Lose both......

But now I know in my heart that he was the one who lost the first battle.

Warfare is people-oriented, although Liu Qing was forced to lose a lot of grain, grass and baggage yesterday, these things can be collected again, and what about the nearly 10,000 cavalry sent out by Xie An? Will they ever come back to life?

The answer is obvious.

The hunch came true......

As early as the first time he faced the 150,000 Taiping Army, Xie An had a wonderful illusion, as if what he was facing at the moment was the third lady in his house, the eldest grandson Xiangyu.

I remember that when I was in Tongguan, when I saw the talent and strategy displayed by the eldest grandson Xiangyu, Xie An knew that if this woman could not become his virtuous helper, she would definitely be the most terrible opponent.

At that time, Xie An was very lucky to arouse the eldest grandson Xiangyu's good impression of him, in his words, he successfully placed this strange woman on his couch, but even so, Xie An imagined more than once that if the eldest grandson Xiangyu had not fallen in love with him at that time, what kind of situation would it be, probably the current situation.

Liu Qing, what a talented woman!

It is undeniable that Xie An's strategy last night was quite sound, but even so, Liu Qing was able to find a loophole in his plan and deal a heavy blow.

It's so cleverly cracked!

Even as an enemy, Xie An had to admire Liu Qing's courage and resourcefulness.

"I actually set ......fire to the camp by myself," Xie An, who had a bitter expression on his face, let out a long sigh, he never thought that Liu Qing would be able to come up with such ingenious countermeasures to crack his plan, and he set fire to the northern, eastern and western camps that no longer existed, and firmly surrounded the nearly 10,000 cavalry in the camp, forming a situation of fighting more and less in a short period of time.

Nearly 50,000 Taiping troops, the nearly 10,000 cavalry was facing at that time. That's nearly 50,000 Taiping troops!

Although there were still about 50,000 Zhou troops outside the Taiping military camp at that time, they could not do anything to help the nearly 10,000 cavalry who were besieged and killed in the Taiping military camp.

This tactic, Xie An had seen the eldest grandson Xiangyu use it when he went out to fight against the rebels in the west, but he didn't want to see it again in Poyang Hukou now, it was from the handiwork of another woman.

It's bold!

Xie An had to admire Liu Qing's courage in resolutely breaking his wrist at that moment of crisis, knowing that her move was also very dangerous, if the Taiping troops in the north and east camps could not set fire to the Zhou army that harassed them in the camp, this plan would never have succeeded. On the contrary, it will devastate the Taiping army.

Lost the first battle......

Obviously, he wanted to defeat the 50,000 Taiping army of Ji Liu Qing in the sky in one go, and he could end the stalemate for more than 20 days in one fell swoop, but he didn't want to suffer such heavy casualties.

Perhaps in the eyes of outsiders, the two armies in last night's battle can be described as a defeat for both sides, but in Xie An's opinion. Last night's battle, it was clear that he lost. Although the 3,000 Zhou soldiers who died during the battle between the two armies were inevitable, the nearly 10,000 cavalry, the cavalry entrusted by Xie An, he never thought that it would be so meaningless.

In comparison, the losses of the Taiping army can be said to be negligible, although they also paid 5,000 in terms of troops. But that burned down three battalions......

At present, Liu Qing, who only has 50,000 soldiers left, does not need such a huge military camp at all, even if he burns down three of them, leaving only the middle camp and the south camp. It is also enough to garrison 50,000 soldiers.

That's how thoughtful it is......

[Heavenly Ji] Liu Qing!

Sitting on the seat of the handsome tent, Xie An folded his hands, his face was really terrible, at this moment, he. Approachable can no longer be described as approachable.

It seemed that he noticed Xie An's complexion, in order to take care of his face. Gou Gong licked his lips, clenched his fists and said, "My lord, although our army suffered heavy losses yesterday, the Taiping army ......."

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Xie An raising his hand.

"Gou Gong, you don't have to put gold on your face in this mansion, losing is losing...... Last night, it was the government that lost! ”

Everyone in the "......" tent looked at Xie An in shock, after all, as the commander of the first army, if he said something ugly, he had to grit his teeth and be cheeky, even if he was defeated, he could never be said to be defeated, so this would lower the morale of the officers and men in the army.

"This mansion can't stand the nearly 10,000 soldiers of General Song Shu......" Under the silent looks of everyone in the tent, Xie An sighed secretly and muttered, "It was the young wisdom of this mansion that made them die......"

