Chapter 430: Alert
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Zhang Ji regarded the villagers outside the city as a tool for him to be promoted and make a fortune.
He left the county government in a hurry, returned to the barracks, ordered more than 2,000 soldiers and horses, and led a group of soldiers out of the city from the west city gate and went straight to the villagers outside.
Seeing that so many soldiers were slaughtering out of the city, the villagers outside who were shouting anti-Lang slogans immediately scattered and fled one by one, like a plate of scattered sand, and ran straight to the woods west of the city.
Seeing this, Zhang Ji was even more contemptuous, sneering at these hillbillies who didn't know whether they were alive or dead, and didn't pay attention to them at all. He drank the order left and right, killed all the thieves, and each person who took the head of a thief could receive a hundred coins.
Hearing his order, the more than 2,000 soldiers of Wang Lang's army below, their eyes flashed with golden light, and people shouted and chased out with their buttocks.
Zhang Ji himself took the lead, riding a war horse and running at the front. How can the two legs of the villagers be faster than the four legs of the war horse? Soon, Zhang Ji caught up with a tall villager.
He raised the spear in his hand and aimed it at the back of the villager's heart, stabbing him hard. To his surprise, the villager suddenly rolled to the side, unbelievably dodging his inevitable shot.
Zhang Ji was furious, stopped the war, turned the horse's head, and came back.
The burly villager quickly took out two large handfuls of sand from his arms, raised his hands outward, and sprinkled all the sand on Zhang Ji's face, the latter got into the sand in both eyes, and did not care to go up to kill the villagers, holding a gun in one hand and rubbing his eyes with the other.
It took him a while to regain his sight, and he spat out two mouthfuls of sand.
He looked closely, and the burly villager had already run a long way away, and everyone had reached the edge of the woods. At this time, the soldiers behind also caught up, and everyone asked with concern, "Is the general okay?" β
As a dignified partial general, he was blinded by a hillbilly on the battlefield with sand, Zhang Ji was so angry that his face was red and his neck was thick, and he gritted his teeth and roared: "Younger generation, today I will definitely break this thief into pieces!" β
As he spoke, he swung forward and shouted, "Chase me!" Don't let anyone go! β
Wang Langjun, led by Zhang Ji, chased and killed the villagers who fled all the way, and all poured into the forest in the west of the city.
It's winter, and the trees in the forest have long since withered, and there are no leaves, only bare trunks remain, but the trees in the forest are dense and snowy, which greatly affects people's speed.
Zhang Ji also had to get off his horse, wade through the thick snow, and chase forward with difficulty. As Wang Langjun went deeper and deeper into the dense forest, he found that instead of catching up with the villagers, the distance between the two sides became farther and farther away.
"Haven't you had enough to eat? Give me more strength, if you let the thief run away today, after you go back, you won't have dinner! Zhang Ji roared angrily.
After chasing for a while, and looking further, I couldn't even see the backs of the villagers, and everywhere I looked, there was snow except for the trees.
At this time, Zhang Ji suddenly gasped, how could a group of villagers, a rabble, run so fast? Their own soldiers used all their strength, but not only failed to catch up with the other party, but were also thrown away by the other party?
Wrong! These people can't be ordinary villagers!
Zhang Ji had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and realized that it was not good, he hurriedly stopped, and at the same time raised the spear in his hand high, and shouted to the soldiers around him: "Wait! All stop! Chase it no more! β
A soldier nearby said indignantly: "General, the anti-thief hasn't run too far......"
Before the words fell, Zhang Ji waved his hand and said, "Don't speak!" Stopping the words of his subordinates, Zhang Ji narrowed his eyes and slowly scanned the surroundings.
The great woods were quiet, there was no movement at all, no sparrows, no birds, no sound.
Zhang Ji's eyes flickered, and he said urgently: "No! Drawdown! The whole army immediately withdrew to Zhencheng! β
Many of the generals under Wang Lang are from the rivers and lakes, and their ability to lead troops to fight may not be good, but they are very experienced in the rivers and lakes, and they are all handy in ambushes and plots.
At this time, Zhang Ji felt that the situation in the forest was wrong, and immediately ordered his soldiers to change from the rear team to the front team, and quickly withdraw from the forest.
Just when Wang Langjun was about to return the same way, suddenly, he heard a burst of shouts and killings from the depths of the forest, and then a large group of villagers with sharp blades rushed out from the depths of the forest.
Behind it, there were many soldiers in armor.
In this situation, the faces of the soldiers of Wang Langjun also changed greatly, Zhang Ji secretly gritted his teeth, and there was indeed an ambush in the forest! These villagers are really not simple! He shouted urgently: "Retreat! The whole army retreats! β
Just now, Wang Langjun was chasing and killing the villagers' buttocks, but now the situation has suddenly reversed, and it has become that the villagers are chasing and killing Wang Langjun's buttocks.
When Wang Langjun hurriedly ran out of the forest, the villagers also chased after him, and the two sides came into contact and immediately became a ball.
Zhang Ji didn't care about others, and while running back, he shouted loudly: "Retreat!" Retreat all! β
Liu Xiu, who was ambushed in the forest, didn't expect Zhang Ji to be so alert, and retreated first without completely getting into the encirclement they had arranged.
As a last resort, they had no choice but to abandon the original ambush location and pursue them from the depths of the forest.
This undoubtedly greatly affected Liu Xiu's battle plan, but now, there are not so many things that can be managed, so kill a few more people if you can.
