At this time, Meng Huo finally felt proud and proud.
Originally, Meng Huo had doubted whether the Tengjia Army was as invulnerable as his Prime Minister Yong Kai boasted.
Now, when Meng Huo saw with his own eyes that Yan Jun's arrow hit the protruding Tengjia Army and was easily bounced away like it was scratched, Meng Huo was convinced.
"With such an invulnerable weapon, I can easily wipe out the Central Plains, not to mention destroying the Han dog Yan Liang, haha."
Meng Huo was so excited that he laughed loudly, and immediately ordered his troops to dispatch, following Tengjia's army, to pursue Yan's army.
Thirty thousand Tengjia troops, plus Meng Huo's 10,000 barbarians, made the 40,000 army pursue Li Yan's 10,000 Yan troops all the way.
At this time, Li Yan had already led his army to retreat to the ferry on the south bank.
If Li Yan had not received Yan Liang's instructions and had mistakenly engaged in a fierce battle with the Tengjia Army at the wrong time, then at this time, he would have been either destroyed by the Tengjia Army or swept into the poisonous Lu water.
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It was precisely because of his precautions that Li Yan chose to stage a show of pretending to retreat at dusk.
By this time, the sun had set in the west, the temperature had turned cooler, and the poisonous gas in the Lu water had dissipated.
Therefore, Li Yan took advantage of the fact that the Tengjia Army was not approaching, led 10,000 troops, took the bamboo raft prepared in advance, and successfully crossed to the north bank.
At this time, there were no rafts on the south bank. Li Yan originally planned to occupy the north bank and rest for a night before retreating northward. However, Li Yan soon discovered that he had to continue his non-stop retreat.
Because the rattan armor army didn't need a raft at all. They just jumped into the Lu River with their weapons. The rattan armor on their bodies was not only invulnerable, but also unsinkable in the water. They carried them across the river floating on the water.
Thirty thousand vine-armed troops are crossing the river in mighty force. You are on the shore and you can shoot them with arrows, but you can't kill them.
In the art of war, the principle of attacking when you are halfway across is now ineffective against the Tengjia Army.
Unable to stop the barbarian army from crossing the river, Li Yan had no choice but to give up Anshang Ferry and led his army to retreat downstream of Lu River in the evening towards Bodao City at the southernmost tip of Jianwei County.
The barbarian army that successfully "recovered" and settled in the city could not help but feel greatly boosted in morale, sweeping away the previous defeats at the hands of Yan's army.
Although Tengjia's army did not cause many casualties to Li Yan's army, Meng Huo was very pleased with the momentum of forcing Yan's army back.
Meng Huo was so excited that he stationed in Anshang City that day, held a banquet to commemorate the victorious Wu Tu Gu, and rewarded 30,000 Tengjia troops with the wealth and women they had plundered from the Han people.
Wu Tu Gu won the first battle and his confidence doubled. He made a bold statement on the spot that he would help Meng Huo wipe out Yan Liang and capture the entire Yizhou within one month.
Meng Huo, who was overjoyed, also made a promise. If he could get Yizhou, he would cede the three counties of Nanzhong to Wutugu and help him become the leader of Ugo Kingdom.
Having received the benefit, Wutu Gu thought he was invincible in the world, so he did not take much rest and continued to advance the army the next day, looking northward to kill.
In the next seven days, Li Yanjin followed Yan Liang's orders, fighting and retreating all the way, and surrendered Bodao City to Meng Huo, retreating hundreds of miles all the way to the front line of Nan'an City.
Meng Huo, on the other hand, had a "consecutive victory", attacking the city and advancing with great success. After capturing Bodao City, he ordered his Tengjia Army to rush towards Nan'an City non-stop.
At this moment, Yan Liang's main army had retreated to Nan'an.
Nan'an City.
In the palace, all the generals gathered.
"Lord, Meng Huo's force is too great. We can't retreat anymore. Let's fight to the death with the barbarians!" Zhang Ren, who had just surrendered, shouted for a fight.
"Yes, lord, we can't retreat any longer. Even if the rattan armored saber is not as good as the sword and spear, we have to risk our lives, otherwise we will retreat to Chengdu." Veteran Huang Zhong was also generous and unjust.
All the generals in the hall were shouting for war generously. It was obvious that the retreat without a fight in the past few days had made these fierce generals feel angry in their hearts.
The anger has been accumulated to the extreme, and the generals urgently need to vent their anger with a killing spree.
A sly smile appeared on Yan Liang's lips. The generals' generosity and anger were exactly the effect he wanted to see.
The hawk's eyes suddenly focused, and Yan Liang stood up immediately. Looking down at the generals, murderous intent surged like a tidal wave in his eyes.
There was sudden silence in the lobby.
"This bitch Meng Huo is pushing too hard. Gu can't bear it anymore. This Nan'an City will be our last position. We can't retreat even one step!"
Hunting pride and angry fire circulated crazily on Yan Liang.
Yan Liang's words could not have been more clear. He wanted to fight to the death with Meng Huo's Tengjia Army here.
The blood of the generals was boiling, and their thoughts of murder were burning like fire.
"Meng Huo is aggressive. We really can't retreat anymore. However, the invulnerability of the Tengjia Army is still a difficult problem. I think it is better not to rush into a decisive battle before thinking of a way to defeat the Tengjia Army."
Fa Zhengshang remained calm, worried that Yan Liang would be aroused by the generals' request for a battle and made the decision to fight in anger.
