Seeing that his own soldiers continued to fall, Xu Huang had lost his mind. Should he save himself or avenge Yang Feng?
He rushed left and right in the formation, but surrounded by the Youzhou cavalry and the trapped camp, Yuan Shu's army seemed to have encountered an iron wall, unable to shake the opponent at all.
Xu Huang couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh, Yang Feng was right, the Youzhou Army was more difficult to deal with, but having said that, if he really encountered the Youzhou Army, Yang Feng would not necessarily lose his life.
Now this trip has gone wrong and there is really no turning back!
The only way to save his life right now is to surrender, but Xu Huang can't do it. Now he has no choice but to fight to the death!
Seeing that Tai Shici and Gao Shun had trapped Xu Huang, Yuan Xi rode his horse forward and shouted from outside the circle: "Brother Gongming, if this continues, everyone will be killed. Why not dismount and surrender?"
Xu Huang gritted his teeth and said: "Dream! Even if I die, I will not surrender to the Yuan family!"
Yuan Xi heard this and said, "I know that Brother Gongming once helped the Black Mountain Army and Hu Shou with the Baibo Army."
"I'm afraid Brother Gongming will follow you to attack Yecheng, right?"
After hearing this, Xu Huang gritted his teeth and said: "Since you know that I participated in the Battle of Yecheng, you can kill or behead me as you wish!"
"Just ask for my life in exchange for the lives of my men!"
After hearing this, his subordinates shouted, "I am willing to live and die with the general!"
After hearing this, Yuan Xi smiled and said: "Actually, Gongming, I don't care about the Battle of Yecheng, and you don't have to die."
"The world is so big right now, but there are not many places Gongming can go to. I do have a position here, why not consider it?"
Xu Huang heard this and shouted: "No need to deceive me!"
"All the generals of the Baibo Army died here today, and I will not survive alone!"
Yuan Xi heard this and said, "Even if you die with the name of a traitor?"
"When the time comes, it will be spread all over the world that Brother Gongming is a traitor to the Han Dynasty!"
After hearing this, Xu Huang's heart gradually wavered and he remembered Liu Bei's previous words.
The names of the generals of the Baibo Army are all on the rebellion documents!
He is not afraid of death, but he cannot bear to die in such a useless way and be stigmatized after death!
Yuan Xi saw his move and struck while the iron was hot: "Brother Gongming, if you surrender, I will treat you with courtesy. I will not force you to do anything you don't want to do, and I can also help you clear your name."
"These of your subordinates will also save their lives."
"I swear in the name of the Yuan family, how about that?"
After Xu Huang heard this, he hesitated for a long time before throwing down his long axe. Just as he was about to speak, he heard a loud shout, "Bai Bo dog thief, give your grandpa your life!"
When Xu Huang looked up, he saw a snake spear that was eight feet long heading straight for his throat. He secretly thought that my life is at stake!
Taishi Ci stretched out his two halberds, hooked the snake spear, and tried hard to pull it away. The tip of the spear missed Xu Huang's neck.
Taishi Ci felt that his arm was extremely sore. He fought at short range and blocked Zhang Fei's full blow. His arm was already sprained. He immediately suppressed his anger and said to Zhang Fei who was rushing towards him: "General, this is the person we want."
Zhang Fei was cursing and was about to scold Taishi Ci when he realized that the other party's official position was higher than his own, so he could only say with a sullen face: "He killed so many of my soldiers, why should I let him live?"
"Why?" Yuan Xi laughed angrily, "General Zhang is probably not joking. Everyone on the battlefield has his own master. Now that he has withdrawn his troops, treat it as a separate matter."
"I also killed General Zhang's soldiers. Why don't you kill me?"
Zhang Fei was at a loss for words and felt angry in his heart, but he swung his spear in a circle and shouted: "Don't get it."
He felt the snake spear hit something, and a woman behind him screamed, and then someone seemed to turn over and fall off the horse.
He took a closer look and saw that it was his snake spear that hit Lu Lingqi and knocked her off her horse. She was lying on the ground with her eyes closed, unconscious.
