Qin Cha Luo Jun stood in front of the county guard mansion and explained to the county lieutenant Feng Qi, "Lord Feng, I am waiting for a long way to go here, and the affairs of this Yue County will be sorted out by Lord Feng, Lord Feng, the burden on your shoulders is not light." ”

Feng Qi said modestly, "Where is Lord Luo, this is a matter within the scope of this official, please rest assured Lord Luo." ”

Just as everyone was setting off at the gate of the city, a scout flew in the distance, and the man turned over and dismounted in front of him, and sent a war report to Luo Jun, who was the leader.

Luo Jun opened the battle report and glanced at it quickly, his face changed slightly, and everyone knew that the matter was not small when they looked at Qin Cha's face.

Luo Jun handed over the battle report to Fu Bao and Feng Qi to read it, and Fu Bao directly said to Qin Cha Luo Jun after reading it, "Lord Luo, the criminal minister knows a little about the local situation, and the overall situation is important. ”

Fu Bao was keenly aware that this was an opportunity to redeem his credit.

Luo Jun knew that the situation was urgent, and he agreed without thinking too much: "Okay! Master Fu, let's go back to the county government immediately to discuss countermeasures......"

In fact, before the official appointment and dismissal documents of the imperial court were issued, Fu Bao's nominally Yuejun county guard position was still him, and the minister of the Qin mission inspected the place, only temporarily using the arbitrary power granted by the imperial court.

When they returned to the county guard's mansion, everyone knew what had happened.

The approximate meaning of the war report is that in the southeast of Yue County, the southern barbarians led by the former tribe invaded Yue County to burn and loot, and have connected four counties, and the soldiers pointed directly at Qucheng, the administrative office of Yue County, according to scouts, the other party has at least more than 30,000 horses......

Everyone gasped when they heard this, now there are only 2,000 people in the county, as a border county, in addition to the garrison force, there are more than 10,000 standing field troops, but this takes time to assemble from the counties.

Luo Jun, Fu Bao, Feng Qi and others were already wearing armor and gathered in front of the sand table to analyze the enemy situation.

Fu Bao said, "This former tribe is the largest Southern Barbarian tribe in southern Xinjiang, and I often have conflicts with the border people, the former tribe survives in the primeval forest all the year round, and is very good at fighting in the mountains, this time it is strange, it actually began to attack the city, it really doesn't make sense, the only advantage of our army now is that the weapons and armor are superior to the Nanban ......"

The county lieutenant Feng Qi pointed to a corner of the map and said to Fu Bao, "Master Fu, the scouts have come to report that the main force of the thieves is entrenched in this place and besieges He County, and if you capture Qi County, you can go all the way unimpeded and go straight to Qucheng, the capital of Yue County, I think they don't necessarily have the strength to eat us, it is likely that they want to encircle the point and send reinforcements, consume our strength, don't look at the huge momentum of the thieves, relying on the advantages of our army's excellent armament and my 5,000 elite soldiers will be able to break it in a battle." ”

Fu Bao stroked his beard and thought about it, and said, "Okay! Lord Feng, for the sake of safety, I will give you 6,000 troops, you are also a veteran of the battlefield, you must be cautious, if you are not able to fight the enemy, withdraw your troops immediately, after the Fei Chong incident, the old man always feels that there must be a demon when things go wrong, this time the people of the former tribe gathered so many people, and they actually attacked the city, which is unheard of. ”

Fu Bao, the acting county guard, took the tiger talisman and handed it to Feng Qi, instructing, "Lord Feng takes the tiger talisman." ”

Feng Qi bowed down to take the tiger talisman and turned to leave, and the others could only wait in the lobby for good news from the front line.

Mu Sheng also stood in front of the sand table in armor and silently watched them perform war games and deduce them, simulating the battlefield situation, and from time to time scouts outside the county guard mansion would come to report the battlefield situation.

Outside the city of Hexian County, Feng Qi with 6,000 reinforcements has been killed together with the former army besieging He County, the two sides shouted to kill the sky, the two sides of the melee is in full swing, at this time the Jin army thousands of men and horses with its strict military discipline, the advantage of the armor, the battlefield situation Jin army still obviously has a slight advantage.

At this time, a horn sounded in the formation of the former tribe, and the main force of the former tribe began to retreat slowly backwards, Feng Qi saw this and did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, and immediately Mingjin collected the troops and cleaned up the team, he observed the complex hilly terrain in front, the woods were dense, and the enemy did not advance lightly, and the intuition of fighting on the battlefield for many years told that the enemy army must have a rear move.

Sure enough, a team of Nanban light cavalry that had been in ambush for a long time suddenly came out of the woods on both sides, the horses of the Nanban cavalry were shorter than the northern horse breeds, the impact power, and the endurance was insufficient.

