Qiu Yizhi turned his head to look at it, and saw the childishness on the face of this soldier, it seemed that he had just joined the army, and he had experienced the battle formation for the first time, although he was standing on the top of the extremely safe city wall, he was still inevitably a little timid, and the fingers stretched out to the city were trembling slightly.

Qiu Yizhi looked in the direction of the man's finger, and sure enough, he saw that a large number of Japanese robbers had first gathered from the narrow roads to a clearing, but instead of immediately concentrating their forces to attack, they were divided into more than twenty squads, each team was only thirty or forty people, scattered to attack the reinforcements outside the city from all directions.

Even Liu Qing, who was watching the battle at the head of the city, smiled contemptuously and said to Qiu Yizhi: "My lord, you see that this Japanese does not understand the art of war, and the number of people is already small and they have to divide the troops." Forget about dividing the troops, but they are still divided into so many scattered teams, and they don't know whether they are alive or dead and charge directly at our army, so it's strange that they don't die. Adults can rest assured. ”

Qiu Yizhi knew the combat effectiveness of the Japanese Kou, and unlike Liu Qingduo, he lay on the edge of the city wall and watched the development of the war with full attention.

However, seeing that although the Japanese Kou had strange tactics, but their actions were extremely upright, without the slightest cover, with only a Japanese knife in their hands, they dared to attack the Han officers and soldiers who were close to ten times their number, and this courage and determination, even Qiu Yizhi had to be deeply admired.

On the other hand, on the side of the Han army, when they heard the attack of the Japanese invaders, they were already in a mess.

These armies were rushed from all over the country to support, there was no clear ownership, I don't know who to listen to the unified control, and the two lieutenant generals with the highest rank in name were brought into the city by Qiu Yizhi, so they could only fight separately, and they chose the opponent to fight nearby, and there was no slightest cooperation between each other, which looked messy.

In addition, these troops tossed and turned under Jinling City for several days, without rest and supplies, and both their physical condition and psychological morale had dropped to the lowest point. The group of pirates on the other side also hadn't looted their property for a long time, and they couldn't get replenishment, and they all hoped to have a big harvest under Jinling City, and their morale was very high.

In this way, although the Han army was outnumbered, it was not at all the opponent of the Japanese who were only one-tenth of their own number, and they could not resist it at the slightest contact, and immediately collapsed. However, the officers and soldiers of the Han Dynasty more or less wore armor, and their foot strength was not as good as that of their opponents who only wore single clothes and robes.

In this way, in the blink of an eye, the tens of thousands of officers and troops under the city were already crushed, like tens of thousands of flies that had their heads screwed off, scurrying along the sturdy and tall walls of Jinling City in an orderly manner, and were slaughtered and slaughtered by the Japanese Kou.

When Qiu Yizhi saw this scene, he was extremely anxious, and hurriedly said to Liu Qing: "The reinforcements under the city have been defeated, and they can't be allowed to be wiped out. Why don't you hurry up and organize the team, open the city gates, and let the defeated soldiers enter the city first! ”

Liu Qing didn't expect the Japanese to be so powerful, nor did he expect the reinforcements to be defeated so easily, so he was already dumbfounded.

This section makes Liu Qing the current emperor, the former Youyan King's side of the guard, and later when he was released to lead the army to fight, he led the elite soldiers of the old Youyan Dao, and he has never only pursued by victory, and has never been defeated by the enemy, even if there are occasional small setbacks, he can retreat calmly. Therefore, Liu Qing had never seen such a situation of scattering, so he didn't know how to deal with it.

