The retreat could not be concealed from anyone.
What Meng Chao did can be described in two idioms: deceiving oneself and deceiving others.
At the beginning, the Handan soldiers who were left as scapegoats did not realize it. Under the supervision of their officers, they fought hard to attack Piyong, leaving at least a hundred corpses behind.
However, the defenders were condescending, and the governor Yang Bao, who was fighting fiercely at the top of the city, was the first to discover the enemy's movements. He hesitated for a while, but finally decided to report it.
After Mi Huang and Shao Xun heard the news, they immediately went to the top of the city to watch.
"We are indeed retreating." Shao Xun understood after just one glance, and then he thought deeply.
After only two days of siege, they retreated in such a hurry that they couldn't even wait until night. There must be a reason for this.
It's actually easy to guess.
One is a subjective factor, that is, Meng Chao doesn’t want to fight, and he doesn’t want to use up his own strength, so it’s not worth it. But it’s only been two days, is it too hasty?
The other is objective factors. The situation on other battlefields has undergone major changes that are not conducive to them, so that they have to retreat. In fact, the situation is very critical, and they may suffer disaster if they leave any later.
This is a bit of a miserable failure!
"Supervisor, it is almost certain that we have achieved results at Jianchun Gate. Wang's army has been victorious and the rebel army has suffered a disastrous defeat. Meng Chao is afraid and has to withdraw." Shao Xun said immediately: "Please mobilize troops to pursue us."
Mi Huang hesitated for a moment.
Is it necessary to pursue? What if the enemy cheats? To repel the enemy and defend Piyong, even if it is futile, it is definitely without fault. Isn't it good to just stay safe like this?
But he didn't hesitate for too long and quickly agreed: "You make the decision, I believe in you."
There are two reasons for agreeing so simply.
The first is that he had previously promised Shao Xun to make the final decision in military matters, but it was not his style to break his promise and make himself self-indulgent.
The second is a deep-seated ambition. He was born in the Mi family of Donghai. This family first made its fortune in the late Han Dynasty, but it was not really a big family at that time. It was relatively rich when it was exhausted. It was a local tycoon and wealthy businessman, and its political status was not high. .
Later, the Mi family divided their families once. Some of the clansmen followed Liu Bei to Shu, while others stayed in Xuzhou, and they are the ancestors of Mi Huang.
The current Donghai Mi family has managed to establish a family status through generations of management, but it is not even comparable to first-class wealthy families such as the Langya Wang family and the Wenxi Pei family, and there is a big gap between it and the Yingchuan Yu family.
Deep down in his heart, he actually felt a little inferior, and at the same time he was holding back his breath, wanting to show people like Director Wang that I, Mi Huang, could also make meritorious deeds.
Good old people are also stubborn and have pursuits, and they can be willing to spare themselves at critical moments!
"Then please ask the supervisor to sit in Piyong and plunder the formation for me." Shao Xun nodded, then turned to look at Yang Bao and said: "Uncle Yang, immediately pick up more than ten sergeants with loud voices to come up and shout..."
Yang Bao's heart suddenly jumped when he saw him. He smiled subconsciously and said, "I'm going to find someone right now."
After a while, more than a dozen people climbed up the wall along the ladder. Under the guidance of Shao Xun, they braved the enemy's arrows and shouted: "Meng Chao has run away! Meng Chao has run away!"
As soon as the shout came out, Kaiyangmen Street was in an uproar.
Those Handan soldiers had long been unable to attack. When they heard the defenders shouting, they subconsciously stopped and looked at each other.
Shao Xun laughed.
It cannot be true or false. It is not difficult to prove that Meng Chao ran away from Mingtang. The Handan soldiers will soon know the fact that they were scapegoats. If they do not explode then, there will be no ghosts.
Shao Xun quickly descended from the top of the city, called Chen Yougen, Li Chong, Huang Biao, Wu Qian, Yu Liang, Xu Lang and others, and said: "Gather everyone who can move, go out and chase them."
Everyone was stunned for a moment, but without any hesitation, they immediately called for help.
After a while, about three hundred people gathered.
Shao Xun thought for a while and asked Wu Qian to select fifty older teenagers to go into battle armed with weapons. After the battle reached this point, it was time to train them.
There was a lot of noise when Shao Xun ordered the troops, and the people who were placed inside Piyong came one after another and watched silently.
Yu Liang's father, Yu Chen, who always lived in seclusion, took his family out of the Xuantang and quietly looked at the soldiers who were about to go into battle.
Yu Wenjun stood behind his mother, Mrs. Guanqiu, his bright eyes searching and searching, and finally locked on one person.
"But follow me!" This man had a red forehead, stuck his heavy sword behind his back, and held a bow in his hand, looking down on the world.
Wang Que'er, who had almost become his personal soldier, even brought two horses over with a serious look on his face.
Yu Wenjun squeezed the silk handkerchief in his hand.
The war was gloomy for her, and the news of victory brought by that person was one of the few colors in the gloomy days.