Feng Qi saw that the Nanban cavalry had come out, his face changed slightly, and he immediately ordered the left and right wings to change the formation, the war drums in the Jin army sounded, the soldiers heard the drums and changed formations, and the Jin saber and shield soldiers immediately went to the left and right, raising their shields to form a phalanx to deal with the attack of the Nanban cavalry.

The Nanban light cavalry wore a gorgeous crown of feathers on their heads, their faces were painted with oil paint, and everyone shouted slogans and rode their horses into battle shirtless.

Nanban light cavalry to the Jin army 100 steps began to divide the formation, divided into left and right thousands of cavalry, from the strict array of the Jin army left and right wings swept by, thousands of light cavalry raised short bows, throwing arrows into the sky, a wave of arrow rain like locusts shot to the Jin army formation, the Jin army array had many soldiers fall to the ground with arrows, wailing everywhere,

The crossbowmen in the Jin army also immediately returned to the color, and shot a wave of arrow rain to the Nanban cavalry, many cavalry of the Nanban cavalry screamed and were shot off their horses, the Jin army was mostly strong bows and crossbows, advanced technology, and much more lethal than the Nanban bow and crossbow, fortunately, the Nanban light cavalry could not charge into battle, and could only play a role in harassment.

At this time, the two sides of the main force of the former tribe suddenly unfolded, the drums and shouts in the southern barbarian army formation were endless, the former sorcerer was wearing colorful clothes, and the mouth was silently chanting incantations, the former Chinese army changed formations, and a row of bison actually rushed out on both sides of the southern barbarian army, and the bison rushed madly towards the Jin army like a black cloud, in order to cooperate with the attack of the light cavalry of the former tribe.

Feng Qi finally changed color when he saw this situation, the military drums in the Jin army formation continued to sound, the Jin soldiers quickly changed their formations when they heard the drums, the spearmen went to the front, and the second row of crossbowmen kept throwing arrows to prevent the bison herd from approaching the military formation, although many bison were shot down on the charging road, but there were still many bison desperately charging forward, the bison's eyes were red, pretending to be crazy, it seemed that they should have been controlled by some secret method cast by the Nanban wizard.

Seeing this, the county lieutenant Feng Qi immediately made a decision, Ming Jin withdrew his troops, and tried to slowly withdraw from the battlefield, he felt that this time he must have come from the elite of the former clan, and the enemy was numerous, and he felt that there was no chance of victory.

Relying on Feng Qi's strict management of the army on weekdays, the Jin army formed a phalanx and slowly retreated, although the Jin army was crumbling under the crazy impact of the bison formation, it could also hold on, Feng Qi understood that once it could not withstand it, it would be a big defeat immediately, and if he was not careful, the whole army would be annihilated.

At this time, there was a burst of dust and smoke in the right front, and thousands of southern barbarian troops actually appeared in an attempt to outflank his right flank, this time Feng Qi was really shocked, and immediately ordered to speed up and retreat, and Feng Qi personally took three hundred personal soldiers to support the right flank.

At this time, the reinforcements of the Jin army also arrived, and Fu Bao, the county guard of Yuejun, took the lead in armor, leading more than 5,000 fresh troops to the battlefield and withstood the attack of the Southern Barbarian Alliance.

At this time, the secret method of the Nanban bison formation gradually became invalid, thousands of bison were in the survival instinct, running around to escape, and almost hit the Nanban army formation, the Nanban army saw that it could not take advantage, and the attack also slowed down.

On the way back to Qu City, the county lieutenant Feng Qi hugged his fist and saluted Fu Leopard, and said gratefully, "If it weren't for Lord Fu's timely rescue, I'm afraid I would have really been planted here this time." ”

Fu Bao frowned, he recalled the battle just now and preached to Feng Qi, "You just suffered a loss from the enemy, I received a scout report, the number of the Southern Barbarian army is far more than 30,000 people, and there are traces of a large army marching towards your side, this officer felt bad and immediately decided to go out of the city to reinforce, this time the Southern Barbarian Army is huge, the attack and defense are at a glance, it is definitely not the kind of former miscellaneous army that attacked the border in the past." ”

Feng Qi said first, "What Master Fu said is extremely true, I have probably observed it, this time the former clan besieged He County and produced a lot of siege equipment that is not inferior to the Central Plains, and He County is estimated to not last long, we have to quickly ask for reinforcements from Zhuo County in the rear, and it is very good that we can hold Qucheng with this amount of strength at present." ”

Fu Bao and Feng Qi returned to the lobby of the Qucheng County Mansion with solemn faces, and Qin Chaluo Jun saw the two of them with solemn faces, and hurriedly asked how the battle was?

