Rangers of the Three Kingdoms - C407

“Ah …” Jiao He’s eyes turned black and he almost fainted. Fortunately, his guards were quick enough to catch him and keep him from falling to the ground. After calming himself down, he hurriedly ordered, “Prepare the boat, in case the army returns to the river.”

“Clank, clank, clank, clank, clank …”

The urgent sound of the alarm and gong quickly rang in the camp of Qingzhou Government Army, waking up the Qingzhou Government Army soldiers from their dreams. The Qingzhou soldiers were well-trained, they all jumped off the beds, quickly donned their clothes, picked up their weapons and rushed to the assembly point.

Just as Qingzhou Government Army gathered, Guan Hai, Zhang Rao, and Xu He’s three hundred thousand strong allied army rushed over. Generally speaking, ten thousand people were endless, a hundred thousand people covered the sky and the earth, three hundred thousand people engulfing everything.

With the Qingzhou Government Army’s Weapons and equipment and combat qualities, and with the protection of the army, especially with the boat that was carrying them across the river by the river, as long as the commander was calm enough to command them, even if they lost, most of the soldiers could still return to the east side of the river.

But as the commander in chief, the moment Jiao He saw the formation of the xanthopanax, he was already scared out of his wits. He did not care about his thirty thousand soldiers. He did not even bother to call his two assistants over as he turned his horse and ran towards the river. He hurriedly jumped on the boat and started paddling towards the east.

Over thirty thousand Qingzhou s lost their Commander, they immediately panicked. How could they have the mind to organize their defense, they were all disrupted by the xanthopanax’s charge. Without caring about anything else, the Qingzhou Government Army soldiers swarmed towards the river. But the boats that crossed the river were limited, so they jumped on board quickly and jumped into the river at a slow pace. In a short period of time, Zishui River was filled with corpses.

More than three hundred thousand Qingzhou Yellow Scarf soldiers swarmed over, scared to the point of nearly having a heart attack, and left his thirty thousand Qingzhou officers and soldiers s behind as they fled from the Zishui River in a panic. The pitiful Qingzhou s, only a few managed to snatch the boat, while the majority fell into the river.

Fortunately, it was June and the temperature was very high. The Zishui River was not in a rush and dropped their armor and weapons as they swam towards the east. As for those officers and soldiers who didn’t know how to swim, they could only follow the flow and resign themselves to the will of the heavens.

No one would have thought that before the officials and troops were completely annihilated, the xanthopanax himself had already started fighting. First, there was a skirmish over the abandoned armor, swords and spears, and then there was a large-scale gang fight over the grain.

“Everyone stop!” Guan Hai, Zhang Rao, Xu He and the flying horses rushed over to the place where the grains were gathered, Guan Hai could not help but shout out loud. It was also because Guan Hai’s voice was loud enough that it was like a thunderclap in a sunny day, that caused Soldiers of the Yellow Scarves to be stunned.

Guan Hai swept his eyes over the looting soldiers. There were both Zhang Rao and Xu He’s men under his command, he knew that if he didn’t deal with them properly, the alliance that he had painstakingly pulled would collapse in an instant. They might even kill each other.

“Bastards! The officials and the army have not been annihilated yet. Yet, you guys are here trying to rob food. Scram! ”

Guan Hai couldn’t blame anyone, so he could only curse. When his underling saw that Guan Hai was really angry, he could only bitterly lead his team away. As for Zhang Rao and Xu He’s soldiers, when they saw that their leader had a deadpan expression and did not make a sound, they could only follow him.

“Commanders, each of our three families will send a grain officer who will lead the soldiers to count and distribute the rations. How about it?” Since he wanted to be the boss, he had to maintain a higher profile. Guan Hai turned and looked at Zhang Rao and Xu He, solemnly discussing with them.

“I’ll follow Grand Commander’s lead.” Zhang Rao, Xu He and the others remained silent. They just wanted to see how Guan Hai would handle the food. Seeing that Guan Hai was handling the situation impartially, Zhang Rao and Xu He were satisfied. The two of them cupped their fists and bowed towards Guan Hai.

Seeing that Zhang Rao and Xu He were reasonable, Guan Hai became even more confident, and decided to take the opportunity to strike the iron: “Two commanders, the officials have just been defeated, and it will be hard for us to catch our breath in this short period of time, why not take advantage of the situation and cross the river, attack and attack, and destroy Qingzhou Government Army in one go, what about that?”

However, Guan Hai was a little wishful thinking. Zhang Rao and Xu He were also ambitious heroes, and did not plan to take him as their master. The two of them were stunned for a while, but Xu He still said: “Now that the Qingzhou Government Army has become a bird of prey, they will no longer form an alliance with us. If we attack from city to city, they’ll have time to catch their breath. We might as well split our troops into three sides and attack Ji Nan, Le An and the Qi separately, not giving them a chance to breathe. ”

Zhang Rao immediately nodded his head, and agreed: “Grand Commander Xu is right, the focus and the gathered Qingzhou Government Army all come from Ji Nan, Le An and Qi, their defenses will be empty, we can take over all the County in a short time.”

Guan Hai was very disappointed, but he didn’t show it. Without absolute strength, they would not rely on him. He could not help but laugh, nodding towards Zhang Rao and Xu He: “Since both of you have made up your minds, then we shall part ways here.”

The Qingzhou Acanthopanax escaped to the east side of the river, looking back at the river full of corpses of the soldiers, he could not help but become more frightened. When the soldiers that were fighting to cross the river reached the shore, he immediately ordered the burning of all boats to prevent xanthopanax from crossing the river. He did not care about the officers and soldiers who were still struggling in Zishui River.

