Qiu Yizhi still wanted to shout loudly to gather the army, but the shouts of the Lingnan army and the cry of the Jiangnan Jiedu army roared in his ears, so that he couldn't hear what he said clearly, and only saw hundreds of naked tattooed people suddenly appear in the Lingnan army in the chaos, holding short blades and slashing and killing in the crowd of officials and soldiers.

When Qiu Yizhi saw the figure of these people, he suddenly realized: it turned out that the king of Lingnan requisitioned the barbarians in the Lingnan Tusi cottage, these barbarians fought bravely and died, and the appearance was strange, the Central Plains soldiers had never seen it, and it was not strange to call them "ghosts".

It was these ghostly barbarians who dealt the final blow to the already sluggish and decadent morale of the officers and soldiers, and they could no longer muster up the courage to resist the enemy's attack, and most of them had fled in the blink of an eye.

Seeing this, Zhao Chengxiao, who was guarding Qiu Yizhi's side, hurriedly said: "The defeat of our army has been decided, my lord, let's leave quickly!" ”

Qiu Yizhi also planned to be able to find the flaws in the Lingnan army in a desperate situation, and to be able to take advantage of the chaos to win and turn things around, but was reminded by Zhao Chengxiao's words, only to realize that he had failed, and the Lingnan King himself seemed to be still living in the depths of the formation, and even his whereabouts were not known, let alone attacking and killing him.

But Qiu Yi said in embarrassment: "I am also the commander of the three armies, in such a situation, how can I abandon the whole army and retreat by myself?" Shall not others be ashamed? ”

"Pedantic!" Lin Shuhan taught, "At present, our army has no strength to fight back, and if the adults hold on here, it is just a matter of killing them by the neck, what good can it be?" It is better to retreat to the camp first, and ask Liu Qing to open the city gate and let as many defeated troops as possible into the city, and there may be a chance to turn over and counterattack in the future. ”

Qiu Yizhi thought about Lin Shuhan's words, but there was some truth in this, so he had to sigh and said: "There's no way, let's go back to the camp first, pick up Miss Wen, Miss Wu and others, and see if we can run into Jinling City, and now this is the way to go." ”

When the army received the order, they immediately escorted Qiu Yizhi and quickly went to the Jinling siege camp of the former Lingnan Army, which had just occupied it for less than an hour.

When the officers and soldiers saw that the capital of the commander Qiuyi had retreated, they lost even more courage and confidence to persist in fighting, and the tide was generally defeated.

Qiu Yizhi and the others were almost under the squeeze of their own soldiers and horses, so they entered the camp, and saw that Wen Lingjiao, Wu Ruofei and others seemed to have heard the news of the defeat of the former army, and had prepared horses and vehicles, just waiting for Qiu Yizhi and others to arrive.

Qiu Yizhi didn't have time to talk to them, so he immediately went out from the north of the camp and came to the city of Jinling, but when he looked up, he saw that on the tall city wall, there were countless defenders observing the battle situation below, so he ordered the two sentences of "black-necked toad", and asked him to shout to the city immediately.

When the black-necked toad heard this, he raised his throat and shouted: "The people in the city have listened, open the city gate quickly, and let me wait to enter the city!" ”

screamed a few times in a row, but the heavy Jinling city gate was motionless.

Qiu Yizhi suddenly thought that a year ago, there were just a few widows outside Jinling City, and they were so frightened that the defenders closed the city gate and did not dare to come out.

Thinking of this, Qiu Yizhi hurriedly took out the gold medal arrow from his arms, shook it at the defenders on the city wall, and shouted again: "The Jinling defenders listened, the gold medal order arrow is here, spread the emperor's holy message, and make Liu Qing come out to speak!" ”

This represents the emperor's majesty of the gold medal order arrow is really useful, but in a few moments, Liu Qing, the envoy of Jiangnan Province and the general of Zhendong, appeared on the city wall.

