Chapter 135: Pursuing Victory
With the issuance of the retreat order, the Northern Route Army had no will to fight, and a one-sided situation appeared on the battlefield.
Liu Ye began to retreat quickly towards the camp under the escort of his own soldiers, while Han Jia and Xiong Zhan led the people behind the palace. Zhang Yan wanted to pursue Liu Ye, but Han Jia immediately entangled him with a few personal soldiers, and Liu Nature and Xiong Zhan were also inseparable, seeing that Liu Ye was about to return to the camp, Zhang Yan shouted at Zhang Lin: "Third brother, hurry up and capture Liu Ye!" ”
At this time, it was completely dark, Zhang Lin was originally chasing and killing the rout, and when he heard Zhang Yan's shout, he instinctively looked towards the camp of the North Route Army, but he only saw a piece of black oppression. Because he looked down on Liu Ye's position, Zhang Lin simply took dozens of men and horses to chase after the camp of the North Route Army. But the enemy is now retreating to the camp in a swarm of men and horses of the Northern Route Army, and Zhang Lin is blocked by layers of soldiers, so he has to slow down and rush to the barracks.
Han Jia led his own soldiers to fight and retreat, almost using his life to delay Zhang Yan's pursuit. But as soon as he fled back to the door, he saw Zhang Lin rushing to the camp, and in order to ensure Liu Ye's safety, Han Jia gritted his teeth and rushed towards Zhang Lin again.
Liu Ye finally returned to the camp smoothly, and seeing the chaos outside the camp, he immediately began to command: "Everyone, form a formation at the gate of the camp to prevent the enemy from rushing in!" ”
Under the command of Liu Ye, the Northern Route Army, which had returned to the camp, began to line up. These battle-hardened soldiers quickly stabilized their positions, constantly gathering the rout, and forming a square array at the gate of the camp to block the opponent's entry.
On the other side, Xiong Zhan had been surrounded by the township corps in Qinghua City, Xiong Zhan simply did not flee and became entangled with Liu Tiantian. Liu naturally knew in his heart that if this battle could not solve Liu Ye, he would definitely suffer greater revenge in the future, so he didn't want to be entangled in Xiong Zhan anymore, so he directly took off his robe and took off the chain.
Xiong Zhan couldn't help but get excited when he saw the iron chain on Liu Tiantian's body: "I didn't expect you to have some reservations, come and fight me for another three hundred rounds!" After speaking, he picked up the double hammer and slapped it at Liu Tiantian's head.
Liu naturally narrowed his eyes, stared at Xiong Zhan's steps, and jumped up suddenly the moment Xiong Zhan approached him, jumping directly over Xiong Zhan's head and landing behind Xiong Zhan. Xiong Zhan was startled and quickly turned around to look, but only saw a white light flashing in front of him, and then a large piece of crimson liquid flowed out from under his neck, Xiong Zhan was stunned and fell to the ground.
Zhang Yan will also be entangled with his own soldiers to kill at this moment, seeing the Northern Route Army regrouping, Zhang Yan rode up to meet him, and shouted at the scattered soldiers: "The soldiers of Jiuduzhai listen to the order, and charge with me in a conical formation!" The soldiers of Thanh Hoa City followed behind us and killed the routers! ”
When the soldiers who were originally charging in a scattered manner heard Zhang Yan's order, they immediately began to gather behind him. As Zhang Yan launched a charge against the Northern Route Army that had already formed a formation.
Zhang Lin led dozens of people because they rushed too deeply, and it was too late to return to the formation. And the square formation of the Northern Route Army has already killed them, and as long as they fall into the enemy formation, they will definitely die. Zhang Lin was anxious, and his hand couldn't help but increase his strength. Han Jia was not Zhang Lin's opponent at this time, but now he couldn't parry it at all, and he bumped into Zhang Lin a few times in a row, which shocked Han Jia's mouth numb.
