King Dongshi immediately ordered the coalition forces to wait on the spot. On the one hand, they asked them to find ways to solve the food problem nearby, and on the other hand, they asked the Linyue Kingdom to urgently collect some food and grass for emergency relief. After all, the coalition forces are in the territory of the Linyue Kingdom, and there are also a large number of Linyue Kingdom troops in the coalition forces, and Linyue Kingdom is naturally responsible. []
The coalition general had to obey orders and wait for reinforcements on the spot. However, the originally insufficient food was now unable to support the supply for one day. He could only urge the Linyue Kingdom to send food and grass as soon as possible, while sending the remaining cavalry troops out to nearby villages and towns to collect grain. Otherwise, the troops would not have been able to last for three days.
The elite troops led by Xu Sancai retreated and met with the large army. Although they caught the enemy off guard, the enemy's pro-guard and the troops stationed in the main business were all elites of Dongshi Kingdom. The elite troops also injured nearly 2,000 people, and the large army also killed and injured thousands. In addition, a large number of prisoners were needed to be escorted back to the border city.
Xu Sancai immediately asked a legion to return to the border city with his wounded soldiers and prisoners, and he arranged several legions to disperse and surround the stationed coalition forces from afar. He had confirmed that the enemy had no food and grass. Since the enemy had not retreated, he naturally guessed that the enemy would send troops to the surrounding area to collect food. Moreover, he also asked Wang Youcai's intelligence system to pay attention to the dynamics of the Linyue Kingdom.
Xu Sancai dispatched troops to basically block the contact between the coalition and the outside world. Sure enough, he encountered ten enemy grain collection troops one after another. Those enemy troops were only in a team of thousands of people and were undoubtedly defeated. Only a few people escaped, so naturally it was impossible to complete the task of grain collection. After several generals of the coalition army knew about this situation, they could only give up going out to collect grain.
The coalition immediately notified the Linyue Kingdom and asked them to send large troops when escorting the food, and contact the coalition forces in advance so that the coalition forces can send troops to respond. Regardless of whether the Linyue Kingdom is willing or not, there is no way out. Whether the lost county town can be regained, it depends on the coalition forces. They immediately collected a large amount of food and pieced together nearly 20,000 troops to escort them to the temporary garrison of the coalition forces.
When the coalition forces received the news, they immediately divided the only more than 10,000 cavalry and 30,000 infantry, ready to respond when the grain transport troops approached. They were worried that they would attract the attention of the Qin State, so they did not act in advance. However, they did not know that Wang Youcai's intelligence website had already discovered the troops escorting food in the Linyue State.
Xu Sancai also discovered the movement of troops from the enemy's garrison in the Fierce Eagle. Although the enemy only mobilized troops in the garrison, he immediately guessed the enemy's intention. He immediately mobilized 60,000 troops and ambushed more than ten miles in the direction of Linyue's transportation of materials, while the elite troops and 20,000 troops were ambushed on the avenue more than twenty miles in advance.
Although there are several flying monster mounts on the Chaos Continent, all of them are worth more than tens of millions of yuan, and only first-class forces and those big countries can own them. Even the inner members of the Thieves Guild are only a few direct descendants who have flying mounts. Dongshi Kingdom naturally cannot bear the flight scouts, and it is impossible to detect the mobilization of the Qin army in time.
The materials escorted by the Linyue Kingdom plunged into the ambush circle of the Great Qin Kingdom, and naturally it was destined. The Linyue Kingdom only sent 20,000 troops to escort it, not because it did not pay attention to the Great Qin Kingdom, but because it had done its best. There were 5,000 imperial guards in these escort troops, and finally collected 20,000 people.
Although the Imperial Guard was the strongest combat force in the Linyue Kingdom, and knowing that the escort of grain was related to the fate of the coalition forces, the King of Linyue also sent a war spirit. However, in front of the elite legion and two regular legions led by Xu Sancai, the Imperial Guard of Linyue Kingdom only supported it for a while, and in the end it could not escape the fate of the entire army being wiped out.
After learning that the grain transport troops were intercepted, the coalition immediately sent troops to respond. However, they fell into the ambush of the Qin troops. After a fierce battle, although the Qin troops suffered tens of thousands of casualties, they completely wiped out the enemy troops. This was thanks to the six thieves Zhanzong who killed six generals of the enemy one after another. Otherwise, the complete annihilation of the enemy would inevitably lead to greater losses.
Of course, the materials obtained this time did not need to be destroyed, but were escorted back to the border town, and the wounded and prisoners were sent back. After the reorganization, the elite troops were only less than 6,000, and the regular troops could only fight again. The coalition forces now only had more than 100,000 people, including 30,000 wounded soldiers. The most important thing is that the troops have been completely cut off.
Xu Sancai interrogated the prisoners, and with Wang Youcai's information, it confirmed that the Linyue Kingdom now has less than 20,000 troops, and they also guarded the remaining five counties. He immediately ordered the Zhanzong guarding the other two newly occupied counties to lead 10,000 troops to surprise two adjacent counties, while he led his troops to surveillance far around the coalition forces.
The enemy's morale was greatly reduced at this time. He knew that he was besieged by the Qin troops. The materials transported by Linyue were robbed, and the grain conscription teams sent were defeated. The King of Dongshi refused to withdraw his troops. The troops had been out of food for a long time, and many soldiers even dug wild vegetables on the roadside to satisfy their hunger. The general of the coalition army had to ask for emergency assistance again overnight.
The Dongshi** unit did not dare to make a decision, so he could only wait the next day to ask King Dongshi. The reinforcements from the Dongshi Kingdom were already moving at full speed, but the distance between a large amount of supplies was nearly a thousand miles, and it was indeed the limit to arrive in three days. The Linyue Kingdom now has no strength to send troops to escort the supplies, and even if it mobilizes the supplies again, it will take some time.
When King Dongshi heard the news the next day, he was naturally furious, but there was no other way. He had to allow the coalition forces to temporarily retreat to the county town controlled by Linyue Kingdom to rest and wait for the arrival of reinforcements. The military headquarters sent the news to the coalition forces in time, and the coalition forces were ready to set off immediately. However, the 30,000 wounded soldiers could not ignore them. Most of the vehicles of the transport team had been burned and they could not transport so many wounded soldiers at all.
The generals of the coalition forces had to concentrate their only horses and carriages to transport seriously injured soldiers, while the remaining wounded soldiers followed the marches under the care of two legions. The hungry troops, coupled with a large number of wounded soldiers, also needed scouts and defense, so the speed of the coalition forces could naturally be imagined. In a day, the coalition forces only walked more than 30 miles, but received news that the nearest county town was captured by the Qin Kingdom, and the nearest county town was now about 160 miles away.
The day of hunger, coupled with this news, immediately made the soldiers completely desperate. The troops of the Qin Kingdom followed not far behind, and added 40,000 regular troops and elite troops in Kobayashi City. The wavering of the morale of the army quickly caused the troops to collapse. That night, the coalition soldiers actually fled nearly 30,000.