Three Kingdoms: Wolong's brother-in-law, tricking Liu Bei into seizing Jingzhou

Yu Jin felt the pain only when the stick hit his buttocks.

Under the horrific bombardment of the Hanwei cannon, he realized that continuing to defend Jicheng would only lead to death.

Breaking through may still offer a glimmer of hope.

After all, Liu Bei's main forces are now gathered at the north gate, and their attention is focused on attacking the north gate.

Perhaps the Han army's siege on the west gate was weak, or perhaps they were unprepared?

If we unexpectedly attack from the west gate, we may have a chance to break out of the siege.

As for whether they would be surrounded and blocked by the Han army after breaking out, and still unable to escape the net set by Liu Bei, that is another matter.

Let’s get through the current difficulties first.

So Yu Jin jumped on his horse and fled towards the city.

"Retreat, General Yu said, retreat."

"Listen up, my fellow men of Xiliang. If you want to live, follow me and break out from the west gate!"

Zhao Ang shouted excitedly as if he had been pardoned, and also jumped on his horse and fled to the city.

As soon as the commander ran away, the morale of the Qin soldiers along the city collapsed and they scrambled to flee to the city.

In the blink of an eye, the city wall that stretched for a hundred steps was deserted.

Han army formation.

The Hanwei cannon has been reloaded and the second round of bombardment is about to begin.

Liu Bei raised his horse whip and was about to give the order.

Xiao Fang saw the clue and sneered:
"Your Majesty, there is no need to waste stones and bullets. We can take Jicheng now."

Liu Bei was startled and turned to look at Xiao Fang.

"Your Majesty, look, are there any Qin troops still on top of the city?"

Xiao Fang pointed his feather fan at the top of the city wall, with a look of sarcasm in his eyes.

Liu Bei looked carefully and his eyes suddenly lit up.

There is no one on the city wall!
"Yu Jin couldn't stand the bombardment of my Hanwei artillery and gave up defending Jicheng."

"I expected that he would abandon the city and flee, thinking that he could escape with his life by some chance."

"What a pity! We have set up a tight net so that he can't escape even if he has wings!"

Xiao Fang saw through Yu Jin's thoughts and pointed his feather fan at him from a distance:

"Your Majesty, the enemy city is empty. There is no need to waste any more time. Let's break the city!"

Liu Bei suddenly realized what was going on. He was greatly inspired. He drew his sword and pointed at the empty Jicheng.
"Han army soldiers, listen to my order. Attack with all your strength and destroy Jicheng!"

The trumpets sounded and the drums of war beat.

One hundred thousand Han troops broke out of the battle formation and rushed towards the empty north gate of Jicheng like a torrent.

In a blink of an eye, countless soldiers had climbed to the top of the city wall.

The drawbridge was cut down, the city gates opened, and countless Han troops poured into Jicheng.

Above the north gate, flags with the word "Han" on them were raised, announcing that the Qin State's secondary capital in Longxi had changed hands.

"Let's go into the city!"

Liu Bei was full of vigor and he rode his horse, whipped it, and headed towards Jicheng with his head held high.

Inside Jicheng.

Yu Jin and Zhao Ang, leading the defeated Qin army, had fled to the main street in the city center.

"Xu~~"

Yu Jin reined in his horse and said sternly:
"Brother Zhao, the Liangzhou soldiers you lead are the elite troops of our Great Qin. We have to rely on you to open the way for our breakout."

"You lead the Liangzhou soldiers in the front, and I will lead the Yizhou soldiers to cover the rear!"

Zhao Ang swallowed and frowned.

Yu Jin wanted him to take the lead, to charge into battle and to take the important task of tearing open the Han army's defense line.

If we take the lead, there will definitely be heavy casualties.

What you, Yu Jin, said sounded nice. You stayed behind to cover the retreat, but in fact you just didn't want to take any risks and wanted to preserve your strength.

Obviously, Yu Jin, an old minister of the Qin State, did not regard the people of Xiliang as his own people.

Zhao Ang felt a chill in his heart.

"Okay, my Xiliang Army will lead the way and fight our way out!"

Zhao Ang gritted his teeth and had no choice but to agree.

He had no choice but to save his life. In order to avoid falling into Ma Chao's hands and to break out of the encirclement, he had no choice but to accept it even though he knew Yu Jin was using him as cannon fodder.

