There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

At this moment, his sudden appearance was like falling from the sky, the second general couldn't believe it.

Jiang Qin was seriously injured and couldn't come out to greet him. When Ling Cao saw the potter, his eye circles turned red in an instant.

"Teacher, why are you here?"

The pottery merchant looked Ling Cao up and down. When he was in Jinling back then, he was also a tall, healthy, energetic and tough guy, but now he has not been separated for long, and after less than half a month in Licheng Town, he is also full of faces. The vicissitudes of life, the appearance of haggard, the blood on the armor all over his body, indescribably miserable and haggard.

The pottery merchant sighed, and said, "How did you become like this?"

Ling Cao's eyes were red, and his tone was choked up: "Teacher! The last general is guilty of death! Since the establishment of the Jinling Army, how could we have suffered such a great humiliation? It is the last general who has embarrassed the Jinling Army and the Taifu. !"

The pottery merchant reached out and patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Otherwise, Yuan Shao is the number one prince in the world. He is different from the opponents we have encountered before. Hard battles are inevitable. I don't blame you...Go, go in." say!"

After that, he walked into the county government.

The pottery merchant saw Jiang Qin, who had stab wounds on his arms, juniors, and legs, and they were very serious, especially the one on his leg, which was likely to leave sequelae.

Thanks to these years, Zhang Ji has provided Xuzhou with a lot of military doctors from the medical college, which greatly guaranteed the recovery rate of Tao Shangjun's injuries and minimized the death rate of soldiers.

The potter then checked the number of available soldiers in the city who were not injured... It turned out that the number was less than 6000, including the [-] barbarian camps he brought, and only [-] people could be dispatched.

"How many soldiers and horses does Jiang Qi have?"

Ling Cao didn't dare to hide it, and said: "There are about [-] of them, and there are more cavalry."

Tao Shang raised his head, and said lightly: "Ten thousand vs. six thousand? That's enough. Are there any strong generals under Jiang Qi's command?"

Ling Cao sighed, and said, "It's okay for others to say, but there is a Jizhou vanguard officer named Cheng Ping, who is extremely brave and good at fighting, and his tactics are very good! Jiang Qin was injured by him."

The pottery merchant heard the words and said: "Okay, then kill him first, improve the morale of the three armies, and then defeat Jiang Qi to save the decline of Licheng."

Chapter 5 and Four Save Licheng

Just when the pottery merchant and his subordinates were planning how to deal with Jiang Qi's [-] soldiers, the scouts reported that Jiang Qi's vanguard would come again.

The general leading the army was none other than Jiang Qi's vanguard officer, the Jizhou military general Cheng Ping who was praised by Ling Cao for his extraordinary bravery.

Tao Shang raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Lieutenant Ling, you take your troops and horses from the headquarters to the battle. You don't need to guard in the city, and go directly to meet the enemy. I have my own arrangements!"

Ling Cao felt very bitter when he heard this.

The 2000 men under my command have no number, no morale, and the continuous battles have exhausted them, and they will go out of the city to directly fight Yuan Jun... How can they be the enemy's opponent?

But he didn't dare to tell the pottery directly about these frustrating words, he just explained euphemistically: "Teacher, the soldiers under the command of the last general have been fighting fiercely for days, and their morale is too low. To put it bluntly, even if the number of people under my command now More than Cheng Ping, I'm afraid they won't be able to win, let alone only 2000 people now, it's better to let the last general raise morale and kill Cheng Ping for the Taifu when he goes out of the city..."

The pottery merchant chuckled lightly and said, "Don't worry, if you hit it, your morale will naturally improve!"

"..." Ling Cao was speechless upon hearing this.

This is what the pottery merchant dared to say, if it was someone else, Ling Cao would deal with him on the spot.

But no matter what, this was an order from the Grand Tutor, Ling Cao didn't dare to neglect, even if the pottery merchant asked him to die, he had no choice but to go.

Ever since, Ling Cao had no choice but to lead the crowd out of the city to fight.

The two sides have already experienced three battles before, and they know each other well. When the two armies met, they hardly even opened up their battles.

Under the leadership of Ling Cao, the Jinling army was determined to die, but unfortunately they were too small, especially in some phalanxes composed of a small number of people, once someone fell, there would be a vacancy immediately, and it was difficult to fill in the rear.

However, there are quite a few Jizhou soldiers under Cheng Ping's command. If one person falls on the front line, two or even three people may come up to fill his place. sentenced.

