After the Qi people who had landed had confirmed that they were ambushed, Zhou Yuanhu, the battlefield commander, only tentatively contacted the officers and soldiers of the coastal capital before decisively ordering a retreat!
Because Zhou Yuanhu knew very well that with his current strength, it was impossible to break through the ambush, let alone turn defeat into victory!
Especially when he saw the torches on the south bank, he felt even more resentful!
The senior officials of the Conquering Southern Army clearly said that this is where the Southerners’ defense is weak!
But now, even if it is a rough estimate, there are at least two thousand people in the Chen Army on the south bank!
There were more than 2,000 people ambushing him, either mentally or not, and half of them had time to land. In this case, it was impossible for him to win.
So, after trying for half an hour, Zhou Yuan glanced at the Southern Dynasty man who was charging towards him with a knife, and there was a hint of fear in his eyes!
He considers himself to be an extraordinary warrior.
But after fighting with that Southern Dynasty man just now, the swords collided with each other, and his jaw was already numb from the shock. After several rounds of fighting, the jaw of his right hand was already bleeding!
If it weren't for several Zhou family guards who risked their lives to pick him up, even if he wasn't seriously injured right now, he would at least be in trouble!
Under the protection of several guards, Zhou Yuanhu quickly took a look at the battlefield, then looked back at the several large ships behind him, and shouted angrily: "The southerners are cunning, set up an ambush in advance!"
"Brothers, retreat for now, retreat to the ship, and return to the north shore!"
At this time, at least several hundred of the soldiers of the Northern Qi Dynasty had died, and the rest were also fighting hard. When they heard his words, they all quickly retreated towards the river as if they heard the voice of a fairy!
Some ships did not dock, so they jumped directly into the Huaihe River and swam towards the ships.
Although people in the north are not very good at swimming, most of the Southern Conquest troops stationed along the Huaihe River all year round are good at swimming, so there is no need to worry about drowning.
But at this time, the archers had already followed Su Ding's command and advanced to the river!
As a result, countless arrows were shot towards the river!
Although the field of vision is poor and the enemy cannot be seen clearly, as long as the arrow rain is dense enough, sometimes accuracy is not that important.
Accompanied by bursts of screams, these Northern Qi soldiers fled back to the ship in embarrassment.
However, on the river, several warships that Shen Yi had built in Yueqing had slowly moved towards these fleeing Qi ships.
According to Shen Yi's instructions, they only found a few large ships and blocked their retreat!
At this time, the two sides were fighting fiercely for more than an hour, almost two hours!
Shen Yi looked at Su Ding and gave instructions: "Leave the pursuit on the river to General Su. Every ship that can be stopped is a ship, but remember, don't let those Qi people have the opportunity to jump on our ship.
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"The Qi people are fierce, lest they seize the ship."
Su Ding clasped his fists in response, turned around and went down to make arrangements.
At this moment, the war on land has come to an end.
The rest mainly surrounded and killed some Qi people who had not had time to board the ship. However, after most of the Qi people were surrounded, Dusi shouted a few words and obediently threw down their weapons and surrendered.
When it got dark, Shen Yi found Xue Wei among the crowd.
At this time, General Xue was covered in blood and was surrounded by a group of soldiers, breathing heavily.
Although he was covered in blood, he was still joking with the few people nearby and his voice was loud.
Seeing Shen Yi coming, he struggled to stand up and salute Shen Yi. Shen Yi waved his hand to indicate that he didn't have to get up, then passed over the crowd and squatted in front of Xue Wei, frowning and said: "Are you injured?"
Xue Wei smiled honestly and said: "I was injured a little, but they were all flesh wounds."
He pointed at the blood on his body and grinned at Shen Yi: "Look, Mr. Shen, this is all the blood of those bastards!"
"I am today..."
Xue Wei coughed and quickly changed his words: "Today, my subordinates finally met the Qi people in these rumors!"
"It's nothing special!"
The commander of the capital had a somewhat honest smile.
"One of my subordinates will kill seven or eight of them!"
The Northern Qi Dynasty may be a nightmare to all Chen people, especially because of various rumors about how powerful the Northern Qi army is.
