As soon as Li Jing left, Wang Mang received the news.
"When Li Jing withdrew his troops at this time, he probably discovered Zhu Tianpeng's fleet and knew that the war would be defeated, so he chose to withdraw his troops." Chen Qingzhi said.
"What is Li Jing thinking? He can't retreat at this time no matter what. Isn't he afraid that our army will catch up?" Wang Mang frowned.
He was fully prepared for this battle. He was waiting to annihilate the Qin army in one fell swoop and win a hearty victory to avenge his humiliation. However, his opponent ran away before the battle began? This made him feel like punching cotton in the face.
the feeling of powerlessness,
"Li Jing probably wanted to abandon his car to save his commander and reduce losses as much as possible. Although the retreat will inevitably lead to defeat, Penguin can still retain part of its strength." Zhou Yafu said.
Wang Mang nodded and ordered decisively: "Send the order and the whole army will pursue it."
"promise."
"By the way, send a message to Zhu Tianpeng and tell him that Li Jing has retreated before the war, and ask him to send Xia Ruqi over to help."
As he spoke, a strange color flashed in Wang Mang's eyes, and he said with a playful smile: "The Qin army ran away before the decisive battle started. The pursuit battle will follow, and Qi's thousands of navy troops will not be of much use anymore.
It would be a waste for a strong general like Xia Luqi to stay with Zhu Tianpeng, why not come over and help us."
"Lord, our army already has the reputation of Tantai, Ju Guuba, and Gongsun Shu. They are more than enough to deal with Ran Min. Is it necessary to go to Zhu Tianpeng to borrow Xia Luqi?"
"Be cautious, you're right." Wang Mang said with a smile.
Although Wang Mang currently has three god-level warriors under his command, namely Tantai, Ju Wuba and Gongsun Shu, Yuan Hong also had a record of defeating the three war gods of Nangong Changwan, Ju Wuba and Ma Shanwei before.
Although Ran Min's ranking on the general list is lower than that of Yuan Hong, he is also a veteran general on the general list. He has never fallen out of the top ten, and his strength may not be much weaker than Yuan Hong.
Wang Mang felt that it was still not safe to hold the three gods of war, so he borrowed Xia Luqi from Zhu Tianpeng to ensure that everything was safe.
Soon after, Zhu Tianpeng received a letter from Wang Mang, and also learned that Li Jing had withdrawn before the war started.
"It should be that we were exposed, so Li Jing retreated."
Zhu Tianpeng sighed. He thought he didn't reveal any flaws, but Li Jing still discovered his intentions. He felt that Li Jing's opponent was really terrifying.
What Zhu Tianpeng didn't know was that Li Jing was actually not sure either. It was just a fisherman who happened to see the fleet, which caused his plan to completely fail.
"Lord, what should we do now?" Sharuch asked.
Zhu Tianpeng didn't even think about it and said directly: "Change the route and attack Beihai City."
Since he was unable to deliver a fatal blow to the main force of the Qin army, Zhu Tianpeng could only settle for the next best thing. The damage caused to the Qin army by capturing Beihai City was definitely second only to Zhu Tianpeng's original plan.
As soon as they heard that they were going to attack Beihai City, the eyes of all the Qi generals lit up and they shouted in unison: "No."
"By the way, Xia Luqi, you take a boat of naval troops alone and go to join Wang Mang's army."
As he spoke, a coldness flashed in Zhu Tianpeng's eyes, and he sneered: "Now Wang Mang only needs to pursue, and Li Jing also has powerful generals such as Ran Min and Jin Tai under his command. Wang Mang is afraid that he does not have enough manpower, so he needs your help."
help."
"This...No."
After Xia Luqi pondered for a moment, he nodded and agreed. After all, there were no soldiers or generals on the Beihai side, but there was Ran Min on Wang Mang's side, and what he liked most was to pick tough enemies.
In this way, Zhu Tianpeng and Xia Luqi divided their troops into two groups. Zhu Tianpeng led the army by water and headed straight for the North Sea, while Xia Luqi led more than a hundred people to join Wang Mang.
Zhu Tianpeng's journey was as smooth as ever, his marching speed was much faster than that of his cavalry, and he even arrived at Beihai ahead of Jintai who returned overnight.
Looking at the majestic city in front of him, Zhu Tianpeng couldn't help but sigh: "Beihai, Jixian, I, Zhu Tianpeng, am back again."
Ju County is the administrative seat of Beihai, so it is also called Beihai City.
This was not Zhu Tianpeng's first attack on Beihai City. Huang Chao had not yet returned alive. When Kong Rong was the prefect, he had led his troops to Beihai more than once.
Zhu Tianpeng actually had a chance to capture the city, but due to various complicated reasons, he ultimately failed to capture Beihai, the strongest city in Qingzhou.
Until Li Jing succeeded Kong Rong as the governor of Beihai, there were no flaws in Beihai's defense, and Zhu Tianpeng never came to Beihai City again.
Now Zhu Tianpeng came to Beihai City again, but there were only three thousand defenders in the city, and there were no generals and only two civil servants guarding the city. This was definitely the moment when Beihai City's defense was at its weakest.
"Prepare to attack."
Without any nonsense, Zhu Tianpeng directly issued instructions to prepare for the siege. He also personally directed the army to attack the city and concentrated his forces to attack the east gate.
Zhu Tianpeng had made sufficient preparations for this trip. Not only did he bring enough food and grass on the ship, he also brought detachable siege equipment, so there was no need to build siege equipment on the spot.
On the city tower, Fu Nian and Fu Su looked solemnly at the enemy troops below the city, as well as Wang Yanzhang, Wang Yantong and other generals standing next to Zhu Tianpeng, and their hearts continued to sink.
Although Beihai's city defense is strong, the number of defenders is too small, and they have to defend four gates. How many more can be divided equally?
Although the number of the invading army is not large, there are so many famous generals that it is impossible to deal with any one of them, let alone so many of them.
Fu Nian and Fu Su also realized that the situation was not good, but it was absolutely impossible to abandon Beihai and escape without a fight.
Beihai city has 90% of the Qin army's food and grass stored in it. Once it is lost, Li Jing's main army will soon be out of food, and there will be no room for recovery.
Therefore, even if they knew that Beihai could not be defended, Fusu and Fu Nian had to hold on for as long as they could.
Fu Nian looked at Fusu, who was wearing armor and holding a sword, and sighed: "Brother Fusu, you are a scholar, there is no need to personally participate in the defense of the city."
Although Fu Nian is also a civil servant, he is a core disciple of Confucianism, has the skills of an early master, and his own martial arts is very high. It is natural for him to personally participate in the battle to defend the city, but Fusu is different from him.
Although Fusu is good at martial arts, he is very poor. He can handle one or two soldiers, but he cannot handle more than one.
When Fusu heard this, he raised his eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "I, the sons of the Qin family, all practice martial arts, even if they are literati.
Although my martial arts skills are not high, I, Fusu, am by no means a coward. As long as Fusu is still alive today, I will definitely fight with you, Brother Fu Nian, to the bitter end..."
Before Fusu could finish his words, he saw a stream of arrows flying towards him like a meteor, and hit Fusu right between the eyebrows.
Immediately afterwards, there was a "boom" sound, and Fusu's head exploded like a watermelon in front of Fu Nian's face.