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Chapter 37 is confident

The Xiliang Army was like a flooded locust, setting off a bloody storm everywhere it went. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Meng Da saw that Dianman was already following the few soldiers and horses and galloping towards the southwest Jincheng, and he himself hurriedly waved his knife to cut down a Xiliang Iron Knight who was passing by, turned over and got on his horse, and just ran two steps, but he heard someone behind him shouting and calling him.

"Meng Da, come and die for Lao Tzu!"

"Mengda, leave your head behind!"

Five of the eight generals who rushed out of the city, Cheng Yi, who was closest to Meng Da, saw that his side had the upper hand, so they shouted wildly.

Meng Da was stationed in Fufeng after Guo Jia attacked Guanzhong, and the generals of Xiliang had more or less met him, so he could recognize him at a glance on the battlefield.

At this moment, Cheng Yi and Ma played closely after Meng Da, with excitement and laughter on his face, maybe defeating the Taiping Army was a glorious thing in his life.

Seeing that Cheng Yi was getting closer and closer, Meng Da suddenly leaned over and hugged the horse's head and continued to run, in the chaos of the army, Cheng Yi caught up with Meng Da before the horse played, and with a roar, he swung his knife to cut.

Meng Da, who was short and hugged the horse's head, as if he had no power to fight back, kept paying attention to Cheng Yi, who was on a par with him.

This knife swings down and splits the air, if it is slashed, there will definitely be no dead body, but Meng Da has already been prepared, holding the horse's head and tilting slightly, he dodged Cheng Yi's killing move, the blade swept less than three inches beside him, and the inertia after swinging the knife made Cheng Yi face Meng Da sideways, and the middle lane was wide open!

Meng Da's eyes were cold, he gritted his teeth and exerted his strength, what he was waiting for was this moment, to defend instead of attacking, that is, to wait for the other party to show his flaws.

Cheng Yi did not cut off Meng Da's head with a knife, but at that moment, Meng Da suddenly turned around with strength in his waist and abdomen, and swung the knife with his backhand, directly taking Cheng Yixiang's head!

Maybe it was Meng Da's embarrassed appearance that made Cheng Yi not expect the other party to fight back, no, in fact, the other party has been waiting for this moment!

If you strike first, you will be killed in the space after you swing the knife!

Cheng Yi saw a cold light pass in front of him, the scene in his eyes suddenly turned upside down, and the moment he looked down from a height, he saw the blood spurting out of his neck spilling into the air, and his head had already flown up and rolled down the battlefield after crossing a parabola in the air.

After slashing Cheng Yi off the horse, Meng Da straightened his waist and suddenly turned around and roared.

"Come on!"

The scene of Cheng Yiren's head flying off startled Ma Yu, who was following closely behind, and seeing Meng Da's hideous expression with angry eyes, Ma Yu subconsciously grabbed the reins, not daring to come forward to fight him.

Meng Da was frightened and immediately galloped away, calling on the scattered soldiers to flee with him in the northwest direction.

In the rear of the Xiliang Army, Cheng Gongying looked at the entire battlefield, and when he saw Dianman retreating to the southwest and Meng Da fleeing to the northwest, he roared unwillingly.

"The decisive opportunity is so decisive, Guo Jia's command is really not to be underestimated!"

Cheng Gongying looked up to the sky and sighed, the breeze blew through the clouds, Cheng Gongying gritted his teeth and felt painful.

The tide is over!

If Meng Da doesn't decisively send someone to report the news, but instead has to resist to the death, this is brave, but it is also stupid!

The 10,000 foot soldiers were by no means the opponent of the Xiliang Army, and it was only a matter of time before they were all killed.

But in the first confrontation of the new year, Meng Da's troops withdrew in two ways, one to the southwest, to Jincheng, and one to the northwest, to Wuwei.

And in this way, even if the Taiping army left in front of him was killed, Zu Li's Xiliang army had become a lone army, which could not achieve the effect of a surprise attack on Jincheng, and let the Taiping army know that Wuwei was empty.

At this time, there were less than 1,000 Taiping troops left on the battlefield, and Cheng Gongying suddenly ordered the troops to be withdrawn.

Except for Cheng Yi's death, the other generals were still unsatisfied, and they thought that it was a good thing to have won a big battle.

But Cheng Gongying's heart has fallen into the ice cellar.

Hearing the signal of Ming Jin's withdrawal, Ma Play, Yang Qiu, Zhang Heng, and Li Kan rode back with some annoyance, and when they saw Cheng Gongying, they questioned him.

"Brother Cheng, what do you mean? You see, there are only a few hundred Taiping troops left on this battlefield, why don't they all be wiped out? ”

"That's it, we should take advantage of the victory to pursue and kill directly to Jincheng."

"Alas, Brother Cheng, what do you mean? Tell me to wait until I go out of the city to fight, and now that the victory is imminent, why did I withdraw my troops? ”

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Cheng Gongying took a deep breath, and in the face of the complaining and puzzled gazes of the four people, he said softly: "At the beginning of the battle, the Taiping army sent people to the southwest and northwest, and we will kill Jincheng now, and the Xiliang Iron Cavalry may be able to rush to Jincheng before the enemy army, but can these cavalry attack the city?" The foot soldiers can't keep up, how can Jincheng be broken? If you can't break the golden city, we will be a dead end. And the person who went to the northwest to deliver the letter would definitely bring Zu Li's battle situation, and Gan Ning, who was forcing Wuwei, learned the news, what do you think he would do? Do you send troops to fight Zu Li or go back to the division to save Jincheng? Or take advantage of the emptiness of martial arts and go down in a fight? Now, I will give the choice to you and others, I must not stay in Zuli now, I will wait for 20,000 soldiers and horses, should I go back to Wuwei to savior the lord, or go to fight Jincheng? ”

The four generals looked at each other, the joy of victory was diluted, and each was full of heaviness.

