"Zidu!" Xu Ziyuan ignored everything and spoke loudly, causing the other party to turn his head. "I have a parting word... General Wei has conquered the world, but if there is no war in the future, how can you, a warrior, make any achievements? These days

In the new year, you must work harder now to be able to survive in the long run!”

Maybe he only noticed Guo Tu, and Wei Yue didn't care. In addition, Xu You reminded him again, so he was silent for a while and didn't react. Instead, he simply gave the order after the other party and his group disappeared into the dusk.

The troops held torches and slowly returned north to the Handan camp.

On the other side, Yuan Shao and his party narrowly escaped death and headed south in panic, but they planned to take a detour to Liang Qi... It's not that they can't go to Yecheng, but that if Yuan Shao doesn't go to Liang Qi, then Gongsun will arrive at Liang Qi's city tomorrow and say

Maybe Yuan Jun would lose the city directly in panic. In that case, not to mention the loss of the outer defense line, he would only lose the military provisions, military supplies stored in the city, and most of the defeated troops. For Yuan Shao, it would be a loss.

A fatal blow.

By that time, even if Yuan Benchu ​​had nineteen counties in his possession, he would have no choice but to flee with all his strength lost. It was obvious that Yuan Shao had no intention of completely admitting defeat after the first battle.

However, God's will is clear... About half an hour after traveling south, suddenly, I don't know if Wei Yue regretted it, or someone noticed the movement of this group of people. To the north, there were bright lights and iron hooves, as if there was another small group.

The cavalry came galloping.

Of course, Yuan Shao and others were much more calm this time, because since they turned south, they went south specifically along a tributary of the Fu River, and carefully explored hiding places along the way. When they saw pursuers from the north, they were surprised.

The car was familiar with the road, and he immediately turned around and plunged into a reed swamp under the river embankment... In this terrain, there was really no other place to hide.

Dozens of horsemen came galloping with fire in hand. They were obviously not from Wei Yue. They passed the place where Yuan Shao and others were hiding, then turned back, then turned around again and scattered in the wilderness. Obviously, they should have noticed it from a distance.

After arriving at something, or simply discovering some traces, confirming the existence of such a group of people, but not finding a specific hiding place, they will continue to go back and forth to check the target.

And soon, these cavalrymen, who were obviously not stupid, gathered on the river embankment and took a look at the reed marsh area that was two or three miles long in front of them.

"Why don't you come down to check?" In a reed bush hundreds of steps away, Lu Xiang, who was next to Yuan Shao, had already grasped the handle of the knife, but he couldn't understand the situation for a while.

"Because it's not necessary." On the other side of Yuan Shao, Guo Tu glanced at the surrounding situation and sighed quietly. "They can set fire... let us come out on our own!"

"Then why is Chief Guo still so calm?" Lu Xiang was flustered and felt that the behavior of the surrounding scribes and Yuan Shao was simply unbelievable.

"Why can't you calm down?" Guo Tu said disapprovingly. "Regardless of whether the person coming is a subordinate of the previous 'General Wei Yue', isn't there 'Mr. Ziyuan' here? Let's just hide here."

Lu Xiang was still confused, but Yuan Shao between the two couldn't help but bowed his head in shame.

"Listen to the subordinates of the Yuan thieves in the reeds. My Sima is Xu Xing from Liaodong. He has been with General Wei for a long time. Now he is the Army Sima in charge of military law under General Changqi. He has always been true to his word... The blood stains on the river embankment are like this.

Obviously, we know that some of you must be injured, so if you wait for yourself to come out to the river embankment, whether it is fighting or surrender, the wounded will not be involved! And if you ignore it, after three times, you will have no choice but to set fire to the pond!

This is the first time!" As he spoke, there were indeed knights holding torches and proclaiming as they walked along the river embankment.

Of course, under the river embankment, Xu You sighed helplessly and prepared to stand up to deal with it. He was even mentally prepared to follow him to Gongsun Camp.

At this time, Lu Xiang just woke up... Since he was hiding here, Xu You could go forward and deal with it alone. When the other party saw Xu You, he was so satisfied that he never expected that there were so many important people below, so he discovered it.

, Xu Ziyuan can also lightly say, "Most of his soldiers are innocent in Yanzhou, please be released." At that time, as long as the accompanying soldiers do not jump out to report, Yuan Shao and others can still hide it.

Moreover, considering that these soldiers are all Yuan Shao's tiger guards, and they have never left Yuan Shao today, they would not have reached this point and made such a betrayal again.

However, just as Xu Ziyuan was holding the water and preparing to go out, someone suddenly reached out and grabbed him by his side. Xu You turned around and saw that it was Ju Suo, and he couldn't help but be confused for a moment.