"My lord......" Liang Cheng opened his mouth, and couldn't help but persuade, "As a general who leads the army, how can you expect a horse leather shroud?" -- Don't be arrogant because of this, and the general will think that if it weren't for the adults, I would have 80,000 ...... Well, the 70,000 Great Liang Army has long been wiped out! ”

Nearly 10,000 Liang troops were besieged and killed, and Liang Cheng, as the main general, was also very heartbroken, but he did not have the slightest resentment against Xie An, after all, Xie An's strategy was indeed ingenious and safe in his opinion, and there was no negligence, it can only be said that the wisdom of the [Heavenly Ji] Liu Qing on the opposite side is too outstanding.

"Although there was no negligence, it was always caused by the lack of wisdom in this house, but-"

"......" Seeing that Xie An suddenly raised his voice, everyone in the tent subconsciously raised their heads.

I saw Xie An, who was sitting on the main seat, with an indescribable superior's momentum around him, and said word by word, "This account, this government will settle it with the Taiping Army!" -- Pass the order, today our army will meet the Taiping army on the battlefield! This mansion wants to personally avenge General Song Shu and the more than 10,000 soldiers! ”

Adults personally supervise the battle? As an adult of a civil official, he actually supervised the battle in person?

For some reason, Liang Cheng and other generals of the Great Liang Army couldn't help but feel excited in their hearts at this moment, and Xie An's passionate words made their whole bodies can't help but have goosebumps aroused by excitement, and then it seems that the blood in their whole bodies is boiling.

"Your Excellency wants to fight the Taiping Thieves head-on?" Gou Gong asked with a frown.

"Not bad!" Nodding, Xie An looked at the generals of the Great Liang Army in the tent, and said in a deep voice, "Although I don't want to admit it, however, this mansion is indeed inferior to [Heavenly Ji] Liu Qing in terms of wisdom, therefore, surprise soldiers are no longer the first choice of our army, since this is the case, then fight with the Taiping Army on the battlefield in a dignified manner!" -- With stratagems, the house lost to her. However, this government firmly believes that the officers and soldiers of the Great Liang Army under the command of this government will never lose to the Taiping thief army! ”

The soldiers of the Liang Army in the tent opened their eyes wide, their faces were full of excitement, led by Liang Cheng, and they all clasped their fists and shouted in unison, "I am willing to defend the spear of the enemy for my lord!" Never give up! ”

"Good!" Slamming the table, Xie An slowly stood up and shouted in a deep voice. "Then ...... Dispatch troops! ”

"Yes!"

Seeing the inexplicably high morale and inexplicably excited mood of the Liang soldiers, and looking at Xie An, who was like two people on weekdays, Qin Ke'er also lost her mind for a moment, and looked at the man who had tarnished her innocence, and there was an inexplicable ...... in her heart Pride?

Why?

It was clear that this man was furious after the defeat and wanted to take revenge. But why, like those stupid guys, believe that he will win?

Witnessing Xie An and everyone in the tent in a circle, silently watching him explain the task to everyone, Qin Ke'er instinctively covered her heart and carefully touched Fang Cai's inexplicable excitement that seemed to make her blood gush.

In just a few words, it can raise the morale of the generals, this talent on the tongue. This guy ...... Could it be that he was born handsome?!

Qin Ke'er looked at Xie An in surprise, and suddenly his face was stunned.

Hey?

Breath......

I don't know what I thought of, Qin Ke'er suddenly blushed and her cheeks turned crimson with shame.

"Kerr. Pour a glass of water for the master and the generals, and we will discuss the dispatch of troops in detail...... Kerr? What happened to you? Why is your face so red? ”

"Huh?" Qin Ke'er raised her head as if she had just woken up from a dream, shook her head in a panic, and said. "No, it's not ......," he said. She avoided Xie An's burning sharp gaze with some weakness, and poured a glass of water for the generals in the tent.

Not to mention that Xie An was puzzled, even Gou Gong, who was deeply suspicious of Qin Ke'er, looked at her in confusion, looking at this woman who acted inexplicably.

Half a moment later, all the generals retired one after another and went to reorganize their troops and horses to prepare for today's battle, and taking advantage of Xie An's opportunity to drink tea, Qin Ke'er couldn't help but put forward to him the intention of watching the battle.

"What? Are you going too? ”

Under Qin Ke'er's somewhat surprised gaze, Xie An shook his head and said seriously, "Master is not going to play today!" - The battlefield is dangerous, you stay in the camp! ”

Sure enough, it's different from usual......

Qin Ke'er clearly grasped Xie An's abnormality, you must know that in the past, Xie An would probably take her with her, if the battlefield was boring, by the way, he would relieve her boredom, but today, he didn't mean this at all......

"The little slave also wants to meet the woman with the same name as the little slave, sir......"

