Chapter 151
With the sound of gold ringing in Shi Xie's army, this unexpected battle outside the city also came to an end.

The dejected Shi Xie army retreated to the camp one by one.

In the corner, from time to time, there were soldiers who had lost their loved ones, sobbing secretly.

Shi Xie's face was pale, and he sat in the tent in shock.

Underneath, Brother Zheng's complexion was also darker than ever before.This kind of gloom is not because of the gloom of losing a battle, but the frustration of being unable to overcome.Even Yuan Wei, who had always been calm, was terrified after seeing the powerful combat power of Yuan Yao's army.

"Brother, the loss this time has been calculated."

Shi Wu's face was heavy, his eyes wandered, and he didn't dare to look into Shi Xie's eyes.

Holding a pot of warm tea, Shi Xie felt a bit of warmth, and the corners of his mouth twitched. No need to ask, he also knew that the loss in this battle must not be small, but things always have to be faced, Shi Xie Xie still nodded and said, "Report."

Shi Wu swallowed his saliva, and said dryly: "In this battle, according to the counting after the event, our army killed 1 people and injured countless people. And, and..."

"What else?"

Shi Xie held the tea tightly, his face was like the summer weather, with a haze that could change at any moment.

Shi Wu gritted his teeth and said with some pain: "Our cavalry has been wiped out."

"what!"

Everyone sitting there has a feeling that the world is spinning.

Shi Xie let go of his hand even more, and the teapot in his hand fell to the ground with a thud, and large flakes of tea, mixed with hot air, splashed everywhere.

Nodding his head with difficulty, Shi Wu repeated in a dry tone: "The cavalry is completely wiped out, except for a few nephews who ran fast, everyone died in battle."

"hiss….."

There was another sound of breathing, and all the civil and military officials sitting here turned pale. Although there are very few cavalry in Jiaozhou, after all, there are only two thousand cavalry, but Shi Xie paid a lot of money and worked hard to recruit them. Unexpectedly, in just one day, it was completely lost. Even if everyone didn't know anything about military affairs, they also felt a kind of pressure and rushed to their faces.

Shi Xie felt like he was sitting on pins and needles, looking at the many staff members, he said in a hoarse voice: "Gentlemen, can you help me defeat the enemy?"

Yuan Wei smiled wryly, shook his head, and sighed: "Our army has just been defeated, and our soldiers have no fighting spirit. My lord can stand firm in the camp with high ditches and deep fortifications, and then gather all the troops and practice them strictly. You don't need to be ordered by the arm, as long as you can follow the orders. It’s not like fighting each other like today,”

Heng Shao also got up and said: "The defeat of our army is due to the fact that the soldiers in each county do not belong to each other. My lord can order the soldiers and horses of each county to be reorganized into an army, and the lord will personally lead it."

Shi Xie's eyelids twitched, and he said unwillingly: "We have a lot of soldiers and horses, if we can't hold on, won't it make Yuan Yao laugh?"

Yuan Wei persuaded: "Enduring a temporary humiliation in exchange for the final victory, which is more important, my lord, think twice!"

"What do you think?"

Undecided, Shi Xie looked at the others.

Heng Shao naturally stood by Yuan Wei's side and nodded slightly. Zhang Min is a pure civil servant who doesn't know anything about military matters, so of course he follows the crowd.

Only Cheng Bing said with a worried look on his face: "Our army is newly defeated, no matter what the Lord plans, we must be careful of Yuan Yao's robbing the camp tonight."

Shi Xie nodded, knowing that after the defeat, what he feared most was being attacked by the enemy at night, so he didn't dare to be negligent, so he hurriedly dispatched troops and horses to guard the camp.They also sent ambush pawns to spy on the movement.

In the city, Yuan Yao heard that spies were watching from outside the city. After thinking for a while, he asked Li Ji, "Shi Xie has just lost, but he sent a large number of spies. Could it be that he wants to attack the city at night and win the round?"

Li Ji stroked his beard and said with a chuckle: "This must be that Shi Xie was afraid of our army's night attack, so he sent spies to observe the movement in the city. Shi Xie was newly defeated, and the soldiers had no fighting spirit. Why didn't my lord follow Shi Xie's heart and really go to the city?" Rob camp."

