At the west crossing of Gangling Mountain, a fierce breakout battle has begun.
Prince An looked gloomy, drew his sword and pointed it forward: "Soldiers, the way out is just ahead."
"Attack with all your strength!"
The only way out for the 270,000 Allied troops was blocked. They had finally managed to get there, and it could not be repeated.
The cowhide drums were beaten "boom boom", a thunderous shout suddenly broke out, and the vanguard army rushed forward rapidly along the western road like a torrent.
The shouts of killing were deafening, and the allied forces fought one after another until dawn. The temporary fortifications collapsed completely. The Qi army gradually could not hold on any longer and had to retreat step by step.
The commander guarding this pass was Fan Qing, but after Chen Qi confirmed that it was not a fraud, he also led his troops to rush over. Although the soldiers were brave, unfortunately the enemy's troops were still twice as large as theirs. The scouts had just turned back, and the nearest rescue route was blocked by refugees.
Chen Qi and Fan Qing scolded Prince An, and each of them killed an enemy general, raised their swords and shouted: "Brothers, surround them! The lord's reinforcements are coming!"
Unfortunately, there was a huge disparity in troop strength, and the Allied forces were determined to fight to the death. They had no intention of annihilating the enemy, but only of finding a precise position and making a fierce breakout.
Eventually the encirclement was broken and the Allied forces broke out.
When Wei Jing bypassed Qiyuan and crossed Yunyi Mountain, rushing to the scene with an army of 250,000, the allied forces had just successfully broken through.
There was still dust rolling ahead. Chen Qifan Ya dismounted from his horse and knelt on the ground to apologize, saying: "Your subordinate is incompetent. The allied forces have just broken out."
"Get on your horses and chase them immediately!"
The situation on the battle has changed. Chen Qi and Fan Qing have tried their best to hold on until now. Wei Jing gave the order in a deep voice and quickly caught up.
With these twenty-five reinforcements, the superiority and inferiority of the troops immediately reversed. The sentry reported back, and Zhou Hong was anxious: "Hurry, the King of Qi is right behind us!"
Prince An gritted his teeth and said, "I didn't expect him to come so quickly!"
The two men immediately passed the order and rushed forward at full speed.
With one chasing and the other fleeing, the distance between the two sides was originally not small. Unfortunately, after rushing out for a while, the Allied forces encountered an obstacle.
Plate of water.
King An ordered his men to dig the southern dike of Panshui River to form the Fire Bull Formation. The hole was not big enough to turn the area into a complete swamp, but the lowest water level found was still as high as a person's thigh.
Prince An was furious, but he had to lead his army across the water immediately.
But inevitably, the speed slowed down greatly. When most of the allied forces had passed, Wei Jing had already caught up with them with his army.
Prince An's face was distorted: "Send the order, march at full speed!"
After the painful sacrifice of 70,000 to 80,000 soldiers and horses and the obstruction of water, the Allied Forces at least got a chance to catch their breath and widen the distance between them and the pursuers.
Wei Xu was dressed in a dark warrior uniform with tied sleeves, and he was sitting on his horse with a relaxed look. He did not show any sign of fatigue despite working all day. He said to King An: "As long as we can reach the Yellow River and board the boat in time, we can escape."
“That’s right!”
Prince An's eyes were bloodshot, his face was gloomy, and he looked tired and anxious. Upon hearing this, he immediately perked up, spurred his horse repeatedly, and ordered to speed up again.
Wei Xu withdrew his gaze and looked forward calmly.
It is said that, but it is not easy to do. Wei Jing is not a mediocre person. He dealt with the allied forces blocking the way as quickly as possible and gave chase again.
While chasing, he sent messages to the rear.
Fan Yaliangdan has successfully resolved the Fire Bull Formation and is rushing here with an army of 200,000.
In order to avoid Wei Jing, Prince An's escape route was somewhat circuitous. Fan Yaliangdan took a shortcut to shorten the journey and successfully reunited with the main army the next afternoon.
One side fled in a hurry, and the other side chased madly. They got close several times and then distanced themselves several times.
In the end, Wei Jing caught up with the allied forces.
With the Yellow River in sight and the ferry just ahead, the Allied forces successfully caught up with and quickly surrounded the enemy on the eve of boarding boats to cross the river.
A great battle began immediately.
More than 500,000 against 180,000 or 190,000, the result is no surprise.
After a fierce battle, the Qi army completely gained the upper hand and fought from dawn until dawn. The banks of the surging Yellow River became a bloody hell on earth. Most of the dead soldiers and wounded soldiers struggling in a pool of blood were wearing Allied uniforms.
The army's morale was low and they were defeated. Even Zhou Hong was killed in the battle. If Prince An had not taken off his general's cloak in time, changed into a captain's armor and concealed his identity, he would have been killed in the battle long ago.
Unfortunately, he is now surrounded.
Looking at the endless Qi army, King An's face stained with dried blood trembled slightly, and suddenly an unbelievable despair surged in his eyes. Wei Xu looked at him and said at the right time: "Zhonghe, since we have left the Qingshan, we should break through now."
Prince An suddenly looked at him with hope in his eyes.
Wei Xu gave an order in a deep voice, selecting a loyal guard, ordering him to dirty his face and put on a set of captain's armor. Then he ordered Chen Ang, Liang Su and other remaining generals to protect this man.
"Retreat to the edge of the Yellow River."
