Bai Xiu smiled calmly, "Brother Zhou, don't you know what's going on? Zhu Meng led all the people to attack Xiao Jingyun at night. If he could open a hole, he would definitely run away."
"Xiao Jingyun didn't know what was going on, and Jilai didn't dare to chase him. He was afraid that if he continued to chase him, we would cut him off."
"In this case, once Zhu Meng leaves, it won't be a piece of cake for him, Xiao Jingyun, to deal with us."
After listening to Bai Xiu's analysis, Zhou Fei fell into deep thought.
"Brother is right. Winter is coming soon. If he doesn't leave, the food and grass supply will really be a problem."
"Yes, Brother Zhou, that's why he thought of leaving."
"He just walked away, but what about us? What should we do?" Zhou Fei looked very anxious.
Bai Xiu smiled slightly, "Brother, what's the problem? If he wants to make a sneak attack, let him do it. As soon as Zhu Meng's soldiers and horses go out, you immediately order the four gates to be closed, cutting off his way of retreat, and letting him fight with Xiao Jingyun.
, if Zhu Meng can just leave, then he is not exhausted yet."
"If Zhu Meng is defeated, then we can take the opportunity to rush out of the city and capture Zhu Meng alive and hand it over to Xiao Jingyun. This will be regarded as a meritorious service and atonement for our sins."
"What if Zhu Meng wins? What should we do?"
"Brother, both sides have equal strength. Even if Zhu Meng wins, it will be a tragic victory. As long as we don't let him enter the city, he will not have the strength to attack the city again and can only retreat. This Jizhou City, we still have the final say."
After hearing Bai Xiu's analysis, everyone present nodded.
"Okay, let's do it."
"Tonight, we brothers will guard the four gates separately. When Zhu Meng's troops leave, we will immediately close the city gates and cut off his escape route."
At this time, Zhu Meng knew nothing about the situation on Ge Jiajun's side, and was making intensive preparations with Zhang Liao.
In order to deceive others, they did not dare to bring too much food and grass, so they could only order everyone to prepare three days' worth of food.
Waiting until the third watch of the day, Zhu Meng's hundreds of thousands of troops were assembled. Zhou Meng chose to attack from all sides at the same time. The idea of doing this was to be able to attack one by one.
And it was decided to meet at Heishui Bridge, fifty miles away to the west.
The four gates opened at the same time, and Zhu Meng's army of hundreds of thousands surged out of the city like a tide.
Xiao Jingyun had already sent a military order, asking all troops to be vigilant. Therefore, Zhu Meng's army was discovered by a secret sentry as soon as they left the city. Soon the military camp became tense, and everyone unsheathed their bows and swords, waiting for Zhu Meng.
coming.
Zhu Meng took the west gate, which is closest to Heishui Bridge.
He was very brave and headed towards Xiao Jingyun's military camp. However, just a stone's throw away, he heard a rapid banging sound.
Then a rain of arrows rained down.
Zhu Meng secretly thought it was not good and hurriedly took up his position. Just when he was hesitating whether to continue the attack, suddenly a fast horse galloped over, "General, let's step out with the front foot. The city gate will be closed with the back foot, and the suspension bridge will be raised."
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Upon hearing this, Zhu Meng felt a chill in his heart. He didn't expect that Ge Zhuang would see through his plan, which would cut off his own escape.
In desperation, Zhu Meng could only wave the military flag and command the soldiers to rush forward. Even if they used people to fight today, they still had to find a way out.
At this time, Zhou Fei and others were sitting on the city wall watching the tiger fight.
In the distance, Zhu Meng's soldiers fell one after another, while those behind were still rushing forward regardless of their own safety.
This scene made Zhou Fei couldn't help but sigh, "Zhu Meng is really a fierce general of our Dacang Kingdom. He runs the army strictly. If these soldiers and horses really come to attack our Jizhou City, we will definitely not be able to defend it!"
Bai Xiu next to him was also frightened, "Yes, if the fight continues like this, at least half of Zhu Meng's troops will have to stay here."
"It's worth half the time to rush out Zhu Meng. This will give you the capital to make a comeback!"
The two men's predictions were correct. Zhu Meng's army charged too fiercely, and it was Prince Liu who was in charge of the command. Seeing the opponent's desperate posture, he suddenly woke up.
Zhu Meng is not attacking at night, he is trying to break through.
Seeing that he was about to invade his military camp, Prince Liu had a thought.
"Quickly give me the order to get out of the way and let them pass. Let's chase them and beat them."
The soldiers took the order and immediately opened a way to let Zhu Meng and others pass.
Seeing the enemy troops giving way, Zhu Meng was secretly happy and told everyone to leave quickly.
After rushing out of the enemy camp, Zhu Meng was just about to breathe a sigh of relief when he heard someone coming from behind to report, "Commander, the enemy is catching up."
How could Jumong dare to rest and call the soldiers to continue charging forward, but with them in front and the pursuers at the back, it was easier to shoot with bows and arrows, just like chasing rabbits on horseback, and in a short time they killed thousands of people.
The pursuers chased them for more than thirty miles in one breath, and finally stopped gradually. Only then did Zhu Meng dare to take a breath and count his men.
After some counting, Zhu Meng was heartbroken. He left the city with 40,000 people, but at this time, he only had more than 10,000 left with him, and more than half of them were lost.
But now there is nothing I can do about my heartache. Fortunately, I still have more than ten thousand. Now I am patiently waiting for the remaining troops at Heishui Bridge.
At this time, Fei Baixiu and others from Jizhou City saw all four armies breaking out. They still admired Zhu Meng, because his soldiers were really brave in fighting.
"Everyone, I'm afraid we have to surrender the city next, otherwise Xiao Jingyun will have to deal with us if he frees up his hands."
While he was talking, someone suddenly ran over in a hurry.
"Reporting to General Zhou, someone found General Ge's head in Zhu Meng's tent."
What?
Several people looked at each other and suddenly rushed to Zhu Meng's military camp.
Zhu Meng's military camp seemed in a mess. The soldiers in the city were snatching the supplies they had left behind, while outside Zhu Meng's tent, there were more than a dozen people standing with their hands down, looking solemn.
Seeing the scene in front of him, Zhou Fei Canglang pulled out his long sword, clicked it, chopped down two soldiers who were looting supplies, and said loudly, "Whoever dares to loot supplies again, this is what will happen."
When the remaining soldiers saw this, they immediately dispersed and hurried away.
Zhou Fei, Bai Xiu and others then turned around and entered Zhu Meng's tent. There was a wooden box on the table in Zhu Meng's tent. When they opened the box, it was Ge Cun's head.
Zhou Fei led everyone to kneel down and kowtow three times to Ge Cun's head.
After kowtowing, Zhou Fei stepped forward and carefully covered the box, then turned to everyone and said, "I didn't expect that Zhu Meng had such a human face and a beast heart. He killed our brother Ge and was still pretending to be there."
"Oh, it's such a pity that we just let Zhu Meng go. If we had known, we should have killed Zhu Meng."
"Oh, if I see Zhu Meng again, I will chop off his head."
"Kill Zhu Meng, kill Zhu Meng."
Everyone's emotions gradually rose and they all spoke in unison.
Zhou Fei looked around at everyone present, slowly pulled out his sword, raised it to the sky, and said, "I swear I won't be a human until I kill Zhu Meng."