the horse was fast, so it was only possible to catch up with them.
But the Xuanjia heavy cavalry behind them gradually fell behind.
But it's not very far, about a mile or so. At the speed of the cavalry, it can take at most a minute or two.
So such thoughts only flashed through the minds of these cronies.
After all, they had also heard that Liu Bei was highly skilled in martial arts. It was impossible to capture Liu Bei in such a short period of time.
"Ming Gong, they are stalling for time."
The guard beside him said.
In addition to the black armored heavy cavalry, Liu Bei also has some personal guards who are not heavily armored. They are all veterans who have been with him for many years.
Among them was a young soldier, about twenty-five or six years old, and it was he who reminded Liu Bei.
"I know."
Liu Bei vaguely saw that the rear support troops arranged by Yuan Shao at the bridge were already rushing, so he said to the soldier: "Xuan Hu, prepare to fight."
"only!"
This pawn is named Wu Xun. He was a child adopted by Liu Bei in Guangnian. He was eleven or twelve years old at the time. Now he has grown up and works as a guard beside Liu Bei. However, he is not very talented and has poor martial arts skills, so he can only serve as a guard.
It's very long, so it's not very powerful.
There were more than 20 guards around, all drawing their weapons and preparing for battle. The thundering black armor heavy cavalry behind them was getting closer and closer. The two sides were almost half a mile away. The cavalry had horses and could reach here in a moment.
However, the defenders on Yuan Shao's side were obviously faster. After the rescuers arrived, it was the general Jiang Yiqu who protected Yuan Shao. He breathed a sigh of relief when the reinforcements arrived and quickly ordered a retreat.
"kill!"
Liu Bei raised his two swords high and charged towards the enemy.
I have to say that this requires courage, because the Yuan army itself has forty or fifty cavalry, and with the arrival of reinforcements from the rear, hundreds more infantry are added. Not to mention Liu Bei, even people like Lu Bu, Guan Yu, and Huang Zhong come
All have to be weighed and weighed.
Of course, with their strength, they would not die if they came. At most, they would be unable to defeat them and escape, or they could use mounted archers and fly kites to kill the enemy.
Without a super-class combat power above 95, it would be difficult to escape under the siege of hundreds of people.
As for frontal toughness?
That would be courting death. At least in the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms, no one could escape unharmed under the siege of hundreds of people.
Throughout history, the only people who could kill a hundred people were Xiang Yu, Ran Min, Xia Luqi, Yang Zaixing and others. The combat effectiveness of these people was even higher than that of Lu Bu.
Therefore, using Liu Bei's strength to charge forward is obviously an act seeking death.
But how could Liu Bei not be aware of this matter?
His strength is not weak, but it is still far behind Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, so it is impossible to actually kill him if it is a charge.
After approaching the enemy, the soldiers reined in their horses one after another, got closer, and started fighting with weapons.
To charge is to charge into the enemy's formation.
Although this will disrupt the enemy's formation, people will also fall into the enemy's formation, which requires a strong general to do nothing.
When approaching the enemy and fighting with weapons, you are just looking for a breakthrough on the outside without entering the enemy's formation, which is relatively safer.
Liu Bei himself just wanted to keep Yuan Shao here and delay the enemy's escape, so naturally he would not be so reckless as to involve himself.
"Ignore them, retreat!"
Jiang Yiqu saw from a distance that the heavy cavalry of black armor was already behind him, with billowing dust and smoke rising. Although if the infantry behind him were to surround him, there was a high chance that Liu Bei would be left here.
But according to the speed of the black armored cavalry, they had just surrounded Liu Bei and were probably about to be surrounded by those heavy armored cavalry. The best result then would be to trade Liu Bei's life for the lives of everyone here.
If there was no Yuan Shao here, Jiang Yiqu gritted his teeth. It was not impossible to do it. But after looking at Yuan Shao who was tied up by his guards and vomiting blood and passed out, as well as Liu Hui, Xu You, Xun Chen and other serious-faced counselors, he had to
Ordered to retreat.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After leaving some people to cut off the rear, Jiang Yiqu first sent Yuan Shao, Liu Hui and others to the bridge. Over there, Liu Bei had already repelled dozens of people who had cut off the rear.
The heavy armored cavalry joined them and headed toward the bridge like a surging tsunami.
