Black Fairy, the master is a female ghost

Yehuzui is a relatively narrow road in the south of Huilong Town. On the east side of the road is a river valley several dozen feet high, and on the west side of the road is a cliff.

After Zhou Guo's infantry arrived at Yehuzui, they split into two.

Thirty thousand people went up the mountain, each looking for stones, and ambushed on the mountain on the west side of the narrow road about two miles long.

There were also 70,000 soldiers lying in ambush in a jungle at the southernmost end of the narrow road, cutting off the enemy's retreat.

The 20,000 archers who arrived later also followed the infantry who had gone up the mountain earlier and ambushed in the bushes on the mountain.

After deceiving the enemy reinforcements, Lu Xunhuan flew back and landed on the mountain. He summoned the captains, lieutenants, and captains who were lying in ambush there and unified the battle deployment.

Two hours later, the enemy troops were already winding their way along the road.

A general shouted, "The road ahead is narrow and the terrain is dangerous. Don't stop, pass quickly."

Lu Xunhuan hid in the bushes, staring down silently.

The enemy troops were trotting, and their ranks were very long, like a long dragon. From a distance, it seemed to stretch for at least ten miles.

In this way, it would be impossible for the enemy troops to rush into the narrow two-mile passage at once.

Beside him, a captain whispered, "The enemy has been dragging their feet for so long, how are we going to fight them?"

Lu Xun Huan said, "Cut off the head and tail, and eat the middle."

After a while, the enemy troops in front had passed through this narrow area, and those behind were still coming in an endless stream.

Lu Xun Huan waited for another quarter of an hour, and when he thought it was about time, he raised his hand: "Attack signal."

A moment later, a firework with blue smoke flew into the sky and exploded with a bang.

On the mountain, rocks of all sizes suddenly fell like raindrops.

Those enemy soldiers who were running in the narrow space had nowhere to hide. They were hit by rocks and fell into the deep valley below with screams.

At the same time, 70,000 infantrymen ambushed in the south rushed out of the jungle shouting and cut off the enemy troops.

Lu Xun Huan watched for a moment and gave the order: "Archers, concentrate your firepower on the enemy troops that have already escaped. Kill as many as return."

Following the order, the archers quickly moved to the north side of the narrow road and formed a battle array in the bushes.

Sure enough, when the rear was attacked, the approximately 20,000 enemy troops who had run ahead hurriedly turned back, shouting, and wanted to rush up the mountain to destroy the Zhou Kingdom's ambush.

But what they encountered was only a rain of arrows. In a short while, the ditch and the grass were filled with corpses.

On that narrow two-mile-long road, the enemy troops were almost completely wiped out just by throwing stones.

Seeing that the enemy troops on the road had been annihilated, Lu Xunhuan immediately gave the order: "The infantry on the mountain will go down and besiege the enemy to the south."

The battle lasted until noon.

The reinforcements from the Southern Liang Kingdom were ambushed at Yehuzui, and 60,000 soldiers lost their lives.

There were only 40,000 people left, who broke out in terror and returned to Zhongzhou City.

Lu Xunhuan asked everyone to clean up the battlefield and bury the enemy bodies on the spot, while he flew north to meet Princess Sixteen.

In Huilong Town, after completely annihilating the enemy, the blockages at the north and south entrances were quickly cleared.

Princess Sixteen led everyone into the town.

But the Huilong Town before him had completely changed beyond recognition, and there wasn't even a single intact house.

She said to the people accompanying her, "After driving out the Nanliang people, this princess will ask my father to provide subsidies to the residents of Huilong Town so that they can rebuild their homes."

She picked up an arrow from the ground, looked at it, and said, "I wonder what the ambush ahead is like?"

As soon as she finished speaking, a magic weapon carrying Lu Xunhuan came from the southern valley entrance.

Qing Dai said, "The young master is here."

Princess Sixteen looked up, a smile on her face: "It must be another great victory."

Lu Xun Huan landed beside Princess Sixteen and bowed, saying, "Princess, we've wiped out most of the enemy, and the rest have fled back to Zhongzhou City."

Princess Sixteen asked, "So, the next battle will be a siege?"

