Guo Qi personally escorted Murong Ke and came to Longcheng under the protection of the guards, and Longcheng had fallen into the hands of the Yongjun army at this time; Longcheng is located in the Yangchuan water valley, is a small county seat, and is also the only way to enter Chengji City, the capital of Qinzhou, from east to west.

"The last general, Hu Qiong, led all the soldiers to welcome the lord." Hu Qiong led a group of soldiers of the Yongjun Army to kneel down on one knee to greet him.

"All the soldiers are exempt from courtesy, and enter the city with this king!" Guo Qi rode the wind chasing road.

Due to the relatively superior geographical location of Longcheng, Longcheng is better than Qingshui City; After Guo Qi led his army into the city, he came directly to the palace located in the center of the city.

Guo Qi sat on the main seat, and the soldiers of the Yongjun army were lined up on both sides; Hu Qiong reported to Guo Qi in detail the situation of the main force of the Yongjun army in the western expedition, as well as the losses and results of the Battle of Longcheng; In general, the battle of Longcheng did not suffer much losses due to the Yongjun's consistent night attack strategy, but the results were quite fruitful.

"My lord, after statistics, our army lost 571 people in the Battle of Longcheng, of which 328 were killed, 126 were seriously wounded and disabled, and 117 were lightly wounded, and the loss was not large;

In addition, our army rescued 32,236 Han people in Longcheng, including 11,893 young and strong men, 13,870 women of working age, and 6,473 elderly people and children; In addition, 130,000 stones of grain and grass, about 3 million taels of gold, silver and jewelry, more than 7,600 horses, more than 50,000 cattle and sheep, and countless weapons and armor were seized in the city...... "Hu Qiong reported to Guo Qi in detail.

"Not bad." Guo Qi said with a smile on his face: "However, these people rescued are all people in Longcheng, and there should be a large number of Han people in the surrounding mountains and villages and towns, so we must organize people to mobilize all these people to move to Longzhou as soon as possible;

In addition, a notice was posted in the city to recruit young and strong people in the city to form a village army, so that the shortage of our army could be avoided as much as possible due to the elongation of the battle line. ”

"The lord is wise, and the last general will start to handle it as soon as he returns." Hu Qiong replied.

"There's no rush in this matter, just arrange the people below to do it." Guo Qi said directly: "You have a more important task. ”

"Please make it clear?"

"This king asks you, when attacking Longcheng, can anyone flee from Longcheng?"

"There shouldn't be any!"

"What do you mean there shouldn't be?" Hearing this ambiguous answer, Guo Qi said with some annoyance.

"My lord, the news of the fall of Longcheng should have leaked." Hu Qiong replied.

"Chengji is less than a hundred miles away from Longcheng, and the news that Longcheng fell into the hands of our army may have reached Chengji."

"Don't worry, the lord doesn't have to worry, the last general and the others are Longcheng who captured last night, and now the Xirong defenders of Chengji may have just gotten this news; If our army attacks now, the Xijon army will not have much time to strengthen the city defenses. Hu Qiong said to Guo Qi.

Guo Qi thought about it for a while, and directly ordered: "Where are Li Wu and Wei Ying?" ”

"Humble duty." The two stood up and saluted Guo Qi.

"The two of you led the soldiers of the Guard's Mansion and the Third Cavalry Mansion, with the general seal and tiger talisman of General Xirong Zuo, and escorted Murong Ke to raid Chengji." Guo Qi put the seal of the great general and the tiger talisman captured in Qing Shui on the bookcase.

Although Li Wu's eyes were full of doubts, he still stepped forward to take the general's seal and tiger talisman, and ordered: "Obey the king's orders. ”

After the two of them received the military order, they left the lobby directly to prepare for the surprise attack on Chengji.