Seeing that the Jinling Army had only these soldiers left, Cheng Ping was overjoyed. With a growl from behind, he rode his horse and raised his sword and rushed forward.

However, Cheng Ping planned to fight in person to boost his morale, so that Yuan Jun could wipe out the two thousand Jinling soldiers in one go and win the victory on this route.

Cheng Ping was indeed what Ling Cao described, he was a mighty general from the Jizhou Department, not to mention good at commanding soldiers, he was also extremely brave. Withdrew backwards, its formation was defeated across the board, and it retreated towards the gate of the city.

And Cheng Ping and his soldiers followed closely after seeing the situation.

It didn't take long for the two armies to entangle under the city gate. Suddenly, they heard the sound of shouting and charging from the other two directions on both sides of the city gate.

Then, the four military lords of the Shanman Battalion each led a thousand soldiers and horses, with the two teams as one, outflanked Cheng Ping from two directions and attacked Cheng Ping's left and right wings.

Tao Shang determined that the Hebei army had attacked Licheng three times in a row, and each time they had an advantage. He had already guessed that Ling Cao and the others were at the end of their battles.

They will charge unscrupulously, regardless of everything.

And the pottery merchant himself secretly led the Shanman battalion to lurk here. Presumably, Jiang Qi and Cheng Ping haven't got any definite news yet, so as long as Ling Cao is allowed to fight and show enough signs of decline, Cheng Ping will be desperate. Enter the army.

And the Shanman camp, under the leadership of four military lords, lurked out from the other two city gates, outflanked the left and right sides, and waited for work with leisure. It should not be possible to win.

Mr. Taiping has been in the army for seven years, not only has he obtained Huangfusong's true biography, but also has experienced many battles. Against Cheng Ping, a brave and scheming Jizhou general, he is basically sure, not to mention easy to capture.

Cheng Ping's soldiers on both wings were attacked by the barbarian battalion, and they were attacked on three sides. They were unable to change their formations in time under the city, and soon fell into a stalemate.

No matter how Cheng Ping stopped drinking, he couldn't stop Yuan Jun's confusion.

At this moment, a loud shout was heard suddenly, and a figure rushed over from the crowd of Xuzhou Army, like a bolt of lightning, roaring, jumping up and slashing at Cheng Ping.

Cheng Ping was caught off guard, and was knocked off his horse by the black shadow, and rolled twice on the ground in embarrassment.

The two guards behind Cheng Ping stood in front of him, trying to protect him, but the black shadow did not stop at all. After the shot, Pu Dao directly chopped the two guards to the ground, extremely ferocious.

Cheng Ping stood up disheveled, wiped his mouth, and looked at the black figure viciously, but saw that the other party was just a strong and half-grown child.

Cheng Ping's face turned green all of a sudden - angry.

"Where did you get the bastard!"

The boy didn't answer, he rushed over like a whirlwind, picked up the simple knife and slashed at the head.

Cheng Ping didn't expect this little brat to be so fierce, and his subordinates were not soft at all, so he hastily and instinctively raised his saber in his hand to parry.

But the little monkey seemed to have expected Cheng Ping to do this, grabbed the blade of the opponent's sword, jumped up and hit Cheng Ping's chin fiercely with his knee, kicking him all over his face.

Cheng Ping backed away in pain, but the opponent didn't give him a chance. After the blade passed, he cut his throat, and blood gushed out.

Ding Feng, an 11-year-old boy, participated in a fierce battle for the first time, beheading the vanguard officer under the tent of Jizhou general Jiang Qi!

Losing the vanguard general, the rest of the soldiers were quickly scattered by the Jinling soldiers and the Nanman battalion.

Ling Cao was drenched in blood, with a sleepy and exhausted face, but he could not close his mouth from ear to ear.

He came to the potter who had just left the city, and asked him: "Taifu's fortune teller, Cheng Ping was killed in the first battle! Our morale has really improved! What should we do next?"

The potter pointed to Guo Jia behind him, and said, "Ask him."

Guo Jia said with a smile: "Lieutenant Ling, be safe and don't be impatient. Jiang Qi only sent Cheng Ping to lead the troops here. He must have thought that Cheng Ping would break Licheng. His battalion is not prepared right now. If the defeated soldiers go back to report now, Jiang Qi will not be able to react for a while, and he might not be hesitating, but at the moment when the morale is high and the enemy doesn't know what we are waiting for, it is the best policy to forcefully attack the stronghold and attack Jiang Qi!"