Five hundred steps away from the west of the city of Haiyang is the water of the city, the water is more than ten zhang wide, the depth reaches four or five zhang, through the north to the south, after turning the road three hundred steps away in the south of the city, it goes to the east, and finally merges into the Huaishui. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Therefore, for the garrisons of the west and south of the city, the water is a natural barrier line for the thief army, which can not only block the safe march of the thief army, but also prevent the thief army from deploying more troops on these two sides to facilitate the siege of the city.

Qiu Yi estimated that only about 5,000 thieves could be placed in the west of the city to attack the city, and about 2,000 or 3,000 siege thieves could be placed in the south of the city. Qiu Rui did not clearly inform Gong Zhang of the truth, the south city gate may be the safest relatively speaking, and the wilderness outside the north city gate is the most dangerous.

If Zhu Mian is a big husband to take revenge, he is a straightforward husband who only fights for the day. That Qiu Rui is a gentleman who takes revenge, a deep gentleman who is not too late for ten years. The Ye family has nearly half of the army of Zhaoling, and the rewards after several battles have been soft, but every time they have done their work, they have to share half of the military merits of the Zhaoling army, which is really unpleasant to think about.

So Qiu Rui suggested that this battle should be handed over to Ye Cun's rear army to guard another dangerous north city gate. Even if the combat strength of the rear army is not strong, if it is defended by the city, it can be defended for a while, and it is not allowed to let them do nothing, and they will share half of the military merits in vain. Although Ye Cun was unwilling, he couldn't shirk it, so he could only accept the position.

The army of 50,000 thieves was approaching, and everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they saw them scattering in all directions, not forming a rank, supporting each other, and looking dirty, ragged, numb, and gray. If it is such a thief, even if there are 50,000 more, the Zhaoling army is not afraid.

Next, everyone watched the thief's crossing of the river to see how the thief crossed the river? I saw thousands of thieves come to the bank of the Lishui River and hesitate, before they were ready to look for tools to cross the river, immediately rushed to hundreds of yellow turban thieves, the cold light flashed, blood gushed like a spring, a hundred heads immediately dyed the beach on the riverside, thousands of thieves were driven towards the river.

Seeing this, Qiu Yi couldn't help but slam his palm on the wall, and said angrily: "The yellow scarf is hateful. "The spring water is cold, the river is wide and deep, although most of the thieves know how to swim and cross the water, but after swimming through the sea bream, they are already very tired, and when the wind blows, the whole body immediately shivers and shrinks into a ball. When some thieves had crossed the river, they hurried to find something to make a fire, and scattered it everywhere.

Qiu Rui and other generals said together: "Congratulations to the main general, congratulations to the main general, although this thief is numerous, half of the crossing can be attacked." ”

Qiu Yi also thought secretly: Zhao Qian, the county guard, was defeated several times by such a group of stupid thieves, which is really incomprehensible.

Gong Zhangfu stroked his beard and laughed: "Okay, well, since the thieves don't know whether they are dead or alive, then our army doesn't have to be too polite." The whole army quickly eats lunch, and after the enemy has crossed halfway, the central protection army department will take the lead, and the other departments will attack the enemy when they see the opportunity, and they must break half of the army of thieves. ”

"Respectfully." All the generals responded in unison, and each returned to the team to eat, only Qiu Rui stayed on the west city wall to keep an eye on the movements of the thieves.

Qiu Yi handed a pot of steaming corn porridge to Qiu Rui and asked, "After this battle, the yellow turban thieves in Runan County will return to the soil like flowers after autumn, I don't know what else you and Zhu Mian think?" ”

Qiu Rui didn't care about the heat, he drank the can, and said after a while: "After this battle, our army has broken 100,000 yellow turban thieves. If you destroy Shansang Liu Pi and other thieves, the credit will be big enough. After all, you and I are not regular army generals of the court, so we must not act too much, and we must also leave some meat for other generals, otherwise no matter how great the meritorious service is, it will be impossible to show it. If it weren't for the gap between Gong Xianjun and Zhao Junshou, I wouldn't want to take all the responsibility of Zhao Junshou and make him lose face. ”

