Li Guogong and Liu Yunzhong returned to the court to report to the King of Yue. Naturally, Taoist Master Lingxu would not say that he was incompetent. He even said that the fox demon was extremely powerful, and with Xiong Fei and the martial artist as witnesses, the King of Yue was convinced.
Already.
The King of Yue heard that there was indeed a fox demon causing trouble and that the female relatives of Qi Shang were captured. He was even more frightened. He could only see how the Yue army led by Huangfu Nianfeng and Huo Yuan would fare against the Qi army. As for the war between the Yue army and the Qi army,
Qi Shang from Qi Ci Fang first used troops to guard them and prevent them from escaping.
Liu Yunzhong also proposed a plan to the King of Yue. He could carefully search the surrounding mountains and forests to see if there was anything unusual. At the same time, he secretly visited powerful magicians in the country to deal with the demon fox together.
The King of Yue had no other plan, so he let Liu Yunzhong and Li Guogong discuss it, but no matter what, they must find the third prince as soon as possible.
When the 30,000 troops behind him arrived, Zilong began to attack Yue. Because he was attacking with light cavalry and did not carry any siege weapons, Zilong ordered the army to only keep an eye on the Vietnamese troops in the city, while the cavalry continued to advance.
When the Yue army saw the Qi army passing around the city, they also recited Amitabha to themselves. Who doesn't know that General Zilong of the Qi State is a man who can never defeat a hundred battles?
Prince Yingjing of the King of Wu also mobilized his army to serve as Zilong's flank and advance together with Zilong.
More than 50,000 Qi and Wu coalition forces quickly bypassed the two city defenses and arrived at Ningcheng, less than 200 miles away from Hangzhou. The reinforcements from the Vietnamese Army Marshal Huangfu Nianfeng also arrived at Ningcheng, and the two armies faced each other from a distance.
Another army of the Qi army, led by Zhang Yankun, has conquered the upper city and advanced to the gates of Qucheng. Huo Yuan, the general of the Yue State, led reinforcements to Lancheng and waited for the Qi army. Dali's army also invaded Yue from the border.
Echoing Zhang Yankun.
The court of Shu State is still undecided on whether to assist Yue State. To send troops to directly assist Vietnam, it is necessary to borrow a channel from Chu State. Since the new king of Chu State came to the throne, Prime Minister Dongfang Yin has been in control of the government and advocated an alliance with Qi. Moreover, Chu State
The princess of Chu State is also engaged to the prince of Qi State, so it is impossible to borrow a passage from Chu State. If you forcefully pass through the territory of Chu State and Dali State, you will inevitably be attacked by Dali State. If Chu State also takes advantage of the situation to attack, the aid of Vietnam will
The Shu army will be surrounded. Moreover, the Qi army stationed in Lincheng and Xincheng has also moved to the Shu Kingdom, in preparation for the Shu Kingdom sending troops.
The king of Shu could not make up his mind, so he still delayed the continuation of the court meeting. King Kongzi of Yue sent letters several times a day to urge him, but he could not see any action from the kingdom of Shu.
Zilong's army confronted Huangfu Nianfeng in Ningcheng, but Wu's reinforcements continued to join. With the arrival of siege equipment, Zilong had already sent orders to prepare for the siege.
Huangfu Nianfeng looked at the map and found that the Qi army led by Zilong did not capture the two cities behind, but instead attacked around the city. There were still Vietnamese troops stationed in those two cities. So he secretly ordered the defenders in the two places to attack
On the agreed date, we marched out of the city together and attacked the Qi and Wu coalition forces together with us.
There are two defenders: one is the defender of Lingcheng, with about 5,000 or 6,000 people, and the defender is Du Cheng; the other is the defender of Jingcheng, with about 5,000 people, and the defender is Li Chun.
After receiving the marshal's military order, the two had to obey and secretly gathered good troops in the city. They waited until then to fight out from their respective cities and attack the rear of the Qi army. At that time, Huangfu Nianfeng would lead tens of thousands of troops in Ning City to attack the city.
The Qi and Wu coalition forces outside attacked, making it impossible for the Qi and Wu coalition forces to take care of both the head and tail, and were completely wiped out outside Ningcheng.
The commanders of both sides were busy mobilizing their troops, each with their own plans to annihilate the enemy.
On the next day, the Vietnamese troops in Lingcheng rushed out of the city. Thousands of Qi troops who were responsible for the siege outside the city were unprepared, abandoned their camp, and fled to the land of Wu. Du Chengjian repulsed
Qi Jun also felt uneasy in his heart. He felt that Qi Jun was just like this and was vulnerable. It seemed that he was too careful to be afraid of Qi Jun in the front. So he ignored the Qi Jun who had escaped and led his troops towards Jingcheng.
