One hundred elite Qilin troops led by Chen Wu served as the vanguard, rushed out from the city gate, crossed the suspension bridge and rushed directly to the outside of the city where the formation was called, catching Gongsun Zan's besieging army by surprise.
At this time, the sky was twilight, and Gongsun Zan's troops did not expect Liu Qi's army to suddenly open the city gate and charge without warning. They were temporarily confused and dispersed to both sides like water.
Then the 800 infantry led by Deng Zhi divided into two archery teams and shot at the scattered soldiers at close range, causing screams to be heard.
Liu Qi led nearly a thousand infantry, guarding Zhao Yun, and rushed into Gongsun Zan's encirclement. He killed them nearly a kilometer away and rushed out of the city desperately. When Gongsun Zan came to his senses, he realized that Liu Qi was not attacking the camp, but breaking out of the encirclement.
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"Chase." Gongsun Zan waved the double-headed iron spear in his hand, shouted at Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei beside him, and led eight thousand men and horses in pursuit.
Liu Qi, Chen Qiu, Chen Dong, and ten bronze-armored guards broke off their horses. The fast horses that rushed to stop Liu Qi were killed by the bronze-armored guards, but Gongsun Zan and Liu Guanzhang still pursued them relentlessly.
After being chased for more than twenty miles by Gongsun Zan, it was already dawn, and Liu Qi's remaining troops got rid of Gongsun Zan's pursuit. They did not dare to stop for a moment and went straight to Nanyang Xinye.
He hurriedly walked for about fifty miles, and when it was almost dusk, he came to a hill, but did not meet Jiang Wan's reinforcements. Liu Qi felt strange and asked Deng Zhi, "Brother Bo Miao, did Brother Wan's reinforcements not arrive? Did he go off the road?"
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Deng Zhi said: "There are several forked roads, but this main road is the fast road. The reinforcements from the New Fields will definitely come from this road. I am afraid that General Wan's troops and horses will be blocked by Gongsun Zan's siege reinforcements."
"If that's true, it's going to be a big war." Liu Qi sighed, and then said: "Brother Bo Miao, I ordered the sergeant to take a short rest and eat dry food to replenish his strength. I guess there will be a battle after climbing over this mountain."
"Yes." Deng Zhi dismounted and ordered the soldiers to take a short rest on the spot and reorganize their troops and horses in preparation for another battle.
Liu Qi walked towards Chen Chun, checked the injuries of Zhao Yun, who was still unconscious immediately, and then walked among the soldiers to boost their morale. Seeing Huang Wudie standing on the slope looking up at the sunset, seemingly full of thoughts, Liu Qi came to Huang Wudie
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"Die'er, eat something." Liu Qi handed over a piece of dry steamed bun and asked softly.
"I don't want to eat it." Huang Wudie pushed gently with her white and tender hands.
"We may have to fight if we stay for a while. How can we have strength if we don't eat something?" Liu Qi forced the dry buns into Huang Wudie's hands.
Huang Wudie felt hot in her heart, put the steamed bun into her mouth, took a bite and chewed it gently, looking at the setting sun like blood, she said meaningfully: "Master, can we not fight?"
Liu Qi was startled. He didn't expect that Huang Wudie, who had fought side by side many times and lived and died on the battlefield, suddenly asked such a very philosophical question - can we not fight?
Yes, can we not fight? War is always ruthless. In the battle with Gongsun Zan last night, there were countless corpses outside Yecheng, thousands of corpses. Witnessing so many living lives disappeared in the crazy killing, human beings
Is war driven by the natural law of survival of the fittest, or is it driven by the dominance and evil of human nature?
From a large scale, it is impossible to say that there will be no war, but as for the small scale of Jingzhou, there was still one battle left when Sun Jian was ordered by Yuan Shu to attack Jingzhou in 191 AD. From Sun Jian's death to the Battle of Chibi in 208 AD, Liu Biao
Jingzhou under its jurisdiction will have an era of peace and prosperity for eighteen years.
In eighteen years, you can do a lot of things in the Three Kingdoms.