It's like a ray of sunshine piercing all the darkness.
Don't let him die.
"But follow me! But follow me!" Chen Yougen and others shouted in unison.
Yu Liang couldn't help shouting. The atmosphere was reached. At this time, there were no distinctions between aristocratic families, tycoons, military households, and ordinary people. Everyone was a warrior fighting the enemy side by side, and they were all brothers who lived and died together.
—At least at this moment.
Xu Lang muttered a few times. After seeing that no one was paying attention to him, he stopped squirming and shouted louder and louder.
The barrier behind the gate was quickly removed, and the wooden door, which had long been damaged and had many burnt marks, was opened from the inside.
Chen Yougen jumped out at the front.
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The Handan soldiers really collapsed.
To describe them as self-defeating without a fight is an understatement. After learning that they were scapegoats, they were shocked and then turned into despair and even anger.
Some people fled directly along Kaiyangmen Street, while others rushed into the Mingtang, cursing endlessly.
Piyong's defenders followed closely behind, shouting loudly to kill, and their morale was high.
At this moment, no matter how cowardly the pursuer becomes, he becomes a warrior.
At this moment, no matter how brave the Hebei people were, they became cowards.
The situation was one-sided from the beginning.
Shao Xun rode his horse into the Mingtang, fired his bow from left to right, and shot several people in succession. He soon caught up with the deserters from Hebei who were crowding at the west gate.
The door was not big, so those who escaped were scrambling and huddled together.
The Hebei cavalry abandoned their horses and armor, slashed left and right with their swords, and rushed out of the door amidst the screams of their comrades.
Shao Xun dismounted from his horse, drew out his heavy sword, and rushed over like a god descending from heaven.
Behind him, a large group of warriors followed closely, their faces full of ferociousness, and the sound of killing was loud.
The Hebei soldiers crowded in even harder and had no intention of resisting.
"Advance in a row, advance in a row, have you forgotten?" Li Chong shouted as he looked at his own soldiers whose formations were somewhat disjointed.
The queue was quickly formed, and sharp spears were thrust through in a row.
Muffled groans and screams continued to sound.
An enemy soldier cried bitterly and was soon nailed to the wall with a spear.
An enemy soldier knelt down and begged for mercy, but was beheaded on the spot and his blood flowed all over the ground.
Some enemy soldiers pushed forward with all their strength, and their backs were quickly stabbed with spears. They were unable to fall down after squeezing.
More people fled in a hurry, trying to escape with their lives.
Shao Xun's heavy sword flew up and down, leaving broken limbs and broken arms everywhere.
Chen Yougen put on a large shield and protected him in front of Shao Xun. He would strike with his sword from time to time, and he would surely gain something.
To be honest, he hadn't encountered such a happy fight in a long time, and the enemy didn't resist much.
Now he feels more and more how important it is to follow the right person, and it can even change his destiny.
Then - kill!
Kill, kill, kill, whoever goes against the uncle, I will kill him to the ground.
Kill until others are afraid, kill until you are afraid, and see if you can make a name for yourself.
Young Wang Que'er is holding a spear and standing on the right side of Shao Xun.
He is not as brave as Chen Yougen, who is not afraid of life and death, and he does not have much foundation. He was only seriously exposed to strict and scientific military training after Shao Xun became the team leader.
He didn't understand any big principles, but he knew that his uncle was kind to him, so he was very obedient and 100% grateful. He studied his essays very carefully, and he studied the art of assassination with a spear during training.
Yes, most of his energy was spent on the spear. He spent hundreds of days and nights practicing just a dozen monotonous movements. At this moment on the battlefield, the results of years of training were revealed:
The gun is like a dragon, simple, fast and efficient. This is the style of "Shao Jiaban" - don't waste your energy, physical strength on the battlefield is very precious.
Wang Queer mercilessly assassinated every enemy who tried to get close to Du Bo, whether he was intentional or forced.
As more people were assassinated, some insights even arose in his mind, and he vaguely felt that he could judge the enemy's direction of action and the next possible move in advance.
This is a mysterious and mysterious feeling. Through the enemy's pace and expression, supplemented by the general trend on the battlefield, you can strike in advance and kill with one blow.
He tried it several times and succeeded, and he simply fell in love with this feeling.
Du Bo has a unique sense of rhythm and beauty when he kills people. Many times, it's like the enemy is sending his neck to his knife. Wang Que'er didn't understand it before, but now he has uncovered a layer of ignorance.
Shao Xun relied on experience, but Wang Queer relied on talent. They both came to the same end by different paths, and they are both the same killing machines.
The enemy soldiers at the west gate of Mingtang were quickly eliminated.
Shao Xun walked through the bloody hell full of broken limbs and broken arms to Pingchangmen Street.
In the distance, the backs of the enemy troops escaping in panic can be seen, with Meng Chao's general's flag faintly mixed in among them.
"Gather the horses and bring them to me!" he ordered.
Chapter completed!