Xie Zhao was in a desperate situation.

While his father was still fighting for his life, Xie Zhao was still more than a hundred miles away from Jingzhou City, and the information brought back by the spies surprised and delighted him.

Yun Zhao was actually in Jingzhou, and Jingzhou was indeed as empty as the information I received before, and there was no large army of the Northern Expedition Army stationed. Yun Zhao had just arrived there, and only three thousand personal guard camps were with him. And he was from his arms

There were as many as 40,000 troops pounced on Jingzhou City in An and Kangping, ten times more than the enemy.

Is this a pie falling from the sky? Xie Zhao jumped up with a lively heart. It was only a hundred miles away from Jingzhou City. If he advanced at full speed, it would only take two days. If he could defeat Yun Zhao in one fell swoop,

It was the credit of the sky. Thinking that if there was really a day when he would receive the glory he would have won, Xie Zhao couldn't help but be amazed.

Xie Zhao immediately ordered to advance to Jingzhou City at full speed. At the same time, the Shu cavalry accompanied him went first. Be sure to drag Yun Zhao near Jingzhou City and not let him run away.

When the military order was passed to another Shu army general of Baokang, Xie Shuyi, the veteran's face changed color. He did not send troops from Baokang, but arranged military affairs and ran all the way, halfway through

Xie Zhao was intercepted.

"Even if it is not a trap, this cannot be our opportunity!" Xie Shuyi shouted to Xie Zhao: "Major General, Jingzhou City cannot be gone, we must withdraw our troops immediately!"

"Major General Yun Zhao's army is a mere three thousand soldiers, and we are tens of thousands of people, but we are still afraid that he will not succeed. General Xie, this is a great opportunity. After passing this village, there will be no such store!" Xie Zhao said:

"When Yun Zhao was taken down, the Northern Expedition Army collapsed, and the dispute between the North and the South would be quelled. This is a good opportunity for us to write history."

"Major General Thinks Three!" Xie Shuyi, who is over forty, has a completely different idea, "Major General, Yun Zhao has no reason to appear in Jingzhou City, but he appears. Think about it carefully, if we can't take Jingzhou City,

But they were dragged by them, what should I do? Jingzhou City does not have heavy troops, but the Mongolian cavalry was in Jiangling and rushed from Jiangling to Jingzhou City. It won't take long, and Yun Zhao's personal guard camps were all cavalry. If they

If we want to run, how can we catch up? Major General, I thought about it all the way, maybe this is a trap."

"He only has 3,000 people in Jingzhou City. Even if he is a trap, he will not be afraid of slapping him to death."

"What if Yun Zhao dragged us down and then the Mongolian cavalry cut off our retreat?"

"I am not a fool. I have 5,000 troops in Huaian to guard the city. This can ensure that our retreat is safe!" Xie Zhao said coldly, "General Xie, I think you are scared by the Northern Army, right?

If we cannot seize such a large military advantage and such a good opportunity, it will make a laughing joke in the world."

Xie Shuyi gritted his teeth: "Major General, don't forget, how did we live in Jingzhou? The Northern Expedition Army was in this direction. If they wanted to block our retreat, they would not attack the city at all.

As long as we come to tens of thousands of cavalry, it will be enough to make us lose our power and we will not be able to go back at all!"

"I also want to remind you that if the Mongolian cavalry rushed back to Jingzhou, Jiangling's Xing Shu is not a fool. Will he sit back and wait for them to leave without sending troops? I believe he still has this vision."

"How can the Major General put his hope on Xing Shu and others. In front of them is Jamuha, Tuoli, Malihan and Huo Zhenting's army. They have not yet protected themselves. If they have the energy to manage our major general, they will make a mistake.

A hundred years of hatred, it has been a hundred years since we looked back. Let’s retreat. When we go back, at least we will retreat to Baokang. Let’s take a look first!”

"But my dad is still in Lynch's hand. Do you think my dad has any accident?"

"Lynch wants us to send troops, we have sent troops. As long as our troops are not damaged, the general will never have any trouble. If we are defeated, the general will be in trouble!" Xie Shuyi shouted: "Major General, if you

If I have to send troops, I will never obey my orders.”

"Do you want to disobey?" Xie Zhao was furious.

"Is the Major General going to cut off my head?" Xie Shuyi was unafraid. If the person who gave the order was Xie Shilin, he had nothing to say, but Xie Zhao would be a different matter.

Xie Zhao was so angry that he couldn't speak. Xie Shuyi stared at him for a while, paused heavily, turned around and left, got out of the camp, got on his horse and headed straight for Kangping.

"I am a dog who is raising a dog and relying on my seniority. Without you, I am still capable. At that time, I will be embarrassed to death with Yun Zhao's head!" Xie Shuyi's persuasion made Xie Zhao make up his mind. These veterans who followed his father were not convinced by him.

