After I disguised myself as a man, I became everyone's white moonlight

Two consecutive defeats made the morale of the Western Chu army completely unstable, and some of them fled overnight.

In addition, the Japanese army went to the East Gate and wanted to join forces with Western Chu to attack. At Chu Xi's suggestion, they used a trick to kill with a borrowed knife!

That night, the 20,000 soldiers of Xichu who had not had a good rest in the past few days, plus the 50,000 soldiers of Japan, a total of 70,000 people, were under the deliberate guidance of Chu Xi and Tang Yuhuai and his party.

In the darkness where they couldn't see each other's clothes clearly, the two sides actually started killing each other!

Taking advantage of the night, Chu Xi and Tang Yuhuai took action while the people in their two camps slept until midnight.

In the final analysis, Dongying and Xichu are allies, and they just have the same interests at the moment. In fact, they still don't trust each other.

Therefore, every night the camps where the Japanese army and the Western Chu soldiers were stationed were completely separated, with the Japanese on the left and the Western Chu on the right. In order to prevent the other side from making a move, they were a bit far apart.

They were on guard in the first few days, fearing that the Great Zhou soldiers in the city would launch a surprise attack at night, so they stepped up patrols.

But after a few nights, they found that the daytime siege was too tiring. Not only did the Zhou defenders have no energy to launch a surprise attack, even their patrol officers could not help but fall asleep!

After a few days of peace, both sides developed a relaxed mentality and took it for granted that they would not launch a sneak attack at night!

Chu Xi’s strategy is to confuse the opponent first and then catch him by surprise!

One group harassed the left side, and the other group harassed the right side.

They pretended to be defeated and retreated quickly, but in fact they were leading them in a predetermined direction.

While retreating, they lit a few special smoke incense sticks, which made it impossible to see clearly what was happening around them within half an incense stick of time. The effect was significant.

Chu Xi and Tang Yuhuai are good at martial arts and have extraordinary five senses. Even though their eyes were blinded by the smoke, their hearing was still there.

They asked the others to withdraw in advance, and the two of them deliberately confused the team.

The two men mixed into the camps of Dongying and Xichu respectively, shouting that the enemy was here, kill them, creating a tense atmosphere at the scene.

Under the influence of smoke, when people cannot see their surroundings clearly, they tend to panic, and panic makes it easy for them to make mistakes!

People on both sides thought that this was a smoke screen deliberately released by the people of the Great Zhou to confuse them, so they killed them without mercy.

In addition, neither side was familiar with the people in the other camp, so in this situation, they fought each other to the death.

Chu Xi and Tang Yuhuai retired after accomplishing their mission and returned to the city.

An hour later, the battle was over, the smoke completely dissipated, and they all saw clearly who the "enemy" they had killed was!

But it was too late. There were less than 10,000 soldiers left in Western Chu, and Japan had lost nearly 20,000. In this mutual slaughter, Da Zhou was the biggest winner.

Perhaps they were worried that Chu Xi and others in the city would resort to some tricks, so they fled in panic and escaped to the South Gate.

As for Xiao Yang Taiyuan, he had suffered internal injuries before. After he had finally recovered from his injuries, he was stabbed twice in succession in this battle and was on the verge of death!

Under such circumstances, the Japanese army did not dare to stay any longer.

Xiao Yang Taiyuan has a special identity. He is a member of the royal family, so there can't be any mistakes!

The military doctors in the army have limited medical skills, so they must hurry back to Japan to ask a doctor to treat him.

Otherwise, considering how much the prince values ​​little Yang Taiyuan, all of them would probably be buried with little Yang Taiyuan!

The Japanese army did not dare to waste time and marched back without stopping, returning to Japan on the same day.

By the time Qi Minsong learned the news and sent people to intercept them, the building was empty.

The Japanese army had 50,000 men on the expedition, but only 20,000 were left. Not only did they fail to gain any advantage, but even the prince's son was almost killed in Xi'an.

After suffering such a huge loss, how could they continue to stay here? Naturally, they couldn't wait to go back.

If they don’t go back, they are afraid that none of the remaining 20,000 people will be left!

As soon as the news of the successive defeats at the East Gate and the South Gate came out, the morale of the Western Chu army outside the city of Xi'an was naturally low, and they no longer had any excitement or expectations about the siege.

The first batch of Western Chu soldiers who came to join the war arrived outside Xi'an more than 20 days ago. After more than 20 days of unremitting efforts, they not only failed to capture Xi'an...

Even the main general was captured alive by Chu Jiang twice in a row.

Qi Minsong saw that the army's morale was declining and they knew that they had completely lost hope.

Even if another 100,000 troops were sent, they might not be able to capture the city of Xi'an.

Siege is a test of morale. Once morale is affected, the loser of the battle will inevitably be the side with the plummeting morale.

The two sides ceased fighting again and negotiated. This time, Chu Xi and Rong Qingzhu were in charge of the negotiations.

Both of them had a gentle and easy-going face, but their words were sharp and to the point.

Qi Minsong was willing to negotiate, not to redeem General Wu who intended to undermine him and wanted his life, but for the tens of thousands of Western Chu soldiers in the city.

Chu Xi smiled and made the same request as before.

Five hundred dan of grain, ten thousand taels of gold and eight hundred war horses.

These requests were not excessive, after all, they were made just to exchange for the fifth prince's cousin.

What we want to exchange this time is not just one person, but tens of thousands of Western Chu soldiers. Tens of thousands of lives can be exchanged for these things, which is a good deal no matter how you look at it.

At least Qi Minsong didn't think that these were too much. You have to know that a fool like the Fifth Prince's cousin was worth this price. It didn't make sense that the lives of so many people combined were not worth it!

However, even though I have this thought, to fulfill my promise I still need the approval of the King of Western Chu!

Qi Minsong wrote down all the requests made by Chu Xi in a memorial that day and sent someone to deliver it back to Xijing at full speed.

The King of Western Chu, who was in Xijing, was furious again when he received this memorial.

This time, the one who suffered was not the fifth prince, but the fourth prince.

Who made General Wu the one chosen by the Fourth Prince’s party!

If the King of Western Chu doesn't vent his anger on him, who else can he vent his anger on?

The only good thing was that the memorial was received after the court meeting, when His Majesty summoned the Fourth Prince and the Fifth Prince, along with the Minister of War and the Minister of Revenue, into the palace to discuss matters.

Compared to the last time the Fifth Prince was hit in the face in public, the Fourth Prince was treated better this time.

But the Fourth Prince was not happy because of the small number of people. His face was gloomy, as if he had been punched hard!

"Your Majesty, why don't you agree to the request of the Great Zhou?" The Minister of Revenue advised in a low voice.

Upon hearing this, the King of Western Chu not only refused, but also asked Qi Minsong to talk to Chu Xi and the others again, insisting that the number be reduced to the minimum!

When Chu Xi knew that Qi Minsong wanted to continue negotiating terms with him, he knew that the other party was not satisfied with the requirements they put forward.

The reason for this dissatisfaction is not that it is too little, but that it is too much!

Chu Xi did the opposite. The first request he made was ordinary, not excessive, but not too low either.

The King of Western Chu was hoping for the best and thought he could continue negotiations and lower the number!

Little did he know that Chu Xi had already guessed that he would have such thoughts.

Everyone has a sense of luck, and the emperor is no exception.