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Chapter 434 Ambush
Just when Zhang Yun and Liu Bei were about to give up Yicheng and retreat to Zhonglu, they didn't know that Liu Jing had planned to build dikes and canals a few days ago, set up banners, and sent Gan Ning, Han Guang, and Liu Bei secretly to build momentum. Liang and others will ride tens of thousands of people and lie down in the valley in the northwest of Yicheng.

That's right, this is where the barbarians live. Not long after Yi Wang Meiping fled back to Zhuzhong, Liu Jingjun came to kill him. Mei Ping thought that Liu Jingjun was here to encircle and suppress him. While sending envoys to ask for surrender.

In order to show sincerity to Liu Jing, Mei Ping did not hesitate to send his eldest son Mei Fu.All the people in the future have been instructed by Liu Jing to comfort Mei Ping, Mei Fu and his son, and then wait for Zhang Yun and Liu Bei to throw themselves into the trap.

When the cock crowed, Zhang Yun and Liu Bei ordered the soldiers to have a full meal, and then abandoned all their belongings, even the seriously wounded, and the whole army went out of Yicheng in a file and headed northwest.

Zhonglu is about a hundred miles away from Yicheng, and the army of the Han Dynasty usually traveled forty to fifty miles a day, but if they marched urgently, they could also travel a hundred miles a day. The Jingzhou army prepared to rush back to Zhonglu in one day.

At first Zhang Yun and Liu Bei were still a little scared, but seeing that Liu Jingjun hadn't chased after him, their hearts sank slightly.

But they still didn't dare to take it lightly, without stopping on the way, they ran for dozens of miles in one breath, and by the time of food, they had already traveled more than half of the journey.

The Jingzhou army had been driving for half a day. The soldiers were tired and hungry, and they were staggering. Someone suggested that Zhang Yun take a rest before continuing on the road.

Zhang Yun refused without even thinking about it. Now they are not out of danger, and Liu Jingjun may chase them at any time.He planned to travel another ten miles, and it would not be too late to rest after crossing the Weishui River. Even if Liu Jingjun came after him, he could only look at each other across the water, and there was nothing he could do about them.

In order to get out of danger as soon as possible, the soldiers of the Jingzhou Army had no choice but to grit their teeth and continue on their way.

"Here we come..." Gan Ning stood halfway up the mountain, watching the Jingzhou army coming from south to north.Although this Jingzhou army has experienced a major defeat, there are still 8000 to [-] people. During the march, the dust is flying and it is quite powerful.

However, Liu Jing's army is much larger, with tens of thousands of riders, and they treat near to far, leisure to work, and food to eat... Facing the Jingzhou army, Liu Jing's army can be said to have the upper hand. .

Gan Ning issued an order to all the ministries to cover their flags, silence their drums, and to be silent. Han Guang on the other side also issued the same order.

Not a moment later, the front of the Jingzhou Army stepped into the ambush site and headed north all the way.

The generals of Liu Jingjun lay down in the valleys and dense forests on both sides of the road, lying or sitting, holding their bows and crossbows full, holding their breath, allowing the front of the Jingzhou Army to pass in front of them, waiting patiently for the opportunity.

The officers and men of the Jingzhou army just kept their heads on their way, unaware that they had fallen into an ambush.

When all the Jingzhou army entered the ambush circle, there was a loud drumbeat in the mountains and forests. Liu Jingjun's crossbowmen shouted and launched an attack. Arrows flew towards the Jingzhou army like a storm.

"Hey...hehe...hehe..."

Waves of dense arrow rain poured down, and the Jingzhou army marched lightly. There were few armored soldiers, and the soldiers were unprepared.

"It's over..." Zhang Yun and Liu Bei looked at each other, feeling a chill in their hearts.They have been guarding against Liu Jing's army chasing from behind, but they don't want Liu Jing to set up an ambush here in advance.

