Chapter 53 World War I
Wen Xingzhi was indeed not confused because of the breaking of Liangzhou City, but as expected by the banquet, he urgently needed food and supplies.
Therefore, even though he knew that Ling Hua's 100,000 soldiers were behind Yan Qing's 150,000 soldiers, he calculated the time and was only half a day away. Ling Hua would definitely not be able to get along with Yan Qing's journey. His 280,000 soldiers could bully the more with less. He fought with Yan Qing's 280,000 soldiers and horses. Even if Yan Qing's martial arts skills were high, 280,000 soldiers were equivalent to two against one, and he was absolutely sure to win.
So Wen Xingzhi chased after him.
A probe reported that the Youzhou army had arrived in front of him. Ling Hua smiled and said to Yan Qing: "Sure enough, brother is as expected."
Yan Qingmei also smiled and waved her hands to both sides, "Prepare, listen to my order, and today I will not give up Wen Xingzhi's 100,000 soldiers, all the soldiers will be hungry for three days."
Yun Luo's mouth twitched.
Wen Xingzhi did not expect Ling Hua to have a half day in advance with Yan Qinghui, and he did not expect that the two of them would attack him. Therefore, the news of his detectives was that Yan Qing's troops were resting in the shelter under the low slope in front of him, and he also smiled.
However, his smile did not last long, and he realized something was wrong. After all, he was still a smart person, but it was too late to learn something was wrong. Yan Qing's soldiers and soldiers were divided into three groups and had already surrounded his army.
The gongs were loud and the drums were thunderous. The soldiers rested for half a day and were fully motivated, with great momentum and strong murderous aura.
On the other hand, the Youzhou army marched all the way and chased after him, very tired and had not yet to rest. Originally, if 280,000 soldiers and horses were facing 150,000 soldiers and horses, they could defeat them even if they were tired. However, in the current situation, it seemed that Yan Qing's 150,000 soldiers and horses were in harmony with Ling Hua's 100,000 soldiers and horses, and with 280,000 tired soldiers and horses, they faced 250,000 soldiers and horses with extremely energetic soldiers and horses. Even if the opponent was not an elite general, they had half a day to ambush and prepare and rest, and there was no suspense in this battle.
When Wen Xingzhi found that things were not good, he opened his mouth and wanted to order "retreat", but when he said something, he swallowed it back. At this time, ordering retreat was undoubtedly to discourage the morale of the soldiers, so his words turned into the word "fight".
Although the Youzhou Army was exhausted, it was a well-trained elite soldier. Therefore, when facing the imperial army with 100,000 more troops than expected, he was not completely panicked, so he quickly called the war drums to fight and started killing the imperial army.
Yan Qing and Ye Yan joined forces for the second time, and among hundreds of thousands of soldiers, it was like entering a no-man's land, stepping on the head, gradually approaching Wen Xingzhi.
Wen Xingzhi was surrounded by the secret guards and the soldiers from Youzhou, and was really afraid that Yan Qing and Ye Yan would join forces. He looked at the two people who were gradually approaching and gritted his teeth and ordered, "Get my Sky-Shooting Bow!"
Someone immediately took the Sky Bow.
This bow is extremely large. If it were an ordinary person, it would be difficult to pull it open with both of them. However, Wen Xingzhi had a unique skill. He has been practicing the Sky Bow since he was a child. On the day when Youzhou City was broken, he did not bring his Sky Bow with him. He felt deeply hated. When he was about to withdraw from Youzhou, he hurriedly took the Sky Bow away, and now it comes in handy.
He pulled the bow and took the arrow, but the person he was aiming at was not Yan Qing, but Ye Yan who was protecting Yan Qing's forward. He pulled the bow for a while before he seized the opportunity and shot it out with an arrow. The arrow was extremely powerful, and with the sound of wind breaking through the air, it shot towards Ye Yan's face.
Ye Yan was guarding Yan Qing to open the arrow feathers in front of him. When he heard the sound of wind breaking through the air, he had no time to dodge or swing his sword to block it. Yan Qing decisively threw out the sword in his hand. The sword also had the explosion of his internal force, and faced the sharp sword shot from the Sky Bow. Because the power of one arrow and one sword was too great, the soldiers fought each other in two sections in the air and fell to the ground.
Ye Yan turned around and was also scared and sweated. Unexpectedly, Wen Xingzhi had some martial arts skills. She looked at Yan Qing.
Yan Qing, who could kill Wen Xingzhi, wanted to kill him, and even if he could not kill, he would have to break his hand here. Therefore, after he lost the sword in his hand, he didn't care. He pulled out the short sword from the waist of the soldiers beside him and flew up again.
Ye Yan knew it and immediately waved his sword to protect Yan Qing.
Wen Xingyi's arrow used a strong force. The moment the arrow flew out of his hand, not only did he take a step back, but his mouth was numb. It would be impossible for him to shoot a second arrow again, so he decisively ordered, "Retreat!"
He is quite decisive and withdraws his troops if he says he wants to withdraw his troops. However, when the two armies fight on the battlefield, you can't retreat at any time if you want. Therefore, the Youzhou army roared the gong and stopped the troops, and had no morale. However, the imperial army beat drums and advanced, and he was reluctant to let the Youzhou army retreat.
Wen Xingzhi knew that he would lose a large number of soldiers when he retreated, but he would have to retreat even if he did not retreat. Otherwise, with the cooperation of martial arts masters like Zhao Yanqing and Ye Yan, he would have another 250,000 troops to support him. Not only did he have no chance of winning, he might even be defeated by Yan Qing and die under his sword.
Therefore, Wen Xingzhi retreated very quickly, but he also left behind a large number of disabled and surrendered troops.
The imperial army bit the Youzhou army's troops and chased for twenty miles. Ling Hua cleaned the battlefield behind and counted the surrendered soldiers. After an hour, the imperial army basically lost nothing. He conquered 80,000 soldiers and horses of Youzhou army, which was 20,000 less than Yan Qing's expected 100,000 soldiers and horses, but it was also enough to make people happy.
Ling Hua chuckled at Yan and said, "Brother is amazing."
Yan Qing raised her eyebrows and smiled, "In the end, she stopped her hand and stopped her and set off immediately and returned to Youzhou. If I had a good estimate, in another half a day, Xu Ningye would come with the army."
Ling Hua stopped laughing when he heard this, "Then go quickly."
So, the two of them gathered together and set off. The soldiers fought a battle happily. Everyone got military achievements of different sizes. They were all very energetic and excited. They were not tired at all, and they were almost on their way.
After Wen Xingzhi had no pursuers behind him, he tied the reins of the horse and stopped. His face was dripping with water. He did not expect that he suffered a great loss when he fought with Yan Qing and Ling Hua twice. Not only did he lose Youzhou City, he also lost a total of 100,000 troops. This time he did not grab the food and grass, and he even stole chickens and lost rice.
Wen Xingzhi felt hatred, but he had no choice but to ask for information. Hearing that Ling Hua and Yan Qing had returned to Youzhou, he could only grit his teeth and ordered the soldiers to set up camp and wait for Ning Ye to bring the troops from Biyun Mountain. Before Ning Ye arrived, he could do nothing, and the remaining small amount of food and grass could only force him to hold on.
Chapter completed!