Wait, please don't call me Emperor Zhaolie

Chapter 244 Feng Ji: I'm done
"Gongda is not only good at military affairs, but also good at supporting the country." Liu Bei said with a smile.

The more talented the staff who offer advice and suggestions are, the less worry and effort a leader will have.

After Liu Bei praised Xun You, he stopped him and Guo Jia from going to the battlefield together, and persuaded them with a smile: "The arrows on the battlefield are blind. Fengxiao and Gongda should wait in the tent first. Bei will be back soon."

He then asked Dian Wei and Xu Chu to put on armor for him, then he opened the curtain and stepped out. Dian and Xu immediately followed him with large shields on their sides to protect themselves from stray arrows.

"Dong dong dong..."

Seeing the envoy coming out of the tent in armor, the soldiers beating the drums were instantly surprised and excited, and the drums sounded even more deafening.

When Liu Bei heard the sudden change in the drumbeat, he turned back with a smile and nodded to the soldier beating the drum.

"Mr. Han, gather all the Youzhou soldiers in the army and shout three times in the name of Liu Xuande to the outside of the camp, ordering the Youzhou soldiers to move to the left. Our army should use crossbows and powerful crossbows to shoot to the right. After the fifth drum, you will immediately lead your troops out of the camp and take the initiative to attack."

"I will gather soldiers who are good at riding horses, pretend to be cavalry and chase them with pack horses, so as to shock and break their courage, so that the Han army can calmly pursue and kill the fleeing soldiers."

After listening to this, Han Mu bowed and nodded in understanding.

The Yuan army, which was fighting each other on the battlefield, suddenly heard someone in the Qingzhou camp shouting in unison, which immediately covered up the noise of fighting.

The soldiers of Youzhou and Jizhou suddenly remembered that they were still fighting with the Qingzhou army, and what should they do if the other side suddenly attacked.

As this thought came to their mind, both sides slowed down their swinging of swords. Although they did not know why the Qingzhou army did not shoot crossbows anymore, they had already damaged a lot of weapons in the fight, and even the blades were cut. If the other side came to kill them, they would be defeated in an instant.

When everyone was feeling uneasy, the soldiers from Youzhou suddenly heard a familiar accent, saying that Lord Xuande from Zhuo County of Youzhou was also in the camp. He also said that this was a strategy to lure the enemy, and that the Qingzhou army was already several miles away, just to kill Qu Yi.

Envoy Liu did not want to see his fellow villagers go to war in a foreign land, so he made coffins out of Kai wood and returned home. He specially ordered that anyone who exposed his left arm at this moment to restore order for the Han family would be forgiven.

Yuan Shao secretly engraved himself as the governor of Jizhou, and he must have protected the Jizhou soldiers. If you attack and kill each other on the battlefield, you will be punished according to military law and beheaded when you return to Dian County.

After surrendering today, all those who are selected to serve as auxiliary soldiers in the Han army will be rewarded with 50 acres of good farmland, and those who serve as combat soldiers will be rewarded with 100 acres of good farmland. If they do not need to farm the land, they can exchange it for an equivalent amount of money, grain, and cloth.

Within three loud shouts, the Youzhou soldiers marched to the left and our army shot to the right. It was a matter of choosing whether to return to your hometown with dignity or to return to the underworld with your soul, all in a moment.

The Qingzhou soldiers started shouting loudly after they finished speaking in unison, and the Youzhou soldiers were immediately frightened and subconsciously dodged to the left.

Some soldiers were already terrified when they heard the shouting, but they couldn't tell left from right. In the end, they had to grit their teeth and take a gamble, running to the side where there were more people, and asking their comrades to help them expose their left arms.

It was no longer possible not to defect in the middle of the battle. Yuan Shao had already been on guard against Youzhou, and now there was something like a mutiny. If he returned to the camp, he would definitely not be able to escape and would be beheaded in public.

Rather than waiting to die, it would be better to go all out and follow fellow villager Lord Xuande to defeat the Yuan family. Then he could return home safely.

The soldiers in the Qingzhou camp spoke very quickly in the authentic Youzhou dialect, but the Jizhou soldiers could not understand them. While they were still confused, a rain of arrows suddenly came from the sky.

