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"Don't go south." Yuan Tian frowned: "Our army can only retreat to the west, towards the Xishan County."

Han Zhong was startled for a moment, then nodded his head and replied: "Yes, yes, yes! It is easy to defend but hard to attack. Even if we chase after them with Feng Army, we won't be able to take advantage of them. "

Xishan County was located in the northwest of Mo Country, and it was an extremely special county. One, the terrain was special, and the other, the County Head was special. The County Head of Xishan County was called Shao Yu, and belonged to the same sect as Shao Fang. However, the blood relationship between the two was rather distant, if one really wanted to look back, they would have to go back to the generation of their profound ancestors.

Shao Yu's Profound Ancestor and Shao Fang's Profound Ancestor were siblings, and at that time, according to the inherited position, Shao Yu's Profound Ancestor should have inherited the throne of the Mo Country. However, Shao Yu was not interested in the position of the Throne, and did not believe that he had the ability to govern the entire country properly, and had voluntarily given it to Shao Fang as his Profound Ancestor. Once Shao Fang had ascended to the throne, in order to thank his elder brother for his grace, he gave Shao Yu the position of Marquis of Western Mountain, who was in charge of the Xishan County.

From the first generation of Shao Yu's Profound Ancestor, he had been Marquis of Western Mountain, and in the end, his great-grandfather and father had passed on from generation to generation, all the way until he was the fifth generation Xishan County's County Head. It could be said that the position of the Shao Yu Family in the Xishan County was deeply rooted and unshakable. Their prestige amongst the common people had exceeded even that of the Sovereign, and the decree the Shao Yu Family issued in the Xishan County was even more effective than the King Mo's decree. Xishan County had already become a nation amongst nations.

When Shao Fang wantonly massacred the Shao Family, he also thought of Shao Yu. He wanted to kill him several times, but when he thought about it carefully, he helplessly gave up. One reason was that Shao Yu's profound foundation in Xishan County was too deep, and the other reason was that the terrain of Xishan County was too special.

The Xishan County surrounded the mountain on all four sides, and the entire county seemed to be trapped in a huge basin. If one wanted to enter the county, they could only go through the western mountain entrance, which was also completely blocked by the Fengyang City. Furthermore, the county troops numbered over two hundred thousand with fertile land and abundant resources. Not only was the grain production in the entire county self-sufficient, it could also be handed over to the imperial government of Mo Country for up to a million stones every year. Xishan County could be said to require food, money, troops and soldiers. With the steep terrain, attack and defense, even when Shao Fang was the craziest, he still did not dare to rashly make a move against him.

Right, retreat towards the Xishan County, you can lure the Feng Army away from the heart of the Mo Country, and if the Feng Army dares to forcefully attack the Xishan County, that is asking for trouble, seeking death.

He said anxiously: "Hurry and give the order, the entire army is to retreat towards the Xishan County!"

Yuan Tian shook his head, looked, and said: "The frontlines are already unable to be pulled back, now we can only bring the centre troops and the rear troops to retreat!"

"What?" Han Zhong was shocked, and unconsciously opened his eyes wide. The front of the army had a hundred thousand warriors, if they only withdrew the center of the army and the rear, then the hundred thousand soldiers of the front of the army would all die at the hands of the Feng Army.

Yuan Tian said helplessly: "Based on the current situation, we need someone to stay behind and delay the Feng Army, otherwise we won't be able to withdraw our Xishan County at all, and would be completely annihilated by the Feng Army."

Han Zhong was unable to speak for a long time, he did not have the time to wait for him to make a decision, and said: "Master Han, now is not the time to be indecisive." While speaking, he ordered the surrounding generals, "Send orders to the central and rear armies, retreat to the west. Also, send orders to the frontlines, fight to the death with Feng Army. Our reinforcements will be here immediately."

"Yes!" "General!" All the generals revealed troubled expressions, but they still complied with their orders and left.

Yuan Tian used the method of abandoning the vehicle, sacrificing the previous army, and taking advantage of the chaos to withdraw the 150,000 people's middle and rear troops.

Tang Yin, who was guarding the outer parts of the battlefield, saw through the movements of the Mo Army very clearly. He immediately understood the intentions of the Mo Army and ordered his men to send out orders to the Huwei Army s to eliminate the remaining Mo Army s. Then, without needing to chase after the enemy, he went straight down the mountain to head for the Jueqing Mountain s and remove the encirclement while he himself led the Directly Subordinate Army s to chase and kill the retreating Yuan Tian and Han Zhong's team.

As Yuan Tian and Han Zhong were retreating, they discovered that there were a large number of Feng Army chasing them from behind. The two of them quickly gave the order and the entire army threw away their supplies.

In order to lighten the burden on their bodies, many soldiers threw away their armors and weapons. One hundred and fifty thousand people, without the will to fight, escaped to the west like a plate of scattered sand.

had already made up his mind long ago that he would completely annihilate the main force of this Mo Army. The chase between the two sides lasted from morning until noon. The distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer.

In the end, Yuan Tian was left with no choice but to split out another twenty thousand Mo Army to obstruct the path of the Feng Army, in order to create time for the main forces to escape.

Facing such a tiger-like Directly Subordinate Army, with only twenty thousand people losing all their fighting spirit and their morale falling to the bottom, how could anyone resist them?

