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Chapter 726 Breakthrough Battle
After Fu Gongyou's words, all the generals of the Jianghuai Army lowered their heads. It's not that they didn't know this possibility, but they all subconsciously ignored it.Upon hearing the news of Danyang's fall, all of them wanted to return to their hometown to see how the situation was going.That's why they suggested to Fu Gongyou to order him to break out of the siege.

Fu Gongyou glanced over, seeing the expressions of the generals one by one.He went up and patted the shoulders of a few trusted generals, and said firmly on the arm of another general: "Zhao Jun has set up a tight siege in the south. There is at least a [-]% or [-]% possibility, but the soldiers in the city have lost their morale. , if Zhao Jun continues to attack like this, Xuzhou City will be destroyed in only three to five days. So instead of defending this place, I think it is better to break out of the siege and go back to Jiangdong!"

When Fu Gongyou said this, his face showed determination.

When the generals saw Fu Gongyou's decision to break through, they all showed expressions of surprise and joy.

Fu Gongyou raised his fist and said, "Kill back to Jiangdong!"

The generals were impressed by his slogan of killing and going back to Jiangdong, and they all suddenly said: "Kill back to Jiangdong!"

After the current agreement, Fu Gongyou and all the soldiers agreed to break out of the siege at midnight tonight.

The fighting outside the city was still going on. Xuzhou City had been fighting fiercely throughout the day, and Zhao Jun finally withdrew his troops in the evening.

During the day's fierce battle, Zhao Jun rushed to the top of the city several times, and the north city wall was once lost. In the afternoon, the Jianghuai army's west city defenders, who were formerly Wang Xiongdan's subordinates, mutinied on the city wall, and more than [-] people defected.As a result, Zhao Jun almost took Xicheng and ended the battle.

In the end, the Jianghuai Army barely held Xuzhou City, but both the generals and soldiers believed that they were not sure about continuing to hold on to Xuzhou City under such a fierce attack by Zhao Jun.

Night finally fell, and Fu Gongyou gathered all the Jianghuai troops who were about to break through to the south of the city, and set up false torches on the city wall to confuse the soldiers of Zhao army.

At three o'clock, the south gate of Xuzhou City was quietly opened, and the soldiers of the Jianghuai Army in the urn rushed out immediately, and then nearly [-] soldiers of the Jianghuai Army swarmed away from the gate of the southern city.

First, [-] Jianghuai Army Qingqi rode ahead to explore the road, and the battle of Jianghuai Army leaving the city immediately alarmed Zhao Jun.Not long after, thousands of cavalrymen from the Zhao army arrived with torches from the city gates on both sides of the east and west.The sound of horseshoes was deafening, and under the firelight the banner with the word Qin was eye-catching. Everyone in the Jianghuai army knew that it was Qin Qiong, the famous general of the Zhao army, who came to stop him.

The Jianghuai Army Qingqi did not hesitate, and immediately stepped forward to intercept the harassment of Zhao Jun's cavalry and cover the main force of the infantry that broke out from the gate of the southern city.

Just as the main force of the Jianghuai Army broke through the siege, Li Chongjiu and the generals had been watching the battle in the camp in the southeast.

"Sure enough, as His Majesty expected, the main force of the Jianghuai Army really broke through tonight." Yu Shinan said sideways.

"However, the Jianghuai Army marched closely and orderly, and there was no panic at all. Qin Qiong's cavalry rushed several times, trying to disrupt the Jianghuai Army's formation, but failed." General Xue Wanche of the Wuwei Army analyzed, "The performance of the one defending the city during the day was very bad. The Jianghuai army seems to be two completely different troops."

Li Chongjiu looked at it for a while and said: "There is a saying in the art of war, don't intercept when returning to the army. The Jianghuai army broke through and returned. Unlike when defending the city, the morale of the soldiers must be high. At this time, if our army forcibly intercepts it from the front, it will be considered a success with the current strength, and the loss will be great." It's huge. That's why I have to set up three ambushes, attacking and harassing the Jianghuai army layer by layer, not only exhausting the determination of the Jianghuai army to break through, but also annihilating his vital forces. Finally, when the enemy army is exhausted, they will be wiped out in one battle and the Jianghuai army will be pacified."

Hearing what Li Chongjiu said, all the generals said together: "Your Majesty is wise!"

At this time, the drums in the direction of Dongying were loud. It turned out that General Zhao Jun Wang Mahan led [-] infantry to attack the flank of the Jianghuai Army.While the soldiers of the Jianghuai Army under Xuzhou City fled in a hurry, they divided their troops to resist.

At this time, Wang Mahan's [-] infantry had no intention of forcing the Jianghuai Army's frontal edge. They were just harassing the Jianghuai Army from the flanks and harassing them from behind, wearing down the strength of the Jianghuai Army.
The sound of drums in the south of Xuzhou City resounded all night.

It was almost dawn, on a hill eight or nine miles south of Xuzhou city.

Fu Gongyou stood with his hands behind his back, staring in the north direction.Behind the hill where Fu Gongyou is located, there are many faint lights, which are all the soldiers of the Jianghuai Army who broke out from the city of Xuzhou, and they are hurrying to rest.Under Zhao Jun's general Wang Mahan's pursuit, the troops were scattered, or the soldiers fell behind. They are gathering here now, trying to regroup the troops.

As for the north where Fu Gongyou continued to stare, he could see countless torches lighting up the field, as if fire dragons were shuttling between the plain and the mountains. They were obviously Zhao Jun's pursuers, biting tightly at the throats of the Jianghuai Army. .

Fu Gongyou was wearing a sheepskin jacket, his eyes were bloodshot, he looked very tired, but he still stood upright on the top of the mountain.

Fu Gongyou looked at it for a long time, and finally said to himself: "It seems that Zuo Laosan and Zhou Xiazi's troops will not be able to make it in time to join our army."

The trusted general at the side said: "Mr. Fu, there is no other way. After Zhao Jun found out that our army had broken through, he chased after us like wild dogs and couldn't get rid of them. After fighting all night, many brothers died. As for Zuo Lao San and Zhou Xiazi, they were the last to leave the city, and now they should not be among the chaos."

Fu Gongyou looked back to the left and right and said: "There is no other way, we can only avenge the two brothers in the future, and now we can only protect the Chinese army. The brothers who went to the recruiting camp are the elite of our army, and the soldiers in Danyang are our Jianghuai soldiers." As a team from the beginning of the army, these two men and horses must be firmly guarded by the central army, and follow me to break through. As for the other men and horses, as much as they can stand out, it would not be a pity to beat them all."

Speaking of this, Fu Gongyou said loudly: "Since ancient times, those who have done great things have not sacrificed themselves. Everyone, as long as the Shangmu camp and the Danyang army are here, I, Fu Gongyou, can make a comeback at any time."

Fu Gongyou's words revealed a kind of incomparable self-confidence, as if the morning stars were faintly lit in the sky at this time, illuminating the hearts of the generals of the Jianghuai Army.Although they ran for several miles after a night of hard fighting, everyone cheered up again.

A general said: "Yeah, what is this in front of us? In the past, were we less likely to fight from Shandong to the north and south? The officers and soldiers chased us dozens of times, didn't they get rid of them again and again? This time it's the same , let us tell those northern barbarians in Zhao that they will not be able to defeat our Jianghuai army."

When the general said this, the soldiers on the left and right cheered together, and the morale of the soldiers instantly cheered up.

Fu Gongyou looked to the north and said: "Okay, before the sun comes out, let's walk another ten miles, and after we get rid of the pursuers, we can cook and fill our stomachs!"

"No!" All the generals agreed with a bang.

(End of this chapter)