rebirth will be hard to find

The march of the army is not as easy as traveling with light vehicles. In addition to the large number of soldiers and horses, there are also some essential food, grass and supplies that must be escorted together.In addition, it is already November, and it is the time when the sky is freezing, and the northern land has already been frozen for thousands of miles, so even if Chu Yi is in a hurry to march, he can't wait to fly directly to Beizhou with his wings on his back, but he still spent two weeks. It took more than ten days to arrive at the border of Beizhou.

This speed was not much faster than when Cheng Zian and Chu Jingmo came to Beizhou to join the army leisurely all the way, but it was already the limit for an entire army.If it weren't for Chu Yi who rode all the way ahead, it would normally take more than a month for the rapid march to arrive from Chujing. For such a long time, the day lily would have been cold for the ever-changing war.

Fortunately, the military order moved faster than the army. Several state capitals near Beizhou received the military order to transfer troops, and His Majesty the Emperor's personal conquest was quickly announced to the world.The soldiers and horses of the state capital did not dare to delay, and they had already increased their troops to Beizhou first, which finally eased the pressure on Qiyang and gave hope to the people of Yanyang City.

Chu Yi led the troops all the way to the north, and during this period, troops who received military orders continued to come to join them. The 20 troops that had been assembled in a hurry doubled again. .Adding Qiyang's remnant soldiers and the prefectural soldiers and horses who came to reinforce them earlier, 40 soldiers and horses from Chu State gathered in Yanyang City at once, and more soldiers and horses arrived one after another.

As the emperor who came here personally, even if the battle in Yanyang City was urgent, Qi Yang went out of the city to greet him in person.

Although Chu Yi spent several months in the military camp as a cat, this was the first time he saw Qi Yang with his own eyes.He used to be Cheng Yuan's subordinate, but now he is close to his destiny, with deep wrinkles on his forehead and an old face, but even after going through such a fierce battle, his eyes are still radiant, and his whole body is more serious. It exudes a murderous air.

"Qi Yang sees Your Majesty, Your Majesty is blessed and safe." Qi Yang personally welcomed Chu Yi into the city with soldiers and horses. He did not give a full salute just because he was in armor. I have lost the grace of the saints, and I have lost four cities and seven towns, and I ask your Majesty to punish you later."

Losing so much land is no small matter for that emperor, let alone a female emperor who has just ascended the throne and is not yet stable.Of course Chu Yi didn't want to leave an ugly mark in the history books, but it was obviously impossible to ask the crime at this time, and there was actually no big problem with Qi Yang's approach.Those abandoned cities can't be defended left and right, so why waste troops and exhaust the people in the city?

When he was in Chujing, Yuan Shangshu had already talked about his interests with Chu Yixiang. Although he was not able to follow the imperial conquest this time, he also sent military officials who were proficient in the strategy of the battle to accompany him.

Chu Yi has listened to a lot of analysis about this war along the way, so naturally he will not care about these at this time.She stepped forward and helped Qi Yang up by herself: "General, why do you do this?! The country of Yan took advantage of the cold weather and the whole country came to attack. With such a disparity in military strength, it is not easy for you to hold Yanyang city for a month. I think, even if Old General Cheng is still alive, he can't do better."

When Qi Yang heard this, half of the big stone in his heart was immediately let go.His way of giving up the city was really bold. No emperor would not care about the country. If Chu Yi really wanted to pursue it, it would be impossible for someone to intercede for him.But in fact, if he hadn't given up on those cities and spent his troops in places that couldn't be defended at all, Yanyang City would have belonged to the Yan Kingdom long ago.

"Chen, thank you for your majesty's grace." Qi Yang could see that Chu Yi didn't say this to appease people's hearts, so he said this sincerely, because he saw from the eyes of the young emperor that he should not be at this age. Some tolerance and calm.

Chu Yi didn't ask about those lost cities. After she entered the city with Qi Yang, she vaguely heard shouts of killing.Yanyang City is not small as an important border town, but the battle of hundreds of thousands of troops is even more shocking. She entered through the south gate, but she could still hear the voices on the battlefield at the north gate.

This movement is not very strange to Chu Yi, because even if he wakes up at night as a cat, the battle is still not over in many cases, and such a sound will resound throughout Yanyang City-the Yan army's offensive is very urgent, plus the number of people With so many attacks in turn, the fighting rarely stopped, making the defenders of Yanyang City exhausted.

As early as seeing Qi Yang, Chu Yi calmly sized up all the people he brought.As Qi Yang's personal guard, Cheng Zian was supposed to go in and out with the general, but she was not among the people who came out today.

Remembering that Cheng Zian had left Qi Yang to attack the enemy camp at night alone, Chu Yi knew that she had probably grown up and was no longer the little bodyguard beside Qi Yang.However, she came here personally, but she failed to see Cheng Zian at the first time, and she was somewhat disappointed. At this time, she turned her head and asked Qi Yang when she heard the shouts of killing, "General Qi, the side of the country of Yan?" Are you still fighting?"

Qi Yang walked aside to lead the way personally, and did not hide anything when he heard the words: "The number of Yan's army was several times that of ours, so they took turns to attack the city. Since the arrival of the reinforcements, the offensive has become more fierce, and it has not stopped for a moment. Fortunately, Yanyang The city is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the cavalry of Yan State can't use their hands and feet when attacking the city, otherwise the city will not be able to defend the city because of exhaustion of men and horses."

