In addition, Qiu Yizhi sent Wei Chi Jiming and eighteen personal soldiers to return to Shanyin County to bring Wen Lingjiao, Wu Ruofei, Yang Qiaoer and other female dependents to the army, to prevent them from being caught by the King of Lingnan to threaten themselves, and to prepare for mobile combat.

In this way, the army stayed under the city of Yuezhou for three or four days, and the scouts sent out by Qiu Yizhi to patrol the sentry came with the news that the Lingnan army in the south of the Yangtze River had heard that Yuezhou had fallen and had gathered 40,000 people to besiege and want to recapture the city.

Qiu Yizhi did not panic when he heard this, and sent a few light cavalry, and after finding out that the Lingnan Army was coming from the northeast, he led the large army to set out from the camp and went to the southeast, relying on the strong and bullying the weak, and after scattering a few reinforcements of one or two thousand people who came to reinforce the order, he surrounded Lin'an City in Hangzhou Prefecture.

Lin'an is a small city, there are not many defenders in the city, and most of them are ordered to come out to reinforce Yuezhou, Qiu Yizhi sent troops to besiege on all sides, and it took half a day to break through the city. According to the old practice of Yuezhou City, he requisitioned the grain, grass and silver money in the city and dispersed it, and then drove the army out of the city.

Hearing that Lin'an was in danger, the Lingnan Army quickly changed direction and divided thousands of men and horses to continue to attack Yuezhou, and the main force rushed to Lin'an.

Of course, Qiu Yizhi was unwilling to fight with the main force of the Lingnan Army, but he waved his army south, and his troops were directed at Wenzhou.

Zheng Yu, the third son of the king of Lingnan who sat in Jiangnan, was very frightened when he saw such a situation, he knew that Wenzhou was the hub for Jiangnan to enter Lingnan, if he was beaten down by Qiu Yizhi, then the Lingnan Road, which is now extremely empty, would inevitably open the door, and I was afraid that he would be drilled into the gap by this sharp and tricky Qiu Yizhi, jumped into Lingnan, and ended his lair.

Therefore, Zheng Yu strictly ordered the troops from all over the country to immediately assemble in Wenzhou Mansion, and they must hold Wenzhou City to ensure that Lingnan Road does not let a single soldier of the imperial court go.

After he learned the news that the Lingnan Army was supporting Wenzhou, he did not hesitate at all, and immediately raised troops to the north, and in less than three days, he had already returned to Hangzhou Mansion and surrounded Hangzhou City, which had suffered defeat.

Unexpectedly, Hangzhou is a fortified city, although there are not many soldiers guarded, but the city wall is extremely tall and strong, and the tunnel originally used by the Lingnan army to attack the city has already been filled, and it is impossible to use the secret passage to carry out a sneak attack.

Qiu Yi came from afar, and it was a mobile battle, and he did not carry heavy siege equipment, so he only symbolically attacked the city of Hangzhou, and then quickly went north and came to the territory of Suzhou Prefecture.

Suzhou used to be the place where Qiuyi resisted the Japanese, no matter the terrain and people's feelings, he was very familiar with which city was easy to fight and which city was difficult to attack, he knew it in his heart. Therefore, without hesitation, after taking the two cities of Songjiang and Wujiang in succession, he bypassed the big city of Suzhou and did not fight, but advanced to the northwest, attacked Changshu and captured Wuxi, and there was a tendency to relieve the siege of Jinling.

And Zheng Yu, who guarded Jiangnan for Zheng Gui, the king of Lingnan, was in a dilemma.

He also knew that if he wanted to follow Qiu Yi's tail like this, instead of doing anything, it would drag down his army, which was the best of the best strategies. He also worked with a few strategists and generals in his shogunate, thinking about whether he could guess the direction of Qiu Yizhi's movements, and set up an obstacle trap in advance, and came to him to catch turtles in an urn or attack back and forth.

