Anti-Qing: Starting from the Jintian Uprising

Chapter 43 Li Yi: I will definitely come back!
There was the sound of horse hooves.

Li Yi was riding on his horse at full speed, and as he passed by, a head was thrown high into the air.

The headless corpse continued to run forward for several steps due to inertia before it fell to the ground.

"kill!"

Li Yi shouted loudly and continued to lead his men to charge.

Wherever he led his troops, the Qing army soldiers wandering around in Xunzhou City almost collapsed at the first touch.

Although the unit led by Li Yi was a newly formed army with almost no combat experience, if they were to deploy their troops on the battlefield, they would definitely not be a match for the battle-hardened Guizhou soldiers in Xunzhou City.

But who can blame these Guizhou soldiers for being leaderless and disorganized?
The scattered Qing troops were almost being slaughtered unilaterally when facing Li Yi's organized troops.

Soon, as time passed, after realizing the gap between the two sides, some Qing army soldiers began to choose to surrender.

Li Yi led his men to clear out the Qing troops in Xunzhou City street by street, and the situation in Xunzhou City soon stabilized again.

In an open space in front of the Xunzhou government office, there was a large group of prisoners of war.

After surrendering, a large number of Qing army rebels were brought here and put under centralized custody.

"General, most of the Qing demons in Xunzhou City have been eliminated, but the Xunzhou prefect allowed him to escape again."

Fan Xiyuan walked up to Li Yi and said with a slightly complicated expression.

Li Yi couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard this.

Isn't this Xunzhou prefect a little too slippery?

If Wang An had not been personally responsible for the arrest and Fan Xiyuan had not intervened from beginning to end, Li Yi might have suspected that Fan Xiyuan was acting.

But after knowing this, Li Yi was not angry, he just spoke.

"Just run away!"

"The most important thing now is to stabilize the situation in Xunzhou first, completely take control of Xunzhou City, and then welcome the main force of our sect to take over Xunzhou."

"It's nothing that the governor of Xunzhou escaped. It can't change the overall situation!"

After saying that, Li Yi asked again.

"By the way, how many Qing prisoners of war did our army capture in this battle?"

Upon hearing this, Fan Xiyuan spoke.

"Replying to the commander, according to current statistics, our army has captured a total of 376 prisoners of war in this battle."

"We found a lot of blood-stained gold and silver from these prisoners..."

When talking about this, Fan Xiyuan was also filled with sorrow.

The military discipline of our Qing Dynasty is really rotten.

When Li Yi heard this, the faint smile on his face disappeared instantly, and was replaced by a sinister look.

He really wanted to kill!

Li Yi didn't think he was a good person, but he still found it hard to accept the atrocities committed by the Qing army against the people of Xunzhou.

At this moment, Chen Yucheng came galloping on his horse from a distance, breaking the stagnant atmosphere at the scene.

"General! General!"

"Something happened!"

Chen Yucheng rode his horse all the way to Li Yi, dismounted and reported.

Li Yi asked in surprise after hearing this.

"What happened? Why are you so flustered?"

Chen Yucheng said with a serious expression.

"Replying to the commander, the latest news from Jintian Village is that the army can't come."

"There are unusual movements of the Qing demons in the direction of Liuzhou. Guangxi Admiral Xiang Rong is leading the main force towards Xunzhou."

"The church has already begun to deploy defenses at the northern foot of Zijing Mountain and Niu Niu Ridge, preparing to engage the enemy."

"Mr. Feng ordered our troops to withdraw from Xunzhou as soon as possible and head to Jintian to join the main force of the army."

Li Yi: ???
Li Yi was completely confused.

Things are going well, why are you withdrawing your troops again?

"what is going on?"

Li Yi frowned and asked.

Chen Yucheng shook his head and said, "To answer the question, Marshal, I don't know either."

"I just received a military order from Jintian, saying that the Qing monsters were invading, and asked me to withdraw my troops from Xunzhou and then go to Jintian immediately."

“I don’t know the rest!”

Hearing this, Li Yi exhaled heavily and then said.

"Pass on my military order, assemble the entire army and prepare to evacuate Xunzhou!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Yucheng immediately clasped his fists in agreement, then turned around and went to pass on the order.

Seeing this, Fan Xiyuan asked.

"General, if our army wants to evacuate Xunzhou, what should we do with these prisoners of war?"

Li Yi turned his head and glanced at the Qing army prisoners of war who were being held in the open space outside the government office. His eyes flickered several times, and then he seemed to have made up his mind.

His face was as calm as a lake, and his tone was as calm as a well when he spoke.

"Kill him!"

When Fan Xiyuan heard this, his face was filled with obvious shock. He couldn't believe that Li Yi actually wanted to kill the prisoners.

I couldn't help but open my mouth to dissuade him.

"Killing prisoners is not a good idea! I hope the commander will think twice!"

Hearing this, Li Yi shook his head slightly and then began to explain.

"Although the Qing demon was the perpetrator of the tragedy that happened in Xunzhou City, if I hadn't ordered Yucheng to set up a trap that killed the Qing demon's Guizhou general, perhaps the Qing army in Xunzhou City would not have gotten out of control, and the situation in Xunzhou would not have been like this."

"If I can't give an explanation to the people of Xunzhou, my conscience will be uneasy!"

"It doesn't matter if it's unknown. If God is blind and sends down retribution, I will bear it alone."

"It has nothing to do with any of you!"

After hearing this, Fan Xiyuan's eyes looked at Li Yi with some obvious changes.

For some reason, he felt that Li Yi now seemed to be shrouded in a dazzling halo.

……

"Don't... don't kill me!"

"I have surrendered, you can't kill me..."

"Ah... help..."

Phew! Phew!
The sword flashed and the head fell to the ground.

Blood spurted out high, and the headless corpse fell to the ground.

Amidst the screams and cries of pain, another group of Qing prisoners of war were dragged out and beheaded.

Blood gathered into a stream in the drainage ditch outside the Xunzhou government office, and the smell of blood was pungent.

In order to prevent the corpse from rotting and causing plague, Li Yi finally set a fire and burned the corpse clean.

After executing the Qing prisoners of war and dealing with the whole matter, Li Yi led his men to prepare to withdraw from Xunzhou.

The troops walked on the streets of Xunzhou City, and the sound of their footsteps became one and the same.

The flags were flying, but because there was little wind, the flags drooped and stuck to the flagpoles, looking weak.

The soldiers in the regiment and camp under Li Yi were also weak and powerless.

How high-spirited they were before the attack on Xunzhou, and how discouraged they were now after learning that they had to evacuate Xunzhou again.

What happened to the promise to capture Xunzhou City and make great achievements?

That's it?

withdraw troops?

Are you kidding me?
Both times they attacked Xunzhou, they had to retreat right after taking it.

Really, I just can’t get in?

It was fortunate that Li Yi led them to win several battles in a row, gained quite a lot, and had initially established his own prestige in the army.

They will only be slightly dissatisfied but will not dare to get upset.

Otherwise, the consequences will be disastrous.

Li Yi looked back at the devastated Xunzhou City, took a deep breath, and swore silently in his heart.

I will definitely be back!
(End of this chapter)