Yao Xiang and the army under his command continued to flee from the torn opening to the southeast, and soon about half of the soldiers and horses escaped from the encirclement.

Seeing that Yao Xiang and half of his soldiers and horses had escaped from the encirclement, Hua'an did not rush to pursue, but immediately led his soldiers to run towards the torn opening, and fought with all his strength to re-block the opening of the encirclement.

"Your Majesty, Yao Xiang has fled." Deng Qiang shouted loudly.

Hua An glanced in the direction of Yao Xiang's escape, and said loudly: "Don't care about Yao Xiang for the time being, concentrate all the troops and horses, destroy the enemy army in front of you, and kill ......."

......Under Hua'an's order, the soldiers and horses of the three routes immediately shrank to the middle, and completely surrounded half of the soldiers and horses under Yao Xiang's command.

At this time, the soldiers and horses under the command of Yao Xiang, who were surrounded, were only one-third of the army under Hua'an, and the morale was extremely low.

Obviously, these soldiers and horses who escaped can only go into the mountains and fall into the grass, for these soldiers and horses that are difficult to cause great danger, Hua'an has no energy to manage them for the time being, and at present, his important mission is to immediately pursue Yao Xiang's army and annihilate all the soldiers and horses under Yao Xiang's command.

"Your Majesty, our army won a great victory in this battle, and it completely annihilated half of Yao Xiang's men, so that Yao Xiang's strength was greatly weakened, which was greatly beneficial to our army's capture of Qingzhou!" Wang Wu said happily.

Hua An nodded with satisfaction, and said with a straight face: "Wang Wu, you have done a good job, have the 40,000 partial divisions arrived at the designated location?" After speaking, he looked at Wang Wu.

Wang Wu nodded, and said with a straight face: "Don't worry, the king." Zhang Yu and Wei Tong's soldiers and horses have been set off for two days, and it is believed that they have already arrived in the designated area. ”

"Well, that's great, so that our army will block back and forth. Yao Xiang and the army under his command are inescapable! Hua An said excitedly.

"Your Majesty, half of the soldiers and horses under Yao Xiang have fled, will our army launch a pursuit?" Deng Qiang asked loudly.

Hua An Zhengse said: "Chasing, of course we have to chase, our army must not give Yao Xiang a chance to breathe, besides, if our army does not chase tightly, it will be difficult for the soldiers and horses under the command of Zhang Yu and Wei Tong to play their due role." ”

"Yes. The king. The generals shouted the order, and immediately led their respective soldiers and horses to chase in the direction of the retreat of Yao Xiang's army.

Because it took a lot of time to annihilate half of the soldiers and horses of the Yao Xiang Legion, for this reason, the Yao Xiang Legion at this time had already escaped dozens of miles away, but as long as Hua An and the soldiers and horses under his command continued to pursue behind. It can completely make the Yao Xiang army have no respite, so that it will be. You can chase and fight all the way until the Yao Xiang army is completely wiped out.

After Yao Xiang and half of his soldiers and horses escaped from the encirclement, they fled to the southeast for more than 30 miles in a row.

At this time, Yao Xiang and the soldiers under his command. They were all exhausted, and it was getting a little dark, so they decided to stop and camp. After resting for the night, he planned to retreat in the direction of Qingzhou.

"General, in this battle, our army has lost at least half of its soldiers and horses, and has suffered such a big loss, if the enemy is in hot pursuit, our army is afraid that it will be difficult for our army to gain a foothold in Qingzhou." A subordinate general looked at Yao Xiang and said.

Yao Xiang nodded, and said with a straight face: "You are right, in this battle, our army's losses are too heavy, this is all the general's fault, and he actually fell for Wang Wu's tricks." ”

"General, it seems that the soldiers and horses that intercepted our army this time are not the soldiers and horses of Yanzhou, but the soldiers and horses in the direction of Luoyang City, that is to say, the enemy reinforcements in the direction of Luoyang City have already arrived in Yanzhou, but we have not known about it." One of the generals said loudly.

Yao Xiang nodded and said: "That's right, Wang Wu's reinforcements are indeed the soldiers and horses of Luoyang City, among them, the one who intercepted our army's way is the famous general Deng Qiang in Guanzhong, this person is a general under the command of the Northern King, the battle is quite brave, and the soldiers and horses under his command are also extremely elite!" This qiē blamed the general for being too careless, and when the general saw that the soldiers and horses of the king of the south were transferred to the north of Jingzhou, he thought that the king of the north would not transfer the soldiers and horses in the direction of Luoyang City to Yanzhou, but he did not expect that the general guessed wrong, and the king of the north not only transferred the soldiers and horses to Yanzhou, but also transferred the most elite soldiers and horses. ”

Obviously, Yao Xiang did not expect that Hua'an would take the risk of transferring the elite army under his command to Yanzhou, so he did not send more detailed work to reconnoiter the situation in the west, so there was a failure at this time.

"General, now that our army has lost more than half of it, but the strength of the enemy army is so strong, what should we do?" A general asked nervously.