"Wait a moment." Ju Suo, who was holding his ribs and half-immersed in the water, managed to lower his voice. "When I escaped from the main force and entered the reed swamp in the afternoon, there were no injured people. It was no problem to just march..."

When Xu You's heart moved, he couldn't help but nod his head. He leaned over Jushu again and waited quietly for a while.

A moment later, on the river embankment, Xu Xing's subordinates shouted again. Without waiting for Xu You to think more, someone suddenly roared out from the reed marsh in the night: "You Liaodong barbarians are bullying us!"

That's too much! I'm hiding here because I'm worried that there are some wounded among the villagers and it's inconvenient to fight. Do you really think we're afraid of you?"

Immediately, at the other end of the reed swamp, close to the knights, dozens of warriors who did not give up the war poured out. Then after a little preparation, they simply headed towards those knights from the river embankment.

Ten Cavalry launched a charge!

Not to mention how surprised Yuan Shao and others were under the river embankment, above the river embankment, Army Sima Xu Xing, a younger brother of Xu Rong and a Yi Cong of Baima, was also happy instead of angry.

In other words, Xu Xing's trip was related to Wei Yue, but had nothing to do with Yuan Shao and his party... In fact, he had set up an ambush a few miles west of Liangqi City to the east of Wei Yue, and later saw Wei Yue and others to the west.

He raised a fire and returned to camp, knowing that he would definitely frighten the enemy. There might be no more gains to the east of Liangqi City, but he was unwilling to turn back, so he simply headed south to intercept it. First, he vaguely noticed that there might be someone ahead, then he noticed the reed marsh, and finally

Only then did I notice the blood stains on the river embankment.

In short, when this person encountered the enemy at this time, he felt that his trip was worthwhile, so he was naturally excited and ordered to fight.

On one side are the defeated troops who left the battlefield and hid in the reed swamps; on the other side are the pursuers who patrolled the surrounding areas after the victory and tried to clear out the meritorious service; on the other side are the infantry who have abandoned their helmets and armor and only have weapons; on the other side are the infantry who are fully armored and organized.

Complete cavalry; on one side are ordinary troops, on the other side are military judges and attendants... Logically speaking, the outcome should be clear, otherwise how could these cavalry regard this pursuit as hunting?

This seems to be the case. As soon as the two sides joined forces, the horse-powered cavalry instantly took advantage. Many infantrymen on the opposite side fell down the river embankment in embarrassment to avoid the horses. More people were stabbed to death by spears.

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However, among this group of infantry, there was a giant man with a large shield on his back who stood out. He was standing in the middle of the river embankment. He calmly took off his shield and went to fight. After that, he held a shield in one hand.

Holding an iron halberd as tall as a person in one hand, he charged directly against dozens of cavalry. Then, in the chaos of the battle, he used his shield to block and slow down the momentum of the horses, and swung the iron halberd horizontally to sweep away the people on the horses.

Perhaps these cavalry were too arrogant. After a charge, the infantry were completely defeated, but this giant man actually killed several cavalry with a shield and a halberd, standing alone on the battlefield.

Xu Xing, who was behind him, saw that he was getting close to what his attendants said was the boat capsized in the reed marsh, and he couldn't help but get angry. In addition to today's victory, he felt arrogant and arrogant, and actually slapped the horse forward in person.

Seeing this, the surrounding knights did not dare to neglect. Dozens of cavalry who had already charged immediately used the height advantage of their horses to drive away the remaining enemy infantry, reserve the battlefield, and held up torches to illuminate the battlefield. Two armored guards who had been guarding the area closely followed them.

Follow Xu Xing for support!

But the giant man was still not afraid. He stood on the river bank with a shield in one hand and a halberd in the other. He actually wanted to face the three cavalry head-on again!

This made Xu Xing and the other two people sneer and become even more angry, and they continued to speed up.

As they approached, the two knights suddenly accelerated and came first. They launched their spears from the left and right together in a tacit understanding... One high and one low, the taller one stabbed down from the shield, trying to kill the man with all his strength, while the lower one looked in from the side.

When he came out, he tried to catch the person who crossed the shield for a moment and stabbed the person from the bottom of the shield.

Two killing moves met. It was easy to dodge one of them, but difficult to dodge both, not to mention that behind these two riders there was Xu Xing, who had outstanding martial arts.

However, this giant man was not in a hurry. On the one hand, he dwarfed his body and lowered his center of gravity. On the other hand, he suddenly raised his shield high and faced the two spears directly with his big shield!

Conflicts intertwined, and the horses were galloping with great force. The two cavalrymen felt a huge force coming from the spears. Almost all their wrists were frustrated, as if they were dislocated, but they quickly let go under instinct... In fact, this

It is a common way for cavalry to be injured when charging. In every battle, countless knights will be injured due to this injury.

