Wait, please don't call me Emperor Zhaolie

Chapter 135: Beat the Drums and March
Liu Bei led his army northward from Muye, and scouts from both sides engaged in a bloody battle in the fields.

The sound of arrows flying through the air and weapons clashing echoed across the wilderness.

At the moment of the fight, the sharp blade pierced through the flesh and blood.

The people of Liangzhou were surprised to find that, apart from their numerical advantage, they did not gain any advantage in horse riding and archery, and the scouts of Qingzhou were also extremely skilled in horse riding and archery.

They didn't have the upper hand in the archery and thought they could save face in close combat. However, when they charged in, they realized that the Qingzhou army's armor was more sophisticated and their vertical spears were blocked by the leaves and slid away.

Then he was taken away with a horse spear piercing his neck. The Qingzhou people were ruthless and targeted the exposed parts of the body, especially the head.

"Retreat! Retreat quickly!" Seeing that his men were killing fewer and fewer people, the scouts from Liangzhou quickly sounded the retreat.

The scouts had no time to change horses and chased the enemy all the way until they were almost exhausted before turning back to the camp.

In the sudden encounter, the scouts from Liangzhou were stunned by the scouts. The soldiers from Liangzhou still wanted to restore their morale by relying on their superb riding and archery skills.

They didn't expect that the Qingzhou people were as good at horse riding and archery as them, and their armor and equipment were even better.

They only left behind a pile of corpses and retreated back to Chaoge, losing their eyes and ears outside the city.

When Liu Bei received the news from the scouts, he was in high spirits. He pointed his whip at Chaoge and said to all the generals and captains, "Beat the drums and march forward. Surround Chaoge!"

Liu Bei asked the military officer to call Ran, and he smiled and ordered: "Ran Jun Sima, ask the firewood camp and the craftsmen to cut wood and build battering rams on the spot. There is no need to dig tunnels this time. The Liangzhou bandits can attack without rushing and stand firm."

Zhang Fei's eyes lit up, and he said, "General Zuo, I would like to ask for permission to climb the city wall first."

"Yide, you are already a prefect, how can you compete for credit with your comrades?" Liu Bei chuckled.

Taishi Ci, Zhao Zhen, Han Mu, Bao Xin, Guo Jia and others wanted to laugh but did not dare to, for fear that Zhang Fei would get angry and embarrassed.

Zhang Fei continued to ask for orders, "I fight for my brother. I don't care about my position as governor. I only do it for brotherhood. If my position is a hindrance, please dismiss me as the governor of Jinan. I am willing to lead my troops to attack the city again."

"Yide..." Liu Bei looked at Zhang Fei. It would be a lie to say that he was not moved.

After fixing Zhang Fei's helmet, Liu Bei said with a smile, "Okay, Yide, go up to the top of the city wall. I will beat the drum for you myself."

"Brother!" Zhang Fei held Liu Bei's hand tightly, his eyes filled with tears of excitement.

Since he became the Prime Minister of Jinan, he has been separated from his brothers more often than usual, and cannot put on armor and charge into battle as he wishes.

Others saw that he was the younger brother of Lord Xuande and was the Prime Minister of Jinan, so they treated him with great respect and dared not offend him.

Only his elder brother knew what Zhang Yide was thinking. He was not an ordinary man who coveted official positions. He just wanted to protect Jinan for his brother and prevent Taishan County from invading.

Liu Bei saw that everyone was there, and after carefully reading the map, he had a clear idea in his mind. He solemnly ordered, "Where is Zhang Yide?"

"Zhang Fei is here."

"I order you to wait until the Chaiying battering ram is completed, and then lead the auxiliary soldiers and the Jiaying to attack the south gate of Chaoge first."

"As ordered!"

"Taishi Ziyi."

"Taishi Ci is here."

"I will order you to lead the Tiger Cavalry and divide them into two groups. One group will patrol the west gate. If any Liangzhou bandits open the city gate and escape, they will be pursued and killed immediately.

Lead another unit to be on guard in the north and east to prevent any changes in Yuan's army or Lu Bu. If you see the enemy attacking, seize the opportunity and strike them. "

Liu Bei gave the order without any reservation.

Lu Bu was sometimes difficult to predict, and Liu Bei had no way of guaranteeing whether he would suddenly lose his mind and attack him.

The knife is a good one, but it's a pity that you can easily hurt yourself if you hold it close to it.

We can only wait until the end of this war and find a way to drive him to Bingzhou and let him deal with the Huns, so as to prevent Yuan Benchu ​​from colluding with the Huns when he arrives and causing trouble for Yanzhou and Luoyang areas.

When using Lu Bu, you must also be more careful to avoid being taken advantage of by him.

