A fire broke out in the city, and the Qi army outside the city also saw it. Zilong and his generals were already ready. After watching the fire burn for about an hour, he ordered the army to attack.
The overwhelming Qi and Wu coalition forces moved out together. The sound of footsteps, horse hoofs, and wheels was low but heart-stirring.
Huangfu Nianfeng first saw a fire in the forage yard in the city. On the one hand, he sent orders to put out the fire, and on the other hand, he sent orders to strengthen defenses to prevent the Qi army from taking the opportunity to attack the city. However, after waiting for half an hour, there was no sound from the Qi army. However, the prison in the city was in chaos.
All the prisoners rushed out, and the defending soldiers could not restrain themselves and hurriedly asked for help from the commander's mansion. Seeing that the Qi army did not move, Huangfu Nianfeng guessed that there was no intention to attack the city, so he would not attack again tonight, so he sent an order
The soldiers guarding the city were dispatched, one to rescue the fire in the forage yard, and the other to suppress the prisoners in the prison.
Less than half an hour after the soldiers on the city were mobilized, the remaining soldiers saw a circle of dark shadows coming up from all around. With the dull sound, the earth trembled, and the hearts of the Vietnamese soldiers seemed to be stepped on.
Countless big feet were crushing them, making people shudder. The Vietnamese army looked out blankly, and when they saw clearly that it was the Qi army, they saw countless torches lit, the sound of bows and crossbows, and then there was a blade of grass like locusts.
Sharp swords and crossbows fell from the sky.
The arrows and crossbows of the Qi army fell almost like raindrops, and they continued to rain for nearly half an hour. Even if the soldiers of the Yue army were holding shields, many of them were hit by sharp arrows, not to mention those who could not avoid or were shot by sharp arrows.
They were soldiers who lacked protective gear. For a moment, the screams shook the sky. Amid the wails of the Vietnamese army, the Qi army's crashing cars, walking towers, and ladders also reached outside the city wall, and the Qi army shouted and attacked from all sides.
Huangfu Nianfeng originally assigned a task to focus on defending the city on one side of the Qi army's commander's camp. But at this time, the Qi and Wu coalition forces rushed upward from all sides, and the Vietnamese army's defenders were almost disintegrated in a moment.
.The city defenses on all sides were broken into by the Qi army one after another, and then the city gates were opened, and the cavalry outside the city also roared into the city.
Huangfu Nianfeng was in the commander's tent and heard the footsteps of the Qi army's attack and the shouts that followed. He already knew that tonight might be the last battle of his life. He hurriedly mobilized troops to replenish the city defense, but
The reinforcing Vietnamese army met the Qi army's cavalry head-on. The panicked Vietnamese army had no chance to fight back in front of the murderous Qi army. They were scratched by sabers, trampled by war horses, and shot by stray arrows. They fell one after another.
on the ground.
Huangfu Nianfeng was riding on his horse and standing in front of the commander's mansion. Looking at the defeated soldiers in front of him, he no longer had the idea of stopping the soldiers. He just thought about dying in Hangzhou and serving the King of Yue.
Just fulfill your name as a loyal minister.
When some of the scattered soldiers saw the commander riding steadily on his horse in front of the commander's mansion, they stopped and slowly gathered around Huangfu Nianfeng.
When the Qi troops from all around surrounded them, the thousands of Vietnamese troops gathered around Huangfu Nianfeng were determined to fight the Marshal. They only waited for Marshal Huangfu's order to fight to the death with the Qi troops.
Zilong slowly urged his horse forward and glanced at Huangfu Nianfeng and the Vietnamese army in front of him. He hung his big gun on the bird's wing ring and bowed his hands to Huangfu Nianfeng first. He said loudly: "Marshal Huangfu, I admire you.
You are an old general, and I am not willing to kill them all today. As long as you lead your troops to defect to my country of Qi, I am willing to defend you in front of the prince. I can still lead the troops for the general and have a city to hold with your men."
