Fengyi was the gateway to the capital of the Yue Kingdom. Its walls were exceptionally strong, far taller than those of other counties. Pei Xiyuan ignored the fatigue of the long journey by horse and carriage. After entering the city, he headed straight for the east gate and climbed the city wall for a thorough inspection. Even though the Yan Army possessed artillery fire from above, he wasn't afraid, and instead, his fighting spirit was aroused!
His ace elite troops are no pushovers and have always become stronger when facing a stronger opponent. He stood on the city wall in a dragon robe facing the wind, his eyes passed over the Yanjun camp in front and the Jishui River, and looked firmly at the Central Plains shrouded in the night.
Thinking of the upcoming war, and thinking of the near future when he would lead his cavalry to conquer the vast land of the Central Plains, he gradually became excited!
"It's Pei Xiyuan, yes, it's him." Outside the tent, Ding Youtian put down the telescope. Guoguo lay calmly at his feet, and Baimei also lay quietly on its back.
When Pei Xiyuan led a large army to the north gate, they saw it and rushed back to report the news.
Qin Yifan and Huo Jincheng were still watching through binoculars. In the tent behind them, Jian Ning and Concubine Li were accompanied by Qiao Feng, several of Concubine Li's maids, and women from various counties who had spontaneously come to the army. They sat cross-legged on the woolen felt confiscated from the Yue army, mending the soldiers' clothes, shoes and socks.
Many soldiers had worn out their socks by the time they marched all the way from the capital to Xing'an, and then from Xing'an to Yueguo's Haoyi. On this cool autumn night, Jian Ning sat with them in their tent, mending their clothes and shoes while thinking about Pei Xiyuan's arrival with the main force. Would the war drag on until after the New Year? If it did, they would have to mobilize the people of the nearby counties to rush and make some shoes and socks for the soldiers.
She didn't know that after Mei Niang received Qin Yifan's letter and learned that the war would be delayed until after the New Year, she had already mobilized the people of Zhuling County to make shoes and socks for the soldiers.
The officials of Dazhou County and Baiya County also mobilized the people to rush to make winter clothes. They all thought that the war would be delayed until the beginning of next spring. However, Pei Xiyuan sent someone to issue a declaration of war that night, and agreed to start the war at the hour of Si three days later!
Three days later, the Dayan Army lined up in battle formation early in the morning, and the rooftops of Fengyi County were crowded with people and flags were flying.
Before the hour of Si, Pei Xiyuan climbed up the city wall surrounded by a group of military generals. As soon as the hour of Si arrived, with the sound of three cannons, the drawbridge outside Fengyi County was slowly lowered. Then a general rode out on his horse, and suddenly a thousand elite soldiers ran out behind him.
Leading the charge of the Moon Army was the mighty General Yuji, wielding a long axe, which was shaped like a broad axe but larger than an axe, with a wide blade and a long handle, and a round blade that could be used for chopping, which was very consistent with Yuji's temperament.
"Marshal, I am willing to accept your order and go into battle!" General Shang was the first to ask for battle.
King Pingnan agreed.
The weapon used by General Shang Lao is a pen holder fork. The middle part is long and can be used for stabbing, and the two sides are short and used for protection. The gap can be used to clamp the enemy's weapons, especially the long axe which is mainly used for chopping and stabbing. The pen holder fork can block and weaken the deterrent power of the long axe, and can be said to be the nemesis of the long axe.
"Have you run out of people in Yanchao?" Xiong Er raised his head when he saw that the general who came to fight was an old general with a white beard. "Hurry up and fight! It would be disgraceful for me to defeat an old man like you."
General Shang laughed in anger, "You scoundrel, stop being so arrogant! I'll take your head and present it to my Marshal. Watch me!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the pen holder in his hand had already stabbed towards Yuji's throat.
Xiong Er dodged to the side, and the two men fought back and forth. After more than ten moves, Xiong Er was secretly shocked. He had underestimated the old general. He immediately cheered up. In the blink of an eye, the two men fought for hundreds of moves. However, the old general Shang became more and more courageous, and his moves were not disordered at all.
After fighting for another hundred rounds, the drummers on the Yue Army's city wall and the Dayan Army's drummers were replaced several times, but the fight was still hard to determine. Xiong Er was the first strong enemy that General Shang encountered in this expedition, and the fight was very satisfying.
It can be said that they met a talented general and a worthy opponent, and they gradually developed a sense of mutual respect.
Jane Ning was fully armed and sitting on her horse, watching the two people fighting through a telescope. It was the first time for her to see Xiong Er displaying his prowess on the battlefield. He was truly a fierce general and deserved the title of a mighty general.
"Ding ding ding!" King Pingnan was afraid that General Shang would be in trouble. After all, he was old and the other party was in his prime, so he ordered his men to sound the horn to withdraw his troops.
It just so happened that the other side also called back their troops. Xiong Er was Pei Xiyuan's favorite general. As the saying goes, old men are wise, and he was worried that Xiong Er would be ambushed if the battle lasted too long. The southern barbarians were known to be cunning, and Xiong Er was straightforward, so he also called back his troops.
"I'll fight you later!" General Shang came riding back, brush fork in hand, sweat dripping from his forehead and slightly panting. "Why are you withdrawing your troops, Marshal? I was just about to behead the enemy, what a spoiler!"
"General, you are a brave man. It won't be too late to kill the enemy again tomorrow. Come with me to raid the enemy camp and rest for a while."
After a while, the gate of Fengyi city slowly opened again, and a female general rode out on horseback. This was Pei Xiyuan's sister Pei Zitong, a widow. Not long after she got married last year, her husband went out to fight with Pei Xiyuan's elite troops, and was killed by a poisoned arrow.
Pei Zitong has been practicing martial arts with Pei Xiyuan since she was a child, and she is also a man among women. This time, Pei Xiyuan led the army in person, and she heard that Princess An Ning of Yanchao was also in the army and was quite capable. She wanted to meet her, so she went to ask Pei Xiyuan to come along.
She was dressed in military uniform, with three peacock feathers on her head and two swords on her back. She came to the front of the battle and asked Princess An Ning to fight by name.
The one who led the Yan army to fight was Concubine Li, who was fully armed. She was good at using a spear, and when she saw Pei Zitong using a pair of swords, she also abandoned her spear and chose a pair of swords.
"Are you Princess An Ning?" Pei Zitong looked suspicious, feeling that the age didn't match, because she had heard that Princess An Ning was about the same age as her.
"How dare you, a mere bastard from a foreign country, challenge our Princess An Ning? You're dreaming!"
"Hey, I didn't scold you, why did you come up and scold me? How did I become a pheasant country?"
"Isn't that chicken feather stuck in your head? Stop talking nonsense and draw your sword!"
Pei Zitong shook his head. "I won't fight you. Go back and ask Princess An Ning to come over, or tell me your name. I won't kill nameless ghosts with my sword."
"First, defeat my sword!" After Concubine Li finished speaking, she thrust out two swords. She was the elder, and these two swords were feints, the purpose of which was only to force her to draw her sword.
An expert can tell whether a general is strong or weak just by watching her move. Seeing her extraordinary move, Pei Zitong immediately drew two swords from her back. The two female generals were evenly matched. After fighting for a while, Pei Zitong pretended to be defeated and fled on horseback. However, she did not flee to the city, but fled to the woods on the left. She wanted to use the cover of the trees to injure Concubine Li with flying stones and then capture her.
"Where are you running to!" Concubine Li held two swords in her left hand, held the reins with her right hand, squeezed her legs against the horse's belly, and chased after Pei Zitong.
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