(18) Go to the meeting alone

Luohua Valley has a nice name and good scenery. There are very few people who know the shortcuts from Qingtianzhou to Longbeizhou on the path in Luohua Valley. There are dense forests thirty meters away on both sides of the path, and the terrain seems to be not dangerous, and it is not like a place where ambush can be done.

When Qingtian was lost, Gengzhicheng was still besieging Longbei. Li Shaoyuan, who was aroused of his will to resist, launched a arduous battle to protect his home with the support of the people of Longbei. Gengzhicheng also knew that time was limited and the offensive was very fierce. Li Shaoyuan was in a dilemma several times and was almost about to give up. Bai Qi's letter gave Li Shaoyuan confidence to continue fighting. Bai Qi's letter was very simple, without any encouragement nonsense, with only two words "Qingtian".

When Li Shaoyuan saw Bai Qi's letter, he felt more helpless. At this time, Li Shaoyuan fully understood what Bai Qi's plan was, but what could he do? After all, Bai Qi was also saving himself. Although both the states of Longbei and Qingtian would eventually fall into Bai Qi's pocket, for Li Shaoyuan, Bai Qi's own status should not change significantly, which is enough for Li Shaoyuan.

The first bad news that Gengzhicheng received was that the convoy responsible for transportation was attacked. The food and grass were destroyed for ten days. Gengzhicheng's first idea was that Bai Qi took action. Although the scale of the action was not large and it was just a restraining behavior, it also made Gengzhicheng have enough vigilance.

Gengzhicheng's first reaction was to stop attacking the Longbei area. Thinking of Qingtian's old nest with empty troops, Gengzhicheng was sweating all over. As a person who was not too stupid, Gengzhicheng also thought that Qingtian might have been lost, but people were lucky. Thinking that Bai Qi's main force was still outside the capital Liangcheng, Gengzhicheng was determined to bet that Bai Qi could not quickly win Qingtian.

Gentleman made up his mind to give up the plan to defeat Longbei, leaving some people to continue to attack Longbei, and the main force took advantage of the night to quickly return to Qingtian to take advantage of the night.

After a night of rapid march, Gengzhicheng's 50,000 main force arrived at Luohua Valley safely. As long as you pass through Luohua Valley, you can see Qingtianzhou City from afar. Although Luohua Valley is not a good place to ambush, Gengzhicheng still added some caution and ordered the army to rest for a short time on the spot. Then he sent more than a dozen teams of horses to explore the woods on both sides. After confirming that there was no danger, he ordered the entire army to enter the valley and pass through Luohua Valley as quickly as possible.

When his straightforward and careful behavior fell into Bai Qi's eyes, Bai Qi smiled proudly. Luohua Valley is indeed not a good place to attack ambush, and the terrain is indeed not suitable for cavalry movement, so Bai Qi did not set up an ambush there.

The telescope is really a good thing. Bai Qi can see Jin Zhicheng's actions, but Jin Zhicheng doesn't know that Bai Qi is hiding in a corner and peeping at himself.

"The vanguard has already left the valley safely!"

"The Forward Battalion is also safe to leave the valley!"

"The first coach successfully left the valley! No danger was found ahead."

The signals of good news were constantly sent out in front of him, and his face was finally slowly stretched out. Now only the baggage troops and the straight guards had not entered Luohua Valley.

"Enter the valley!" Geng Zhicheng finally issued an order to act. Careful Geng Zhicheng played another trick when marching. Considering that Bai Qi has always been a cunning in using troops, Geng Zhicheng divided 50,000 people into ten batches, passing one batch at a time, with a interval of one quarter of an hour, while Geng Zhicheng himself stayed at the end. In this way, even if Bai Qi really had an ambush, Geng Zhicheng could escape calmly.

This is a battle of patience. He was eager to go home and was in a hurry to escape Bai Qi's calculations. The information shows that Bai Qi's main force is still camping under the capital Liang City, and the camp is still there, but the troops stationed in it are not forty thousand, but four thousand.

The military strategy says that it is half-crossing attack, Bai Qi played a half-out attack this time. When the army of Jingzhengcheng came out halfway, Bai Qi took action, and at this time, Jingzhengcheng took the last group of people into Luohua Valley.

"Gao, valley, outside the valley, there are large numbers of cavalry troops!" The soldier who had been standing at a high place to observe the signals in front of him stuttered. After hearing this, Jin Cheng felt even more heartbroken. He had made great calculations, but he still couldn't escape Bai Qi's trap. Now it seems that Qingtian has fallen into Bai Qi's hands.

"How many cavalry do the enemy have?" Geng Zhicheng asked calmly. After all, more than 20,000 people have already left Luohua Valley, and there may be a possibility of a last chance.

"Two piles of red wolf smoke rose in front of you!"

Two piles of red wolf smoke mean that the opponent had at least 20,000 cavalry. Outside the Luohua Valley was an open land. Gengzhicheng's cavalry was only 5,000, all of them were in front. Judging from the current situation, the battle had been defeated. The opponent had planned too well and he advanced in batches. The troops could not concentrate quickly. The ten-mile-long Luohua Valley actually became the place where his hegemony ended. Although he was a little unwilling, Gengzhicheng still gave up his calm order. All the troops around him immediately turned, gave up all the baggage, and went out of the valley to the way they came. It seemed that they could not stay in Guanbei. Look west and fled to Zhang Chu.

