After An Pinbai waited for a cup of tea outside Zitong County, a shout finally sounded from the top of the city: "Youzhou soldiers and horses, General An Pinbai is in the formation, please come forward!"
An Pinbai had no doubts after hearing this, and immediately rode out to the city.
An Pinbai held a bright silver gun, walked to the bottom of the city and responded loudly: "I am the Youzhou military envoy An Pinbai. I wonder who on the city is the Pingnu Generalissimo Zhou Yi, General Zhou?"
Zhou Yi did not come forward to answer An Pinbai's inquiry, but said to Kang Fengnian: "Mr. Kang, please take a look at the people below the city. If he is indeed Youzhou's military envoy An Pinbai, I will order his release." They come in."
"If he is a fake, I will order people to kill him with crossbows, and then lead my army to kill them all."
Kang Fengnian nodded, stepped forward and watched carefully.
An Pinbai saw that Zhou Yi did not come out from the city wall, but instead poked out an old man. He couldn't help but feel suspicious: "Isn't it said that Zhou Yi, the prefect of Yongzhou, is eight feet tall and has a very handsome appearance. He is a handsome guy?"
After Kang Fengnian carefully observed An Pinbai, he looked back excitedly and said to Zhou Yi: "Yes, yes, the person under the city is none other than General An."
"Old man, please take a closer look and make sure you're not mistaken!"
Kang Fengnian turned around again and took a closer look, and finally said with certainty: "That's right, that's right, old man, although I am old, my eyesight is not dull. Moreover, I have seen General An's heroic appearance twice, and I will never admit his mistake." of!"
After Kang Fengnian's repeated confirmation, Zhou Yi also believed that the other party was a soldier from Youzhou, and walked out to greet An Pinbai.
"Don't be surprised, General An. I am Zhou Yi and Zhou Xingjian."
"The Huns are cunning foreigners. They once pretended to be soldiers of our Chen Kingdom and deceived the Wuwei Pass. I have to be careful and vigilant, so I ask this old man from Zitong County who has met General An to identify the general!"
After An Pinbai heard this, he suddenly realized.
"General, wait a moment. I will open the city gate and invite you to enter."
When An Pinbai led his army into the city, he found that many of Zhou Yi's soldiers were wounded, and there were little blood stains on their armor. It was obvious that they had experienced a battle before.
"General An, don't blame me, don't blame me~"
Before I saw the person, I heard his voice first.
An Pinbai followed Zhou Yi's voice and looked sideways, only to see Zhou Yi leading Zhao Xiaomao and Kang Fengnian down the city gate towards him.
An Pinbai also quickly dismounted and walked forward to meet Zhou Yi.
"Youzhou military envoy An Pinbai meets the commander-in-chief!"
Zhou Yi once again behaved like a sage, and held An Pinbai before he knelt down, saying: "A general wearing armor does not need such courtesy!"
"The last general brought five thousand soldiers and horses from Youzhou to capture Zitong County, but I never thought that this place has already been taken back by you, the commander-in-chief!"
Kang Fengnian, the father-in-law of Zitong County, said with lingering fear: "Fortunately, General An was a step slower, otherwise it would have been dangerous!"
"What do you mean by my father-in-law's words?" An Pinbai asked doubtfully.
Naturally, Zhou Yi would not do such a thing as selling melons to the king's mother-in-law, defeating 50,000 Xiongnu cavalry and beheading more than 20,000 people. It would be more face-saving for outsiders to say this!
Ever since, Zhou Yi quietly let the old man Kang Fengnian help him show off.
"What the general doesn't know is that there were 50,000 Huns who occupied Zitong County before. Fortunately, Marshal Zhou led the army to drive them away and save the people of Zitong County!"
"Although the general is invincible, with 5,000 men and horses facing an army of 50,000 Xiongnu, he will win less and lose more!"
Five thousand versus fifty thousand, I am still the attacker.
An Pinbai also had self-awareness. He knew that if he faced the 50,000 Huns army, he would win less and lose more. This would be a complete loss of life, and he would lose but not win!
An Pinbai sighed and said regretfully: "I still underestimated the enemy too much, just because I only defeated some Di barbarians some time ago, so I felt proud. This time I didn't even touch the Xiongnu's troop deployment in Zitong County. The Qing Dynasty sent troops easily, almost causing a disaster! Fortunately, the commander-in-chief led his army to repel the Xiongnu army before me, otherwise my trip with the five thousand Youzhou soldiers would have been in danger!"
"When I entered the city just now, I saw many soldiers who were injured or stained with blood. I wonder how many casualties our army suffered in this battle?"
The casualties were the last thing Zhou Yi wanted to mention. As a modern man, especially when more than 3,000 people were killed or injured because of his orders, he couldn't bear it. So Zhou Yi sighed and shook his head. say.
"It seems that the commander-in-chief must have suffered a lot of losses this week against 50,000 Huns cavalry, otherwise he would not have behaved like this!"
In An Pinbai's view, Zhou Yi's ability to repel the Xiongnu's 50,000 cavalry and recapture Zitong County must have paid a heavy price.
Zhao Xiaomao saw that his commander Zhou Yi was silent, so he took the initiative to report the victory.
"To be honest, General An, this time...the general led us in Yongzhou, 60,000 infantry, 20,000 cavalry, a total of 80,000 horses, to attack the 50,000 Xiongnu cavalry, and killed more than 24,000 Xiongnu enemy heads. Our army also suffered 3,000 casualties. The rest."
An Pinbai listened quickly and mistook the three thousand people for thirty thousand, so he comforted him and said: "Commander, there is no need to blame yourself. Although more than 30,000 people were injured this time, the Huns also suffered a lot. "
"The Qi soldiers here have been the nemesis of infantry since ancient times. To have such a record is also a great victory!"
When Zhou Yi heard An Pinbai's relief, he instantly showed a black question mark face.
"Why is this young man's ears so hard to use at such a young age?" Zhou Yi complained secretly in his heart.
The old man beside him, Kang Fengnian, pointed out: "General An just heard it wrong. Our King's Division of Da Chen Kingdom only suffered more than 3,000 casualties!"
"Wha...what? We only suffered more than 3,000 casualties, not 30,000?" An Pinbai asked in shock.
In An Pinbai's view, although Zhou Yi had 20,000 cavalry, he could only hold back the opponent's 20,000 cavalry at most.
The remaining 30,000 Xiongnu cavalry faced the 60,000 Chen infantry. According to the restraint of arms, it was still a one-sided situation. Even if the battle loss was close to 1:1, it was still a great victory.
But now An Pinbo heard that the battle loss ratio was 1:8. More importantly, there was 1:8 for our side and 8 for the enemy.
At this moment, An Pinbai couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. Originally, An Pinbai thought that there was too much luck in Zhouyi's fame with the Fire Ox Formation.
Now Zhou Yi's infantry can still achieve a battle loss ratio of 1:8 against the Huns' cavalry, which makes An Pinbo admire Zhou Yi's ability to command troops.
An Pinbai once again recalled the way Zhou Yi sighed and shook his head just now. He admired Zhou Yi's military talents and moral character with admiration.
"An Pinbai, An Pinbai, don't think that you can be complacent by leading 30,000 Youzhou soldiers to defeat 50,000 savage Di tribesmen. Little do you know that this world is full of heroes, and they are not like you. It’s easy to become complacent!”
