Chapter 197 Witnessing the tragic situation, Jizhou layout
This time when they went to Yanzhou to avoid trouble, Liu Bei and Yuan Shao were also difficult brothers. Although the army was intact, before leaving, the people who followed them south were a small half. The two of them made a lot of calculations, but they didn't expect to be calculated by Cao Ying in the end. Such a result was also unexpected by the two.
If it weren't for the fact that they were in a hurry to go back and retake their territory, I'm afraid they would have been fighting Cao Ying directly in Yanzhou. Presumably Cao Ying also expected this to act like this.
Approaching the crossing of the Yellow River in Jibei Kingdom, Liu Bei and Yuan Shao looked at the thousands of tigers and leopards still hanging behind the large army.
As for why the tiger and leopard riders follow here? If it was Cao Ying's kindness to escort them away, it would be pure nonsense! In fact, everyone knows it. When the spies came to report that there were tigers and leopards riding behind, Liu Bei and Yuan Shao knew that this must be Cao Ying's distrust of them, so they were deployed. Unless they crossed the Yellow River, Cao Ying would not be at ease.
Cao Ying was guarding against them, and Liu Bei and Yuan Shao were not guarding against his sudden move? Otherwise, how could Yuan Shao and Liu Bei, the two people who are not on the right path, go together?
After two days of high-intensity migration, the soldiers were fine, but the people accompanying them seemed to be a little unbearable. Seeing this situation, even if Liu Bei and Yuan Shao were anxious, they didn't order the march anymore. The two first asked the spies to go over to investigate the situation at the ferry, and then let the people be in charge of making food, and the soldiers were in charge of cutting wood and making bamboo rafts to cross the river.
At noon, the smoke of the people's cooking slowly rose into the air, and the smell of rice attracted the tigers and leopards who were watching the situation on the periphery.
"Big brother! Do you think that Liu Bei and Yuan Shao will invite us over for a meal? Very disgusted, he took out the hard piece of dry food from his mouth, Xiahou Yuan was very intoxicated and smelled the aroma of the rice, and asked Xiahou Yuan who was pale beside him.
Although Xiahoudun also wanted to eat that hot meal, as soon as he saw Xiahouyuan's intoxicated expression, he was deeply afraid that his behavior would affect the military spirit of the tiger and leopard rider, so he scolded angrily: "Something that has no interest!" Forgot about the main bus for you for a meal? Even if they invite you over to eat, do you dare to go there? β
Hearing Xiahou Yuan's words, the originally intoxicated look on Xiahou Yuan's face suddenly froze.
Yes, even if people invite themselves to come, do they dare to go over? Not to mention whether they will suddenly make a move on the tiger and leopard, if people ask why the tiger and leopard ride have been following them, how should they answer?
"Let's keep an eye on it first, they must be in a hurry to get back to their own state and county, and they must be more anxious than us. As soon as they cross the Yellow River, we can go back to the main bus. What do you want to eat at that time, are you afraid that you won't be able to eat it? Seeing Xiahou Yuan's somewhat unnatural face, Xiahou Yuan knew that he had also figured it out, so he comforted him.
Not only did the Xiahou brothers not be able to gnaw on the hard dry food. Yuan Shao and Liu Bei, as well as those advisers under the tent, the generals looked at the tragic scene in front of them, and after they went back, they were afraid that they wouldn't even dare to touch those meats.
"Gross..." The sound of the strategists under their respective accounts echoing in their ears, and Liu Bei and Yuan Shao were also pale. If it weren't for the fact that they didn't want to lose face in front of the generals, they would have vomited with the strategists.
Even if it was a person like Zhang Fei who was used to seeing battles and battles, when he saw the corpse mountain in front of him, he couldn't help but shudder, and said with an unnatural face: "Is this really the Badao Battalion?!" How did they do it, among these tens of thousands of corpses, I'm afraid even half of the intact corpses can't be seen, right? β
You're disgusting, aren't you disgusting! Also mentioned?
Hearing this, several strategists raised their heads one after another, glared angrily at Zhang Fei, who mentioned this matter again, and scolded secretly in their hearts. Then, with a pale face, he continued to sit aside, and vomited loudly.
"Yide! Wait a minute, you and my guards will clean up this place, so that the soldiers and the people don't see it. Liu Bei, who was originally silent, explained after hearing Zhang Fei speak.
In Liu Bei's opinion, no matter how the Badao Battalion did this. Even a battle-hardened person like them can't bear to see such a situation, let alone those people? Don't scare them into problems, things will be in trouble.
As for not letting the soldiers see it, he also has his own intentions in it. Although he hasn't really torn his face with Sun Ling yet, no one can say what will happen in the future. If the soldiers saw it, let alone fight with the Tyrant Battalion in the future, I am afraid that as long as they hear the name of the Tyrant Battalion, they will be able to scare them away first.
"Huh? Big brother asked me to take those hundreds of guards to dispose of these corpses? How long will that last? I'm afraid I can't finish it when it's dark, right? Can't you get the other soldiers to help too? Zhang Fei didn't complain about Liu Bei letting him clean up, but he didn't understand why Liu Bei only sent a few hundred guards to him and not send more people.
Hearing Zhang Fei's question, Liu Bei did not answer him, but set his eyes on Yuan Shao. The two of them marched back together, and they couldn't just shoot by themselves, but he was there to watch his own people busy, right?
