Situ Qi was frightened by Tang Yin's question and said hurriedly: "No, no, no, your Majesty is so powerful."
"Ha!" Tang Yin laughed lightly, stood up, and said, "Okay, that's all I have to explain. You can continue the discussion!" After saying that, he started to walk out.
"The last general sends you to your Majesty!" All the generals of the Sky Eagle Army, headed by Situ Qi, saluted in unison.
After leaving the Sky Eagle Army's camp, Tang Yin did not leave the Sky Eagle Army's camp immediately, but turned around and went to Ziying's camp.
When Tang Yin arrived, Ziying was sitting in the tent reading a book. When he saw the king coming, he put down the book in his hand unhurriedly, then lifted his clothes and knelt down to salute, saying: "Your Majesty."
"Yes!" Tang Yin responded, walked up to Ziying, picked up the book he put down, and said casually: "Get up!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Ziying was reading a relatively unpopular military book. Tang Yin flipped through it a few times and put it back. He raised his eyes to look at Ziying, put his hands behind his back, and said proudly with a smile: "Ziying, I am about to go on an expedition.
, but I didn’t plan to take you with me.” After saying this, he stared straight at Ziying to see how he would react.
However, to Tang Yin's disappointment, Ziying's face did not look sad or lonely at all, and remained calm. He said calmly: "I wish your Majesty a great victory."
This damn guy! Tang Yin once again realized how difficult it was to make Ziying surrender. He shrugged pretending to be indifferent and said leisurely: "Just stay in the camp for me in a good manner.
Come in! I want you to see that without you, I can still march westward to Miening!"
Ziying lowered his head and responded: "Your Majesty is brave and brave, and has great ambitions. The battle to destroy Ning will be easy to win!"
No matter how much Tang Yin heard this, he never felt that Ziying was praising him.
"Hmph!" Tang Yin laughed loudly and said: "You stay in the camp and let me reflect on it. When the reflection is clear, I will re-activate you. If the reflection is not clear, prepare to die in the army!"
After speaking, Tang Yin flicked his sleeves and strode away angrily.
After Tang Yin left, Cheng Jin sighed softly. When passing by Ziying, he whispered dissatisfiedly: "General Ziying, since the king is willing to come to see you, it means that the king's anger has almost disappeared.
I want you to step down so that you can be re-activated, but you...why are you so stubborn?"
Ziying looked at Cheng Jin gratefully, smiled indifferently, and said: "I think I have done nothing wrong. If the king refuses to forgive me, there is nothing I can do."
"You..." Tang Yin's temper was stubborn, but Ziying was even more stubborn. Cheng Jin shook his head helplessly, fearing that he would take too long and cause Tang Yin's dissatisfaction, so he simply said: "General Ziying, please take care of yourself!"
"After that, he hurried out.
The next day, early morning.
The Sky Eagle Army set off first, and the 60,000 Japanese Army marched westward. As soon as the Sky Eagle Army left, the direct-affiliated army also followed suit and set up camp. Following the Sky Eagle Army, they headed straight for Xiaoling County.
When they arrived at the junction of Xiaoling County and Hexi County, 100,000 directly affiliated troops were stationed on the spot. The Sky Eagle Army, as the vanguard, continued to attack and entered Xiaoling County.
The chief of Xiaoling County is named Lin Han. He is a military general. He is familiar with military tactics and is very good at using troops. As early as when the Feng Army attacked the Hexi camp, he began to actively gather local armies and militia groups in the county.
, In the past few days, the Ning Army in Xiaoling County has gathered 50,000 to 60,000 men. Although their strength cannot compete with the Feng Army, they are fighting locally, are familiar with the terrain, and have the advantages of geographical location and people.
Different from Hedong and Hexi, Xiaoling County has many mountains and hills, complex terrain, and vast woodlands. If you rush in regardless, you are very likely to be ambushed by the enemy.
Situ Qi's abilities were limited, but he had never eaten pork and had seen pigs running away. He had followed Ziying for many years, and he also knew how to use troops.
After entering Xiaoling County, he ordered the entire army to move slowly and move forward step by step. At the same time, he sent out all the spies of the entire army, as well as Tianyan and underground network personnel, to ensure the absolute safety of the entire army within ten miles.
Every time he took a break, as long as it lasted for more than an hour, he would ask his soldiers to build earthen walls, set up resisting horses, and prepare a complete defense system.
He marched so cautiously, although the speed was slow, it also prevented the enemy from seizing the opportunity for a sneak attack.
On the third day after entering Xiaoling County, the Sky Eagle Army finally ushered in its first battle.
Blocking the road ahead is a small earth city from Ningguo, perhaps a small military fortress.
This small fortress was less than one mile in radius, and there were only about 3,000 Ning troops stationed there. Even so, Situ Qi did not dare to be careless at all. He ordered the entire army to be stationed about five miles away from the fortress, and then
He also sent spies with the army to carefully explore the ten-mile radius around the fortress three times to confirm that there were no ambushes lurking in the dark. Only then did he feel relieved and gave the order to attack.
Sixty thousand people stormed a small area guarded by only three thousand people. There was no need to fight at all. They could flatten the small fortress in just one move.
