"Big fool!" Ji Xin grinned and made a waist-cutting gesture to Betty. While retreating, he directed the soldiers on the left and right to complete the encirclement and separate Betty from the Peacock Army.
Myhrvold tried his best to save Betty, but was blocked by more than a dozen Gang Yuan realm generals carrying large shields.
"Now it's my turn." Ju Xin suddenly turned around and glared at Betty. The fierce gaze even made Betty freeze. Then she became angry and rushed towards Ju Xin at a faster speed.
"Go to hell!" Betty roared angrily. He was ashamed that he had just been frightened by Ju Xin, and even more angry that he had been stabbed in the waist by Ju Xin.
"You are the one who deserves to die!" Ju Xin said coldly. He was faster than Betty. When Betty was in a daze, the long sword had already been slashed out, and the sword energy several meters long fell from the sky like a waterfall, instantly piercing Betty.
Hot blood spurted out, dyeing the ground red, and splashed onto Ju Xin's face. Ju Xin grinned and looked at the Peacock Army not far away. Combined with the blood on his face, he looked extremely ferocious.
The Peacock Army was suddenly frightened and their morale dropped. The drama at this time was no different from the devil in their eyes.
Not even the mighty ones in the extraordinary realm can withstand Ju Xin's blow, let alone scum like them.
"Don't be afraid, everyone. We have more people than the Qin army. As long as we work together, we will definitely defeat the Qin army." Myhrvold said loudly.
Although even he himself did not believe this, it did restore some morale.
The most important thing is that even if they wanted to surrender, Zhao Jun wouldn't agree to it.
If you shrink your head, you will die, and if you extend your head, you will die. It is better to fight with Zhao Jun.
If Pang Nuan surrenders the Peacock Army at this time, he will at least be able to defuse the Peacock Army's courage to fight to the death, and may even recruit a small number of soldiers to surrender, thus turning his advantage into victory and defeating the Peacock Army.
But Pang Nuan couldn't understand the language of the Peacock Kingdom at all. Not to mention the language of the Peacock Country, he couldn't even understand the local dialects of the Central Plains. No one in the army understood this thing. He thought that the Peacock Army would rather die than surrender, and he was very worried.
Admire it.
As expected of a dignified soldier of the Peacock Empire, he is so tough!
Although Zhao State has talent reserves in this field, the number is not large. Pang Nuan came in a hurry and did not bring any of them.
In fact, although Zhao State has always coveted the Mauryan Dynasty, it did not want to have a conflict so quickly, and its internal forces were not integrated.
The Peacock Empire is definitely one of the most powerful empires in the world today. Even if the Zhao Kingdom unified the Central Plains, it would be difficult to say that it was stronger than the Peacock Empire.
It is by no means an easy task to win over the other party. If you start a war rashly, it may bring down the entire country, or even lead to internal division. Then the gains will outweigh the losses.
But the fact that Zhao State did not attack the Mauryan Dynasty does not mean that the Mauryan Dynasty did not attack Zhao State.
Zhao wanted to get the extremely fertile Ganges Plain with abundant rainfall, and the Mauryan Dynasty also wanted to get Zhao's exquisite and expensive silk, ceramics, paper, and tea.
Everyone is an empire, who will be the good guy?
The Peacock Kingdom caught Zhao Guo off guard this time, but Zhao Guo did not let the other party take advantage of it. To this day, the Peacock Army thinks it is the Qin State that it is attacking.
"Breakout southward!" Marin finally withdrew from the city and immediately ordered the entire army to breakout southward.
Feng Ting led Zhao Jun behind, but the city gate that had been helpful to Zhao Jun before now became an obstacle restricting Zhao Jun's pursuit.
There is only a small gap at the city gate. As long as the Peacock Army randomly arranges dozens or hundreds of people, it can block the city gate for a long time, preventing Zhao Jun from coming out.
This also greatly increased Pang Nuan's pressure.
Zhao Jun only has a total of 30,000 troops, of which 10,000 are in the city and only 20,000 outside the city. If they are divided among various places, the Peacock Army that originally encircled half of the Peacock Army is already at its limit. Now that the Peacock Army in the city has joined in, Zhao Jun's It is difficult to maintain the encirclement.
When Ma Lin personally led the army to act as the vanguard, Zhao Jun's encirclement could no longer hold on and was rushed out of a gap. The Peacock Army followed the gap and fled excitedly into the distance.
Seeing this, Pang Nuan decisively gave up the encirclement and divided the battlefield instead, leaving as many Peacock troops as possible.
