Chapter 1090: Surprise attack on Han Valley (Part 1)
Outside Yewang City.
After a whole day of siege fighting, the Qin army withdrew in an orderly manner, leaving only rubble, arrows, and stumps everywhere.
The soldiers of the Qin army retreated and insulted each other, provoking the Liang army in the city with an almost contemptuous attitude. Although the Liang army was extremely angry about this, due to military regulations, they had no choice but to watch. The Qin army retreated but did not dare to pursue.
Seeing this, Li Cunxiao, who was hiding not far away, couldn't help frowning and said: "It seems that Yang Lin is determined to be a coward."
"In several battles with Governor Bai Qi, Yang Lin came back with heavy defeats. It would be strange if he still dared to go out of the city to pursue him." Jiang Song said seriously.
"This is going to be difficult."
Ran Min's eyes were full of solemnity, and he said in a deep voice: "Now the entire Sizhou is like a pool of stagnant water, and the war situation of all parties has reached a deadlock. Only if we successfully solve Yang Lin, can our army turn passivity into initiative. .
It was with this in mind that Governor Bai Qi personally led the army to the Wild King, but he did not expect that Yang Lin would be so difficult to deal with.
Although the Liang army has experienced several defeats, it still has sufficient strength, while our army's siege materials have been consumed by nearly half. If we continue to delay like this, it may be detrimental to our army. "
Li Cunxiao nodded in agreement: "Anyway, let's go back and report to General Bai first."
"Um."
Late at night, Zhou Yu saw that Bai Qi's tent was indeed still lit, and immediately walked in with freshly cooked hot chicken soup, only to see Bai Qi staring at the sand table attentively.
During the period of following Bai Qi, Zhou Yu learned too many things under Bai Qi's words and deeds.
Although Bai Qi did not admit that he was his apprentice, Zhou Yu recognized Bai Qi as his master, so he respected Bai Qi from the bottom of his heart.
Seeing Bai Qi's face full of exhaustion, Zhou Yu said with concern: "Captain, you haven't slept for three days and three nights. Eat something first and then take a good rest."
In Bai Qi's world, it seemed that there was only the sand table in front of him. He didn't even look at Zhou Yu, and gave the order to exclude guests in an extremely cold manner.
"Put it down and get out."
Zhou Yu didn't have any dissatisfaction with Bai Qi's indifference. He had long been used to it. After all, Bai Qi was the kind of person who was cold on the outside and hot on the inside.
"promise."
Zhou Yu walked to the door of the tent, but turned around and added: "Captain, if the chicken soup is cold, it won't taste good..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhou Yu felt a sharp gaze and immediately ran out of the tent with a smile.
Since Bai Qi led the army to Yewang, he has fought against Yang Lin four times and won every battle.
In the process of these four battles, although Bai Qi had the opportunity to seize the Wild King, Yang Lin was extremely cautious. He always adhered to the bottom line and would rather lose his troops than put the Wild King's city in a difficult situation. Therefore, Bai Qi In the rising state, he failed to capture the wild king.
After Yang Lin lost four times in a row, he realized the gap between him and Bai Qi. He didn't dare to have any wrong thoughts anymore. He just insisted on defending and never left the city easily.
The walls of Yewang City are high and thick, Yang Lin cannot come out, and Bai Qi does not dare to attack.
The casualties of the storm were too great, and if the troops in Bai Qi's hands were depleted too much, even if he won this battle, it would be difficult for Sizhou to be effective in the future.
Forced by desperation, Bai Qi could only rely on a mixed military formation composed of catapults and crossbows, which gradually eroded the strength and morale of the Liang army, and looked for other opportunities to win in other ways.
"Is that your disciple?"
As soon as Zhou Yu left, someone came out from behind the screen of the big tent. It was Dugu Qiubai who came in the name of Qin Hao.
After listening to Dugu Qiubai's words, Bai Qi nodded calmly, looked at him and said calmly: "Yeah, what's wrong?"
