Hearing that the Qin soldiers were attacking, the sentries on the tower immediately became nervous. The soldier who was responsible for reporting the news rushed down almost rolling and crawling.
It’s over!
It’s over!
I really look forward to whatever comes, but nothing comes!
Whoever you don’t want to come will have to come!
This was what Huan Chong was saying when he put on his armor and rushed up to the tower.
My luck is too bad!
It's good now, I can't run away even if I want to!
This sentence is not only Mr. Huan's complaint, but also a message to Huan Yi. Young people just have no experience.
As I said a long time ago, Di Qin would not just watch the Jin army occupy so many cities, and would definitely send troops to seize them.
If you want to run, there is a chance.
One day earlier, they might all be safe, but now?
Even if you don’t want to start a fight, you can only fight!
If Huan Chong had complained like this three days ago, Huan Yi might have retorted a few words, but now, the situation does not seem to be on his side.
"General, King Huanye please order us to go out of the city to meet the enemy!" He has to bear the trouble he caused. Despite Huan Yisheng's tender face, he is definitely an upright man.
Huan Chong looked at the situation ahead and sighed: "There's no rush yet."
"Looking at it, I see there aren't many of them."
"Wait until they get to the city and see what their intentions are."
"Then I'll set up defenses!" Huan Yi couldn't stand here and do nothing. The war was coming, and he had to do something.
On the contrary, at this time, Mr. Huan Chong, who had always advocated running away if he could and running away as soon as possible, was very calm.
It's not that he has confidence in the Jingzhou soldiers, but that his estimate of the enemy's strength is accurate.
According to his visual inspection, this Di Qin army did not exceed two thousand people at most.
Perhaps, it is the vanguard sent by Nanyang County. The large group of people is still behind.
Huanchong here also has some knowledge of the situation in Nanyang County. Compared with Xinye, the city defense in Nanyang County is stronger. The city has high walls and strong walls, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.
And because it was closer to the hinterland of Di Qin, Nanyang County had more troops, including many elites.
And now, the person guarding Nanyang County is none other than Di Qin's famous general Yang Ding.
Yang Ding was a native of Qiuchi. He was brave in battle and quite strategic. Most importantly, he was quite popular with Fu Jian.
Fu Jian personally recruited him as his consort and married Princess Lueyang to him.
There is Yang Ding in Nanyang County, which is one of the reasons why Huan Chong always thinks about running away. He is not a general who is always courageous.
In Xiangyang a few days ago, the reason why he fought so bravely and seemed like a different person was because he was infected by the atmosphere.
At that time, there were shouts of fighting and killing outside Xiangyang City, and the Jin army was so powerful that not only the generals leading the army, but also the most ordinary recruits were full of confidence.
In that atmosphere, even Huan Chong was moved. Naturally, he forgot his usual behavior and rushed forward.
Of course, the effect of such a charge was not bad. Huan Chong won a long-lost victory, allowing his prestige to fly over the Jin Dynasty again.
However, Huan Chong, who was so courageous, was not the real Huan Chong after all. The real Huan Chong still preferred to fight a sure battle.
For many years, Huan Chong fought with the belief that if you know yourself and the enemy, you will not lose even if you don't win.
But now, with the army pressing on the border, it is no longer realistic to retreat immediately. Since we can't retreat, then go forward!
Fight him and buy time for the Jingzhou soldiers.
Huan Chong judged that this vanguard should be tasked with half attacking and half spying on the situation.
Only by suppressing this force can the Jingzhou soldiers maintain their strength and retreat to Xiangyang City. At the same time, they can also give the arrogant Qin soldiers a head-on attack!
We are not sure about attacking 10,000 people, but if we deal with 2,000 people, the current strength of Xinye City is more than enough.
bring it on!
Let you see how powerful my old general is!
Huan Chong waved his sword forward on the tower, full of pride!
That momentum!
That's awesome!
This really made all the officers and soldiers present straighten their backs and feel proud.
"My subordinates are willing to follow General Huan and will drive the Di Qin troops out of Xinye City!"
"good!"
"With all the soldiers working together, we, the Jingzhou soldiers, will definitely win even if we fight alone!" Huan Chong stood in front of the parapet and announced loudly.
Inspired by him, the Jingzhou soldiers who were a little timid just now gathered their courage, and even their eyes changed!
It becomes bright and full of energy, and murderous intent bursts out!
"General Huan, please take shelter below. We can handle it with the generals here!"
Liu Chun stepped forward and wanted to invite General Huan to leave. Unexpectedly, the old general refused to leave this time.
He held on to the wall and said confidently: "What are you afraid of?"
