Three Kingdoms: I choose Xiao Qiao and Da Qiao, why are you crying, Diao Chan?

Chapter 289: Conquer Xinzheng! (Thanks to Yu Sheng Eason for the monthly ticket support~)

As burning grass balls were thrown onto the city wall, the smoke on the city wall immediately became thicker!
Jia Xu's eyes hurt and his throat was choked by the thick smoke and he couldn't stand it at all.

So he immediately ordered his deputy general Li Su, who was also Lu Bu's fellow countryman:
"General Li, I leave this to you. I'll go downstairs to avoid the smoke first!"

Li Su's face changed, and he quickly grabbed Jia Xu's arm:
"Doctor Jia, you are too disloyal, aren't you?
"How can we stay in this thick smoke for long? It would be better to have the soldiers withdraw and come back up after the smoke clears!"

Jia Xu did not want to argue with the other party, but just wanted to save his own life, so he immediately said:
“When the smoke clears, the enemy may have already attacked.

“General, why don’t you lead the army in the city to fight the enemy directly outside the city!
"If you succeed, you will be rewarded. If you fail, you can escape. If you fight hard and kill the enemy, you can also reduce your guilt. What do you think, General?"

Li Su just thought about it for a moment and immediately agreed!
Rather than staying on the city wall and being choked to death by the smoke, it is better to lead the army in the city and fight the enemy to the death!
If you really can't win, it's not too late to abandon the city and escape!
Thinking of this, Li Su immediately shouted to the soldiers on the tower who were choked by the smoke and couldn't open their eyes:

"Brothers, retreat from the tower and go out of the city to fight the enemy to the death!"

The soldiers responded immediately, obviously not wanting to stay on the city wall any longer!

Sun Ce, who was standing on the tower, watched the figures in the smoke retreat one after another, and praised Guo Jia beside him with surprise:

"The plan of Fengxiao is really effective!
"I didn't expect that the enemy could no longer hold out before we even used our follow-up measures!
"Fengxiao can evacuate first. Since the enemy is going out of the city to fight, I will give them a quick death!"

As he said that, Sun Ce ordered a thousand soldiers to escort Guo Jia back and keep some distance.

He personally led the remaining 7,000 troops to form a battle formation!

Soon, the South Gate was opened by the soldiers inside the city.

Sun Ce saw Li Su leading an army of 5,000 rushing out.

Most of these soldiers had red and swollen eyes and were coughing constantly, obviously they had not yet recovered from the smoke and fire.

Li Su immediately started cursing at Sun Ce:

"You traitors are truly despicable and shameless!
"You actually used such despicable means to win! This is really an unfair victory!"

Sun Ce looked at his master's fellow countryman and said with a cheerful smile:

"On the battlefield, there is only life and death, not good and evil!
"Besides, your military advisor has used despicable tactics, haven't they?
"Since you are from the same hometown as my master, why don't you surrender voluntarily? You can also get a good position in our army!"

"I bother!"

Li Su refused without hesitation:
"That fellow Lu Bu knows that I am from the same hometown, but he never invited me personally. It is obvious that he looks down on me!
"Rather than being a rebel under him and suffering, it is better to serve the Han Dynasty under the imperial court!"

After saying this, Li Su did not give Sun Ce a chance to continue speaking and immediately ordered his army to attack.

Li Su knew that Sun Ce was brave and valiant, so he did not give the other side a chance to challenge him in a duel. He just hid at the back and commanded the soldiers to fight.

Sun Ce had no choice but to lead the charge and kill the enemy together with his soldiers!
While the two armies were fighting, Jia Xu had already arrived at the north gate with several personal guards.

He knew very well that there were experts in the enemy army, and it was impossible to defend the city with just this amount of troops.

Now we can only go to Yuanling County to see if we can rebuild the grain route there.

As for Li Su and his 5,000 troops, they can be used to delay the enemy and buy him time to escape!
The corners of Jia Xu's mouth twitched slightly, but his eyes were extremely cold. He rode his horse away to the east without hesitation.

