Having said that, in fact, Qiu Yizhi also knew in his heart that the number of soldiers and horses that could be mobilized under Lingnan King Zheng Gui was only more than 40,000 people, and at most no more than 50,000 people. Although the morale of these people is strong and their combat effectiveness is not weak, the number of them is here, and they have to be dispersed in three directions, and each city gate is no more than 20,000 soldiers and horses.

In this case, as long as the troops are slightly weaker in which direction, the elite soldiers under Qiu Yizhi and Liu Qing are concentrated, and a fierce attack is fierce, there is still a great hope of escaping from the enemy's encirclement.

But he was unwilling to do so, if he really only escaped from Jinling City with a few hundred or thousands of soldiers, it would be equivalent to fleeing in the wilderness. This was not only undignified, but also meant that Jiangnan Province had finally fallen into the hands of the Lingnan King - although there were many difficulties and dangers, the most important task that Emperor Zheng Rong sent to Jiangnan in the first place was also a failure, which could not be explained in any way.

Thinking of this, Qiu Yizhi sighed: "I will live up to the emperor's grace and lose this important town in the south of the Yangtze River, and I will no longer have the face to live in this world." For today's plan, the only way to do this is to start a street battle with the king of Lingnan, consume his soldiers and horses, and wrap the body of the horse leather in this Jinling city, which can be regarded as living up to the holy hope and making some achievements for the emperor's counterinsurgency in the future. ”

When Liu Qing heard this, he also sighed - Qiu Yizhi, as the son of the moth that the emperor regarded as his own, received a small seven-rank civil official title, and still wanted to live and die with this Jinling City; He is just the affection of the general of the Youyan Palace, and he is the military commander who must be fully responsible, now that Jinling has fallen, how can he have a reason to live?

Seeing that Liu Qing was speechless, Qiu Yizhi asked again: "Is there any strong fortress here that can be defended?" ”

When Liu Qing heard this, he shook his head and said, "I didn't expect that the King of Lingnan would be able to attack the city, and there were no strong fortifications. However, there are many tall restaurants and inns in Jinling City, and they resist street by street and alley, and maybe they can support it for a while. ”

Qiu Yizhi heard this, but he didn't think so-now the whole city was broken on three sides, one faced with water, it had become a dead place, and the morale was also bombarded like powder by the constantly exploding gunpowder, if the soldiers and horses were scattered everywhere, it was too late for them to surrender to the enemy, who would be willing to fight desperately with the enemy army?

But now there is no better way, Qiu Yizhi had to sigh again, pretending not to take this into account: "It's okay, now it's good to only break the whole into pieces and consume the main force of the Lingnan King's elite soldiers piecemeal." You just go ahead and do it. ”

Liu Qing didn't hurry to beckon the deputy general to deploy the battle, but asked Qiu Yizhi again: "I don't know what His Highness Yi's plans are?" If His Royal Highness is also trapped in this city, the last general will die, and he will not be able to explain to the emperor! ”

Although Liu Qing's question was high-sounding, he secretly hid a little Jiujiu in his heart - he also knew that Qiu Yizhi, the emperor's righteous son, had always been resourceful and unexpected, and maybe there was really some way for the golden cicada to get out of his shell - as long as he followed him closely, there might not be no way to escape.

But Qiu Yizhi still looked discouraged, and said: "You don't need to explain this matter, I have my own ideas." First go to Mr. Lin's manor to pick up the little daughter, and then go to the Yanziji wharf to fight the king of Lingnan. I think the scenery here is still good, in case the battle is unfavorable, you can immediately commit suicide by throwing yourself into the river, saving yourself from being captured alive by Lingnan Wang Sheng, and being humiliated for no reason. ”

After that, Qiu Yizhi didn't wait for Liu Qing to reply, so he beckoned Zhao Chengxiao, helped the dizzy Lin Shuhan, and went to his manor under the escort of more than 200 elite soldiers.

