After some discussion, Hao Zhao decided to directly lead the army to break through from the northeast, in his opinion, there is a wise man in Huang Zhong's army, Fa Zheng, who must think that he will not choose the nearest and most direct direction when breaking through, and this time he just did the opposite, maybe it will achieve unexpected results.

After tidying up the military horses, Hao Zhao led his 10,000 soldiers out of the north city gate that night, and then turned to the northeast and rushed directly to the direction of Wushi.

But the army had walked less than ten miles before they heard a drum in front of them, followed by earth-shattering shouts of killing, accompanied by a dense sound of breaking the air, and a miserable scream came from their own army.

"It's not good, I met the ambush of the other party." Hao Zhao's face immediately became gloomy, but he didn't say anything, listened silently for a moment, and suddenly said: "This is just a small ambush, we haven't caused too many casualties, let's rush over quickly, don't fall in love, otherwise, once the main force rushes over to support, I'm afraid we will not be able to escape today." ”

Immediately after that, the drums in the army sounded, and the army continued to advance despite the strong bows and crossbows on both sides, and for a moment the arrows were like flying locusts, and the army was under unprecedented pressure.

But all the soldiers did not complain, because their generals were like them, braving arrows and stones to break out, and after these ten days of difficult defense of the city, they had already admired this young general, this man was calm, not chaotic, and able to share weal and woe with the soldiers, and all the soldiers were willing to serve them to the death.

Therefore, they all did not hesitate to carry out Hao Zhao's orders, and did their best to break through, even if there was a Longtan tiger's den in front of them, there was no trace of fear in the sea of swords and arrows. Even they think that even death is a well-deserved death.

And the facts also proved Hao Zhao's correct judgment, what they encountered this time was indeed a small ambush. At most, there were about 3,000 people, and they were not so much ambushes. It's more accurate to say that the sentinels are more accurate, because their main task is to find out if Hao Zhao's army will appear here.

Of course, the combat effectiveness of these 3,000 people is not weak, after all, most of them are Huang Zhong's elite Tuifeng battalion soldiers, and after they discovered the enemy, they immediately warned their own forces not far away, and then prepared to lure the enemy into battle and delay the enemy's time. Then hold on until the other teams arrive.

But they didn't expect that the other party was not fooled, but went straight forward to break through. They saw that the opponent was strong, and their own only crossbowmen and archers were used for ambush, and it was okay to lure the enemy to attack, but if they showed up to chase and kill without authorization, I am afraid that even if they dragged the other side, their own force would definitely suffer immeasurable losses, and such losses were obviously what they wanted to avoid, so they could only watch the other party slowly break through.

After the kung fu of the two pillars of incense. The soldiers under Hao Zhao's command felt that the opponent's arrow feathers had become sparse and could no longer pose a threat to them, and they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Because it means that they have finally managed to pass the first level.

Under such circumstances, they could not help but express their admiration for the composure and accurate judgment of the main general, Hao Zhao.

But before they could relax for a moment, they suddenly heard an earth-shattering shout of killing from behind them again, judging from the momentum, this team should have tens of thousands of people, although their own side may not be afraid, but once the fight continues, the enemy army will inevitably come more and more. So they have only one choice at the moment, and that is to ignore the enemy forces behind them. Continue on your way.

So, no one said a word. Continue to rush forward in silence.

However, they were surprised to find that an enemy army had outflanked them by virtue of their familiarity with the environment, and if they were to stop it, the consequences would be unimaginable.

At this moment, Gong Cao Jiang Jian suddenly said: "General, please allow the last general to lead the troops and horses of the headquarters to break, and the general please lead the main force to leave." ”

Hao Zhao only hesitated slightly, then clenched his fists and said, "In this case, this place will be handed over to Jiang Gongcao." Ben will know that the result of staying behind is likely to be Gong Cao's life, but Jiang Gongcao doesn't have to be persistent, as long as you can drag the enemy army for half an hour, Ben General is already very affectionate, half an hour later, Jiang Gongcao can completely surrender to the enemy, and a certain person is responsible for sending your family back to Ji County safely. ”

Jiang Jian was stunned for a moment, and then said with tears in his eyes: "Thank you for the general's kindness, the last general will definitely live up to his high expectations and block the enemy army for the general." ”

Then Jiang Jian resolutely led the army to turn around and formed a formation to block the enemy's advance.

Jiang Jian himself is a native of Ji County, and most of the commanders under his command are natives of Ji County, in fact, whether it is Jiang Jian or the soldiers under his command, when they heard that they were going to retreat to Anding, there was still some loss in their hearts, after all, they were born and grew up in Si, once they left, they were still very reluctant in their hearts, and even some hoped that even if they died, they were unwilling to abandon their homeland, but they were favored by Jiang Jian and had to follow them, and now I heard that they don't have to leave their hometown, although they know that this time they are going to die, But in his heart, he was also very calm.

Because their family members are not protected by the army like Jiang Yin, and most of them stay in Ji County, if they leave like this, they will belong to the two countries with their families from now on, and now although they are likely to die like this, they don't have to taste the feeling of homesickness.

