Chapter 714: Interception

The movement in the camp soon alarmed the generals of the Jiangpei Army outside the camp. At first, they did not find any problems, but with the sudden rise of four iron chains in the middle of the river, and a large number of people carrying wooden boards running out of the camp, they quickly realized that the Sizhou Army was going to build a floating bridge to escape.

So, he did not care that the troops from Jie County had not arrived yet, and besides more than 10,000 infantrymen, there were only dozens of cavalry guards around him. He immediately ordered the army to attack the camp.

As the long horn sounded, the Hedong Army began to attack the camp of Su Zhi. Regarding the news that more than 10,000 soldiers and horses had fled, the general surnamed Jiang also knew that in his opinion, those who fled should be the elite of the Sizhou Army, and most of those who stayed should be the old, weak, disabled, etc. If he let some soldiers and horses escape, he really didn't know how to explain to the governor at that time.

Thinking that there should be only remnants of defeated soldiers in the camp, he did not consider any military strategies and directly launched the army to attack. Who knew that he would kick on the iron plate all of a sudden.

You know, in the camp, in addition to the two thousand long archers from the Longxiang Camp who had already left, there were still three thousand elite archers. Seeing that the Jiang Pei army actually launched an attack directly at the west gate of the camp regardless of anything, how could the captain guarding the camp not seize the opportunity. He quickly sent people to arrange all three thousand archers on the west wall of the camp, and waited for the Jiang Pei army to attack the range, and then thousands of arrows were fired at the same time. In a moment, the Jiang Pei army left a thousand people in front of the camp, and then retreated in embarrassment.

After retreating, reorganizing the troops and horses, the unwilling Jiang Pei army launched an attack on the camp again, but this time it was still repelled by the Sizhou army. However, the loss of soldiers this time was indeed much less than the first time, with only five or six hundred people lost under the wall of the camp. However, even so, he did not dare to attack the camp again.

Fortunately, it didn't take long before the six thousand troops of Jie County also arrived. At this time, if the five thousand infantry of Dong Zhuo's army were added, there were nearly 20,000 infantry here.

So he went to the captain of Dong Zhuo's army and communicated with him. After the two discussed for a while, they arranged the dispatch of troops. This time, Dong Zhuo's army also sent two thousand soldiers to participate in the attack.

As soon as Dong Zhuo's army joined the attacking team, the guards immediately felt pressure. However, fortunately, there were thousands of elite soldiers from the Longxiang Camp in the camp. With the cooperation of these elites, the third attack had been repelled. This time, the guards suffered casualties again, but fortunately not many. The three attacks caused the Sizhou army to lose nearly a thousand soldiers.

At this time, the pontoon bridge had been almost built. Seeing that the attack had been repelled, the guards arranged the soldiers to retreat during this gap. It was a quarter of an hour later when the generals of Jiangpei Army discovered this situation.

They immediately sent people back to attack the camp. This time, the army quickly broke into the camp. Unfortunately, the nearly two thousand soldiers who entered the camp suddenly fell into a sea of ​​fire.

It turned out that all the areas were filled with various flammable items placed by the seriously injured Sizhou soldiers, waiting for the soldiers of Dong Zhuo and Jiang Pei to enter. Those seriously injured soldiers set themselves on fire, thinking that their robes were used to delay time.

Seeing this, the soldiers of the two armies no longer dared to enter the camp. Seeing the fire in the camp, the generals of the two armies immediately sent soldiers from the northwest corner of the river to the north gate, but when they arrived near the north gate, they were blocked by the burning fire.

In desperation, the army had to stop and wait for the fire to subside.

Within an hour, the fire was finally extinguished, but at this time, the Sizhou army had safely withdrawn to the other side of the river, and the camp was completely reduced to ashes. The floating bridge across the river was also burned by the seriously injured in the camp.

The iron chain also fell into the river.

So far, about 6,000 soldiers and 1,000 prisoners of war have safely arrived on the other side of the Sushui River.

Just as the 7,000 troops began to cross the river, the 20,000 troops who had left earlier had reached the final moment. After nearly two hours of chasing and fleeing, most of the troops had now passed Anyi City. Seeing the 20,000 knights swarming past the city, the people on the city looked at each other, and Jiang Pei said, "Where did the Sizhou army get the 20,000 cavalry?"

The people on the city also looked at each other and shook their heads. It was still the old Taoist Xu Rong who quickly saw the problem and said, "It's not 20,000 cavalry, these are the soldiers withdrawn from the Yishi City, and at least more than 10,000 of them are infantry."

Unfortunately, even if you can see it, you can only stare blankly, because there are no cavalry in the city. There were not many cavalry in Hedong to begin with, and since Dong Zhuo changed the military system, there was no source of war horses, so the cavalry could not be raised. In addition, after Jiang Pei arrived in Hedong, he fought many times with the actual controllers of each city, the Baibo bandits in Hedong, and the Xiongnu cavalry in Qubei, and almost consumed the few cavalry. The only cavalry that can be used now is the 2,000 personal guards, and at this time, he dare not send these 2,000 cavalry out.

Just as Xu Rong was sighing, a cloud of dust rose from the west. Seeing this, he couldn't help but cheer up, knowing that his own cavalry had arrived. Although he was angry that Fan Chou had let so many soldiers escape from under his nose, he also knew that now was not the time to worry about this.

So, he immediately said to Jiang Pei: "Sir, send out the 2,000 cavalry immediately to hold them back. It only takes a quarter of an hour for my cavalry to arrive immediately."

Seeing that Jiang Pei was still somewhat reluctant, Xu Rong said: "After this battle, I will ask the Prime Minister for your help and let you buy 10,000 war horses. Moreover, after defeating Huangfu Chaobo, I will not take any of the horses here, and all of them will belong to Hedong. If the governor is not willing to take this risk, I have nothing to say. When the cavalry arrives, I will immediately lead the troops to withdraw to Chang'an."

Xu Rong's coaxing and intimidation finally made Jiang Pei agree, and he immediately ordered his 2,000 cavalry to rush towards the majority of cavalry outside the city.

At this time, the 20,000 cavalrymen of the Sizhou Army had formed a team of several miles. Many of them, the civilians and soldiers who were not good at riding, had inevitably fallen behind after a long period of running. Although the cavalry of Zhao Yun's various departments were anxious, they had to guard behind and on both sides. In this way, thousands of cavalrymen were very scattered.

When the north gate of Anyi suddenly opened and two thousand cavalry rushed out, it was too late for Zhao Yun and Huyan to gather the cavalry to intercept them. Hundreds of exhausted White Horse Volunteers and cavalry were unable to stop the two thousand cavalry of the Hedong Army.