Seeing that Liu Qing looked at a loss, Qiu Yizhi hurriedly whispered in his ear: "Don't be stunned, hurry up and do what I say, first organize the troops in the city to prepare for it, and then open the city gate, let the army outside the city enter the city, and as for the outside of the city, don't care about him first." ”

Liu Qing thought for a moment, and said with a sad face: "My lord, that's a good thing to say. I'm afraid that the Japanese will be powerful and take advantage of the situation to enter the city, and it will be out of control. ”

"So I tell you to organize the troops in the city first, and line up inside the city gate to respond, even if there are sporadic Japanese bandits mixed in, you can also kill them casually, and if you have the opportunity, you can also take advantage of the chaos to fight back, and the counter-killing of the Japanese invaders is caught off guard." Qiu Yizhi replied.

"This ...... This ......," Liu Qing said, "The officers and soldiers in the city, the last general has ordered the organization, and now they are rushing to the city one after another." It is...... Is this the opening of the gates......"

"What's wrong? Don't be distracted, didn't you see that the soldiers below were almost killed by the pirates? Don't open the door yet! The more Qiu Yizhi spoke, the more anxious he became.

Liu Qing still had a very embarrassed look and tone: "Didn't Lord Fang Cai discuss the results with Qian Assassin Shi and He Jiugong?" In the absence of war, they still refused to open the door and let them go, and now that the war has begun, and in the event of a great defeat, they are even more unwilling to open the door. ”

Qiu Yizhi heard that Liu Qing was so embarrassed about the military situation, so he asked sharply: "Liu Qing, let me ask you, whose general are you, and whose family are you eating?" Why do you look at the merchants in everything, and don't have any ideas of your own? ”

Liu Qing, the Jiangnan Provincial Jie Du Envoy, is also a senior general, and he does not shy away from hearing Qiu Yizhi call him by his name like this, his heart is already on fire, if it weren't for Qiu Yizhi is the righteous son of the current emperor and the brother of several princes, he would have had a seizure a long time ago, but now he can only suppress his anger and say: "This, the last general is responsible for guarding the land." Didn't these reinforcements come to prevent the Japanese from entering Jinling City? Are they not also fighting against the Japanese under the city? The adults have fought with the emperor, and they know that there will inevitably be casualties in all battles, and the number of casualties will naturally be reported to the military department after this battle, and the military department will naturally have their ideas about whether it is a reward or punishment, and Lord Qiu is the commander of Shanyin County, so there is no need to worry about the last general. ”

Qiu Yizhi's tone in Liu Qing's words became more and more firm - he just refused to open the city gate, and saw that the reinforcements under the city were constantly slaughtered by the Japanese invaders, thinking that his own soldiers, Xiang Yong and Wen Lingjiao were all under the city, his heart was extremely anxious, and he couldn't help but take a step forward and want to reason with Liu Qing.

But Qiu Yizhi's step was very urgent, and a heavy object jumped in his arms, making Qiu Yizhi remember that he was also carrying an amazing thing by his side.

This thing is the gold medal arrow given to him by the emperor at the beginning, as long as he openly takes out this thing and shows the four golden seal characters of "such as I am coming" on the head, he can mobilize the army in the name of the emperor, not to mention that he ordered Liu Qing to open the city gate, that is, it is justified to replace Liu Qing to command the Jiangnan official army.

Thinking of this, Qiu Yizhi quietly put his hand into his arms, touched the arrow that still carried his body temperature, and was about to withdraw his hand, but he heard the soldiers guarding the city on the city wall exclaiming: "You see, the army under the city is in chaos, and this group of people and horses is motionless!" Are you scared silly? ”

When Qiu Yizhi heard this, he hurriedly leaned on the city wall again, poked his head out and looked down at the city.

Sure enough, he saw that on the chaotic battlefield, there was only one team, numbering more than 200 people, facing the attack of the Japanese and the impact of friendly troops, forming a formation in an orderly and orderly manner, not only did not disperse, but faintly had the intention of taking advantage of the chaos to counterattack.

Qiu Yizhi saw that the clothing banner of this army was none other than the eighteen personal soldiers and two hundred township warriors that he brought out from Shanyin County.