In the manor, Yu Chi Jiming escorted Wu Ruofei, Yang Qiao'er, Yang Ying'er, He'er and others, all dressed neatly, sitting on the carriage, anxiously waiting for the men to come back.

Seeing that Qiu Yizhi, Lin Shuhan, Zhao Chengxiao and others had all come back safely, they were all gray and tired, and they had already guessed that there must be a hard battle ahead, but they couldn't guess whether this battle was won or lost, but they didn't dare to ask.

Wei Chi Ji was more bold, and stepped forward to ask, "Little uncle, how is the battle going ahead?" Did you lose the battle? I mean, if you take me with you, you'll be able to win......"

If ordinary people said such cool things when Qiu Yizhi was defeated, Qiu Yizhi would have been angry, but looking at Yu Chi Jiming's innocent appearance, he couldn't get angry, smiled bitterly, and said: "Yes, I regret it too." But there is no regret medicine in this world, we can only go to the Yanziji pier quickly...... The feng shui terrain over there is good...... Maybe there's something going on......"

The ladies and dependents were all people who did not understand military affairs, and they only knew that Qiu Yi's battle was only won and undefeated, so they did not doubt it much, and they sat in two carriages and set off.

Lin Shuhan was quite careful, seeing that these two carriages were very heavy, it was expected that they must have been filled with a lot of gold and silver on them, and suddenly sneered: "When is it, what are you going to do with these ruthless things?" ”

Before his words fell, he heard Wu Ruofei pick up the curtain and choke back: "You are all women, don't you understand?" These are all prepared for you to reward the sergeants under your command, and I really don't know the good heart. A few of us sisters rushed to steam hundreds of steamed buns to satisfy the hunger of the brothers, is it also a ruthless thing? ”

Wu Ruofei is Lin Shuhan's nemesis, and these words are all reasonable, which makes Lin Shuhan speechless and unable to get angry.

Qiu Yizhi knew that time was pressing, so he hurriedly came over to play a round: "Yo, there are steamed buns?" I've been smelling the fragrance for a long time. In fact, his nose had already lost his sense of smell from the sulfur smell from the explosion of gunpowder, "I will simply send it to everyone first." We had been fighting for a whole day and a half, and we were already hungry, and we couldn't delay eating while walking. ”

As he spoke, Qiu Yizhi stepped on the horse, took the two steamed buns handed over by Yang Ying'er, shook it, and chewed the mixture of delicious meat juice and fishy smoke in his mouth carefully, and then swallowed it, and in a trance, his eyes were a little moist - perhaps, this was the last meal he could eat in this world.

Around him, starting from Lin Shuhan and Zhao Chengxiao, to every regiment practicing Xiangyong, each person was given two steamed buns, and swallowed the smoke, sweat and blood.

The road in Jinling City, Qiu Yizhi is very familiar, the road from Lin Shuhan's manor to Yanziji Wharf has not yet been affected by the war, and the action along the way is quite smooth, but after a cup of tea, everyone has come to the side of Yanziji Wharf by horse.

Qiu Yizhi had fought with the martial arts people brought by Wen Honghui, the leader of the Tianzun Sect, here, and he also had some experience with the terrain here, and he saw that there were faintly several warships patrolling in the Yangtze River outside the dock, so he didn't dare to get too close to the dock, so he chose a restaurant on the street to command the battle.

However, he felt that if he sat on top of a tall building, it would be easy for the opponent to surround the bottom of the building and fall into a desperate situation, so he moved downstairs and personally commanded his subordinates to "be a battalion", strong pawns, crossbowmen and other soldiers, each chose a favorable terrain, and only waited for the arrival of the king of Lingnan to do the final battle. The horses they rode could not bear to be killed, but hid them in a warehouse near the river, and whether they could be used again in the future depended on the destiny of heaven.

However, after waiting for a long time, he did not wait for Lingnan King Zheng Gui to come, but waited for Liu Qing, the envoy of the festival.

