Baoding City.
"General, we can't hold on any longer!"
A lieutenant hurriedly climbed to the top of the city, his face full of anxiety.
Since they have been stationed in Baoding, they have encountered a crazy attack by Qu Neng's vanguard army.
There were originally 10,000 garrison troops, but now less than half remained, and most of them were injured.
However, the Confederate Army also paid a heavier price. After all, the Confederate Army was the one attacking the city and suffered heavy casualties.
Gu Cheng was still a little dissatisfied with this result.
Because in his mind, Baoding Fucheng must be defended for at least a month, so as to facilitate Yan Jun's plan.
But now only half a month has passed, and his army of 10,000 has been reduced by half, which shows the ferocity of the Southern Army's offensive.
Gu Cheng originally planned to become famous in one battle to consolidate his position in the Yan army, but now it seems that there is no such chance.
After pondering for a moment, Gu Guoguo decisively issued the order to withdraw the troops.
After all, this is the order of Yan Shizi Zhu Gaochi.
If nothing can be done, you can simply abandon the city and flee.
The foundation of the Yan Army is in Peiping. As long as Peiping is not lost, everything is still possible!
Furthermore, the Southern Army's offensive was fierce, and the main army was about to arrive. If the delay continued, let alone leaving in time, all of Gu Cheng's 10,000-strong army might die in Baoding City.
Because of this, Gu Guogong decisively issued the order to withdraw his troops and disappeared directly into Zhending City under the cover of night.
The Yan army suddenly withdrew, and the Southern army did not know about it.
Qu Neng personally put on armor and went into battle, preparing for a night attack to completely defeat the morale of the Yan army.
After half a month of siege, Qu Neng was surprised to find that the chief general of the Yan Army was Gu Cheng, a surrendered general of the imperial court, instead of King Zhu Di. Even the generals of the Yan Army, Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng, were nowhere to be seen. .
Qu Neng was not a fool, but a capable general who had been on the battlefield for many years, so he was keenly aware that King Zhu Di of Yan and the main force of the Yan army were not in Peiping.
Then where did King Zhu Di of Yan lead the main force of the Yan army?
There is only one answer - Daning!
Of course, this is just Qu Neng's speculation without any evidence.
So before he reported it to the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, Li Jinglong, Qu Neng needed to find conclusive evidence, such as catching Gu Cheng, a demoted general, and prying his mouth open!
If Qu Neng's speculation is true, and Yan King Zhu Di really leads the main force of the Yan army to Daning, then the city of Beiping will be an empty city, and the imperial army can seize the foundation of the Yan army without any effort!
By that time, King Yan Zhu Di was like a lost dog, with no chance of winning anymore!
This is undoubtedly a great achievement, enough to end the war early!
Qu Neng held a spear in his hand and shouted angrily: "My sons, make great achievements today!"
"The first person to break the city will be promoted to the third level and rewarded with a hundred gold!"
Driven by profit, the soldiers of the Southern Army rushed towards the Baoding city wall with roars.
However, something surprised them, because they had rushed to the foot of the city wall, but they had not encountered any attack!
You must know that because of the existence of the arrow tower on the city wall, a radius of twenty feet is within the range of the arrow, which is enough to kill them!
But now they haven't been attacked!
Qu Neng noticed this scene with sharp eyes, and his expression changed instantly.
Could it be that Gu Cheng abandoned the city and fled?
It turned out just as he expected.
When the Confederate soldiers climbed to the top of the city, they were surprised to find that the figures were all tied up scarecrows, not even a real person.
The Yan army had all evacuated as early as last night, and actually abandoned Baoding Fucheng.
After confirming this, Qu Neng, instead of being angry, burst into laughter.
Why did the Yan army flee in such a hurry?
Why did the main force of the Yan army never show up?
Where is King Zhu Di of Yan now, or where has he gone?
There is only one truth. King Zhu Di of Yan led the main force of the Yan army to kill Daning, and the city of Beiping is now comparable to an empty city!
The reason why Gu Cheng abandoned the city and surrendered was because he understood that there was no point in defending Baoding City desperately, and he couldn't defend it at all!
That's why Gu Chengcai abandoned the city and fled directly back to Peiping!
When he thought of this, Qu Neng suddenly laughed heartily and immediately summoned a team of messengers.
"Hurry back to the Chinese army camp and tell the Generalissimo that Zhu Di led the main force of the Yan army to Daning. Now there are only old, weak, sick and disabled people in Beiping City. Please ask the Generalissimo to step up the march and go straight to Huanglong to kill Peiping!"
A group of messenger soldiers were overjoyed when they heard this, and immediately took the order and galloped away.
In less than half a day, the messenger arrived at the Chinese army camp.
"Report to Generalissimo, General Qu Neng has captured Baoding City!"
As soon as these words came out, Li Jinglong was overjoyed and couldn't help but applaud.
"That's great! General Qu Neng is really a tiger general!"
Li Jinglong and Qu Neng had not had much contact before, because the Qu family's roots were in Sichuan and Sichuan, and they were so far apart that they had no chance to communicate.
Li Jinglong didn't want to give Qu Neng the position of vanguard general because he didn't quite trust Qu Neng.
But after looking around, there were either veteran generals such as Guo Ying and Yu Tongyuan, or some noble disciples who had not been on the battlefield, so Li Jinglong finally chose to believe in Qu Neng, appointed Qu Neng as a vanguard general, and led an army of 50,000 vanguards to march towards Advance north.
I didn't expect that Qu Neng and his son were really good at fighting, and they captured Baoding City so quickly!
You must know that the three places really controlled by King Yan Zhu Di are Beiping Mansion, Baoding Mansion and Yongping Mansion.
The famous general Ping'an is leading the Liaodong cavalry to storm Yongping Prefecture. Now that Qu Neng and his son have captured Baoding Prefecture, the three prefectures of Yandi have already gone to the second, and only the last Peking Prefecture is left!
When he thought of this, Li Jinglong felt very good. It seemed that this battle was not as difficult as he imagined!
Then Yan King Zhu Di was not boasted like a god of war by Geng Bingwen, how could he lose the land of both palaces so quickly under his own formation?
All the generals present were delighted and asked to fight.
They didn't want to see all the credit go to Qu Neng and his son.
Only the veteran Guo Ying looked worried and subconsciously looked at the messenger.
"Has Zhu Di ever appeared in Baoding Mansion?"
"Never!" the messenger said: "According to General Qu Neng's speculation, Zhu Di may have led the main force of the Yan army to Daning, so the Yan area is now empty of troops, and the enemy general Gu Cheng had to abandon the city and flee to preserve his strength!"
As soon as these words came out, Li Jinglong stood up suddenly in shock.
"Really?"
"General Marshal, Zhu Di never showed up!"
"Hahaha...God is really helping me!"
Li Jinglong couldn't help laughing wildly.
Zhu Di led the main army to Daning at this time. Then he only needed to go straight to Huanglong and conquer Beiping City in one fell swoop. Zhu Di would be reduced to a bereaved dog and would be strangled slowly by then!
Zhu Di, Zhu Di, you claim to be wise and brave, but now you do such a stupid thing!
Without the foundation of Peiping, what will you, Zhu Di, be like?
"Pass this commander's military order!"
"The main army is marching hastily and must arrive at Beiping Mansion within three days!"
