How passionate one night is, outsiders have no way of knowing.

However, before the generals gathered their troops at dawn, they saw their prince sending the princess out - the team transporting the baggage had to make an early journey and set off before dawn. Ye Yunting followed them, so he got up early

Already.

I was still a little sleepy when I got on the horse, my eyelids drooped sleepily, and I said goodbye to Li Fengqi.

Li Fengqi felt a little reluctant, and almost wanted to open his mouth to leave him behind, but his reason prevented him from speaking. He just took his hand and kneaded it hard a few times, and whispered: "Go and write to me.

Trust me, I will capture Jizhou as soon as possible."

It was said that he was so arrogant. If Yin Chengwu heard it, he would probably jump all over again.

But Ye Yunting didn't notice. He nodded solemnly: "I'll wait for your triumphant return in Weizhou."

After a few words, the team set off. Ye Yunting rode forward, and after walking far away, he looked back and saw that he was still standing in the same place, looking to the side from a distance, his figure illuminated by the surrounding firelight.

Soft raw edges.

When the person walked out of sight, Li Fengqi averted his gaze. Jiang Shu, who had been waiting beside him for a long time, stepped forward to report: "There was some movement across the street last night. I'm afraid Yin Chengwu couldn't bear it anymore."

Li Fengqi closed his eyes and thought deeply, then called several generals to the military tent.

…

Not surprisingly, Yin Chengwu made a move in the evening.

Usually, this time is when the Northern Xinjiang Army has dinner. The food for the army is good these days, so the whole camp is full of happy news and is also very relaxed. Yin Chengwu just spotted this.

At this time, they launched a surprise attack in an attempt to catch them off guard.

However, the reaction of the Northern Xinjiang Army was faster than he imagined. They did not panic when encountering a surprise attack and immediately formed their formation and began to attack.

During the handover of troops, the shouts of killing shook the sky.

While the killing was going on in the front battlefield, Li Fengqi looked at Yin Chengwu, who was quite calm and composed, and squinted his eyes: "Yin Chengwu has been holding back for many days, can he be a little more patient?" A strange color flashed across his eyes, and his mind

After quickly recalling the terrain, he immediately ordered Jiang Shu to secretly lead a group of troops to the rear: "Give me the order to get some food and grass in the rear."

They had Zhouju Town at their back, and Zhouju Town was surrounded by cascading mountains. The mountains were not high, but they were one mountain after another, with ravines and steep slopes all over them, making it difficult to walk. The continuous mountains actually became the sky.

barrier.

But if Yin Chengwu sent people to take it from the top of the mountain and go around the back, they would go straight to Zhouju Town.

Although Li Fengqi felt that Yin Chengwu was much worse than his father, he would never underestimate the enemy. He sat in the front, and Jiang Shu quickly led the passers-by to the rear to set up defenses.

And as he expected, Yin Chengwu made a sound to the east and struck in the west.

The battlefield ahead was fierce, but the elite troops of the Jizhou Army were mobilized to the rear, across the mountains, and around the rear to take Zhouju Town, preparing to draw fuel from the bottom of the cauldron and encircle them from front to back.

Unfortunately, Li Fengqi had taken precautions, and Yin Chengwu failed to steal the chicken but lost the rice, and most of his elite troops were lost in the mountains.

Li Fengqi ordered his men to bring the head of the general who led the team to the front of the formation, and said with a smile on his lips: "General Yin gave me a great gift, and I, in return of the courtesy, will give you a gift as well."

After saying this, he raised his hand, and a soldier came out of the queue with his head on a tray, and confidently sent it to the front of the Jizhou army.

Yin Chengwu looked at the generals who were still staring at death, and then thought about the damaged elites, and his heart ached, but it must have been that he had been exhausted these days, so he no longer raised his head, only closed his eyes, and took a deep look at Li Fengqi.

,withdraw troops.

