Chapter 49: Pursuit and Demand

"Big brother!" Seeing this, Zhao Yun hurriedly flew off his horse and took three steps and rushed to Liu Qi's side, holding Liu Qi with a worried face.

Seeing this, Shi A and the others gave up the pursuit of Lei Bo, and all the worried people surrounded them, and asked one after another, "Big brother (lord), how are you?" ”

"It's okay, the new injury hasn't healed, I've been out of strength for a long time, and I'm just a little prostration." Liu Qi smiled bitterly, his body was still too weak, and he thought that he was already very strong after such a long time of desperate training, but unexpectedly, this small injury and Yuan Lie's onslaught made him collapse so much, it was really a careless miscalculation.

As soon as Liu Qi said this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and Shi A blamed himself: "It's all my fault for the little brother, there is no ......"

Liu Qi reluctantly stood up and interrupted Shi Adao: "It's not the third brother who is to blame, it's the eldest brother who is capable." After a pause, he said: "Mr. Jibo, I will immediately go out to calm the people, and I will leave it to you to clean up the battlefield and pacify the people." ”

"No!"

"Ah Hu Apan, you two gather the soldiers, collect the defeated soldiers, and then let them build the city wall." Liu Qi looked at the Liu brothers and said, "The two towns of Tucheng are temporarily sent by you to send troops to escort Yang You back to Xinye, and all the ordnance, grain, and grass in Tucheng will be transported back to Yiyang. ”

"Yes!" The two brothers Liu Pan and Liu Hu replied in unison, Liu Pan pointed to Yuan Lie, who had been bound, and asked, "Lord, this person killed something with one sword!" ”

Liu Qi said hatefully: "No, he is still useful." It's too cheap to kill him like this! ”

"Chop off one of his hands, don't let him die!" Liu Qi flashed ruthlessly and said: "Since Old Thief Yuan has planned repeatedly, almost making us lose Yiyang, it's really angry to not let him pay back a little interest!" Second brother, does the Baiwei Camp still have the strength to fight? ”

Zhao Yun looked at the two thousand soldiers who were slightly tired, and said in a deep voice: "Yes!" ”

"Good!" Liu Qi praised it and said, "Take Yuan Lie's broken arm and raid Biyang." Your aim is only to besiege and not attack, and if there are pursuers, immediately retreat to Yiyang. ”

Then, Liu Qi muttered a few times in Zhao Yun's ear, Zhao Yun's eyes lit up, but he hesitated: "I'm afraid this won't work, right?" ”

Liu Qi smiled weakly and said indifferently: "It doesn't matter if it doesn't work, we have nothing to lose." Just go! ”

"No!" Zhao Yun answered, and hurriedly chased in the direction of Biyang with two thousand white camps.

Seeing Zhao Yun's group disappear far away in front of Liu Qi's eyes, Liu Qi finally couldn't resist the heavy feeling of fainting and fainted directly.

"Big brother!" Shi A screamed wildly, picked up Liu Qi and rushed to the city, shouting, "Call the doctor!" ”

Xun Yu has been silently watching Liu Qi's series of arrangements after the war, An Min is Liu Qi's top priority, as for transporting grain back to Yiyang, escorting Yang You and Yuan Lie back to Xinye is another consideration. Yuan Lie and Yang You are both Yuan Shu's henchmen, and even if Yuan Shu is defeated, they will not surrender to the enemy, and Liu Qi has done a good job this time.

More and more heroic! Xun Yu couldn't help but praise secretly. In Xun Yu's heart, he has always believed that the male lord does not necessarily have to be eloquent, as long as he loves the people enough, distinguishes between right and wrong, and is calm in handling things, he can have the talent of a male master. Liu Qi's actions undoubtedly met Xun Yu's thoughts, and invisibly increased Xun Yu's good impression of Liu Qi.

Xun Yu thought so, but he did not forget the purpose of his coming here, and dealt with post-war internal affairs together with Iraq. Liu Qi fainted, and he couldn't be in a hurry, so he could only wait for news while dealing with internal affairs.

"Maybe in three days, General Zhennan will definitely recall the major general back to Xiangyang, and this is the highlight in Xiangyang City." Xun Yu muttered in a low voice for a while, and Yi Yu was stunned for a moment and asked, "What did Mr. say?" ”

"Uh... Nothing, nothing. Xun Yu shirked and said, "An Min is the best, and Ji Bo is the best." ”

Yi Yuan glanced at Xun Yu in surprise when he heard this, and returned to the city with him to deal with post-war affairs.

