There was such a big movement in the camp. The guards who were arranged by Li Hao to wait at the back would naturally not miss it and rushed inside immediately.
It's just that the camp was too chaotic, which seriously slowed down their entry, making Li Hao wait for a long time.
After gathering everyone, Li Hao immediately took them to the Chinese army's tent. Firstly, he wanted to meet up with Chen Xi and the others, and secondly, he also wanted to see if there were any bargains, in case there were one or two people who were brave enough to do national affairs. I want to stabilize the situation there.
At this time, the Chinese army camp was in a mess, with firelight, human figures, and the sound of horse hooves intertwined together, forming a thrilling picture.
Wherever he looked, horses neighed and galloped wildly. People pushed and trampled each other. Many people were knocked to the ground or trampled by the chaotic crowd. What's worse, soldiers who had grievances to begin with directly opened fire. Opposing each other further added to the confusion.
Of course, although most of the people fled blindly, there were also many brave and courageous people in the An army.
They tried to shout loudly to keep the soldiers calm and organized the team to regroup in an attempt to control the situation and appease people.
However, at this time, their organization was all in disarray. The generals could not find their soldiers, the soldiers could not find their trusted colleagues, and even if someone was organizing, they would not have many manpower.
Faced with such people, Li Hao naturally led his troops to attack decisively, strangulating and breaking up the teams that were trying to assemble.
From time to time, remaining Molotov cocktails and explosive packets are used to further intensify the chaos. On the battlefield of life and death where the two countries are fighting, achieving the goal must be the highest requirement.
In this way, as Li Hao rushed to the Chinese army's tent, the chaos in the rear camp was difficult to describe in words.
On the contrary, the Chinese Army tent was relatively quiet here. After all, it was located in the center and everyone had already moved to all directions.
Originally, Li Hao thought that he would have to return empty-handed this time, but suddenly he got a surprise. Li Hao came face to face with a well-equipped team of nearly two hundred people coming from the opposite side.
But there was no flag on the opposite side, and Li Hao didn't know who it was, but he just knew it was a fat sheep.
Naturally, the team on the opposite side also discovered Li Hao, but Li Hao and his group were all wearing Anjun's standard armor. Their first reaction was that they thought it was one of their own, who came to protect King Qin like them.
As a result, just when he was about to say hello, Li Hao summoned someone to smash the Molotov cocktail over, and took advantage of their panic to take the lead in charging down.
Facts have proved that this group of people is indeed an elite group. Even if they rushed to the battle, they relied on their numerical advantage to barely stabilize the situation after losing nearly half of them from the beginning.
But they also knew that if the fight continued, their side would definitely be unable to withstand it, so they prepared to cover the leader's departure.
It was at this time that Li Hao recognized a familiar face in the lead opposite him. It was Chu Yue's father, Duke Chu Yuan of An Guochu.
Why did Li Hao let him run away? He immediately found an opening and used Qinggong to kill him. With a few swords, he killed the two guards guarding Chu Yuan.
Chu Yuan still wanted to raise the knife to resist, but he was no match for Li Hao. Li Hao grabbed the sword with his bare hands and disarmed him. He put it on his neck and pressed it against his throat, making him unable to speak. talk.
All this happened so fast that the others didn't react at first, until Li Hao said: "Put down the knife, or I will kill him."
The people who came with Chuyuan were all tribesmen from Shaxi Province. They had always respected the clan leader. When they saw this scene, they immediately didn't dare to move, but they didn't really put down the knife.
The guards of the East Palace were also smart. When they saw this, they quickly gathered around and blocked Li Hao behind them.
This time it became a confrontation between two sides, but Li Hao had a hostage in hand and had an obvious advantage.
Seeing that they had not moved yet, Li Hao continued to press in with the knife, leaving a blood mark on Chu Yuan's neck.
He emphasized again: "He is the chief of your Shaxi tribe. If he dies here because of you, even if you return to Anguo alive, what will your family and tribe think of you.
I'll count to three, if you don't put the knife down, I'll let his head fall to the ground, one...two..."
Before Li Hao could count to three, these people had already put down their weapons.
Then Li Hao asked the guards to find a rope and tied them all up. Only then did Li Hao loosen Chu Yuan's neck.
Then the first thing he said after he could speak was to lament his misfortune: "How can you believe what the people of Su said? Without weapons, I will only die faster."
When Li Hao heard this, he immediately retorted: "I stick to my word, and I won't kill you if you don't kill me, so don't think too much about it.
