Chapter 20: The Rise to Fame (3)

A few days later, Fang Ling unified the five towns, and defeated the 70,000 troops of the Western general Zhu Yanding with the soldiers and horses of the four towns, and the news of Zhu Yanding's capture came explosively, and the entire Chu State was suddenly in a boil.

If the previous ambush battle in Thorn Valley was still suspicious, and many people still thought that the King of Shicheng was just a bold and lucky victory, then this victory was enough to show Fang Ling's talent.

The twenty-year struggle of the four major clans is well known to the world, whether it is the princes and generals or the ordinary people, they all think that it is impossible for the king of Shicheng to unify the five towns, and the only one who supports him is Zhu Baolin of Qingzuka City.

Therefore, whether it is Gu Ziyun's 50,000 horses or Zhu Yanding's army, if either side launches an offensive, the connection of the five towns will be destroyed, and then the army of Yizhou will advance in multiple ways, gradually encroaching on the five towns of Dingzhou, and then occupy the entire Dingzhou.

However, no one expected that the king of Shicheng, who originally thought that he would send troops to protect Qingzuka City, actually quietly dispatched the 20,000 troops of Shicheng Kingdom, unknowingly united the forces of the four towns, and staged a wonderful battle in Huishan City, first eating away the two soldiers and horses of Zhu Yanding's army, and then exterminating the soldiers and horses attacking the south gate, and finally capturing Zhu Yanding.

And at this time, everyone knew that the so-called mobilization of troops before was completely a smoke bomb released by the King of Shicheng in order to lay a trap, and everything was for this big battle.

Although Zhu Yanding is a veteran of the battlefield and his strength is above the other party, under Fang Ling's exquisite strategy, he can only be beaten, and the 70,000 army is defeated.

After the rise of the Eight Kings Rebellion, Fang Ling killed Gu Shaofeng, the general in the north of Yizhou State, which can be described as a blockbuster, but it didn't take long for him to capture the Western general Zhu Yanding alive and defeat the 70,000 army, this news is even more shocking than an earthquake.

You must know that although many people have the ability to command, there is a difference in the level between commanding a few thousand people and commanding tens of thousands of people to fight, so some people can only be generals, while some people can become handsome.

In the face of Fang Ling, Yizhou Kingdom actually lost two general-level figures one after another, which is enough to prove how terrible Fang Ling is, after this battle, no one dares to despise the young King Shicheng.

At the same time, Gu Ziyun's army, which was originally attacking Qingzuka City, finally gave up the siege and retreated to Jingui County after two days of fruitless attack, in order to avoid being outflanked by Fang Ling's troops.

Due to the defeat of Zhu Yanding's army, the frontline of Yizhou State finally revealed a gap, which was also the first gap after the Eight Kings Rebellion.

Among the eight kings, the army of the king of Yizhou ranked among the top three, with more than 300,000 troops, after the capture of Xuzhou Zizhou and other places, plus the number of troops collected reached 400,000, however, in the face of a Shicheng king, two battles lost two generals, and the army lost as much as 780,000.

As for other countries, although there were some defeats on the battlefield, the number of losses was only 10,000 or 20,000, and it was painless.

Not long after the news spread throughout the Chu State, another explosive news came one after another, Ai Mingxuan, a minister of the Yizhou State and an assistant to the Western general Zhu Yanding, had been escorted into the imperial city.