Liu Xiu held the Chixiao Sword in his hand, took three steps into two steps, chased after the back of a Wang Lang soldier, and stabbed out with a sword.
Burst! The soldier couldn't dodge, and the sword pierced the back of the heart, and he fell to the ground. A soldier in front of him suddenly turned around, aimed at Liu Xiu's front door, and raised his hand to shoot a crossbow arrow.
Liu Xiu pulled out the Chixiao Sword from the corpse and swung it outward, with a crisp sound, the crossbow arrow was bounced away, and Liu Xiu's arrow jumped to the front of the soldier, and swept over with a sword.
The soldier subconsciously raised his crossbow to block. The wooden crossbow machine, under the edge of the Chixiao Sword, is like papier-mΓ’chΓ©.
Click! The crossbow machine was broken in two, and the soldier's throat was torn open, and the latter's neck was bleeding, and he took two steps backwards and fell on his back. Liu Xiuyi shook the sword in his hand and continued to chase the enemy in front of him.
This is just a corner of the battlefield, close to 2,000 Zhongshan County troops, in the woods to chase and kill more than 2,000 people Wang Lang army, both sides while running, people are also running all the way, all the way to death.
On the ground in the woods, the corpses of the fallen were strewn and scattered, and the scarlet blood stained the white snow into patches of bright red.
Zhang Ji was the first group of people to run out of the woods, he looked around him, and the soldiers who ran out of the woods with him were only more than a hundred people, and there were many soldiers running out with all their might.
He gasped for a few breaths, grabbed a soldier beside him, and roared angrily: "Go! Return to the city immediately, notify the city, and get ready to meet the enemy! β
"Yes! Checkmate! The soldier agreed, shook off his legs, and ran in the direction of Zhencheng.
Zhang Ji turned around and looked at his own soldiers who had escaped from the forest, his face was gloomy like water, and his fists were clenched tightly. You must know that this is Zhencheng, which is the hinterland of Julu County, how could the Zhongshan County Army suddenly appear in Zhencheng?
Why didn't you hear even the slightest wind beforehand? In addition, how did the Zhongshan Army know that their own grain and grass were hoarded in Zhencheng? Now Zhang Jiyi's mind is dazed and confused, and there are too many puzzles in his heart.
He went out of the city with more than 2,000 soldiers, but he waited outside the forest for a while, and there were only a few hundred soldiers who ran out.
Zhang Ji didn't dare to wait any longer, stomped his feet fiercely, waved his hand and shouted: "Withdraw!" As he spoke, he took the hundreds of soldiers who ran out and went straight to the direction of Zhencheng.
When Liu Xiu cut down several Wang Lang's soldiers and chased them out of the forest, Zhang Ji's hundreds of people had already run far away.
Zhu You, Feng Yi and Wang Ba came to Liu Xiu's side panting, wiped the sweat beads and blood stains on their faces, looked at the back of Wang Langjun in front of them, and asked, "Lord, are you still chasing after you?" β
Liu Xiu glanced at everyone and asked, "Can you fight again?" β
Wang Ba grinned, patted his chest and said, "Lord, even if the giant is here, the last general can fight Lily again!" β
Liu Xiu smiled, shook his head and shouted: "Chase!" If the city doesn't have time to close the gates, we'll go straight into the city! β
The Zhongshan County Army led by Liu Xiu chased the remnants of the army led by Zhang Ji and also ran towards Zhencheng.
The two sides, one in front and one in the back, were only about two miles apart. Seeing the enemy chasing after them, Zhang Ji and the others ran faster, and after two teas, they finally ran to the gate of Zhencheng.
Before the people arrived, Zhang Ji pulled his neck and shouted, "Close the city gate!" Close the gates quickly! β
The defenders of Zhencheng, who had already received the news in advance, were ready here at the city gate, and at this time, after hearing Zhang Ji's order, the soldiers in the city gate cave worked together to close the city gate.
They didn't close all the two city gates, in that case, they would also lock Zhang Ji and the others outside the city, they only closed one city gate.
Zhang Ji and the others rushed into the city along the open city gate. When the last soldier entered the city, the other gate was slowly closed, and at this time, Liu Xiu and the others were not even a hundred meters away from the city gate.
If he ran further, he was about to enter the range of the defenders at the head of the city, and the city gate was already closed, Liu Xiu could only stop, looking at the closed city gate in front of him, he gritted his teeth unwillingly.
Just one step away! If they could have gone one step earlier, they could have entered the city before the gates closed! In this ambush, although Liu Xiubu successfully killed nearly 2,000 Wang Langjun with weak casualties, he failed to kill the opponent's main general Zhang Ji, nor did he enter Zhencheng in one go
In fact, they failed.
Just when Liu Xiu was standing a hundred meters away from Zhencheng and sighing secretly, suddenly, he heard a great chaos in Zhencheng, and they were so far away that they could hear the sound of shouting and fighting coming from inside the city.
Liu Xiu and the others were all at a loss, not knowing what had happened in Zhencheng City. Liu Xiu looked at Choshi and asked, "Second time, do we have our own people in the city?" β
Choshi shook his head solemnly. It is true that some of his spies are lurking in the city, but there are not many people, not even ten, and it is impossible for them to attack the defenders in the city.
Liu Xiu asked, "What is the situation in the city now?" β
The others also looked at Choshi with puzzled faces. The latter had a wry smile on his face, although he was in charge of his own intelligence, he didn't know everything. He said: "Lord, the situation in Zhencheng is very strange now...... before he finished speaking, an incredible scene appeared.