However, seeing today's facts, he couldn't help but admire Qiu Yizhi's clever calculation, and quickly personally organized the defenders in the city to open the door to counterattack, leaving only a few people on the city wall to watch and observe, and the rest of nearly 20,000 soldiers poured out.

Even so, Zhang Qi still missed the best opportunity to attack and counterattack the enemy army, and the Lingnan Army Brigade had already abandoned the camp formed on the flat ground below the city and fled into the mountains.

Seeing that the enemy army was retreating so quickly, Zhang Qi divided his 2,000 soldiers and horses to guard the enemy's abandoned camp, strictly ordered the rest of the people to travel lightly, strictly forbid to pick up the opponent's abandoned property, and all went into the mountains to pursue the Lingnan army.

The Lingnan army had been hungry for half a month before, and it took great effort to organize a large-scale feint attack in order to retreat smoothly, so the physical consumption was extremely great, and finally began to slowly affect the speed of retreat. Zhang Qi personally led the army, hurried and hurried, but still grabbed the tail of the main force of the Lingnan Army.

At such a decisive moment, the Lingnan Army finally showed its temperament as a strong army in the world, as well as its rich experience in mountain warfare. When they saw that the defenders of the city were approaching them, the elite soldiers of the palace immediately lined up in a tight formation between the narrow mountain roads, took out countless spears more than one person long, and stabbed them in the chest and abdomen of the pursuers.

In order to be able to move quickly, Zhang Qi's men and horses did not carry heavy shields and heavy weapons, and most of them were light swords in their hands.

Qiu Yizhi, who was observing the movement halfway up the mountain, saw that the Lingnan Army guards actually resisted Zhang Qi's pursuit in such a passive situation, and couldn't help but scold Zhang Qi for being incompetent. But he was afraid that Zhang Qi would delay for a long time and let all the main forces of the Lingnan Army go, so he hurriedly ordered his archers and crossbowmen to find a favorable terrain angle and shoot at the Lingnan Army.

The troops behind the Lingnan Army were preoccupied with blocking the pursuers on the mountain road, and when they were attacked by the elite crossbowmen under Qiu Yizhi's men, they were immediately scattered in formation, and the barely mustered morale also declined, and after a little resistance, they also retreated.

Zhang Qi also knew that it was Qiu Yizhi who was helping in the battle on the mountain, and he was afraid that the seven-rank official boss with the "gold medal arrow" in his hand would blame him for not being good in battle, so he hurriedly urged the army to hurry forward to pursue the enemy.

But it was only a short half an hour of hesitation, and the main force of the Lingnan Army had escaped and gradually walked away.

Qiu Yizhi was condescending, and when he saw such a scene, he couldn't help but sigh, but it was a pity that he had carefully planned and implemented it for more than a month, but in the end it fell short, allowing Zheng Yu and the main force of the Lingnan Army in Jiangnan Province to slip away from his fingers.

At this moment, I heard the "black-necked toad" shouting: "My lord, look, there is a fat man in red clothes below!" As he spoke, he held out a finger and kept moving.

Qiu Yizhi was angry, and when he heard the "black-necked toad" yelling in his ear, his eardrum was swollen, and he said angrily: "Isn't he just a fat man? What's the big deal? As for such a loud noise? ”

The "black-necked toad" stammered, "Big ...... Your Excellency, you see, is this person ...... Isn't it Zheng Yu? ”

When Qiu Yizhi heard this, his spirit immediately froze, and he looked in the direction of the finger of the "black-necked toad", and sure enough, he saw a fat man in red riding a tall horse, under the escort of more than a dozen capable knights, and was struggling to move forward on the mountain path.

