Chapter 59: Siege and Interception

The camp in the east of the city was washed away overnight.

The Qinwang army suffered countless casualties, and those brave Si Li soldiers killed people when they saw them, not to mention that they were also equipped with a serious Luoyang general as a supervisor and a carefully crafted hand crossbow, the Yanzhou army was just a few county soldiers and county soldiers, where had they seen such a big battle, and it would be good to be able to fight some tailwind battles, but they were directly defeated by the Si Li army under the night attack, and even their assassin Liu Dai was killed.

As soon as Liu Dai died, it was a real mess.

The Chinese army tent was burned, the banner was broken and taken away, and all the soldiers scattered and fled, unable to form a strong pursuit at all, but Sun Jian and Yuan Shu, who gathered the defeated army, came first in this battle, and pursued ten miles to the east overnight, biting the Ma Yue rear army was really bitten by them.

The night attack was a big victory, not to mention the Yanzhou army camp, and the Yanzhou assassin was killed by Huaxiong in the Chinese army with a knife, and burned with the big tent. Then it was much easier to kill through the camp, most of them rushed out of the road for several miles before they set up a rest, but they didn't want to have time to count the casualties, Changsha Taishou Sun Jian led a raid to kill, the defense soldiers were not opponents, and after a while, the defense line completely collapsed, and in a hurry, Ma Yue could only lead the army to the east to continue to transfer.

It was originally planned to be repaired in Yanshi City, but how did he know that Sun Jian really had the courage to pursue, not to mention that there was most likely Yuan Shu supervising the brigade behind, and Ma Yue did not dare to fight hard, so he withdrew to Chenggao as soon as he withdrew.

Thirty miles east of Chenggao is the ferry, Ma Yue led the army to withdraw into Chenggao, Chenggao is only a small county, the county soldiers are only a few hundred, and they do not rebel, they immediately enter the city and station, leave enough secret posts on the road and send people to the ferry to collect ferries.

Collect boats, go upstream, and go to Luoyang.

After a short rest, Ma Yue had a chance to count the casualties, which was remarkable, and the casualties were more than twice as high as Ma Yue expected. More than 3,000 soldiers rushed into battle, and now there were 1,500 people left, and the others were either killed in battle or scattered on the way to escape, Sun Jian chased and killed all the way, and there was no chance to escape.

The army of the defeated army.

At dusk, the sentinel returned, and Sun Jian personally led 800 horsemen to follow the trail all the way, approaching Chenggao for forty miles.

Ma Yue immediately called on the whole army to march quickly to the ferry.

The sergeants and soldiers along the way were miserable, fighting overnight and marching for dozens of miles, it was difficult for the horse infantry army to coordinate, and now it was even more sleepy and lacking horses, if there was no suspense at all when Sun Jian caught up at this time, this battle would definitely be lost.

"Yun Chang, you and Gongming lead the cavalry to make a transition, leave all the bows and crossbows, and go first by boat!" Ma Yue looked anxiously at the back, and said to Guan Yu: "I will lead the foot soldiers to arrive later." ”

Zhao Jin was sent to requisition civilian boats, but at the moment the boats were absolutely insufficient, and it was impossible to go west by boat before, so he could only cross the Yellow River and travel to Hanoi County before making plans.

Guan Yu patted the horse and left, now is not the time to delay time at all.

Running all the way to the ferry, Guan Yu squinted his eyes, the water of the Yellow River under the ferry was rolling, and there was no big boat on the river, and there were only more than 30 small boats that were enough to take more than ten people.

One can transport at most three or four soldiers and one horse at a time, not to mention that they also have armor.

"Captain Zhao, why is this a ship?"

Zhao Jin, who was sent to collect ships, said with a bitter face: "There are only so many ships at the moment, and there is not enough time to find more ships." ”

"That's fine." Guan Yu waved his hand and ordered the soldier to say, "Get on the boat quickly!" ”

The six hundred cavalry began the difficult transfer, Guan Yu turned his head to look back, the smoke and dust were billowing on the way to come, and he didn't know if the cavalry could be transferred when Ma Yue arrived.

How did Guan Yu know that Ma Yue was not in a hurry at all, on the contrary, he was also going to launch an ambush on Sun Jian on the way to escape.

At this time, Sun Jian would not have expected that Ma Yue would dare to turn back to meet him, and surprise would have the greatest effect.

There are only more than 5,000 people left under his command at this time, and he can't let the tragic situation when Dongjun attacked Buji happen again, and he wants to buy enough time for his men to transfer.

"Tell me, if we ambush our pursuers on the road, where is the best place?" Ma Yue watched Guan Yu lead the cavalry away, turned the horse's head and asked, "You can't just leave like this." ”

Beside him stood the few remaining fierce generals, Hua Xiong Gan Ning, Li Dao Fan Chou.

Hearing this, Gan Ning fell into serious contemplation, while Hua Xiong came much simpler, a murderous aura suddenly burst out from his fierce eyes, raised his hand and grabbed the animal hair decorated on the pocket, and grinned: "General, give it to so-and-so, so-and-so took the children to behead Sun Wentai for the general!" ”

Ma Yue looked around and smiled.

As the saying goes, it will be the courage of a soldier. The men brought out by Dong Zhuo are all like this, even if the battle situation has been bad to this point, Hua Xiong still has a lot of enthusiasm, and he screams to kill Sun Jian. Even Ma Yue couldn't help but give a thumbs up in his heart, Hua Xiong, a martial artist, has a low official position, but this courage is indeed one and the best.