Ding Yuan appointed him as his chief clerk, Dong Zhuo ordered him to be his personal guard, and historically, he was stationed in Xiaopei, and none of them had a good ending.

If Lu Bu and Cao Cao had not broken up and fought each other when they were stationed in Puyang, they would never have been willing to go south.

Liu Bei almost wanted to persuade him to go to Yangzhou, so that Yangzhou would be more lively and delay the time of the southern princes.

"Taishi Ci obeys the envoy's order!"

"Han Mu and Zhao Zhen order you two to attack the east and north gates first. Remember to feint and attack the city walls. Mainly prevent the Liangzhou bandits from escaping from the city gates." "Zhao Zhen obeys!"

"Han Mu obeys your command!"

"The Ruichong Battalion will be the center army, led by me personally. We will not move for the time being. The Shengshe Battalion will use large shields and bows and crossbows to assist in attacking the east, south, and north gates."

"Since the Liangzhou bandit army followed Dong Zhuo, they have wreaked havoc on the people of the capital and killed countless people. Now we are besieging the city and not letting any of them escape. We must do our best to wipe them out and make them pay with blood, avenging the innocent people who have died tragically over the past few years."

"After we recover Luoyang, we will first restore the ancestral temple and then offer sacrifices to the people."

Liu Bei stared at the generals and said.

"Yes!" Zhang Fei, Taishi Ci, Bao Xin, Xun You, Guo Jia and others all bowed and responded quickly.

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"Boom, boom, boom..." A burst of exciting war drum sounds rang out on the vast plain in the south.

The magistrate of Chaoge County, who was patrolling the city wall, heard what happened and hurried over to look. He felt disappointed for a while.

The will to fight disappeared in an instant, and he completely gave up the idea of ​​fighting with the Qingzhou army. He just wanted to slip away quickly.

Under the scorching sun at noon, the south wind blew up the flags of all sizes. The troops on the road were armed with spears, bows and crossbows, some held banners, and some beat drums.

The troops advanced in an orderly manner, responding to the orders from both sides. At a glance, there were no less than two to three thousand men wearing iron armor. The cavalry on the sides had three horses each, and there were more than a thousand horses in total.

In the distance, there were Wugang chariots one after another stretching as far as the eye could see, with a large number of auxiliary soldiers mixed in for transportation.

Craftsmen and some soldiers have already begun cutting wood and building siege equipment.

After watching for a few breaths, the Chaoge County Magistrate began to sweat profusely from his forehead and could not help shivering.

How could he possibly stop the siege of the Qingzhou army with only six or seven hundred defenders under his command?

Liu Xuande issued a proclamation to attack the three counties, but why did they all come to Chaoge? Why didn't other counties send troops to act?

Chaoge is just a small county, not the capital of Luoyang, so why send tens of thousands of troops to attack it?

The Liangzhou soldiers on the city wall saw the army outside the city marching slowly approaching with spears and shields, and they all fell silent.

The scouts' disastrous defeat had already caused morale to waver. The cavalry couldn't even defeat the enemy, let alone the infantry.

Chaoge is close to Weijun, and it is not unheard of that Liu Xuande had conquered three cities in one day.

Chaoge has now become a dead end, and if we insist on defending it, we will only die.

The county magistrate wanted to boost morale, but he didn't know what to say. When all of Fujun Zhangyang's troops were put together, there were less than 5,000 men.

Now they are scattered to various counties in Hanoi, and there is no hope of reinforcement.

Faced with such a predicament, even he wanted to abandon the city and flee, let alone the soldiers of Liangzhou.

I'm afraid someone will flee soon.

Sure enough, when everyone reacted, someone started shouting and yelling.

"Hurry up and run! The people of Qingzhou specifically kill people of Liangzhou. If you don't run now, it will be too late."

"Think about my wife and daughter at home. If we die, they will be taken away and humiliated."

"Run!"

Some people in the crowd immediately started to make a commotion, and many of them dropped their weapons and ran down the city wall.

The county magistrate and the county lieutenant intended to kill people to stop the rout, but the Liangzhou soldiers, who were huddled together, immediately glared at them with their swords and spears, and their meaning was very clear: if they said another word, they would chop off their heads.

The county magistrate could only smile bitterly and wave his hand, saying, "Let's go, let's go, everyone, let's go."

The county lieutenant sighed deeply, took off his helmet, and hurried back to his residence. He looked at the two beautiful concubines he had robbed with a complicated look, and drew his sword when they exclaimed.

A moment later, the county lieutenant's robe was stained with blood. He pulled the only remaining horse out of the stable, whipped it and fled out of the city in a hurry.

　I couldn't sleep all night again last night...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)