The emperor said that he would go to Luzhou City to celebrate the New Year, or just wanted to make a quick talk at that time, but when he arrived at the general in charge, it was not really a very obvious order. The emperor's will must be implemented, so Zhou Jiyun rushed to the front line as quickly as possible, removed Meixian and then attacked Luzhou, leaving him not much time. Because the emperor had already set off.

With all the artillery of the entire army and all the airships, Zhou Jiyun was showing off an attitude of swaying cannons to attack Meixian. No matter how firm Yin Ming's fighting intention was, he still had no choice but to face the absolute poor strength.

Half a day before the war started, the artillery he arranged on the city and countless catapults in the city were destroyed by the Ming army, and the city walls were bombed with gaps everywhere. The troops he led stood for a long time when the night came to an end. When the Ming army attacked three sides and deliberately let go to Luzhou, the remaining troops in the city could not resist this huge temptation, and they abandoned the city and fled.

Yin Ming did not stop them. At this time, the situation was actually hopeless. Even those who fled to Luzhou might not be able to reach any place, because the Ming army's cavalry had already bypassed Meixian, but I was afraid that they were now on the road from Meixian to Luzhou, waiting for these escaped Qi soldiers with a smile!

Of course, no matter how tight the net is, there will be fish that miss the net, and there will always be lucky people who escape.

I hope I can escape a few more! But as the main general and as a senior general of Qi, Yin Ming had his own dignity. Under the illumination of the raging fire, he led his personal soldiers to launch a final attack on countless Ming troops on the narrow streets.

It is not an exaggeration to describe his charge by using a mantis wall to block the chariot. Yin Ming, who had not recovered from his wounds, was instantly submerged by the Ming army and died silently.

It was not until Zhou Jiyun entered the city that under his special care that Yin Ming's body was found. Looking at Yin Ming, who was missing his arms and legs, Zhou Jiyun could only sigh and ordered him to be buried properly.

Since the battle to attack Qi officially started, this was the first senior general of Qi to fall before him. In the future, there will be more and more people. These people are his former colleagues and even friends who have been close friends in the past. The next one is Yi Hongyuan. When they attacked Chu, they cooperated with each other. More than ten years have passed, and when they meet again, they have already met with each other.

Meixian is only more than a hundred miles away from Luzhou. On the third day after taking Meixian, most of the Ming army appeared at the city of Luzhou. The Ming army's cavalry had arrived at the city of Luzhou two days ago, completely controlling the battlefield form and cutting off all the connection between Luzhou and the outside world. The cavalry brigade commanded by Yan Jiang even left Luzhou and approached Xuan En. At the same time, Zhang Xing and Wulin also attacked Xuan En again. Guo Xiancheng personally commanded the army to nail Xuan En City, obviously in order to retain the last glimmer of hope for Yi Hongyuan. As long as Xuan En is still in the hands of the Qi army, the 30,000 Luzhou soldiers in Luzhou City would have a way out, which also made them see that the court did not abandon them. As long as they persisted for a long time and killed enough enemies, perhaps reinforcements would appear again from Xuan En.

Although such hope is just a vain, when people are desperate, even if they are mirrors and moons, they will subconsciously transform them into reality, just like a drowning person catching a life-saving straw. With such a little support on their spirit, their combat effectiveness will inevitably increase a lot.

So even though Guo Xiancheng knew that it was meaningless to stick to Xuan En, he still had to be here. For Yi Hongyuan's persistence, it was also considered for the last breath of Qi State.

At this time, my memorial should have arrived in Chang'an. I believe Chang'an will be shocked. Although the earlier bombing shocked the people of Chang'an inexplicably, the Ming army is still quite far away from them. In Luzhou, Changning, and Laizhou, there are still hundreds of millions of Qi troops guarding the border, but once Luzhou is lost, the enemy will be able to move forward.

Guo Xiancheng didn't know what would happen if he was waiting for him, but this general could not be saved. The most likely thing was to be locked and taken to Beijing for offense. He just didn't know who was coming to take over him?

No matter what the outcome was, Guo Xiancheng was still orderly deploying the next defensive strategy according to his ideas. The main force would retreat all the way to Daling River and set up positions along the river. Other troops were scattered in Huangzhou, Qinzhou, and Jianzhou. Guo Xiancheng would personally meet each general who led his troops to leave. Without exception, they would order them to recruit troops immediately after returning to these places, expand the scale of the army, and then take the initiative to attack or defend the city on the way to the Ming army. In short, their existence will be the greatest support to the main force.