The number of reinforcements mobilized by the previous states was less than 12, and with Qiyang's 20 remnants, there were only [-] troops.If it is placed in an open area, not to mention the strength of the iron cavalry of Yan State, even the number three times that of oneself is enough to disperse all these soldiers and horses in a short time, and it can be delayed for a month. The location is right.

Chu Yi nodded, and walked towards the north gate as soon as he turned his footsteps: "It's still early, let's go to the battlefield first."

After more than 20 days of rapid march, not to mention that the soldiers and horses brought by Chu Yi were exhausted, and she herself was just holding on.She has practiced riding and archery, and has also learned some martial arts. Her physical strength is not bad, but it is the first time she has marched for a long time wearing armor.When she came out of the capital, she was more conspicuous in order to lead the way. She was still wearing heavy bronze armor. She was so tired that night that she couldn't stand upright.

Qi Yang could see the obvious fatigue on the faces of Chu Yi and the people accompanying him, so he couldn't help but persuade him: "Your Majesty, swords have no eyes on the battlefield, you must be tired after traveling all the way, why don't you take a rest and go back to work?" go."

Chu Yi's footsteps didn't stop, and he insisted on going in the direction of the north gate: "It might as well, if I don't go upstairs, I'll take a look below."

Qi Yang looked at Chu Yi walking towards the battlefield as if he was familiar with the way, and was a little confused, but he was relieved when he heard Chu Yi said that he would not go upstairs, and continued to follow the direction of the north gate without saying anything. went.

This city is not small, but it will never be as big as Chujing, and the group of people vaguely saw the north gate without walking too much.

The towers of Yanyang City are tall and condescending, and the ladders brought by the Yan people to attack the city cannot reach the top of the city, and they are still improvised siege equipment.However, these siege equipment are useless. Although the ladder is high enough, it takes too much time to climb up. As long as the ladder is pushed down or the person is beaten down, there is basically no life left on the top of the city.As for the wood that hit the city gate, it is even more useless. Qi Yang had people block the city gate long ago. The city wall of Yanyang City was extraordinarily thick. It is impossible to break open, even if Yan Jun climbed up the tower and rushed into the city, trying to open the city gate by force, looking at the city gate hole would be desperate!

Qi Yang is good at defending, and when there is no possibility of going out of the city to fight back due to the disparity in strength, he is even more omnipotent.

Chu Yi saw the blocked city gate from a distance, but her eyes only stayed there for a moment, then moved to the city tower again.

I don't know how long this battle has been fought, and the fighting on the tower is fierce.Because the towers of Yanyang City were too high, bows and arrows were basically useless, and all the Yan troops outside the city shot up were guns.Although the strong crossbow is expensive and easy to damage, its strength is much stronger than that of bows and arrows. The Yan army did not prepare much, and even when it is shot, it does not block the sky like bows and arrows, but strong strength can always make a difference .

At this moment, Chu Yi saw a round of arrows flying towards him as soon as he went quickly.There were two soldiers fighting fiercely on the side of the city tower near the city, when suddenly a gun flew in, and the Chu soldier was shot, and fell directly from the tower, probably dead.However, before the soldier of Yan State could be happy, another gun flew in, and he was also shot to the bone, following in the footsteps of the soldiers of Chu State.

The flames of war, the blood and flesh flying everywhere, this is the battlefield.

Chu Yi frowned tightly, and couldn't help but want to get closer, preferably to see the figure that made her feel at ease.It's a pity that before she took two steps, she was stopped by Qi Yang: "Your Majesty, the country of Yan has foot crossbows, if you walk too close, it will easily be affected."

The veteran stood sideways in front of Chu Yi, this time his attitude was very firm.

Chu Yi had no choice but to stop, only standing in a safe range and looking up.Her eyesight was good, but unfortunately the tower was too long and too wide, and she couldn't see much from below. Even if she scanned everyone she could see, she still didn't find that familiar figure.

After standing under the tower for a long time, Chu Yi finally couldn't help but asked Qi Yang: "I have a companion who came to Beizhou to join the army. His surname is Cheng and his name is Jie. I wonder if General Qi has heard of it? Is she okay now?"

Qi Yang also knew that Cheng Zian had been the imperial concubine's companion, so he didn't find it strange when he heard the words, and immediately replied: "Your Majesty, don't worry, Cheng Jie has made many military exploits, and now he has been named the captain of Xuanjie, and he is leading the troops on the tower fight with the enemy."

Cheng Zian was indeed on the tower!

Knowing that she was safe and still able to go to battle to kill the enemy, Chu Yi's vaguely raised heart finally fell to the ground.

I couldn't help but glanced at the city tower again, but naturally I still couldn't find anyone, so Chu Yi stopped struggling and said to Qi Yang: "I haven't seen her for a long time, and when the war is over, let her come to see me." Bar."

Qi Yang agreed, and Chu Yi took one last look at the city tower where the fighting continued, and turned to leave.

The author has something to say: Chu Yi (dislike): What the hell is Captain Xuanjie?How can a petty official who is not at the top of the eight ranks become the husband of the emperor? !

Cheng Zian (dry cough): I will work hard...

Chu Yi (slanting eyes): Do you want a back door?