Fish swimming around the world

The failure on both fronts meant that Cao Zijian's counterattack strategy could not continue.

At this time, the main force of the Yuzhou Army launched a full-scale counterattack. The hot air balloons launched a blanket bombing on the ground. Although they also suffered heavy losses from the counterattack of the Huozi Camp, they also successfully defeated the confidence of the Wei Army. Cao Zijian retreated and entered Tucheng, the capital of Tuzhou Prefecture. The three teams joined together and tried to regroup by relying on the geographical advantage.

However, the Yuzhou army was clearly trying to defeat Cao Zijian once and for all and march directly to the city. After several days of fierce fighting, Yuzhou's weapons were insufficient and a traditional battle to capture the city was launched.

But despite this, their morale was far higher than that of the Wei army. Cao Zijian was caught in a tough battle and even suffered serious injuries himself, making him unable to continue commanding the battle.

At the critical moment, Princess Changying, the female war goddess of Wei State, stepped forward and took over from Cao Zijian to lead the people to fight against the Yuzhou army.

Everyone knows the relationship between Cao Ying and Jiang Fan, but no one expected that at the critical moment, Cao Ying would choose the interests of the country and family.

Jiang Fan, on the other hand, was soft-handed. Since Cao Ying replaced Cao Zijian, his offensive was sluggish for a while, and he even persuaded them to surrender many times. It took him seven days to launch a real attack.

It was not until he saw that reinforcements from Wei were about to arrive that he was forced to launch a general attack.

However, a scene that shocked the world appeared. Princess Changying actually hung her daughter on the top of the city wall, put up dry firewood, and faced Jiang Fan in a stern voice, saying that she would break off all ties with him. If Jiang Fan dared to attack the city, she would burn her daughter to death with her own hands, and fight to the death to thank the public for their criticism.

The world was shocked to learn that Jiang Fan and Princess Changying actually had a baby, and Cao Ying, faced with the country and personal love, did not let family ties become a hindrance, and even threatened the life of his own daughter, but she wanted to fight to the death to thank the world, which made it impossible to hate her actions.

The amorous man really collapsed, and in panic he made a stupid move. He promised to return to Wendeng City in order to ask Cao Ying to return his daughter.

Although he got what he wanted, unfortunately, the regular army of Wei also came to support, Tucheng was stabilized, and Jiang Xiaoyao lost the God-given opportunity in vain due to his emotional entanglement.

But on one hand, there is a great cause, and on the other hand, there are lovers and daughters. Who can be so decisive? People can only shake their heads and sigh at Jiang Xiaoyao's choice, and it is really impossible to judge.

While people lamented that Jiang Xiaoyao's reputation for being passionate was well-deserved, they also lamented Cao Ying's decisiveness.

This is not something a mother can do, but it is definitely something a princess of a country can do. Cao Ying and Jiang Xiaoyao eventually become irreconcilable because of their positions.

Although the world has the precedent of the empress and Jiang Xiaoyao acting together, this time is completely different. Wei and Qin are two overlords that cannot be reconciled at all, so this drama cannot be performed.

After the news spread, people all sighed with emotion. It is true that in troubled times, it is difficult to have both friendship and loyalty.

At this point in the fierce battle, Yuzhou's ammunition seemed to have been exhausted, and before the main force of Qin defeated Xia and sent troops to support it, it could only hold on to Wendeng.

However, because of this battle, Cao Ying of Wei was named General Zhenxi by the King of Wei, and commanded the entire Huo Camp and Shan Camp to confront the Yuzhou Army.

Everything went as Jiang Fan expected, except that it was not that smooth. At least the King of Wei had been extremely skeptical and even thought of sending other generals. However, the situation was dangerous and he still chose Cao Ying after weighing the pros and cons.

The entire process, from the counterattack against Cao Zijian to Cao Ying's appointment as a general, lasted more than twenty days.

After all, everything was planned out, and Jiang Fan was certainly not as anxious as people imagined, and he even had time to deal with many miscellaneous matters.

It was also during this period that the old man returned.

Xuanhu Tianpu did not find any trace of the Spirit Master, he should have never been here. The only thing is that he is not sure whether he is naturally cautious or has always been wary of Jiang Qi.

Jiang Fan decided to observe for a while. After all, the Spirit Master probably couldn't find Sun Daotong. The old guy's cultivation was too extraordinary, and he was the only one who had sneaked in as a soldier, so there was still a chance for him to try.

However, Jiang Qi’s safety must be considered carefully.

So he gave Jiang Qi a trolley case.

Of course, he was inevitably spit upon by some devastated fellow, but Mr. Jiang didn't care at all and just treated it as washing his face.

By now, it was already mid-November.

The battle between Qin and Xia has reached a fever pitch.

The Qin State captured cities and seized territories along the way, advancing steadily and continuously pressuring the Xia State's defense line.

The Xia Kingdom could only shrink its formation and concentrate its forces around the capital city of Xiadu. Everyone knew that the day of the decisive battle was not far away.

At this time, Xia's allies, faced with the crisis, finally couldn't bear it and sent in reinforcements.

The Wei State added 50,000 soldiers and horses, and excluding previous casualties, the total number reached 180,000.

On the Taiyue side, although the number of additional people is not large, they are the latest 50,000 elite soldiers recruited. So far, the total number has reached 200,000.

Taihua dispatched a combined force of 30,000 martial artists and 80,000 soldiers, openly raising the banner of the Martial Alliance United Army.

Now, with the addition of Xia's 300,000 troops, the total number of the four-party coalition forces is close to 800,000, twice as many as Qin.

At the same time, the money and food that Zhang Yi had raised had also arrived. With a well-trained army and sufficient food, the Xia Kingdom finally stabilized its position.

At this time, Qin State obviously understood that the good times of rapid progress were over. The three armies began to gather, and judging from the battle formation, they were most likely going to fight a decisive battle with Xia State.

This was also an inevitable option, because Qin State obviously understood that when the war reached a certain stage, it would definitely take this step. And since Xia State had been beaten to this extent, there was really no point in continuing to disperse its forces to intercept the enemy. Defeating them in one battle was the best option, and Lu Qinghou had never been wrong about this.

At the same time, there are reasons unknown to the public. The investment of Wumeng and Taiyue has reached its limit, and it is impossible to invest more in Xiaguo.

It’s not that the two don’t have more power, the key lies in money and time.

In terms of money and food, Wumeng and Taiyue are not real countries, they rely on reserves and temporary collection, but no matter it is reserves or collection, there will be a limit to external support, and most of it must be solved by Xiaguo. And what Xiaguo can solve is a coalition of 400,000 people, which cannot last too long.

As for the time, it refers to the time to recruit soldiers. The Wumeng Wuxiu Joint Army was actually created by the efforts of the Three Tribulations Saint and Hara Tetsuo for more than 200 years. But in the middle, Changmei was in power. In order to cover up, these people were distributed all over the place for a long time, and it was not easy to gather them if you wanted to.

Taiyue is the same. Beigong Yin and his father also spent nearly three hundred years to win the hearts of the people. However, their strength can only be hidden in various princes or major forces. Once they need to gather, they must face many obstacles in the world at that time. It is difficult to recruit more in a short time. Especially Taiyue and Taihua are in the same situation. Under the blow of the establishment of Nantaiyue by the elders of the clan, this work is even more difficult to progress. Now, 70% of the 300,000 soldiers they have recruited are supporting Xiaguo, and they dare not bet all on Xiaguo.

Therefore, similar to Xia Nan’s situation at that time, defending the city was no longer meaningful and a decisive battle was inevitable.

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