Jiang Yiqu grinned and held a torch in his hand. The ground was covered with fish paste and oil. Yuan Shao had previously planned to set fire to the bridge to stop the Qingzhou Army from attacking, so he stored oil and firewood on the bridge.
As a result, the Qingzhou Army did indeed attack, but only after the Jizhou Army was defeated. However, they did not expect that these fish pastes, which were originally thought to be useless, would play a life-saving role at this critical moment.
Throwing the torch on the ground, the flames started to burn. The boundary bridge was a stone bridge and it should not be burned down. However, there were a lot of tinders stored on the bridge, and the fire suddenly started.
Liu Bei rushed to the end of the bridge, with thousands of troops behind him, but at this time the flames had jumped to a height of more than ten feet, and the entire bridge deck was filled with fireworks, making it impossible to cross.
"Damn, it was just a little bit close."
He shook his fist and hit the saddle, very angry.
All the soldiers also knew that the battle could not be considered a complete victory if Yuan Shao was not intercepted, so they all felt very sorry.
The cavalry general Wen Su persuaded: "Ming Gong, although Yuan Shao was not intercepted in this battle, our army also achieved a complete victory, and the three generals have crossed the river to attack Yuan Shao's granary. If we don't put out the fire immediately, we can notify the three generals to pursue Yuan Shao."
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"good."
Liu Bei nodded and said: "It's not that easy for Yuan Shao to escape back to Wei County. There are only two cities on the road to the north of Qinghe River and south of Zhangshui River towards Ye City. One is Ping'en and the other is Kuiqiu. Yuan Shao's people and horses are trapped.
To attack, we must go to Ping'en to rest and recuperate, quickly put out the fire, and then send someone to send a message to the third brother to go south to pursue him. Don't run away from Yuan Shao."
"only!"
Wen Su took the order and left.
At this moment, Zhang Fei was setting fire wantonly.
Chen Mu's layout was so deep that no one expected that there were countless spies in Yuan Shao's army.
Although most of them were in low-level positions, it was extremely difficult to obtain confidential information. However, with the help of Xun He, a mid-level official named Zhou Tao was sent to the logistics department.
This person clearly knew the location of Yuan Shao's granary, so Chen Mu made several backup plans. One was to face Yuan Shao's three-party encirclement and suppression, using tactics to defeat them one by one. The other was to have Zhang Fei attack Changle by surprise, so that even if he could not repel Yuan Shao, he could
Let him destroy all his food and fodder and be defeated.
There was a massive food shortage at the end of the Han Dynasty. Although Liu Bei and Yuan Shao were wealthy, this was the foundation laid by Qingzhou and Jizhou after the Yellow Turbans were pacified. Apart from Qingzhou and Jizhou, only a few states and counties in the world could achieve self-sufficiency. Most states and counties in the world were self-sufficient.
The people are still in a state of having little food to eat and no clothing to cover their bodies.
The princes who occupied these states and counties either recuperated or looted everywhere, and the number of soldiers they raised was no more than tens of thousands, no more than a few thousand. Once defeated, they would immediately die and the whole family would be destroyed. They were far less confident than Liu Bei and Yuan Shao.
However, although Qingzhou and Jizhou are still wealthy, after years of fighting, everyone is digging into their wealth. Liu Bei slowly moved out his wealth like ants moving, while Yuan Shao put most of his wealth on the front line.
There are more than 10 million and nearly 20 million shi of grain in Changle Township. Now that Yuan Jun is defeated, it is estimated that there is no way to deal with these grains. It would be a pity to burn them like this.
But the battlefield is like this, changing rapidly, and no one knows what will happen. Even Chen Mu could not predict that Guo Tu would give up supporting Chen Gu due to factional disputes, which caused the three-way attack to fail too quickly.
, were defeated one by one, so there was no way to save the food and grass.
There were not many defenders in Changle Township, and the 10,000 cavalry were easily defeated. Almost when Yuan Shao started to attack Jieqiao, Zhang Fei, who had detoured to Guangchuan, had also arrived in Changle and launched an attack on Changle. In less than an hour, they were defeated.
Defeated the Changle garrison.
Yuan Shao was unconscious, and Jiang Yiqu could only collect some of the defeated soldiers, and some of the defenders who stayed in the Hexi camp kept throwing firewood on the boundary bridge to make the fire burn more intensely, blocking the Qingzhou army from Hedong from crossing the river, and delaying time.
