Seeing the situation in front of him, Yi Xingchen was really a little suspicious, and he didn't know if it was really because of the words he had passed on in the past, but at this time, he couldn't figure out the thoughts of the generals who left the country.

But no matter what the reason, at least it was effective, and the cavalry besieging them had all retreated. Therefore, Yi Xingchen did not want to continue to investigate the reason, and only immediately ordered the Xinghua Legion to send a reconnaissance team of several people, while following the rear of the army to search and break off, to prevent the enemy from ambushing, and the rest of the large army to withdraw at full speed. Next, the Xinghua Legion traveled day and night, and finally let the Xinghua Legion get rid of the forbidden army in Wangdong City and return to the boundary of Xilin City without danger.

When the army withdrew to Xilin City, Yi Xingchen learned from the spies of the Xinghua Merchant Regiment that Mu En and the others had successfully captured Xilin City, and the Xinghua Merchant Regiment Army had become the actual occupants of Xilin City.

With this foundation, at this time, in front of the citizens of Xilin City, Yi Xingchen showed the edict officially signed by King Dongli to cede Xilin City, which simply complemented each other.

When Xilin City was invaded by foreign enemies, the people of the city undoubtedly hoped that the king of Dongli would raise an army to defeat the foreign enemies and save them from danger. But unexpectedly, their king not only did not have the heart to rescue them, but also ceded Xilin City without even resisting. How can people not be chilled by such facts?

What's more, not long ago, the city lord of Xilin City was proud of Tianxing, in order to curry favor with the imperial court, he needed to levy grain for the imperial court to send troops to the Xia Kingdom, and even made a slaughter of the village that was angry and resentful, and the evidence was conclusive. As long as this matter is publicized, it is enough to make the local common people centrifuge from the court.

As Yi Xingchen expected. The edict. for the rule of the Xinghua Kingdom. It provides legal principles, so that Xilin City and the surrounding people who have left the country from the east can psychologically reduce some of the rejection psychology of being ruled by Xinghua State.

"Your Majesty, we have discovered that there is an unknown legion that is moving in the direction of Xilin City. At this time, a scout ran to report to Yi Xingchen, and Yi Xingchen raised his eyebrows when he heard this. Suddenly thinking of the bad intentions of the comers, he asked, "Can you find out where this legion came from? How many people?"

"You can send spies to investigate. According to the marching route and military uniform equipment of this legion, it is initially guessed that it is very likely to be a legion from Nantucheng, about 3,000 men and horses, mainly infantry. The Scout replied.

Hearing this, the corners of Yi Xingchen's mouth furled. The Scout's speculation coincided with what he thought. Yi Xingchen believes that this legion, even if it has not been able to accurately prove the identity of the other party. But it is very likely that it is the "friendly army" of the East Departure Country who came to support Xilin City.

Not only that, but it is only calculated based on time. This army from Nantu City may not know about the attack on Wangdong City yet. In that case, they certainly didn't know about the existence of the Xinghua Legion.

Yi Xingchen couldn't help but smile happily when he thought of this.

Sometimes, it's better to come early than to come sooner. Originally, if it weren't for Yi Xingchen's army discovering their whereabouts in advance and catching their movements, maybe this legion would really be able to reach Xilin City and have a certain impact on the battle situation. But alas, all this has to come to naught. The coincidence that this army and Yi Xingchen met should have been in this army for eight lifetimes.

So, Yi Xingchen decisively ordered the Xinghua Army to set up an ambush!

This Nantucheng army that went to Xilin City to support did not know the fact that Xilin City had fallen, let alone that they were targeted halfway to support.

The reason why they came to support Xilin City was that when Xilin City was attacked, the city lord of Xilin City, Ao Tianxing, sent his personal butler Li Zhong, holding his handwritten letter, to ask for help from Nantu City. Tiemujia, the lord of Nantu City, sent a vine armor army of about 3,000 people.

At this time, these three thousand rattan armor soldiers, under the leadership of Li Zhong, marched towards Xilin City somewhat unhurriedly. In fact, the reason why Aotianxing asked Nantucheng for help in the first place was not because he thought that the city guards of Xilin City could no longer hold the city, but only to clear the Xinghua merchant army outside Xilin City. Therefore, whether it was the army of Nantucheng or Li Zhong, who was on his way home at this time, he believed that the battle situation in Xilin City was still under their control.

You must know that Nantucheng is located in the south of Dongli Country, and it has long resisted the barbarians in the land of the Hundred Barbarians, and its combat power is not inferior to that of the Dongli Forbidden Army, and it has more experience in actual combat. The many great victories made the Nantucheng army feel invincible, and even, the army of Nantucheng gradually looked down on those Xilin City guards who were relatively comfortable and rarely went to the battlefield.

For the people of Nantu City, the problem of Xilin City was not a big deal at all, at best a rabble of people trying to challenge the authority of the nobility. Moreover, because of Aotianxing, Xilin City lost the hearts of the people, and fell into the trouble of civil unrest. Therefore, the Tengjia army thought that this was a very easy operation to sweep away the rebels.

But it was precisely because of this self-righteousness that they did not even send spies to Xilin City at any time to inquire about the progress of the military situation, so they had no way of knowing that Xilin City had actually fallen into the hands of the Xinghua Merchant Army. Not to mention, they have an understanding of the enemy who is about to go head-to-head.

Yi Xingchen stood on a high slope in the distance, holding a telescope, looking at the ambush site from afar—it was a relatively narrow horse road, with a stream on one side and a hillside on the other.

Yi Xingchen's face was in control, but it was in stark contrast to Charlie's nervous expression. Because Charlie and the others are worried, Yi Xingchen's determination to command in front of the army is undoubtedly another risk. In order to get the best of both worlds, they also specially sent a small team of Xinghua soldiers to protect Yi Xingchen's thoughtfulness, and tried their best to persuade Yi Xingchen to always stand on this high slope far away from the ambush site to monitor, looking at the upcoming battle from afar.

The marching Nantucheng army was entering the ambush circle of the Xinghua Legion step by step without realizing it.

"Everybody aim and shoot...... Don't waste bullets and wait until they're all in range!" Charlie whispered to the soldiers.

The reason why Charlie has this advice is because the Xinghua Legion has a limited number of bullets, so Charlie hopes that the bullets can be used effectively. Not to mention the critical shots, at least you must reduce the probability of hitting the air and hit as much as possible.

The remaining dozen or so grenades, the Xinghua Legion is also ready, and they want to let the Nantucheng army experience it for themselves, so that they can understand that they should not send troops to support. (To be continued......)