I am a commoner, but I will lead the empress to unify the world

Gongyang Ge put on his clothes, and with the help of his guards, he put on his armor and walked outside.

At this time, many generals received military orders and gathered around.

"Commander!"

Gong Yang Ge looked at them and frowned.

"Why are you here if you don't want to defend yourself?"

A general said unconvincedly,

"General, we understand that you asked us to prepare for defense, but why do you want us to lead the Chu army into the camp?

The Chu army is too weak to be of any use. Even if we bring them over, it will be difficult for them to form combat effectiveness.

What's more, the Chu army treated us so badly before, why should we help them?"

"Exactly. Four hundred thousand men resisted over six hundred thousand Yan troops, yet they were defeated in a single evening. That's like four hundred thousand pigs. It would have taken the Yan army a whole day and night to chase and chop them down."

"The Chu army is so useless, let's not let them in!"

After hearing what the generals said, Gong Yang Ge was so angry that his nose was crooked.

He pointed at the generals and said,

"You are so short-sighted, you only care about fighting for your own pride and never think about the long term!

The Chu army fled in defeat and they didn't take any supplies with them. If you don't let them enter our camp, they will continue to run south to the Han River.

They have nothing to eat, nothing to use, nothing at all.

They will find ways to cross the Han River and escape to Xiangyang!

By then, our army will become the front line against the Yan army.

The Yan army is twenty miles away from us and can attack us quickly if they want.

We can't just break camp and retreat now. Once we lose our camp, the Yan army's Zhennan Army will immediately attack us, and our entire army will be defeated and driven into the river by the Yan army!"

After hearing Gongyang Ge's words, the generals finally understood why he did this.

"Quickly prepare for defense. Also, have the Third Legion send 5,000 men south overnight to cut down trees and build a pontoon bridge by the Han River. Our army will retreat tomorrow, cross the Han River, and use it to resist the Yan army!

Go quickly! "

"As ordered!"

The generals immediately dispersed to arrange defenses.

Outside the Qian army camp, there were many Chu army soldiers running towards them.

When they saw the camp gate of the Qian army was wide open, they immediately ran in and entered the camp.

Their two legs definitely couldn't outrun the Zhennan Army's four legs. The Zhennan Army fought left and right and finally arrived outside the Qian Army's camp.

Zhang Han held a telescope and looked at the brightly lit and heavily armed Qian army camp, frowning.

"Zhang Shuai, should we give chase?"

A general asked Zhang Handao.

Zhang Han thought for a moment, then shook his head and said,

"The Qian army is well prepared. They have 200,000 men inside. If our army takes advantage of the chaos to charge in, they and the Chu army might suffocate us inside. It's pitch black here, and once we get in, we won't be able to get out.

Our mission is not to attack the Qian army camp, but to pursue the defeated Chu army. Let's go and kill them for a while, and then we will retreat after half an hour."

"As ordered!"

Zhang Han's order was passed on to other Yan troops.

The Zhennan Army circled between Yecheng and the Qian Army camp, charging back and forth, strangling the enemy and killing the defeated Chu Army soldiers continuously.

They had no time to capture the enemy. They couldn't leave the cavalry behind to guard the prisoners while the main force had to be kept for the charge.

It was pitch dark and they couldn't see many people.

When the enemy was a little further away, they could no longer be seen. All around them was the sound of horses' hooves, but no footsteps could be heard.

Before half an hour had passed, Zhang Han gave up because he really couldn't find the enemy.

They came out in a hurry and didn't bring any torches.

In desperation, Zhang Han could only order a retreat to the Yecheng camp.

……

Xiang Qu, the commander of the Chu army, luckily survived and escaped the pursuit of the Yan army.

He looked at the place where the flames were blazing and knew that it was the Qian army camp. He immediately led his generals and rushed into the Qian army camp.

He walked all the way to the front of the Qian army's tent, dismounted with a group of generals, and strode towards the Qian army's tent.

When Xiang Qu entered the commander's tent, he saw Gongyang Ge sitting on the commander's chair, frowning and dazed. Surrounding him were the generals of the Qian army, each of them looking at them with unfriendly or contemptuous expressions.

Xiang Qu sighed. How could a defeated general dare to talk about bravery? This time they had brought great disgrace upon themselves.

He took the initiative to clasp his hands and said,

"Meet Marshal Gong Yang!"

Gong Yangge seemed to react at this time, raised his head and said,

"The Qian army will sit on my right, making room for the Chu army brothers."

The general of the Qian army on the left stood up, glared at the Chu army generals, snorted coldly, stood up and sat on the right.

Xiang Qu sat closest to Gongyang Ge and looked at the desk. It was a map of the northern part of Chu State. It seemed that Gongyang Ge had been looking at the map and thinking about strategy.

Xiang Qu said with a guilty look on his face,

"General Gongyang, we underestimated the Yan army's fighting power. We didn't expect them to fight so bravely.

The day before yesterday, the Qian army was surrounded and defeated, and now I have a deep understanding of this."

Gong Yang Ge said coldly,

"I never imagined that the Chu army would be so weak. Three hundred and fifty thousand strong, with so many auxiliary soldiers and civilians, were on the defensive, yet they were beaten so badly by the Yan army that they couldn't even hold out for an entire evening and were completely defeated!"

Gongyang Ge did not have a good face towards the Chu army. In his opinion, if the Chu army was not so incompetent and had not disrupted his battle plan again and again, they would not have ended up in such a situation.

He said this to the Chu army, and of course the Chu army was dissatisfied. A Chu army general immediately said,

“The Yan army has artillery that can knock down city walls and break through village walls, rendering our defensive advantages useless.

It is called a defensive battle, but in fact it is similar to a field battle.

The enemy is numerous and we are few. There are as many as 600,000 to 700,000 enemies, and we have more than 300,000. It is normal that we cannot defeat them.

Didn't the Qian army lose the battle when surrounded by so many enemies before?"

As he spoke, Qian Jun immediately became unhappy and said,

"At least they fought us for a whole day, and at least they killed 100,000 Yan soldiers. At least we broke out of the encirclement.

What about you? You couldn't hold out for an entire evening. Before they could surround you, you were completely defeated.

It was just one evening, just over an hour at most, and he escaped like that. It's unbelievable to think about it!"

"Humph, you Qian army said that our Chu army didn't support you, but that was because we were stopped by the Yan army at that time.

What about this time? Why didn't you, the Qian army, come to support us? Are you also being stopped by the Yan army?"

"Bullshit! When did we say we wouldn't support them? The commander-in-chief gave the order during the day, asking our troops to recuperate and wait until the early morning when the Yan army was exhausted, then suddenly attack and defeat them!

Who could have thought that your Chu army was so weak that it couldn't even hold out for one night!

Don't you Chu army always claim to be invincible? Don't you say that the Yan army is afraid of you?!"