Correction, the previous section of Zhang Liao should have come from the northwest direction.

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At this moment, he didn't know about the series of changes that had happened in front of the battle. Because as early as when Zhao Yun took the initiative to attack, he had already led eight hundred cronies to leave the battlefield and slip away in the northwest direction. In Dun's opinion, no matter whether the Qi reinforcements arrived or not, and how many came, after tonight's defeat, he and Gongsun Kang seemed to have lost the last chance to conquer the Qi camp, and if they continued to stay in the White Wolf River, they would only be caught in the urn by the Qi army that came later. As the Han people say, if you stay in the green mountains, you are not afraid of no firewood, as long as people are alive, there is still hope. As for the life and death of Guo Tu and Gongsun Kang, he didn't bother to care about it. In fact, if it weren't for Guo Tu's demagogy, how could his dignified Lord Badun be reduced to a lost dog like he is now!

The more I thought about it, the more angry I felt, and the more I thought about it, the more annoyed I felt, and I whipped the horse's buttocks, and the painful horse neighed, spread its hooves and galloped all the way towards the brightest star in the sky. Since Liucheng in the northeast had fallen into the hands of the Qi army, and the south was also Cai Ji's sphere of influence, he had no choice but to turn around and flee to the northwest from the territory of the Xianbei people back to Liaodong.

Unconsciously, the white belly of the eastern sky is slightly exposed, and the faint morning light outlines the pale golden outline lines for the rolling mountains. He grabbed the reins, tilted his head and took a deep breath, there was no blood, no corpse stench, and the air was filled with the fragrance of the earth, which seemed to indicate that he and his cronies had stayed away from the White Wolf River battlefield.

Suddenly, the war horses under everyone's crotches stomped their hooves anxiously, and there was a faint rumbling sound like rolling thunder in the mountain wind, and it seemed that even the whole earth trembled in a trance. His pupils shrank, and he hurriedly followed the sound and looked into the distance, and saw that a wave of black tides composed of iron hooves and battle armor on the floor line in the northwest direction was pressing towards this side with the momentum of breaking bamboo.

If Badun hadn't left his allies behind and fled the battlefield, if he had been able to discuss with Gongsun Du how to retreat last night. Then he should know that the cavalry that appeared on the horizon at this moment was Zhang Liao's men and horses. Maybe they will choose another route to retreat, or maybe they will not deviate to the west, so that they will not have to encounter Zhang Liao's army here. However, it is too late to say anything now. As the rising sun, a battle flag embroidered with the word "Zhang" was displayed in the wind under the light of the dawn, indicating that a bloody hunt was about to start in the valleys of western Liaoning.

Under the same rising sun, Cai Ji stood in the city with his hands folded, looking at the Gongsun army on the opposite side who was retreating to the southeast like a tide, his expression was calm and a little tired. After being trapped for several months, it should have been something to celebrate, but when he thought that nearly 4,000 Qi soldiers had been stained with blood in the White Wolf River in just three months, Cai Ji couldn't show a smile anyway.

At this time, Zhao Yun, who had been fighting all night, saw a burst of chickens and dogs jumping in the Gongsun Army camp. I couldn't help but ask Cai Ji for battle again, "Lord, the thief army is in turmoil, and let the last general go out of the camp to cover up and kill, so as to stop the thief army's heart of counterattack." ”

Considering that the enemy is outnumbered. Cai Ji Benda closed the gate so tightly until the reinforcements arrived. But at this moment, looking at Zhao Yun's enthusiastic eyes, he thought of those soldiers who died in Liaoxi. Cai Ji was really unwilling to let go of Guo Tu, Gongsun Kang, and the three thieves of Badun in vain. So after thinking about it, Cai Ji nodded to Zhao Yun and asked. "Zilong be careful, remember to chase after the poor."

Zhao Yun, who had Cai Ji's approval, immediately clenched his fists and led two thousand elite horsemen to rush out of the gate, but he didn't show any tiredness.

Looking at Zhao Yun, who had entered the enemy formation like a dragon entering the sea, Duan Emei, who was guarding Cai Ji's side, couldn't help but praise sincerely, "General Zilong is full of guts!" ”

"yes. If it weren't for Zilong by his side this time, he would have died alone. Cai Ji nodded with emotion.

When Duan Emei heard Cai Ji say this, she immediately turned around and knelt down to plead guilty, "The concubine failed to investigate Guo Tu's conspiracy as a school official. As a result, the Lord is in danger, and he asks the Lord to punish him. ”

Seeing this, Cai Ji hurriedly helped Duan Emei up and said, "Previously, it was Lone Ming Qing who went south to investigate the gunpowder case, how could Qing not be in Youzhou to find out about Guo Tu's conspiracy." ”

"But Lord..."

