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This battle of Ann Army defeat was incomparably tragic. Of the two hundred thousand great army, over fifty thousand were wounded and injured, but there were a hundred thousand that were captured. The remaining people were all dispersed, and Ann Army Commander Li De was lucky enough to escape from the encirclement, with only a thousand or so people remaining.

More importantly, his confidence in fighting against the Feng Army was completely gone. After the battle, Ann Army was simply like a tiger or leopard, fleeing the moment they heard "wind", and there was an additional nickname added to the Feng Army ? ? Peacock. Its appearance was very beautiful, and from time to time, it could even spread its wings to scare people. However, in reality, it did not even need to be hit and was instantly destroyed.

A Feng Army of over seventy thousand people could lose a total of two hundred thousand, and his own was merely a mere ten thousand. This result was something that no one could have predicted.

In the end, he barely managed to gather forty to fifty thousand people. He was afraid that if Feng Army chased them again, he would lead his subordinates and immediately retreat back to where they were at.

There was actually a lot of Ann Country that was no less than a million. Losing over a hundred thousand people did not harm one's vitality, but the courageous battle on Feng Army gave Ann Country an enormous shock and fear, as he did not dare to easily dispatch troops again.

After that, Ann Country had basically quit the Wind Slasher Union, and only morally provided supplies for Chuan and Zhen Zhen Xing.

The reason why Ann Country did not continue to dispatch troops was because they were afraid of Feng Army's combat strength. The second reason was that Pingyuan Army had released the one hundred thousand Ann Army captive, which had also become the main reason.

Xiao Muqing did not think too much about how to deal with the hundred thousand Ann Country captives, nor did he apply to Tang Yin for permission to release them all.

There was no enmity between Feng Country and there was no enmity between them. If they were to directly execute so many prisoners and morally speaking of not going, they would also leave behind a brutal and unruly reputation for them. But if they were to be imprisoned, how much money would it cost for a hundred thousand people to eat and drink and be watched over every day? Moreover, this battle was just too easy, and the captives given off by the Ann Country of a hundred thousand people was just too easy.

Xiao Muqing thought for a bit and felt that it would be easier to let them all go, as it would also show his side's benevolence and magnanimity.

Feng Army did not kill a single one of the captives, they only took back their weapon and armor, and then returned them all back to Ann Country. Borrowing this tragic defeat, he just so happened to cease the war and no longer responded to the calls of Chuan and Zhen Zhen Qi for troops to go out to fight. But in order to not offend Chuan and Zhen Qi, Ann Country proposed to provide them with food, weapons, and other supplies for free.

The battle at the Pingyuan Army side went smoothly, but the battle at the Sanshui Army side was a bit more difficult.

Although there weren't any famous generals in Huan Army, their combat power wasn't weak. At the very least, they had plenty of experience in actual combat.

The Huan Country s were located in the southern central region of the Haotian Empire, just like the Zhen Country s in the southern region of the Haotian Empire s, they were often invaded by the Western Savage Country s and various countries. The Huan Country s were slightly better than the Zhen Country s in terms of population and resources.

Huan and Zhen Zhen were close neighbors, and also faced with the threat of Western powers and Pyncheons as well. Thus, the relationship between the two countries was very subtle, that was, they had to cooperate frequently to fight the enemy together, and at the same time, there was a dispute over the territories. Small scale conflict and strife broke out between the two nations, and only after Zhen Country and them had reached an alliance, did the entanglement between Huan and Zhen manage to lessen, and Huan Country's policy towards Zhen Country had also become one of compromise.

With regards to the strength of one hundred thousand Sanshui Army s against the two hundred thousand Huan Army s, Liang Qi did not underestimate them.

Liang Qi did not directly find the enemy like Xiao Muqing did, fighting head to head with him. Instead, he followed Huan Army from behind and divided the ten thousand cavalrymen in the army into several squads, harassing them day and night, causing them to be unable to calm down.

Of course, there were scouts on the Huan Army as well. They had already known that there was a rather large Feng Army following them from behind, and even Huan Army Commander Xu Qing had taken the initiative to turn his head to attack as well. Although there were a lot of people in the Huan Army, it was not easy for them to break through the Feng Army's encampment. After a few rounds of attacks, not only were they unable to break through, they had lost a lot of soldiers. In the end, Xu Qing could only helplessly withdraw his troops, no longer paying attention to the Feng Army, and continued to rush towards the Ning Country.

He did not want to bother with Feng Army, but Feng Army kept on pestering him.

Once Huan Army left, he would immediately break out of the camp and continue to follow them from afar. What gave Huan Army a headache was the opposing party's harassment tactics, the small group of Feng Cavalry s rushed over seemingly twelve hours a day, and ran after they were done fighting. What was even worse was that the horses they rode on were all Mo Country horses, so fast that even if Huan Army wanted to chase after them, it was impossible.

After the Huan Army had been provoked, they turned around to attack it. However, the latter had already built a camp and was ready for battle, causing the Huan Army's offense to be futile.

In these few days, the disturbance in the Huan Army was overpowering. The officers and soldiers were extremely tired, their voices filled with grievances, and one after another, the generals of the army begged Xu Qing to submit, as they fought the Feng Army behind them to the death.

