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Huang Gai led 20,000 troops to leave Wuxian as soon as the sky was dark, and detoured to the northeast, bypassing the patrol that the Han army might have deployed, and stopped in a forest near the radius. It was only eight miles away from the canal. If it was daytime, you could even clearly see the canal situation when standing at a high place, but it was already two o'clock, and under the heavy night sky, you could not see the situation eight miles away.

Huang Gai ordered several inquiries to inquire about the information. He led the army to wait patiently in the forest. About half an hour later, several sentries rushed back and reported to Huang Gai: "Report to General, the Han army has strict defenses in the south, but few defenses in the north, especially the northeast direction, no patrols have been arranged."

Huang Gai was overjoyed and asked again: "What is the situation of the Han army now?"

"About 10,000 people are digging the canal with their lights. The canal is about to be cleared, and the rest of the army are stationed in the camp to rest. However, the big ships along the river are on high alert and cannot get close to them."

At this time, Song Jian, the general next to him, suggested: "General, it is better to divide the troops to attack the enemy, half to deal with the camp, and half to burn the warships."

Huang Gai was a very cautious person. He wanted to successfully attack the Han army and defeated the Han army in one fell swoop, but he did not dare to be careless. He was afraid that the army would be ambushed. He pondered for a moment and said to several generals: "I will lead the 5,000 troops to steal the camp first. If the camp is successful, you can divide the troops and raid the warships at the same time."

Huang Gai made a decision, and he immediately led 5,000 soldiers out of the forest and sneaked away from the Han army camp in the northeast.

As the scout said, there was indeed no patrol in the northeast direction. They slowly approached the camp and saw that the lights in the camp were as bright as dark as there were people swaying. They should be the soldiers on the patrol. The entire camp was very quiet, and it was almost time to update, and it was the time when the soldiers were sleeping soundly.

Huang Gai felt something was wrong at this time, but they had already touched the Han army camp and it was difficult to get off the tiger. Huang Gai had to grit his teeth and shout, "Brothers, come in with me!"

The soldiers in Jiangdong burst into shouts of killing, and followed Huang Gai to the Han army camp dozens of steps away. Huang Gai took the lead, knocked open the camp gate, and rushed into the Han army camp, but the Han army camp was empty, and there was no soldier in the tent. The swaying figures were just several grass men.

"Not good, I've been trapped!"

Huang Gai shouted: "Retreat quickly!"

Five thousand Jiangdong soldiers turned around and ran out of the camp. At this time, there were thunder sounds outside the camp, and countless figures came from all directions. The dense arrows shot towards the Jiangdong soldiers who broke through the camp. The screams continued, and the Jiangdong soldiers were shot down by arrows.

Huang Gai was anxious. Seeing that there seemed to be not many Han troops in the southeast, he shouted: "Follow me to break through!"

He urged the horse to rush southeast, but just after rushing less than a mile, there was a fire in the woods ahead, and an ambush broke out from the diagonal stabbing. The white beard was floating, and the old man was getting stronger. It was the veteran Huang Zhong. The big sword in his hand flashed with a cold light, and he pointed to Huang Gai, "Huang Gongfu can dismount and surrender quickly!"

Huang Zhong and Huang Gai both had surnames Huang and each held their own masters. However, strictly speaking, there was still some blood relationship between them. Huang Gai was from Lingling County, Huang Zhong was from Nanyang County, and the Huang family of Lingling County first moved from Xiangyang, which can be regarded as a partial branch of the Huang family.

However, Huang Gai never contacted the Huang family in Nanyang, and both sides had long forgotten it. Huang Gai did not think they were the same clan. At this time, each of them was their own masters, and they were even more deadly. Huang Gai was furious and swung his sword to fight. Huang Zhong waved his sword to greet him. The two horses intersected, and the two Huang fought fiercely.

Huang Gaiyuan was not Huang Zhong's opponent. He only fought for five or six rounds, and Huang Gai was in danger. At this time, when Huang Gai's personal soldiers saw that their master was in danger, they shouted together and besieged. Huang Zhong's soldiers also rushed forward with spears, and the two sides fought in a melee.

Seeing that there were more and more Han troops, Huang Gai was really worried about the situation of the Shulin Jiangdong Army. At this time, he finally found a front-line opportunity from the melee, and fled out of the battle circle and ran to the southeast.

