Bai Qi saw with his own eyes that the soldiers of the Xia Army were completely eroded by a fiery sea of fire, and they had long since disappeared, and some soldiers were lying on the ground, wailing in pain. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

This kind of tragic scene made the fear in Bai Qi's heart continue to magnify.

But there are still thousands of soldiers under his command under his command, otherwise, the Xia army may be wiped out. Bai Qi was still very clear about this minimum cognition, so he suppressed the fear in his heart, regained his reason to judge the situation, and then gave orders to his subordinate generals, saying: "Immediately send the order, let the troops disperse, do not gather in groups, so as not to become the target of the enemy again, and, Wang Kaixuan, immediately lead your troops to carry out a clean-up operation, find out the enemy hidden in the shadows as soon as possible, and the sooner the better! The enemy should be in the southeast direction!"

Wang Kaixuan's troops, one of Bai Qi's reserve troops, are also his personal soldiers, who have always followed Bai Qi's side, protecting Bai Qi in close quarters, and also waiting for his dispatch at any time.

"Yes, General. Wang Kaixuan received the order, hugged his fists in response, and immediately got on his horse without delay.

Bai Qi's order was given, but before it could be transmitted to the battlefield, those soldiers of the Xia Army who were already on the battlefield and could not find the Yuan Shen by various shells of the Xinghua Army were almost on the verge of collapse, and the army's morale was already scattered.

On the other side, when the Xinghua officers such as Leon who were still in Tai'an City heard the deafening explosion outside, they knew that Wei Ying had just started to move.

That's when they started attacking!

"Give an order to the whole army, don't save bullets, give me a hard fight! Be sure to completely cripple the enemy army! As long as the enemy has the slightest intention of retreating, organize a team for me to catch up, and we must not let them have a chance to retreat, and we must defeat the enemy!" Leon's order immediately spread to every corner of Tai'an City, and the Xinghua army began a full-scale counterattack!

The Xia army that had already entered the city of Tai'an, although they also heard the earth-shattering explosion from outside the city, but they didn't think much about it, let alone think that the soldiers of the Xia army outside the city were bombed, they only knew that the two armies must be fighting fiercely outside the city, so they had to accelerate the advance according to the original plan, in order to control the situation in the city as soon as possible, anyway, soon the Xia army outside would attack the city to support their attack.

These soldiers of the Xia army were still full of thought that they were still grasping the great chance of victory, and kept attacking in, until, when they found out, I don't know why, the counterattack force of the Xinghua army was unexpectedly rapidly increasing, so that the strength of their Xia army was constantly being lost, but at the same time, what made them start to feel that something was wrong was that after fighting for so long, the Xia army outside had not even attacked and joined them in the city! Why didn't it go according to the original plan?

The Xia army outside, did he encounter any obstacles?

However, the gods of fate seem to be abandoning them. Just when they, the soldiers of the Xia army, were still waiting for their colleagues outside the city to come in to support them, it didn't take long for an even more terrible news to enter the city of Tai'an instead of the Xia army's reinforcements - the main general of the Xia army outside the city was killed, and the army was about to be destroyed.

Because reinforcements had not been seen entering the city for a long time, this news was virtually confirmed! Soon, the Xia soldiers' belief in fighting was crushed by this last straw.

Because the defeat of the Xia army has been revealed, the counterattack of the Xinghua army in Tai'an City is particularly smooth. It can even be said that the Xinghua Army swept away the Xia Army in the city in almost everything in a sweeping manner, and even used large firepower guns and grenades to concentrate on the high-level professionals in the Xia Army to attack, so that the Xia Army did not have any effective counterattack.

Not only that, the Xinghua army in Tai'an City has not a lot of troops, in fact, it has exceeded 30,000, and they concentrate on counterattacking, and the Xia army is naturally not an opponent at all.

In fact, from the very beginning, letting the Xia army smoothly enter the city of Tai'an was just a tactical concession, and the soldiers did not get tired of deceit, but it was just to attract the main force of the Xia army to go out and enter the city, so that they could catch turtles in the urn!

After a while, the explosion of rocket artillery outside Tai'an City began to gradually weaken and stop, but the fierce battle inside Tai'an City was still going on.

The fierce gunfire, cannon fire, and shouting of killing all rose and fell with each other without stopping.

And at this moment, the Xia army in the city, because the troops who had not seen support for a long time entered the city, had already guessed the Xia army outside the city, and the result was not good, so these Xia army soldiers in the city who were almost shattered by the counterattacking Xinghua army had already lost their morale. Even, after a while, a part of the Xia army began to take the initiative to retreat, and at this point, the entire Xia army camp collapsed.

The soldiers of the Xia army in Tai'an City seemed to have oil on their feet, and they were all slippery and running fast.

