Chapter 143: Where to Escape (1)
"Who's stationed in the city, come out and talk back! I am Yangzhou Taishou Zhou Yu-" Seeing that Li Xin ran away with five thousand Yellow Turban troops, Zhou Yu did not immediately let Dian Wei lead people to chase after him, and their group came to Yangzhou City three hundred steps away from the West Gate, because the sky was still a little dark, if you were too close to the city, you would be injured by your own people. Behind Zhou Yu was a big banner with the word Zhou was erected, and in order to make it easier for the city tower to identify him, he also had people raise torches around him.
"Cheng Yu and Zhang Zhao have been waiting for the lord here for a long time——, I don't know what the lord commands!" Although it was pitch black outside the city, only the light of the torches could be seen, but the retreat of the Yellow Turban Army and Zhou Yu's Zhouzi banner had made Zhang Zhao and Cheng Yu confirm Zhou Yu's identity, and they were also very happy to see Zhou Yu repelling the Yellow Turban Army intact. Cheng Yu opened his mouth to speak, and he expected that Zhou Yu had no intention of entering the city when he came to the city, and he would definitely pursue the fleeing Yellow Turban Army in the next step, but did he know that the enemy troops outside the south gate had made a detour to support outside the Xida camp?
"Brother Zhongde and Brother Zibu don't come unharmed, thank you for your hard work! I'm going to pursue the fleeing Yellow Turban Army and not return to the city for the time being, now I need you to transfer all the defenders of the West Gate to me, and as many war horses as there are, this time they must be beaten so hard that they don't even know the! "For the brutality of the Yellow Turban Army and their escape, Zhou Yu, a person in this new era, is very disgusted, but now only a small number of his subordinates are old men of the Yangzhou Army, and the rest are all newly surrendered Yellow Turban Army.
"Lord - Ximen now only has two thousand defenders and a hundred war horses, and there is also news to tell you that General Zhou Tai has taken three thousand elites out of the South Gate and is going to West Gate to support the Lord in a roundabout way, and the Yellow Turban Army has a force on the way to the West Gate to support, please be careful! I don't know how many people the lord needs to take away? Cheng Yu was still a little worried that Zhou Yu would run into their reinforcements when he went to pursue the Yellow Turban Army.
"Brother Zhongde, you don't have to worry - I will hand over the 2,000 or so newly collected soldiers here to you for the time being, and I will take the 2,000 men and horses in the city first!" You just need to defend Yangzhou City for me-" Zhou Yu no longer talked nonsense with Cheng Yu, Dian Wei immediately arranged to change people, for a time Zhou Yu had an extra hundred cavalry on his side, at this time Zhou Yu also had 3,000 elites under his command, plus Jiang Qin who was ambushed in the middle of the road and 1,000 men and horses, Zhou Tai took 3,000 men and horses to join Huang Zhong's 1,000 men and horses, once this force converged to break the 10,000 men and horses of the Yellow Turban Army, it may not be impossible, Zhou Yu turned to the four gates overnight and finally turned this group of Yellow Turban Army around, and the decisive battle was about to kick off.
"Dashuai - a team of people came in front, it seems that we are our own people! Led by General Li Xin, the small commander of the Western Battalion - "A scout of the Yellow Turban Army met Li Xinjun who was fleeing in a panic on the way, and hurriedly ran over to report to Wan Bingyu, who was sitting on a war horse.
"What? How many people are there in the army of the West Battalion? Order—Swing in attack formation and wait for this group of centaurs to approach! "Whoever the army is still careful, tonight's events are too weird, as if they are being pushed by an invisible hand to lead them to defeat step by step. Wan Bing immediately ordered his soldiers to spread out their formations and wait for Li Xinjun to approach, he wanted to see why the soldiers and horses of the Western Battalion came here!
"General Li Xin, please stop - in front of you is Wan Dashuai's men and horses, Dashuai asked me to ask you that your camp was attacked by the Yangzhou army, why did you go back to help why you brought people and horses here? What about Chen Dashuai? Wan Bing's handsome handsome man rode a war horse and suddenly blocked Li Xin's way, at this time Li Xin and they ran all the way to look very embarrassed, and they were startled when they saw someone blocking the way in front of them, but they breathed a long sigh of relief when they saw that it was their own.
