Chapter 643 Retreating to Youzhou

The commander of the Liangzhou Army kicked the Jizhou soldier's breastplate, and used his strength to pull out the short ax from his neck. At that moment, a large amount of blood spurted out from the wound, and the Jizhou soldier fell to the ground helplessly. , the body continued to spasm, and the consciousness gradually became blurred.

boom!

As the Liangzhou cavalry opened a gap in the enemy's army, elite Liangzhou army infantry suddenly poured into them in large numbers, aiming at the Jizhou soldiers and killing them. The morale of the Jizhou soldiers in the front row was demoralized, but after all, there were brave and brave men in the Jizhou army. When they saw the Liangzhou army rushing up, they still rushed forward without fear.

However, after all, a tiger is no match for a pack of wolves. The Liangzhou soldiers are highly disciplined and not very brave. When they saw the brave men among the enemy troops charging towards them, they surrounded them without hesitation.

"prick!"

Poof!

The Jizhou military warrior with a short ax in his hand and a round waist had just rushed up, but before he could swing the weapon in his hand, five or six spears from all directions had been pierced into his body. The warrior's face was red and his body was shaking like a It was drunk.

The spear was retracted, and there were already five or six bloody holes in his body. He looked down in disbelief, and then fell to the ground.

"Hmph, the bravery of an ordinary man." The commander of the Liangzhou Army sneered: "You think it's just the rangers who can fight here?"

During the Qin and Han Dynasties, martial arts prevailed among the people, and there were many knight-errants who traveled around the country single-handedly. Even Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, defected to the knight-errant Juxin when he was in decline. As the saying goes, "literary scholars use Confucianism to disrupt the law, and chivalrous people use martial arts to violate the law." The chivalrous people refer to the rangers. For example, Xu Shu and Dian Wei once worked as rangers and killed many people.

If fighting alone, these skilled rangers may be able to defeat a soldier, but if ten people fight in formation, the soldier will be invincible. If there is a battle involving an army of hundreds, thousands or even ten thousand people, the ranger will naturally be completely defeated.

"kill!"

After all the brave and capable warriors in the Jizhou Army were slaughtered, due to the lack of unified command, the Jizhou Army was immediately defeated by the Liangzhou Army and had a tendency to retreat for a while.

"Damn it!" Yuan Shao couldn't help but look furious when he saw this, and slammed his fist on the railing of the chariot: "What are these two men, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, doing? A great general, instead of commanding the army to fight, he wants to fight with Are the enemies fighting?"

"My lord, although generals Yan and Wen are brave, they have short tempers. They are afraid that they will be entangled by enemy generals and will not be able to escape for a while." Feng Ji frowned.

"snort!"

Yuan Shao snorted and suddenly felt something was wrong: Why does this sentence sound so familiar?

Although Yan Liang and Wen Chou were brave enough to lead the three armies, he was narrow-tempered and could not be the leader of an army.

Isn't this what Jushou said to himself at the beginning?

Yuan Shao couldn't help but feel dazed for a while, and sighed: "I regret not listening to Duke Ju's words!"

As soon as these words came out, all the civil and military officials around Yuan Shao frowned. Only Shen Pei secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "It seems that this time my lord will definitely learn his lesson and reuse the public."

"Humph." Guo Tu suddenly sneered: "I'm afraid that this time my lord is defeated, Ju Shou is still happy in his heart. If not, how can it prove that he has unique vision?"

"." Upon hearing this, Yuan Shao suddenly fell into silence, and his eyes became terrifying.

Shen Pei cursed Guo Tu in his heart, and hurriedly held up his hands and said: "My lord, please listen to me. I have always been loyal to my lord and have absolutely no such thoughts."

Yuan Shao's expression changed uncertainly, and finally he took a deep breath: "Well, I have made my own decision."

"Someone is coming."

"What are your orders, my lord?"

"Go and call the Duke and Sir. You must be polite." Yuan Shao said with a pleasant look.

"Promise." After the messenger left after receiving the order, Shen Pei breathed a sigh of relief.

"Gongze, come here."

"What are your orders, my lord?" Guo Tu came up and asked.

"You" Yuan Shao whispered to Guo Tu for a while. Guo Tu was overjoyed when he heard this and nodded vigorously.

Shen Pei looked at Yuan Shao worriedly and sighed inwardly, but did not dare to say anything more.

At this time, under a fierce attack by the Liangzhou Army, the Jizhou Army had already shown its decline. Yuan Shao almost gritted his teeth and said coldly: "Press the Euphorbia soldiers up, press them up!"

"My lord, no!" Feng Ji hurriedly dissuaded him: "The Euphorbia warriors are the last barrier around my lord. Once the Xiliang cavalry breaks into the Chinese army, who will protect my lord?"

"Is it possible to just sit back and watch our army be defeated?" Yuan Shao gritted his teeth.

"My lord, please withdraw your troops." Feng Ji also couldn't bear to say: "Now that our army has shown its defeat, even if all the Euphorbia warriors who protect the lord are thrown into the battlefield, it will only be of no avail and only a drop in the bucket."

"Why don't our army abandon Yecheng for the time being, retreat to Youzhou, and join forces with the second young master? The future will be long."

"Retreat to Youzhou?" Yuan Shao said angrily: "Youzhou is a poor and remote place. How many soldiers and horses can it afford?"

"My lord, what you said is wrong. Although Youzhou is not richer than Jizhou, Gongsun Zan has also accumulated tens of thousands of powerful troops. Moreover, our army has only temporarily abandoned Yecheng, and the northern counties of Jizhou are still in the hands of our army." Feng Jiku advised: "If our army doesn't retreat, I'm afraid it will be destroyed."

"After retreating to Youzhou, our army chooses to garrison in a fortified city and recruit young men to form an army. We can also unite Cao Mengde and Liaodong Gongsun Du. Gongsun Du is ambitious and independent in Liaodong, and our army and Gongsun Du are closely dependent on each other. Once Liu Ye defeats our army, he will definitely point his finger at Liaodong." Feng Ji advised: "My lord, don't worry about temporary losses for the time being. When Gaozu raised his troops, Hongmen, Pengcheng, and Xingyang were repeatedly defeated by King Xiang, so our army temporarily retreated. , for the sake of victory in the future.”

"." Yuan Shao was silent for a while, sighed, and waved his hand feebly: "Send the order, retreat."

"Nuo!" Feng Ji was overjoyed when he heard this and hurriedly ordered the army to ring gold.

As the sound of ringing gold sounded, the Jizhou Army who was fighting hard was stunned.

"Has the order been given to withdraw the troops?"

"Come on, don't fight to the death with the enemy. You can retreat."

The reason why many Jizhou soldiers insisted on fighting hard was not because of their firm will to fight, but because they were afraid of the swords and axes of the supervising team behind them. After hearing the sound of Ming Jin withdrawing his troops, they were overjoyed and turned around to leave.

"Hmph!" Yan Liang feinted with his sword, forcing Zhang Liao back, then turned around and left: "Zhang Liao, we will fight again tomorrow."

"Yan Liang, why are you leaving? Are you afraid? If you beg for mercy in front of the battle, I will spare your life." Zhang Liao laughed loudly.

"You!" Yan Liang couldn't help but get furious when he heard this, but he suppressed his anger and said coldly: "Today the army will win gold, and I will decide the outcome with you in the future."

After that, no matter how much Zhang Liao yelled and provoked, Yan Liang just ignored him, turned his horse and left without saying a word, but he kept cursing in his heart.

"It's a pity. If I could kill Yan Liang in formation, wouldn't it be a great achievement?"