Chapter 1021: Intention to retreat
Jia Yun and Zhou Bin stepped onto Anlu's city wall almost at the same time. The broken city wall could no longer stop them. The brave soldiers could only be the dead souls of the two people under the sword. As the two advanced steadily above the city, hundreds of Northern Expedition troops rushed to the city behind them. The bridgehead was constantly expanding. The two looked at each other and smiled, one left and one right, and began to expand the cross-section occupied.
Zi Yan sat in the Anlu County Government. The shouts from outside had been heard for two or three hours. It was different from usual. In the past, the battle would end in the face of the failure of the Northern Army at most. But today, everything seemed so different.
Jian Haoyuan bumped in with blood all over his body. On the head of the knife, blood was still dripping downward. His voice was hoarse, looking at Ziyan who was shocked, "Sir, the city is broken, go quickly."
Ziyan opened her mouth wide and looked at Jian Haoyuan, "City, is the city broken?"
"Yes, the city is broken!" Jian Haoyuan didn't care that Zi Yan was a woman at this time, so he took a step forward and grabbed Zi Yan's wrist, "Sir, go quickly, it will be too late if you don't leave! The last few people have already prepared horses for the adults outside, and we must leave immediately."
"Where is Congzhong? I'm leaving from Zhong. I won't leave. I'll guard Anlu!" Zi Yan screamed.
"Sir, I can't do it anymore, I can't hold it anymore. Congzhong is trapped, Anlu is over!" Jian Haoyuan dragged Ziyan outside the county government office. The dozen guards who came with Ziyan had already prepared horses and carried Ziyan onto the war horses. "Sir, let's go immediately!"
Another general who guarded Zi Yan, Liu Zheng, also said, "Sir, you must leave immediately. The three thousand personal soldiers of Coach Zhong have almost lost all, and the only thing left is the Luzhou Town Army. I am afraid that they will collapse immediately. If we don't leave, we will not be able to leave!" He raised his horse's whip and whipped it on the horse's thighs. The war horse was in pain and rushed forward. More than a dozen people guarded Zi Yan and ran towards the other side of the battlefield.
The shouts of Wan Sheng from the Northern Army seemed to be heard in my ears. Without the expectations of Jian Haoyuan and Liu Zheng, when Congzhong's personal soldiers were almost completely lost, the remaining Luzhou town troops collapsed. They rushed to the southern city gate, where to escape from.
The south city gate had already opened, and a guard there had already fled. On the way to the south city, there were all defeated soldiers, with so many defeated soldiers even blocking Zi Yan and his party's way.
Jian Haoyuan, who was opening the road, was not polite. He slashed left and right with bloody swords in his hand, directly slashing the defeated soldiers blocking the road to the ground. The other people accompanying him also used swords and guns. Although there were only more than ten people, the defeated soldiers who had lost control had no intention of revenge. Seeing them rushing towards them like wolves and tigers, he just made way out in panic and let them go away.
Congzhong died, and this time he won Zhou Bin. For this reason, Zhou Bin was paid for three blows. Fortunately, his injuries were not serious, and his excellent armor reduced the damage to the minimum for him. Congzhong was nailed to the city tower by him. Congzhong's death caused the final resistance in Anlu City to disappear. The defeated soldiers who had no time to escape from the city abandoned their weapons, knelt on the streets of Anlu, and let the soldiers in the north tie them up with ropes and dragged them out of the city.
"Prince, the search in the city has been completed, and Zi Yan was not found. We caught some wounded soldiers at the south gate. According to their confession, Zi Yan had already escaped from the city under the protection of the guards. They were cut by these guards." Wu Fan stood in front of Yun Zhao and reported to Yun Zhao the results of his search.
There are two big figures in Anlu City, one is Congzhong, who has been killed in battle, and the other is Zi Yan, but there is no trace.
"Running so fast!" Yun Zhao smiled and said, "Let Jamuha send cavalry to search. Zi Yan is the actual controller of Luowang. Capturing her will be of great benefit to our future war."
"Yes, Prince!"
"The second division of Zhou Lei will take a temporary rest and take action three days later, ordering Jamukha, Malihan, and the cavalry under Tuli to immediately search, intercept and divide the Xiongkuohai division. This army must be eliminated in Tongzhou." Yun Zhao slapped the big case, "This is the last unit that Shangjing can fight in front of us."
"I understand!" The generals in the tent said excitedly.
"Shangjing, I'm here!" Yun Zhao raised his head, and a strange light flashed in his eyes.
Late at night, on a hidden path dozens of miles away from Tongzhou, a team of less than ten people was staggering forward. They were only three horses left. Most of the other horses had fallen dead while escaping. The group was hungry and tired at this time, and their physical strength was almost at its limit. But they did not dare to stop. The Northern Army had too many cavalry. The Zhifangsi must have opened the big net now and was searching for them. Ziyan's identity was definitely a fish that could not be bigger than that for Zhifangsi.
