The cheers and celebrations of victory have become the mourning and sorrow of thousands of empty alleys since then, and a gloomy cloud is bleak and condensed......

And Gao Lan's Jizhou soldiers are also miserable and miserable, and the scenery when they came is infinitely opposite, only less than five days of work, they ended up in a panic, embarrassed end, really embarrassing.

Gao Ran turned his head and glanced at the troops of less than 5,000 people, which added up to a fraction of the time when he came, with a bitter smile, and those who traveled a hundred miles were half ninety! The ancients did not deceive me!

Self-teasing but how can I alleviate the depression and melancholy in my heart, seeing that I am successful and famous, but in the end what I am waiting for is defeat and fleeing, if this is the case in life, I can only look up to the sky and sigh to make people!

"If you knew this was the case, why didn't you pity the cavalry ......" Gao Ran thought about the various results of sending cavalry to attack the city earlier, which one was a hundred times stronger than the current embarrassment, and he couldn't help but feel remorse in his heart, but it was a pity that there was no regret medicine to sell in the world!

Cui Juye rode his horse from the front, with a look of silence after the defeat and escape, and sighed at Gao Ran: "It's too timely for this thief-like Youzhou cavalry to come, if you don't come early, you won't come late, but the general will send the cavalry out of him!" ”

Speaking of this, he continued to complain: "And the eldest prince, didn't you spread the word the day before yesterday that you had found Gongsun Zhan's reinforcements, and didn't you want to stop it immediately?" What does this say about the troops that are now appearing behind? Did they fly with wings? Or did Gongsun Chan send two support troops? One light and one dark can't be! ”

was depressed and vented his dissatisfaction with Yuan Tan, but now looking around, he is not the only one with low morale, but also the one in the entire team who is not depressed.

"Hey."

Looking at the scene in front of him, Gao Ran's heart was not desolate. After a long sigh, he said: "This must be a dark chess set up by Gongsun Chan a long time ago, no wonder he didn't surrender, it turned out that he knew that there were reinforcements." ”

said so, but Gao Ran thought in his heart that the price was inevitably too great, and the courage of this soldier was too great, right? Although he sighed in his heart that Zhao Yun didn't care about the people of his hometown, he waited until he sent cavalry to attack the city before he came to give a fatal blow. But after thinking about it, being able to win this battle is nothing to the small people who died in Gu'an! But he didn't know that it was Zhao Yuncai who rushed over from the river.

"I don't believe that Gongsun Chan is like a god or an unpredictable prophet, but how can he guess the deployment of our temporary attack on Gu'an? Not to mention the Youzhou cavalry, let's just say that 'Baima Yicong' was not wiped out by the lord at the boundary bridge in the early days of the war? How did he escape the detectives set up by the four lords? Escaped everyone and ran back to Youzhou! Gao Ran looked at Cui Juye and asked all the questions in his heart.

"Is it open jaw?"

Cui Juye didn't think about it, and then Gao Ran's question speculated, and said: "After all, he had a handwritten letter at the beginning, which is enough to prove that he has a relationship with Liu Lan, since he can communicate with Liu Lan, why can't he have something to do with Gongsun Zhan!" Saying this, he looked coldly, and hurriedly looked at Gao Ran. It is clear that what he is guessing must be the truth.

"If that's the case, isn't he afraid that we will impeach him?" Gao Ran had a very close personal relationship with Zhang Jaw, but at this time, he did not call the other party's name but called him by name, which shows that he also had a trace of suspicion about Zhang Jaw in his heart.

"Do you think the Youzhou soldiers will give us this opportunity?"

Cui Juye sneered, pointed to the Youzhou cavalry not far behind him, and said, "It must be Zhang Jaw who told Gongsun Zhan about the plan early, so that the puppet will send his elite to Gu'an unknowingly!" Otherwise, we would have lost today, if we hadn't waited for the opportunity to be quick. Does General Gao think that you and I still have the life to go back and impeach him? At the end, he sneered and said: "At this time, it is still unknown whether I can go back." ”

"Don't talk nonsense. If so, how can you explain Jun Yi's burning of the dragon? Speaking of this, Gao Ran seemed to have a hundred times more confidence, and continued: "I expect that there must be a hidden secret! ”

Cui Juye bit the green tendons between his foreheads, and said angrily: "Wrong! The fire burned the dragon because there was a big prince, if you don't open your jaw, you don't go. It's a dead word! He has to go, he has to go, he has to go if he doesn't go, and after the fire burns the dragon to gather grain and grass, he is afraid of seeing the monster and the grandson, so he tells us of our whereabouts. so as to show goodwill to his grandson. ”

"This ......"