Han Jia felt that she had dragged on long enough, and she couldn't care about turning around and running. After Zhang Lin led his subordinates to kill several soldiers in a row, he hurriedly retreated: "Quick, join the army!" ”
At this time, the battlefield was no longer chaotic, the North Route Army formed a square formation to block the gate of the camp, and Zhang Yan rushed over with the soldiers in a conical formation, everyone knew that it was time to win!
Zhang Yan took the lead and rushed directly into the formation of the Northern Route Army, and the war horse crashed into the enemy's shield and directly hit a gap, but it was quickly filled. At the same time, the halberds in the back row stabbed out one after another, and the war horses were lifeless. Zhang Yan jumped high as soon as he collided with the enemy, and jumped directly into the enemy's formation, turning over the river and the sea!
Soon, the soldiers from the two sides collided together, and Zhang Lin was worried about Zhang Yan's safety, so he rushed into the crowd without hesitation. Due to the small number of the Northern Route Army, and the loss of a lot of soldiers in the process of rout just now, there was finally a disconnect after resisting for half a day, and the soldiers of Jiuduzhai seized the opportunity to disperse the square formation.
In the camp, Han Jia had already come to Liu Ye, seeing that the formation of the soldiers in front of him was out of order, he hurriedly said to Liu Ye: "General, let's withdraw!" It's too late to go! ”
Liu Ye knew that the overall situation had been decided, although he was annoyed but helpless. Without saying a word, he got on his horse and was about to flee from the side of the camp when a figure rushed over.
"The thief is gone!"
Everyone looked at it, and it was Liu Tiantian.
It turned out that Liu Nature did not follow the army to charge, but jumped over the fence from the side of the camp and blended in.
"General go quickly, I'll stop him!"
Han Jia shouted while urging the horse to rush towards Liu Tiantian. Liu Ye, on the other hand, fled south under the escort of dozens of personal soldiers. Liu naturally intercepted Liu Ye in a hurry, and didn't take Han Jia in his eyes at all, in the face of Han Jia's charge, Liu naturally took the opportunity to fly, kicked Han Jia off the horse, and chased Liu Ye on his horse.
At this time, the overall situation in the camp had been decided, and the scattered Northern Route Army surrendered one after another. Seeing this, Han Jia directly changed into a soldier's coat and ran towards the south.
Zhang Yan led people to search for Liu Ye's traces in the camp, and soon found a gap in the south of the camp, so he asked Shang Lei to take people to guard the prisoners, and he and Zhang Lin chased them out.
Under Xu Liangcheng, Su Chang was very anxious at the moment, and the general on the side couldn't help but persuade: "General Su, it's getting late, and the soldiers are tired for a day, do you want to withdraw your troops?" ”
Looking at the dark sky, Su Chang pondered: Liu Ye's troops had already set off yesterday, and now they might be attacking Qinghua. Even if they received Xu Liang's request for help at this time, they would not be able to come back until noon tomorrow at the earliest. Just don't do it twice, launch a general attack tonight, and take down Xu Liangcheng!
Thinking of this, Su Chang gritted his teeth and divided the soldiers in the battalion into three routes, plus Pan Yang's vanguard army, and attacked Xu Liang from all sides.
The people of the Western Route Army did not know Su Chang's thoughts, but the military order was like a mountain, and everyone had to order them to immediately organize men and horses to start attacking the city. Xiao Pi also felt the unprecedented pressure, the arrows in the city were in an emergency, and all the people who could be used by his subordinates had been sent to the city wall, looking at the torches outside the city, Xiao Pi's confidence was also shaken.
The battle lasted until late at night, and the Northern Route Army in the city had been fighting fiercely for eight hours, and some soldiers did not even have the strength to hold swords. The Western Route Army, which had the advantage of numbers, finally attacked Xu Liang's city wall under such circumstances, Pan Yang led his men and horses to open the west gate of Xu Liang, and the Western Route Army in the other three directions immediately began to assemble in the west of the city.
Su Chang was very excited when he heard the news, just as he was about to get on his horse and enter the city in person, there was a rumbling sound in the distance, and if he listened carefully, it was the sound of ten thousand horses galloping!