Chapter 858: Sunrise in the East (83)

It's so good to be at home, but it's hard to go out. Wei He and now finally realized the deep meaning of this saying. He thought back to when he was in Qi State, no matter where he went, the majestic cavalry team was the envy of others. I have always eaten well and drank spicy food, but now in Liaoxi, I am like a drowned dog or a rat crossing the street, and have fallen into the fate of being beaten by everyone.

After two consecutive battles with the cavalry of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, the 20,000 cavalrymen under his command were reduced to only a few hundred cavalry. The problem is that the several hundred cavalrymen now have low morale and no supplies. They are far from that battle. Only five days had passed, and the horses fell down one after another, and the cavalry became infantry. They had no choice but to be abandoned and left to fend for themselves.

When they came, there were some leftover crops for their army to survive, but this time they turned around, but there were none. Think about it, after tens of thousands of troops passed by~Pig~Pig~Island~Little ~Where ~www~zuhu~ is said, what else is left?

A man can still survive without food, but a horse can lose its helmet without food. In a few days, the horse has lost a lot of weight, and it has lost all its previous strength when running. No energy

If these are just difficulties that can be overcome by thinking, then the enemy sentries that wander around from time to time are deadly seducers. Once discovered by them, they will immediately summon a large number of enemy riders to besiege the five people in a very short period of time. At the end of the day, with the hundreds of cavalry who had escaped, only the last few dozen were left, and they were all in a panic. The rest were either caught up and killed by the cavalry of the Eastern Conquest Army, or fell behind, or Those who were left behind did so deliberately, and they might have escaped on their own, but at this point, Wei He had no way to get angry. I hope they could escape.

"General, drink some water!" A guard scooped up water with a helmet, handed it to Wei He and drank a few sips of water. Looking at the unfamiliar scenery around him, Wei He couldn't help but ask: "Where is this place?"

The guard shook his head. In the past few days, he had been driven to pieces by the cavalry of the Eastern Expeditionary Army. All he could do was run for his life in panic. He would just go wherever there were few enemies. He had already lost his way.

"We can't walk like this. We have to find a home and ask questions. We can't just wander around like headless chickens like now," Wei He said.

"General Wei, where do we dare to show our heads now? We only dare to find uninhabited places. Wherever there are inhabited places, there are eyeliners and sentries of the Eastern Conquest Army," the guard replied with a grimace.

Wei He looked at the crowd of people waiting: "There is always a way. Let a few go out, find a remote village, and ask, you have to find out where you are now."

Late at night, these panic-stricken Qi cavalry finally found a remote village. A group of people rushed into this small village like wolves.

when they appear again. This small village seems particularly quiet.

Their war horses also disappeared. Led by Wei He, dozens of people were divided into several groups. They changed into ordinary people's clothes and left the village one after another, heading towards Qingtian in the dark night.

When the sky is bright. Several scouts from the Eastern Conquest Army followed the tracks of the war horses and found this village. Dozens of war horses were scattered in the small village. Except for the occasional neighing of the war horses, almost no human voices were heard. After a while, the roars of the scouts sounded from every corner of the village.

There are about twenty families in the village, but now, there is no one alive in any of them. From the elderly in their 70s to 80s to the infants, all of them have been killed with one knife without exception. The scouts are angry. Looking at the bloody scene, each one's teeth were chattering.

"They had no horses and could not escape very far. They were separated into two people. One of them went back to the army to report, and the other immediately notified the local government. The fleeing enemies attacked the village, slaughtered all the villagers, put on villagers' clothes, and abandoned their horses. They have already escaped in disguise," the scout captain roared angrily. "I will chase the rest of them. I can't express my hatred without cutting them into pieces."

"Follow your orders!" The scouts shouted in unison, separated into two cavalry, and the remaining people followed the scout captain in a hurry towards Qingtian. No matter where the enemy fled, they definitely wanted to reach Xiaoshan Pass in the end. Escape there and return to Langya

At Xiaoshan Pass, Zhang Hongyu has already felt the heavy pressure. The defensive position has been thinned several layers. The two battalions of Cui Chengxiu and Gao Chengdong at the front have lost more than half and have been withdrawn to rest. However, Tian Dan's attack on the opposite side is still going on. Continuing and strengthening, he had held out for six days at the Kooshan Pass. Nearly 100,000 Qi troops were blocked in front of the Kooshan Pass. The special terrain of the Kooshan Pass left Tian Dankong with tens of thousands of soldiers. Tens of thousands of troops could only attack in turns, and their numerical advantage was weakened to the extreme. If Zheng Xiaoyang hadn't demolished the Yaoshan Pass into a piece of white ground, with the fortified city of the Yaoshan Pass blocking it, I'm afraid Tian Dan would have been defeated until now. will lose all confidence in attacking and go home.

The entire defensive position is in danger and may be breached by the enemy at any time.

