"General! You can save the green hills without worrying about having firewood!" A soldier tried hard to persuade Taishi Ci. Now Taishi Ci was injured. Although the enemy was not much better, he was afraid of any accident. If
If Taishi Ci dies here, then the soldiers like them will not end well either!
"That's right! General, the lord's army will arrive soon. When the lord's army arrives, the general can also take revenge! General, withdraw first!" Another soldier also advised, the reason why he proposed to withdraw the army,
That's because the soldiers and horses of the Western Qin Dynasty are already in a melee with Sun Wu's army. If they retreat into the city at this time, they will not be able to escape the pursuit of the Western Qin army and will only be trapped in a dead end.
Taishi Ci was filled with reluctance. Originally, Taishi Ci was ordered to intercept this time and only had to defend the new county. However, Taishi Ci himself could not hold back and went out of the city to fight. But now he ended up in this situation and let Taishi Ci
How to explain to Sun Ce! But the words of the soldiers on the left and right are also good. Although Le Jin's injury is definitely not serious and he should be incapable of fighting, there is Zhang Liao next to him! Now that he is injured like Zhang Liao, he can
It was only half a pound, and with Lu Xun's cold arrows nearby, Tai Shici had to admit that he had lost this battle!
"Damn it! Retreat!" Taishi Ci hesitated for a moment, and finally cursed. Under the protection of the soldiers on the left and right, he mounted his horse and broke out. When the Sun Wu troops saw Taishi Ci starting to retreat, they naturally lost their fighting spirit and scattered one after another.
escape.
While Lu Xun was commanding the vanguard army to control the battle situation, he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Taishi Ci's soldiers and horses escaping. Although it was a pity to let Taishi Ci escape like this, the current vanguard army was only half as good as before. It was so urgent just now.
Under such circumstances, the soldiers of the vanguard army fought with their lives to find a way to survive. And they were about to prepare for the coming Sun Ce's army. Lu Xun raised his hand and shouted to the soldiers of the vanguard army on the left and right:
"Retract the troops! Clean up the battlefield and control the new county!"
After giving instructions, Lu Xun quickly rode up to Zhang Liao and Le Jin, and asked with concern: "General Zhang! General Le! How are you? Are you okay?"
Zhang Liao was half-kneeling on the ground at this moment, holding Le Jin with his hands. Le Jin was lying on the ground, with his eyes half open and half closed, his mouth slightly open, and his face pale. When Zhang Liao saw Lu Xun coming, he raised his head
At first, he glanced at Lu Xun with a sad face, but he happened to see Lu Xun's right hand was a bloody mess. Only then did Zhang Liao understand that in order to save Le Jin, Lu Xun fired five arrows in a row, and the injury on his hand must have been caused by that time.
The bowstring broke. Before Taishi Ci escaped, Lu Xun had been holding a long bow, but it turned out that he was bluffing Taishi Ci. Considering the condition of Lu Xun's right hand, he might never be able to shoot an arrow again!
Seeing that Zhang Liao seemed to have discovered the injury on his hand, Lu Xun quickly put his right hand behind his back, smiled at Zhang Liao, indicating that his hand was fine, and then squatted down beside Le Jin and asked: "Le Jin
General, he..." Halfway through, he couldn't say this. Lu Xun could also see clearly the extent of Le Jin's injuries. Not to mention anything else, the shot in the abdomen was already fatal enough! Le Jin could support it.
Until now, I'm afraid it's all relying on my own tenacious willpower!
"Hey!" As if he noticed that there was an extra person around him, Le Jin opened his eyes slightly, glanced at Lu Xun, then at Zhang Liao, then he smiled, and his face turned rosy. Le Jin smiled.
Said: "Don't be like this! I was originally a warrior. If I hadn't been promoted by my lord, I would have been wasting my life in the army! Now that I can be famous all over the world, this life is enough! A man died in battle, and Le Jin had no regrets in his heart.
regret!"
Although Le Jin's face improved a lot, in the eyes of Zhang Liao and Lu Xun, he felt more and more uncomfortable. This was obviously a comeback. Sure enough, after saying these words, Le Jin's face suddenly became abnormal.
He was pale, and his breathing became rapid. He raised his hand as if to grab something, but finally fell down feebly, his head tilted, and he was no longer alive.
"Wen Qian..." Zhang Liao muttered silently, but immediately picked up Le Jin's body, turned around and walked towards the new county. Lu Xun also looked at Zhang Liao's back with a sad face, feeling in his heart
Extremely sad. This Eastern Expedition, I thought it would be smooth sailing, but I didn't expect it to end up like this. What the future of the Pioneer Army will be like, Lu Xun can't estimate now.
However, Lu Xun was worthy of being a first-class strategist. He took a deep breath and suppressed these negative emotions. He turned to the soldiers behind him and shouted: "Quickly take over the city defense! Send one more person with my token.
Ride a fast horse and go south to notify the garrison stationed at Sanjiangkou and ask them to come to the rescue quickly!"