Zhao Ang did not dare to hesitate. He turned his horse towards West Street and galloped away calling his Xiliang troops.

Thousands of Xiliang troops rushed away, making the remaining Yizhou soldiers very anxious.

After waiting for a long time for the Liangzhou soldiers to leave, the Yizhou soldiers were eager to catch up.

"Yizhou troops, listen up and follow me to break out through the South Gate!"

Yu Jin turned the reins of his horse and pointed his long sword towards the south gate.

This order stunned all the soldiers.

"General Wen Ze, aren't we going to break out from the west gate? Why are we suddenly going to the south gate?"

"What about the Liangzhou soldiers? Should I order them to turn back to the South Gate?"

A deputy general asked suspiciously.

Obviously, he thought that his commander had suddenly changed his mind and wanted to break out through the south gate.

"There are 300,000 Han troops outside the city. Even if it's Ximen Han's army, there are at least tens of thousands of them. How can we break out with less than 10,000 soldiers?"

"Someone must be sacrificed, either the Xiliang soldiers or the Yizhou soldiers. Who do you think I should sacrifice?"

Yu Jin's eyes were cold and his deep voice revealed the motive.

The deputy general suddenly woke up.

Yu Jin is fooling Zhao Ang.

Zhao Ang leading the Xiliang Legion to break out from the west gate will inevitably attract the attention of the Han army.

Who knows, Liu Bei might transfer all the soldiers at the South Gate to the West Gate to encircle and block the enemy.

In this case, wouldn’t the South Gate be empty?
Don’t Yu Jin and his Yizhou army have a hope of breaking through and escaping?
The fall of Longxi and even the entire Liangzhou was a foregone conclusion. The Liangzhou soldiers had long lost their will to fight and many of them had begun to think about surrendering to the Han.

The Yizhou soldiers are different.

Qin's homeland has now become Yizhou, and the loyalty of the Yizhou soldiers to Qin must be far greater than that of the Liangzhou soldiers.

Is there any need to worry about whether to protect the soldiers from Liangzhou or Yizhou?
"Pass the order down, the entire army will break out from the south gate immediately!"

"immediately--"

Yu Jin said nothing more, spurred his horse and galloped away.

More than 4,000 Yizhou soldiers hurriedly followed Yu Jin and fled towards the south gate.

Outside the west gate of Jicheng.

Zhao Ang had opened the city gate and walked out of the city with his 5,000 Liangzhou soldiers.

According to the plan, Zhao Ang took full advantage and launched a fierce attack on the Han army's encirclement.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Zhao Ang regretted it.

The number of Han troops in the West Camp was at least 20,000, and they were on high alert, as if they had expected them to break out.

Under the suppression of the dense rain of arrows, the Liangzhou soldiers suffered heavy casualties and were unable to even touch the wall of the Han camp.

"Where is General Yu? Report it immediately. The Han army is heavily guarded and we can't break through it at all."

"Let's retreat back to Jicheng and make plans. If we continue to charge forward like this, my Liangzhou Legion will all be killed by the rain of arrows from the Han army!"

Zhao Ang shouted at the deputy general beside him.

"General, I just learned that General Yu did not follow us out of the west gate. Instead, he led the Yizhou soldiers to the south gate!"

The deputy general cried out with a sad face.

Zhao Ang was stunned.

We agreed that I would be the vanguard and you would cover the rear. We would break out from the west gate one by one. What are you going to the south gate for?
After rolling his eyes for a while and thinking for a while, Zhao Ang's expression suddenly changed.

Good man, Yu Jin was trying to trick him into being cannon fodder to attract the firepower of the Han army, and he took the opportunity to escape from the south gate.

"You are such a despicable and shameless bastard, you actually abandoned me, you bastard—"

Zhao Ang came to his senses and cursed in anger with gnashing teeth.

Wuwuwu——

The solemn horn sounded.

On both wings, countless Han cavalry appeared like a storm and quickly cut off their retreat back to Jicheng.

The general flag with the word "Ma" on it fluttered dazzlingly in the dust and fog.

“Ma…Ma Chao?”

Zhao Ang cried out in shock, and his eyes almost popped out of their sockets. (End of this chapter)