Chapter 1092: Surprise attack on Han Valley (Part 1)
Chapter 1092: Surprise attack on Han Valley (Part 1)
Chapter 1090: Surprise attack on Han Valley (Part 1)
Outside Yewang City.
After a whole day of siege, the Qin army withdrew in an orderly manner, leaving only gravel, arrows, and stumps everywhere.
The soldiers of the Qin army retreated and insulted each other, provoking the Liang army in the city with an almost contemptuous attitude. Although the Liang army was extremely angry about this, due to military regulations, they had no choice but to watch. The Qin army retreated but did not dare to pursue.
Li Cunxiao, who was hiding not far away, frowned when he saw this and said, "It seems that Yang Lin is determined to be a coward."
“In several battles with Governor Bai Qi, Yang Lin all returned miserably defeated. It would be strange if he still dared to go out of the city to pursue him.” Jiang Song said seriously.
“This is going to be difficult.”
Ran Min's eyes were full of solemnity, and he said in a deep voice: "Now the entire Sizhou is like a pool of stagnant water, and the war situation of all parties has reached a deadlock. Only if we successfully solve Yang Lin, can our army turn passivity into initiative. .
It was with this in mind that Governor Bai Qi personally led the army to the Wild King, but he did not expect that Yang Lin would be so difficult to deal with.
Although the Liang army has experienced several defeats, it still has sufficient strength, while our army's siege materials have been consumed by nearly half. If we continue to delay like this, it may be detrimental to our army. "
Li Cunxiao nodded in agreement: "Anyway, let's go back and report to General Bai first."
"Um."
Late at night, Zhou Yu saw that Bai Qi's camp was still lit. He immediately walked in with freshly cooked hot chicken soup, only to see Bai Qi staring at the sand table attentively.
During the period of following Bai Qi, Zhou Yu learned too many things under Bai Qi's words and deeds.
Although Bai Qi did not admit that he was his apprentice, Zhou Yu recognized Bai Qi as his master, so he respected Bai Qi from the bottom of his heart.
Seeing Bai Qi's face full of exhaustion, Zhou Yu said with concern: "Captain, you haven't slept for three days and three nights. Eat something first and then take a good rest."
In Bai Qi's world, it seemed that there was only a sand table in front of him. He didn't even look at Zhou Yu, and he issued an order to expel the guest with great indifference.
“Put it down, get out.”
Zhou Yu is not dissatisfied with Bai Qi's indifference. He has long been used to it. After all, Bai Qi is such a person who is cold on the outside and hot on the inside.
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Zhou Yu walked to the door of the tent, but turned around and added: "Captain, if the chicken soup is cold, it won't taste good..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhou Yu felt a sharp gaze and immediately ran out of the tent with a smile.
Since Bai Qi led the army to Yewang, he has fought against Yang Lin four times and won every battle.
In the process of these four battles, although Bai Qi had the opportunity to seize the Wild King, Yang Lin was extremely cautious. He always adhered to the bottom line and would rather lose his troops than put the Wild King's city in a difficult situation. Therefore, Bai Qi In the rising state, he failed to capture the wild king.
After Yang Lin lost four times in a row, he realized the gap between him and Bai Qi. He didn't dare to have any wrong thoughts anymore. He just insisted on defending and never left the city easily.
Yewang City has high walls and thick walls, Yang Lin cannot come out, and Bai Qi does not dare to attack.
The casualties of the storm were too great, and if the troops in Bai Qi's hands were depleted too much, even if he won this battle, Sizhou would not be able to play a role in the future.
With no choice, Bai Qi could only rely on a mixed military formation composed of catapults and crossbows, which gradually eroded the strength and morale of the Liang army, and looked for other opportunities to win in other ways.
“Is that your disciple?”
As soon as Zhou Yu left, a man came out from behind the screen of the tent. It was Dugu Qiubai who came in the name of Qin Hao.
After hearing what Dugu Qiubai said, Bai Qi nodded calmly, looked at him and said calmly: "Yeah, what's the matter?"
“Have a good vision.”
