Chapter 487

It wasn't until the two cavalry battalions of the main force of the Blood Qi Army appeared less than five miles away from Qingya that the Northern Liao army woke up: the Blood Qi Army had already captured Xiangning and had even freed up their hands, but at this time it was already very difficult for them to react. Qingya's troops were already insufficient, and in the chaos, they were broken in less than an hour, and a large number of baggage were captured by the Blood Qi Army. Originally, according to the strategy of encircling and sending reinforcements, Qingya should be surrounded but not attacked, but the problem is that Qingya's defense is too lax, and if it can't be defeated, it will be too fake. And Zou Shuangwen immediately took the opportunity to kill Qingya, and simply changed the strategy of encircling the point to send reinforcements to improvisation, and tried to see how Gao Senqi reacted.

Gao Senqi was also quite shocked, he never expected such a thing to happen. The Blood Qi Army captured Qingya, and he hadn't opened the situation in front of Ye Tao. After falling into a stalemate battle, he was actually a little suspicious, Ye Tao was obviously not like the first day of battle, when he always kept enough reserves in his hands, but instead let the soldiers rotate as much as possible to reduce casualties. The heavy equipment battalion also began to constantly cause deflagrations on the river beach, causing mass destruction to the Northern Liao army.

In fact, after getting acquainted with the deflagration, the momentum of this previously terrifying attack method has not changed, but the damage caused is not too great. The characteristics of deflagration determine that the extreme lethality of this attack is not great, and there is no way to be burned and scalded, but it is difficult to directly kill people, or even seriously injure them, in such an open area. Moreover, due to the difference between the two armies, in fact, the Blood Qi Army has been using the deflagration of the lowest lethality. This is obviously not an act of killing, but a constant cause of chaos that is delaying the pace of the offensive of the Northern Liao army.

Originally, Gao Senqi and others thought that there was nothing they could do about Ye Tao, so they could only rely on this means to persevere and wait for the results of the rear. But now it seems that when Ye Tao is adjusting his tactics, Xiangning City has changed owners. The Blood Qi Army actually broke through Xiangning City in less than a day? In Gao Senqi's opinion, even though he had always estimated the combat power of the Blood Qi Army very high, it had exceeded his imagination.

Gao Sen Qi did not hesitate much, and immediately arranged for the troops on the front line to withdraw from the battle and cross the river to recover, while the whole army immediately prepared to move in. Zhang Lixian and the others don't have any temper now, and they actually fought like this, but it was too unexpected for them. The capture of Kyunga is not just a matter of interrupting the logistics operation center for them. There is always a way to evacuate the troops, and the food and supplies hoarded by the battalion in the past should be enough before retreating to a place where they can be re-supplied. But the problem is that if they can't get Qingya back, it means that the other side of the river will no longer belong to Northern Liao, and the Blood Qi Army can rely on the bridgehead of Qingya to calmly arrange the defense line and release patrol troops. And Dongping also has airships, which makes people even more helpless.

"General Zhang, the army is divided into two parts, I have one for myself, about 100,000 people, I will try to storm Qingya, and see if I can take advantage of the enemy's unstable foothold to take back Qingya. If you lead one, you will attack in the direction of Moyun Ridge and Jinji Mountain, and we must ensure that the passage of Jinji Gorge is in our own hands. Once Qingya's attack was unfavorable, the army had to continue to retreat from Jinji Gorge to Jingcheng. Gao Senqi ordered: "There should be no grain, grass and other materials to collect along the way." The baggage of the army must be careful, although the enemy's small forces will not attack blatantly, but harassment and sabotage are inevitable, not to mention airships. ”

Zhang Lixian nodded, and arched his hand: "Young General and relieved, the last general will not allow Jinji Gorge to lose." ”

Gao Senqi nodded and said, "General Zhang, let's go, I'll lead the army to attack in half an hour." By tomorrow...... If we can't capture Qingya yet, then we have to flee quickly. Once bitten by the Blood Qi Army, hehe, you can't escape. ”

No one dared to test how amazing the equipment and marching speed of the Blood Qi Army were. But at least one thing everyone knows is that the Blood Qi Army is an all-cavalry unit. Even infantry, heavy infantry, and longbowmen, they were equipped with horses, but they were not used in battle. And they all have heard of the multi-specialty of the sergeants of the Blood Qi Army. No matter how amateurish those cavalry of the Blood Qi Army were, they must have run much faster than the infantry of the Northern Liao Army. And the Blood Qi Army still holds a number of marching records, what kind of number it is, the Dongping military will definitely not announce it, but neither Gao Senqi nor Zhang Lixian wants to try and challenge these records by themselves.