Yao Xiang thought for a while, and said: "Our army has no better way than to withdraw to Qingzhou. ”

"General, Wang Wu has sent 40,000 partial divisions to Qingzhou, what is the situation in Qingzhou at this time, it is still difficult to say?" A subordinate general suddenly remembered that Wang Wu had sent 40,000 soldiers and horses to Qingzhou.

When Yao Xiang heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and the general reminded him very well, what is the situation in Qingzhou at this time, whether the 40,000 partial divisions sent by Wang Wu have captured Qingzhou, and whether the 20,000 recruits he just recruited have blocked the attack of the partial division sent by Wang Wu, these situations are not very clear, for this reason, he seems a little anxious, but no matter what happens in Qingzhou, they must retreat in the direction of Qingzhou, because, except for Qingzhou, they have no other place to go.

However, Yao Xiang is not only thinking about retreating into Qingzhou at the moment, but also continuing to retreat until he evacuates Qingzhou, after all, the Yanzhou army has achieved a huge advantage, in this case, Wang Wu will definitely continue to attack, and kill all the soldiers and horses under his command, in order to survive, Yao Xiang only chooses to give up Qingzhou when necessary, so as to keep him and the core force under his command.

Of course, Yao Xiang knew that his strength was difficult to match Hua'an for a long time, and it was just a gamble to take the initiative to attack Yanzhou.

The back road prepared by Yao Xiang was naturally in Donglai County, the easternmost part of Qingzhou, where he deployed a thousand-strong naval army, and there were more than 100 warships and transport ships, which were enough to transport nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses to Liaodong at one time.

Yao Xiang has this back road, and his heart is much more settled, but this back road is secretly prepared by Yao Xiang, for this reason, except for Yao Xiang and Yao Chang, the rest of the generals don't know.

"Report, general, the main force of the enemy is coming, and according to this, it is less than ten miles." At this moment, the sentry in charge of the guard spotted the soldiers and horses under the command of Hua An who were chasing.

"General, the main force of the enemy is coming, and our army must withdraw immediately." The general said loudly.

Yao Xiang frowned and said loudly: "Retreat, the whole army retreats immediately, be fast." After speaking, he stepped on the war horse and led all the soldiers under his command to withdraw in the direction of Qingzhou.

At this time, Yao Xiang and his soldiers and horses had just rested for an hour, still very tired, some soldiers were slightly injured, and their bodies were very weak, for this reason, they had no strength to retreat at all, these soldiers who were unwilling to go anymore did not follow Yao Xiang's footsteps to leave, but stayed in place and prepared to surrender, Yao Xiang was difficult to protect himself at this time, so naturally he had no energy to take care of these soldiers.

Hua An and his army soon arrived at the location where Yao Xiang's army had been stationed, and found more than 1,000 soldiers and horses who had surrendered on their knees.

"Your Majesty, these soldiers are wounded and can't run, so they surrender." Deng Qiang said loudly.

Hua An nodded, and said with a straight face: "This king knows, but since they have surrendered, then we must treat them well, and treat their injuries." ”

For Hua'an's benevolent and righteous actions, the generals naturally have no opinions, however, Yao Xiang and the main forces under his command have fled, and some of the generals will continue to pursue, and some will rest for a while before launching a pursuit.

Hua An thought twice and felt that he could not give Yao Xiang's army a chance to breathe, so he immediately issued an order to continue the pursuit in the direction of Yao Xiang's army.

At this time, between Hua'an's pursuers and Yao Xiang's deserters, there was only a distance of more than ten miles, which can be said to be very close, and many of the soldiers under Yao Xiang's command who were at the end were caught up by the forwards under Hua'an's command, and immediately launched an attack.

These routs have long lost their combat effectiveness, and for this reason, they do not dare to resist at all, they only have two options: accelerating the rout and surrendering, and more soldiers choose to surrender.

Seeing that the pursuit had achieved good results, Hua An ordered the pursuit to continue without giving Yao Xiang any respite.

Hua'an and the main army under his command were pressing forward step by step, without the slightest intention of stopping, Yao Xiang and his soldiers were completely collapsed, and they felt that it was difficult to escape back to Qingzhou.

"General, the enemy's main force has been pursuing for several hours in a row, and our army has lost a lot of soldiers and horses, and right now, I'm afraid that there are less than 30,000 soldiers and horses, what should I do?" A general said nervously.

Yao Xiang naturally felt a lot of pressure, according to the continuous pursuit of Hua'an's main army, he and his soldiers and horses had no chance to breathe at all, and if this continued, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Fifth brother, why don't our troops evacuate separately, in this way, we will definitely be able to disperse the direction of the enemy's pursuit, which will be conducive to a better evacuation of our army." Yao Chang said softly.

When Yao Xiang heard this, he immediately felt that it was a good idea, so he immediately issued an order to divide the army under his command into three routes: left, center, and right, and retreat in the direction of Qingzhou. (To be continued......)