Jiu Zhang Ji: The Daily Life of the Reborn Daughter

Chapter 212: This Battle Was Brilliantly Fought

Five moves passed in a blink of an eye. At this time, Qiao Lili urged her horse to come to Yu Jingyan's side, intending to join the battle. A man and a horse came running towards her. Qiao Lili took a look at the majestic body and the majestic mount, and it was Zuoqiu Linlang.

"Report to the Crown Princess, the granary can't hold out, requesting reinforcements." Zuo Qiulinlang had her face covered with blood, and if Qiao Lili hadn't judged from her figure and mount that she was a strong man like Arsalan, she really wouldn't have recognized who she was.

Qiao Lili arranged for her, Caiqi, Caixing, Huiming, and Shang Zhen to meet up at Xiguan City and listen to orders. After deciding to launch a surprise attack on the enemy camp at midnight last night, she ordered Ah Hui to send them a letter, asking them to ambush near the enemy's granary, and when they set fire to the camp, they had to protect the granary from being burned.

There were less than thirty people in their group, and the task was extremely arduous. They had to put out the fire, fight the enemy troops guarding the granary, and wait until the main force attacked the enemy camp before coming for reinforcements as planned.

"General Liu, take a team of men to the granary for support." Qiao Lili said to General Liu who was fighting the enemy nearby.

"I get your order!" General Liu led a team of soldiers and horses, followed by Zuo Qiulinlang, and quickly headed for the granary. The food and grass must be sent before the troops move. In a war, the general's ability to use the troops is divine, the number of soldiers and generals is strong, and the food and grass are abundant, because no matter how many soldiers there are, without food and grass, it is useless.

Therefore, this surprise attack on the enemy camp had one purpose of driving the enemy away, and another purpose was to seize their food and fodder. Neither the Northern Mongols nor the Western Turks had much fertile land suitable for farming, and it was more difficult for them to raise food and fodder than Dayan. Without food and fodder, they would lose the confidence to fight.

Of course, the food and fodder can be burned, but wouldn’t it be better if we could snatch it and feed our own soldiers?

While Qiao Lili and Zuo Qiu Linlang were talking, the outcome of the fight with Yu Jingyan had already been decided. When Qiao Lili turned around, she saw Yu Jingyan standing on Wuying, holding a gun in one hand and grabbing Ashina's neck with the other. He pulled Ashina off his horse alive and threw him to the ground with force.

After being thrown down like that, Ashina didn't know where he was injured and he couldn't get up for a long time. He was tied up by the soldiers of Dayan.

"Ashina was captured."

"Ashina was captured."

For a moment, the shouts of Ashina being captured were deafening. In addition, the shouts of "Arsalan died in battle" were also added. When the soldiers of Northern Mongolia and Western Turkic heard that the two highest generals of the friendly army, one was dead and the other was captured alive, their morale was immediately broken and they were leaderless. They knelt down and surrendered.

Only a few deputy generals, with less than one-fifth of the troops, fled back to the border town of Tongmeng City in Northern Mongolia.

Don't chase the desperate enemy. At dawn, Yu Jingyan, Qiao Lili, General Liu and other generals cleaned the battlefield, treated the wounded and cooked a meal.

After three hours of marching and fighting in the second half of the night, everyone was exhausted. The enemy camp had ready-made stoves and food, and even the kitchen camp was ready. The kitchen camp was in the middle of the camp, and the fire did not burn here, so there was no need to bury the pots. The soldiers from their own kitchen camp moved in and directly made a fire to cook.

After a hearty meal, the army marched back to the camp in a mighty procession, escorting the prisoners, pulling the food and fodder, and taking all the baggage that had not been burned in the enemy camp.

Scouts had already reported the battle situation here back to the West Gate garrison camp. Duke Dingguo Qiao Xuan and the remaining generals were waiting outside the gate early to welcome the triumphant army back.

This battle was fought beautifully. In fact, it was only because of the addition of thirty people of fresh blood. The battle was won due to the enemy's underestimation of the enemy, the morale of Dayan, and the superb martial arts of Qiao Lili and Yu Jingyan.

Arsalan and Ashina fought several moves with the generals from Dayan, but were defeated each time. Arsalan was strong and Ashina had many clever ideas, but they were no match for masters like Qiao Lili and Yu Jingyan.

