The atmosphere in the big tent was a bit depressing. The generals looked at Hong Qi, waiting for him to issue orders.
"You guys please step back first and I'll think about it."
Hong Qi waved his hand, sat on the chair, rubbed his forehead and lowered his head in thought.
In fact, he was not meditating on how to break out of the encirclement, but was choosing the cannon fodder to stay and die without letting the other party find out.
The generals retreated one by one, their morale was a bit low. It was really shocking that the battle was going like this.
"Yes!"
Hong Qi's eyes lit up, and he immediately greeted a close soldier:
"come over."
"What are your orders, General?"
Hong Qi put his mouth in front of the other person's ear and whispered:
"Inform the General of the Cavalry Battalion, Crazy Blade Battalion... and ask them to come to my tent soon."
A look of surprise flashed across the soldier's face, then he nodded and retreated.
After the soldiers retreated, Hong Qi touched his chin and a cruel look flashed across his face.
"Everyone, I'm sorry. For the prince's grand plan, I have to sacrifice you..."
…
At midnight, the moon is dark and the wind is high.
The rebels, who had not launched an attack at night in the past, seemed to have been given a shot. About 30,000 people took advantage of the darkness to launch an attack.
According to General Hong Qi's order, they are the first echelon, and the other party will personally lead the army to form the second echelon, vowing to capture Di Hu.
In addition, Han Yan's troops behind him could attack at any time, so these soldiers launched a charge like crazy.
But the strange thing is that Di Hu originally had 40,000 people, but he sent 20,000 people to hold the position, and even fought and retreated, which seemed a little careless.
Just when the first wave of rebels launched their charge, Hong Qi had already led his 40,000 main force to quietly make a detour to the river bank, preparing to cross the river and take a long detour.
As usual, Di Hu's army was overwhelmed and did not place any guards here.
"Soldiers! After crossing this river, we will fight with General Ximen, and then attack Tianqing City! Everyone go into battle lightly! Cross the river!"
Hong Qi stood on the bank of the river. The river, which was about twenty feet wide, had already been strung with hundreds of ropes. Hundreds of people had already swam across it under the cover of darkness.
These soldiers had already had enough, and one by one they grabbed the ropes and began to cross the river.
Soon, hundreds of ropes were filled with people, and just when everyone was thankful to finally be able to leave, countless torches suddenly lit up across the river, and there was a cry of death.
"Not good! Enemy attack!"
"Kill!!!"
Following a cry of killing, Han Yan personally led an army of 30,000 to surround Hong Qi's army.
On the opposite side, a large number of soldiers also rushed out and slashed the soldiers who crossed the river to death with their swords.
Then the rope was cut, and the rebels hanging on the rope fell into the river like dumplings.
"What's going on? Why is there an ambush?"
Hong Qi panicked for a moment, but then organized his soldiers to prepare for a counterattack.
"Surrender without killing!"
Very unexpectedly, no less than 20,000 soldiers emerged from the grass on the west bank of the river. The leader was none other than Di Hu!
"Di Hu?!"
Hong Qi's heart sank, knowing that he had been tricked!
"Hong Qi! Tell your people to put down their weapons, otherwise... they will be killed without mercy!"
Di Hu held a trident and looked at Hong Qi coldly.
Hong Qi's expression changed. He was Ximen Wentian's brother-in-law. Regardless of whether he surrendered or not, he would be killed and sacrificed.
"Soldiers! We are rebels! This is about confiscation of homes and genocide! Fight with them!"
Hong Qi gave the order and rushed towards Han Yan first.
He didn't dare to mess with Di Hu. He thought this little-known Han Yan was easy to bully.
However, he was wrong.
"Feather Array! Cut!"
Han Yan waved his hand and issued the order.
I saw a soldier behind him who was carrying two red flags and stood on his horse, hitting the back.
"kill!"
