Chen Can led his soldiers to break out of the encirclement.
The army broke out of the encirclement and stopped fighting.
However, they were attacked from the front and back, causing the soldiers to panic. Hence, they were defeated.
The Fire Nation soldiers were defeated and they were in a miserable state.
However, Chen Can could not care less. He led the Imperial Army and his personal guards to retreat. However, as they retreated, they were met with more and more resistance.
However, Chen Can did not care. He was focused on retreating. Some of the Imperial Army soldiers broke out of the encirclement as the vanguard. After fighting for a while, Chen Can's soldiers finally broke out of the encirclement.
The group of people rushed out and continued on their way.
They did not dare to stay any longer.
They did not dare to care about the situation behind them.
The army would definitely be defeated.
There was no doubt about it. The only thing they could do now was to retreat quickly and leave this place.
Chen Can led his men out of the encirclement. He turned around and looked in the direction of Green Bull Mountain. His heart sank. Chen Can took a deep breath and ordered, "Retreat. Retreat at full speed."
The army broke out of the encirclement quickly and retreated continuously.
Chen Can and the others had originally thought that they were safe, but the army continued to march forward for some distance. However, halfway through their journey, they saw torches lit up in front of them on the official road.
Yan Three had taken Zhao Tianxin's advice and set up an ambush. The army thought that nothing would happen when they set up an ambush here. However, they did not expect that there would be a fish that escaped the net.
"Kill!"
The general leading the army did not say anything and immediately gave the order to charge forward.
This army charged forward and clashed with Chen Can's army in the blink of an eye. Instantly, Chen Can's soldiers were defeated. Even a portion of the Imperial Army and his personal guards were killed.
"Kill them all! Kill them all!"
Chen Can was a person who dared to fight. He was good at fighting and was very courageous. Although he knew that he had lost this battle and was in a bad mood, Chen Can did not panic at all. He gave the order to continue breaking out of the encirclement.
The Imperial Army formed a rope and charged forward quickly like a sharp knife.
The group of people continued to move forward.
In the end, they still managed to kill their way out. However, the soldiers beside Chen Can were further weakened. There were less than 1,500 soldiers left in the army.
Lan Jiuzhen's safety was guaranteed because he was always by Chen Can's side. He turned his head to take a look and realized that the soldiers of the Xia Kingdom were still chasing after him relentlessly. His heart felt heavy.
If Mr. Xia's army kept pestering them, it would not be easy to retreat.
It was very likely that all of them would be taken down.
Lan Jiuzhen shouted, "Your Highness, we have to make a change. Immediately arrange for your men to put your armor on the ship and bring your royal flag. Delay for a while and then block the pursuing enemies to buy time. We only need a quarter of an hour or so, and we will be able to retreat without being caught. Once we're chased like this, we won't be able to shake off the people behind us. "
When Chen Can heard this, his heart skipped a beat.
Zang Tong and Lan Jiuzhen analyzed.
As long as Wang Qi was by his side, all the soldiers of Xia Country would hold him down and try to take him down as long as he was wearing a helmet and armor. In fact, as long as he was entangled, he would not be able to escape when Xia Xia's army came.
Therefore, they had to evacuate first.
There was no time to waste.
After Chen Can had an idea, he immediately ordered, "Ning Qi!"
"Yes!"
Ning Qi replied immediately.
Ning Qi was tall and sturdy, and he looked very capable. He was in good condition, and he was the main general of the Imperial Army. Under Chen Can's command, Ning Qi was one of the best in terms of martial arts and strategy in the Imperial Army.
Chen Can said, "Pretend to be me and delay them for a while. Try to delay them for a quarter of an hour. Then, bring the Imperial Army and meet up with me. "
"Yes!"
Ning Qi replied immediately.
As a general of the Imperial Army, Ning Qi had no choice but to follow orders.
Chen Can quickly took off his armor and let Ning Qi lead most of the Imperial Army. Even Wang Qi was by Ning Qi's side. Then, he left with Lan Jiuzhen and Peng Qihua.
Ning Qi led most of the soldiers and continued on their way. However, their speed was a little slow. After all, this was the only way to buy time for Chen Can.
Moreover, most of the soldiers only recognized the royal flag.
As long as the royal flag was there, the commander was there.
If the royal flag was destroyed, the symbol of the army and everything about it would be destroyed as well.
After Ning Qi and the soldiers slowed down, Xia Xia's soldiers caught up to them in no time. They started to kill the soldiers that fell behind.
At this time, Ning Qi gave the order to attack, and let his soldiers counterattack and kill.
Then, they continued to retreat.
However, after this round of killing, the number of soldiers around Ning Qi had decreased again. Now, the number of ordinary soldiers was decreasing. The remaining soldiers were mainly the Imperial Army. These were the true elites.