The battle between the two sides had turned into a one-sided massacre from the very beginning. The Directly Subordinate Army was like a tornado, and as soon as it left, it dispersed the twenty thousand Mo Army s and then after less than two hours of battle, not a single person out of the twenty thousand Mo Army s had escaped.

Tang Yin did not have the time nor the energy to watch these Mo Army captives being taken captive, hence he immediately made a decision and ordered them all to be executed.

His one sentence, had turned over ten thousand captives of the Mo Army into ghosts under the blades of Feng Army.

At the very least, it had greatly slowed down the speed of his Feng Army and bought quite a bit of time for Yuan Tian and Han Zhong's hundred thousand people.

With Tang Yin in the lead, chasing after the enemies bitterly for two days and two nights, they finally saw the shadow of their Mo Army again.

Just when everyone was excited and thought that they could destroy the enemy's main force in one go, Mo Army ran into a long and narrow valley.

Actually, this valley wasn't too narrow. Even if there were five or six carriages running side by side, it wouldn't be a problem. It was just that it was too deep. The mountain peaks on both sides of the valley were too high, making the valley seem extremely narrow.

After chasing the enemy till here, Tang Yin ordered for the entire army to stop their advance in a hurry and rest in place. He brought many General of Feng Country s to the front of the valley and examined it.

The mountain peaks on both sides of the valley were towering, and the cliffs were as smooth as a mirror. If an ambush was set on the two sides of the mountain, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Tang Yin looked at them and gasped. He turned his head and shouted: "Where is Le Tian, Ai Jia?"1

"This lowly general is here!" Le Tian and Ai Jia urged their horses forward, stepping behind Tang Yin to pay their respects.

Tang Yin pointed to the valley in front of them and asked: "Where is this? Why is it so steep? "

"Reporting to my great king, this place is called Western Mountain Gate, and is also the only way to enter Mo Country. Passing through the valley should be Xishan County." Ai Jia had done a lot of preparation work, so when Tang Yin asked her about it, she blurted it out without thinking.

"So it turns out that we actually caught up to the enemy's Xishan County." Tang Yin did not have much understanding towards Xishan County, but he had paid attention to this place when he was looking at the map of Mo Country. The Xishan County was located in the west side of the Mo Country and although it was close to the Yu Country, the entire county was surrounded by mountains and could not access the Yu Country directly. Furthermore, the location of the Xishan County was remote and had no strategic value, so it was not within Tang Yin's primary goal to attack.

"It looks like the remnants of Mo Army have long planned to flee to the Xishan County to seek refuge." "Mo Army attempts to use the dangerous terrain of Xishan County to obstruct the pursuit of our troops."

"Humph!" This time, even if Mo Army escapes to the ends of the earth, I will still drag them out! " Tang Yin laughed coldly, and said: "Send some strong and skilled men to the top of the mountain to see if there are any ambushing troops. After finding out who it is, report it to me immediately."

"Yes!" "Great King!" Le Tian and Ai Jia answered and immediately sent out their Sky Eye and Earth Web's elite spies to climb the mountain to investigate.

It was easy to say, but it was not easy to do. The mountain peaks on the two sides of the western gate were tall and steep, making it extremely difficult to climb, Le Tian and Ai Jia had sent over thirty spies, and only when the sky turned dark did they return to the Feng Army Camp. Moreover, they did not return completely unharmed. It was a good thing that they had brought back accurate information. No one was found on the mountain peaks on both sides of the valley.

It could be understood that even half of the elite Sky Eye and Earth Web scouts had died while climbing the mountain, so it was easy to imagine how difficult it was for ordinary people to climb the mountain. However, such a steep mountain peak was not suitable for large-scale ambushes.

He ordered the troops to temporarily rest outside the valley for the night. They would wait until the next morning before entering the valley to fight the enemy to the death.

First, he was not familiar with the terrain, and was afraid of being ambushed by the enemy. Secondly, after days of chasing after the enemy, the entire army was exhausted, and needed time to rest and tidy up.

The Directly Subordinate Army did not rashly attack, but instead went out of the valley at night and launched a sneak attack on the Feng Army camp.

These past few days, Directly Subordinate Army had always been chasing after the Mo Army, they never thought that the Mo Army would dare to take the initiative to attack.

Directly Subordinate Army was not well-prepared, and was caught unprepared by Mo Army's sneak attack. Fortunately, Mo Army's attack was not of a large scale, and did not cause too much damage to Feng Army. However, after a chaotic battle, Directly Subordinate Army still lost more than two thousand people.

After knowing about this, Tang Yin was furious. Just as dawn of the next day, Tang Yin would order the entire army to attack, break through the Western Mountain Pass, and obtain the Fengyang City.

The Directly Subordinate Army that she thought she had been slapped in the face by the Mo Army was approaching menacingly, and with the momentum of a thunderbolt she charged into the Western Mountain Pass.

The Mo Army had more than a dozen simple strongholds and checkpoints within the Western Mountain Pass, as though they were afraid of the arrival of the Feng Army which was extremely ferocious, and all of the ten or so strongholds and checkpoints were emptied of people.

Further in, would be the last barrier at the Western Mountain Pass, which was also the most important one for the Western Mountain Pass's defense, the Fengyang City.

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