Jiuxi

Chapter 79 078 [King sees the king]

Qin Chun's death put the last nail in Jing Jun's coffin.

Whether it was the infantry of the Jing Dynasty or the army of the Northern Yan Dynasty, defeat had become inevitable. Including the thousand soldiers and thousands of auxiliary soldiers who stayed at the Jingjun camp, they all fled westward like bereaved dogs.

Sangmai wanted to retrieve Qin Chun's body, but under such a great situation, he could only try his best to gather the remaining defeated soldiers and head west.According to the prior agreement, the follow-up army of Beiyan was passing through the Wangmei Ancient Road, and there were also [-] elite troops of the Jing army to the southwest to contain the main force of the Guangling army.

Escape westward was their only option.

The Qi army took advantage of the situation to cover up the enemy.

More than two thousand cavalry led by Lieutenant General Fei Yuying, nearly a thousand infantry led by Liu Tongzhao and Ning Yong, and Duan Zuozhang asked a school lieutenant to lead all the fresh troops in the city to pursue for more than ten miles to the west of Guangling City, and captured a lot of gains along the way. .

If they weren't worried about running into the possible Jing Chao reinforcements, these people might have been able to keep pursuing them.

Even so, the gains achieved by the Guangling Army and Feiyu Camp were already astonishing.

Including the ever-expanding results of subsequent pursuits, more than [-] enemy troops were killed in this battle, more than [-] were captured, and tens of thousands of weapons were seized.There is also an empty camp of Jingjun. The food, grass and baggage inside were completely burned by a fire when the defenders left.

For Guangling City, which is rich in supplies, this small amount of food and grass baggage is insignificant. The enemy's heads and captured weapons are the real military merits.

If the casualties of the previous few days of war are accumulated, nearly 2 Jingjun troops raided Guangling this time. After a series of defeats, they finally fled in anger, with the loss of more than 5000 soldiers. The commander-in-chief Qin Chun died on the battlefield and his body was missing. There were only [-] to [-] soldiers and horses, which was almost equivalent to the total destruction of the army.

The most critical thing is that the defeat in the Battle of Guangling meant that Beiyan and Jingchao's plan to attack Huaizhou failed.

Of course, the Qi army's own losses in this battle were not small.

The Guangling Army's [-] infantrymen who took the initiative suffered nearly half casualties. Feiyu Camp suffered more than [-] casualties and nearly [-] wounded.

More than [-] of the reserve cavalry led by Lu Chen were killed, and almost everyone was injured.

Especially among the 400 people who followed him to attack the enemy's central army, nearly half were killed.

If the infantry of the Guangling Army and the Feiyu Battalion had not dispersed the enemy troops in time, these 400 people might not have survived.

Overall, with a weak force and a last-ditch battle, the Qi army achieved several times the victory at the cost of nearly 2000 killed, killing the Yanjing coalition forces surrounding Guangling City and fleeing in panic. It was still a battle that could shock the north and the south. Great victory.

Lu Chen did not participate in the subsequent pursuit. In fact, after the owl leader Qin Chun, he was in a state of powerlessness, with Lin Xi, Li Chengen and others guarding him.

Lin Xi looked at the injury on Lu Chen's shoulder and without hesitation tore off his inner lining and bandaged him briefly to stop the bleeding.

"Sister..."

Lu Chen sat on the ground and looked up, and saw a few streaks of blood on Lin Xi's fair face, glistening beads of sweat hanging on his chin, the black hair on his temples already soaked through, and his big bright eyes filled with concern and concern. The emotion of blame.

"The injury is not serious. It's just a skin injury. No bones were hurt. Fortunately, he didn't have much strength when he swung the knife. Otherwise, you would have been lying in bed for several months even if you didn't die. You haven't been in the profession for a long time now. For the above If you don’t understand the Mysterious Sutra properly, you won’t be invulnerable even if you exercise your skills all over your body.”

Lin Xi was uncharacteristically chattering.

Lu Chen looked at him with a smile.

Li Chengen and the Lu family's nurse had already turned around and looked at each other with strange expressions.

Lin Xi seemed unaware, and continued: "I know you are angry in your heart, and you are inevitably too angry to take care of many things. But fighting is never a matter of one person. Moreover, the enemy army was destined to be defeated at that time. You can wait until the situation is completely stabilized. Go and cut his head off again. If Uncle Shi knows that you are so reckless, will he let you join the army in the future?"

"Don't do this next time, do you hear me?"

Lin Xi looked at him seriously.

Lu Chen nodded quickly and said, "Senior sister, I have a destiny. I dare not disobey it. I promise to keep it in my heart and recite it silently several times every day."

"Grumpy!"

Lin Xi gave him a harmless look.

"Senior sister, help me." Lu Chen said with a grimace.

"Ok?"

"I can't stand up anymore."

Lin Xi said angrily and funny: "Let you show off."

Having said that, she finally reached out her hand and pulled Lu Chen up.

Suddenly more than ten riders came running towards this side.

When they got closer, the leading knight jumped off his mount and strode forward.

Li Chengen and others looked at each other warily.

The visitor didn't look sideways and stood four or five steps away from Lu Chen. He held a water bag in his hand and asked Lu Chen: "Are you the commander-in-chief of the Guangling Cavalry?"

Lu Chen turned around and saw a tall young female general with a heroic look and a bit of aloofness.

He nodded and said, "It's me, who are you?"

The female general's eyes stayed on his pale face and she greeted him politely: "My name is Li Bingxue. I am currently the captain of the Feiyu Camp of the Jingzhou Governor's Mansion. I have been ordered by the Governor to rush to Guangling."

