"Brother Yuanrang, kill the past now, we still have a chance of life. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" Li Dian looked at Xiahoudun with wide eyes, and said in disbelief, "Giving up the attack is equivalent to giving up the way to live." ”

"We're already surrounded." Xiahoudun smiled bitterly, "The iron cavalry of the Northern Frontier Army has already killed from our left and right flanks, and it is coming in an instant. ”

Then he pointed to the rear of the army, where a large army was screaming and screaming. Xiahoudun said: "The more than 20,000 elite infantry soldiers in Northern Xinjiang are less than five miles away from us, and they will soon catch up. Now that we are surrounded on all sides, if we insist on crossing the river to attack, we will definitely be routed by the Northern Frontier Army before dusk. If we hold ourselves out, we'll be able to hold out for at least one night. ”

Li Dian was taken aback and said loudly: "What about Gongsun Chan and Ma Teng?" Is it all annihilated? ”

Xiahoudun shook his head, he didn't know either. However, since the Northern Xinjiang Army can find itself retreating in time and deploy troops in time to encircle and intercept it, there are only two possibilities, one is that Gongsun Chan and Ma Teng have been wiped out, and the other is that the Northern Xinjiang Army has enough troops.

He just decided to give up supporting Gongsun Zan and Ma Teng this morning, and he was retributed in the afternoon, Liu Beijun and Liu Biaojun abandoned themselves at this critical juncture and escaped alone.

"How so?" Li Dian looked up to the sky in despair and sighed, "Overnight, we are all alive?" ”

"Mancheng, we still have a chance." Xiahoudun comforted, "No matter what Gongsun Chan and Ma Teng are doing now, the Northern Frontier Army is surrounded on all sides, and it will take a while to adjust the deployment of troops, and they will not be able to launch an attack until tomorrow morning at the earliest." ”

Xiahoudun looked up at the sky and said to Li Dian: "It's almost dusk, and the Northern Frontier Army has no time to besiege us." Wait until late at night, and then try to break through. ”

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Zang Ba glared at Xue Lan angrily, eager to slash him with a knife, he roared angrily: "How can you ignore the overall situation at this time? When Xiahoudun and we meet, we will have more than 80,000 people, and more than 80,000 people will be huddled together, and there will be absolutely no problem in withdrawing to Qinghe State. ”

"How do you know there's no problem?" Xue Lan said unconvinced, "The Northern Xinjiang Army surrounded Gongsun Zhan and Ma Teng yesterday, and today it surrounded Xiahoudun, which shows that the Northern Xinjiang Army has already concentrated its main force to eat us." The Northern Frontier Army has surrounded two armies successively, and it will take time to encircle and annihilate them, and we can use this time to quickly evacuate. What we need now is time, not troops. No matter how many troops there are, they are only the prey of the Northern Frontier Army. ”

Although Zang Ba said that Xue Lan was not doing it right, he also agreed with his statement in his heart.

Zang Ba pondered for a long time, and finally made a decision. He looked up at Wu Zi and asked, "How many days can the dry food that the soldiers bring with them last?" ”

"Two days." Wu Zi said without thinking, "If you save a little, you can support it for four days." ”

"Order the army, along the north bank of the Dagu River, to retreat to the east." Zang Ba said loudly, "Be fast, retreat overnight, run overnight, don't stop for a moment." ”

"To the east?" Xue Lan, Li Feng and Wu Zi were puzzled, "Why Xiangdong?" ”

"First retreat sixty miles to the east, get rid of the pursuit of the iron cavalry of the Northern Xinjiang Army, and then run two hundred miles, go directly south to Pingyuan County, and cross the Yellow River from the direction of West Pyeongchang." Zang Ba glared at Xue Lan fiercely, gritted his teeth and said, "You're right, since the Northern Frontier Army has been prepared for a long time, it is estimated that they have already set up an ambush to surround us in the Panhe area, so we no longer retreat in the direction of Qinghe Kingdom, but by surprise, we quickly retreated south to Pingyuan County and retreated across the Yellow River." ”

