Volume 1 The Hidden Dragon in the Abyss Chapter 67 Preparing for War
In the blink of an eye, the Mid-Autumn Festival has passed, and the desolate world is also made up of the Mid-Autumn Festival, just want to be at the border of the chaotic land, sometimes even their own lives may not be cared for, who will do it with great fanfare.
Ye Qing only had a simple celebration on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and it was over.
As soon as the Mid-Autumn Festival passed, the autumn harvest came to an end, and people began to have free time to do other things, but Ye Qing's troubles also followed.
Zhuyuan Town, a small town that has only recently taken refuge in Ye Qing, has a population of more than 10,000, which is the smallest town in Ye Qing's hands, and it is also the outermost place, with a thousand soldiers stationed.
There is very little arable land in Zhuyuan Town, surrounded by dense green bamboo, the name of the town is derived from this, and the people basically make a living by selling bamboo from the mountains and forests to make some handmade works.
However, it was such a remote town, which had been occupied two days earlier, and a thousand defenders had lost six hundred, and the rest had fled. And the one who occupies this place is Ye Qing's neighbor Tsing Yi City.
Tsing Yi City is the number one force in the chaotic land, and in the entire sphere of influence of Tsing Yi City, there are more than 1.5 million residents and an army of more than 100,000 people, and in terms of comprehensive strength, it is slightly stronger than the current Qingyun Ling, after all, the Qingyun Collar has only been established for a short time, and the foundation is too thin.
The current lord of Tsing Yi City is named Lan Yu, he is mediocre, he is not a good person, but he is not bad, it can be said that for so many years, Tsing Yi City still occupies such a large amount of resources, relying on the accumulation left by Lan Yu's ancestors, otherwise it would have been destroyed a long time ago.
Inside the Mansion of the Lord of Qingyun City.
After receiving the news of the invasion of Tsing Yi City, Ye Qing immediately found his subordinates to discuss.
"Everyone, I just received the news that the 100,000 troops of Tsing Yi City are coming, and Zhuyuan Town is lost, what do you think you should do?" Ye Qing handed the information in his hand to everyone and waited patiently for them to watch.
After a while, some people thought that the officials were out of the ranks, and this person stepped forward and said to the ground: "My lord, Tsing Yi City is powerful, you need to think about it in the long run, you need to think twice!"
Ye Qing's eyes swept and asked in a deep voice: "Why think twice before acting, you can talk about it!"
"This ...... , things are in a hurry, and there is no plan yet!"
The man arched his hand.
"Stand down!"
Ye Qing also knew that these officials had just joined Ye Qing, and they were basically doing things in a stable manner, without much problem, but they would not have any constructive suggestions.
"Old Wen, can you tell me what we should do?" Since no one was willing to stand up, Ye Qing had no choice but to name him.
"My lord, the tax revenue that the lord's mansion has just collected will not be too much of a problem to support a battle, that is, the new recruits of our army have not yet been trained, and if the troops are dispatched, there will only be 50,000 veterans available, and there are still 20,000 veterans stationed in Yangcheng, and a fortress is being built to guard against barbarians, and it cannot be moved. ”
"Then there are only 30,000 veterans left, and there are more than 10,000 responsible for defending various places, and the troops we can use are only 20,000 people, including the lord's personal guards, I don't know if we can deal with the 100,000 army in Tsing Yi City. ”
Hearing Elder Wen's answer, Ye Qing was also silent for a while, although according to intelligence, the combat effectiveness of the 100,000 army in Tsing Yi City is not too strong, but there are more ants and they can bite the elephant to death, with only 20,000 people, even if they can win, they will pay a great price.
What's more, Ye Qing's psychology not only wants to drive Tsing Yi City out of the territory, but also wants to directly merge Tsing Yi City under his rule. Ye Qing had long been planning how to expand the area of the territory and increase the depth of the territory in order to resist the barbarians.
In the past, there was no good excuse, I was afraid that if I sent troops directly, I would be jointly suppressed by several other territories, but I didn't expect that now Tsing Yi City has sent an excuse to the door, if you don't seize the opportunity now, it may not appear in the future.
"Qin Fei, you are in charge of training the recruits, what progress is it now, can it be used?"
"My lord, the training of recruits has been basically completed, although I have not experienced the battlefield, and I can't compare with the veterans, but I am not bad compared with the private soldiers of other lords, and I can fight a battle. Speaking of recruits, Qin Fei said with confidence.
"Okay, now there is no problem with the soldiers and logistics, so let's go down and prepare, this time, 100,000 recruits will take away 80,000, and the remaining 20,000 will guard Qingyun and maintain law and order, and the veterans plus my personal guards will take 20,000, and set off in three days!
Zhuyuan Town, although the war has only passed for a few days, but after all, it is a struggle between the human race, and there is no such tragedy as the slaughter of the city, of course, the rampant soldiers are unavoidable, and the people have to go out as little as possible to avoid being persecuted by the soldiers.
Due to the fact that there was no reaction from Ye Qing's side for several days, all the scouts sent out were missing more than a hundred miles in size, making the army of Tsing Yi City almost blind, so for a few days, the Tsing Yi army has not advanced half a step, but stayed in Zhuyuan Town, waiting for the next order.
On this day, the weather is sunny, the clouds are not clean, and the distant mountains contain daisies, a harmonious scene.