I don't know what's wrong, Qin Ke'er found that she had become more and more comfortable with being coquettish to Xie An recently, and often blurted out coquettish words without thinking.

"No way!"

"Master, the little slave is watching from the side, and he doesn't say a word......

"No way!"

"The master also said that he would treat the little slave well, but he didn't even agree to the little slave's little pleading......" Qin Ke'er looked at Xie An sadly, and her resentful gaze was very similar to the night she ** Xie An.

Looking at Qin Ke'er's resentful gaze, Rao is Xie An, who was now full of war spirit towards the Taiping Army, couldn't help but soften his heart.

"Okay, well, then you put on the master's personal soldier clothes and take a woman to the battlefield, it's not polite!"

"Hmm!" Qin Ke'er responded happily and looked at Xie An with silky eyes.

Xie An shook his head helplessly, and was about to walk out of the tent on crutches, when he suddenly seemed to remember something, turned his head to look at Qin Ke'er, and asked suspiciously, "Ke'er, you seem to have been a little ...... in the past two days."

"What?" Qin Ke'er asked with some weakness, after all, she also noticed the gradual change in her attitude towards Xie An, just like Fang Cai's coquettish words, if in the past, it would be absolutely impossible to say it from her mouth.

"Well, it's nothing, it may be the master's illusion......" Looking at Qin Ke'er for a while, Xie An shook his head, maybe Qin Ke'er acted very well at home in the past, so that she was coquettish to Xie An from the bottom of her heart, although Xie An noticed a slight change in her, but he couldn't say where the unnaturalness came from, after all, he had always felt that Qin Ke'er was a well-behaved and docile woman, similar to Yiyi, but he never thought that Qin Ke'er, like the eldest grandson Xiangyu, was good at hiding his true inner feelings.

The news of the battle of the 50,000 Zhou troops outside the camp finally reached the ears of [Heavenly Ji] Liu Qing.

I have to say that after yesterday's heavy losses, Liu Qing thought that Xie An would stop for at least a day or two. After all, it lost more than 10,000 troops overnight, which was definitely an extremely heavy blow to the Great Liang army, even if it was not unexpected because of the turmoil in the army.

But now, what did she see?

She saw 50,000 murderous Liang troops!

How can it be?!

Obviously, the loss of more than 10,000 troops last night, why did the morale of the officers and men of the Great Liang Army increase instead of decreasing?

"The army of thieves came out and died!" Taking the lead, Liang Cheng, the chief general of the Great Liang Army, pointed a gun at the gatehouse of the Taiping Army camp and shouted angrily.

As soon as the words fell, the 50,000 Liang troops shouted in unison. Where is this like a soldier that suffered a huge loss of troops last night?

"These Zhou Jun, are they going to eat alive?"

Beside Liu Qing, even a fierce general who was as brave as Xu Le, his face showed a bit of solemnity, and he was shocked by the 50,000 Zhou soldiers outside the camp who seemed to be incarnated as tigers, wolves, and beasts.

"It's creepy...... What a heavy murderous aura! Feng Xi, the general of the Taiping Army, added in surprise. It was hard for him to imagine that an army that had cowered in his camp for more than 20 days and had not dared to fight, an army that had lost tens of thousands of troops in the first battle last night, could still have such a terrifying momentum.

After counting, I am afraid that only Yang Yu, the commander of the Tianfu Army, looked as usual, and swept the Zhou army outside the camp with tiger eyes, Nunu said. "Princess, look there!"

Taking a look in the direction indicated by Yang Yu, Liu Qing and the others suddenly realized that they had noticed. In the main formation of the Zhou army, a battle flag with the word [Xie] was erected.

"......I see," Liu Qing showed a little surprise and surprise in his eyes, and muttered, "It turns out that the boss himself appeared." Did it boost the morale of his men? That Xie An, his prestige in the Great Liang Army is not small! -- So it seems. I did underestimate that Xie An before! ”

"It's strange, then why did Xie An choose to fight our army head-on? He was defeated for a while last night! Feng Xi said in surprise.

"Hehe," Liu Qing looked deeply in Xie An's direction, and suddenly chuckled and said, "I understand, seeing that I can't compare to me in terms of tactics, so I changed to a righteous imperial army, and fought with our army in a dignified manner, wanting to take advantage of the well-trained and well-equipped Daliang army to defeat our army!" -- That Xie An is not a pedantic person, who knows how to use his own strengths and attack the enemy's shortcomings...... It's a shame, I was hoping this guy would be willing! -- This battle is not easy to fight! At this, her face became solemn.