However, Qiu Yizhi didn't care about the gains and losses of one city and one place, and when he encountered a little more stubborn resistance, he immediately turned around and attacked elsewhere, like a slippery loach, even if he caught it, he was twisted left and right by his body, and he didn't know where to go.

Now the loach has swam to Jinling and Suzhou.

A Jinling city is the capital of Jiangnan Province, and it is still in the hands of the imperial court, once the two armies merge, the forces that encircle Jinling will be unsustainable, and the defenders of Jinling City will counterattack and break the camp that Jiangnan Province will be out of control.

And a Suzhou city is a prosperous city in the south of the Yangtze River second only to Jinling, in case it is taken by the imperial court, it is difficult to keep several surrounding cities, but these cities are the essence of Jiangnan, once the loss is also great.

Zheng Yu was really in a dilemma when he encountered such a situation, but several cadres and strategists of Lingnan Province were all fighting on the Western Front with his father Zheng Gui, and he did not have a reliable staff officer to lead the army independently in Jiangnan, so he had to wait for Qiu Yi's action and see him again.

However, Qiu Yizhi was just acting at the opportunity, and when he saw that the opponent was not moving, he was relieved to recuperate under the city of Wuxi. However, this Wuxi city is both land and water, not only through the official road, but also the hub of the canal, Qiu Yizhi is stationed here, not only has enough food and clothing, but also has to harass and attack everywhere, making Zheng Yu unbearable.

The confrontation has been like this for more than a month, and seeing that it is approaching the end of the year, there is a strong enemy sleeping soundly on the side of Zheng Yu's couch, and even this New Year may not be able to spend it with peace of mind. So he hurriedly wrote a letter and sent reliable people to travel thousands of miles through Lingnan and Yunnan-Guizhou, and sent them to Zheng Gui, the king of Lingnan on the front line in Shanxi, to ask him to make up his mind how to deal with this difficult Qiu Yizhi.

By the time Zheng Yu received a reply from his father, Zheng Gui, it had been nearly a month later, and it was not just a messenger who sent the letter, but an army of 30,000.

These 30,000 horses were newly recruited and trained by Zheng Gui from Yungui and Bashu in the past few months. Now Zheng Gui is under the command of Zheng Yu, so that his army will increase to more than 150,000 at once, in addition to garrisoning everywhere and continuing to besiege Jinling, he can also gather 70,000 or 80,000 people to launch an attack on Qiuyi's headquarters.

On Qiuyizhi's side, although some men and horses were also lost in several battles, they searched everywhere for the grain and silver warehouses of the Lingnan Army, and collected the remnants of Jiangnan Province who fled to various places, and actually gathered more than 10,000 people, with a total strength of nearly 20,000 men. With food and military salaries, and the strict training of Qiu Yizhi and others, these people's combat effectiveness is of course not what it used to be, and they already have the capital to compete with the Lingnan Army.

Therefore, Qiu Yizhi originally thought that his subordinates could use 20,000 horses, and Zheng Yu could immediately use them against himself, and the original was only more than 30,000 or 40,000 people.

However, he didn't expect that Zheng Yu would be able to gather more than 70,000 people and horses at once, and pounce on his side with great fanfare, knowing that it was indeed difficult to win easily when his troops were insufficient and the combat effectiveness of the soldiers could not surpass his opponent.

But in the past two months, he has won a lot of battles on Zheng Yu, and the discouragement that was originally lost at the hands of Zheng Gui, the king of Lingnan, and the annihilation of the whole army has completely disappeared, and he doesn't want to retreat by himself as soon as he sees the superior forces attacking, so as to hurt the morale of the newly recruited Jiangnan Provincial soldiers.

Therefore, Qiu Yizhi finally seized two opportunities when he sent his own soldiers to closely monitor Zheng Yu's movements, and took advantage of the opportunity for his small group of troops to get rid of the order, and sent heavy troops to the past to fight a quick battle, and fought two more victories, annihilating a total of more than 1,000 people.

In this way, Zheng Yu was like a turtle that had been knocked out of the head, and strictly ordered the vanguard troops to prohibit them from continuing to advance, gathering all the troops together and advancing one by one. Although his method of advancing was extremely slow, it was very safe, and it did not leave Qiu Yizhi the slightest chance.