Cao Yun was the emperor at the moment, and of course he could see through his arrangements at a glance. At the same time, Guo Xiancheng also knew clearly that the emperor could see clearly his unsuccessful retreat, so these arrangements would inevitably be supported by His Majesty the Emperor and implemented to the end, but this would not reduce his guilt. Politically speaking, such a large-scale defeat must be responsible for someone to stabilize the hearts of the army and the people. He is the most appropriate candidate.

To hold on to Xuan En means standing in your last post until Luzhou is lost.

Guo Xiancheng knew that the stubborn Yi Hongyuan would not retreat even if he died.

Yi Hongyuan had never thought about defending Luzhou City and the result of the battle in Meixian. He clearly told him that in front of the airships in the sky and the Ming army firepower of countless cannons on the ground, he could only be beaten to death by pressing on the ground. Even though he could still struggle a few times with his fists and legs, the result would not change.

If you keep it, you will definitely not be able to keep it.

Only when attacking can there be a glimmer of hope. Even if the attack loses, the result is just a little ahead of schedule. So on the night when Zhou Jiyun's army arrived, Yi Hongyuan bravely led his troops to attack.

As a senior general, Zhou Jiyun would certainly not beware of the enemy's sneak attacks while he was still in a stable position. However, he was wrong, that is, the scale of the enemy's sneak attacks from the city.

Yi Hongyuan, the governor of Luzhou County, came out in full swing. On this snowy night, all 30,000 Luzhou soldiers actually left the city and rushed towards the Ming army camp.

This is beyond the expectations of all the Ming generals. The enemy has persistence to hold on, but in fact, he attacks with all his strength, and is completely prepared to do a one-time deal. If he fails, he will be successful!

In the dark night, airships do not play much role. Although the airships in the rear camp take off urgently at this moment, due to the bad weather and the night sky, what they can do is limited.

Because of the mistaken judgment of the scale of the enemy's attack, the Qi army had a great advantage in the early stages of the war. Zhou Jiyun arranged an army in front of the camp to guard against the enemy's sneak attacks and was connected to the breakthrough position. The main force of the Qi army came straight to the camp.

Yang Zhi was extremely happy. After he handed over all the military power of the army to Zhou Jiyun, although he had the title of deputy general, the three thousand cavalry and one hundred personal guards led by Xu Sanmei were actually the three thousand cavalrymen and one hundred personal guards. As soon as the war broke out, he quietly left his own private camp and disappeared without a trace. This made Xu Sanmei so anxious that she jumped but could not do anything about it. It was too easy for her martial arts cultivation like Yang Zhi to get rid of them in such a chaotic night.

At this moment, Yang Zhi was in the darkness of the night. He was like a ghost wandering on the battlefield, aiming at the generals of the Qi people, whether they were intermediate or advanced, as long as they were officers, he would go to hunt.

Of course, he would remember the first battle in his life. At that time, he, who had high martial arts cultivation, rushed into the Qin army happily, and was almost sieve by a group of soldiers. So this time, he left as soon as he touched and never stopped.

The form of this time is completely different from that time, because both sides are fighting in chaos.

The Qi people fought in chaos, which was intentional by Yi Hongyuan. Only when they were entangled with the enemy, the enemy's firepower advantage could not play any role. The Ming army was in chaos because they mistakenly estimated the scale of the enemy's attack and were intercepted by the Qi army to fight in a period of time.

Such a battle is naturally the favorite mode for martial arts experts.

Many Qi generals were inexplicably killed by Yang Zhi in the dark without any warning. The small sword as thin as a cicada wing was like a sickle of death in the dark, harvesting one battlefield general after another.

Yi Hongyuan led the 10,000 most elite Qi army to spy on the battlefield like a lurking tiger in the dark. He was about to launch a fatal blow at the most appropriate time. As the front line pushed towards the Ming army camp little by little, his eyes became brighter and brighter.

Sometimes when he goes against the trend, there may not be a good result. In this battle, he does not expect to completely defeat the Ming people, but as long as he wins this battle and forces the enemy back dozens of miles, it will be a big victory. If he is lucky and can win the general of the Ming army, it will be better.

The 20,000 Qi army was the stone he threw out, and what he was hoping for was that this huge stone could completely disrupt the Ming people's military formation.

At this time, Zhou Jiyun was also staring at the battlefield coldly. After the initial shock, he immediately reacted. It seemed that he was constantly investing in the army to fight this chaos, but in the night, he gathered the most core force without hesitation, waiting for Yi Hongyuan's last blow.

Both sides know the truth, and no one can take too much advantage. In the end, this battle is still the military qualities of the soldiers. Zhou Jiyun has extreme confidence in this regard.

Now, both sides have lost effective command on the battlefield, and only small-scale grassroots officers can command the battle with their combat experience. After winning small parts, they can gain initiative on a slightly larger battlefield, and ultimately form an advantage that swept the entire battlefield.
Chapter completed!