"Since Shi Xie is all prepared, if we go, aren't we seeking our own death?"

Yuan Yao's eyes widened, suspecting that Li Ji was joking with him.

Shaking his head, Li Ji said: "If my predictions are correct, once Shi Xie finds that our army is leaving the city, he will definitely arrange for soldiers to go out of the camp to ambush. Now that the enemy is outnumbered, my lord should try to consume the enemy's strength. If Shi Xie has a solid Wouldn't it be a godsend opportunity to lie in ambush in the wilderness without guarding the camp?"

Yuan Yao was overjoyed and felt that what Li Ji said was reasonable.He ordered the soldiers to have enough food, and waited until the night was getting dark, and there was no one around.So he took his soldiers and horses and went out of the city.

Halfway through the journey, Yuan Yao's army was divided into two. Yuan Yao led 6000 troops and stopped at the same place, while Qin Qiong led [-] million troops and continued to walk towards Shixie's camp.

Outside the camp where Shi Xie stationed troops, there was a high mountain. On the top of the mountain, Qu Jing and the Zheng brothers were in ambush. They were overjoyed to see Yuan Yao coming to rob the camp. They held back their excitement and wanted to wait for Qin Qiong. Enter the empty camp, and then encircle them on all sides, because Shi Xie's other soldiers are also ambushing around the camp, if Qin Qiong really falls into it, the whole army can only be wiped out.

However, what they didn't expect was that Qin Qiong's army was halfway through, but suddenly retreated at an extremely fast speed.

On the top of the mountain, Jing and Zheng were willing to let the fat sheep fly away, and ignored Shi Xie's order, and hurriedly gathered soldiers and horses to kill them from the bottom of the mountain.The Zheng brothers walked like flying, a few ups and downs, rushed down the mountain, and shouted loudly: "I want to rob the camp, and I will talk about it if I save my life!"

Qin Qiong laughed loudly, jumped on the horse and stood in front of the formation. The soldiers who had retreated were also re-arranged to resist the onslaught.

Relying on the large number of people, the Zheng brothers swarmed forward.Qin Qiong sneered again and again, while standing firm, while looking up, seeing all the ambush soldiers on the mountain rushing down, he hurriedly ordered the army to raise their horns.

In the scene of fighting, when he heard the sound of the horn, his expression suddenly changed.

Almost at the same time as the trumpet sounded, in the dark night, countless torches suddenly appeared. The leader was a man in white clothes and a white horse, and countless white guards with guns and shields, surrounded them.

Needless to say, it was naturally Yuan Yao who arrived in person, and first used Qin Qiong to move forward to draw out the ambush, and then swung his troops to cover up the killing, creating a two-sided attack.

"He fell into Yuan Yao's trick again!"

Ou Jing was flustered, gathered his soldiers and horses, and tried his best to break out to the side.

He didn't dare to collide with Yuan Yao's army, he could only hope to break through Qin Qiong's block, so as to take the opportunity to get out of trouble.

Brother Zheng's face was also pale, and he hurriedly summoned his subordinates, trying to rush out of the encirclement.

It's just that Qin Qiong's army, like a wall, is so rigidly fixed in place, with countless spears lying horizontally, like hedgehogs, when they hit it, they can only bleed.

One row failed, and the other went up again. This time, Yuan Yao's men were all equipped with spears, just to prevent the enemy from breaking through at any cost.

Unable to break through, there were strong soldiers behind, the Zheng brothers were completely panicked, seeing Qu Jing abandoning his subordinates, and ran up the mountain, the three brothers were also blessed with the best of luck, and with their cronies, they also rushed into the mountain.

As soon as the main general fled, the rest of the Yue tribe was in chaos. They lost their armor and ran into the mountains.

Those who couldn't run away could only kneel down on the ground with a sad face and dejected faces.

The fire here also attracted Shi Xie's attention. Needless to say, he also guessed that his ambush had been seen through, so he hurriedly gathered his soldiers and horses, and came to kill here.

Just in time, I saw Yuan Yao's army escorting the prisoners and marching towards the city.

Shi Xie was furious. If Yuan Yao captured his soldiers face to face, it would not be a big joke.

Shi Wu didn't wait for his elder brother's order, and at the command, the elite soldiers of the Shi family rushed forward and rushed forward to kill.