Thirty thousand against fifty or sixty thousand, they were the elite of another empire. He was very satisfied with being able to surround them for such a long time. As for total annihilation, he had never even thought about it.
"General Pang, this." Ju Xin entangled Myhrvold and yelled at Pang Nuan.
Anyway, there is no way to keep all the Peacock Army, so it is better to kill the opponent's Transcendent Realm experts.
A powerful person in the extraordinary realm is at least equivalent to thousands of ordinary soldiers.
"Catch the ones alive, don't kill them!" Pang Nuan said quickly. Zhao Guo still doesn't know how the Peacock Army found this place. They must arrest someone to understand the situation.
Ordinary soldiers may not know what's going on, but extraordinary generals are qualified to know the inside story.
"Okay." Ji Xin nodded, and the attack that was originally aimed at the vital point was slightly deflected.
Myhrvold wanted to escape, but Ju Xin was clinging to him like a dog-skin plaster. There were fewer and fewer Peacock troops around him, but more and more Zhao troops.
Pang Nuan rushed over and chopped Myhrvold on the head with a knife.
"Didn't you say you were caught alive?" Ju Xin spat spit on Pang Nuan's face.
"I'm not dead. I pulled back my strength and used the back of the knife." Pang Nuan said angrily.
"Oh." Ji Xin scratched his head in embarrassment.
"General, are you chasing me?" Feng Ting finally rushed over from the city.
"Forget it." Pang Nuan waved his hand, "Get rid of the rest and try to catch as many alive as possible."
With Zhao Jun's small number of men, it is impossible to keep all the opponents behind. Even if they pursue them, they will only kill some of the wounded who are left behind.
There are rolling mountains everywhere in the southern part of Shu County. The roads are rugged and bumpy, and it is easy to encounter ambushes. There is no need to take risks.
After losing their leader, the remaining Peacock Army was quickly captured by Zhao Jun, and each one was tied up with five flowers and brought to the city.
"His grandma actually let the Peacock Kingdom attack here. If our army hadn't happened to be stationed in Chengdu and waited for the news to reach Handan and then sent troops from Handan, most of the Shu counties would have been lost." Feng Ting cursed, wishing that he would be killed. All the captured Peacock troops were killed.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "The Peacock Kingdom is really not a good thing. On the surface, it has friendly relations with our Zhao Kingdom, but secretly attacks our Zhao Kingdom. I will definitely report it to the king and teach the Peacock Kingdom a lesson." ." Pang Nuan said in a deep voice.
Although he won this battle, he couldn't be happy.
As the governor of Yizhou, he only realized it when the enemy troops arrived at his door. In any case, he was derelict in his duty.
Moreover, the State of Zhao established so many governors, and he was the first to have a city within his jurisdiction captured by the enemy during his term of office. His old face was so beaten that it was so painful.
"The Peacock Empire is obviously coming for our Zhao country this time. I will fight back sooner or later." Ju Xin said angrily.
"The southern city is still in the hands of the Peacock Army. Should we send troops to take it back?" Feng Ting said.
"Don't send troops for the time being. Let's see how the Peacock Army responds. If they choose to withdraw, it means they won't fight again in a short time. We will accept them when the time comes. If they don't withdraw, it means the other side still wants to fight with our army. Then We also need to prepare in advance." Pang Nuan said in a deep voice.
"The Peacock Army has reached here, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to give up." Ji Xin said.
Yizhou and the Mauryan Empire are separated by mountains, crisscrossed by rivers, and all kinds of poisonous insects and beasts. Putting aside the small probability of getting lost, it is obvious that the Mauryan Empire has a plan to attack here.
The battle just now was just an appetizer for the empire, and it was impossible for the Peacock Empire to retreat.
"Send a letter to the king, explaining the specific situation, requesting reinforcements, and asking for a few people who understand peacock language to come over." Pang Nuan said.
On the other side, Marin led the Peacock Army to escape back to the camp.
"General, the statistics are out. Our army has lost more than 16,500 soldiers, and... there are also two extraordinary generals." A deputy general reported.
"More than sixteen thousand!" Marin's face was ashen and he kicked the desk in front of him away.
He led his army from the Mauryan Empire to here, but only lost more than 2,000 soldiers. Most of them died due to poisonous insects, miasma, unsuitable acclimatization and other natural environments. Only a few hundred were actually killed by the enemy.
As a result, more than 16,000 people were lost in just one battle, which was a great shame and humiliation.
"How much did the Qin army lose?" Ma Lin asked in a deep voice.
"At most eight thousand." The deputy general said. What he didn't know was that Zhao Jun had a complete medical system. Except for a few serious injuries that could not be treated, most of the wounded would not die.
