Surrounded by fire and smoke, Huo Yi stood in the battlefield and fought without mercy!
About to win!
About to win!
Huo Yi turned to look at his father excitedly, only to see his father kneeling on the ground, the enemy's sword piercing his chest.
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"No!"
Huo Yi woke up from his dream. He gasped for air as if he was suffocating. After seeing the layout of the camp clearly, he woke up, wiped the sweat from his head, and felt much relieved.
No, that's not right!
wrong! wrong!
Huo Yi's eyes widened and he jumped up from the bed.
Who is Zhang Ren?
A person who dares to forge an imperial edict and send troops privately!
Bold and aggressive.
Huo Yi didn't know what was going on on the other side of Yiling Changdao, but he certainly couldn't stop the main force of the Chu army under Ji Shu's command. But here, Wuxian Port gave up as soon as he said it.
Just stick to the county town and Baidi City? Half of the land in Yong'an County was given up in the blink of an eye?
This is not Zhang Ren's style.
Is it possible to lure the enemy deep enough to launch a surprise attack? Give Chu Jun a head-on blow? Just as Quiney did with his father.
Huo Yi still remembered that General Xu Sheng's order was to explore the enemy's situation. If Baidi City's troops were strong, not to fight and retreat to Wu County.
Obviously, General Xu had considered Zhang Ren's character, so he did not immediately march into the army after taking Wu County, but asked for directions.
"I am the pebble that asked for directions!"
Huo Yi cursed in his mind and quickly put on his armor.
"The messenger! The messenger!"
The guard outside the tent heard the sound and hurried in.
"General."
"Send an order to send additional scouts around, and report every two-quarters of an hour. If there is no response from the hidden sentry, report to me immediately! At the same time, let the soldiers get their weapons, distribute two days of dry food to each person, and prepare to retreat."
The two guards who came in were shocked when they heard this. They were fine before going to bed. They had completed some tasks of exploring the terrain and clearing the road. This was fine. Why did the vanguard army retreat?
It's as if a large number of enemy troops are about to attack!
Looking at Huo Yi who was hurriedly putting on his armor, one of them spoke.
"But general, our army has been fully explored during the day for ten miles around, and hidden sentries have been set up, but no enemy troops have been found. General, are you confused by your dream?"
"It would be better if I was just dreaming and being confused!"
Huo Yi was furious and stared.
"You don't need to explain anything to the commanders. Just say that I ordered the evacuation of Baidi City at night, and retreat fifty miles. If it's a false alarm, we can only retreat dozens of miles to camp again. If my guess is correct, tonight We have to walk through the gates of hell for a while! Go!"
A scolding immediately made the two guards understand that Huo Yi was serious, and they quickly turned around and left to convey the military order.
Soon, the entire military camp was in commotion.
Many soldiers walked out of the military camp with puzzled faces. It was obvious that they had not been able to rest from the fatigue during the day, and they were all listless.
Huo Yi could even hear the yawns of many people, but he did not explain his conjecture to the soldiers, but only asked the guards around him.
"How long have the scouts been sent out?"
The guard who was also riding a horse stepped forward and said.
"After your order, the scouts were immediately dispatched. It must have been almost two quarters of an hour before the camp took action."
"No one came back to report?"
Facing Huo Yi's question, a cold sweat broke out on Konwei's head.
"There is no return yet. It should be back soon."
Ordinarily, because of the different distances and different control of time, after the scouts are sent out, there will always be some who come back early and some who come back late.
When it was time to report back, no one was seen, which naturally made people wonder if they had been ambushed.
If the guards around him were just suspicious, then Huo Yi could already feel the God of Death gently caressing his neck.
"Run! Run! March faster!"
The Shu army must have wrapped a large net, but Huo Yi still doesn't know how many enemy soldiers there are?
Ten thousand?
Or twenty thousand?
Can't all Yong'an's troops be concentrated around Baidi City?
But Huo Yi knew that if the opponent originally planned to ambush Xu Sheng, then it was inevitable to lay down heavy troops.
Why am I so unlucky!
I don’t know how long it took, but when I was marching to a slightly dense mountain forest, countless torches suddenly lit up.
"Enemy attack!"
As everyone screamed, dense rockets fell into the middle of the Chu army. Everyone hurriedly found bunkers, and scattered war horses ran in fright. The scene suddenly became chaotic.
Huo Yi swung his sword to block the arrow. One of the random arrows hit his armor, but luckily it failed to penetrate.
Seeing that many soldiers were panicking and then took cover and raised their bows to fight back, Huo Yi nodded secretly and shouted loudly.
"The enemy has only one or two thousand men, and they are stalling for time. Don't stop shooting, rush over, they can't stop us!"
"Shield Hand! Shield Hand! Run! Cover!"
The soldiers of the Chu army were a little dissatisfied when they were pulled up in the middle of the night. But now that they saw that the enemy was actually attacking, their sleepiness disappeared immediately and they became even more convinced of Huo Yi. Hearing this, everyone moved forward quickly under the protection of the shield bearers.
It only took the whole team a quarter of an hour to pass through the mountain forest.
"Chase, don't let the Chu army escape!" "Kill!"
But the enemy seemed not to let them go, and bursts of killing cries came from behind.
Huo Yi breathed a sigh of relief at this time. It was difficult for the scouts to detect him earlier, which meant that the enemy's encirclement was large enough and far enough away. Although they were blocked at the moment, the enemy was not even prepared with traps to block the road or to block the horses. This showed that they were in a hurry. They probably did not expect that the Chu army, which had been busy all day, would suddenly retreat in the middle of the night.
"Disperse and break out! As long as we return within a few dozen miles of Wu County, the enemy will not dare to pursue us!"
Huo Yi ordered his three commanders to lead 700 men to break out of the encirclement from different directions.
Since the opponent is not well prepared, there must be gaps in the encirclement. Crowding them all together will only make it easier for the enemy to deploy troops to contain them. They all dispersed, and the enemy army didn't know which Chu army to block. Someone would always be able to escape.
Huo Yi wiped the sweat from his forehead. The rest depends on luck.
I wouldn't be so unlucky!
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The gray pigeon flew through the dense jungle, flew over the towering pass, and landed in a thatched cottage in the mountains. A soldier took a long note from the pigeon's leg.
In front of Qutang Pass, a series of camps came into view.
The main force of the Chu army led by Ji Shu finally arrived outside Qutang Pass one day ago.
"After capturing Qutang Pass, Yiling County is behind us. There is no danger to defend this county, and Baidi City, a hundred miles away, will fall under the control of our army. In the past two days, let the spies find out the deployment of troops in the city, and hurry up to assemble and attack the city. Equipment, launch a trial attack in two days."
Ji Shu was talking to Pang Tong, Huang Yueying, Zhao Yun, and Huang Zhong in front of the map, when Kuangwei suddenly came in and handed him a note.
"Hehe! Hehehe~~"
"What's wrong?"
Seeing Yueying's question, Ji Shu handed the note to Zhao Yun, grabbed Yueying's hand and said.
"Wen Xiang had already captured Wu County. He sent a vanguard of 3,000 people to Baidi City to investigate the military situation. They were attacked at night by Zhang Ren's 20,000-strong army. As a result, 1,300 people escaped."
Zhao Yun looked at the military newspaper in his hand and nodded and handed it to Huang Zhong.
"This Huo Yi is quite a plastic person."
Yueying drew back her hand and said as if she had turned white.
"This Ren is really big-hearted. If that's the case, then don't take him at Qutang Pass."
