After Yu Anmin was defeated and retreated from Fengcheng, he began to defend the city gate and no longer dared to march rashly.
A few days later, Yuyang.
At this time, Xiao Yuan led 4,000 elite troops to attack all night, and was already less than fifty miles away from here.
At this time, the emperor had also begun to retreat towards Yuyang.
This is a dense forest. Xiao Yuanzheng and his soldiers are resting on the spot. Ye Cheng has already sent scouting horses to inquire about the news.
Not long after, Tan Ma reported back, saluted in front of Xiao Yuan and said: "General, there is a war ahead."
"Oh?" Xiao Yuan was a little surprised and immediately asked: "Where is it? What is the specific situation?"
"In Blackstone Valley, an army is fighting a decisive battle with the rebels, but the strength of both sides is unknown." The spy returned.
"Get the map." Xiao Yuan shouted directly. After the sergeant handed over the map, he unfolded it and looked at it carefully, then pointed to a place and said: "Here."
Beside him were Peng Shuang, Liu Yuzhi and others. After hearing this, Liu Yuzhi began to mutter:
"Unexpectedly, another army, like the general, marched straight into Yuyang. From this point of view, Wu Yuan, the leader of the bandits, must have sent a bandit army to prevent the emperor from escaping south. He tried to detour to intercept it, but unexpectedly I met this army."
"At present, this is the only explanation." Xiao Yuan nodded, then looked at the spy and said, "Can we find out which army the other party belongs to?"
"This..." the spy thought for a moment and said, "Looking at the flag of this army, it should be the Yangzhou Army, and the commander's flag has the word "bell" embroidered on it."
"Yangzhou...Zhongzi..." Xiao Yuan squinted his eyes first, and then suddenly opened his eyes: "Zhong Bai!"
Since the troops were raised in Yangzhou, and the flag was in the shape of a bell, who else could it be?
But no one knew Zhong Bai. When Liu Yuzhi saw this, he subconsciously asked: "General, are you planning to provide support?"
"That's right." Xiao Yuan said quietly: "If our army does not provide support and the Yangzhou army is defeated, Tianzi's retreat to the south will be blocked by the rebels. Therefore, we must first work together with Zhong Bai's troops to defeat this army. A rebel army.”
As he spoke, he immediately said to the spies: "Probe again and report again! Be sure to get closer and find out the situation on the battlefield so that our army can choose the opportunity to use its troops."
"I have the order!" The spy clasped his fists and left.
Blackstone Valley.
This army that fought the decisive battle with the rebels was indeed belonging to Zhong Bai. At the moment, his situation was not very good. Due to the terrain, he had been surrounded by the rebels.
This battle had already occurred before Xiao Yuan arrived. By this time, Zhong Bai's troops had shrunk and he had been driven to a desperate point.
He was already covered in blood and was sitting on the ground resting with his sword on the ground.
"Sir." Liang Yuan walked over, with some worry in his eyes, and couldn't help but said: "Our army was ambushed. Due to the terrain, we have made several attacks. Now, our troops have been severely damaged, and more than half of the soldiers were killed or injured. I'm afraid... I'm afraid..."
At this point, he did not dare to say any more. Zhong Bai glanced at him and said coldly: "No matter what, we must break out! The rebels rely on the terrain. As long as they reach the open area, their combat power is not as good as our army. !”
"But." Liang Yuan paused for a moment, then changed the topic and said: "Young Master, in the opinion of the last general, I should lead an elite force to raid a place, and then order the whole army to coordinate and escort the Young Master out!"
What he said could indeed come true, but when Zhong Bai heard this, he sneered and said, "You mean to say that I will be able to escape alone at the cost of the lives of all the soldiers in the army?"
"This..." Liang Yuan didn't know how to answer, so he immediately added: "Young master has great ambitions. As long as he can go out and return to Yangzhou, he will be able to make a comeback! It doesn't matter if we and other soldiers die on the battlefield."
"No!" Zhong Bai stopped him directly: "These soldiers are all the soldiers I raised from Yangzhou and followed them all the way. It is my fault that I failed to lead them to make achievements. How can I abandon them now?" !”
"This battle must continue!" As he spoke, he stood up suddenly, looked around, and asked coldly: "Generals, do you dare to fight again!?"
When everyone heard this, their bodies trembled, and they all said: "I am willing to follow you through mountains of swords and seas of fire!"
"Kill! Fight with them -" Zhong Bai shouted, and then launched an army charge again and started a bloody battle with the surrounding rebels.
His military morale here is unquestionable, and all his generals follow his lead. Therefore, this fierce battle was extremely bloody!
On the battlefield, his hair was tied up with a white jade hairpin, and his fine silk and satin brocade clothes were stained with blood, as was his handsome face. He held a sword in one hand and kept slashing at the enemy troops. The commander's flag pointed at the soldiers, and they moved forward without hesitation.
But even so, due to the terrain, he was still unable to break through, and soon the entire army fell into a bitter battle.
Where the two sides clashed, rivers of blood had already flowed, corpses were piled up, eagle feathers were stuck all over the ground, and cold weapons were scattered everywhere.
The bloody battle continued, and the pitiful howls continued uninterrupted. An hour after the battle, while Zhong Bai was leading the army to fight hard, something suddenly changed on the right side of the rebels.
This is not a small disturbance, but a large-scale riot.
On the battlefield, you can see it with just a moment's attention. There is no doubt that after discovering it, Liang Yuan immediately rushed to Zhong Bai and reported to him: "Sir, there are changes on the right side of the enemy's army. We seem to have reinforcements! "
"What!?" Zhong Bai was taking the lead in rushing forward at this moment, and his attention was all here. After hearing this, he said in disbelief: "Reinforcements? Us, how can we get reinforcements?"
"This... the general doesn't know, but the enemy's right side does seem to be attacked from outside." Liang Yuan replied.
"Okay! No matter who he is! Kill him first!" Zhong Bai is not an indecisive person. How could he miss such an opportunity? He immediately ordered a breakout to the right.
Following his order, the Yangzhou Army turned its spearhead, pointed directly at the right side of the rebels, and began to cooperate with the reinforcements inside and outside.
The man outside was of course Xiao Yuan. After grasping the general situation of the battlefield, he made a prompt decision and led 4,000 elite troops. He decided to march from the right side and tear open the defensive line blocked by the rebels.
He struck from the outside in, like a sharp knife, while Zhong Bai struck from the inside out. In this way, it was equivalent to the rebels on the right being attacked from the back and belly, and the chaos became even more chaotic under the attack from the front and rear.
Originally, the rebels were facing Zhong Bai, but the people behind were killed by Xiao Yuan into chaos and began to retreat. As a result, they were pushed back and forth, and some people were tripped to the ground in the chaos. For a moment, the rebels didn't know which side to fight, and they were quickly killed and defeated.
At this time, Xiao Yuan was also on the war horse, raised his sword and shouted loudly: "Show the flag!"