Even Xue Wei felt a little uneasy before this.
But now, he has killed so many Qi people in one breath, and the fear in his heart has finally disappeared!
Shen Yi glanced at him, then simply sat down on the ground and took a deep breath.
In his heart, he was not uneasy.
Fortunately... although this first battle was not particularly beautiful, we finally won!
After closing his eyes and relaxing his mood, Shen Yi opened his eyes, looked at Xue Wei, and said: "As long as you are not injured, it seems that by noon at most, this battle will be over. Are you going to catch me today?"
Take few prisoners, please pass on my orders. The prisoners must be well guarded and must not be tortured or killed."
Xue Wei didn't say anything before, but after talking about it, he looked at Shen Yi with wide eyes, a little confused: "Mr. Shen, those bastards..."
A year or two ago, when he was suppressing Japanese invaders in the southeast, Shen Yi did not take prisoners. Basically, even if he captured prisoners, he would find a place to behead them.
Now, Xue Wei was naturally puzzled by the sudden need to give "preferential treatment" to prisoners.
Shen Yi sat next to Xue Wei, reached out and patted the big man on the shoulder, and said slowly: "You can't kill prisoners. If you kill them, no one will surrender in the future."
"If no one surrenders, we will have to kill many more people to capture them."
A person's will to survive is very strong.
If they knew that laying down their weapons and surrendering would lead to death, these people would not even think about it and would definitely grit their teeth and fight you to the end.
But if you surrender, not only will you not die, but you will also be able to eat and drink.
Then it will be much easier for everyone to surrender.
At this time, Shen Yi was paving the way for the future Northern Expedition.
As the sun slowly rose, the fighting on the river bank came to an end. However, some carts and carriages suddenly came from the direction of Huai'an Prefecture. Then someone came to report to Shen Yi, saying that the Huai'an Prefecture's Yamen brought some Huai'an people to help.
The generals from Dusi have brought food.
Not long after, some spread noodles, rice, rice porridge, and even some vegetables were delivered to many Dusi soldiers.
At this time, everyone had been fighting all night and was extremely tired. It would be a good thing to have a hot meal.
Some people started to cry after taking a few mouthfuls of rice.
Mr. Shen, on the other hand, was lying on a slope, watching these soldiers eating.
A young man wearing a fourth-grade uniform followed Shen Yi's example and lay beside him. Then he turned to look at Shen Yi and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I heard that the fight was very good last night. The intruder is here."
The people of Qi were beaten to a pulp by you and were completely defeated."
There was no joy in Master Shen's face.
He squinted his eyes slightly and looked at the sky, and said slowly: "Whether it's calculated mentally or not, I set up an ambush in advance..."
"Including the captured Qi people, the number of enemies killed this time is about a thousand."
At this point, Mr. Shen frowned and said, "And a rough estimate shows that we also lost three to four hundred people."
"Including the injured, there are even more."
Shen Yi glanced at Zhang Jian next to him and said in a hoarse voice: "Brother, these Qi people..."
"Bravo."
Mr. Shen whispered: "Such casualties were almost unimaginable during the previous Japanese wars..."
Zhang Jian patted Shen Yi on the shoulder and comforted softly: "Winning is a good thing, isn't it?"
Shen Yi shook his head slightly.
"I just fought back."
He looked at the north and said slowly: "They will not give up. Maybe tomorrow, maybe the day after tomorrow, they will come again."
At this point, Shen Yi's voice suddenly stopped and he did not continue speaking, but closed his eyes and remained silent.
Zhang Fuzun sat up. He looked at Shen Yi for a while, then took out a piece of cake from his arms and handed it to Shen Yi.
"Let's have something to eat. I made it early in the morning."
Zhang Fuzun said: "Anyone can look like this, but you, the imperial envoy, can't do this."
"You are the coach."
Shen Yi opened his eyes, looked at the noodle cake in front of him, then turned to look at Zhang Jian, and then silently took it.
His spirit was lifted a little.
"Senior brother, don't worry, I'm fine."
Mr. Shen looked towards the other side of the river and took a big bite of the pie in his hand.
"The King of Heaven is here, I want to take a bite of them too!"