The offensive and defensive battle in Fengxian County has been in progress on the tenth day, and the county town of Fengxian has been completely destroyed.

The outer city walls have been almost completely destroyed, and the remaining ruins are covered with blood, showing the tragic extent of the war being fought here. The Huotu Camp has a total of 5,000 people, leaving only the last thousand people, who are stuck in the streets in the city, and are still fighting desperately.

This county town was once the most prosperous place for commodity trade between Ming and Qi. There were once a small 200,000 people gathered in the city, which was almost comparable to some smaller county towns, but now it is empty, like a ghost town.

Before the war, all the people had been dismissed to Taiping City and other places. The Ming Dynasty had actually been prepared to be conquered by its opponents, and even Qin Feng, even Shayang County, was ready to give up. Being able to withstand the attack of the Qi army for five days was far beyond everyone's imagination.

The reason why Fengxian has not been completely conquered is because of the existence of Yinggu and Min Ruoxi.

Yinggu is the master. Five days after the war started, she caused great damage to the Qi people. Three level nine masters had already died at Yinggu's hands. Until a grandson of the Qi people's army came, a master also came, which allowed Yinggu to have an opponent and greatly reduced the power to restrain the Qi army. The only task of this Qi master is to stare at Yinggu. He will track down wherever Yinggu appears.

Without Yinggu's support, the Ming army's stalemate immediately lost sight of one thing and another. Min Ruoxi, who was never allowed to step on the front line, was also put on the battlefield. Min Ruoxi was a master at level 9, but there were no shortage of opponents in the Qi army's lineup. Now Cao Hui and Guo Xiancheng can pose a great threat to Min Ruoxi.

In fact, the biggest function of Min Ruoxi when she appears on the battlefield is to inspire the morale of the soldiers. As long as she appears on the battlefield, Ming soldiers can always use tenths of their strength to exert twelve percent of their ability.

But even so, Fengxian was already shaky.

"Empress, you must leave here." Liu Xingwen, who was covered in blood and covered in scars on his armor, knelt in front of Min Ruoxi, and he refused to get up. "Tomorrow, the people of Qi will launch a general attack, and Fengxian will not be able to defend it. Please leave with Yinggu immediately and go to Shayang County City, where there is Chen Jialuo's tiger camp. Please go to Shayang County City to supervise the battle."

"I won't leave the battlefield." Min Ruoxi sat cross-legged on the soft bed, and fought with Cao Hui in the daytime, and she suffered internal injuries.

"Empress, in this battle, we do not care about the gains and losses of each city and one place. As long as the Emperor's Majesty wins, all the losses on our side are worth it." Liu Xingwen said anxiously. "Under Zhengyang County, our army is about to launch a general attack. The barbarians are at the end of their strength. Once the barbarians are annihilated, our army can quickly go to Shayang. Even if we are not in time, as long as we defend Zhengyang County, we will complete the goal set by His Majesty the Emperor. When the army turns around, we will fight the Qi people to amaze the decisive battle."

"Princess, Liu Xingwen makes sense. We have been guarding Fengxian for ten days and have already exceeded the target tasks set before the war. Now it is time to retreat. Once the enemy launches a general attack tomorrow, we can't leave even if we want to." Yinggu advised.

Min Ruoxi closed her eyes for a while, "If you want to leave, let's go together. Give up Fengxian, and the surviving soldiers were with me, not evacuating to Shayang County, but walking on Yanshan and back to Taiping City."

"Empress, now the people of Qi are eyeing us. Our every move cannot escape the surveillance of our opponents. It is too difficult to retreat together. It doesn't matter if the entire army of the Houtu camp was killed, but the Empress cannot cause any damage. With the ability of the Empress and Yinggu, it is easy to get out of the battlefield, but if we are with us, no one will be able to leave." Liu Xingwen shook his head and said, "And on the way to Yanshan, the enemy stationed a total of 3,000 troops. They had long been wary of us retreating to Yanshan."

"I will not leave my troops behind." Min Ruoxi closed her eyes and ignored Liu Xingwen. She thought in her mind that she left the border army in the Luoying Mountains. In the end, tens of thousands of border troops were destroyed in the Luoying Mountains. The guards who protected her also died one by one on the road of escape. In the end, only Guo Jiuling and Qin Feng who arrived later survived. This was her lifelong pain.

This time, she didn't want to leave alone again.

"Empress!" Liu Xingwen shouted, and Yinggu shook his head at him: "General Liu, the princess has decided, so there is no need to say more. You go down and prepare. At midnight, the entire army will launch an attack on the enemy in the direction of Yanshan. How many can they rush out? How many!"

Liu Xingwen stood up helplessly and walked outside.