Going south from Xin County, the nearest is Sanjiangkou in the east of the Yangtze River. The Western Qin Dynasty has also stationed a lot of troops here, and all the hopes of the vanguard army are pinned on the Western Qin Army at Sanjiangkou! The original plan
The vanguard army went directly south from Xinxian County back to Sanjiangkou, but now they can't do this no matter what. Sun Ce's pursuit is too fast, and there are also cavalry. Rather than being caught up by Sun Ce halfway, it is better to occupy the city.
Keep it up, there is still a glimmer of hope.
Everything was carried out urgently under Lu Xun's arrangements. After the battle just now, there were only more than 800 people left in the vanguard army, but it was still barely enough to garrison the small new county. It took more than an hour.
After passing by, Lu Xun had just set up a defense line, but he heard the sound of horns ringing from outside the city. He saw a cavalry rushing towards here from the north of Xin County. It was the pursuers led by Sun Ce.
to!
Sun Ce looked at the somewhat broken Western Qin army flag above the new county city from a distance, feeling excited and depressed at the same time. This time Zhou Yu made a plan for Sun Ce, which was to completely wipe out the Western Qin vanguard army in Yuzhou.
Thinking that things went against his wishes, the opponent actually escaped here! Moreover, the ambush arranged by Zhou Yu along the Taishi Ci route also failed, and instead allowed the opponent to occupy the new county. In order to catch up with the Western Qin army as soon as possible, Sun Ce
They only brought thousands of light cavalry and no siege equipment at all. With these thousands of light cavalry, Sun Wu's army did not know the cavalry and archery skills of Baima Yi and Mao Blade Qingqi, so it was impossible to capture the city. However, Sun Ce
After all, we caught up this time, and at least stopped the Western Qin army so that they could no longer continue to flee south. They only had to wait for the army behind them to catch up and capture this small new county. That was easy!
Sun Ce could understand the truth, so how could Lu Xun on the top of the city not understand it? Lu Xun stood on the top of the city, staring at Sun Wu's army outside the city, and at the front of Sun Wu's army, Sun Ce, who was wearing a red armor.
.In fact, Lu Xun wanted Sun Ce to start attacking the city now, but looking at Sun Ce's posture, he made it clear that he would just stay outside the city. Recalling their plan outside Runan City that day, wouldn't it be exactly in line with the current situation?
Is it the same? It’s just that the positions of both parties are reversed. I just don’t know if Lu Xun’s side will be able to come back to life in the same way.
"Lord Lu! Is Sun Ce here?" A cold voice came from behind Lu Xun. Lu Xun looked back and saw that Zhang Liao was on the top of the city. Since he just entered the city, Lu Xun had not seen Zhang Liao's shadow.
When I saw Zhang Liao at this time, I found that there were many stains and dirt on his body, as if he had rolled in a hole.
"Uh." Lu Xun was stunned for a moment, and then immediately replied: "That's right! Sun Ce is here! But from the look of him, he doesn't seem to be planning to attack the city right away! He probably wants to wait for his army!"
"Well!" Zhang Liao walked directly to Lu Xun and looked outside the city. When Zhang Liao's eyes moved to Sun Ce, Lu Xun clearly felt a cold light flashing in Zhang Liao's eyes. Zhang Liao nodded and said quietly.
Said: "It seems that it is absolutely impossible for us to break through!"
Lu Xun nodded, pointed to Sun Ce's troops and horses outside the city, and said: "Sun Ce's troops far exceed our army, and they are all cavalry! If we fight outside the city, our army will be defeated! Now we can only rely on the city wall.
In order to cover up, Sun Ce must not have sacrificed too much, so he will definitely wait for their reinforcements to arrive before taking over the new county in one go! But before that, I had sent people to Sanjiangkou to invite the reinforcements there.
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"In this case, we have to bet on whose reinforcements will come faster between us?" Zhang Liao pointed out the most critical issue straightforwardly. If the reinforcements from Sanjiangkou arrive first, then Sun Ce will naturally be unable to resist the West.
Qin's reinforcements could only watch the vanguard army flee back to Jiangdong. If Sun Wu's reinforcements arrived first, then with the capabilities of the vanguard army, they would be able to capture the city of Xinxian with just one charge.
Got it!
Lu Xun nodded again, but said nothing this time, because judging from the distance, Sanjiangkou was still some distance from Xin County, and Sun Wu's reinforcements were already on the way, but they were slower than Sun Ce's cavalry.
That's all. If there is a competition in terms of speed, Sun Wu's reinforcements must have arrived first. Zhang Liao and Lu Xun both knew it, but they couldn't say it out loud. Otherwise, the morale of the vanguard on the city would be reduced immediately.
If they disperse, then there is no need to wait for Sun Wu's reinforcements to arrive, Xinxian will be defeated by itself.
Zhang Liao, on the other hand, remained calm, as if this matter had nothing to do with him. He glared at Sun Ce outside the city again, snorted coldly, turned around and said to Lu Xun: "I will recuperate in the city, and everything else will be done."
I'll leave it to you to make the decision!" After saying that, Zhang Liao strode directly towards the city.
Hearing Zhang Liao's words, Lu Xun was stunned at first, but soon understood what Zhang Liao meant. In the current battle situation, Zhang Liao's command has no effect. Instead of working hard here, it is better to recuperate in the city. If the city is destroyed,
Well, Zhang Liao is also determined to have a life-or-death showdown with Sun Ce!