"On this journey, the Wei army's tiger and leopard cavalry didn't stop them?"
Although they chose to leave the camp at night, the camp was not far from the enemy's camp, and there was so much movement that there could be no movement from the Wei army.
But it really allowed their army of more than 10,000 people to reach Yinling City.
"When we get to Yin Ling, we need to bring in grain and fodder to clear the grain roads, and then we can think about competing with Cao Pi."
Zang Shun was very hungry now, and he still had a few pieces of dried meat in his arms. However, the smell made him want to vomit. He would never take another bite until he really starved to death.
"but..."
Zang Ba looked around and frowned slightly.
Didn’t it say that Yinling City was surrounded by Wei troops?
Why are there no traces of war at all below and above the city?
It seemed like he had thought of something.
Zang Ba's expression suddenly changed. He stood at the foot of Yinling City, looking at the peaceful scene in the city, and suddenly he felt alarmed.
He turned back sharply, his eyes sweeping across the surrounding mountains and forests, and in an instant, he realized that he might have fallen into an ambush.
Without hesitation, he ordered the drums to be blown and the whole army to prepare to retreat.
"There is an ambush! All troops retreat!"
However, the moment he issued the order, a commotion suddenly broke out outside the city.
The Wei army's tiger and leopard cavalry came from outside the city like ferocious beasts, and their mighty momentum swept over them like a mountain torrent.
"Come on!"
"Kill!"
...
At the same time, the originally quiet Yinling City was also ablaze.
In the city, Wu Dun led the army to rush out of the city gate, and the attack came like thunder.
"Is there an ambush?"
"Run!"
"withdraw!"
...
Zang Ba's army was instantly caught between two sides.
In an instant, the army was in chaos, and the army seemed to be in dire straits.
Zang Ba's face was solemn. He waved the weapon in his hand and issued a stern order: "Hold the formation, don't be separated by them!"
withdraw?
If there is only one enemy chasing you, you can still retreat.
But now it is obviously under siege.
If we withdraw now, what is the difference between that and committing suicide?
Only by forming a formation, fighting and retreating, and then looking for opportunities to break out, can there be a chance of survival.
The rest of the army were obviously veterans. After the confusion of being ambushed in the early stage, they all hugged each other tightly, forming a military formation of ten or a hundred people, and handed their backs to their colleagues.
At the same time, the situation was actually stabilized.
Xuzhou soldiers under the command of Zang Ba tried their best to resist.
However, the fighting power of the Wei army's tiger and leopard cavalry was very terrifying. The momentum of their charge was like a violent storm, and they instantly overwhelmed Zang Ba's army.
The infantry formation can indeed prevent the cavalry from charging into the formation.
But you also have to look at what kind of cavalry this is.
What kind of square formation is your infantry formation?
How can a hastily formed formation be able to match the cavalry of hundreds of battles?
Xuzhou's military formation dispersed as soon as it was rushed.
While the tiger and leopard cavalry broke up the Xuzhou soldiers' formation, Wu Dun's troops were also chasing after them like a pack of wolves.
On the battlefield, steel knives and spears were intertwined, and war drums and shouts were heard one after another.
Although Zang Ba tried his best to command, the situation was irreversible. His army gradually fell into a disadvantage and its morale began to decline.
If this continues, there will only be a dead end!
During the fierce battle, Zang Ba frowned, and the situation in front of him was extremely critical.
He glanced around, trying to find a breakthrough, but the flanking attack by Wei Jun and Wu Jun gave him almost no chance.
"Dad, I told you that Wu Dun rebelled. You still don't believe me?"
Zang Shun had already eaten a few pieces of meat in his arms, and his face was somewhat energetic at this moment, but when he saw Wu Ziyaqi in the Wei army, his angry eyes were undisguised, and he could almost spit in his eyes. Fire.
Wu Dun rebelled?
There was no emotion at all in Zang Ba's heart.
Faced with the dilemma, Zang Ba had to make a difficult decision.
He raised the sword in his hand and issued the order to retreat: "The whole army listens to the order and retreats! Save your life and retreat to the camp!"
Xuzhou faced a powerful enemy force, and they gathered one after another and began to retreat.
However, the current retreat is actually no different from being massacred.
Many people had already been surrounded and suppressed by the Wei army, and their lives and deaths were uncertain.
The blood was dripping, and the blood flowed into rivers.
The smell of blood on the battlefield soars into the sky.
Zang Ba led the remaining troops and struggled to find a way out.
This battle can no longer be reversed, the only option is to retreat and preserve strength.
Seeing the battle line becoming more and more chaotic, Zang Ba's heart was filled with helplessness and anger.
"Is God going to kill me?"
On the chaotic battlefield, the troops led by Zang Ba gradually collapsed, while the Wei army pursued them closely.
