ancient road
no wind
Teams of elite armored soldiers marched forward with strides, and the soldiers marched with their heads held high, with dignified expressions. It can be seen from maintaining a good formation during the march that this army also maintains good training in normal times. With majestic steps, a solemn face, and a complete formation, no matter how you look at it, it should be a well-trained and strong soldier.
Seeing how far the team stretched out, there should be no less than 20,000 people.
But Qin Yuan, who was crawling on the high slope, couldn't help but burst out laughing, and his expression relaxed a lot.
"General, why are you laughing?"
His personal soldier couldn't help asking.
"What do you think of this team?"
Qin Yuan asked back.
His personal soldier stretched his neck out and looked out: "It shouldn't be a group of rabble. The formation is so neat, and it is obvious that they have been maintaining training. In a place like Nanyan that has not experienced war for hundreds of years, this is very good. The defenders of Peicheng and Qingyuan Fengping are different. The defenders of the two cities have been facing Luoyao of Yongzhou before. How dare they slack off? Peicheng is the ancestral land of the royal family of the Shang Dynasty, and they have not seen it for hundreds of years. Soldiers don't know where the battlefield is when they go to the battlefield."
"You're still far behind, kid. I thought about letting you go out to be a brigade, but now it doesn't seem to work!"
Qin Yuan smiled, pointed to the passing team below and said: "Yes, it looks really good, but what you see is the appearance, not the details. Look, what are the soldiers wearing on their bodies?" thing?"
The soldiers looked at it: "weapons... Hey... only weapons!"
"Um."
Qin Yuan nodded: "The men and horses went out, and the soldiers didn't bring rations or clothes, but only weapons. Once something happened to the rear supply camp, these soldiers would have to starve and freeze. Also, those archers I carried a quiver on my back, but the quiver is empty!"
The soldiers couldn't help but shook their heads: "This is the master soldier. He didn't bring dry food, blankets, feathers and arrows when he went out, and he was all in the convoy of the supply camp... General, although the subordinates are still far behind in your eyes. Well, it is estimated that I am qualified to be the general of the following troops."
"Get out!"
Qin Yuan cursed and ordered: "Wait for the front team to pass, and blow the horn as soon as the baggage battalion comes in. Destroy the baggage battalion, and the 20,000 soldiers will be fucking sandbags."
What passed below was the reinforcements from Peicheng to Fengping!
Chen Xiaoru used a box full of gold, silver and jewels to buy off He Yongzheng, the aide next to Bai Kaishan, the guard of Peicheng. A private school gentleman became the number two person in the White House.
Everyone in Peicheng knows that He Yongzheng's words are more effective than Bai Kaishan's wife.
He Yongzheng took advantage of things and persuaded Bai Kaishan to send troops to rescue Fengping. But how could He Yongzheng and Bai Kaishan guess that Feng Ping never sent anyone out to ask for help. A while ago, Zhu Chengtian wrote a letter to Bai Kaishan, asking him to help send troops to rescue Fu Zhengnan in Qingyuan City, but Bai Kaishan scoffed at it and didn't intend to pay attention to it. This time Chen Xiaoru met Bai Kaishan, and told a lot of truths, such as the fact that Feng Ping's rescuers of Qingyuan were ambushed halfway. Whether it's true or false, Bai Kaishan can't tell the difference even if he wants to.
Peicheng is the ancestral home of the Shang Kingdom, and after Murong Shame usurped the throne, Peicheng's status rose to a higher level. The people here are inherently proud. Even though the Shang Kingdom has been destroyed for so long, the people in Peicheng still feel that they are nobler than people in other places. The soldiers guarding Peicheng have always regarded themselves as forbidden soldiers.
"coming!"
The lookout found that the Peicheng army's supply battalion had come, and immediately blew the horn. There were waves of echoes in the valley, which startled countless birds.
Follow closely, arrows rain down!
