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Chapter 36 Another day has passed

Yuan Zongdi and others escaped into the mountains. They were locals and hunters. He knew the terrain of this place. After all, he had followed his father to travel around the country since he was a child.

"Da!" Yuan Zongdi laughed and said, "The enemy soldiers are indeed chasing them! That's great! The banner of our Dashun will continue to fly!"

Huang Qi said: "Actually I'm a little worried! Alas! The lord asked us to help the Han general defeat the Qing army under the banner of the Dashun army, so as to encourage the soldiers of the Dashun army, so that the Dashun army can fight against the Qing army with us in the future. But what I think of now is that although we are restraining and attracting Ajige's troops, the lord does not have many soldiers guarding Xinye! There are only four thousand people!"

Yuan Zongdi was stunned. He looked at Huang Qi and asked, "What? General Guoxiong only has 4,000 people in Xinye? Didn't Lu Xiangsheng bring 8,000 people to Nanyang to fight the Qing army? You brought 2,000 people. Generally speaking, General Guoxiong should have 6,000 people? What about the other two thousand? There are only 4,000 people, how can he stop more than 30,000 enemy troops? Even if he has 6,000 people, it is still very dangerous. Why are there only 4,000 people..."

Huang Qi shook his head like a rattle and said, "I don't know! I don't know where the other two thousand people have gone! Alas! I'm really worried! The lord's soldiers are few, Xinye City is not strong, and there are 30,000 people in the Eight Banners of Han! He, he..."

Huang Qi and Yuan Zongdi couldn't understand why Zhang Biwu could only guard a not-solid city with such a small number of people. Can he do it? Is it just to make Yuan Zongdi win and restore confidence in the battle of the Dashun army in the future?

Even so, Huang Qi still looked at Wu Xun and Xiong Zongheng. He wanted to hide it and not let them know. Otherwise, the military soldiers would want to return to Xinye to protect Zhang Biwu.

Huang Qi still remembers that when Zhang Biwu asked him to leave, he said, "Justice, Han Ju can only send Xiong Zongheng and Wu Xun alone, I am afraid that they will not be able to restrain Ajige's main force well because they are worried about me. They will return to Xinye. If you are here, you can prevent Wu Xun and Xiong Zongheng from doing things randomly! As long as you restrain Ajige's main force, even if it is one day or half a day, it will be considered a victory! If Ajige's main force arrives at Xinye, I will be defeated!"

Huang Qi sighed and said, "Even if we use two thousand people to restrain Ajige's main force, but lord, can you be safe? Can Shinye still be protected?"

Huang Qi's heart was full of questions. Yuan Zongdi was full of gratitude. In order to enable their Dashun Army to establish confidence that he would not be afraid of the Qing Tartars, he sacrificed a lot.

He defeated Ajige's 3,000 with two thousand people, and restrained Ajige's army from running around. So Dashun was not afraid of the Qing Dynasty. With less than one-twentieth of the troops, the Qing army was overwhelmed. The political influence it produced was very correct, and it was a huge encouragement for hundreds of thousands of Dashun troops! It could also restore Li Zicheng's confidence!

Huang Qi said to Yuan Zongdi: "Han General, OK! Get ready to go to bed!" Yuan Zongdi pointed his head.

At this moment, "Report! It's not good!" Wu Xun came quickly. Huang Qi looked at him and asked, "What's the matter?"

Wu Xun replied: "I don't know what happened that Obai seems to have discovered that we are in the dense forests in this area. He sent troops to encircle us! Let's go quickly! If it's late, we won't be able to leave!"

Yuan Zongdi couldn't help but sneer and said, "This tail is so fast! Since you don't want to rest, then we won't rest anymore! Do you want to play hide-and-seek? Well! It's more romantic to play hide-and-seek at night! Let's see if you Tartars can catch us!"

Yuan Zongdi and others were about to leave, and the Qing army led by Oboi followed him. Even in the dense forest, he would be asked to follow him. He would never let Yuan Zongdi go.

When Ajige received the news, he was also angry and embarrassed. He also wanted to lead his troops to follow Oboi behind him, and insisted on working with Oboi to eliminate this group of people!

Yuan Zongdi and the others were in a worrying situation! Despite this, Huang Qi was still worried about Xinye's situation. Yes! The situation on Xinye's side was even more crazy due to the Qing Dynasty's strong general Zhang Wenheng personally took action!

The Qing army attacked Xinye City as if crazy. They were greatly encouraged when General Zhang Wenheng came to battle.

Previously, Li Qifeng and Lei Xing didn't understand why Zhang Biwu's cannon stopped ringing. In this way, their ideas would be defeated by reality!

A "boom" cannon sound! Who said that Zhang Biwu's cannon is not used? As a powerful weapon, if you want to use it, use it at the most important point.

Lei Xing shouted, "What's going on? Zhang Biwu's cannon has moved again?" Li Qifeng always felt that there was an ominous premonition.

