Chapter 522: Liu Bei on the Run
During the night, the defenders who had been besieged in Yecheng for a long time finally abandoned this lonely city, which was running out of food and grass.
Gao Jiong divided six cavalry teams to attack the siege troops besieging the city in six different directions, disrupting the line of sight, and then using Han Baohu as the main force to break through!
Han Baohu is also a veteran of Zhao Long's forces, and his loyalty is very high, after Zhao Long died, the first thing he thought about was not to surrender, but to break through.
If Chu Tian died in battle, most of the generals who followed Chu Tian a few years ago would have chosen the same.
Originally, Chutian asked people to dig ditches and besiege the defenders of Yecheng, but the cold winter made the stagnant water freeze, and the cavalry of the defenders could directly wade through the ice!
"Stop them!"
Countless fire dragons appeared, and the troops besieging Yecheng fought with the defenders who broke through the city, and the two sides fought in the dark, and the battle was extremely fierce.
The siege troops besieging Yecheng were not vegetarians, and they had considered that the defenders would stubbornly break through.
After all, Zhao Long handed over Yecheng to these three people to defend, so it shows that Zhao Long trusts these three people.
So when Zhao Long died, the probability of the three of them choosing to break through was greater!
Stray arrows splashed in the night, cavalry and infantry scuffled, and shouts of killing were everywhere.
Gao Jiong was calm, and in order to hide people's eyes, he did not let people light torches, but used the braziers and torches set up by the siege troops to determine the direction.
Han Baohu is like a wolf king in the night, taking the lead and killing the enemies in his way.
Anyone who stands in his way will only be stabbed to death!
"The sound of horses' hooves there is urgent, it may be the direction of the breakthrough!"
When Chen Qingzhi returned to Yecheng, he did not judge based on the firelight, but according to the sound of horses' hooves, he judged the real breakthrough direction of Gao Jiong, Xianpei, Han Baohu and others!
Perhaps even the strategists can't do it, but only the generals who often command the cavalry can distinguish the subtle differences in the sound of horses' hooves in a noisy battlefield.
Obviously, Chen Qingzhi's judgment was correct, and Gao Jiong used a small trick, that is, he deliberately extinguished the fire torch to hide his whereabouts.
The other six detachments held torches aloft to attract the attention of the besieging troops.
Of the seven chess pieces, six are pawns, and only one is the "handsome" to keep!
Gao Jiong's strategy almost succeeded, and Chen Qingzhi led the white-robed cavalry to chase and kill.
"Quick!"
Han Baohu is also a cavalry general who has experienced a hundred battles, and he is very familiar with the sound of horses' hooves.
He could sense that Chen Qingzhi's white-robed army was approaching.
Han Baohu is also a tiger general himself, he swooped all the way, his spear rolled up and down, and the cavalry who dared to block him all fell under his spear!
"General Han, wait for me ......"
The trial was riding a war horse and followed closely behind Han Baohu's cavalry.
The battlefield was full of shouts and killings on all sides, and the trial was involved in the battlefield, only then did they know the horror of the battlefield.
The sword is merciless, and anyone can die!
From time to time, cavalrymen were shot by stray arrows, and the trial matched gritted their teeth and forcibly broke through with the force of civilian officials.
He also wants to avenge the lord and his friend Zhao Long, in addition to death, there are still princes in the world to take refuge in, and there is a chance to take revenge.
Therefore, the judge told himself that he must not die here!
"Zhao Long, we have been friends for seven years, and we must not let you die in vain......!"
Judge gritted teeth.
Suddenly, an arrow hit the judge's back, and the judge let out a muffled sound.
There was a trail of blood at the corner of his mouth.
"I can't die, I can't!"
The trial is equipped with the psychology of revenge, and the desire to survive is extremely strong at this time, and he wants to avenge Zhao Long!
Because Han Baohu was in a hurry, he rushed to the front to kill, getting farther and farther away from the trial, and with the force of the trial, without Han Baohu's personal protection, it was impossible to break through from the heavy encirclement.
