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Chapter 744!

There are about at least 3,000 people who were caught up by the Black Flag Army and could not be withdrawn, Fu Zhengming's distress was all shown on his lip-biting face, this 10,000 horses were trained by him, and they did not belong to the direct line of his eldest brother Fu Zhengnan, so Fu Zhengnan would agree to him to lead his troops out of the city to block the Black Flag Army on the riverbank, and now it seems that this decision to go out of the city was wrong.

Fu Zhengming had to give the order to retreat, and the archers opened their arrows with heart, and for the safety of the rear team, they had to abandon their comrades who were caught in front.

This kind of pain may only be understood by the person concerned.

Among those who are fighting with the Black Flag Army in front, there may be the best friends in normal times, maybe there are blood relatives, maybe there are fellow villagers, maybe there are like-minded brothers, but now, the people behind have to shoot sharp arrows at them. I don't know how many people in Lu Dao pulled the bowstring in tears, maybe in the days to come, every surviving soldier of the Southern Yan Army will not be able to forget today.

"General, you go first!"

The adjutant general shouted while pulling the reins of Fu Zhengming's horse, and the shouting of the soldiers of the Black Flag Army on the opposite side was so deafening that he had to shout at the top of his voice to let the other party hear his words.

"The signal has been sent, it won't be long before the city lord will send people to answer, we must retreat to the city as soon as possible, once we are stuck by the Black Flag Army from behind, it will be difficult for our people to retreat! There is no momentum of rout yet, if it is slower, the soldiers in front will be defeated and retreat, and they will rush backwards, and the whole team will be involved! ”

"I fucking know it!"

Fu Zhengming roared fiercely, and his eyes were red when he looked at the subordinate soldiers who were killed by sticking in front of him: "These soldiers are all trained by me, just like my nephews!" ”

"You're still here, and the soldiers will gather together in the future!"

The deputy general knew that he couldn't delay any longer, and at this time he was calmer than Fu Zhengming. He stretched out his hand and pulled Fu Zhengming's war horse around, and then stabbed it in the butt of the war horse. This method of injuring the war horse to force the war horse to run wild is too unwise, but in this case he can only do this. Because the war horse is injured and in pain, it will run desperately, and the blood from the wound will keep flowing out, and it won't take long for the war horse to collapse. Even if the war horse is lucky enough not to die, nine times out of ten it will be wasted.

But fortunately, the battlefield is only a few miles away from Qingyuan City, and if nothing else, the war horse can hold out until it runs back, and there is still a team in the city to come out to respond, so the deputy general has to do this in order to let Fu Zhengming leave quickly.

Fu Zhengming scolded, and in order not to be thrown off by the war horse, he had to hold on to the reins and stick to his body. The wounded war horse neighed, spread its hooves and rushed out of the back, knocking over a few soldiers of the Southern Yan Army who could not dodge.

Seeing that the defeat was assured, it was impossible to hold the river bank unless a large number of troops rushed to support. But at this time, Fu Zhengnan will never bring everyone out to support, in that case, Qingyuan City will become an empty city, if the Black Flag Army still has a plan, maybe Qingyuan City will be lost in a battle.

Fu Zhengming felt the wind in his ears blowing, as if one slap after another slapped him in the face. In fact, he didn't know that he shouldn't go out of the city to fight, but as a general, who wouldn't want to play a record that would be enough to leave a name in history?

He originally planned to hold back the initial offensive of the Black Flag Army, and when it was difficult for the Black Flag Army to control the south bank under repeated attacks, he immediately sent a reserve force to counterattack, and if he was lucky, he could rush across the north bank along the pontoon bridge built by the Black Flag Army, and he would be able to catch the Black Flag Army by surprise, and even if the Black Flag Army could not be severely damaged, it would be enough to beat the morale of the Southern Yan Army.

However, miracles are called miracles precisely because so few of them happen.