"The siege of the white wolf is the responsibility of the lonely." Cai Ji did not shy away from taking the responsibility, and then clenched his fists and said, "Guding will give an explanation to the soldiers." ”

It turned out that Cai Ji's previous worries were completely unnecessary. After Gongsun Kang learned that Zhang Liao was approaching, he completely lost the courage to continue fighting. In a panic, he ordered the whole army to retreat, and on the other hand, he hurriedly fled the battlefield without waiting for dawn with a group of cronies. And the Gongsun army, which has no backbone, is numerous, but it is like a group of lambs to the slaughter. As a result, a jaw-dropping spectacle was staged on the banks of the White Wolf River.

I saw that nearly 40,000 Gongsun troops were driven by the 2,000 cavalry led by Zhao Yun to flee in all directions like ducks. Some of the panicked routs rushed into the river, and in a hurry, they squeezed their colleagues standing on the shore into the river, and in the blink of an eye, hundreds of people disappeared into the rushing river. As soon as the people in front fell into the water, the people behind suddenly thought that diving and swimming across the river might be a way out, so more people turned around and rushed towards the river, scrambling to jump into the water. But now it's still early spring, the water of the White Wolf River is cold and biting, and the people who go into the water are directly frozen to stiff hands and feet, how can they have the strength to swim to the other side? Layers of figures fluttered in the river, like a large pot of loaches dying in boiling water, and then drifted downstream with the current into a dense mass of corpses, half-floating and half-sinking. But even so, there were still a large number of routers who pushed desperately as if they had fallen into an evil spirit, and then "plopped" and "plopped" into the water like dumplings.

Seeing this situation, Zhao Yun gritted his teeth and hurriedly instigated his war horse to lead his subordinates to drive the rout from the river to the southeast like a shepherd. As a result, after several back-and-forth attacks, tens of thousands of routed soldiers really obediently turned around and fled to the southeast. In the chase and fighting, time flies, and it doesn't take long for the day to climb up to three poles. When people were sleepy and tired, some of the routed soldiers simply knelt down and asked to surrender, too lazy to resist. Many more continued to flee mechanically under the drive of the Qi army.

After about thirty or forty miles of pursuit, a puff of smoke suddenly rose in front of him, as if the mountains and forests were on fire. Seeing this, Zhao Yun hurriedly ordered someone to go to find out the news. Not long after, a scout reported that a large number of burning firewood and trees had been deliberately piled up in the narrowest part of the canyon ahead. Most of the routs who were on the run were blocked there. And on the top of the mountain, a group of Qi troops were killing them with bows and arrows.

It turned out that last night after successfully covering Duan Emei and rushing into the camp. Tang Ying led his men to quickly evacuate the White Wolf River, and instead rushed to report to Guan Cheng and Xinbi, who were still sixty miles away. After listening to Tang Ying's introduction, Xin Bi immediately judged that Gongsun Kang would withdraw his troops after this defeat. So everyone set up camp overnight and rushed to the White Wolf River, and early the next morning, they found out that tens of thousands of Gongsun troops were fleeing in the southeast direction. Because the reinforcements led by Guan Cheng and Xin Bi were mainly foot soldiers, although they were strong, they were not good at pursuit. Therefore, Xin Bi built a pì Guan Cheng and put down a pocket array on the stone slope and waited for Gongsun Jun to throw himself into the net.

At this moment, Guan Cheng stood halfway up the mountainside, looking at the crowds of routed soldiers, like frightened rabbits, falling headlong into the trap he had set, and couldn't help but wave his sword with great ambition and ordered: "Beat the drums, assault!" ”

With Guan Cheng's order, Tang Ying picked up the iron spear and led a team of light horsemen into the battle group. The rout, which was already like a frightened bird, was killed by Tang Ying like this, and immediately became a bird and beast. At the same time, the Qi army on the other side of the pass released a burst of arrows and blew the horn to rush down from the mountainside. It formed a circle with Tang Ying's cavalry.

Seeing that Tang Ying had pocketed tens of thousands of defeated soldiers with just one impact, Guan Cheng couldn't help but laugh loudly, "Haha, the military advisor is really a clever plan!" ”

"The general is also false." Simbi shook his head, then raised his hand and smiled as he pointed to the north. "Today's situation is not a clever plan. And General Fei helped. ”

Guan Cheng looked into the distance in the direction that Simbi was pointing. I saw a strange group of cavalry driving the scattered rout back to the encirclement. One of the generals is a white horse, white robe, and white armor, which is extremely eye-catching. And the silver spear he used was even more fierce and domineering, and almost no one could go through a round under him everywhere he went.

"Zhao Zilong! It's General Zilong! Guan Cheng looked at it for a while, and couldn't help but be surprised.