The 30,000 Zhendong Army shouted in unison, and then launched a charge. During the charge, they formed a feather formation.
Like a huge feather, it penetrated into the middle of the rebels and was split into two in an instant!
"Bagua array! Kill!"
Han Yan issued the order again.
"Dong dong dong..."
With bursts of drumbeats, the soldiers carrying the flags played the semaphore again.
"Boom!"
The 30,000-strong army suddenly changed formations, forming a huge Bagua map, cutting the 40,000 rebels into pieces for encirclement and killing.
Di Hu was surprised when he saw it. He didn't expect that Han Yan was really capable.
Of course, he is the general marshal of a party, how can he be willing to lag behind?
"Tiger cubs! The goddess scatters flowers! Attack!"
"Boom!"
The 20,000 Zhennan Army dispersed instantly, inserted themselves into every grid of the formation, and assisted the Zhendong Army in killing the rebels.
For a time, the rebels who had long wanted to retreat were killed to pieces, and some even simply threw away their weapons and surrendered.
As soon as it started, there was a sound of weapons falling to the ground.
"God's will! God's will! Hahaha..."
Hong Qi was covered in blood in the Bagua array, but when he saw his subordinates surrendering one by one, he couldn't help but laugh, his laughter full of sadness.
"Hong Qi! It's over!"
Di Hu rushed in front of Hong Qi and swung the hammer without hesitation.
"Bang!"
Hong Qi's head exploded and Lian's parents couldn't recognize him.
The general is dead, what can the remaining officers and soldiers do? All weapons and equipment surrender.
At the same time, the 30,000 cannon fodder troops were also attacked from two sides and turned into meat buns. They suffered heavy losses and finally surrendered.
The battle that lasted for more than ten days was finally over.
Of course, this is also thanks to Ximen Wentian, who transferred the 50,000 main force led by Ximen Duo.
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"Hahaha! General Han is really young and promising! The military geniuses of Tiandu Academy are amazing! No wonder His Highness the Crown Prince values him so highly."
Di Hu stood in front of Han Yan covered in blood. At this time, on the river bank, in addition to a large number of corpses, there were prisoners kneeling on the ground.
Han Yan quickly saluted and said:
"The Grand Marshal has given you the award. His Highness the Crown Prince values you greatly."
Just when the two were being polite to each other, Ximen Hao's mirror image suddenly appeared in front of them.
"Hahaha! You two, did you enjoy this battle?"
As if Ximen Hao knew when the war would be won, Di Hu and Han Yan were stunned.
"Haha, don't be surprised, that beast Xiao Ji figured it out. Okay, stop chatting and listen to my orders now!"
As he spoke, his face straightened.
Di Hu and Han Yan looked stern and saluted at the same time:
"I obey His Highness's instructions!"
"My father-in-law, lead the Zhennan Army to quickly return to defend Tianqing City without any mistakes!"
"The general will obey the order!"
Di Hu loudly accepted the order.
"Han Yan!"
"exist!"
"Lead the Zhendong Army and march around! Take Ximen Wentian's rear!"
"Follow the order!"
Han Yan took the order.
After Ximen Hao gave the order, he cupped his fists and said with a smile:
"Master Yue-Zhang, General Han, let's meet in Tianqing City."
After saying that, he took away his magical power.
Han Yan and Di Hu looked at each other and then laughed at the same time.
They knew that a decisive battle was about to take place. By then the overall situation would be determined and the Qing Dynasty would change. It would be the time when merit would be rewarded.
"Marshal Di, you have suffered a large loss of troops. I will leave these surrendered troops to you. The general will take his leave."
Han Yan was respectful to Di Hu, not only because he was the prince's father-in-law, but also because he was a senior marshal at the level of a senator.
"Hahaha! I would like to thank General Han for that."
Di Hu smiled.
So, the two of them divided their forces and went all the way back to defend Tianqing City, and all the way to seize Ximen Wentian's rear area.