The enemy was outnumbered, and it was night, so it was impossible for Yuan Yao to kowtow on the spot in order to capture a few captives. He also retreated after being caught in the belly of the horse. retreat.

Shi Wu didn't care about the prisoners struggling on the ground, seeing Yuan Yao escaped, he hurriedly chased after him, Shi Xie also commanded the army and followed closely.

Having suffered losses in Yuan Yao's hands time and time again, even a good-tempered Shi Xie was also furious and just ordered the army to advance.

Even if they couldn't kill many of Yuan Yao's soldiers, at least they should chase Yuan Yao back to the city.

Chasing and fleeing on both sides, and gradually exiting the mountain pass, Shi Wu jumped on his horse and raised his gun, shouting loudly: "Yuan Yao, you dare to fight with me, fleeing before fighting, it is not a hero!"

On the horse's back, Yuan Yao heard the soldiers insulting him, he stopped abruptly, turned the horse's head, and said with a big smile, "As you wish, the prison in my city is empty, I invite you to be our guest tonight!"

Before the words were finished, the drums of war suddenly sounded in the oblique stab, and the whole ground was shaken by the sound of rumbling horseshoes.

The flamboyant warrior seemed to have eaten a fly, his face darkened, he hurriedly turned his horse's head, and fled back. Yuan Yao laughed and pointed with a long whip. The gathered soldiers shouted one after another. Go back and fight again.

Shi Xie's soldiers were frightened by the sound of horses' hoofs, but when they saw Shi Wu running for their lives, they were even more confused.

Shi Xie's army following behind hadn't figured out the situation yet, and they were still rushing forward excitedly, and happened to be blocked at the mountain pass, huddled together.

Yuan Jun, who was in ambush, chased him down instantly, and the spear in his hand pierced through the back of the fleeing enemy effortlessly.

Shiwu's soldiers are even more chaotic. In order to escape for their lives, they only hate their parents for losing two legs. At this time, they don't care about whether they are friendly or not. important.

Shi Xie at the back also changed his color. He only heard the sound of killing and the neighing of war horses. He didn't know how many enemy soldiers there were in the dark night.Heng Shao hurried forward, grabbed Shi Xie's rein and said, "The matter is urgent, my lord should stand up and stabilize the morale of the army, otherwise the [-] army may collapse in an instant!"

Shi Xie's face was panicked. Hearing Heng Shao's words, he seemed to be grasping a life-saving straw, so he hurriedly lit a torch, and he even raised his voice and shouted: "Shi Xie is here, everyone, don't panic!"

Sure enough, after hearing Shi Xie's words, the panicked soldiers gradually calmed down and gathered around Shi Xie one after another.

At this time, the First Army, under the leadership of Gao Chong, had already killed them. Hearing that Shi Xie was gathering soldiers, he couldn't help shouting: "Shi Xie is right in front of you, everyone!"

No need for Gao Chong to say much, Shi Xie yelled so loudly, and the torches were so bright, everyone heard it clearly, howled one after another, and rushed towards Shi Xie with red eyes.This is the real big fish. Killing a thousand enemies is not as good as capturing Shi Xie alive.

Under the dark night, a group of majestic cavalry rushed towards him desperately. Shi Xie's scared voice was much lowered, and he hurriedly pulled the reins and backed away.

The personal guards beside him also rushed forward, trying to block the charge of the first army.

It's just that although they are brave, how can they stop the cavalry running at high speed?

Shi Xie was even more startled, and hurriedly ordered more than a dozen of his subordinates to come forward together.

Cheng Yaojin rushed to the front, and the Xuanhua ax whined, beheading three of them on the spot, the rest were terrified and scattered, Shi Xie also turned around and fled, not daring to stop.

Unexpectedly, there was a sound of bowstrings in the rebellious army, and an arrow was aimed at Shi Xie. Suddenly, a figure threw Shi Xie to the ground from his horse. The arrow only shot Shi Xie's horse, but Shi Xie himself escaped. doomed.

Cheng Yaojin took the opportunity to chase a few steps closer, and he was already less than 200 meters away from Shi Xie, and beside Shi Xie, there was only the personal guard who jumped at him.

Cheng Yaojin was overjoyed, cheered up and moved forward.