Luck only happens when it is possible, and it can't happen when it can't happen, which seems to be nonsense, but Fu Zhengming understands the meaning of this sentence. He was looking forward to the appearance of luck to defeat the Black Flag Army, but when the opponent's strength was too strong for him to shake, there could be no luck.

Fu Zhengming's personal soldiers followed him all the way back, and six or seven thousand soldiers of the Southern Yan Army followed like crazy. The team pulled away, and the flock was not arrayed at all.

The deputy general of the Nanyan Army stabbed Fu Zhengming's war horse in the buttocks, which was fundamentally to make Fu Zhengming safe, but he forgot that in such a situation, it would be difficult for Fu Zhengming to restrain the retreating soldiers. When a person runs with his legs stretched out in fear, there is no one who has weight to restrain him...... The results can be imagined.

Where can the team still see the establishment, some run along the official road, and some run along the wilderness, just like an ant colony that has been scattered, a large area of black pressure, but with a kind of embarrassment that cannot be concealed.

"General, I see someone in the city answering!"

A pro-soldier shouted with unconcealable joy, and pointed his hand forward in the direction of Qingyuan City.

After crossing the Jinshui River, it is easy to see the side of Qingyuan City. Fu Zhengming couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw a pair of centaurs coming out of the city gate. He looked back and saw his team fleeing in a humiliating fashion. But at this time, he didn't even have anger, and he could only sigh and bring back more than half of the people.

At this time, in order to bring back some more people, where is he still full of spirit before?

On the south bank of the river, when the abandoned soldiers of the Southern Yan Army realized that they could no longer survive the resistance, the surrender began to gradually spread from individuals to groups.

Some soldiers saw their comrades drop their swords and lances and kneel down to beg for mercy, and after hesitating for a moment, they also chose the same method. At this time, only the idea of living supported them, and as for what the glory of the Nanyan people had already been wiped out by the murderous aura on the knives of the Black Flag Army soldiers.

"Chase!"

Qin Yuan had already received Fang Jie's orders, and he knew that this time was not the end of the war but the beginning, and the general's arrangement was not to achieve this small victory on the bank of the Jinshui River, but for the Qingyuan City.

Just before this war, when Fang Xie was standing on the city wall watching the battle, he pointed to the south and said that it could be used there.

When these words were spoken, today's situation had actually been decided.

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Shi Dake ran forward with his people, he knew that the city lord and the second master had a good relationship, and the second master was the right hand man of the city lord, if it weren't for this, the second master would not be able to say that the city lord would allow him to lead troops to fight. According to the character of the city lord, he just wants to defend steadily and does not want to counterattack.

At the beginning, when the Nanyan army entered Pingshang Road under the leadership of Murong Yongduo and won a lot of money, even the people from the families in the south couldn't help it, and cobbled together an army to go to Pingshang Road and Murong Yongduo to grab the spoils of war in the name of loyalty to the imperial court, but they were beaten by the Black Flag Army in a single face. At the beginning, the Southern Yan army did have rich results, and Murong Yongduo's good news was sent to Dali City almost every day.

At that time, I couldn't help but change to someone else. As the closest city to the Great Sui, Fu Zhengnan did not send troops to plunder the Pingshang Road until the most Hou Fu Zhengnan, which shows that this person's caution has reached the point of timidity.

And Fengping, which is basically parallel to Qingyuan City, the city lord Zhu Baotian sent nearly thirty percent of his men and horses to the north. Of course, because of this, Fengping City lost thirty percent of its troops.

The Black Flag Army was almost invincible in the field.

The south is different from the north, and it is even more different from the prairie of the Western Regions, in fact, there are not many places where war horses can run, the southwest is better, and the land south of the Yangtze River is full of rivers and waterways, and the cavalry can't even get out of fifty percent. The reason why the southwest is the most important rice and grain producing area in the Great Sui is because of the unique environment here.

