Qian Shouyi's face turned pale, looking at Yichun City, which was still unextinguished.

Judging from the burning level of the entire city, this fire should have burned last night, and by now, it is basically coming to an end.

Cheng Guangzhi completely destroyed Yichun City. A large number of grenades and gunpowder packs that could not be taken away were placed in some key places in the city, and when the fire broke out, explosions followed, and sections of the city walls were destroyed and collapsed, and the entire Yichun City became a ruin.

There was a boom, and an explosion came from nowhere, which startled the war horse under Qian Shouyi's crotch into a long neigh, and he wanted to leave, but Qian Shouyi strangled his chew to death, and could only dig his hooves restlessly and neigh.

A moment later, Qian Shouyi, who led the advance to the city, walked out with Hu Sheng dejected.

"Young marshal, there is nothing left, there was originally a lot of grain in the city, but now it is all burned to charcoal, the enemy, left last night." Hu Shengdao.

Qian Shouyi looked at the ruins in front of him for a long time, and half of his original plan immediately fell into the void.

The strange soldiers stood out, captured Yichun, and also captured the grain, grass, and weapons that the Northern Tang Army had gathered here, which was a double blow to the Northern Tang Army. According to the previous information, the person stationed in Yichun was just a captain, and he only led a thousand logistics personnel, which should be easily taken.

But he never expected that this Northern Tang Dynasty officer, who was just a lieutenant, would have such courage, and without receiving any instructions from Shangfeng, he would burn tens of thousands of stones of grain into ashes with a single fire, so that countless weapons and sharp weapons would only hear a sound.

"Hu Sheng, lead all your troops into the city, repair the city walls and all kinds of defensive measures as quickly as possible, how many people do you want, I will give you as many people, remember, you only have ten days, no, you only have eight days." Qian Shouyi took a deep breath, looked at the other party and said, "Eight days later, the Northern Tang Dynasty Yuxiao Cultural Department will inevitably arrive in Yichun. At that time, our main force is besieging Ren Xiaonian, if Yichun can't hold it, let Yu Xiaowen break through, and the two Northern Tang armies will be combined, it will be even more difficult to deal with, and it is very likely that it will be a bad battle, and all our plans will be in vain. ”

"Yes!" Hu Sheng nodded.

Qian Shouyi stopped talking, flicked the reins of the horse, and ran back.

The main army of Jiangxi, not far from Yichun City, was camping, and the original idea of entering Yichun City to repair and wait for work, because of Cheng Guangzhi's fire, all became delusional.

"Ji Zhijiang!" found Ji Zhijiang, the Lingnan general who was commanding the camp, and Qian Shouyi walked in front of him.

"What now?" Looking at Yichun City, where green smoke rose not far away, Ji Zhijiang was also full of sadness.

Qian Shouyi sneered and said: "There is a city to defend, but if there is no city, will it not be guarded?" General Ji, let's have a full 50,000 people, you take 20,000 people away, except for your Lingnan headquarters, I will give you all the cavalry. ”

Ji Zhijiang nodded, and said with some worry at the end: "Without the city, 30,000 people against Shangyu Xiaowen's 10,000 tigers, can you be sure of winning?" ”

"It's not up to me to grasp it!" Qian Shouyi said: "My task is to stop Yu Xiaowen, I know that although I have a lot of people, I will definitely be at a disadvantage when I fight." I am still very clear about this. But I don't want to win, I just want to be undefeated. If you are fast enough, you can eliminate Ren Xiaonian as soon as possible in the wilderness, and then return to Yichun, we will be able to win a big victory in this battle. ”

"Our department has 20,000 horses, nearly 30,000 people under Ding Hao, plus nearly 20,000 people under Liu Xinda's department, and nearly 80,000 troops besiege Ren Xiaonian and 10,000 people, and these 10,000 people will run out of food in a few days, if we can't win, then what else to fight, everyone surrender Li Ze as soon as possible!" Ji Zhijiang waved his fist: "At most, in five days, we will be able to come back, and by then, there will be more than 20,000 cavalry alone, see if Yu Xiaowen can run?" ”

Qian Shouyi took a deep breath: "In this battle, not only in Jiangxi, but also in Hunan. General Ji, if this battle is defeated, Jiangxi will be finished, and Hunan will also give up Yueyang. Liu Xinda can still run, where can we run? ”

Ji Zhijiang thought so.

If this battle is lost, how can Hunan, Jiangxi, and Lingnan be protected? General Xiang has just grasped the power, and if he can't use a victory to respond to all doubts, the overall situation will collapse immediately.

When the tree falls, how can the monkeys survive?

Cheng Guangzhi led more than 1,000 people and a large number of mules and horses on the muddy road to Zhuzhou with difficulty. The mules and horses were carrying sacks of grain and grass, and each of them was covered with grenades, fire bombs and other munitions. Cheng Guangzhi doesn't want any other weapons, and now that he thinks about it, those weapons that have not yet been opened are now afraid that they have all turned into pools of iron juice in the raging fire.