Gao Ran was speechless to refute for a while, and he was moved by Cui Juye's words in his heart. What he said is also reasonable, could it be that Zhang Jaw and Gongsun Chan are in collusion? The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, the more worried he became, and he was shocked, and said, "If this is the case, won't Jizhou fall into the hands of Gongsun?" ”

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The escape road of the Jizhou soldiers is a desolate area of the plains, which can be seen at a glance. Even if it is getting late, you can still see the distant pursuers lighting torches, they follow closely behind the buttocks, for fear of missing any of the Jizhou soldiers who have fallen behind, although the Jizhou soldiers have also tried to run desperately, but in the end they still give up, because the Youzhou cavalry is like a bone appendage, if you are fast, he will be fast, if you are slow, he will be slow, and he will follow him in a distance of about one or two miles.

At this time, Gao Ran and Cui Juye were both leading their horses, and suddenly Gao Ran heard a strange sound, and gradually the sound became louder and louder, so he listened carefully, looked at Cui Juye and said in a panic: "Water sound? How can there be water sounds? ”

His words were a little angry, the situation at this time was not good, if there were rivers and pools in front of him, wouldn't he be completely wiped out? An even more terrifying thought came to mind when I thought of this.

"Looks like it's time for Juma Water! I didn't expect us to be driven here! Cui Juye didn't expect the seriousness of the matter.

It's not good, the Youzhou soldiers are here to destroy us! Gao Ran has always wondered why the Youzhou cavalry did not attack aggressively, until the moment he arrived at Juma Shui, he understood the sinister intentions of the Youzhou soldiers, Cui Juye pulled out his saber, his eyes widened angrily, and said: "There is no way to live, you might as well use Juma Water to fight against the water!" Fight with Youzhou soldiers! ”

"No." Gao Ran was worried, and said: "Today, I have been fighting with the other army again and again, and I know that the other army will never confront our army head-on, if we really fight in formation, we will fall into the enemy's tricks!" ”

So you can only pass through the giant horse water as soon as possible? The two of them exited at the same time and rode their horses at the same time, and when they came to the giant horse water, they both exhaled. I saw that the Juma River in front of me was more than ten miles down, and there was a pontoon bridge on the river, which could accommodate two people to make a trip, but the river surface was extremely breathing, and it was winter, and the bank had already formed ice floe. Don't want to wade through the water.

Cui Juye looked at Ju Ma Shui, a trace of madness flashed in his eyes, and said: "If you and I can go back today, I will impeach the lord and him, even if the lord is kind enough to keep him, I will definitely preach with him." If you and I have a good relationship, what face do we have to face our dead brother? ”

Gao Ran was also full of suspicions, but Cui Juye was too excited at this time, and now was not the time to think about this, it was important to escape. Persuaded: "General Cui, life is important now, as long as you can return to Yecheng safely and explain this matter to the lord, the right and wrong will be judged by the lord!" ”

"Good!"

Cui Juye said in a deep voice: "I am relieved to have General Gao's words, and I will be relieved to die here today." Saying this, he turned over and dismounted and said: "I hope General Gao will keep his promise!" ”

"General Cui, what do you mean by this?" Gao Ran immediately jumped off the horse. Stretched out his hand to help Cui Juye and wondered.

"It's impossible to get all the brothers through the pontoon. Since this is the case, I will ask General Gao to lead the headquarters to evacuate first, and I will personally lead the other brothers to break off! At the end of the speech, he begged and begged: "If Cui survives today, he will meet with the general in the future, and if he doesn't happen today, he will ......."

Speaking of this, he was a little embarrassed, but he quickly said ruthlessly: "I also hope that General Gao will truthfully explain how the open-jaw thief framed his colleagues!" Brothers should be remembered under the spring! ”

This defeat can be said to be a great burial form, what kind of face does this give him to face Yuan Shao and the full tent of civil and military? But he is also a good general who has stood proudly on the battlefield for a long time. It's great that the lord cut off this good head, but the most important thing at the moment is to follow the Youzhou cavalry all the time, like a hungry wolf looking around, it doesn't matter whether his head matters or not, he is most worried about whether he can bring these good men from Jizhou back.