The county lieutenant Feng Qi pointed to the sand table and described the battle just now to Luo Jun in detail: "...... The Nanban coalition army is much more than we estimated, the backlog of armor and weapons in the Yuejun treasury earlier all fell into the hands of the former people, we captured some of the former people, the weapons in their hands are engraved with the name of the treasury, don't think about it must be Fei Chong secretly instigated the Nanban to attack the border of Yuejun, and now we are very passive, we can only go to Zhuojun County Shou Zhang to ask for reinforcements. ”

When Qin Cha Luo Jun heard that the situation was so serious now, he said, "The reinforcements from Zhuo County will have to travel at least ten days to get here, Lord Feng, are you sure to hold Qucheng?" ”

Feng prayed, "Lord Qincha, please rest assured, Qucheng City is strong, and it should be no problem to defend the city." ”

Under the arrangement of the county guard Fu Bao, everyone began to prepare to defend the city in full swing.

At this time, the scout came to report that "Qiyu Shangguan, the county town has fallen into ......"

As soon as these words came out, the needle drop in the lobby of the county government could be heard.

Fu Bao immediately stood up and gave an order to one of his subordinates: "Immediately let the people outside the city enter the city, mobilize the people in the city to strengthen the city wall, and prepare to hold on." ”

"No." The subordinate officer took the order and left......

County Lieutenant Feng Qi kept staring at the sand table for a long time, and said, "Lord Fu, the people of the former tribe launched an attack of such a large army, there must be a place near here to hoard and transport grain and grass, if this place can be burned, this battle will be won." ”

Fu Bao stroked his beard and said, "Before the former clan completely besieged the city, send scouts out to reconnoitre, if there is definite news, this official is sending a surprise army to raid." ”

Qin Cha Luo Jun frowned and thought for a long time, he remembered what Fei Chong did in Yue County, and said, "This Fei Chong was originally a Yue person, this person must be an important member of the local Revival Society, if it weren't for the remnants of the Revival Society secretly acting as a guide, how could the Southern Barbarian army connect the land of my five counties overnight?" ”

Fu Bao said in a deep voice, "Lord Luo is reasonable, the remnants of the Revival Society actually colluded with foreign clans to try to restore the country, and they really deserve to be killed." ”

At this moment, another scout came to the gate to report that the army of the former tribesmen had arrived twenty miles outside the city.

Fu Bao and the others looked at each other, and said in their hearts that the enemy was coming so quickly, and everyone immediately went out of the county guard's mansion, and when they climbed the city tower, at a glance, the dust and smoke were everywhere in the distance of Qucheng, and the Southern Barbarian Coalition Army was dense, covering the sky and the sun, and it seemed that there was no end in sight.

Feng Qi has been in the army for a long time, and at a glance, he can roughly judge how many people have come from the Nanban, at least seventy or eighty thousand people, these strangely dressed Nanban troops, the rear of the infantry phalanx followed by tall siege ladders, siege gas, catapults, and catapults, and all kinds of troops in the Nanban, archers, infantry, and cavalry lined up in a neat queue and slowly approached Qucheng like a torrent.

At this time, Mu Sheng followed a group of senior generals to stand on the head of the city, and he held on to the battlements and saw that the Southern Barbarian Army was very powerful, and his scalp was numb.

At this moment, there was a little excitement in the fear in his heart, this was the first time he was facing the battlefield environment, until now he was sure that in the face of such a thousand troops, even if he cultivated to the sky, he could not do anything, and there were many ants that would bite the elephant to death.

In fact, personal bravery on the real ancient battlefield does not play much role in the victory or defeat of the war, such as the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the general can leave a name, and then each side sends a member of the general to fight alone, which can only be regarded as a drama, the personal bravery of the military general can only be used to stimulate morale, and the real war depends on the general's judgment and dispatch command ability of the battlefield environment, as well as the training level of the soldiers, whether the order is prohibited.

Fu Bao, Feng Qi and other high-level Yuejun leaders saw that the troops of the former tribesmen were so powerful, and their faces sank like water, it seemed that there would be a tough battle next, until the barbarian army approached Qucheng until it was hundreds of steps away from the city before stopping, only to see three light knights rushing out of the southern barbarian army formation holding flags and running towards Qucheng.

One of them opened his bow and shot an arrow at the city tower, it must be a letter of persuasion, Fu Bao took the letter of surrender handed over by the soldier and hurriedly glanced at it and threw it aside, and then ordered the soldiers to shout to the city "If you want to fight, you will fight" and ignore it.

A quarter of an hour later, the barbarian army heard one drum and trumpet after another, as if it was doing pre-battle mobilization, and an hour later, the barbarian army lined up in a neat phalanx, surrounded by three missing one, and gradually surrounded Qucheng.

The siege equipment behind the Southern Barbarian Army was gradually approaching the city wall under the impetus of the soldiers, and the barbarian army sounded one after another horns, the enemy phalanx began to move, and the siege battle began.