……

Lei Bo, who fled in a panic, was frightened.

"General Lei, the enemy is not chasing!" The henchman screamed a few times in a row before he brought Lei Bo back to his senses, "General Lei, you are injured!" ”

Lei Bo let his subordinates bandage him simply, and asked in a loud voice, "How many people are left in our army?" ”

"This..."The sergeant hesitated for a while, and then squeaked for a long time: "There are less than a thousand people, most of them are wounded......"

Lei Bo was startled, looked up, and saw hundreds of people standing scattered in front of him, most of them with injuries and a tired face. More than 3,000 people went out to fight against Yiyang and Yuan Lie, and a total of nearly 10,000 people couldn't capture a small city, but ended up in a fiasco. This makes Lei Bo how good it is.

The fiasco was also injured, and under the multiple blows, Lei Bo only felt that he was about to faint. He wanted to faint right now, and it was best never to wake up again, because he didn't know how to face Yuan Shu's rebuke.

"Liu Qi'er, good calculation! If I don't cut you with a thousand knives, it's really hard to calm my heart! Lei Bo cursed fiercely.

"General Lei, what should I do now?"

"What should I do?" Lei Bo glared at him angrily, and said in an urn voice: "Almost 10,000 people can't attack a small city!" General Yuan Lie was captured by mistake, and the loss of troops exceeded ninety! Tell me what to do! As soon as he said this, Lei Bo's boundless anger finally broke out, and he couldn't stop scolding.

It's none of my business...... The henchman didn't dare to answer, so he had to make a promise, letting Lei Bo vent his anger.

After scolding for a long time, Lei Bo asked abruptly, "How far is it from Biyang now?" "The three thousand elite horse army almost lost all of the battle, Lei Bo knew that this time Yuan Shu would not let him go easily, and reprimanded it was a trivial matter, and it was possible to lose his life.

"There are about twenty more miles to get to Biyang."

"Let's go! Return to Biyang to make plans again, and stay here for fear of falling into the other party's tricks. "Lei Bo can only take one step at a time.

Whoosh!

A sound of breaking the air quickly sounded from behind the horses, Lei Bo's heart was cold, cold sweat broke out, and he hurriedly shouted: "Enemy attack!" ”

Aggressive!

"My legs! ……”

"My eyes! ……”

……

Countless arrows pierced through the thick leather armor and into the flesh, hurting the heart. The remaining horse army, which was less than 1,000 men, lost half of its strength in this sudden sneak attack.

"It's a chaser! General Ray, go! "The henchmen and guards couldn't imagine that the pursuers would come so quickly, and Lei Bo couldn't imagine that the pursuers would come so quickly. Dozens of horse legions surrounded Lei Bo in one place, pulled Lei Bo onto his horse, and several of them broke through with Lei Bo.

"Hurry up and escort General Lei away! We're broken! One of them said resolutely, raising his knife to meet Zhao Yun's group of pursuers. The rest of the people who can fight are like him, and they will come up to kill.

"You ......" Lei Bo suddenly burst into tears, eager to return immediately and kill the enemy with them. Seeing this, the guards persuaded: "General Lei, life is important!" In the future, there will be more opportunities to find Liu Qi'er for revenge! Come on! ”

"Ahh It's too much of a deception! ......" Lei Bo was full of anger, looked up to the sky and roared, and he was about to fight again when he drew his sword, and when he saw this, the guards immediately hugged Lei Bo and comforted him bitterly: "General Lei, go quickly!" Stay in the green mountains without worrying about no firewood! ”

Even if Lei Bo wanted to kill the enemy with them, he couldn't resist the persuasion of several guards, and his hateful eyes stared at Zhao Yun fiercely, turned over his horse, and galloped in the direction of Biyang.

The figures of Lei Bo and the others disappeared in the distance at once, leaving Ma Jun behind the palace to feel a lot more relieved for a moment, bowed in the direction of Yuan Shu, and said, "Lord, come back to repay your kindness in the next life!" ”

The remaining horse army is worthy of being the elite in the hands of Yuan Shu, none of them surrendered, and all of them fought Zhao Yun's pursuers, relying on the tactics of hundreds of people to fight for their lives, blocking Zhao Yun's footsteps of advancing and pursuing for three quarters of an hour.

