The big man is on the run

Chapter 190 The Besieged Yuan Xi

"Young master, you can't go north any more."

Yuan Xi looked at Ju Shou who was standing in front of his horse with displeasure.

Now Yuan Shao's eldest son, Yuan Tan, occupies Qingzhou alone, and his third son, Yuan Shang, was taken captive to Chang'an after the Battle of Yecheng. Only he has neither Yuan Shao's favor nor his own territory. Can inherit Yuan Shao's foundation?
By sitting in Yecheng?Opportunities to perform are earned.

Moreover, taking a step back, Yuan Xi cared more about this war than anyone else.

There is no other reason, just because Yuan Shao promised to conquer Youzhou, let him be the governor of Youzhou!
But if Yuan Shao retreated because the army invaded Changshan County and threatened the supply line of Qinghe Kingdom, then if Youzhou was not defeated, wouldn't his position as governor of Youzhou be lost?
This is absolutely intolerable to Yuan Xi.

Of course, as for whether Yuan Shao would be defeated in the First World War, not to mention Yuan Xi never thought about this kind of thing, even Liu Yi didn't think about it.

Liu Yi's initial motive for sending troops was to rescue the besieged Gongsun Zan.

Therefore, in terms of his future territory and his position in Yuan Shao's heart, Yuan Xi would take the initiative to enter the army.

At this point, Ju Shou can't stop him anyway.

Seeing that Yuan Xi was so resolute, Ju Shou couldn't say anything more. In fact, he could more or less guess what Yuan Xi was thinking.

"Young Master, there is still nearly a hundred miles of road between Gaoyi City and Yuanshi City. This road is full of plains, unobstructed and unobstructed. There is not even a small river or hills. Our army is all infantry. It is really dangerous. Why don't you rest in Gaoyi City first, wait until tomorrow, and then set off, it will only take two days, why worry?"

Yuan Xi was almost angry in his heart, this Ju Shou was not his own, and he had always advocated the establishment of his elder brother Yuan Tan, but he never thought that it would be fine if he didn't support him, and now he would try to obstruct him.

"Don't the Ju Supervisor Army know what is the most important thing? Changshan County is in such a critical situation that they can't wait to fly over with wings. How can they rest? Keep marching!"

Qiu Huhu was still exuding his prestige, and a large number of left-behind soldiers who could be called "old, weak, sick and disabled" were forced by military orders to leave Gaoyi City, which was close at hand, and continued to set off for Yuanshi City, Changshan County, in the northwest.

These soldiers were collected by Yuan Xi from the cities of Handan, Yiyang, Guangnian, Nanhe, and Ren counties along the way from Yecheng. .

Those with combat effectiveness have long been taken by Yuan Shao to conquer Youzhou in the north.

Therefore, not only the equipment is not good, the combat effectiveness is not good, but the morale is really low.

When the march reached dusk, the soldiers who had walked for a day were already staggering, and the flag was dragging on the ground, raising dust all over the sky.

"Report~"

Just then, a sentry came to report.

Jushou's heart clenched instinctively, and a terrible thought rose in his mind.

"What's the matter?" Yuan Xi frowned.

"Fifty miles away, there is a large enemy army attacking! The dust raised by the cavalry covered the sky, and there were at least ten thousand people!"

"what?!"

Yuan Xi's face turned pale with shock, Guan Jun, how could he have such guts?

But now it was too late to say anything about regret, Yuan Xi finally panicked, and he looked at Jushou as if asking for help.

Jushou's face was also pale, but he managed to squeeze out a smile: "Don't worry, my lord. Fortunately, the scouts are far away, and the enemy army is still fifty miles away. I'm afraid they won't arrive in time before dark. Don't rush to meet them, or Dig trenches and build fortifications in the same place, no one can be helpless on the plain, and a fortress is better than none."

"There are still fifty miles, can't we retreat?"

Ju Shou lost even the last trace of his smile. Looking at the second young master who had never fought before, he sighed and said, "The law of war says that those who are invincible must defend themselves."

After all, he got on his horse and galloped away. He was going to dispatch the only cavalry to expand the search area and set up a warning area.

After Jushou left, Yuan Xi, who was teased faintly back, had his heart beating faster and faster, and his palms were already soaked in sweat.

He knew that there was nothing he could do now.

"Dig a trench! Dig quickly!"

Yuan Xi yelled loudly and kept riding his horse to urge his soldiers to act quickly. Some of them who looked lazy would be beaten hard until their flesh was bloody, but the effect was not obvious.

"My lord, it's dusk now, and it seems to be raining at night, I'm afraid."

A personal guard reminded.

"Trash! Are you pigs? You have to dig too! If the enemy comes, how will we survive?"

Yuan Xi directly drew his knife and killed the guard.

The surrounding soldiers turned pale with fright, but they could only respond and quickly went to dig.

Yuan Xi stood in place, staring blankly at the setting sun in the sky, watching the setting sun fall into the horizon, the image of Yuan Shao appeared in his mind, and he suddenly felt his own powerlessness.

He really wanted to do something to prove himself.

The soldiers, who had been exhausted all day, resisted their exhaustion and began to dig field fortifications in the afterglow of the setting sun.

At some point, small but very dense raindrops floated in the sky.

The raindrops in the sky, falling with the wind, soon covered Yuan Xi's face, making him feel no trace of warmth, only coldness, this coldness was even more biting than snowflakes in winter.

"It's raining, so it's not easy for the cavalry to attack?" Yuan Xi murmured.

But then it turned into frustration again, Yuan Xi couldn't help feeling agitated as he looked at the ground that had started to become muddy under his feet.

It's all because of that Fengji!

If it wasn't for that guy persuading him time and time again, how could he come here and encounter such a terrible situation.

However, that guy doesn't have to endure wind and rain in Yecheng now, and he doesn't have to face the enemy.Damn it, I must persuade Grandpa to kill him when I go back!

Just as Yuan Xi was gnashing his teeth secretly, the sound of rumbling horseshoes suddenly sounded in the distance. The sound was deafening and made his heart contract violently.

An extremely bad premonition rose from the depths of his heart.

"Report, the enemy is attacking!" A scout hurriedly galloped forward.

"How many people are there? Can they still fight at night?"

At this time, more than an hour had passed unconsciously, Yuan Xi's eyes flickered, and he looked at the scouts.

"The one who came was Ma Chao, a fierce general from Xiliang! The enemy cavalry has tens of thousands of troops, but it seems that they have no plans to fight at night, but they are surrounded by enemies, and our people have already been pushed back here." The scout replied.

Ma Chao, that is a fierce general under the command of the Son of Heaven. He once defeated Yan Liang and Wen Chou in Hedong. Yuan Xi had heard of his bravery a long time ago, but now when he thinks that he has to face such a tiger and wolf general alone, he can't help but feel a little frightened.

What frightened him even more was that in the dark night, the enemy's low and long horns sounded from all directions.

Inexplicably, Yuan Xi remembered a word.

— Besieged on all sides!
(End of this chapter)