Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 53. Chasing and Killing
"kill!!!"

Feng Xi's cavalry was like wolves entering a flock of sheep, and they started killing people without restraint. Sun Huan's rear army was in retreat, so they only had minimal defenses, and they didn't know how many enemies there were in the dark, so they were in chaos for a while.

"Those who are willing to return to my Han army, put down your weapons and squat on the side of the road! If you dare to continue to resist, don't blame me for being merciless!"

Feng Xi took out his loud speaker and shouted again, and his soldiers also charged forward while shouting loudly, "Surrender your weapons and you will not be killed."

Sun Huan's rear army was defeated instantly. Countless soldiers stuck their torches into the ground, squatted on the roadside with their heads in their hands, and dared not resist anymore.

"Asshole! Damn Feng Xi! Damn Wu Ban! I will avenge him someday!"

Sun Huan heard the movement of the rear army and saw the enemy charging straight towards the central army like a hot knife cutting through butter. He guessed what had happened, but Sun Huan was helpless at the moment and could only keep cursing his men for being useless.

"General Sun, a gentleman should not stand under a dangerous wall. It is better to..."

Li Yi came up from the side and the meaning of his words was very clear, that is, it would be better for Sun Huan to abandon the army and save his life.

"Damn it... All the troops are here to stop the enemy! Stop them! Stop them!"

However, Sun Huan secretly ordered his own troops and other generals to speed up and leave the place while the central army was preparing to resist the pursuers.

"General Sun ran away!"

The soldiers were not fools. After resisting for a while, they found that Sun Huan and those generals had all run away, and the situation became chaotic.

When Feng Xi's men reached the central army, except for a few stubborn elements who refused to surrender and were killed on the spot, most of Guan Yu's surrendered soldiers were tied up and squatted obediently on the side of the road, not daring to move.

"Yi Zhong! You take a few hundred people and stay behind to guard the prisoners. Go back with a few people and ask General Wu to come and help. The rest of you will follow me to continue hunting down Sun Huan!"

Feng Xi, who learned from a few soldiers that Sun Huan had escaped, did not stop. He asked Fu Rong to stay and comfort the surrendered soldiers, while he and Zhang Nan continued to chase and kill Sun Huan.

"General Sun! Something terrible has happened! The enemy is catching up with us!"

Sun Huan was already traveling light, but Feng Xi didn't stop at all and kept chasing him.

"Damn it...are you going to kill us all? Don't go too far!"

At this moment, Sun Huan could only feel helpless and furious. He didn't know what to do.

"General Sun... I'm afraid the only plan for now is... to have some people cover the retreat..."

Li Yi was a little hesitant and also whispered some advice to Sun Huan.

"Guards! Stop them! Stop them!"

How could Sun Huan still look so confident and confident as he did in the military tent yesterday and in front of Han Dang a few days ago? Sun Huan now looked like a gambler with nothing to lose.

Most of Sun Huan's personal guards stayed behind, hoping to help their master hold off the enemy for a while longer.

Feng Xi did not tolerate them and engaged them in hand-to-hand combat, and the two sides fought fiercely.

After daybreak, Feng Xi and Wu Ban asked the soldiers to count the gains and losses of the night. Nearly two thousand people were captured, and several hundred people of Sun Huan's personal guard were almost wiped out. Some other Sun Huan soldiers took advantage of the chaos to escape, and Feng Xi was too lazy to chase them.

Feng Xi's army lost less than a hundred people in one night, most of whom were Sun Huan's personal guards who risked their lives, and there was almost no loss during the pursuit.

"It's a pity that their leaders still ran away."

Feng Xi shook his head, feeling a little regretful, which made Zhang Nan and Fu Rong couldn't help but roll their eyes at him.

"You kid, you're still not satisfied after almost annihilating all 5,000 soldiers of Sun Huan's army, right? What else do you want?" Zhang Nan directly denounced Feng Xi's Versailles behavior.