Under the continuous firing of bows and crossbows, the Yuan army that appeared on the right was shot with dense arrows and corpses were everywhere. Especially under the eighty crossbows, no one with a shield could resist.

In an instant, nearly a thousand corpses lay on the ground, the dead and wounded were everywhere, blood flowed like a river, and all kinds of painful wails and screams continued.

At this time, the chariot array near the Qingzhou camp was pushed back, and drums sounded loudly in the rear. Soldiers dressed in armor and armed with sharp weapons rushed out of the camp like wolves and tigers, and rushed straight to the Yuan army, smashing the enemy army into pieces. The Yuan army, whose morale had already collapsed due to arrows, could no longer resist.

The soldiers, rubbing their hands in readiness, were like a sharp knife, instantly tearing through the tattered cloth, and then chasing and killing bravely.

The momentum is like a tsunami and a landslide, the sky is collapsing and the earth is falling, and it is unstoppable.

Wherever the troops passed, Yuan's defeated soldiers screamed in agony, and those who resisted stubbornly fell one after another.

"Kill! Chase the desperate enemy and don't let Qu Yi go!"

"The envoy has ordered that Qu Yi must be killed in this battle!"

The Qingzhou army on the battlefield formed a shield and spear formation and marched to fight, while shouting one after another.

In the intervals, they drew their guns and put them away, and then used their ring-handled swords to behead people. The soldiers cooperated very well and did not give the enemy cavalry any chance to take advantage. The sparse and messy arrows of Yuan's cavalry did not cause much damage to the Qingzhou soldiers in iron armor.

The cavalry general was hesitating whether to lead the cavalry to charge directly from the left and right sides to force the Qingzhou army to disrupt their formation and break the siege, when the sound of a retreat was heard from the slope behind.

Looking carefully, the central army, which was rushing over quickly, suddenly collapsed on the spot for unknown reasons, and the sound of horse hooves was also heard in the Qingzhou army's camp.

The cavalry general did not dare to stay any longer and immediately led the cavalry to retreat. As for the six or seven thousand infantry, if they were smart and could run fast, they still had a chance to escape.

He could only apologize in his heart, then hurriedly stepped on his horse and fled to the southwest.

The reason why Feng Ji, who was watching the battlefield from the slope, ordered the troops to retreat was not because he saw the Qingzhou army charging forward aggressively and foresaw that they would be defeated.

It was not that he saw his own cavalry hesitated and ordered a withdrawal in order to preserve the cavalry's strength.

Instead, it was the sudden bad news that made him feel dizzy and his heart pounding.

Qu Yi, who was leading his troops to support the battle, was hit by a flying arrow or spear on his horse's back. Without even a word left, his head and body were separated in an instant. The Yuan army's central army was thrown into chaos upon seeing this.

When Feng Ji saw the central army being defeated at Tupo, he could not help but curse Qu Yi for being so incompetent. He led the troops to reinforce but could not control the situation. When they were about to reach the battlefield, their morale collapsed immediately and they fled without even seeing the enemy.

I lost inexplicably. How can I explain to Mr. Yuan when I get back?

Feng Ji made up his mind that he would report to Yuan Gong after returning and punish Qu Yi for his failure to discipline his troops and his eagerness to make achievements, which led to his unauthorized attack.

If some soldiers had not defected in battle, how could the entire army have been defeated? Moreover, those soldiers were obviously from Youzhou. If Qu Yi had not often advised Yuan Gong: "Youzhou people are skilled in archery and horse riding, and are good at fighting. Rather than letting them be recruited by Gongsun Zan, it is better to appease and recruit them from Jizhou."

Otherwise, how could we have suffered the defeat today?
But in just a moment, Feng Ji had already figured out how to write a document and hand it to Yuan Gong so as to remove him from the main responsibility for the disastrous defeat in this battle.

But when he heard the news that Qu Yi died on the battlefield, he felt a chill in his heart, and he had a premonition that it would be Feng Yuantu who would be sent to prison when he returned.

Feng Ji couldn't help but said sadly: "Qu Yi, how could you die so easily? Without you, who will take responsibility for me?"

(End of this chapter)