"Sir, there is a room in front!" Liu Zheng, who was inquiring about the road ahead, came back. "There was no one inside. I was afraid of fighting and went out to hide. I looked in the house and found some food. Where can I go to rest."
Zi Yan nodded tiredly, "Let's go, brothers are exhausted, where can I go to take a break!"
The house was dilapidated and almost leaked everywhere, but at this time, it was no different from the Guangsha mansion in the eyes of everyone. Liu Zheng’s so-called food was a lot of sweet potatoes, and it was left over last year. Some of them had already started to rot, which was everything that could be found.
Someone started a fire in the stove, washed the sweet potatoes and threw them into the pot. Not long after, waves of fragrance came to his nose.
"Sir!" Jian Haoyuan handed Zi Yan a sweet potato, "Just eat a little!"
"Do you guys have them?"
"Yes, everyone is already eating!" Jian Haoyuan nodded.
Silently took the sweet potato and held it in his hand, but had no appetite. Ziyan looked at Bibi's peeling of burning torches and was confused and wondering what she was thinking. After eating, the soldiers outside had already fallen asleep. They had been so tired these two days.
"Sir, eat while it's hot. It won't be delicious when it's cold. Have a good rest after eating. Here is hundreds of miles away from Weizhou City! I don't know if the enemy's cavalry has captured us. If this is the case, I'm afraid there will be many dangers when I go back all the way." Jian Haoyuan said.
Zi Yan's hands trembled slightly, put the sweet potatoes in her hand on the table, shook her head and said, "No, we won't go back to Weizhou."
"Where will I go if I don't go back?" Jian Haoyuan said in surprise.
Zi Yan was silent for a while before saying, "Jian Haoyuan, you have been following me since Jiangnan, right?"
"Yes, sir, we all came from Jiangnan all the way with sir. In the past, they were led by Jiang Xi and General Lin Qi. Later, the two generals went out to serve, and Liu Zheng and I were pulled by sir Jian." Jian Haoyuan said.
"Lin Qi is dead. Jiang Xi is afraid that he will go to Tongzhou without going back. The old people who followed me are only a few of you. This time, I don't know if you can survive?" Zi Yan said miserably: "In less than a year, you have experienced two escapes with me, and it's really hard for you!"
"We are all promoted by adults, and it is our duty to be trampled on our hearts and minds for adults." Jian Haoyuan said respectfully.
"This time is different from the last time. I could see hope last time, but this time, there was no hope." Ziyan sighed, "As soon as Jiangling was broken, Anlu lost, the life and death of the general Congliang was unknown, Kuohai was blocked in Tongzhou, and there was no hope to return to Shangjing to garrison. From Weizhou to Shangjing, the Northern Expedition Army was already flat, and we are going to be defeated!"
"Sir, after Jiangling fell, hasn't the court urgently dispatched General Su Can to return to the army to guard Shangjing? Shangjing is so strong that as long as the top and the other party are united, they may turn defeat into victory." Jian Haoyuan was a little lacking in confidence when he said this.
Ziyan whispered, "What can Su Can return to Shangjing? As soon as he left, the three southern states were lost, and when the three southern states were lost, Shangjing became an isolated city. In this world, there are nearly twenty states in the Northern Expedition Army that have not been defeated, but do you still need to fight? I am afraid that after the soldiers surrounded the capital, a manifesto can pacify the four directions. The history of Dayue is about to end!"
"Sir!" Jian Haoyuan said tremblingly.
"Now is an opportunity!" Zi Yan looked at Jian Haoyuan, "A chance to hide his name from now on, do you understand what I mean?"
"Sir, you?" Jian Haoyuan looked at Zi Yan with some disbelief.
"We may have a chance to return to Shangjing, but what can we do when we get there? In the end, it's still the word "death". Jian Haoyuan, you have followed me for so long, Lin Qi has died, and Jiang Xi is afraid that he will die too. I can't watch you die one by one in front of me. After the brothers wake up, you go and tell them, go, go far away, hide your name, and be an ordinary commoner."
Jian Haoyuan swallowed with difficulty, "Sir, what about you?"
"I, I will go to Tongzhou to find the child's father. I have to take him away. My son cannot be without a father." Zi Yan said in a low voice: "I am a young man and have suffered so much in my life. I will join the darkroom for a lifetime. My son cannot be like me. I have no parents since I was a child. I have to find Kuohai and leave with him."
"Sir, General Xiong is in danger now. Even if General Xiong is found, how can he escape safely?"
Chapter completed!