Bai raised his eyebrows and frowned slightly, and said calmly: "Senior, you came all the way to find me, it couldn't be just for this, right?" Dugu Qiubei's eyes flashed with a trace of amusement, and he said calmly: "What do you think?"
“If you have something to say, please tell me quickly. I’ll make a long story short. I’m very busy.”
Seeing that Bai Qi was still as cold as ever, Dugu Qiubai burst into laughter.
“You are such a boring person. I really don’t understand how that girl Ah Qing could fall in love with you.”
Bai Qi and Dugu Qiubei were both from Heibingtai. Bai Qi was the instructor of Heibingtai before joining the army, while Dugu Qiubei was the commander of Heibingtai, so they naturally knew each other.
The conversation between the two seemed cold, but for two people who are extremely cold by nature, this kind of communication was already very 'enthusiastic'.
“I really didn’t expect that after you left Heibingtai, you would reach this point today. It was indeed the right decision not to keep you around.” Dugu Qiubai said with deep emotion.
Bai Qi couldn't help but be silent for a while after hearing this, and then asked: "How is Heibingtai doing now?"
“Since the young master formed the Jinyiwei, a large number of key elites have joined the Jinyiwei. The current lineup of Heibingtai is far worse than before.”
"Yeah?"
Bai Qi couldn't help but his eyes narrowed when he heard this. He thought that Dugu Qiubai was dissatisfied with Qin Hao's behavior of weakening the Black Ice Platform, so he immediately said tentatively: "With you as a great master sitting in charge, and A Qing and Qin Yijue here, How can Jin Yiwei compare to Black Ice Platform?"
After a few more insinuations, Bai Qi realized that he had been worrying too much, and that Dugu Qiubai was just speaking out of his feelings, not that he had any dissatisfaction with Qin Hao.
“This time I came here to convey the young master’s order to you.”
Speaking, Dugu Qiubai handed Qin Hao's autographed letter to Bai Qi.
When Bai Qi heard this, he couldn't help but feel even more confused. The Qin army already had a system of sending messages via pigeons. If there was any news, flying pigeons wouldn't send messages faster. Why would a great master be required to personally deliver the message?
Bai Qi opened it and took a look, and found that it was indeed Qin Hao's note. The doubts in his heart were reduced a lot, but his expression completely changed before he finished reading it.
“Since there is internal use of our army in Hangu Pass, why didn’t we tell it earlier? If we had told it earlier, so many soldiers would not have died.”
During this period, in order to defeat the Wild King, Bai Qi was so worried that his hair turned white, and he even planned to fight Yang Lin four times. Although he won all of them, he also suffered a certain amount of casualties. But if he had known earlier that inside Hangu Pass If there is a secret, then the previous sacrifices can be completely avoided.
Dugu Qiubei was silent for a while and then said: "We only recently convinced the captain of the city gate."
The reason why Dugu Qiubai didn't tell Bai Qi the truth was actually because Qin Hao didn't let him.
Qin Hao didn't want his subordinates to know that this matter was related to Li Shimin. After all, the cooperation between him and Li Shimin was not visible at all.
In addition, Qin Hao was also afraid that after Bai Qi saw Li Shimin, he would not only not let Li Shimin go out of fear, but also directly kill Li Shimin because he would not accept the order of the foreign king.
Li Shimin was closely related to Qin Hao's cholera plan in Guanxi, so in order to prevent any accidents in the plan, Qin Haocai directly issued a hush-hush order to Dugu Qiu.
This reason for Dugu Qiubai really made Bai Qi find nothing wrong with it, but there were other things in the letter that Bai Qi couldn't understand.
"Senior, please explain to me why Li Yuanba left the Wild King during the war? And this..."
"this…"
After Dugu Qiubai pondered for a while, he frowned and said: "Bai Qi, you were once a member of Heibingtai. You should know that knowing too much about some things is not a good thing. Young Master, he must have his own plans. As ministers, we can only Just obey your orders.”
Bai Qi couldn't help but be silent for a while after hearing the words, and then said calmly: "I understand."
(End of this chapter)