Just as Li Peng and Wen Ning were hesitating, the sound of fighting came from the mouth of the valley in the south, and they were shocked.
Li Peng shouted that something was wrong, picked up a spear and rushed out of the room. He saw the Eastern Zhou army charging in, led by a middle-aged general carrying a tiger-headed sword and killing everyone on sight.
The soldiers in the valley were demoralized. When they saw the Eastern Zhou soldiers coming, they either surrendered or fled, and soon they reached the barracks.
When Zhao Heng saw Li Peng, he rushed over with a knife, but Li Peng hurriedly parried.
The tiger-headed knife fell, the spear was chopped off, and Li Peng's left hand was cut off, and he screamed in pain.
Seeing Zhao Heng's fierceness, Deputy Lieutenant Wen Ning turned around and wanted to run away. Zhao Heng caught up with him and split the armor on his back with a knife. Wen Ning died on the spot.
After killing the general, Zhao Heng shouted loudly: "King Wu of Zhou is here and he still won't surrender!"
Fifty thousand elite soldiers poured into the valley. Liang Jun was no match at all. When they heard Long Chen's name, everyone was so frightened that they immediately abandoned their weapons and surrendered.
Long Chen rode into the Wild Boar Valley and saw mountains of food.
"Don't waste time, move the food back!"
Long Chen was overjoyed and immediately ordered the food to be transported.
Liang Jun prisoners were also taken to work, and the grain was loaded onto carriages and transported to Linjiang City.
Zhao Heng did not expect that there was so much food in Wild Boar Valley, and said happily: "This food is enough to support hundreds of thousands of troops for three years."
Long Chen smiled and said, "That's why I brought fifty thousand elite soldiers here to transport food."
Looking around, Long Chen climbed onto the ridge of Wild Boar Valley.
Standing on the ridge, Long Chen looked to the north. To the north were rolling hills.
"If there are elite troops defending here, how will you attack?"
Long Chen asked Zhao Heng, and Zhao Heng said: "What King Wu means is that Nanliang will still store grain here in the future?"
Long Chen said: "If we don't capture Wushun City, Nanliang will definitely annex Wushun City again. Wild Boar Valley is the best place to store grain, and they will store grain here again."
Zhao Heng was a little surprised and said: "Li Chengdao was beaten like that by King Wu. I heard that he was probably going to die on the way back to Jinling after being carried back to Jinling overnight. How dare they station troops?"
In the past two days, Zhao Heng has also been thinking about the situation in Nanliang. In his opinion, Nanliang has almost collapsed. The emperor died suddenly, the senior generals in the court were brought to a standstill, and the Nanliang court collapsed.
Long Chen said: "Li Chengdao will probably not die, and will become more powerful, and he will have more helpers."
Zhao Heng was not stupid and immediately asked: "Is it a ghost clan?"
Long Chen nodded slightly and said: "Yes, so there is still a battle to be fought here."
Zhao Heng looked at the surrounding terrain and carefully considered how to raid the Wild Boar Valley while being defended by elite troops.
Long Chen was also making calculations in his mind.
When attacking Xixia, Long Chen dug a secret tunnel in the refuge temple, but it was unworkable here.
Xixia is dry and the secret tunnel will not collapse due to water seepage.
Ye Boar Valley is different. The tunnel digging project in the mountain is too large. Li Chengdao will also inspect the mountain by then, so he can't hide it at all.
How to stay behind?
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When Long Chen was transporting the grain and grass from Wild Boar Valley back to Linjiang City, east of Wushun City, a young general with a medium build, a handsome face, and a somewhat gentle temperament was heading west with more than 30,000 elite soldiers.
This person is Xue Ze, the young general newly promoted by Li Chengdao.
Xue Ze received Xuanjizi's order and immediately led 30,000 elite troops to Wushun City.
When he arrived near Wushun City, Xue Ze slowed down his march and ordered his sentries to go forward to investigate.
Xue Ze already knew about Li Chengdao's death and the escape of the Wushun City defenders.
Taking over Wushun City under this situation is tantamount to committing suicide.
Xue Ze didn't want to go, but the military order could not be violated, so he could only come with his elite troops.
A horse galloped back, and the sentry reported anxiously: "General, the people in Wushun City have left the city empty, and there are no defenders left."
