Jiuxi

Chapter 554 552 [Ande warriors guard the four sides] ()

Within a few months, Yongqiu changed hands again.

However, this time it was not Jing's army that captured the city, but Qi's army who took the initiative to abandon the city.

When the Qi capital army fell into the death zone created by Qing Yugong, Li Tianrun did not stand idly by. He decisively led all the defenders out of the city to attack.

This move caught Jing Jun off guard.

They did think that the defenders in the city might organize an elite raid to disrupt the battle, and made corresponding preparations for this situation, but who would have thought that Li Tianrun would actually give up the extremely important Yongqiu City?
The generals of the Jing army in the south of the city watched in amazement as the Qi army, led by the general flag, crushed their positions like a raging flood and headed straight for the battlefield in the southeast direction.

In the Qi Jing army formation, Liu Shouguang looked at the rolling torrent south of Yongqiu, and at this moment he felt his blood trembling all over his body.

From him to generals such as Yuan Xingqin and Gu Bin, and to every soldier in the Beijing camp, when they learned that the defenders in the city came out to rescue him, their hearts were instantly filled with emotion and shock, and they were filled with fear of death. Disperse them all.

Because he was worried that Yongqiu would be captured by Jing's army, and worried that the city's defenders would fall under Jing's knife, even though he knew that the trip was very dangerous, Jingying Erlang still went north to support without hesitation, and finally fell into the trap that Qing Yugong had casually built. In a trap.

At this time, if the defenders in the city wanted to protect themselves wisely, they could use the excuse of the safety of the city to turn a blind eye to the battle situation outside the city, but they did not do so.

Before this war, these tens of thousands of people came from all over the Qi Dynasty. Even if they belonged to the same army, there were only a few cases where they knew each other well. But when the soldiers from the Beijing camp took the initiative to go north to support, and then the defenders in the city came out to rescue, everything between them Barriers are completely cleared.

There is no longer any difference between the frontier army and the Beijing camp, and there is no longer any indifference that has nothing to do with oneself.

At least on the battlefield at this moment, tens of thousands of people join hands and work together.

The morale of the Qi army reached its peak in an instant, and even the most powerful Jingchao Xiashan army had to temporarily avoid the edge!

Liu Shouguang did not waste the chance of life created by Li Tianrun at the cost of abandoning Yongqiu. After seeing the defenders leaving the city, he was shocked for a moment. He regained his composure and loudly ordered: "The whole army should go west, Yuan Xingqin is in charge." After the break!”

Going west, it is natural to meet up with the Jingzhou Army under Li Tianrun.

If the soldiers of the Beijing camp were prey struggling in despair before, now they are fierce tigers descending from the mountain without fear of death. They charge forward with one heart and one mind, and even break through the obstruction of the Jing army to the west!

There was a gap in the encirclement formation, and it was already a fantasy to try to encircle it, because the Jingzhou army on the other side came with the power of Huanghuang!
Li Tianrun was not dazzled by the temporary advantage. After receiving the Beijing army, he immediately commanded the entire army to fight and retreat south.

Of course, Jing Jun did not stupidly watch the two Qi armies merge, but on such a rapidly changing battlefield, every step delayed was every step delayed, not to mention that Jing Jun was more than one step late.

In the final analysis, Jing Jun did not expect that Li Tianrun would dare to directly abandon Yongqiu City, which he had finally conquered.

From the fact that Jingjun's countless strong attacks during this period could only return without success, it can be seen that under normal circumstances it would be difficult to conquer a fortified city like Yongqiu. Even if Qing Yugong used the magic of gunpowder holes to attack the city, Zhao, thousands of elites were also burned to death by the strange fire prepared by Li Tianrun.

Insiders of Zhu Zhen's level are extremely rare, but once they do, even Li Tianrun won't have the same chance.

Logically speaking, not to mention that there were only 20,000 Beijing troops outside the city. Even if the number was doubled, Li Tianrun should not give up a strategic location like Yongqiu. Therefore, the front troops were only deploying defenses on all sides.

By the time they formed their entire army and rushed to the southeast of Yongqiu, Li Tianrun had completed the temporary integration of the two armies. He retreated to the south in a hurry, with the Qing Xu Army and the Beijing Army vanguard led by Yuan Xingqin as the rear.

It is an impossible task to surround these more than 40,000 people. This is not only a doubling of the strength of the Qi army, but more importantly, the strength of the battle-hardened Jingzhou army is especially superior to the Qi Jing army. In addition, at the moment The morale of the Qi army has reached its peak and everyone is willing to die. Unless the Jing army has hundreds of thousands of people to encircle it, the ten or twenty thousand people in one direction will definitely not be able to stop it.

Of course, if Qing Yugong ignored the losses and suffered all casualties from the Xiashan Army on this battlefield, he would be able to fight to the death with the Qi Army.

On that earth mountain, Qingyu Huaijin and other generals were silent. It was obvious that Li Tianrun's decisiveness today had a great impact on them.

Qing Yugong looked at the situation to the south and suddenly turned his head to look to the left.

I saw a captain of thousands running with anxious steps, leading another Jingjun general.

"Prince Qi, I am humbled by Du Hu and came here to report urgently on the orders of General Pucha!"

Du Hu Feng Chen Pu Pu's face was pale and his eyes were filled with fear.

This sentence attracted the attention of others, Qing Yugong said calmly: "Speak."