"Brother, let's go, I will block this person!"

At this extremely critical juncture, Shi Wu suddenly brought many personal guards to kill him, and surrounded Cheng Yaojin.

Shi Xie took the opportunity to be rescued by his personal guards and ran to the barracks.

Shiwu fought with Cheng Yaojin for more than ten times, his breath was scattered, and he also fled back.

Cheng Yaojin wanted to pursue him, but Shiwu's personal guards tried their best to stop him.Shi Wu took the opportunity to flee into the night and returned to the barracks.

This battle lasted from late at night to dawn. Shi Xie's army was defeated and they all hid in the camp. Yuan Yao wanted to take advantage of the situation to attack, but random arrows were shot from the camp. In order to reduce casualties, Yuan Yao had no choice but to go along the way. Capture the surrendered soldiers and return to the city with the victorious soldiers.

After two battles in a row, they were all failures, and lost a large number of soldiers for no reason. Shi Xie returned to the barracks with a gloomy expression. Even the arrogant soldiers and soldiers on weekdays were trembling and dared not speak.

Qu Jing and Zheng's brothers were the most miserable. Their tribesmen were defeated by the pincer attack first, except for a few who escaped their lives by crossing mountains and ridges, most of them either died in battle or were captured alive.

Although they were rescued later, it was only at that time that the soldiers were in turmoil, who would have the time to untie them from the ropes. In the end, Shi Xie was defeated and retreated to the camp. Those people were caught again and locked in the city.

This time, the prison in the city is no longer empty, it has reached the point where not even a mouse can fit in.

The two sides fought all night, both were exhausted, and it was rare to have a free day today. Shi Xie sat on the main seat with dark circles, and asked the generals, "How is the situation in the army?"

Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, they all lowered their heads and dared not speak.Shi Wu smiled wryly, and said, "If you lose twice in a row, the morale of the army has long been gone."

The soldier was also worried, and said: "Now the army's morale is weak, and it's unbearable to fight. Father, why don't we retreat! When we return to Hepu, we will come to revenge before reorganizing the army!"

"nonsense!"

Shi Xie was trembling with anger, glared at his son fiercely, and cursed: "I am the majestic lord of a state, do I want to bow my head to Yuan Yao?"

Shi Yan smiled awkwardly, and buried his head obediently.

An angry Shi Xie is still scary, he doesn't want to make fun of himself.

At this time, Yuan Wei is probably the only one who can persuade Shi Xie.All the people in the tent all set their eyes on Yuan Wei.

Sighing, Yuan Wei was about to speak, when suddenly, a personal guard rushed in and shouted: "Master, Hepu urgent report!"

"Bring it up quickly!"

Shi Xie jumped up suddenly, his whole body felt like he was jumping with fear. Hepu was the place where the army's money and food were stationed. If something went wrong, the army would collapse without Liu Shang's action.

Almost snatching the letter with his hands, Shi Xie's face was cloudy, he glanced at the people sitting there, and tore up the envelope in his hand as if venting.

On the yellowish Zuo Bo paper, a large piece of elegant characters first catches the eye, but it is Shi Yi's own handwriting.

The civil and military officials below couldn't read the contents of the letter, so they held their breath and stared at Shi Xie's face without blinking, trying to judge from his expression how bad the news of the letter was. So much so that the army had only been out for battle for a few days, and Shi Yi hurriedly sent someone to deliver a letter.

Who knew that Shi Xie's complexion did not get worse because of this letter, but became more and more ruddy. At the end, Shi Xie's complexion could no longer be described as ruddy, like a poor man, Suddenly picked up He's Bi on the road, the ecstasy, no matter how suppressed it is, it can't be concealed.

From the beginning to the end, Shi Xie held the letter and read it three times in a row. He couldn't bear it anymore, and laughed loudly: "God help me! With this strange soldier, why worry that Yuan Yao's child will not be defeated!"

The civil and military people below were also discussing a lot. They didn't understand what Shi Xie's strange soldiers were referring to. Everyone was on the ground in Jiaozhou.

You know, the Confucian demeanor has always been about the collapse of Mount Tai without changing his face, let alone in the case of defeat, if someone else laughed so much, I am afraid that people would have suspected that he was crazy.

(End of this chapter)

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