After returning to the camp, there was a report from Tanma, and the hussar general Zhu Jun led the Chinese army to camp in the city. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoTian Jing discussed with Li Kang and Zang Shun, since he was a pioneer, he naturally had no reason to sit back and wait for the Chinese army. Let the two of them prepare for the affairs and start early tomorrow morning.

Continuing north, you will find Yishi County, which is the last city to reach Angeup, and I don't know what kind of resistance you will encounter. This time the march was much slower than the usual march because of the ladder and other equipment that Zang Shun and others had just built in Xie County.

It has been three days since he arrived in Yishi County, Tian Jing thought that this place must be heavily defended, but when he arrived in Yishi County, he saw that the Baibo thieves were fleeing. The gates of the two cities in Yishi County were wide open, and now there were still some white wave thieves who had not had time to retreat in a hurry and were taking food and belongings and preparing to leave the city. Seeing the Han army coming, these people threw down their things and ran away without caring about anything.

Tian Jing asked Li Kang's 100 cavalry to chase the fleeing thieves, and he led a large army into the city. The county seat of Yishi is very small, and it can accommodate a population of several thousand. The houses are densely built, and the streets are not wide. When I entered the city, I saw that it was a mess, but it was correct that the White Wave Thieves had just gotten the news and fled.

Tian Jing asked the soldiers to find an empty house to rest, and at the same time arranged for the guards to be on guard. Soon after they settled in the city, Li Kang returned with cavalry. Li Dang wanted Tian Jing to report that the enemy ran very fast and caught a few white wave thieves, so he did not chase again. After asking the captured captives, he learned that the white wave thief commander in the city was called Qi Tai, ranking fifth among the white wave commanders. Qi Tai's subordinates also have some horses, and they have been stationed in this Yi city. The day before yesterday, Han Siam and Li Le, the two Daqu marshals, asked people to inform Qi Tai to quickly lead the troops to retreat to the Yi clan. Qi Tai was reluctant to let the grain, grass and wealth piled up in the city, and he kept his subordinates loading many carts before he was willing to withdraw, but there were still things that could not be taken away. The people who were arrested today were originally stragglers who wanted to come back and get some oil and water by themselves after the army left, but they didn't want to be caught by the Han army.

Tian Jing smiled when he heard this, "This Qi Tai is really from Hedong, and he is a master of money." In this case, there is nothing to worry about, let the brothers rest today, and set off early tomorrow morning to Anyi. I'm afraid that the real big battle will be fought in Anyi. ”

Even the day's march was tired, so Tian Jing slept early tonight. I never thought that when I was asleep, I heard a shout outside, and when I opened my eyes, I saw the fire outside the window, and Tian Jing shouted, "It's not good, I've fallen into the enemy's plan!" ”

At this moment, Li Dang rushed in, "Brother Jing, it's not good, there's a fire in the city." ”

Tian Jing pulled Li Kang and walked out, this is a terrible look, and now the entire Yishi County is in flames. The city was already small, and there were many houses, and there was a great fire, and I was afraid that the whole army would be destroyed in it. And today, let the soldiers scatter among the houses, I am afraid that it is difficult to gather people now.

Tian Jingxin said that he was really careless, he had read so many military books but he didn't expect the enemy to use fire. This Qi Tai is really good, but he laughed at himself and said that he was a miser, but this is good, he has become a turtle in an urn, and he is about to be roasted. Wait, Qi Tai, the doctor who treated me is also surnamed Qi, and he has a daughter named Qi Ying, does this Qi Tai have anything to do with him? The doctor said to me that day, "It's dry, be careful." "Could it be that he is reminding me to be careful of the other party's use of fire?