Even if the distance was far away, Qiu Yizhi couldn't see the person's face clearly, but just looking at the man's fat body, he could already guess the person's identity. He wanted to beckon Meng Hong to raise a crossbow to shoot, but the visual distance was too far to hit with one hit, so he ordered Zhao Chengxiao instead: "Brother Zhao, you quickly lead the whole army down the mountain with me to capture the fat man in red clothes at the bottom of the mountain!" ”

Zhao Chengxiao had also seen the situation under the mountain, recognized the identity of the person, and knew that this opportunity was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and he couldn't delay it for half a moment, and he didn't even have time to straighten out the formation, so he took the lead in killing out with a shout, and the two or three hundred soldiers on call behind him heard the order, and then rushed down the mountain.

The people of Qiuyi went down the mountain like wolves and tigers, and they were excited, and they took out the Western Regions Treasure Knife on their waists, and they were about to follow down the mountain, but they were pulled by Uncle Lin: "My lord, what's wrong?" It's too late to even line up and the whole army will go down the mountain to assault? ”

Qiu Yi's heart was anxious, and she hurriedly said: "Mr. Lin, look, isn't the fat man in red clothes at the bottom of the mountain Zheng Yu?" ”

Lin Shuhan read a lot, and he was born with a pair of myopic eyes, only to see a red ball on the path slowly squirming, and he really couldn't see the identity of this person. But he also knew that in such a major situation, what Qiu Yizhi said would not be true, and hurriedly let go of his hand: "My lord, don't go quickly!" Seize Zheng Yu, and the situation in Jiangnan will be settled! ”

Although Qiu Yizhi's troops are cunning, they take the path of the old Youyan Dao army's "right fit and odd victory", no matter whether it is a big battle or a small battle, it is always invincible first and then think of dealing with the enemy, so the arrangement of the formation is extremely heavy before the battle.

However, this time the incident happened suddenly, Zhao Chengxiao had no time to line up, and even the combat goal was issued in a very hurry - to catch the fat man in red in front of him, Zheng Yu.

It is this somewhat simple command that serves an excellent purpose in such a situation. Seeing that all the armies had the same goal, they no longer paid attention to any skills and tactics, and only rushed towards the only target - Zheng Yu, the second prince of the Lingnan Palace, and rushed to kill, all over the mountains and fields, and suddenly the sound of killing shook the sky, and the charge of hundreds of soldiers seemed to be swept by thousands of troops.

Such a tactical assault can best reflect the basic quality of each soldier, and after everyone galloped for a short time, three echelons have been opened - the first is the eighteen personal soldiers led by Zhao Chengxiao, most of these people have some martial arts foundation, after the allocation of Wei Chi Lianghong's father and daughter, and they are thieves who are good at walking mountain roads, so they are naturally walking like the wind; This was followed by more than 100 township warrior group training newly recruited by Qiu Yizhi, who were originally strong men who were one in a hundred and in good health, and after strict training, they followed closely behind Zhao Chengxiao and others; Dragged in the end, it was Wu Changxi's soldiers, they were not as good as the elite of these elites in front, and they were also a strong force in the Jiangnan Province Jiedu Army, although they were pulled away by the two people in front of them for a certain distance, but the charging speed was not too slow.

Zheng Yu originally acted with the army, but because Zhang Qi in Shanyin County went out of the city to pursue, one of him and Sun Hao must have to return to the rear army to command the resistance to the pursuers, and the other person was responsible for directing the retreat of the army.

Zheng Yu had been scared by Qiu Yizhi before, and seeing that although the retreat was going smoothly now, he was still afraid that Qiu Yizhi had set up an ambush in front of him, so he was unwilling to lead the forward retreat alone, so he chose the task of the queen of the palace, led the capable guards by his side, and returned to the rear army to command the soldiers to resist the pursuers.

However, he was timid after all, and after a little deployment, when the sergeants in the rear of the palace were still superior and had not yet suffered a long-range attack from the crossbow on the mountain, Zheng Yu had already led his troops to break away from the rear guard and go to the northeast again to find the brigade.