Due to the terrain, the Qi army was the smallest along the Yellow River and the encirclement was the thinnest, but the army could not break out in this direction.
The situation was urgent, so Prince An did not ask any further questions and gave the order immediately.
There were still 60,000 to 70,000 soldiers left, who were defeated and retreated to the banks of the Yellow River. The encirclement around the edge of the Yellow River is becoming thinner and thinner.
Wei Xu saw that it was almost ready, and immediately ordered Prince An's personal soldiers to prepare.
Generals Chen Ang, Liang Su and others had received orders from Wei Xu and gradually separated from them. These generals were deliberately frank and their goals were obvious, and soon the focus of the Qi army shifted to "Prince An".
Wei Xu nodded to King An, drew out his long sword, jumped up on his horse in an instant, led his personal guards to protect King An, and tried his best to break out to the left edge of the Yellow River.
Arrived soon.
The river bank was uneven, rugged and rocky, and there was a short section where it was impossible to deploy troops. This was exactly where Wei Xu's target was. He quickly picked up King An, stepped on the pedal, and flew out quickly along the river bank.
The guards were all quite skilled and they immediately jumped off their horses and did the same thing.
There was also Fu Pei, who was laid horizontally on the horse's back, and the guards could not take care of him.
Wei Xu pulled out a thin python leather whip from his waist, swung it, and the long whip accurately strangled Fu Pei's neck. With a pull, they soared into the sky together.
The Qi soldiers who discovered something was wrong quickly rushed over here.
But Wei Xu had successfully escaped the encirclement, and more than 20 personal guards survived. They seized the horses and quickly fled westward.
The defeat was devastating, but fortunately, we managed to break through in the end.
Prince An was both sad and happy, but before he could say a word to Wei Xu, who had saved his life several times, the pursuers came again.
Wei Jing led his troops into the center of the remaining allied forces. From a distance, he discovered at a glance that "Prince An" was a fake. At the same time, there were changes on the riverside.
He was furious: "Chase immediately!"
Wei Jing personally led 3,000 cavalrymen in pursuit.
The sound of horse hooves from behind was as fast as thunder, hitting Prince An's heart again and again. He held his breath and looked at Wei Xu: "Jinzhi?!"
"Let's split up our forces."
There was a fork in the road ahead, one on the left and one on the right. Wei Xu immediately called over a dozen personal guards and ordered them to take the main road.
He and Prince An led eleven or twelve people along the path. He stayed behind and leaped over to break off a branch, smoothing out the horseshoe prints of twenty or thirty feet. At first glance, it seemed as if no escaping riders had passed through.
King An breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately there was Wei Xu.
There was finally hope of escaping. Seeing Wei Xu turning back lightly on tiptoe, King An looked back at the road ahead. However, at this moment, Wei Xu pulled off a jade pendant from his waist, and with a flick, the jade pendant fell silently in the middle of the road where no traces had been cleared.
It is very conspicuous and anyone who is not blind can see it. Wei Jing frowned when he knew that Wei Xu had saved Prince An and left.
What exactly does Wei Xu want to do?
He didn't know what the other party wanted to do, but he was definitely going this way. He pulled the reins and caught up with him again.
Soon, the sound of horse hooves appeared again, and Prince An's face turned pale. "How did he catch up so quickly?!"
Wei Xu looked back and said, "Don't worry, there is a small road ahead. Let's abandon the horses and take the small road."
"good!"
Wei Xu did the same thing again, so King An soon discovered that the pursuers were coming again.
Divide the troops again.
Catch up again.
After three or four times, only Wei Xu was left beside Prince An, and the latter was holding Fu Pei in his hand.
But the haunting sound of horse hooves came again.
Prince An was not stupid, but his life was under threat and he could not help but panic. Besides, Wei Xu had saved him from danger many times and he trusted him absolutely, so he overlooked many details.
After several times of hope, several times of despair, and repeated torment, he finally realized that something was wrong.
He suddenly remembered that Wei Xu could walk through the dense forest as if it were flat ground and climb the city wall as fast as lightning, so why did he have to take the mountain path?
Can't you escape into the dense forest?
Just like the breakout from Gushan in Jingzhou, once they entered the dense forest, it would be difficult for Wei Jing to catch up.
Prince An's heart skipped a beat, for some reason, and at the same time he thought of Xu Cang, the traitor he had killed.
He stopped suddenly.
"you!"
Prince An opened his eyes wide and stared at Wei Xu's back, his heart pounding wildly at this moment.
"What's wrong?"
Wei Xu turned around, his voice was cold, just like before.
It was almost dusk, the setting sun was shining, the mountain wind was whistling, and the man in front of me had black sleeves fluttering in the wind, sword-like eyebrows and long eyes, and was very handsome.
Looking at it from this angle, Prince An suddenly felt that the other person's features looked somewhat familiar.
It's not the kind of familiarity that comes from seeing each other day and night for five years, but the kind of familiarity that feels like someone with a similar spirit or shadow.
Wei Jing?
Or, Fu Pei?
"Who are you?"
He shuddered.
Nephews resemble their uncles, and Wei Jing illustrates this point very well. In fact, he looks more like the Fu family.
Prince An's blood was flowing backwards. "You, what is your relationship with the Fu family?"
Wei Xu looked at the trembling Prince An for a moment with a calm gaze, and then said slowly, "If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have almost forgotten it."
He raised his lips slightly: "Once, I almost changed my last name to Fu."
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