, you can tell by looking at Xie Shuyi's rebelliousness. Without a good record, how can these people convince themselves?

When Xie Shuyi returned to Kangping, he learned that Xie Zhao did not listen to his persuasion at all, but was still stubbornly advancing to the city of Jingzhou. He sighed. With an instinct, he felt that this time it was really a little bad.

If Yun Zhao was not in Jingzhou City, he would support Xie Zhao's plan to seize Jingzhou City. They originally thought so, but Yun Zhao appeared there, which was too abnormal.

But he was not the main general this time, and it was already the limit to disobeying. While sending people to send a message to Xie Shilin, he also sent an elite force of 5,000 people to slowly send to Jingzhou City. In this way, if something happens, there may be a supporter.

I was prepared for Kangping. If I was really unfortunate enough to be told by myself, I would have to take Xie Zhao back to Yuzhou.

A day later, a message that made Xie Shuyi feel bad came.

Lichuan discovered a large number of enemy cavalry. Lichuan and Huaian were close to each other. Although the cavalry would not attack the city, Xie Zhao's cavalry in Huaian did not dare to go out to attack the enemy. In Jingzhou, the Shu army had been killed by the Mongolian army's Jamukha.

The cavalry led by him were afraid of fighting, and the only established cavalry of the Shu army was destroyed by the opponent.

Hurry up and sent a messenger to order the five thousand soldiers he sent to station immediately. At the same time, he informed Xie Zhaolichuan that there was news of the enemy cavalry. The matter was already obvious here. Jingzhou was a trap. Yun Zhao was indeed in his own side.

Go to the city of Jingzhou and use yourself as bait to catch the 40,000 troops of the Shu army.

Xie Shuyi made all the preparations for retreat in Kangping. Once the troops he sent to receive Xie Zhao, he would set out to Baokang immediately. Xie Zhao would not be stupid enough to stick to his own opinions at this time.

But the news came the next day that Xie Shuyi completely collapsed, and Baokang was actually lost. The Seventh Battalion of the Northern Expedition Army occupied Baokang County, and all of them were blocked in Jingzhou.

Xie Shuyi really didn't understand what happened to Xie Shilin in Yuzhou City, and the enemy actually took Baokang.

Baokang must be recaptured, Xie Shuyi cannot wait for Xie Zhao anymore, and left 5,000 people to station Kangping, and led his remaining troops to attack Baokang. At this time, in Baokang, General Xie must also want to fight back desperately.

To protect this retreat lifeline, attacking in two ways may work.

Five days later, Xie Shuyi's troops appeared under Baokang City. At the same time, the other five thousand Shu troops who were originally stationed in Huaian under the order of Xie Zhao arrived in Baokang under the leadership of the garrison Xie Shuchang, and he was also

After receiving the news that Baokang was lost, he immediately gave up Huaian and wanted to retake Baokang, but it was obvious that the two were already late. Under Baokang City, they saw that they had experienced great hardships from the mountains after going through thousands of hardships.

More than a hundred Lynch's subordinates who had just escaped, brought back the latest news.

Xie Shilin retreated to Bazhou. Xie Shukui was attacked by the Seventh Battalion of the Northern Army and the Modao Team of the Northern Army. He was trapped under Baokang City and surrendered to the Northern Army.

The two dreamed that Baokang was attacked by two sides, and the hope of reopening the lifeline was completely bankrupt. Now, in Baokang City, there are 20,000 soldiers of the Seventh Battalion of the Northern Army stationed. The most important thing is that they still have a thousand Modao.

Team.

"The general is gone, Cai Shiqi surrenders, Xie Shukui surrenders, Lynch died in battle, Xie Cheng died in battle, Yuzhou has become the treasure of the Northern Army!" The words of the spy Luo Feng stunned the two of them.

Xie Shuyi and Xie Shuchang were helpless and could only lead their troops back to Kangping County. At this time, Xie Zhao had already returned to Kangping with regret.

"Yun Zhao does not have many troops in his hands!" Xie Zhaoxin said unwillingly: "Otherwise, he would not allow me to retreat so easily. Two generals, maybe we still have a chance to turn the tables. We will directly attack Jingzhou City if we can break it.

, If you are lucky, you may be able to catch Yun Zhao."

Xie Shuyi and Xie Shuchang looked at Xie Zhao like an idiot. It was just now, but they were still thinking about catching Yun Zhao. Is it possible that Yun Zhao did not pursue him? Perhaps it was because of insufficient troops, but perhaps it was confident.

If the Shu army gathers together, gather and annihilate it.