After Gao Senqi hurriedly made arrangements, he immediately prepared to attack Qingya. Qingya is not a fortified city, just a small town with rudimentary walls. The Blood Qi Army was able to go down in one fell swoop, also because Qingya was almost in no danger to defend. He's going to challenge it anyway. Of course, Gao Senqi was not prepared to empty the front camp all at once, he arranged for more than 30,000 soldiers to be postponed and pay attention to the actions of Ye Tao's troops at any time. After three days of fighting, everyone had an indescribable feeling about Ye Tao's subordinates, but no one dared to underestimate them. This kind of monitoring and garrisoning work is expected to be carried out by no one lightly from the general who leads the troops to the lowest creeps.

However, what Gao Senqi didn't expect was that the troops he was going to attack Qingya had just set off, and before they had run a few miles, a mixed force of light and heavy infantry of the Blood Qi Army actually gave them a halt. At this time, Gao Senqi was still preparing for the follow-up attack of the army in the front camp, but he did not expect that the Blood Qi Army once again took the initiative at the tactical level when the troops occupied an absolute disadvantage. The site of the attack was less than ten miles from the front battalion. The battle lasted less than a quarter of an hour, and a large number of light and heavy infantry, and even archers, seemed to emerge from the woods, and after three rounds of arrows, they launched a surprise attack. Almost immediately, they tore a hole in the flank of the Northern Liao army, which was hurrying on the march, and then, after rushing left and right in the formation for a while, they calmly retreated under the cover of a large number of smoke bombs released by the airship troops. The casualties caused by this attack were limited, after all, the Blood Qi Army did not want to be surrounded by a large army at all, but they greatly delayed the pace of Gao Senqi's counterattack on Qingya. When Gao Sen Qiqin led the army to approach Qingya, he couldn't help but gasp. Several ballistas had already been arranged at the head of Qingya City, and the Blood Qi Army did not hesitate to stack up large bags of grain to strengthen the city head, forming small bunkers. The general flag fluttering at the head of Qingya City is the name of Zou Shuangwen, the overseer of the Blood Qi Army, which is impossible for anyone in the world to be a general to have not heard of.

Zou Shuangwen came in person? Gao Senqi snorted coldly. The strength of the Blood Qi Army is not because of any one person, this sentence is a narrative of the fact that they have gathered the strength of the group for the soldiers of the Blood Qi Army, but for the enemy, it is the reason why they are not afraid of any one in the Blood Qi Army. Whether it is Ye Tao or Zou Shuangwen, they can control the Blood Qi Army, but it is doubtful how much they can add to the combat power of the Blood Qi Army. Compared with Ye Tao, who has a factual record in perseverance, Zou Shuangwen is only able to sit in this seat because of good luck and good family background in the eyes of many people. The so-called competition for posts, relying on ability to compete internally, and the like, have never been taken to heart in the eyes of people in other countries.

"Gao Senqi is here." Zou Shuangwen also discovered Gao Senqi at the same time, but the staff officer's reminder only passed through his heart, and he didn't pay much attention to it. He said lightly, "There are only 8,000 people here...... Gao Senqi put on such a big pomp again. There was laughter all around.

"Lord Overseer, Ye Shuai's military intelligence announcement has been sent from the airship team: the camp in front of the Gaosen Banner has stopped attacking. Our troops rested in place for two hours before moving on to attack. A scout ran over and said.

"Okay, they beat Ye Shuai for three days, see how long it will take for Ye Shuai to break through their front camp. Hehe. "Zou Shuangwen is relaxed." Remember, we're just covering here, and we have to convince the other side that we're the main force here. And then...... Hehe......"

Zou Shuangwen didn't finish speaking, but everyone smiled. The three battalions of the Blood Qi Army have enough combat power to garrison this small city, especially since there are still a lot of good things hoarded here. The rest of the troops have now moved into a state of latent assembly. Zou Shuangwen felt that he was now teasing a poisonous snake with a stick, so let the poisonous tongue bite it first, and wait to pull the poisonous snake out of the hole in the tree, to the point where it couldn't retract at once, and the stick hit its seven inches, and it would kill it.

And in Xiangning City, it was another scene at this time. The soldiers who were transported by airship earlier picked up Xiangning, which relieved those soldiers who were slightly injured but still insisted on their posts, and they found a place to sleep and rest one by one. When they woke up, they found that there were more than five times as many allies in the city. They climbed to the top of the city, and what they saw made them all a little stunned. A banner that they were very familiar with was not far away, and a rolling iron stream was heading towards Xiangning City: the Tianxuan Army is here. The Tianxuan Army, which was originally prepared to be invested in the later operation against Northern Liao, actually joined the battle sequence in advance. Qiu Haohui is an old boss and old friend of the Blood Qi Army, and there is no problem in cooperating with him. The fact that the Tianxuan Army, as the most professional heavy infantry unit in the world, was sent to the battlefield fully demonstrated Dongping's determination to prepare for a strategic decisive battle with Northern Liao. Not only that, after the banner of the Tianxuan Army, they actually saw Chi Yun's banner: the forbidden army is also here. And after Chi Yun arrived, the news brought was even more surprising: Tan Xiaopei will arrive in Xiangning by airship ten days later!