Chapter 12 Return to the army, meet Liu Xuande! (c)
"General, Zhuo County has been lost, Liu Fujun of Zhuo County was killed by the rebel army, and his head was hung on the head of the city.
The soldiers and horses in the city were also slaughtered, except for more than 100 soldiers who escaped by chance, the others barely survived.
As for the rebels... Nearly wiped out! ”
“.... Keep moving! ”
At this time, in a certain official road only more than ten miles away from Zhuo County, Gongsun Zhu, who had made a long detour, finally got the news about Zhuo County from the scouts.
Originally, Gongsun Zhu's idea was to immediately lead his troops back to Zhuo County, and then find Liu Xuande, who must have become a rebel.
The two of them joined forces to stabilize the situation in Zhuo County, and the rest of the matter was much easier.
Block Zhuo County, prevent the Yellow Turban Army in Naji Prefecture from entering again, and then close the door and fight the dogs to cooperate with the soldiers and horses of Youzhou to directly clean up many Yellow Turban forces in Youzhou.
And then... There is no then now!
Gongsun Zhu didn't know what was going on with Liu Bei, but the moment he chose to return to the army, he found that something was wrong.
Guo Xun, the assassin of Youzhou, did not disappoint them, and under his heroic command, the Youzhou of the assassin history was eroded.
Not only was he blocked by the Youzhou Yellow Turban Army in this Guangping County, but the counties were full of problems.
The county commanders in various places, as well as the local officials in various places, either fled without a trace, or simply died directly at the hands of the rebels.
There are also some people who have been planted by the Yellow Turban rebels.
The city gates were opened as soon as the chaos appeared.
Youzhou yellow scarves swept Youzhou, and there was chaos in various places, and the Wuhuan people and Xianbei people really made a comeback as expected.
Gongsun Chan had no time to take care of him, so he could only tell Gongsun Zhu to be cautious.
Even if there are 2,000 elite horsemen under Gongsun Zhu's command now, he does not dare to have any presumptuousness in front of the Youzhou rebels who are often tens of thousands or even 100,000.
For the sake of safety, he could only choose to bypass the main battlefield, and then intersperse the path all the way, plus clear the small Yellow Turban Army along the way to be able to come here smoothly.
But when he came to the surroundings of Zhuo County in Youzhou, the first news he got was that Zhuo County had been breached!
The tens of thousands of Yellow Turban rebels who rushed over from Jizhou had already rushed into Youzhou, and Gongsun Zhu was really stunned at this moment.
Originally, this Youzhou may only be claimed to be 100,000, and if you count the old, weak, sick and disabled, there are 40,000 or 50,000 people.
But all of a sudden, the two Yellow Turban armies got together, plus the people and bandits who swept along the way... Maybe they can really make up 100,000 people.
"General, I'll go to Zhuoxian now, but what's the point?"
At this time, in the process of marching, Wei You, the counselor military officer beside Gongsun Zhu, came to the side of Gongsun Zhu.
raised his own objections to Gongsun Zhu's decision.
“.... What do you think? ”
"Although this Zhuo County is indeed the gateway to my Youzhou, but now, even if it is a portal.... Now it's a lost portal.
There's no point in me going to Zhuo County now.
Now... We should immediately return to the army and join General Gongsun, and then use these counties and defense lines on the frontier to stabilize the frontier without problems.
Then look for an opportunity to cull back.
lest the troops be divided in this way, and there will be chaos.
Of course, now that Youzhou is in complete chaos, if the general is not worried about waiting for us to return to the army, he can also go to Liaoxi County.
After listening to this, Liaoxi and Liaodong were not affected at this time.
As long as we enter Liaoxi County, we can get sufficient supplies, and then recruit young and strong people from Liaodong again and reorganize the soldiers and horses.
When the time comes, we can fight back..."
After Wei You said this, he looked at Gongsun Zhu's face that still did not change at all, and finally he could only speak again.
"Of course, if the general has to go to Zhuo County, he can also do it.
But the general also asked to think about his own back path.
After all, I can still have a choice now, if I go to Zhuo County, I will be delayed for a while again... Then I'm afraid it will be even more difficult for me to wait.
When the time comes, maybe the only way for us to wait is to go directly to Jizhou under the pretense of General Gongsun and look for Lu Zhonglang.
Although there is some intention of abandoning Youzhou in this way, it can also protect us by doing so, and you can inform Lu Zhonglang of the situation in Youzhou.
If we can, we may be able to borrow enough soldiers and horses from Lu Zhonglang again..."
"Zou Jing! Didn't this guy come out before us?
Why hasn't he moved? ”
Wei You's words had already been finished, and Gongsun Zhu had also listened to them, but he didn't have any response.
Instead, he looked directly at the little guy Tian Yu beside him, and then asked where Zou Jing had run now.
Did you also die in this secluded land?
In this regard, Na Tian Yu frowned slightly at first, and then slowly shook his head.
"The news I got before was that Captain Zou Jing was dragged by the chaotic army and couldn't break free for a while.
Orders have already been given to the rebels of the counties to go and find him to join him.
But I don't know how to wait now.
After all... Captain Zou Jing and I are far away, and the scouts don't dare to go out at will during this time. ”
“.... Let's hope that guy is still alive. Gongsun Zhu sighed helplessly, then looked at the Zhuoxian city wall that had already revealed some outlines, and raised the horsewhip in his hand again.
"Soldiers, speed up and rush over!"
"No!"
With a loud roar from Qi Shushu, the speed of the big man's elite horse increased again, and the distance between them and Zhuo County was getting closer and closer.
Half an hour later, under the walls of Zhuo County, Gongsun Zhu looked at the messy corpses and the flames that had not been completely extinguished.
His face sank like water, but he had to restrain his war horse.
Behind him, more than 2,000 cavalrymen were also full of silence, and they didn't know how to face all this for a while.
At this time, in front of them, in addition to the ruins and countless mutilated corpses, there was also the pot of leftovers.
It's just that this pot is not a wild vegetable bark, but a pot of stewed and stinky meat.
The smell of the sky is disgusting.
"Gather the corpses, either ours or the Yellow Turban rebels.
If it doesn't matter... Something big will happen later. ”
Gongsun Zhu arranged for the people to clean up the battlefield, and at the same time strode in a certain direction.
There, he saw two familiar swords.
"Liu Xuande... You're not going to end here..."
"Smack!"
Just as Gongsun Zhu was moving in a certain direction with trepidation and uneasiness, a big hand directly grabbed his ankle in the pile of dead people.
At the same time, a very weak voice appeared in his ears.
"I really didn't expect it... The pretending death that Jian Yong taught us is really useful! ”