Huangfu Nianfeng also returned the gift, and then looked at the Vietnamese troops around him. He sighed and said: "General Zilong, I have heard of your reputation for a long time. I have been defeated by you repeatedly today. I don't have the face to do it anymore." I fight with you, but as a general, I can only be loyal to you and serve my country. Today I only ask you one thing: I fight with the general, whether life or death, I have no complaints. I just ask the general not to make it difficult for these soldiers and let them live! "
After hearing this, the Vietnamese troops around them shouted: "I am willing to advance and retreat with the marshal, and I am willing to live and die with the marshal!"
Huangfu Nianfeng waved his hand to signal everyone to silence, and then said loudly: "My incompetence has caused you to fall into crisis with me. This is God's will. This time I fight against General Zilong. No matter what, you can save your lives." , just go home and farm hard!”
Having said that, as soon as he urged the war horse, Zilong rushed over. Zilong also took off his big gun, and when Huangfu Nianfeng's big sword struck down, he knocked it out with the gun, and Huangfu Nianfeng's big sword almost fell away. Huangfu Nianfeng hurriedly borrowed it. He drew back the broadsword as it rebounded, and then swept it across Zilong's waist. Zilong knocked away the broadsword and was not in a hurry to attack. When Huangfu's broadsword came again, he set up his gun to block it. This time Huangfu Nianfeng's broadsword He couldn't hold it anymore, and the sword flew away from his hand.
Zilong did not attack, but looked at Huangfu Nianfeng and asked: "Marshal Huangfu, do you want to fight again?"
Huangfu Nianfeng shook his head helplessly and said: "I am defeated. I only ask the general to succeed."
Seeing that Huangfu Nianfeng refused to surrender, Zilong nodded and said: "Since the old marshal wants to be loyal to the emperor and serve the country, Zilong also respects a loyal hero like you."
After saying this, he handed over his hand to Huangfu Nianfeng. Huangfu Nianfeng drew out his sword, looked at Fucheng from a distance on his horse, and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, this humble minister has taken a step forward." Then he put the sword across his neck and committed suicide.
The generals and marshals of the Vietnamese army were dead, and they all abandoned their weapons, knelt on the ground, and burst into tears. Zilong watched from a distance on his horse and admired: What a loyal general. Then he ordered the Qi army to collect Huangfu. After Nian Feng's corpse was found, a good coffin was found, and the cleanup of Hangzhou was completed, and then it was sent back to Fucheng.
Thousands of Vietnamese troops here were also escorted out of the city by the Qi army, and were temporarily held in prisoner-of-war camps until daybreak to deal with them.
The news of the death of Marshal Huangfu Nianfeng of the Vietnamese army spread quickly throughout Hangzhou. After hearing this, the Vietnamese troops who were still resisting lost their fighting spirit and abandoned their weapons and surrendered. By daybreak, all the Qi and Wu coalition forces had Hangzhou was captured. Prince Qi Yi also entered the Yue Palace under military escort.
Regarding the 30,000 to 40,000 Vietnamese troops held in prisoner-of-war camps outside the city, the prince, Zilong, and Zhuge Qingyun discussed that those who were willing to stay in the army would be assigned to various camps; those who were unwilling to stay and wanted to go home would be given travel expenses. They were released on the spot; those who wanted to return to Fucheng were also released together.
The Qi army was stationed on the spot to organize the defense of Hangzhou and put up notices to appease the people.
The prince knew that Hangzhou was far away from Fucheng, and there were many city defense passes during the period. It was impossible for his hundreds of thousands of troops to continue to attack Fucheng. Moreover, it was already early autumn, and the wedding date of himself and Princess Yingping was approaching. So he sent an order. Army, consolidate the territory occupied.
The King of Qi received the good news of the crown prince's victory, and also sent an imperial envoy to labor the army, and issued an order for the crown prince to return to Lucheng as soon as possible to marry the princess of Wu.
The King of Wu also entrusted Prince Yingjing to express his congratulations to the Crown Prince and promised to give the Crown Prince the land occupied by the Wu army as a dowry for the princess's dowry.
The prince accepted the imperial edict from the King of Qi and entrusted the military affairs of Hangzhou to Zilong. The first was to stabilize the territory occupied by Yue; the second was to wait for an opportunity to join Zhang Yankun's army and jointly attack the Yue army led by Huo Yuan. Zhuge Qingyun replied to the city and reorganized the letter.