Lei Xing and Li Qifeng could only wait for the news. At this time, they saw that the siege troops were in chaos, and something must have happened.

Sure enough! Hou Qifei reported: "It's not good! General Zhang Wenheng was seriously injured by cannon! I don't know how to live or die!"

"What!" Lei Xing and Li Qifeng shouted at the same time, and the two looked at each other. Lei Xing even pointed at Hou Qi and shouted: "Go and find out clearly! You must find out how General Zhang is injured! Come and report it quickly after finding out!" Hou Qi hurriedly went.

Li Qifeng's face was jumping and he said, "I understand! Zhang Biwu didn't use his red cannons, just wanted to attract General Zhang Wenheng to fight. Therefore, he observed General Zhang Wenheng's place and then bombed General Zhang Wenheng to death! Whether General Zhang Wenheng was injured or dead, our morale was frustrated. It would be difficult to capture this city! Damn it!"

Lei Xing pulled out his sword, cut it over at the wooden stake in front of him, and cut it off.

Lei Xing said hatefully: "Zhang Biwu is a super gangster, he is extremely vicious! We..." Lei Xing had already thought about whether he had to retreat? But he didn't want to say it out.

Li Qifeng also knew that the siege of the city had to stop today, because the soldiers were constantly charging forward. Although they were not tired, because Zhang Wenheng was seriously injured, their morale was greatly damaged.

"Report! Report! Report!" Three desolate crys made Li Qifeng and Lei Xing cold from head to toe. They all expected what the soldiers reported.

Sure enough! The soldiers reported: "General Zhang Wenheng was seriously injured and died, and he was already killed!"

"Attack!" Lei Xing shouted, but Li Qifeng shook his head at him. Lei Xing calmed down and said, "Retreat! Withdraw the entire army, take a good rest first, wait for the opportunity before attacking!"

"Yes!" The messenger quickly sent the order. Lei Xing was waiting for Li Qifeng's explanation. Li Qifeng explained to Lei Xing: "General Lei, I think we should first look at the Qin army and the prince's dynamics, including the advancement of the two yellow flags of the Jin army and the capital! Especially the Qin army, if He Luo could let the Qin army send troops from Shangzhou to join me in Xinye, he would definitely annihilate Zhang Biwu in one fell swoop!"

Lei Xing nodded when he heard this. They knew that Zhang Biwu was difficult to fight. Although Zhang Biwu had few people, if he really fought, his side would lose too much. They had to explore the situation of the Qin army.

"The Qing army retreated! Everyone cheered! The Tartars were defeated by us!" After seeing the Qing soldiers retreating, the defenders on the city couldn't help but cheer, and both jumped up, not to mention how happy they were.

Zhang Biwu's face was solemn. He knew that even if Lei Xing and Li Qifeng retreated temporarily, they were resting and they would launch another attack tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.

After another day, I could delay it until tomorrow. This was the best thing. Zhang Biwu's strange move could work. The one he thought the most about now was Yuan Zongdi and the others. How long could they hold Ajige? I was afraid that it would not be able to delay it. If Ajige led his army here, everything would be over!

Zhang Biwu walked on the city tower, the soldiers were holding the dead bodies down, and some were repairing the collapsed city wall.

A soldier bowed his head and ran over to Zhang Biwu, hitting Zhang Biwu, but Zhang Biwu smiled at him, and then gently patted his shoulder with his hand, without any reproach.

The soldier also smiled. He knew that the lord was just considerate. After all, after fighting for a day, he was tired and did not pay attention to it and hit the lord. The lord was a kind person, and it was touching if he didn't blame him.

Zhang Biwu also went to do it himself, and he just kept saying to his subordinates: "Continue to repair it! Prepare for tomorrow's offensive and defensive battle!"

Lei Xing's face looked ugly in the Qing army camp. He sat withered under the dry lamp, and the generals did not dare to say a word.

Li Qifeng kept moving his neck. After a while, he calmed down and broke the deadlock, saying: "Prince Ying has high expectations for us, hoping that we can report the above news early to the regent and the emperor, the two empress dowagers, but now they are defeated, and the powerful general Zhang Wenheng is defeated. Tomorrow we must attack Xinye again and regain face!"

Lei Xing knew that they would be blamed by Ajig if they failed to attack Xinye, especially if they did not try their best to attack, which was even more serious than defeat! He would rather lose his troops and lose his generals under Xinye City than to relax at all.

Lei Xing raised his voice and said, "Yes! We have to continue attacking tomorrow! According to me, Xinye has not many defenders, we can capture them! And please listen to Prince Ying's order!"

When Lei Xing said this, everyone had to be respectful. After Ajige's outpost army was hit by Yuan Zongdi, he was indeed chasing Yuan Zongdi, and immediately sent people to convey orders to Lei Xing and others that they must attack tomorrow.

The messenger arrived late at night, which is why Lei Xing woke up all the generals late at night and asked them to come for a meeting.
Chapter completed!
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