Zang Ba's army retreated steadily under the attack and fell into a complete rout.
Right now.
Huhuhu~
The evil wind that came from nowhere actually caused the trees to bend.
The wind was howling, the rain was pouring down, and the sky was completely dark.
Under this raging natural force, the chaos on the battlefield became even more prominent.
The torches of the Wei army were extinguished by rain, and the efficiency of the encirclement and suppression of Xuzhou soldiers was greatly reduced due to heavy wind and rain.
"God help me!"
Originally, Zang Ba was already despairing.
Seeing that God was doing his best, he quickly shouted: "Break out toward the north and retreat to Xuzhou!"
Despite shouting this, Zang Ba led his son Zang Shun and a dozen of his cronies to break out of the encirclement towards the camp in the south.
Taking advantage of the strong wind and heavy rain, Zang Ba rushed out of the Wei army's encirclement with disheveled hair, galloping away like a frightened beast.
His figure quickly disappeared in the storm like a ghost, and soon merged into the night.
Breaking through the siege!
The shouts of killing were heard getting smaller and smaller.
Zang Ba felt conflicted. He was glad that he could escape, but he also felt ashamed and angry about his mistakes and defeat.
After this defeat, do I, Zang Ba, still have a chance?
Throwing away all the thoughts in his heart, Zang Ba focused his mind on the road again.
Now, we are not out of danger yet!
The camp by the Huai River finally appeared in Zang Ba's sight, and his tired body made him feel relaxed.
Zang Ba rushed into the camp. The soldiers couldn't tell who it was in the dark, but when they saw it was Zang Ba, they all screamed.
"The lord is back!"
"My lord, has he returned with food and grass?"
After seeing Zang Ba's embarrassed appearance, the soldiers guarding the city hurriedly asked:
"General, can you break the siege of Yinling and bring back the food and grass?"
A tired smile flashed across Zang Ba's face, but he did not answer the question directly.
He held the shoulder of a close confidant and gasped: "Go and prepare quickly. We must strengthen the defense of the camp as soon as possible. The Wei army's pursuit may come at any time."
The confidants nodded quickly and took orders to prepare.
Zang Ba returned to the camp, and the feeling of seeing the sun again made his mood slightly better, but he knew that his situation at the moment was still very dangerous.
Amid the noise caused by the strong wind, Zang Ba re-examined the entire situation.
How to break the situation?
As soon as he stepped into the camp, Zang Ba felt an extremely tense atmosphere.
The mood of the soldiers in the camp seemed to be more excited than he imagined.
The soldiers in front of him were all veterans he had single-handedly led, but at this moment their eyes showed a hint of indifference and anger.
As he arrived, a low-pitched discussion gradually sounded, and then more soldiers began to gather together, with unconcealable anger in their eyes.
"My lord, I am only spared myself. What should I do if the Wei army comes to attack?"
"Without food and grass, we will all starve to death!"
"It's better to surrender to the Wei army than to starve to death!"
...
The discussion is getting louder and louder.
Zang Ba felt uneasy in his heart, and he couldn't help but start to worry about his situation.
As the soldiers gathered, a team leader stood out and asked loudly: "Lord, we have been defeated. We have lost Yinling, lost our troops, lacked food and grass, and have low morale. What is our future now?"
This question resonated with the soldiers, and more people began to speak out, questioning and complaining about Zang Ba.
"Yes! What's the future?"
"Go home, I want to go back to Xuzhou!"
"Can you save your life? It's very blue!"
...
Emotions spread rapidly in the camp, the soldiers' voices gradually grew louder, and the atmosphere became increasingly tense.
Seeing that the situation was not right, Zang Ba looked at everyone anxiously and was about to explain when he saw a soldier suddenly take a step forward and shouted: "My lord, you have been defeated. We can no longer follow your lord!"
This shout triggered more people to respond, and Xuzhou soldiers began to gather around, resolutely expressing their dissatisfaction with Zang Ba.
Some people even suggested that he should be tied up and surrendered to the Wei army in order to save his life.
What's more, someone among the soldiers shouted loudly: "Lord, I can lend you your head!"
Zang Ba felt a huge pressure.
His face was pale, and his heart was filled with helplessness and anger.
Zang Ba tried hard to find words to calm the soldiers' emotions. However, facing such angry people, he felt that he could not do anything for a while.
finally.
Some of the soldiers surrounding him boldly moved.
He held the ring-shou knife in his hand and rushed towards Zang Ba. The bright ring-shou knife came straight towards Zang Ba's neck.
"Be bold!"
Zang Ba snorted coldly, and with extremely fast hands, he pulled out the sword from his waist with lightning speed, and then slashed at the charging soldiers!
puff!
Blood splattered, and the charging soldiers were immediately cut in half by Zang Ba's sword.