"Go directly south to Pingyuan County and withdraw across the Yellow River?" Xue Lan exclaimed, "Burial Xuangao, what do you want to do?" Disobeying military orders without permission is punishable by beheading. ”

"You still know how to cut off your head?" Zang Ba said angrily, "The matter of our deliberate framing of Cao Jun this time will be leaked sooner or later, and Cao Cao will not let us go." Even if Cao Cao let us go, Liu Bei wouldn't let us go, he just had an excuse to kill us together. Since Tao Yuanjun died, how can we have a good life? If it weren't for the soldiers we had, Liu Bei would have driven us out of Xuzhou long ago. ”

Xue Lan and the three of them looked angry and bowed their heads silently.

After Liu Bei became the ruler of Xuzhou, he reused the old subordinates who had followed him for many years, which is understandable. He also reused Chen Qi and Chen Deng, who were the men of Xuzhou, which should also be blameless, but Liu Bei had no foundation in Xuzhou, and the main generals of the Xuzhou Army were not his people, and he had to control the army in order to gain a foothold in Xuzhou, so he successively transferred many generals of the Xuzhou Army and replaced them with his own people.

When Tao Qian was in office, there were three major factions in the Xuzhou army, one was the local generals in Xuzhou, such as Xu Tan; First, the generals of the Danyang Army, such as Cao Bao; One is the Yellow Turban generals, such as Zang Ba.

At the beginning, Zang Ba was defeated at the hands of Li Yi, and after fleeing from the battlefield, he gathered a group of men and horses, regained control of the place, and surrendered to Tao Qian.

Liu Bei could control the local army in Xuzhou and the Danyang army by various means, but he could not control Zang Ba, an army that was originally the Yellow Turban Army.

Since he can't control Zang Ba, and Zang Ba still threatens himself, he must find a way to weaken Zang Ba's power, and even force Zang Ba to reduce the number of troops under the pretext of insufficient military funds, so the contradiction between Liu Bei and Zang Ba is getting bigger and bigger.

Fortunately, the local Yellow Turban Army in Langya State continued to launch rebellions, threatening the safety of Xuzhou, and Zang Ba was still useful to Liu Bei, otherwise Zang Ba would have been almost rectified by Liu Bei.

Later, Yanzhou generals such as Li Feng and Xue Lan fled to Xuzhou, and the situation was similar to that of Zang Ba. They have the same sickness and sympathy for each other, and the relationship is also good.

However, this made Liu Bei even more afraid of Zang Ba and them, and this time Liu Bei recruited Zang Ba and Xue Lan and others to go north to Jizhou to conquer, one of the main reasons was to take the opportunity to consume Zang Ba's troops.

Zang Ba said: "If we continue to withdraw in the direction of Qinghe Kingdom, we may be surrounded and annihilated by the Northern Xinjiang Army, and if we are lucky enough to withdraw safely, we may be killed by Cao Cao and Liu Bei, so we only have one way now, to withdraw to Qingzhou." ”

"Brother Xuan, do you want to take Qingzhou?" Wu Zi asked hesitantly.

"How did Gongsun Chan occupy Qingzhou? Isn't it just to beat it down? Zang Ba raised his horsewhip and swung it in the air, "Let's go knock it down too." ”

Xue Lan and the others were dumbfounded.

Qingzhou is Gongsun Zhan's territory, and with a few of his own people, these 10,000 people can occupy Qingzhou?

"Gongsun Chan and Ma Teng must have been surrounded by the Northern Frontier Army, and there is little hope that Gongsun Chan will survive." Facing the suspicious gazes of the three of them, Zang Ba calmly analyzed, "After the Northern Frontier Army has defeated Gongsun Zhan, Ma Teng, and Xiahou Xuan, the next target is the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army under Xindu City. I estimate that the Northern Xinjiang Army will take advantage of the advantages of the iron cavalry to quickly detour back to the area of Qinghe State, cut off the retreat of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and encircle and annihilate Cao Cao, Liu Biao and Liu Bei. ”

