The tactics of the allied forces were much deeper than Lian Po thought.
Meng Tian led the Great Jin Imperial Army to attack, not to rush out of the canyon, but to delay the Great Zhou Imperial Army so that they could leave the battlefield and enter the wilderness.
One intercepted and the other delayed.
The ensuing battle in the canyon was unimaginable.
After witnessing the might of the Great Xia Imperial Army, the soldiers of the Great Jin Imperial Army were also cheering and unwilling to be outdone. Under the command of Meng Tian, they seized the enemy's weakness in seeking stability and completed a series of beautiful kills.
Since the enemy had misunderstood, Meng Tian naturally didn't mind. She took the opportunity to further weaken the enemy's strength.
There was a blood feud between the two parties.
By the time the sun set in the west, this battle had finally come to an end.
The campsite of the Great Zhou Imperial Army had been plowed by the two armies and was in a mess. Corpses were strewn all over and the campsite was filled with black smoke. It was a desolate sight.
Even so, Lian Po still revealed a gratified smile.
"No matter what, we finally stopped the Great Jin Imperial Army. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to face His Majesty."
Meng Tian smiled too.
At this point, the mission of the Great Jin Imperial Army was completed and the results were much better than expected. In just one day, the allied forces killed nearly 70,000 Great Zhou Imperial Army soldiers.
After this battle, the Great Zhou Imperial Army might not be crippled, but at least one of their legs would be crippled.
"Next, let's see the performance of the Great Xia Imperial Army."
Meng Tian rode on the black warhorse and looked back at the entrance of the canyon, full of hope.
…
That night, in Handan City of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Di Chen put down the battle report from the frontline. He was both happy and worried.
He was happy that under Wu Qi's command, the encirclement and suppression of the Flame Army went very smoothly. In just one day, they killed more than 80,000 people. This was the biggest victory that the Great Zhou Army had achieved since the start of the war.
If nothing went wrong, the victory tomorrow would continue to increase.
Without the Blazing Flame Army, the mainstay, even if the Great Jin Dynasty was lucky enough to survive this calamity, it would be a toothless tiger that could no longer jump around. The Great Zhou Dynasty could deal with the Great Jin Dynasty at any time.
Of course, Di Chen still hoped to end the battle in one go.
He was worried about the Battle of Phoenix Castle.
In just two days, the royal guards led by Lian Po were beaten black and blue, and the imperial guards of Great Xia broke out of the encirclement and became an uncertain factor on the battlefield.
The Royal Army was under Di Chen's direct command, and was the most important weight for him to maintain his rule. Now that he had lost so many soldiers, how could Di Chen not feel distressed?
In view of this, Di Chen even gave Wu Qi a military order, asking him to capture as many Flame Army soldiers as possible, in order to make up for the losses of the Royal Army.
Otherwise, this transaction would be a huge loss.
Fortunately, Lian Po didn't let the Great Jin Imperial Army escape. Otherwise, Di Chen would really punish Lian Po.
Compared to a Divine General like Wu Qi, although Lian Po was loyal, reliable, and experienced, he still disappointed Di Chen a little. Their performances on the battlefield were worlds apart.
One won a great victory, while the other barely managed to stay undefeated.
"It's a pity that I can't truly use it."
Di Chen let out a long sigh. If Wu Qi wasn't Xiong Ba's man, Di Chen would have taken this opportunity to promote Wu Qi to the position of Great Zhou Dynasty's Great General, making him a true giant of the Great Zhou Army.
After all, Lian Po was still a Great General.
But when he thought of Xiong Ba, Di Chen suppressed this idea and didn't dare to take the risk.
Ever since he took the position of Marquis Wu, Xiong Ba had behaved very well and kept a low profile. He had basically disappeared from the public eye. Unless Di Chen summoned him, he would always stay in Jiangnan Province and not take a step out of his jurisdiction.
It seemed that Xiong Ba had accepted his fate.
But Di Chen didn't think so. No one knew better than Di Chen what kind of person Xiong Ba was. Such an ambitious and ruthless person would not be willing to remain dormant forever.
Once Xiong Ba seized the opportunity, he would take advantage of it.
Therefore, since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Di Chen had intentionally or unintentionally suppressed Xiong Ba, reducing his influence in the Great Zhou Dynasty to the lowest point.
In comparison, Di Chen was much more lenient towards Lord Chunshen and War Wolf.
In the Great Zhou Dynasty's business system, Lord Chunshen's family controlled half of it. Di Chen turned a blind eye to this, in exchange for Lord Chunshen's family's loyalty.
As for War Wolf, he was even more low-key than Xiong Ba.
Especially after entering Gaia for six years, the once hot-blooded War Wolf seemed to have lost its fighting spirit overnight. Now, even the Red Blood Army didn't care about it.
Although Di Chen found it strange, he was happy and let it be.
"It's difficult!"
Sometimes, Di Chen really envied Ouyang Shuo, who could control the universe alone.
Although Bai Hua, Siege Lion and the others had high positions of power and could be considered as the rulers of a region, Di Chen was very clear that with Ouyang Shuo's control in the Great Xia, he could take back what he had given away at any time.
Could he, Di Chen?
Not to mention taking back the power of Xiong Ba and the others, even infiltrating the Dan Yang Army, Overlord Army and Red Blood Army would be difficult. Di Chen didn't look like the ruler of a country, he was more like the leader of a vassal state.