Zhang Hongyu stood on the highest fortress, where he could have an unobstructed view of the entire battlefield. He watched the Qi army rush towards the defensive position one after another. From time to time, there would be places that were broken through, and then at the places where they were broken through, they marched to the east. The army launched a counterattack and got entangled with the incoming enemies. Some places were successfully recovered, while other places were occupied by the enemies. Now in the entire defensive position, the enemy and ourselves are intertwined with each other like saw teeth.

"Commander, let me go!" Cui Chengxiu asked loudly, "Our unit has rested for two days and can go into battle again."

"Commander, let us go!" Gao Chengdong also shouted: "If this continues, it will be very dangerous."

Zhang Hongyu took a long breath and said, "You two battalion leaders each have more than 500 people left. Merge them together. Cui Chengxiu will be temporarily commanded, and Gao Chengdong will be his deputy, ready to attack again at any time."

"Yes!" the two shouted loudly

"Commander, a messenger has arrived and orders are coming from above." Under the fortress, an officer said loudly

"Let's go down and see if there are any new orders." Zhang Hongyu turned around and left the fort.

This fortress was several times larger than the other fortresses on the defense line, and about a hundred soldiers could be stationed inside. When Zhang Hongyu descended from the top of the fortress to the inside, the messenger, who was covered in dust, stood up, saluted Zhang Hongyu with a military salute, and said loudly : "Commander Zhang, on the orders of the Governor, convey the latest military orders to Commander Zhang."

Zhang Hongyu returned the gift, listened to the messenger's words, and asked politely: "Is the governor back?"

The messenger smiled and said: "The governor has led his troops out of Panshan. Now the army has arrived at the Niulan Mountain Camp. The cavalry led by General Gongsun Yi, the forward general of the army, has defeated 20,000 men led by Wei He in Fufeng a few days ago. The cavalry, Qi’s 20,000 cavalry no longer exist. Now the two generals are rushing towards Qingtian County, and the governor’s army will follow soon."

"Great!" Zhang Hongyu laughed loudly, ran up like a tiger, and gave the messenger a bear hug.

The messenger smiled and broke away from Zhang Hongyu, and took out the order with body temperature from his arms, "This is an order signed by the governor himself. Please sign for it, Commander Zhang."

Zhang Hongyu nodded, took the envelope, carefully inspected the lacquer seal on it, and then tore it open. After reading the first few lines, he couldn't help but raise his head in surprise, "Abandon the Taoshan Pass?"

The messenger shook his head, indicating that he did not know the contents of the letter.

An hour later, all the generals of the new First Army were gathered in front of Zhang Hongyu. When they heard the loud cheers of Fufeng's victory, they almost overturned the roof of the fortress. Isn't Guan Kushou just to create opportunities and completely annihilate this group of Qi cavalry? Now that 20,000 enemy cavalry are being commanded, their sacrifices here are finally worthy of their sacrifice.

Zhang Hongyu pressed down his hands, stopped the cheers of the generals, and said loudly: "Everyone, I have received the latest order from the Governor, we will abandon the defense of Taoshan Pass."

"What?" the general below exclaimed, "We have already won the battle at the back and reinforcements will arrive soon. Why abandon the defense?"

"That's right. Our troops have already lost hundreds of lives here. Are we going to give up like this?"

"We can still hold on, why should we give up?"

"Shut up!" Zhang Hongyu slammed the table and said sternly: "This is the governor's personal order. Are you questioning the governor?"

There was no sound immediately below

"Why should we give up? You can't understand such a simple truth? My newly formed First Army sacrificed more than 4,000 soldiers at Xiaoshanguan. How can we not avenge this? But if we stick to this place and the reinforcements arrive, we will After scaring Tian Dan away, how can we beat them? Why do we have to attract them deeper and then close the door and beat the dogs?" Zhang Hongyu yelled.

The generals were stunned at first, but they came over immediately. This was to lure the enemy deeper. It seemed that the superiors were determined to wipe out all the hundreds of thousands of Qi's troops.

"Every unit has heard clearly. At midnight tonight, we will launch a counterattack across the board. After repelling the enemy troops, we will retreat and divide the entire army into two groups. One group will be led by me and withdraw to Qingtian County. The other group will be dispersed and commanded by Chen Haoran. Go deep into the mountains on both sides of Xiaoshan Pass, and then wait for an opportunity to sneak into Langya, looking for opportunities to meet up with Zheng Xiaoyang and Ding Wei in Langya County City, or Huang Zhan in Qinglong Mountain. Now announce the specific tasks of each department."

Late at night, at midnight, the Zhengdong Army who had been defending suddenly launched a counterattack across the board. It had become accustomed to attacking on its own. The Qi Army defending the opponent was caught off guard and was repelled by the Zhengdong Army. After the Zhengdong Army succeeded in one attack, it immediately divided into two groups. The troops retreated to the deep mountains on both sides of Qingtian County, leaving the defensive gate of Xiaoshan Pass open.

While the Qi army was cheering for finally opening the defense of the Xiaoshan Pass, Gao Yuanren had already arrived at Fufeng City and was staring at the Qi army general Wei He who was being escorted in front of him (to be continued...)