"Kill!"

Under Xinfeng City, the Xiliang army originally felt that they would be able to break through Xinfeng City with more strength, so that they could receive the reward, and there was an order from above that after capturing Xinfeng, they could be allowed to slaughter the city for three days, so they fought desperately as if they had been beaten with chicken blood.

However, in the next moment, the opposing reinforcements came from behind, and their rear army suffered heavy losses under the surprise, and hundreds of people died in the blink of an eye.

In this case, the Xiliang army hurriedly abandoned the siege equipment, took spears and sabers, and rode war horses to prepare to meet the enemy.

However, even if they rode on their horses, because they were surrounded by their own people, and the formation was also chaotic, it was useless, but they became the living targets of the imperial army, and they were greeted by bows and arrows, spears, and swords, and soon suffered many casualties.

After Guo Yan got the news, he knew that although he was very unwilling in his heart, he could only withdraw his troops now, because his army could not resist the other party's surprise attack at all, and most of the Xiliang soldiers were elite cavalry, but this also meant that they had obvious shortcomings in foot combat, and they could not be the opponent of the other party at all, even if they were barely defeated, the proportion of damage would make them unbearable.

Even Jia Xu couldn't help but feel shaken in his heart after hearing the news, because he had carefully inspected the terrain before, and knew that once Pei Qing was trapped, it would be difficult to escape back, the river was deep, the water was fast, it was impossible to wade through the water, and if he wanted to build a bridge, he had to cut wood, and in the middle of the night, it was impossible for the sound of logging not to alarm the soldiers who were besieging them, and he wanted to cross the river quietly, he didn't have such a ability at all.

"And if you break through head-on, although Fan Chou is not there, there will be at least nearly 20,000 people under Li Dao and Li Meng, right? Hu Zhen's subordinates refused to work for Pei Qing, even if Pei Qing's 3,000 people alone could successfully break through, how many people would be left after arriving here? ”

Jia Xu's heart was full of doubts, and he didn't know how Pei Qing came here, but he saw that since Pei Qing's army directly attacked the Xiliang army, it proved that there was no Li Dao's army chasing behind them, which meant that Pei Qing had concealed Li Dao and did not take the way of breaking through head-on.

Hearing the shouting and killing sound coming from the city, and at the same time through the fire of the Xiliang army under the city, Xu Rong also saw that the enemy army was now being attacked, he suddenly lifted his spirits, and said with a loud smile: "The Metropolitan Governor is back, the Metropolitan Governor is back, we are saved." ”

The soldiers in the city had gradually lost confidence, and even Li Su was about to give up, but after hearing Xu Rong's words, all the soldiers suddenly thundered with joy, and their morale rose rapidly, and they didn't know where the strength came from, and they bravely slaughtered the enemy troops who had climbed up to the top of the city.

In fact, as soon as he saw Pei Qing come back, Guo Yan, who knew that he couldn't do anything, had already ordered to withdraw from the army. Since success or failure is successful, even if you insist, it is useless, but it will bring greater losses to your own side, Guo Yan is not stupid, of course he knows the stakes, so he did not hesitate to order the army to retreat.

After all, Guo Yan's number is relatively large, so Pei Qing did not chase after them when they retreated, but those who have not had time to withdraw, including those who are still on the ladder and under the city wall to prepare to attack the city, are unlucky at this time, they are now unable to advance, unable to retreat, and have been dumpled by the Han army.

"I, we surrender." I don't know who shouted, but the other soldiers also reacted, dropped their weapons, and knelt down in surrender.

Although there are not many of these people, there are two or three thousand people, Pei Qing did not embarrass them, and incorporated them into the command of Xu Rong and Li Su, the generals who originally belonged to the Xiliang Army, which can be regarded as supplementing the manpower lost in this battle.

In addition, in this battle, Pei Qing also captured many of the opponent's siege equipment, which was actually a great achievement, because in this way, the opponent would suspend the siege operation because of the lack of siege equipment.

"Thank you for the grace of the Metropolitan Governor, if it weren't for the Metropolitan Governor, I am afraid that we would all die here." After the battle ended, Xu Rong and Li Su all saluted Pei Qing respectfully.

Especially Xu Rong, he admired Pei Qing more and more, especially after hearing that Pei Qing not only defeated Li Dao but also saw through Jia Xu's conspiracy and got out of trouble unscathed, he was even more impressed, he already deeply understood that he was much worse than Pei Qing in terms of combat ability and resourcefulness, he asked himself who he had never served in the war for many years, even Sun Jian and Cao Cao were defeated by his subordinates, but now, in front of Pei Qing, he was willing to bow down.

At this time, Li Wei was still reinforcing his defenses, lest Pei Qing would break through at night, until Guo Yan led the army to the front, and then asked with a surprised face: "Brother Guo, why did you come here?" Could it be that Xinfeng City has been captured? ”

"Hmph, take a fart, Brother Zhiran, don't you know that Pei Qing has escaped? And directly led the army to sneak attack the rear road of our army, our army was caught off guard and it was difficult to resist at all, so we had to retreat, the reason why we came here is to tell you that Pei Qing has withdrawn, don't wait meaninglessly, we have been busy all night, go back to the camp and rest. ”

"What? Pei Qing escaped? How is this possible? After hearing this, Li Wei was very shocked in his heart, and said in surprise: "I have been staring here, he has never tried to break through, nor has he heard the sound of logging, and even there is no abnormal sound in the dense forest. ”

I saw Guo Yan walking out of Jia Xu behind him, and sighed softly: "It's all about the inconsiderate information, the mistake of your major affairs, and the crime of the accusation, General Li, I want to go into the dense forest to take a look, because Xu has never been able to understand, how did this Pei Qing escape from here unconsciously?" ”

Then Jia Xu went to the dense forest to investigate the news under the protection of dozens of Xiliang army soldiers, and when he came to the place where Pei Qing crossed the river, he saw a wooden plank diagonally placed on the two right-angled sides of the river, and after thinking for a while, he finally came to his senses, and said with an amazed face: "I really didn't expect this Pei Qing to be able to think of such a wonderful way to cross the river, he is really a genius in the world." ”

"What wonderful way to cross the river? Master Jia, what are you talking about? ”

Hearing Jia Xu's admiration, Li Dao, who came later, asked with a puzzled expression.

I only heard Jia Xu ask: "If it is you, a general, how can you cross the river smoothly when the two planks are not long enough?" ”

"This ......" Li Wei racked his brains and couldn't think of a way, so he could only look at Jia Xu, hoping that Jia Xu could give him an answer.

Then Jia Xu ordered someone to get a wooden plank about the same length, which was put on the opposite bank of the river and on the hypotenuse at the other end, and built a pontoon bridge.

"It turns out that this Pei Qing actually used this method to escape, it's really hateful, cheaper this kid." Li Dao suddenly realized and said hatefully.

However, I saw Jia Xu say slowly: "Actually, I have to thank this genius person, because he gave me inspiration and made me think of a way to break through Chang'an." ”

"Huh? It's true? No, I mean, Jia Junshi is Jia Junshi, and it's really good that he can think of a way to break through Chang'an," Li Wei was immediately excited when he heard this, and asked with urgency: "What is the solution?" Hurry up and let me hear it, if you can break through Chang'an, you will be the first hero, Jia Junshi, and your benefits will be indispensable at that time. ”