Chapter 2319: Qi Jiguang's battle with Jiaozhou, Ruan Yue declared himself a minister to Qin(2/2)
When Qi Jiguang saw that Guo Ziyi was actually chasing him, and the ones chasing him were all cavalry, his expression instantly turned extremely ugly.
However, Qi Jiguang soon calmed down and commanded 300 crossbowmen and 4,000 surrender troops to form an array on the coast with their backs to the sea, preparing to delay as much time as possible.
Guo Ziyi's cavalry was not weak in combat power. After withstanding the Qin army's crossbow array, it only took one charge to overwhelm the square array deployed by Qi Jiguang.
Facing the charge of 1,500 Chu cavalry, the 4,300 troops hardly had any chance to fight back and could only howl and mourn under the trampling of the cavalry.
Although Qi Jiguang failed to stop Guo Ziyi, he delayed it long enough for the rest of the navy to board the warship, leaving Guo Ziyi helpless and furious on the coast.
On the other side, after Li Xiucheng learned the news that Panyu City had been breached, he immediately realized the seriousness of the problem. So after weighing the pros and cons, he decided to allow the Annan coalition forces to withdraw from Jiaozhou, and then led his troops to support Guo Ziyi, who was short of troops.
But after the Annan coalition withdrew, Li Xiucheng received news from Guo Ziyi, saying that they had all been deceived by the Qin army. However, by this time the Annan coalition had already run away, and it was too late for Li Xiucheng to pursue them.
Of the 120,000 Annan coalition troops, only 50,000 fled back, and their morale was very low.
After experiencing two crushing defeats, the Annan countries had their backbones completely broken. Facing the Chu State, they only dared to defend their own territory and never dared to mention revenge.
As for Ruan Fuying and Li Gongyun, they did not break their promises to Da Qin. They wrote a memorial to Qin in front of Ye Qingmei, recognizing Da Qin as the suzerainty of Ruan Yue and other countries, promising to pay tribute every year, and sending their princes to Beijing to meet the Holy Spirit to accept it.
Chapter completed!