"Never! I am the Lord's general. After the break, I will come! ”

Gao Ran immediately objected, and said in a deep voice: "General Cui is talking about this matter, just lead the headquarters to leave, and I will never let the Youzhou soldiers catch up with you!" ”

Cui Juye laughed miserably and said: "As long as there is a master, this battle is still not a fiasco, this is one of them." Second, Cui is soft-spoken, how can he listen to Cui's words with the temperament of the lord in the matter of opening his jaw. The three archers are the elite under the lord's account, and if they can't be brought back, Cui will inevitably die! ”

Gao Ran's face sank, but he still didn't agree: "Since that's the case, then you take the archers and cavalry first!" ”

"General Gao, you are confused!"

Cui Juye said anxiously: "These soldiers are all the headquarters brought up by the general, will they watch General Gao fall into danger and leave with the general?" ”

Before he asked for the break, he had already expected that he would die no matter what, since this was the case, it was better to take the initiative to ask for help, if he was lucky enough to live a life at that time, if not, he also expected that after his generous death, Gao Ran would definitely make a statement to the lord, and then he would be worthy of these dead brothers if he opened his jaw to pay for his life.

Gao Ran and Cui Juye fought for the break out of his own heart, after all, he was the main general, and he didn't know that the famous general of the ancient times was not personally broken, and a few people abandoned the army and ignored it, when this life and death were at stake, how could he abandon his colleagues in the army and ignore it?

But at this time, the situation is different, what Cui Juye said is the truth, he hesitated for a moment and then made up his mind, nodded with difficulty, and said, "General Cui, take care!" ”

Gao Ran turned around and shouted, "Archers, be the first to cross the bridge!" After speaking, he turned over and got on the horse, did not look back, his voice was hoarse, and said: "General Cui, if you and I meet again in the future, I will definitely marry you Jinlan!" ”

His voice was a little choked, and he said, "If it is...... If...... One day, Gao will definitely carry the head of that white-robed young man to pay tribute to you personally! After speaking, he led the archers of his headquarters in pairs and quickly crossed the pontoon bridge.

Cui Juye beckoned the lancers of the headquarters to guard the bridgehead, looking at the lancers guarding the bridgehead, the infantry all shot resentful eyes in their eyes, after all, they were all defeated, and the morale was long gone at this time, which one did not want to get out of danger earlier, but at this time, watching the archers take the lead in passing the pontoon bridge one by one, and the lancers guarded the bridge, they naturally understood that they were going to be abandoned......

Looking at the desire to survive revealed by everyone in front of him, Cui Juye was also a little unbearable in his heart, but he couldn't let them pass, because the Youzhou cavalry was getting closer and closer, and from the time his own troops stagnated again, the Youzhou cavalry found that the situation was not good, and they had begun to swarm.

As a result, Cui Juye had to command the lancers in his headquarters to act as military judges, and gave orders to kill the infantry who dared to compete with the archers for the pontoon bridge.

He had to do this, and if he didn't, no one would have been able to cross the pontoon.

At this time, the chasing soldiers are getting closer and closer, Cui Juye must say something to stabilize the morale of the army, only to hear him shout: "The enemy is getting closer and closer, I and the lancers of the headquarters have decided to fight to the death with the Youzhou soldiers again, and you must also fight bravely with the general!" ”

In an instant, seeing that more than 3,000 people present fell into silence, the infantry began to be restless for a long time, and seeing that they were about to provoke a mutiny, Cui Juye hurriedly turned around, and saw that the last person of the archers crossed the pontoon bridge, and then raised his big knife to cut the pontoon bridge in time, and looked around at the crowd: "Today's battle, only the front, not the back, if you violate the general's order, you will not be pardoned!" ”

Cui Juye held up the ring head knife, shouted, and said: "Gu Zhixiang Yu broke the cauldron in Julu and broke the Qin army, today I am waiting by the Juma River, and I will also fight with the Youzhou soldiers!" ”

"General, we have been with you for many years, and it is my life's wish to be able to die on the battlefield with you today!" As soon as Cui Juye's words fell, he heard the lancers on the side shouting in unison.

"Okay, good, I have no regrets about being able to fight you to the death!" Looking at the old brother for many years, although Cui Juye showed a smile of relief on his face, his heart was bleeding, damn open jaw, Lao Tzu will not let you go!

"General."

An infantryman knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and said: "The villain is still supported by the old father and mother, begging the general to let the villain cross the river!" (To be continued.) )