"Qing Country''s armour?"

    Unless Yong Yue Prefecture was completely ruined, where would there be so many surrendered generals from Qing Country who could open their Meridian Passage?

    Moreover, surrendered generals are generally dispersed and used separately, and no one has ever heard of someone with the guts to gather newly surrendered generals for use together, let alone send them out for guerrilla warfare. How is that possible?

    "Fake!"

    Fan Jiuxiao was certain, and then he asked, "Where are they now?"

    His subordinate immediately brought over a map and circled the location of the twenty or so cavalrymen.

    "Keep it quiet!"

    Fan Jiuxiao resolutely said, "And don''t let the brothers who were informed of this position retreat. Have them strike twice more, pretending we know nothing and step by step lure the enemy deeper!"

    "The rest listen to my command!"

    "Vice General Zhang, I order you to lead 3,000 men from the left-front army and take a detour from the northwest to directly block their retreat. Vice General Gao, Vice General Liu, you two call upon three more vice generals, then split 2,000 men each from the left and right wings for a pincer attack. Another 4,000 men and one vice general to follow me for a frontal assault, and all generals with Hua Jin or higher should carry shields and be in the very front! The remaining 20,000 men are still to firmly hold the Great Village''s army camp. Should there be any situation, then choose a moment to leave the camp for support!"

    Martial Saints from Nan Xu weren''t numerous

    But over the years, they had been cultivating strength and vitality, so there were quite a few mid-level generals capable of opening their Meridian Passage, matching the number of the Eight Camps. Discover hidden tales at My Virtual Library Empire

    10,000 men, plus a full six who could open their Meridian Passage. The front army had almost mobilized half of them.

    He didn''t believe that they couldn''t encircle and kill twenty men!

    He wanted to see exactly how many of them were real generals who could open their Meridian Passage!

    "Mr. Si."

    Vice General Zhang hesitated, "Could there be an ambush?"

    "Ambush?"

    Fan Jiuxiao scoffed, "Do you think I would mobilize 10,000 men just to deal with a mere twenty cavalrymen? I am waiting for their ambush! With 3,000 men holding the fort, they could at most bring out 1,000 men for an ambush, after all, they''d still need to leave people in the city for support in case of emergencies.

    "A mere 1,000 men, even if there''s an ambush, plus Sha Wenlong being there, how much could our 10,000 men possibly lose? Not to mention the over 20,000 men in the camp for support!"

    He was aware that there must be an ambush awaiting them.

    But the problem was that they had no choice but to fight this battle.

    It was a sheer compulsion!

    This was an overt scheme!

    Brother Eight and Ran Jingxuan were still dealing with Lingzhou, and it would take a few more days for General Peng to return. If they continued to slaughter like this, how could they even think about attacking the city afterward?

    Attack? Ridiculous!

    The vanguard—how can it bear the "edge" without the edge itself?

    If the edge was gone, how could it be possible to take the city?

    These past two days, he also followed Ran Jingxuan''s orders to switch the front army with the Central Army, and just after a batch of fresh troops had been rotated in, they had been scared witless within a few days. If this continued, the Da Xu''s army would psychologically collapse. No matter what, he had to curb their arrogance.

    And this was definitely not underestimating the enemy and being reckless.

    Fan Jiuxiao had real data on the enemy army''s combat strength and troop numbers. It was a deployment based on a force several times greater than the enemy''s, failproof!

    "Rumble——"

    Just at that moment.

    A clap of thunder resounded above the heavens.

    Somehow, the clear sky had been covered with a layer of thick black clouds, and after the lightning, it started to pour heavily, quickly turning the wilderness into a muddy land.

    "It''s raining, General. Shall we still pursue?"

    "What a question!"

    Fan Jiuxiao drew his Treasure Sword, "Whoever kills Chen Sansi will be made a noble——"

    "Rumble——"

    The army of ten thousand raced into the curtain of rain at the fastest speed.

    Because the rain came too suddenly and too heavily, enveloping everything like a waterfall falling from the ninth heaven, everyone was drenched and visibility was greatly hindered, making it extremely low.

    ...

    "Zi!"

    Chen Sansi speared the only remaining sentry to death and, looking at the terrible weather, knew in his heart that this was why his senior brother had waited until evening to act—he was waiting for this rainstorm.

    Heavenly Phenomenon!

    Just like Xu Wencai, Brother Fang could also read the Heavenly Phenomenon.

    With this ability, coupled with the precise judgement of timing, the "Heavenly timing" part of the favorable conditions of heaven, earth, and humanity could always be firmly grasped in hand. And in this world, he was not the only one with the talent of a commander.

    This battle would certainly showcase Brother Fang''s maneuvers.

    Initially, the surrender of Lai State was broken down into five steps.

    This time,

    The defeat of Nan Xu''s hundred thousand army would also be in four steps!

    His lone bow had shot down six hundred for the first step, creating momentum. Today''s second step, gathering momentum, would be left to his senior brother to complete.

    Speaking of the Heavenly Phenomenon,

    Chen Sansi couldn''t help but think of the old scholar.

    Counting the days, it had been months since Xu Wencai went to the You State border to deal with the rebel army and the Wei Country supporting them in the dark. He wondered how the battle there was going.

    "Kill——"

    "Boom!"

    The resounding cries of battle mixed with the thunder.

    "General!" S~ea??h the n?velFire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

    Xia Cong hurried over, wiping the rain from his face, "They''re here, people are everywhere. Now we can only flee towards the northeast; otherwise, we''ll be surrounded very soon!"

    "Yes."

    Xiao Zheng followed, "The rain is too heavy, I can''t see clearly. Just from the sound, I can tell there are several thousand men in each direction!"

    "So many people?!"

    Yan Changqing said sarcastically, "This Mr. Si of Nan Xu Country is really desperate to kill us, using so many men to kill just twenty of us!"

    "Following what Xia Cong said,"

    Chen Sansi commanded, "move towards the northeast!"

    "Sir, there''s a problem!"

    Lu Shuhua said, "If we head northeast, wouldn''t that take us further away from the route back to Hulaoguan?"

    "Heading northeast will take us into the gorges of Silver Pine Cliff where General Fang, General Deng, and the others will meet us!"