I really don't want to lose the country

"Fortunately, the army withdrew decisively, otherwise most of them would be lost."

Without saying a word, Xiang Yan waved his hand to signal the generals to go down.

After a long time, he murmured: "Di Qing, as expected, in terms of resourcefulness, I am indeed not as good as you juniors."

Xiang Yan was half confident in defending against Di Qing.

Now one more level down.

"Report! Marshal, there is a battle report from the direction of Yicheng. Dazhou is bombarding stones across the river, and Yicheng may not be safe!"

Suddenly a general came in to report, and then delivered the letter.

"What? Across the river... to attack the city!"

Xiang Yan was really shocked.

He knows how far the catapult can hit.

Projecting across the river, I'm afraid it will be twice as far away as before.

How did Da Zhou's technology improve so much?

With such a long distance, it will be even more difficult to deal with in the future.

"Commander, this matter is absolutely true, our naval warships dare not enter Yishui to reinforce the people of Yicheng!" Lai Jiang explained.

Xiang Yan shook her head and smiled wryly.

"If this continues, Yicheng will be destroyed. Dazhou should build a pontoon bridge upstream, and cavalry will go south soon."

"After all, it still failed to stop Di Qing's Suzaku army."

The general said: "Commander, how about sending colleagues across the river at night to destroy Da Zhou's trebuchet!"

"Last time the Great Zhou was able to send troops to our rear and burn down our camps and cities. We can also sneak attack their rear!"

Xiang Yan waved his hand and said: "Di Qing is not an idiot, how could he not be on guard against us, he is probably waiting for us to plunge in right now."

"Come here, send an order, abandon Nuoguo City, the army will go south, first retreat to Lankouju, and the main defense will be Lankouju and Dangyang!"

The generals of Chuyue Kingdom who received the news were all stunned.

This is withdrawn.

We dug for a year and built the trench defense line.

This is no longer necessary.

Directly throw away the east of Hanshui in Nanjun.

How can I explain this to His Majesty and the court.

All the generals went to Xiang Yan one after another.

Xiang Yan didn't explain too much, leaving only 5000 people in Nuoguo City.

Then he retreated south with the army.

After crossing the ferry at Lankouju.

Then he received a report from the broken soldiers who fled from Yicheng.

"Commander, Yicheng has been breached by Da Zhou, and the Da Zhou cavalry is behind!"

Xiang Yan seems to have known it long ago.

Not surprising.

Just asked about the specific battle situation.

Then he commanded the army to garrison at Lankouju.

He also sent important generals to Dangyang to preside over the defense.

after one day.

The Suzaku army marched south and advanced to twenty miles below Jucheng in Lankou.

"Commander, Di Qing brought [-] soldiers and horses here, and the navy stayed in Yicheng, and did not go south!"

"Marshal, can we concentrate our superior forces to fight Di Qing in the open field.

Once we let him bring in such a large siege machine as a trebuchet, our Lankouju will not be able to defend it. "

The generals didn't want to retreat, and this time they all took the initiative to fight.

Xiang Yan thought for a while and said, "Okay, let's send the letter of challenge!"

After giving the order, he said to his confidant: "Send a letter to His Majesty, saying that our army is going to fight Di Qing decisively. If we defend the city, we will be too passive. In the end, our morale will be exhausted, our army's morale will be exhausted, and finally the whole army will be defeated.

It's better to play a game, so as not to be forced into a passive position. "

After doing this, Xiang Yan began to worry deeply again.

Doing it yourself is right or wrong.

A stud is very refreshing.

But also risky.

It can directly bury tens of thousands of troops.

The entire northern defense line was completely lost.

Zhou army camp!

"Decisive battle! It seems that Xiang Yan has learned how to be good, and I am afraid that I will be smashed by our army's powerful offensive weapons."

The generals said: "Commander, it's fine if we don't fight. If we hit us, we will directly use the trebuchet to smash them until they lose their morale!"

Di Qing smiled and said: "No, we must fight, give this General Xiang the last bit of face, he can't be retreating.

Either die here, or fight! "

"promise!"

overnight!