Prepare to meet up with General Li in Jingcheng and surround Zilong's army from behind.
Li Chun, who was in Jingcheng, also led his troops to fight out according to the time. The Qi army also discarded their armor and fled to Ningcheng and Wu. Li Chun led the army to charge and kill for a while, and the Qi army scattered in all directions to see if they could not catch up.
He was ready to return to the city. He waited for General Du to arrive, and then the two groups of troops attacked the Qi army from behind.
As they were about to reach the city, they saw a Vietnamese army approaching, which looked like an army horse from Lingcheng. Li Chun stopped the team, thinking that if General Du Cheng came, he would meet outside the city and go directly to Ningcheng to kill him.
While waiting, the two armies gathered at the place where two arrows were drawn, but suddenly all the troops on the opposite side changed to the flag of the Qi army. Then the cavalry in front rushed up, first with a shower of arrows, and then they came closer waving their sabers.
Li Chun stood in front and hung his weapon on the horse's wing ring. When he saw that the situation was not right and rushed to grab the weapon, the arrow rain had already fallen. Poor Li Chun was immediately shot through by random arrows, almost turning him into a hedgehog.
The horse fell off his horse, and there was no life left at all.
When the Vietnamese army saw that their general was dead, the Qi army's light cavalry was coming with a fierce force and could not withstand it, so they were defeated one after another. Some fled to the city. The defenders on the city wanted to close the city gate, but it was too late. The defeated army entered, and behind them
The cavalry of the Qi army also came in to fight.
Jingcheng was easily captured by the Qi army, and the defenders either surrendered or fled in all directions. Those who were slower to abandon their weapons were mostly killed by the Qi army. Those Qi troops who were driven away by Li Chun also came back from all directions. A Qi army
Then he put on the uniforms and flags of the Vietnamese army and waited for the arrival of the Vietnamese army in Lingcheng.
Du Cheng left Lingcheng and rushed to Jingcheng. Hearing the sound of fighting in front of him, he hurriedly stopped his troops and sent out his horses to check the news. He said that the defenders of Jingcheng had defeated the Qi army and had returned to the city.
Encountered some Vietnamese troops and were clearing out scattered Qi troops.
After hearing this, Du Cheng was even more determined, feeling that the Qi army was nothing more than this. He urged his men and horses to rush to Jingcheng to meet up with Li Chun soon. The two of them joined forces to attack Zilong's army outside Ningcheng.
Du Cheng had forgotten everything at this time and felt that even General Zilong of the Qi army could only be captured easily. By then, he would be famous all over the world and would be promoted to a higher rank in the Yue Kingdom.
He was intoxicated, and his troops had already arrived outside the city. He saw the city gate opened wide, and a group of troops came out to greet him. Du Cheng only thought he was Li Chun's defender, so he urged his horse to greet him. When he got closer,
, did not see Li Chun, and was about to ask, but saw the Vietnamese troops on the opposite side bending their bows and setting arrows, rushing forward with a hula, and then a shower of arrows fell from the sky.
Du Cheng was shot off his horse by random arrows before he had time to react. The Vietnamese army behind him was first thrown into chaos by the rain of arrows, and then was rushed to pieces by the cavalry. The corpses of the Yue army and Qi army were scattered around,
They also surrounded them from all sides. Thousands of Vietnamese troops resisted for a while, then lost their fighting spirit and abandoned their weapons and surrendered.
Here the Qi army captured two cities with almost no effort, and then one unit consolidated the city defenses, while the other unit raised the flag of Yue and marched towards Ningcheng.
At the same time, Huangfu Nianfeng in Ningcheng also fought out of the city. Tens of thousands of Yue troops were inseparable from the Qi and Wu coalition forces. During the stalemate, a group of troops came from a distance, under the banner of the Yue army, but did not attack.
The rear of the Qi army bypassed the fighting parties and headed towards Ningcheng. After Huangfu Nianfeng got the news, he felt doubtful in his heart. He wanted to stop the Vietnamese army and come to meet him to fight the Qi army together.
, but it was difficult to escape from the battle with the Qi army.
At this time, the Vietnamese army left behind in Ningcheng also saw the Vietnamese army. They saw that they had thrown away their helmets and armor, their flags were dragged backwards, and the soldiers in front were covered with blood. They thought they were the defeated troops in front. When the Vietnamese soldiers shouted
He shouted to the defenders in the city to open the door, but the soldiers did not pay close attention and hurriedly opened the city gate.
