Gao Yi was shocked when he heard the news, although Jizhou City is important, but once Yuezhou and Changzhou are captured by the Song army, the back road of his 100,000 army will be cut off, and even if he holds Jizhou City, it will only be trapped in a lonely city, and how long can he hold it.

Thinking of this, Gao Yi hurriedly called his two nephews, Gao Xiang and Gao Cheng, and allocated 30,000 troops to the two of them to rescue.

The 100,000 army was divided into 60,000 at once, and Gao Yi and the remaining 40,000 people did not dare to face Deng Yuanjue directly, so he bluffed, hoping to make Deng Yuanjue worry and not be able to attack Jizhou City with all his strength. On the one hand, he ordered to slow down the trip, and while walking, he waited for Gao Xiang and the two to return to the team after rescue, and at the same time sent someone to inquire about the situation in Jizhou City.

After waiting for a few days, Gao Yi didn't wait for the spies he sent out, but waited for Deng Yuanjue.

Deng Yuanjue, who had been paying attention to Gao Yi's movements, learned that Gao Yi had divided his troops to save Yuezhou and Changzhou, so he asked Deng Wenhao to take 10,000 people and continue to surround Jizhou City under his own banner, while he and Deng Wenjie quietly approached Gao Yi with the rest of the army.

The spies sent by Gao Yi were discovered by the masters of the Heavenly Sword Sect who went out with the army, and naturally no one could escape back alive, so Gao Yi knew nothing about Deng Yuanjue's movements.

Ordinary generals, in addition to being stunned, who is not afraid of meeting Deng Yuanjue on the battlefield, Gao Yi is of course also an ordinary general.

Now when he saw that this world's number one general really appeared in front of him, Gao Yi was even more panicked than he imagined, and he didn't even know how to deal with it next, but fortunately, Deng Yuanjue just looked at him from a distance and did not take the initiative to attack.

That's it, the two looked at each other for a moment, Deng Yuanjue suddenly laughed, and led the troops to withdraw.

Just when Gao Yi was puzzled, a spy came to report, saying that the Song general Deng Wenjie had just taken advantage of the chaos to lead people to attack the grain and grass team of the rear army, and the grain and grass were burned down.

After hearing this, Gao Yi felt that the sky was spinning, his eyes were dark, and he almost fell off his horse.

The staff around him comforted: "Da Sima doesn't have to worry too much, although our grain and grass have been destroyed, but fortunately, we are fighting on our own, and it is not too much of a problem to send people to nearby towns to collect some back, it's just ......."

Gao Yi saw that he wanted to speak and stopped, and was a little angry: "Just what? If you have anything to say, just say it. ”

The staff said: "It's just that Deng Yuanjue appeared here, and the students are worried that Jizhou City has been lost?" ”

Gao Yi was even more anxious in his heart, and asked, "If Jizhou has been lost, what should we do now?" ”

The staff member frowned: "The student suggested that we should speed up the march, if Jizhou is lost, it will not be difficult to take it back while the hearts of the people are still facing us." If Jizhou is not lost, we can also solve the problem of grain and grass by rushing over. ”

Gao Yi said helplessly: "Now it can only be like this." ”

The surplus food on the Chu army is not enough to support two days, and this place is only a two-day trip from Jizhou, so hurry up and hurry, but they will not starve, but the question is will Deng Yuanjue let them go back so easily?

While the army was marching, a sergeant reported: "There are two roads in front of you, which way does the big Sima take?" ”

Gao Yi asked, "Which road is closer?" ”

The sergeant replied, "The road is wide and flat, suitable for a large army, but it is fifty miles away." The small road is narrow and dangerous, the potholes are difficult to walk, and there are several places on the small road where smoke rises, and there is a fear of ambush, and there is no movement on the main road. ”

Gao Yi was in trouble and asked the staff around him: "Sir, which way do you think we go?" ”

The staff member thought for a moment and replied, "Under normal circumstances, it is impossible to take a small road on the march, because the path is convenient for the enemy to ambush. However, Deng Yuanjue was resourceful and deliberately let people smoke on the path, which made us even more afraid to take the path, but he set up an ambush on the road to wait for us, so the students suggested taking the path. ”

Gao Yi didn't know how to choose, and after listening to what the staff said made sense, he listened to his advice and led the army to the trail.

