Chapter 827: Encirclement
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Not long ago, he suffered a big loss.
The Ming attack was too sudden. Although in Feng County, Shayang County, the two armies of Qi and Ming have been facing each other with open fire, but the judgment in the court is that it is impossible for the Ming army to attack Qi at this time.
The bigwigs in the court didn't grasp the mind of the young emperor of the Ming Kingdom at all. Being young means daring to think and do, which means that he has not considered the consequences of rash war.
The current Ming Kingdom, if it fights with Qi people, the root cause of the final loss must not be the Qi State, but the Ming people. This is Yu Qing's unswerving message, and the size of the two countries is not symmetrical at all now.
But these are all things in the future, and now he has to think about his own situation.
Before the sky dawned, several soldiers from Honghuatao sweated profusely and ran back to Leye County, reporting to themselves the information that the Ming army had attacked and had surrounded Honghuatao.
Shocked, he immediately ordered all the soldiers and horses to go to the rescue, and at the same time gave the order to the garrison general of the climax town, Wen Sen, to rescue the red flower set, the sky had just dawned, and the thousands of Qi troops stationed in Leye County were still in a hurry, and the two pillars of different colors were wolf smoke in the direction of the red flower set.
In such a short period of time, it was difficult for Zhou Huai'an to support to the brink of defeat, which made Yu Qing confirm that the main force of the Ming army was indeed in the direction of the safflower set, he hoped that Zhou Huai'an could hold on for a while longer, and the climax direction of Wen Sen was closer to the safflower set than himself, and when he saw the wolf smoke, he would inevitably attack with all his might, as long as Wen Sen could rush to where he could, he would be able to support it for a longer time and wait for his arrival.
Because of this wrong judgment, Yu Qing paid a huge price. When he led the Qi army to the Stone Forest, he encountered a sudden blow.
Thousands of Ming troops launched a surprise attack from three directions on the Qi army, which was marching rapidly and had formed a long snake formation.
The Ming army only stationed a Perak battalion in the direction of Izumo County, with a strength of 5,000 men, there is no doubt about it, when Yu Qing knew that the main force of the Ming army was still in the red flower set, he never thought that he would be attacked by a powerful enemy on the way, and as soon as the battle broke out, the whole situation showed a one-sided trend, and the Qi army suffered heavy losses.
Fortunately, Yu Qing has rich experience, this Qi army is not a wild fox Zen, but a real regular field army of Qi State, after suffering the first wave of blows, they immediately shrank the front, Yu Qing established a basic position, erected the banner of the Chinese army, in the rumbling of drums, the scattered armies, desperately towards the banner of the Chinese army, after paying the price of thousands of deaths, the remaining more than 2,000 people successfully gathered under the banner of the Chinese army.
But, that's all.
They were surrounded.
On a plain land with no shelter and no cover, they were surrounded on all sides by the Ming army. Looking at the flags of the Ming army fluttering around, Yu Qing was puzzled, the main force of the Ming army was obviously here, what was going on over there with the red flower set? And why didn't Vincent in Climax Town move at all?
He has no doubt about the loyalty of Zhou Huai'an and Wen Sen, as long as he sees the wolf smoke of the safflower set, Wen Sen will inevitably go to the aid of the safflower set, if the Ming army of the safflower set is just a feint, now that the sky is clear, Zhou Huai'an has no reason not to find out the opponent's reality and reality, plus the reinforcements of the climax town, they have no reason to fail.
But the reality is that time is slowly passing, and the support of the two people he is counting on has not yet arrived.
It is no longer realistic to move on. Even if it was just after a battle, Yu Qing had already learned the combat effectiveness of the Ming army, this was a well-trained, brave and good fighting army that would never lose to the Qi army, in fact, deep down, Yu Qing even thought that they were better than the Qi army, and this feeling made him feel that his self-esteem was deeply hurt.
What was the predecessor of the Ming Kingdom? It is the Yue country, and the army of the Yue country, in the eyes of the generals of the Qi army, has always been a fish belly, a vulnerable garbage army, and many radical Qi generals even think that they only need to send county soldiers to destroy the army of the Yue people. It's only been a few years now? The more people blink their eyes, and the old hen becomes a duck? A sea change? The people are still those people, but the combat effectiveness is no longer the same.
I don't want to believe it in my heart, but Yu Qing will not put this disbelief into action, he is rational, and he believes in his own eyes and personal feelings.
If it is impossible to move forward, then we can only retreat, not now. In Honghuatao and Climax, as well as his two subordinate armies, no matter what difficulties they encountered, but since the main force of the Ming army is here, they will not be in too much danger, and they will definitely appear here, and when they arrive to join them, whether they are fighting or retreating, they will have the strength to spare.
