Chapter 447

Lejiu has always been known in Ji Ling's army for his rapid advance. When Yuan Shu sent seven armies to attack Lu Bu, Lejiu was responsible for the liaison position of the seven armies, which was similar to Xia Houyuan's position in Cao's army.

After receiving Yuan Shu's order, Le Ji did not dare to delay, and immediately led his troops to the north quickly, and finally arrived in time before Ji Ling's army was defeated.

"General Ji is dangerous, attack the enemy's rear!"

Le saw that Wanyu Jiling's army was crumbling, so without further ado, he imitated the strategy of encircling Wei and saving Zhao, and led the troops to attack Liu Bei's rear army.

"The enemy's reinforcements have arrived, and the whole army is standing firm. Don't let the enemy in!" Liu Bei frowned. He didn't expect that the enemy would come to kill him at this critical moment, but he had no choice but to fight hard.

Seeing Le, he led the reinforcements to arrive, and Yuan Jun's low morale quickly recovered, and he was inspired by it.

Even Yan Xiang, a scribe, couldn't help pulling out his sword from his waist, and shouted sharply: "The reinforcements have arrived, let's fight to the death to defeat the enemy!"

"Reinforcements have arrived, fight to the death to defeat the enemy!"

With the arrival of Lejiu, new changes have taken place in the battlefield situation. Liu Bei's rear army has only two to three thousand people, while Lejiu's army has a full 10,000 troops, and they rushed towards Liu Bei with great momentum. Immediately, Liu Bei's army was surrounded and besieged on all sides.

"Gongming, you lead the army to fight, and some go to help elder brother."

Seeing Liu Bei being besieged from all sides, Guan Yu's face sank, and after giving Xu Huang a word, he led more than a thousand elite soldiers under his command to rescue Liu Bei.

"General Ji, don't fight hard, retreat!"

"Ji Lingxiu go!"

Le was about to rescue Ji Ling and retreat, but Zhang Fei, Xu Huang and others were relentless, fighting all night long until daylight.

The sky was slightly bright, and the bloody aura still enveloped the ground for a long time and could not dissipate. The corpses of soldiers who died on the ground were everywhere. The temperature of the skin was completely cold, and the blood coagulated.

The lieutenant generals of Liu Bei's army were cleaning the battlefield everywhere, stripping off the armor of the dead enemy soldiers, collecting the weapons and placing them in one place, and gathering the corpses for burial or incineration on the spot.

"Brother, our army suffered more than 2,000 soldiers and killed nearly 10,000 Ji Ling's army!" Guan Yu felt regretful: "It's a pity that Le Ji came at the right time yesterday. Ji Ling's army's morale rebounded, and he was rescued by Le Ji. It is not impossible for more than 20,000 Ji Lingjun to intercept and kill most of them."

After a bloody battle yesterday, Ji Ling's army's morale was high, and the casualties of Liu Bei and Xu Huang's army began to rise. Therefore, Xu Huang suggested to Liu Bei that it would be better to open a hole and let Ji Lingjun escape, so that Ji Lingjun would flee for their lives, and then take the opportunity to follow and intercept.

Liu Bei couldn't bear the heavy casualties of his soldiers, so he accepted Xu Huang's proposal and deliberately let go, and Ji Lingjun rushed out like water breaking a dike. Le saw that Ji Ling was escorted out, and immediately cut off the rear for Ji Ling's army.

Liu Guanzhang and Xu Huang chased them all the way with soldiers and horses, and there were Ji Lingjun's corpses all over the ground, but Yan County was already located on the border of Runan County and Yingchuan County, and it was Yuan Shujun's territory if it went deep. Therefore, after chasing all the way for thirty miles, Liu Bei stopped the pursuit immediately and retreated to Yingchuan County.

After this battle, nearly half of Ji Ling's 30,000 troops were killed or injured, and only less than 15,000 people returned to Runan County.