Huang Zhong did not pursue, and ordered his soldiers to surround the fleeing soldiers of the Jiangdong Army. In the dark, thousands of Jiangdong soldiers only followed Huang Gai to escape from more than a thousand people. The rest of the soldiers had no choice but to kneel down and surrender.

Huang Gai ran away and ran for only a few miles, but met the fleeing Jiangdong soldiers all over the sky, which shocked him. He hurriedly grabbed a military marquis and asked, "What's going on?"

The Junhou recognized Huang Gai and then said tremblingly: "General Song took us to burn the enemy warships, but in the middle he encountered countless Han cavalry raids. General Song was killed by the enemy generals. The soldiers could not resist the impact of the cavalry and were defeated."

Huang Gai sighed and was trapped when he attacked the air camp. Since Liu Jing was prepared, how could he let go of other Jiangdong troops? And it was the cavalry he was most worried about, because this was the number of days in Jiangdong.

Huang Gai turned around and fled in a panic to Wuxian City. He fled for more than twenty miles. The Han army stopped chasing him. Huang Gai gathered his defeated troops and went to war with 20,000 troops. Now there are only more than 4,000 people left. Of course, it was not annihilated by the Han army, but most of the soldiers took the opportunity to escape.

Huang Gai pondered for a moment. Now his plan is to lead the Wu County army to withdraw from Wucheng County, and there are more than 10,000 people. If he is lucky, he may be able to withdraw to Xindu County.

When it was dawn, Huang Gai finally led the remnants of troops back to Wuxian. The gate of Wuxian was closed. Huang Gai urged him to come forward and shout, "Open the door in the city!"

Countless soldiers on the top of the city looked at him, but did not open the city immediately. Huang Gai became more annoyed and shouted again: "Come on the city quickly!"

Just then, a soldier pointed to the flag on the top of the city and shouted: "Look at General!"

Huang Gai noticed the big flag on the city wall, which immediately made his heart feel cold. He saw that the big flag on the city wall turned into a Han army battle flag with a red bottom and yellow edge. The flag was embroidered with a golden word "Liu".

Huang Gai was stunned. Wu County was actually occupied by the Han army. What's going on?

At this time, Zhu Heng appeared at the top of the city and whispered: "Old General, Jiangdong Tian is angry, and his anger is gone. Shao Gong advised me to follow the public's wishes and surrender to the Han Kingdom. I have decided to participate in the revival of the Han Dynasty. Old General, sorry!"

Huang Gai was furious and pointed at Zhu Heng and cursed: "Marquis Wu is not concerned about the old evil and treats you well, but you are ungrateful and betray the Lord and ask for honor..."

Zhu Heng didn't want to hear his scolding, so he turned around and left. Huang Gai was angry and ordered the army to attack the city. But at this moment, there was a loud drum sound behind him. Huang Gai turned around and saw yellow dust rolling behind him, dust covered the sky and the earth was trembling slightly, and a low sound like thunder came from a distance.

The Han cavalry came here, and Huang Gai was helpless and had to urge his horse to run west along the moat. Thousands of soldiers were so scared that they followed Huang Gai and ran desperately.

After fleeing Wu County for more than ten miles, Huang Gai and his soldiers were trapped and the pursuers were not sure where they went. Huang Gai looked back at the soldiers, and there were less than two thousand soldiers following him.

Although there was no Han army chasing him, the soldiers were half less. Needless to say, they took the opportunity to escape again. Huang Gai saw an inn two miles ahead, so he said to the soldiers: "Go to the inn to rest!"

Everyone came to the inn. The postmaster hurriedly came out. Huang Gai asked him, "Is there any food in the inn?"

The postmaster smiled bitterly and said, "There is no food left, only a liter of black beans left, I will cook it for the general."

"Forget it, feed my horse some water!"

Huang Gai refused the black beans. The soldiers had no food, so he would not eat alone. The soldiers found the well and drank water and drank it. The room and the yard were filled with exhausted soldiers.

Huang Gai ordered someone to come and asked him, "Are there any houses around?"

The official secretary shook his head, "General, there is no family in the radius."

"Why?" Huang Gai was really puzzled. This place is not far from Wu County, so how could it be so desolate?