Hearing that the front line was defeated again, Yin Xiaozhi finally couldn't sit still and rode out of the camp.

Yin Chengwu was no longer as conceited as before. When he saw Yin Xiaozhi, he lowered his head and admitted his mistake: "It's just a child who underestimated the enemy."

He had never fought against King Yong'an before, and even though his father praised the opponent's unpredictable military tactics several times, he scorned him. King Yong'an was not yet thirty, and he was still young and prosperous.

go?

It's just that there is no hero who makes Zhuzi famous.

But after the real confrontation, he understood how difficult King Yong'an was. It had only been half a month, and the soldiers' hearts were already loosened a lot. There were even a lot of complaints, and the fighting spirit was high after they had stopped sending troops for a long time.

.And everything was thanks to King Yongan. He had to re-examine his opponents.

Seeing that he still knew how to admit his mistake, Yin Xiaozhi's expression became much gentler, saying, "King Yong'an's military skills are still higher than mine. Whether it's a head-on confrontation or roundabout tactics, the probability of our victory is low."

The army in northern Xinjiang was brave, and King Yong'an used his troops like a god.

On the surface, there is not much difference in the number of people on the border between Jizhou and Weizhou, but if they really fight, you will not know the difference. If they fight head-on, their chances of losing will be huge.

"What should we do? We can't surrender without a fight." Yin Chengwu frowned. He was more than a round older than Li Fengqi. Not to mention his father, whether he or his father came forward to make peace, the Yin family could not afford to lose.

Personally. And once you admit defeat... people's hearts will disperse.

"Today's plan can only be defeated by force." Yin Xiaozhi said in a deep voice: "We may not win if our troops are evenly matched. But if there are another hundred thousand soldiers and horses, and we can crush them with numbers, our chances of winning will be much greater."

He didn't believe that they could defeat the Tenth Council with one hundred thousand troops and there was no chance of winning. Moreover, they didn't need to defeat the other party. As long as they forced Li Fengqi not to dare to attack easily again, they would have achieved their goal.

"Father, do you mean to borrow Luzhou's soldiers and horses?" Yin Chengwu hesitated, "But the people we sent have not received any letter yet. I'm afraid Qi Dian has already had a different idea."

However, Yin Xiaozhi laughed: "Why do you think I came here in such a hurry?" He stroked his beard and smiled: "There is a letter from Luzhou. Someone from Qidian sent a letter saying that he agreed to send troops to help. But at that time.

Luzhou has been greatly affected by the snowstorm, and the troops are also short of food and clothing. We need to support them with 50,000 pieces of winter clothes and 20 dan of food and grass."

"He's taking advantage of the situation!" Yin Chengwu looked worried: "Besides, it's just food and grass, where can we find so many winter clothes?"

"It's not like the lion is talking loudly. I also said that the situation in Luzhou is indeed not good." Yin Xiaozhi said slowly: "Although Qi Dian was once my trusted lieutenant, he had an upright character and accepted death. I was afraid that he would not

I was willing to work together to cause trouble, so I put Lu Zhou aside. Now that the relationship between Qi Dian and me is in the court, I am very afraid of Lu Zhou. Qi Dian probably couldn't hold on any longer, and his heart was cold.

Just take refuge in us."

Although Qi Dian wanted a lot, for the Yin family, it was only a slight pain in the body, but not a big deal. If he could use this to persuade Qi Dian to send troops to force King Yong'an to retreat, it would be nothing for them.

Good deal.

Yin Chengwu thought the same thing, and said, "Food and grass can be given, but there must be a regulation. If he is timid and doesn't send troops after the food and grass are given to him, we won't ask for it again."

Yin Xiaozhi also had this concern, so he discussed detailed regulations with him.

Finally, it was decided to send a close confidant to act as an envoy, secretly heading to Luzhou with a secret message and a batch of food and grass.

