The cool breeze swept away the heat in the air, and the rain clouds blocked the sky. It was about to rain, but Yu Qing felt a burst of annoyance.

Not long ago, he just suffered a big loss.

The Ming army's attack was too sudden. Although the Qi and Ming armies were already in a fierce confrontation in Feng County, Shayang County, the court's judgment was that the Ming army could not have launched an attack on Qi at this time. The reports sent by the court in the past few days were also filled with such arguments, but now in his opinion, they were all wishful speculations by the Qi people.

The big men in the court were not sure about the thoughts of the young emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Young means daring to think and do, and it means he has never considered the consequences of rashly starting a war.

If the Ming Kingdom fights with the Qi people, the final loss will definitely not be Qi, but Ming people. This is Yu Qing's unswerving message. The size of the two countries is now asymmetric.

But these are all future events, and now he has to consider his situation.

Before the sky was dawn, several soldiers from Honghuatuo ran back to Leye County in sweat and reported to themselves that the Ming army had launched a large-scale attack and had already surrounded Honghuatuo.

Shocked, he immediately ordered his troops to rescue him, and at the same time issued an order to rescue the Red Flower Scope to Vinson, a garrison general in ** Town. As the sky was dawning, thousands of Qi troops stationed in Leye County were still rushing to the road, two pillars of different colors of wolf smoke rising upwards in the direction of the Red Flower Scope.

Such a short time made it difficult for Zhou Huaian to support it to the brink of failure, which made Yu Qing confirm that the main force of the Ming army was indeed in the direction of the red flower condom. He hoped that Zhou Huaian could hold on for a while. In the direction of **, Wensen was closer to the red flower condom than himself. When he saw the wolf smoke, he would definitely attack with all his strength. As long as Vincent could reach wherever he could reach, he could support him for a longer time until he arrived.

Because of this wrong judgment, Yu Qing paid a huge price. When he led the Qi army to Shilin, he encountered a sudden blow.

Thousands of Ming troops marched rapidly from three directions, and the Qi army, which was pulling into a long snake formation, launched a sudden attack.

The Ming** team only stationed a Pili battalion in the direction of Izumo County, with a team of 5,000 people. There is no doubt that when Yu Qing knew that the main force of the Ming army was still in the Red Flower Condom, he never thought that he would be attacked by powerful enemies halfway through the road. As soon as the battle broke out, the whole situation showed a one-sided trend, and the Qi army suffered heavy losses.

Fortunately, Yu Qing was experienced. This Qi army was not a wild fox Zen, but a real regular Qi field force. After suffering the first wave of attack, they immediately shrank their fronts. Yu Qing established a basic position and raised a flag of the central army. With the sound of drums, the broken troops desperately moved towards the flag of the central army. After paying the price of thousands of people killed, the remaining more than 2,000 people successfully gathered under the flag of the central army.

But that's all.

They were surrounded.

In a wilderness without any cover, they were surrounded by the Ming army. Looking at the Ming army flags flying around, Yu Qing was puzzled. The main force of the Ming army was obviously here, so what was going on with the red flower set? And why was Vinson from ** Town not moving at all?

He had no doubt about the loyalty of Zhou Huaian and Vinson. As soon as he saw the wolf smoke from the Red Flower Stove, Vinson would definitely go to help the Red Flower Stove. If the Ming army of the Red Flower Stove was just a feint attack, it was clear now, and Zhou Huaian had no reason not to discover the reality of the opponent. With the reinforcements from ** Town, they had no reason to fail.

But the reality is that as time goes by, the support he expects for these two people has not arrived for a long time.

It is no longer realistic to keep moving forward. Even after just a battle, Yu Qing has learned about the combat effectiveness of the Ming army. This is a well-trained army, brave and good at fighting, and is never inferior to the Qi army. In fact, deep down, Yu Qing even thinks that they are better than the Qi army. This feeling makes him feel that his self-esteem has been deeply hurt.

What was the predecessor of the Ming Dynasty? It was Yue State. In the eyes of the generals of the Qi army, the army of Yue State has always been a weak fish and a vulnerable garbage army. Many radical Qi generals even believed that they could destroy the Yue State's army by just dispatching county soldiers. How many years have passed now? The Yue State's eyes blinked, and the old hen turned into a duck? A earth-shaking change has come. People are still those, but their combat power is no longer the same.

He didn't want to believe it in his heart, but Yu Qing would not put this disbelief into action. He was rational and believed in his own eyes and personal feelings.

