After the bows and arrows were fired, dozens of tall and sturdy officers and soldiers of the Lingnan Army stepped forward with sharp axes in their hands and cut down the fences and wooden gates of the official army camp, clearing the last obstacle for the army's movement.

Immediately after another wave of war drums, tens of thousands of Lingnan troops poured into the official barracks from three directions, as if a flood was besieging the city. Where could the officers and troops resist such an offensive of the Lingnan Army, and after a little resistance, they retreated from the south gate, which was not blocked by the enemy, and their banners, weapons, armor, grain, grass, and silver fell to the ground.

Because of the Zheng edict and the order in advance, the officers and men of Lingnan did not dare to pick up the spoils of war without permission, and concentrated on fighting hard in the official barracks, searching the tents and toilets one by one, vowing to exterminate the officers and soldiers.

However, half an hour later, the large camp that originally contained more than 40,000 Jiangnan Provincial officers and troops had been completely occupied by the Lingnan Army, and the huge banner embroidered with "Shanyin Zhixian Autumn" was also put down, and the four-character banner of "Lingnan Wangfu" was raised on the towering flagpole.

Zheng Yu saw it really from the outside, and hurriedly asked a member of the general around him to enter the camp to check the situation.

The general rode into the camp, and only came out after a cup of tea, and replied: "Our army's attack went smoothly, the enemy either fled or died, and there were no enemy troops in the camp. The rest of the ordnance and materials are also under the control of our army! ”

"Good!" Zheng Yu's face trembled, "Well done!" After counting the money and food, I will reward the three armies! Let's go into the camp and have a look. ”

Sun Hao always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't think of a reason, so he only asked the general to take the first step, and asked him to order all the troops to strictly guard the camp and pay close attention to the movements of the fleeing officers and soldiers, so he also followed Zheng Yu to the north gate of the enemy camp.

Unexpectedly, just after walking a few steps, there was a sudden muffled noise in the camp, which startled the excited Zheng Yu, and almost fell off the horse.

In the blink of an eye, the official and military camps, which had just calmed down the smoke of gunfire, were shrouded in a dark and bottomless smoke, and from time to time a few tongues of fire burst out of the smoke, which were either blue, yellow, or red. The smoke came a pungent stench and a choking fire. I also heard that the Lingnan Army in the camp obviously did not expect the occurrence of this fire, and it was already a mess of shouting and shouting.

The word "Zhongji" immediately appeared in Zheng Yu's mind.

But Zheng Yu couldn't figure it out: Qiu Yizhi used tens of thousands of main forces as bait to attract himself into the official army camp, and then attack and kill the enemy with fire; Even if this plan succeeds, he has no soldiers available, and at best he is just a draw with himself - with Qiu Yizhi's character, can he accept such a result?

What Zheng Yu didn't know was that Qiu Yizhi's strategy was actually wrong.

Qiu Yizhi was afraid that Zheng Yu would not be fooled, so he was indeed using all 40,000 troops as bait, and several times teased the Lingnan Army into the camp where flammable things such as oil, dry firewood, charcoal, and bedding were piled up in advance. He also prepared two large jars of gunpowder in the hidden position of the Chinese army's tent, and used a few fuses more than a foot long as ignition things, hoping that when Zheng Yu entered or walked to the Chinese army's tent, it happened that the gunpowder explosion would blow Zheng Yu to pieces.

Unexpectedly, it was Sun Hao's few nonsense outside the camp, which delayed Zheng Yu's entry into the camp, and finally let the second prince of Lingnan escape.

Zheng Yu saw that his main force was caught in the sea of fire, and he didn't care about what Qiu Yizhi had planned, so he hurriedly waved the whip in his hand and slammed it on the butt of the horse under his crotch, wanting to check the situation closely, or even be able to immediately command the army out of the sea of fire.

But as soon as the horse under his crotch smelled the smell of smoke and dust in front of him, he refused to move forward, but his four hooves were jumping around in place, almost lifting the fat Zheng Yu off the horse's back.

