Chapter 597 Escape

The killing of Guo Yuan was a major blow to the morale of these Hebei cavalry. They looked at Ma Chao with fear in their eyes.

"kill!"

But Ma Chao would not leave them time to think, and once again led five thousand cavalry to charge out. Without a leader, the Hebei cavalry suddenly fell into chaos. After being charged for a while, they got into a mess and fled away.

But Ma Chao didn't even look at it, and continued to lead the charge, leading the Xiliang cavalry to kill Gao Lan's three thousand Youzhou soldiers.

The sound of the Xiliang cavalry's hooves suddenly sounded, and the Youzhou soldiers couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts. They looked back one after another, but they were shocked.

"General, the enemy's cavalry is coming. All Captain Guo's cavalry have been killed by the enemy, and Colonel Guo seems to have been picked off his horse by the enemy general!"

Upon hearing Guo Yuan's death, Gao Lan couldn't help but frown and couldn't help looking back.

"Our army is small, how can we divide our forces to defend the rear?" Gao Lan shouted angrily: "Go forward with all your strength, break through the enemy's army before saying anything else!"

After hearing Gao Lan's order, the Youzhou soldiers naturally did not dare to look back and had to fight forward with all their strength. However, the Liangzhou soldiers commanded by Xu Huang had always been elite. With their concentration on defense at the moment, they would not be able to break through in an instant.

Finally, the front of the Xiliang cavalry was like a sharp spear, reaching the rear of the Youzhou soldiers.

boom!

"ah!"

"kill!"

The mighty Xiliang cavalry came over with great force and slammed into the Youzhou army. The Youzhou soldiers in the back row couldn't help but turned around to fight with the Xiliang cavalry, but were directly beaten hard by the war horses. He fell to the ground and cried out in pain.

The Xiliang cavalry came over with overwhelming force. Countless Youzhou soldiers couldn't help but turn around and fight the Xiliang cavalry. The pressure on the Xiliang army's infantry was instantly reduced.

"General Ma Chao's Xiliang cavalry has come to kill them!" Xu Huang clenched the mountain-cutting ax in his hand with high morale, waved it suddenly, and ordered the whole army to attack.

"Fight back!"

The tightly defended Xiliang Army's formation suddenly dispersed and turned into a loose attack formation. A group of three or five people attacked the Youzhou Army. The Xiliang Army, which had endured the fierce attack of the Youzhou Army before, had long had resentment in its heart. Now the attacking Youzhou Army naturally wanted to vent all the resentment in its heart and launched a fierce attack on the Youzhou Army.

The Xiliang cavalry bravely attacked at the rear, and the Liangzhou army counterattacked in the front. The originally vigorous Youzhou army suddenly fell into a hard fight. If Gao Lan hadn't commanded on the spot, it would have been completely defeated, but even so it was just a defeat. Just struggling to support it.

"Gao Lan!"

Xu Huang shouted: "You are being attacked from both sides by our army, and your defeat is certain. Why not surrender?"

"Fart!" Gao Lan said coldly: "I am a general under Mr. Yuan's account. How can I surrender to thieves in battle?"

"Thief?" Xu Huang laughed loudly and said, "The general was ordered by the court to attack Yuan Shao. He is the king's master. Yuan Shao is the thief, and you are the thief general."

Gao Lan snorted coldly: "Don't show off your words."

"Then let's try the taste of a certain mountain-breaking ax!" Xu Huang didn't say much, he raised the ax in his hand and struck it down on the head.

when!

The weapons met and sparks flew everywhere. Gao Lan was a famous general in Hebei, and his martial arts skills were naturally extraordinary. After parrying the ax in Xu Huang's hand, he stabbed out a spear and fought Xu Huang back and forth. Reveal the decline.

Although Gao Lan was very calm and calm, there were fewer and fewer Youzhou troops surrounding him. Under the front and rear attacks of the Xiliang cavalry and infantry, the Youzhou troops suffered heavy casualties.

"General Gao, let's go!"

"Yes, this battle is definitely lost, why bother to continue fighting?"

Hearing his subordinate's words, Gao Lan couldn't help but frown. This battle was indeed a failure.

"Gao Lan! Surrender." Xu Huang shouted: "The general treats the virtuous and the corporal, and only promotes talents. If a famous general like you is willing to surrender, the general will definitely use him in high regard."

"Hmph." Gao Lan said coldly, "Is it possible that I am a disloyal and unjust person in your eyes, Xu Huang?"

"Haha, of course I don't mean that." Xu Huang shook his head and said, "But is it possible that General Gao has already prepared to die fighting for Yuan Shao with the intention of dying?"

Gao Lan snorted and turned around: "Let's go! Back to Youzhou."

After that, Gao Lan led the defeated generals with the remaining soldiers, turned around and fled towards Youzhou.

"Meng Qi, lead the troops to pursue the enemy!"

"promise!"

Without saying a word, Ma Chao followed Gao Lan with thousands of Xiliang cavalry, chasing him all the way.

This time, almost all of Gao Lan's troops were killed. In the end, less than a hundred people fled back to Youzhou in panic. More than half of the five thousand elite soldiers were killed or injured, and seven to eight thousand civilians were all captured by Xu Huang's army. Naturally, it is impossible to let these people go. If they were released and recruited by Yuan Xi, it would be like shooting themselves in the foot.

The good news was quickly delivered to Liu Ye's military camp in Yecheng by Ma Chao's cavalry.

"Hahaha, very good!"

Liu Ye had a satisfied smile on his face: "As a result, Yuan Shao is now isolated in Hebei except for the tens of thousands of troops and horses in Bingzhou, and Yecheng has become an isolated city."

Guo Jia said with a smile: "That's right. General Ma also sent a dozen surrendered soldiers of the Youzhou Army. Tomorrow, the general can order these surrendered soldiers to shout to the top of Yecheng to persuade the enemy troops in the city to surrender. Even if Yuan Shao refuses to surrender, it will definitely affect the morale of Yuan’s army in the city.”

"Okay!" Liu Ye ordered: "treat the Youzhou troops who surrendered, and let them persuade the enemy to surrender when we attack the city tomorrow, hahaha."

"General." Jia Xu cupped his hands and said: "General Xu and General Ma defeated the enemy in one fell swoop, and the Youzhou army suffered heavy casualties. Although Yuan Shao captured Youzhou at the beginning, he did not leave many troops and horses to garrison in Youzhou. Now Gao Gao If Lan is defeated, Youzhou must be empty, and now it can be said to be at your fingertips, does our army want to take Youzhou?"

What Jia Xu said is true. Youzhou was originally sparsely populated and it was difficult to recruit soldiers. Now that it was devastated by the First World War, the territory was empty. I am afraid that it will be lost all the way.

Should we try to capture Youzhou?

"General, I think this is unacceptable."

Liu Ye looked at Guo Jia and said with great interest: "Oh? If you have any opinions about Fengxiao, please tell me."

Guo Jia bowed to Jia Xu and Liu Ye each and said eloquently: "The army led by Gao Lan should be the main force of the Youzhou army. Now that Youzhou is empty, our army can capture it at any time. However, Yecheng is a fortified city. With tens of thousands of troops, we don’t know how long it will take to capture it. Once our army divides its forces to attack and goes deep into the enemy’s territory, if we cannot capture Ye City, even if we capture Youzhou, it will become an enclave. It is better to attack Ye with all our strength. City, and then slowly map it out, Youzhou is already a piece of meat, our army can eat it whenever it wants."