At this time, the officers and soldiers of Xia did not need to run faster than the Xinghua army, they only needed to be faster than their comrades.

Outside the city, Bai Qi, who was watching the battle with a cold face and frowning, didn't wait long before he saw the Xia army troops in Tai'an City and were beaten out.

Bai Qi ordered the remaining thousands of troops to set up positions outside Tai'an City, and he wanted to collect the defeated and wounded soldiers. At this time, Bai Qi also knew very well that once he abandoned the wounded soldiers and returned to Yangcheng, what awaited him would be the emperor's punishment. If Bai Qi is not able to turn the tide, then it is best for him to die on the battlefield so that his family can continue to live in glory. Therefore, Bai Qi personally went into battle.

However, the development of things often does not follow everyone's imagination.

Wei Yingcai's troops, who had been recuperating for a long time, were dispatched with the whole army at this critical moment! The generals of the Xia army, Wang Kaixuan, were not the opponents of Wei Yingcai's troops at all, let alone could not stop their attack, and the two armies, which had a huge disparity in strength, almost had no possibility of going to war. No, Wang Kaixuan's troops almost just came into contact with Wei Yingcai's department, and they were defeated by Wei Yingcai's department, and the soldiers fled in all directions.

Wei Yingcai's troops defeated Wang Kaixuan's troops, and did not continue to chase the defeated soldiers, after all, the defeat of Wang Kaixuan's troops was already a certainty, and it was impossible for them to organize an effective counterattack force in a short time, and Wei Yingcai's troops did not have to worry about being attacked by them at all. More importantly, Wei Yingcai's goal has been clear from beginning to end, but it is not above Wang Kaixuan. Therefore, Wei Yingcai immediately ordered the whole army not to pursue Wang Kaixuan's remnants of the defeated generals, and directly led the army directly into the position where Bai Qishuai's banner was located!

Their goal is where Bai Qi is.

For a while, I saw Wei Yingcai's department, which was charging with all his might, like a sharp knife, straight into Bai Qi's heart.

At this time, the Xia army could no longer restrain its defeated troops and fell into a situation of being attacked from both sides.

"Is the sky going to kill me?" Bai Qi heard the gunfire of the Xinghua army in front and behind the Xia army's front, and his face turned pale.

"Marshal, let's retreat!" Bai Qi's personal guards persuaded.

"I can't go! At least, I can't be the first to leave. Bai Qi said, and then, he issued a new order, "All the soldiers of the army must leave the Tai'an battlefield under the command of the generals." Any general or soldier who abandons his troops and flees on his own is regarded as a deserter and will be executed. Bai Qi hopes that his troops will be able to preserve the next part of their strength.

After the order was issued, Bai Qi dismissed the generals around him, asked them to gather some of the defeated remnants, take them back to Yangcheng, reorganize the Yangcheng defense line, and stick to Yangcheng, and never let the Xinghua army capture the entire Jiangzhou.

Many generals of the Xia army saw that Bai Qi wanted to sacrifice himself and let them flee for their lives. They all expressed their unwillingness to flee and were willing to live and die with Bai Qi. However, Bai Qi disagreed, so he insisted on letting them go, leaving his private soldiers alone, and his personal troops to resist the Xinghua army in Tai'an City. Because Bai Qi knew very well that only his troops were complete, and only his troops could stop the Xinghua army for a moment and a half, delay time, and let the defeated soldiers of the Xia army win time to escape. Moreover, his handsome banner was erected in front of Tai'an City, and the Xinghua Army would definitely not ignore him. Before eliminating Bai Qi, the Xinghua army would definitely not pursue the defeated Xia army on a large scale.

Many generals of the Xia Army, under Bai Qi's orders, began to disperse and leave. A considerable number of the generals of the Xia army obeyed Bai Qi's orders to organize the defeated troops. Some people led their troops to leave, but some people led their troops to assist Bai Qi in resisting the Xinghua army.

Since the moment the Xinghua army began to counterattack, the balance of victory has tilted in favor of the Xinghua army. The Xia army was powerless, and at this moment, the combat mission of the Xinghua army was to defeat all organized Xia army troops. The soldiers of the Xia Army who were not organized could surrender! The soldiers of the Xia Army who were unwilling to surrender would not waste time and energy in persuading them to surrender, but could only kill and kill.

When Leon learned that Bai Qi had erected a banner in front of Tai'an City, he immediately ordered the Xinghua Army to attack Bai Qi's troops. At this time, on the battlefield, Bai Qi's handsome banner is the courage of the Xia army, the courage of the Xia army.

Many Xia soldiers chose to fight hard and not surrender, just because Bai Qi's handsome banner was there.