Ning Qi had been stalling for time. He estimated that it was about time. At this moment, there were less than 800 soldiers around him. The losses were increasing.
Ning Qi shouted, "Brothers, let's kill our way back. After killing for a while, we will retreat. Now that we are retreating, we can't let Xia Xia's people have it easy. Kill! "
He turned around and charged out.
Wang Qi followed behind him.
All the soldiers charged forward. In a short period of time, they met the soldiers that were charging towards them. The two sides clashed head-on. However, the morale and combat power of the Imperial Army soldiers had decreased by too much. This caused the two sides to fight. The Imperial Army soldiers led by Ning Qi couldn't stop the soldiers that were chasing after them.
After killing for a while, Ning Qi turned around and gave the order to retreat.
The group of people continued to retreat.
They quickly chased after Chen Can.
The pursuing Xia Xia's soldiers continued to chase after them. However, after a while, the number of people in front of them decreased. When they couldn't catch up anymore, the general in charge led the soldiers back.
When this group of soldiers rushed back, they met the escaping Fire Nation soldiers on the way back. The army once again went on a killing spree, wiping out the Fire Nation soldiers that had escaped.
When this group of soldiers returned to Green Bull Mountain, the battle had already ended.
Du Qi, Liu Che, Yan Three, and the others had already gathered. They were counting the results of this battle. When the soldiers that went to kill Chen Can returned and reported that they didn't manage to capture Chen Can, Yan Three was disappointed.
Yan Three looked at Du Qi and said, "Your Highness, I have already followed Mister Zhao's suggestion and set up an ambush at the back. We specifically planned to stop Chen Can and prevent him from escaping. I didn't expect Chen Can to escape. I have failed in my duty. Your Highness, please punish me. "
Du Qi said, "There's no need to apologize. Do your best and leave the rest to fate. You already arranged for people to ambush him but he still managed to escape. It can only be said that Chen Can ran very fast. Moreover, I also observed the situation during the battle. Chen Can's military strength was very elite, especially the personal guards around him, they were all valiant warriors who were good at fighting. This kind of army isn't easy to deal with. It's enough that we were able to win this time. "
It wasn't easy to take down Chen Can.
It would be best if they could take him down.
However, even if they didn't take him down, Du Qi didn't think much of it. After all, it was still difficult for Du Qi to continue expanding. After all, the most important thing now was to develop themselves and strengthen their foundation. That was the most important thing.
Du Qi waited quietly. As they neared the eastern horizon, it was already dawn. The sky had completely brightened up. Only then did all the battle matters end.
Liu Che said, "Your Highness, we captured more than sixteen thousand soldiers in this battle, and killed more than six thousand eight hundred. However, many of them managed to escape along the way. We weren't able to kill Chen Can completely. "
Du Qi said, "It's fine. This is already not bad."
It was already not bad to be able to defeat Chen Can.
After all, Chen Can wasn't a weakling.
Du Qi asked, "How are our casualties?"
Liu Che replied, "Our total number of casualties is around one thousand eight hundred. The reason for this is mainly because Chen Can's army was extremely ferocious at the beginning. After this wave, General Yan led his army out. Hence, we immediately gained the upper hand and turned the situation around. From then on, we started a one-sided slaughter. Later on, we suffered fewer casualties. "
Du Qi ordered, "Retreat and return to Hongshan County."
"Yes!"
Liu Che replied immediately.
Yan Three said, "Your Highness, aren't we going to chase after Chen Can? Now that Chen Can has suffered a crushing defeat, we can go straight to Huo Nation and destroy them. Then, we can expand our territory once again. "
Du Qi's eyes were clear. He didn't panic at all. He said calmly, "What's there to panic about? This isn't the time to rush and expand. We just took over Ming Nation. The entire Wakada County and even the other places in Mingzhou need to be adjusted. "Also, we need to strengthen our army. Right now, we need to stabilize our own strength. "With our strength, don't think about getting rich overnight. It's unrealistic to finish everything in one night and completely destroy the surrounding factions. "Let's stabilize the situation first. We can think about other aspects of expansion later on."
Luo Binwang said, "Your Highness is wise. Huo Nation's combat power is obviously stronger than Guer Ha's. Hence, even if Chen Can lost a portion of his troops, he can still fight. Moreover, Chen Can has already escaped. It's difficult to destroy him. Right now, we need to seize the time to stabilize our territory and recover our strength. "
Yan Three said, "I understand."
Du Qi ordered the army to retreat.
The army rushed all the way back to the city in a short period of time.
Zhao Tianxin went to take charge of government affairs, adjust the territory, and stabilize the people. After all, he still had to reform the land, reduce taxes, and many other things. All of these had to be arranged one by one.
