Chapter Seventy-One: Dingxi I

Not to mention, Zhang Yuanhai blocked Hu Yiqing here, Hu Yiqing rose up and was brave to the end. Just talk about the Guijiang camp.

The guards in the Guijiang camp are much more mediocre than Jiao Lian and Hu Yiqing.

The general who guards here is Qu Shiyun's confidant Chen Xixian. This man is loyal to Qu Shiyun. But it's hard to say what the ability is, Zhang Xuan doesn't have many talents in it, and Qu Shiyun has even fewer talents, so he has to find such a person as a last resort. Loyal and honest. There is no need for him to do anything earth-shattering, crying ghosts and gods, just secretly guarding this place. That's it.

But at this time, he was not the one in charge of the Guijiang camp. And Qu Shiyun himself.

Qu Shiyun came overnight, and did not stop sailing even at night. Straight down the river, all the way over, almost capsized.

That's when I got here.

As soon as I arrived here, I didn't sit down yet, and I encountered the current thing.

"My lord, what should I do?" Although Chen Xixian had more than 10,000 soldiers in his hands, and Qu Shiyun almost entered the camp alone, Chen Xixian not only did not feel a little seized power, but breathed a sigh of relief. He secretly said in his heart: "With Master Qu in everything, I don't need to worry about it." ”

Although he was worried about the current battle situation, he believed in Qu Shiyun's ability more.

But Qu Shiyun didn't believe in his own abilities so much.

He stared at a hill with a clairvoyant mirror, the mountain was not high, it was just covering Qu Shiyun's sight, all kinds of shouts and killings, and the sound of smoke and dust came from behind. That's where the battlefield is. Although he doesn't know who is behind him? But he also knew that the plan was part of the North Camp army.

Seeing him here is a bad sign.

There are changes in Beiying, and they are bad changes.

Qu Shiyun can still put these things first, but the problem in front of him makes Qu Shiyun not know what to do. To save or not to save.

Say no, the two sides are only about ten miles apart, almost within reach of the naked eye, if there is not a small mountain peak in the middle to block it, you must take a detour from the bottom of the mountain, maybe a little farther. The distance is even closer. It's a stone's throw away, so to speak.

But save.

The situation here in the Guijiang camp, Qu Shiyun also knows it in his heart.

Among the three battalions, the Guijiang battalion was the weakest, and the strength of the north battalion of the Xijiang River exceeded the strength of the southern battalion. This in turn establishes the relationship between the personnel of these three large battalions. In the north camp, many officers are Hu Yiqing's old department, and in the south camp, most of the officers are Jiao Lian's old department.

In the Guijiang camp, it was just a part of Qu Shiyun's personal soldiers. Only partially.

Qu Shiyun wants to ensure his influence in the army, and his cronies and soldiers can't just be in the Guijiang camp. Qu Shiyun in his hands

's combat power is not much, not to mention such a point, how many elite veterans are there in the Guijiang camp.

There are not enough veterans to be the backbone, even if the army is expanded by a million, it is nothing more than that.

The reason why Hu Yiqing's department is so easy to fall into chaos. There are also reasons for this.

At this moment, Qu Shiyun saw clearly that although the generals of the Xia army divided their troops to deal with the part of the Ming army on the other side of the mountain, they were not unprepared for the Guijiang camp. More than 1,000 soldiers lined up and waited for the battle, and on the Guijiang River, there were still many ships, with a forest of guns, and countless firearms were ready to fire.

It is not easy to cross this hill, pass the road between the hill and the Guijiang River, and attack Zhang Zonghai's side.

Whether the rabble in his hands can be beaten or not, he has no bottom in his heart.

It seemed that a long time had passed, and Qu Shiyun sighed and said, "Pass the order, everyone prepare the ship and return to Guilin." ”

Qu Shiyun estimated for a long time, he had to admit. In the current situation, he has no chance. The most important thing is that there is no capital.

The net worth is different, the degree of daring to take risks is different, before Zhang Xuan assaulted Guilin, folded thousands of cavalry, a general, but how, only half a year, and tens of thousands of generals came over. But Qu Shiyun has recovered somewhat. But his recovery was nowhere near as good as that of the Xia Dynasty, which owned most of China.

Don't even compare it with the Xia Dynasty, even compared with Guangdong and Hunan under Zhang Xuan's jurisdiction, it is far inferior.

