Xue Shixiong looked into the distance with a solemn expression. No one knew what he was thinking.
"That's right, Father. Zhou Hou can turn from a disadvantage to an advantage, causing us to turn from an advantage to a disadvantage. It's indeed not simple.”
Xue Wanche also sighed.
"Father, what should our army do now?”
Xue Wanche asked.
This was the most urgent matter at hand. How should he deal with the Zhou army now?
"Right now, we need to quickly regroup with the defenders to stabilize Handan City.”
Xue Shixiong said in a deep voice.
Handan had suffered a great defeat. Including the defenders in the city, there were only 5,000 people. The Zhou army had a total of 60,000 people including the cavalry.
There was a huge difference in the number of troops on both sides, and Handan City could not be defended.
"They can even give up on surrounding the city and fight for reinforcements. They can exhaust Wan Jun to death and easily take over Handan City. At that time, our army will be defeated without fighting!”
Xue Shixiong's expression was unprecedentedly solemn.
"Sigh…"
Xue Wanche let out a long sigh. The situation seemed to have become very serious.
"We can't afford to waste time. Pass on my orders, have the army set off from the ambush site and quickly head to Handan City to meet up with Wanjun.”
Xue Shixiong didn't hesitate and immediately gave the order.
"Yes!"
Xue Wanche received the order and began to quickly issue the military order.
The army quickly gathered and headed straight for Handan City.
"Zhou Hou, our army has surrounded Handan City.”
At this moment, in the main tent of the Zhou army, Li Jing came with military intelligence.
"Alright, then we'll proceed according to the original plan.”
Lin Changye nodded slightly.
"Zhou Hou, I've decided to use the Purple Mountain and Dog Mountain as a base to build a defense line and kill the Sui army as much as possible.”
Li Jing voiced out his thoughts.
"Continue."
Lin Changye could tell that he hadn't finished speaking, so he said," Continue."
"Because of the importance of Handan City, the Sui army will definitely launch a fierce attack. After two or three days of defense, we can deliberately relax the defense line and let them break in.”
Li Jing continued, his eyes filled with killing intent.
"After the fierce attack, the Sui army will become a little tired. We can carry out a deep encirclement and weaken their strength as much as possible.”
Li Jing paused for a moment and told him the rest of the plan.
"Very good, then we will do as you say.”
The plan was quite feasible, and Lin Changye agreed with this method of continuously depleting the Sui army.
"Yes, Marquis Zhou."
Li Jing and the other two who were present accepted the order and left the camp to set up a defense line to deal with the attack of the Sui army at any time.
"Rumble…"
At this time, Xue Shixiong led the army and quickly approached the defensive line. The Sui army advanced with great momentum, worthy of being an elite army.
"Kill them!"
When the Sui army approached, the Zhou army in charge of the defense line charged out from the front and blocked the path of the Sui army.
"Charge over, kill!"
Xue Shixiong did not hesitate to issue the order.
Since they had come out of the ambush, they naturally had to break out of the encirclement quickly and join up with the Handan City defenders. Everything was just as Li Jing had thought.
However, the defense line of the Zhou army was very tough. No matter how the Sui army charged, they could firmly block them.
Xue Shixiong was even more anxious, and the battle continued for two to three days.
"We will definitely break through the defense line."
On the third day, Xue Shixiong gathered his army again. This time, they had to break out of the defensive line no matter what. They could not waste any more time.
"Kill them!"
Xue Shixiong took the lead to boost morale.
"Kill them!"
Sui Jun shouted loudly. Their eyes were red and their necks were hoarse. It was not difficult to see Sui Jun's determination this time.
"It's about time."
In the past three days, Li Jing had witnessed the process of the Sui army's attack. When he saw the imposing manner of the Sui army, he knew that he could not fight the Sui army head-on.
"Let them in."
Fang Xuanling raised a green war flag and issued the order quietly.
"Swoosh!"
Many soldiers also changed their positions in the rear, so that it was completely invisible from the front. Xue Shixiong naturally did not see this, so he led his men and rushed to the front of the Zhou army.
"Kill them!"
Zhou Jun roared angrily, and his momentum was equally ferocious.
The Sui army, on the other hand, had no scruples. There was only one goal in their eyes, and that was to rush out of the defense line.
The two armies collided with each other and began an extremely tragic battle. Because of the change in the formation of the Zhou army, the well-trained Sui army rushed into the gap.
This gap was not very big, but under the fierce charge of the Sui army, they could definitely break through.
"This is a good opportunity. Let's charge in."
Seeing this, Xue Shixiong couldn't help but be overjoyed. He waved the weapon in his hand and charged forward.
"Yes, Father."
Xue Wanche responded and followed his father.
"Wu hu hu…"
After killing more than ten Zhou soldiers, Xue Shixiong realized that there was a large gap in the army formation behind him. With the other soldiers following him, he successfully charged in.
Xue Shixiong didn't stop for a moment after he rushed out of the defense line. He rode his horse straight towards Handan City.
"Start casting the net."
Li Jing looked at the Sui army that had broken out of the encirclement and said indifferently.
"Father, there are pursuers behind us and the Zhou army in front!”
This was the second time they had been ambushed by the Sui army, and even chased after by a large number of people. Xue Wanche immediately became anxious.
"Ignore them and quickly head to Handan City.”
Xue Shixiong looked back and saw that the formation behind them was in chaos. Many soldiers had been dragged down. In the end, he gritted his teeth.
"No!"
They were getting closer and closer to Handan City, but the Sui army was suffering more and more casualties, so much so that Xue Shixiong had no choice but to stop and reorganize.
Only after this pause did Xue Shixiong realize that his side had lost 20,000 troops. The casualties from a few days ago were not as great.
Because the Sui army that was forced to leave the team either died in battle or surrendered.
"Wan Che, lead all the cavalry to attack Xindu Prefecture. Then, break into the Pingyuan Army and surround Lujiao Pass.”
Xue Shixiong took a few deep breaths and suddenly issued an order.
Even in the face of such a situation, he could still maintain absolute rationality.
"Father, what about you?"
Xue Wanche was stunned for a moment and asked.
"We have lost 40,000 soldiers, but I still have 30,000 soldiers here. I will pretend to be the main force and prepare to attack. I will confuse the Zhou army and make them think that our main force is still here.”
Xue Shixiong replied.
This was the last resort. Only this method could solve the crisis of Handan City.
"Yes!"
Xue Wanche didn't dare to hesitate and immediately led 20,000 cavalry towards Xindu Prefecture.
"Pass down my order, continue to attack."
Xue Shixiong suppressed the panic in his heart and ordered the army to continue to attack, creating the illusion that the main force of the Sui army was still there to confuse the main force of the Zhou army.
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