Liu Qi was thinking about how to answer Huang Wudie's question about whether the war could be avoided. Suddenly, from the back of the hill, there was a sound of horse hooves coming from far and near, mixed with the sound of iron shoes hitting the ground. He could guess by the sound.
An army was about to come over from the back of the hill.
"Die'er, the enemy soldiers are here again, do you think we can stop fighting?" Liu Qi agreed casually, drew out the Goujian sword, and shouted loudly: "Brothers, line up to fight again and fight back to the new wilderness."
"Qilin, Qilin, I am the best. Kill..." Chen Wu jumped on his horse, pointed his gun, and led the Qilin army forward, followed by pursuers. There was no way to retreat, and there was only one way until it became dark.
Huang Wudie looked at the sunset, closed her eyes for three seconds, paused with her feet, sighed "Let's go...", stuffed the half-bitten bun into her mouth, took Zhao Yun's white dragon horse, and kissed her affectionately
He stroked the horse's head, patted its back, jumped gracefully, followed Chen Wu, and said to Liu Qi: "Sir, fight, you have to fight when it's time to fight."
"But Die'er, I don't want to fight..." Liu Qi was a little dumbfounded. He hadn't yet decided whether he could avoid fighting. With the sound of iron hooves approaching behind the hill, even if he didn't want to fight, the war was imminent. I don't know.
If we continue to kill all the way, how many people will be left to reach the new wilderness?
"Brother Bo Miao, unite the army and fight again." Liu Qi ordered Deng Zhi. After experiencing several bloody battles, Liu Qi was no longer so sensitive to the smell of blood. It was normal for people to die on the battlefield.
From several bloody battles, Liu Qi had a profound feeling, that is, in the sky of history, in the era of war in the Three Kingdoms, only the one who defeats the king can stop the war, otherwise, the flames of war will never be extinguished.
Liu Qi is determined to escape the disaster this time. After escorting Zhao Yun to Xinye, he will step up military training, expand his territory, adopt the method of feeding war with war, and using evil to fight evil to end the disputes among the Three Kingdoms and save the people from disaster as soon as possible.
Liu Qi cannot ignore people's lives, let alone take them lightly!
"Master, I'm afraid there are too many enemy horses coming, and it's difficult to break through one by one. There is a fork in front of the road. Master and Mrs. Huang can divide their forces to escort Zilong back to Xinye quickly. It's up to me to distract the enemies here." Deng Zhi held the sword in his hand.
, please Liu Qi go first from the fork in the road.
"Brother Bo Miao, if we take a side road and are ambushed, our entire army will be annihilated. We should still charge with a large force along the main road. Maybe we can break the bloody path by rushing together as a group. Maybe we may encounter Brother Wan's reinforcements on the main road.
"Liu Qi rejected Deng Zhi's suggestion of taking a side road, raised his sword and waved his troops straight towards the hill to occupy the commanding heights.
Liu Qi's words are not unreasonable. Instead of dividing the troops and being killed, it is better to form a group and rush to open a bloody path.
"Brothers, kill." Deng Zhi shouted, followed by Liu Qi and rushed to the top of the mountain with his army.
Liu Qi led nearly a thousand troops to fight the enemy troops coming from behind the hill. He had no way to retreat, so he had to fight back to the new field to regroup in order to gain momentum.
The elite of Chen Wu's one hundred unicorn army had already taken the lead to charge towards the top of the hill. When he looked around, he saw that they were not Gongsun Zan's enemy soldiers. Instead, Chen Wenzheng was leading a thousand monkey soldiers and two thousand armored soldiers galloping towards the hill.
When Chen Wen saw Chen Wu, he did not dismount. Seeing that Chen Wu's one hundred unicorn troops were stained with blood, he couldn't wait to ask: "General Wu, are you okay with me?"
Chen Wu stopped his horse, ordered the Qilin army to stop charging, and raised his hand to Chen Wenyi: "Brother Wen, I thought it was Gongsun Zan's enemy soldiers who were attacking, but the young master is right behind him."
"Drive." Chen Wen rode his horse and ran towards Liu Qi, followed by the chirping of monkey soldiers and the sound of two thousand armored men stamping on the spot.