Xin Bi also nodded and said, "Changshan Zhao Zilong really lives up to his reputation!" ”

It is said that the reason why Simbi will stand firmly on Cai Ji's side in this crisis. In addition to his own admiration for Cai Ji, Cheng Dacheng also worked with Cai Ji's generals such as Tai Shici, Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun, and Gao Shun. In Xin Bi's opinion, as long as these generals are still loyal to Cai Ji, then the Cai family's business will not be shaken lightly. At this moment, seeing that Zhao Yun drove away tens of thousands of rout troops with only 2,000 war cavalry, Xin Bi once again deepened his judgment - good martial arts. Soldiers also; Those who make good use of soldiers, so do generals; Good generals, kings. Cai Anzhen can fly such a general, why worry about the great cause!

At dusk, the generals of the four sides finally gathered together, and between the eastern and western foothills of the White Wolf Mountain within a radius of 100 miles, the cheers of the Qi army resounded in the sky. A large number of prisoners and horses were taken to the White Wolf River camp. And Cai Ji, who learned that Zhao Yun and others surrounded and annihilated 40,000 enemy troops in one fell swoop, was even more excited, and without saying a word, he led a cadre of civil and military troops out of the camp to welcome the soldiers who returned triumphantly.

However, in the face of Cai Ji, who came out to greet him in person, Guan Cheng, Xin Bi, and Tang Ying hurriedly turned over and dismounted, knelt down in front of him and said in unison, "The last general will wait for the rescue to be late, and ask the Lord to punish the crime." ”

"Hurry up, three. Lonely can get out of danger, all loyal and brave. Cai Ji said as she helped Guan Cheng and Xin Bi up one by one, but when she helped Tang Ying, the latter refused to get up no matter what.

"The last general is incompetent, resulting in the annihilation of 5,000 soldiers, and please deal with it according to military law!" Tang Ying took off his helmet and put it in front of Cai Ji.

Cai Ji wanted to persuade and explain, "This matter is no wonder, it is Wuyan's fault for underestimating the enemy", but he couldn't say anything when the words came to his mouth. Because she could understand Tang Ying's mood at this moment, she knew what it was like to watch thousands of colleagues die because of one of her mistakes. So after a moment of silence, Cai Ji took a deep breath and solemnly announced, "Shanwei, you first went deep behind enemy lines to find out the terrain to lead the way for reinforcements, and then used a clever plan to break Gongsun and attack the two thieves, and you should be rewarded for your merits. However, before you, the enemy rashly advanced and the Jinxi reinforcements were annihilated, and he should be beheaded for his crimes. Under the offsetting of merit and demerits, you are a school captain, and you are convinced? ”

Tang Ying raised his head with red eyes, looked at Cai Ji, and was still silent. Cai Ji said softly to him, "The revenge has not been avenged, and Liaodong has not been pacified, how can Qing withdraw lightly?" ”

Tang Ying heard what Cai Ji said, his body trembled slightly, and then he lowered his head and said, "Oh." ”

Everyone was relieved to see that Tang Ying finally stood up. Xin Bi hurriedly stepped forward and bowed his hand to Cai Ji and said, "The Lord is reasonable. We have captured more than 20,000 thieves, and we will have a long night's sleep, so please deal with it as soon as possible. ”

Cai Ji was reminded by Xin Biyi, and then remembered that after a whole day of fighting by Zhao Yun and others, the Qi army had captured a total of more than 20,000 prisoners. According to the rules of this era, Cai Ji had every reason to kill all these captives. This is not only to give an explanation to the dead Qi soldiers, but also because Gongsun Kang is still alive now, it is inevitable that these captives will have different intentions and riot, and killing them is a more one-and-done method.

So the next moment, Cai Ji came to the river beach where the prisoners were being held with a gloomy face, surrounded by a group of civil and military officers. More than 20,000 captives sat shoulder to shoulder on the ground, barely in sight. Beside them, on the White Wolf River, countless corpses floated untreated. Almost every captive had exhaustion and despair in their eyes. Apparently these people know what awaits them next. After all, the fierce battle for three months has already made the two sides form an undying hatred. If they were to change the Qi army and move with them today, they would do the same.

Not long after, Tang Ying and the others escorted three men who looked like generals to Cai Ji. Cai Ji looked the three of them up and down, and then asked, "Do you know the whereabouts of Gongsun Kang, Guo Tu, and Bun Dun?" ”

The three of them lowered their heads and remained silent, and they didn't know if they really didn't know the whereabouts of Gongsun Kang and the others, or they stubbornly refused to speak. Seeing this, Tang Ying drew his knife and was about to cut down the three of them, but Cai Ji raised his hand to stop them, "Let's go." ”

The three raised their heads in surprise, and one of them, a bearded man, was even more bold and asked, "Qi Hou is willing to let us go?" ”

"Lone said that Lone never sent someone to assassinate the old general Gongsun." Cai Ji raised his eyebrows and said loudly, "You are deceived by others, and you are not a lonely enemy. ”

Cai Ji's voice was not too loud, but it caused an uproar on the river beach. At first, it was a heart-to-ear exchange between people, then a loud curse, and finally the suspicion and curse all turned into a low sob. If the old lord was really not harmed by Qi Hou, then what did they fight for these three months? (To be continued......)