"Kill!"

At Xinfeng City, the Xiliang army felt that they could break through Xinfeng City with a little more effort, so that they could receive rewards. And there were orders from the superiors that after conquering Xinfeng, they could be allowed to massacre the city for three days, so they all fought desperately as if they were injected with chicken blood.

However, the next moment, the opponent's reinforcements came from behind, and their rear troops were caught off guard and hundreds of people died in a blink of an eye.

Under such circumstances, the Western Liang army panickedly abandoned the siege equipment, took spears and sabres, and rode war horses to prepare to face the enemy.

However, even if they rode on war horses, because they were all their own people around them and their formation was in chaos, they were useless at all. Instead, they became living targets for the imperial army, and were greeted by bows, arrows, spears, and swords, and were soon killed and injured.

After getting the news, Guo Si knew that although he was very unwilling to accept it, he had to withdraw his troops now because his army could not resist the opponent's surprise attack. Most of the soldiers in Xiliang were elite cavalry, but this also means that they had obvious shortcomings in infantry battles and could not be opponents of the opponent. Even if they barely defeated, the damage ratio would be unbearable.

Even Jia Xu couldn't help but feel shocked after hearing the news, because he had carefully examined the terrain before and knew that once Pei Qing was trapped, it would be difficult for him to escape. The river was deep and the water was fast, so it was impossible to wade through it. If you want to build a bridge, you had to log wood. In the middle of the night, the sound of logging would not alarm the soldiers who were besieging them. He had no such ability at all to cross the river quietly.

"If you break through directly, although Fan Chou is not there, Li Jue and Li Meng will have at least nearly 20,000 people under his command, right? Hu Zhen's command is unwilling to work hard for Pei Qing. Even if Pei Qing's 3,000 people can successfully break through, how many people will be left after he arrives?"

Jia Xu was full of doubts and didn't know how Pei Qing came from. However, since he saw that Pei Qing's army launched an attack on the Xiliang army directly, it proved that Li Jue's army was not chasing them. This means that Pei Qing had concealed Li Jue and did not take a direct breakthrough.

Hearing the shouts of killing from the city and the flames of the Xiliang army under the city, Xu Rong also saw that the enemy was being attacked now. He was immediately energetic and laughed loudly, saying, "The Grand Commander is back, the Grand Commander is back, we are saved."

The soldiers in the city had gradually lost confidence, and even Li Su almost gave up. However, after hearing Xu Rong's words, all the soldiers suddenly felt thunderous and their morale quickly rose. They didn't know where they came from and bravely launched a massacre of the enemy troops who had climbed up the city.

In fact, when he saw Pei Qing coming back, Guo Si, who knew that things were not done, had already ordered the withdrawal of the army. Since success or failure was successful, it would be useless even if he persisted. Instead, it would bring greater losses to his side. Guo Si was not a fool. Of course, he knew the benefits and interests of the army, so he ordered the army to retreat without hesitation.

After all, Guo Si had a large number of people, so Pei Qing did not chase them when they retreated. However, those who had not had time to withdraw, including those who were still on the ladder and under the city wall, were in great trouble. They were now unable to advance or retreat, and they were made into dumplings by the Han army.

"I, let's surrender." Someone shouted, and the other soldiers also reacted, threw down their weapons, and kneeled down to surrender.

Although there were not many of these people, there were two or three thousand people. Pei Qing did not make things difficult for them. He incorporated them into the command of Xu Rong and Li Su, the generals of the Xiliang Army, which was also considered to be a supplement to the losses in this battle.

In addition, Pei Qing also captured many of the opponent's siege equipment in this battle, which was actually a great achievement, because in this way, the opponent would temporarily suspend the siege due to insufficient siege equipment.

"Thank you for your grace in the Great Governor for saving you. If it weren't for the Great Governor, we might have all died here." After the war, Xu Rong and Li Su both saluted respectfully to Pei Qing.

Especially Xu Rong, he admired Pei Qing more and more, especially after hearing that Pei Qing not only defeated Li Jue but also could see through Jia Xu's conspiracy and escape without any harm, he was even more impressed. He had already deeply understood that he was much worse than Pei Qing in terms of combat ability and wisdom. He asked himself that he had never been convinced of anyone in his years of fighting. Even Sun Jian and Cao Cao were his defeated generals, but now, he was willing to give up the disadvantage in front of Pei Qing.

At this time, Li Jue was still strengthening his defense to prevent Pei Qing from breaking through at night. It was not until Guo Si led his army to the front that he asked in surprise: "Brother Guo, why are you here? Did Xinfeng City be captured?"

"Hmph, attack, brother Zhiran, don't you know that Pei Qing has escaped? And we directly led our army to attack our rear. Our army was caught off guard and could not resist it, so we had to retreat. The reason why we came here is to tell you that Pei Qing has retreated. Don't wait meaninglessly anymore. We have been busy all night, so let's go back to the camp to rest."

"What? Pei Qing escaped? How is this possible?" Li Jue was shocked after hearing this and said in surprise: "I have been staring here. He has never tried to break through, nor has he heard the sound of logging, and there was no abnormal sound in the dense forest. As for the side of the dense forest, Junshi Jia personally explained that there was a river there, and the water was fast and the river was deep, so they could not get through at all."

Jia Xu walked out of Guo Si and sighed softly: "It's all Xu's predictions that have misunderstood you all. Xu's crime is a crime. General Li, Xu wants to enter the dense forest and take a look, because Xu can't figure out how Pei Qing escaped here without knowing it?"

Then Jia Xu came to the dense forest to investigate the news under the protection of dozens of Xiliang soldiers. When he came to the place where Pei Qing crossed the river, he saw a wooden board on the banks of the two right angles of the river. After thinking for a while, he finally realized it and said with amazement: "I really didn't expect that Pei Qing could think of such a wonderful way to cross the river. He is really a genius in the world."

"What wonderful way to cross the river? Military Secretary Jia, what are you talking about?"

Hearing Jia Xu's praise, Li Jue asked with confusion on his face.

Jia Xu only heard him ask: "If you are general, how can you cross the river smoothly if the two wooden boards are not long enough?"

"This..." Li Jue racked his brains and couldn't think of a solution. He could only look at Jia Xu, hoping that Jia Xu could give him an answer.

Then Jia Xu ordered people to get a wooden board that was about the same length, which was placed on the opposite bank of the river and on the oblique side of the river, forming a floating bridge.

"It turns out that Pei Qing actually used this method to escape. It's really hateful. It's a bargain for this guy." Li Jue suddenly realized and said hatefully.

However, Jia Xu said slowly: "Actually, I have to thank this genius person, because he gave me inspiration and made me think of a way to break through Chang'an."
Chapter completed!