Chapter 67 - Defeating the Enemy

Chen Yi wasn't really worried that the 5,000-strong elite infantry under his command would fail in an ambush now, after all, every 50,000 troops who came to the Xuanling Continent this time were experienced in a hundred battles. The elite infantry of this former army is even more elite among the elite, Chen Yi is not worried that they will not be able to defeat the enemy army, he only has a slight doubt in his heart, why is the feudal army not guarded at all? This mountain stream is really not very safe, and from the perspective of both sides, it is not a very safe place. For the situation they are in now, this transportation of grain and grass can be said to be the most important and critical part of all things, even if the feudal state can't dispatch so many troops to assist in completing this task, it doesn't mean that they have completely ignored the protection here, right? Chen Yi subconsciously had a feeling that this matter might not be as simple as they originally estimated and imagined. According to Chen Yi's generally stable personality, he sometimes felt that it was okay to slow down the situation first, and wait for the next situation to become clearer before they ambushed him. Moreover, the current situation may not be a good opportunity for them.

It's just that at this time, Chen Yi doesn't want to attack the efforts of the five thousand elite infantry of the front army for so long, and he is more convinced of the strong strength shown by these five thousand elite infantry, at least even when they are facing a guarded army, they should be able to make a lot of money.

However, now Chen Yi can't continue to think about the current situation, he has simply ignored the current situation. Directly ordered a few personal soldiers beside him, ordering the five thousand elite cavalry to immediately dispatch these five thousand elite cavalry into this mountain stream to start preparation, preparing to start cleaning up the mess directly.

On the other side of the cliff, the 5,000 elite infantry, who had been ambushed in various places early, dispersed and directly launched an ambush like a formation. Although they have also received Chen Yi's reminder to be steady, they are indeed eager to make a contribution here to stabilize their position, and continue to gain greater gains here by the way. For this reason, the 5,000 elite infantry did not hesitate to disperse directly, opening a long passage in this mountain stream, quietly lurking on the edge of the grass and small trees and even the walls of the stone mountain stream. Always ready to launch an ambush that they can win with a single blow.

Not long after the 5,000 elite infantry had been arranged, a team of uneven layers of grain had already entered from outside the mountain stream, and in the center of this grain carrying team were hundreds of sturdy cattle and sheep, and the small army and the mobilized people began the operation together. According to common sense, now is a good time to set out to attack them, but the five thousand elite infantry did not make any moves, and they want to continue to wait for the follow-up army to come here next. Perhaps, those follow-up armies are the ones they want to completely intercept. These are just forward troops, which is not a notable thing for these 5,000 elite Qi infantry. On the contrary, their appetite is not satisfied with this, they want to be more than that.

After a while, the soldiers who came first to transport grain and grass from more than 1,000 feudal countries had also walked over, and the transportation in front was just a very ordinary bag of grain. Although there are tens of thousands of stones of food here, to be honest, the soldiers of the Qi State don't care too much about these now. After all, it's not easy to transport food here, but there's no shortage of food right now. Besides, anyway, if they cut off the more important things transported by the rear army, even if they transported the grain and grass to the front-line feudal camp, it would not have much effect. On the other hand, if there is simply no food, they may be able to support it for a while.

Although the five thousand infantry had not discussed it with each other, they all had chosen to hide their bodies and not attack at this moment. Every soldier of the Qi State was actually thinking about how to get the most benefit from cutting off this transport team, which was in line with the final harvest of their all-army attack this time.

In a short time, the rear army of the transport team of the feudal state had already escorted horses and armaments here, and the soldiers of the Qi State who were squatting in the grass and hiding behind the stones had also seen these iron weapons and armor hidden under the carriage like clay, and even the number of these weapons and armor was more than the grain and grass transported by the horses in the past. This kind of transportation really didn't make the soldiers of Qi State think that it was just a feudal army transporting grain and grass. Unexpectedly, they would transport such a large number of weapons and armor to come here. This made all the soldiers of the Qi State unexpected, and they couldn't help but wonder secretly, why did the Feng Kingdom still transport such a large number of weapons here?