I saw him running briskly from the main road in the city in a panic all the way, followed by five or six hundred personal guards, his clothes and armor were uneven, and he looked very embarrassed.

Qiu Yizhi's elite soldiers have entered the most nervous state of battle, although they saw that the soldiers running on the opposite side were wearing official and military uniforms, and saw that Liu Qing, who was the leader, was not a living person, but he also had to guard against the fine work sent by the king of Lingnan, and stopped Liu Qing and others outside without hesitation.

Liu Qing was in a hurry, and saw Qiu Yizhi talking to Lin Shuhan in a wine shop not far away, so he shouted at the top of his voice: "Your Highness! I! It's me! Liu Qing! ”

Qiu Yizhi heard the shouting, and saw from a distance that it was Liu Qing coming, and he didn't have the heart to laugh with him, so he immediately got up and beckoned the soldiers to let him in.

Liu Qing hurriedly ran to Qiu Yizhi before he opened his mouth and whispered: "Your Highness Yi, the Lingnan Army is really powerful, and our army has not been fighting in the streets for an hour, so it can't withstand it." Now the king of Lingnan is personally leading the army to attack the Yamen of the Assassin Shi, and the Qian Assassin is leading the soldiers of the Imperial Government to resist, I am afraid that it will not last long......"

Such a battle report did not surprise Qiu Yizhi.

The Lingnan Army is already good at mountain warfare, but it is quite unfamiliar with street warfare. However, both of them were fought in close quarters in a narrow space, and with Lingnan King Zheng Gui in command, the Lingnan army must have adapted extremely quickly to street fighting.

In the face of the attack of the Lingnan Army, which was in full swing, it was known that it was not the opponent of the enemy as soon as they fought, and the surrender of surrender and the defeat of defeat were defeated, but in just over an hour, most of Jinling City had fallen, leaving only a corner of the northwest corner, which was also in danger.

The overall situation is like this, Qiu Yizhi didn't want to blame Liu Qing, and said coldly: "This is also a matter of no way, now there is no hope of success, only Chengren can serve the country." I see that the feng shui scenery here in Yanziji is excellent, and it is a good place to bury the bones of the faithful, so it is better to fight with the king of Lingnan here, right? ”

Although Liu Qing is a little cowardly as a military general, he is loyal to Zheng Rong, seeing that he has reached a desperate situation, the blood in his heart is completely stimulated, patted his chest and said: "It is also the honor of the last general to die with His Royal Highness Tongyi." I followed the emperor to fight in the north and south, killing an unknown number of people, to achieve such a position, this life is full of books, I hope to kill a few more thieves, and I can brag in front of the king of Hades if I die......"

Qiu Yizhi listened to him talk endlessly, obviously a little nervous at this moment when he had to face life and death, but his determination to kill himself was extremely firm, so he encouraged him to say two sentences: "It's not yet the time when the mountains and rivers are exhausted, maybe there will be another turnaround." ”

When Qiu Yizhi said this, even he himself might not believe it, and he didn't wait for Liu Qing to answer, so he said again: "Speaking of serious things, I have already deployed here, but unfortunately the number of our army is too small, and the defense line is still slightly weak." These men and horses under your command should be divided into archers, heavy infantry, and pro-infantry, and supplemented to my soldiers and horses, and it will save you from redeploying and deploying. You go to Zhao Chengxiao to handle this matter. ”

The hundreds of people brought by Liu Qing were able to closely follow Jiedu to make Liu Qing escape from the onslaught of the Lingnan army, and they really had some skills than other Jiedu troops, although it was only a very simple implementation of the deployment, and it was completed very neatly.

However, after a cup of tea, Liu Qing, who led the army, sat down next to Qiu Yizhi and Lin Shuhan, gasped and said: "Your Highness Yi, the people and horses have been arranged, just wait for the king of Lingnan to come and fight ......."