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Nie Ze was an experienced general who had plenty of experience in Taifeng, and was also familiar with various combat examples and tactics. The situation in Stone Bridge City made him immediately realize that the opportunity to attack New Field City had come, and he had used beastly methods to secretly place ten thousand elite soldiers inside New Tian City. He knew clearly in his heart that in the fierce siege, these ten thousand mixed soldiers in the enemy city could play an even more important role than the hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers outside the city.

After taking down the stone bridge, Battle-tested Army only took half a day of rest in the city, and then, without bringing any transport equipment, the entire army brought three days of rations, and rushed towards the direction of Xintian.

The Battle-tested Army was too fast. The stone bridge had just been destroyed and the refugees had yet to flee to New Tian City, but the Battle-tested Army had already arrived at the base of the city.

With regards to the Feng Army that had suddenly appeared outside the city, the defenders of the New Tian Army were greatly alarmed. Their chief commander hastily ordered the city gates to be shut, blocking the citizens who had yet to enter the city.

Nie Ze did not care about the life and death of the citizens of Mo Country, upon seeing that Xin Tian was panicking, he immediately ordered his troops to attack. As the Battle-tested Army had been rushed over by a speedy advance this time, all the large scale weapons were left on the stone bridge. When attacking, the only thing he could use was the ladder.

This was a real hand-to-hand fight, and was a battle that the People of Zhen Country was familiar with. They did not use siege weapons, and only relied on their manpower to fight their way up. Before the battle on both sides lasted long, the Battle-tested Army elites that had infiltrated the city suddenly took action, charging up from behind the defending troops.

This was out of the army's expectation. People were already afraid of Feng Army to begin with, and their fighting spirit was not strong enough.

Taking this opportunity, the Feng Army outside the city rushed up to the city walls and engaged in a face-to-face, white-bladed battle with the defending army.

In the exchange of short soldiers, even the Feng Men had to admit defeat in front of the People of Zhen Country, let alone the Mo Army?

It had only been four hours since the start of the battle at Xintian, and the defenses of the Mo Army had already been completely destroyed. The officers and soldiers were scattered like a pile of loose sand as they fled into the city. The Battle-tested Army would not leave any breathing room for the opponent, so they chased after him using the Mo Army, causing a chaotic street battle in New Tian City. At this point in time, Mo Army no longer had any fighting spirit, and there was no suspense in the battle any longer.

Perhaps the victory in this battle was too easy, or perhaps the battles of the past few days had made the Generals And Soldiers of Battle-tested Army too exhausted. After occupying the new field, it was rare for there to be no large-scale massacre occurred, so half of the Battle-tested Army were stationed in the city and the other half outside the city, in order to have a short rest.

Battle-tested Army had been stationed in Xintian for three days, waiting for the heavy transport at the back to catch up with them before continuing their journey south towards Dingshan. From the perspective of the Generals And Soldiers of Battle-tested Army, the main force of Mo Army had already fled to Dingshan, and their side was bound to have a decisive battle with the Mo Army here.

The main force of the Mo Army was not at Dingshan. There were only around ten thousand soldiers defending Dingshan, and with just a walk and a walk, the army of Battle-tested Army was able to easily take over Dingshan City. As for where the main force of Mo Army had gone to, the scouts of Battle-tested Army had also yet to investigate it thoroughly. However, on the second day of the Battle-tested Army taking over Dingshan, an urgent report came from the back. The troops stationed at the Panling were ambushed by a large number of Mo Army, and currently, the Panling was no longer guarded.

Upon hearing this news, Nie Ze did not feel surprised at all. Instead, this was something he had long anticipated, and in the past, Chen Xiu and the others had also done the same analysis. The Mo Army would lead the enemy deeper in, and then return to the Panling, cutting off their own paths of retreat.

It was just that the Mo Army seemed to have forgotten one thing. The Battle-tested Army was a Feng Army in name, but in reality, it was a chaste army.

He looked around at the generals and asked, "Generals, guess what the enemy general is thinking right now?"

Chen Xiu smiled and said, "General Mo Army will definitely believe that after our army learns of the loss of our Panling, our entire army will retreat and snatch back our Panling, so that we can open the passage behind us."

"That's right!" Nie Ze nodded his head, and said: "If my guess is not wrong, the main force of Mo Army is already waiting at the Panling, they will only lead our troops to turn around and attack, and this time, Panling will not be broken so easily."

One of the Prunes General snorted and said, "What's there to be afraid of about a mere Mo Army? Since they want to fight to the death with our army in Panling, we can grant their wish! General, from what I can see, our army will immediately return to our Panling and fight it out! "

Nie Ze shook his head, and said faintly: "We have already fought against Panling once, so if we fight again later on, the soldiers will definitely be lacking in confidence. Also, we will definitely be well-prepared with Mo Army in the Panling, with the enemy's land advantage, even if we win this battle, I am afraid our losses will be very heavy." After pausing for a moment, he took a deep breath, gathered his spirits, and laughed: "Since the Mo Army is waiting for our troops to turn around and attack, then let the Mo Army wait. Our army will continue to move south, and directly obtain the Provincial Capital ? ? Chang City."

