Liu Qi, the hegemon of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 620 Xuzhou City

Zhang Fei heard the report from his personal guard, and knew in his heart that the situation was over.

The big camp was breached, Liu Bei fled, and Xuzhou City was inevitable, and after this battle, Xuzhou would also fall into Liu Qi's hands.

If you continue to go towards Xuzhou City, you are likely to be flanked by the Han army back and forth.

Even if the Han army pursues the army and enters Xuzhou City to defend it, it will have no effect. Just relying on his soldiers and horses here, plus the original defenders of Xuzhou City, they can stick to Xuzhou City without support. , is not an easy task at all.

After all, when Xuzhou fell into Liu Qi's hands, they only needed to be surrounded, not attacked, and they could be surrounded to death.

In the end, he decided to retreat in the direction of Qingzhou.

As such.

It will not fall into the dilemma of being flanked by the Han army back and forth, and it will also be able to meet Liu Bei and others on the road and meet in one place. As for the future, it needs to be discussed in the long run.

After making the decision, Zhang Fei did not hesitate, and led the remnants of the defeated generals, and headed for one place instead of heading for the Qi army camp outside Xuzhou city.

He is reckless, but not stupid.

You must know that Liu Qi has several generals under his command whose force value is no worse than him, and he will not have any fear in fighting alone, but if he is surrounded, it will not be easy to escape.

Although he has enough confidence in his own strength, he also knows in his heart that if he faces two equal opponents, he will only lose more and win less.

Confident but not blind.

Evacuation is the clearest choice.

Guarding Liu Bei and others, Guan Yu escaped from the Qi army camp and fled towards Qingzhou; while Zhang Fei also led the remnants of the defeated generals and retreated towards Qingzhou, intending to join Liu Bei, Guan Yu and others on the way.

However, the Han army was chasing and killing all the way, and was not prepared to let the Qi army escape easily.

Hundreds of thousands of Qi troops, all over the mountains and plains, were chased and killed by tens of thousands of Han troops, fleeing everywhere.

Time passed slowly.

The eastern sky also lit up with light.

It was the sign of the sun about to rise, the dawn of the morning, the brilliance of the beginning of the day.

After a night of hunting.

The soldiers of the Han army also became very tired, and the troops of the Qi army who fled first also left a long distance and were unable to catch up.

Liu Qi knew that he couldn't catch up with Liu Bei now, and the army seemed very tired after chasing and fighting all night. If it continued, it would only drag down the army.

He didn't continue to chase and kill, but called gold to withdraw his troops.

Slowly retreating towards Xuzhou City, while integrating soldiers and horses, while cleaning the battlefield, it was not in a hurry.

He knew very well in his heart that hundreds of thousands of Qi troops had been defeated by him, and there would be no place for Qi troops in Xuzhou, and Xuzhou city would also fall into his hands.

Now the defenders of Xuzhou City have become a lone army. Without support, even if they don't attack, they can just send a troop to surround Xuzhou City, and the defenders of Xuzhou City will be able to surrender without a fight.

Apart from surrendering, he could only wait to die in the city, and there was no other way out.

Unless the defenders in Xuzhou City had withdrawn from Xuzhou City and fled to Qingzhou before he led the army back, otherwise...

In any case, it was only a matter of time before Xuzhou City fell into his hands.

Time passed slowly.

The sun rising in the eastern sky also showed its face, exuding a warm light, illuminating the earth.

Liu Qi integrated the soldiers and horses, and also returned to the outside of Xuzhou City.

I see.

The huge camp of the Qi army is now in a state of disarray, because it was almost completely burned due to a big fire. A group of soldiers in black and black armor are cleaning the battlefield and at the same time extinguishing the flames that will burn at any time.

There are still some white smoke rising from everywhere.

Apparently the fire had only recently been extinguished.

And this army was led by Ma Chao, Pound, and Wenpin.

Chasing Zhang Fei all the way.

But they didn't expect that when Zhang Fei was approaching the Qi army camp, he would not continue to retreat towards the Qi army camp, but retreated towards Qingzhou, and they also knew the news of the Qi army camp, their side's victory.

Then he continued to chase Zhang Fei.

Until it is impossible to continue the pursuit, and it is also impossible to catch up.

He gave up the pursuit and led the soldiers and horses towards the Qi army camp, and at the same time put out the fire that had not been extinguished.

Don't let the fire continue to spread.

You know, after repelling the Qi army, this place will also belong to their territory.

"Your Majesty~!"

Ma Chao, Pang De, and Wenpin also saw Liu Qi rushing back from a distance, and they also went up from the Qi army camp to greet Liu Qi and saluted Liu Qi.

Liu Qi nodded and looked towards Xuzhou City.

The presence of Ma Chao and the three of them can prove that there is nothing wrong with the arrangement, and now the only thing left is the problem of Xuzhou City.

To fight, to surrender, or to die!

Those are all things that the defenders of Xuzhou City need to consider.

And he won't stay in Xuzhou City for long. After all, now that the Qi army has been defeated, it is the best time to take the opportunity to invade Qingzhou, and the Qi army should not be given a chance to breathe in order to prevent accidents.

Now it is the morale that is high, while the morale of the Qi army is low.

Repeated defeat.

If they meet, the Qi army will definitely be timid before fighting, and their side will be able to take the lead, so as to quickly take down Qingzhou, end the war with Qi, and turn to deal with Wei and Wu.

thought here.

"Integrate the troops and besiege Xuzhou City!" Liu Qi ordered.

First encircle without fighting, and see how the Qi army defenders in Xuzhou City react, and then make the next decision.

And he is not prepared to fight a long game here.

Being able to quickly capture Xuzhou City, it still needs to be captured quickly, and I don’t want to keep any nails here. After all, the land of Xuzhou can be said to be his territory now, and there is still a city guarded by the Qi army. Not what he wanted to see.

Let's first look at how the defenders of Xuzhou City chose.

After all, the Qi army in Xuzhou City should also be aware of their own situation.

"No!" Ma Chao replied.

Immediately, the soldiers and horses were also quickly integrated, joining with the soldiers and horses led by Liu Qi, and heading towards Xuzhou City not far from the burned Qi army camp.

Today, the flag of Qi State still hangs on the wall of Xuzhou City.

Although the flag is still flying on the city wall, there are no Qi army soldiers stationed on the city wall, which makes people feel a little puzzled.

Liu Qi led the army and came under the city wall. Looking at the city wall, there were no soldiers, and it looked a little empty and very quiet.

There was also a look of incomprehension in his eyes.

Although I don't know what the reason is, I am ready to make people shout.

however.

Before Liu Qi ordered to go down.

squeak~~
There was a sound from the closed city gate.

(End of this chapter)