The actual losses of the Zhao army were less than 4,000, half of which were caused by the Marin Guards.
"Damn it!" Marin clenched his hands like a furious lion. This was the first time in so many years that someone defeated him with a weak force and made him lose so miserably.
The Qin army is so strong, so wouldn't the Zhao army that defeated the Qin army be even stronger?
The majestic Peacock Empire army has always been invincible and invincible. After a war, it turned into a second-rate army?
There are also Betty and Myhrvold who died in the battle. The family power behind them is not small. They will definitely unite to suppress him in the future...
Marin did not know that Myhrvold did not die in the battle, but was captured by the Zhao army.
In short, before this battle, Marin felt that his future was bright, and he might even become one of the top three in the Mauryan Empire's military.
After this battle, Marin suddenly felt that his future was dark, and it was hard to say whether he would be able to lead the army in battles in the future.
"General, I just got the news that what we are fighting may not be the Qin army, but the Zhao army..." Cardenas came in from the outside with a man.
"Zhao Jun? Isn't this the territory of Qin?" Marin was stunned.
Did he take the wrong path?
Fleeed to the State of Zhao?
This damn guy won't be impeached to death when he goes back.
Just like the Zhao State does not want to conflict with the Peacock Empire now, the Peacock Empire does not want to conflict with the Zhao State. Their goal is the Qin State, and they will not deal with the Zhao State until they have solved the Qin State.
"Say what you just said again," Cardenas said to the soldier next to him.
"General, I have learned the language of Qin from businessmen from Qin before, and I also know a few characters of Qin. The characters on the battle flag of the army opposite do not sound like Qin, but like Zhao." The soldier said hesitantly.
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Ma Lin said coldly.
"At that time... the situation was urgent. I couldn't get close to the general, and I'm not proficient in Qin's writing, so... I'm not sure." said the soldier.
"Go and bring the translator." Marin thought for a moment and said.
Soon, Cardenas came to the camp with two translators who were Qin businessmen.
They used to do business between Bashu and the Mauryan Empire, but later they were valued by the Mauryan Empire and hired as translators.
However, the Peacock Army did not trust them and would never tell them military secrets. They would also restrict their scope of activities. They would only call them in for questioning when something happened.
"What does this character mean?" Ma Lin wrote the character Zhao on the ground.
"Zhao." The translator looked at Ma Lin like a fool.
"..." Marin's expression changed instantly. He really made a mistake!
"Is this the Kingdom of Zhao?" Ma Lin's face was cold.
"General, this is Shu County of Qin State." said the translator.
"We just met Zhao Jun." Ma Lin said in a deep voice.
"Zhao Jun? How is this possible?" The translator was shocked. Could it be that Zhao State had already annexed Qin State?
Looking at this, the Peacock Army was still defeated?
"You don't know what's going on?" Marin stared at the two translators.
"General, we have been in the army. We were doing business in the Maurya Empire and have not returned to China for two years. How could we possibly know this?" the translator said bitterly.
"General, why don't you capture some locals and ask them?" Cardenas said.
Marin nodded.
Soon, several locals were arrested. In order to prevent ordinary people from not knowing what was going on, Cardenas arrested only prominent people in the city.
As for how to judge, it's very simple, just look for someone wearing silk.
After interrogation and translation, the Peacock Army finally understood the general situation. They were not on the wrong track. The Qin State was gone and was destroyed by the Zhao State.
As long as they were less arrogant and sent translators to find out more about the situation after conquering the city, or brought translators with them during battle, they would not even know who their opponents were.
However, the Peacock Army was very distrustful of translators who came from the Qin State, and generally would not let them come forward, and no one expected that such a thing would happen.
The army is still on the way, and the opponent is gone!
"In other words, Zhao State is currently engaged in a war to unify the Central Plains?" A flash of light flashed in Marin's eyes. This was a good opportunity.
At this time, Zhao State was not only dispersed in power, but also suffered losses in the war. It was at its weakest whether compared with before the war or after unification.
Since the ultimate target is the State of Zhao, and the opponent has been offended, there is no need to cover up. Taking advantage of the opponent's weakness to launch an attack, although it cannot defeat the opponent in one fell swoop, it can still weaken the opponent's strength to a great extent.
Gain opportunities for future wars.
"That's how it should be," Cardenas said.
"Immediately report the situation to Your Majesty and ask Your Majesty to send troops to support you. Also, ask Your Majesty to train some translators. Qin's translators are not used to it and cannot be trusted." Marin said quickly, "Forget it, I will personally report the battle.