Although most of them were returning to the battle for the first time, and their faces were full of nervous expressions that could not be concealed, under the command of Zhao Chengxiao, who was the leader, they were all holding sharp blades and shields and lined up in a neat and tight formation to wait for the fighters.

On both sides of the queue, there were more of Qiu Yizhi's original eighteen personal soldiers, each riding a horse, patrolling back and forth for protection, one encountered sporadic Japanese robbers and killed them casually, and the other also prevented the scattered friendly troops from breaking up their formation.

Qiu Yizhi felt a little relieved when he saw that the countryside under his command was so strict and orderly, and he heard Lin Shuhan beside him say: "I didn't expect that this General Zhao is also well versed in military strategy, and it seems that he is a person who can be relied on." ”

Qiu Yizhi didn't answer, but his eyes kept searching in the ranks under the city, and sure enough, he saw three women standing in the middle of the queue, and they were expected to be Yu Chi Jiming, Wen Lingjiao and He'er. In this way, Wen Lingjiao has the personal protection of the peripheral cavalry, the middle infantry and Wei Chi Jiming, and her safety is safe.

Seeing this scene, Qiu Yizhi's heart, which had been hanging for a long time, finally returned to his stomach, and replied to Uncle Lin with a slight smile: "Brother Zhao led the army to fight in a calm and cautious way, and he was much more reliable than me. But speaking of which, this is the first time he has led the army alone, so let's see how capable he is. ”

Sure enough, as Qiu Yizhi said, Zhao Chengxiao's army was not aggressive, and in the face of several times his own and high fighting spirit, he did not choose to take the initiative, but ordered his soldiers to slowly retreat to Jinling City.

Although they are brave and fearless, they also know that they are afraid of the weak, and some of the tens of thousands of chaotic troops are easy targets to kill, and they are all squads of twenty or thirty people, so they rashly attack the 200 or so people who are difficult to find flaws in this carefully organized organization.

Therefore, under the command of Zhao Chengxiao, Qiu Yizhi's pro-soldier Xiang Yong did not have any major obstacles, so he retreated to the gate of the Jinling City Wall very calmly and steadily.

Qiu Yizhi saw that there were no Japanese chasing soldiers around the city gate, and thought that if he asked Jie Du to make Liu Qing open the whole gate, he might not agree, but it was not difficult to open the door a little and let his soldiers enter the city, so he turned around to talk to Liu Qing.

Who knew that this Liu Qing took advantage of Qiu Yizhi's preoccupation to observe the situation on the battlefield, and he didn't know where he had gone. Qiu Yizhi was anxious, and hurriedly asked a guard on the city wall: "Where is General Liu now?" ”

The guard was stunned, and after listening to the question and pondering for a long time, he shook his head and said, "I don't know," but then stretched out his left hand and said, "It seems that I went over there." ”

Qiu Yizhi looked in the direction of the guard's finger, but he only saw a city wall that was too long to see, and there was no shadow of Liu Qing at all, which made him curse secretly in his heart.

He suddenly rejoiced in his heart: since the Jiangnan Provincial Jiedu envoy no longer knew where to go, then he was the highest official rank at the head of the wall, so he could force the city guards to open the city gate and let his own people into the city.

But Qiu Yizhi thought about it again, if these soldiers really listened to their orders to open the city and release people, they would undoubtedly offend Liu Qinghe, the envoy of Jiedu, and assassinate Shi Qianfeng. Liu Qing is still easy to say here, but with Qian Feng, a scholar's small belly, he will definitely not spare these guards, so isn't he just looking for trouble for them?

After all, Qiu Yizhi was born in hardship, and the experience of the southern and northern wars in the past ten years did not harden his soft heart, so he had to sigh, poke his head out on the city wall, and shouted in the direction of Zhao Chengxiao under the city: "Brother Zhao! The Japanese are at the end of their power, hold on a little longer, and when the Japanese retreat, you will be able to enter the city! ”