Three Kingdoms: The Yellow Turbans finally revolt

Chapter 339 Last Stand, That's All?

Taking advantage of the darkness and marching under the light of the moon, Sun Jian hurried on his way, trying to stay ahead of Li Jue as much as possible.

If Li Jue will come.

In terms of distance, Sun Jian has a certain advantage, and can get to Tuanshui faster.

In terms of intelligence, Sun Jian knew Qiao Rui's clear marching route, so he could infer the exact location of crossing the river. Moreover, there were many peaks and luxuriant vegetation on both sides of the turbulent water.

On the other hand, Li Jue had a basic understanding of the road conditions in the Tuanshui area, but he didn't know the details. He traveled all the way through mountains and valleys, taking shortcuts. According to the distance, they would be ahead of Qiao Rui, which was convenient for setting up an ambush.

After everything is in place, there is only a long wait left.

Qiao Rui was ordered to support him and marched all the way until he came to the north ferry of Liguo. As the name suggests, the Tuanshui River is fast-flowing.

Everything went as planned, Qiao Rui ordered to cross the river.

The boats crossed the turbulent water, and soon after the bridge came ashore, they felt something was wrong. I didn’t say how busy Li Guobei Ferry was in the past, but it would not be so empty. After all, this is the only passage connecting several large counties. , but the downstream Champion Ferry is usually not the top choice because of the long distance.

"Qiao Sheng, send someone to look around to see if there is anything wrong. Now this ferry is really deserted."

The general led the order to go, the flags were submerged in the mountains, and Qiao Rui felt relieved after being prepared, but just as he breathed a sigh of relief, there was suddenly the sound of hurried horseshoes.

"Urgent report! Urgent report! There is an enemy ambush! There is an enemy ambush!"

Yiqi suddenly sprang out from the forest and sounded the alarm.

Several arrows were chased out from the forest. Although there were trees blocking them, it looked sparse, but the cavalry was unlucky, and an arrow was hit in the back, and immediately fell off the horse.

The cavalry was sent out by Qiao Rui to investigate the mountains in the north. His accident meant that there was an enemy attack in the north.

Qiao Rui looked at the river immediately as if he was approaching the enemy. There were just over two thousand people crossing the river, more than half of them.

"Battle formation!" Qiao Rui gave an order, and many soldiers began to line up.

But just crossing the river, the materials, horses, and personnel were all mixed up, and the scene was very embarrassing. Even if there was an order, even if it was placed, the feedback might not be good.

At this time, many soldiers couldn't find the north. In such a chaotic "formation", a light cavalry suddenly appeared in the forest. Continuously shoot arrows into the formation.

"Cavalry archers!" Qiao Rui recognized it at a glance, as if facing a formidable enemy, "Unexpectedly, Li Jue would dare to come and intercept me!"

"Brother, there is a rumbling sound in the forest, and it seems that a large army is rushing out." Qiao Sheng, a brother of Qiao Rui, said.

Qiao Rui glanced at the forest to the north. As expected, a cavalry protruded from the forest and charged straight towards his formation. Looking at the posture, the number of them was no less than his side.

Faced with such an offensive, there is little chance of winning, and it seems that failure is a foregone conclusion.

Before reaching the front line, he was about to lose his troops and generals. It seemed that this time, he had committed a great crime!

Just when Qiao Rui was in despair, Sun Jian was leading Han Dang and Huang Gai to watch a play on a hill not far away.

"My lord, the two armies are already at war, will our army fight out?" Huang Gai asked.

Sun Jian shook his head: "Wait a little longer."

Han Dang kept his composure and watched the enemy carefully. At this time, the cavalry of Li Jue's army had rushed into Qiaorui's battle formation and began to tear apart Qiaorui's formation. .

"My lord, General Qiao won't be able to last long in such an almost one-sided battle. When will our army attack?"

"Wait a little longer." Sun Jian said again.

Qiao Rui tried his best to maintain the position in the formation, but Li Jue's Xiliang army charged extremely fiercely, and this battle was very unexpected. When the front army was completely broken through and the soldiers began to flee, Qiao Rui was able to form a group in the middle army. Good protection.

The cavalry rushed to the front of the tread, and most of the potential energy of the charge had been eliminated. Their weapons clanged and rattled, adding to the spears and halberds of the central army formation.

When Li Jue saw this, he was immediately annoyed, and came over with a knife and slapped his horse. With a "Hula", he cut off several wooden spears that had come here, and with another knife, three Yuan Jun died. Didn't even see how he pulled out the knife.

On the slope, the three of them still waited and watched.

"That Qiao Rui has some skills, and he actually resisted!" Han Dang said casually.

Sun Jian sneered, but he admired Qiao Rui a little in his heart. It was really possible to fight an unprepared battle like this, at least not completely defeated.