"Major General, we have 40,000 people in Kangping now, but the food and grass are not enough to support so many people. Moreover, Kangping is too small. Now, Huaian and Lichuan have already appeared Mengqi, Jingzhou direction, and Yunzhao's troops.

It will definitely appear, these are all cavalry, we have no room for maneuver. In other words, Major General, we are surrounded by all sides, Yun Zhao is not in a hurry to attack because he calculated that we have gathered in a hurry.

Kang Ping, there is no food or grass to support it. When we finish the food and grass, we will collapse without him fighting," Xie Shuyi said.

"Since that's the case, of course we have to fight harder. If the dog is anxious, he will jump over the wall!" Xie Zhao said angrily.

"The question is, if we attack, what can we gain? Yun Zhao has experienced many battles. Although he is young, he is afraid that he will fight much more battles than the few of us combined. What we can think of is that he can't think of this.

First, second, do we still have morale now? The General went to Bazhou and we became an isolated army. There was no food and grass inside and no reinforcements outside. We were just talking about it." Xie Shuchang sighed.

"Around Kangping, a flat horse is the natural battlefield for cavalry fighting. We lean on the city to defend, and we may be able to last until the day when the food and grass are eaten, but if we go out of the city to fight, with our current morale and the strength of the Northern Army,

I'm afraid we will lose even worse, and in our rear, Zhou Guangyi's tens of thousands of troops are approaching. Major General, we're done!" Xie Shuyi lowered his head heavily.

Looking at Xie Shuyi and Xie Shuchang, Xie Zhao glared at him, "What do you want to surrender, don't even think about it. I would rather die in battle than surrender. If you want to surrender, then kill me first!"

Xie Shuyi and Xie Shuchang looked at each other helplessly. They really wanted to persuade Xie Zhao to surrender. They didn't expect that Xie Zhao was so decisive. Could it be that they could really kill Xie Zhao?

"Major General, you are so serious. We just want to give the brothers of the Shu army a way out. How can you disrespect you? Think about it carefully, we both said goodbye!" The two of them stood up and said to Xie Zhao with their fists.

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Looking at the backs of the two, Xie Zhao gritted his teeth and really wanted to draw his sword to chop the two, but he knew very well that the influence of these two men in the army. If they cut them with one knife, they would be afraid that Kang Ping's tens of thousands of troops would be

Most of them will collapse immediately.

Although the Shu army began to build a line of defense in Kangping, it was indeed as Xie Shuyi and Xie Shuchang said, the morale of the army was gone. If it weren't for the enemies on all sides, and mostly cavalry, many of them would have run away long ago.

There is no way out. When everyone gets together, they can always keep warm and they always have to be braver. If they are really separated, they will inevitably die and live without death under the pursuit of the opponent's cavalry.

Between the gains and losses, Tuoli commanded more than 10,000 large tent soldiers approached Kangping from Lichuan, Huaian and other places, and Yun Zhao brought his three thousand personal guard camps and thousands of towns stationed in Jingzhou to a large-scale arrival.

Only more than ten miles away from Kangping, the flying cloud-like banners stimulated the already extremely fragile heart of the Shu army.

Who is Yun Zhao, who is the supreme ruler of the North? He has come here, so how can he escape? All the Shu army are thinking about this question.

With Zhou Guangyi's seventh battalion, the morale of the Northern Army reached its peak, while the morale of the Shu Army fell to freezing point, especially Jiang Xu, with his fully armed Thousand Modao team, shouting for a while under the city.

After that, Kang Ping was no longer fighting spirit.

The attack of the Northern Army did not begin immediately, but every day, there were teams of cavalry running under the city, shouting and persuading surrender.

Xie Shuchang and Xie Shuyi were anxious, but Xie Zhao was determined to do so and would rather die in battle than surrender.

Yun Zhao doesn't want to attack hard, and now he is steadily winning the sect. He wants to force his opponent to surrender. After all, there are still 40,000 opponents. If he fights hard, there will be no problem in winning, but it can be imagined that he will lose a lot of soldiers from the Northern Army.

This situation is completely unnecessary. Yun Zhao believes that the Shu army will not last long.

However, to Yun Zhao's surprise, after several days of besieging Kangping, Xie Shilin, who was far away in Bazhou, actually sent a messenger.

"Liar Xie Hong, see Prince Zhengbei!" Xie Hongli worshiped with a humble expression.

"Xie Shilin sent you here, but he begged for surrender from my Northern Expedition Army." Looking at Xie Hong, Yun Zhao smiled and said, "General Xie is not doing well in Bazhou."

Xie Hong looked up at Yun Zhao, "Thank you for your concern. Although Bazhou is a little poor, General Xie is still adaptable. As for begging for surrender to the Northern Army, Xie Hong didn't know."

"Then why are you here?"
To be continued...