Taking advantage of the momentum of killing, he shouted loudly: "Surrender now, you are all criminals, and you will only become a corpse in the mine in the future. Think of your family, think of your mother-in-law at home, you are trying to be human beings" Master, or do you want to be someone else’s slave?”
Zang Ba's loud shout did have an effect: no one dared to charge forward anymore.
The corpse in front is still hot!
but...
This sentence alone is not enough!
The military camp was very quiet late at night.
Zang Ba calmly thought about the next response.
The current situation is extremely unfavorable for them, and he must try to stabilize the soldiers' emotions while finding an opportunity to reverse the situation.
Zang Ba continued to speak and sent his subordinates to convey his orders one by one.
He added: "The current situation is indeed very dangerous. We have lost more than half of our army, and our army is running out of food and grass. But if everyone can stay calm and obey orders, we may find a chance to escape back to Xuzhou."
As his orders came out, the soldiers began to calm down, but were still full of doubts and worries.
At this time, Zang Ba began to formulate a strategy, a strategy that could break out of the encirclement when the Wei army relaxed.
He was brainstorming fiercely, and he knew that now he must let the soldiers in this camp see hope.
Otherwise, if you are not killed now, you will be killed tomorrow.
Got it!
Sudden.
A sudden light flashed in Zang Ba's eyes.
He decided to "fake surrender".
"Tomorrow, I will pretend to surrender. You guys will tie me up with five flowers and send me to the front of the Wei army. When their guard is relaxed, break out. When they arrive in Xuzhou, they are in our territory. The Wei army is attacked from both sides by Jiangdong and Jingzhou. There is no time to pay attention to it. I wait."
This is indeed a ruse.
And it sounds quite feasible.
The restless hearts of the battalion sergeants were gradually calmed down.
Seeing this scene, Zang Ba slowly breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Eat all the food and grass tonight and break through tomorrow. There is no chance of failure!"
Having said that.
However, Zang Ba also understood the risks of this strategy.
He tied himself up and was escorted outside the camp by his trusted aides, preparing to pretend to surrender to the Wei army.
This strategy requires good timing. Once it fails, the consequences will be death.
But Zang Ba also understood that the current situation gave him no choice but to take the risk.
If you take risks, you still have a chance of survival. If you don't take risks, there is no chance of survival.
...
Early the next morning, the violent storm had dissipated.
But there was a thick layer of fog on the flat ground.
You can only see things clearly within ten meters.
God will not destroy me, Zang Ba!
Zang Ba was tied up by the soldiers and taken outside the camp.
Although he was nervous, he tried to stay calm.
The one who came to accept the surrender was Cao Xiu of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.
At this moment, he looked arrogant.
The battle last night almost sealed the victory.
Zang Ba's main force was killed, and there was no trouble left.
Therefore, when he learned that Zang Ba was captured by Ying Xiao's soldiers and surrendered to the Wei army, he was not surprised at all.
The army was defeated and there was no food.
If you don't surrender, what else can you do?
The leading generals of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry were so optimistic, and the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry under him were even more relaxed.
Seeing the relaxed expressions on Cao Xiu and the tiger and leopard knight beside him, Zang Ba felt relieved.
Have the opportunity.
Wei Jun did not realize that he was pretending to surrender, and his chance of survival changed from one front to two.
The young general who escorted Zang Ba saluted Cao Xiu and said, "General, we are willing to surrender, but please don't go on a killing spree, general."
Cao Xiu nodded expressionlessly and said, "Everything is in compliance with the king's order."
However, at this moment, Zang Ba saw something was wrong.
He noticed that the eyes of some tiger and leopard riders were wandering around, seeming to be looking for something.
His heart raced, and he realized something might be going wrong.
At this moment, a sharp voice came: "No, it's a fake surrender!"
The vigilance of the tiger and leopard cavalry was awakened in an instant, and they immediately formed a formation.
Zang Ba's heart trembled, and he knew that his plan had failed.
But he did not despair, because he knew that now was the best time for them to break out.
"Breakout, breakout!"
In the chaos, he gritted his teeth and issued the order to break out.
The soldiers immediately let go of him and ran towards the other side of the camp quickly and orderly.
"How dare you, Zang Ba, pretend to surrender? Come and die!"
"Kill, kill everything!"
"Those who pretend to surrender do not need to be soft-hearted. No one will be left alive!"
...
With loud shouts, the tiger and leopard riders rushed into the camp.
However.
Taking advantage of the mist, Zang Ba and his Xuzhou soldiers broke through the siege of Wei troops on both sides, and passed through the enemies blocking them in front of them like a bolt of lightning.
They fought bravely and took advantage of the foggy weather to escape towards the north.
As for how many people can survive?
Then it depends on God's will.
