When Jin Fenwei General Sima Ji died for his country, the two commanders of the Qingzhou Jin Army, Sima Lue and Liu Tun, had already fled several miles away.
After this defeat, the two men lost all their fighting spirit and ran until they could not see the battlefield before stopping for a moment because of their power.
At this time, a following general suggested that the Donglai thieves lacked cavalry and would certainly not be able to pursue them too far. He suggested that Gaomi King Sima Lue could stop here for a while, raise the general's flag again, and collect the retreating troops. Perhaps If you can gather enough, you can still have the troops to return to Linzi to defend the city.
After listening to the general's words, both Sima Lue and Liu Tun remained silent.
Sima Lue raised his eyes and looked north at the direction of the battlefield. Under the cover of dark clouds, it was as dark as the underworld.
"Qingzhou's soldiers are too weak to be used. Guarding Linzi will lead to death."
Sima Luo said in a trembling voice. The skin on his inner thighs was abraded by the bumpy ride just now, and the pain was uncontrollable when he moved even a little.
"You all follow me to Liaocheng. There are strong soldiers from Hebei there to ensure peace."
Hearing what Sima Lue said, all the generals under his command knew that Sima Lue was completely frightened.
Liaocheng was under the control of Pingyuan County of the Jizhou Governor's Department. It was at least 400 miles away from Linzi. If he retreated 400 miles after a defeat, Sima Lue was probably the best person in the world.
But this record was soon broken.
After listening to Sima Lue's words, the leading general Liu Tun immediately said that there were too few troops stationed in Liaocheng and he could only protect himself and could not counterattack the thieves who had occupied Qingzhou. Therefore, he wanted to return to Luoyang quickly to explain the situation to the emperor Zaifu and mobilize the elite Chinese army. Deal with the Donglai thieves.
Liu Tun was obviously afraid of being held responsible for the defeat and loss of territory, so he wanted to quickly return to Luoyang Center and use his connections and expertise in power operations to avoid being held accountable by the court.
After listening to Liu Tun's words, all the generals looked at him sideways. This one was even more ruthless than King Gaomi. He was directly scared away by the thief for 800 miles.
Seeing that the two generals were unwilling to retreat to Linzi City to defend, another general suggested that they should send people to deliver a message to the left-behind officials in Linzi City, asking them to open their arsenals and recruit strong men in the city, contact the wealthy families in the city, and defend Linzi together. If With proper command, Linzi City may be able to be defended, and even if it cannot be defended, some more Donglai thieves can be killed.
"Linzi is the land of two Qi kings. The wealthy families in the city are unruly. Seeing our army defeated, they will definitely refuse to help defend the city." Sima Lue did not trust the wealthy families in Linzi City.
Linzi is the fiefdom of the two generations of Qi kings, Sima You and Sima Jiong. These centuries-old wealthy families in Qingzhou have always been wise to protect themselves after Sima Jiong's death. How can they now fight against the Donglai bandits for the Gaomi King?
"Not only can we not defend it, we should also burn all the arsenals in Linzi, leaving no trace for the thieves!" Sima Lue continued to say viciously.
Immediately, he assigned a soldier to take his warrant to the remaining officials in Linzi City. He wanted to set fire to all the food, weapons, money and silk in Linzi City.
The accompanying generals were all shocked when they saw this. Linzi was a famous city with a dense population and densely packed houses. This would very likely cause a huge fire in the city.
However, no one dared to speak out to persuade him. Sima Luo was already in a state of rage because of fear and embarrassment. No one dared to offend Sima Yue's biological brother, the "Brother Supporting Demon".
After a short rest, the shouts of killing from the north were getting closer and closer, and more than a hundred Donglai cavalry appeared in the distance from time to time.
Sima Lue and Liu Tun guessed that the cavalry of the Donglai thieves must have passed the pontoon bridge and began to join the pursuit.