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At this moment, in Yuan Jun's camp, everyone from the soldiers to the generals was gloomy and the atmosphere was very depressing. Some generals and counselors gathered in the main tent, waiting for news from the military doctor.
After a while, the military doctor came out, and everyone rushed to greet him: "How is Mr. Ming?"
"Ming Gong, this is a symptom of anger that attacks the heart and temporarily escapes from it."
The military doctor replied: "The Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic says: "Anger will cause qi to be reversed, and in severe cases, vomiting blood and diarrhea will occur. Anger will cause qi to be extinguished, and the blood will stagnate, making people thin and dizzy." This disease is not a trivial matter. If you can't control your emotions,
, fearing for one’s life.”
Juetuo syndrome is actually a cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease. Yuan Shao is in his fifties, and his body is not as big as before. When he gets anxious and gets angry, his blood pressure rises, and he will naturally vomit blood and faint.
When they heard that Yuan Shao was so seriously ill, everyone's expressions became more solemn. Yuan Shao was the backbone. Once he fell, Jizhou was completely defeated.
After sending away the military doctor, Jiang Yiqu looked at Liu Hui, Xu You, Xunchen and others with a sad face and said: "Fellow military advisors, now that our army has been newly defeated, our soldiers have been separated, and Ming Gong has fainted in bed and is unconscious. What do you think should be done now?"
good?"
Xu You sneered and said: "I have long said that Guo Tu was extremely stupid and fell into Liu Bei's evil trap, but Ming Gong didn't listen. Now that he has ended up like this, it is a common thing. What else can you do? Just listen to fate.
Ear."
"Ziyuan, Ming Gong was also deceived by Liu Bei. Who would have thought that the person in Weiqiao was not Zhang Liao Dianwei at all? Looking at all the signs, don't we also suspect that Liu Bei is attacking Weiqiao?"
Liu Hui said something fair and continued: "The most important thing now is to find a way to deal with the aftermath. I think we should withdraw to Wei County immediately, what do you think?"
"Of course you should withdraw and stay here to wait for death?"
Xu You choked.
Since Yuan Shao was not here, people like Jiang Yiqu, Liu Huixun and Chen had no control over him, and they began to speak unscrupulously.
Xun Chen muttered: "If we continue to burn the fire, we should be able to hold off the Qingzhou Army for several days. General Jiang should immediately send people southward and go to Ping'en to make preparations. Ming Gong is now seriously ill and cannot stand the hardship. He can only walk slowly. In Ping'en,
After you have a rest, go to scold Qiu."
"It can only be the."
Jiang Yiqu nodded and was about to prepare.
At this moment, a messenger suddenly rushed in from outside and said sadly: "General, it's bad, Changle Township has been set on fire to burn food. The ones who came are Zhang Fei's troops and tens of thousands of cavalry!"
"What?"
Not only Jiang Yiqu, but also Liu Hui, Xu You, and Xun Chen were shocked. They thought Zhang Fei and Zhang Liaodianwei had gone north to attack Yuan Shang, but they didn't expect that they actually took a detour to Guangchuan and came behind them.
"not good!"
Liu Hui's face became more gloomy and he said: "Zhang Fei's troops are actually behind us. Going south from Guangzong, there are only Ping'en and Kuiqiu, and there is no danger to defend. If Ming Gong rides a fast horse southward and bumps all the way, his body and bones will not be able to bear it at all, and he will definitely be killed.
Zhang Fei's cavalry caught up."
"So what do we do now?"
Jiang Yiqu asked.
Liu Hui's frown tightened into a ball, and finally she slowly uttered two words: "Go north!"
"Going north?"
"Yes, just do the opposite!"
Liu Hui explained: "Liu Bei is not stupid. He will definitely send someone to inform Zhang Fei and ask him to go south to search for Ming Gong. The cavalry is too fast to match, so we must take a detour. It happens that there are tens of thousands of defenders in Julu, so let them escort us
Go to Zhao State, and then return to Yecheng from Zhao State!"
"For today's plan, this is the only way."
Xun Chen agreed.
Xu You didn't say anything, but he didn't object either, because this was the best way.
Seeing that the three of them were like this, Jiang Yiqu gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, let's go north!"