Today, the Xijiang battalion has fallen, and every cent of the troops in Qu Shiyun's hands cannot be squandered. Did the Xia army lose 10,000 or 20,000 people, but there were 10,000 or 20,000 people replenished in a month, and this kind of efficiency was simply impossible in the Ming army.

And no matter how hard Qu Shiyun tried, he couldn't change the trend that the quality of the Ming army was not as good as the other.

These more than 10,000 troops, Qu Shiyun, must not take risks. Now that the tide is gone. All he can do is save as much strength as he can.

After Qu Shiyun gave the order, he said secretly: "When I go back this time, I must persuade Your Majesty to unite with the Duke of Yue Guo and fight a decisive battle with the Xia army under the city of Guilin." What Zhang Thief can't get, Cao Zongyu can't get either. ”

Just when the Guijiang battalion was preparing to retreat.

The battle here has also come to an end.

Zhang Yuanhai commanded the soldiers and surrounded Hu Yiqing layer by layer.

Hu Yiqing's department, except for Hu Yiqing's personal soldiers, did not have much combat effectiveness. Physically exhausted, and panicked. It didn't last long, but it didn't last long.

But after two or three encounters, it collapsed. The rest of the war turned into a war of encirclement and suppression.

It's just that Zhang Yuanhai didn't rush to eliminate Hu Yiqing, but surrounded it, sent a sentry to attack in turn, and most of the rest of the soldiers were resting.

Zhang Yuanhai also

Sit on the side, holding a hydration bag and drinking water. Ask the people around you and say, "Isn't there any movement over there?" ”

"I don't think so." Said the man below.

Zhang Yuanhai said: "I can really calm down. Old tortoise. ”

For this kind of enemy, which is like a stone, smelly and hard, Zhang Yuanhai couldn't think of any way for a while. If it is a strong attack, not to mention the casualties, the troops in his hands alone will not be enough, he is still a battalion officer, but because of his seniority. A few ships of the temporary control division of the sailors, recruits who have already had a few sentinels, or rather, surrendered troops.

The number of Zhang Yuanhai's subordinates is about 5,000.

Although in battle, quantity does not determine everything, but quantity can determine many things. Under the condition that Zhang Yuanhai's troops were insufficient, it was not a good choice to storm the strong Guijiang camp.

"Are you really waiting for the west to decide the winner?" Zhang Yuanhai was a little irritable. He originally intended to keep Hu Yiqing to create the sound of battle, which was to lure the snake out of the hole.

"General, there's movement." A soldier rushed over, knelt in front of Zhang Yuanhai and said.

Zhang Yuanhai almost jumped up, grabbed the soldier's hand, and said, "Is it out of the camp?" ”

"No---" the soldier was taken aback, and said, "They have abandoned the camp and retreated." ”

"Retreated." Zhang Yuanhai was also shocked. He did not trust the judgment of the soldiers. He quickly climbed to the top of this hill and looked at it with a clairvoyant mirror, a little far away, and the picture of the news could not be seen clearly, but he clearly noticed that there were rows of boats behind the camp on the Guijiang River. There are some black dots like ants on it, which are not really visible.

Zhang Yuanhai knew that these black spots were all soldiers.

Zhang Yuanhai scolded secretly: "Old fox." Then he ordered and said: "Pass the order, don't play anymore, I want Hu Yiqing's head." ”

Under Zhang Yuanhai's order, the war that had been deliberately delayed ended immediately. Hu Yiqing and his personal soldiers were only a few hundred people left. Outside of them were surrounded by Xia soldiers who didn't know how many heavy soldiers. I saw that the soldiers of Xia immediately changed their formation.

Countless archers and firecrackers came out of the ranks, not to mention more than a thousand people. A shrill whistle. Bows and arrows are fired in unison.

Take turns shooting several rounds. The smoke cleared.

A large group of sword and shield men rushed over. Walking among the corpses on the ground and the arrows of the elders on the corpses like straw. They didn't encounter any enemies at all, and most of the Ming soldiers were dead, and even if they weren't dead, they had no ability to resist.

They turned out Hu Yiqing's body from the middle.

Hu Yiqing had no wounds on his body, only a scar on his neck, but he committed suicide.

But there are some things that can't be avoided by suicide.

A long knife was raised high and slashed at Hu Yiqing's neck. With a "poof", blood splattered.