C407 (1/2)
”Ah …” Jiao He's eyes turned black and he almost fainted. Fortunately, his guards were quick enough to catch him and keep him from falling to the ground. After calming himself down, he hurriedly ordered, ”Prepare the boat, in case the army returns to the river.”
”Clank, clank, clank, clank, clank …”
The urgent sound of the alarm and gong quickly rang in the camp of Qingzhou Government Army, waking up the Qingzhou Government Army soldiers from their dreams. The Qingzhou soldiers were well-trained, they all jumped off the beds, quickly donned their clothes, picked up their weapons and rushed to the assembly point.
Just as Qingzhou Government Army gathered, Guan Hai, Zhang Rao, and Xu He's three hundred thousand strong allied army rushed over. Generally speaking, ten thousand people were endless, a hundred thousand people covered the sky and the earth, three hundred thousand people engulfing everything.
With the Qingzhou Government Army's Weapons and equipment and combat qualities, and with the protection of the army, especially with the boat that was carrying them across the river by the river, as long as the commander was calm enough to command them, even if they lost, most of the soldiers could still return to the east side of the river.
But as the commander in chief, the moment Jiao He saw the formation of the xanthopanax, he was already scared out of his wits. He did not care about his thirty thousand soldiers. He did not even bother to call his two assistants over as he turned his horse and ran towards the river. He hurriedly jumped on the boat and started paddling towards the east.
Over thirty thousand Qingzhou s lost their Commander, they immediately panicked. How could they have the mind to organize their defense, they were all disrupted by the xanthopanax's charge. Without caring about anything else, the Qingzhou Government Army soldiers swarmed towards the river. But the boats that crossed the river were limited, so they jumped on board quickly and jumped into the river at a slow pace. In a short period of time, Zishui River was filled with corpses.
More than three hundred thousand Qingzhou Yellow Scarf soldiers swarmed over, scared to the point of nearly having a heart attack, and left his thirty thousand Qingzhou officers and soldiers s behind as they fled from the Zishui River in a panic. The pitiful Qingzhou s, only a few managed to snatch the boat, while the majority fell into the river.
Fortunately, it was June and the temperature was very high. The Zishui River was not in a rush and dropped their armor and weapons as they swam towards the east. As for those officers and soldiers who didn't know how to swim, they could only follow the flow and resign themselves to the will of the heavens.
No one would have thought that before the officials and troops were completely annihilated, the xanthopanax himself had already started fighting. First, there was a skirmish over the abandoned armor, swords and spears, and then there was a large-scale gang fight over the grain.
”Everyone stop!” Guan Hai, Zhang Rao, Xu He and the flying horses rushed over to the place where the grains were gathered, Guan Hai could not help but shout out loud. It was also because Guan Hai's voice was loud enough that it was like a thunderclap in a sunny day, that caused Soldiers of the Yellow Scarves to be stunned.
Guan Hai swept his eyes over the looting soldiers. There were both Zhang Rao and Xu He's men under his command, he knew that if he didn't deal with them properly, the alliance that he had painstakingly pulled would collapse in an instant. They might even kill each other.
”Bastards! The officials and the army have not been annihilated yet. Yet, you guys are here trying to rob food. Scram! ”
Guan Hai couldn't blame anyone, so he could only curse. When his underling saw that Guan Hai was really angry, he could only bitterly lead his team away. As for Zhang Rao and Xu He's soldiers, when they saw that their leader had a deadpan expression and did not make a sound, they could only follow him.
”Commanders, each of our three families will send a grain officer who will lead the soldiers to count and distribute the rations. How about it?” Since he wanted to be the boss, he had to maintain a higher profile. Guan Hai turned and looked at Zhang Rao and Xu He, solemnly discussing with them.
”I'll follow Grand Commander's lead.” Zhang Rao, Xu He and the others remained silent. They just wanted to see how Guan Hai would handle the food. Seeing that Guan Hai was handling the situation impartially, Zhang Rao and Xu He were satisfied. The two of them cupped their fists and bowed towards Guan Hai.
Seeing that Zhang Rao and Xu He were reasonable, Guan Hai became even more confident, and decided to take the opportunity to strike the iron: ”Two commanders, the officials have just been defeated, and it will be hard for us to catch our breath in this short period of time, why not take advantage of the situation and cross the river, attack and attack, and destroy Qingzhou Government Army in one go, what about that?”
However, Guan Hai was a little wishful thinking. Zhang Rao and Xu He were also ambitious heroes, and did not plan to take him as their master. The two of them were stunned for a while, but Xu He still said: ”Now that the Qingzhou Government Army has become a bird of prey, they will no longer form an alliance with us. If we attack from city to city, they'll have time to catch their breath. We might as well split our troops into three sides and attack Ji Nan, Le An and the Qi separately, not giving them a chance to breathe. ”
Zhang Rao immediately nodded his head, and agreed: ”Grand Commander Xu is right, the focus and the gathered Qingzhou Government Army all come from Ji Nan, Le An and Qi, their defenses will be empty, we can take over all the County in a short time.”
Guan Hai was very disappointed, but he didn't show it. Without absolute strength, they would not rely on him. He could not help but laugh, nodding towards Zhang Rao and Xu He: ”Since both of you have made up your minds, then we shall part ways here.”