When these three forces came in pursuit, they had no idea that there were landmines and explosives.
As a result, dozens of people were injured or killed in the explosion.
The noise was like thunder.
The thunderclap from the ground, setting aside its destructive power, had already thrown the army into chaos with its shock and fear.
Many people believe in divine retribution.
A thunderclap out of nowhere—that's divine punishment.
How could things not be chaotic?
One person causing chaos is no big deal; just kill them. Ten people can also be killed, and a hundred can be suppressed. But when thousands or tens of thousands of people are in chaos, no matter who is in charge, they cannot be controlled.
The soldiers then scattered and fled.
During this process, many landmines were still triggered, causing the explosive charges to explode.
This made things even more chaotic.
They cleared through all the landmines in the area, killing and injuring hundreds of people.
But that's a minor issue. The real problem is the stampede that occurs when people try to escape, resulting in deaths and injuries among their own.
Once the landmines stopped detonating, Yunnan Ze led his troops into battle.
The enemy had no fighting power left. After a fierce battle, the three sides had more than 100,000 troops, with a third of them suffering casualties. In addition, some of them fled. It is estimated that if they can regroup their troops, they will be lucky to have half of them left.
After the enemy had completely fled, Yunnan Zeze withdrew his troops back inside the city walls.
This time, it's to give the other party a warning.
He brought a total of three thousand people with him.
But they were all cavalry.
Their development over the years is not to be underestimated; the cavalry alone numbered three thousand in Yunnanze.
The force consisted of 2,500 light cavalry and 500 heavy cavalry.
The heavy cavalry trained by Xiyue Blade can be equivalent to a hundred infantrymen.
Every heavy cavalryman is a treasure.
This time, they were indeed impressive and their fighting power was extraordinary.
None of them were lost; they were all brought back.
Yunnan Ze placed great importance on heavy cavalry.
After all, the number of landmines, grenades, and explosive charges is still limited, and landmines and grenades may not explode, and the damage caused by an explosion is uncertain.
In actual warfare, we still need to rely on manpower, especially heavy cavalry.
This battle was fought brilliantly.
Three thousand men fought against hundreds of thousands, and they reduced the number of hundreds of thousands to one-third, with some fleeing and others escaping.
It was because of this battle that Shenxi's reputation spread throughout the country.
Many people have come to know how formidable Chenxi is.
But now it's impossible to take advantage of Chenxi.
Shenxi already has a considerable amount of grain reserves; the planting of sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn is enough to feed the local people.
In the past few years, Shenxi has bought a lot of grain, and Baiqiao has also developed a high-yield dryland rice variety with excellent yields.
Furthermore, Shenxi encouraged local residents to engage in animal husbandry, using straw and grass to raise cattle and sheep, providing a large amount of base fertilizer. They also encouraged horse breeding.
At the same time, people are encouraged to raise pigs, but because pigs eat a lot of grain, it is not easy to raise more.
But it's still much better than before.
Furthermore, Chenxi has over 200,000 soldiers and horses across the entire province.
Simply because many people fled into her territory.
Later, in order to prevent people from fleeing, various regions have intensified their efforts to restrict people's movement.
Whenever you leave a town or village, you need a travel permit.
However, a large number of people had already arrived at Chenxi before that.
This battle in Yunnan Ze made Shenxi famous overnight.
This is the true meaning of "accumulating grain, building high walls, and delaying the proclamation of kingship."
Despite gaining fame among the feudal lords, Shenxi neither refused nor controlled it.
Since we can no longer develop quietly, let's develop in a high-profile manner!
She was complaining that her area had relatively few oil deposits; it was said that there were more oil deposits north of Zhongguifu.
However, due to a lack of attention, mining was very limited in various places, and in many places, local governments did not mine at all.
Shenxi's original plan was to first capture Qiong'an Prefecture, then Zhongdao Prefecture, Zhonggui Prefecture, and so on, and then occupy the entire Central Plains region.
But now, threatened by the troops of Nanning Prefecture, Miaojiang Road and Haozhou Prefecture, it seems that the only option is to cripple them first.
The hundreds of thousands of troops they sent were basically their main force.
If their main force is completely annihilated, then they will never be able to rise again.
Even the Kangjian Prefecture they occupied would fall into Shenxi's hands.
Although Kangjian Prefecture is geographically connected to Jianming Province, it is only a long and narrow county. In order to be easier to manage, it needs to occupy part of the territory of Nanning Prefecture or Qiongan Prefecture.
Qiongan Prefecture has not yet offended Shenxi, and Shenxi cannot afford to make enemies on too many fronts for the time being.
Therefore, the goal this time is to occupy five counties in Nanning Prefecture, which is half of Nanning Prefecture, and to connect these five counties with Qi County of Kangjian Prefecture.
Then Jianming Province and Kangjian Prefecture were connected.
This makes development in both places much easier.
The main reason for not directly occupying all of Nanning Prefecture was because Nanning Prefecture was adjacent to the capital.
The capital is currently occupied by the Crown Prince. According to Shenxi's calculations, the Crown Prince will be defeated by the Prince of Ruyang sooner or later and will retreat to Yizhou Prefecture.
After all, although the Emperor has connections in Yizhou Prefecture, the Crown Prince also has connections.
Furthermore, the Crown Prince's men occupied the main positions and held the main military power.
Once the Prince of Ruyang, along with the Emperor, occupies the capital, the Emperor's troops in Yizhou Prefecture will definitely enter the capital directly and join the Prince of Ruyang's forces.
With the troops from Jingchuan Prefecture joining forces, the Crown Prince and the Emperor are bound to fight.
At the same time, the emperor would not allow other forces to operate under his nose, and would certainly attack Nanning Prefecture and Yuzhang Prefecture from time to time.
They might even join forces with the Eighth Prince of Yuzhang Prefecture to attack the Crown Prince.
The Crown Prince's strength is not to be underestimated. Even with the Eighth Prince and several other princes joining forces, they are no match for him.
Moreover, the Crown Prince has the support of Prime Minister Yelü Hui, plus the power of the Third Prince and the Fifth Prince, so he can also contend with the Emperor.
Shenxi didn't want to be targeted by the Emperor's people while she was developing her career in the North.
With Xie Ning, who had been crippled by her, taking the blame, that would be the best outcome.
Shen Xi, Gu Beitian, Dou Yong, and others negotiated to first seize several territories in Nanning Prefecture.
Because when attacking Nanning Prefecture, Miaojiang Province and Haozhou Prefecture might not necessarily support Xie Ning.
Or even if support is provided, the scale will not be large.
As long as we don't recapture Kangjian Prefecture first, then attacking Nanning Prefecture is equivalent to fighting Xie Ning's army.
Both Miaojiang Circuit and Haozhou Prefecture have their own plans, and their goal is to occupy a part of Kangjian Prefecture.
They might even negotiate with Xie Ning to divide the Kangjian Mansion when Xie Ning was being beaten by Chen Xi.
They definitely want to get more land from Xie Ning.
It's even possible that when Xie Ning is defeated, his two families will take over Kangjian Prefecture for themselves and will not provide any support to Xie Ning.
When Xie Ning, with only 20,000 elite troops, encountered Chen Xi's 80,000-strong force, it was an absolute crushing defeat.
In addition, five thousand heavy cavalrymen from Shenxi were also mobilized.
With advanced explosives and mines, Xie Ning was forced to retreat in defeat.
This was something Xie Ning hadn't expected.
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