Seeing that Liu Bei was looking at himself, Yuan Shao also knew this kind of drudgery, so he didn't want to avoid it. After thinking about it, he looked at Lu Yi and said, "Lu Yi, you take all the first dead soldiers to cooperate with Zhang Fei, and be sure to clean up this place before sunset!" β
Hearing this, Liu Bei looked at Yuan Shao in surprise. He only sent a few hundred guards, but Yuan Shao asked Lu Yi to take thousands of Xiandeng dead soldiers to attack. This kind of practice is not in line with his temperament, is there anything wrong with this?
Because he grew up on the border outside the territory since he was a child, Tian Yu has seen too many brutal things, so his situation is much better than that of other strategists, and now he has adapted to the sea of corpses and blood in front of him.
Sensing Liu Bei's thoughts, Tian Yu came to his side and whispered in a low voice: "Lord! As long as the Yellow River is crossed, Jizhou is close at hand. Thinking about it, Yuan Benchu saw that Jizhou was in front of him, and he was anxious. The lord didn't need to worry too much, he just needed to wait for the army to cross the Yellow River and part ways with Yuan Benchu. Otherwise, if the two armies clash in Jizhou, it will be very disadvantageous to our army! β
Hearing Tian Yu's explanation, Liu Bei was stunned. If that's the case, don't worry too much. As for what Tian Yu said about crossing the Yellow River, he parted ways with Yuan Shao, and Liu Bei had already planned for this.
The Yuan family is in the land of Jizhou, so there are many protΓ©gΓ©s in history. Many powerful families in the local area are supporting Yuan Shao's actions. Of course, Liu Bei would not be stupid enough to fight Yuan Shao in Jizhou, it was purely to make trouble for himself. And he also wanted to rush back to Youzhou as soon as possible, because there were still more than 100,000 Black Mountain troops in Shanggu County. If Zhang Yan knew that the barbarian army was destroyed by Sun Ling, I am afraid that Youzhou would not be too stable.
Just when Zhang Fei and Lu Yi led the men to bury those disgusting corpses on the spot. In Jizhou, Zhang Yan took more than 70,000 Montenegrin troops to Lingxian County, which is closest to the crossing of the Yellow River.
Gaotang City, this is the only city in Jizhou that borders with Qingzhou. After the barbarian army moved south to Yanzhou, some people who did not want to leave their hometown returned to the city.
Although everyone in the world now knows that Sun Ling has taken the Badao Battalion to Yanzhou to exterminate the barbarian army, the people in the city are still a little worried that the barbarians will make a comeback. Therefore, he spontaneously organized thousands of villagers to defend the city.
At the head of the city, more than 1,000 villagers were chatting with some farm tools and sharp tools.
"Alas. . . You say that if this Jizhou is also under the leadership of Hou Ye, how good would it be?! You've all been to Qingzhou, so you should all know what's going on there. Even if the barbarian army went south, they would not dare to step into Qingzhou for half a step. We are worried here, but the people of Qingzhou are living and working in peace and contentment. During the chat, a middle-aged strong man suddenly said with emotion.
Hearing the words of this middle-aged strong man, the villagers who were chatting beside him were stunned with all the expressions on their faces, and they all recalled the good days when they took refuge in Qingzhou.
The days in Qingzhou are in stark contrast to the days when you have to worry about barbarians every day. This made those Xiang Yong, who were originally chatting with you and me, suddenly silent.
A young man Xiangyong took the lead in breaking the silent atmosphere, looked at the direction of Qingzhou, and said yearningly: "Who said it wasn't, if it weren't for my old father who was talking about his hometown day and night, he insisted on coming back." Our family can now live a stable life in Qingzhou, where do we need to be afraid here? β
As soon as the young man Xiangyong's words fell, everyone in the city sighed secretly. Their situation is actually very similar, because the family insists on returning to Jizhou, so they have to come back.
"Huh? Something is wrong! Do you feel that the city seems to be shaking? The middle-aged strong man who spoke earlier seemed to feel something, and suddenly stood up, looking at the faint black first in the sky, with a glimmer of light in his eyes. Pointing to the dust that kept falling on the battlements, he shouted urgently to the villagers beside him who were not interested.
As soon as the middle-aged strong man's words fell, the vibration on the city became more and more obvious, and the farm tools leaning on the city head were constantly beating.
Seeing this scene, the villagers thought that there was an earthquake, hurriedly grabbed those farm tools, and ran towards the city, wanting to go back to confirm the safety of their relatives.
Seeing that those villagers fled from the city one after another, the middle-aged strong man seemed to be frightened stupidly, and stood in place in a daze, the young townsman who opened his mouth before came to his side and dragged him, shouting: "Big brother! They're all gone, what are you doing here? Run! β
slapped away the hand of the young man who was dragging his shirt, the middle-aged strong man first frowned, looked at him very unpleasantly, and then stretched out his hand, pointed to the black torrent outside the city, and said to him: "Have you been away from the barracks for a long time, and you can't even see the movement of the heavy cavalry charging?" Take a good look for yourself, what is that?! β
Hearing this, the look on the face of the young man was stunned, and he followed the fingers of the middle-aged strong man and looked out of the city, and after seeing the black torrent, he shouted loudly: "Ba. Tyrant Battalion?! How did they end up here? β
Does this need to be asked? The Badao Battalion was dispatched, and it was such a big formation, so it was naturally for Jizhou! I thought I missed the opportunity in Qingzhou, but I didn't expect that now they have reappeared in front of me, this time I must seize the opportunity!
Holding the battlements with both hands, the middle-aged strong man grabbed the bricks on them to smithereens because of the excitement.