Chapter 80: The Man of the White Horse
On the east bank of Yushui, from the mouth of those white horses who fled from the mouth, Gongsun Xu felt more and more that the general trend had gone.
Since the attack of the Youzhou army, those cowardly people of Zhuo County have not fled, but have defected like an army, and thousands of people have slaughtered their elite everywhere...... Every white horse in it has been an elite of gold and silver piled up by my father since he was in the army! Their white horses, and their armor, and their bows, and their swords, and their soldiers, who were ten thousand dollars a month. In just a few days, two thousand white horses died from the death!
Gongsun continued to look around, and the righteousness on the east bank of Yushui was still riding a white horse...... How sad? The strongest and sharpest sergeant was drowned in the endless sea of people, beaten to death by those extremely weak people and peasants!
His mind kept weighing that the battle had been lost, whether he fought or not. If you leave with the remaining 35,000 soldiers and 40,000 people who crossed Yushui, the enemy army guarding the river bank will not dare to attack, so you can preserve some combat strength, and you can reach Wuruan Pass after running for a hundred miles, and still control the southern gateway of Youzhou, creating an opportunity for my father to enter Youzhou in the future.
This is probably the best choice, despite the losses, it can still drive tens of thousands of people to Jizhou, and even these people will become the vanguard of advancing Youzhou in the future.
If you lead the troops to fight again, the west of the river cannot be defended, and the biggest opportunity is to take advantage of the panic of the people to collect the rout...... Their tens of thousands of soldiers and horses will not be wiped out by the people in a short time, and Gongsun Xu estimated that he would be able to gather at least 5,000 men and horses before the enemy army rushed here.
Enough to fight these enemies.
Obviously, the most important thing to do in front of Gongsun Xu is to accept it when it is good, and run westward with the tail. He is not Yan Gang, but Gongsun Zhan's eldest son and only son, who has the right to inherit all this, even if he is young, he has autonomous power far higher than Yan Gang, and his identity allows him not to care about the gains and losses of these thousands of soldiers and tens of thousands of people.
But the boiling blood of young people is always difficult to choke the beating heart, Gongsun Xu doesn't want to run, he wants to fight with Yanbei's minions chasing soldiers and fight some blood.
Right here, right now.
Yu water murmurs and flows south, this river originates from not far from the north, and flows into the Yi water at the junction of Yu Ji in the south, where there are songs sung from the ancients, the clouds say that the wind is Xiao Xiao, and the singing is easy to be cold.
The war in Jizhou is getting worse and worse, even if my father can fight well, it is still inevitable that the pressure brought by the Yan thieves in the north and the Yuan clan in the east are becoming more and more powerful, and Zhuojun lost again this time...... Gongsun Xu felt a little scared, he was afraid that the song would never return, and it was the river that he was talking about.
Gongsun Xu had a feeling in the dark that if he crossed this river today, he might never be able to return to this land. The Gongsun clan will never be able to return to his hometown.
"Major General, please cross the river first to set up defenses."
Yan Gang's appearance looked a little embarrassed, not at all like the partial general who was fighting for martial arts in the south and the north, holding his helmet and turning over and dismounting and walking quickly, followed by several horsemen scattered everywhere, assigning those Gongsun soldiers stationed on the east bank and the chaotic people to rush boats to cross the river...... Can't wait any longer!
"Crossing the river and arming? General Yan said it so nicely. Gongsun continued to smile, glanced at Yan Gang, and arched his hand: "Please General Yan cross the river and set up defenses." ”
What kind of crossing the river is armed, in fact, it is not just fleeing to the other side!
"Major General, now is not the time for hard resistance, our soldiers are scattered everywhere for the enemy and civilians to break one by one, and they have suffered heavy losses. And the enemy army gathered thousands of troops, and tens of thousands of people drove towards the river bank, which was extremely dangerous! ”
Yan Gang just came from the east, and saw the situation of the enemy army on the road, that Tai Shi Ci was really a caring person, and in a short period of time sent troops to send those weak, women and children to the rear, leaving tens of thousands of young and strong people in front of the battle, cutting wood for knives and unveiling rods for spears, and then the people's hearts were available when they pulled up tens of thousands of villagers, and the momentum pressed over, but everywhere they passed was like a plague, so that those originally docile people rose up one after another, and even made the people turn against without firing a bow, and the soldiers died.
The enemy army is entering the territory quickly, there are always new people to join, and there are always tired people who are stagnant, but their main force is full of cavalry, and they will definitely not feel tired after a dozen miles of road, but they are afraid that it will not take long to rush over, and when the time comes, with their demoralized soldiers and horses, how can they defend?
In the distance, a vast cloud of smoke rose from the sky, and the noisy shouting and roaring sound came from far and near, loud but extremely noisy, so that people could not really hear it, and only felt upset.
Gongsun Xu had just stiffened his neck and shouted a few words, and he had the mentality of fighting to the death with the Yanbei army, but at this moment, hearing the huge voice of the volunteers from the people, it made him feel two trembling.
Although Gongsun Xu has always boasted of his bravery and fierceness, he is still inevitably afraid at this moment...... Because no one knows how many enemies will await them if they don't choose to retreat.
"I'm not leaving."
Although Gongsun Xu's face was pale, he still did not retreat, not only did he not retreat, but also shouted that his subordinates should not be afraid, and jointly formed a formation against the Yanbei army. Yan Gang frowned when he saw this, this is not the time to be rash at all, how can he fight to the death and not retreat? Immediately cast a color on the cronies behind him, and several subordinates set up Gongsun Xu left and right and dragged him to the shore boat.
"General Yan, what are you doing! I'm your major general, let me go, let go of me you damned soldiers! Although Gongsun Xu was dragged away, the successive angry scoldings in his mouth still made many soldiers secretly squeeze their eyes...... What do you call a damn pawn?
This is about the first time Bai Ma Yi has been scolded, and no one under Gongsun Chan has ever dared to scold them like this, not even Gongsun Chan himself. Gongsun Zhan's protection and respect for the White Horse Yicong was far better than Yan Bei's treatment of the Yan Zhao warriors under his command. It is precisely because of this that even if General Gongsun has a thousand or ten thousand, he will lead them to fight with one prince after another, burn down villages and destroy cities, even if he wantonly kills the people and forces the people to die, Bai Ma Yicong will never betray.
The white horse is the soldier who is loyal to the princes in ancient times!
This kind of truth, what does Gongsun Xu, the poor second ancestor, understand?
Gongsun Xu's disgusting scolding gradually faded away, billowing smoke and dust and countless Youzhou townships with rudimentary weapons poured over, and pieces of people defected, and more and more villagers surrounded the entire east bank of Yushui under the drive of those Youzhou cavalry.
Before them, the only remaining white horse Yi of more than 400 people turned over from holding his own weapons and got on his horse, formed a formation on the narrow riverside, and stepped forward to Jizhou soldiers to stalemate with weapons on the periphery. Despite their fears, they will not back down.
Yan Gang turned over and got on his horse, held the iron spear in one hand and gathered the three-inch black beard under his chin, and smiled at the left and right: "The young general is gone, the good sons of the White Horse Army, let these Youzhou cubs take a good look...... You're amazing! ”