Since it is impossible to move forward, we can only retreat, of course not now. In Honghua Lotus and **, and his two subordinate troops, no matter what difficulties they encounter, since the main force of the Ming army is here, they will not have too many dangers and will definitely appear here. When they arrive to meet with them, whether they are fighting or retreating, they will have enough energy.

Digging soil into ditches and building soil into walls, Yu Qing quickly arranged a simple defensive lineup. If the Ming army was eager to eat him, then he felt that it was good. He could use his defense advantages to eat his opponent's troops bit by bit. Deep in his heart, he hoped that the Ming army would do this. If the opponent really thought he was vulnerable and wanted to eat him in one bite, then he could regain his previous disadvantage and pull the strength of both sides to the same level again.

Of course, he was disappointed. The Ming army's Pili Battalion obviously had no such plan. Although they surrounded the Qi army, they had no intention of rushing to attack.

At noon, the Ming army began to make fire and cook. The fragrance of food drifted to Qi's position with the wind. Yu Qing's stomach gushes. Then he remembered that when he sent troops, his army did not carry military rations with him. While he took a breath, he also heard the clamor in the belly of the soldiers around him.

But it’s no big deal. If you don’t eat a meal, you won’t die.

"Current the beacon, send a signal to Zhou Huaian and Vinson, let them move closer to me, and when they arrive, we will attack. After defeating the enemy, we will go to Tuyun County for a walk. At that time, the ban will be lifted for three days!" He tried his best to make himself feel relaxed. He is the courage of the army. At this time, he will never reveal his inner anxiety to anyone.

Sure enough, after the order was issued, he obviously felt that the nervous soldiers relaxed, and laughter even came from the army. What the ban on three days means to the army, these soldiers naturally knew about it. That means that within three days, they could do whatever they wanted without being punished by military discipline. Such orders are generally rarely issued.

Three smoke pillars of different colors soared into the sky. This was the most urgent warning and his most severe order.

When the beacon was on fire, Zou Ming was drinking fragrant broth. The ambush was perfect. The unexpected Qi army was completely stunned by him at the first time. At a very small price, he killed thousands of troops of his opponent, which made Zou Ming quite satisfied.

Of course, the Qi army's reaction also gave him a considerable warning. Most of the casualties of the Ming army appeared in the last period. When Yu Qing's central army flag was raised and the drums were sounded, whether it was the established Qi army or the single Qi army, they all rushed in one direction at the same time, which still shocked him.

Three thousand Qi army, and finally about two thousand people returned to the Central Army, showing the strong combat effectiveness of this army.

Of course, I am not bad, and now my troops have an absolute advantage. It was originally 4,000 to 3,000, but now it has become more than 3,000 to 2,000. And as time goes by, my troops will be more. Zhang Xuzhi is coming, and that guy Yang Zhi will go to copy the lair of Leye County. At that time, he will let himself annihilate his opponent in the pursuit battle when he forces Yu Qing to break through. When there are not many heavy weapons, he will not foolishly attack the Qi army who is waiting for battle.

If you can win a battle with less money, why do you have to fight hard?

"General, I caught two Qi troops, from the Red Flower Condom and ** directions." The general who was in charge of the patrol rushed over excitedly: "The Red Flower Condom, ** Town has won a great victory. These two Qi troops were released by the two generals, carrying Zhou Huaian and Vinson's heads with them!"

Zou Ming laughed: "Give them two of them a bowl of broth, and then put them to Qiren to report the funeral. I want to see if you can sit steadily?"

Leye County knew that war had begun in front of him. Before dawn, thousands of garrisons all set out camps and left. The news from the county yamen was that the Ming people launched an attack on Daqi. But not many people took it seriously. Daqi was invincible and was enough to defeat any enemy who came to provoke.

So when the current battle was in full swing, Leye County was still calm, and the people should do what they should do. Of course, the county magistrates of Leye County still gathered all the county soldiers to go up to the city wall and strengthened their vigilance.

At noon, the county magistrate who was drinking a little wine leisurely in the city tower in the county town suddenly heard the dense sound of horse hooves on Thursday, and hurriedly hid the wine. While muttering why he walked out of the city gate tower so quickly, he stood on the city wall and looked in the direction of the horse hooves.

The scene he saw was unforgettable for his life.

More than a hundred horses were running wildly, but this was not the point. The point was that around the war horses, there were more people running wildly with the war horses. Their speed seemed to be not inferior to those galloping horses, especially one of them, who was still running in front of the horses.

Of course, that was not their own army. Although the other party did not use the banner, the armor style and weapons were obviously not from the Qi people.

"Enemy attack!" He howled shrillly: "Roar the alarm bell, raise the suspension bridge, and close the city gate."
Chapter completed!