It was the veteran Sun Hao who stepped forward, grabbed the reins of Zheng Yu's mount with one hand, and settled down the horse that had developed his temperament, and then said: "Second prince, the situation on the other side is unknown, you are golden and jade, you can't enter the danger lightly, please return to the camp quickly." If you can trust the last general, the last general is willing to step forward to stop our soldiers from retreating, I don't know what the second prince thinks? ”

When Zheng Yu heard this, he didn't know if he was uncomfortable with the smoke, his eyes were suddenly moist, and he hurriedly held Sun Hao's rough and mottled hands, and said: "Then please take care of the old general, I will go back to the camp and mobilize the soldiers and horses to come over to pick up the old general." ”

Zheng Yu left Sun Hao for the time being, and turned his horse and walked quickly to the camp under Jinling City, leaving only twenty-five or six personal guards who were close to him.

Zheng Yu led the army to walk a few steps, but he heard the sound of the fire burning behind him, mixed with the sound of hurried horses' hooves.

The sound of the horse's hooves became louder and louder, closer and closer, and more and more urgent, so that Zheng Yu, who was hurrying on the horse's back, also hurriedly looked in the direction where the horse's hooves came from.

But I saw that somewhere a cavalry vaguely numbered nearly 500 people, riding a war horse "Purala" to chase after him, and there were more than a dozen horses that were extremely fast, and they had overtaken from the brigade, and they were about to catch up with him - and the leader of them, Zheng Yu was very familiar with it, it was Qiu Yizhi who was against him at that time.

It turned out that after Qiu Yizhi succeeded in luring the enemy, he led the soldiers to withdraw from his own camp, but did not go far, but observed the situation in the camp from a distance. However, the smoke billowing in the camp made him unable to see the specific battle situation in the camp clearly, but he saw a cavalry flash on the side, running towards the Jinling camp, and the leader was extremely fat, it was the second prince Zheng Yu himself.

Qiu Yizhi saw that he couldn't miss the opportunity, and he didn't have time to gather the army that escaped from the camp, leaving only Zhang Qi and Wu Changxi to deal with the aftermath, and he led five hundred elite horsemen to chase after Zheng Yu's buttocks.

The horses on which these cavalry rode were Lingnan war horses that Qiu Yizhi had stolen from the port of Mingzhou. These horses are short and slow, and they don't run very fast. Qiu Yizhi saw that he was not in a hurry to chase, but he was afraid that Zheng Yu would not be able to catch him after running too fast into the camp, so he hurriedly urged the sweaty BMW under his crotch and galloped towards Zheng Yu's team.

Qiu Yizhi's sweat and blood horse, was given to him by Dali Khan, the lord of the Bohai Sea and the king of the Han Dynasty, it can be said that it is a real horse, and he is used to the battlefield, he is used to smelling the smoke of gunpowder, and he has long known that Qiu Yizhi is in a hurry, and he will get up and fly with four hooves as if he is galloping forward.

Zhao Chengxiao and Wei Chi Jiming, who were guarding Qiu Yizhi's side, ran out when they saw him alone, and they were afraid that something would happen, so they hurriedly urged their horses to follow. Seventeen pro-soldiers, including the "black-necked toad" and the "Yangtze crocodile", saw it, and they all hurried to follow.

Zhao Chengxiao, Wei Chi Jiming and the seventeen personal soldiers rode under the crotch, although they were not gods like sweat and blood horses, but they were also good horses on the grassland cultivated by the Bohai Kingdom, which were very different from the Central Plains war horses.

Seeing that there was a reliable guard around him, Qiu Yizhi felt more relieved, and when he raised his eyes to see that he had gone hand in hand with Zheng Yu and was gradually surpassing, he pointed forward with the horsewhip in his hand, turned the horse's head and stabbed it diagonally.

On horseback—especially when galloping—it was easy to bite your tongue when you spoke, but Qiu Yizhi was surrounded by people who were used to it, and when they saw Qiu Yizhi's gestures and movements, they knew his intentions, and immediately turned around, interspersing between Zheng Yu and the Jinling siege camp.