With so many things to do, Zhao Tianxin didn't have time to rest.
As for Du Qi, he remained in the army.
He was in charge of the army's reform.
The army mainly consisted of Liu Che, Yan Three, and the new recruits Zhong Yunwu and Yang Zheng. Liu Che and Yan Three were busy reforming the army and reorganizing the prisoners. On the other hand, Zhong Yunwu and Yang Zheng were busy recruiting soldiers.
Xia Xia's prestige among the people was quite high. Many people were willing to work for Xia Xia. Hence, the recruitment of soldiers was not very complicated.
While the entire Ming Province was undergoing constant reforms, adjustments, and reorganization of governance, Chen Can and his men rushed all the way back to the capital. However, Chen Can and his personal guards weren't happy at all.
They had lost soldiers and generals.
This time, not only did they lose a general, but the army was also greatly weakened.
Although Huo Nation was very strong and did not fear the impact of losses, under the current circumstances, the defeat of the Huo Nation's soldiers had indeed weakened the Huo Nation's strength.
Huo Nation, Guang Yin County.
In the imperial palace.
Chen Can sat on the main seat and looked down at Lan Jiuzhen and Peng Qihua. He said in a low voice, "This time, we returned with a great defeat. To us, that was a great humiliation. We must take revenge in this battle. If we don't, we're not human. "
After a pause, Chen Can said, "Lan Qing, General Peng, how do you think we should fight this battle?"
Lan Jiuzhen said, "Your Highness, it won't be easy to deal with Du Qi."
Peng Qihua nodded and said, "Although our Huo Nation's army is very strong, I have to say that Du Qi's men are very strong. They're also very cunning. We just arrived at Green Ox Mountain and fought for a while, but we were attacked from both sides. Du Qi is really ruthless. "
Chen Can said, "This Prince is aware of this. What I need to think about now is how to defeat the enemy. How to defeat the enemy is the most important thing. If we lose this battle and do nothing, won't we become a laughingstock? "
"Report!"
At this moment, another soldier came in from outside the palace.
The soldier hurried in and knelt on one knee. "Your Highness, there's an urgent report from Ming Province."
The eunuch at the side took it and handed it to Chen Can.
When Chen Can saw it, a hint of joy flashed across his eyes. However, the joy disappeared in the blink of an eye and was shrouded in sorrow. He waved his hand and dismissed the soldier with a cold expression. He handed the letter to Lan Jiuzhen and said, "Lan Qing, my condolences!"
The content of the letter was that Guer Ha had been killed, and that Lan Tianlin and the others had been killed. It roughly recorded the coup d 'état that Zhao Tianxin, Zhong Yunwu, and the others in Hongshan County.
Lan Jiuzhen took it. After reading it carefully, he clenched his fists.
His eyes immediately turned red.
His eyes were filled with killing intent.
Damn it!
Damn Zhao Tianxin!
Guer Ha treated Zhao Tianxin well, but Zhao Tianxin betrayed him in the end. Zhong Yunwu and Yang Zheng even led people to kill his son and start a coup d 'état.
Anger surged in Lan Jiuzhen's heart. He couldn't wait to fly to Hongshan County and kill Zhao Tianxin, Zhong Yunwu, Yang Zheng, and the others.
Lan Jiuzhen knew that was obviously impossible.
Du Qi was too strong.
The Fire Nation's national strength was indeed strong, but it would not be easy to start a war with Xia Xia unless they went all out. But it was obviously impossible for Chen Can to launch a coup d 'état at all costs.
Gradually, Lan Jiuzhen suppressed his murderous intent in his heart and restrained all his anger. He forced himself to calm down and slowly said, "Your Highness, from the time line of the news, we can almost understand why we were attacked from both the front and the back."
Chen Can said, "Lan Qing, analyze it."
Lan Jiuzhen said, "When we were attacked from both the front and the back, there was already a coup d 'état in Hongshan County. Then, the news was blocked, so we couldn't get any information. Du Qi's men took a shortcut to the back and directly attacked us from both sides. This is the general situation at that time. It's just that I didn't expect Zhao Tianxin, the Prime Minister of the Ming Nation, to betray them. "
Chen Can said, "Birds die in pursuit of food and men die in pursuit of wealth. Moreover, under the circumstances at that time, many people must be looking for a way out. So, Zhao Tianxin chose to submit to Xia Xia. Lan Qing, I'll definitely avenge your family's hatred. I won't stop until Xia Xia is dead. "
Lan Jiuzhen said, "Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness!"
Chen Can flicked his sleeve and said, "As long as Lan Qing serves me well, everything will be yours. Besides, this Prince was defeated by Du Qi, and this enmity must be avenged. "
For Lan Jiuzhen, revenge was the only thing he wanted now.