It's not convenient to talk here. Let's go into the tent and sit down to talk. Let me see your Anguo's Chinese army tent. "
After speaking, Li Hao asked the guards to escort the prisoners into the large tent. Not to mention, the tent was quite luxurious, with tables and chairs made of small-leaf red sandalwood for the main seat, and white tiger skin cushions on them.
But what attracted Li Hao the most was the weapons rack behind the main seat. On it was a sword with a scabbard inlaid with precious gems, making him look like a nouveau riche.
Although it seems a little vulgar, I have to say that it is indeed more eye-catching.
So Li Hao immediately stepped forward and took off the sword, wanting to see what kind of sword could be so beautifully decorated.
As Li Hao unsheathed the sword with force, a clear and high-pitched sword sound suddenly sounded. Through the lights in the tent, the sword body was as smooth as a mirror, reflecting a sharp light that made people dare not look directly.
Li Hao then sighed: "This is really a good sword."
As he said this, Li Hao looked carefully and saw the word "Long Yuan" engraved on the sword from the reverse side, and couldn't help but read it softly.
After hearing this, the captain of the guard replied: "Isn't the Longyuan Sword a sword that Emperor An obtained from a piece of meteorite iron and ordered people to spend several years to forge it? I didn't expect that it would fall into the hands of His Highness today."
Hearing him calling His Highness Li Hao, Chu Yuan was shocked. He looked up at Li Hao and said, "You are Cui Hao, the crown prince of Su Kingdom."
Li Hao put his sword back into its scabbard and said with a smile, "Why, doesn't it look like you are alone?"
Chu Yuan shook his head warmly: "When I first heard your voice, I felt it was familiar, but I didn't expect that you would dare to personally lead a night attack. We did not lose this battle unjustly.
Tell me, what are you going to do with me? Kill me or cut me into pieces. It's up to you. "
"The Duke of Chu is extremely loyal. Even though he knew there was a lot of danger here, he still came here with his men. I admire you for this, and naturally I won't kill you.
The orphan will release you at the appropriate time, but it must be conditional. As for the specifics, we will discuss it after the situation subsides.
There's no rush now, let's wait and see if there are any other loyal people who will come to escort us. "
After saying that, Li Hao asked people to get tea, untied Chu Yuan, and sat together in the big tent.
But until Chen Xi and Wang Kun arrived one after another, no one from Anjun came again.
"Uncle, how is the situation now? Did you encounter any obstacles when you came here?"
Wang Kun immediately began to introduce the situation. After receiving the signal from Li Hao, he immediately rushed out with the troops and horses that had been prepared outside the East City Gate.
The An army patrolling troops stationed outside the city had already rushed back to support them when the chaos broke out in the camp, so they were not hindered when they first came out.
There was some resistance at Anjun's front camp, but it was not strong.
Although the men and horses of the front camp were protected to a certain extent because they were ordered by the previous Emperor An Li Xun to hold on.
But in the face of the counterattack of the scattered and fleeing troops in the Chinese army, they did not have the decisiveness of Emperor An and Li Xun and dared to directly use iron and blood to intimidate them.
They could only mobilize people and horses to coordinate as best they could, and were forced to disband the formation, leaving a gap for them to escape.
As a result, before the man had finished running, Wang Kun arrived with his troops again, causing the front camp to suffer a pincer attack from both front and rear.
As a result, the military morale that had been gradually lost due to the chaos suddenly collapsed, and then the front camp also collapsed.
After defeating the front army, Wang Kun immediately detached a group of people to capture prisoners, while he quickly led people in to find Li Hao.
After listening to everything
, Li Hao smiled and said: "Okay, after this battle, the main force of the An army collapsed, and the initiative in the war returned to our hands.
Uncle, please quickly send a message to your father to explain the situation. In addition, please ask General Wu Wei to bring people over immediately to block the route of Anguo's defeated troops escaping south, so that they cannot harm the people.
Early tomorrow morning, I will lead another group of troops to chase north to avoid another large-scale gathering of the An army. I will also go to see if I can find any traces of An Emperor Li Xun.
He ran too fast, but he should be running north, either to Qizhou to find Duke Cui, or to join the troops in Lianyang Mountain. I'll try my luck.
As for you, continue to sit in Hezhou, control the captured prisoners, and mobilize the people.
This time, I set a lot of horses on fire, so I asked them to disperse and help look for them. I would give them a certain reward based on the number they found, which was two guan for each horse.
