Chapter 126 Withdrawal from Xiushui County

The screams stopped Ma Liang and others who had just rushed into the forest. Ma Liang smiled bitterly at the Jingzhou soldiers and horses who were about to collapse and quickly turned their heads and asked, "General Zhou, can you two resist this Tai Shici?"

Following the direction pointed by Ma Liang, Zhou Cang and the two saw Tai Shici who was rushing in the army. Zhou Cang shook his head solemnly and said, "This Tai Shici is so brave that even if we work together, we can only barely support him for half an hour. As time goes by, we will be exhausted."

Ma Liang said to Zhou Cang with a happy face, "The two generals are now in chaos. If they don't block the front of Tai Shici, the army will collapse sooner or later. As long as the two generals can buy some time and gather the rest of the soldiers, even Tai Shici can't wait for me."

Zhou Cang and Yang Ling did not dare to neglect and hugged their fists and said, "Just give it to me." After saying that, Zhou Cang rushed up with the remaining 500 people under his command. The Jingzhou soldiers along the way avoided it. After a while, the two fought with Tai Shici.

Tai Shici didn't care when he saw a team of soldiers and horses rushing towards him, but he didn't see that it was Zhou Cang. He was a little afraid of Zhou Cang's strength when he played with Zhou Cang, but he was not afraid. He greeted the soldiers and horses.

Zhou Cang and Yang Ling are two knives left and one right at Tai Shici. Tai Shi Ci has never seen Yang Ling, but he has seen Zhou Cang. Naturally, he will not be careless. He raised the sword in his hand and fought with them.

With a sound of the three people's weapons collided, Tai Shici was even a few steps back by Zhou Cang, and Zhou Cang's bodies also stopped abruptly. Zhou Cang took a deep breath before lifting the big knife again to kill Tai Shici, and Yang Ling beside him also waved his arms to kill Zhou Cang.

Tai Shici retreated a few steps before he stopped and looked at the two people in front of him in surprise. Zhou Cang's strength was strong enough. He didn't expect that there was another person with the same strength of crystal core Zhou Cang. Tai Shici quickly put away his contempt and looked at the two people in front of him.

Just as Zhou Cang and 500 people blocked Tai Shici, Ma Liang, who was beside him, also began to gather the remaining army of 3,000 Jingzhou soldiers under the command of Ma Liang, and the scattered soldiers also gathered towards Ma Liang.

In a blink of an eye, half an hour has passed. Zhou Cang and Yang Ling gradually exhausted under the attack of Taishi Ci. Ma Liang has long gathered the scattered 3,000 soldiers and horses and joined the regiment. Ma Liang's joining of Tai Shici could not take advantage for a while, and the gathered Jingzhou soldiers and horses began to play his role. Our advantage, Jiangdong soldiers and horses have been at a disadvantage and have been suppressed by Jingzhou soldiers and horses.

Tai Shici paid attention to the changes around him while fighting with the three people. He had already expected that Jiangdong's soldiers and horses would be beaten, but he didn't expect it to be so soon. The five hundred soldiers and horses brought by Zhou Cang and Yang Ling resisted the attack of a thousand soldiers and horses in Jiangdong. When he saw these five hundred soldiers and horses, Tai Shici was ready to retreat.

The long sword swept Zhou Cang and forced the three of them back to Tai Shici. They took a few steps back and distanced them and shouted: "stop!" The bell rang through the fighting soldiers slowly retreated, and the two sides separated and looked at each other on guard.

Tai Shici took a look at the three people opposite him and turned around and left with Jiang Dong's soldiers and horses. Seeing Tai Shici leave, Zhou Cang and others were also relieved. If they really fought like this, these 3,000 soldiers and horses would definitely lose a lot. It's hard to say that he may be defeated by Tai Shici.