The deputy general Wang Bao next to him said: "General, all the defenders of Wushun City have fled. If we go there, we will die!"
The other generals around me are also very unhappy.
Man, letting them deal with such a mess is tantamount to frame-up.
"General, they can't defend themselves. They want us to die when they escape. I won't go!"
A captain first refused to advance, and other generals expressed dissatisfaction and refused to continue the march.
Xue Ze actually didn't want to go. Long Chen was brave and they were no match. If he went there, he would die.
"The emperor has a decree, how can I not go?"
Xue Ze said helplessly.
Lieutenant General Wang Bao said: "The emperor is dying, who knows whose order this is!"
Xue Ze was silent.
At this time, another horse galloped over and shouted: "General, the Eastern Zhou Dynasty grain transportation team was spotted ahead. They seem to have snatched away our military grain!"
Xue Ze was shocked that the Eastern Zhou army actually appeared here.
"How many people are there? Who leads the troops?"
Xue Ze immediately asked.
The sentry shook his head and said, "I don't know!"
Xue Ze immediately shouted: "Try again!"
The sentry immediately turned around to investigate again, and Xue Ze ordered the army to stop advancing and set up camp on the spot for precaution.
After a while, the sentry came back with a soldier wearing only civilian clothes.
This soldier was a defender who escaped from Wild Boar Valley. He lost his armor on the way to escape.
"General, this man is the defender of Wild Boar Valley."
The sentry threw the soldier off his horse. The soldier was afraid of being accused and cried: "General, spare your life. Long Chen, King Wu of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, personally led tens of thousands of troops to attack. We couldn't resist, and Li Xiaowei was killed!"
When Xue Ze heard Long Chen's name, his face suddenly changed with fright, and asked: "Have you seen it clearly?"
The soldier replied: "You can see clearly, King Wu is riding a tall horse with a dragon-shaped military flag!"
The general beside him was so frightened that he almost fell off his horse and exclaimed: "King Wu is here in person. We are no match for him, so retreat!"
Lieutenant General Wang Bao asked: "How many troops did King Wu bring?"
The soldier replied: "At least one hundred thousand!"< br>
Xue Ze frowned and said angrily: "Linjiang City only has 80,000 defenders, so how can there be 100,000?"
Xue Ze is aware of the situation in Linjiang City, and this defender is talking nonsense.
The defenders had no idea how many people Long Chen had brought, and they were worried that they would be killed if they escaped, so they increased the number.
"General, spare your life. I don't know how many people came, but they were at least tens of thousands. They rushed into the valley, several times larger than our army."
The soldier was so frightened that he hurriedly explained.
Deputy General Wang Bao said: "General, it doesn't matter how many people there are. As long as King Wu personally leads the troops, even if there are only a few people, we are no match for you!"
Other generals and commanders echoed:
"The emperor has 400,000 troops, so what?"
"This thief Long Chen is extremely brave. Thirty thousand soldiers and horses like us are simply not enough to resist him."
"General, withdraw, don't let your brothers die!"
"If we go up there, I'm afraid we'll all be killed too!"
Xue Ze looked to the west, hesitated for a long time, and finally said: "My skills are not as good as others, and I have failed the emperor's favor, so withdraw!"
Xue Ze immediately led his troops to retreat, and at the same time ordered the deserters encountered on the road to be gathered back to the city.
Xue Ze alone cannot change this situation.
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As night fell, eighteen sedan bearers were galloping along the road carrying a sedan.
Xuan Jizi and Yu Fuguo were riding beside him to protect him. Li Chengdao looked pale, breathing vaguely, and looked dead.
Zhong Gui cried anxiously on his horse: "Hurry up, hurry up!"
The bearers were running wildly along the dirt road, and their bodies were stretched to the limit.
Suddenly, there was a small pit in the road. A bearer stepped into the pit and stumbled forward. The sedan immediately became unstable. The other bearers were also exhausted and fell to the ground together. The sedan hit the ground. Li Chengdao started walking.
The sedan rolled down.
"Asshole!"
Yu Fuguo was so angry that he drew his sword and wanted to kill people. The bearers lay on the ground, some vomited blood, some fainted, and some were exhausted.