If you can't attack Jincheng by surprise, and there is no foot soldier as the first to prepare well, you will definitely not be able to break Jincheng in a short time, and the Taiping army will try to fight Wuwei in the early stage, and be cautious, but once the Taiping army commander knows that Han Sui's main force is not in Wuwei, then it will be the best choice to take Wuwei in one go.

Where do they go from here?

In the end, the four generals voted unanimously to withdraw their troops and return to Wuwei to save Han Sui.

A large part of this decision is out of self-preservation, going to fight Jincheng is equivalent to going deep alone, and if you can't fight it, you will die without a place to bury.

and then withdraw to Wuwei, even if Wuwei can't hold it, at least he can break through and retreat to the depths of the northwest, at least there is a way to retreat.

The Xiliang army went directly to the direction of Wuwei under the orders of the four generals and Cheng Gongying.

There were still hundreds of Taiping soldiers left on the battlefield, and they had already chased Meng Da when the Xiliang Army was collecting.

The battle was swift from beginning to end, but countless corpses were left on the battlefield, most of them were Taiping soldiers.

It wasn't until the early morning of the next day that Dianman, who was rushing back to Jincheng non-stop, arrived at the gate of Jincheng.

"Open the gates! I am a lieutenant under General Meng! ”

The four gates of Jincheng were closed, and the defenders at the head of the city did not have the slightest carelessness, and it was not necessarily that everyone knew the pawn, so the defenders did not open the city gates without authorization.

Dian was full of tiredness, panting on the horse, Xu Yi was also physically and mentally exhausted, he seemed to be in a trance, and his eyes were blank.

"What's wrong with you? Is it hurt? ”

At this time, he had time to turn his head and take a look, there were less than twenty people around him, and only Xu Yi he knew.

Xu Yi suddenly burst into tears.

"Fifth brother and ninth brother!"

This starry night rushed to Jincheng, and the picture that kept repeating in Xu Yi's mind was the picture of Guo Ye swinging a knife on his horse.

The first time Dian Man saw Xu Yi crying very sloppily, he gritted his teeth and lowered his head, blood oozed from his fists, but what could he do?

If he favoritism for his brothers in carrying out military orders, he would not be able to take on the great responsibility, because he could not distinguish between the most important and the more important.

Fei Shi appeared at the head of the city, and saw the bloodstained Dian under the city and Xu Yi who was crying bitterly, these two young people, he knew both, at this moment, his face changed greatly, and he ordered to open the city gate and let less than twenty people enter the city.

Hurriedly walked down the city tower, Fei Shi came to the gate of the city, and after entering the city, Dianman was just about to clasp his fists and salute, Fei Shi waved his hand and asked straight to the point: "What happened?" ”

Dian Man replied truthfully, and concisely informed Fei Shi of the encounter of Han Sui's main army with 10,000 soldiers led by Meng Da in Zuli.

"Lord Fei, there are only two ways now, either wait for the Metropolitan Governor to lead the army back to reinforce Jincheng, or ask the lord for help. If the Xiliang army comes to attack Jincheng, within two days, Jincheng will face a situation of being surrounded on all sides. ”

Dianman's words were urgent, and his expression was solemn.

At this time, Fei Shi unusually looked at the soldiers behind Dianman, and opened his mouth to say: "It's better to let the wounded soldiers treat the wounded first, I already know this matter." ”

Dianman looked at Fei Shi incredulously, and asked: "Lord Fei, if Jincheng is lost, not only will the lord crusade against Han Sui give up halfway, but even the 40,000 soldiers and horses under the command of the Metropolitan Governor will be in danger of being destroyed?" It's better to make a decision early and ask Chang'an for help. ”

Dian Man thought, let Gan Ning withdraw the army must be the next policy, and ask Chang'an for help, even if Jincheng is lost, it can be fought back within five days, and it will still provide protection for Gan Ning to lead the army to crusade against Han Sui, and Han Sui's main force will also be buried here.

Fei Shi was tepid, and asked the soldiers to treat their injuries as usual, when he learned the news, he was indeed shocked, but after calming down, he didn't have any worries.

Dian Man followed him, just to break the sand pot and ask to the end, to see what Fei Shi planned to do, anyway, it was impossible to be indifferent, otherwise he would fight desperately to get out of the encirclement to deliver the letter, wouldn't it be in vain?

Fei Shi looked up and down, and found that the blood stains on his body were all dry, and it was obvious that the enemy had splashed on him.

"Actually, the lord had already expected this situation. Before leaving Jincheng, the lord told me that if Han Sui did not want to sit idly by, then his only chance was to attack Jincheng after the army led by the Governor of Dadu, and plunder or burn the grain and grass in the city. ”

Fei Shi's confidence is not unfounded, the source of his confidence is that he is ready to face this situation, and this confidence was given to him by Guo Jia, who was hundreds of miles away.

Dian was dumbfounded, and asked rhetorically, "The lord has expected it?" ”

He turned his head to look, but he didn't notice that there were a large number of defenders in Jincheng.

"But the garrison in this city is empty."

Fei Shi nodded and said truthfully: "That's right, in Jincheng, there are only 3,000 soldiers and horses that I brought with me to transport grain, plus the 4,000 soldiers left by Ma Mengqi, this is a total of 7,000 people." ”

It's unbelievable.

Since you expected that the enemy army might surprise Jincheng, why didn't you take precautions?