Call of the Heroes of Chaos in Another World

Chapter 2725 Yellow-Eyebrowed Demon Slays Bull Overlord, His Unbridled Bravery Shocks the Qian Army

Chapter 2725 Yellow-Eyebrowed Demon Slays Bull Overlord, His Unbridled Bravery Shocks the Qian Army (Part 1)

In the Battle of Yueshan, Han general An Xiuxiu was ambushed, and almost all 7,000 Han soldiers were wiped out. Even the fierce Han general Zhang Guifang perished in this battle.

However, in this battle, Li Cunxiao came to the rescue alone, leading the remnants of the Han army to break out of the encirclement. He then turned around and charged in, killing the Qian army general Yu Hua in the midst of thousands of troops.

In this battle, Li Cunxiao once again became famous throughout the land.

Especially at the moment when he killed Yu Hua, Li Cunxiao took two consecutive attacks from Jiang Hou and Hou Qing head-on with his own body, but he was unharmed. This once again demonstrated to the world his top-level hard skills.

Although the Han army suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Yueshan, An Xiuxiu, who was mainly responsible for the incident, had already died in battle. Since the dead were gone, it was impossible to investigate anything further once Feng Yi arrived with his troops.

Only Li Cunxiao, as the commander of the vanguard, was held jointly responsible for the disastrous defeat due to his management duties, and was given fifty lashes as a warning and punishment.

If it were anyone else, fifty lashes would have left them with torn skin and unable to get out of bed for a while. But for Li Cunxiao, it was just a light and painless punishment.

At the same time, news of Yue Shan's great victory was quickly spread by Jiang Chaoyun, the main general of Yue Shan in the Great Qian Dynasty, to all directions to boost the morale of the Qian army, which had suffered repeated defeats.

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Outside Jiujiang City, the Han army camp.

"Gongsun suffered a great loss this time at the foot of Yue Mountain!" Deng Qiang said with a grin upon receiving the news.

At that moment, he could almost picture the worried expression on his longtime friend's face.

The casualties of seven thousand men were not a significant number for the Han army. Compared to the million-strong Han army in this battle, it was merely a drop in the ocean and could not damage their foundation at all.

However, let alone the war against Qian, even since the founding of the Han Dynasty, there have been very few battles in which an entire army was wiped out.

While Hun Jian's army was also completely wiped out on Xue Rengui's side, can the two sides be compared?

Xue Rengui's side can be said to have been deliberately sent over by him. This army was his expendable pawn, a pawn he sacrificed to achieve his tactical and strategic goals. And later events proved that Xue Rengui successfully achieved his objectives.

That battle dealt a heavy blow to Ji Chengfu's main cavalry force, preventing Ji Chengfu from interfering with Xue Rengui's military operations for a month.

This made Dongye and Jianye almost within Xue Rengui's grasp, forcing Jiang Ziya to abandon the previously impregnable Bailangling and Beijiang defense lines, allowing the Han's million-strong army to pour directly into the territory of Daqian.

It can be said that Xue Rengui's army was completely wiped out, which was a tactical and strategic necessity for him, a victory achieved through defeat. On the other hand, Feng Yi suffered a crushing defeat.

Even with the Han army having a significant advantage, the fact that the entire army was wiped out, despite the relatively small number of casualties, will inevitably become a stain on Feng Yi's record in this battle.

After all, he was the commander of that army. If his men won, he would be credited; if they lost, he would also bear joint responsibility for their management.

Upon hearing this, the generals below didn't say much. Deng Qiang could make a joke and tease Feng Yi, but the others present didn't have that right. Deng Qiang and Feng Yi were both deputy generals of the corps, high-ranking officers in the army, and held the same equal position, but the others present were far inferior.

"General, now General Yue is leading the main force southward, and has forced Jiang Ziya to abandon seven cities in succession."

"General Hulü Guang's Flying Feather Army is even more swift and unpredictable, forcing the various units of Xingwu Dao's Qian Army to fight on their own."

"General, we've been fighting so frustratingly lately, shouldn't we launch a counterattack?" Among the many Han generals in the tent, a general with disheveled hair spoke up in a low voice.

Many military generals are actually quite rugged in appearance, but even so, it is rare for them to be like this person, with their hair completely untied and hanging loose like a wild man.

However, no one present dared to laugh at this person. After all, he was not only the direct grand-disciple of the Grand Preceptor, but also the most skilled among the generals present, and by a significant margin.

The one who just spoke was none other than Huang Mei, a disciple of Maitreya from Mahayana Buddhism.

"General, our army has held firm for more than half a month, it's time to launch a counterattack!" Wu Qi, the deputy general, spoke up at this moment.

Although Wu Qi was originally in Bai Qi's army, the northwest of Daqian is now empty, so there is no need to keep so many good and strong generals in Bai Qi's army. For this reason, many people have been transferred to other armies.

Li Cunxiao was like this, and so was Wu Qi.

As for Jiujiang City, it is extremely important to the Qian army, as it is a vital passage connecting Xingwu Road and the northwest of Daqian. Holding onto it will prevent Bai Qi, who has already entered the northwest of Daqian, from launching a counterattack.

Therefore, for such an important location, the Great Qian side dispatched Jiang Chaofeng, the last of the three Jiangs, to lead an army of 30,000 to guard this place.

However, while this position was extremely important to the Great Qian Dynasty, it was different for the Great Han Dynasty. The Great Han Dynasty originally did not intend to let Bai Qi enter the Xingwu Dao. Instead, it wanted to wait until Bai Qi had taken over the northwest of the Great Qian Dynasty, and then let him go south to the west, thereby completing the three-sided encirclement of the Tianye Dao.

It was precisely because they had no intention of taking this place from the beginning that Deng Qiang's army only numbered 30,000. With such equal numbers of troops, how could they possibly defeat Jiang Chaofeng, who held a defensive advantage?

To put it bluntly, Yue Fei arranged for Deng Qiang to come here not so that he could capture Jiang Chaofeng. Yue Fei only needed to use these 3 troops to hold back Jiang Chaofeng's 3 troops, preventing them from moving, thereby giving him a greater advantage in troop strength and opening a breakthrough among the other armies.

Within Xingwu Road, Yue Fei's available troops were originally about three times that of Jiang Ziya. If he could use the same number of troops to entangle the same number of enemy troops, he could further expand his troop advantage on other routes. Naturally, Yue Fei was willing to do this.

However, Yue Fei thought this way from the perspective of the overall situation. Deng Qiang, who was only in charge of this front-line battlefield, naturally did not want to be left to watch others reap the rewards of war.

Furthermore, after Wu Qi was transferred from Bai Qi's command, he was assigned to Bai Qi's subordinate position as a deputy general, bringing together these two ambitious generals.

So the two of them began to plot against Jiang Chaofeng, who was stationed in Jiujiang City.