Lu Xunhuan nodded: "Yes."

Princess Sixteen asked, "How are you going to attack?"

Lu Xunhuan extended his hand to Qingdai: "Map of Zhongzhou City."

After Qingdai found the map, Lu Xunhuan unfolded it and looked at it for a while.

He said, "After dark, order 100,000 infantrymen to bypass Zhongzhou City from the ravine east of Zhongzhou City and come here..."

He pointed to a small pass and said, "Fifty miles south of Zhongzhou City, there is a pass called Shuyakou. Our 100,000 infantrymen arrived first and ambushed here."

Princess Sixteen nodded. "I understand. The reason we deploy troops here is, firstly, to prevent the enemy from receiving reinforcements, and secondly, to block their escape route to the south and annihilate them completely."

Lu Xunhuan said, "The princess is smart."

He pointed to the three gates of Zhongzhou City, east, west, and north. "Wait for Wei Ying to arrive with reinforcements and supplies, and then join our forces. Then we will surround the city on three sides, leaving only the south gate open."

Princess Sixteen asked, "If we have the strength to break through the city, wouldn't it be better to surround it from all sides? There would be no need for the soldiers in the south to block us at the tree fork."

Lu Xunhuan said, "As the saying goes, a cornered dog will leap over the wall. There are still many civilians in the city. If the enemy has nowhere to escape, they will inevitably make crazy moves out of desperation. Leaving them a way out means letting them run away quickly. If they are busy running, they will cause less harm to our people."

Princess Sixteen nodded. "That's very thoughtful, but you mentioned before about sieging a point and attacking the reinforcements. We could also use Zhongzhou City as bait, siege it without attacking, and continually lure the Southern Liang reinforcements to their doom."

Lu Xun Huan shook his head: "That's when we're besieging an enemy city. We can do that, but Zhongzhou City is our own city, and the people are our own people. If we let the enemy stay for too long, the people will suffer a lot."

Princess Sixteen clapped her hands and said, "I understand. I'll do as you say."

Lu Xunhuan put away the map and said to Qingdai, "Go north to find Wei Ying and ask her to lead the army and speed up the march south."

After Qingdai took the order and left, he said to Qiao Zheng, "Take the members of the Zhongzhou branch and rush to Shuyakou. On the one hand, intercept the enemy's messengers, and on the other hand, investigate whether the enemy has any follow-up troops arriving."

In Zhongzhou City, the enemy commander stood on the north city wall and watched his soldiers flee in panic.

He knew he had been fooled.

The 100,000 soldiers in the front army were probably wiped out, and only 40,000 of the 100,000 soldiers in the central army were left.

Together with the 100,000 soldiers in the rear army, there are still 140,000 troops available to defend the city.

A captain beside him suggested: "General, our army has suffered heavy losses. It is better to withdraw."

The general said, "I have led an army of 300,000 men and have fought our way here. Zhongzhou is already ours. If we withdraw and give up, wouldn't all our efforts be in vain?"

He patted the captain's shoulder and said, "We still have 140,000 troops. It won't be easy for the enemy to break through. According to reports, the follow-up army of 300,000 has reached Qingtian Pass, only 500 miles away from Zhongzhou City. If we hold on for seven or eight days, they will arrive."

He looked towards the rolling hills outside the north city: "Orders, gather all available supplies in the city, and the entire army will hold on."

In Zhongzhou City, although many people had already fled, 80% of the people still failed to escape.

Inside the city, soldiers of Southern Liang were rampant and the people were trembling with fear.

Mingyue Tower, the door is closed.

But inside the building, none of the old women or girls ran away.

Although people could hide inside the building and the door was locked, which could make the people of Nanliang mistakenly think that there was no one here, life was actually very difficult.

No one even dared to light a fire, and they had already eaten several meals of raw food.

Liu Feier sat in her room, unable to even play the piano, and could only stare blankly.

The old woman sat beside her and sighed, "Fei'er, what should we do?"

Liu Feier took out a handkerchief and looked at it for a while. "Everyone must die eventually. If there is no other choice, sacrifice your life for your country. See you in the next life."

The old woman frowned and said, "Oh, Fei'er, what are you talking about?"