Qiu Yizhi's side really has no way to do it, he is a person who has been in battle for a long time, and he knows this way of marching, as long as he rashly attacks the enemy, it will attract the siege of the opponent's other troops - his own troops are weak, and it will be even more devastating.

He saw that Zheng Yu's soldiers and horses were rolling forward like volcanic magma, but he couldn't do anything more, so he had to withdraw from Wuxi City first and move outside Changshu City. After Zheng Yu slowly approached, he had no choice but to withdraw from Changshu and go to Suzhou......

In this way, in just half a month, Qiu Yizhi has set off from Shanyin County, and has walked half of the journey to Wuxi, and then came to the vicinity of Hangzhou.

On this day, Qiu Yi's headquarters was camping next to a hill outside Hangzhou, he was difficult to be involved in military affairs, and was patrolling the camp with full of concern, but Zhang Qi walked to his side and asked in a low voice: "My lord, we have been walking for so many days, seeing that the Chinese New Year's Eve is approaching, can we rest, it is best to go to the city for the New Year, and then fight with the king of Lingnan?" ”

When Qiu Yizhi was in a dilemma, he heard Zhang Qi's words, and immediately started a fire: "Now when I enter the city, if I am accidentally surrounded by an enemy army, will I become a turtle in an urn?" Now Zheng Yu is going to drive us to death, I can't hide yet, it's better for you, but you have to go to death yourself. ”

Zhang Qi was stunned, he didn't dare to speak, but he didn't retreat, slowly followed behind Qiu Yizhi, and walked a few more steps, only then did he muster up his courage and said, "My lord's words are right." It's a pity that the brothers don't think so, so after fighting outside for a long time, I'm afraid that it will be difficult to maintain the morale of the army......"

Qiu Yizhi was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and the anger that had just calmed down was suddenly adjusted again, turned around suddenly, gritted his teeth and shouted at Zhang Qi: "This official didn't give them a penny to reward silver, and didn't let them eat a full meal, why can't the morale of the army be maintained?" If anyone thinks my side is not good, then ask him to leave here and see if he can have a stable meal in this time of chaos! ”

Zhang Qi was not tempered by Qiu Yizhi's words, and stood next to him with a cower, either retreating or following.

At this embarrassing time, I saw that the curtain of a tent next to me was gently lifted, and one of them walked out, and said with a smile: "It is said that winter is the season of self-cultivation, why are adults so angry, as if in the middle of summer?" ”

Qiu Yizhi followed the prestige, and then found that he had walked to Lin Shuhan's tent, so he smiled helplessly, shook his head and smiled: "Although it is winter now, I am now like being roasted on the fire, how can I cultivate my body?" ”

Lin Shuhan laughed loudly twice, pulled out the folding fan in his hand, and looked at Qiuyi's body and face, and asked, "How is it?" Are adults more comfortable now? ”

Although Jiangnan Province is in the south of the Yangtze River, but the winter is very cold, Qiu Yizhi was teased by Lin Shuhan like this, his body was already trembling, and he hurriedly grabbed Lin Shuhan's wrist and said: "It's cold to death, sir, is this trying to freeze me to death?" ”

Lin Shuhan didn't seem to care, and said with a smile: "Since the adults are cold, why don't you come and sit in my tent?" Although my tent is not as spacious as the Chinese army's tent, it is also quite warm! After that, as soon as he lifted the curtain, he let Qiu Yizhi into his tent.

Lin Shuhan's tent was only a square foot, and a charcoal basin was placed in the middle, and a few red-hot charcoal balls were placed, which were "sizzling" and steaming. There was a copper kettle on top of the charcoal basin, and I don't know if the water in it was hot. Next to the copper kettle sat Lin Shuhan's confidante Wu Ruofei, she was holding her breath, holding a book and reading attentively, even Qiu Yizhi followed Lin Shuhan into the tent, and she didn't notice it.