The soldiers under Zhou Ziqing's command followed him and quickly left the battlefield, preparing to retreat. Unfortunately, when these people were preparing to retreat, they saw that in front of the Wind Gully Valley, there was already a group of people on horses blocking Zhou Ziqing's retreat path.
Zhou Ziqing looked back and saw that there was also a group of people on horses behind him, and they were quickly approaching.
The ones who came were shockingly Du Qi's group.
Du Qi's ambush this time was actually very simple. It was to lure the snake out of its hole. He arranged for Mordor and his men to be the bait to lure Zhou Ziqing out of the ambush. As long as Zhou Ziqing's men came out, Zhou Ziqing would not be able to escape and would definitely fall into the ambush.
The soldiers in this ambush were a small number of soldiers brought by Xue Rengui. Du Qi's original plan was to arrange for the local bad guys to ambush. However, Xue Rengui arrived first with his elite cavalry, so Du Qi arranged for all the soldiers. As for the ambush in front of the road, they were all scattered and went through the Wind Gully Valley to ambush in front of the road.
As long as a battle broke out, they would gather together. Although there were not many of them, only about a hundred elite cavalry. However, even a hundred elite cavalry had extremely strong combat power.
"Kill!"
Du Qi directly gave the order.
"Kill!"
Xue Rengui led the soldiers and charged out.
Xue Rengui only had three hundred elite cavalry with him. Although there were not many of them, the combat power of these three hundred elite cavalry was extremely strong. The warhorses galloped, and one by one, the warhorses trampled on the ground and charged forward quickly. At the same time, Mordor's men had already started to attack. The two armies quickly caught up with Zhou Ziqing and his men who were escaping, and killed them continuously.
The blades fell and beheaded the Tang soldiers one by one.
Zhou Ziqing's men were all infantrymen, and it was definitely disadvantageous for them to fight against Du Qi's elite cavalry. Therefore, he kept on giving the order to retreat. In the blink of an eye, they were getting closer and closer to the cavalry in front of them. In the blink of an eye, they were less than a hundred steps away.
The commander of the cavalry was the left vanguard.
When he saw that the distance was less than a hundred steps away, he ordered his soldiers to throw two waves of grenades. After the two waves of grenades, there were rumbling sounds on the ground. One by one, the charging Tang soldiers were blown to the ground.
Although the grenades were effective in such a flat ground, they could not stop the enemy. Because there was no high ground to suppress the enemy's advance. However, Zuo Xianfeng did not expect to be able to suppress the other party. As long as he could weaken the other party's numbers, that would be enough.
When the distance between the two sides were less than thirty steps, he raised his blade and shouted, "Kill!"
100 cavalrymen under his command.
The sound of hooves rang out as warhorses neighed and charged forward. In the blink of an eye, they had charged into the ranks of Zhou Ziqing's group. The cavalry's men's's soldiers were were were were to attack to attack. .... to catch to the enemy to's men.... to the cavalry to the cavalry to stop.
At this time, Xue Rengui had already killed his way into the crowd. However, Xue Rengui raised his spear and sprinted. His target was not the ordinary soldiers but Zhou Ziqing. He saw Zhou Ziqing's command when he was charging, so he rushed toward Zhou Ziqing with a big spear.
The long spear swept across, and there were banging sounds around.
The soldiers were all knocked away.
Xue Rengui came to Zhou Ziqing's side in the blink of an eye. His big spear was like a poisonous dragon coming out of the sea, stabbing toward Zhou Ziqing's back. Zhou Ziqing had no way to dodge. He could only turn sideways and block with his blade.
"Clang!"
The blade and the spear collided.
When the two weapons collided, although Zhou Ziqing managed to defend himself, Xue Rengui caught up with him. Xue Rengui suddenly withdrew his big spear. The long spear was like a stick, and it swept across.
He only used seventy percent of his strength when he stabbed.
It was important to be agile and treacherous.
But this time, he used 120 percent of his strength. The spear swept across with great force and arrived in front of Zhou Ziqing with a sharp whistling sound. This stick was not only powerful, but also extremely fast. Zhou Ziqing did not have time to fight back.
Zhou Ziqing could only raise his blade to block.
"Clang!"
The spear hit Zhou Ziqing's blade. Zhou Ziqing did not ride a horse, but stood on the ground. Xue Rengui borrowed the strength of the war horse and smashed down with the stick, which was far more powerful than his usual strength. With a crash, the blade in Zhou Ziqing's hand was knocked away with a clang. Zhou Ziqing's legs went soft, and he knelt on the ground with a painful expression.
He looked extremely miserable.
Even his arms were in pain. This was a sign that his bones had been severely damaged.
Xue Rengui did not stop and whipped down with his spear again. The moment the spear hit Zhou Ziqing's shoulder, Zhou Ziqing's body went soft and he fell to the ground. He was in so much pain that he could not even stand up.
"Take him down!"
Xue Rengui ordered.
His soldiers immediately stepped forward and took Zhou Ziqing into custody. After Xue Rengui took Zhou Ziqing down, he quickly charged forward with Mordor. Even though some soldiers escaped, most of the Tang soldiers were killed. Many of them were terrified and chose to surrender, not daring to continue resisting.
At the end of the battle, a few soldiers escaped. However, Du Qi did not give the order to pursue them. Instead, he let them escape.