Cai Qi, Cai Xing, Hui Ming and Zuo Qiu Linlang are novice generals, but Shang Zhen and his men are a group of veterans. When the granary caught fire, they worked together with the enemy troops guarding the granary to put out the fire. After the fire was put out, the two sides started fighting. The defenders guarding the granary found that they were no match for the enemy and the granary was about to be lost, so they set fire to the granary. The situation reversed, and they had to put out the fire and kill the enemy at the same time. They were too busy to do both, so they asked Zuo Qiu Linlang to get reinforcements.

The grain in the granary was basically not damaged, and they performed a great feat. Without their strenuous protection, the enemy would have burned the granary before retreating.

These twenty-odd people were originally under Qiao Xuan's command. When they were transferred to other people's command, they were ostracized and left the military camp. Now they came in front of Duke Dingguo Qiao Xuan again. The eyes of these iron-willed men were moist. They dismounted from their horses, knelt on the ground in a row, and refused to get up.

"Duke Dingguo, your subordinate is back." They really didn't expect that there would be a day when they would return to the military camp, or a day when they would be back under the command of Duke Dingguo.

"Everyone, get up." Duke Dingguo Qiao Xuan dismounted and pulled them up one by one: "Thanks to you all for helping Lili during this period. Thank you for your hard work."

"The young master treated us very well."

"The young master is very capable."

"The young master is as good at both civil and military affairs as any man."

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What's going on? Shouldn't we first report the battle situation, interrogate the prisoners, and plan the next step of the battle? We've captured a big shot, so how come this has become a boasting game?

Qiao Lili was so embarrassed that she dug a big hole in her toes.

"Is the girl hurt?" A voice appeared, breaking the conversation, but still attracted everyone's attention to Qiao Lili.

Yu Jingyan jumped off the horse nervously, picked her up from the horse, and started to take off her armor without saying a word.

Qiao Lili quickly grabbed his hand. What was he going to do in public? She said softly, "I'm wearing the silver silk soft armor that my mother gave me. I'm fine. I just got a little wound on my leg. I can't show it to others."

"Grandpa Feng, aren't you in Xiguan City? Why are you here in the camp?" The one who spoke just now was Doctor Feng. Although everyone had blood on their bodies, other people might not be able to see it and thought it was all the enemy's blood, but Feng Wuzui could tell at a glance that Qiao Lili was injured. The blood on her robe was her own, and it was still oozing out.

"I was thinking about you guys, and I couldn't stay in Xiguan City alone, so I rushed to the camp at dawn. Fortunately, after I introduced my family background, Duke Dingguo knew that I came with you, so he let me into the camp." After spending some time together, Feng Wuzui really treated Qiao Lili and Qiao Zhen as his own grandchildren. When Qiao Lili went to fight, he wanted to be closer to them. If he couldn't help kill the enemy, he could at least help save a few wounded soldiers.

Unexpectedly, at first glance, I saw that Qiao Lili was injured.

When they heard that Qiao Lili was injured and the severity of the injury was unknown, they didn't bother to say anything else and rushed into the camp. Cai Qi and Cai Xing went into the tent with Qiao Lili, took off their armor, washed and changed their clothes, and then asked Feng Wuzui to go in and see her injury.

The injury was in her calf during the melee. Qiao Lili was fighting with a cavalryman, and an infantryman nearby slashed at Wuzong's stomach. She couldn't free her hands, and didn't want Wuzong to get hurt, so she had to block it with her calf.

Fortunately, she had boots and leggings, so the wound was not deep, but she had been using too much force when killing the enemy, and a lot of blood had flowed. Cai Qi and Cai Xing both said that they had failed to protect the young lady, and their eyes were red with tears. When they came, they promised the old lady, Madam Hui, Madam Sun, Cai Qin, Cai Wei, and Cai Ge that they would take good care of the young lady. As a result, the young lady was injured the first time she went to the battlefield.

This minor wound was no problem for Feng Wuzui to heal. After applying his healing medicine, the bleeding stopped. He just needed to bandage it lightly and rest for two days to heal it.

"After the wound heals, I'll prescribe some scar removal cream for you." Feng Wuzui was packing up his medicine box. Cai Qi and Cai Xing knelt down in front of Feng Wuzui and said, "Doctor Feng, you must prescribe some good medicine for Miss. You can't let Miss have scars. Miss, she hasn't gotten married yet."

Yu Jingyan, who had been waiting anxiously outside the tent, heard Cai Qi and Cai Xing's request and thought Qiao Lili's injury was serious. He did not care about the difference between men and women, so he opened the felt curtain, entered the tent, and asked anxiously, "Doctor Feng, how is Lili's injury?"