Although the Qi army camp was about to break the city, neither Guo Xiancheng nor Cao Hui could see any joy on their faces. In Fengxian, they had been delaying too much time.

"The 30,000 army has bypassed Fengxian and headed to Shayang County. Lord Cao, why do you have to leave 10,000 people? These thousand people can't make a difference!" Guo Xiancheng looked at Cao Hui opposite him in confusion. "What we want now is time. We quickly take Shayang, then go to Zhengyang County to pick up the Yan army. I'm afraid we will have to face the situation of attacking Qingtong Gorge. Leaving 10,000 people will have a considerable impact on our military strength."

Guo Xiancheng was very angry. He lost nearly 10,000 people in Fengxian. These were all the elite field troops in the Great Qi Dynasty. Fengxian, which originally thought was vulnerable, turned into a hard bone. Although the defenders paid almost equal prices, for the Qi army, if they lost time, they had to face more losses.

Cao Hui knocked on the table one after another and looked at Guo Xiancheng: "General Guo, I say something you may not like to hear very much. I am afraid that this time your journey to attack Ming Dynasty will ruin your reputation by accident. A Feng County has already damaged one-fifth of our troops. Shayang County City is much harder to fight than Feng County."

Listening to Cao Hui's words, Guo Xiancheng suddenly became silent. Before he was transferred to this place, he never expected that he would encounter such a tough army.

"I don't know enough about the Ming army." Guo Xiancheng was helpless, "Mr. Cao, the Ming army's weapons and equipment are too powerful. I remember the last time I saw in the diary that the Ming army's Pili Camp had used these weapons in Tzu Chi. Why hasn't Ghost received relevant information so far? If we could imitate their things, we wouldn't have lost such a big loss."

Cao Hui smiled bitterly: "Why didn't you get it? We got the complete design drawings of these weapons, but our Arsenal cannot imitate in large quantities."

"Why?" Guo Xiancheng asked in surprise.

"The quality of steel." Cao Hui shook his head: "The steel produced by our Daqi cannot meet the strength and toughness required by these weapons. It is still okay for the masters to try to make a few in small quantities, but they want to imitate them on a large scale to equip the troops..."

Cao Hui shook his head helplessly, "At least in a short period of time, we can't do it."

Guo Xiancheng stared at Cao Hui: "Do you want to fight Taiping City and Daye City if you leave these 10,000 people? This is probably a bit difficult. With the Yanshan Pass alone, we are afraid that we can't get through. With the steepness of Yanshan and the location of the Ming army where the fortress is located, it only takes a thousand people to make it difficult for us to move forward."

Cao Hui chuckled: "General Guo, it has been half a month since the Yan army was surrounded by Zhengyang County. A army without food, how many days do you think they can hold on? If the Yan people are completely wiped out, will we continue to fight?"

"As long as Qin State wins, this battle will certainly be fought." Guo Xiancheng said.

"No, but what we are going to face is not a mere field battalion, but the main force of the Ming army. What I am most worried about now is that the Qin army also lost, so what should we do?" Cao Hui sighed.

"This is impossible, right?" Guo Xiancheng was a little disbelief.

"Why is it impossible?" Cao Hui snorted coldly, "Qin Feng left us behind, and even only placed two battalions in Shayang County. It is obvious that even if we were to fight Shayang County in chaos, we would fight to the death with the Qin people. His daring to do this at least means that he has the belief in winning. I know more about Qin Feng than you. So, I have to think about one more step."

"If the Qin people fail, we can't continue to fight." Guo Xiancheng was a little worried when Cao Hui said it.

"Yes, then we can't fight anymore. Because at this point, will the Chu people still sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight? No, they will definitely attack in full swing." Cao Hui stood up, "At that time, we will have to start wars at the same time. This is the ending we have always wanted to avoid."

"Your worries make sense." Guo Xiancheng nodded: "But I still don't believe that Deng Pu will lose?"

Cao Hui smiled: "Five years ago, who would have thought that Qin Feng started with 600 remnants of soldiers and actually founded the Ming Dynasty and became the founding emperor? No matter how powerful he is, it is not an exaggeration to think of such a person!"

"But how can we take over Taiping City and Daye City? How can we fight against Yanshan Military Village? Is it a tough attack?"

"Of course not!" Cao Hui said: "You just said that a hard attack is impossible. So, we have to find a way to get it right. The key is that Yanshan Military Village. As long as we break through Yanshan Military Village, everything will be easy."

“That’s exactly the problem.”

Cao Hui looked at Guo Xiancheng and suddenly laughed: "General Guo, do you think the last remaining troops in Fengxian County will flee towards Taiping City?"

Guo Xiancheng stared at Cao Hui, looked at him for a while, and suddenly burst into laughter: "It turns out that you are trying to beat Min Ruoxi."
Chapter completed!