By the time Zhang Qilan brought his army to meet up with Ye Li and Feng Zhiyao, it would be another tough battle. However, it was better than what they had expected. At the very least, they were at the top of the cliff and not being suppressed by someone from a higher ground. Furthermore, Lu Jinxian's thirty thousand men had already lost more than half of their numbers. However, they had lost less than ten percent of their own men. Thinking of this, Zhang Qilan couldn't help but want to laugh out loud.
Outside a small city several kilometers away, Mo Xiuyao sighed helplessly as he stood outside the camp and looked at the small city that was isolated and had its gates tightly shut. Yun Ting and Chen Yun beside him looked at the Prince strangely, not understanding why the Prince sighed. In the end, Yun Ting couldn't hold back his words and couldn't help but ask, "Your Highness, is there something troubling you?"
Mo Xiuyao shook his head and said, "I'm afraid Lu Jinxian won't be able to hold on for much longer." Not knowing Yun Ting, even the usually calm Chen Yun didn't believe it. He frowned and said, "The cliff is a dangerous place. Even if General Zhang has a hundred thousand men, he won't be able to do anything. Why is Prince …"
Mo Xiuyao handed the battle report to Chen Yun and said, "Ever since Zhang Qilan arrived, Li and Feng San have not appeared. I'm afraid that the two of them have taken a detour behind Lu Jinxian. If that's the case, Lu Jinxian's defense in the first twenty li of the cliff will be useless. Once the two armies reach the cliff, even if Zhang Qilan's hundred thousand men can't do anything, they can take turns to grind Lu Jinxian's ten to twenty thousand men to death. "
Hearing Mo Xiuyao's words, Chen Yun and Yun Ting's expressions changed. Yun Ting said, "Prince, I'm willing to go and reinforce General Lü!" Mo Xiuyao looked at him and said indifferently, "Reinforce? Where are we going to get reinforcements? What's more, even if I give you ten or twenty thousand men, what can they do in front of an army of a hundred thousand? "
Yun Ting was speechless. "Then … then what should we do?" Mo Xiuyao turned his gaze to the isolated city in front of them and said in a low voice, "Attack the city with full force. We must take down this city before Zhang Qilan's men arrive. "Chen Yun and Yun Ting's expressions were solemn as they stood up and said," This subordinate obeys! "
Although Mo Xiuyao said that he would attack the city with all his might, this small city was not that easy to take down. Yuan Pei was a veteran of the Mohist army and was especially good at defending cities. In a situation where Mo Xiuyao didn't have the advantage in numbers, as long as Yuan Pei didn't care about anything else and waited for reinforcements, Mo Xiuyao wouldn't be able to do anything to him. Even if Mo Xiuyao had a thousand plans, Yuan Pei was as steady as a mountain and didn't care about anything. Even if Yun Ting and the others cursed at him every day, the people on the city walls didn't open the city gates and couldn't do anything about it.
On the cliff of Jian Tian, the two armies faced off for four to five days before they finally wiped out Lu Jinxian's ten thousand men. Lu Jinxian was personally captured by Zhang Qilan. The two of them had worked together for more than ten years and had often fought with each other. Although he lost to Zhang Qilan this time, Lu Jinxian didn't feel ashamed.
Seeing his subordinates completely annihilated, Lv Jinxian, who was exhausted from the battle, threw away his weapon and said to Zhang Qilan, who was extremely proud of himself, "I lost." Zhang Qilan pulled him up with a face full of smiles and chuckled. "Victory and defeat are common in battle. Don't take it to heart." Lu Jinxian snorted softly and said, "You definitely couldn't have broken through my defenses so quickly. Where is Wang Fei?"
The young generals watching stilled. The Prince Ding Mansion still had a former Prince's wang fei because she was unwilling to leave the Da Chu State. Mo Xiuyao had ordered Leng Haoyu to protect her in secret. But in the minds of the Mohist army, there was only one wang fei right now. But … how come they didn't know that the wang fei was in their army?
Everyone's gaze looked at Zhang Qilan. Who told him to be the main general? If even he didn't know the whereabouts of the wang fei, then no one else would. Zhang Qilan laughed dryly and looked at Ye Li who had come with Feng Zhiyao. Lu Jinxian stilled and didn't recognize Ye Li. But he was very familiar with Qin Feng and Wei Lin who were following behind Ye Li. It was clear who it was that both Qin Feng and Wei Lin were following at the same time. When he looked closely at Ye Li who was standing next to Feng Zhiyao, he immediately felt that it was the wang fei.
"This subordinate greets Wang Fei." Lu Jinxian went forward and bowed.
Ye Li grimaced helplessly. Looking at the petrified crowd in front of her, she said, "General Lü, rise."
Lu Jinxian raised his hands in a bow and said with a smile, "This one accepts defeat at Wang Fei's hands."
Ye Li smiled faintly and said, "General overpraises. Ye Li just did her best." Lu Jinxian didn't care. In any case, he definitely wouldn't admit that he had lost to Zhang Qilan, at least not to his face. "This one doesn't have anything else to do, so this one will take his people and leave first. I wish Wang Fei a safe journey. "Ye Li nodded and said," Many thanks for General's auspicious words. "
Seeing Lu Jinxian leave confidently with the soldiers who had been declared dead, the remaining people were silent. Was it really alright to wish the main general of the enemy a safe journey?
After passing through Jian Tian Cliff, even though the road behind them wasn't flat, it was still very calm. They didn't dare to delay at all. The group of people sprinted towards the isolated city to help Yuan Pei.
At this time, on the walls of the small isolated city, Mo Xiuyao was dressed in white. He wasn't even wearing his battle robes. He looked at the old General Yuan Pei and said with a smile, "Old General, this time I won."
The white-haired General Yuan Pei looked at the man in front of him whose hair was as white as snow but still as proud as the wind. A thread of relief and joy flashed through his eyes. He nodded and said, "It is true that Prince has won. This old man admits defeat." In terms of military strength, Mo Xiuyao was only slightly better than Yuan Pei. Attacking a city was much harder than defending it. Back then, Xi Ling's army of more than a hundred thousand had not been able to break through a small city in Jiangxia. Now, Prince Ding had broken through in a few short days. This was his ability. Yuan Pei was not a person who refused to admit defeat because of old age. He felt very gratified that the Ding King's household had a successor.
"If this was a real battlefield, I would not have been able to take this city so easily." This isolated city was truly isolated because it was a newly built city. There hadn't even been time for residents to move in. And on a battlefield, there wouldn't be a city that had basically nothing. Yuan Pei laughed loudly and said, "Many thanks to Prince. But if this was a real battlefield, Prince wouldn't have only brought a few tens of thousands of troops to attack a city, right?" The two looked at each other and smiled. Clearly, they were in a good mood.
"Reporting to Prince, there are troops coming this way!" A soldier on the city wall rushed over to report.
"Oh?" Mo Xiuyao looked over. In the distance, there was indeed the sound of hooves and dust rising. In less than an hour, Ye Li, Feng Zhiyao, and Zhang Qilan had already led their troops to the city. Mo Xiuyao looked around and saw at least eighty to ninety thousand troops. He couldn't help but praise, "To be able to wipe out Lu Jinxian's troops with less than twenty thousand losses. That's not bad. " Looking down at the people below, he smiled faintly and said, "General Zhang, Feng San, Li, you've come too late." Feng Zhiyao gritted his teeth in regret. Looking at the situation, if they had come two to four hours earlier, the situation would have been very different. Unfortunately, on the battlefield, the difference of half an hour could often completely change the outcome of a battle. "Princess?"
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