It is believed that they agreed to Qi Dian's request, but on the grounds that the amount of winter clothing and food was too large to raise and easily noticed by Weizhou, they only sent a small part as a deposit. The letter stated that they would withdraw from Yong'an after being forced to withdraw most of the remaining balance.

Queen, please add it again.

…

Four days have passed since Qi Dian saw the envoy from Jizhou.

After inspecting the grain and grass, he gratefully welcomed the envoy into the governor's mansion, but turned back and entered the study, his expression darkening: "Five thousand winter clothes, thirty thousand stones of grain and grass. It is more generous than sending a beggar."

He has always known that Jizhou and Jizhou are direct descendants, and Luzhou cannot compare with him, nor does he want to compare with him.

But who knows that the Yin family has repeatedly cut Luzhou's military expenditures. If it hadn't been for the Yin family withholding nearly half of the food and wages allocated by the imperial court in the past, Luzhou would not have been able to survive the cold winter.

Now that I have begged him, I am still so arrogant.

He knew that no matter how much he asked, Yin Xiaozhi would definitely not pay enough due to his temperament, so he deliberately opened his mouth. He thought that if the Yin family did not say that they would give enough, they would give half of it. After all, the situation in Jizhou is urgent now.

Unexpectedly, the Yin family didn't take him seriously at all. They just sent him something, but it was not as much as what Weizhou sent.

Qi Dian's confidants also felt chilled. In the past, Luzhou's patience was not worth it for the governor. Fortunately, now they no longer need to look up to the Yin family, so they whispered: "Although there is a little less, at least it is still good."

It’s given. It’ll last for a while.”

"That's right." Qi Dian closed his eyes and handed a secret letter to his confidant, saying, "If the Yin family is unkind, don't blame me for being unjust."

***

Yin Xiaozhi took charge of the army and finally managed to win back some soldiers.

The armies fought several times, but Northern Xinjiang still won more and lost less.

However, Yin Xiaozhi was not in a hurry at all. After receiving the letter from Lu Zhou a few days later, he said: "It's time to take action."

Qi Dian believed that a hundred thousand troops had secretly rushed to Ququ Mountain in batches and set up a dragnet on Ququ Mountain. As long as Yin Xiao could lead the Northern Xinjiang army to Ququ Mountain, the army would encircle them and they would be beaten.

Caught off guard.

"We will break camp tomorrow, pretend to be defeated, and retreat to Ququ Mountain."

Ququ Mountain is a mountain range in the north of Jizhou, adjacent to Luzhou. The terrain was steep and easy to defend but difficult to attack. Yin Xiao led his troops to retreat without arousing any suspicion.

The next day, Yin Chengwu personally led the troops to fight.

After half a day of fierce fighting, the decline gradually became apparent. However, the Northern Xinjiang Army on the opposite side became more and more courageous in killing, and it was very likely that they would be captured in one fell swoop. Upon seeing this, Yin Xiaozhi had no choice but to order to break camp and retreat in the direction of Ququ Mountain.

Jiang Shu looked at the Jizhou army fleeing towards Ququ Mountain and was dumbfounded: "The performance looks quite similar."

If they hadn't already gotten Qi Dian's secret message, they might have thought that the Yin family and his son were frightened and wanted to run away.

Li Fengqi saw the hurried figures of Jizhou soldiers and waved his long sword: "Chase!"

A chase begins.

The Jizhou Army fled in front, and the Northern Xinjiang Army chased behind them. Yin Chengwu was like fishing, moving fast or slowly, creating a situation where he was unable to catch up, so as to catch Li Fengqi chasing after them.

Their destination was a valley in Ququ Mountain.

The valley was extremely wide, with rolling mountains on both sides, and only the front and back were connected. According to the plan, they led the Northern Xinjiang Army into the valley and blocked the road ahead, while Qidian made a surprise attack in the rear and blocked the dead road, which was just right.

Come and get a jar to catch turtles.
To be continued...