Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2541 The Ten Sages of the Martial Temple End, A Million-Strong Army Attacks the Plains
After Li Mu and Chang Xian were captured, there were very few fierce generals left in the city who could resist.

Ma Yuanye, who had come from Yizhou with Xu Shiji, also died on the battlefield not long after, at the hands of Shi Tuo.

Although he was a good archer and had always performed well on the battlefield, he had even participated in many battles when besieging Chi You, one of the strongest warriors in the world at that time.

However, while his archery skills were not bad, it couldn't mask the fact that he was only at the top-tier level.

Once a master of god-like rank gets close, there is naturally no chance of survival.

Generals Luo Yin, Ma Chuo, Wang Rong, and Du Jianhui also died in battle shortly thereafter.

The situation in the city is now completely out of control.

At this moment, Xu Shiji and Xu Meizu split into two groups, gathering their remaining strength to begin their breakout.

The reason for splitting the troops into two groups was that Xu Shiji knew very well that as one of the top generals in Qinghan, Qi Jiguang and Cao Ren would not allow him to escape.

In other words, only by acting as a target to draw fire can others have a chance to break through.

In fact, Xu Shiji's idea was not wrong. When he appeared, he was indeed like a big piece of fat meat, attracting all the hungry wolves around him.

As a result, from the very beginning, he had absolutely no chance of breaking through.

He himself, along with his strategist Dong He and general Wu Ji, all died in this breakout battle.

However, the situation for Xu Meizu's group was not optimistic either.

After all, the Jin army had a huge numerical advantage this time, a full five times the manpower. Even if Xu Shiji drew a lot of fire, it was impossible for him to draw all the fire.

Therefore, Xu Meizu still encountered obstacles during his breakout attempt.

Although it was insignificant compared to the forces faced by Xu Shiji's side, it was still a huge obstacle for them.

In the breakout battle, if one cannot quickly break through the obstacles, one will inevitably face attacks from all sides.

Many generals, including Xu Meizu, Xu De, Deng Xi, and Zhang Guoxiang, perished in this process, dying in this breakout battle.

Only a few people, including Zhang Hui, managed to escape using their own skills.

With the complete annihilation of Xu Shiji's army by Qi Jiguang and Cao Ren, it meant that only the Pingyuan resistance force remained in Qingzhou north of the Yellow River.

This force, apart from the navy currently holed up in Qinghan, is their last remaining force north of the Yellow River in Qingzhou.

At this time, the Jin army in the Qingzhou region north of the Yellow River had a combined force of two to three hundred thousand troops.

The battle situation in Qingzhou, north of the Yellow River, can almost be said to be settled.

When news of the fate of Xu Shiji's army reached Liu Bingzhong, he could only sigh with regret.

After all, he had already anticipated such an outcome.

Facing an enemy five times its size, with all escape routes cut off, Xu Shiji's ability to hold out this long is truly remarkable. Even he himself wouldn't have been able to endure this long.

They might not even be able to get past Qi Jiguang, and might not even be able to wait for Cao Ren and Xian Zhen's troops to surround them. As for Jizhou, they really lost because they were incompetent; before they had even fought much, a large number of their own men had already surrendered.

As a result, the Jin army only fought two or three major battles in total in Ji Province. The rest were almost all smooth sailing, advancing all the way, and it could even be said that they directly led their troops to take over the cities.

But Qingzhou's defeat was truly deserved; they lost entirely because their raw strength was inferior to their opponents.

If they had enough troops, they could never have fought to this extent; at the very least, they could have fought to the same intensity as the Southern War.

It is precisely because of insufficient hard power that they are in a situation where they are vulnerable at every turn.

From the moment they were forced to withdraw from the Yellow River, today's scene was actually destined to happen, it was just a matter of sooner or later.

As for Liu Bingzhong, he also had some expectations about his future fate, but he had already made the necessary preparations.

In this life, there is no such thing as a perfect ending; there will always be regrets.

As a member of the Han imperial family, he naturally felt regret for not being able to witness the restoration of the Han dynasty in his lifetime.

However, at least for this one goal, he had given everything to follow Liu Bei, and on that point, he had little regret.

Xu Shiji was defeated and killed, and naturally, there were endless cries of anguish within Pingyuan City.

However, the Jin army was in high spirits, with cheers erupting continuously.

Just then, the trump card that Lian Po had prepared for Pingyuan City finally arrived.

Lian Po's trump card was the people of Ji Province.

The people in Qingzhou are indeed quite united, and Lian Po doesn't think he has much confidence in succeeding if he tries to win them over with a psychological strategy.

However, it should be noted that while the addition of this centaur strengthened the defenses within Plains City, it also brought them hidden dangers.

Although they had arrived in Qingzhou, their wives, children, and elderly relatives were still in Jizhou, and had all fallen into the hands of the Jin army.

The morale of this army was already low, and when Lian Po's army arrived, they didn't even conduct a basic probing attack before launching a direct assault, sending out their elite troops right away.

It was precisely because of this that this army was so badly defeated that they could not even lift their heads.

Their already low morale suffered further setbacks during this fierce battle.

It was at this time that news came that not only had Xu Shiji been defeated and killed, but his wife, children, and elderly parents had also been dragged from Jizhou to Qingzhou.

Lian Po was no benevolent general. He dragged these people's wives, children, and elderly parents to Qingzhou, not hoping to persuade them to surrender.

They were quite decisive and efficient, dragging these people directly to the front lines and forcing them to attack the city.

In this case, it's not just the people in Jizhou who are having a headache; the people in Qinghan are actually having an even bigger headache.

Lian Po's move put them in a dilemma.