However, the Ning Army in the small fortress resisted very tenaciously, and even blocked the first round of the Sky Eagle Army's attack. When the Sky Eagle Army readjusted and launched the second round of attack, the fortress was finally unable to withstand it.
Three of the four earthen walls were destroyed. The wolf-like Sky Eagle Army rushed in from the outside and started a close-quarters fight with the Ning Army inside.
This was a battle without any suspense. With only 3,000 people, even if they were possessed by gods, they could not compete with 60,000 people. Soon, not one of the 3,000 Ning soldiers escaped, most of them died in the battle, and hundreds more were captured alive.
Among them was also the commander-in-chief of the fortress and a regimental commander of the Ning Army.
Unexpectedly, the first battle was won so easily. Situ Qi, who had been cautious since entering Xiaoling County, could not help but feel proud. Surrounded by many generals and guards, Situ Qi walked into the fortress with his head held high.
While walking inside, he asked: "What are the losses of our army in this battle?"
A partial general replied: "General, the casualties are less than a thousand."
"kindness!"
"In addition, our army annihilated more than 2,400 enemy soldiers and captured more than 500 enemy soldiers."
"Okay." Situ Qi said with a smile: "Send people to escort all the prisoners back to Hexi and hand them over to the king for disposal."
In fact, there were only a few hundred prisoners of the Ning Army. As the commander-in-chief of the army, Situ Qi had full authority to decide whether to kill or release them. The reason why he was escorted to Tang Yin was mainly to show Tang Yin that he had succeeded in the first battle and had won a victory that fulfilled his mission.
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He is the commander-in-chief of the entire army. No matter how ridiculous his orders are, the people below must carry them out unconditionally. The generals looked at each other and then responded in unison.
"General, our army also captured a regiment commander of the Ning Army. Will he also be escorted to Hexi?"
"Oh?" Situ Qi didn't expect to be able to capture an enemy regiment commander in such a small fortress. This was an unexpected gain. He said with bright eyes: "Bring him back and let me see him first!"
"Yes! General!"
Not long after, a Ning army general who was tied up by Wu Hua Da was escorted over by several Feng soldiers.
Pushing the man close to Situ Qi, Feng Jun on the left and right kicked him and shouted angrily: "Kneel down, kneel down quickly!"
The commander of the Ning Army Corps wanted to pretend to be brave and refused to kneel, but under the fists and kicks of Soldier Feng, his bones quickly softened and he knelt down weakly. He raised his eyes and saw
Situ Qi, who was directly in front of him, snorted, turned his head, and said coldly: "Today, I will fall into the hands of you wind thieves. I will kill you and behead you, so give me a good time!"
"Boy, you can hardly save your head, and you still dare to speak harshly!" Sergeant Feng next to him punched the regiment leader in the face. The latter grunted and almost fell to the ground.
Seeing that the soldiers below were unwilling to give up and wanted to take action, Situ Qi groaned in dissatisfaction, ordered the soldiers to retreat, then stepped forward and said with a smile: "I don't know what the general's name is?"
"I don't change my name when I'm standing, and I don't change my surname when I'm sitting. Shi Jie is the same!"
"Oh! I've admired you for a long time." Situ Qi didn't know that Shi Jie was such a big person. He was just being polite.
"If Lin Han hadn't harmed me, how could I have been captured by you and others today? Well, since I fell into your hands, just go ahead and kill me quickly!"
Shi Jie looked angry, but Situ Qi's heart moved.
Lin Han harmed him? Isn’t Lin Han the county chief? Why did he harm him?
Situ Qi rolled his eyes, waved to the soldiers on the left and right, and said: "Untie General Shi's rope."
Hearing this, not only Shi Jie was stunned, but even the surrounding Sky Eagle Army officers did not understand what he meant.
Seeing that everyone had not moved for a long time, Situ Qi pretended to shout: "What are you still doing? Release the rope quickly!"
"Yes...yes! General!"
The soldiers, with puzzled faces, stepped forward and cut off Shi Jie's binding rope.
Situ Qi pulled up Shi Jie who was kneeling and said sternly: "General Shi, you and I just have different positions. Why should we act like we have a blood feud? I respect General Shi as a man and will not make things difficult for you. However, I have a few questions.
I would like to ask General Shi for advice."
It could be seen that the general in front of him was the commander-in-chief of this wind army. He was so polite to him, which made Shi Jie a little overwhelmed. The latter stood up suspiciously and looked at Situ Qi. Since he was being polite, he was not good either.
No matter how rude he was, he asked: "General, do you have any questions?"
"If I remember correctly, Lin Han is the chief of Xiaoling County!"
"That's right!"
"Did you two have a feud? Otherwise, why would you say it was him who harmed you?"
"Hmph! If he didn't mean to harm me, why would he only give me three thousand people to guard this insignificant little fortress to stop tens of thousands of noble troops?" Shi Jie clenched his fists when he spoke.
There was a rattling sound, and the body was shaking violently.
Yes, this small fortress really has no strategic value. Judging from the obsolescence of its defenses and facilities inside, it seems that they have been abandoned for a long time. Letting a regiment commander lead three thousand people to guard this place is tantamount to
He looked into the fire pit and pushed. To put it bluntly, he was just letting him die.