Seeing that Taishi Ciyuan went to Ma Liang and several people also began to collect hundreds of soldiers and horses in the battle just now. In addition, the previous losses lost nearly a thousand soldiers and horses this night. The three of them smiled bitterly and took the remaining soldiers and horses to Xiushui County.

On the official road, Liu Pan and Su Fei took the soldiers and horses from Jingzhou to Xiushui County. Liu Pan, who was about to arrive in Xiushui County, waved his hand: "Stop!" However, a spy ran over and said, "General, there are traces of fighting in front of you. There should be a war just happened."

Liu Pan nodded and ordered the army to be on guard before continuing to move forward. Soon, he saw the armor and weapons scattered on the official road, and there were still blood stains on the ground, which were not completely dry.

Su Fei came forward and said, "If you don't go back to Xiushui County first, this should be the trace left by General Zhou's battle with Jiangdong soldiers and horses here."

Liu Pan looked around and turned his head and said, "Yes, this place is very close to Xiushui County. Just in case we go back to Xiushui County as soon as possible." Liu Pan was a little worried about Xiushui County.

Not long after, Liu Pan and Su Fei rushed back to Xiushui County with their soldiers and horses. Liu Pan was relieved to see that there was nothing wrong with Xiushui County. As soon as Liu Pan approached Xiushui County, he heard someone in the city shout, "Who is under the city? Don't be close."

Hearing the sound, Liu Pan looked up and said, "General Huang, I'm Liu Pan. Open the gate quickly."

More than ten torches were thrown on the city. Huang Zhong looked at it carefully before ordering people to open the gate. After entering the city, Huang Zhong greeted them and said, "You are finally back. Just now, the military division ordered someone to come to inquire."

Liu Pan looked at Huang Zhong and said, "General Ma, are they back?"

Huang Zhong sighed and said, "I'm back, but they didn't successfully burn the dump truck and well in Jiangdong, and the 1,000 soldiers and horses under General Zhou also lost nearly half, and General Ma's 3,000 soldiers and horses also lost nearly 500 people."

"Oh." Liu Pan looked at Huang Zhong in surprise and said, "Why is this?"

Huang Zhong shook his head and said, "They also just came back. Xu Junshi was afraid that if you had something to do, they ordered me to come to pick them up. If you don't come back, I'm afraid I can't go out of the city to pick them up." After saying that, Huang Zhong turned his head and looked at Liu Pan and said, "General Liu will lose anything this time?"

Liu Pan waved his hand and said, "The loss is not big."

Hearing Liu Pan's words, Huang Zhong was relieved and several people walked to the county government.

Liu Pan, Huang Zhong and Ma Liang in the county government have gathered together. Xu Shu sat on the main seat and looked at several people quietly. Just now, several people have told the situation tonight in detail. Xu Shu looked at Huang Zhong and said, "Order the army to gather and withdraw to Ai County tonight."

After Xu Shu finished speaking, several people looked at Xu Shu in disbelief. As soon as Huang Zhong was about to take the order, Su Fei, who was beside him, said, "There are still 15,000 soldiers and horses in the military division city to hold on. Why do you retreat?" The others didn't say anything but also looked at Xu Shu.

Xu Shu was silent for a while and said, "You have to retreat sooner or later. It's better to retreat and retain part of your troops as soon as possible." After saying that, he looked at several people and said, "I'm afraid Zhou Yu is determined to attack the city. If he doesn't retreat today, he will use a trebubble tomorrow. Although we are sure to defend Xiushui County, the losses will not be small."

Liu Pan frowned and said, "Military division, when we retreat to Ai County, Zhou Yu will also go to attack the city. Isn't it for nothing?"

Xu Shu shook his head and said, "No, Zhou Yu heard that we will not pursue us when we retreat to Ai County. It is determined that we will set up heavy troops around Ai County to prevent us from coming back." After saying that, he said, "If he takes Xiushui County, he will explain to Jiangdong. If he can't take Ai County in a short time, he will not stay here more."