Although there are still a lot of Bingzhou troops chasing behind him, Wei Qian is no longer worried, as long as he enters Zhangwu City now and cooperates with the army defending the city, he can completely escape the pursuit of the Bingzhou army.

It's not easy, under the siege of the Bingzhou army, they can still escape, which is indeed a miracle.

As for the loss of almost half of the men and horses along the way, Wei Qian didn't care too much, on the battlefield, it was originally a matter of life and death, and whoever lived and who died was all based on luck, which really can't be complained about.

Zhang Wucheng is in front of you, as long as you enter the city, it will be completely safe, don't Wei Qian ordered, almost all the Youzhou troops ran up, they all knew the difference between entering the city and not entering the city, although at this time, many people were exhausted, but they still took a big step and rushed towards Zhang Wucheng. In the face of the desire to survive, the limit of any physical strength is a floating cloud.

But at this moment, a sudden sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded behind him, crisp and rhythmic, not the terrible muffled thunder, but still like a death knell striking Wei Qian's heart.

Wei Qian turned back suddenly, and suddenly found that the Bingzhou cavalry had appeared behind them, like a tide, surging towards them, Wei Qian suddenly lost his soul, and his face was as white as paper. To tell the truth, no matter how many blockade lines set up by the Bingzhou army along the way, it did not make Wei Qian afraid, the only thing he was worried about was the figure of the Bingzhou cavalry behind him, and when he only camped along the way, Wei Qian closed his eyes a little, and he could see the Bingzhou cavalry chasing and killing, this terrible nightmare has always been with him, so that his mind has never been stable.

The reason why Wei Qian decisively abandoned the city was that he was worried about the pursuit of the Bingzhou cavalry, but fortunately, they were far away in Liucheng, and in terms of time and distance, the possibility of the Bingzhou cavalry catching up was extremely small.

However, the blocking of the state army dragged on for a long time, and Wei Qian originally planned to reach Jizhou in three days, but in fact, it has taken nine days now, and every blockade line has wasted a lot of his time.

The Bingzhou army does not seem to want to have a decisive battle with the Youzhou army, although they set up a blockade line, but they only use the advantage of the terrain to fight a blocking war, as much as possible to use the means of long-range attack, used to delay time, and once they fall into hand-to-hand combat, the Bingzhou army does not seem to be willing to fight with the Youzhou army, often in the end of the net, let them leave, just chase and kill for a while.

This kind of battle made the Bingzhou army use a very low casualty cost to delay the speed of the Youzhou army's march, Wei Qian also knew that the purpose of the Youzhou army was very clear, that is, to drag them in Youzhou as much as possible, wait for the cavalry troops to come, and then give the Youzhou army a fatal blow. But to make it clear, Ke Wei Qian can't reverse the current unfavorable situation of the war, and the infantry army of Bingzhou is like a kraft candy, sticking to you, he wants to speed up the march, but how can he do it without breaking through the defense line of the Bingzhou army.

Finally escaped to the city of Zhangwu, but the Bingzhou cavalry really had to chase after it, this scene has appeared in Wei Qian's dream many times, but this time, it is no longer a dream, but a living reality, and the disaster has befallen their heads.

Wei Qian's heart sank suddenly, and he felt like he was falling into the abyss.

The first to be killed was naturally the fastest cavalry battalion.

After taking Liucheng, before he had time to march to Liaodong, Cao Liang received the news that Wei Qian and Wang Qi abandoned Linyu Pass and fled, Cao Liang smiled and said to the generals: "It seems that he really underestimated Wei Qiang's decisiveness, but it is not so easy for him to escape." ”

Before taking Liucheng, Cao Liang has analyzed the movements of the defenders of Linyu Pass, Liucheng is lost, and the biggest blow is Wei Qiang, their carefully arranged defense system in Liaoxi completely collapsed in an instant, in front of Wei Qiang, it seems that there are only two ways to go, one is to continue to defend Linyu Pass, but this kind of stubborn defense has no meaning, even if it is guarded to Linyu Pass, it cannot protect Liaodong, there is no value, not to mention, lost the support of Liaodong, Linyu Pass is isolated and helpless, The supply of food and grass for tens of thousands of people could not be solved, and it was only a matter of time before they were defeated.

Therefore, Wei Qian will definitely not choose to defend Linyu Pass, and the possibility of abandoning the city and fleeing is still very high. It's just that Cao Liang also underestimated Wei Qiang's determination, and almost after getting the news of the loss of Liucheng, he immediately made the decision to evacuate, without half a point of entanglement and hesitation.

Under normal circumstances, many people will first wait and see, see the development of the situation or ask the imperial court, after all, if they abandon the city and flee without receiving an order, the imperial court will be held accountable, and that is responsible.

But Wei Qian was quite resolute and never stopped for a moment, because he knew that the consequence of hesitation would be the annihilation of the entire army.

But will he really be able to escape? Before Cao Liang was about to attack Liucheng, he had already made arrangements to order the infantry battalion and the shooting battalion to be stationed in Liaoxi County and Youbeiping County, and set up a blockade line on the escape route of the Youzhou army to block the Youzhou army.

Cao Liang demanded that they not have to fight to the death with the Youzhou army, but just use all conditions to delay time as much as possible and create conditions for the cavalry to arrive.

At the time when the Youzhou army abandoned the city and fled, the Xiaocai battalion had already set off, they would go straight from Liucheng to the empty city of Linyuguan, and then they would follow the escape route of the Youzhou army, all the way to chase and kill, no matter where they fled to, even if they entered the territory of Jizhou, the pursuit of the Xiaocai battalion would not stop.

The state border is only a boundary, which can not stop the pace of the pursuit of the Xiao cavalry battalion, from Liucheng to Zhangwu, the journey is more than thousands of miles, and when the Xiao cavalry camp set off, the Youzhou army has left Linyu Pass for two days, but the speed of the Xiao cavalry camp is so terrifying, they chased all the way, and finally caught up with the Youzhou army in Zhangwu City. Of course, this credit should still be credited to the infantry battalion and the shooting battalion of the Bingzhou army, without their blocking, the Youzhou army may have fled back to Jizhou long ago, and now although the Youzhou army is still two or three miles away from Zhangwu City, it will be able to enter the city in a moment, but the Xiaocai battalion will not give them any more chances.

Wen Qin laughed cruelly, and ordered the Xiao cavalry battalions on both wings to take the lead in attacking, outflanking in a roundabout way, and rushing to the gate of Zhangwu City, first cutting off the retreat of the Youzhou army, and then catching turtles in the urn, completely annihilating the Youzhou army under Zhangwu City, and no one was allowed to escape.