The atmosphere in Akagi was silent.

If it is said that some days ago it was the suppression of the black clouds pressing the city, then these days are the suppression of the soldiers coming to the city.

The first time he called for the battle, it was the Beidi general Tu Wuhan who led the troops. This person is the left vanguard of the Beidi army, and he can be regarded as Gu Qingming's old acquaintance. But the Beidi people didn't seem to know that Gu Qingming was already in the army, so there were only 50,000 soldiers and horses in the lead.

Yun Yao stood on top of the city tower, looking at the black and oppressive Beidi people ten miles away from the city, all riding tall horses, wearing Beidi's unique costumes, lined with cotton cloth with plush jackets, and with fluffy felt hats on their heads.

In his hand, he held a machete, which was tucked diagonally under his armpit, looking dangerous and fierce. And the soldiers behind him were also holding machetes and waiting solemnly.

"General Gu, the last general asks for help. General Li stood beside Gu Qingming, clasped his fists, and said.

General Li is also the left vanguard of the southwest garrison, and it is up to him to fight against Tuwuhan, which is not an insult to the famous general of Beidi.

"No, the first battle was fought by General Xu. Gu Qingming lightly rejected General Li's proposal, and said, "This is our first battle with Beidi this year, winning or losing is a matter of morale, under the premise of civil strife in Daning, this battle can only be won, not lost." ”

"You mean, if General Li fights, he may lose?" Yun Yao was a little curious.

And she looked at the expressions of the other generals, obviously with questions, so she simply helped them ask this question. After all, for the generals, asking such a question may be a matter of face, and she is just a little girl who doesn't know how to march and fight, so it's nothing to ask.

"I have been at war with Beidi for many years, and I know a lot about their generals. Gu Qingming shook his head and explained, "As far as I know, the characteristics of the Abrupt Han march are steady, and the men and horses under him can do the order and prohibition, and if the enemy does not move, I will not move, and it will be uniform." Among our generals, General Li is best at not fighting face-to-face, but defending the city. The principle of defending the city is also stable, and two generals who are very stable in their style of action fight, and the result can only be half of the victory and defeat, but the cost of casualties is greater. ”

"The Admiral understood. General Li was still a little unhappy in his heart before, but after listening to Gu Qingming's explanation at this time, he suddenly realized, "General Xu's soldiers are known for their strangeness, speed, and chaos, and in the face of the abrupt and unified, General Xu's breaking into pieces and breaking each one is the best way to attack." ”

"Not bad. Gu Qingming smiled and nodded, deeply convinced.

"The last general will take 50,000 horses and go out of the city to meet the enemy. General Xu also understood Gu Qingming's intentions, and immediately clasped his fists, and after saying this, he turned around and left.

In an instant, 50,000 soldiers and horses were gathered, war drums were beating, and a loud horn sounded on the city wall.

The gates of the city were immediately closed, and the two armies faced each other, and the military doctors and those soldiers who did not go to battle this time were ready to settle the wounded soldiers.

Everything was going on in an orderly manner, Gu Qingming hid his identity, and watched the entire battle situation through the banner on the city tower.

Suddenly, the sound of killing shook the sky.

The men and horses of the two sides killed each other, and the 50,000 soldiers and horses behind General Xu, at the moment they rushed out, were divided into ten squads, each team of 5,000 people, scattered in all directions outside, and rushed into the enemy's formation at an extremely fast speed, and soon disrupted the local formation.

As soon as the enemy's formation was chaotic, some soldiers began to panic, and in addition, the whole formation was chaotic, and even many of their own horses collided together, causing a great commotion.

Sure enough, as Gu Qingming expected, the flag in the hands of the adjutant general next to General Xu waved and gave various orders to the soldiers of the ten squads, and they interspersed in the enemy camp and engaged those panicked enemies together, and soon gained the upper hand.

And this wave of fighting did not last long, after the success, the ten squads retreated with lightning speed, leaving only a mess of Beidi soldiers and horses.

In the first confrontation, Beidi suffered numerous casualties, but Daning was taken by surprise and retreated in time, no one died, only more than 300 soldiers were injured, and the injuries were not as important as possible.

Suddenly Han was furious, but he wanted to continue fighting, but the sudden battle just now made him have to be vigilant, and he quickly made adjustments and attacked again.

However, this time, General Xu did not divide the men into ten teams, but divided them into four teams, one wing on the left and one on the left, and the middle two wings were interspersed, and he actually divided the enemy's soldiers and horses into two parts, each part was flanked in front and rear.

This time the battle lasted for a long time and did not end so quickly, with General Xu's order, the soldiers quickly changed formations and kept interspersing. Slowly, the Beidi soldiers and horses were divided into four, eight, and even sixteen parts......

Although it is impossible to completely annihilate a small part, it is still possible to encircle and annihilate a small part.

Both sides suffered casualties, and when Tu Wuhan saw that Beidi's soldiers and horses had more casualties, he brandished his broadsword and slashed at General Xu.