"So, it is fake to store water to irrigate the city, just to force me to abandon the city and leave in order to ambush halfway?" Zhang Yun and Liu Bei quickly reacted, and their faces couldn't hide their shock.

It turned out that every decision they made before was not for themselves. They were like puppets on strings, played by Liu Jing in the palm of his hand without knowing it.Such a discovery is really hard to accept.

"Kill...kill..."

After several rounds of arrow rain, Gan Ning and Han Guang, one on the left and one on the right, rushed out from the valley and dense forest, attacking the chaotic Jingzhou army in the road.

Gan Ning took the lead, like a fierce tiger, swooped down from the mountain, and crashed into the Jingzhou army first, swinging his two halberds left and right, invincible.The trilogy followed closely behind, rushing up the road, and met the Jingzhou army head-to-head.

The soldiers of the Jingzhou Army had driven tens of miles in a row, and they were exhausted both mentally and physically, and they were a bit powerless even facing bows and crossbows, let alone fighting hand-to-hand.Once the two sides fought, the Jingzhou army would collapse at the touch of a touch, and flee in all directions.

On the other side, Han Guang was equally powerful. The two of them, one on the left and one on the right, launched a tidal wave of attacks on the Jingzhou army's front, middle, and rear. The Jingzhou army was instantly torn apart and defeated.

At the same time, Liu Liang personally led the second battalion of cavalry, galloped out of the dense forest behind, and charged the Jingzhou army from behind.

Seeing the cavalry rushing in like a storm, the Jingzhou soldiers who were behind were terrified and did not dare to fight against them. The soldiers uttered a cry and scattered like birds and beasts.

Liu Liang led the second battalion of cavalry, like a sharp knife, drove straight in all the way, and the Jingzhou army waved and cracked wherever they passed, and no one dared to stop them.

Zhang Yun and Liu Bei saw that the [-]-odd army was collapsing at a speed visible to the naked eye. Even Sun and Wu Fusheng might not be able to recover. The two of them had a tacit understanding at this moment, they looked at each other, and decisively abandoned the army and fled.

Zhang Yun and Liu Bei have done things like cutting off the wrists of a strong man not once or twice, without any psychological burden, it can be said to be decisive.

And it was this determination that allowed them to escape successfully before Liu Jingjun completed the encirclement.

At this time, Liu Liang was leading the cavalry to charge in the rear, while Gan Ning and Han Guang lacked cavalry. In the end, they could only watch Zhang Yun and Liu Bei break through the blockade with more than [-] cavalry and leave.

When Liu Liang led the cavalry to arrive, Zhang Yun and Liu Bei had already left for a long time. Unwilling, Liu Liang led his cavalry to chase after him. Unfortunately, he chased all the way to the bank of Weishui, but he did not see Zhang Yun, Liu Bei and others, so Liu Liang had no choice but to He gave up the pursuit and instead captured the Jingzhou army's rout.

When Liu Liang and his cavalry escorted several times their number of prisoners back, Gan Ning and Han Guang had already finished fighting.

Because the Jingzhou army was exhausted before the battle, the soldiers had no fighting spirit, so more than 5000 Jingzhou troops surrendered, and more than a thousand people fled in the chaos, and only a few hundred died in the battle.Liu Jingjun's casualties were minimal.It's a pity that Zhang Yun and Liu Bei escaped, otherwise this would be a perfect ambush.

The good news came back in the afternoon, when Liu Jing was no longer in the barracks, but in Yicheng.

After Zhang Yun and Liu Bei fled, the officials and people in Yicheng were very interested. Before dawn, they brought Niujiu to the barracks to meet Liu Jing and offered the city to surrender.

The state of Bi, more than ten miles north of Yicheng, also surrendered after hearing the news.

So far, of the seventeen counties in Nanjun, except Xiangyang and Zhonglu, the other fifteen counties have all fallen into Liu Jing's hands.

Next, it is to go straight to Huanglong...

(End of this chapter)