Chapter 350 Simon's Army, Defeat

Qiao Feng...

He now understood why General Qu Shao would rather give up his position as general than lead troops to fight.

These deputy generals relied on their strong connections in the court and each of them wanted to gain military merit, but they were as stupid as pigs, each holding his own opinions, and each of them was a tough guy.

"Generals, listen to my orders!"

"Wang Wu and Wang Liu led 50,000 troops to attack Qiangzhou, Li Jian led 50,000 troops to attack Chizhou, and I led 50,000 troops to attack Qinzhou.

Once you have captured the city, use beacon fires as a signal to inform this general."

"Commander Qiao, this is inappropriate."

His words were immediately refuted by several deputy generals.

"We have a fighting chance because of our large numbers.

This way, our advantage turns into a disadvantage, and our chances of winning are slim!"

"The odds of winning are low? Warfare relies on courage and perseverance, and no one can guarantee victory.

If you continue to be so fearful, there's no need to fight this war!"

Qiao Feng was furious. He had given the order, but these people still contradicted him. It was clear that they did not take him, the commander-in-chief, seriously.

"General Qiao, please calm down! That's not what we meant!"

"What do you mean?"

There was no way to answer this question, and the generals were silent.

"If you don't have any objections, just follow my orders!"

Nangong Min's scouts passed the news back in time.

Now, Bai Li calmed down!

"You stay in the city and command. When they come, use the Eight Oxen Crossbow to kill them. Then send another wave of crossbow arrows, and finally use the Sky Thunder to cover them!"

"Don't worry, I'm here in the city. Li'er, you better be careful outside."

Nangong Min always speaks to Bai Li in a doting tone, and sometimes Bai Li finds it so sweet that she can't stand it.

Bai Li gave him a reassuring look and rode on the eagle to watch the fun, oh no, to watch the battle.

Originally, the only advantage of the Simon Army was their large numbers, and now that they are dispersed, they are easier to deal with.

However, it’s okay for them to concentrate their forces to attack one place, Bai Li has his own ways to deal with it.

If Simon's army dares to attack, it will surely be defeated.

The war here was a foregone conclusion before it even began. The Emperor of the Great Zhou Kingdom led the army in person, but encountered many difficulties along the way, and the emperor almost died.

"Your Majesty, are you all right?"

Eunuch Li took off his eunuch clothes and put on his military uniform. If you ignore the slightly effeminate look in his gestures, he looks like an elegant literary general.

However, he is not doing civil service work now. His main task is to serve the emperor closely and to block the knife for the emperor when necessary.

The Emperor didn't mention this, but before he left for the battle, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager summoned him. One pleaded and requested, while the other issued a direct death order: "If anything happens to the Emperor, you will be beheaded!"

Eunuch Li did not dare to make any mistakes, and quickly pointed to the sky and swore to protect the emperor with his life.

"Lord Li, I'm fine. Let's go see how the battle is going. We need to escape."

Zhou Yu finished speaking with a heavy breath, covering the arrow feather on his shoulder, his face twisted in pain.

Imperial Physician Wu was shot dead by an arrow in the chaos. The military doctor had just been brought over by Eunuch Li, and was now carefully cleaning his wound and preparing to remove the arrow.

It seemed that the expedition had started off badly. Zhou Yu had just led an army of 100,000 out of the capital when he was attacked by the armies of the Three Kingdoms from Qianxi, Weinan and Qiannan respectively.

He immediately divided his troops into three groups. He personally led one group to Weinan, and the other two groups were led by Bai Li's grandfather's family, the Li family army, to Qiannan, and the general Yang Zhong led the Yang family army to Qianxi to meet the enemy.

Now, he was on the way and faced the 100,000-strong army of the Li Kingdom head-on.

Although the Great Zhou army had magical weapons such as the Eight-Ox Crossbow and long-range crossbows, the Li army was so powerful that Zhou Yu was caught off guard.

The Li army was large in number. After they were hit by a wave of crossbow arrows and experienced the power of the Great Zhou army, they directly surrounded the hill where Zhou Yu was, intending to wear them out.

Zhou Yu led tens of thousands of troops and held out on this hilltop for nearly ten days, repelling several sieges by the Li army. Their crossbows were almost used up, and they were about to run out of ammunition and food!

"Your Majesty, the soldiers are still fighting hard, but..."

"But what? Go check how many bows and arrows we have left, and send a few scouts out to report the situation and seek support."

Eunuch Li took the order and went down. The military doctor seized the opportunity and pressed the wound and pulled hard.

"Ouch!"

Zhou Yu couldn't help but cry out in pain, and saw the military doctor handing him a bow and arrow with blood dripping from the arrowhead.

"Your Majesty, thank goodness the arrowhead is not poisonous."

Zhou Yu's old face turned red. He shouted so loudly just now, but fortunately not many people heard it.

After a while, Eunuch Li returned and reported, "Your Majesty, we still have 3,000 crossbow arrows and 5,000 bows and arrows, but the Eight Ox Crossbow has run out of arrows!"

Eunuch Li kept wiping the cold sweat from his forehead. It was October, so why was it still so hot?

"What?"

The military doctor was bandaging his wound, and when he moved, the wound almost broke open.

"Your Majesty, please don't move, or the wound will split!"

"Your Majesty, please don't worry. I will immediately order some people to cut down trees and make bows and arrows."

"You also brought the craftsman with you?"

"Hehe, Your Majesty, I heard this from the princess before, oh no, I heard from Marshal Bai that when the army is on the march, they can bring a few craftsmen with them so that they can make bows and arrows anytime and anywhere. This way, we don't have to worry about supplies being delivered in time and delaying the battle."

"Okay! Immediately give the order to mobilize 500 men to work day and night to produce bows and arrows."

"Yes, Your Majesty, just have a good sleep. When you wake up, everything will be solved!"

"I hope so!"

The military doctor fed him Ma Fo San, and Zhou Yu's consciousness gradually became blurred. Finally, he closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Eunuch Li wiped his eyes fiercely and ordered the military doctor to stay by the emperor's side. After he went out, he covered the entrance of the cave where the emperor was resting with a branch, then looked at the entrance deeply and turned away resolutely.

Bows and arrows can be made, but the army has no food!

As the emperor's right-hand man and the director in charge of logistics, he would cut his own flesh to give a sip of broth to the soldiers fighting on the front lines.

Eunuch Li was walking through the woods when he suddenly noticed a few wild rabbits startled and a few pheasants flying up nearby.

Eunuch Li slapped his thigh and laughed heartily, "Isn't there food now? God is truly not going to destroy our Great Zhou!"

After laughing, he hurried to find someone to go hunting with.

On Simon's side, Simon's army was wiped out as expected. Qiao Feng and several deputy generals were all killed. The remaining Qu Shao and a small number of soldiers, less than 5,000, laid down their weapons and surrendered!

Bai Li asked Nangong Min to write a victory report and return to the country, leaving 15,000 people to guard the three counties. She and Nangong Min led 55,000 people to attack the Simon Palace directly.

Everything was arranged properly, but disagreements arose when arranging the personnel who stayed behind.

Bai Li asked Bai Dalang and his brothers to stay in Qiangzhou with their men, Luo Yang, Wu Lanzhi and others to stay in Chizhou, and Bai Zongrui and his brothers to stay in Qinzhou with their men.