All of the generals were righteous, they all interfered and saluted, "This general obeys your orders!"

Despite knowing that his escape route had been cut off, the Battle-tested Army had still chosen to advance towards the south. This had indeed greatly exceeded the expectations of the Mo Army. After the Battle-tested Army was brought to the depths of the Zeping County, the main force of the Mo Army would split into two, one would bypass the Panling, and the other would hide in the mountain forest of the county in the middle of the lake. As long as one turned around and attacked the Panling, the Mo Army would be able to attack it from the front and back, making it hard for one to see the end of the Battle-tested Army.

However, what the Mo Army Master never expected was that the Battle-tested Army actually came to a trap, and didn't care about the problem of the backpath being broken at all. Instead, he took advantage of the gap where the main force of the Mo Army wasn't present to retrieve the Provincial Capital.

Right now, there were only two options in front of Yuan Cheng. The first was to give up Panling and use all his strength to save Chang City, but to abandon all consideration of Chang City and continue to stand firm on the Panling, blocking its supply line and the path of retreat.

In the end, had no idea what to choose. He asked his subordinate, the brain of Shen Yuan, for his opinion.

Back then, the one who gave him a strategy to lure the enemy in was Shen Yuan. If he chose to give up Panling now to save Chang City, it would be equivalent to saying that the scheme he had been a thorough mistake. How could Shen Yuan be willing to slap himself in the face?

So, even if he knew that it was wrong, Shen Yuan could only accept his mistake. He suggested to Yuan Cheng that they definitely must not give up on Panling, and as for the defense of Provincial Capital, they could gather the local troops from the various counties and cities to defend it. As long as they could hold on for ten days or half a month, Feng Army would definitely lose without any supplies.

After listening to his analysis, Yuan Cheng felt that it was not without reason. In the end, he decided to use Shen Yuan's method, the Central Army would continue to be stationed at the Panling, allowing the local army to guard the Chang City. He did not need to think about defeating the local army, as long as he could delay the Feng Army for a while.

Of course, the plan Shen Yuan gave him was just wishful thinking. The Battle-tested Army was so ferocious that even Mo Country could not resist it, how could it be considered a temporary levy of local troops? Not to mention surviving for ten days to half a month, even three to five days was more than enough.

Indeed. The momentum of the Battle-tested Army was like a hot knife through butter. Along the way, they fought consecutive victories, and really were undefeatable and invincible. It only took them ten days of effort to go all the way from Coiling County to Chang City.

The rest of the eighty thousand were summoned from all over the place, and more than half of them did not even have any armor or uniforms, which was something that the officials of the various places had gathered together to recruit strong men and slaves.2

It was undoubtedly a fantasy for such a large army to resist the tiger and wolf Battle-tested Army.

On the second day after the Battle-tested Army arrived at the Chang City, the entire army made a probing feint. Although it was probing nature, to the point that the Battle-tested Army did not even bring out 30% of one's fighting strength, it almost broke through the defense of the Chang City's walls. Nie Ze who was spectating the battle only saw half of it before returning to the camp and ordering the generals beside him to kill the pigs and sheep in the army.

Before the battle had finished, Nie Ze had already started to ponder the celebrations in the city. Since he was so confident, the soldiers below were naturally also extremely confident. The fake attack had ended quickly and he had rested for one day. The next day, Battle-tested Army and real attacks began.

The one hundred thousand soldiers of Chang City, other than the twenty thousand that could fight, the rest of the eighty thousand soldiers were basically just for show, that is, they had no actual combat experience, and did not have any combat training. Against an opponent like Battle-tested Army, they would be defeated in one strike, and with one defeat, they would be able to fight back for a thousand miles.

Under the all-out attack of his Battle-tested Army, his great Chang City was not even able to hold on for half a day, and his line of defense was torn to shreds and collapsed without exception.

The Feng Army outside the city rushed into the city in one go, not even sparring in the most basic streets. The defeated Mo Army were led by the County Head, they carried white flags, and surrendered armed.

The opponent was weak, so the Generals And Soldiers of Battle-tested Army couldn't keep his guard up. As for the surrendered Mo Army s, as long as they didn't wear military uniforms or armor, they would all be chased away.

Nie Ze did not execute these prisoners of war, but rather, made them die with Zeping County. Then, he changed his flag and hung the Feng Country Flag at the top of the city walls.

After occupying the Chang City, Nie Ze decided that the entire army would not go to war for a short period of time, and use this as a base to camp out. In the future, he would only send a small portion of his troops to invade the villages and towns surrounding the Chang City.

Right now, his Battle-tested Army had already penetrated deep into his Zeping County by several hundred kilometers. If he continued to fight his way south, he would reach the Haowan County, which would approach the capital Zhenjiang. At that time, it would also be very troublesome to attract the main forces of the Central Army. Right now he needed to wait, wait for Pingyuan Army and Feilong Army to catch up, and also for these two armies to help him get rid of the main Mo Army forces that occupied the Panling.

No matter what, it was better to not worry anymore than to be cut off at the back. To serve Feng Country, he only needed to try his best, and it was not enough to risk the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the army.

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