"Anyway, Yang Ding won't come. These young Di Qin generals can't do anything to me!"
Yang Ding?
Liu Chun was stunned, and suddenly thought of the name that Huan Chong mentioned repeatedly a few days ago, the great general who defeated Qin.
I heard that this man was also a rare wise general among Di Qin. No wonder Huan Chong was so courageous at this moment. It turned out that he was sure that Yang Ding would not take the lead!
On the other side, at the foot of Xinye City, the man who led the Di Qin soldiers to attack the city was indeed not the general Yang Ding, but another general named Yang, Yang Bi, who was also Fu Jian's son-in-law.
Comparing the two of them, Yang Bi cannot be compared with Yang Ding in terms of strategy and combat skills. He is able to guard a large county like Nanyang only because he is Yang Jian's son-in-law and is a cousin to Yang Ding.
It's so cheap.
The two brothers Yang Ding and Yang Bi have been guarding Nanyang County for two years. In the past two years, the two brothers have worked together with Wei Xing and lived a stable life of good food and good food.
The city of Xiangyang, which is across the river from them, has a vast territory and strong troops, and is closer to the Jin Dynasty. With the defenders of Xiangyang blocking it, the Jin army will never be able to reach Nanyang.
However, good times must eventually come to an end. Ever since Xiangyang and Xinye were connected, Yang Ding could no longer sit still.
But, take the initiative?
Without Fu Jian's order, he did not dare to attack easily. For fear of offending the Jin troops in Xinye and Xiangyang, they would join forces and seize Nanyang County again.
Then Yang Ding's crime would be even greater.
However, the Jin army's front was really sharp, and Yang Ding was beating a small drum in his heart, and quickly sent a letter to Fu Jian in Chang'an City, requesting the order.
However, several days passed, but no reply was received.
This is obviously very abnormal, something must have happened in Chang'an City!
However, Yang Ding, who was far away in Nanyang, couldn't guess what happened.
At this time, his impatient cousin Yang Bi quietly left the city to challenge the Jingzhou soldiers in Xinye City. Let’s see how strong these people are!
"General Yang, look!"
"There is movement in the Jin army!"
Yang Bi reined in his horse and looked up. Sure enough, on the Xinye City Tower occupied by the Jin army, the originally loose sentries suddenly became alert, the number of people suddenly increased, and a shield formation was erected on the tower!
"Shield formation!"
"It seems like we're going to take a defensive stance!"
"Brothers, follow me and rush to the east corner gate first!"
Yang Bi waved his whip, and the Di Qin soldiers rushed down the mountain towards Xinye City like tigers.
Huan Chong's prediction was correct. The Di Qin army led by Yang Bi was indeed very small in number. Except for the 300-man cavalry team who took the lead and looked very powerful, the rest were infantry.
The number of these foot soldiers is only over a thousand.
Since only such a small number of troops were sent, it can be seen that Yang Ding, who formulated the strategy, took the initiative to attack this time not to capture Xinye City at all.
Valley bath
It was just to shock and to spy on the true and false status of the Jin army.
After all, they have not yet figured out how many Jin troops are stationed in Xinye, and the purpose of going out to challenge the city is not to besiege the Jin troops.
This was their strategy to give the Jin army a limited blow, end the battle before dark, and return to Wei Xing.
Just a thousand people trying to storm the main gate would definitely not be successful.
Although Yang Bi's wisdom is not high, he doesn't even have this bit of vision. In comparison, the walls of Xinye City are not as strong as those of Nanyang County.
Although the main door is inaccessible, the corner door is still very likely to be opened by impact.
Concentrating his superior forces, Yang Bi pointed all Di Qin's soldiers towards the east corner gate of Xinye City.
At this moment, several generals whose vision and minds were disturbed by the sudden Qin soldiers still had no idea where the goal of this group of Qin soldiers was.
The focus of their defense is still the main entrances in the southeast, northwest and northwest of Xinye City. The danger is rapidly approaching...
"Oh no!"
"Something bad is going to happen!"
"General Huan, enemy troops have also been discovered at the south gate!"
Huan Yi, who was organizing defenses under the north gate, was already too busy to touch the ground when he suddenly heard such news.
My heart suddenly sank.
"There are also enemy troops at the south gate?"
"Did you see clearly?"
To the south of Xinye City is Xiangyang, and as we all know, Xiangyang City has been firmly controlled by the Jin army.
Just the day before yesterday, he received news from Xiangyang City, saying that it was peaceful and without any disturbance.
Why did the Qin army appear?
Although the battle situation was urgent and many complicated things were involved, Huan Yi still persevered. He did not rush, but followed the sentry who reported the news and climbed to the south gate tower.
