On top of the city, amid the light of torches, several soldiers on duty were still standing with spears, and the city gates were patrolling back and forth...
Doesn't Yong Kai know what the garrison under his command is like? When have you ever performed your duties so faithfully? Isn't this the sun rising in the west?
"Who is under the city?!" A soldier who spotted Yong Kai and others shouted loudly.
"Let's go!" Yong Kai, who was already frightened, didn't even ask a question, turned his horse and ran away.
At this time, even the family generals around him who had followed Yong Kai for many years were stunned. They subconsciously followed Yong Kai and fled far away before they couldn't help but ask: "Master, why are you running away? There are still defenders and the family master's wife and children in the city... …”
"A man without a plan!" Yong Kai said without turning around. "The defenders of Dianchi Lake are addicted to gambling. Do they not get together to play a few games at night? Do you really think I don't know? When have they ever fulfilled their duties like this!"
The general reacted as soon as he heard it. Yes, it would be good if those guys could leave two people on duty at the top of the city. Why don't they return the city's goalkeeper?
By this time, the city gatekeepers had already gone to bed and plowed the fields!
"The master of the house has great opinions and his subordinates admire him. It's just that the master of the house, his wife and children..."
"How can I be burdened by my wife and children when I achieve great things? You will protect me to Jiaozhou and wait for me to borrow the troops from Soochow to fight back. How many women do I need? How can it be difficult for my son to have another son? I will be rich and famous by then!"
"Yes, thank you, Master!"
Yong Kai took less than two hundred guards and fled towards Jiaozhou at night.
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Dianchi City, (original) Yong family mansion.
Zhuge Liang was browsing the bamboo slips of the Yong family's collection of books at this time. It should be said that the Yong family's collection of books was really quite large, and there were even some rare ancient books.
There were few people in the Yong family who were eager to learn, and they rarely read them. Only servants regularly sorted and protected them, so these bamboo slips were well preserved.
"The prince likes to read a lot of books in his spare time. He will be delighted to see this." Zhuge Liang twirled his beard and smiled.
These books cover a wide range of topics, including poetry, music, and history, the mountains and geography of this place, herbal remedies... but there are no "classics" that Liu Chan doesn't usually like to read, which suits the prince's taste.
"Military advisor!" Li Yan walked into the study and bowed.
Zhuge Liang raised his head: "It's Zhengfang, what's the matter?"
"We came from the city to report that there was a group of people approaching the north gate. The soldiers guarding the city called out, but the leader didn't say a word. He turned his horse and led the team to escape... I don't know who it was."
Zhuge Liang's heart moved, and he immediately stood up, as if he was about to say something, but quickly sat down again.
Li Yan wondered: "Military advisor, what is this...?"
Zhuge Liang shook his head and smiled: "I didn't expect that the battle on the front line would end so quickly. You and I let a big fish go."
They attacked the city and captured territory all the way, divided their troops and surrounded Jianling, and then went straight to Dian Lake. Seeing the Han army surrounding the city, the shadow guards in the city immediately encouraged the generals of the defenders in the city to defect, and deceived them that Yong Kai and others on the front line had been defeated.
Those people didn't know that Zhuge Liang's troops had also entered Yizhou County. When they saw the army surrounding the city, they all thought Yong Kai was defeated, so they took advantage of the situation and led their troops to defect.
The people of Dianchi Lake were plundered and humiliated when Yong Kai led his troops into the city. They were already resentful. Coupled with rumors about Prince Liu Chan's benevolence and destiny, they immediately launched a riot in response.
Not only did he work with the rebel soldiers to break through the city gate from the inside and welcome the army into the city, but he also took advantage of the situation and flushed away the two big families who had been oppressing the good and kind-hearted people who had left with Yong Kai...
Zhuge Liang and others occupied Dianchi Lake without any effort. After entering the city, they quickly pacified the people and preached the Han army's policies, without causing the riot to further expand and affect innocent people.
After the riot subsided, Youyingwei reported the latest situation and learned that Yong Kai, Meng Huo and others had invited the King of Kunming to lead the elephant troops to help.
They had a small victory last time, but now Prince Liu Chan led his troops to attack again. They were leaving the city for a decisive battle.
Zhuge Liang arranged for the exhausted soldiers to rest and recuperate, and at the same time thought about strategies to defeat the enemy. He prepared to lead his army to attack Yong Kai and others from the rear early the next morning to help the prince defeat the enemy.
Unexpectedly, some defeated soldiers escaped tonight.
Seeing that Li Yan hadn't understood yet, Zhuge Liang said again: "At this time, someone came from the north to Dianchi Lake and was so cautious. He must have been defeated and fled. He saw the problem just by looking at the layout of our army's defense and did not dare to step forward. He must have been very careful." Learn about the defenders of Dianchi Lake.
"He was defeated but there were still guards following him. I'm afraid it was either Yong Kai or Meng Huo. It's a pity that the prince didn't expect to win so quickly. He didn't make arrangements early and let off the big fish."
