Chapter 27: News came, all officials were silent

I haven't seen Haitang Duoduo for several months and I miss her very much.

That night, Ye Qi and Haitang Duoduo spent the whole night in a passionate love affair.

During this time, Zhan Yueyue knocked on the door several times and asked them to keep their voices down, but was ignored.

The next morning, Ye Qi was awakened by Haitang.

It is said that Qin Heng’s pursuers are approaching.

Ye Qi washed up, put on his clothes and walked to the top of the city wall.

What came into view was Wang Jian and a thousand Snow Dragon Riders.

Wang Jian led his troops to the city gate.

Behind Wang Jian were Qin Heng's ten thousand pursuers.

It can be seen that this group of cavalrymen have been tossed around for several days and are listless, with their horses running with little energy.

"Where are you running to!"

Qin Heng shouted loudly, urging the horse under him to go faster.

Unfortunately, the horse cannot run fast. If you want it to run but don't give it grass to eat, the horse will not want to run.

After traveling for several days, Qin Heng finally saw Changting Pass.

"Haha, there's nowhere to escape, right? Ahead is the Changting Pass guarded by General Zheng Zhuo. Get off your horse and surrender!"

Ye Qi rubbed his sleepy eyes and stood on the wall: "Are you calling me?"

Qin Heng looked up and saw Ye Qi standing on the city wall.

"Ye Qi!?"

Qin Heng was stunned. He could stuff ten eggs into his mouth.

"it's me."

"Why are you at Changting Pass!?"

Ye Qi scratched his chin: "I shot this down, why can't I be in Changting Pass?"

"You broke through Changting Pass!? This is impossible! General Zheng Zhuo, General Zheng Zhuo, where are you!?"

Qin Heng shouted loudly towards Changting Pass.

But after shouting for a long time, there was no sign of Zheng Zhuo.

"Stop shouting, Zheng Zhuo is recovering from his injuries." Ye Qi said speechlessly.

Qin Heng was extremely shocked and didn't understand what was going on.

Changting Pass, which was defended by 10,000 soldiers and was impregnable, was actually occupied by Ye Qi! ?
Could it be that General Zheng Zhuo had rebelled?
Otherwise, with Ye Qi's two thousand cavalrymen, the army should have one thousand cavalrymen and the other one thousand cavalrymen were used to tie down himself. How could he possibly break through Changting Pass?

"General Zheng Zhuo, do you know what a crime treason is!?" Qin Heng shouted.

Ye Qi yawned and said, "Stop shouting! Archers, listen up and shoot!"

Following Ye Qi's order.

A rain of arrows shot out from the city wall, shooting towards Qin Heng's exhausted cavalry.

"Retreat quickly, retreat quickly!"

Qin Heng turned around immediately.

Arrows rained down from the sky, killing hundreds of cavalrymen at once.

After several rounds of arrow rain, more than a thousand of the ten thousand cavalrymen were killed.

"Open the gates and give chase!"

Ye Qi gave the order again.

The city gate opened, and the thousand Great Snow Dragon Riders at the gate made way for the other cavalrymen who had rested well.

Wang Jian changed a horse and led three thousand Snow Dragon Riders to chase Qin Heng.

Qin Heng's tired horses could never outrun these energetic snow dragon riders.

Screams rang out behind Qin Heng.

Qin Heng was extremely shocked. For the first time, he felt that he might be in trouble.

The fact was just as he expected, Wang Jian was galloping towards him.

"Old Wang, leave him alive." Ye Qi said.

Wang Jian attacked quickly with Kunwu sword in hand.

Qin Heng raised his weapon to block, but Wang Jian's sword cut the weapon into two pieces.

Wang Jian grabbed Qin Heng's neck with one hand and pulled him off the horse. "Don't... kill me!" Qin Heng felt like he couldn't breathe.

The generals were all captured alive, and the other cavalrymen threw down their weapons and armor.

Those who could escape escaped, and those who couldn't escape surrendered directly.

Qin Heng has no idea how to lead troops in battle. The horse has run out of strength and will certainly be useless at the critical moment.

In fact, this is not Qin Heng's fault. He thought that Changting Pass was guarded by Zheng Zhuo, but it was captured by Ye Qi.

Of the 10,000 cavalrymen, 3,000 escaped, 2,000 were killed, and the remaining 5,000 all surrendered.

So many horses, armors and weapons are enough to replenish the military force at Changting Pass.

What to do with so many prisoners?
Like Bai Qi, buried alive in a pit?

The main reason is that they consume a lot of food every day they survive.

However, Ye Qi did not intend to kill them, but keep them for exchange with Emperor Qing.

This battle was a great victory!

They captured General Jianwei Zheng Zhuo and the commander of the Kyoto garrison division Qin Heng alive, and captured nearly 10,000 soldiers.

At this time, in the court of Nanqing.

All civil and military officials are in the court.

Emperor Qing received the news that Ye Qi had broken through Changting Pass and General Zheng Zhuo was captured.

"Can anyone tell me what's going on?!"

Emperor Qing was immediately furious.

All the civil and military officials were silent.

Chen Pingping said: "Your Majesty, as far as I know, Shangshan Hu led an army of 20,000 and approached Liaozhou. General Zheng Zhuo sent 5,000 soldiers to support them, and only 5,000 soldiers were left to guard Changting Pass."

"But with 5,000 soldiers, how could they not defend the city? Ye Qi only had 2,000 cavalrymen. Changting Pass is easy to defend but difficult to attack. How did he capture it?!"

"Rumor has it that the soldiers heard four deafening noises that night. After the noises, General Zheng Zhuo was seriously injured and the city gate was breached!" said Chen Pingping.

"A huge noise!?"

Emperor Qing sighed and thought back to the past.

He had heard it a few times in the palace before, and then his two uncles were beaten into a pulp.

However, that kind of power is only effective against humans and is not enough to break down the city gate.

Could it be that Ye Qi has a more powerful weapon?

The first thing Emperor Qing thought of was the temple, and he believed that Ye Qi had obtained something powerful from the temple.

"Qin Heng led 10,000 soldiers in pursuit for three days and three nights, but what was the result?!"

At this moment, another messenger came to the court.

"Report~~~~Your Majesty, the commander-in-chief Qin Heng was defeated at Changting Pass. Three thousand escaped, two thousand were killed, and the remaining five thousand were captured. Commander Qin was also captured!"

When the court heard the words of the messenger, it was in an uproar.

Emperor Qing sighed and sat on the dragon throne.

Civil and military officials were all shocked and talked about it.

"Commander Qin was also captured. How is this possible?!"

"Ye Qi only has 2,000 cavalrymen, how did he do it!?"

The eldest prince and the second prince also looked at each other, shocked by this fact.

Chen Pingping said: "According to the intelligence of the spies, Ye Qi has 5,000 cavalry, not 2,000 cavalry."

"How did these five thousand cavalry appear in the territory of our Qing Kingdom!"

Emperor Qing was so angry that he almost released the true energy of a master.

However, no one knows how these cavalrymen appeared.

Emperor Qing sighed, now was not the time to dwell on this.

"Changting Pass has been breached, Shangshan Hu led a large army to besiege Liaozhou. It is only a matter of time before Liaozhou is captured. Liaozhou, which was just conquered, is about to be lost~~Who will help me share my worries!?"

Everyone heard the helplessness in Emperor Qing's words.

Fan Xian was also in the court, and the more he listened, the more frightened he became.

When he heard the loud noise that Chen Pingping mentioned, he had already guessed that it was a cannon.

We are both time travelers, so why don’t I have a cannon?

(End of this chapter)