"I see. Thank you Captain Li for your timely help." Lu Chen wanted to raise his hand to return the favor, but he was really weak, so he could only smile and apologize and said: "She is in Xialu Shen. I am now the officer of the Sutra Weaving Department, and I have been ordered to assist the Guangling Army in defending the city."

Li Bingxue was slightly startled: "Are you an official of the Warp Weaving Department?"

The answer far exceeded her expectations.

Looking back on the battle just now, Li Bingxue had a good impression of the Guangling defenders, especially since she had just led the troops into the battlefield, and the Guangling army made the decision to take the initiative to cooperate with the reinforcements, so that Feiyu Camp could calmly implement the next plan.

The next step was for Lu Chen to surprise the enemy's central army at the critical moment, and while involving the enemy's formation, he attracted most of the Jing army to him like moths to a flame.At this time, Feiyu Camp had lured Qin Chun's personal guard battalion to the right wing, and Li Bingxue had the opportunity to lead his army into the opponent's ribs, defeating the weakest Beiyan Army defense line in one fell swoop.

This was the reason why she came in a hurry. She just wanted to see when such a young general with vision and courage appeared in Guangling Army.

Unexpectedly, this person turned out to be the manager of the Weaving Department, which really surprised Li Bingxue.

"Yes." Lu Chen responded simply.

Li Bingxue looked him up and down and saw that he was almost exhausted, so he handed him the water bag.

A hand reached out from the side and took the water bag.

In fact, Li Bingxue had already seen the owner of this hand, and during previous observations, she noticed the inseparable woman beside Lu Chen.

The reason is simple. This woman's martial arts skills are very high, a level higher than most people on the battlefield.

The two people's eyes met and then separated.

There’s no instant hit-and-miss, no sparks flying, the scene is pretty bland.

Lin Xi opened the water bag and handed it to Lu Chen. After he took a few big sips, he handed it back to Li Bingxue.

"Who is this?" Li Bingxue's gaze stayed on Lin Xi's face.

"My name is Lin Xi, Lu Chen's senior sister. I have no official position, and am a commoner."

Lin Xi responded calmly.

Li Bingxue nodded and said: "Miss Lin is extremely skilled and her martial arts skills are unfathomable. Thanks to your assistance to Lu Gan in this battle, our army was able to win so smoothly."

Lin Xi smiled faintly and said: "Li Xiaowei was able to command thousands of elite cavalry at a young age and resolve the crisis in Guangling with a flip of his hand. This shows that his family's origins are well-deserved."

They were all compliments, but Lu Chen felt vaguely at odds with them.

Fortunately, the timely appearance of another group of people broke the slightly weird atmosphere in the venue.

Duan Zuozhang, the deputy commander of the Guangling Army, led more than ten soldiers on horseback. After dismounting, he walked quickly towards Lu Chen. Looking at the injury on his shoulder, he asked with concern: "Brother Lu, is there something serious?"

Lu Chen smiled and said, "It's okay, General, I'm sorry to worry about you."

Duan Zuozhang breathed a sigh of relief, then met Li Bingxue, and said gratefully: "I originally planned to defend Guangling, and I would not let the enemy succeed no matter what the price. I didn't expect Feiyu Camp to suddenly appear behind the enemy. That's why we have this great victory today. On behalf of all the officers and soldiers of the Guangling Army and the people in the city, I would like to thank Governor Li and Lieutenant Li for their help."

After saying that, he bowed his head.

Li Bingxue quickly stepped aside and said sincerely: "General, don't be too polite. Governor Li once said that Jingzhou and Huaizhou are closely related as one body, and mutual aid is the long-term solution."

Although both of them had many things to ask, Duan Zuozhang knew better than to rush because there was a wounded person standing next to him.So he asked everyone to return to Guangling. At the same time, he had asked civilians to go out of the city to search for the wounded and carry the bodies of the fallen soldiers. In addition, he also had to take prisoners and clean the battlefield. All the things were complicated and complicated.

Everyone gradually approached the city gate, and the soldiers responsible for chasing the enemy had also returned.

The smoke cleared, and there was a mixture of sadness and joy.

Sad for the comrades who died in hand-to-hand combat.

Rejoice in the resounding victory over the enemy.

But no matter what, compared to the ending where the city was finally breached and countless families were destroyed, the current result has exceeded most people's expectations.

Many people spontaneously came outside the city to help clean up the battlefield, and many people greeted the victorious warriors near the city gate.

Zhan Hui, the prefect, Li Jin, the inspector of Guangling of the Weaving Department, officials from various government offices, representatives of the gentry and families in the city, and countless common people stood neatly on both sides of the road, looking at the Guangling Army and the soldiers of Feiyu Camp. People filed in, cheers and cheers continued one after another.

Lu Chen, Lin Xi, Li Bingxue, Liu Tongzhao, Ning Yong, Li Chengen and every soldier with blood-stained uniforms accepted the salute of the city's officials and people one by one.

The sun sets in the west, and the world is dim.

Among the noisy crowd, a tearful woman held a five or six-year-old girl in her arms. She stared intently at the soldiers passing by.

The woman kept wiping her tears, feeling both the sadness of the death of her loved ones and the joy of revenge.

The girl raised her little hand to wipe her tears and said obediently: "Mom, don't cry..."

"Well, mother don't cry."

The woman nodded, hugged her tighter, then bowed to the soldiers passing in front of her and murmured: "May God bless our benefactors in peace and safety in this life."

(End of this chapter)