Qin Yuan, who had been ordered to ambush here a long time ago, ordered that after the rain of arrows, the infantry of the Black Banner Army were as unscrupulous as a group of wild animals descending into the flock of sheep. This coquettish and accustomed Peicheng army didn't react at all. After a few rounds of feather arrows, people became stupid. Seeing the ambushes killed all over the mountains, most of them chose to turn around and run away.
This battle has never been fought so easily, and the 20,000 Peicheng army was disarmed with little resistance.
It didn't take two hours from the beginning to the end of the battle, and more than half of the time was spent on counting the number of prisoners.
"My lord's trick."
Qin Yuan looked at those Peicheng soldiers kneeling on the side of the road and begging for mercy with their heads in their hands. Fang Jie sent Qin Yuan to lead troops to attack the city every day during the first three days of the siege. The scene was very intense. But the casualties were very small. On the fourth day, Yu Xiao asked Fang Xie to meet, and Fang Xie asked Qin Yuan to leave the camp with 15,000 troops and march southward for a day and a night, setting up an ambush in the valley.
The Peicheng army declared defeat with almost no resistance, and 90% of them became prisoners.
"Take off half of the people's clothes and let our people change them!"
Qin Yuan gave an order loudly, and the soldiers of the Black Banner Army, who were like wolves and tigers, rushed forward, and asked those Peicheng soldiers to take off their uniforms and put them on again. The general who led the Peicheng army was also brought up, looking so dispirited.
"Where's your lieutenant general?"
Qin Yuan asked.
The man pointed to a man in armor beside him: "That's him..."
Qin Yuan pointed to the lieutenant general and said, "You lead the way and follow me back to Peicheng. If you call the city gate open, I will spare you. If you can't, I will cut off your head first outside the city gate. Hold on, let’s just say that you encountered an ambush, the main general died in battle, and you withdrew your troops back, do you understand?”
The lieutenant nodded hastily, there was no arrogance at this time.
Qin Yuan turned around and ordered: "Send someone to inform General Xiahou. My men tricked the gate into the city and rushed in. When his cavalry saw the red flag waving, they immediately came to support!"
"Here!"
The soldiers rushed to find Xiahou Baichuan, who had already passed ahead of time and was ambushing north of Peicheng.
"you!"
Qin Yuan dragged the general of the Peicheng Army over: "Take the rest of you to Fengping, and I'll ask you, has Zhu Zhentian seen you?"
"Yes...but it's been a few years, I don't know if he remembers me..."
Qin Yuan couldn't control that much, and ordered his subordinates to send out 30% of the troops, escorting almost 10,000 Peicheng troops to continue on the road to Fengping.
Qin Yuan couldn't help laughing when he saw the team going north, it was extraordinarily brilliant: "The most correct decision in this life is to fight the world with the lord, a clever calculation tricked Peicheng and Feng Ping, this battle is so fucking cool !"
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Holding a piece of Tiger Talisman in his hand, Yu Xiao rushed out from the back door of the City Lord's Mansion. He looked at the thing in his hand, and his heart was beating violently. The blood on the corner of his mouth rushed out before he had time to wipe it off. Although he didn't expect that old guy's cultivation to be so amazing, he suffered a bit by accident, but fortunately he still killed him and took the tiger charm.
His soldiers were already waiting on the small street behind the City Lord's Mansion, and when they saw Yu Xiao running over, they immediately responded.
"Take a group of people and set fire to important places in the city. Remember, the treasury and granary cannot be burned! If the Black Banner Army enters the city and sees that the treasury and granary are gone, Fang Jie will send troops to chase after him in a rage. Kill me. His target is not me, as long as I don't provoke him, he may not divide his troops to chase after me."
"Here!"
Several soldiers quickly turned around to do it.
"After it's done, go to the south gate to meet up!"
Yu Xiao ordered loudly: "It won't be long before Zhu Chengtian's murder will be discovered, we must hurry. I will go to the camp to gather troops, take all the cavalry out of the south gate, and then go all the way west. Make a circle around the place of the He people and go north, if you don't keep up with the large group of people, follow the route I said!"
