Rebirth: Marry a General instead of a Prince

On the second day, Zhou Yehan and Lu Zhiling, who had been stationed outside Yanzhou City for half a month, received orders from Xie Yunsong and evacuated quickly.

On this day, the camp was empty, as the last group of troops had left last night.

After daybreak, while retreating, Lu Zhiling ordered a thousand men to bluff everywhere outside Yanzhou City, beating drums and shouting, creating the illusion that the army was still there and would attack at any time. He led two thousand men to attack Yanzhou City, and when they entered the enemy's bow and arrow range, they turned around and retreated, and then continued the attack later.

This was repeated several times, and after half a day, the soldiers were exhausted.

Lu Zhiling ordered his soldiers to rest on the spot and let smoke rise from the camp to continue to confuse the Northern Di army.

After struggling for half a day, Lu Zhiling sat down to rest. Suddenly, he saw a large cloud of yellow smoke rising from the direction of Yanzhou without any warning.

It was smoke and dust, rising slowly, and in a blink of an eye, it covered the sun and rolled in.

All I heard was the soldier on guard in front shouting, "The Northern Di soldiers are coming—"

Lu Zhiling heard the deafening sound in front of him, his face changed drastically, and he shouted loudly: "Retreat quickly--"

His many years of combat experience told him that tens of thousands of soldiers were rushing towards this direction at this moment. Not only that, judging from the smoke and dust, there was a large group of people behind them, rushing towards this direction.

At present, he only had 3,000 men. The soldiers jumped up, climbed onto their horses, and ran away.

Lu Zhiling's guess was correct. This morning, Yu Huangqing received news that Xie Yunsong had ordered the two troops outside Yanzhou City to evacuate.

Yu Huangqing naturally didn't believe it. Over the years, he had fought with Xie Yunsong many times, and he knew Xie Yunsong's character very well. He was not someone who would give up easily. He would not retreat easily unless Yanzhou was taken.

But in the afternoon, his generals reported that the Northern Army had indeed retreated. They left several thousand troops in the camp to confuse them, intending to cover up the fact that the Northern Army had retreated.

Yu Huangqing was unsure of Xie Yunsong's intentions. But he was suspicious by nature, so he ordered his trusted confidant, King Zhongshan, to lead the soldiers to rush to the northern camp to test the situation.

At this moment, the King of Zhongshan sent back a message: "The camp in the north is indeed empty, and the remaining several thousand soldiers have already abandoned their armor and weapons and fled in panic. He is pursuing them with all his strength, intending to annihilate them in one fell swoop.

Yu Huangqing was relieved. A few days ago, Xie Yunsong and his men had caused a big disturbance in Yanzhou City, intending to assassinate him, and also had his men burn his food and grass, trying to make him lose his mind. Unfortunately, Xie Yunsong underestimated the will of the Northern Di Army. No matter what, Yanzhou must not be lost this time.

It was not Yu Huangqing's fault for being gullible, but the one leading the troops this time was the King of Zhongshan, who was born in the royal family of Beidi. He was not only brave and good at fighting, but also good at making plans. Not only did he know Xie Yunsong's combat methods early on, he also sent Beidi people who had defected to him to infiltrate the enemy camp as spies, secretly spying on the movements of the northern border and collecting intelligence.

Recently, Xie Yunsong ordered his men to retreat, but he still left 3,000 soldiers behind to confuse them, and all of them were in the control of the King of Zhongshan. So he took advantage of the situation and led his troops to chase and kill them today.

But the King of Zhongshan led his troops in pursuit, and after only an hour, he saw a large number of troops waiting for him in the distance. They were the Northern Army that he had received the news of retreating last night. Judging from the number of people alone, there were at least 50,000 soldiers.

In this war, in order to ensure absolute safety, Yu Huangqing sent the elite troops of the Northern Di, with extremely strong overall combat effectiveness.