"Send the order, attack!" Sun Jian ordered.

Suddenly, Sun Jian's army, who had been in ambush for a long time, suddenly rose up and attacked Li Jue's army from everywhere.

When Li Jue saw it, he was taken aback for a moment, and then he realized that he had been ambushed by Sun Jian.

Unexpectedly, he did not hide the truth from Sun Jian when he acted overnight, and in this way, Sun Jian must have seen through the emptiness of Xi County.

At this time, Sun Jian probably arranged for another army to attack Xi County.

"I got it!" Li Jue cursed secretly, gritted his teeth, and slashed hard, moving the head of a Yuan Jun again.

"Withdraw, withdraw at full speed!"

After making repeated decisions, Li Jue ordered to retreat.

The goal of attacking Qiaorui in this battle has been achieved, and it is very difficult to go further. Although he was targeted by Sun Jian, the casualties of the entire army are controllable. If he can retreat smoothly, his goal can be considered...

"Hurry up, don't tell the Xiliang thieves to run away!" Sun Jian shouted.

Then, a strange scene appeared from the mountains near Li country.

A soldier and horse fled in front, and a soldier and horse chased after him. The two sides fought and retreated. Sometimes they fought together, and sometimes they separated...

After running all the way, heading northwest...

Li Jue ran out of a forest, and in front of him was an open field, and in the distance, was the mountain that pinched Xi County.

"It's here!" Li Jue was overjoyed, finally getting out of Sun Jian's clutches!

Suddenly, a strange soldier and horse suddenly appeared in sight, directly blocking the way.

That is--

"Cheng Pu!" Li Jue cursed.

Sure enough, Sun Jian sent people here to wait for work at leisure. Li Jue's eyes were red, the result of not sleeping all night, and he looked at the place blocking the way ahead with a very strange expression.

What is hard for others to notice is that every time Li Jue turned his face, the corners of his mouth would rise slightly, as if he was hiding something, he was clearly trying to escape, but he also escaped calmly.

I really thought that I was waiting for work with leisure, Sun Wentai, don't you know what it means to pray for a mantis to catch a cicada, and for the oriole to follow!
At this moment, Sun Jian saw a sudden change in the soldiers and horses in front of him. The soldiers and horses had been in a horizontal line, and suddenly broke into two pieces. Another cavalry came out from the middle and came straight to Li Jue.

At first glance, they are dressed in iron armor and holding iron guns, all of them are majestic, decisive, and there are many people.

After the former army separated Cheng Pu's soldiers and horses, they didn't stop, while reaping their lives, they rushed to Li Jue and stepped forward to meet him.

Sun Jian was a little dumbfounded. He never expected that Li Jue also had a backup. Obviously, this army did not belong to Xixian County originally, but a newcomer...

Sun Jian glanced at the banner, it was "Zhang".

Zhang Ji?Why is Zhang Ji so fast?According to the information, he should have a few more days!

As soon as Sun Jian raised his hand, he stopped and shouted: "Stop the pursuit, withdraw the troops and return to the camp, tell the soldiers not to pursue, and go back to eat."

Sun Jian withdrew, and Cheng Pu also withdrew upon seeing this. With Zhang Ji's arrival, the local situation had to be reshuffled...

……

On March [-]th, it was sunny and the spring was infinitely good.

For Ye County, today is a big day.

Today is the day when the Yecheng Academy is completed. If you don't give up because of this, Liu Qing will have gone to Youzhou long ago. Now at the border of Youzhou, the supplies have been prepared, the food and grass are in place, and more importantly, Gongsun Zan's army has also arrived. Once in place, wait for Liu Qing to negotiate in person.

Although Puyu is not considered a country, it can only be regarded as a large tribe, with many small tribes divided into it. In this way, there is a lot of room for negotiation.

Everything is waiting for Liu Qing.

Today is Liu Qing's home game, and Cai Yan has been by her side all the time. Now she has two identities, one is the Queen of Bohai Sea, and the other is a new academic official who is in charge of college affairs. Of course, she is now an intern.

There are so many guests today, except for the Bohai king and his wife, Xun Yu, Guo Jia, Tian Feng, Dian Wei, Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao and Xu Huang are all there.

The most important guest today is naturally Mr. Hu Zhao.

This is also the first time that Hu Zhao has really contributed to Liu Qing after he came out of the mountain. Although Yecheng Academy seems to be alone now, it will not be long before this name will gradually become famous, and finally resound throughout the world.

And next year, Longshan Academy will be gradually completed.

It will, no surprise, be a big event.

After a busy morning, it felt like half a day had passed, but the hour hadn't arrived. In the morning, only the trembling of the announcement was exciting, but Liu Qing felt even more sleepy. Although Zhao Ji didn't say it clearly , but looking at her standing can doze off.

This shows how boring such a boring opening ceremony is.

