Chapter 5: Become famous in one battle

After nearly a month of attack, Fengzhou City was impregnable, and Li Mu only lost 10,000 people, while the Xia Kingdom had lost 30,000 people.

Li Yuanba was already extremely irritable, and suddenly a "Report..." interrupted his thoughts.

"explain."

"Report to the General, the scouts reported that Emperor Daye sent the Third Prince to lead 50,000 elite troops to rescue Fengzhou."

"Hahaha..., the Third Prince? Fifty thousand? Let a loser lead only fifty thousand to retreat our hundred thousand troops. I don't know if that old man Ye Gucheng is old or he doesn't know how high the sky is and how deep the earth is. By the time they arrive, I will have already slaughtered everyone in Fengzhou City. Notice everyone, starting from tomorrow morning, everyone will be divided into three groups, attacking the city once in the morning, noon and evening, and will not retreat until the horn is sounded. Even if I have to kill a lot of people, I will take Fengzhou within a month. Everyone, eat and drink to your heart's content tonight, but I tell you, after tonight, anyone who attacks the city without risking their lives, even if you retreat, I will chop you down."

This is a carnival night for the Xia army, and they are greeted by a large number of heads. The party lasted until midnight, when the soldiers of the Xia State were completely drunk.

What they could not have imagined was that under Ye Xiu's orders, the army marched quickly and arrived just 10 kilometers away from Fengzhou City at the hour of Chou on the fifteenth day, even though it would normally take two months to arrive.

Although all the soldiers felt tired, they never complained, because from the first day of departure, Ye Xiu ate and lived with the soldiers, and even told them dirty jokes about modern society. Even Xiao Yun was impressed. Moreover, Ye Xiu was never stingy with the food and fodder he brought these days, and he gave the soldiers a lot of fish and meat to eat to their heart's content. Obviously, many people have regarded Ye Xiu as their backbone.

"Brothers, although we have arrived at Fengzhou City, we must strike hard and deal a heavy blow to the enemy."

"Okay, we will follow the instructions of King Fengzhou." If Ye Xiu hadn't given the orders, everyone would have almost forgotten that he was the high and mighty prince.

In order to win a quick victory and also to have the confidence from a man of the future, Ye Xiu did not discuss with other generals and directly made a plan to avoid the existence of spies. With his rapid march and quick thinking, it is estimated that few people in ancient times would be able to react.

"You are not allowed to send anyone to notify General Li Mu, so as not to alert the enemy."

"Start cooking now. I require that everyone of you be ready to fight at any time within two quarters of an hour."

"General Xiao, send two lieutenant generals, each with 3,000 men to ambush the enemy on their retreat route. Don't rush to refute me. I have issued a military order this time. If we can win, you will be credited as the first merit." Before Xiao Jing could say anything, Ye Xiu blocked his mouth, and the first merit forced him to shut up.

"General Dugu and General Xiao will each lead 10,000 men to attack from the left and right wings. I will personally lead the others to charge head-on into the enemy's main camp."

"But be careful, since the enemy has an army of 100,000, it is impossible for me to win with only 30,000 people. What I need is for you to attack from behind when I am in trouble and wait for the enemy's troops from other directions to come to my rescue, so as to disrupt the enemy's rhythm."

"Also, Wang Jian, you lead a team of 1,000 men. You don't need to join the battle. After the two generals join the battle, go to Fengzhou City immediately and have General Li Mu lead all the soldiers who can participate in the battle out of the city. Then, we will wait for the enemy to tire themselves out and pursue them until they reach our ambush circle."

"Pay attention, leave the whole city, leaving only one empty one."

"Okay, everyone, get ready. After dinner, the battle will start in two quarters of an hour. We'll see you in Fengzhou City tomorrow when the sun rises." 「

"Got the order." "The soldiers immediately took action.

"This third prince is probably better at fighting than grandpa. Damn, who said he is a loser?" "Dugu Ba was speechless.

"Kill..." When the soldiers of the Xia Kingdom were still sleeping soundly, thousands of deafening shouts of "Kill" awakened them from last night's revelry.