At this time, Zang Shun ran over, "Brother, I have already asked people to mingjin, and the brothers gathered everywhere, now the fire is getting bigger and bigger, I'm afraid that we can't stay in the city for a long time, we still have to find a way to get out of the city." ”

Tian Jing simply let go of the problem he couldn't think of, and decided to think about the current countermeasures first. This is the other way to Li Kang and Zang Shun then said, "Since the enemy has set fire, I am afraid that we have already been guarded against us, and it is estimated that there is an ambush at the two city gates now." If you break in, you are afraid of serious casualties. If you want to get out of the city, you can only fly out with wings, by the way, hurry up and let the brothers go up to the city, and then go out from one side of the city wall, the enemy's forces will be at the east and west gates, and I hope that there are not many troops outside the city wall. ”

Li Dang smiled bitterly: "Don't think about it, I have already let people go to see it just now, and the several sections of stairs in the upper city have all been poured with fire oil by the enemy, and now they can't go up at all." ”

"It seems that this Qi Tai has carefully designed us to annihilate this city. By the way, Zang Shun, where is the ladder we brought, hurry up and let people go to see if it hasn't been burned yet. Tian Jing hurriedly said.

Zang Shun was afraid of his head, I forgot about it, wait a minute, I'll come when I go. After a while, Zang Shun came back with a gray face, and his eyebrows were burned. "The ladders are all burned, and the brothers are still not in a hurry to rescue them just now."

Li Dare said anxiously, "How can this be good?" ”

Tian Jing was also a little panicked when he heard this, but he immediately told himself not to mess up, there was always a way. He thought back to what he had encountered in Xie County, and suddenly thought of the iron hook on the ladder. "Iron hook, quick, let the brothers take the iron hook off the ladder, we will tie it to the rope and choose a secluded corner to go out of the city."

After Tian Jing finished giving the order, Zang Shun hurriedly ordered someone to do it. In a short time, a dozen hooks were made. The city wall is about three zhang high, Tian Jing asked people to throw the flying hook on the city wall, tried a few times without a problem, and then let everyone abandon the equipment and only take the short blade with them to go out of the city.

Qi Tai sealed the city gate and destroyed the stairs, so he naturally didn't expect that the Han army would still have a way to get out of the city. It was to concentrate all the forces on the east and west gates, and there were not many soldiers defending them except for a few guards scattered outside the surrounding walls.

After Tian Jing and the others went down to the city, they were holding back the fire in their hearts, so they asked Li Dare to lead some people to the West Gate, and he and Zang Shun led the rest of the people to the East Gate to kill the enemy. This time, there was no need to boost morale, all the soldiers were desperately killing the enemy with a heart of revenge and shame. Especially Li Kang's subordinates, this time out of the city had to abandon those white horses who had been fighting with him for a long time, and their hearts were no less indignant than the death of their close comrades.

There was almost no suspense in the battle, and it took less than a stick of incense to take place, and Tian Jing's 800 soldiers won a complete victory, killing 1,000 enemies, capturing 500, and the white wave thief Shuai Qi Tai was captured alive.

Li dared to go up with a mouth, and if he scolded Qi Tai, he would be cut by a thousand knives. However, he was stopped by Tian Jing, it is one thing to kill the enemy on the battlefield, and it is another thing to treat prisoners now. If you kill the prisoners, I am afraid that it will not be good for the future to recruit those white wave thieves who surrendered.

Tian Jing handed over his sword to Mao An, and asked him to take care of the prisoners and restrain the soldiers. This guy has a big life, he has been following Tian Jing, and when the fire broke out tonight, he got up and found the fire at night, which woke up many people, and he made a meritorious contribution to it. Han Jun looked down on him a lot, and Tian Jing's feelings for him were also very complicated, although he was greedy for life and afraid of death and was a traitor in the eyes of Bai Bojun, but he really helped himself a lot. Let him guard the prisoners, also in order to soften the enemy army.