After Li Xin saw Wan Bing, he told him how they began to besiege and kill the two thousand Yangzhou troops until Qu Shuai Chen was defeated and killed, he was also confused, and he didn't know how the imposing Yellow Turban Army could fall to this point? He was at a loss, and Wan Bing was also at a loss, what shocked him was how the eldest brother Chen Yu was killed? How could they be killed by someone who still has more than 10,000 horses under his command? It seems that the West Camp is going to be unbearable, but Wan Bing is also very entangled now, the West Camp and the North Camp have been broken one after another, and now the South Camp and Han Xuan's East Camp are still there, and the siege of Yangzhou has been broken, and it must be more auspicious to continue to stay, so it is better to go south to meet Chen Bao of Huiji County.
"Pass my order - the rear team will return to the southern camp immediately, and the rest of the southern camp will be withdrawn to Huiji County. Li Xinyou, you continue to stay in the rear team with your men, remember not to continue to publicize the news of Chen Dashuai's death, as long as someone asks, you will say that Chen Dashuai sent you to support the South Gate. Wan Bing whispered to Li Xin, and Li Xin hurriedly nodded and went to gather his own people.
"Strange - why aren't these Yellow Turbans gone? You quietly touch a little closer to observe and love the situation! "Jiang Qin is a little confused, can this Qu Shuai Wan Bing save the West Camp in the end? If Qu Shuai Wan Bing didn't take someone to save him, how could he cut off his back road, just when Jiang Qin was still thinking about Wan Bing's movements, he saw that the Yellow Turban Army suddenly changed from the rear team to the front team, and it seemed that he was going back to Nan Daying!
There is already a trace of fish belly white in the sky above the east, Jiang Qin's hiding place will be found as long as the sky is bright, and now at this time, Jiang Qin can't fight if he doesn't want to, Qu Shuai Wan Bing is going to escape with the army, in that case, it will be even more difficult to exterminate it.
"Brothers - prepare the rocket! Shoot - "One order to more than a thousand sergeants in ambush, regardless of archery? Anyway, they shot out the bows and arrows they were carrying behind their backs, and because the location of their ambush was higher, when the rockets fell, the thatch on both sides of the road was ignited at once, and the fire was very strong for a while, temporarily blocking the way of the Yellow Turban Army.
"Report - I don't know what one man and horse set fire to block our army's way in front of the marshal!" As soon as the scout finished speaking, the two sides of the mountain road faintly waved flags and war drums sounded in unison.
"Go - quickly figure out the situation ahead for Ben Shuai, this place is not suitable for a long time! Hurry, hurry, hurry - find out the situation and come back to report! The whole army is on standout! Looking at the sudden fire and the war drums on both sides of the mountain, Qu Shuai Wan Bing was suddenly shocked - after the West Camp was broken, he had already retreated in his heart, and now he was so shocked by Jiang Qin that his soul was almost gone, but what made his subordinates have some confidence is that there are still 10,000 horses for him to drive, and the worst can help him fight out of the encirclement.
That is, the blink of an eye Kung Fu scout came to report again, and out of the gentle slopes on both sides of the mountain, he saw the banner waving, and there was nothing unusual on the road ahead. When he heard the news, Wan Bing suddenly understood in his heart that there was a shortage of soldiers and horses in Yangzhou, and it was impossible for them to appear everywhere. Li Xin told himself that there were 5,000 Yangzhou soldiers and horses outside the West Gate, so there must be a small army on top of this place, so he could ignore them and rush over quickly-
"All the soldiers obey the order - rush over with the commander! As long as we rush over, we will have a way to live-" Wan Bing pulled out his sword and waved it loudly, and his subordinates of the Yellow Turban Army also had some doubts in their hearts when they saw the tragic situation of Li Xin and their army, and at this time they heard that the marshal told them to escape, and immediately regardless of whether the fire in front of them was still burning, they all ran directly across the sea of fire towards the south gate with knives, guns and shields.
How do you know that the Yellow Turban Army who had just crossed the sea of fire was dumbfounded, Jiang Qin took the lead in blocking the road on the narrow road with three strands of Tuotian Fork, and in the front row was a line of shield bearers, the movement on the mountain just now was just a movement made by a dozen soldiers, and when the fire was filled, they were all assembled in front, Jiang Qin made up his mind that even if the whole army was annihilated, it would be dragged until Zhou Yu and their pursuers arrived.
"Kill—"
"Kill—"