"Good taste."
Bai Qi frowned slightly and said calmly: "Senior, you came all the way to find me, it can't be just for this, right?"
A hint of amusement flashed in Dugu Qiubei's eyes, and he said calmly: "What do you think?"
"If you have anything to say, tell me quickly. To make a long story short, I'm very busy."
Seeing that Bai Qi was still as cold as ever, Dugu Qiubai burst into laughter.
"You are such a boring person. I really don't understand how that girl A Qing could fall in love with you."
Bai Qi and Dugu Qiubei were both from Black Ice Platform. Bai Qi was Black Ice Platform's instructor before joining the army, while Dugu Qiubei was the commander of Black Ice Platform, so they naturally knew each other.
The conversation between the two seemed cold, but for two people who were extremely cold by nature, this kind of communication was already very 'passionate'.
"I really didn't expect that after you left Heibingtai, you would reach this point today. It was indeed the right decision not to keep you." Dugu Qiubai said with deep feeling.
Bai Qi couldn't help but be silent for a while after hearing this, and then asked: "How is Black Ice Terrace doing now?"
"Since the young master formed the Jinyiwei, a large number of key elites have joined the Jinyiwei. Today's Heibingtai's lineup is far worse than before."
"Yeah?"
Bai Qi couldn't help but his eyes narrowed when he heard this. He thought that Dugu Qiubai was dissatisfied with Qin Hao's behavior of weakening the Black Ice Platform, so he immediately said tentatively: "With you as a great master sitting in charge, and A Qing and Qin Yijue here, How can the Jinyiwei be compared to the Black Ice Platform?"
After a few more insinuations, Bai Qi realized that he was worrying too much, and that Dugu Qiubai was just expressing his feelings, not any dissatisfaction with Qin Hao.
"I came here this time to convey the young master's order to you."
With that said, Dugu Qiubai handed Qin Hao's autographed letter to Bai Qi.
When Bai Qi heard this, he couldn't help but become more confused. The Qin army already had a system of sending messages via pigeons. If there was any news, flying pigeons could send messages faster. Why would a great master be required to personally deliver the message?
Bai Qi opened it and took a look and found that it was indeed Qin Hao's note. The doubts in his heart were reduced a lot, but his expression completely changed before he finished reading it.
"Since there are internal uses for our army in Hangu Pass, why didn't you tell us earlier? If you had told us earlier, so many soldiers wouldn't have died."
During this period, in order to defeat the Wild King, Bai Qi was so worried that his hair turned white, and he even planned to fight Yang Lin four times. Although he won all of them, he also suffered a certain amount of casualties. But if he had known earlier that inside Hangu Pass If there is a secret, then the previous sacrifices can be completely avoided.
Dugu Qiubai was silent for a while and then said: "We only recently convinced the captain of the city gate."
The reason why Dugu Qiubai didn't tell Bai Qi the truth was actually because Qin Hao wouldn't let him.
Qin Hao didn't want his subordinates to know that this matter was related to Li Shimin. After all, the cooperation between him and Li Shimin was not visible at all.
In addition, Qin Hao was also afraid that after Bai Qi saw Li Shimin, not only would he not let Li Shimin go out of fear, but he would also directly kill Li Shimin on the grounds that he would not accept his life.
Li Shimin was related to Qin Hao's cholera plan in Guanxi, so in order to prevent any accidents in the plan, Qin Haocai directly issued a hush-hush order to Dugu Qiu.
This reason for Dugu seeking defeat really made Bai Qi find nothing wrong with it, but there were other things in the letter that Bai Qi couldn't understand.
"Then, senior, please explain to me why Li Yuanba left the Wild King during the war? And this..."
"this……"
After Dugu Qiubai pondered for a while, he frowned and said, "Bai Qi, young master only has plans, you just have to obey orders."
Bai Qi couldn't help but be silent for a while after hearing this, and then said calmly: "I understand."