Seeing this, Qiu Yizhi hurriedly ordered the "black-necked toad" to shout: "Liu Qing, look at who I am, don't open the city gate yet, let me in." I have a gold medal order arrow in my hand, do you want to disobey it? ”

Liu Qingnai was the current emperor's bodyguard when he was still the king of Youyan, of course he knew Qiu Yizhi, and he also knew the power of this golden medal arrow, so he really didn't have the courage to refuse. But he was condescending, seeing that the Lingnan army was close to a complete victory, and in the blink of an eye, he was about to break through the defense line of the official army under the city, if he opened the city gate at this time, it would be tantamount to luring the wolf into the house, and the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, which had been held for more than half a year, would also fall.

In the midst of the dilemma, Liu Qing suddenly became anxious, and also called a soldier with a loud voice in the army to shout to the city: "The enemy attack is very urgent, and it is not appropriate to open the south gate." Please go west and enter the castle through the Sanshan Gate. ”

When Qiu Yizhi heard this, he thought that Liu Qing's approach was beyond reproach, Sanshanmen was only a little more than a mile away from here, and his team was moving very fast, and he couldn't delay much time, not to mention that the situation was urgent now, and he couldn't allow himself to argue with Liu Qing in the city.

So he hurriedly commanded his elite soldiers, drove the carriage carrying the female dependents, and turned all the way to the west, along the majestic city wall of Jinling City, and then moved quickly to the Sanshan Gate in the west.

As for the captured second prince Zheng Yu, his fat body finally came in handy at this moment - Qiu Yizhi thought that if he was carried to move, it would inevitably slow down the speed of the whole army's action, so he had to order Wei Chi Jiming to knock him out and throw him in the big tent of the Chinese army.

However, the speed of the rout of the official army was far beyond Qiu Yizhi's imagination, and after taking a few steps, he saw that there were countless officers and soldiers in front of him who were retreating in twos and threes to Jinling City.

When Qiu Yizhi saw such a scene, he really hated the 20,000 soldiers and horses under his command, if he had half of the combat strength of the old Youyan army, he might not necessarily lose this battle. But he is also a general of the defeated army now, and he has no leisure or strength to restrain this group of defeated troops, so he only gives the order to follow behind him, and then quickly whips up his horse and goes to the Sanshan Gate in the west.

Although Qiu Yizhi's subordinate soldiers and Xiang Yong all changed into horses, the horses were fast and slow, and the carriages that Wen Lingjiao and Wu Ruofei were riding were even slower, so although it was time to flee and retreat, Qiu Yizhi could not move forward at full speed, so he could only move forward slowly.

Seeing this, Qiu Yizhi was anxious, lest he be caught up by the morale of the Lingnan army, but there was no better way, so he could only sit on the horse and be anxious.

But what I'm afraid of will come, Qiu Yizhi's leader ran a few steps, and then saw a shouting sound in front of him, and when he raised his eyes, he saw that it was the Lingnan army covering up.

He saw the soldiers of the Lingnan Army in front of him, at least three or four thousand, and turned his head to see that there were only two or three thousand soldiers and horses around him—most of them were lost souls, and only about two hundred people around him could fight—he really couldn't compete with the opponent, so he could only hurry up and strive to break through the enemy's blockage.

But the two hundred cavalry beside Qiu Yizhi were certainly able to break through the enemy's interception, but the group of soldiers behind him who had been fighting for a whole day did not have such foot strength, and were separated by the fast-moving Lingnan Army.

Qiu Yizhi wanted to go back and save them, but when he saw that the Lingnan Army had surrounded these people and horses, and he had only 200 men and horses, even if he entered, it would only be a way to kill himself by hitting a stone with an egg, so he had to grit his teeth, ignore them, and continue to rush west.

At this time, it was already a golden wuxi, and the night gradually shrouded in.

Qiu Yizhi raised his eyes and looked ahead, and saw the tall and straight city tower of the Sanshan Gate, standing in the twilight, knowing that he could turn the corner as long as he passed through this gate.

