As soon as Huang Jian retreated, the movement of the ten thousand strong army could not be hidden from Jiang Hua. Originally, Jiang Hua was indecisive. Zhao Wei is dead?
Jiang Hua still did not dare to believe it. Back then, when Zhao Wei was chased and ambushed by Zhang Song, Zhao Wei managed to escape with his life. How could he fall here today?
But seeing Huang Jian run away, Jiang Hua could not sit still.
"Pass down the order, retreat!" Jiang Hua could not take it anymore and immediately issued the order.
"But General, Milord and the others?"
"Are you stupid? Even that old fox Huang Jian has run away. Milord must be dead. If Milord is not dead, do you think that old fox Huang Jian would run away so quickly?" Jiang Hua slapped his trusted aide on the face.
This trusted aide was beaten up until he was running around.
But even so, this trusted aide still nodded his head. "General is wise, General is wise!"
"All troops retreat!"
"Hua!" The other side of the barbarian army's encirclement was also lifted.
Zhao Wei looked at Jiang Hua and Huang Jian's army leaving and immediately jumped up.
"Jiang Hua, Huang Jian!" Zhao Wei's eyes were burning with anger. He even had the thought of killing these two people. Fleeing in the face of battle.
This was really betraying one's teammates without any sense of guilt. It was the kind of betrayal that completely betrayed one's old master.
But Jiang Hua and Huang Jian could not be blamed. Who asked the camp to be on fire? They were already panicking. Coupled with Qian Xiao's shout, the two of them were completely scared out of their wits.
In this chaotic world, in order to save one's life, one would naturally seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.
Right now, Zhao Wei was truly suffering unspeakably.
He only had five thousand troops in his hand, but he had to face three thousand barbarian elites and three thousand Qian Xiao's army behind him.
Originally, he could still compete with Jia Xu's barbarian army.
But now, it seems that the army's morale has been lost.
The soldiers around Zhao Wei were still fine, they all knew that Zhao Wei was still alive. However, the others were not necessarily so, they were scattered. Qian Xiao was using a large flag with a head on it. Who could tell whether it was Zhao Wei's head or not?
On the other side, Jiang Hua and Huang Jian's two armies also ran away. Although everyone had doubts in their hearts, they were more inclined to believe that Zhao Wei was dead.
Morale plummeted, and they didn't have the advantage in numbers.
The larger the army under Zhao Wei's command, the fewer troops there would be.
Jia Xu sat on a small mountain of corpses and looked at Zhao Wei, who was still resisting stubbornly, and said, "General Zhao Wei, surrender!"
"If I surrender, can you give me a way out?" Zhao Wei asked mockingly.
"No!" Jia Xu shook his head. What a joke, it was not easy for him to defeat Zhao Wei, and he almost lost his life. If he let the tiger return to the mountain and let Zhao Wei escape, how could it be possible?
Leaving Zhao Wei's life was a joke. Although Jia Xu had defeated Zhao Wei, Jia Xu himself was strong in appearance but weak in reality.
There were less than ten thousand troops in total. If Zhao Wei escaped, then Jia Xu's previous efforts would be wasted.
"What's there to talk about?" Zhao Wei looked at Jia Xu sarcastically.
"If you surrender, you can leave your corpse intact! Your Zhao family can also be saved! "Jia Xu was being extremely benevolent, he actually wanted Zhao Wei's family to be saved.
Jia Xu's words might have made a person who sincerely cared about his family surrender, but Zhao Wei was not. Zhao Wei looked at Jia Xu and sneered, "If I die, what's the use of my Zhao family?"
Even Jia Xu was shocked by the viciousness of his actions. One must know that although Jia Xu was selfish and vicious, Jia Xu had always been based on his family.
One of the reasons why he was so obedient to stay in the barbarian tribe and suffer was that his family was still by Liu Mang's side.
"Zhao Wei, Zhao Wei, no wonder you failed so badly!" Jia Xu shook his head and said to Zhao Wei.
"Jia Xu, are you mocking me?"
"I'm not mocking you. There's nothing wrong with being born in troubled times and working for yourself. Your mistake is that you don't know what you are. If it weren't for the Zhao family, why would you be so competitive? If it weren't for the Zhao family, why would you want to take back Hanzhong? If you don't think for your descendants and ignore your family, you are doomed to failure. The power of one person is always insignificant.
Even if you don't lose to me this time, you will lose to someone else! "Jia Xu shook his head and said to Zhao Wei.
