"Commander holding the halberd, the entire army retreats. Why didn't we receive the military order?" A soldier behind Su Bai said with a puzzled expression.
"Liu Qingcang doesn't want us to go back at all, so it's impossible to send military orders here!"
"Chief Halberd, what should we do now? Should we continue to track the assassin or go back to Fengyang City with the army?"
"withdraw!"
"Quickly rendezvous with the army and return to Anyang City. If Liu Qingcang troubles me, I believe the general will give us justice!"
Su Bai made up his mind, a look of determination appeared on his cold cheeks, and ordered a thousand soldiers to move towards the leaving army at full speed.
Chu Feifan and Jia Yuan, who were hiding in the Purple Bamboo Forest, saw Su Bai leading a thousand soldiers and turning away. Their figures suddenly rose up, their eyes resting on the torches that were moving like a long dragon.
"Sir, it seems that the burning of the military camp severely damaged the Fengyun Kingdom's enemy troops, and they all retreated!"
"No!"
"Gongsun Ba has seen our plan clearly. He is retreating to Fengyang City to regroup, intending to fight to the death with our army. It seems that what Xi'er and Lin Aiqing said is true. This Gongsun Ba is really not good.
Deal with it."
When Jiayuan heard Chu Feifan's words, his expression became solemn: "Master, what should we do next?"
"Return to Anyang City quickly, gather all our troops, reorganize our troops, and attack Fengyang City!"
"Chief Halberd Leng Xiuhan listens to the order. You rush to Hukou Cliff to inform General Zhongwu to return to Anyang City. The others will follow the same route back."
Today, in the first year of Zichu, in late spring, at midnight, the Zichu Kingdom and the Fengyun Kingdom had their first confrontation, which ended with the Fengyun Kingdom retreating without a fight.
.....................
The next day.
Dawn gradually breaks, the light blue sky is studded with a few remaining stars, and the earth is hazy, like a silver-gray veil.
In Anyang City, outside the Marshal's Mansion, a sound of horses neighing and neighing was heard. Lin Chong jumped off the horse with a dusty appearance, handed the reins to the guard at the door, got up and ran towards the Marshal's Mansion.
In the Marshal's Mansion, in the meeting hall, Chu Feifan sat on a high seat in the center with a tired look on his face. On either side of him were Jia Yuan, Jiajing, Lin Kuang, Wei Li, Xing Tianlie, and Pan Shaoan who came from Qingmu City.
Everyone sat in two rows.
"Your Majesty, General Lin Chong is back!" Xiao Guizi's voice came from outside the door.
"Please invite General Lin in quickly!"
Chu Feifan stood up suddenly as he spoke, quickly walked down from his high position, got up and walked towards Lin Chong who came in.
"Lin Chong, the last general, has met the emperor!"
"General Lin, please come quickly. This time the general has made great contributions to our Zi Chu. In the battle of Hukou Cliff, we defeated the enemy's vanguard of 20,000 people. It really shows the power of our Zi Chu army!"
"Your Majesty, your Majesty praised me. It is only through the concerted efforts of the generals and soldiers that we can defeat the vanguard of the army. It is definitely not the work of the last general alone!"
"Haha, General Lin is humble. I will record this military achievement for now. When our army defeats Fengyun Kingdom, I will reward the three armies!"
Finished speaking.
After Chu Feifan signaled Lin Chong to sit down, he strode back to his seat with a solemn look on his cheeks and said: "Everyone knows that Fengyun Kingdom suddenly withdrew its troops and returned to Fengyang City. Their intentions are unknown now, so I am recruiting
My dear friends, you are here to discuss how we will proceed with this battle."
"Whoa!"
Lin Chong's figure rose up, stood sideways in the center of the hall, clasped his fists and saluted: "Your Majesty, the last general thought that we could seize the opportunity to pursue the victory and capture Fengyang and Jingzhou in one fell swoop!"
