The Era of Generals

Chapter 451   Predictable Results

Ouyang Lixing was surprised.

He would send troops, all because of Chen Zena's threat, it can be said that he sent out reluctantly.

Of course, when he agreed to send troops at that time, he didn't say anything dead, but only said that he could send troops to chase after him. If he found that Zheng Yuanyun's troops exceeded the intelligence range, he would retreat without hesitation.

If Chen Ze forced him to attack, then Ouyang Lixing would desperately fight Chen Zelai, and would not force him to fight Zheng Yuanyun.

Even though in that case, his own Fengqi province would be hurt, but it was not to the point of being torn apart, while Chen Ze was already at the stake of life and death, so it was self-evident who would be hurt more.

Having said that, Ouyang Lixing was just pretending. How could he believe that Chen Ze would seriously let Zheng Yuanyun dare to stick to Juhe City while maintaining this state?

If Zheng Yuanyun really stopped in Juhe City, unless the deliberately transferred reinforcements were returned to Zheng Yuanyun, then Zheng Yuanyun might stay in Juhe City after he was supplemented with troops.

However, the information showed that Zheng Yuanyun's troops had not changed. Apart from the remnants that retreated in Tianyuan City, there were really only the four cities in front, plus the troops recovered from Juhe City.

A total of 600,000.

And Ouyang Lixing brought two million, even if Juhe City was there to defend, wouldn't it be impossible to attack?

Of course Ouyang Lixing did not want to fight, but this did not hinder his judgment of the situation.

If he wanted to defend the 2 million siege army commanded by him with only 600,000 troops, Zheng Yuanyun might be underestimating him.

So, to fight or not to fight?

Ouyang frowned sharply. To be honest, if there was a slight discrepancy in the number of troops reported by the spies, he could use this to rebuff Chen Ze, and then turned around and left without mercy.

However, this force is on the table, and according to the spies' report, what Zheng Yuanyun is doing at the moment is to urgently strengthen the city defense in Juhe City, no matter how you look at it, he looks like he wants to stick to it.

This is still not playing?

Ouyang Lixing naturally has no lack of vision for combat power. He knows that as long as he wins Zheng Yuanyun in Juhe City, and then annihilates his 600,000 troops, then he can go straight in and regain the lost ground all the way until Xilong City is captured.

From Juhe City, he has the ability to fight all the way to Xilong City. As for the three main cities of Ketan, Tell, and Xili, he said that he cannot take them back for the time being, but it does not hinder the Nantes Province. Turn the corner.

Even if Chen Ze has another demonic move, but when the army and the city are superior, Ouyang Lixing can't think of any other strategies for Chen Ze to turn the tables.

Or, Chen Zeda didn't have that idea from the beginning, but just wanted to get rid of Zheng Yuanyun so that he could be freed?

Or, Chen Ze's appetite is not that great, and occupying the three main cities of Nantes Province is actually enough?

Think about it, he is just a small co-leader. To him, it is a great credit for him to be able to take over the three main cities steadily, and Zheng Yuanyun's loss, no matter how strange it is, he can't be blamed To Chen Ze's head.

That being the case, in the case of the overall defeat in the battle, Chen Ze's situation is actually good, and he can even be rewarded by the Qingyang Empire.

After all, these three main cities are already a lot of money. Moreover, these three cities did not exist before. It was the Zhuyan Empire who took advantage of the Qingyang Empire and expanded from Xilong City to occupy them forcibly. of the three cities.

From this point of view, even if the three main cities can no longer be taken back, at most they will return the things that occupied the Qingyang Empire before.

The worst result is that the two will offset each other, and they will no longer owe each other.

Right now, the Zhuyan Empire, which is suffering from internal and external troubles, naturally has no more extraneous thoughts, but on the Qingyang Empire, to be honest, Ouyang Lixing doesn't think the situation will be any better than that of the Zhuyan Empire.

Especially when the news of Zheng Yuanyun's expeditionary force being wiped out spreads, the Qingyang Empire will also be in the situation of the Zhuyan Empire. At that time, what they care about is not the gains and losses of a city or a place, but the overall battle front Will it crash because of it.

In that case, even taking advantage of it, the Qingyang Empire should be satisfied with taking back the three main cities.

So, why does Chen Ze have to inherit Zheng Yuanyun's behest and eat the entire Nantes province?

Zheng Yuanyun is a participating general, and the military achievements he needs to go further are huge. Using the entire Nantes province as his stepping stone is probably enough.

But for Chen Ze, even if he only won one city, the rewards he could get from the Qingyang Empire were already huge rewards beyond his own military rank. Why would he need to rack his brains?

As for what Chen Ze said, 500,000 elite soldiers were heading towards Dongping City.

Once Zheng Yuanyun was defeated, the unknown army would definitely not appear in Dongping City, and his Fengqi Province would also be calm.

After thinking about this, Ouyang Lixing's heart that had no fighting intention suddenly became alive again.

In any case, Zheng Yuanyun is the commander-in-chief of a province. If he can destroy the opponent here, the morale blow to the enemy will be huge. The direct consequence of this is that the Qingyang Empire will not continue to attack Nantes. The province increased its troops in order to take over the entire province, but chose the conservative strategy of accepting as soon as it was good, and first stabilized the three main cities in hand.

That is to say, Ouyang Lixing has completed his mission, solved the disaster of Nantes province by himself, and even solved the urgent need of Zhuyan Empire.

A big victory here will change the situation of the entire continent, that's for sure.

The so-called influence of one hair affects the whole body, the improvement of the situation here will make the Zhu Yan Empire heal a lot of blood, and Ouyang Lixing, who played a key role in this, will also become a great hero of the empire.

No matter how you look at it, it is beneficial and harmless.

Ouyang Lixing heaved a sigh of relief.

It was because he thought too much before, and he always wanted to use Zheng Yuanyun, a pawn who was no longer a big threat, to restrict Chen Ze, but in fact, he was the one who benefited the most from Chen Ze's operation.

Thinking of this, Ouyang Lixing could even see the helpless expression on Chen Ze's face. This person had planned countless plans and was already making wedding dresses for others, but the one who benefited didn't appreciate it.

"Send the order and get ready to attack Juhe City."

Having figured it out, Ouyang Lixing returned to his usual indifference, but the occasional cruel smile flashed across his expression, which undoubtedly revealed his thoughts.

This battle will be his last battle in the province of Nantes, and he will undoubtedly be the one who will win this battle in the end!