General Tian, ​​as a general of the Jin Army, he definitely has the faith that a soldier should have!

Thirty thousand Jin troops, after leaving the east gate, were about ten miles away from the Qin army's defense line.

Regardless of whether it was a feint attack or not, if the Jin army wanted to get out from here, they had to open this hole.

And based on the strong military intelligence of the Qin Army, it can be said that the news had already reached Xiao Yuan as soon as the Jin Army left Puyang.

At this time, in the main tent, Xiao Yuan was wearing a white middle coat and royal robes outside, and was occupying the position of commander.

Su Yi, Peng Shuang and others, having received orders from his king, led one hundred thousand troops and continued to advance towards Xuzhou. He sat in the rear and continued to besiege Puyang.

After receiving the news that the Jin army had broken out from the east gate, the generals of the Qin army did not panic. This seemed to be what everyone expected.

Zhou Kai thought that because the east gate was heading towards Xuzhou, the Qin army must have heavily deployed troops there, but in fact, that was not the case at all.

The Snow Clan spy was still kneeling down below. Xiao Yuan thought about it and asked, "How many are there?"

"This..." the spy paused for a moment and said truthfully: "Your Majesty, due to the weather, we cannot know the details, but judging from the momentum, there should be tens of thousands of people."

"Well..." Xiao Yuan pondered slightly.

At this time, one of the generals cupped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, as I see it, now that the Jin army has broken through, our army can shrink its front line and encircle and annihilate it outside the east gate."

"It doesn't have to be like this." Xiao Yuan rejected his suggestion and said: "Under normal circumstances, Zhou Kai should know that I have a large number of troops at the east gate, but he still chose to break out from the east gate. This is a bit strange."

"Your Majesty...you are suspicious. Is this a feint attack by the Jin army?" the general said tentatively.

"Regardless of whether he is feigning an attack or not, the other defense lines of our army must not be moved. Not only that, I also want the Jin army at the east gate to successfully break through."

As Xiao Yuan spoke, he immediately looked at the spies and directly ordered: "Immediately send an order to Zhang Dashan and tell him to pretend to be defeated and let the Jin army from the east gate go."

"No!" the spy followed the order and left.

All the generals in the tent couldn't help but look at each other.

Qin Army's Eastern Defense Line.

Zhang Dashan is the general here. At this time, he is also preparing to deploy troops to push back the 30,000 Jin troops.

However, Xiao Yuan's Wang Ling was quickly passed on by the Snow Clan spies.

"Report~~~~~"

"General, your Majesty has given an order to let the Jin army pass through the defense line by pretending to be invincible."

"What?"

"This is the king's order."

"Understood." After Zhang Dashan heard clearly, he didn't say any more nonsense and directly started to order to the headquarters:

"Pass my military order. After the battle with the Jin army, our officers and men will slowly retreat. Twenty miles away from Puyang, we will open a gap and let the Jin army leave..."

"Got the order!"

Following the issuance of Xiao Yuan's military order, the Qin Army's eastern defense line quickly changed.

At the beginning, after the 30,000 Jin army came into contact with the Qin army, there was no doubt that the two sides immediately started a battle. General Tian was also determined to die, so he fought bravely to kill the enemy and took the lead.

He was holding a sword in one hand, and his whole body was covered in blood. He thought that together with these 30,000 soldiers, he would contain a large number of Qin troops and eventually die in battle, giving the main force a chance to break through.

But as they fought, without realizing it, the Jin army had advanced for more than ten miles, while the Qin army retreated all the way. In the end, the defense line was directly torn apart.

"General, look! The Qin army has been defeated! Our army has successfully broken through!" A young general shouted excitedly next to General Tian.

"Ah!?" When the latter heard this, he was also stunned on the spot.

Only General Tian knew about this feint attack, and the soldiers below did not know, otherwise it would disrupt the morale of the army.

Everyone thought it was a real breakthrough, but General Tian was dumbfounded.

He was supposed to support the main force and sacrifice his own side, but the current situation has undergone earth-shaking changes. It is reasonable for him to be unable to react.

He was stunned, but the young general was not stunned. He thought the breakthrough was successful. You can imagine how excited he was. He even said repeatedly: "Oh, General Tian! Our army has successfully broken through! Why are you still stunned!"

"Ah?" General Tian was still a little dumbfounded and said: "Then...then now..."

"I am marching towards Xuzhou to join forces with General Du Yu!" the young general reminded.

"Ah? Yes, yes, hurry up!" General Tian came to his senses now. After the disaster, he did not forget the main army. While fleeing for his life in the direction of Xuzhou, he also sent people to send General Qing back to Puyang.

The place where he successfully broke through was not far from Puyang. The spies worked hard and quickly spread the news to Zhou Kai.

At this time, the latter was still mobilizing before the war. As soon as the Qin army's defense line shrank toward the east gate, they would gather the main force and rush out from the south gate in one go.

After listening to the spy's report, he was dumbfounded.

"W-what did you say? General Tian broke through?"

"Yes, the Qin army was defeated, the defense line was torn apart by our army, and General Tian successfully broke through!" the spy returned.

"This!" Zhou Kai didn't know what to say. After finishing his words, he also looked at the generals on the left and right.

People were just like him, and they all looked confused, because this incident was completely beyond their expectations.

It wasn't until a while later that a general tentatively said: "General, General Ji Tian successfully broke through with 30,000 troops. Does that mean that the King of Qin did not deploy heavy troops on the eastern defense line at all?"

"What...what do you think?" Zhou Kai asked back.

The general thought for a moment and said, "In that case, I think it would be better for the main force to break out from the east gate."

Zhou Kai pondered for a while and said after a while: "Maybe we can give it a try, but just in case, we still need troops to stay in Puyang. Otherwise, if we fail to break through and the city is taken, it will be over."

"Yes, I will eventually understand."

On Zhou Kai's side, seeing that the 30,000 soldiers who were pretending to attack had successfully broken through the encirclement, he believed that the opportunity was not to be missed, and immediately led his army out of the east gate.

But this time, the Qin army obviously would not fulfill his wish.

The first time, Xiao Yuan had a purpose. After receiving the second military intelligence report, he immediately said:

"Order Zhang Dashan to push back all the Jin troops at all costs!"

"At the same time, order the northwest defense line to conduct a tentative attack on the north gate and west gate of Puyang."

"In addition, some troops on the southern front were mobilized to drive the Jin army that had successfully broken through to the Dongling area to set up an ambush to encircle and annihilate them."

After giving the order to his side, it is conceivable that as soon as Zhou Kai left the east gate and walked a few miles, he was attacked head-on by the Qin army.
Chapter completed!