Chapter Eighty-Six: Bad News
The 2,000 remnants of the defeated army immediately panicked, some wanted to flee from the mountain pass in front, and some turned around to escape, and the men and horses disturbed each other.
Pound sneered and shouted, "Push the stone!" ”
As soon as he finished speaking, several huge rocks fell straight down from the mountain, slammed into the ground, and immediately sealed a mountain pass.
Cheng Gongying's eyes were quick, and he immediately drove his horse back and fled, because he was on the edge of the mountain pass, and as soon as the horse was fast, he was about to rush out of the valley. Yan Xing and Liang Xing also followed closely.
After Pang De saw it, he secretly thought that if this Cheng Gongying did not die, he didn't know how much trouble he would cause to Ma Chao in the future, and urged: "Quickly push down the boulder!" Fast! ”
But I didn't expect the boulder to be too big, and the soldiers who pushed the stone couldn't push it, and the boulder stood on the cliff, and below was the mountain pass. Pang De was in a hurry, pushed away the soldier who pushed the stone, and pushed the stone himself. The boulder fell with a bang, and Pound impatiently leaned over to look down, and the healing boulder smashed the mountain pass, immediately sealing the mountain pass. But Cheng Gongying, Yan Xing and Liang Xing have long been absent from the valley. Pound saw that the three horsemen had already run out of the Bofan Valley, galloped away on the mountain road outside the valley, and disappeared after turning the mountain. Pound slammed his thigh in frustration.
However, it was also a blessing in disguise, the main generals fled, and the remaining more than 2,000 remnants of the defeated army lost the will to continue fighting; and fell into the valley of the Bo Domain, it can be said that people are swords and I am fish and meat, so I threw down my weapons and surrendered. Pang De took the two thousand soldiers and horses back to Ayang City.
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Han Sui was happily galloping on the way to escape. He didn't panic, because he knew that Ma Chao's troops had gone through several major battles, and the men and horses were exhausted, and Ma Chao boasted that he was sympathetic to the soldiers and would never send troops to pursue him. He was not depressed, although he had just suffered a defeat yesterday, he had lost 22,000 horsemen, and because of the chaos on the battlefield, he was even more chaotic after being defeated by Ma Chao's army, and thousands of soldiers and horses fled in all directions, so that his soldiers and horses were now only in their early 30,000s. But if you don't die in a catastrophe, there will be a blessing in the future, and Han Sui firmly believes in this.
People always need miracles. No one expected that when he was about to be defeated by the enemy, a heavy rain suddenly fell from the sky and saved Han Sui's life. Han Sui was engulfed in the chaos at that time, and through the heavy spears and banners, he saw that his troops were almost surrounded by Ma Chaojun's army on all sides, and he was extremely desperate. But when it rained heavily, the situation changed dramatically, and he escaped smoothly. Han Sui still regretted a little, if he had instigated his troops to launch a counteroffensive under the pretense of having heaven to help him, and he didn't know who would win and who would lose.
But the matter has come to this, and Han Sui does not dare to make extravagant hopes anymore. After losing the battle of Ayang, the only way left for Han Sui was to flee back to Jicheng to hold on, waiting for the new force from the counties of Qiangzhong and Liangzhou. However, Han Sui began to worry that he had been defeated, and Ma Chao had won many soldiers and horses, and he had won some people's hearts. The Qiang people, Di and Xiaoyue clans in Qiang, as well as the Han heroes and some Hu tribes in Liangzhou, will they still support him and submit to him.
Especially those Qiang people, Han Sui was very worried that they would fall to Ma Chao because of Ma Chao's bloodline and family background. The Qiang tribes, most of the tribes such as Burning Dangqiang, Shenwolf Qiang, Da Qiqiang, Zhongqiang, and Prison Qiang, were once subordinates of Beigong Boyu. He killed Beigong Boyu, which already made those tribes a little dissatisfied. Now that he has been defeated again, his mind has probably come alive for a long time. The Di and Xiaoyue clans are all of the same mind as the Qiang people, and it is difficult for Han Sui to guarantee that they will not defect.
The only thing that can reassure Han Sui is the Liangzhou Han people. Han Sui and they are grasshoppers tied to a line, one is prosperous, and the other is lost. And some Hu tribes, such as Hutu Hu who lived on the side of Hutu Ze and Lu Shuihu on the bank of Lu Shui, were very loyal to him because their power was still very weak compared to Qiang.
Han Sui thought that when he returned to Jicheng this time, he would win against Ma Chao no matter what, and he would stop Ma Chao in the east of Weishui and prevent him from crossing the upper reaches of Weishui. At the last time, he also had to defend Jicheng and rely on the materials of Longxi County, Tianshui County, and Wudu County near Jicheng to resist Ma Chao.
When Han Sui thought of this, he suddenly felt infinite emotion in his heart. Last month, he was still the overlord of Xiliang who was the most terrifying in the world, and when the commanders and heroes of Qiangzhong and Liangzhou saw him, they all waged their tails and begged for mercy, smiling flatteringly, and did not dare to resist him a little. But at this moment, he lost his troops and lost his troops, and he couldn't stop worrying, I don't know how many people in the world are watching his jokes.
Just thinking about it, he rode to the north, shouted a long "report" in his mouth, carried the scout's flag on his shoulder, and ran to Han Sui, almost falling off his horse because of nervousness.
Han Sui's heart was suddenly filled with a bad premonition, and said, "What's the alarm? Did Ma Chaojun catch up? ”
The scout shook his head and said, "No, lord. ”
Han Sui breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Since it's not, then what's there to be afraid of?" ”
"Lord, it's a big deal, Longxi County has already been captured by Ma Chaojun!" The scout shouted in panic, and many of the sergeants around him looked back at him.
Han Sui was also shocked and said, "What did you say? Make it clear! ”
"Lord, the villain was originally a guard of Xiangwu City. Yesterday, Ma Chao's younger brother Ma Dai led his troops to besiege Xiangwu City. There were only 1,000 defenders in the city, but there were more than 10,000 in Ma Dai. Ma Dai ordered the troops to set up a ladder, support the door and pound, and attack Xiangwu City on three sides. The enemy army is as numerous as termites, and the momentum is sharp. Our army resisted desperately, but he couldn't stop him, and the city was broken at noon yesterday! Before the captain died in battle, he ordered the villain to ride a horse across the Weishui River and come to report to the lord! ”
Hearing this, Han Sui's mind "boomed" and became blank. Xiangwu City is already very close to Jicheng, and it is the nearest city in the upper reaches of Weishui, and it is possible to reach Jicheng in a short time. If Xiangwu City was captured, the other cities in Longxi would have already changed hands.
Han Sui hurriedly said: "What about other cities in Longxi? ”
The scout said: "Didao, Caohan, Daxia, Angu, Baishi, and Zhangxian have fallen, and only Lintao and Shouyang are still in Longxi County. ”
The loss of the seven cities shows that most of Longxi County has fallen and is no longer owned by Han Sui.
Han Sui was stunned, and he couldn't hear the slightest voice from the outside world in his head.
Longxi County is just north of Hanyang County, stuck on the way back to the base camp Jincheng. Anding County has long been captured by Ma Chao, and the road back to Jincheng has been completely blocked. At this time, Han Sui recalled the battle of Ayang, when Ma Dai was not on the battlefield, and Ma Chao's total strength looked smaller than expected. It turned out that Ma Chao sent Ma Dai to lead the army to copy his back road!