Upon hearing this, Li Yan hurriedly said: "In that case, I will send people to chase him immediately!"
"Don't worry, it's already late. Our army is already exhausted, so it's difficult to pursue them in the dark." Zhuge Liang said with a smile, "Since the prince has defeated the enemy, he must have sent people to intercept him. Yong Kai and Meng Huo are desperate and will definitely surrender." Jiangdong, you only need to send the Qingqiang cavalry to pursue in the direction of Jiaozhou tomorrow morning."
"yes!"
Zhuge Liang sent Li Yan away. He wanted to watch for a while, but saw the guard coming in with a bowl of soup.
"Commander, the time has come, please drink and go to bed early." What he held in his hand was the tonic soup that Liu Chan ordered Uncle Wang to nurse Zhuge Liang's body.
Zhuge Liang said helplessly: "Why don't you wait until I finish sorting out the useful books?"
The guard immediately knelt down and said sadly: "The prince has a strict order, and he must persuade the military advisor to rest before the hour every day, otherwise all the servants including me will be dead..."
How could Zhuge Liang embarrass them? With a sigh, he took the soup bowl and said, "That's fine, get up."
The tonic soup enters the abdomen, the whole body feels warm, and the heart feels warm.
In the dark night, he trudged hard for fear of pursuing soldiers, and finally he was so sleepy that he slept in the open air. Yong Kai, who had been eaten by huge mosquitoes, felt very cold in his heart.
I didn't dare to delay early the next morning and continued on my way.
When he was hungry, he dug some wild vegetables and caught some insects and snakes to satisfy his hunger. When he was thirsty, he collected dew to drink.
Fortunately, Nanzhong is most in need of these things. Although Master Yong did not know that these things were edible before, his soldiers are familiar with them, so he will not starve to death or be poisoned by poisonous springs...
After several miserable days of trekking, Yong Kai was finally getting closer and closer to his destination. As long as he passed the intersection in front of him, he would reach Pu Shui. He could raft along Pu Shui to the southeast and reach Shixie's Jiaozhi County.
However, he was horrified to find that there were actually two armies confronting each other in front of him, one of which was the Han army...
However, when his eyes turned to another army with obviously greater strength, Yong Kai's heart ignited hope again.
I saw that most of the soldiers in this army were barbarians from the Yi people, and many of them wore rattan armor, a specialty of Yongchang County.
These are the reinforcements sent by Yongchang County!
Yong Kai's mind turned and he immediately figured out what happened. Yongchang County must have finally decided to send troops after receiving his invitation!
Well, he expected that Yongchang County was located in a remote area and would not be willing to be subordinate to Liu Bei. How good would it be to be a local emperor himself?
It's just that it was too late for them to send troops! If he had sent troops earlier, how could Yong Kai end up in this miserable situation?
But Yong Kai soon became happy again, just come! He first repulsed the chasing Han army in front of him, and then when he went to Jiaozhou with this large army, he had more confidence when he spoke, so that he would not be completely manipulated by the people in Jiangdong.
After making up his mind, Yong Kai circled around, staying away from the Han army camp and approaching the barbarian camp.
"who!"
The poor Chinese spoken by the barbarian soldiers guarding the camp sounded so cordial and sweet to the ears at this time.
"I'm Yong Kai, the head of the Yong family in Yizhou County. I wonder who your subordinates are?"
The two barbarian soldiers whispered a few words, and the other man immediately ran towards the camp.
"We, under the command of Lu Gongcao of Yongchang County, have sent someone to notify you. Please wait a moment."
As expected, they were soldiers from Yongchang County, and Yong Kai suddenly felt like he had found an organization again.
Not long after, a white-faced young man with a helmet and armor came out with a sword, walked closer and said, "Is this the head of the Yong family outside the camp?"
Yong Kai was overjoyed when he heard this, and his heart finally settled in his stomach. He dismounted and clasped his fists, saying, "That's right. The general is Lu Gongcao?"
Lu Kai's eyes lit up and he immediately laughed and said: "It's Lu Kai, hahaha, why don't you open the camp gate soon and welcome the head of the Yong family into the camp to talk in detail."
Lu Kai smiled very sincerely, obviously happy from the bottom of his heart.
Yong Kai was welcomed into the camp. He quickly stepped forward and cupped his hands and said: "Lu Gongcao, why did you arrive at this time? Now even the Dianchi Lake has fallen into the hands of Liu Chan. It's too late to counterattack! Liu Chan and the Han army are powerful. Now Lu Gongcao might as well follow me and retreat to Jiaozhou..."
"Eh~" Lu Kai waved his hand and smiled even more happily, "It's not too late, it's not too late, Lu Kai came at the right time, hahaha..."
Yong Kai felt something in his heart, why did he feel... something didn't seem right about Lu Kai.
As soon as he thought this, Lu Kai stopped smiling and shouted: "Catch these traitors with me!"
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(End of chapter)
