Hearing Ji Ling's decision, all the generals except He Man were overjoyed, and they were ready to show their skills one by one, and they should be able to make meritorious contributions.

In their opinion, the current Pei Qing is the meat on the chopping board, let it be slaughtered, and they will slaughter this big fat meat well tonight.

But they didn't expect that this battle would be their nightmare.

At the third watch of the same night, all the soldiers under the leadership of Ji Ling went to Pei Qing's camp in high spirits, they were arranged in advance, and the four generals outflanked Pei Qing's camp from four directions respectively, and directly surrounded Pei Qing's camp.

However, Ji Ling didn't know that after hearing the sound of horses' hooves coming from his army, Pei Qing and his soldiers were not only not scared away, but they were all very happy: "It seems that this Ji Ling is really here, and now there is finally a battle." ”

"Kill!" Ji Ling and the others did not hide it in the slightest, and directly attacked the four gates of Pei Qing's camp, and then rushed directly over.

However, when they arrived at the camp, they found that it was quiet and empty.

"Oh no, it's a trick, retreat!" Ji Ling's heart shook when he saw this scene, and then he realized that he should have been tricked.

However, at this moment, only to hear the sound of the shocking snare drum outside the camp immediately, followed by the sound of breaking the sky densely, many soldiers were shot into hedgehogs before they could react, screaming and falling, their eyes with a strong unwillingness, death did not blink an eye, this battle they were originally to grab the credit, but did not expect to die here so inexplicably.

Ji Ling was even more annoyed in his heart, he really didn't expect this Pei Qing to be so cunning, deliberately pretending to be unguarded with few soldiers, attracting his own side, and now he heard the screams of the sergeants endlessly, and it is estimated that this time his own losses should not be small.

But there was no way, now he could only give an order, and the whole army would break through at all costs.

However, the crossbow arrows in front of them seemed to be endless, swarming into the bodies of the generals, robbing them of their vitality and making the soldiers behind them feel fearful.

At this moment, I don't know who suddenly shouted: "There is no ambush at the south gate of the camp, let's escape from there." ”

Hearing this, many soldiers all rushed towards the direction of the south gate, so that they trampled on each other, and even some soldiers killed their comrades in front of them because of the road, resulting in many more soldiers killed and wounded than they were killed by crossbow arrows before.

"Come back, don't escape!" Ji Ling was near the north gate at the time, he saw the soldiers rushing towards the south gate, he was furious, drew his sword and cut down several of his own fleeing soldiers, trying to control the situation, but he found that his approach was in vain, and then Ji Ling saw that there were fewer and fewer people around him, and knew that it was difficult to break through with these people, so he had no choice but to sigh, and under the coercion of the soldiers, he also rushed towards the south gate.

At the same time, I only heard the earth-shattering shouting and killing sound from behind, it turned out that Pei Qing personally led the army from the north gate, Zhou Cang from the east gate, and Yin Kaishan from the west gate into the camp, followed by the defeated and fleeing Yuan army soldiers to start the slaughter.

For a while, I only heard the screams of the soldiers, and this caused the soldiers in front to flee more desperately, at such a moment they don't care about what victory or defeat, and no matter what military discipline, anyway, the more they are in front, the higher the security, in order to be able to get greater security, they can only desperately squeeze forward, in order to achieve their goals, kill their companions in front, trample and such things happen again.

Of course, among them, there are also some soldiers who can't escape and surrender on their knees in order to save their lives, according to the general situation, if you want to contain the prisoners, you have to waste the time of chasing and killing the enemy, unless you kill and surrender at the first time, but Pei Qing can't do this, as he has crossed from the afterlife, he must not do such bloody things as killing and slaughtering the city, this is his bottom line, but Pei Qing will not let go of the opportunity to contain the prisoners, and at the same time he does not want to let go of the opportunity to chase and kill Ji Ling's defeated army, because once Ji Ling escapes into the city, It's not that easy to storm a city.

Originally, there was almost no possibility of wanting both, but there was Yin Zhongkan in Pei Qing's camp, and his extremely high prestige was enough to deter these soldiers in a short period of time and reduce their chances of defecting.

So Pei Qing ordered Yin Zhongkan to lead a few hundred people to stay and collect the defeated, while he led his own battalion Deng Dang, Fan Lin, Xie Yingdeng, Zheng Chang and other fierce generals and the other two armies to continue to hunt down and kill the fleeing Ji Ling.

In this case, Ji Ling has no choice, the so-called defeat is like a mountain, he is not alone to stabilize the situation, in desperation, he can only move forward with the army, only hoping to get rid of the pursuit of the enemy army as soon as possible and enter the city as soon as possible, and at the same time hope in his heart, the loss this time will not be too big, otherwise he will not be able to explain to the lord Yuan Shu at all, even if he is a confidant, I am afraid that this time he will inevitably be punished.

finally rushed out of the other party's camp, but I didn't expect that the other party was still chasing after him, tens of thousands of troops were covering behind, and the soldiers under Ji Ling's command threw away their armor and armor along the way, and the armor and banners were thrown all over the ground, but no one picked up the army under Pei Qing's command, because Pei Qing's military law specifically stipulates that anyone who dares to pick up the enemy's equipment regardless of the military situation when chasing and killing the enemy or fighting head-on will be executed, Pei Qing's military law is particularly strict, The soldiers in charge of supervising the war were not merciful when it came to enforcing military discipline, so none of them dared to risk their lives to pick up items for a reward.

It is precisely because of this that Pei Qing's army has been able to maintain its formation, and launched an uninterrupted pursuit of the fleeing enemy army, until it has been pursued to the city of Qiaoxian.

Ji Ling felt very aggrieved in his heart, he really didn't expect this Pei Qing to chase after him until he reached the city, could it be that they wanted to take the opportunity to attack the city?

However, Ji Ling is still not too worried about this, after all, there are still more than 10,000 troops in the city, and his defeated army is roughly estimated to have more than 20,000 people, and the two sides add up to 30,000 people, so many troops are enough to hold Qiaoxian, as long as it is dragged until Yuan Shu captures Yingchuan, Yuan Shu will definitely send troops to rescue at that time.

Ji Ling cheered up a little, came to the city gate, and ordered He Man to open the city gate, as long as the city gate was wide open, they could enter the city and pull up the drawbridge, then it would be completely safe, anyway, there are several deep trenches outside the city now, which can temporarily block the enemy's advance, as for the troops behind him, they can completely give up some of them and not let them stop Pei Qing for a moment, in fact, so many troops under his command, even if only half of them come in, they can hold on until Yuan Shu returns.

However, I didn't expect that nearly a stick of incense had passed, and seeing that Pei Qing's army was about to arrive, He Man never opened the door.

"Homan? Why haven't you opened the door yet? Aren't you afraid of the power of my military law? Ji Ling had fire in his heart, so he could only send it to He Man.

However, he saw He Man sneering and said, "Ji Ling, you idiot, you have fought a big defeat with so many people, and now you still have the face to come back?" I now officially announce, what is the surname of this county town from now on, if you don't go away, don't blame me for being polite. ”

After finishing speaking, He Man shot an arrow at Ji Ling.

Although he didn't shoot it, Ji Ling was furious, pointed at He Man and scolded loudly: "You dog thief, you dare to betray me, today your grandfather Ji Ling will definitely capture the city and knock your little dog to the bone and marrow to vent my hatred!" ”

Then the furious Ji Ling ordered the army to immediately attack and recapture the county seat.