Duhu knelt down on one knee and said uneasily: "A few days ago at the foot of Luwu Mountain, the Huaizhou Army led by Xiao Wangzhi of the Southern Qi Dynasty took the initiative to attack. Our generals judged that the enemy wanted to break out, so they formed formations under the mountain to encircle and attack together. However, Lu Shen of the Southern Qi led more than 10,000 elite cavalry and infantry, and made a long-distance attack to the south of our army. Our army was defeated in this battle, and the entire army was wiped out. The Zhongyi Army's cavalry, city defense army, and city prison army reluctantly withdrew from the battlefield, but they failed. Was pursued by the Qi army one after another."

There was dead silence all around.

The 20,000-strong Houtiao army was completely wiped out?

Who among the people present does not know that the Xiaojie Army is the personal army under Emperor Da Jing?

Qingyu Huaijin looked at his father with some worry.

Qing Yugong asked without changing his expression: "What's the situation now?"

Duhu bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, our army has been defeated one after another and can only retreat to Yongqiu. Pucha and other generals begged the prince to send troops to respond. The Southern Qi army is also pursuing this direction and will arrive within three days at the latest. !”

"understood."

Qing Yugong turned to look at the battle situation in the south and ordered: "Send an order to He Shilie and order him to lead his troops in pursuit for fifteen miles south. Kill and injure the Qi soldiers as much as possible, but do not step within five miles of Baima Pass. Immediately Withdraw." "Obey!"

Several heralds responded in unison.

A pursuit is not a siege. There is no doubt that Qing Yugong, considering the outcome of the subsequent battle, would not be able to fight the Qi army to the end today. That would only give Xiao Wangzhi and Lu Chen, who were coming later, an advantage.

Qing Yugong also arranged for several generals to lead troops to Yongqiu. Although this battle could not completely wipe out the Southern Qi Jing army, it was a good result to recapture Yongqiu.

If it weren't for the disastrous military defeat brought about by Du Hu, today would still be cause for celebration for Jing Jun.

The generals took the order and left with mixed emotions.

Qing Yu Huaijin came to Qing Yu Gong's side and whispered: "Father..."

Qing Yugong turned to look at the worry in her eyes and calmly comforted her: "Don't worry, at least we have fulfilled His Majesty's request."

He turned to look at Yongqiu, who had returned to Jing Jun's control, and sighed quietly: "As expected of Li Tianrun."

……

Dingzhou is located in the mountainous area southwest of Luoshan County.

Five thousand cavalrymen of the Seven Star Army were resting in a valley.

They raided Luoshan County that night, intending to burn the food and fodder of the front-line Jing Army. This was originally a very secret plan, but unfortunately the commander-in-chief of Jing Army discovered it in advance, so he set up a dragnet outside Luoshan County.

Fortunately, Lin Xi had made preparations. The two thousand cavalry led by Qi Lianfu stayed outside the city and assisted the three thousand cavalry who rushed into the city at the critical moment to successfully break through.

If not, Luoshan County would be the burial place of this precious cavalry.

In the following days, the Seven-Star Army rushed left and right in this area with a radius of a hundred miles, but they were still unable to escape and were finally forced into the mountains.

Fortunately, their strength is very strong. The small group of Jingjun is not their opponent. When encountering the main force of Jingjun, they choose to avoid it. Coupled with the high mobility of the cavalry itself, they did not fall into the heavy siege of Jingjun, but the area where they can move is Keep shrinking.

Boneskilling Land, Xi Lie and Qing Yu Zhongwang each led a large army and continued to squeeze the space of the Seven Star Army from the east, north and south. It did not take long to complete the encirclement.

It was early spring, the mountains were green, and rations for war horses could be seen everywhere. The problem was that the food carried by the soldiers could not last too long.

Even though Ran Xuanzhi and Qi Lianfu had made preparations in advance and hid some food around Luoshan County, this could only alleviate the urgent need. If the Seven Star Army could not break out of Jing Jun's encirclement, the final outcome was self-evident.

On a gentle slope, Lin Xi sat on the ground, eating dry food carefully.

Qi Lianfu came closer, sat not far away and said, "Miss, there is no problem with the morale of the brothers for the time being, but..."

In a very rare moment, he hesitated to speak.

Lin Xi raised his hand to smooth the hair on his temples and said calmly: "It just can't last long."

Qi Lianfu nodded and sighed: "We are alone and cannot continue to receive supplies. The encirclement of Jingjun continues to shrink. If we do not break out of the encirclement as soon as possible, our army may be in a desperate situation."

Although the situation was critical, there was not much panic on his face.

This cavalry, born out of the green woods and grass, naturally has their own means to save their lives.

Lin Xi thought about the origin of this life-saving method, and the figure he missed so much quietly appeared in his heart, and then whispered: "It is not a last resort and cannot be exposed too early. Junior brother, he has put all his efforts into it, and he must have wanted to use it at the most critical moment."

Qi Lianfu looked at her firm expression and couldn't say the words he originally thought of.

Then I heard Lin Xi say: "I don't think it will always be bad news."

Hearing the excitement in her tone, Qi Lianfu was slightly surprised. He noticed her increasingly bright eyes and followed her gaze to look behind him, only to see a middle-aged man running towards her quickly.

The visitor was none other than Tao Baochun, who had followed Lin Xi all over the country.

"Miss, it's agreed over there!"

Tao Baochun said excitedly.

Lin Xi stood up slowly and nodded slightly.

Qi Lianfu was still a little puzzled, but after listening to Tao Baochun's brief narration, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "I didn't expect this person to have such courage."

"Director Xiao and Junior Brother will definitely not misjudge the person."

Lin Xi smiled slightly and said in a firm tone: "Gather the soldiers and prepare to go out!"

(End of this chapter)