Digging into a ditch and building soil as a wall, Yu Qing quickly arranged a simple defensive lineup. If the Ming army is anxious to eat himself, then he thinks it is good, he can use the advantage of defense to eat away at the opponent's strength little by little, deep down he hopes that the Ming army will do this, if the opponent really thinks that he is vulnerable and wants to eat himself, then he can regain the previous disadvantage, and pull the strength of the two sides to the same level again.
Of course, he was disappointed in the end. The Ming Army's Thunderbolt Battalion obviously had no such intentions, and although they surrounded the Qi army, they had no intention of rushing to attack.
At noon, the Ming army began to light a fire to cook, and the fragrance of the food drifted to the position of the Qi army with the wind, Yu Qing's stomach rumbled, and then he remembered that when he sent out the army, his own army, but he did not carry military rations with him. As he gasped, he also heard the cries of the soldiers around him.
But it's not a big deal, if you don't eat a meal, you can't die.
"Burn a beacon fire, send a signal to Zhou Huai'an and Wen Sen, let them move closer to me, and when they arrive, we will attack. After defeating the enemy, let's go to Izumo-gun for a walk, and when the time comes, the ban will be lifted for three days! He tried to make himself look relaxed. will be the courage of the army, at this time, he will never reveal his inner anxiety to anyone.
Sure enough, after this order was given, he obviously felt that the mood of the nervous soldiers relaxed, and there was even laughter in the army, and these soldiers naturally knew what the three-day ban meant to the army. That means that within three days, they can do whatever they want without being punished by military discipline. Such orders are generally given very rarely.
Three pillars of smoke of different colors soared into the sky, the most urgent warning and his most severe command.
When the beacon fire was ignited, Zou Ming was drinking fragrant broth, the ambush was perfect, and the Qi army, which was caught off guard, was completely blinded by him at the first time, and at a very small price, he killed thousands of opponents' troops, which made Zou Ming quite satisfied.
Of course, the reaction of the Qi army also gave him quite a warning, most of the casualties of the Ming army appeared in the last period of time, when Yu Qing's Chinese army flag was erected and the drums were beating, whether it was the Qi army in the formation or the Qi army that was alone, they all rushed in one direction at the same time, which still shocked him.
Of the 3,000 Qi army, about 2,000 people eventually returned to the Chinese army, showing the strong combat effectiveness of this army.
Of course, he is not bad, and now his own strength has an absolute advantage, originally four thousand against three thousand, but now it has become more than three thousand against two thousand, and as time goes by, his own soldiers and horses will be more, Zhang Xuzhi is coming, and Yang Zhi that guy went to copy the lair of Leye County, and when the time comes, let himself force Yu Qing to break through, and then annihilate the opponent in the pursuit battle, when there are not many heavy weapons, he will not be stupid to attack the Qi army that is waiting for him.
If you can win a battle for less, why attack and fight hard?
"General, I have captured two Qi troops, who came from the direction of Honghuatao and Climax respectively." The tooth general in charge of the guard patrol rushed over excitedly: "Honghuatao, the climax town has won a big victory, these two Qi troops were put back by the two generals, and they carried the heads of Zhou Huai'an and Wen Sen with them!" ā
Zou Ming laughed: "Reward the two of them with a bowl of broth, and then let them go to the Qi side to report the funeral, I want to see if you can still sit firmly where you are?" ā
The county seat of Leye knew that the battle was starting in front of it, and before dawn, thousands of garrisons left with their camps, and the news from the county government was that the Ming people had launched an attack on Daqi. But not too many people took it to heart, and Daqi was invincible, enough to defeat any enemy who came to provoke.
So when the front side was in full swing, Leye County was still calm, and the people were still doing what they were doing, of course, the county lieutenant of Leye County still gathered all the county soldiers on the city wall and strengthened the vigilance.
At noon, the county lieutenant, who was leisurely drinking a little wine in the county town tower, suddenly heard the sound of dense horses' hooves, quickly hid the wine, and muttered how it was so fast, while walking out of the city gate tower, standing on the city wall and looking at the direction from which the horses' hooves came.
What he saw was something he will never forget.
More than 100 horses galloped in, but this is not the point, the point is around the war horse, there are actually more people galloping with the war horse, their speed does not seem to be lost to those galloping horses, especially one of them, actually running in front of the horse.
Of course, it was not their own army, although the other party did not show a clear banner, but the armor style and weapons were obviously not Qi people.
"Enemy attack!" He howled bitterly: "Ring the alarm bells, raise the drawbridge, and close the gates." ā
His voice was a little out of tune throughout the city.