"Kill! Shoot this dog to death." Zhen Da cursed fiercely.
"Ding!" "Ding! Ding…" The arrows that flew like a rainbow blocked the escape route of the people who broke through the encirclement. There were several layers of corpses piled up at the gate of the county government. The blood dyed the street in front of the county government red. People walked on it, and the thick blood soaked their feet.
Originally, he had wanted to trap the people in the county office, but he didn't expect that the people inside were fearless and wanted to rush out again and again. Although they were all beaten back, they also caused several casualties among Zhen Da's subordinates. Every single person in Zhongwei Village was an elite. Thinking of his brothers who had died here, Zenda was filled with rage and ordered his soldiers to shoot.
The fire in the direction of the granary soared into the sky, reflecting half of the sky red. The horn of retreat had also sounded. Zhen Da could already vaguely feel that the shouting in that direction was gradually decreasing, but the defense of the county government was also in danger. As long as they put in more effort, they would be able to advance.
"Station commander, it's time to retreat!”The messenger calculated the time and reported to Zhenda.
"We're here already? Damn it, these brats should be lucky this time!”Zhen Da cursed fiercely, but he didn't dare to disobey Liu Chong's orders. Otherwise, even if he rushed in, the credit he earned wouldn't be enough to offset the punishment of disobeying orders.
"Brothers, send them on their way!”As he spoke, Zenda reloaded the crossbow in his hand. The other soldiers followed suit and drew their bows.
"Everyone, throw! Shoot!" As soon as the word " shoot " left his mouth, hundreds of crossbow bolts left the bowstring, drawing a beautiful parabola in the air and falling into the county office.
"Ah!"
"Ah!" The screams of the people who were shot by the arrows came as expected. A few Cao soldiers who did not hide well were shot and let out the screams of death.
"Haha!" Zhen Da laughed loudly and led the soldiers to the north gate.
Because most of the soldiers in the city had been wiped out by Liu Chong near the granary, when they arrived at the north gate, there were not many defenders there. It only took them one charge to occupy the north gate.
After a few minutes, the soldiers led by Zhen Da met up with Liu Chong.
"Zhenda!" Seeing the familiar figure, Liu Chong felt relieved.
"My lord!" The two of them were a little excited to meet again after the great battle.
After two consecutive battles, the entire army still had more than 900 people, more than 20 wounded, and only 50 or so dead. After two battles, they had wiped out 3,000 Cao troops. In comparison, the results were quite good. More importantly, they had burned the Cao army's rations stored in Yangxia. It would not be a matter of a day or two to gather so much rations from Yanzhou or Chen. Moreover, the Cao army did not have much rations in stock. One could imagine that the Cao army would definitely consider retreating after learning that Yangxia's rations had been burned. Of course, this was only Liu Chong's estimation. As for whether Cao Cao was really as he thought, it was still unknown.
"All troops, head north!" Liu Chong ordered. Because they had seized some horses, Liu Chong's army had temporarily turned into a cavalry unit. Although their speed was about the same as before, it had greatly saved the strength of the entire army. Ever since they had sent out their troops, most of the soldiers had not even had a good night's sleep. Even their hot food had only been eaten once after attacking Xia Hou Liang's camp. Since they could not be stationed in Yangxia, their top priority was to find a safe place to rest and reorganize their troops.
His plan was to advance north to the border of Chenliu and enter the mountains connecting the two prefectures. If the Cao army caught up, he would use Dian Wei's familiarity with the terrain to deal with the Cao army in the mountains. If the Cao army did not pursue, he would turn west and return to Chen County through Changping. On one hand, he would gather information, and on the other hand, he would monitor the Cao army's movements.
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"Charge!" "Kill!" Seeing that the distant sky had already turned red and thick smoke billowing, Mao Jie knew that there was no way he could drag this out any longer. He gathered the remaining personal guards, bailiffs, and even the officials of the county government. He gathered another hundred people and once again launched a deadly charge towards the outside of the county government.
When Mao Jie charged out with the hope of success or death in his arms, what awaited them this time was no longer a rain of arrows like locusts, but an empty street. The enemy who had attacked them had long disappeared without a trace, with no enemy stopping them.
After a mere second, Mao Jie realized that his rations were all gone, and stood there in a daze.
Suddenly, he raised his sword up and was about to wipe it off his neck when the bodyguard beside him hurriedly pulled him back and begged bitterly.
"General, don't commit suicide! The thieves must not have gone far. We'll have to capture them first before we apologize to the lord!”
"That's right! General!" The followers knelt down and tried to stop him.
"Hey!" Mao Jie also realized that he had been too impulsive. No matter what, he had to first see if there was any room for redemption! He threw the sword on the ground and sighed.
"Men! He ordered the three groups of people who were collecting grain to rush back to Yangxia and organize the people in the city to put out the fire!”
"Yes, sir!"
"Quickly report the situation here to Cao Gong and ask him to quickly send troops to eliminate this group of thieves!”Mao Jie said hatefully. He hadn't even seen what this group of people looked like before he was blocked by them. However, from the fact that they possessed such powerful bows and crossbows, they definitely belonged to the soldiers of one of the nearby dukes. Because such powerful long-range weapons could only have come from the Great Han Army's armory. Ordinary bandits couldn't possibly have such powerful weapons. Moreover, these people were well-trained and didn't seem like ordinary bandits. Because all the soldiers guarding the gate had been eliminated, he could only get some information from the commoners who had watched the battle. However, even if he racked his brain, he could not figure out where these people came from.
"Milord, the thief escaped from the north gate!”The small officials who had gone to various places to check came to report.
"North Gate?" Mao Jie was puzzled. Why was it the north gate? Could it be Zhang Miao's remaining troops? The Governor of Chenliu, Zhang Miao, had been an official for many years. Although he had been captured and killed by his lord, it could not be ruled out that those loyal people had come to attack the granary for revenge. Thinking up to this point, Mao Jie couldn't help but feel depressed. How could he be so careless?
"Yes, General!" The small official said with certainty. Whether it was the report of the commoners or the investigation outside the city, the bandits had all gone north from the north gate.
"Good! Order Guo Jun to guard the city and the rest of the troops to follow me to the north!”Mao Jie ordered loudly.
He still had over 3,000 men with him. He left Guo Jun's 1,000 men to defend the city while the remaining 2,000 men followed him to the north.
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