Sui and Tang Dynasty Generals

Chapter 51: The rebels fled and continued to hunt them down
Seeing that the rebel army had already fled, Xiong Ruixiang killed Dai Ye who was trying to escape. Seeing that Kong Yan could not catch up with Zhang Tai, he returned to Fu Zihou.

"Sir! Your injury..."

It was only then that Xiong Ruixiang noticed that there was a hole in Fu Zihou's armor on his chest, and a little blood could be vaguely seen.

"fine!"

Fu Zihou saw that the rebel army had been defeated, and touched his wound. He had just blocked with his sword, and with his armor protecting his chest, not much blood flowed from his chest.

Looking at the battlefield, there were thousands of rebel troops fleeing.

Thinking that most of Zhang Jincheng's troops were guarding the passes in various places, and a large part of them were assigned to ambush the suspected troops in Xin County, Fu Zihou knew that Zhang Jincheng could not be allowed to leave alive no matter what.

Otherwise, within a few days, Zhang Jincheng would be able to raise tens of thousands of rebel troops again.

By then, I am afraid that Qinghe County will still not be able to be defended, and I will never have such an opportunity as today again.

"We can't let Zhang Jincheng live! Help me find a horse!"

Fu Zihou said to Xiong Ruixiang, and watched Xiong Ruixiang nod and leave. Fu Zihou turned around and looked at the battlefield behind him. The muddy ground was full of swords, spears and arrows, and corpses were lying in pools of blood.

There were rebels and there were also people wearing Sui Dynasty clothes and armor.

This scene left Fu Zihou with a deep impression of the battlefield.

Sighing, Fu Zihou came to Xu Jinpeng's body, picked up Cui Wenjin's bent sword, took off the scabbard from his waist, and placed Cui Yuzhe's identity card in his arms on the body together with the head.

"grown ups!"

Kong Yan covered his injured arm and came to Fu Zihou.

"grown ups!"

At this time, Cao Yong also returned to Fu Zihou from the front battlefield, panting.

"Tell the Cui family's promise in Qian County to the people in the city. When they see these tokens, they will believe your words!"

Fu Zihou stood up and said to Kong Yan and Cao Yong, and seeing that Xiong Ruixiang had already pulled several horses from the battlefield, he took his gourd and bamboo tube from Cao Yong.

"Sir, Cao Yong is not injured, but he has made no achievements behind the army. Cao Yong is willing to follow you and make meritorious deeds!"

Cao Yong looked at Fu Zihou tying the gourd and bamboo tube, and asked with a bow.

Looking at Fu Zihou's wound and learning that Fu Zihou was going to hunt down the bandit leader, Cao Yong was worried about Fu Zihou's safety. He used the reason of making meritorious service as he was afraid that Fu Zihou would refuse.

In Cao Yong's eyes, a benefactor is a benefactor.

"it is good!"

After Fu Zihou heard what Cao Yong said, he watched Cao Yong take a few breaths, then nodded, jumped on his horse, and picked up the long spear that was stuck diagonally on the ground.

Kong Yan also wanted to go with them, but was rejected by Fu Zihou. After all, Kong Yan was injured. However, Xiong Ruixiang was also taken away by Fu Zihou using the same reason as Cao Yong.

Outside Qinghe County.

Zhang Jincheng, who was watching the fighting on the battlefield at the city gate, suddenly noticed something wrong behind him.

When he turned around, he found that thousands of soldiers were fleeing in all directions behind him. This scene made Zhang Jincheng stunned and looked ridiculous.

"What? Stop! Don't run!"

Zhang Jincheng quickly turned his horse around, shouted angrily, and hurriedly took his trusted men to try to reverse the defeat.

However, before Zhang Jincheng could ride far on his horse, he saw his nephew Zhang Tai riding towards him.

"Uncle! Run!"

Zhang Tai rode up to his uncle with a panicked look on his face.

"What happened? Tell me! Why didn't Xu Jinpeng wipe out the Sui army?"

Zhang Jincheng looked at his nephew Zhang Tai and wished he could chop him to death with a sword. Why did he only come back? Where were Xu Jinpeng, Dai Ye and the others?

Also, why did the army collapse? What was Xu Jinpeng doing?
"Uncle, Xu Jinpeng is dead! Killed by the Sui general! Dai Ye was also killed!"

Zhang Tai looked at his uncle Zhang Jincheng and said with tears in his eyes.

"What did you say!!!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Jincheng's pupils shrank and he looked at Zhang Tai in shock. Then he looked in horror at the Sui army that was slaughtering the defeated soldiers.

Is Xu Jinpeng dead?
How is this possible! Over the years, Xu Jinpeng has fought with him in hundreds of battles, and he is fierce and brave, and has made countless contributions. Many times when he lost the battle with Yang Shanhui, it was Xu Jinpeng who turned the tide.

How could Xu Jinpeng die? How could he die at the hands of the Sui army generals?
"impossible……"

Zhang Jincheng was stunned. Xu Jinpeng had always been his confidant and was the source of confidence and momentum in the army.

Now that he heard that Xu Jinpeng had been killed, Zhang Jin said it was hard to believe and accept.

"Uncle, let's go! It will be too late if we don't leave now!! Uncle!"

