The next day was May 22nd.
Liu Yu led Gongsun Sheng, Li Feng, Zhao Kun, Guan Tao and others, and led 3,000 soldiers to set out for Linzi. The other refugee soldiers and their families temporarily stayed in Ju County.
Although Liu Bogen's order yesterday seemed to be very sure of victory, Liu Yu still felt that the historical process in his memory would not be changed so easily, so he was on the safe side and only led three thousand soldiers who acted quickly to explore first. Explore the situation.
Ju County is only more than a hundred miles away from Linzi. According to Liu Yu's estimation, he can reach Dong'anping on the east bank of Zi River in two days. Then he will enter the city and wait and see.
On May 22nd, the lightly-armed Donglai Army marched very quickly. By the time they camped in the evening, they had reached the east bank of the Zhuoshui River, which was only forty miles away from Linzi.
This speed of marching more than sixty miles in one day simply surprised even veteran troops like Gongsun Sheng. They did not expect that most of the new auxiliary troops who had only trained for half a month would not lag behind the veterans at all.
Liu Yu was quite pleased with this situation. It seemed that the food he had filled in in the past half month was not in vain. These originally weak refugee men became excellent soldiers after being well-fed and trained.
On the evening of the 22nd, it was just getting dark, and Liu Xugang, who was in the camp, picked up a pen and wanted to write down his experience of today's march and camp.
Suddenly, some soldiers came to report that the scouts had something to report to them face to face.
Soon, a horse exploration team arrived in a hurry.
"General, bring back two people from the front."
The little soldier said cautiously.
"who?"
Liu Yu was a little confused about the mysterious attitude of the soldiers, and had a bad feeling in his heart.
"He escaped from Linzi."
The Sentinels were whispering.
When Liu Yu heard this, he hurriedly said: "Bring the people here quickly."
The sentry turned around and was about to lead someone, but Liu Yu stopped him again and whispered: "Quietly, don't let others know anything, do you understand?"
The Sentinel Cavalry quickly nodded in agreement.
After a while, in a tent in the camp, Liu Yu sat on top, with Gongsun Sheng, Li Feng, Zhao Kun and other soldiers standing on both sides. In the middle of the tent, two men in tattered clothes sat slumped on the ground.
The two of them had just finished replying to Liu Yu's words almost crying, and then Liu Yu and the others learned the shocking news.
Yesterday, May 21, in the evening, a battle broke out between the Youzhou Jin Army and Liu Bogen's Donglai Army near Wuyanyi, twenty miles east of Xi'an. The Donglai army, which had nearly twice the number of Youzhou soldiers, suffered a disastrous defeat. According to the two soldiers who escaped, Liu Bogen's general flag disappeared in the rebel army in the end, and his life and death were unknown. Donglai army commander Shi Wangmi led a small number of followers Fleeing, most of the Dongrai soldiers were routed.
"Ugh, general, those Xianbei cavalry troops are very ferocious. My brothers can't outrun those beasts. As soon as they catch up, they are all killed. My two brothers are pitiful and they were killed right next to me."
After saying this, a Donglai Army soldier who escaped began to cry loudly. He didn't know whether he was grieving for his two brothers who lost their lives, or he was glad that he had escaped with his life.
"The troops from Youzhou came in majestic formation, but they never made a sneak attack, so why did our Donglai army suffer a disastrous defeat so quickly?"
After listening to the narrative just now, Liu Yu knew that before engaging the enemy, Liu Bogen and other generals had already begun to form an army to meet the enemy, and the Youzhou soldiers had no chance of a sneak attack.
But in such a majestic battle with twice the number of people, the Donglai Army was defeated so quickly and miserably that Liu Yu couldn't help but want to find out.
Another Donglai soldier with a slightly more stable mood knew that although Liu Yu was young, he was indeed a fierce character known to the Donglai army. When he heard Liu Yu's words, he was afraid that Liu Yu was going to blame him for being a deserter, so he quickly spoke answer.
"The villain is an archer. When I faced the enemy, I shot several thieves. After the two armies came into contact, I retreated to the rear and sniped the thieves. I don't know when there was a sudden commotion on the left wing. The villain was far away at that time. Looking over, I saw thousands of cavalry, all in armor, charging back and forth against the left wing formation. The Youzhou cavalry army was unstoppable. Once the left wing was defeated, the villain could only retreat with the others. In the end, it became a rout. .”
Liu foresees that this Donglai archer can still remember the changes in the situation in the panic of the army. Not to mention whether the situation is accurate, this archer can be said to be somewhat smart.
"Tell me again, how our army was defeated."
Liu Yu said to another Donglai soldier who was still wiping his tears, but the soldier was obviously still immersed in his own crying and did not hear what Liu Yu was asking him.
Standing next to the soldier was Liu Yu's young soldier Tian Jin, who kicked the soldier's butt hard.
"Stop howling, the general is asking you something!"
Seeing the soldier's confused look, Liu Yu had no choice but to ask again.
The soldier looked sad, thought for a while and said: "I don't know what happened. I just remember that I was standing next to my two brothers holding a spear. In front of me were several layers of people fighting for their lives with the officers and soldiers. I just heard I went to the front and yelled to kill, but I couldn't see the officers and soldiers on the opposite side. I don't know when, my brother grabbed me and started running back. He told me to forget about anything and just run back for my life. When I ran far away, When I looked back, I saw that my two brothers were hacked to death by the Xianbei horse army..."
After that, the soldier began to cry again.
That night, the sentries patrolling everywhere found several more Donglai Army soldiers who had escaped.
After questioning, it was found that the narration of the crying soldiers at the beginning was actually more consistent with the impression of most ordinary soldiers on the battle. Many of them had not come to fight or even met the enemy face to face, so they had to follow the general situation. .
The number of people killed in actual close combat was far less than the number of people killed from behind during the rout.
At this point, Liu Yu was completely sure that Liu Bogen had been completely defeated in the encounter with the Youzhou Army yesterday evening. Liu Bogen's life and death were uncertain. The second-ranking figure, Donglai Army Commander Shi Wangmi, escaped, and other Donglai Army soldiers, big and small, died in the battle. The generals don't even know how many there are.
And according to the descriptions of these groups of deserters, they originally planned to flee back to Linzi City, but when they arrived near Linzi, they found a lot of smoke and dust and shouts of killing coming from Linzi City. They guessed that something must have happened in the city, and there was no such thing. People dare to enter the city.
They continued to flee eastward and crossed the Zi River. When they crossed the Zi River, they found that Dong'anping City on the east bank had long been deserted. The Donglai Army guard and his troops in the city had not known how to escape. Where did it go.
Although Liu Yu had already prepared for Liu Bogen's defeat, he did not expect that the process of Liu Bogen's defeat would be so vague.