It is really not easy to catch auspicious time.

……

Li Jue returned to Xixian County, fought all night, his eyelids were swollen, his eyes were bloodshot, and he suffered some minor injuries. After returning to the city, he was always aggrieved.

Originally, it was halfway to hit the bridge, but it was "crossed" halfway.

"Brother Li Jue, calm down!" Zhang Ji persuaded, "Come here, remove the general's armor!"

A group of guards stepped forward to help, but were dispersed by Li Jue. Li Jue slammed into the case and sat down, not wanting to do anything else.

"Brother Zhang Ji, it's fortunate that you arrived in time, otherwise, I, Li Jue, might have died on the spot! I don't thank you for your kindness, and I, Li Jue, will definitely not refuse any suggestions from the general in the future!" Li Jue said.

"The general is serious. Mr. Dong gave me a heavy order, but I took it lightly. I left my luggage and led the cavalry to come first." Zhang Ji said, pouring himself a jug of wine, and drank it all: " But having said that, Brother Li Jue, you are really bold in using troops, if you put all your troops up, if you lose anything, you will lose everything."

Li Jue showed embarrassment, and nodded: "It is true that I underestimated Sun Jian. His strategy is no longer inferior to mine, and this time he almost stumbled."

Zhang Ji thought for a while, then asked again: "Brother Li Jue, now that Sun Jian has Qiao Rui's support, he might be even more difficult to deal with."

Li Jue didn't agree with each other, took a sip, and said, "Brother Zhang Ji, I'm looking at Luoyang, what news do you have?"

"Luoyang can have any news, but Fan Chou died in the battle of Dongjun."

"Fan Chou..." Li Jue's heart palpitated, Fan Chou was considered his old comrade-in-arms, "The Yuan family is really hateful, if there is a chance, I will definitely kill him!"

"Thanks to the King of Bohai, we won the battle of Dongjun, otherwise General Xu Rong might be in danger." Zhang Ji said.

"Even General Xu Rong is in danger? Who is the other party?"

When Zhang Ji thought about it, he might as well say what he said last time, "Yan Liangwen Chou under Yuan Shao's account, there were six generals, and King Chen of Chen State. Fan Chou died under King Chen's random arrows, and there were also Guo Tu planned for it."

Li Jue took a breath, sighed, and said, "For war, we still have to watch the King of Bohai. If we can all do the same, why worry about thieves!"

After finishing speaking, with a "bang", he fell headlong on the case.

Li Jue was so sleepy that he fought and fled overnight.

Zhang Ji sighed, didn't speak, waved his hand and dismissed the camp guards, let Li Jue sleep peacefully, and went out by himself.

Visit the barracks.

……

Sun Jian also returned to the camp, this battle was hard to describe.

Although Li Jue was fooled and killed some enemies, Li Jue ran away as soon as he saw others, so he didn't gain anything in the end.

In the final stage, Zhang Ji's sudden appearance completely disrupted his plan. Not only did he fail to encircle and suppress Li Jue, but Cheng Pu's formation received a strong impact from Zhang Ji's cavalry, causing a lot of losses.

"Li Jue is a good planner, no wonder he can put all his eggs in one basket! Now that we want to take the county, we can only build it with a siege cloud vehicle." Sun Jian said angrily.

Cheng Pu cupped his hands and said, "My lord, it's all careless generals who didn't notice Zhang Ji. When our army's formation spread out and he rushed over suddenly, it was already too late..."

"There is nothing wrong with morality. Victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs. Besides, we are not considered a defeat in this battle. In terms of gains, our army is still good, but General Qiao Rui seems to be a little bit miserable."

Being shot and attacked, it can be said that he was attacked by Li Jue head-on.

"Now he is rectifying the troops and horses, and he will come to meet up in a few days. At that time, our army will surpass Li Jue and Zhang Ji in numbers. See you Zhenzhang then!"

……

When Liu Qing woke up for the second time, Cai Yan had already packed his things.

Dian Wei also assembled the Imperial Guard Battalion and Tiger Guard Battalion, Zhao Yun and Chen Bing outside the city, ready to go at any time.

"Husband, how long will this trip to Youzhou take?" Cai Yan asked.

Liu Qing thought for a while, this question is hard to answer.

"It's not known yet." Liu Qing said, "It shouldn't be too long!"

He added another sentence.

"Oh." Cai Yan responded obediently, "Everything is packed, and it's getting late."

Liu Qing got up, stepped forward and hugged Cai Yan from behind, and said softly: "It won't be too long, I promise."

Cai Yan nodded, arching her head like a cat.

"You and Mr. Hu Zhao have discussed the matter of the academy. If you need anything, just tell Xun Yu. I have already explained to him."

"got it."

"Okay, my king is leaving."

Cai Yan suddenly turned around and hugged Liu Qing...

……

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