The Era of Generals

Chapter 496 - Regret

Juhe city.

During this period of time, apart from sending people to pay attention to the enemy barracks fifty miles outside the city, Ouyang Lixing has devoted all his attention to stabilizing the situation in the city.

Juhe City has changed owners several times, and it is the time when people are panicking. In addition, an area in the city has been designated for the settlement of prisoners of war, which makes the civilians feel even more uneasy.

People's hearts were unstable, and after Chen Ming left, Ouyang Lixing was not sure if there was still the eyeliner that Zheng Yuanyun planted in the city, so he focused on strict investigation.

As for the situation outside the city, the opponent did not move, and Ouyang Lixing did not take the initiative to provoke. Although Ambassador Zhu Yan, who has been with the army until now, has come several times to urge Ouyang Lixing, wanting to strike while the iron is hot and wipe out the enemy outside, but Ouyang Li Xing remained unmoved.

It wasn't until the sixth day that the scouts sent out finally got news back.

However, although this news made Ouyang Lixing breathe a sigh of relief, it made the envoy very angry.

"Have you retreated?"

Ouyang Lixing quietly listened to the news reported by the chief scout, his eyes flickered slightly, which showed that he was indeed feeling a little lost.

To be honest, Ouyang Lixing himself couldn't tell whether it was right or wrong to hold back. What he did was to base his judgment on his usual style of doing things, so he made the decision to stay still at this time.

However, the urging of Zhu Yan's envoy came several times was actually not unreasonable, and after so many days of investigation, the information sent back by the scouts has always confirmed that the other party only has 500,000 people stationed outside the city.

Oh no, the opponent's strength has changed this morning, but it has only increased from 500,000 to 600,000. Based on the strength of Juhe City, Ouyang Lixing can guarantee a victory.

But will it really go so smoothly?

Ouyang Lixing thought about it, and after sorting out the matter from beginning to end, all he could think of was the word Chen Ze.

forget it.

He shook his head, gave up this seemingly tempting idea, and made up his mind that he should follow his own safe approach and only take back half of the Nantes province.

So, under the watchful eyes of Zhu Yan's scouts, this group of Qingyang army calmly dismantled the camp, and then slowly adjusted the formation, and finally retreated in the same way.

Seeing that the scouts are anxious, with the opponent's appearance, there is no way to see that there is an ambush. If your own army is here, if you don't keep it together, you can beat the opponent one by one!

But even though he thought so, he turned his head and thought about it again, the other party dared to be so calm under the eyes of his own army, didn't it just show that the other party had nothing to fear?

In this way, it seems that General Ouyang's arrangement is more reasonable?

Anyway, the Qingyang Empire's 600,000 troops retreated slowly without any attack from the Zhuyan Empire.

However, after another two days, when Ouyang Lixing received the report from the scouts, he regretted it.

Ouyang Lixing was not very clear about whether the commander of that army was Chen Ze, but the other party's next movement made him suddenly feel regretful.

The retreat of the Qingyang army was a very thorough retreat. When they passed the city that Zheng Yuanyun had previously beaten down along the way, they took all the defenders in the city with them just like Zheng Yuanyun's previous move to gather troops. Go and leave no one behind.

In this way, in the six cities between Juhe City and Xilong City, all the Qingyang Empire troops were gone, leaving behind six empty cities without guards.

this……

At first, Ouyang Lixing thought that Chen Ze was setting up a suspicious formation to lure him into the bait, but judging from what the other party was doing at this time, it was clear that he was saving every ounce of troops and did not want to make any unnecessary losses.

That is to say, Chen Ze doesn't have any arrangements. What he wants now is to gather all the troops scattered in various cities so that he can...

It can't be an offense, can it?

If it was an attack, why would he give up so many cities?

Therefore, he wanted to use more troops for defense, and the cities he wanted to defend were naturally the three main cities!

At first Ouyang Lixing believed that he and Chen Ze each got half of the Nantes province, and then relied on the natural advantages of Juhe City to stick to it until the Zhuyan Empire had soldiers to help.

But Chen Ze is more bachelor.

He didn't want any extra cities, and returned them all to the Zhu Yan Empire.

From another aspect, this is enough to show that Chen Ze is also in a powerless situation right now. His military strength, even if all the defenders in the cities are counted, is only enough for him to defend the three main cities.

Then, if I was more aggressive at that time and led the army to take advantage of the victory to pursue a wave, wouldn't it be possible...

No, Ouyang Lixing refused to think about this question.

It's not that he is a person who can't afford to lose, but he understands that regret or annoyance, this kind of emotion is of no help in the battle. Now that the opportunity to fight has been lost, it is time to cherish the memory of what he has lost. What's the use of everything?

It's better to look forward and think about the next way to deal with it.

Let's not talk about what will happen to Ouyang Lixing's side, but Chen Ze's side, under the continuous march, has almost reached Xilong City.

The defenders of the six cities along the way were all taken back and gathered together, adding another 300,000 troops to him.

Although the 300,000 yuan was placed on the cities along the way by Zheng Yuanyun, it does not mean that they are the weakest group.

In fact, Zheng Yuanyun's delay for an extra month in order to succeed in one fell swoop is not without benefits. At least the troops he brought to Nantes Province are not as good as the half a million elite soldiers. But he was also a well-rounded 800-strong elite soldier. In his original 2 million troops, there was no obvious shortcoming.

Therefore, the total of these collections is more than 900,000 people, all of whom are elite soldiers who can be used to great advantage. In addition, there are 100,000 soldiers in Ketan City, which is enough to make up a million. The surviving defenders in the two cities of Suanter and Xili.

It was also the first time for Chen Ze to hold a million troops in his hands, and it also gave him a lot of confidence. He was full of confidence in his next actions.

Of course, what Chen Ze is more confident about is that there is a high probability that he will not encounter the enemy army in his next actions, that is to say, he may not need this army at all.

An army of over one million may be just a pawn in his hands that can be used to deter the opponent.

But having said that, it doesn't mean that the strength of more than one million troops is not important.

In fact, it was precisely because of such a force that Ouyang Lixing would not have any thoughts about him.