After that, he sent a letter to King Wuyou, asking him to return to Lucheng as soon as possible to attend his wedding celebration. After everything was arranged, the prince left for home.
King Wu also sent Prince Yingjing to escort Princess Yingping and set off for Lucheng in Qi State at the same time.
King Wuyou saw that the city of Hangzhou had been acquired, and all the northeastern territory of Yue had been returned to Qi. The Qi army led by Zhang Yankun also joined the army of Prince Dali in the upper city, and all the southwest of Yue was occupied by the Qi army and the Dali army.
The Vietnamese army led by Huo Yuan faced off. There was no major change in the war during the emergency. Moreover, the Qi army, the Wu army, the Dali army, and the Vietnamese army all fought continuously. They were exhausted and needed to rest and recuperate. So they took Ying'er and others with them.
He quietly left his residence outside Fucheng and returned to Qi State.
After Yinger rescued Li Long, she kept her by her side and gave her good words to comfort her. Li Long also knew that Yinger had taken the trouble to save him, so he was naturally grateful. Since it was impossible to return to his parents, Li Long obeyed Yinger.
We were invited to go to Qi State together. When King Wuyou saw that Ying'er had made such an arrangement, he just followed Ying'er's wishes and refused to comment.
Although Huo Yuan's army was all old and weak, and the heroes did not understand the orders in the army, it was quite difficult to manage. But Huo Yuan had some skills after all. When he faced the battle, he used those heroes to charge forward, and he achieved great success.
, and then used a large army to cover up the kill. Although the combat power was mixed, he was able to attack weak points, gather small victories into big victories, slowly deal with the Qi army, and actually stabilize the defense on the southwest front line. The coalition forces of Zhang Yankun and Duan Prince, each
If there is any gain, it will be taken back by Huo Yuan immediately, and the two sides will fall into a stalemate.
King Wuyou led everyone along the coast of Yue Kingdom. When they arrived in Hangzhou, they went to see Zilong and had a secret talk with Zilong for two days. During this period, Ying'er and Li Long were allowed to wander around Hangzhou, and Li Long returned to the Duke's Mansion.
After looking at it, Lu Zheng then ordered the soldiers to take good care of him and not to let anyone in without permission. Li Long was moved and thanked Lu Zheng directly, but Lu Zheng didn't know how to express his gratitude.
After leaving Hangzhou and passing by Wu State, Ying'er remembered Xinyi and wanted to take Li Long to Yinguang Tower. Li Long was still young, so he and Ying'er would go sightseeing together every day, and study in their free time.
Playing some chess, calligraphy, and painting, or being a female celebrity, you will forget the pain of leaving home. I heard that there is a woman named Xinyi, who is as beautiful as a fairy, knows how to play, can sing good songs, and can also make tea.
, good handwriting, and so on, I admired him very much in my heart. I asked ** to change into the dress of Young Master Wensheng, and followed him happily all the way.
As they were approaching Yinguang Tower, someone with sharp eyes recognized Ying'er. Seeing that she was the little ancestor from Qi Ci Fang, they followed her and stumbled in to see the madam. The madam found out about Ying'er from Xinyi's mouth.
After some things, I wasn't too panicked anymore, I just hurriedly welcomed them out. It happened that Ying'er and the others also came in. The old madam went up and hurriedly agreed, shouting: "Isn't this Mr. Xue? It's that fragrant wind again.
If you like it, come and sit upstairs."
Ying'er was a little embarrassed by her shouting, so she said softly: "I came to look for sister Xinyi, is she still here?"
The old madam kept saying it, and it turned out that Miss Xinyi had left here half a month ago, saying she was going to Lucheng, Qi State, to stay for a while. When Ying'er heard this, she laughed and said, "That's great! That's exactly what I want to go back to."
From Lucheng, let’s take our leave.” After that, he and Li Long and the others went back to Qi Ci Fang.
** was also listening, and felt something was wrong in her heart. As soon as she returned to the store, she hurriedly went to tell King Wuyou about her concerns.