"Sir, Wen's rescue came too late, and the crime cannot be forgiven." Chen Wen saw that many of the soldiers led by Liu Qi were decorated, and the Liu flags were in tatters. He suddenly felt sad, got off his horse, and knelt down to plead guilty.
When Liu Qi saw that it was Chen Wen's reinforcements and not Gongsun Zan's siege reinforcements, Liu Qi felt warm. He had no worries about going to Xinye. He quickly dismounted and helped Chen Wendao up: "Brother Wen, please get up quickly. You came at the right time.
I heard that Brother Wan raised all the troops in Xinye, why did you lead some of the troops?"
Chen Wen stood up, greeted Deng Zhi and Huang Wudie who followed him, and said, "Master, follow me up the mountain to see."
Liu Qi, Deng Zhi, and Huang Wudie followed Chen Wen and led their horses to the top of the hill. There were several faint valleys in the distance. The thousand monkey soldiers in front of them seemed to be much less. At a glance, they estimated that they were less than five hundred.
, the armor of the two thousand soldiers who were standing still were stained with blood, obviously coming from a big battle, and the armor Chen Wen was wearing was also stained with blood.
"Could it be that something happened to Brother Wan?" Looking at the two thousand armored men in front of him who were full of fighting spirit and full of murderous intent, Liu Qi muttered in his heart. You must know that Jiang Wan and Chen Wen led eight thousand soldiers to help Yecheng. How could there be two left?
What about Thousand Iron Armor?
Chen Wen saw that although Liu Qi was speechless, he had a look of surprise on his face. He pointed forward and said with emotion: "Since I received the flying pigeon to pass the message, General Wu immediately led the Qilin Army to go ahead. I also led the monkey soldiers to rush to the rescue. I encountered Gongsun Yue in the valley ahead.
Thirty thousand soldiers from Youzhou fought in the valley. Brother Chiang's eight thousand soldiers were blocked. Brother Chiang was afraid that the young master was in danger, so he ordered me to take five hundred monkey soldiers and two thousand armored soldiers and rush over the mountain to help."
"Oh, that's it." Liu Qi said again, "Gongsun Yue is the younger brother of Gongsun Zan, and the 30,000 reinforcements must be rushing to Yecheng. Brother Wan is blocked in the valley, but is he surrounded?"
"Exactly." Chen Wen had an anxious expression.
"Brother Wen is confused." Liu Qi scolded Chen Wendao: "Dividing troops to save me is clearly ignoring Brother Wan's army and trapping me in an unkind and unjust place."
"This..." Chen Wen blushed and clasped his fist towards Liu Qi: "Young Master, since we became sworn brothers in Dangyang Guiyuan, we three brothers have to live and die together. If we don't divide our troops to come to the rescue, how can my eldest brother and I know that the young master is in danger?"
Regardless?"
"Alas..." Liu Qi sighed, then patted Chen Wen on the shoulder and said, "Good brother."
Chen Wen knew that Liu Qi had a close brotherhood and would not blame him. He said anxiously: "Sir, Brother Jiang and Gongsun Yue are confronting each other in the valley. The situation is critical. There are two roads in front of them. You can bypass Brother Jiang's barracks by climbing over the mountain. The other road is
This avenue can lead directly to Gongsun Yue's barracks."
Liu Qi said: "Which express?"
Chen Wendao: "The road is fast."
Liu Qi did not hesitate: "Take the high road."
Chen Wen had a troubled expression on his face: "Sir, although it can take half a day to walk on the high road, it will go straight into the camp of Gongsun Yue's 30,000 soldiers and horses. It is like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth and sending its meat to the chopping block?"
Liu Qi laughed and said: "Brother Wen, what you said is wrong. I watched the sky last night. It will rain heavily for several days starting tonight. I will take advantage of the heavy rain to attack Gongsun Yue from both inside and outside, and then look for opportunities to break out. There is no need to fight, just retreat to the new field."
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"Oh, this is very good. God is really helping you." Chen Wen looked up at the sky and saw thick dark clouds rolling in from the sky. It was indeed a sign of heavy rain. He was so busy marching to help Yecheng that he didn't even care about the sky. It seemed that
Young Master Liu Qi is really a lucky master. With God's help, Young Master can always turn disaster into good luck.