"Here!"
Those people agreed, and immediately turned around to do it.
His confidant couldn't help asking: "General, didn't that Fang guy say to let go of the blockade of the north gate? Why did we break into the south gate?"
"North Gate?"
Yu Xiao snorted coldly: "That man Fang Jie looks dignified, but he's just a villain. He let go of the blockade at the north gate and thought I couldn't see his plan? We can only go out along the official road when we go out of the north gate. If you run north, you won’t be able to get far to the border town of Sui! If Fang Xie didn’t send someone to block me on the road, I’d be wrong about him. Besides, I don’t believe that he will open the blockade at all!”
Yu Xiao jumped on the horse while urging the horse and said: "As long as he doesn't open the blockade, the six people under the old guy know that I killed the old guy, and they will immediately mobilize people to chase me. The six guys are blocking the way, and there is no way forward! Fang Jie will be a spectator at that time, watching me and those six people fight to the death, and he will reap the benefits of the fisherman. If I were me, I would choose the same way!"
"Understood!"
Yu Xiao's close friend said: "Bring the cavalry who didn't wait to set fire after leaving the city?"
"Wait!"
Yu Xiao said: "I can't wait for a quarter of an hour. I set people on fire to give Fang Jiefang a signal. People like Fang Jie will naturally not miss the opportunity when they see the fire in the city, and will attack immediately. If he attacks, the old guy's six men will attack." A loyal man has no time to chase us! I took all the cavalry away, and they couldn't catch up even if they wanted to. Coupled with the above-mentioned onslaught, it is not difficult for us to escape. If we wait a little longer, perhaps the danger is here a moment."
"The subordinate understands!"
The confidant nodded, but felt a little blocked in his heart. There is no doubt that those soldiers who went to set the fire will definitely not be able to leave.
Yu Xiao didn't dare to delay, and ignored his injuries. He rode to the camp in one breath, and then found the general on duty to call out all the cavalry with Zhu Chengtian's tiger charm. The kill has been found. He took away the cavalry on the grounds that Zhu Chengtian ordered to receive reinforcements, but what he didn't expect was that there were indeed reinforcements, but they were still halfway there.
His men and horses have already rushed to the south gate after receiving the order. His mind is to bring as many people as he can without delay. After he came out of the camp, he urged his horse to rush to the south gate, and once again used the tiger talisman to let the defenders After the man opened the city gate, he rushed out roaring, followed by at least 3,000 infantrymen.
The general on duty at Daying felt that something was wrong, and quickly sent someone to the City Lord's Mansion to inquire. But at this time Yu Xiao had already left the city, and it was too late to chase after him.
After Yu Xiao left the city, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief. The Black Banner Army around there didn't seem to have reacted. When the troops were assembled, he had already led the people to run away. This plan was perfect. .
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Yu Xiao had only gone four or five miles with his troops, when the scouts from the rear team sent a signal, and the whole team of the Black Banner Army was about to catch up. Yu Xiao gave the order not to stop, and ran to the west in one breath. The cavalry general was puzzled, and came to ask why he was not going south but west. Yu Xiao didn't answer and cut him off with a knife. .
After walking another mile, he suddenly saw that the official road ahead was blocked by several carriages, and there was a wooden board hanging on one of the carriages, with a line written in thick ink on it.
no way
Yu Xiao's eyes froze, and he ordered his soldiers to go over to get the carriage away, and just after he passed, he heard the sound of horns and arrows raining down. The carriage was loaded with gunpowder, which was ignited by a rocket and exploded. The fireball swallowed more than a hundred people. The flames that soared into the sky seemed to have opened the gates of hell, and a bloody smell wafted out from inside.
In the distance, Fang Jie sat cross-legged on the back of the white lion, and shook his hand at Yu Xiao: "Brother Dingcheng, I can always meet you when I am hunting at Fengping South Gate. Where in life do we not meet... What a coincidence."