The Vietnamese army looked dejected and entered the city. As soon as they entered the city, they suddenly became energetic, drew their swords and guns, and killed the Vietnamese army around them. The Vietnamese army could not distinguish between ourselves and the enemy for a while, panicked, and were killed by these defeated soldiers.
They had to flee in all directions. Some defeated soldiers went up to the city tower, took down the flag of the Vietnamese army, and took the flag of the Qi army from their bodies to replace it. For a while, the flag of the Qi army fluttered on the Ningcheng city tower.
The two armies standing on the field saw this change. The morale of the Qi army and the Wu army was greatly boosted, and they fought more fiercely. However, the Yue army was in chaos and lost the will to resist.
Zilong also saw on his horse that Ningcheng had been attacked by his own surprise troops, so he shouted: "Ningcheng has been occupied by our Qi army. The Vietnamese army must abandon their weapons and surrender quickly, otherwise they will be killed without mercy."
The Qi army shouted in unison: "Surrender, don't kill; surrender, don't kill!"
The Vietnamese army had no fighting spirit. They abandoned their swords one after another and fled or surrendered. Huangfu Nianfeng wanted to stop it, but he couldn't, and he could only be trapped by the defeated army and fled towards the country.
Zilong pointed his big gun, and thousands of Qi troops shouted to kill Zhentian and chased him fiercely.
After Huangfu Nianfeng retreated, he could only stop the defeat by pushing down Xianxia Town. Seeing that the Qi army had not caught up, Huangfu Nianfeng hurriedly gathered the defeated troops around him. He saw that there were less than ten thousand people, and the rest did not know whether they were alive or dead.
Huangfu Nianfeng also sighed secretly and regretted not listening to Prince Huo's advice. At this time, he could only station his troops on the spot in Xianxia Town and form a formation to resist the Qi army's pursuit.
Although Zilong did not pursue Huangfu Nianfeng's defeated army, he sent a light cavalry to bypass Xianxia Town and chase a defeated army straight to Lin'an. Wu's army also took advantage of the great victory in Ningcheng and defeated the Vietnamese army in one fell swoop.
The defenders entered Yue territory.
In just one day, the Vietnamese army was defeated in Ningcheng, losing three cities, and the defeated army retreated to Xianxia Town. The news was spread back to Hangzhou, and the government and the public were shocked. On the one hand, it was an urgent letter from Huangfu Nianfeng requesting reinforcements; on the other hand, it was the Yixing garrison
An urgent letter from the army. The northern defense line of the Yue Kingdom has shown a complete defeat. There are almost no mobilized troops in the Yue Kingdom. There are only the city defense troops and the imperial army in Hangzhou, with a total of less than 50,000 people on both sides. The King of Yue also felt secretly in his heart.
Regret, not listening to Prince Huo's words, but now he has reached this step. In desperation, the King of Yue had no choice but to move to Prince Huo's mansion again and ask Prince Huo for advice.
Prince Huo also learned about the war ahead and couldn't help but sigh. When the King of Yue arrived at the house, Prince Huo had already packed up. The old prince, who was over sixty years old, put on his armor again. When he saw the King of Yue, he paid his respects and asked for orders to lead him personally.
The army consolidated the city defenses, resisted the Qi army, and defended the city of Hangzhou.
The King of Yue burst into tears of gratitude, granted Prince Huo the power of military aircraft, and mobilized all the troops and horses around Hangzhou to defend the safety of Hangzhou.
King Wuyou was also well aware of the war ahead. That night, he arranged for Gu Yuetian and Peng Yunzhan to secretly leave Qi Ci Fang through the secret passage in the backyard and find another safe place to hide.
The next day, there was actually only Gu Yuetian alone upstairs. Xiong Fei and the martial artist went up. Gu Yuetian suddenly appeared behind the martial artist. When the martial artist turned around, he was frightened. Before he could react, Xiong Fei came from behind.
The martial artist thought he had been hit by the demon fox's magic. Xiong Fei fought on top, but Gu Yuetian had already left quietly. Everyone was attracted by the sound of fighting, and Gu Yuetian's movement was like lightning, so no one paid attention to Gu Yuetian.
Yuetian left.
Liu Yunzhong and others only searched upstairs and around, but they did not know that Ying'er and others had left elsewhere in advance.
Now that the Qi army is still invading the country of Yue, King Wuyou naturally took Shopkeeper Tan and his clerk out of Qi Ci Fang by a secret road at night, met Ying'er, and hid in the city respectively. Gu Yuetian made up for everyone