The most important thing in China was inheritance. People were born, grew old, got sick, and died in just a few decades. The only thing that could make one's family last forever was their descendants. Your bloodline would be passed down forever.
The reason why aristocratic families always existed in this world was because they regarded their family as their own.
For example, the Xun family. Xun Yu and Xun You were officials by Cao Cao's side. Xun Cen was originally by Yuan Shao's side and was now by Liu Mang's side. Xun Shuang used to be by Dong Zhuo's side.
Whether it was Dong Zhuo or Yuan Shao, they were destroyed. However, the Xun family still existed.
This was the greatness of aristocratic families.
However, Zhao Wei was different. He only thought about himself. He thought that if one person achieved the Dao, all his friends and family would follow. If he died, he didn't care about the flood that would come after him.
Therefore, it was destined that Zhao Wei's final outcome would be either being betrayed by his family or being defeated. The power of one person was ultimately insignificant.
"Hmph, if I die, everything will be gone. Why do you have to care so much?" Zhao Wei still didn't listen to Jia Xu's dissuasion and said sarcastically.
"Then go to hell!" Jia Xu was too lazy to continue talking to Zhao Wei.
"Hu Zi, take General Zhao Wei's head for me!"
"Yes!" Hu Zi nodded.
"Jia Xu, even if I die, I won't let you have an easy time!" Zhao Wei was also angry.
"Haha!" Jia Xu smiled indifferently. The barbarian army was charging towards Zhao Wei.
There were less than a thousand people around Zhao Wei, and they were all injured.
"Kill!" Once again, the barbarians clashed.
Two hours passed. "Zhao Wei's head is here again. Why aren't you all surrendering?" This time, Jia Xu wasn't bluffing. He was holding Zhao Wei's head in his hand.
No matter how hard Zhao Wei's elite troops fought, they couldn't hold on any longer. After all, they were only able to fight to a draw when they had to fight against three thousand. Now that they were separated, they could only be swallowed up and destroyed.
"General!"
"My lord!" When Zhao Wei's elite troops saw Zhao Wei's head in Jia Xu's hand, they all cried and wailed loudly.
With Zhao Wei's death, the original team members no longer persisted. They either threw down their weapons and surrendered, or committed suicide to accompany Zhao Wei in death.
"You're not good at running a household, but I didn't expect you to be good at training soldiers!" Even Jia Xu had to admit that Zhao Wei's elite troops were indeed very good.
"Men, bury General Zhao Wei properly!" Jia Xu threw Zhao Wei's head and placed it together with Zhao Wei's corpse.
"Yes!" Hu Zi nodded and left.
"Mr. Wen He!" Qian Xiao began to approach Jia Xu. Jia Xu's plan had caused Zhao Wei's death, so Qian Xiao was very respectful to Jia Xu. If Qian Xiao wanted to join the Yangzhou army, he would need Jia Xu's recommendation.
Jia Xu looked at Qian Xiao and nodded. "Not bad, not bad!" If it wasn't for Qian Xiao, Jia Xu might have died.
Qian Xiao could be considered as Jia Xu's savior today. Jia Xu naturally showed a good expression to Qian Xiao.
"Mr. Wen He, the casualty statistics are out!" A barbarian who knew Chinese walked up and spoke to Jia Xu.
"Our army has lost more than 800 people, 192 people are seriously injured, and 300 people are lightly injured!" Jia Xu frowned. The total number of casualties was more than a thousand.
The barbarian army only had 3,000 people, and now they had lost a third.
Zhao Wei's 5,000 elite troops had been annihilated. More than 2,000 had died, 800 had been seriously injured, and more than 1,000 had been captured.
There were also some regular soldiers who weren't elites, but there were still 3,000 of them.
"General Qian Xiao, how are things on your side?" Jia Xu asked Qian Xiao.
"Reporting to Mr. Wen He, our army only has 1,400 people left!" Qian Xiao shook his head bitterly. Even though he had attacked Zhao Wei's army from the back, he had still lost half of his men.
"En!" Jia Xu nodded. "These Yunnan captives, I will hand them all over to you. If you can persuade 10 people to surrender, then you will be the leader of 10 people. If you can persuade 100 people to surrender, then you will be the white general. If you can persuade 1000 people to surrender, then you will be the commander of a battalion!" Jia Xu said to Qian Xiao.
"Ah ah ah!" Qian Xiao didn't expect Jia Xu to say this.
These people were just captives, and he was going to make them surrender to the army?
