Since the last successful night attack, Da Qin has gradually taken a dominant position in the battle with Xihu. Of course, it wasn't that Da Qin's soldiers suddenly seemed like divine help, nor that Xihu's army suddenly became incompetent, but that reinforcements from His Highness Qin and others arrived.
The soldiers of Xihu also praised Feng Yao's recent performance. The deputy commander responsible for monitoring Feng Yao would secretly write down the situation on the battlefield and send it to Emperor Xihu the next day.
Gu Qiancheng's guess was correct. She didn't sleep for a day and a night, but for five days and five nights.
Similarly, Jing Yan's men also spread the news of Gu Qiancheng's disappearance to the capital and reported it to Jing Yan.
In this battle, they suffered heavy losses, and Xihu was not much better. This battle was extremely frustrating for both of them. His Highness Qin commanded it very well, but Feng Yao was not bad either. They didn't get much benefit from Feng Yao.
"Master, kill her." The fat woman raised her hand and hit Gu Qiancheng's head. It was estimated that if the blow was hit, Gu Qiancheng's head would definitely explode. Fortunately, the lame man stopped him in time, "Kill her." Not here, for such a beautiful woman, her struggling and painful look must be beautiful."
Gu Qiancheng woke up today because the lame man was half an hour late today, and Gu Qiancheng was in good health, so he woke up early.
However, it would take forty days at the earliest to mobilize troops from the nearest camp, and Qin Jiyan might not be able to hold on!
Although there are not many people, they can resist for a while, and at least they can help His Highness Qin to wait for the army to rescue him.
Qin Jiyan saw this clearly, so he slowly dragged the troops until reinforcements arrived, killing King Zhao.
Qin Jiyan has not heard from Gu Qiancheng since the last time he received news from the secret guards and learned that Jing Yan also sent people to protect Gu Qiancheng. However, Qin Jiyan was not worried. After all, with his people and Jing Yan's people here, Gu Qiancheng would basically not be in danger.
"Xihu doesn't have 500,000, but at most 400,000." General Cheng refused to retort weakly, and Yan Qing said nothing more.
The reinforcements arrived within half a month. Although the number was small, it was a great help to His Highness Qin. General Cheng was so excited when he saw the hundreds of thousands of troops arriving one after another. "We now have 300,000 troops, and we can finally have a good fight with them."
After lying in bed for five days and five nights, surviving on only a little fish soup every day, Gu Qiancheng didn't feel it when he first woke up, but as soon as he moved, he found that his physical strength could not keep up.
Prince Pingxi has 150,000 troops and horses, divided into ten groups. Except for the two heading towards Northern Qi, it only takes more than twenty days for the other groups to rush to the northwest.
Although the two foxes trust each other, they do not trust each other. King Zhao sent people into Da Qin, but he huddled behind. Xihu did not dare to let go and fight, fearing that King Zhao would shoot them coldly from behind.
Their location at this time was closer to the capital, so it was no surprise that Jing Yan would receive the news first.
The old emperor was extremely anxious. At this time, General Feng stood up and pointed out that the bandit-suppressing army under Prince Pingxi, although not large in number, could rush to the northwest as soon as possible to assist His Highness Qin in resisting the Xihu army.
The sixteen cities in the northwest are easy to defend but difficult to attack. They are Da Qin's natural barrier to Xihu. If they can capture these sixteen cities, Xihu can take three to five years to recover and then he can completely capture Da Qin.
Emperor Xihu was very satisfied with Feng Yao's performance. Although he had suffered losses in the early stage, it was not Feng Yao's fault. Da Qin used explosives to catch them off guard. Feng Yao's performance was already excellent. At least they were The loss has been reduced to a minimum, even if someone changes, he may not be able to do better than Feng Yao.
"Pah..." Gu Qiancheng couldn't dodge and was hit in the head by the fat woman with a wooden board. Bright red blood flowed down her forehead...
King Zhao had guessed this when he cooperated with Emperor Xihu, but King Zhao didn't care, just like he also wanted the entire Da Qin and Xihu.
Everything was within His Highness Qin's plan, things were going very smoothly, and as time went by, their chances of winning were getting better and better. Qin Jiyan could already predict the scene of Xihu and the old emperor changing their faces.
The lame man stepped forward, lifted Gu Qiancheng up from the ground, touched Gu Qiancheng's face with his cold fingers, and said with regret: "I really, really don't want to kill you, but you are too smart, I can't do anything about it. I won’t kill you.”
At the beginning, Prince Pingxi divided his men into ten groups to suppress the bandits with the capital as the center. However, under Prince Pingxi's deliberate arrangement, the final destination of most of the troops would not be too far from the northwest.
Soldiers are expensive and fast!
Feng Yao was tepid at first, but in recent battles he has performed very dazzlingly, as if he had taken off his shackles in an instant, no longer tied up, but attacking freely.
As soon as Xihu sent troops, Qin Jiyan wrote an urgent report to the old emperor and asked him to send reinforcements.
Yan Qing poured cold water on them rudely, "Only 250,000." In the past half month, they had lost 50,000 people, and more than 20,000 ordinary people had died in battle.
Of course it wasn't that her physical condition was so poor that she had to soak in water overnight and sleep for five days and nights before she could wake up. It was because the lame man had put medicine in the fish soup he fed her every day.
Wanting and being able to obtain are two different concepts. Xihu's desire to swallow up the Qin Dynasty was a wishful thinking in the eyes of King Zhao; just like Emperor Xihu's belief that King Zhao's rebellion could succeed, it was also a wishful thinking.
The lame man dragged Gu Qiancheng out, taking a person with him. His foot was even more lame and he walked extremely slowly with every step. The blood on Gu Qiancheng's forehead was dripping down, and there were bright red blood stains along the way, but the lame man didn't care, because no one usually came to this place...
Emperor Xihu was very ambitious. He wanted more than just the few buildings he had agreed with King Zhao. He wanted the entire Great Qin.
When the old emperor heard General Feng's analysis, he immediately agreed and ordered Prince Pingxi to lead troops to assist Qin Jiyan.
Moreover, the lame man was not really a weak scholar. He seemed to know two tricks. At least Gu Qiancheng was completely powerless against him and the fat woman's joint attack.
The secret guards and soldiers searched for five days and five nights without success, so they had no choice but to report the news to Qin Jiyan. Of course, reporting the news did not mean that they did not have to look for anyone. The secret guards and soldiers continued to search everywhere. As long as no bodies were seen, They didn't believe that Gu Qiancheng was dead.
Emperor Xihu trusted Feng Yao more and more, and even gave Feng Yao a decree, letting him go free and fight, and capture the sixteen cities in the northwest at all costs, and transfer them to their Xihu territory.
Although they defended the city, the price they paid was huge.
"What bad luck." Gu Qiancheng covered her head. She was so weak that she couldn't resist her body's instinct, and fell down as soon as her vision went dark.
But at this moment, His Highness Qin received news that Gu Qiancheng was missing...
The Prince of Pingxi County had long received the news from Qin Jiyan. Before the old emperor's imperial edict was issued, he took the people to the northwest. After receiving the old emperor's imperial edict, the Prince of Pingxi County immediately gave the other Several lieutenants ordered them to quickly go to the northwest to assist His Highness the Emperor Taisun.