Teng Le quickly said, "If you leave, what will happen to the 50,000 brothers in the city?"

"None of my business!"

"Fuck off!"

Until dawn!

The Western Qi army launched another attack on the city.

Qu Yuanxiang really was leaving.

It was at this time.

Dasheng reinforcements have arrived!

An army of 120,000 men, with Hongze Camp as its vanguard, suddenly appeared in the wilderness outside the city.

"Reinforcements have arrived!"

Teng Le was overjoyed: "Brothers, open the city gates and follow me to kill the enemy!"

"That damn Chen Sanshi finally arrived! If he hadn't come, I was ready to fly over and chop him up!"

Qu Yuanxiang took a big gulp of wine and looked at the Western Qi army outside the city: "A bunch of animals, wasting so many of my spirit stones, we have to take them back!"

"kill--"

"not good!"

"Shengren's reinforcements have arrived!"

"..."

"Retreat! Retreat!"

"..."

Under the combined attack of the garrison in Yunduan Prefecture and the reinforcements from the Dubiao Army, the Western Qi army suffered repeated defeats, losing their armor and weapons along the way and collapsing in disarray.

"readily!"

In pursuit.

Qu Yuanxiang killed a cultivator and then chuckled as he pocketed the man's storage bag.

"You're Chen Sanshi?!"

He met up with Wang Jun and the others, and looking at the white robe, he felt a vague recollection: "Not bad, not bad!"

"Report——"

Returning from the brink of defeat, Zhao Kang reported, "General! The entire Western Qi army has retreated into the Suishichuan region. Should we continue the pursuit?!"

"Of course we'll chase them!"

Qu Yuanxiang, reeking of alcohol, said, "This...this is what they call 'pressing the attack while the enemy is ahead'!"

"Don't chase poor bandits."

Chen Sanshi ignored him and ordered, "All troops, return to Yunduan Prefecture."

"Really not going to pursue it anymore?"

Tong Xiaochu asked cautiously, "Does the commander think there's an ambush ahead?"

"What a load of ambush! Do you think I don't understand military strategy?!"

Qu Yuanxiang pointed to the armor and supplies left behind by the fleeing Western Qi army on the ground and mocked, "Look at them, they even threw away their cooking pots. They were already slaughtered by me, their immortal master, and they still dare to set up an ambush? Chase them! Chase them!"

"Hey, you surnamed Chen, I'm talking to you, didn't you hear me?! Give the order for pursuit!"

"Qu Yuanxiang, you are only responsible for keeping the line in place; command is not your responsibility."

Chen Sanshi said in a deep voice: "If you disrupt my formation again, you will be dealt with according to military law!"

"Ok?"

Qu Yuanxiang was visibly taken aback, seemingly unable to believe that someone was speaking to him like that. He glared at them and roared, "What did you say? What punishment?!"

"Military court-martial."

Wang interrupted, "Let me explain. To put it simply, it means 'beheading,' cutting your head off."

"I'll chop you all down first!"

As Qu Yuanxiang spoke, he summoned his flying sword.

Chen Sanshi remained fearless, staring directly at the other man, and calmly said to the other cultivator, "Wang Jun! If your Shengyun Sect still wants to win this battle, then you'd better keep an eye on your drunken fellow disciple!"

"Brother, stop it!"

Wang Jun, also holding a flying sword, stood in front of Qu Yuanxiang and said, "The spiritual vein is of great importance, and it also concerns our future path to immortality. If you continue to cause trouble here, I will report you to the sect."

"you……"

Threatened by his sect, Qu Yuanxiang refrained from making any rash moves.

“Qu Yuanxiang”.

Chen Sanshi said calmly, "If you don't agree with my arrangement, you can fly to the Broken Stone River on your sword and see if Han Xiang is waiting for you there."

"Go and go!"

Qu Yuanxiang spoke, but ultimately did not take that step. In the end, he just grinned maliciously: "Fine, you surnamed Chen, for the sake of the spiritual vein, I'll tolerate you for a few days!"

After speaking, he turned and left.

"Withdraw troops—"

The Imperial Guard sounded the retreat.

The army, which had suffered a crushing defeat since Yiling, finally tasted the sweetness of victory, and its morale began to rise little by little from rock bottom.

……

Broken Stone River.

On top of the mountain.

Han Xiang sat on a boulder with a chessboard in front of him.

The chessboard was his map!

Behind him, all the cultivators were gathered, waiting for him to enter the ambush so they could attack together.

Zhong Wuxin rested one hand on the hilt of his sword, anxiously looking around: "Why haven't they arrived yet?"

"Commander!"

"Chen Sanshi, the troops are withdrawing!"

A scout came to report: "They chased us to within twenty li of the Broken Stone River, then suddenly sounded the retreat!"

"It seems that the man surnamed Chen is still not fooled."

Zhong Wuxin was somewhat disappointed and let out a long sigh: "Fortunately, we didn't lose anything."

however.

Han Xiang removed many white pieces representing the Western Qi army from the chessboard.

This means their loss.

"What does the Immortal Master mean?"

Zhong Wuxin didn't understand: "We only lost a little over two thousand people, which is not a big deal."

"The lost troops are tangible, but the loss of morale is intangible. In this game, Chen Sanshi won by a small margin of three points. This game is getting more and more interesting."

Han Xiang picked up a chess piece, hovered it in the air for a moment, and then put it down heavily: "Pass on my military order, the army shall set up camp on the plain eighty miles outside Yunduan Prefecture, and then challenge the enemy day and night, let the Dubiao Army come out and fight us head-on."

"Yes!"

Another twenty days have passed.

The two sides reached a stalemate.

Since retreating to Yunduanfu, the Dubiao Army has never shown its face again. No matter how much they provoke and challenge them, they have always held their ground and refused to come out.

"A brilliant move to avoid their sharpest attack."

Han Xiang remained seated at the chessboard atop the mountain, his hair, beard, and clothes fluttering in the autumn wind. He held a chess piece in his hand, suspending it without dropping it, and muttered to himself, "Then I'll just have to make sure you have nowhere to hide."

"This move."

"It's called 'Attack the Phoenix and Force the Clouds'!"

"Snapped--"

The chess piece falls.

……

Yunduanfu.

After a narrow victory, plus twenty days of rest and recuperation.

The discipline of the Imperial Guard was restored, and the army was completely transformed.

However, they could not continue to guard this endlessly.

"Report——"

"The scouts have brought news!"

"The Western Qi army has divided its forces into 50,000, preparing to bypass Jiaozhou and attack Fengzhou directly!"

"..."

"Commander Chen, Fengzhou is undefended!"

Tong Xiaochu's hair had turned much whiter: "Once they enter Fengzhou, Mingzhou will also be in danger. If Mingzhou is lost, Liangzhou will not be able to be saved either. After all, most of the Northern Liang army is currently in a standoff with Qingguo, with only a small number of garrison troops remaining."

"We can't stay in the city any longer."

"That Han Xiang is truly vicious!"

"He...he's forcing us to leave the city for a decisive battle!"

Chu Shixiong, Wang Zhi, Teng Le, and others also looked solemn.

Especially Hongze Camp.

This was the first time they had encountered such a situation.

Although they didn't lose, they also made no progress.

Surprisingly, someone managed to reach a stalemate with the white-robed figure.

He truly deserves to be called a military genius.

"If it really doesn't work."

Wang Zhi said in a deep voice, "Give me 10,000 men, and I will go to Jinghai Prefecture in Fengzhou. Even if I die, I will guard it for you for half a year."

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