Zhang Sanfeng smiled faintly: "It's the same everywhere. In conspiracies and intrigues, the weak are often the most miserable. All living beings are chess pieces. Those who hold the pieces will not mind losing some pieces in order to win the final game."
"I hope that after Prince Yu becomes emperor, he can let the people rest and recuperate!" Lin Feng was somewhat helpless. He could only hope that the new ruler would be wise.
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The Northern King led the defeated army on a rapid march and arrived at the entrance of the small town on the Guifanshan Plain the next morning.
"Report! Your Highness, more than 600 of our scouts were killed in battle. We found a large number of horse hoof prints at the foot of a mountain fifty miles ahead. We then followed the tracks and found the bodies of the warriors in a mountain stronghold." A Northern Barbarian cavalryman came to report.
"What? There is an ambush ahead?" When the Northern King heard that so many cavalry scouts had died, he immediately became alert.
That's over 600 brave and skilled cavalrymen! Not a single one escaped alive? There must be an ambush, but how did they know we were going this way?
"Set up camp here and report back after further exploration!" the Northern King ordered.
"Yes, sir!" The scout received the order and went forward to conduct a more thorough investigation.
"Report! Your Highness, there is a waterway in this cave. After entering, there is a plain with a small town inside, but, but..." A northern barbarian soldier came to report, his expression a little flustered.
"Tell me! Just what?" asked the King of the North. The current situation is already bad, could it be worse than this?
"All the Yan people in the town are dead, and the army stationed there are also dead. It is estimated that there are tens of thousands of people."
"What? They are all dead? And there is still a large army? Where is this place? Why are there so many troops stationed here?" The King of the North was a little puzzled.
He didn't know, and the northern barbarian soldiers under his command knew even less.
So he led his guards into the plain town.
"What a great place! It's easy to defend but difficult to attack. There's only one waterway to get in, and there are countless stone forts guarding the waterway. As long as we block this waterway, outsiders won't be able to get in." The Northern King couldn't help but praise after he sat in a small boat and entered the plain and landed.
When he arrived at the town, King Bei also saw the corpses that had begun to rot and stink. From their death, King Bei could also tell that these people were killed by a swarm of black bees.
"Why is there a swarm of black bees here? Have people from the Liman tribe been here? Humph! They only use such despicable means. However, since the dead are people from Dayan, I should praise them a few words, hahaha!" The King of the North thought that this was done by the Liman tribe.
Afterwards, he led his men to the military camp. As soon as they entered, they smelled the stench of rotting corpses. The corpses covered the entire huge camp, making people feel nauseous.
"The Liman tribe has made a great contribution. If these armies had ambushed our group, we would not have been able to escape so easily. Hahaha, the Liman tribe did a great job!" The Northern King laughed out loud.
But then, he began to worry again. More than 600 cavalrymen responsible for reconnaissance died on the road ahead. There must be an ambush there, and there were also hundreds of thousands of pursuers from King Qi behind him.
The King of the North was very distressed as to what to do next. Is there no way to survive?
"Report! Your Highness, the Dayan pursuers are less than thirty miles away from here." At this time, the soldiers came to report.
"Thirty miles? Chasing so fast?" The King of the North now looked at these subordinates of the King of Qi with a different eye. He had always thought that in Dayan, only the Black Armored Army of the King of Yu was powerful, but he did not expect that the subordinates of the King of Qi were also very tenacious.
"Damn it! There's an ambush ahead and pursuers behind us. I might as well not run away. Let's fight to the death. Spread the word, all troops, prepare for battle. They've been chasing us for so long, they should be tired. Let's give them a head-on blow."
The reason why the Northern King issued this order was because he took into consideration the current situation. His army was already exhausted. If he continued to be chased like a flock of sheep, his army would be dragged down sooner or later. It would be better to wait for the enemy to tire themselves out and have a real fight. Who knows, it might even have miraculous effects.
If our own side is exhausted, then wouldn't the pursuing Qi Wang army be exhausted too? They must be very tired now, so why not fight them and catch them off guard?
The Northern King believed in his warriors, and the more critical the moment, the more they could perform beyond their normal capabilities.
Afterwards, the Northern King began to deploy for battle.
The Qi Wang army, which was marching quickly behind, never expected that these defeated troops were actually thinking of counterattacking.
Because they had not expected it, they were not mentally prepared at all and fell into the pocket formation set up by the King of the North in a hurry.
The battle lasted for a whole day and did not stop until dark. Judging from their combat skills, it was obvious that the northern barbarians had the upper hand.
The pursuing army of King Qi had been very tired in these days. In addition, the inland army had no experience in fighting against the northern barbarians. One attack threw King Qi's army into chaos.
The northern barbarians were experienced in combat. Even though King Qi had a large army, they could not deploy their troops in such a small battlefield. They could only fight in batches, and the northern barbarians usually won.
As one side gained strength while the other lost, the northern barbarians became more and more courageous, while King Qi's army retreated again and again. At the last moment, the Northern King seized the opportunity and sounded the horn for the entire army to attack.
“Kill! Kill! Kill!”
The northern barbarians rushed towards the frightened King Qi's army like a surging flood.
"Ah! We lost!"
"Run away!"
"There are too many northern barbarians!"
"Woo! I don't want to die!"
"Run for your life! The northern barbarians are coming!"
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The panic of the cowards disrupted the formation of King Qi's army. The army was defeated and fled like crazy, attacking their own central military tent. Even the supervising team fled for their lives when they saw that the situation was not good.
"It's over! Everything is over!" The commander-in-chief in charge of the command of King Qi was heartbroken at this time. It was clearly a pursuit battle, how could the defeated Northern Barbarians counterattack successfully?
The King of the North laughed heartily as he watched the defeat being reversed. All the conspiracies and tricks were still so vulnerable in the face of absolute strength.
The Qi Wang army left behind a field of corpses, as well as countless baggage vehicles and food. The Bei Wang ordered his men to kill as many as possible and not to take prisoners. He wanted to kill them so hard that they would be terrified and would be awakened from their dreams.
Although this was a great victory, the Northern Barbarians lost another 20,000 lives, and their strength was weakened once again.
"Report! Letter from Grey Eagle."
A soldier came before the Northern King and handed him a letter barrel.
The gray eagle is a bird of prey that excels at long-distance flight and, after being tamed, can deliver intelligence letters.
King Bei quickly opened the sealed letter box and pulled out the parchment letter inside.
"Hahaha! We are saved! King Yu's defenses have all been taken down by our Northern Barbarian warriors! Dayan, ah Dayan, you can't continue this drama any longer."
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