"Your Majesty, I think General Lin is a little eager for quick success. Although our army has repulsed Gongsun Ba's hundreds of thousands of troops in this battle, their army is still several times larger than ours. Now coupled with the troops from Fengyang and Jingzhou, they are probably even more powerful.
, so what we have to do now is-wait!”
"wait?"
"What Military Advisor Jiajing means is that after Xi'er succeeds, we will send troops to Fengyang City, right?"
"This is exactly what I mean. Once Miss Nangong succeeds in burning the enemy's food and grass in Changlin County, it means that hundreds of thousands of soldiers will be starved of food. By then, when we send troops to Anyang, we will definitely be able to get twice the result with half the effort."
"Generals, do you have any other ideas?"
"I think what the military advisor said makes sense!"
Xing Tianlie, Wei Li, and Lin Kuang all agreed that what Jiajing said was reasonable. Only Jiayuan and Pan Shaoan looked calm and did not express their thoughts.
"Jia Aiqing, Pan Aiqing, what are your different opinions?"
"Your Majesty, I think what General Lin said is unreasonable. We should work together and point our swords at the wind and sun while the morale of our army is high. This will not only demonstrate the power of our army, but also weaken its edge."
"Yes, I also agree with General Lin's statement!"
Chu Feifan did not expect that Jiayuan and Pan Shaoan would agree with Lin Chong's idea. In fact, he also very much agreed with Lin Chong's statement. Judging from what Lin Kuang said and the captured General Li, the Fengyun Army was indeed not what it used to be.
"Whoa!"
Chu Feifan raised his sleeves and drew out the purple gold sword from his waist. He placed the tip of the sword on the wooden table in front of him, and his sword-like eyes flashed across the figures of Lin Chong and the three of them.
"General Zhongwu Lin Chong, Renyong Colonel Jia Yuan, and Yunqi Lieutenant Pan Shao'an, I ordered you three to lead 20,000 troops to camp outside Fengyang City. Remember not to rush in in case you are ambushed by the enemy."
"The purpose of your visit here is to frighten the enemy forces in Fengyang City and collect information about Fengyang City. If they don't take the initiative to send troops to attack, you can just stay put and pay close attention to the movements in the city. Do you understand?"
"The last general takes command!"
"The last general takes command!"
"The last general takes command!"
"Your Majesty, I am willing to go together with General Lin and the other three, and I hope your Majesty will give you permission!"
Lin Kuang suddenly stood up and saluted and said, Chu Feifan chuckled: "Lin Aiqing is familiar with the Fengyun Kingdom's army. It is most suitable for you to accompany General Lin and the three of them there!"
"General Lin, I will leave my 20,000 troops to you, and you can't let what happened on Hukou Cliff happen again, do you understand?"
"The general will obey the order!"
Lin Chong knew that what Chu Feifan was referring to was that he had disobeyed military orders before the war and secretly put 20,000 enemy vanguard troops into Hukou Cliff. There was a look of panic on his cheeks and he said firmly in his voice.
"General Xing, the 10,000 troops of the Purple Forest Army will be handed over to General Lin for deployment. During this period, the general has been training the 5,000 captured soldiers in the city. I hope that they will all be galloping on the battlefield in the near future.
Only a wolf, tiger and leopard."
"The general will obey the order!"
Lin Chong and Xing Tianlie had just left the political hall. Xiao Guizi walked in in a hurry, lowered his head and whispered a few words in Chu Feifan's ear.
"interesting!"
"Jiajing Military Advisor, Halberd Commander Wei Li, and Leng Xiuhan, the three of you will go with the others to Huya Village to pay a visit to their owner Wen Boya."
A trace of anger appeared on Chu Feifan's stern cheeks, a sharp cold light passed through his deep eyes, and he spoke in a powerful voice.
"Your Majesty, something happened to General Haw Pao?"
"Huya Village actually imprisoned my general Hu Bao. Now the three thousand soldiers are leaderless. If I hadn't ordered someone to send General Hu Bao back, I'm afraid this matter would have been kept in the dark."
"Then how does the Emperor intend to deal with the matter at Huya Village?"
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