The army marched through the steep places, the road gradually widened, and there was no ambush of the Song army on the road. Gao Yi felt a little relieved, and praised the staff around him: "Mr. is clever, even Deng Yuanjue can't hide it from Mr. this time." ”

The staff was also overjoyed, and was about to talk, when suddenly there was a loud noise, and the first army in the mountain pass was swinging away, and the mountainsides on both sides were also full of Song soldiers with bows and crossbows, and the general headed by the front was Deng Yuanjue, the general of the Song State.

When Gao Yi saw that there was an ambush, he was so frightened that he looked at each other.

Deng Yuanjue smiled: "Da Sima, I have been waiting for you here for a long time. Earlier, I asked people to set off smoke to warn, just to tell you that there was an ambush here, but I didn't expect you to break inside, it's really bold, so let Deng see the bravery of Da Sima. ”

Gao Yi couldn't care about Deng Yuanjue's sarcasm, and retreated with the army.

Deng Yuanjue was happy at first glance, if Gao Yi rushed forward desperately now, although the Chu army was at a disadvantage, he was not sure that he could stop him, after all, Gao Yi's troops were much more than himself. Now that he retreats, he will definitely be defeated.

Deng Yuanjue was not polite, ordered the soldiers on both sides to release arrows, and personally led the army to rush over.

The path was already narrow, and the 40,000 Chu troops scrambled to flee first, where to escape for a while, plus the Song army was chasing behind, and the Chu soldiers trampled each other to death countless times.

When Gao Yi finally escaped, most of the soldiers around him were killed and injured, and now he didn't dare to go to Jizhou again, so he had to defeat Yuezhou and meet Gao Xiang who went to the rescue.

Halfway through, suddenly black clouds covered the ground, heavy rain poured down, and all the soldiers were wet in their clothes. Gao Yi didn't dare to stay for fear of Deng Yuanjue's pursuit, and fled for another hour in the rain before daring to stop and rest, at this time the soldiers were hungry and unbearable.

Gao Yi is usually pampered, but how could he suffer like this, so he immediately found a few lieutenants and asked them to take people to the nearby villages to borrow some food.

It is said to be borrowed, but in fact it is to rob. In less than half an hour, the lieutenants came back with a lot of food, and found a dry place nearby to bury the pot for cooking. Gao Yi ordered to kill a few war horses and roast horse meat to eat.

The horse meat had just been cooked, and the soldiers were about to start eating. There was another shout of killing in front of him, and it turned out that Shi Luosheng had made a detour from Yuezhou to intercept and kill the defeated Chu army.

Gao Xiang took 30,000 people to rescue Yuezhou, and when he arrived in a hurry, he found that the Song army had withdrawn in advance.

In fact, Shi Luosheng and the Song army did not retreat, but followed Gao Yi all the way. It wasn't until he was defeated by Deng Yuanjue that he showed up to intercept and kill.

The military horses of the two sides were killed again, and the Chu army was already weak, and where was the opponent of the Song army. Seeing that he was invincible, Gao Yi turned over and stepped on a war horse, taking advantage of the chaos to flee first, and the generals desperately protected each other and fled all the way in the direction of Yuezhou.

Shi Luo promoted few soldiers, and after repelling Gao Yi, he did not pursue, led the troops to make peace with Deng Yuanjue, and then returned to Jizhou together, preparing to take Gao Kegong. A day later, Liu Zixuan also withdrew from Changzhou.

Although Gao Yi lost two battles in a row, the losses were not too big, and the defeated army in his hand plus Gao Xiang and Gao Cheng had more than 70,000 people. The grain and grass burned by Deng Wenjie were also replenished after returning to Yuezhou.

In terms of troops, the Chu army still has the upper hand, but as Wang Lun said, Gao Yi can only fight with the wind, and the continuous defeats make him overwhelmed. Gao Xiang and Gao Cheng didn't dare to ask for battle, and the 70,000 army was frightened and hid in Yuezhou City, not daring to come to the rescue of Jizhou.

Gao Yi frightened Gao Kegong if he didn't move, this uncle and nephew are really alike, originally Deng Yuanjue led a large army to meet Gao Yi, only Deng Wenhao was left outside the city with 10,000 people, Gao Kegong had every chance to kill Deng Wenhao, and then attack Deng Yuanjue with Gao Yi back and forth. But it was also because he was afraid of Deng Yuanjue's prestige, he hid in Jizhou City, did not dare to fight, and once again missed the opportunity to defeat the Song army.