Chapter 490: Yuan Shu Escapes

"Quick, quick, take those things with you."

"Hey, let's talk about you, why are you so frizzy?"

In the imperial palace of Shouchun City, countless servants and maids came and went to pack things. The gold and silver in the palace were soft, and all the odds and ends were packed up.

"The Son of Heaven goes out on patrol, and the subjects stay away!"

The gate of the palace suddenly opened, and a large group of people and horses came out of the palace in great momentum. The horses and horses flowed like a stream. Yuan Shu sat on the most central carriage, wearing a dragon robe, surrounded by nearly a thousand guards, and the accompanying music The official held an instrument in his hand and played a rather grand movement.

The residents on Shouchun Street were startled. When they saw the convoy coming out of the palace, they backed away one after another. You must know that the chariots and horses in the palace never avoid pedestrians. If you are knocked to the ground and your arm is broken Broken legs are self-inflicted.

The people on the Shouchun street rushed away, but the guard beside Yuan Shu shouted: "Everyone, don't panic, the emperor is out on patrol, everyone should work as usual."

After all, after a large group of chariots and horses rushed out of the palace in Shouchun City, they led the army to turn to the south gate, preparing to go south to Liu Xun in Lujiang County.

"My lord!"

Xia Houyuan broke into the tent excitedly, ignoring that Cao Cao was discussing the military situation with others.

"Why did Miaocai come here?" Cao Cao asked, "Could it be that something has changed in Shouchun City."

"En!" Xia Houyuan excitedly said: "Sure enough, as my lord said, this Yuan Shu thief led the army in the city and suddenly rushed to the south gate, and he kept saying that the emperor was going on patrol, and it was obvious that he wanted to escape."

Cheng Yu cupped his hands and said, "Sure enough, as my lord said, I'm afraid that the general has already defeated Zhang Xun's troops in Yuzhou. Now Yuan Shu feels uneasy, so he led his troops to flee south, probably to Lujiang County. Now that Yuan Shu is surrounded by enemies and has lost the foundation of Yuzhou, there is only one place in Lujiang County to go."

"Then what are you waiting for?" Cao Hong, who is straightforward by nature, roared, and took a step forward: "My lord, please send me five thousand elite soldiers to intercept and kill Yuan Shu!"

"Haha, Zi Lian will step back for now, and the generals will follow my orders." Cao Cao laughed loudly, and a gleam of light appeared in his pupils.

All the generals on the left and right of Cao Ying immediately stood up, clasped their fists and obeyed orders, with high fighting spirit.

"Xia Houyuan listens to the order!" Cao Cao said in a deep voice.

"The end is here!"

"You lead three thousand elite soldiers from your headquarters, and your troops are precious and fast. Immediately attack Yuan Shu's army. If you don't want to destroy the enemy in a single battle, you must hold Yuan Shu back." Cao Cao ordered.

"Promise!" Xia Houyuan took the order loudly, turned around and walked out of the camp with arrogance. Xia Houyuan's marching speed was unmatched by all the generals in Cao's army, and it was natural to leave it to him to delay Yuan Shu's marching pace.

"Cao Hong!"

"The end is here!"

Cao Cao warned: "Yuan Shu must have brought a large amount of food, grass, gold and silver with him when he fled. Yuan Shu must not take this away. You will lead five thousand soldiers and horses, and you will be responsible for taking away Yuan Jun's luggage, understand?"

"Promise!" Although he regretted not being able to assign a combat mission, Cao Hong still cheered up and took the order to leave.

"A certain person personally commanded the army and the generals in the battalion pursued Yuan Shu's main force, while Zhong De and Shi Huan stayed behind in the camp." Cao Cao said confidently, "This time our army must completely defeat Yuan Shu's last main force and compete for Huainan!"

"I'm willing to do my best for my lord!"

Shouchun City, outside the south gate.

"Hurry up, hurry up!"

Yuan Jun's soldiers patrolled the huge team back and forth, yelling loudly and urging the chariots and horses to speed up.

"Huh? Why don't you go forward?"

A ferocious Uncle Yuan Jun rushed over on his horse and shouted with a whip in his hand.

"Master." The middle-aged man pulling the cart showed a flattering and helpless smile, and pointed to the wheels that were sunk in the mud.

"It's the rainy season these few days, the land outside the city has long been a mess, and I can't leave even if I want to." The coachman smiled wryly.

"Damn, pull the car out quickly!" Uncle Yuan Jun was furious and scolded.

"Yes, yes, Mr. Jun." The coachman sighed, grabbed the wooden bars on the cart with both hands, and pushed forward vigorously. The huge convoy was difficult to move for a while, although Yuan Jun soldiers kept urging them, but it didn't help much. After all, it is quite helpless that the weather is not beautiful.

"Hurry up!" The ferocious General Yuan Jun urged loudly, and suddenly his expression changed.

"Where is the pseudo-emperor Yuan Shu? Xia Houyuan, a lieutenant of the Dianjun School, is here under the account of Cao Gong, the governor of Qingzhou!"

All of a sudden, a large number of soldiers and horses rushed up from the rear of the convoy. Although there were not many of them, they were full of energy and walked briskly.

"Cao Jun?"

"It's terrible, Cao Jun is here!"

"There is going to be a war, everyone run, so as not to hurt the fish in the pond."

The coachman, servants, palace servants and other unarmed people mixed in the convoy were startled and turned around to run away.

Ji Ling was furious: "The army obeys orders. If anyone dares to run away, I will kill him. This general wants to see who is so ignorant!"

Under Ji Ling's strict order, Yuan Jun's soldiers killed one after another, the weapons in their hands were cut out suddenly, and the unarmed coachman and palace servants were cut down to the ground. The lower one shrank back.

"Ji Lingaiqing, has Cao Jun caught up?" Yuan Shu stuck his head out of the carriage with a frightened expression on his face.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty." Ji Ling said generously, "The ones who come are just a small army of Cao Jun, and the general will just go out and send them away."

Yuan Shu heaved a sigh of relief, nodded and said, "Since that's the case, it's fine to chase him away. There's no need to chase after him. I still rely on Aiqing to protect this general."

"promise!"

Holding a three-pointed two-edged knife in his hand, Ji Ling rode his horse and rushed out: "Follow me and repel the enemy!"

The 10,000 Yuan soldiers in the queue immediately followed behind Ji Ling, and rushed forward in one go.

"Let the arrow!"

Seeing Ji Ling leading Yuan Jun rushing over aggressively, Xia Houyuan immediately ordered that three thousand soldiers drew their bows and set arrows, and a rain of arrows fell on Ji Ling's army immediately, knocking down hundreds of soldiers.

Ji Ling was furious, and immediately ordered Yuan Jun to charge forward, while Xia Houyuan looked normal, instead of leading his army to confront Ji Ling head-on, he waved his hands: "Retreat for now, don't get entangled with the enemy."

Three thousand Cao Jun immediately turned around and retreated.

Ji Ling led the army to charge for a while, and when he saw Xia Houyuan turned around and ran away, he snorted: "Xiahou rat, it's not worth mentioning."

Unexpectedly, after Xia Houyuan saw Ji Lingjun stop, he also ordered the three thousand crossbowmen under his command to stop, and then he lined up and shot. Another round of arrows rained down on Yuan Jun's team, causing many casualties. .