"Princess, are you going out of the camp to fight?" The fierce general Xu Le said with an excited face, pretending to ask, but in fact asking for help.

"At the moment, it is not a question of whether our army will fight or not," shaking his head, Liu Qing sighed slightly, "Our army has no choice!" If I don't wait, he'll attack! The camp gate of the middle camp of our army has not yet been built, and if it is attacked by the Zhou army, the big camp will be like a decoration! - Fight! ”

"Yes!"

At the same time, on the commander's chariot that Xie An was riding, Qin Ke'er, who was pretending to be a personal soldier, was asking Xie An in a whisper.

"Sir...... No, Marshal, do you think the Taiping Army will fight? ”

"Why not?" With a light snort, Xie An said in a low voice, "Then Liu Qing burned down the Beiying, Dongying, and Xiying by herself, and the government doesn't believe that she can rebuild the camp in one night!" - The current Taiping army camp is just a decoration, if she avoids the battle and does not come out, the government will attack it and block the 50,000 Taiping troops in the camp! ”

"......" Looking at Xie An with an angry face, Qin Ke'er didn't answer very interestingly.

For some reason, although she was a private ally of Heavenly Ji Liu Qing, at this moment, seeing Xie An's face full of anger when she mentioned Liu Qing, she felt a little joy and happiness in her heart.

"Woo, woo, woo......" Three horns sounded, and countless Taiping troops poured out of the camp and set up a formation in the open space set aside for them by the Great Liang Army.

And at this moment, Xie An waved his hand and shouted in a deep voice, "Attack!" ”

"Knock knock!" There was a burst of gongs and drums, and just when the Taiping army was busy setting up their formation, the vanguard of the Zhou army had already killed them.

There is no so-called battle in front of the battle, and there is no so-called dialogue between the commanders of the two armies, and Xie An does not even give the Taiping army time to set up a formation.

"That's despicable! ――Killed without saying a word? Yan Shao, the general of the Taiping Army, opened his eyes wide and scolded with a stunned face.

"Soldiers, treacherous! Do you still expect that Xie An will wait for our army to line up in formation? - If he were such a pedantic fellow, I wouldn't have such a headache! Glancing at Yan Shao, Liu Qing said something for Xie An.

The Zhou army suddenly attacked, which really caused a lot of trouble to the Taiping army. But that's all, after losing about 1,000 people, the Taiping army smoothly set up the formation.

And at this moment, the sound of [ding ding ding] came from Zhou Jun's main formation.

"......" Liu Qing, who had excellent hearing, subconsciously glanced at the Zhou army's main formation, and when he looked at the battle situation again, he found that the formation of the Zhou army had changed significantly.

Interesting, use a code to deliver a message and ask the army under your command to change formation?

Liu Qing's heart was full of surprise, after all, in her opinion. It is quite difficult to achieve this, firstly, the main general must have excellent eyesight, and secondly, it also requires the combat generals on the battlefield to concentrate and always pay attention to the secret signals coming from the rear.

"It's ...... Hanging in the car? ”

Liu Qing frowned, she found. After hesitating for a moment, he lost his mind for a moment, and did not notice that the Zhou army's glaive array had turned into a chariot-hung array, which directly led to nearly 3,000 Taiping soldiers being divided by the Zhou army's army and falling into an embarrassing situation of being surrounded by enemies on all sides.

"Interesting, fighting for the troops?" Liu Qing muttered and said in a deep voice, "Pass the order." The whole army has changed to a sharp arrow formation, and it is necessary to rescue the trapped 3,000 soldiers! - As long as the front army is scattered, the car hanging array is just a joke! ”

"Yes!" The herald beside him immediately turned his horse away, about a stick of incense. The Taiping Army's array was changed to a sharp arrow array, like an unstoppable sharp blade, straight into the heart of the Zhou army.

And at this moment, the sound of ding-ding-ding came from Zhou Jun's main formation again. Immediately, the formation of the Zhou army changed again.

"Order the whole army to suspend the offensive!" Liu Qing shouted anxiously.

"What's wrong?" Yang Yu, the commander of the guards, asked suspiciously.

I saw Liu Qing looking deeply at the formation of the Zhou army. said in a low voice, "What the Zhou army is currently setting up is the formation of the square gate, which is a battle formation that weakens the hinterland of the Chinese army and strengthens the two wings...... Don't look at the center of the Zhou army, it seems that there are very few troops, and it is very easy to break through, but once our army enters it, it will be attacked by the rapid attack of the two wings of the Zhou army, even if there are more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, when they reach Na Xie An, there will be no more left...... Change the lineup! -- Pass the order, and the whole army will change to the formation of crane wings! ”

The Crane Wing Formation, which is a kind of battle formation that weakens the breakthrough power of the center and strengthens the lethality of the armies on both wings, is slightly weaker than the Fangmen Array, and cannot encircle and divide the enemy, but the attack power on both sides is very strong.