Xu Qing also wanted to fight Feng Army to the death, but Feng Army simply did not give him the chance to fight face to face.

It was unknown where Feng Army's scouting was hidden, and it was abnormally well-informed. As long as there was even the slightest movement from the Huan Army side, Feng Army would be able to receive the news within the first time.

In the previous few times, when the Huan Army had turned around and attacked the Feng Army, they were the ones who had just started moving when the Feng Army behind them started camping and arranging Rejecting Wooden-Horse s. When they neared the Feng Army, the other party's encampment was just about to be completed.

All of the generals' requests were rejected by Xu Qing one by one. At this time, a person named Xue Pei gave Xu Qing a rotten idea.

Xue Pei told him to keep the fifty thousand soldiers, to set up camp and obstruct the Feng Army, while the rest of the soldiers continued to head north and enter the Ning Country. His reasoning was very simple. Since a hundred thousand Feng Army could block their own two hundred thousand army, then their own fifty thousand soldiers could also block their own hundred thousand army.

Xue Pei's reasoning sounded reasonable, but in reality, he couldn't afford to think about it too carefully.

Sanshui Army could only rely on the firm barrack of one hundred thousand and two hundred thousand soldiers, but it did not mean that the other armies could do the same. The Military Strategy stated that once one was three times stronger than the enemy, they would be able to break out of the city and pull out of the stronghold, but in reality, there were many external factors that were not recorded in the Military Strategy.

Just as Xu Qing was hesitating, the other Generals s all expressed their opinion on Xue Pei's behalf. Leaving fifty thousand warriors behind, not only would it stop the enemy from following them, it would also break the enemy's harassment tactics. was unsure if his own army would not have to wait for an entire day and night.

With one person saying this, perhaps Xu Qing still had some concerns. However, with the generals saying this, he no longer had any choice but to object.2

It was Xue Pei who had come up with the idea. Xu Qing had originally planned to have Xue Pei stay, and let him lead fifty thousand soldiers to guard the place, but Xue Pei refused to do it.

Since Xue Pei didn't agree, Xu Qing didn't force him, and instead, sent Qian Yi and Tang Er to stop the Feng Army.

The military order was like a mountain. With Xu Qing's order, the one hundred and fifty thousand Huan Army soldiers left, leaving fifty thousand soldiers to guard where they were, and set up camp. They set up walls, gaps, Rejecting Wooden-Horse, traps, and so on, taking the stance of battling with the Feng Army for a long time.

The spies from Sky Eye and Earth Web truthfully transmitted every single movement of the Huan Army back to the Sanshui Army. When Liang Qi heard this, he laughed out loud.

As soon as Qian Yi and Second General Xiang Tang finished setting up the camp, the Sky Eye and Earth Web scouts hiding in the vicinity sent a rough map of the camp's layout back to the Sanshui Army. They even clearly marked out where the enemy had set up the traps, as well as the Rejecting Wooden-Horse s and gaps.

After receiving the diagram of the Enemy's Camp, Liang Qi did not delay for even a moment, and immediately passed down the order, the entire army attacked.

The attack this time was just a feint, the goal was to numb Huan Army.

The morale of the Huan Army that had just been set up in the stronghold was at its peak. Seeing the arrival of the Feng Army, every pair of eyes were shining with excitement.

With fifty thousand Huan Army, there were less than ten thousand archers, but with one hundred thousand Sanshui Army, they forcefully shot back.

Seeing that Feng Army had been defeated and fled, and had lost all the armor, weapons, army flags, and supplies on the ground, Qian Yi and Second General Tang were overjoyed, and even pretended to go out to chase after him for a while. However, they did not manage to catch up with Feng Army, but instead brought back all the abandoned armor, weapons, and the like back to the camp.

In the past few days, Huan Army had only suffered from Feng Army, but this time, they won greatly. Qian Yi and Tang Le couldn't even close their mouths.

The two of them immediately sent a battle report to Xu Qing. In the battle report, the two exaggerated the number of people killing over ten thousand people from Feng Army, the amount of materials they had captured, and so on. In truth, how could the two of them clearly see how many people were killed in Feng Army?

They had won a great battle in the day, but at night, the fifty thousand Huan Army were sleeping peacefully in the camp.

No matter whether it was the generals or the soldiers, they were already exhausted to the extreme. Now that Feng Army had just suffered from such a huge loss, no one dared to come again at night to attack;

While the Huan Army was resting at ease, it was actively preparing for battle.

The temporary set up Central Army Tent was filled with candlesticks, and the big tent was illuminated as bright as day. The Sanshui Army commanded Liang Qi, the vice commander-in-chief Bai Yong, as well as Shangguan Yuan, Ye Tang, Gao Yu and the other generals were all there.

There was no time in the makeshift camp to set up a sand table, only to be replaced by stones, piles of earth, and other objects on the central ground.

All the generals stood to the left and right, while the gazes of the people fell on Liang Qi, waiting for his order to attack.

At this moment, Liang Qi was smiling, holding his chin, he was deep in thought, thinking about how he should defeat the enemy in this battle, and how he should minimize the casualties on his side.

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