Although the King of Zhongshan knew he was being tricked, he brought 100,000 troops with him today, leaving only 10,000 soldiers in Yanzhou City, while the rest went out in full force. 100,000 versus 50,000, the odds of winning were in his hands.

King Zhongshan wanted to kill this group of Northern Border troops as quickly as possible. Now the enemy's number of people was only half of his own. Such an opportunity for battle was rare.

At this moment, in the eyes of the King of Zhongshan of Beidi, the 50,000 troops in front of him were not the enemy, but the great achievements he was about to make.

King Zhongshan wanted to defeat the enemy with more numbers, so he did not hesitate. With a command, he led the troops behind him to charge forward.

The Northern Army was led by Lu Zhiling, who had been left behind to confuse the enemy, and an old man in white.

King Zhongshan rushed to see clearly. According to his intelligence, this old man must be Xie Yunsong's master, Master Qingyi. Rumor has it that this man is highly skilled in martial arts and well-versed in military books. But unfortunately, he is not a general, let alone leading troops to fight. Don't think that you can command an army just by reading a few military books.

King Zhongshan felt contemptuous. In his opinion, Xie Yunsong probably had no one else to send, so he sent such an old man to fight the enemy. No matter how many military books you read, it is just talk on paper. The real battle can only be understood by those who have actually been on the battlefield.

He quickly sent someone to report the war to Yu Huangqing, but he was eager to make a contribution, so without waiting for Yu Huangqing's order, he led 100,000 troops and rushed forward.

The sound of a hundred thousand soldiers and horses shook the mountains and plains. The Northern Army was already timid when they saw the dense crowd.

King Zhongshan took the lead and rushed into the center of the northern border with his elite troops. He easily penetrated into the enemy camp and took the lead in fighting with Master Qingyi.

What about the hermit master mentioned by Dali people? He will die in this field today.

The contempt in the heart of King Zhongshan became more and more obvious. He ordered to pursue and kill them with all his strength, not giving the Northern Border Army any chance to fight back.

Master Qingyi lived up to his reputation, and his martial arts were indeed strong, but at this moment they were in battle, not in a duel. No matter how strong a person's martial arts were, it would be useless if he could not withstand the attack of tens of thousands of soldiers.

When the elite troops brought by King Zhongshan were invincible in the Northern Border Army, and even a group of troops were besieging Master Qingyi, King Zhongshan suddenly heard the deafening sound of war drums. He turned around and saw a large number of Northern Border troops rushing out in front of him. The Northern Border troops around him, who were about to be defeated and fleeing in panic, suddenly picked up their weapons, quickly formed a battle formation, and rushed towards the Northern Di people.

King Zhongshan was shocked and had not yet reacted. While he was stunned, Master Qingyi stabbed him in the shoulder with a sword.

The pain made him react quickly, and he suddenly realized that he had been fooled.

He was so excited just now but now he was sweating all over. However, he had been fighting for many years after all, so he quickly calmed himself down and ordered all his men to stay calm, fight and retreat, and not panic.

Even if the entire Northern Army was present, he still had a hundred thousand troops today. As long as he could retreat in time and fight back with all his might, he might still be victorious.

However, he was temporarily entangled by Master Qingyi and it was difficult for him to lead his troops to retreat. The large number of troops behind him had no idea what was happening in front of them, and they just rushed forward blindly, each with red eyes, ready to make merit, vying with each other, and rushing forward.

In front of him, the Northern Border Army was following closely, behind him, the Northern Di Army was constantly rushing forward, and in the middle, there was Master Qingyi entangled. King Zhongshan was shocked and could not care about anything else. He had to be extremely alert to face the master in front of him.

In terms of martial arts alone, he was no match for Master Qingyi, who was skilled in swordsmanship. After all, Master Qingyi was the master of General Yunhui and Princess Rong'an. But King Zhongshan was so angry that he hated Xie Yunsong and the old man who kept pestering him.