Several more streams were shot at the trial.
The trial was hit by a few arrows, and the war horse was still galloping, but the eyes of the trial lost their brilliance.
He couldn't get revenge after all.
"Kill!"
Relying on Gao Jiong's strategy and his own force, Han Baohu killed dozens of people in a row, taking advantage of the chaos on the battlefield to break out of the encirclement.
"Two, we're safe now......"
Han Baohu was hit by two arrows in the scuffle, but when Han Baohu turned around, he found that Gao Jiong and the trial mate did not follow in time......
In addition to Han Baohu, the other two Wenchen are gone......
"Is this fate?"
Han Baohu saw that Gao Jiong and Jubei, who advocated breaking through the siege, were surrounded by pursuing soldiers, and then went back to rescue, which was undoubtedly a sheep's mouth.
Han Baohu could only accept his fate and lead the cavalry to leave alone.
He was also wounded in the scuffle and was almost left behind.
The battle that broke out near Yecheng ended, and the next day, after the defenders of Yecheng lost their main general, they raised a white flag and surrendered.
In any case, Yecheng has no food and grass, and if it does not surrender, hundreds of thousands of people will starve to death.
Chutian marched to Handan, while Xia Liang stayed in the rear and accepted the surrender of Yecheng, which made people relieve the people of Yecheng and appeased them.
The popularity of Yecheng is extremely low, only 12 (full value 100).
The Chu angels attacked with water to destroy the morale and will of the defenders, and at the same time besieged Yecheng with river water, causing the people of Yecheng to hate the Chutian forces.
12 points of popular support, it may take two or three years to return to normal levels.
Fire and water are ruthless, these two tactics are generally not used lightly.
"In the melee last night, according to the prisoners, the guard Han Baohu led the cavalry to break through, and the guard was judged in the melee and was shot by random arrows......"
After recovering his spirit in the summer, he coordinated the recovery of Yecheng.
After a scuffle, the trial was killed.
"If you die in battle, you will die in battle, with his friendship with Zhao Long, he will definitely not surrender to us."
Xia Liang knows the personality of the trial, as well as the friendship between the trial and Zhao Long.
Zhao Long was killed by Chen Qingzhi and Zhao Yun at her behest of her, and if he was caught, he would almost never surrender.
If the trial surrenders in this case, he is not the trial match.
"Where's Gao Gong?"
Compared with the trial who died in battle and the escaped Han Baohu, Xia Liang cared more about Gao Gong.
Gao Gong, the first minister of the era of Emperor Wen of Sui, presided over the destruction of Chen, unified the whole country, and was an absolute emperor-level minister.
It's a pity that Zhao Long didn't have time to stabilize his strength, otherwise, with Gao Gong's internal affairs ability, Yang Su's commander, and a group of generals such as Shi Wansui, Han Baohu, Hu Luguang, Lanling Wang, Yan Liang, and Wen Chou as minions, Zhao Long would gain a firm foothold in Hebei, and the consequences would be unimaginable.
There are no ifs, though.
Zhao Long has been killed.
Li Xiuning replied: "Gao Gong tried to break through and was captured alive in the melee, and now he is a prisoner of the ranks. Those who capture the high knights are white-robed soldiers. ”
"Bring it here."
"Yes."
"The three main generals, one was captured, one broke through, and one was killed. Last night's scuffle was indeed very chaotic. ”
Summer Cool is quite satisfied with such a result.
Soon Gao Gong was brought in, and Gao Gong was a middle-aged man.
However, at this time, Gao Gong's nose and face were swollen, and it was obvious that he was severely beaten by the white-robed army during the melee.
"The plan to break out last night must have come from you?"
In the summer, Liang looked at the first minister of the era of Emperor Wen of Sui, and at the same time, Gao Gong's resourcefulness was not low, and he could also command soldiers.