Otherwise, Di Chen wouldn't have chosen to cooperate with the Song and Ming Kingdoms to try to drive Lord Chunshen and War Wolf out of their base and consolidate the royal power.
As long as he could take down these two, the remaining Xiong Ba would be at Di Chen's mercy.
Di Chen was very confident about this.
"I hope everything goes well!"
After all, the battle of the Great Jin was not only a crucial battle for the Great Zhou Dynasty's counterattack, but it was also a crucial battle for Di Chen's absolute dominance of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Di Chen couldn't afford to lose this battle.
…
The night dispersed and the day arrived.
After the Great Xia Imperial Guards rushed out of the canyon and left the battlefield of the Phoenix Castle, other than resting for an hour, organizing their equipment and replenishing their water supplies, the Imperial Guards marched day and night.
Even his meals were eaten on horseback with water and military ration pills.
This time, the Combat Readiness Division was unusually generous. They provided the three legions of the Imperial Guards with two million military ration pills. If used sparingly, it could support 200,000 soldiers for a week.
At the same time, in order not to affect the overall speed of the army, the remaining 10,000 infantrymen of the Fourth Legion left the main force and prepared to hide around Luo Feng City. They didn't march with the cavalry.
Were the Imperial Guards going to save the Blazing Flame Army?
Of course not.
Ouyang Shuo had already said that they were going to play it big this time.
The Imperial Guards traveled day and night, not to the north, but to the east. The vanguard of the army headed straight for the heart of the Great Zhou Dynasty. They wanted to stir up a great storm in the Great Zhou Dynasty at the most unlikely time.
At dawn, the army rested for an hour.
Huo Qubing rode on a white warhorse and looked at the dawn in the distance. He turned around and got on his horse. "Everyone, continue to move. Try to reach the border by tonight."
"Yes, Sir!"
In less than 10 minutes, the 200,000 cavalrymen were ready to continue.
There was a reason why they were so fast. Even if they rested on the spot, the Imperial Guards didn't take off their armors. They just laid on their horses and rested, ready to set off at any time.
That was why they were able to assemble so quickly with the military order.
The vast army faced the morning sun and galloped across the vast wilderness. It was very eye-catching.
…
Di Chen valued intelligence as much as Ouyang Shuo did.
During the attack on the Great Jin Dynasty, other than the secret agents of the Imperial Wind Army, the Great Zhou Dynasty's scouts were almost everywhere in the Great Jin Dynasty. How could such a big movement of the Great Xia Imperial Guards be hidden from the eyes of these secret agents?
Soon, the unusual marching route of the Great Xia Imperial Guards attracted the attention of the secret agents along the way.
At 11 o 'clock in the morning, Di Chen received the relevant information.
At first, Di Chen wasn't sure of the intentions of the Great Xia Imperial Guards. He thought that their eastward march was normal and their final destination was the north.
But at noon, when he saw the Great Xia Imperial Guards marching eastward without stopping, Di Chen realized that something was wrong.
"Could it be?"
Di Chen suddenly had a bad feeling. He couldn't sit still anymore and shouted, "Someone!"
"Yes!"
"Pass the order to the secret agents along the way to pay close attention to the movements of the Great Xia Imperial Guards. If they are still advancing eastward, immediately report to me. At the same time, let the border cities and grain transport teams be more vigilant. Don't be negligent. "
"Yes!"
After giving the order, Di Chen was still worried and paced around the room anxiously.
"If that's the case, it'll be terrible."
Di Chen's face was gloomy. For the first time, he felt a strong sense of dissatisfaction towards Lian Po. "This old thing, how could he let the Great Xia Imperial Guards escape so easily? Now it's all over, he really makes me worry. "
Taking a deep breath, Di Chen tried hard to calm himself down.
Based on his intuition, Di Chen was almost certain that the target of the Great Xia Imperial Guards must be the capital province, or even Handan City. They wanted to carry out a 'decapitation operation' at the most unlikely time.
This was very much like Ouyang Shuo's usual style of doing things.
This could also explain the series of abnormalities in the Great Xia Dynasty.
"So, all of this, including the Blazing Flame Army's retreat to the north, is it all a trap?"
For some reason, Di Chen was abnormally clear-headed at this moment. His mind was working very fast, connecting all the abnormalities in the past few days and guessing most of the Great Xia Dynasty's intentions.
The Blazing Flame Army used themselves as bait to lure the Great Zhou Army to the north of the Great Jin Dynasty. The Imperial Guards were also crippled. What was left in front of the Great Xia Imperial Guards was a completely undefended capital province.
The Great Zhou Army killed their way into the Great Jin Dynasty from the capital province. Originally, the border was the safest, but with the cooperation of the Great Jin Dynasty and the Great Xia Dynasty, it became the most dangerous border of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
This time, Di Chen was completely flustered.
Not just the capital province, in the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, other than the Song, Ming and Qing Imperial Guards, the Great Zhou Dynasty only had troops to guard the monster nests and a few local garrisons.
With just these people, how could they stop the Great Xia Imperial Guards?
"No, I can't just sit here and wait for death. I can't lose. There must be a way." Di Chen's eyes were bloodshot. He paced around the room like a drowning madman, trying to find the last straw to clutch at.
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