Minfu and Cheng Guangzhi all let go.

Because now, he feels that he no longer has the ability to control these people, in case there is any accident in the process of arriving in Zhuzhou, he will not be able to control the situation with his manpower alone.

Even if this team is only a logistical baggage, and it is also mixed with people from the field medical battalion, Cheng Guangzhi, as a veteran, still released scouts to explore the way in the front, and left behind to observe the situation.

It had been three full hours since the departure at midnight last year, and all the people were so tired that even the mules and horses were not willing to step on their hooves.

But Cheng Guangzhi didn't dare to stop.

People are like this, if you let it out, I'm afraid that if you want to drum it up again, it will be difficult. When he was fighting in the past, Cheng Guangzhi had experienced such a thing. His team arrived at the battlefield after a continuous high-intensity march, and the generals under his command did not give them any time to rest, but plunged into battle. And their opponents, who arrived a little bit earlier than them, so they had some time to rest.

It sounds as if the enemy has more advantages.

But when the two sides went to war, the situation was completely reversed.

The Northern Tang Army defeated the opponent by a one-sided advantage. Afterwards, Cheng Guangzhi also consulted the doctors who accompanied the army, and only then did he understand the truth.

Now, it's a similar story.

If you rest, I'm afraid you won't be able to walk anymore.

"Don't stop, it's really not going to work, grab the tail of the mule and horse. Don't sit down, walk, take it one step at a time. Every step you take, you get one step closer to Zhuzhou. Cheng Guangzhi opened his throat and yelled.

In fact, he was more tired than everyone else.

Because he has more weapons on his body than others.

Thinking of the grenades, fierce fire bombs, food, and all kinds of weapons that had not been opened at all, Cheng Guangzhi's heart was like a knife.

There was an exclamation from the front, and a female doctor fell into the mud, and Cheng Guangzhi took a few steps and pulled the female doctor up from the ground. Looking at the female doctor covered in mud and water, Cheng Guangzhi just nodded at her, this female doctor's body, in addition to the various medicine bags that were full, there were also several grenades.

"Onward!"

Cheng Guangzhi shouted.

"Onward!" The female doctor, whose eyes were full of tears, took a step forward with difficulty.

A fast horse came from the front, and the horseman on the horse waved his hands desperately, and suddenly his hands stopped in the air, and the whole person fell from the horse one by one, while the galloping war horse did not stop, but still ran straight towards them.

In the forest behind the war horses, several other war horses rushed out, as if they didn't expect such a large group of men and horses in front of them, they reined in their horses and watched.

Cheng Guangzhi's heart sank towards the endless abyss.

It was Liu Xinda's cavalry.

Cheng Guangzhi had personally delivered weapons to them, so he naturally knew these horses.

The other party was originally a dog of the Tang Army, but now they shot their own scouts without hesitation, and this dog bit the owner.

"Stop advancing, line up, and prepare for battle!" Cheng Guangzhi gave the order in a bitter voice. "Build a circular defensive formation, kill all the mules and horses, and build a position with the carcasses of the mules and horses and the sacks of grain. The man is forward, the woman is in the center. ”

The team of more than 1,000 people, after being stunned for a moment, began to act quickly according to Cheng Guangzhi's orders. The soldiers drew their sabers from their waists, stabbed them in the neck without hesitation, and then pushed them to the ground, and the sacks of grain were stacked, and all the materials that could be used to build the position were used.

And when Cheng Guangzhi and others were building their positions, there were more and more cavalry in the distance.

Cheng Guangzhi silently gathered some branches and trunks together, took out a fierce fire oil bomb from his body, unscrewed the lid, poured the fierce fire oil inside on it, and then took out the fire fold and ignited the pile of branches.

The fire burned brightly, and puffs of smoke rose with it.

Cheng Guangzhi stood up, slammed the knife on his waist in front of him, and said sharply: "For the sake of Datang, kill the enemy." ”

More than 1,000 people, including all the women, looked at Cheng Guangzhi and roared in unison: "For the sake of Datang, kill the enemy." ”

Cheng Guangzhi drew his sword and held it high into the air: "For all eternity, open peace!" ”

"For all eternity, open peace!"

Lifting the knife and walking forward, Cheng Guangzhi looked at his companions and nodded: "Brothers, Cheng is very happy to be able to fight side by side with you, not to be born in the same year, the same month, and the same day, but to die in the same year, the same month, and the same day, and we will meet again in the next life!" ”

In the roar of Cheng Guangzhi, the sound of horses' hooves on the opposite side, more than 100 cavalry rushed over.

Obviously, the enemy on the opposite side did not take a chaotic-looking Tang soldier in his eyes.

"Grenade ready!" Cheng Guangzhi shouted: "Light the fire, listen to my orders, one, two, three, throw!" ”

One grenade after another flew out of the circular defensive array.