There is no shortage of Wenchen in Chutian's forces, and Wenchen comes from various dynasties.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's Wenchen Sang Hongyang, Sun Quan's Wenchen Jiangdong Liangzhang, Tang Taizong Li Shimin's Wenchen Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui and so on.
Now he has captured another prime minister, Gao Gong, Emperor Wen of Sui, Yang Jian.
Historically, Gao Gong's later years were not very peaceful, because Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty killed this great hero of the era of Emperor Wen of Sui.
If a prince gets a high salary, then basically he can not worry about internal affairs.
This is almost the same as getting Li Kui and others.
Of course, the more Wenchen, the better, but there will be a marginal diminishing effect.
After Gao Gong was brought, he was calm, did not give up on himself, and was not afraid.
Xia Liang tried to recruit Gao Gong: "Now, Hebei is owned by us and others, why not surrender, and unify the world in the future, but also for the sake of all the people." ”
Gao Gong's tone was calm: "My lord was killed by you, how can you surrender easily?" ”
Xia Liang said: "Victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, since you choose to chase the Central Plains, you should have the consciousness of the horse leather shroud." If it wasn't Zhao Long who died in the battle, then it would be me. You are a minister, and you should be loyal to Zhao Long, but you can't be foolish and loyal. ”
Gao Gong was silent: "Please give me some time in the next day." ”
"Yes."
The cool summer makes people take the high chin down.
Some people have to give them a step down to make sense.
At present, Chutian's forces are really not very short of Wenchen.
Yecheng surrendered, and the army was able to enter the city, count the population of Yecheng, and pacify the civilians.
Handan, Chu Tian cautiously advanced to avoid being ambushed.
The elite division was taken away by Xia Liang, and Le Yi's offensive army suffered great losses due to the strong attack on Yecheng, and it was replenished with new soldiers.
Therefore, it is impossible to rush to pursue Liu Bei and Wang Meng.
Wang Meng was indeed ambushed on the way, but was discovered by the carefully searching Iron Eagle scouts, and the ambush soldiers left in a hurry.
By the time Chutian arrived in Handan, the defenders of Handan had disappeared.
Liu Bei's army left Handan with soldiers, gold and silver, weapons, and war horses.
Because there is a limit to the number of people who can teleport in the teleportation array at one time, Liu Bei led the most elite soldiers to leave, and the rest of the soldiers went to other large cities and teleported to the designated place.
The teleportation array also needed gold and silver, and Liu Bei could not take all the most important people away, and the population was basically left in Handan and various cities.
"Divide your forces immediately, take the cities, and minimize the losses."
Chu Tian had already known in advance about Chen Xi's plan to dedicate to Liu Bei.
He couldn't stop Chen Xi's amazing plan, it was enough to leave the population behind. As for the soldiers, intercept them as much as possible, after all, there is a limited number of soldiers who can teleport in a day.
As long as there are factors of production, such as land and population, the power can continue to expand.
"Liu Bei, is he going to Yizhou or Jingzhou?"
The only thing Chu Tian couldn't determine was Liu Bei's specific whereabouts.
According to Chutian's judgment, only the chaotic Yizhou has room for Liu Bei to operate.
Yang Shilang's Jingzhou, a dominant force, finally overthrew Liu Biao and drove Sun Jian away, and would not let Liu Bei Jiu occupy the magpie's nest. Tongque and Sun Jian's Jiangdong will not allow Liu Bei to interfere.
As for Jiaozhou, which is further away, Liu Bei may be interested, but if Jiaozhou wants to unify the Eastern Han Dynasty, it is more difficult than Yizhou, Jingzhou, and Yangzhou.
In Mianzhu, Yizhou, a historical assassin assassinated the local county commander, and a team of free players who were instructed to occupy the teleportation array and welcome Liu Bei into Mianzhu.
Mianzhu's garrison wanted to fight back, but the hundreds of people who were teleported by Liu Bei's forces for the first time were Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and a team of Youzhou cavalry, blocking the entrance of the alley and killing the garrison who came to snatch the teleportation array!