But after running a few more steps, he heard the sound of "gurgling" behind him, the sound was sharp and weird, but it seemed to have been heard before, which made Qiu Yizhi can't help but turn around and look back on the horse.

It's okay not to look at it, but it startled him when I saw it.

It turned out to be four or five hundred shirtless barbarians, chasing after him. Although these people were frozen in the cold wind of the first month in the south of the Yangtze River, their ears and noses were red, and they were barefoot, but they were not slow at all, and they slowly caught up with the carriage that Wen Lingjiao and Wu Ruofei were riding.

It was the first time that several of the ladies in the carriage saw the appearance of the barbarians, and they were already frightened, and they immediately screamed in surprise.

This carriage must be saved.

Qiu Yizhi heard the cries for help of several women, and immediately turned the horse's head to save people, but those barbarians moved extremely quickly, and in a blink of an eye, they were about to catch up with the carriage that Wen Lingjiao and other female dependents were riding.

Qiu Yizhi was shocked when he saw this, and was just about to ask Yu Chi Jiming to knock this barbarian out of the carriage, when suddenly a spear flew out of nowhere and shot the barbarian in the belly impartially.

This spear is already very sharp, and the person who throws it is strong. The brute ate such a blow that his belly was suddenly cut open a foot-long opening, and the casino with a full stomach flowed to the ground, and his hands were unbearable, and he fell off the bumpy carriage and died on the spot.

When Qiu Yizhi saw this scene, he exclaimed excitedly: "Wu Changxi, good means!" ”

It turned out that this spear was the weapon used by Wu Changxi, he was close to Qiu Yi's mistakes, and knew that the female dependents in this car were extraordinary people, and seeing that the situation was critical, he hurriedly threw the spear he was accustomed to in his hand, and actually hit it with one blow and saved the female dependents in this car.

Wu Changxi's attack like divine help was successful in this hurry, which made him feel a little proud in his heart, and he was just about to talk to Qiu Yizhi, but he didn't expect that countless barbarians surrounded him in the blink of an eye. He didn't have time to say more, but immediately caught up a few steps, drew the spear stuck in the corpse's body, and brandished it in a death fight against the unreasonable barbarians.

And the 500 elite soldiers that Wu Changxi brought out from Mingzhou City are now dead or scattered, and there are less than 300 people left, and they are all in a mess with the barbarians.

Seeing that there were many opponents, Qiu Yizhi immediately urged his own troops to practice, wanting to join the battle, but unexpectedly, Wu Changxi, who was fighting, shouted loudly: "My lord, retreat, I'll resist here!" ”

Qiu Yizhi was shocked when he heard this, and saw that countless soldiers of the Lingnan Army were chasing after him layer by layer, Wu Changxi and these horses couldn't resist it no matter what, and hurriedly said: "No, let's kill the enemy together, and then retreat into Jinling!" There are many enemy soldiers, and General Wu should not be light! ”

Wu Changxi waved his spear and said, "My lord, retreat!" My life was saved by an adult, so it doesn't matter if I return it to an adult! ”

As soon as these words came out, Qiu Yizhi's eyes almost burst into tears, but if he delayed for a while, he would be surrounded by enemy legions, so he had to grit his teeth fiercely and said: "General Wu, take care!" Then he turned his horse's head and continued his march toward the Three Mountains Gate to the west.

Seeing that the Sanshan Gate was close in front of him, Qiu Yizhi's heart was almost jumping out of his chest, and he immediately hurried to the door, holding the gold medal and arrow: "By order, open this door quickly, and let me and others enter the city!" ”

The people guarding the city inside the gate heard this shout, and really took action, but when they heard the sound of the mechanism inside the door, it seemed that it was about to be opened. At this time, the rest of the soldiers and horses had also escorted the carriage of the female dependents to the door, Wen Lingjiao, Wu Ruofei and others also got out of the car, and only waited for the city gate to open a gap that was shoulder-width wide, and they could enter the city safely.