Qiu Yizhi's knight was already using his speed, and in the blink of an eye, several fast horses were exhausted and foaming at the mouth, but they were just in time to stop Zheng Yu in front of him before he entered his camp.

Qiu Yizhi didn't have time to relax, gasping for breath, he called Zhao Chengxiao and Yu Chi Jiming, who were the first to rush to his side, and the two immediately went to capture Zheng Yu.

The guards beside Zheng Yu had seen Zhao Chengxiao's strength a few days earlier, and they did not underestimate the enemy. But Zhao Chengxiao and Wei Chi Jiming's martial arts were too strong, but after a few rounds, they killed all the personal guards around Zheng Yu, leaving Zheng Yu alone on horseback stunned and at a loss.

Now the situation on this battlefield is no longer under anyone's control - although the Lingnan army fell for Qiu Yizhi's plan, they don't know how many losses they have caused and how long they can maintain chaos; Although the officers and soldiers succeeded in their schemes, they suffered a lot of losses, and they did not know how many troops they could assemble and rectify in a short period of time; Another 20,000 men and horses of the Lingnan Army are still on standby in the Jinling camp, and if they are mobilized to fight the battle, the situation will definitely be completely reversed; But the commander Zheng Yu was blocked out of the camp by the officers and soldiers......

Because of this, Qiu Yizhi didn't dare to be slacking off any longer, and saw that his soldiers had defeated all the guards around Zheng Yu, so he hurriedly stepped forward and arched his hand to Zheng Yu: "Second prince, I haven't seen you for a few days, we will finally reunite again, don't come unharmed?" ”

When Zheng Yu saw Qiu Yizhi's face, it was a mixture of flavors, and he turned his face and didn't want to answer with Qiu Yizhi.

Qiu Yizhi is in a hurry now, and he doesn't allow Zheng Yu to delay any longer, and said directly: "I'm not afraid that the second prince will be disgusted by the thick skin of the second prince, and he wants to take the second prince something, so that he can turn defeat into victory, I wonder if the second prince can borrow it?" ”

Zheng Yu was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he scolded with his mouth open: "You little thief, why do you speak so nicely?" Don't you just want to lend me a head? You have the ability, just cut it, why do you have to ask it many times? ”

"Hahaha!" Qiu Yizhi looked up to the sky and smiled, "The second prince regards death as home, and he really didn't embarrass the Lingnan Palace, the Lingnan Prince, and the Zheng family's royal family, and I admire it." However, he is not an unreasonable person, and such a thing as the head will never be easily opened to the second prince. ”

When Zheng Yu heard this, his eyes flashed, and he blurted out: "Then what do you want to borrow?" ”

"Borrow the face of the second prince!" Qiu Yizhi replied, and ordered a few pro-soldiers around him, "Why don't you go and ask the second prince to dismount?" ”

When they heard this order, they immediately rode forward, pulled Zheng Yu, who was as fat as a ball, from the saddle, and then tied him up with hemp rope.

Seeing this, Qiu Yizhi smiled and said: "Now is an extraordinary time, there are many rudeness in the next, and after the matter is settled, it is better to ask the second prince for the guilt." With that, Qiu Yizhi immediately made a look, turned his horse and walked towards the Jinling camp.

Although the second prince Zheng Yu was unwilling, he had no choice but to follow Qiu Yizhi's horse.

After walking a few steps, everyone had come to the gate of the camp besieging Jinling City by the Lingnan Army, Qiu Yizhi beckoned Zhao Chengxiao and whispered a few words in his ear.

Zhao Chengxiao nodded while listening, and after Qiu Yizhi's explanation was completed, he grabbed the horse's belly, led the "black-necked toad" to the front of the camp gate, and called the "black-necked toad" and shouted loudly: "The Lingnan army listened, and passed on the second prince general, and the general of the second prince should open the camp gate and immediately go out of the camp to line up, and you are not allowed to carry weapons and wear armor!" ”