The straightforward order was just issued, and another news that made him completely desperate came again. The hundreds of soldiers who stayed outside the valley were responsible for the warning also lit up smoke, and they were also two. However, this time it was yellow, which meant that 20,000 infantry came. Under this terrain, infantry was more deadly than cavalry.

"Give me instructions and seize the favorable terrain on the spot, and ask the troops in front to move closer to me quickly." This is Gentlemaster's only choice. If you have more troops on hand, you can bargain with Bai Qi. This is Gentlemaster's last idea.

The Qingtian Army, who was still out of the valley, had all set up its formation. The 20,000 cavalry had all started. From the war horses exchanged for food from the Later Jin and the war horses snatched back from the Huns, Bai Qi formed a cavalry of more than 20,000 people. The 20,000 cavalry charged together, and immediately stirred up smoke and dust in the sky. Although the Qingtian Army was still fighting, the morale of the army was gone. One of the two armies came into contact with each other. Under the powerful impact of the cavalry, the Qingtian Army was immediately washed away and collapsed. Even the minimum resistance had not been formed, and the battle was basically over.

Although Gengzhicheng tried his best to gather the troops and established a support point on a nearby high ground, Bai Qi's Jiezhou army moved faster. Twenty thousand infantrymen led Gengzhicheng blocked more than 10,000 people on the high ground, surrounding them without fighting. As for the other Qingtian troops in the valley, when the troops outside the valley were defeated and Gengzhicheng was trapped, there was a bit of sporadic resistance at first, but later they simply fled in all directions, most of them put down their weapons and surrendered.

After half a day of battle, Gengzhicheng, who was trapped in the highlands, was already desperate. He abandoned the food and grass, so that the soldiers who followed him could only starve. Now it was just the beginning. Gengzhicheng's two breakthroughs were easily beaten back by the Jiezhou army with a terrible new crossbow. After that, Gengzhicheng gave up the breakthrough and began to wait for the arrangement of fate.

Bai Qi's Jiezhou army did not launch an active attack on the trapped Qingtian army, but it has been just surrounding it. In fact, Bai Qi only needs to set a fire and the lush plants and trees on the high ground can solve these remaining troops for Bai Qi. However, Bai Qi did not do this. Bai Qi, who was determined to compete for the Central Plains, understood that in the war within the nation, massacre alone could not solve the problem.

When he was a little straightforward and a little confused, the representative of the Jiezhou military sent came up, and there was only one person, wearing white clothes, a very friendly smile on his face, and a very handsome young man.

When the young man stood in front of Jin Zhicheng, Jin Zhicheng's intuition told him that this young man was not simple. He actually smiled so naturally when facing tens of thousands of opponents who had fought against him.

"Gengzhicheng, you are a person who knows affairs. I won't say much nonsense. For the lives of these ten thousand brothers, you surrender." Although the young man said something a little rude, he even called Gengzhicheng's name, Gengzhicheng must admit that the truth is the truth. This is the only way in front of him. However, Gengzhicheng hopes to be decent and can go down, so Gengzhicheng doesn't care about the disrespect of young people.

"Bold! You guy, how could you be like Cong? You dare to call us by your name." Gengzhicheng didn't mind, but his personal guard refused. While angrily shouting at the young man, he also picked up a guy in his hand.

Gentleman also wanted to see the performance of this young man, so he didn't stop drinking. In front of the bright swords and guns of hundreds of people, the young man was calm, and the smile on his face never changed. Instead, he looked around for a week and said, "The food has been prepared at the foot of the mountain, and I'm waiting for everyone to go down to have a meal."

At this time, it was almost dusk. Qingtian Army, who had been hungry for a day, couldn't hear the words of eating the most. All the soldiers who heard this began to be uproar.

Geng Zhicheng waved his hand to let the soldiers surrounding the young man retreat, and then walked to the young man and said, "It's okay to think I'll surrender. Go back and let Bai Qi do it by himself. If Bai Qi appears in front of me, I will surrender immediately." Geng Zhicheng said something about points and anger, and also wanted to embarrass Bai Qi and see if Bai Qi has such courage.

The young man laughed immediately after hearing this, and he laughed happily.

"No need to worry, I haven't had time to introduce myself." Bai Qi turned his head and said to all the soldiers: "Hello everyone, I am Bai Qi. I have seen it clearly. It is definitely not a fake or shoddy product."

After Bai Qi finished speaking, all the soldiers of the Qingtian Army were in a commotion at first, and then they soon became quiet. The scene instantly changed so that only the wind could blow the trees, and occasionally two sounds of shocking birds fluttering.

Bai Qi smiled and turned his head, looking at Geng Shicheng who was stunned and said, "Mr. Geng, this is the case when he first met, and Bai Qi is also very reluctant!"
Chapter completed!