When Su Jingchen saw that Tingmao had sent more troops to attack the city, he immediately called the archers to the city wall. The arrowheads of the feather arrows were wrapped in linen. The linen was soaked in kerosene and was lit on a torch before being shot.

Because most of the barbarians below the city were stained with boiled dung, and when the flaming arrows were shot down, their whole bodies were quickly ignited.

The Hu people who were on fire panicked and rolled on the spot to put out the fire. As they were rolling, rocks like rain fell on their heads. Suddenly, screams broke out from all over the city. The cement road that had just been built at the gate of Yangcheng City was covered with blood in the blink of an eye.

Dyeed red.

When Ting Mao saw this, his eyes were about to burst, he drove his horse and came to the city gate.

"Son named Su, you are used to using these dirty tricks. If you have the skills, you will come out to fight!"

Su Jingchen raised his lips and smiled, "Why should I challenge you?"

There are people outside the city who belong to him, so he was stupid enough to go out and challenge him.

"Let's fight in a duel. If you beat me, I will retreat and return the three cities to you, Daliang." Ting Mao tried to lure Su Jingchen out of the city to confront him with a heavy bait.

"It's a shame that you still have the nerve to yell at me here. The army will still have no water to feed tomorrow and tomorrow. I wonder if you can still be so arrogant?"

Su Jingchen made a gesture behind his back, and Fu Qing immediately understood, and all of his swords were fired, all heading towards the same goal.

In panic, Ting Mao used his knife to block some of the arrows, but he was still inevitably shot in the arms and legs by the feather arrows.

The horse under Ting Mao's crotch was also hit by an arrow. The frightened horse took the injured Ting Mao and fled far away.

"Quick, retreat, retreat!" Seeing that Ting Mao was injured, Ting Su quickly called for the remaining soldiers to retreat.

When Ting Mao found an opportunity to jump off the horse, he found that the horse had taken him to the river.

Where are the people? Where are the people he sent to dig the well?

Ting Mao frowned and walked over there in confusion. When he got closer, he saw those subordinates lying on the ground in a mess, no longer breathing, and Ting Mao felt a pain in his heart.

The Liang army had such a small number of people, but not all of them stayed in the city to defend the city. They actually sent a group of people to stay outside the city.

There were thousands of people digging wells. How did Liang Jun kill his people so quietly?

Ting Mao tried to find a living person among the scattered corpses.

When he examined the corpses one by one, he found that these corpses had no wounds.

Strange, really strange.

Could it be that these guys were too thirsty and drank the poisonous river water?

It shouldn’t be!

hiss……

Ting Mao felt a burning pain in his wound, and his body became hot.

"Son of a bitch!" The arrow is poisonous!

Ting Mao didn't bother to study how these people died and hurried back to the camp.

On the road, he met Ting Su who came to look for him. Ting Mao felt relieved and fainted.

Ting Mao was poisoned by an unknown poison and fell into a coma. The military doctors were helpless. Ting Su and several other lieutenants discussed and decided to retreat directly to Linzhou City and wait for Ting Mao to wake up before making other plans.

After all, the water source they carry is limited. If this continues, the soldiers will die of thirst. At least the water source in Linzhou City is drinkable.

"If you ask me, why are we still defending Linzhou City? We should withdraw directly." A deputy general said.

Anyway, Ting Mao was injured and still unconscious. Even if they withdrew, Ting Mao would have nothing to do, right?

There were nearly 20,000 people when they came out. Although some were sent back to transport the loot, there were still more than 15,000 people. Now it is better to let the water poison some of them and damage some of the traps. Those who went out to dig wells

None of the people who inquired about the news came back.

It was obvious that the Liang army wanted to disperse them and slowly consume them.

If they retreat as a group, they may be able to retain most of their strength. If they want to disperse, they may have to stay in the cold land and use it as fertilizer for the farmland.

Tingsu looked at his uncle Tingzheng and asked Tingzheng for his opinion.

Tingzheng is the oldest one who participated in this battle, and he also has some combat experience. If he opposed the attack on Yangcheng from the beginning, he would have to be wary of coming to Tingmao.

But Tingzheng, like Tingmao, was a militant. In a word, they were afraid of Li Guangpu, but not of the No. 1 scholar Lao Shiziwen.

The two of them, uncle and nephew, all wanted to capture Yangcheng before Li Guangpu could support him, so that they could vent their anger at being bullied by Li Guangpu for so many years and let Li Guangpu know that they were not fools!

"Retreat!" Tingzheng sighed, "The general is injured and the morale of the army is unstable. Retreat immediately!"

"Retreat to Linzhou, or...?" Tingsu asked.

"Let's go to Linzhou to tidy up temporarily and let the injured soldiers bandage their wounds!" If Tingmao wakes up by then, he will make other plans. If he doesn't, he will have to carry Tingmao's body back.

In this way, the Hu army only camped for one night, and then broke out and retreated overnight the next day.

Su Jingchen originally thought that when the Hu army was exhausted, he would cooperate with the inside and outside to capture the Hu army in one fell swoop, but he did not expect that the Hu army actually withdrew overnight.

This... isn't this a joke?

If you don't have that, don't imitate others in attacking a city!

It’s really obvious. No wonder this Hu State is a small country with a very small population. It really doesn’t have many capable people!

No wonder Li Guangpu pinned them down by himself and could only carry out sneak attacks. I guess it was the first time they attacked the city gate, right?

After all, when Li Guangpu was guarding the border, Hu Jun could not even touch the city gate.

Although it is said that poor criminals should not be pursued, Su Jingchen did not!

Could it be that Hu Jun's plan was to retreat to Linzhou City first? He had already reached this step.

It would take three days to evacuate from Yangcheng to Linzhou City even if we walked slowly and quickly.

Su Jingchen asked Fu Qing to stay in Yangcheng, and he and Qi Yunfan took the elite soldiers and generals in the city and pursued them.

Although Hu Jun was dead and injured, he still had more than 10,000 people.

The reason why Su Jingchen and Qi Yunfan dared to chase them out with four thousand people was because they had other plans.

It definitely won't work from the front.

That's right, Su Jingchen thought of another sinister way.

Poison!

Qi Yunfan told Su Jingchen that the Wu Clan's home base was in Siming Mountain between Linzhou and Yangcheng, and expressed that the Wu Clan was willing to contribute to deal with the Hu army.

That's right, the people Hu Jun sent out to inquire for information and dig wells were all dealt with by the Wu clan.

Qi Yunfan doesn't plan to hide the identity of the young master of the Wu clan anymore. Since Jun Mobai has collapsed, he doesn't plan to find someone to continue plotting anything else.

After dealing with Hu Jun, he planned to hide in Siming Mountain.

Hu Jun was rushing all night and happened to stop for a rest near Siming Mountain. What a coincidence!

After Tingmao woke up slowly, he heard a series of vague and non-existent sounds from the distance.

The sound moved from far to near, melodious and long, touching people's hearts. Just when everyone was listening in ecstasy, the sound of the harp suddenly turned sharply and made a weird sharp sound.
Chapter completed!