Chapter 224: The Pursuers Are Coming

Since the Wei army had already determined the direction of the march, its movements were also extremely fast, and they immediately waved their troops southward and went straight to Anfeng City.

Fortunately, the path they took was not the same as the one that Zhuge Ke led his army north, otherwise, I am afraid it would be an encounter.

Cao Liang knew that if Zhuge Ke learned of Zhuge Jin's death, he would inevitably try his best to take revenge, and a bloody battle was inevitable.

However, there is no choice in the bloody battle, but Cao Liang can choose a more suitable location, the Wei army has already suffered enough losses in Anfengdu, and if it encounters the ambush of the Wu army on Yiyang Road, then the special land is really over.

Therefore, Cao Liang made a decision and suggested that he should be rerouted to Anfeng.

On the surface, this seems to be a risky move, because Anfeng City is deep behind enemy lines, it is a lonely city, and it may fall at any time, and the Wei army goes to Anfeng, which is simply to send him to death.

But looking at the whole battle situation, going to Anfeng has become the only choice for the Wei army to survive in the Jedi, Sima Yi's reinforcements can't be counted on, and the scheming Sima Yi is probably still thinking about how to use the Wu army to completely eliminate Xiahou Xuan; Yiyang can't go back, Wu Jun is waiting for the pit he dug at the moment.

And now the real enemy of the Wei army is not the Wu army, but the problem of logistics supply, the army has no food and is in chaos, and now the Wei army's grain and grass will support for three or five days at most, once the food is exhausted, even the most tenacious hundred battles of the heroic division will collapse in an instant.

So if this problem is not solved, even if the Wu army does not attack, the Wei army itself will not be able to support it.

And Anfeng City is the closest Wei city to them, as a fortress city in front, it naturally has sufficient grain and grass reserves and strong fortifications, which undoubtedly became an important reason for Cao Liang to choose to go to Anfeng City.

But Cao Liang is only a member of the army, and it is his duty to give advice, but he does not have the power to decide.

Fortunately, Xiahou Xuan was just injured in his body and his brain was fine, and he still agreed and supported Cao Liang's suggestion, so even if there were still different opinions among the generals, the Wei army quickly set up camp and went to Anfeng City.

Along the way, there were no more accidents, more than 15,000 Wei soldiers gathered together, especially the high-end combat power with 3,000 horsemen, the combat effectiveness of the Wei army was still very strong, and the Wu army, which was generally a small unit, even if it saw it, also hurriedly took a detour, and did not have the courage to fight with it at all.

Unless it is the men and horses of the Wu army's brigade, Fang has the ability to fight with it, but the men and horses of the brigade are still in the north, and the only Zhuge Ke army in the south also rushed to Anfengdu overnight.

Therefore, in the surroundings of Anfeng City, there were no Wu army-formed troops, and the Wei army's journey to the south was still very smooth.

But the speed of the Wei army's march still made Cao Liang a little worried, after a night of bloody fighting, the Wei army was almost exhausted, and many soldiers were wearing colors, in this situation, it was almost very difficult to maintain a high-speed marching state.

Of course, the only exception is the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, although they have traveled three times more than other Wei soldiers in the breakthrough battle last night, but today they are still alive and well, maintaining high morale.

Wen Chin also asked each cavalry to carry an extra wounded with weak legs and feet, so as not to affect the marching speed of the entire army due to too many wounds.

But despite this, the march of the entire Wei army was not very fast, at least much slower than when it had set out from Luoyang for Runan.

Cao Liang was very worried about the pursuit of the Wu army, so he sent people to inquire about the enemy situation behind the team from time to time, and once he found the news of the Wu army's pursuit, he immediately reported it.

After marching all the way, when the sky is dusk, you can finally see the tower of Anfeng, in the heavy twilight, the tower of Anfeng City looks particularly majestic and tall, proudly and upright.

Cao Liang let out a long breath, no matter what, they finally rushed to Anfeng City, as long as they entered the city, they would be safe, even if it was temporary security.

All the Wei soldiers were also very happy, and after a long journey, they finally saw hope.

At this moment, the scout who was inquiring about the news in the back hurriedly came to report: "Qi Cao has joined the army, and the pursuers of Wu are already fifteen miles away, and they will chase after them at any time." ”

Cao Liang didn't have any expression, the soldiers around him were already shocked, after last night's bloody battle and today's long journey, the Wei army was already exhausted, and there was no combat effectiveness at all, and when they heard the news of the Wu army's pursuit, they were all frightened.

However, Cao Liang was obviously not surprised, all the way to the march, he sent people from time to time to inquire about the news of the chasing soldiers, just worried that Wu Bing would chase after him soon, and now Wu Bing finally chased after him, obviously within Cao Liang's expectations.

If Wu Jun had chased after him earlier, Cao Liang would definitely be worried, but at this moment, An Feng City was in front of him, as long as he entered the city, even if more Wu Jun chased after him, he could rest easy.

Cao Liang consulted with Ren Ran and asked the Wei army to speed up and enter the city as soon as possible to avoid the pursuit of the Wu army.

Xiahou Xuan was seriously injured and could not look at things, and the affairs of the Chinese army were all represented by Ren Lan, but because of Cao Liang's outstanding performance, Ren Ran respected Cao Liang very much at this moment, and admired Cao Liang's opinion in everything, Ren Ran agreed with it, so Cao Liang was also half the commander of the Wei army.

Hearing the news of the coming attack of the pursuers, Ren Ran was also a little worried, the current combat effectiveness of the Wei army could not withstand a battle at all, and if it encountered the pursuit of the Wu army in the field battle, it would definitely be defeated.

At this moment, only by entering the city can you win a little respite.

Therefore, Ren Ran immediately ordered the whole army to speed up and go straight to Anfeng City.

At this time, the Wei army was only a few miles away from Anfeng City, and Ren Lan took the lead, rushed straight to Anfeng City, showed the banner of Xiahou Xuan, and shouted loudly to the defenders to open the city gate.

At this moment, it was dark, but the defenders of the city were still heavily guarded, and they did not relax because it was getting late.

However, to the surprise of the defenders, the army under the city did not intend to attack the city, but rushed straight to the city gate, summoned a few soldiers with loud voices, came to the city, and shouted loudly to open the door.

The defenders, who had been fighting for several days and nights, suddenly felt inexplicable, could it be that this was a new trick made by the besieging Wu army? They had just withdrawn during the day, and they came to raid again at night, and these Wu people were really full of tricks and difficult to deal with.

In the face of the shouting from the city, the defenders did not dare to answer, let alone open the city gate, they immediately sent someone to report to An Feng Taishou Wangji and ask him to decide.