In the rear, more and more soldiers from Jizhou appeared.
Finally, Liu Bei, Wang Meng, Chen Xi, Hu Luguang, Lanling Wang and others walked out of the teleportation array.
Borrowing chickens to lay eggs has always been the characteristic of Liu Bei's forces, and he was played by Chen Xi to perfection.
"Second brother, third brother, let's help Yizhou Mu resist the enemy from Jingzhou, don't go on a killing spree."
Liu Bei tried to occupy Mianzhu in a relatively peaceful manner.
Chen Xi said: "Lord, don't think about the same clan at this time. Liu Yan is seriously ill, and his son's qualifications are mediocre, and the lord should replace him in order to restore the Han family. ”
Wang Meng and Chen Xi had already discussed in private in advance the lines to persuade Liu Bei.
Chen Xi persuaded again: "We occupied Mianzhu without Liu Yan's permission, and we have already made enemies with Liu Yan." Even if Liu Yan reuses the lord and resists Yang Shilang and Zhang Dao, the lord must be ready to replace him. ”
Liu Bei finally said: "Submit a table to Yizhou Mu, assist Yizhou Mu, reject Zhang Dao in the north and Yang Shilang in the east, and hope that Yizhou Mu can take him in." ”
Soon, Liu Bei sent envoys to ask Liu Yan, who was seriously ill, to be stationed in Mianzhu to help Liu Yan defend against foreign enemies.
After Liu Yan became seriously ill, he was tired of presiding over the defense of Yizhou, and Liu Bei had forcibly occupied Mianzhu, Liu Yan was helpless about it, plus Chen Xi and Wang Meng bribed the officials of Yizhou in advance, so they had to recognize Liu Bei's status in Mianzhu. If he doesn't admit it, Liu Bei won't leave Mianzhu. Mianzhu is not far from Chengdu, and Liu Bei may attack Chengdu at any time.
Yizhou became the most chaotic state in the entire Eastern Han Dynasty for a time.
In addition to Liu Yan, who was seriously ill, there was also Liu An, a prince of aliens, and the garrison was in Zitong, and when he learned of Liu Bei's arrival, his face changed.
Liu Bei arrived, planning the entire Yizhou, Liu Yan needed Liu An to resist Zhang Dao from Hanzhong, and when Liu Bei arrived, Yizhou was completely chaotic!
Liu An planned to raise an army to attack his son Liu Zhang after Liu Yan's illness and death, and naturally replaced him, but Liu Bei forcibly occupied Mianzhu and clashed with Liu An's plan.
"Maybe I can join forces with Zhang Dao, and I'd rather give Yizhou to Zhang Dao than Liu Bei......"
Liu An is very unhappy now, Yizhou, which originally belonged to him, is likely to be taken away by Liu Bei.
After the Battle of Jingkang, Yang Shilang, the Taishou of Nanjun, personally commanded 200,000 Jingzhou troops along the Yangtze River and quickly went north.
Ba County, a burly general, forced the local officials to revolt and responded to the Jingzhou army.
For a time, Yizhou was shaken, and people were panicked.
Yizhou is a state, and Liu Yan, Liu An, Zhang Dao, Yang Shilang, and Liu Bei's forces are all involved.
This does not include Mu Ke, who is quietly developing in the Nanzhong region.
Although Mu Ke is not very strong, any prince who occupies Yizhou must give her face, otherwise there will be a rebellion in the Nanzhong region, and the people who are the pastors of Yizhou will definitely feel a headache.
"Liu Bei, why did he come to Yizhou!"
Yang Shilang saw that Liu Yan was seriously ill and Yizhou was at his fingertips, but at this time, Liu Bei switched to Yizhou, and Yang Shilang's mentality collapsed, and he swept away the topographic map of Xishu on the desk.
After Liu Bei's forces disgusted a group of princes in the north, they went to the south to disgust him.