The setting sun is like blood, and the sand and dust are flying.
The crimson flag with black edges fluttered in the wind, and in the swirling dust, the word "Jun" seemed to be trembling in the water.
"It's the Central Protectorate! It's the Central Protectorate!" The soldiers, whose faces were stained with blood, saw the rushing reinforcements, their black and white eyes filled with energy, and they shouted at the top of their lungs.
Don't forget to avoid enemy attacks and swing your sword more powerfully.
The Central Guards, who were determined to fight to the death, suddenly found themselves in a desperate situation. The long drought and sweet rain, and endless vitality came from nowhere and poured into their bodies. Their fatigue was swept away, and the weapons in their hands became lighter.
The less you use, the more freely you can swing it.
Wu Zheng and Zhao Chun looked at each other and saw the light of joy bursting out of each other's eyes.
"Retreat, retreat!" the commander of Songzi City's reinforcements immediately ordered. The withdrawal horn only sounded once and then the fire was extinguished.
It turned out that Wu Zheng saw that the enemy was about to retreat and happened to be close to the trumpeter. He kicked away the knife that someone had dropped by his feet and plunged it straight into the chest of the trumpeter.
"Withdraw troops—withdraw troops—"
The trumpeter was killed, and the general had no choice but to wave the flag, shout a few times at the top of his lungs, then turn his horse's head and evacuate to Songzi City first, so as to mobilize the soldiers in his tent.
"Brother Ah Chun, stop them!" Wu Zheng started to kill even more fiercely, not leaving any room for chance.
The two men were originally encircling Songzi City's reinforcements one after another. Even after fighting hard for several hours, the situation did not change.
With a huge disparity in strength, as long as they maintain the encirclement fighting method, they can delay more time and minimize casualties.
The Lord General of Songzi City, who had not noticed Wu Zheng and others before, was now extremely anxious.
I never expected that the Central Guard Army would not only capture Yidu so quickly, but they would even quickly send troops to respond.
The leader of Songzi City's reinforcements waved his flag, causing a few people to stop Wu Zheng. The whole army vigorously broke through Zhao Chun's defense line, quickly opening a hole at the cost of five hundred men, and escaped before Qin Xiao came with the army.
Trapped, he ran away.
"Wuzheng, Zhao Chun!" Qin Xiao saw the two of them chasing after them from a distance, and shouted to stop them.
During the battle, Qin Xiao was their commander. Looking at the enemy's retreating figures, no matter how anxious they were, they could only wait where they were.
"Commander." When the three of them gathered together, they and others saluted.
Qin Xiao turned over and dismounted, his eyes fell on the bleeding wounds on the two men: "Rest where you are, and the military doctor will come forward!"
"Commander, there are only two thousand remaining soldiers of the Southern Dynasty Army. We will not pursue you at this time..."
"There's no rush." Qin Xiao interrupted the anxious Wu Zheng, "Take care of your injuries first, and then take a breather."
"Commander!"
"This is a military order!"
Wu Zheng shut up quickly, walked to the side with his head lowered, chose a seat, and sat down.
Qin Xiao ignored him and let the military doctor come forward to treat their wounds, and ordered others to clean the battlefield and find all the people who died in the Central Guards.
A leader of five was ordered to take ten people to nearby villages and towns to buy carts and transport all the corpses back to Yidu City.
This road was very safe. As for the nearby bandits, they did not dare to show their faces unless they were afraid of being surrounded and suppressed by the army. Qin Xiao only sent a group of people to escort the bodies of his colleagues.
This place does not yet belong to the Northern Dynasties. They sacrificed their lives for the country and cannot die in a foreign land.
As for the corpses of the enemy soldiers, Qin Xiao ordered people to pile them up, find a rocky place, sprinkle them with strong wine, and burn them all with fire.
Mr. Ying said that if these corpses are not disposed of properly, they will bring diseases to the nearby people.
After giving these instructions, Qin Xiao walked back to Wu Zheng and Wu Zheng. The two of them asked the military doctor to deal with the critically injured person first, and they were applying medicine to each other in places they couldn't see.
During the time when Jun Ci was away from the military camp, Ying Wuchen not only explained ancient and modern battles to them, but also taught them some first aid and treatment methods.
It's not a difficult injury, they can handle it on their own.
"Aren't you two curious as to why I can bring troops to meet you?" Qin Xiao stood in front of the two of them, looking at them who pursed their lips in silence and looked unhappy.
I was just sulking and forgot about such an important thing.
Qin Xiao is the commander-in-chief. Even if Yidu City is captured, he will not be able to come to rescue them personally. Otherwise, who will be guarding Yidu City?
unless……
Seeing the two people looking at each other in surprise, it was obvious that they had already made a guess, but just to confirm it for themselves, Qin Xiao nodded lightly.
"As you think, the general is in Yidu City."
After a pause, Qin Xiao continued: "If it weren't for the general, I might not be able to take Yidu City..."
After actually fighting against Song Po, Qin Xiao felt that it was difficult to meet his opponent in chess. Song Po was experienced and experienced. No matter how he changed his formations to attack the city, Song Po was able to overcome the opponent with ease and ease.
If it continues to be consumed, it will be extremely detrimental to them.
"General, I chased the Southern Dynasty army all the way from Zhijiang City and entered the East City Gate first. I led the Southern Dynasty troops away so that I could lead the army to attack the city gate." Qin Xiao's eyes couldn't help but reveal deep admiration and respect, "The Eighth Army of the Southern Dynasty
Thousands of people threw their swords and surrendered."
"In this world, is there any general who can't do this?" Wu Zheng's face lit up when he heard this.
Seeing this, Zhao Chun immediately poured strong wine on the vicious and everted wound on Wu Zheng's back.
"Ouch!" Wu Zheng grimaced in pain, and his entire upper body twitched.
"Are we going back to the city?" Zhao Chun asked Qin Xiao while wiping the dirty blood that had seeped out of Wu Zheng.
Qin Xiao turned his head and looked in the direction of Songzi City: "No, we want to take Songzi City."
"What?" Wu Zheng's expression changed with fright.
He just wanted to kill the remnant soldiers just now, and never thought about taking Songzi City!
"This is the general's order." Qin Xiao replied.
"What are you waiting for? Kill him now!" Wu Zheng broke away from the cotton cloth wrapped around Zhao Chun and grabbed his spear.
Qin Xiao: "Wait another quarter of an hour."
"Hurry and wrap up the wound." Zhao Chun pulled Wu Zheng back.
"Don't drag me, I'll do it myself." Wu Zheng shook off Zhao Chun, knowing that he didn't want him to question Qin Xiao again, so he could only mutter in a moderate voice while dressing his wounds, "Time waits for no one,
A quarter of an hour later, no one knows how far they have escaped!"
"Ka!" Zhao Chun coughed.
Qin Xiao still stood upright, facing the direction of Songzi City: "The general was chasing the Southern Dynasty army who returned to aid Zhijiang City, so he easily entered the city."
Qin Xiao, who had attacked the city head-on, knew more deeply how difficult it was to attack the city.
He decided to learn and apply it now.
This place is fifty miles away from the north gate of the main city of Songzi City, and it will take at least three hours to return to the city.
They cannot pursue too closely, and must break into pieces to pursue. This is to step into the territory of the Southern Dynasty. The people nearby are all the people of the Southern Dynasty, and their hearts are towards the Southern Dynasty.
It will be more convenient for the Central Guards to take the next action if they first let the fleeing army mistakenly think that they have given up the pursuit and take off their guard.