Tian Jing finished arranging the things here and asked Zang Shun to count the losses. Of his own troops, 30 people were killed in the fire, and more than 70 people were wounded or killed in battle. He also lost more than a hundred war horses, including the mounts of Tian Jing, Li Kang and Zang Shun. In addition, the grain, grass, medicine, and the siege equipment that had just been built were all left in the city, and now I am afraid that the rest will be ashes.

This was the biggest defeat since Tian Jing led the troops. Tian Jing hated a lot in his heart, he knew that in fact, he had already made the mistake of making light progress when he chased Hu Cai last time. It was only because Li Dang came in time that he was spared death. I should have learned my lesson at that time, but I was still careless. If you are careless, but only one person suffers; Now that he is the commander of the First Army, he buries the lives of his brothers by underestimating the enemy.

Tian Jing blamed himself deeply and couldn't sleep all night. Early the next morning, Tian Jing withdrew his troops and returned to Xie County. It's not that I don't want to move forward, it's just that there is no food and grass, and morale is frustrated, so how can I fight. I can only go back to Xie County first, and I am waiting for the army's grain and grass to arrive, and the supplies will be repaired.

As a result, the people and horses had not moved, but they saw a young girl come to Tian Jing's military camp alone. The soldier went up to ask, but it was the daughter of Doctor Qi who called Qi Yingde to visit the general.

Tian Jing didn't expect Qi Ying to come, so he told his relatives to let her come over.

When Qi Ying arrived at Tian Jing, she suddenly fell to her knees and said to Tian Jing, "I beg Lord Captain to spare my brother's life." ”

Tian Jing saw how good this was, and hurriedly helped Qi Ying up, but Qi Ying just couldn't afford to kneel, but asked Tian Jing to promise her.

Although Tian Jing guessed her intention in his heart, he couldn't bear it, so he said to Qi Ying, "Anyway, you are also my savior, if it wasn't for the girl's care, I am afraid that my typhoid fever will not be cured." In this case, I agreed to the girl's conditions. Can you get up now? ”

Qi Ying was stunned, "You agreed?" Do you know who my brother is? ”

Tian Jing smiled, "Am I really so confused, your brother is Qitai, one of the leaders of the Baibo bandits, Wuqu Shuai." I now know why your father was so weird. Your father treated me for the sick, including the laxative medicine that Li Dang later gave for five days, all to stop my army from pulling out, wasn't it? Later, when he saw that I was leaving, he deliberately reminded me to be careful of "fire attacking my heart". It's just because he can't stop Qi Tai from taking risks, and he just hopes not to enter the army for the time being to delay time, yes or no? ”

Qi Ying didn't expect Tian Jing to guess it, so she didn't say a word.

Tian Jing said comfortingly, "That's it, it's all two armies fighting, each with its own master, although your brother's plan is vicious, but he didn't burn me to death." If I promise to enlarge it, I will not regret it. But you have to promise me to persuade him to surrender, or return to his hometown, or at least not to join the White Wave Bandit Army again. ”

Qi Ying knelt down and kowtowed three more times, "Thank you, General." The little girl also had a reluctant request, and I don't know that the general spared the lives of the other captives in addition to sparing my brother. Qi Ying was a little trembling when she said this, after all, Tian Jing had just promised herself, and now she wanted him to let go of other people, and she felt a little bit like she had to make an inch. But I am a doctor, a doctor's parents, how can I bear to see so many lives and deaths.

Tian Jing looked at her with a little more pity, and said that this woman's heart was very kind, and asked rhetorically, "Do I look so much like a murderer?" When did I say I was going to kill the captives? As long as they are willing to break away from the White Polish Army, I will definitely settle down properly in the future. You go to Guanzhong to ask, but I've heard that my Hu cavalry captain Tian Jing killed a prisoner indiscriminately. ”

Qi Ying was a little embarrassed when she heard this, and bowed her head and said, "Then I still thank the general for his kindness on behalf of their families." The little girl retired. After saying that, she bowed her head and retreated, and Tian Jing asked her soldiers to take her to see Qi Tai.