It was this slightly "deserted" behavior that made him fall into the dangerous situation of "not being able to go to the village in front of him and not to go to the store behind", and there were only seven or eight personal guards left around him, and he only had a fluke mentality, wanting to use speed to counter slowness and quickly join the large army in front.

But he didn't expect that the expected ambush of Qiu Yizhi neither intercepted the large group of men and horses in front of him, nor did he surround the troops behind the palace, but aimed at him, a lone less than ten people, to attack, which made Zheng Yu puzzled and didn't have time to think carefully, so he quickly twitched the butt of the horse under his crotch, just thinking that he could break through the attack of this group of ambush soldiers and save his life.

However, Zhao Chengxiao, who led the army, was not only well-versed in military strategy, but also familiar with the terrain, and his reaction was also extremely fast. Seeing that Zheng Yu had discovered his actions, he was hurrying to escape his attack, but without speaking, he raised the sword in his hand and pointed to the right.

The "iron-headed Jiao" beside him comprehended, and immediately changed direction, not rushing to the path down the mountain, but deflecting the direction of ninety degrees, reversing an obstacle between the two peaks, and running wildly towards an obstacle between the two peaks, followed by twenty or thirty soldiers behind him.

It turns out that the path here is a turning terrain, Zheng Yu ran vigorously on the road, but it was just circling around a mountain, "Tietou Jiao" listened to Zhao Chengxiao's instructions, quickly crossed the hill, and drove the good in the direction of Zheng Yu's advance, and happened to see Zheng Yu, a big fat man, was galloping in front of him.

Seeing this, the "iron-headed Jiao" hurriedly called his brothers, regardless of whether they had knives, swords, guns, or spears in their hands, and threw them all at Zheng Yu. But they had just run down the mountain, and the battle was very hasty, and the number was not very large, most of these weapons thrown out at random failed, and the few that hit were only scratched the fur of the horse under Zheng Yu's crotch, and did not reduce his speed in the slightest.

"Tietou Jiao" saw Zheng Yu's horse running closer and closer, and he was very anxious, for fear that Zheng Yu's fat would slip away from his mouth - it would be okay if he couldn't get the reward at that time, and it didn't matter if he was scolded by Qiu Yizhi and Zhao Chengxiao, but if he was ridiculed by his companions who came down from Funiu Mountain day by day, there would be nowhere to put his face.

So the "Iron Head Jiao" gritted his teeth, made up his mind, evacuated his muscles and muscles, walked to the middle of the path, scratched his smooth scalp hard, put on a desperate posture, and hit Zheng Yu's fast horse headbutt.

I only heard a very silent crashing sound, and the "Iron Head Jiao" was dark in front of him, and he only felt that the bones in his body were about to be shattered, and his internal organs were as uncomfortable as the rivers and seas, his eyes were black, his brain was confused, and he fainted.

When the "Iron Head Jiao" woke up, he tried to open his eyes, but what he saw was more than a dozen brothers of life and death surrounding him, all of them with surprise and joy on their faces, two or three of them were soft-hearted, and tears were already hanging on their cheeks.

The "iron-headed toad" wanted to speak, but no matter how he moved his lips, he only felt that his mouth was dry and he couldn't make a sound, and his ears were quite sensitive, so he only heard the "black-necked toad" shouting in his throat: "Big ...... Adults...... 'Iron Head Jiao' big brother has opened his eyes! ”

Qiu Yizhi immediately stepped forward quickly, and saw that the black eyes of the "Iron Head Jiao" were wide open, and he suddenly felt relieved, but he couldn't say half a word of concern, but complained: "Okay, you 'Iron Head Jiao', there are so many ways to stop the horse, why do you want to hit it with your head?" You see, you almost almost broke your broken elm head. ”

"Iron Head Jiao" then remembered that he was afraid that Zheng Yu would escape from his own interception by riding a horse, so he thought of the idea of hitting the horse with his head, and now think about it carefully, in fact, as long as he cuts down a small tree on the side of the road and trips the horse's feet with the trunk, he can also overturn the horse.