"Damn it!" Yuan Shu's face almost turned into a pig's liver, stood up and said angrily: "Ji Ling! I gave you 30,000 troops, and you boasted that you will attack Chen Guo and Yingchuan in Haikou. Now you have not won a city, but you have lost half of it. Dajun, what should I do?"

Ji Ling looked ashamed, and knelt down on the ground: "The last general overestimated his strength and damaged the army, and he was entrusted by the lord."

Yuan Shu snorted, if this was an ordinary person, he would have ordered to be punished or even beheaded on the spot, but Ji Ling was different from others, Ji Ling followed Yuan Shu all the way when he escaped from Luoyang, and even saved Yuan Shu's life. loyal.

Le observed his words and expressions, stepped forward and said: "My lord, victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs. Although General Ji has no credit this time, he has worked hard. Please remember General Ji's hard work, and please forgive General Ji this time."

"Okay." Yuan Shu waved his sleeves and said to Ji Ling, "Today you will be punished with three months' salary, go down."

"No." Ji Ling stood up and walked to the left.

"Ah!" Yuan Shu sighed, dissatisfied: "What should I do now? I was defeated by Liu Bei, a weaver of mats and shoes, and Zhang Xun was also defeated by Cao Cao."

Yuan Shu was originally high-spirited, and thought that this time he would be able to advance in three directions at the same time. Zhang Xun attacked Xuzhou, Ji Ling led his army to capture all of Yuzhou, and Sun Ce attacked Yangzhou, occupying the land of the three states.

But Zhang Xun and Ji Ling were all defeated, and they don't know what happened to Sun Ce. For a while, Yuan Shu was a little embarrassed to see Yan Xiang, after all, that's what he told himself at the beginning.

Unexpectedly, Yan Xiang took the initiative to stand up: "My lord, now our army has suffered successive defeats, our soldiers are exhausted, the people are afraid of fighting, and there is a shortage of food and grass. Please stop the flags and drums for a while, and rest and recuperate."

"In addition, Sun Ce is a brave man. My lord can support Sun Ce with money and food, help Sun Ce conquer Yangzhou, temporarily defend the north and east, and fully develop Yangzhou!"

Hearing Yan Xiang's words, Yuan Shu nodded slightly, turned to Yang Hong and said, "Yang Changshi, what do you think? By the way, has Sun Ce sent a letter recently?"

Yan Xiang cupped his hands and said, "Yes, Liu Yao dispatched his top general, Zhang Ying, to lead an army to occupy Danglikou. Sun Ce led his troops to attack Zhang Ying's fleet head-on with hundreds of small boats, and successively attacked Zhang Ying's water stronghold and the army camp. , and won a complete victory. Liu Yao was terrified, and has already assembled soldiers and horses from several counties in Yangzhou in Qu'a, ready to start a decisive battle with Sun Ce!"

"Good! As expected of the son of Wentai, he is indeed brave."

Yuan Shu laughed out loud. The successive defeats of Zhang Xun and Ji Ling made him frown, and he was shocked when he heard the news of Sun Ce.

"Bo Fu is really brave, if Yaoer (Yuan Shu's eldest son Yuan Yao) can be like Bo Fu, then I will die without regret." Yuan Shu said with emotion.

"My lord, since Sun Ce's situation is very good, our army needs to support it immediately." Yan Xiang said solemnly: "Besides, Liu Yao has been running Yangzhou for many years and has deep roots. He must have assembled tens of thousands of troops in Qu'a. Although Sun Bofu is brave, It’s definitely going to be a tough fight.”

Yuan Shu nodded and said excitedly, "Okay! If that's the case, I will send three thousand cavalry as a gift to Bofu with food, grass and ten thousand stones."

"No." Yan Xiang stepped back, but there was a worry in his heart that he didn't say. Sun Ce is a very high-spirited person. Now that he is powerful in Jiangdong and known as the little overlord, he must not be willing to be inferior to others. Although he is still a general under Yuan Shu, it is hard to say in the future.