Although the soldiers of the Xia Army lost their morale and lost their morale, they still resisted, and they would turn around and fight if they were pressed. Bai Qi's handsome banner is their spirit.

Leon's order was quickly conveyed to all departments of the Xinghua Army, including Wei Yingcai's department, which also received orders.

After a while, the Xinghua army flanked back and forth and launched a fierce attack on Bai Qi's department.

Leon ordered the mortar battalion in the city, moving mortars, at Bai Qi's position.

After several rounds of shelling, Bai Qi's position collapsed, and Shuai Qi was also knocked down by shells.

The Xinghua army launched a charge and broke through Bai Qi's position.

Seeing this, Leon then ordered Wei Yingcai's troops to turn around and pursue the Xia army, waiting for an opportunity to attack Yangcheng.

The Lyon Ministry concentrated the captives and controlled the captives.

For the prisoners, the Xinghua Army has a complete set of action plans to solve.

The Xinghua army drew a circle, disarmed the Xia army prisoners, drove the Xia army prisoners into the circle, and then implemented the system of joint sitting, one prisoner fled, and the hundred captives around him had to sit together, beheaded or directly killed.

Under this high-pressure system, the Xinghua army only needed to send a small number of Xinghua soldiers to control a large group of prisoners. Moreover, the captives did not dare to resist.

Among them, Bai Qi is nowhere to be found. Xinghuajun didn't care too much, Bai Qi didn't have the handsome flag, and he couldn't afford to make much waves.

Then, Leon sent a part of the soldiers of the Leon Department to support Wei Yingcai's department and find a way to attack Yangcheng.

The prefect of Yangcheng, the general who defended the city, was always looking forward to the Xia army's victory over the Xinghua army and the recapture of Tai'an City. Unexpectedly, the news they got turned out to be the defeat of the Xia army.

This kind of news made Yangcheng very frightened up and down.

"What, what about the marshal?" Facing the generals who returned from the defeat of the Xia army, the prefect of Yangcheng asked uneasily.

"For the sake of our lives, the marshal is responsible for stopping the enemy in the back!" replied the general.

When the prefect of Yangcheng heard this, his feet suddenly became weak, and he almost couldn't stand steadily.

"How can this be, how can this be ......"

Not only did the prefect of Yangcheng not believe it, but even the soldiers of the garrison who stayed in Yangcheng did not believe it.

"Don't panic, my lord, we still have an army of 100,000 in Yangcheng. Outside Yangcheng, there is also the Jiangzhou camp, where there are also 200,000 troops. Even if we fill it with human lives, we will definitely be able to defeat the Xinghua army. A staff member persuaded the prefect of Yangcheng City.

"Yes, we still have an advantage in numbers, and the Xinghua Army will definitely not be able to break through Yangcheng. The prefect of Yangcheng nodded, "The whole city is blocked, and no one is allowed to enter or leave." In addition, an order was given to the Jiangzhou battalion to carry out activities to fight against the Xinghua army. ”

Boom, boom, boom! In Yangcheng, several explosions suddenly sounded, startling the high-ranking officials and generals of Yangcheng.

"What's wrong?" asked the prefect of Yangcheng in surprise.

When everyone went out, they soon saw a place where smoke was rising.

After a while, a soldier from the government ran in and reported to them, "The granary in Yangcheng has been attacked and set on fire!"

The prefect of Yangcheng exclaimed: "Immediately order the water dragon team to set off, and be sure to extinguish the fire." ”

"The water dragon team has gone to fight the fire, but the fire is very big, and I am afraid that more than half of the food will be lost. The soldier said.

This is really worse for the officials in Yangcheng. The prefect of Yangcheng understood that the time had come to test them.

The person who burned down the granary in Yangcheng was none other than the intelligence officer of the Xinghua Imperial Intelligence Bureau. They secretly brought in several bazookas, as well as incendiary bombs. When the news of the victory of the Xinghua army in Tai'an City came, they immediately attacked the granary of Yangcheng.

At this time, Yangcheng gathered millions of soldiers and civilians. There are many people who are still refugees from all over Jiangzhou. The Xinghua Imperial Intelligence Bureau knew very well that without food, Yangcheng would definitely come out of the wheel. The Xinghua Empire's blowing up of the granary was to intensify all kinds of contradictions in Yangcheng. The civil strife in Yangcheng was beneficial to the Xinghua army.

Wei Yingcai's troops moved towards Yangcheng, and when they met those who surrendered to the Xia army, they did not directly take prisoners, but indirectly ordered the surrendered soldiers of the Xia army to stay in place, give them stickers, and wait for the follow-up troops of the Xinghua army to receive them.

Two hours after defeating Bai Qi, Wei Yingcai's troops arrived outside Yangcheng City and saw the city walls of Yangcheng.