The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

If it doesn't work, then Zhu Ling can also tear a hole from the enemy's siege and break out from it.

Or, he can take advantage of the fact that the current soldiers and horses have not been completely lost, and he still has spare energy, so he can retreat to the city tower, fight these soldiers and horses, and escape back to the city.

Then rely on the strength of the city and continue to defend.

It's just that, Zhu Ling returned to the original situation.

His plan to go out of the city with soldiers and horses to fight Pei Yuanshao was wasted.

"General, our army has suffered heavy casualties. It's time to die. Everyone's morale is slackened. The soldiers and horses in front of us have already begun to collapse. You should quickly think of a way."

Several assistants retreated from the front line and came directly to Zhu Ling's side. They hurriedly asked Zhu Ling a question and made their own pleas.

At this time, Zhu Ling was just thinking about this matter, and after hearing the questioning of these assistants, he immediately regained his composure.

"How many soldiers are left in our army?"

"There are not many generals left, and more than half of them have been lost. If we continue to fight here, we will not be able to keep many people. Why don't we break through the encirclement? If we break through, there is still a glimmer of life!"

The deputy didn't want to die here, so he gave Zhu Ling a suggestion.

But after Zhu Ling heard the deputy's words, he immediately became angry, and waved his hand directly, drawing a trace in the air with his big hand.

Then he hit that pair of hands hard on the face.

with a snap.

A clear and loud slap landed on the face of that pair of hands.

"Trash, dare to disturb my army's morale at this time!"

Although Zhu Ling wanted to break out of the siege in his heart, he couldn't say it out. If he said it, the people around him would know they were going to run away, so naturally he wouldn't wholeheartedly fight the enemy here.

Everyone will think that the main general is about to run away, so they should hurry up and prepare to escape.

In this case, no amount of soldiers and horses can stop this decadent morale.

The deputy who received a solid slap wanted to cry but had no tears.

Touching his face with his hands, he dared not speak.

He could only look at Zhu Ling and wait for Zhu Ling's instructions.

With a gloomy face, Zhu Ling got up from the horse and looked around, wanting to know the situation around here.

But looking around, one's own side's decline is obvious, and on the battlefield, there is no chance of winning.

It is obviously unwise to continue to attack.

"Let's retreat, order our troops to withdraw, and retreat to the tower first. We still have two or three thousand shooters in the city. With them, the enemy army must not dare to pursue too much."

Compared with breaking out directly from the front, Zhu Ling felt that it was better to retreat temporarily.

In this way, Zhu Ling ordered to retreat.

After losing a lot of troops, Zhu Ling still couldn't break through the defense of Pei Yuanshao and Zhuge Jin.

He could only obediently lead the rest of the troops back to Anping County.

After Pei Yuanshao and Zhuge Jin saw Zhu Ling's soldiers and horses retreating from the battlefield, they did not continue to pursue and rushed into Anping County.

It's not that Pei Yuanshao is not capable enough.

It's because on the one hand, Zhu Ling has some shooters stationed in Anping County, and if he continues to chase rashly, the loss will definitely be great.

Pei Yuanshao's troops were already smaller than Zhu Ling's, so increasing casualties would only cause a bigger gap between Pei Yuanshao's troops and Zhu Ling's.

What's more, Pei Yuanshao still remembered Xu Huang's order to protect the grain road and guard Anping County at the same time.

His purpose is not to break Anping County, but to keep Anping and prevent Zhu Ling from killing them.

Thinking about it this way, then Pei Yuanshao didn't have so many thoughts of attacking Anping.

After Zhu Ling retreated to Anping County, Pei Yuanshao still dispatched his troops around the city.

Surround the city on three sides of Anping County, leaving only the position facing Lecheng County, the prefecture of Hejian County in the north, without sending troops to garrison.

The purpose of besieging three and missing one is actually to let Zhu Ling take the initiative to run out of the city and break out of the city directly.

In that case, with the thousands of cavalry left behind by Xu Huang, Pei Yuanshao is very confident that he can win on this wide plain.

Repel Zhu Ling's fleeing soldiers and horses.

However, Zhu Ling was also aware of this, especially when he was attacking just now, he had already discovered that there were thousands of cavalry outside the city, so Zhu Ling had even fewer ideas about breaking out of the city.

He made up his mind and is now stationed in the city to defend.

Delay for a few days to see.

As long as Xu Huang's army cannot win in Lecheng County, they should be repelled by Yuan Xi's army.

At that time, Yuan Xi will definitely take advantage of the victory to pursue, and maybe Zhu Lingye's crisis will be resolved in this way.

However, Zhu Ling's plan fell through.

He waited here for two days.

In the past two days, although Pei Yuanshao did not continue to attack, he did not wait for Yuan Xi's reinforcements either.

Instead, it was Pei Yuanshao's reinforcements who came.

Liu Zheng's main force, led by Tai Shici, rushed to Hejian County one after another.

As soon as I arrived here, I met Pei Yuanshao, who was guarding Anping County, and Zhu Ling was fighting.