Yuan Xi was furious: "How dare you attack my wife!"
"Did you know that she is Marquis Wen's daughter?"
"You can't leave today!"
"I'll take you down first, and then I'll seek justice from Liu Yuzhou!"
Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment, at a loss, "How do I know what she does? What kind of battlefields do women go to?"
At this time, Guan Yu had already rode over and paid homage to Yuan Xi: "The third brother disturbed the envoy and accidentally injured his wife. Yu must be aware of his elder brother and punish him severely and give the envoy an explanation."
"Now I hope that you will put the overall situation first and keep the net open. Yu is grateful."
Yuan Xi hesitated for a long time, and finally said with a look of reluctance: "That's it, you go first, I will go find Liu Yuzhou."
Guan Yu clasped his fists and pulled Zhang Fei away, and the two of them returned to the formation.
Zhang Fei followed Guan Yu with his head drooped, like a child who had done something wrong, and muttered: "Second brother, did I get into trouble again?"
Guan Yu turned his head slightly and saw Lu Lingqi getting up in the distance and rolling over in full swing. He said with a straight face: "We have indeed caused a big trouble."
"Be careful that Marquis Wen comes to challenge you."
Yuan Xi looked at the triumphant Lu Lingqi and said, "Madam, you did a good job."
Lu Lingqi smiled and said: "That's to say, to deal with that brainless blackhead, he won't accept it if you try hard, so you have to use this method to deceive him to be honest."
Yuan Xi thought that Guan Yu could see it, but he didn't care about it. They both knew it well, so it would be best to just expose it lightly.
Taishi Ci put away his two halberds and said with a smile: "Madam, this move is exquisite in martial arts. It is as skillful as moving a thousand catties with four ounces."
"Otherwise, according to Zhang Fei's temper, my anger will also rise."
Sun Li smiled and said: "Brother Taishi still remembers the hatred of Qingzhou back then."
Taishi Ci said seriously: "Of course, I will hold grudges all my life."
Jushou laughed at the side and said: "Sun Li, there are so many talented people around you, how can you learn a little bit of skills and yet you still can't stand alone in both civil and military affairs?"
"Hurry back and read the military manual to gain enlightenment."
Seeing Sun Li's grimace, everyone laughed.
Xu Huang sat on the horse and wondered why the behavior of these people was different from what he thought.
Liu Bei didn't care about the ownership of Xu Huang, a surrendered general on the battlefield with tens of thousands of soldiers. He just scolded Zhang Fei a few times and asked Guan and Zhang to focus on the battlefield.
After all, although Yuan Shu's army was defeated, there were still 20,000 pigs and it would take several days to catch them, let alone live people.
Looking at the defeated troops fleeing in all directions and returning to Hefei City, Liu Bei's heart was bleeding. If he captured all 20,000 people, he would be able to conquer Yuzhou in the future!
Therefore, in Liu Bei's opinion, Xu Huang's matter is not worth mentioning at all. No matter how powerful a general is, how can he have thousands of soldiers?
Of course, except for his brother Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.
However, Liu Bei had to admit that Xu Huang was indeed capable of fighting Zhang Fei for so long, but he personally killed his leader Yang Feng. Even if Xu Huang surrendered on his own initiative, Liu Bei would still have to think about it. Now that Yuan Xi has taken action, Liu Bei I'm also happy to be a favor.
Lu Lingqi watched Liu Beijun busy catching surrendered soldiers on the battlefield, and couldn't help but said to Yuan Xi, "Aren't we going up?"
Yuan Xi smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, let him go first. After all, he will help us guard the gate of Yuzhou in the future."
"Besides, there are too many of these surrendered troops, and we can't eat them. We have to share a lot of military rations so that they can escape back to Fei. It would be nice to eat Yuan Shu's army's food for a few more days."
Taishi Ci praised: "Young Master can see clearly that these soldiers are sallow and thin and weak in movement. It is obvious that they did not eat well before."
