Not only that, soon, as intelligence was gathered, another thing that put pressure on Yue Fei and the generals in the imperial camp was that the number of Li Cheng's troops seemed to be larger than expected.

Let me add one more thing here. Li Cheng originally occupied Qingzhou, Weizhou, and Laizhou in the Pseudo-Qi, and was considered powerful. It was only because he lacked a political banner that he bowed to Liu Yu. After the battle of Dongping Prefecture, Liu Yu's eldest son was captured, and another general of the Pseudo-Qi, Kong Yanzhou, nicknamed Little Yue Fei, was killed. Only he preserved his strength and successfully escaped through the battlefield. Afterwards, he did not change his warlord habits. He actually took advantage of the situation and merged Zibo, which could have been influenced by Liu Yu, into Qingzhou. In name, he was still the master of three counties, but in fact, he was the master of four counties. He was more like the master of the Pseudo-Qi than Liu Yu... And these three counties plus Dengzhou and Jinan are actually the source of the saying of the five counties in Jingdong during the peace talks.

Back to the present, according to the surrendered people from Qingzhou, Li Cheng was waging war in these recognized large counties in the world, and he had a total of 40,000 to 50,000 soldiers, including regular and auxiliary troops. This time he brought 35,000 troops, which was much more than the 20,000 brought by the front army of the imperial camp. That was why Yue Fei asked Tian Shizhong to send troops to help.

However, according to the scouts, Li Cheng's troops were densely packed with both cavalry and infantry, and there were no less than 40,000 of them! Among them, there were even thousands of people dressed as Jin cavalry!

"General Yue, while there is still time, do you want to retreat to the back of the Zibo River and defend it by the river?" Tian Shizhong looked unhappy.

To be honest, Yue Fei was shaken for a moment. After all, he had met with Li Cheng's army and was deeply impressed by this man. He knew that this man was capable and competent, at least not worse than Zhang Rong. It was a pity that he was too ambitious... So one of them turned from a government soldier into a bandit, and the other turned from a bandit into a government soldier.

Such a person has been managing three counties in Jingdong for several years. At least the combat effectiveness of his troops is worth seeing... and the report from the scouts also verified this. An army of tens of thousands marched in to rectify the situation. This was not something that ordinary people could do, nor was it something that ordinary rebels could match. With such an army, they came in the form of returning troops, and there were several thousand cavalry reinforcements who were not sure whether they were from the Jin people. This was really the limit of the front army of the imperial camp.

"Can't."

But he was only hesitant for a moment, and Yue Fei immediately made up his mind, even drawing his sword and waving his hand to give the order. "First, the arrow is on the string, and it must be shot; second, we meet on a narrow road, and we have to fight for our lives... To be honest, we may not win if we go head-on, but if we retreat now, we will definitely lose! Pass on my order, after crossing the river, the whole army will be in formation, and march west without stopping!"

"east!"

After hesitating for a moment, Li Cheng, who had lost his two swords for a long time, had red eyes, but he finally slowly pulled out an ordinary sword from his waist, and then swung it heavily to the east. "All troops, line up and press eastward! We must not retreat now!"

PS: Awkward... I was too sleepy. The topic was "things", but I ended up writing a lot of things wrong.

Routine sacrifice, "Strange Cultivation Game":

The immortal cultivation game "Blue Ocean" was launched with great success, but due to the high difficulty, many players quit, but Fang Yue stayed. Three months later, the weirdness came to reality, and the game data was synchronized with reality. When people all over the world were being hunted by the weirdness, Fang Yue's painting style was different from them.

Fang Yue: You are so bold and weird, I can tell at first glance that you are not human!

Fang Yue: Weird, I need you to help me practice!

Fang Yue: Weird, did I allow you to escape? Great and Mighty Heavenly Dragon!