"I wish I could charge directly into Jiangling and capture Han Dang alive."

Feng Xi shook his head, feeling quite sorry.

Sun Huan was like a lost dog, and finally fled back to Jiangling City at dawn. Looking at his troops, there were only a dozen riders left. There were more remnants following him, but there were only a few dozen people in total. Fortunately, Li Yi and other generals suffered almost no losses.

"Shuwu, what are you doing...?"

Sun Huan had no choice but to go see the interim Grand Commander Han Dang. Han Dang was also shocked to see Sun Huan in such a miserable state.

Sun Huan had been confident a few days ago that he and I would work together to devise a plan to defeat the Shu army, so why did he come back in disgrace today?

"This general... Alas, this general has returned in defeat, and I am ashamed to see General Yigong again!"

Sun Huan was silent for a long time, and finally he let out a long sigh, clasped his fists heavily and knelt on the ground.

"Oh, it's okay, as long as Shuwu returns safely. Victory and defeat are common in the military. Even your father, the first master of Wentai, has suffered defeat. Shuwu, don't take it to heart. Take good care of yourself and get yourself together."

Han Dang could only comfort Sun Huan. Although Sun Huan was defeated faster than he had imagined, the opponent was a relative of the Marquis of Wu after all. Han Dang could not say much. He could only comfort him and let him go to the rear to play.

"Send a message to all the generals under your command to speed up. We have to go to Yidu and Yichang to stop the enemy."

After sending Sun Huan away, Han Dang sighed that the chain reaction caused by Sun Huan's defeat was indeed quite serious. He did not have enough time to prepare the rear line, so he could only lead the generals to stop the enemy.

After Feng Xi defeated Sun Huan, there was no more resistance along the way and he easily reached the border of Yichang. Further ahead was the obstacle that had stopped him and his men, Yiling.

"Rest for now and wait for the king to arrive."

Feng Xi received a report from a scout saying that tens of thousands of Wu troops had already set up camp ahead, so he naturally did not dare to move lightly with more than 10,000 men. Secondly, Liu Bei had also sent messengers to pass on the message in the past few days, waiting for him to lead his army to come.

"Isn't Lao Liu afraid that he will defeat all the Wu troops and he will have no one to fight?"

Feng Xi thought with a sense of evil, but his guess was not wrong.

A few days ago, Liu Bei's central army arrived at Badong County and was about to leave Sichuan when he suddenly received a battle report from the vanguard Feng Xi.

"Xiu Yuan's battle report? Read it to me."

Liu Bei was sitting in the main camp, studying the topographic map of the Yangtze River downstream with Huang Quan, Ma Liang and other civil servants. Hearing that Feng Xi had already received the battle report, he was also very excited.

"Thank God, Your Majesty, our army encountered the enemy general Sun Huan's army in Zigui a few days ago. We wiped out more than 5,000 people in Sun Huan's army, captured more than 2,000 people, and killed the enemy generals Xie Jing and Tan Xiong in battle. Sun Huan fled to Jiangling with only a few dozen cavalry. Our army suffered little loss, so we will continue along the river and advance towards Yichang and Yidu..."

Liu Bei ignored Feng Xi's tone of voice, which sounded like a battle report written by a Whampoa student to his principal, and instead paid attention to the content.

"Xiu Yuan has only been out of Sichuan for a few days, and he has already wiped out a 5,000-man army? And he hasn't suffered any losses yet?"

Liu Bei was extremely surprised. Not to mention Liu Bei, everyone else in the tent was equally surprised. Even if Feng Xi released 5,000 pigs, he wouldn't be able to catch them all so quickly, right?
It’s a pity that Feng Xi is not here, otherwise he would have told them that “pigs will not squat and surrender in an organized manner.”

"Let Xiu Yuan wait for us in Yichang. If we go too late, I'm afraid we can only clean up the battlefield for this kid!"

Liu Bei issued his decree with a loud laugh, and seemed very satisfied with Feng Xi's battle record.

(End of this chapter)