With the help of heavy rain, Linhu City was submerged, and the soldiers in the city fell ill and died. Long Chen took the opportunity to attack Beiling City, Tong Yuan was beheaded, and Gui Tai decisively abandoned Linhu City.
In this way, two of the three cities blocking the Zhou army were defeated, leaving only Zhongwu City.
The door to the hinterland of Nanliang has finally been opened.
In this battle, except for the loss of more than a thousand people in the street fighting in Beiling City, the Long family army suffered no new casualties.
"This battle was fought well, and it all depended on your strategy."
The empress praised Long Chen, and Gongsun Ming echoed: "The only one who can achieve complete victory against ghost fetuses is King Wu."
The ghost fetus frightened the whole world, and Li Chengdao directly became a puppet.
For such a powerful character, Gongsun Ming sincerely admires Long Chen's ability to achieve such a record.
Even when Lao Zhuguo was young, he couldn't achieve such a record.
Long Chen smiled and said: "The good thing is that we lost very little. It is indeed a fluke to win two cities at such a cost."
"The problem is that the plan to intercept and kill the reinforcements failed. Nanliang retained the strength of Daliang, and there is still a tough battle to be fought later."
According to the original plan, Long Chen killed at least 200,000 reinforcements, with an average of 4-5 people per Long family army.
After the reinforcements were defeated, Long Chen returned his troops and joined forces with the Empress to attack Linhu City.
Guitei could not defeat him alone, and finally abandoned the city and fled with only a small number of elites. The Forbidden Army and the soldiers and horses of the South Camp were wiped out in the city.
After such a battle, Long Chen plans to wipe out about 500,000 Nanliang troops.
All the elite troops of the Forbidden Army and the Southern Camp were wiped out.
But the plan couldn't keep up with the changes, and Gui Tai finally changed his strategy and chose to abandon the city voluntarily, saving hundreds of thousands of living forces.
Therefore, Long Chen felt that this battle was not a great victory.
The empress said: "On the battlefield, there is no foolproof strategy. We destroyed two major cities, which is already very good."
"Now that Beiling City and Linhu City belong to the Zhou Dynasty, Zhongwu City can also be attacked."
Without the support of the two cities, Zhongwu City was alone and easy to defeat.
Gongsun Ming stood up and asked for orders: "The last general is willing to lead his troops to attack Zhongwu City."
The empress hesitated in her heart. The guard of Zhongwucheng was Liu Feibai. This man was cunning and insidious, and Gongsun Ming's commander might not be his opponent.
The empress looked at Long Chen, who smiled and said: "General Gongsun is the queen of the generals. Taking Zhongwucheng is not a problem. Let Linglong go with us. The two sisters will take care of them."
The empress was a little surprised that Long Chen actually agreed to the two of them leading the troops.
Liu Feibai heard that he was already a half-ghost, and Gongsun Linglong and Gongsun Ming combined were no match for him.
Gongsun Ming was overjoyed and said, "Thank you so much, King Wu."
Gongsun Linglong was also very happy. She wanted to make meritorious deeds when she came out this time. Long Chen agreed, and the empress would definitely not object.
The two siblings looked at the empress expectantly
The empress had no choice but to smile and said: "Okay, then you will lead the army and everything will be arranged by King Wu."
If Long Chen dared to agree, he must have his own plans, so the empress specifically added that everything would be subject to Long Chen's arrangements.
The two of them said happily: "Thank you, Your Majesty, the general will take your orders!"
The empress said: "Okay, let's all go and rest."
Long Chen followed him and exited the room.
When they got outside, Gongsun Linglong immediately grabbed Long Chen and asked: "Damn eunuch, have you already thought of a way?"
Gongsun Linglong is not stupid, she knows that she can't defeat Liu Feibai, and Long Chen must have some plans.
Long Chen asked in return: "How? What method?"
Gongsun Linglong panicked a little and said, "I can't think of a way to capture Zhongwucheng by myself."
Gongsun Ming also wanted to ask Long Chen what to do.
Long Chen smiled and said: "General Gongsun, you took the initiative to ask for help. Of course you can think of your own way, I can't."
After saying that, Long Chen laughed and went back to rest.
"Damn eunuch, come back here!"
Gongsun Linglong was so angry that she jumped up and down. Gongsun Ming advised: "Sister, forget it, King Wu is tired too. We will take care of this job ourselves and we will find a way ourselves."
"Let's ask Yingfeng about the situation first and find out the situation in Zhongwucheng first."
"Know yourself and your enemy and you will be victorious in any battle. This is what King Wu said."
Gongsun Linglong had no choice but to go to Yingfeng to inquire about the situation.
To the west of Gyeongin County.
Guitai arrived with Li Chengdao, Xuan Jizi, Feng Erniang, and other ministers in the court. After receiving the news, guard Xu Feng immediately went out of the city to greet him.
"The last general, Xu Feng, pays homage to the Holy Son, Your Majesty."
Xu Feng dismounted and bowed by the roadside.
Guite ignored it, Li Chengdao ignored it, and everyone went directly into the city.
Li Chengdao was ordered to intercept Long Chen in the north. After waiting for a long time without seeing Long Chen, he heard that Long Chen was heading south.
Before anyone could wait, Li Chengdao led his troops and horses east to catch up with Gui Fei and returned to Qingren County together.
After entering the city, the ghost fetus did not enter the commander's mansion, but entered a palace in the north.
The plaque reads: Prince Qingren’s Palace.
Entering the palace, Gui Fei was sitting in the middle of the lobby, with Li Chengdao and others kneeling underneath.
"How's it going?"
Guite asked coldly.
Yu Ziming, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, replied: "Reporting to the Holy Son, after Long Chen walked south for a while, he suddenly turned back and attacked our baggage troops. Tens of thousands of people were robbed and all the ordnance and baggage were lost."
"Fortunately, there were no losses in the front troops, and all of them have camped outside the city."
In fact, Yu Ziming felt that the losses in this battle were not large. Only the reinforcements from Qingren County were killed for a while, and the other troops did not suffer major losses.
As for the ordnance and baggage, if it is lost, it is lost. As long as the strength of the troops is preserved, the battle can be organized again.