"Otherwise, Liu Yuzhou would not have won this battle so easily."
Seeing Xu Huang's hesitant expression, Yuan Xi guessed some of the truth and said, "If anyone escapes to our side, we will arrest him first."
"Those who are not suitable to be soldiers, give them some rations and let them fend for themselves."
Gao Shun Tai Shi Ci accepted the order and led the army away. Seeing Yuan Shu's army on the battlefield, they became even more disinclined to fight, and their troops were defeated all over the mountains and plains.
In the end, both sides raised gold and retreated. Of the 20,000 Yuan Shu troops, less than half returned. The rest either returned to Hefei, escaped, or became prisoners of Liu Bei and Yuan Xi's armies.
Yuan Xi just hastily captured thousands of prisoners and collected some weapons. Seeing that it was getting late, he ordered the troops to retreat.
He turned around and saw Xu Huang sitting on the horse at a loss, beckoning: "Brother Gongming, let's go back to the camp together."
Xu Huang hadn't gotten used to it yet and said blankly: "Just leave like this?"
"Why don't you tie me up?"
Yuan Xi smiled and said, "Brother Gongming, wasn't he already mine just now?"
Xu Huang said hurriedly: "I just surrendered, I didn't say..."
Yuan Xi interrupted him, "Brother Gongming, I heard from Zilong that he is a very straightforward person. Why are you so unhappy in doing things today?"
"I said, I won't force you to do anything you don't want to do."
"Brother, you can stay with me for a while. If you are dissatisfied, I will never force you to stay."
"But now that my brothers are here, it can't be justified if I don't eat a few meals, right?"
Xu Huang was dumbfounded. Is this considered recruiting him? Why is it such a child's play?
Yuan Xi laughed, pulled Xu Huang and walked side by side, "Brother Gongming, I heard that Zilong made good friends with you in Anyi."
Xu Huang had no choice but to respond, "Zilong is both civil and military, and Huang admires him very much."
Yuan Xi saw that he had started talking, and took the opportunity to start talking randomly, feeling secretly happy in his heart.
Speaking of the five good generals, except for Le Jin, I have met all of them, and I am very familiar with Zhang Liao and Zhang He among them, but as of yesterday, none of them have truly been under my command.
Xu Huang, on the other hand, met him for the first time today, and he deceived him by chance. On the contrary, he came from behind. As long as he stayed for dinner, he had a hundred ways to make him feel embarrassed to leave.
The five good generals will all be my good generals sooner or later!
Qi Ji fled into the city of Hefei with the remaining troops. Liu Fu and others came out to welcome him. Seeing Qi Ji's extremely miserable appearance, he was surprised and asked, "Where are General Yang and the others?"
Qi Ji said in a seductive voice: "Generals Yang and Han were both killed in battle!"
"What!" Liu Fu and others were shocked, "What can I do?"
Qi Ji saw that all the civil servants looked frightened, and thought to himself, what can I do? I am the only general in the city who can go into battle. Can I compare to Yang Feng and Han Siam?
When we meet today, no one can match the bravery of Liu, Guan, and Zhang, not even those under Zhong Gong!
He had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "The plan for now is to send troops to Shouchunqi to ask for help and at the same time hold on to the city."
"Although I'm not very talented, I think it's okay to stay here for ten days and a half."
After everyone heard this, they felt a little at ease.
Yuan Xi led everyone back to the camp, but gave Sun Li a few words. After hearing this, Sun Li took his people to the battlefield.
Lu Xun, who was left behind, came out and saw that there was another person beside Yuan Xi. He was stunned for a moment. Yuan Xi said to Lu Xun: "This is Brother Gongming. He once served under Yang Feng. Now we are peers."
Lu Xun quickly came up and saluted.
Yuan Xi introduced Xu Huang: "This is Lu Xun and Lu Boyan, my adopted brother."
After hearing this, Xu Huang quickly returned the courtesy and heard Yuan Xi add: "He is also Liu Yuzhou's son-in-law."
Xu Huang:......
(End of chapter)
