To be honest, it is also fortunate that the Pei family army had improved the regulations. This allowed Liu Zhizu to predict the danger of the situation in advance, thus avoiding the generals directly leading the ambush from others. Otherwise, Liu Zhizu would be blocked from the front and back, and Liu Zhizu would be in trouble.

If the eight thousand troops under his command are not done well, they will have to explain them all here.

The troops of the Pei family army who had been escorted to intercept the escaping of the rear were already engaged with the officers and soldiers, and the two sides fought in a regiment. However, after a long march and not having a good rest, the soldiers who were hurriedly launched into battle had already been defeated.

In a state of exhaustion, he is no match for the officers and soldiers.

At the beginning, the soldiers of the Pei family army were able to fight back and forth with their bloody courage. Later, as time went by, the shortcomings of the soldiers of the Pei family army were exposed, and soldiers continued to die tragically in the officers and soldiers.

Under the knife.

The sacrifices of these soldiers were meaningful. They used their lives to successfully delay the officers and soldiers, and bought enough time for the evacuation of the main force of the army.

The main force led by Liu Zhizu hurriedly retreated to Jiezhou. Really, the more energetic he was when he went, the more embarrassed he was when he fled back. Although Liu Zhizu was already enough to take care of some weak and sick soldiers, there were still

Four or five hundred soldiers could not keep up with the retreating troops and were left behind the team far away.

Victory and defeat are common in military affairs, and an excellent general is to find ways to fight back when he is defeated, or to preserve his combat effectiveness as much as possible.

Although Liu Zhizu was too confident in advancing, he violated the military taboo, but when he retreated, he quickly adjusted the setbacks caused by the failure and returned to his calmness. He understood that he had to do something to recklessly for himself.

Responsible for the actions.

Seeing hundreds of soldiers being left behind, Liu Zhizu's heart moved and immediately ordered Qin Yuming: "Qin Yuming, you will take over the army for the time being. You will lead the army to continue to go to Jiezhou, and I will come."

"Yes." Qin Yuming saw the determination in Liu Zhizu's eyes, as if he understood something, and he didn't say anything. After saluting a military salute, he walked to the forefront of the army and led the army to retreat quickly to Jiezhou.

Liu Zhizu, with more than a thousand elite soldiers, lying in the woods on the side of the official road.

His plan was to use the soldiers who fell behind as bait to attract and make the vanguards of the chasing officers and soldiers who were chasing them, and to think that the main force of the Pei family army only cares about running for life in a hurry, and even the soldiers who fell behind were not cared about, and had no rebels.

While the force was in power, the vanguard of the officers and soldiers came to chase the army, creating conditions for the safe withdrawal of the army to Jiezhou.

For this reason, he did not even inform the four or five hundred soldiers who fell behind, and allowed these soldiers to chase the army helplessly. Everything was just to ensure that it would not arouse the suspicion of the officers and soldiers.

Sure enough, more than 2,000 soldiers of the Pei family who were bypassing the rear and chasing the officers and soldiers vanguards, along the way, they encountered soldiers who fell behind in Pei family. They also found that as the pursuit distance grew, the soldiers who fell behind in Pei family were also increasing.

The more the two thousand vanguards of officers and soldiers were ecstatic. Everyone felt that the thieves ahead were about to collapse, and they just waited for them to chase them and pushed them gently. Therefore, the vanguards of officers and soldiers were all three points lighter in pursuit.

Seeing that there were thirty or forty thieves who had lost their troops ahead, the vanguard of the official army showed a cruel grin on his face, and a guard under his command said, "Ma Laoliu, go and take people to deal with them, the rest of them."

The people continued to move forward and worked harder, and the large army of the bandit army was not far away."

The thirty or forty soldiers who fell behind the Pei family army, as they watched the officers and soldiers getting closer and closer, their despair became stronger and stronger, and they ran forward desperately, trying to escape from the clutches of the officers and soldiers. But they ran away for a day yesterday and were extremely tired.

At night, they slept in the wilderness. The cold wind blew into their muscles, so that their bodies could no longer bear the harsh environment. Their heads became hot, drowsy, and their steps were extremely heavy. Even the large army

If you can't keep up, how can you surpass the officers and soldiers?

After the dozens of soldiers continued to run dozens of steps, they were caught up by the officers and soldiers and died tragically on the road. This scene was clearly seen by Liu Zhizu, who was ambushing not far away. Although he was prepared in his heart, Liu Zhizu still

Touched, his hands clenched their fists involuntarily.

However, the officers and soldiers had not yet entered their ambush, and Liu Zhizu could not make any moves. Even if they were reminded, it might arouse the alertness of the officers and soldiers. They could only watch them one by one by one and were killed by the officers and soldiers.

After the officers and soldiers solved the thirty or forty Pei family soldiers, they did not stop and continued to pursue forward without realizing anything unusual.

Soon, the officers and soldiers who continued to pursue entered Liu Zhizu's ambush range. When the officers and soldiers were halfway through, Liu Zhizu suddenly raised his right hand, and then a loud arrow was shot into the sky. A sharp voice resounded throughout the four fields, followed by the ambush.

, and fight towards the unprepared officers and soldiers.

The officers and soldiers were chasing at this time, and were in chaos by the sudden ambush. Some people wanted to turn around and flee, some people wanted to form a formation on the spot, and some people retreated towards the general's place, and all kinds of chaos were everywhere.

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Liu Zhizu charged forward with anger. The scene of the soldiers who had just died tragically hurt his heart. He now only wants to use the lives of these officers and soldiers to avenge the soldiers who died tragically.

The chaotic officers and soldiers were defeated by the Pei family army and fled in scattered ways. Liu Zhizu immediately led his army to pursue them. After pursuing hundreds of steps and killing more than 400 officers and soldiers, he stopped fighting and gathered his soldiers and rushed towards the direction of the main force.

It was not until noon the next day that Liu Zhizu led the army back to Zhizhou.

When the Jiezhou garrison saw Liu Zhizu lead his army back, he did not dare to ask any questions, so he hurriedly opened the Jiezhou gate and let Liu Zhizu come in.

After Liu Zhizu entered the city, he gathered the main force who had retreated with him. There were more than 5,200 people left, plus the 1,000 people left by Jiezhou City, so Liu Zhizu now has a total of 6,200 left.

troops.

Liu Zhizu transferred 4,000 people to guard the four walls, and the remaining 2,000 people were used as reserve forces and were ready to support the four walls at any time.

At the same time, Liu Zhizu wrote a letter to tell the whole story of what happened in this attack. At the same time, he begged Pei Xiaoer for punishment and hoped that the general would send reinforcements as soon as possible. Otherwise, the lives of the thousands of people under his command might be left behind.

Here. Put the letter into the envelope, Liu Zhizu recruited a messenger and carefully reminded him to hand the letter to Pei Xiaoer as soon as possible. The messenger nodded and then left.
Chapter completed!