Liu Zheng didn't speed up his pace on purpose, but just led the army, just in time, and came here.

After seeing people like Pei Yuanshao staying here, they sent someone to inquire, and naturally learned what happened two days ago.

At the same time, he also knew that the defender in the tower was named Zhu Ling.

Liu Zheng didn't have a deep impression of Zhu Ling, but at least he was a famous person in the Three Kingdoms period and left a lot of deeds behind.

No matter how you look at it, although he is not in the ranks of first-class military generals, he is also a figure with some strategies.

Liu Zheng wouldn't mind if such a person could be brought under his command.

Therefore, without ordering the army, they directly launched a strong attack on Anping County.

Instead, the army was sent to the next city.

He went out directly and stood under the city tower, wanting to say Zhu Ling.

Under the escort of Lu Qiling and Dianwei, Liu Zheng rode a horse and walked to the tower of Anping County.

After clearing his throat, he shouted loudly towards the tower.

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"The one on the tower is General Zhu Ling."

Liu Zheng yelled, then stopped talking, waiting for Zhu Ling upstairs to answer.

He knew that Zhu Ling must be on it.

After all, Liu Zheng's army is overwhelming, with so many people, even if Zhu Ling is blind, he should have heard the movement under the city.

What's more, Zhu Ling is not blind. With so many soldiers and horses besieging the city, Zhu Ling has no reason not to come to watch from the tower.

I heard Liu Zheng suddenly stand up and shout.

Zhu Ling who was standing on the tower immediately frowned.

He had already seen Liu Zheng walking out of the army.

It's just that he didn't know Liu Zheng's identity.

"Who are you?"

After hesitating for a moment, Zhu Ling replied to Liu Zheng downstairs.

Zhu Ling poked his head out and asked Liu Zheng a question.

If you want to know Liu Zheng's identity, as long as you know Liu Zheng's identity, then Zhu Ling can make some decisions about it.

Liu Zheng glanced at Zhu Ling. He was very young. From the looks of it, he should be less than 30 years old, and he could become the leader of an army.

It shows that Zhu Ling is really capable.

"General Zhu Ling, who do you think I am?"

Seeing Zhu Ling answering his own words, Liu Zheng asked Zhu Ling again.

Zhu Ling thought Liu Zheng would tell him his identity directly.

Unexpectedly, Liu Zheng asked him another question, which made him a little unpredictable.

However, he quickly looked at Liu Zheng with his eyes carefully, and secretly guessed Liu Zheng's identity in his heart.

To be able to mobilize so many soldiers and horses, the tens of thousands of troops outside Anping County alone are enough to prove that Liu Zheng's status must be extremely high.

At least one of Liu Zheng's most trusted generals.

Otherwise, people of other status would not have the qualifications and ability to command so many troops.

And in this way, the identity of the person in front of him can be counted on the fingers.

Nothing more than Xu Huang, Huang Zhong, Tai Shici, Zhou Tai, Sun Jian and others.

Zhu Ling knew the information about these generals under Liu Zheng's command.

Because the information on Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses had already been inquired by Yuan Xi's men, and Zhu Ling was informed.

Therefore, Zhu Ling had heard about the identities and general appearance of these people.

But after carefully comparing the generals in his mind with the person in front of him, he found that the person in front of him was not familiar with the rumored generals.

Huang Zhong is older, and Sun Jian is also older.

Neither fit the identity of the person in front of him.

As for Xu Huang, Tai Shici, Zhou Tai and others, they obviously wouldn't be the domineering man in front of them.

Xu Huang and Zhu Ling knew each other.

The same is true for Tai Shici, Zhu Ling had a short fight with them before.

So after excluding these two people, there is only one Zhou Tai.

Although Zhu Ling has never met Zhou Tai.

But he had heard that Zhou Tai was born as a water thief, so his appearance would definitely not be that of the person in front of him.

After excluding these people, there is only one possibility for the person in front of him.

After thinking of this person, Zhu Ling's face changed drastically.

Liu Zheng!

The man in front of him is the emperor who has been in the limelight recently!Liu Zheng!

"You are Liu Zheng!"

After realizing the identity of the person in front of him, Zhu Ling blurted out.

Subconsciously, he took two steps back.

I originally thought that the people who led the army to encircle and suppress Yuan Xi this time should be just a few generals under Liu Zheng.

But he never expected that this time, Liu Zheng, the man, would actually do it himself.

If Liu Zheng led several generals to the scene in person, then Zhu Ling would start to worry about Yuan Xi.

Originally, he had hoped that Yuan Xi would be able to repel Xu Huang's cavalry, and then he would bring troops and horses here to support him.

Maybe he still has a chance to escape from the situation surrounded by these enemy troops.

But now I know that the person in front of me is Empress Liu Zheng.

The last glimmer of hope in Zhu Ling's heart was also cut off.

The whole person seemed to lose his soul all of a sudden, he staggered and took two steps, almost unable to stand still.

Looking at Liu Zheng in the city in despair, he seemed to have suffered a big blow.