Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

After Cao Chuan's troops set out, they soon discovered wheel tracks in the wilderness indicating the Yan army's large-scale retreat.

"General, we've found their tracks! But something's not right."

"what happened?"

Cao Chuan's heart moved. Today was a key part of their plan, and they couldn't make mistakes at this time.

Hearing this, several men quickly said:

"It's like this. There's a group of Yan soldiers near here. They didn't leave immediately, but stayed there instead. They seem to be waiting for us."

"It's actually so reliable...interesting."

Cao Chuan's worries finally came true.

This group of Yan troops is really stable.

Even when withdrawing troops, they did not forget to cut off one of their own arms and forced a group of people to stay behind to keep an eye on any signs of trouble.

If these remaining troops were captured, they would definitely be killed to the point where only one in ten would remain.

The Yan army's advantage is actually very obvious.

That is to be able to arrange countless cannon fodder to pave the way for yourself.

They don't care about human lives at all, especially the lives of these cannon fodder.

But Daqian is different.

The Daqian army would never take such a risky action, nor would they take human lives lightly and push countless soldiers to the front line to face death.

"Don't move forward yet, don't expose your position, send a message to General Ye."

"Yes!"

I don’t know when it started, but whenever Cao Chuan went to the battlefield, he liked to contact Ye Shoujiang.

With the opponent directing him from behind, he always felt that fighting was easy.

But today, something seems wrong.

"General Ye... doesn't seem to be in the barracks. He has set off with his troops!"

"We are contacting his troops, but the intelligence will probably arrive later."

At this time, several soldiers suddenly spoke.

Cao Chuan was stunned.

I never thought that one day I would no longer be able to rely on Ye Shoujiang.

But at this critical juncture, one's actions may very likely affect the entire battlefield.

Should we take action against the troops stationed along the way?

Or should we chase directly in the direction of Wanyan Tielu and Xiao Tianzhu?

If things go wrong, Huang Fengshan’s deployment may not be able to be carried out.

The huge pressure made Cao Chuan a little breathless for a while.

"No, if I keep fussing like this, why should I fight this war?!"

Suddenly, Cao Chuan slapped himself.

He realized that ever since he followed Ye Shoujiang to Yan Dynasty twice, he subconsciously expected the other party to handle the battlefield while he just led the charge.

But this is obviously not the quality a general should have.

I can't count on others anymore.

Taking a deep breath, Cao Chuan set his gaze on the wilderness in the distance.

He has made his decision.

"Keep chasing! Chase their main force!"

Ye Shoujiang would never have failed to think of these stragglers.

In this case, the most important thing is to complete the mission, eliminate Wanyan Tielu and Xiao Tianzhu's troops, and drive them to Huangfeng Mountain.

"Then are you still sending a letter to General Ye?"

Several men asked hurriedly.

“No need to send it.”

"Row!"

Soon, their troops continued to move forward.

There were also some soldiers blocking the way along the way.

But the effects were not very good. After all, it was difficult for those scattered soldiers to stop the Daqian troops.

Half an hour later, before dawn, their troops caught up with Wanyan Tielu's troops, which had just retreated dozens of miles.

"kill!"

Cao Chuan led his men into the enemy camp.

Seeing this scene, Wanyan Tielu and Xiao Tianzhu looked at each other. Both of them felt fortunate that they had left behind a part of the troops to guard the rear.

"withdraw!"

Without any hesitation, Wanyan Tielu ordered the entire army to flee!

Their troops had been running all day and had to retreat on a forced march at night, so they had little energy left.

Fighting Cao Chuan at this time will definitely not gain any advantage.

Might as well keep running.

Anyway, there are so many people. How many can Cao Chuan kill if he chases them?

Together with the troops guarding the rear, all we have to do now is send back a message and ask them to gather together, and maybe we can even counterattack Cao Chuan.

"Notify the vanguard troops in the rear and ask them to come over for support!"

In addition to the people in the rear, Wanyan Tielu also arranged the rear support troops that he had informed early on.

Although their military camp has not been moved here yet, it is still possible to arrange tens of thousands of vanguard troops to provide rapid support.

"Where to go?"

Xiao Tianzhu asked hurriedly.

"Huangfeng Mountain, how is it?"

Wanyan Tielu recalled the map of this place.

I found that only Huangfeng Mountain was still accessible.

This is a place that is neither good nor bad.

The key lies in the route they must take to retreat.

Several other roads have been penetrated by Ye Shoujiang. Although they have not been completely occupied, if we go there now, we will probably be slowed down.

"Only here can we fight them!"

Xiao Tianzhu took a deep breath and realized that if he wanted to reduce the losses now, he had to deal with the enemy as much as possible.

Huangfeng Mountain is the closest place to them and the most suitable place for them to deal with.

However, his natural doubts made Xiao Tianzhu suddenly think of something.

"No... Can we send those reinforcements to wait at Huangfeng Mountain first?"

Xiao Tianzhu's words made Wanyan Tielu feel depressed.

He understood what the other party meant.

Xiao Tianzhu must be worried that Huangfeng Mountain is also a trap, so he wants to arrange for others to explore the way.

But if the reinforcements were damaged, they would have a hard time explaining themselves when they returned.

Thinking of this, Wanyan Tielu advised:

"Are you planning to test Huangfeng Mountain? We have tens of thousands of reinforcements. I'm afraid something might happen. Let's just..."

"It's better for them to get into trouble than for us to get into trouble. If there really is a mine, someone has to go and step on it."

Xiao Tianzhu waved his hand to comfort him.

"Brother Wanyan, we've already suffered a brutal battle these past few days. Do you dare to allow your generals to be killed?"

"Comparatively, even if there really is a problem with Huangfeng Mountain, losing a group of reinforcements is still less of a crime than losing all our men."

He had a good relationship with Wanyan Tielu, which was why he said these words so sincerely.

Upon hearing this, Wanyan Tielu fell silent.

He knew Xiao was fine.

He had made many small contributions in this battle, but he was always led by Ye Shoujiang on major issues.

Especially the battle situation in the past few days has caused his troops to suffer an alarming loss.

If he continued like this, he would probably be held accountable by the Yun family, the overlord of the West, when he returned.

"I see."

"You guys, go notify the reinforcements and try to get to Huangfeng Mountain as quickly as possible."

"Yes, General!"

They left some people to stop Cao Chuan, while they themselves approached Huangfeng Mountain.

Seeing this, Cao Chuan, who was standing in the distance, did not stop but chased deeper and deeper.

It seems that he really wants to fight them to the death in Huangfeng Mountain.

Looking at Cao Chuan who didn't stop at all, Xiao Tianzhu felt anxious for some reason.

"He seems... to really be trying to force us into the mountains!"