But it must be emphasized that anyone who hides something secretly and does not report it will be killed. After all, this is our trophy, and we must speak up beforehand. "
Li Hao had already done such dangerous things as raiding enemy camps at night. Wang Kun was accustomed to no longer objecting to Li Hao's decision to pursue enemy troops.
It's just that he has some questions about who Li Hao will take, but it's not easy to say these in front of everyone.
Then he pointed at Chu Yuan and asked, "By the way, how should he deal with it?"
Li Hao said, "I promise not to kill him. You can send him back to the city to be imprisoned until I come back."
With Li Hao's words, Wang Kun asked people to come forward, pick up Chu Yuan and others, and escort them away.
Then he motioned to Li Hao to let the others go out because he had something to say.
After everyone left, Wang Kun said: "I don't object to you chasing people, but now our soldiers can fight with the wind, but if we want to lead them on a long-distance attack, I'm afraid it's not possible. "
Seeing that he wanted to say this, Li Hao smiled and said: "Of course I understand this. Anyway, now that the siege of Hezhou has been lifted, the people I brought with me will be taken away first.
In addition, haven't we already summoned the local warriors before? The Orion's legs and feet are no worse than those of the regular army. "
After hearing this, Wang Kun understood what Li Hao was thinking and said, "Okay, in that case, you can arrange everything yourself."
After a busy night, Li Hao and Wang Kun took care of things here. This time, the An army suffered countless casualties and captured two thousand prisoners.
After escorting all these people back to Hezhou, Xiang Yong, whom Li Hao was waiting for, also arrived.
In addition to the voluntary scholars Li Hao wanted, some of these local brave men were also real locals.
In order to avoid trouble, Li Hao kept these people as guards for Wang Kun.
After several bloody battles, he took more than 500 people who were still able to march, plus 1,100 Yixue Xiangyong, and left the city with rations and baggage and headed north.
At first, everyone thought that Li Hao just wanted to wipe out the remaining troops around him, but later, when they saw Li Hao's hurried march, they understood that this matter might not be so pure.
However, this time Li Hao did not ride a horse, but marched on foot with ordinary soldiers.
Therefore, even though they were tired from walking, everyone was still in high spirits. After all, the soldiers at the bottom did not want much. Even the prince was treated the same as them, so what else could they say.
However, when Chen Xi was resting, he was encouraged by the guards of the East Palace and had no choice but to come to Li Hao to inquire: "Your Highness, where are we going?"
Li Hao smiled and said, "Let's go to Qizhou. Last night I sent someone to use flying pigeons to deliver a message to the Marquis of Anding, asking him to find a way to hold back the 20,000 troops of Cui Guogong of Anguo.
Emperor An's defeat was too sudden this time. It would not be easy for him to get the news. Let's rush there as soon as possible to see if there is any chance to do something to keep them.
If it succeeds, Anguo will only have the tens of thousands of troops outside Ziyang Pass left outside Lianyang Mountain.
Moreover, the An army suffered heavy losses in this battle, and any reinforcements from the rear would definitely take a long time.
At that time, we will have the opportunity to regain Jizhou and Bizhou, and even seize Lingzhou and Xuzhou, push the front back to Ziyang Pass, restore the old land of our country, and incidentally reduce the Japanese pressure.
Post-defense pressure. "
Chen Xi naturally supported Li Hao's plan, and immediately went back to help explain.
After the rest was completed, everyone continued their rapid march.
There is a total of two hundred miles from Hezhou to Qizhou. Under the leadership of Li Hao, everyone arrived there in only two days.
In the meantime, Yi Xue, a group of nominal local heroes, also used their own strength to win the respect of the guards of the East Palace.
When he arrived at the place, Li Hao did not rush forward. Instead, he arranged for a rest and asked Chen Xi to bring a few people up to check out the situation and see if he could contact Chu Fan.
After half an hour, Chen Xi rushed back and introduced the situation to Li Hao.
After all, the news of An Jun's defeat in Hezhou was one step faster than Li Hao's.
Cui Guogong immediately realized that something was wrong and knew that this place was no longer a permanent place, so he immediately began to prepare to retreat.
Of course, in order to confuse Chu Fan in the city, he also made some arrangements.
However, Chu Fan had been reminded a long time ago and kept a close eye on An Jun's reaction. When he saw a slight change in them, he immediately launched a feint test.
After some entanglement, although the An army finally withdrew, their movements were extremely slow and they were firmly restrained by Chu Fan.