The climate is warm and humid, but it is not crisscrossed by low-lying waterways, and a fertile plain is naturally a treasure land in such an environment. But it is precisely because of this that the light cavalry of the Black Flag Army will rarely be blocked by waterways, so that tens of thousands of troops in Nanyan and millions of murderers in Nanyan have been wiped out.

Shi Dake was very aware of the combat power of the Black Flag Army, and he was also very aware of the city lord's feelings for the second master, so he was in a hurry. Now the battle situation looks weird, the progress of the Black Flag Army crossing the river is fast enough, the second master's army did not even hold out for an hour and retreated, the key is that the light cavalry of the Black Flag Army has not shown up!

According to reason, the people of the Black Flag Army forcibly crossed the Jinshui River, and the light cavalry of the Black Flag Army in the lower reaches could completely wade over, but the Nanyan cavalry patrolling downstream did not give a warning, indicating that the light cavalry of the Black Flag Army was not used at all!

This doesn't make sense!

Although he hadn't fought any battles, Stark was keenly aware of the strangeness.

When he saw that Fu Zhengming's banner was getting closer and closer, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart. There is no need to fight this time, as long as you can take the second master back.

Then he saw the terrain ahead.

On both sides of the official road is a piece of reed and thick grass, when the Jinshui River flooded thousands of acres of fields in the south, forming several small lakes, I don't know how the reeds were drilled out so quickly, and it became a scale in a year, and now those small lakes have gradually dried up, but the reeds are still so thick.

Looking at that place, Stark always felt a little panicked in his heart.

"Second Master!"

When he saw Fu Zhengming's face clearly, he immediately shouted: "The city lord ordered me to take you back!" ”

"Good!"

Fu Zhengming looked back: "You order the formation first, and wait for the people behind." If you go back now and close the city gates immediately, at least more than eighty percent of the soldiers will not come back! ”

Shi Dake wanted to refuse, but seeing that the pursuers of the Black Flag Army on the other side of the Jinshui River were still far away, he nodded and ordered his five thousand men and horses to form a phalanx.

When the team barely gathered three or four thousand people, Shi Dake began to persuade Fu Zhengming to retreat immediately, but Fu Zhengming insisted on waiting a little longer, and in half an hour, the rout barely exceeded five thousand, and Fu Zhengming ordered to go back.

Stark breathed a sigh of relief, and then ordered to return to the city. At this moment, he suddenly felt that it was getting dark, and the sun was covered by something. He subconsciously looked up, and then ...... I saw a rain of arrows that covered the sky.

From that reed.

A round of arrow rain made the array of the Nanyan army loosen, and Shi Dake loudly called on the soldiers not to panic, and the second round of arrow rain arrived, overwhelming. Soon, a layer of white grass suddenly grew on the ground, almost covering the ground.

After two rounds of arrow rain, suddenly a small piece of reed fell out from the inside, and a tall war horse carrying a black-armored knight jumped out of the reeds, followed by a clump of reeds fell one after another, and the war horses rushed out one after another!

"The elite cavalry of the Black Flag Army!"

I don't know who shouted as if he was scared, and the fear immediately spread.

Shi Dake and Fu Zhengming finally knew that the light cavalry of the Black Flag Army did not appear when they were blocking the riverbank before. Because...... They have been here for a long time!

At this time, Stark suddenly understood one thing!

It turned out that the cavalry of the Black Flag Army had come to harass outside the city every night before, and it was not simple harassment at all. Fang Xie sent a group of light cavalry to shout and curse outside the city every night, so that the defenders in the city could not rest well is only one of his purposes, the main purpose, Fang Xie used this method to send the cavalry of the Black Flag Army to the south bank of the river one by one, and then hid in the reeds at night! The defenders in the city all thought that Fang Xie had sent cavalry to come over in turn, but in fact, they were deliberately paralyzed for today!

What Fang Xie is waiting for is today!

The light cavalry rushed forward with their horizontal swords, like a group of scythe-wielding grim reapers.

For a moment, Starke's face was as dead as ashes. He glanced at Fu Zhengming, and the same was true.