However, no matter what, the cavalry will certainly break their wrists due to this, but relatively speaking, if they collide head-on, the infantry who can withstand the force instantly will not be far behind, let alone the person who takes the initiative to meet him with his shield.

However, since the two cavalrymen lost control and lost their long soldiers, and each had their wrists bruised, they were shocked to find that the giant man was fighting against two people, and he didn't show any intention of being frustrated! Not only that, after he deflected the two spears, in the blink of an eye, he took advantage of the lightning.

At the moment when the two knights lost their combat effectiveness, he swung his shield to the right and turned around with the iron halberd behind him to strike back to the left... In other words, his body was huge, but he was extremely flexible. He was able to withstand the huge force of the war horse and still follow the trend.

Easily jump up in the air and counterattack from both sides!

On the river embankment, the knight on the right was hit by a big shield from behind, and he, his horse, and his shield all rolled down the embankment. He didn't know whether he was dead or alive. The knight on the left was more direct, and the iron halberd came across, and he was thrown out of the horse.

It was hung on the twig of the iron halberd, as if it was dead and could no longer die.

Xu Xing was furious, and his horse's momentum did not decrease. He charged forward and thrust with all his strength. The giant man had lost his shield, but regardless of the fact that there was still a person hanging on the iron halberd, he held the halberd upside down and blocked it with the halberd handle! However, Xu Xing

He has excellent riding skills. When he was in front of the opponent and his spear was swung away by the opponent with his halberd handle, he actually used his legs to forcefully control the horse.

The white horse that came from outside the wall was restrained for a moment, and could only lift its front hooves with all its strength, and then slammed it down with its whole body weight.

The giant man didn't have time to lift his halberd, so he had no choice but to run away in confusion.

This is exactly what Xu Xing wanted. While the war horse was still galloping in the air, he had already pulled out the ring-headed sword from his waist. However, this giant man seemed to know the importance. Since he was already bare-handed, he was

The opponent was on his side, unable to hide, but he simply made a fist with one hand and smashed it hard into the eyes of the horse in front of him!

The cavalrymen holding torches in the distance were stunned, and Yuan Shao and others who saw the general situation of the battle from a distance were stunned. The northern horse was knocked down by the giant man's punch, and there was no neighing sound.

He seemed to have died on the spot!

Then, the giant man pulled Xu Xing, who had already broken a leg, out from under his horse, but did not do anything. Instead, he yelled at the dozens of cavalrymen on the other side of the river embankment: "I won't hide it from you either.

It is true that many villagers are injured and are hiding in the reeds. Moreover, you have just killed and injured many of my villagers. The battle has reached this point. We should have taken revenge, but you Sima and the man under the river embankment are probably equally seriously injured. If we fight again,

What's the point of going down? Let me tell you, enough people have died today. Don't set a fire. I won't kill this person. Let's exchange injuries for injuries and retreat. How about it?!"

Xu Xing was dragged by his armor, and one of his legs was broken. He could only endure the pain and said: "Our army has strict laws and I am the commander of the army. You have to tell me. What's the use of talking to them?"

Only then did the giant man wake up, but he carefully placed the person in his hand on the white horse corpse, and then continued to ask: "You can make the decision, maybe you can answer me?!"

"No!" Xu Xing replied simply while leaning on the horse corpse, panting. "There is a clear law in the army... If an officer is kidnapped, he is not allowed to respond. He can only attack with all his strength regardless of life or death!"

"What's wrong with you!" The giant man was furious. "You have horses and bows. I'm not afraid of you breaking your promise, but you shouldn't do it?!"

"How can I break the law as a military commander?!" Xu Xing sneered and said. "And my name is Zi Xin... How could I break my promise and cheat you temporarily in order to survive? Although I am not as brave as you, can I?

Are you afraid of death?

At this point, Xu Xingfu tried his best to order his stunned subordinates in the distance: "This man is brave and cannot be fought at close range... With the help of the cavalry, he killed me with a crossbow... But the wounded among the reeds can be spared."

...If you surrender, you can still have a few horses with them..."

Before he finished speaking, Dian Wei, who had woken up, slapped Xu Xing. Finally, Xu Xing couldn't hold on anymore and tilted his head on top of the horse corpse... It was as if he was beaten and the fractured leg was extremely painful before he passed out.

Already.

The giant man became more and more powerless. He picked up the iron halberd and wanted to kill this man. However, he thought that this man had clearly spared the wounded villagers in the reeds and had no intention of doing anything good after killing him. Therefore, he suddenly

Can't take action.

However, he was not the only one who couldn't take action. The other knights who had already defeated the infantry were looking at each other. Now they saw him slap him in the face first and then hold the iron halberd in his hand. However, an officer stepped forward with a spear.

Opposite: "Don't do anything, just follow your words... Just return my Sima, and we will let your countrymen go. While my Sima is still unconscious, we can leave quickly."
To be continued...