Ye Qing led a thousand guards, and when he was still thirty miles away from the Tsing Yi Army camp, he encountered the other party's patrol post. When the scouts saw that thousands of cavalry were coming from the opposite side, they immediately ran backwards without saying a word.
Seeing the scout fleeing, Ye Qing immediately jumped out and shouted: "I am the Qingyun City Lord, you invaders stop me." ”
When the scout heard this, he was immediately taken aback, the city lord of Tsing Yi City. No, the scout then thought about it, and if he reported it, the credit would be less. The scout didn't say a word, ignored Ye Qing, and ran straight forward.
Seeing that the other party didn't stop, Ye Qing pretended to be angry and shouted, "I want you to stop, you dare not stop." "Pick up the bow and arrow, and shoot the leader of the opponent to death with one arrow.
Although the scout captain was dead, someone still ran out and quickly reported the incident. The big tent of the Tsing Yi Army, the generals of Tsing Yi City are studying the war. The 100,000 army stopped in this town, neither advancing nor retreating, and it cost food and couldn't afford to drag it out.
"General, general, great joy!"
The generals inside were worried about the war, and suddenly heard someone making a loud noise, and suddenly their hearts swelled with anger, "Who dares to make noise here." ”
The scout's legs trembled, and he immediately knelt down. "The general spares his life, the general spares his life!"
The general of Tsing Yi City was still angry, "Come on, drag down this noisy person and behead him." ”
Immediately, two tooth tent guards stepped forward and dragged him down, "The general spares his life! ”
Hearing the scout say this, the general of Tsing Yi City waved his hand: "Put him down first"
"You said you had important information, and if you couldn't satisfy Bensho, Ben would cut you"
"Rest assured, the information of your subordinates will definitely satisfy you. ”
After organizing the language, the scout said with some excitement, "General, our scout team patrolled and encountered thousands of elite cavalry, led by the self-proclaimed city lord of Qingyun City. ”
The general of Tsing Yi City was excited in his heart, stood up directly from his seat, walked down, and pulled the scout's clothes, "Are you sure that is Ye Qing, the lord of Tsing Yi City?"
The scout replied with some trembling, "Yes, when the subordinates and others escaped, they saw him dressed as a scholar, and it should not be wrong." ”
The scholar's costume in the desolate world is not something that anyone can wear, it is something that only people with a literary position can wear, otherwise it is disrespectful to the reader, and it will be severely punished.
After hearing this, the general of Tsing Yi City was full of excitement, and clapped his hands vigorously, "Okay, if it is really the Lord of Qingyun City, catch him, we will win half of this war." But if not....."
Seeing that the general of Tsing Yi City was moved, the cavalry captain on the side said, "General, my cavalry has not moved, so let my cavalry attack and go to capture it." ”
"Okay, General Zhao, since that's the case, I'll trouble you with this matter. ”
The captain of the "Nuo" cavalry was excited, such a great achievement, he could get it immediately, how could he not be excited.
Soon after, more than 20,000 cavalry from the Tsing Yi Army camp came out, and for a time the ground shook and dust flew. There are a total of 30,000 cavalry in Tsing Yi City, and 20,000 were directly dispatched to Qingyun Ling this time, which shows that they are jealous of Ye Qing.
Seeing that Tsing Yi City directly sent 20,000 cavalry, Ye Qing didn't say a word and immediately retreated. In the eyes of the cavalry captain of Tsing Yi City, Ye Qing is the merit of his ability, and he seems to see countless rewards, official positions, money, and beauties pouring towards him. As soon as the cavalry captain saw the other party fleeing, he immediately pulled out his horse and chased after him.
Ye Qing dared to go to call the battle with a thousand horsemen, naturally he was prepared, when he came, he had already arranged the retreat route, and ambushed several ambushes along the way.
Seeing that the pursuers were approaching, the sergeant who had been in ambush for a long time immediately shot arrows, and the arrows flew by, killing them with one arrow. When the cavalry lieutenant saw an ambush, he was so frightened that he didn't dare to get too close, for fear that one would accidentally fall into the ambush.
After a while, Ye Qing ran away, where can he chase after him! After waiting for a while, Captain Zhao of the cavalry found that there were very few ambushes, so he ordered the cavalry to catch up. Again near the sergeant who had been in ambush for a long time, there was another rain of arrows. The cavalry lieutenant saw that there was an ambush, and in the spirit of caution, he did not dare to get too close.
After repeating this, the cavalry captain also understood that the number of opponents was not large, and it was clear that it was to slow them down. The cavalry lieutenant directly ordered to ignore those ambushes and chase directly.
But at this time, Ye Qing had already fled far away, and the cavalry captain led the cavalry to chase forward, and he couldn't catch up with Ye Qing for a while. But the cavalry lieutenant was unwilling, and he must not let go of this white credit. In this way, the cavalry of Tsing Yi City has always been far behind Ye Qing.
Unconsciously, the cavalry captain of Tsing Yi City led the cavalry to gradually chase into a valley and enter the ambush circle arranged by Ye Qing in advance. As for Ye Qing and the others, they had already left from the other end and ran to the ambush place.
The cavalry of Tsing Yi City, who entered the encirclement, did not realize the danger coming, and still rushed forward.