We have to see who this person is, who can actually break through Xiangyang City and run wild in Xinye!
When Huan Yi climbed onto the south gate tower and took a closer look, he was immediately stunned.
"Are you blind?"
"That's the Jin army!"
"Is it the Jin army?" Several sentries gathered together and rubbed their eyes at the same time. Huan Yi pinched their heads and asked them to turn in the right direction.
Look at the soldiers galloping in on their steeds, they are all wearing the Jin army's standard armor.
As for the two people at the front of the team, the more Huan Yi looked at them, the more they felt like they were familiar.
"Zhiyuan!"
"Send a slave!"
That’s right!
The two men at the front of the pistol team were Wang Mi and Liu Yu who had traveled a long distance from Jiankang City.
Behind them is a cavalry team of about five hundred people!
All of them are majestic and energetic.
"Zhiyuan, why are you here?"
There was still a threat from the Qin soldiers at the north gate. Huan Yi could only stand on the tower and talk to Wang Mi from a distance. Of course, he hoped to open the city gate and let Wang Mi and the others in. However, that would most likely result in the Qin soldiers being killed.
If they seize the opportunity and let them break through the city gate, wouldn't it be like destroying the Great Wall?
Wang Mi and the others traveled a long way and even drank water on horseback. The bumpy horseback and non-stop marching day and night made all the generals exhausted.
However, when he saw Huan Yi's nervous eyes, he immediately realized that something big had happened!
The current situation in Xinye City is definitely not peaceful, at least it is completely different from the news they received from the Xiangyang guard.
"Wild King, what's going on?"
"Can't we go into town?"
Wang Mi hurriedly reined in his horse, and at the same time ordered the soldiers behind him to stop charging temporarily. He was patrolling under the tower, and Huan Yi was right in his sight, talking to him against the wall.
"The Qin soldiers from Nanyang County are attacking!"
"I can't let you into the city!"
"Chang'an City is in chaos, and Fu Jian is missing. The top priority now is to repel this Qin army first!" Huan Yi continued to output, and the tense situation did not allow him to speak out the important information in an orderly manner.
He had no choice but to throw out the news that he considered the most important. This time, the news that Fu Jian was missing was like a bombshell, exploding in Xiao Wang's head without any warning!
What is this?
Chang'an City is in chaos?
Fu Jian is still missing?
Is this dead?
The script of the Battle of Feishui has been staged in advance?
It can't be done!
A lot of question marks popped up in his mind, as did Liu Yu beside him. However, they also knew that even if they were full of questions, now was not a good time to clarify them.
"Zhiyuan, you came at the right time!
"Xinye's troops are limited, and it is not advisable to go out of the city to fight. Can you work with Jinnu to block the attack first?"
Huan Yi had already seen the mighty cavalry following Wang Mi!
"Wild King, don't worry!"
"Let's go now, we will definitely come back with a great victory!"
"Thank you!"
God is really helping me!
God is really kind to Jingzhou soldiers!
Ever since the Jingzhou soldiers won a great victory over Xiangyang, Huan Yi had often had this thought. The recent celestial phenomena seemed to be very favorable to the Jingzhou soldiers.
Several times of crisis have been able to be turned into safety, and the key is that there are always noble people to help. This has to be said to be God's will.
He recalled what a friend from Jiangzhou who was good at observing the sky said: The star of the year is in Wu, which is beneficial to the Jin army.
It seems that it is not just Jingzhou that is favored by God. The entire Jin army, including the Jin Dynasty's court, is under God's care.
Huan Yi thought this while getting on his horse. He must tell Huan Chong the news as soon as possible.
No matter what, the old man still has great trust in Wang Mi. Let him know that if Wang Mi arrives in time, he will probably not mention the retreat again!
Huan Yi was busy inside the city, and Wang Mi outside the city did not hesitate to give way.
The Qin army is coming!
They actually came!
Isn’t this an opportunity God has sent to us?
"Brothers, later, it will be the time for our pistol team to show its face for the first time!"
"How about it?"
"are you ready?"
The horse galloped without stopping for a moment, braving the yellow sand, and Wang Mi shouted loudly.
"Shilang Wang, we have been prepared for a long time!"
"Just look at ours!"
Master Wei's young apprentice is named Li Kuan. Ever since Wang Mi's pistol team was formed, he has been an active member of it.
I saw him patting his waist and claiming very confidently.
Wang Mi was also very pleased.
"Send slaves, the archers will protect you from the front for a while, and the pistol team will follow."
Liu Yu nodded and immediately slowed down the running speed of his war horse, waiting for the pistol team behind to arrange tactics.