Chen Can wanted to use this enmity to completely make Lan Jiuzhen serve him and become his confidant.
Lan Jiuzhen was really talented.
This was Chen Can's praise.
Chen Can's eyes were sharp as he said again, "Lan Qing, under the current situation, how are we going to attack Du Qi?"
Lan Jiuzhen thought carefully and said, "Your Highness, this fiasco will definitely have a great impact on the nation. So, if we want to counterattack Du Qi now, I think there are three ways to do it. "
Chen Can said, "This Prince is all ears!"
Lan Jiuzhen said, "First, spread the word about Du Qi in the Fire Nation, saying that he's extremely vicious and vile, and that he's a great villain who oppresses and pillages. Also, spread the word that the defeat was actually due to Du Qi's trickery. Spread the word that Du Qi pretended to submit, and Your Highness accepted his submission out of benevolence. But Du Qi suddenly rebelled, catching His Highness unprepared. That was why it led to this battle's defeat. "
Peng Qihua said, "Prime Minister Lan, I'm afraid this won't hold water. What if it's exposed?"
Lan Jiuzhen was now appointed as the Prime Minister.
He was in charge of government affairs.
Lan Jiuzhen said, "Our army's soldiers have all suffered defeats. Since they've been defeated, no one will take the initiative to spread the word. What we did was to cover up all the signs of the soldiers' defeat, and to cover up the scandal for everyone. So in this case, no one will take the initiative to expose it. "
"As for the common people, they don't know what happened at the front line at all. Who can expose it?"
"Now, in order to boost the morale and make the people completely stand on Your Highness' side, we can only pour dirty water on Du Qi, and describe Du Qi as a vicious person."
"This is the only way to show our legitimacy and justice."
Lan Jiuzhen said in a deep voice, "Without this propaganda, Your Highness will have to give the people an explanation for the defeat of this battle. Even Your Highness's prestige in the hearts of the people will be greatly affected. "
After hearing this, Peng Qihua nodded and said, "Prime Minister's words are reasonable."
He looked at Lan Jiuzhen with some shock.
He even cursed in his heart.
As expected of a scholar, his thoughts were vicious. But Peng Qihua had to admit that this was a good thing. For the Fire Nation, it could stabilize the people's hearts and make them stand on Chen Can's side, and even make them hate Du Qi.
Chen Can's eyes were full of praise and pride.
Fortunately, he discovered Lan Jiuzhen.
This was the importance of talent. With Lan Jiuzhen, it was easy for him to come up with a plan. He didn't need to do everything personally, and many things needed to be arranged by him.
Chen Can said, "Lan Qing, what's the second step?"
Lan Jiuzhen continued, "The second step is to recruit more soldiers and restore the fighting strength on the basis that the people have begun to hate Du Qi. This time, we lost tens of thousands of troops, so this time, we need to recruit more soldiers and train them again. In addition, the country also needs time to adjust and restore the current situation. So now, we need to carry out this step. "
Chen Can praised, "What's the third step?"
Lan Jiuzhen said, "Naturally, we need to develop foreign aid. Now, unless we use the power of the whole country to fight Du Qi. Otherwise, it won't be easy to defeat Du Qi. So, I think we can rope in more people to help. The Fire Nation was located in the east of the Ming Nation, and in the north of the Ming Nation, there was a nation under the Ming Province called the Southern Nation. The Southern Nation's strength was actually not weak. So now, we can rope in the Southern Nation and then launch a pincer attack on Du Qi together. This will increase our odds of winning. "
Chen Can thought about it after hearing it. After pondering for a while, he understood and praised, "That's a good suggestion. But we need someone eloquent to persuade the Southern Nation, and Lan Qing is the best candidate. But this King can't leave Lan Qing's side! "
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty. This subject will return as soon as possible," said Lan Jiuzhen.
"Then I'll have to trouble you, Lan Qing," said Chen Can.
"It's no trouble at all!"
Lan Jiuzhen shook his head.
Chen Can said, "Time is of the essence. Go prepare early and set a date for departure."
"Understood!"
Lan Jiuzhen got up and bid farewell.
Peng Qihua, however, stayed in the hall. After Lan Jiuzhen left, Peng Qihua said, "Your Majesty, Lan Jiuzhen has been working hard to get revenge. Is it appropriate for us to continue dispatching troops? "
"We must dispatch troops. How can I swallow this grudge if we don't destroy Du Qi?" said Chen Can. Peng Qihua, go recruit soldiers at once and start the expansion of the army. "
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Peng Qihua immediately complied.
Chen Can waved his hand to dismiss Peng Qihua. He then summoned his subordinates and arranged the matter Lan Jiuzhen mentioned before.
He wanted to prepare for the upcoming war.
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