Zhang Tai was riding a horse and looked back at the Sui army. When he saw the young Sui army general riding a horse and holding a lance looking at him from afar, Zhang Tai's face turned pale with fright and he spoke anxiously to his uncle.

"Impossible..." Zhang Jincheng looked dazed when he heard his nephew's words. Xu Jinpeng's death made Zhang Jincheng seem to have lost his soul. He looked at the young general of the Sui army in the distance with a dazed look.

Zhang Jin said he still didn't believe Xu Jinpeng would be killed.

Under the city gate.

The rebels who were fighting with the Qinghe County defenders also noticed that the other people who came with them on the plain behind them were now fleeing.

Seeing this scene, the life-saving habits developed over the years made the rebels who were fighting against the Qinghe City defenders flee without even looking back, without knowing the reason.

In these years of fighting with the Sui army, there have been wins and losses. Those who once escaped have been buried in the ground, and it is estimated that weeds have grown over them.

"Sir, retreat, the rebels have escaped!!!"

"The traitor really escaped!!!"

Cui Duxing and Fan Yichuan were surprised and then delighted when they saw the rebel army outside the city suddenly flee.

Yang Shanhui covered his bleeding hand and stood behind Qiu Ziqian and other confidants, watching the scene in shock. He had never expected that the rebels would flee at this time.

What exactly is going on?

Yang Shanhui and Qiu Ziqian looked at each other, both of them with confusion on their faces.

"The rebels have escaped! They have won!!!"

“Victory!!”

Under the city gate, every soldier of the Sui Dynasty smiled as if they had survived a disaster and cheered.

Although Yang Shanhui didn't know what was going on, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he thought of the tens of thousands of people in Qinghe County in the city.

"Look!"

Suddenly, at Fan Yichuan's exclamation, Yang Shanhui, Qiu Ziqian and Cui Duxing all looked up, and then they saw that in the distant battlefield, under the mist, a group of rebels were fleeing the battlefield on horseback.

Looking at that group of rebels, Yang Shanhui, Qiu Ziqian, Cui Luxing and others knew that it must be the rebel leader Zhang Jincheng.

But what puzzled them was that not far behind the group of people, there were several figures on horseback, quickly chasing Zhang Jincheng and his group.

If I am not mistaken, those people are dressed as soldiers of the Sui army, and they should be reinforcements coming to Qinghe.

Think of this.

Yang Shanhui, Cui Luxing and others all guessed that it must be this support army that launched a surprise attack from behind the rebel army, which led to its defeat.

"Good archery!"

The fog was getting thinner and thinner. When they could vaguely see the Sui army soldiers chasing on horseback, the leading Sui army soldier suddenly picked up a longbow with a horse lance, took the arrow and shot the rebels one by one. Cui Luxing and Fan Yichuan exclaimed in surprise.

What great archery skills! There was such a brave and skilled archer among the reinforcements. No wonder the rebels were defeated and fled.

"Not good! We can't let those people chase them any further. Zhang Jincheng's confidant Xu Jinpeng is brave and good at fighting. He has the courage to stand up to ten thousand people. We can't defeat him. If we continue to chase him, he will definitely kill us!"

Qiu Ziqian said with a frown, worry in his eyes.

Hearing Qiu Ziqian's concerns, Cui Luxing and Fan Yichuan's faces also changed and they began to worry. It was obvious that they were not unfamiliar with the thief Xu Jinpeng.

"I don't know if there are any generals among those chasing us! We can't let anything get into trouble!"

As Qiu Ziqian spoke, he put away the sword in his hand.

As the deputy general, Qiu Ziqian had followed Yang Shanhui in leading troops to fight against Zhang Jincheng in recent years. He had seen many times that Zhang Jincheng was doomed to be defeated, but it was always because Xu Jinpeng was too brave, invincible with his sword, and led the rebel soldiers to break through the encirclement.

In the past few years, countless brave soldiers of the Sui army have died under Xu Jinpeng's sword.

Being good at archery does not mean you are invincible. There was once a time when Qiu Ziqian almost died at the hands of Xu Jinpeng because of his archery skills.

Now, with the rising sun, the mist has risen into the sky and is about to dissipate. If Zhang Jincheng finds that there are only a few pursuers, he will definitely fight back and kill them.

"Hurry up and send someone to chase them! Get them to come back!"

Yang Shanhui ordered.

Yang Shanhui also knew what Qiu Ziqian meant. A general who could lead nearly a thousand reinforcements to defeat the bandit Zhang Jincheng was extremely rare and must not be allowed to get into trouble.

Upon hearing this, a general hurriedly turned around to make arrangements. A moment later, several Sui army soldiers rushed out of the city gate on horseback and chased into the distance.

Under Qinghe City.

As the soldiers began to clean up the battlefield, Yang Shanhui discussed with Qiu Ziqian, Cui Duxing and others how to defend Qinghe County next.

"Zhang Jin said that even if we raise troops after this great defeat, it will still take time. The Left Guanglu Doctor Yang Yichen has already led the Sui army southward. We only need to hold on for a few more days..."

Yang Shanhui was talking.

The wounded Kong Yan had been brought to Yang Shanhui, Cui Luxing and others by a Sui army soldier.

(End of this chapter)