Chapter 738: Xin Qi Defend the City

Qin Hao led a total of 60,000 troops to the south this time, and after capturing Xiangyang, he ordered Bai Qi to lead 40,000 troops to continue to attack Nanjun, while he himself led 20,000 troops to sit in Xiangyang.

After Wenpin surrendered and joined Bai Qi's army, Bai Qi fought all the way to receive surrendered troops, and as a result, his troops increased instead of decreasing.

Now with the surrendered Jingzhou army, the total strength of Bai Qi's hands has reached 50,000.

In other words, the total strength of the Qin army in Nanjun is 70,000, which is only 30,000 years less than the alliance of the six major princes such as Liu Xiu, and the difference in strength is not too obvious.

Liu Xiu also knew that the disparity in strength with Qin Hao was too big, so he would unite with the other five princes, because only in this way could he compete with Qin Hao.

Now, in addition to Qin Hao's 20,000 troops sitting in Xiangyang, Bai Qi also has 50,000 soldiers and horses that can fight against the Jingzhou coalition army.

With the combat power of the Qin army, 50,000 elites are not impossible to fight against 100,000 Jingzhou troops, but after the establishment of the Jingzhou Alliance, Bai Qi deliberately dispersed his forces to garrison the six counties that he had captured.

Bai Qi's move also made the generals of the Qin army extremely puzzled, after all, how could there be such a deliberate division of troops? But Bai Qi just did it.

As soon as Huang Zhong's words fell, everyone couldn't help but look at Bai Qi, and they all thought that the decisive battle should re-recruit the scattered forces, after all, they obviously had enough troops, and no one wanted to take an inexplicable risk.

Bai Qi shook his head, and before he could explain, Zhou Yu interjected: "Liu Xiu can stand alone against the five princes, he is definitely not such a simple person, if our army sends more than 50,000 troops, no, 40,000, with Liu Xiu's caution, he may not dare to fight with our army head-on." ”

As soon as Zhou Yu said this, everyone was stunned, looked at Zhou Yu, and then looked at Bai Qi.

Seeing this, the corners of Bai Qi's mouth twitched slightly, and finally nodded helplessly, looking at Zhou Yu with everything in his eyes.

This kid is smart and smart, but he talks a lot more nonsense and lacks training.

Zhou Yu also noticed that he seemed to have stolen the limelight from the main general, and when he saw that Bai Qi's eyes were also focused on him, he was immediately frightened and shrank his head, not daring to talk nonsense anymore.

Pei Yuanqing, who was also the Nine Dragons Guard with Zhou Yu, asked with some concern: "However, with less than 30,000 troops, is it a little too risky to confront an army of 100,000 head-on?" ”

As soon as Pei Yuanqing said this, not only did he start in vain, but most of the veterans of the Qin army all laughed.

Huang Zhong patted Pei Yuanqing on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Boy, do you know that since the lord has been in the army, the battles he has participated in have basically been fought more with less?" ”

"Less than 30,000 to 100,000, can this be called an adventure?"

Ran Min also laughed, and said with a proud face: "This is a normal thing in my Qin army. Even if there are only 20,000 yuan, it is enough, and Lao Tzu can't wait to clean up Liu Xiu's guy. ”

As soon as Ran Min said this, all the generals also responded.

Since they followed Qin Hao, what kind of tough battles and predicaments have they not faced?

In the eyes of most veterans, this situation is just a small wave, far less than the crisis during the Battle of Yanmen Pass and the Battle of Hanshui.

Seeing that all the generals were in high spirits, Bai Qi also smiled confidently, and said in a deep voice: "Although the Jingzhou coalition army is numerous, it belongs to six strengths, and its unity is uneven, and the quality of the soldiers is even lower.

Although the strength of our army is small, it is united, and the soldiers are all elite, and the equipment is far more sophisticated than the enemy's army.

Therefore, even if we are outnumbered, what is our Qin army afraid of? ”

"No fear, no ......fear," the generals responded.

"In addition, the general has also made second-hand preparations, the general has asked the lord to transfer the camp to help the war, and when General Gao Shun's 3,000 camp arrives, our army can just gather 30,000 troops to fight Liu Xiu."

After hearing that Bai Qi had also transferred the trapping camp, newcomers like Pei Yuanqing couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and they no longer thought that this battle could not be won.

After all, it was the current camp, the most elite in the Qin army, and one of the most capable teams.

Although Pei Yuanqing is from Jiulongwei, he is more eager to fall into battle and break the army, these two legendary troops who are good at fighting tough battles and ruthless battles, because as long as these two teams are dispatched, it seems that they have not lost a battle yet.

Three days later, Gao Shun led the 3,000 traps to arrive, and Bai Qi's pre-war deployment was finally completed, and his military strength was configured as follows:

Three thousand trapped camps

A Thousand Flying Tiger Battalion

One thousand Nine Dragons

Three Thousand Tiger Guards

Three thousand iron guards

20,000 elite soldiers are all equipped with new equipment.

Five elite battalions, totaling 11,000 elites, including 2,000 elite cavalry, plus 20,000 elite soldiers, totaled 31,000 troops in this operation.

Bai Qi has never commanded so many elite soldiers and strong generals since he was in the army, so even his heart was faintly excited.

"Report ...... General Qiyu, Liu Xiu's army broke through three counties in a row, and has now been killed in Yicheng. ”

Although Bai Qi left enough troops in advance, he still couldn't withstand the joint attack of the family in the city and the enemy forces outside the city.

Fortunately, Bai Qi calculated Liu Xiu's march route accurately, and specially arranged for Jingzhou to surrender troops to garrison those three counties, otherwise the loss would be really big.

Yicheng is the last city of Jiangling to kill in the direction of Xiangyang, as long as Yicheng is broken, the Jingzhou coalition army can kill under Xiangyang City, and its importance is naturally self-evident.

Bai Qi ordered Xin Qiji, who was both civil and military, to lead 4,000 soldiers to defend Yicheng, and this place was also the chosen place for the decisive battle.

Looking at the confident generals behind him, Bai Qi raised his fist and shouted: "This battle will be won." ”

"Victory, victory......" the generals also chanted together.

"The whole army is leaving."

With Bai Qi's order, 31,000 elites quickly rushed towards Yicheng, and the opponent they were about to face was the 100,000 Jingzhou coalition army led by Liu Xiu.

Yicheng is just a small city, the walls are neither high nor thick, but it has a population of more than 60,000, which shows how densely populated the counties of Nanjun are.

But in such a small city, in the face of the fierce attack of an army of less than 100,000, Xin Qijian insisted on holding out for three days and three nights.

A mere Xin Qiji, plus 4,000 soldiers and horses, actually blocked his 100,000 army, which also made Liu Xiu love talents, so he decided to personally drive the horse forward to persuade him to surrender.

"Xin Qiji, Yicheng can't stop the general's 100,000 army, surrender, the general will definitely not treat you badly......"

Before Liu Xiu's words of persuasion were finished, what responded to him was a sharp arrow from Xin Qiji.

However, because Liu Xiuren was out of range, he had no strength when he shot in front of Liu Xiu, but was caught by Liu Xiu reaching out.

"Liu Xiu, are you dissatisfied with this answer?"

With that, Xin Qiji laughed, and the Qin army at the head of the city also laughed.