Chapter 740: Xin Qiji defended the city
Chapter 740 Xin Qiji defends the city
Chapter 738: Xin Qiji defends the city
Qin Hao led a total of 60,000 troops to the south this time. After capturing Xiangyang, he ordered Bai Qi to lead 40,000 troops to continue the attack on Nanjun, while he himself led 20,000 troops to sit in Xiangyang.
After Wenpin surrendered and joined Bai Qi's army, Bai Qi fought all the way to receive the surrendered troops. As a result, his troops did not decrease but increased.
Now, including the surrendered Jingzhou Army, Bai Qi's total strength has reached 50,000.
This means that the total strength of the Qin army in Nanjun is 70,000, which is only three years less than the coalition forces of Liu Xiu and other six princes. The gap in strength is not too obvious.
Liu Xiu also knew that the disparity in strength between him and Qin Hao was too great, so he united with the other five princes, because only in this way could he compete with Qin Hao.
Now, in addition to Qin Hao's 20,000 troops stationed in Xiangyang, Bai Qi also has 50,000 troops who can fight against the Jingzhou coalition.
Given the combat power of the Qin Army, 50,000 elite troops were not unable to fight against the 100,000 Jingzhou Army. However, after the establishment of the Jingzhou Alliance, Bai Qi deliberately dispersed his troops to garrison the six captured counties.
This move of Bai Qi also made the generals of the Qin army extremely puzzled. After all, how could anyone deliberately divide their troops so thin? But Bai Qi just did it.
As soon as Huang Zhong finished speaking, everyone couldn't help but look at Bai Qi. They all believed that the scattered troops should be gathered back for the decisive battle. After all, they clearly had enough troops and no one wanted to take unknown risks.
Bai Qi shook his head. Before he could explain, Zhou Yu interjected: "Liu Xiu can stand alone against the five princes. He is definitely not that simple. If our army sends more than 50,000 troops, no, 40,000, With Liu Xiu's caution, he might not even dare to engage in a direct field battle with our army."
As soon as Zhou Yu said this, everyone was stunned. They looked at Zhou Yu and then at Bai Qi.
Bai Qi's mouth twitched slightly when he saw this, and finally nodded helplessly, looking at Zhou Yu with something more in his eyes.
This kid is smart, but he talks too much and needs training.
Zhou Yu also realized that he seemed to have stolen the general's limelight. Seeing that Bai Qi's eyes were also focused on him, he was so frightened that he shrank his head and did not dare to talk nonsense anymore.
Pei Yuanqing, who was also a member of the Nine Dragon Guards like Zhou Yu, asked with some concern: "But, with less than 30,000 troops, facing an army of 100,000 people head-on, isn't it a little too risky?"
As soon as Pei Yuanqing said this, not only Bai Qi, but also most of the senior generals of the Qin army laughed.
Huang Zhong patted Pei Yuanqing on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Boy, do you know that since the army, the battles that my lord has participated in have basically been fought with less and more?"
“Can it be called a risk to beat 100,000 for less than 30,000?”
Ran Min also laughed and said with pride: "This is a normal thing in our Qin army. Even only 20,000 is enough. I can't wait to deal with Liu Xiu."
As soon as Ran Min said this, all the generals also responded.
What kind of tough battles and difficulties have they not faced since they followed Qin Hao?
In the eyes of most veterans, the current situation is just a small wave, far less than the crisis at the Battle of Yanmen Pass and the Battle of Hanshui River.
Seeing that all the generals were high in fighting spirit, Bai Qi also laughed confidently and said in a deep voice: "Although the Jingzhou coalition army is numerous, it is divided into six strengths. They are not unified, and the quality of the soldiers is even worse.
Although our army is small in strength, it is united as one. Every soldier is as good as ten, and the equipment is many times better than that of the enemy.
Therefore, even if we are outnumbered and defeated by many, what do we, the Qin army, have to fear? "
"No fear, no fear..." all the generals responded. "In addition, I have also made secondary preparations. I have asked the lord to mobilize the trap camp to assist in the battle. When General Gao Shun's three thousand trap camp arrives, our army will be able to gather 30,000 troops to fight against Liu. It’s a showdown.”
After hearing that Bai Qi had also transferred the trapped camp, newcomers like Pei Yuanqing could not help but breathe a sigh of relief, and no longer thought that this battle could not be won.
After all, that is the current camp, the most elite and one of the most capable teams in the Qin army.
Although Pei Yuanqing is from the Jiulong Guard, he yearns more for trapping and defeating the army. These two legendary troops are good at fighting tough battles, because as long as these two teams are dispatched, it seems that they have not lost a battle yet.
Three days later, Gao Shun arrived with three thousand trapped troops, and Bai Qi's pre-war deployment was finally completed. His military configuration was as follows:
Three thousand trapped in the camp
Thousand Flying Tiger Camp
One Thousand Nine Dragon Guards
Three Thousand Tiger Guards
Three Thousand Iron Guards
Twenty thousand elite soldiers, all equipped with new equipment.
Five elite battalions, totaling 11,000 elites, including 2,000 elite cavalry, plus 20,000 elite soldiers, totaling 31,000 troops in this battle.
Since joining the army, Bai Qi has never commanded so many elite soldiers and generals, so even he felt a little excited.
“Report to General Qi that Liu Xiu’s army has defeated three counties in a row and has now reached Yicheng.”
Although Bai Qi had left sufficient troops beforehand, he still could not withstand the joint attack from the noble families in the city and the enemy forces outside the city.
Fortunately, Bai Qi calculated Liu Xiu's march route accurately and specially arranged for Jingzhou to drop troops to garrison those three counties, otherwise the losses would have been really great.
Yicheng was the last city Jiangling fought towards Xiangyang. As long as Yicheng was captured, the Jingzhou coalition forces could reach Xiangyang City. Its importance is self-evident.
Bai Qi ordered Xin Qiji, who was both civil and military, to lead four thousand troops to guard Yicheng, and this place was also the chosen place for the decisive battle.
Looking at the confident generals behind him, Bai Qi raised his fist high and shouted: "This battle will be won."
"We must win, we must win..." All the generals also shouted together.
“The whole army sets out.”
Following Bai Qi's order, 31,000 elite troops quickly rushed towards Yicheng. The opponent they were about to face was the 100,000 Jingzhou coalition army commanded by Liu Xiu.
Yicheng is just a small city. The city walls are neither high nor thick, but it has a population of more than 60,000. This shows how densely populated the counties in Nanjun are.
But for such a small city, facing a fierce attack by less than 100,000 troops, Xin Qiji persisted for three days and three nights.
Xin Qiji, with four thousand troops and horses, actually blocked his own army of one hundred thousand. This also made Liu Xiu love talents, so he decided to ride his horse forward in person to persuade him to surrender.
“Xin Qiji, Yicheng alone cannot stop this general’s 100,000 troops. Surrender, I will never treat you badly…”
Liu Xiu hadn't finished his words to persuade him to surrender, but what he responded to was a sharp arrow from Xin Qiji.
However, since Liu Xiuren was outside the shooting range, the shot had lost its power when it reached Liu Xiu. Instead, Liu Xiu stretched out his hand to catch it.
“Liu Xiu, are you satisfied with this answer?”
After saying this, Xin Qiji laughed, and the Qin army on the top of the city also laughed.
(End of this chapter)