Xue Rengui began to count the losses. Because there were not many people, he finished counting in a short time. Xue Rengui came to Du Qi's side and reported, "Your Majesty, we lost 26 people in this battle. Most of them were killed by the crossbow bolts earlier. As for other aspects, we lost very few soldiers. "
After pausing for a moment, Xue Rengui continued, "In this battle, we killed 368 people and captured 505 people. Some of them escaped. The chief general of the Tang army has been interrogated. His name is Zhou Ziqing, and he has been captured. "
Du Qi nodded and said, "Not bad!"
His gaze had already landed on Zhou Ziqing. He smiled and said, "You are Zhou Ziqing, right? Hou Junji is really bold to try to kill this King. Last time in Gaochang, Hou Junji swore to the heavens that he would never make an enemy of this King again. But now, he is here again. It seems like he won't give up until all is said and done. "
Zhou Ziqing said, "Du Qi, you will not die a good death. You have made an enemy of the Tang dynasty. In the future, you will die without a burial ground. You, Du Qi, will die and your clan will be exterminated. You will regret everything you have done today. "
"Oh, you are quite stubborn." Du Qi smiled and said, "I have never liked to put on airs, and I do not think that just because I am the Emperor of Xia, I have to do things befitting my status and cultivate my heart. Since you are so stubborn, this King will fulfill your wish. Hmm, I remember that Hou Junji was also stubborn, but in the end, he changed his attitude. "
"Mordor, give him ten slaps."
Du Qi ordered.
He was not a kind person, and he was not someone who would be indifferent to the other party's harsh words.
Mordor stepped forward and raised his hand to slap Zhou Ziqing's face. In a few moments, the ten slaps were over. Zhou Ziqing's face was swollen like a pig's head, and his face was burning with pain. There were even traces of blood at the corner of his mouth.
Zhou Ziqing gritted his teeth and endured the pain. He raised his head to look at Du Qi with hatred and said, "Du Qi, if you have the ability, then kill me. What kind of ability is slapping me like this? Let me tell you, even if I die, this will still be my attitude. "
Du Qi said, "You have some backbone. Fine, I'll give you another ten slaps."
Mordor raised his hand once more, slapping Zhou Ziqing again. Zhou Ziqing's swollen face was now even more miserable. One of his teeth had been knocked out by Mordor's slap.
He spat out blood and saw stars in front of his eyes. His head was dizzy.
He had been beaten senseless.
Zhou Ziqing shook his head twice as he panted. His breathing was very rapid. He panted and said hysterically, "Du Qi, if you have the ability, then kill me. Even if I die, I won't admit defeat and beg for mercy. I, Zhou Ziqing, don't have anything else, but I do have the courage to not fear death. "
As Du Qi looked at the furious Zhou Ziqing, he actually rather admired this person.
He was a man.
It was just that Du Qi and Zhou Ziqing belonged to different standpoints. Especially since Zhou Ziqing was here to assassinate Du Qi. So even though Du Qi admired him, he still had to teach him a lesson.
Du Qi nodded and said, "Zhou Ziqing, it seems like you can't slap him anymore. Fine, I'll give you another reward. Mordor, chop off one of his fingers. I'd like to see how tough he is. How long can he last in front of me? "
"Yes!"
Mordor pulled and pressed Zhou Ziqing to the ground. He unsheathed his blade and was about to chop him.
"Emperor Xia, please spare me."
Just as Mordor was about to move, Zhou Ziqing suddenly begged for mercy. Originally, Zhou Ziqing had wanted to die a quick death. Even if he was beaten up, Zhou Ziqing could still hold on. However, he saw that Mordor was about to chop off his fingers. Especially if he continued to resist Du Qi, he was afraid that his fingers would be chopped off one by one.
Zhou Ziqing was not afraid of a one-time pain. The problem was that Zhou Ziqing wasn't made of steel. He knew that he wouldn't be able to withstand this kind of heart-wrenching pain over and over again, so he simply begged for mercy.
Du Qi raised his hand to stop Mordor and asked, "Zhou Ziqing, are you really begging for mercy?"
"Yes!"
Zhou Ziqing immediately replied.
He immediately said, "Emperor Xia, I know I was wrong. Please spare my life."
His heart was filled with helplessness. He had no other choice but to beg for mercy. If he continued to endure, he would not be able to withstand the torture. However, Zhou Ziqing was thinking that even if he begged for mercy, he would not do anything to betray Hou Junji.
This was his bottom line.
Du Qi saw Zhou Ziqing begging for mercy and immediately lost interest. He waved his hand and had his subordinates escort Zhou Ziqing away.
Du Qi turned to Xue Rengui and said, "Xue Rengui, you, Ma Yuan, and the rest of the army will continue to rest during the day and travel through the night toward the border. Once you arrive, wait for orders to move out. This king will need to slow down and slowly move toward the border so as to confuse Hou Junji. "
"Yes!"
Xue Rengui replied.
Escorting Zhou Ziqing and the others, he left with his army.
Du Qi's group continued on their way.
Now that the hour of the afternoon had long passed, even if it was very late at night, there were no villages in this area recently. Therefore, the group had to slightly increase their speed and strive to reach the village in front of them as soon as possible so that they could rest at night.
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