The Eternal Beauty of the City of Wealth

After Duke Ping of Jin retreated to Pingyin City, he immediately ordered all states to count their troops and horses to see how many soldiers had been lost in total.

The results came out in the evening, and the coalition forces suffered a total loss of more than 300,000 people.

Duke Ping of Jin was shocked when he heard this. More than 300,000 people died in just one round of charge.

If it happens two more times, more than one million soldiers will be wiped out!

We can't just act recklessly like this. We must come up with a comprehensive plan.

So he summoned the generals of various vassal states to the county magistrate's office to discuss matters.

When everyone heard that the charge resulted in the loss of more than 300,000 people, they all looked terrified and kept silent.

Seeing that no one spoke, Duke Ping of Jin angrily slammed the table and said, "Speak up!"

"You're usually quite good at blowing! Why are you so dumb now?"

Grand Marshal Zhang Junchen bowed and said, "Your Majesty! According to this humble servant's observation."

"In this battle, Qi relied on its chariot advantage to defeat our army without suffering any casualties."

"If we can lure them out of the car, we can still defeat them with our numerical advantage."

Duke Ping of Jin nodded and said, "Sima, how can we draw the Qi army away from their chariots?"

Zhang Junchen thought for a moment and said, "It might be difficult to handle this openly. Why don't we raid the camp tonight?"

"Those soldiers will definitely get off the tanks and sleep at night. We'll take action after they're sound asleep!"

Duke Ping of Jin looked at the generals of the various states and asked, "Generals, do you have any other brilliant ideas?"

Everyone shook their heads and said, "No, Sir Sima, this plan is feasible. We second it!"

"Alright! In that case, we will mobilize the entire army tonight at three o'clock in the morning and wipe out the Qi army in one fell swoop!"

Zixu felt very heavy-hearted after returning to his tent from the county magistrate's office.

The coalition forces are going to attack my mother's military camp tonight. Will she be in danger?

Should I send someone to inform my mother?

But once the coalition forces discovered that he was secretly communicating with the State of Qi, his life would probably be over.

If I don't send a letter to my mother, she will definitely be in danger.

After much thought, he decided to send someone to deliver a letter to his mother.

So he immediately called a trusted confidant and ordered, "Er Xiao, quickly disguise yourself and leave the city to the Qi army camp."

"Find General Zixuan, the commander of the Qi army, and tell her that the coalition forces will launch a surprise attack on the camp at three o'clock tonight, so that she can take precautions!"

The second tabloid said, "Please rest assured, sir! I will definitely deliver the letter!"

After saying this, he disguised himself as an ordinary citizen and secretly left the city and ran towards the Qi army camp.

But Zixu never expected that his every move had been under Zhang Junchen's surveillance.

He knew that Gongzi Xu was Zixuan's son, and was afraid that they would secretly contact each other and ruin his plans.

After the cunning Zhang Junchen captured Pingyin City, he sent people to secretly monitor Prince Xu.

When the spy saw Er Xiao disguised himself and left the city, he immediately reported it to him.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Junchen gnashed his teeth in anger. "You are such a good fellow! Just as I expected, you are secretly colluding with the State of Qi!"

He immediately ordered his spies to capture the messenger and continue to monitor Gongzi Xu's every move.

The reason why Gongzi Xu has not been arrested now is firstly because we are afraid of alerting the enemy.

Secondly, if the messenger is not caught, there will be insufficient evidence and Gongzi Xu may deny it and turn around to bite back.

Not only will it affect the military morale of the various vassal states, it will also be difficult to explain to the State of Lu.

As soon as Erxiao left the military camp, he was captured by Zhang Junchen's men.

He felt a surge of despair in his heart. It was over! Someone was targeting him!

I cannot be captured and brought back to Pingyin alive. Once I am captured, they will definitely torture me and force me to give out Prince Xu.

If I can't hold it in and betray the young master, not only will I die, but the young master's life will be in danger too.

Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth and made up his mind. He was going to die anyway, so why should he suffer any more?

Then, he saw a big pointed rock next to him, closed his eyes, and rushed towards the rock with all his strength.

Just as the soldier was stunned, he heard a "bang" and Erxiao's head was hit by a stone and it shattered into pieces.

Immediately, red and white liquid flowed out of his head.

Then, Erxiao twitched a few times and died.

The soldiers hurried forward to check, and seeing that the man was already dead, they shook their heads helplessly and had to go back to report.

At three o'clock in the morning, when people were fast asleep, the coalition forces of the princes quietly left the city under the cover of darkness and headed towards the Qi army camp.

At this time, the troops guarding the military camp were led by Sima Rangchu.

Since he did not participate in the battle during the day, he took the initiative to request that the task of guarding the camp at night be handed over to his own troops.

Zixuan did not refuse and agreed readily to let his army have a good rest.

The wind was very strong tonight, rustling the flags and trees.

Coupled with the darkness, this greatly affected the soldiers' ability to judge the sound.

When the allied soldiers reached the military camp, the Qi sentries discovered them and quickly sounded the gong to sound the alarm.

But it was too late. Nearly 700,000 coalition soldiers poured into the Qi army camp like a tide.

Immediately, the military camp was in chaos with shouts and screams.

Yan Ying and Sima Rangchu were still asleep when they were awakened by the shouting and killing.

At this time, a middle-ranking officer ran in and shouted, "General! Something terrible has happened! The allied forces of the princes are coming to attack us!"

Ah! The two were terrified and quickly dressed and ran out of the tent.

At this time, there was chaos outside the tent, with shouts, the sound of weapons clashing and the screams and wails of wounded soldiers intertwined together.

The two men quickly jumped onto the chariot to command the battle, but the enemy troops were too numerous.

In addition, it was night time, and the soldiers could neither hear nor see them.

When the two saw that something was wrong, they quickly ran towards Zixuan's army camp under the protection of the soldiers.

At this time, Zixuan had already led 100,000 troops to the city of Pingyin.

As the coalition forces just left the city, they were discovered by scouts, who quickly reported her.

Zixuan analyzed the coalition forces' intentions and guessed that they were coming out in full force tonight to attack the Qi army camp.

If it is true as guessed, Pingyin City must be empty.

So she ordered Lu Hu and Zixing to leave 100,000 troops to guard the military camp.

He led 100,000 people and quietly ambushed outside the city.

After seeing the coalition forces leave the city and go far away, he immediately ordered the soldiers to climb up the city with climbing equipment.

Although Duke Ping of Jin went out in full force, he still left 20,000 soldiers to guard the city.

The soldiers guarding the city saw Qi soldiers climbing up the city wall.

He was immediately frightened out of his wits, and without further ado, he abandoned the city and quickly ran down the city.

Some generals shouted back desperately, but no one listened even when their throats were hoarse.

They had no choice but to follow the crowd and retreat towards the city.

Who is not afraid of death? Everyone will seize any chance of survival.

Zixuan's troops successfully captured Pingyin City in less than half an hour.

She brought people to the county magistrate's office, preparing to capture Duke Ping of Jin and others alive.

But when they went in, they found it was empty. They captured a yamen runner and asked him, only to find out that Duke Ping of Jin and others had already gone to war with the army.

She quickly left 50,000 soldiers to guard the city, and took another 50,000 soldiers with her to encircle the coalition forces from the rear.