Looking at Hua Xiong's show of martial arts and prestige, I can't wait to turn the horse back and behead Sun Jian to ask Ma Yue for credit, last night Hua Xiong quickly took Liu Dai's head with a knife and still remembered, Ma Yue said: "General Hua's bravery, rare in the world, but don't be impatient, break off the post, must be personally in charge." The general can rest assured, he will let you meet Sun Jian in person for a while. ”

Ma Yue thought very clearly, Sun Wentai and Yuan Highway beat themselves to the ground, and it didn't take long for them to be famous generals in the world, and these martial artists under his command naturally hoped to meet them for a while. But the remaining men and horses under his command are already the division of the defeated army, if he leaves, let his unknown generals lead the troops, it will not bring a great morale boost to the soldiers, but will be defeated by the enemy with one blow, Sun Jian is not alone, according to the scout's report, there are 800 cavalry chasing after him...... That's not something that can be solved with a single slash.

Compared with Hua Xiong's standard martial arts, Li Dao was much more serious, pointing to the muddy official road and saying: "General, we can step down the official road and stumble and trap the horse pit, and then use the giant wood as a refusal, ambush the crossbowmen on both sides, and meet the front with spears, which can scare the enemy back." ”

Gan Ning also said: "Yes, the three hundred crossbowmen on the left and right are shooting non-stop, imposing fear on the enemy, and the enemy army will inevitably panic under the surprise attack. ”

Ma Yue clapped his hands, his own Daxu stood on the official road, the soldiers saw that the general sat in the town have a kind of heartfelt energy, immediately dug a pit on the official road, and the giant trees on both sides cut out the gap to rope it, just after doing this, there was a scout report, the enemy cavalry has approached here, and it will be chased in a moment.

At that moment, a group of soldiers who were proficient in hunting cleaned up the traces, and the nine-hundred-step archers all hid in the forest, just waiting for Sun Jian to send them to the door.

After a while, the forest was densely covered with horses' hooves, smoke and dust were billowing in the distance, hundreds of horsemen came with a big shout, and the mouth drank straight to catch the horse Yue and the like, the horse Yue was not in a hurry, hidden in the forest and waited for the opportunity, until the cavalry vanguard stepped on the horse trap and fell from the horse when he waved his hand violently. The giant trees on both sides were pulled off by ropes, and fell on the official road, blocking the enemy's way forward, and then more than a hundred arrows flew out of the forest, although they did not injure many people, but caused some panic to the enemy.

"Steady, there are not many enemy troops, steady!"

The general who rode his horse was calling for peace, but he was horrified to find that although the enemy's arrows were not many, they never stopped, as if the arrows did not need to be wound, but he did not know that Ma Yue and Gan Ning were on one side of the official road, and the crossbowmen were divided into four groups of 100 people to shoot non-stop, where would they leave a chance to breathe?

Just when the enemy army was panicking, Ma Yue raised his hand and shouted: "The king is here, why don't the thieves surrender early?" ”

With a loud shout that spread throughout the mountains and forests, more than 100 spearmen howled out of the forest, and the leader was Hua Xiong, who was holding a long knife, and took the soldiers on the official road like a tiger going down the mountain to cut down people, and the corpses of the eight horses were all over the field, and the corpses of the horses and robes blocked the road, and the enemy cavalry could not enter or retreat, and was forced into the place of death.

These howling foot soldiers became the last straw that crushed the camel's back, and the enemy army was defeated and fled immediately, and even Ma Yue could not see Sun Jian from the beginning to the end.

After a great victory, it was too late to collect the profits, the Ma Yue army snatched the remaining more than 100 horses on the battlefield and retreated towards the ferry, and ordered Hua Xiong to press the formation at any time to guard against the enemy's second attack.

dragged along the way, seeing that they could see the ships anchored at the ferry and the soldiers on the other side, the hearts of the soldiers were light, but at this time, there was a shout behind him again, Ma Yue looked back and couldn't help but smoke above his head, and the cold hair on his body exploded.

It was when everyone's minds were relaxed, but they saw a horse rushing towards him, the leading general had a red curtain tied to his head and held a sharp ring knife, followed by several fierce generals, who else could there be if it was not Sun Jian?

"Shoot the arrows, release the arrows!" Ma Yue turned his horse's head and shouted, and the soldiers hurriedly turned around and shot arrows, but in the panic, more robes ran towards the ferry, and they didn't even need weapons!

The rain of arrows is sparse, and it is impossible to cause a powerful volley to the enemy, seeing that the enemy army will rush to his own phalanx, although the vanguard is only a few hundred people, but the subordinates are invincible, Ma Yue's heart can't help but be on fire, and he shouted, "Come on, charge with a certain one!" ”

Ma Yue shouted, and when several horsemen in the formation drove the scattered and fleeing foot soldiers to gather on Ma Yue's side, it was Huaxiong, Ganning, Li Dao and others and a cadre, only they still had horses.

"Traitor Sun Wentai, a certain family will meet you!" Ma Yue shouted, galloped and rushed, and several generals behind him danced their weapons and followed, and the cavalry of the two sides collided together. Sun Jian saw that it was Ma Yue coming, the corners of his mouth flashed with cruel pleasure, and he rushed up against Ma Yue, it was the general in front of him who made him lose more than half of his three thousand Jiangdong Erlang, where could he get away with him, and shouted angrily, "It's good!" Then he struck it with his sword.

At the moment, on the battlefield where the soldiers scattered and fled, the two brave generals who had outstanding achievements during the Yellow Turban Rebellion were fighting together, and the plagiarized generals under their command were also fighting together.