Yan Liang sneered and said: "I endured the inner fire and finally managed to lure Meng Huo to the front line of Nan'an. If we don't fight decisively now, how long will it take?"
Lure to the front line of Nan'an...
When Fazheng heard these eight words and saw Yan Liang's confident expression, he suddenly realized something.
Could it be that the Lord has a plan to defeat the enemy?
Just when Fazheng was surprised and suspicious, Yan Liang had already said loudly: "Pass on Gu's order and all the armies will prepare quickly. In three days, Gu will defeat Tengjia's army!"
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In the backyard of the mansion, the military meeting ended and the strategy to defeat the enemy was issued.
Yan Liang, who was sitting back and relax, was already enjoying the wine here.
He was leaning on the couch, sipping fine wine and eating fruits unique to Nanzhong, with his legs lazily draped on the couch.
The barbarian girl, Hua Wan, knelt beside her and beat Yan Liang's legs carefully and meekly.
After a while, footsteps sounded, and Mrs. Zhu Rong, who had an iron chain tied to her feet, reluctantly entered the lobby under the escort of several soldiers.
As soon as he entered the hall, Zhu Rong's gloomy face suddenly turned into an angry look.
Because, at a glance, she saw that her daughter was kneeling there, as humble as a slave, being beaten and rubbed by Yan Liang.
Once upon a time, Hua Wan, who was of high status, could only be served by others, and was never even given a shoulder rub by her mother.
Now, she was serving such a humble dog, their bitter enemy.
When Hua Wan saw her mother arriving, she quickly felt her mother's indignant eyes and felt ashamed. She could only turn her head to one side, pretending not to see her mother's eyes.
Yan Liang admired Zhu Rong's indignation with great interest. Apparently, he deliberately asked Hua Wan to rub his legs to make Zhu Rong feel uncomfortable.
"Why did you call me here?" Zhu Rong suppressed his anger and asked coldly.
"Why are you still wearing these tattered clothes? Where are the new clothes Gu gave you?" Yan Liang looked unhappy.
At this time, Zhu Rong was still wearing the clothes stained by blood on the battlefield, and he refused to change into Chinese clothes.
Because Zhu Rong knew that once she changed her clothes, it would mean that she had surrendered to Yan Liang, so she would rather keep wearing dirty clothes like now.
"I'm a southerner, so why do I wear Han clothes?" Zhu Rong said coldly.
Looking at Zhu Rong's generous look, Yan Liang sneered and said disdainfully: "You are a barbarian. You are not educated, so I give you Han clothes to wear. I think highly of you, but you are being pretentious. You don't want to wear it, right? Then
Just stop wearing it, someone, come here, take off all the clothes of this barbarian woman."
Under the order, several soldiers on the left and right rolled up their sleeves and started to take action.
Zhu Rong was shocked, and her face changed in surprise. Only then did she remember her daughter's advice. This person named Yan was really like a beast, and he could use any means.
Seeing that her mother was about to be humiliated, Huawan didn't dare to say anything, so she could only wink at Zhu Rong secretly, urging her to surrender quickly.
"Yan Liang, you have to think clearly. If you humiliate me today, my husband's rattan army will definitely defeat you tomorrow. Then you will regret what you did today."
The frightened Zhu Rong hurriedly brought out Meng Huo and his rattan armor army to scare Yan Liang.
Upon hearing this, Yan Liang suddenly waved his hand, signaling the troops on his left and right to retreat.
Zhu Rong secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that his threat had frightened Yan Liang, and the arrogance between his eyebrows became even more intense.
How could she know that Yan Liang just regarded her threat as a joke, and the reason why he asked his men to stop was just because Yan Liang wanted to find more fun from this self-righteous barbaric woman.
Let her despair completely, tear her hopes to pieces, and shatter her pride. That is the real pleasure.
"You have such a crazy tone, Zhu Rong, are you so confident that Meng Huo can defeat Gu?" Yan Liang sneered.
Zhu Rong snorted coldly and said proudly: "If you could block the invulnerable Tengjia Army, why would you retreat from Xindao all the way to Nan'an? Yan Liang, you should stop pretending in front of me."
Such a crazy tone.
If it were an ordinary woman who dared to be as crazy as Yan Liang, she would have been stripped naked, hung up, and starved to the point where she begged for mercy.
But now, the decisive battle between Yan Liang and Meng Huo is imminent. At this special moment, Yan Liang decided to change his approach.
Rolling his eyes, a sly smile flashed across Yan Liang's lips, and he said, "Since you are so confident, do you dare to make a bet with Gu?"
"Betting, what are you betting on?" Zhu Rong looked suspicious.
"Three days later, Guhui will fight to the death with Meng Huo's Tengjia Army. Then Guhui will take you to watch the excitement. If Meng wins this decisive battle, Guhui will return your mother and daughter to Meng Huo." Yan Liang
said loudly.
Zhu Rong's heart was shocked, and a strong hope rose from his heart.
At this time, she was already secretly mocking Yan Liang's self-righteousness and mocking him for giving her a chance to escape.
At this time, Yan Liang changed the topic again and said coldly: "However, if Gu wins, you must do whatever Gu wants you to do. How about it? Do you have the guts to bet with Gu Yi?"
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Whatever you are asked to do, do it obediently...
What the beast in front of him wanted to do was naturally such a shameful thing.
Zhu Rong, who was originally confident, could not help but fall silent at this time.
Looking at Yan Liang's determined expression, she couldn't help but wonder. The Tengjia Army was clearly invulnerable and invincible, but where did this Yan Liang have the confidence to dare to make such a bet with her?