"Rumble…"
The advancing infantry of the Yan army moved forward. Tens of thousands of people attacked at the same time, which was quite powerful.
The leader, Dong Kangmai, had an obvious look of contempt on his face.
"This has caused contempt. Very good.”
Seeing the other party's expression, Li Jing deliberately smiled. The first battle wouldn't be too difficult.
"Pass down my order. The entire army will pretend to be defeated and prepare to retreat to Dragon Mountain.”
Then, Li Jing shouted and gave the order to retreat in advance.
Since the Yan army had started to underestimate them, then once the Zhou army deliberately retreated, the other party would definitely not hesitate to pursue them.
When they retreated to Longshan, they could lure the enemy in. When the time came, they could suddenly counterattack and definitely catch the Yan army off guard.
"Pretending to retreat and lure the enemy in?"
Fang Xuanling glanced at Li Jing's arrogant words, but he didn't object to the military order.
There was no other reason than that this plan had a certain degree of feasibility.
"Kill them!"
The two armies quickly collided. The Yan army, who had a high morale, shouted with a thick neck and red face.
On the other hand, the Zhou army seemed to be at a disadvantage. They were constantly being beaten back, and their combat strength was not that high.
"Retreat…"
After a short confrontation, Li Jing suddenly ordered his troops to retreat, leading the army to retreat.
"Hahaha, you don't dare to fight anymore, but where can you retreat to?”
Dong Kangmai couldn't help but sneer at this, thinking that the outcome of the battle had already been decided.
Zhou Hou was really blind to have sent an unknown person to lead the troops. He deserved to be defeated by him in one move.
"Chase and destroy the Zhou army."
After thinking about it, he did not doubt that Dong Kangmai would follow up the victory and lead 30,000 Yan soldiers to pursue.
"Kill…"
Judging from the situation on the battlefield, the Zhou army chose to retreat because they were no match for them. Logically speaking, such a retreat should have been in a panic. The entire rhythm should have been chaotic.
However, the Zhou army seemed to be in an orderly manner. It did not look like they were retreating after being defeated.
If Dong Kangmai had been a little more cautious, he would have noticed something strange about such an abnormal action.
However, they did not notice that they had underestimated the Zhou army from the beginning. Naturally, they took the withdrawal of the Zhou army for granted and did not delve into the reason behind it.
"Longshan, aren't you walking into a trap?”
When he realized that the Zhou army was retreating towards Dragon Mountain, Dong Kangmai laughed loudly.
The terrain of the Dragon Mountain area was uneven and complicated. Not only would retreating affect the speed of the army, but it might even lead to death!
"Ta Ta…"
Under the deliberate guidance of the Zhou army, the Yan army followed them into the Dragon Mountain range and stepped on the undulating terrain.
"The time has come, launch a full-scale counterattack!”
Li Jing turned around at this moment. When he saw most of the Yan army entering Dragon Mountain, he immediately led his men to counterattack.
"Kill them!"
The Zhou army, which was still retreating, no longer pretended to be defeated. They suddenly charged at the Yan army.
"What?"
Dong Kangmai was also stunned on the spot, not to mention the other Yan soldiers. The Zhou soldiers suddenly bared their fangs and fiercely stabbed the spears in their hands into their stomachs.
"Puchi, puchi!"
Immediately after, muffled sounds rose and fell in unison. Zhou Jun's attack was too fast, which surprised everyone.
It was also at this time that they began to display their combat strength. One by one, the Yan army fell.
In an instant, the morale of the Yan army was thrown into chaos, and they were caught off guard.
"We've been tricked. Hurry up and retreat."
Dong Kangmai was shocked. He knew that he had fallen into the other party's trap and hurriedly ordered them to retreat to Zhucheng.
"Retreat…"
The Yan army wanted to turn around and escape, but because of the terrain of Dragon Mountain, it was indeed easy to enter, but it was not so easy to leave.
"Pass down my order. Attack from the left and right.”
Li Jing's orders were issued repeatedly. The Zhou army acted according to the orders and quickly surrounded the Yan army from the left and right.
"Kill them!"
Shouts of battle resounded throughout the entire valley. The 30,000 Zhou soldiers charged forward and launched wave after wave of powerful attacks on the Yan army, which was restricted by the terrain.
"Charge out!"
Not long after, Dong Kangmai, who was surrounded, was sweating profusely as he frantically faced the hundreds of Zhou soldiers that surrounded him.
He faced more than a hundred people alone. His combat strength was not high, so he was quickly stabbed to death by several spears at the same time.
"Not good, the general is dead…"
With Dong Kangmai dead, the morale of the Yan army was even more shattered. Countless people had no choice but to put down their weapons.
The 30,000 Yan soldiers were easily defeated by Li Jing because they had underestimated the enemy.
With the loss of their entire army, the forces in Ancient City and Zhucheng were empty. Li Jing took advantage of the situation to take down these places, and the entire Shanggu County fell into the hands of the Zhou army.
At this point, the first battle was a great victory!
"That's right, no wonder you have such a tone. Marquis Zhou's eyes for people are extraordinary.”
Fang Xuanling, who had witnessed the entire process, immediately put away his previous prejudice. He couldn't help but sigh at how amazing Zhou Hou was. He could tell at a glance whether he had true talent or not.
However, he was also very curious. How did Zhou Hou make his judgment?
“....…..”
On the other side, the news of Shanggu County's fall reached Hengshan County.
"The 30,000 soldiers of the Zhou army, who are not the main force, plus that nameless Li Jing, actually defeated nearly half of my forces and even lost a general?”
Wang Xuba, who was in County Governor Manor, was furious. He slammed his palm on the table.
"Order the army to gather.”
Wang Xuba said angrily as he glanced at the crowd.
"Duke Yan, don't be anxious. I have a plan."
Just as Wang Xuba was at his most furious, Wei Daoer stepped forward.
"Tell me."
Wang Xuba frowned and said while suppressing his anger.
"Since they are attacking us, why don't we attack the Zhou army's territory and let them quickly return to help us.”
Wei Daoer suggested, thinking that this was a good plan.
"This plan can be used, but where should we attack?”
Wang Xuba asked.
"Xindu Prefecture is guarded by Dou Xianniang, so it won't be easy to take down. We'll take down Xinle in Boling Prefecture first and then wipe out the Zhou army that has returned.”
After thinking for a while, Wei Daoer replied.
"Alright, send out the troops quickly, the faster the better.”
Wang Xuba was relieved and prepared to march.
“………”
At this time, after Li Jing had taken Shanggu County, he had discussed with Fang Xuanling in the County Governor's Estate.
"I expected that after this defeat, the Yan army would probably think of attacking Boling County, forcing us to return to help.”
Li Jing said bluntly as he had a very accurate view of the situation.
"It's completely possible."
Fang Xuanling, who was good at strategizing, agreed.
"Leave ten thousand soldiers here and hand this place over to the military counselor to stabilize. I will return to Boling County overnight.”
After thinking for a moment, Li Jing made up his mind.
In fact, when the first battle broke out, they had already thought of a plan to destroy the Yan army.
"Reduce the strength of Xinle City and let them think that our army has not returned to help, resulting in an empty army.”
Li Jing gave a new order as soon as they arrived in Boling County.
"Hahaha, as expected, even Xin Le City has such a small military force, so the entire Boling County is naturally the same.”
Wang Xuba laughed and said," It's easy to take down Xinle City."
"Gather the army and prepare to take Boling County.”
Immediately, the Yan army, who thought that the Zhou army had not arrived, headed straight for Boling City.
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