After a short battle, more than 500 soldiers of the 2,000 Baiyi Battalion suffered losses, and the losses amounted to more than a quarter.

Zhao Yun was covered in blood, looked at these enemy soldiers, and sighed: "If all the soldiers under Yuan Shu are like this, where is the eldest brother still his opponent." Leave five hundred men to lay them to rest...... The rest of the men continued the pursuit with me. ”

"No!"

When the royal horse pursued to the foot of Biyang City again, Lei Bo had already entered the city safely, the gate was closed, and the city wall was full of soldiers waiting for him.

On the city wall, Chen Lan's face was full of worry, and he asked in a low voice: "General Lei, how many troops have they come, and with our remaining 2,000 horse troops to hold Biyang City, I am afraid it will be difficult to resist the strong attack of the army." ”

Chen Lan, as Lei Bo's deputy general, took 2,000 horse troops to defend Biyang City, thinking that Lei Bo's trip to attack Yiyang would definitely be successful, and he didn't want Lei Bo to return defeated, leaving only dozens of cavalry troops desperately escorting the injured Lei Bo back.

This situation frightened him, and while he hurriedly asked the horse army to go to the city wall to defend, he asked the doctor to heal Lei Bo's injuries.

"No... I don't know. Lei Bo cried with a sad face, let the professional military doctor bandage himself, and said angrily: "I think our army is close to 10,000 troops, and the battle is completely lost in one day, how can I wait for the main bus!" "Anyway, if you pull out a knife, you're going to kill yourself.

Chen Lan was so frightened that she hurriedly grabbed Lei Bo's hand and persuaded: "General Lei, you can't do it." Now the plan is how to retreat from the enemy, and the lord has his own decision on the defeat. If the two counties of Biyang and Wuyin are lost, the road to the south of the lord will be cut off, and I am afraid that not only you and me, but even the family will be implicated, please think twice. ”

Lei Bo was shocked when he heard this, and the cold sweat in the cold sky couldn't help but flow down, and said: "The enemy and I don't know, how is this good!" "For many years of fighting for Yuan Shu to lead the troops, for the first time, Lei Bo and Chen Lan fell into a difficult situation.

"Two generals, the enemy just circled Biyang City, and then left this arm and a piece of blood cloth and retreated."

As the two pondered, the sergeant came back and forth, handing over a bloody arm and a cloth with blood sticking to it.

"It's... This is the hand of General Yuan Lie! Lei Bo exclaimed in horror, "Look at what is said on the blood cloth." ”

The more Chen Lan looked at it, the more her face turned like ashes, and said, "Above... It says that if you want to exchange the lives of Yuan Lie and Yang You, take 5,000 horses, 5,000 fine bows, 5,000 sets of armor and 5,000 war knives to come and replace them, otherwise there will be no bones left of the two of them! ”

Lei Bo couldn't hold back any longer when he heard this, he was furious, a mouthful of old blood spurted out, and he almost fainted.

Liu Qi made these requests, apparently making some inquiries. Yuan Lie is one of Yuan Shu's confidants, and his status is no less than that of Ji Ling; Yang You, as the younger brother of Yuan Shu's confidant Yang Hong, in order to win over the Yang family's funding for Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu obviously will not change. What's more, Nanyang County was the center of iron smelting and smelting weapons in the late Han Dynasty, which can still be provided. It's just that these demands are too big for the lion, so Lei Bo can't vent even if he has fire.

"What should I do?" If it is truthfully reported to Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu will be furious, and now the two of them will really not be able to live, if they don't report it, this matter will always reach Yuan Shu, and the two of them will still be unable to escape death at that time.

"General Lei, judging from the inventory of Wuyin and Yang counties, the fine bow, armor, and war knife have just been counted, so why don't we change it like this, and then ......" Chen Lan pointed to the blood cloth, cut off the words on the back, and said: "It's being presented to the lord, what do you think?" ”

Lei Bo was stunned for a moment, and then said with a wry smile: "In order to protect yourself, you can only do this." ”

Chen Lan's expression was grim, and she said hatefully: "This blood debt, sooner or later, Liu Qi'er will repay it one by one." Also, if anyone dares to leak this matter to the lord, don't blame Lao Tzu for fighting for a fish before he dies! ”

"General, rest assured, your subordinates know what to do." Left and right henchmen return.

They don't want to do anything with weapons such as fine bows, since Liu Qi mentioned it, would he not know how to take precautions?