Yuan Shang was so anxious that he could not describe the news that someone had opened the city gate inside Ye City and let Cao Cao into the city.
You must know that his family and his background are all in Yecheng. Now it is occupied by Cao Cao, then everything in the family is in danger, and then there will be nothing and nothing left. He must rush back to rescue Yecheng as soon as possible.
He also heard that Cao Cao liked other people's wives the most.
Yuan Shang couldn't help but worry about his mother and wife.
"Quick, faster!"
Yuan Shang was so anxious that he wished his mount was a red rabbit horse so that he could run back as fast as possible.
As for who opened the city gate and who betrayed him, Yuan Shang had no time to think about it. He went back to save Yecheng. Just when they were about to return to Yecheng, a sharp sound suddenly came from the woods on both sides of the road. Yes, the sound of a bow string being loosened.
Whoosh...
More than a dozen thick arrow shafts shot out from the woods and shot into Yuan Shang's former cavalry. The sound of piercing the air was very harsh.
As soon as the sound of breaking through the sky fell, the wail of the war horse Herod and the sound of the knight's wailing appeared.
After the more than ten arrow shafts were shot out, the arrows were like raindrops. Behind the arrow shafts, they shot out towards the stagnant cavalry. In an instant, the men and horses fell over, and the forwards became a mess and stagnated.
Those in front stopped, and those following behind bumped into the front, and the crowd became even more crowded. No matter the cavalry or infantry, they were unable to run. Once the crowd became crowded, the chaos became even worse. They instantly understood that there was an ambush on the way back. .
However, it was too chaotic to deal with the ambush.
"Lord, be careful!"
Jiang Qi picked up a shield and stood in front of Yuan Shang, blocking many arrows.
"Third brother, Cao Jun has an ambush here!"
Yuan Xi said eagerly.
Yuan Shang just wanted to go back to save Yecheng. All of them were so impatient that they did not consider the ambush for the time being. They rushed into the ambush one after another. It was too late to regret now, and they had not yet waited for them to make preparations. , the arrow rain stopped.
However, the sounds of killing were heard on both sides of the road.
"kill!"
"Yuan Xi, Yuan Shang."
"Take your life!"
Zhang He looked at the two men and led his troops to fight out.
Twenty thousand people were divided into several teams and attacked in all directions of Yuan Shang's army. The crowded and chaotic army could not even defend itself, so they were killed and abandoned their armor.
Zhang He and his two men were extremely dissatisfied with Yuan's people, and now they were killing them extremely ruthlessly, showing no mercy at all, as if they wanted to kill them all.
"You two gentlemen, you go first."
Jiang Yiqu gritted his teeth and said: "Come here, protect the two young masters and leave!"
The remaining generals commanded the soldiers to resist with difficulty.
They know very well that it is almost impossible to go back to save Yecheng now. If they don't leave, no one will be able to escape and die here together. They definitely don't want to die. Yuan Shang also wants to live. The idea of living is stronger than saving Yecheng. The only way is to lead the troops and find a way to break out.
After fighting out, he reorganized his troops and came back to seek revenge on Cao Cao.
Must take revenge!
"Third brother, where can we go?"
Yuan Xi asked.
Yuan Shang said: "Contact your cousin first and go to Bingzhou."
He thought quickly, if he went to Youzhou, the distance would be too far, and there was no favorable terrain in the south of Youzhou that could not stop Cao's army from moving north.
Going to Bingzhou is different. As long as you walk into Fukouxing and control the key areas, and based on the terrain of the Taihang Mountains, it is easy to stop Cao's army from advancing. Yuan Shang did not hesitate to go to Bingzhou and use the terrain to defend Cao Cao. He did not want to go to Youzhou.
I definitely won’t be able to go to Qingzhou.
As for the Gao Gan who is currently fighting with Yuan Tan, they think Gao Gan is Yuan Tan's opponent.
Yuan Shang immediately sent scouts to contact the high officials, and together they retreated back to Bingzhou and tried to find a way to resist. Although what happened today made him very angry and wanted to take revenge and kill all Cao Cao's people, he was more afraid of death and more eager to live.
"Kill with me!"
Yuan Shang gritted his teeth and rushed to the front.
He has certain martial arts skills and understands that facing such a situation, if he wants to successfully break out, in addition to his subordinates integrating the crowded and chaotic soldiers to fight, he, the lord, also needs to drive the morale and fighting spirit of the army, so that they can unite and fight out.
"kill!"
Some of the soldiers who followed Yuan Shang shouted loudly together.
The call echoed throughout the army and indeed boosted the morale of some of the troops.
The combined strength of Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi is more than 40,000, which is twice as many as Zhang He and the others. The chaos just now was no match for them, but now discipline is slowly restored. Although they are not rivals yet, everyone is fighting with all their strength. You can still open the gap.
"Lord, Second Young Master, you go first!"
Jiang Qi shouted loudly.
Yuan Shangke would not be polite to him. When he saw a gap appeared, he led his soldiers to fight out first.
The remaining generals quickly expanded the gap and broke off the rear to assist Yuan Shang in breaking through.
"The rear team follows the front team and quickly intercepts them."
"The front team will attack, and then form a siege!"
"A thousand more people will come and chase Yuan Shang!"
Gao Lan quickly commanded and changed the military formation. The first task was to keep Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi behind, and the second task was to kill all those Yuan Jun soldiers.
The fighting continues.
But Jiang Qi and the others really tried their best, fiercely breaking through Zhang He's interception and allowing Yuan Shang to escape, but their end was not good.
Gao Lan didn't miss his old friendship at all and killed them all.
As soon as the general died, the ordinary soldiers, besides being killed in confusion, dropped their weapons and surrendered, and the war situation calmed down.
The soldiers chasing Yuan Shang came back soon, and the leading officer shook his head to express that he could not catch up.
"such a pity!"
Gao Lan sighed slightly, this would also allow the Yuan brothers to escape.
They gave up the chase, and withdrew their troops, reporting the results of the ambush and waiting for Cao Cao's next arrangements. As long as Cao Jun continued to fully pursue them, the Yuan brothers would never be able to escape.
Yuan Shang ran wildly for a long time. When he saw the pursuers behind him, he failed to catch up. He raised his hand to ask everyone to stop and rest.
Looking back, he saw that none of the generals such as Jiang Yiqu and others who had cut off his rear could follow him. It seemed that there were no generals available around him. Yuan Shang was filled with grief and anger, but he almost spat out blood like Yuan Shao and asked: " Second brother, what should I do now?"
Now he has basically nothing.
Yecheng is gone, his mother is gone, and there are not many generals and soldiers left.
Yuan Xi shook his head and sighed, not knowing how to respond for a while. What is certain is that his father made a wrong move from the beginning. Maybe if he had not abolished the elders and established the younger ones, the Yuan family would not have ended up in this situation.
Even if they are still defeated, they will not be defeated so miserably.
So much so that even Yecheng was gone.
"Lord!"
At this time, a scout ran back from the northeast and said: "General Gao lost to the eldest son and is retreating back to us."
After a while, Yuan Shang finally met the senior official, and he just cried.
Gao Gan looked at the defeated soldiers on all three sides and fell silent. In front of Cao Cao, they were basically beaten and had no chance of winning.