The official sighed and said, "It has been gone long ago. The government's taxes are like mountains. Even if you go to the forest to pick wild fruits, you have to pay fruit tax. If you go to the river to catch fish, you have to pay fish tax. Who can still survive? The prophets and enlightened people have already gone to Kuaiji County. Those who stayed behind are too unbearable to squeeze them. They are either caught and dig canals or flee at night. In this way, there is almost no one in Wucheng County."

Huang Gai sighed in his heart, and he also felt that Wu Hou oppressed the people and that he had to blame himself for his own fault and could not blame others.

"Then why don't you leave?" Huang Gai asked the postmaster again.

The Yicheng shook his head, "I have no children and my old wife died of illness. Where can I go? I have been here for ten years and I don't want to leave."

Speaking of this, the official secretary said again: "To put it unpleasantly, the current Marquis of Wu is not as good as Yan Baihu of the past. Although Yan Baihu is cruel, at least it will not starve to death. However, the current Marquis of Wu, except for conscription, only requires food and taxes, and does not live for people at all!"

Huang Gai was silent. At this time, a soldier stumbled in and shouted: "General, it's not good, countless Han generals are surrounded by post stations."

Huang Gai stood up, but the pursuers still arrived. The academicians were in chaos. Huang Gai shouted: "Don't be confused, calm down!"

The soldiers calmed down one after another, staring at Huang Gai blankly. Huang Gai took a deep breath, walked quickly to the door, and looked out the door. In the hazy morning light, the Han soldiers surrounded the small post station with the inner and outer layers.

Among the Han army, there was a golden-edged Han army flag. Huang Gai sighed in his heart. This was the arrival of Han King Liu Jing himself.

The soldiers of Jiangdong had already climbed up the eaves and walls, placing arrows, waiting for Huang Gai's orders. At this moment, a soldier walked to the gate and bowed and said loudly: "I am a military advisor under the tent of the King of Han and come to see General Huang under the order of His Highness of Han."

All the soldiers in the gate looked at Huang Gai. Huang Gai recognized Liao Li. He was a little surprised. The King of Han was not afraid of taking Liao Li as a hostage. But after a second thought, Huang Gai understood that Liu Jing could wipe him out with his hands. He was giving himself a chance.

Thinking of this, Huang Gai's hostility disappeared a little and ordered: "Please come in!"

Chen Yan, the general next to him, whispered: "It's better to use Liao Li as a hostage and force the Han army to retreat."

Huang Gai glared at him, "The King of Han asked Liao Li to come in for negotiation, open and honest, how could I do something villain?"

Chen Yan touched a nail and gritted his teeth secretly, not daring to say more. Soon, Liao Li walked into the inn and bowed to Huang Gai and said, "Uncle Huang has always been good?"

Liao Li and Huang Gai are fellow villagers. Both families are large families in Lingling County and have many relationships. Liao Li knew Huang Gai since he was a child, and Huang Gai also knew Liao Li. Liao Li was known as a child prodigy since he was a child and was famous in Lingling County. Later, Liao Li went to Jiangdong to seek and lived in Huang Gai's mansion. The relationship between them was extraordinary.

"So it's Nephew Liao Xian, are you a lobbyist for the King of Han?"

"My nephew is indeed coming for his uncle. Jiangdong is in a desperate situation. Why doesn't my uncle return to Jingzhou and do his part to his fellow villagers?"

Huang Gai sighed, "I appreciate the kindness of my nephew, but Sun treats me well. How can I betray them? Please come back! I will not surrender to the King of Han. Even if a real man dies in the battlefield, he will die as his own."

"My uncle is unwilling to surrender, but these soldiers have family members, old mothers to support and young children to raise. How can my uncle bear to let them be buried with him?"

Huang Gai turned around and looked at the soldiers, and saw more than a thousand soldiers who were panicked and all their eyes showed fear. Huang Gai always cared about the soldiers, and at this moment he felt even more unbearable and had no idea.

Liao Li saw his hesitation and said, "His Highness the King of Han does not want to harm the population of Jiangdong anymore, and he admires his uncle's loyalty to Jiangdong. If his uncle is unwilling to surrender for a while, His Highness the King of Han will not force him. Uncle can leave on his own, but these soldiers can no longer go to the battlefield."

Huang Gai pondered for a moment and asked, "What should I do about them?"

"Like the surrendered soldiers in Jingkou, they were given food and asked them to go home to do farming."
Chapter completed!