The two of them didn't care to say any more words, immediately got on their horses and led the remaining troops to continue running to the southwest.
Soon, Sima Lue, the king of Gaomi, surrendered to Liaocheng, and Liu Tun fled to Luoyang.
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After the pontoon bridge was repaired, the Donglai Army on the east bank of the Zi River crossed the river to join the pursuit of the defeated Jin army.
After the Jin army's right wing collapsed, Liu Yu did not pursue for too long and began to return to look for the wounded in his headquarters.
Because three to four hundred cavalry were simply not enough to pursue tens of thousands of defeated troops, Liu Yu simply treated the injured. Early treatment of these sword injuries could effectively avoid many risks of infection.
Liu Yu used all the captured Jin prisoners as laborers. They were stripped of their armor and only wore a pair of calf-nose trousers. Under the supervision of soldiers from the Donglai Army, they carried the wounded of the Donglai Army. They also treated the injured prisoners. Treated equally.
After Liu Yu made an inventory, he was almost bleeding with distress. He had lost more than 400 of his 1,000 soldiers. Under the heavy pressure, these Donglai soldiers, who had lost 40% before collapsing, looked at Liu Yu. Each one is a treasure more valuable than armor or war horses.
But if there is just one more battle like this, I'm afraid Liu Yu will become a bare general.
Just when Liu Yu arranged for people to treat the injuries on both sides, those Donglai troops who had just crossed the river continued to join the ranks of chasing the defeated Jin army.
Liu Yu saw that the pursuing Donglai troops had no formation or command at all, and were just relying on instinct to pursue the fleeing enemies.
All of a sudden, on the vast plain beside the Zishui River, a group of chaotic soldiers were chasing another group of even more chaotic soldiers.
"The pursuers are also out of ideas. If the enemy is able to counterattack, it will be very dangerous."
Gongsun Sheng was lying on a robe on the ground and said. His thigh was stabbed in the melee just now.
Liu Yu had just checked him personally and had already taken care of it. Fortunately, the wound was not deep, so as long as it was not infected, it would be fine.
"If the Jin army really had this ability, they would not be defeated today."
Liu Yu was not worried at all about the possibility of the Jin army counterattacking or ambushing their pursuers.
In Liu Yu's view, the Jin army in Qingzhou was really weak today, and there was no back and forth on the battlefield. Under Liu Bogen and Wang Mi's desperate attack, the entire army was defeated, and the general abandoned the army and fled. It would be unreasonable not to win against such an enemy.
When Liu Yu had almost searched and dealt with all the wounded soldiers nearby, a cavalryman ran towards him with Liu Bogen's command flag.
"General, Duke Yin has an order for you to quickly lead your troops to gather the rear army and rush to Linzi City as soon as possible." After the cavalry finished speaking, he hurriedly left to find other generals to convey the order.
Regarding Liu Bogen's order, Liu Yu guessed that the Donglai army must have arrived at Linzi City, found that the city defense was very weak, and wanted to attack the city immediately.
Liu Yu left the injured Gongsun Sheng to take over the auxiliary troops left behind to take care of the wounded and the prisoners. He ordered the remaining 500 soldiers, and gathered other nearby Donglai Army soldiers together. In the end, there were more than 2,000 soldiers in total. .
When Liu Yu led these soldiers and arrived at Linzi City not far to the west, he found that there were indeed very few defenders in Linzi City. Liu Yu took a quick look and found that there were at most a thousand people defending the city.
However, the defensive equipment on the Linzi city wall was very complete by then. Liu Yu saw many push rods and nail rows behind the crenellations of the city wall to defend the long ladders.
At regular intervals, there are several boiling cauldrons at the top of the city. They should be boiling water or dung water, ready to cook the enemies who dare to climb the city into scalded meat.
Soldiers led by Liu Bogen and Wang Mi had cut down nearby woods, demolished some posthouses and houses, took out the beams, and began to make long ladders for climbing.