Just as the group was about to reach Huangshui Road, the only way to Yuanling County.

Jia Xu's heart suddenly moved and he immediately reined in his horse!

The soldier beside him asked doubtfully:
"Sir, what's wrong?"

Jia Xu looked at the Yellow Water Road not far ahead, his eyes gradually narrowed:

“When I was on the tower, I saw that the enemy had only 8,000 men, so I thought the remaining 2,000 men were guarding the stronghold.

“But if the enemy’s advisers are sure they can capture the city today.

"Is it possible that the remaining two thousand people have already gone around and ambushed on this necessary route?

"Are you waiting to catch all of our troops passing by?" As soon as these words were spoken, all the soldiers showed looks of horror!
The leader asked in a trembling voice:
"Then...then what should we do?"

Jia Xu was silent for a moment, then turned his horse's head and pointed his whip in the northwest direction:

"Turn around and head to Mi County!"

Although it would most likely be too late to rebuild the food supply route, at least he could save his own life.

As for other people's lives, he wouldn't care.

No matter how much the little emperor punished him, he would never take his life!
The soldiers heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing this, and then escorted Jia Xu towards Mi County...

the other side.

Li Su watched as his own soldiers were being killed one against five by the enemy!

It takes almost five deaths on our side to kill one enemy soldier!

In just less than two quarters of an hour, the number of their five thousand soldiers was reduced to three thousand!
The enemy only lost four or five hundred people!

Li Su knew very well that if he continued like this, it would only be a waste of military strength.

Just as he was about to retreat, a soldier suddenly ran over from the city:
"Report - General Li! Doctor Jia and his guards secretly escaped from the north gate two quarters of an hour ago!"

"what?!"

Li Su's face instantly turned extremely pale:
"That old fox Jia Xu! He ran away secretly, and left us to buy him time?

"When I return, I will report him to your majesty for deserting the battlefield!"

After saying this, Li Su no longer had the will to fight and immediately prepared to order a retreat.

However, at this moment, an army of a thousand people suddenly outflanked from the flank!
It turned out that Guo Jia felt that the time was almost up, so he ordered the thousand-man army that was protecting him to attack Li Su as well.

Li Su's side did not have enough fighting power to begin with, and faced with the sudden attack of a thousand people, he instantly became extremely panicked!
Li Su hurriedly ordered the army to withdraw back into the city, and took the lead in leading the remaining troops to flee towards the north gate.

After speeding through the streets of the city, he finally escaped from the north gate.

He led the remaining thousand or so people and quickly fled towards Yuanling County.

Sun Ce led an army of 7,000 into the city, killed hundreds of enemy soldiers, captured hundreds of others, and finally successfully occupied Xinzheng City!
Sun Ce took the lead in pacifying the people in the city.

Then we came to the granary and found that there were more than 100,000 stones of grain reserves!

I think they are all supplied to the front line.

Now that Sun Ce has captured Xinzheng City, he not only replenishes his own lack of food, but also cuts off Zhu Jun's logistical supplies!
The task assigned to him by Zhou Yu was finally completed successfully!

Of course, without the help of the genius Guo Jia, it would not be as easy as it is now.

As for the remaining troops of Li Su, they were completely annihilated by the two thousand ambush troops led by He Man in the evening!

Li Su himself was also captured alive by He Man.

When Li Su saw Sun Ce, he immediately knelt on one knee and expressed his willingness to surrender!
However, Sun Ce simply snorted and refused:

"Drag him away and behead him!"

Li Su's face changed drastically, and he quickly asked:
"General, didn't you ask me to surrender before? Why do you want to kill me now?"

Sun Ce replied coldly:
"This general has already given you one chance!

“You didn’t cherish me at that time, and I lost nearly a thousand brothers in vain!
"You're begging for surrender now? It's too late! Take you out, chop off your head, and hang it outside the city wall for public display!"

(End of this chapter)