Chapter 22 Leading the way
When Liu Zheng left, he vaguely heard the sound of war horses rushing from the west, although Liu Zheng was not sure if this was the official army.
But Liu Zheng could guess that this was almost the same as He Yi, who was the one who led the official army to head straight to the north gate.
He didn't have time to think about anything, so he speeded up and came to the east of the city.
East of the city.
It is the only place where Liu Zheng feels he can escape from this war.
Since He Yi chose to betray the Yellow Turban Army, he would definitely focus on Bo Cai, and the main force of the official army would definitely place a large number of people on the north gate.
Mu Yong doubted this. Liu Zheng had seen at least 20,000 official troops on the city tower.
And with other city gates, there must be some official troops. If they are divided equally, the number of officials and soldiers falling at the East City Gate will definitely not be too many.
After all, the total number of officials in the army is only less than 40,000. As Liu Zheng speculated, there were at most seven or eight thousand people on the Dongcheng Gate.
When he arrived at the East City Gate, it was already desolate.
Liu Pi, with his troops, had already started a battle outside the city.
It was almost the same as Liu Zheng expected. There were indeed only seven or eight thousand official troops here. Liu Pi had a Yellow Turban Army of nearly 30,000 people. In addition, there were also a capable man like Xu You. It seemed that Liu Pi was several times more capable than the official army. However, Liu Pi's Yellow Turban Army was all peasants after all, and his combat power on the battlefield was really limited. He could only rely on the large number of people to compete with the official army, and the battle was quite fierce.
If we talk about military and horses, the people under Liu Pi are actually not particularly weak. After all, they are veterans who have been through the battlefield for a long time and have participated in many battles.
But mainly stationed at the East City Gate was Sun Jian, and he also had some cavalry under his command, which were these four or five hundred cavalry. The back and forth, and the sharp spear could easily penetrate the body of the Yellow Turban Army under Liu Pi, and the terrifying lethality brought by the infantry was far more terrifying than that brought by infantry.
The troops under Liu Pi had a great impact, and they could only be raided by the cavalry and defeated repeatedly.
This is the case with the Yellow Turban Army. If you have an advantage, your momentum will rise sharply and you will be able to show extraordinary combat effectiveness when you hit the dog. However, once you encounter setbacks, your morale will be defeated and you will be defeated very quickly.
Just a few cavalry charges, and the sharp spears lifted away several rows of Yellow Turban troops. These Yellow Turban thieves will be distracted and will be at a loss. Then their morale will plummet and they will no longer have the intention to fight and can only think of escaping.
Once you are afraid to fight and want to run, it is impossible for you to run with your legs to run with your legs. The bloody massacre will be staged again at this time.
Although there were only seven or eight thousand official troops, 30,000 people in Liu Pi's team were defeated.
Liu Pi waved the big sword in his hand vigorously, and passed by with one sword, bringing up a cold light, killing an enemy cavalry. Blood splattered on his face, hot and fishy.
Before he could think about anything, the big sword in his hand slashed at another cavalry beside him, but when his attack had not yet fallen on the opposite side, a cold light rushed towards Liu Pi's side like a ghost.
Liu Pi, who noticed something was wrong, immediately shook his body and made a difficult move on the war horse. The sharp long sword fell down on Liu Pi's side.
Liu Pi avoided the enemy's attack in a thrilling manner and was immediately furious
"court death!"
Almost hit by the enemy, Liu Bi was furious and then pulled the big knife in his hand and slashed the enemy behind him.
The official cavalryman immediately looked shaking when the war horses intertwined.
He raised his hand and blocked Liu Pi's knife with the spear in his hand.
The two of them's weapons were intertwined, making a fierce metal collision sound.
Liu Pi only felt a huge force coming from his hand, blocking his long sword forward.
It was like a wall in front of him, and his knife slashed on it but did not move at all.
The huge impact force made Liu Pi almost unable to hold his knife.
But the other party was at ease. The sword that blocked Liu Pi could even make another blow.
Fortunately, Liu Pi sat down at this time and took a big step forward, allowing Liu Pi to distance himself from the official cavalry, so that Liu Pi could save his life from life and death.
With the attack just now, Liu Pi could already feel that the person behind him was not an ordinary person. Even if he had to deal with it with all his strength, he might not be the opponent.
So after setting a distance from the other party, Liu Bingpi had any hesitation, immediately clamped his horse's belly and jumped forward, trying to escape from the other party's hands.
When the man saw Liu Pi turn around and run away, he was furious and immediately roared.
"The thief will stop leaving, take me Cheng Pu and shoot me!"
Liu Pi was frightened by the other party's words. When he turned around, he saw the other party chasing him. The spear in his hand danced quickly and was about to attack him again. He was even more timid. He had no intention of fighting and immediately accelerated to escape from the battlefield.
As soon as the chief general fled, the Yellow Turban Army under Liu Pi also began to collapse.
Originally relying on the advantage of large numbers, he could barely fight against the official army, but now he no longer had the morale to fight.
When Liu Zheng brought his men to the East City Gate, he happened to see Liu Pi escape. The troops under Liu Pi began to retreat step by step. The official army gradually gained the upper hand and began to encircle the East City Gate to prevent the Yellow Turban Army in the city from escaping from here.
Liu Zheng's face looked ugly and his expression began to twitch. He was also in a difficult situation now.
Originally, he thought that the East City Gate was his only hope for escape. After all, no matter how cowardly this guy Liu Pi was or how useless he was, at least he had 20,000 or 30,000 troops under his command. Even if he couldn't deal with these official troops outside the city, there should be no problem in dealing with one or two, but he did not expect that this guy Liu Pi would be defeated and fled so quickly.
In this way, all these official troops became pressure from Liu Zheng. If he wanted to break through the city, he had to confront these official troops.
Although Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses are now a little bit after his training in the past few days, they have never really been on the battlefield and fought with the official army.
Liu Zheng was not sure that he could rely on his thousands of men to deal with the six or seven thousand official troops outside the Dongcheng Gate.
But time doesn't wait for anyone. If he continues to delay, the situation left for Liu Zheng will be even worse after the official and military officers and generals Liu Pi are killed. So he will immediately let the Yellow Turban Army under his command rush out without thinking too much.
"Brothers, if you want to survive, you have to fight out of the city. Come with me and let's fight out together!"
Chapter completed!