Chapter 1346 Hunger
At this time, the sky was already bright. Sima Yiqiong reached out and pulled the reins, causing the war horse to stop. The galloping along the way made the BMW Liangjun so tired that he foamed at the mouth.
The Bingzhou Army did not chase after him, and then Sima Jun breathed a sigh of relief and sat on the ground one by one, tilting around.
Sima Yi turned around and looked towards Yecheng, and could still see the black smoke rolling over Yecheng, but the shouts of killing were already vaguely smelling.
Sima Yichang felt sad at this moment. The fall of Yecheng caused him to be greatly hit. As a child of the Sima family, Sima Yichang was extremely proud. His father and brother were both civil and military, and he was in charge of the world. He yearned for it and hoped to create a career with his own talent.
But the ideal is too full, but now it is very skinny. Although Sima Yi was lucky enough to escape his life in this failure, he undoubtedly lost the trust of Sima Shi. His status in the Sima family will plummet in the future and it will be difficult to be valued again.
The generals under his command were all depressed. To be honest, Yecheng's defense system ranks first among Jizhou Zhucheng. Even the city of Xindu is not as strong as Yecheng. However, after all, Xindu was surrounded by heavy troops in Bingzhou Army, he still held on for nearly half a month. The Bingzhou Army also used heavy equipment like a catapult. Finally, due to the flood, Xindu City finally fell.
Yecheng, known as the number one important city in Hebei, was conquered by the Bingzhou Army in just half a night. This battle was too cowardly.
What will happen next? After all, this is not a place to stay for a long time, and the Bingzhou army may chase after it at any time.
Now there are three roads to choose from before Sima Yichang. You can meet Sima Shi to the north, you can reach Yangping County to the east, you can have a temporary shelter, and you can return to Hanoi County to the south.
As for the current situation, the risk coefficient to the north is the highest, because they are likely to be attacked by the Bingzhou army after halfway. With the more than 10,000 people they led, it is barely possible to defend the city. Once they encounter Bingzhou cavalry in the field, they may not be able to escape the fate of destruction.
As for fleeing south to Hanoi, you can escape from the battlefield in Jizhou, but you will inevitably be suspected of escaping at the last battle.
On the contrary, Yangping County in the east is not far from Yecheng. Sima Yi temporarily fled to Yangping County. On the one hand, he could avoid the edge of the Bingzhou Army, and on the other hand, he could also gather the remaining troops here. When Sima Shi returned to Yecheng in the future, he would also help him regain Yecheng. It would be considered as an advancement and an retreat that could be defended.
Sima Yichang asked for advice from Shaozhen, and Shaozhen handed over these three roads to Sima Yichang for choice. To be honest, Sima Yichang was also afraid of being beaten by the Bingzhou army. The journey to Zhending was long and there were many uncertain factors. Sima Yichang really didn't have the courage.
The safest return to Sima Yichang in Hanoi was also very unwilling to accept it, so he quickly decided to stay in Jizhou and set off for Yangping County immediately to find a place to stay.
Yangping County is northeast of Yecheng, about 100 miles away from Yecheng. Sima Yichang was very hurrying when he fled Yecheng, and he almost didn't carry any food, grass or supplies. After a night of fierce battle, Sima Bing was hungry and trapped, but because of the policy of strengthening the walls and clearing the fields in Jizhou, a large amount of fields were deserted and it was difficult to find people within a hundred miles. Sima Bing could only endure the hunger and hike to Yangping County.
Fortunately, the Bingzhou army did not chase after this time, otherwise, just like their defeated brigade, there would be no possibility that they would be able to withstand the Bingzhou army's pursuit.
It is estimated that the Bingzhou Army did not take the initiative to let them go, but had just taken down Yecheng and there were still many matters to be handled, especially because they had to reorganize Yecheng's defense and beware of the Sima Army's counterattack. Therefore, the Bingzhou Army ignored Sima Yi and let him escape.
Surrounding three quarries and one is the most commonly used method in siege. It will give the enemy the hope of escaping forever, so they will not be killed and will be born. Only those who are in desperate situations and have no escape will choose to fight to the death.
The purpose of the Bingzhou Army was just to capture Yecheng. As for how many enemies were annihilated, it did not have much practical significance for Wang Jun and Liu Jing. Therefore, after taking Yecheng, they would immediately integrate Yecheng's defensive power and re-arrange Yecheng's defensive system. Sima Yichang, who escaped, directly ignored it.
Sima Yiqiang walked all the way, and when he was camping at night, he didn't even have a tent, so he could only sleep in the open air, eating and drinking dew, and was in a mess.
In fact, this is not the most difficult. What is really difficult is that due to the extreme shortage of food and grass, everyone is hungry. Apart from wild grass and wild vegetables, there is no other food to satisfy their hunger.
There was no way, Sima Yichang could only order the few war horses to be slaughtered. Each person was given a small piece of meat. It was impossible to eat enough, but they could only talk to fill their hunger. Now their only hope was to rush to Yangping County earlier, so that they could avoid starving to death in the wilderness.
After walking for nearly a day, Sima Jun's speed was getting slower and slower. Each person had no idea how to digest the small piece of horse meat. Hunger made them even more difficult.
If Yangping is not allowed tonight, then sleeping in the wilderness again will only get worse for Sima Jun. There is no food anymore, and more than 10,000 people will fall into an unprecedented dilemma.
Therefore, Sima Yichang did not dare to let the army stay here and ordered to continue moving forward, even if he climbed, he would climb to Yangping.
At this moment, I suddenly saw an army rushing out from the northwest direction, rushing towards them. The Sima army was shocked. Everyone was exhausted. If the enemy came here at this time, then they would be in danger.
But no matter what, they have to face the battle. Although the Sima army was sleepy and hungry, as soldiers, they still did not lose their weapons. At Sima Yiqiang's order, everyone picked up their weapons and prepared to fight.
As for the formation, there is no need to pay attention to it. The army that escaped from Yecheng has long been disrupted. The soldiers have no generals and generals have no soldiers. At this time, he still has the type of battle formation. He can only barely cheer up, hold the swords and guns in his hand, and nervously look at the army coming from the opposite side.
Sima Yichang was also desperate. Although he still had more than 10,000 troops under his command, the combat effectiveness of this army was originally hopeless. Now he was tired and exhausted, which undoubtedly made it worse. Sima Yichang lamented: "I am dead!"
Chapter completed!