"With the current strength of the Northern Xinjiang Army, even if it cannot completely annihilate the Northern Expeditionary Army, it can inflict heavy losses on the Northern Expeditionary Army. Cao Cao, Liu Biao, and Liu Bei can pick up a small life this time, which is good. Cao Cao's strength has been greatly damaged, Liu Bei's strength has been greatly damaged, and Gongsun Zhan's life and death are uncertain, and the remaining 20,000 Qingzhou troops want to return to Qingzhou safely, it is more difficult than ascending to the sky, with Cao Cao's treacherous and greedy kid, how could he let this piece of fat slip away from his mouth when his strength was greatly damaged? So, that's our chance. We can join forces with my former old brothers Yin Li and Wu Dun, flank the east and west, and take Qingzhou in one fell swoop with the momentum of thunder. ”

"Okay, listen to you." Xue Lan was so excited by Zang Ba's words that she raised her hand and shouted, "It's all death anyway, brothers fight." ”

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Night is coming.

Zang Ba's army rode the night and rushed eastward along the Gushui River at an astonishing speed. These soldiers are all Yellow Turban Army, and the battle may be a little worse, but escaping is definitely first-class.

Because Zang Ba told them that if they couldn't reach a hundred miles away tonight, everyone would be surrounded by the iron cavalry of the Northern Xinjiang Army and would die. The desire to survive stimulates the potential of the soldiers, and everyone runs at incredible speeds.

Before leaving, Zang Ba couldn't bear to see these Jingzhou people who had traveled thousands of miles to Hebei to die in a daze, so he specially rushed to the temporary camp of the Jingzhou army to visit Wen Ping, Gan Ning and Wang Wei, and gave advice.

The three of them were very grateful and sent Zang Ba out of the camp.

"The three generals, please stay, we will see you again in the future." Zang Ba bowed down and said goodbye, beating the horse and flying away.

Looking at the figure that quickly disappeared into the night, Wen Ping sighed lightly and said helplessly: "Is this Liu Bei's idea, or his own idea?" Will he be able to take the opportunity to occupy Qingzhou in this way? ”

"I guess it was his own idea." Wang Wei said in a low voice, "I heard that he was originally the leader of the Taishan thieves, but was later defeated by the general and had to take refuge in Tao Qian, and later became Liu Bei's subordinate. But the relationship with Liu Bei has always been tense. This time, Liu Bei took him to the battlefield in Jizhou, firstly for the safety of Xuzhou, and secondly, to borrow a knife to kill people. ”

"Borrowing a knife to kill someone?" Gan Ning's thick eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he said dissatisfiedly, "Liu Bei wants to kill him?" ”

"I heard that he has been stationed in Langya County for a long time, and has close contacts with the Yellow Turban Army in the area of Mount Tai, and people call him Kou Shuai, and he ignores Liu Bei, which is very arrogant." Wang Wei said.

Wen Ping said suspiciously: "But judging from today's incident, he doesn't seem to be an arrogant person. ”

"I think people are good, very straightforward." Gan Ning shook his head and said, "However, if Gongsun Chan hadn't died, and we had safely withdrawn to Qinghe Country, I'm afraid his life would not be easy in the future." ”

"Hmph......" Wang Wei sneered, "Brother Xingba, do you think we can still win this battle?" ”

Wen Ping closed his eyes and remained silent.

Gan Ning sighed and said: "It is indeed not easy for Gongsun Chan to return to Qingzhou alive, but in this battle, I think the Northern Expeditionary Army can still retreat with its whole body, and it will not be wiped out because of the Dongguang fiasco." ”

"Walk away?" Wang Wei smiled bitterly, "I can't see the sun in Xiangyang anymore." ”

Wen Ping's eyes suddenly opened, and he said categorically: "I'll stay, you and Brother Xingba will lead the army to retreat overnight." ”

"I'd better stay." Wang Wei bowed down and said, "I am not the commander of the army, and I have not started a family, and my parents also have other brothers to serve at home, so it can be said that I have nothing to worry about. I stay most suitable. (To be continued.) )