General Xu had long been prepared for his surprise attack, and when he saw him approaching, he drew the long sword at his waist and raised his sword to meet him.

With a clang, the sound of weapons colliding sounded in the air, and the two generals fought each other as if no one was around, striving to hit with one blow.

The battlefield is very chaotic, people are constantly falling, whether it is Beidi soldiers or Daning compatriots, they are standing on their horses one moment, and the next moment they are dead on the spot.

The smell of blood in the air became stronger and stronger, and as the north wind dispersed, lingering around Yun Yao, there was an indescribable desolation.

This was the first time Yun Yao had seen the battlefield, and it was even more brutal than the plague that took her father's life many years ago, shattered and corpses strewn all over the field.

She couldn't even see how the soldiers died, they had already fallen.

The only thing that can be seen clearly is General Xu and Tu Wuhan's tricks.

They may not be as high as Gu Qingming's martial arts, but every move and style are all practiced from fighting on the battlefield, and every move is a killing move, with fierceness and killing intent, but they can only fight evenly matched.

The next moment, after the two of them struck again, they each retreated, returned to their horses and sat down, and the battlefield behind them gradually became clear.

Those who stand and those who fall, who is more and who are less, you can see at a glance.

Abrupt Han's face was a little ugly, he stared at General Xu, with a wave of his knife, a deep voice floated out of his lips: "Retreat—"

Beidi's flag waved, and when the soldiers saw the signal, they immediately stopped fighting and retreated.

And the soldiers of Daning also knew the truth of the poor Kou Mo chasing, and only chased a few steps to kill a few backward Beidi soldiers, and then watched the Beidi people flee in a hurry.

"Won—won—"

At the moment when Tuwuhan and Beidi's soldiers and horses were gone, the Daning soldiers let out deafening cheers in place.

The first battle of Chicheng opened the prelude to the battle between Beidi and Daning, and the outcome of Beidi's defeat and escape also gave Daning soldiers enough confidence.

When the news of the victory reached the city, the people cheered and stood in the streets to welcome the return of the victors. They believe and look forward to the fact that this late autumn, the Beidi people will be driven out of the pass as always, and they will not be able to cross the thunder pool.

Yun Yao had already come down from the city tower and followed the military doctors to heal the wounded soldiers.

In this battle, due to Gu Qingming's understanding of Beidi's generals and General Xu's unexpected use of troops, Daning's casualties were less than one-third of Beidi's.

Of the 50,000 people who left the city, 637 were killed, 1,648 were seriously wounded, 3,216 were lightly wounded, and 2,300 were only scratched with a few small cuts on their bodies, and they did not even need medicine.

This data, together is less than 10,000 people, but the number of Beidi soldiers who died alone is more than 10,000.

General Li and General An each led the soldiers, lightly counted the casualties, and arranged them separately, recorded the names of the soldiers who were martyred, and prepared to report to the imperial court to issue pensions.

And Yun Yao, holding the medicine box in her hand, walked up to the row of seriously injured soldiers lying sideways and began to heal.

Washing, stopping bleeding, medicating, bandaging, all the movements are orderly, even in the face of bloody wounds, but her face does not change, as if she has done something similar a thousand times.

An Huai led people past him, watching Yun Yao busy in an orderly manner, a hint of approval flashed in his eyes.

Perhaps, as Gu Qingming said, Yun Yao will definitely not be a drag in the army, but a help in the army. Because compared to those military doctors who are old and have some disadvantage in their hands and feet, Yun Yao's movements are obviously faster and more efficient.

Gu Qingming didn't bother Yun Yao because he also had his things to do.

This defeat of Beidi, according to the abrupt and Han temperament, will definitely be unwilling, and will definitely make a comeback. Next time, he couldn't let General Xu defeat the enemy in the same way, after all, Tuwuhan was already on guard.

Slender fingers swept over the topographical map of the border, and the faces of the generals of Beidi appeared in his mind over and over again, those who had fought with him, or who had only heard of his name, were familiar with the advantages and disadvantages of the people, even if he had not been on the battlefield for a long time, he had not forgotten the slightest.

"Enlighten General Gu, the casualties have been settled, General An, General Li and General Xu ask to see General Gu and formulate the next battle plan. At this moment, the deputy outside came to report.

"Invite a couple of generals in. Gu Qingming said as he spoke, his gaze fell on a place thirty miles west of Chicheng, and his gaze was gloomy.

Soon, several generals came in, and after the salute, they sat down and began to discuss each other.

Among all the generals, the youngest is Gu Qingming, but because of his prestige on the battlefield in the north, everyone obeys him, and today's battle is just a sum worth mentioning in Gu Qingming's brilliant achievements.

It is precisely because they are all veterans that they do not look complacent because they have won a battle, but they are all humbly seeking advice and discussing with each other what to do next.

Outside the tent, Yun Yao once again finished dealing with the wounded soldiers, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and her eyes inadvertently swept over the tent where Gu Qingming was, with a slight smile on the corner of her mouth.