Due to the protection of the guards, his two employees, Zhang Ji and Jiang Huan, also grabbed onto the boat, escaping for their lives. The two of them climbed up the river bank, and just in time to see Jiao He, who was waiting by the river side. Zhang Ji shook his head and said with a bitter smile, “Lord Thorn’s divination is really clever … “Today really is not a good day …”

Jiao He’s old face blushed. He really didn’t know what to say. To him, today was indeed not a good day. Furthermore, there would not be any good days in the future.

“Lord Thorn, I’m sure we won’t be able to go, we should quickly count the number of people, and immediately return to the city to prepare for xanthopanax’s attack.” walked over and wiped away the sweat on his forehead. “xanthopanax has obtained so much food and weapons, the momentum is even greater, we should prepare already.”

Before everything was settled, they would listen to what Zhang Ji and Jiang Huan did. Very quickly, the results of the count came out. After this great defeat, there were still more than ten thousand soldiers who had escaped from Hexi City. It could be seen that the escaping ability of the Qingzhou Government Army soldiers was not ordinary at all.

Many of the soldiers that had escaped from the river had lost their weapons, especially those that had swam over from the river. They did not even have armor. Not to mention the horses, almost all of them were given to the xanthopanax, so Jiao He could only walk on the ground.

Jiao He did not dare to stay by the river, and immediately led the wounded soldiers to retreat towards Qi. However, they had not gone far when the Southern taiwai, Li Wen, arrived on horseback. He was an old man in his fifties who had read a lot, but he could not fight.

“Lord Thorn, more than half of the Jinan County’s soldiers have been transferred away by you. Now, the xanthopanax was preparing to cross the Jihe River, and Ji Nan was going to bear the brunt of it. Lord Thorn still stayed in Ji Nan to boost his morale. As long as we, Ji Nan, resist the xanthopanax, the other counties will have no worries. ”

Jiao He obviously knew that the xanthopanax was looking for a boat to cross the river, so it was only a matter of time before they attacked Ji Nan. It was precisely because of this that he was in such a rush to leave Ji Nan, and that he was a gentleman that did not place himself in danger. He trembled slightly when he heard the words xanthopanax, and would not stay in Ji Nan to accompany this old fellow in death.

“Master Li, the army has just been defeated. We urgently need to rest and replenish our equipment. Furthermore, the Qi’s defenses are empty, waiting for us to rescue …” Moreover, protecting Ji Nan is your duty. It is better for you to recruit young men and prepare to defend xanthopanax. ”

Guan Hai, Zhang Rao, Xu Wen and the other two discussed it over and over again by the river. They decided to let Guan Hai attack Qi, Zhang Rao attack Ji Nan, and Xu He attack Le An. The population of these three Countryside s are all around five hundred thousand, it’s just that the Qi is the location of the Schmidt’s house, and has a lot of defensive forces, so it’s the place with the most people attacking, Guan Hai.

They went along the Zishui River and found quite a few boats, as well as some wooden planks. It took three days for all of them to cross over from Zishui River. Then, according to their respective duties, they led their soldiers to Ji Nan, Le An, and the Qi.

After Guan Hai’s xanthopanax entered the Qi, he first surrounded the impending disaster, and then set up a camp at the four gates of the impending disaster, encircling the Affected City so that not even a drop of water could leak out. Just as he was about to attack the city, his commander, his cousin Guan Lin, gave him a suggestion.

“Big brother, the Affected City is strong. If we attack forcefully, we will definitely suffer heavy losses, and if we fail to do so for a long time, it will affect our morale. At the moment, the Qingzhou was empty, the imperial government was in chaos, and there would not be other officials coming to rescue the Qingzhou. We might as well bluff, surround impending disaster with a small number of people and call out a large group to attack the other five cities of Qi. After we defeat all of these cities and increase our strength, we can come back to attack impending disaster.

“You’re right.” Guan Hai nodded his head, and accepted Guan Lin’s suggestion: “You stay under Affected City, make a big show of forging siege equipment, send people to the city gates to scold and mock at Jiao He, if he dares to fight outside the city, then beat him to death!”

That night, Guan Hai brought his main team and quietly left the camp, but there were still many tents in the camp, as there were still so many flags. Even after dawn, standing on the Affected City’s wall, one would not be able to see any changes to the people in the xanthopanax’s camp.

At the same time, Guan Hai led the main force and quickly captured five counties under the control of the Qi: Xi’an, Chang Guo, Pang Yang, Guangxian, Lin Zhi. After robbing all five counties, they not only obtained a large amount of food and equipment, but also attracted a lot of refugees to join the xanthopanax. In just over a month, Guan Hai’s team had already expanded to over 200,000 troops.

Guan Hai looted wantonly in the Qingzhou, causing a large number of Qi refugees to flee into the North Sea, scaring North Sea who was right next to the Qi, Kong Rong. He was unable to resist Guan Hai’s attack, nor was he able to rescue the refugees. Helpless, he called for his aide, Wang Xiu, to ask him to look for Gong Yi for help at Tung Lai County.

“Master, the last time Zhang Rao attacked North Sea, he only had sixty to seventy thousand xanthopanax. But the current Guan Hai already has over two hundred thousand xanthopanax s under his command, and it’s not easy for Dong Lai to protect himself either, how can he save us? ”

Wang Xiu was Kong Rong’s backer, a filial son who was recommended by Kong Rong. He was extremely loyal to Kong Rong, and every time when Kong Rong was in trouble, the one who called for reinforcements was Wang Xiu. But he knew, today, Guan Hai was not like the old Zhang Rao, who was afraid.