Qiu Yi nodded yes and said, "Although Gong Xianjun is talented, he is bold and extreme, and he may offend high-ranking officials or violate the law in the future. Although he is kind to the Zhu Qiu family, it is also a mutual interest entanglement, not a friend of faith, but it cannot be repaid by the family, and it is necessary to do what it can. ”

Qiu Rui was stunned for a moment before he said: "The Zhu Qiu family is too deeply entangled with Gong Xianjun, and they have long been regarded as one party by outsiders, is it possible to separate?" ”

Qiu Yi said: "Why not, he has hidden a lot of wealth in Yu Yun and Qisi counties, and I think it is a strategy to buy officials in the future." As long as he listens clearly, he will be an official on the other side of the world in the future, and when he is over fifty years old, how long will he live? The martial arts names of you and Zhu Mian are also considered to be famous in the county at this time, and they will have a great future in the future. Even the Runan Yuan clan of the fourth and third princes may not be able to summon you as a helper. This is the road to rejuvenate the family and the Zhen clan, and you must not hold Gong Zhang's single tree. ”

Qiu Rui was silent after hearing this, and asked for a long time: "Big brother seems to have unfinished words, you might as well say them together." ”

Qiu Yi looked up and sighed, and said: "Since the conquest, I have also made a little merit, and I don't need to repay it for me at that time, I will give it to you and Yizhong, and it can be regarded as a little retribution I gave to Zhu Qiu's second clan." ”

Qiu Rui exclaimed: "How does this make ......?"

Qiu Yi stopped Qiu Rui's persuasion and said: "In Zhaoling for twenty-one years, I am not very happy, and I want to walk around to relieve my depression. It's just that in the name of this son-in-law, I still need you to tell the Zhu family for me, so that I don't want to be like an enemy in the future. It's better to close and disperse. ”

Qiu Rui asked anxiously: "Eldest brother doesn't want to return to Zhaoling in the future?" ”

Qiu Yi was silent for a while, and said, "I'm not Qiu's parent, so it's better to change his surname." Maybe I'll open another one somewhere else. ”

"It'......s all because my father did too much back then, alas," Qiu Rui wanted to persuade him speechlessly, so he had to say: "I hope we will still be brothers in the future." ”

Qiu Yi said with a smile: "This is natural, unchanging brother until death." ”

Qiu Ruiqi clapped his palm and Qiu Yi and said, "A good brother for life." Yes, big brother, what kind of surname do you want to use in the future? ”

Qiu Yi said thoughtfully: "I admire Han Xianzi of the Jin Kingdom in the Spring and Autumn Period very much, and I want to take Han as my surname, how." ”

Han Xianzi's name is Que, and he was a famous virtuous minister of the Five Dynasties of the Jin State at that time, and he was famous for his iron face, loyalty to the country, and courage and good fighting. He was also the ancestor of the Korean monarch during the Warring States period. Han Que's father died when he was young, and he was adopted by Zhao Yuan, the ancestor of the monarch of Zhao State and one of the six secretaries of the Jin State, and later by Zhao Yuan's son Zhao Dun, the Chinese military general of the Jin State.

Twenty years later, when the Zhao family went to the palace, most of the clansmen were executed, and only Zhao Wu, an orphan of the Zhao family, was left. Relying on Han Que's reciprocal support and vigorous support, Zhao Wu, an orphan of the Zhao family, was able to return to the court of the Jin State to gain a foothold, and finally became the head of the Six Secretaries of the Jin State, creating the cause of the Zhao family's Zhongxing, and laying a solid foundation for the later Zhao, Wei, and Han families.

Qiu Yi and the Qiu family and the Zhu family are in a similar situation, but after all, the two families cannot be as kind as the Zhao family treats Han Que, and it is no wonder that Qiu Yi is not as affectionate to the two families as Han Que is to the Zhao family. Fortunately, Qiu Rui and Qiu Yi's relationship is very harmonious, and there is still time to ease.