How could Jiang Jian not know the thoughts of the sergeants? But he received Hao Zhao's kindness, and he couldn't help but repay it, so he could only think of doing his best to save the lives of these soldiers, of course, this should be on the premise of completing the blocking task, otherwise, he would rather burn the jade than live up to Hao Zhao's high hopes.

Therefore, Jiang Jian led the army to block here very tragically, although there was still a trace of hope in his heart, but he also had the heart of death.

A moment later, a team of thousands of people rushed over, all of them with bows and crossbows, armed with war knives, and came to the front of Jiang Yin's army, which was waiting for him.

Ignoring the dissuasion of his own soldiers, Jiang Jian slowly came to the front of the battle and shouted, "I don't know who your lord will be?" The last general is Hanyang County Gong Cao Jiang Yin, and there is something to discuss. ”

At this time, I saw a general and said slowly: "This general is Huang Zhong, the assassin of Yizhou, I don't know what Jiang Gongcao has to discuss?" ”

Jiang Jian didn't expect that the person who came turned out to be the famous Huang Zhong, and he couldn't help but be happy in his heart, because it seemed that the things he wanted to discuss seemed to be other than Huang Zhong, and other generals really didn't dare to make decisions on their own.

So Jiang Jian bowed his hand and said: "It turns out that General Huang is here, please forgive the last general for being rude." The last general is Hanyang County Gong Cao Jiang Yin, presumably the general should know, my Jiang surname is the first surname in Hanyang, has an unusual influence in Hanyang County, today the last general wants to dare to discuss with the general, as long as the general promises not to pursue the breakthrough of General Hao, the last general will lead the people to surrender to the general, and then with the influence of my Jiang surname in Hanyang, help the general pacify the people, consolidate Hanyang, if the general does not agree, the last general has to lead my brothers to defend to ensure the safe evacuation of General Hao, the last general Su Wen and Chu Gong led the division of benevolence and righteousness, It will not embarrass the last general and these brothers, and whether we fight or surrender depends on the general's words. ”

The meaning of Jiang Yin's words is obvious, if you agree not to pursue, we will all surrender to you, and also help you consolidate your rule in Hanyang County, if you insist on pursuing, we will fight you to the death, and then we will all die under your hands, and you will definitely not be able to rule Hanyang County in the future.

Huang Zhong has followed Liu Qi for so many years, and naturally understands what Jiang Jian meant, and he now understands that it is completely different whether there is support from a big clan in a place, especially when he has just pacified Hanyang County, the importance of it is even more self-evident, so Huang Zhong agreed without any hesitation.

"The general could have promised you, but you had to give the general a reason, why did you stop our army from pursuing at the cost of fighting to the death?"

"Even if the general doesn't ask, the last general doesn't dare not say, in fact, the reason is very simple, we have General Hao's kindness, so that we can keep our homeland, and we have not been conquered by your army, this is enough for us to swear to repay each other, and now General Hao has no choice but to abandon it, but we know that this is due to the order of the Duke of Qin, not that General Hao can't live with us, not to mention that the last general promised His Royal Highness at the same time. General Hao also said to the last general that as long as the last general completes the blocking task, he can surrender at the mercy of the last general, and promised to send the last general's family back safely. Since General Hao treats us so kindly, we naturally have to swear to death in retribution. Jiang Jian didn't hide it, and told Huang Zhong in detail about the cause and effect of the matter.

Huang Zhong and Fa Zheng glanced at each other, and then said slowly: "Hao Zhao is so benevolent and righteous to the generals, presumably the generals must be willing to serve the dead, even if the generals catch up, it must be a vicious battle, even if they win, they will pay a great price, not to mention, as Jiang Gongcao said, now that our army has decided on Hanyang, it is necessary to calm the people's hearts, since Hao Zhao has broken through the siege and left, there is no need for the generals to chase after him, even so, I promise you that I hope Jiang Gongcao will not break his word, in addition, Jiang Gongcao will return to the Duke of Chu in the future, so he should know the reason of each as his master." If you meet in the future, please do not show favoritism. ”

Jiang Jian said: "Please rest assured that General Huang is in this matter, we have repaid General Hao's kindness this time, and from then on, each will be its own master, if we meet on the battlefield, we will never show favoritism again." ”

"In this case, then the general will rest assured, please Jiang Gongcao order the soldiers under his command to lay down their weapons and return to Ji County with me?" Huang Zhong got the surrender of Jiang Jian and his subordinates today, which can be regarded as an unexpected gain, so he seems to be in a good mood, and said with a faint smile.

But Jiang Yin, who listened to him, shook his head and said, "Please forgive the general, we can't surrender yet." ”

"What?" Hearing Jiang Jian's words, Huang Zhong couldn't help but be angry, and said sharply: "Jiang Yin, are you playing tricks on the general?" ”

With Huang Zhong's anger, a murderous aura like a substance emanated from his body, making Jiang Jian and the soldiers under his command not far away couldn't help but feel chilled. (To be continued)