There was nothing wrong with the conjecture of these Qi soldiers, and what the feudal soldiers were transporting this time was the most lacking part of the armor that the elite recruited in the front-line royal Chen family's case. After all, it is not very easy for the imperial Chen family to equip an elite army now, because it is outside the country, the main place to smelt copper, iron, gold and silver is not the sphere of influence controlled by the royal Chen family. On the contrary, the best area for smelting iron ore is also the important town controlled by Chen Xinyu, Yicheng, which has two of the largest copper and iron mines in the mountains around a county town controlled by Yicheng. Naturally, the people living in two or three counties near the mines in different cities basically rely on this craft to make a living. As a result, the rest of the country basically did not go back to smelt this kind of copper and iron ore, not to mention that they did not have any reserves.

This is also something that makes the royal Chen family very distressed, although they have bought all the forces they can control in their hands for their use through various means. Even among them, they have formed a relatively strong army, but they have now fully demonstrated their shortcomings. They don't have a source of weapons, armor, and war horses, and the war horses are good to say, after all, they still control a northern horse-producing land. But the weapons and armor were firmly controlled by Chen Xinyu and the forces in her hands. Chen Xinyu also strictly ordered any smelted copper and iron ore to be revealed in other cities, and even the original copper and iron that was originally sold at a very high price has now been completely banned.

In desperation, after discussing with the family members, the head of the Chen family of the royal family finally felt that they could only choose such a desperate way in this situation, that is, to seek this kind of strategic help from the forces that supported them, from the feudal states on the Demon Spirit Continent. There is no better way for them now. Fortunately, the feudal state seems to be very supportive of them, and in this regard, the feudal monarch Holy Emperor even personally wrote a letter to the head of the Chen family of the imperial family, clearly expressing his support for them against the empress Chen Xinyu of Shengde. Under such circumstances, the Chen family of the royal family naturally couldn't ask for it, and they urgently needed such substantial help.

The feudal state also transported these prepared weapons and armor here along with the grain and grass transportation this time according to the originally prescribed route. It's just that they never thought that the Qi army would dare to march like this, cutting directly to their rear to transport grain and grass to cut off their back road. As a result, the feudal army walked slowly as if it were marching at normal times, and did not do any sentry and patrol measures. In their opinion, although the Qi State had sent 50,000 troops here this time, they would not have the courage to directly lead an army of about 10,000 to intercept them here. After all, they also had more than 3,000 troops transporting grain and grass, and if Qi sent a small number of troops, it would not be able to defeat them. Over time, they let their guard down. But what they never expected was that they would encounter such a big crisis when they were transporting the most critical weapons and armor this time. They were even more unclear that the Qi army had already seen all this clearly in the dark early on.

The feudal army is still continuing to advance along this path, but now the army ambushed by the Qi State is ready to take the lead without any hesitation. Since the feudal army sent them such a large batch of armor and weapons, why are they embarrassed not to smile and put them in their pockets?

The person who shouted these words loudly was Zheng Feng, the leader of the infantry of the 5,000 Qi Kingdom, who was the general under Chen Yi and Chen Yi's most trusted lieutenant. This time he led the infantry to attack, and it was the army he was in charge of. Now that the time is ripe, he will not choose to wait any longer.

The shouts and the figures that jumped out surprised the feudal troops escorting these weapons and armor, and they originally thought that only this eight-foot-tall general wearing a gray battle armor appeared in front of them. But after a moment, the shouts and killings around suddenly rose and fell, and the Qi State had already been ready to wait for the five thousand elite infantry to attack in all directions, and they couldn't help but say, and directly launched a fierce attack on the feudal army in front of them.

The feudal army had no room to prepare or fight back at all, and they were still wondering why there was an army ambush here? Could it be that the Imperial Chen family was unwilling to carry out the cooperation between the two of them and sent troops to attack them? But after a quarter of an hour of fighting, they had already realized in despair that this would definitely not be the army of the Imperial Chen family, but a very elite infantry army sent by their old rival, the Qi State. The army was far outnumbered by them, and they had no room to fight back. The despair in his heart made one after another feudal soldiers take the initiative to throw down the weapons in their hands and directly choose to surrender to the Qi State.

The battle ended in less than a quarter of an hour, and the Qi State reaped the richest rewards in this thunderous attack, and they only injured more than a hundred people, which was a very happy result. After preparing the army and supplies, Zheng Feng ordered his own soldiers to quickly pass the news to Chen Yi.