Qiu Rui muttered: "Han Yi Han Mingyuan, it is indeed more pleasant to call Qiu Yi and Qiu Mingyuan. If you want to come to the eldest brother in the future, you will definitely be famous for Han Yi and Han Mingyuan. ”

Qiu Yi smiled: "Then Brother Chengrui's auspicious words...... Ah, the thieves are almost thirty-fifty thousand, and it's time to send troops quickly. ”

Qiu Rui also exclaimed: "Ah, it's time to go." With that, he hurried down to the city.

Not long after, the north city gate was opened, and the three hundred horsemen of Su Heng's army suddenly stood out and killed the ten thousand thieves who were wantonly roasting fire on the riverside. The thieves were terrified, and in the face of the three hundred iron horsemen who came with a fierce impact, they immediately became a mess. At this time, no thieves will come forward to order, and the thieves have to resist spontaneously, or flee in panic.

When the 1,000 army led by Qiu Rui and the 400 troops led by Ye Cun in the north city and Zhu Mian in the south city each went to the thieves in three ways, the left, the center and the right were surrounded by the thieves, and the ten thousand thieves who crossed the river completely collapsed, and the entire riverside fled everywhere, fleeing towards the north. The thieves who were crossing the river hurriedly turned to the other side and fled, and the thieves who had not yet crossed the river were also forced by the momentum of the officials and soldiers to retreat in a panic.

Qian Junhou, who was standing on the northwest corner watching the battle, ran back to ecstasy and shouted: "Qiu Junsima, the thieves have been defeated, and our troops should also go out of the city to kill the thieves." ”

Qiu Yi faintly felt that something was wrong in his heart, but he couldn't say it for a while, so he had to say: "There are still more than 30,000 thieves who have not crossed the river, and the thieves and dogs are afraid that they will jump off the wall in a hurry, and I and the rest of the army need to monitor them nearby, just in case." ”

Qian Junhou persuaded: "Qiu Jun Sima, the thieves have no boat, it is difficult to cross the river, our department can only kill the enemy within three or five miles, and when I see the remaining thieves crossing the river, they will retreat, so why worry too much?" ”

Qiu Yi was shocked when he heard this, yes, the thief has no boat? But when the thieves pursued Zhao Qian's army to Pingyu Gepi, how did they cross the river? Where did the thief's ship go? Seeing that the Zhaoling Army, which had already chased out several miles away, the army array was scattered, and it had already been divided into various tuns and teams to pursue and suppress them, Qiu Yi couldn't help but be anxious, and shouted urgently: "Quickly Mingjin, recall the army." ”

Qian Junhou was stunned and asked: "The situation of our army is very good, why Mingjin." ”

Qiu Yi didn't explain, so he had to shout: "Lu Ping, Cheng Qi quickly Mingjin." After speaking, he turned around and hurriedly ran towards Gong Zhang, who was watching the battle on the upper floor of the North City.

When Gong Zhang was found, Gong Zhang split his head and asked: "What's the matter in Xicheng and why Mingjin?" ”

Qiu Yi hurriedly said: "The thieves have already returned with elite soldiers, and they have crossed the sea bream water in the shadows, and are lying on one side to prepare to raid our army, so I gave the order to ring the golden cymbal." ”

Gong Zhang asked with some hesitation, "How did you find out?" ”

Qiu Yiwang saw Qiu Rui and other generals who were also hesitating outside the city, so he didn't hurry to explain, he first found the hammer, and immediately struck the golden cymbal, and then explained: "The thief was originally a thief based in Snapyang City, how could he cross the river without a boat?" Our army did not find the thief's hidden boat outside the city, presumably the thief's hidden boat was located on the west bank, so it was not found by our army. But where did the Tibetan boat go at this time, it must have been taken across the river by the thieves who came first, and the thieves who came later naturally had no boat. ”

Gong Zhang felt justified after hearing this, but he was a little unwilling, and said with some resentment: "If the thief has no ambush, isn't it a failure?" Qiu Jun Sima, you knocked too anxiously. ”