"Report...Tens of thousands of Ye Kingdom troops rushed into the central military camp from the main gate." The noisy sounds and the report outside woke Li Yuanba from his dream.

"Why are you panicking? How many people does Li Mu have? If he dares to attack, I will tear him into pieces tonight."

"It's not Li Mu, it's the word Ye written on the flag."

"Ye", could it be that useless Third Prince? That's impossible. Didn't they set out just half a month ago? Even if they marched quickly, it would take at least a month. 「

"General, it is indeed a Ye character, but it seems that there are only more than 20,000 people. 「

"Hahahaha...just over 20,000 people?" Is it because this useless Third Prince was so eager for merit that he came here first with his cavalry? That would be perfect. What a great achievement it would be to kill the prince of the enemy country. Notify the left and right camps to come to the central army for support, and everyone else follow me to charge out. "Li Yuanba was in a very good mood at the moment. Even if Ye Xiu attacked them while they were asleep, at least their left and right camps were affected. There were 40,000 people in his central camp. Even if they had 40,000 pigs to chop, they would still have to chop for a while.

But when Li Yuanba walked out of the tent, Ye Xiu was about to attack his tent. This time, Ye Xiu led the charge and slashed straight towards the tent. The soldiers next to him just followed him, fearing that he might make a mistake. Fortunately, the Xia soldiers were still asleep. If it was a normal battle, Ye Xiu probably wouldn't dare to do that. Otherwise, it would be such a pity to die in the first battle after crossing over.

However, the enemy had more people than him, and Ye Xiu suffered about 10,000 casualties. But at this time, people from the left and right camps of the Xia Army arrived. Facing these 40,000 well-equipped troops, Ye Xiu felt the breath of death for the first time. In less than a quarter of an hour, more than half of his men had died.

"Brothers, dying for your country is a worthy death. "At this time, Ye Xiu himself was standing on horseback holding the battle flag.

"Fighting for King Fengzhou, dying for the Ye Kingdom, it's worth it, kill..."

What the Xia soldiers did not expect was that the Ye soldiers could still have such courage at this time, which made Li Yuanba think of killing this useless third prince.

"Whoever kills the king of Fengzhou will be rewarded with 10,000 jin and be made a marquis of 10,000 households."

"Kill..." At the same time, Ye's morale on the Xia country side was greatly boosted.

"Kill..." At the same time, the third cry of killing came from the left and right sides. It was Xiao Jing and Dugu Ba leading 20,000 people to kill.

Nearly 130,000 troops from the two countries fought together, the sound of killing shook the earth, and flames flashed everywhere. The battle lasted for nearly an hour. Although Ye Xiu's side was in high morale and well prepared, their strength was only half of the enemy's. Gradually, Ye Xiu's side fell into a disadvantage, and Ye Xiu was covered with wounds.

The sun had risen above the horizon, and the Xia army slowly surrounded Ye Xiu and his men. After a night of fighting, only less than 10,000 people were left on Ye Xiu's side.

The earth was shaking and the sound of thousands of horses neighing came from Fengzhou City.

"Protect King Fengzhou, defend the territory of Ye Kingdom, kill..." Li Mu brought all the capable fighters out to support Ye Xiu.

Ye Xiu smiled, Dugu Ba also smiled, only Xiao Jing had a complicated mood at this moment. He was the only military general of the Xiao family, and his ideas were inconsistent with those of his family. What he wanted was to gallop on the battlefield and expand the territory for the country, rather than being a manipulator of power.

Obviously, Ye Xiu won this battle, and Ye Guo and Ye won. When Li Mu came in front of Ye Xiu, he knelt down with a plop and said, "I am late, please punish me, King Fengzhou." 「

Ye Xiu immediately helped Li Mu up. "General Li, you are here just in time. It's not too late. But please don't worry about us for now. Please continue to lead the team to pursue the Xia army. We still have 6,000 soldiers waiting for them in the forest ahead."

"Your Highness is truly the living Zhuge Liang, mastering all strategies." Li Mu flattered and immediately mounted his horse. The soldiers followed Ben and continued the pursuit. 「

Watching Li Mu chasing after him, Ye Xiu collapsed because he was so exhausted...