What if they betrayed him halfway? Then he, Qian Xiao, would really die. However, when he thought of the commander position, he clenched his teeth and said, "Mr. Wen He, wait for me!" Qian Xiao immediately left.
"You have the ability and ambition. I have given you the opportunity, now it will depend on your ability!" Jia Xu seemed to be muttering to the air.
This Qian Xiao was an extremely ambitious person. He had always wanted to climb up, but he never had the opportunity.
Now that the opportunity had come, Jia Xu directly placed a huge meat pie in front of Qian Xiao. It would depend on whether Qian Xiao had the ability to eat it or not.
If Qian Xiao really succeeded, then it would be easier to carry out Jia Xu's plan. If Qian Xiao didn't succeed, then Jia Xu's face flashed with a cold light. There was no need to keep those captives.
Jia Xu didn't have so much food to provide them.
"Mr. Wen He, what are we going to do next?" After Hu Zi buried Zhao Wei, he asked Jia Xu.
"Next? Go to Yunnan and eliminate all evil! "Jia Xu looked at Yunnan City and said.
Jia Xu ordered his barbarians to rest and cook.
Qian Xiao also came back.
"How was it?" Jia Xu asked. Qian Xiao raised his eyelids and asked.
"This general thanks Mr. Wen He for recommending me to the position of Lieutenant!" Qian Xiao said to Jia Xu with a smile.
"Oh?" Jia Xu really raised his head and looked at Qian Xiao. He didn't expect this kid to be so talented. He actually managed to subdue the Yunnan soldiers so quickly.
Qian Xiao then said to Jia Xu.
It turned out that Qian Xiao was using Yangzhou Liu Mang's reputation to intimidate others.
He told those Yunnan captives that he was now a Lieutenant under Yangzhou's King of Han. If they were willing to surrender, then they would naturally serve His Highness.
Once His Highness took over the world, they would naturally benefit greatly.
As for those Zhao Wei's remnants in Yunnan City, there was no need to mention them.
Jiang Hua and Huang Jian, Huang Jian still had some ability. That Jiang Hua relied on his marriage with Zhao Wei to get to his current position.
The Yunnan soldiers didn't have any illusions about the two of them. It was more because Jiang Hua and Huang Jian fled at the last moment. This made the soldiers hate Jiang Hua and Huang Jian even more.
If the two of them didn't flee quickly, how could they lose so miserably? Even their old master was killed.
"Then, congratulations Lieutenant Qian!" Jia Xu said to Qian Xiao with a smile.
"Mister is too kind!" Qian Xiao was very humble in front of Jia Xu. He lowered his head and said.
"Lieutenant Qian Xiao, where are you?" Jia Xu suddenly shouted.
Qian Xiao was stunned. However, he immediately reacted and said, "This general is here!"
"Qian Xiao, rest for tonight. Tomorrow morning, the army will start the war. Our target is Yunnan City!" Jia Xu ordered Qian Xiao.
"This general obeys!" Qian Xiao nodded. However, he didn't leave. Instead, he sent one of his subordinates to arrange for the newly surrendered soldiers to rest.
"Mister Wen He, let's focus on resting now!" Qian Xiao looked at Jia Xu with an expression as if he was discussing something with Jia Xu.
They had just defeated Zhao Wei and Qian Xiao had just subdued the captives. They should rest for a while before setting off.
"Rest?" Jia Xu looked at Qian Xiao with a smile.
"I wonder how many days General Qian Xiao needs to rest?"
"Two months, no, one month!" Qian Xiao looked at Jia Xu. He was also wavering. Two months wasn't enough for Qian Xiao to reorganize the troops.
"One month? General Qian Xiao, do you know how much provisions we have left? "Jia Xu asked with a smile.
"Ten days. We only have ten days of provisions!" Jia Xu said to Qian Xiao. Before Jia Xu had Qian Xiao light the fire, he had left behind a small batch of provisions. These provisions were originally meant for five thousand people. Three thousand barbarian soldiers and Qian Xiao's original troops.
However, Qian Xiao had six thousand people. Jia Xu also had two thousand barbarian soldiers.
That was eight thousand people. An extra three thousand meant that the provisions they had left behind would be greatly reduced.
In other words, it would be around eight days.
"Eight days! If we can't take down Yunnan City in eight days, General Qian Xiao, let's drink the northwest wind together! "
"But!" Qian Xiao wanted to say that the barbarian army wasn't good at sieges. Yunnan City was a strong city.
"No buts!" Jia Xu shook his head. "Why do we need to attack a city to break it? If we don't have enough provisions, will Yunnan City have enough? "
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