After the two left, Guo Qi took out more than a dozen military orders and said: "Hu Qiong sent some brothers to pass on the armor of the Xirong army, and quickly sent these military orders to Weizhou, Minzhou, and Chengzhou, and transferred the Xirong army from the three states to rush to Qinzhou; Ordered Weizhou and Minzhou reinforcements to assemble in Chengji City, and the Chengzhou army assembled in Shangqi. ”

"Lord, isn't this asking for trouble for ourselves?"

"Enforce military orders."

"No! The last general commanded. ”

"The king's order is that Sun Guoqing's headquarters must occupy Shangqi within two days of receiving the military order." Guo Qi ordered Zhuo Yidao: "In addition, give him this secret letter from this king." ”

"No!" Zhuo Yidao stepped forward to take over the secret channel; "The last general commands."

"Hu Qiong left a government of soldiers and horses to guard Longcheng and acted according to the original plan; The rest of the generals immediately returned to the camp to reorganize the soldiers and horses, and two hours later the army set off for Chengji. ”

"No! Obey the orders of the Lord's army. ”

Although the generals were puzzled by Guo Qi's military orders, they all strictly implemented them; Any crooked bargaining does not exist in the Yongjun; Although Guo Qi demanded that the assembly of the army be completed within two hours, the Yongjun army completed it in less than an hour; An hour later, Guo Qi led the main force of the Yong army of more than 14,000 people to leave Longcheng for Chengji.

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Outside the west gate of Chengji City, the Xirong cavalry slowly drove to the city.

"Who's here? We'll just let go of the arrows. The general of Xijon who was defending the city stood on the tower and shouted.

"Bastard, the young marshal is here, why don't you open the city gate quickly." Li Wuyong roared angrily.

"Where is the young marshal? How I didn't see it. ”

"Blind your dog's eyes, this young marshal is here." Murong Ke roared at the city gate.

"Please atone for your sins." The general defending the city arched his hand and said: "The last general received a military order, and no one is allowed to enter the city without the military order of the general and the Taishou; He also asked the young marshal to camp outside the city to rest, and the last general immediately sent someone to report to Lord Taishou. ”

"Who said that this young marshal doesn't have a military order, open your dog's eyes and see, this is the tiger talisman and warrant of the father, and don't open the city gate quickly." Murong Ke shouted.

"Please young marshal, put the tiger talisman and warrant in the hanging basket, and after the last general confirms, then open the city gate for the young marshal." The gatekeepers will do their duty and keep the way.

Murong Ke was so angry in his heart! scolded the city gate guard in his heart: "Stepping on the brew, aren't you deliberately embarrassing Lao Tzu!" After Lao Tzu enters the city, he has to cut off your kid's head and kick it as a ball. ”

Li Wu personally took the tiger talisman and the warrant stamped with the seal of General Zuo, and put them in the basket that was hung from the city tower.

After checking that the tiger talisman and the warrant were correct, the city gate guard immediately walked down from the city gate tower, and ordered as he went: "Open the city gate quickly and welcome the young marshal into the city; Someone was sent to inform Lord Taishou, and he said that the young marshal had arrived. ”

"Squeak! Squeak! Squeak......"

The heavy city gate slowly opened, and the city gate guard was the first to walk out of the city, and asked Murong Ke for his guilt: "The last general asks the young marshal for his guilt, I don't know if the young marshal is coming, please punish the young marshal." ”

Before Murong Ke could speak, Li Wu, who was riding on a horse on the side, suddenly pulled out the saber hanging on the horse and slashed directly at the head of the goalkeeper, and before everyone could react, the gatekeeper's head fell to the ground with wide eyes.

"The whole army enters the city." Li Wu decisively gave a military order.

"Da, da, da......"

More than 2,000 cavalry instantly poured into the city gate and killed into the city, in order to quickly control the whole city, after entering the city, the Yongjun cavalry killed people when they saw them, and the entire Chengji City instantly became a hell on earth.

Originally, the guards belonged to the infantry rather than the cavalry, but in the previous battle, due to the heavy losses of the guards, Guo Qi transferred a group of cavalry to the guards and added horses to them, making it an elite division that could fight immediately and dismount.