"Crane Wing Formation? So, what about the 3,000 trapped soldiers? Yang Yu asked in a low voice.

Liu Qing exhaled deeply and said in a deep voice, "I can't take care of them right now...... Unexpectedly, Xie An actually understands the military formation? I've never heard of it......"

Not to mention that Liu Qing was puzzled, even Qin Ke'er was dumbfounded, after all, she had never heard that Xie An actually had the ability to set up formations on the battlefield, but when she thought that the third lady in this person's mansion, Sun Xiangyu, was a master of military strategy who was proficient in the way of soldiers, Qin Ke'er was also relieved, but even so, she still felt a little surprised by Xie An's inconspicuous approach.

In her opinion, Xie An seems to be a very flamboyant person, but in fact he is quite introverted, so that for a long time, Qin Ke'er has always mistakenly thought that he is a straw bag who is greedy for money and lustful with the help of his wife's power, after all, even Liang Qiuwu, Changsun Xiangyu, Jin Ling'er and other three people have complained one after another, Xie An on weekdays is indeed not doing anything right, as if he only has women in his head except women.

"Hey, you've been tricked, little girl!" When Qin Ke'er was surprised by Xie An at the moment, the man she was puzzled about in her heart spit out a sentence full of anger.

Hit?

Qin Ke'er looked at Xie An suspiciously, and then followed his line of sight, and suddenly, Qin Ke'er's face was full of shock.

How so?

The formation of the Taiping army actually collapsed?

In less than half an hour before and after the battle between the two armies, the formation of the Taiping army collapsed? What does this mean?

This means that Xie An defeated [Heavenly Ji] Liu Qing in a head-to-head battle!

"How so?!"

When Qin Ke'er was shocked, [Heavenly Ji] Liu Qing was also full of horror, biting her lip tightly, unable to believe what her eyes were seeing.

Why?

Obviously, his judgment was not wrong, and the battle formation he chose every time was basically able to restrain the Zhou army on the opposite side, but why was the Zhou army not chaotic at all, but the formation on his side was in chaos?

She knew that she had lost, losing to Xie An in a head-to-head battle, and losing in her rather conceited formation, and losing inexplicably.

After a while, the Taiping army was really defeated, and Liu Qing could only choose Mingjin to withdraw his troops, anxiously worried about whether the victorious Zhou army would take the opportunity to attack it.

But what made Liu Qing feel strange was that Xie An did not attack, but ordered a slow retreat.

The next day, Xie An again sent troops to fight outside the Taiping military camp, and as yesterday, the Zhou army relied on the code to change the formation, and even the formation was the same.

Liu Qing dealt with it very carefully and vigilantly, and asked her corporals to change the formation to restrain the formation of the Zhou army, but she was defeated again, and the Taiping soldiers were inexplicably defeated.

On the third day, Xie An once again led the army to fight with Liu Qing in the field, and the Zhou army still followed the strategy of the previous two days, and this time, Liu Qing tried several formations that she had come up with after hard work, which would be used to restrain the formation of the Zhou army.

But as a result, she was defeated again, and the defeat was inexplicable.

After three battles and three defeats, the Taiping army lost more than 10,000 troops, while the Zhou army only lost three or four thousand, which greatly boosted the morale of the Zhou army and seriously hit the morale of the Taiping army.

In this regard, Liu Qing's heart was full of bitterness, she couldn't imagine that she would lose to Xie An when the two armies were fighting, and she lost to this guy three times in a row.

"Is it because of the new code? Yes, yes...... It must be like this, then Xie An used a secret signal to deliver the news, but I ordered the herald to mutiny, and the time consumed between the two is too great, so that Xie An can take the lead step by step! - On the other hand, if you can crack his new code, you can win! ”

"But...... Can't figure it out, can't figure it out...... I don't understand, I don't understand...... What does that mean exactly? ”

Just like a few days ago, Liu Qing anxiously locked herself in the tent, and went crazy to decipher the new code used by the Zhou army, in her opinion, if she couldn't decipher this code, 50,000, no, the only remaining 40,000 Taiping soldiers at the moment, I am afraid that they will be wiped out by the Great Liang Army.

"Why? What does that mean exactly? ”

In just one or two days, Liu Qing was tortured to lose weight, her face was haggard, and the painful fact of three battles and three defeats lingered in her heart for a long time like a nightmare.