After learning the Qi Refining Technique, Gengwu's overall strength has improved linearly.

There were already eight Chu cavalry who fell under his sword, and they were all killed instantly by his sword.

Next, Gengwu directly targeted Xiang Yan. If he brought back the head of the Chu army general, it would be a great achievement!

"Kill him!"

Gengwu shouted coldly and led the cavalry around him to charge.

"Protect me, retreat!"

At Xiang Yan's age, he is only suitable for commanding battles, not for killing enemies himself.

He saw that Gengwu was about to kill him, and he also saw that the morale of the Qin army's cavalry was so high that they completely overwhelmed the Chu army's cavalry to kill them. Whether it was riding skills, morale, or even weapons, the Chu army was far inferior.

Qin Army.

If they don't retreat at this time, they will all die here.

When the fighting and breakout came to an end, Xiang Yan could only take hundreds of cavalry and escape hurriedly to the west.

Of course he wanted to fight back, but he was only able to do so after reuniting with Xiang Liang.

The cavalry alone could not cross the Fen River.

"What a pity!"

Geng Wu sighed and could only watch Xiang Yan escape.

He kept Bai Zhong's order in mind and retreated after winning the battle. He could not pursue them. However, when he saw the ownerless horses left by the Chu army's cavalry, he ordered them all to be taken away across the pontoon bridge.

On the way back, Gengwu asked someone to simply tally the results.

None of their warriors were killed, and only three of them were seriously injured. They quickly used golden sore medicine to stop the bleeding.

Return to the military camp.

Gengwu gave a complete report on the results of the battle just now.

“Well done!”

Bai Zhong nodded and said: "You guys go down and rest first. It's already very late. We won't fight again today. We'll see how things go tomorrow."

Now that Xiang Yan's cavalry has returned to the shore, the infantry behind is also faster.

If we don’t arrive tonight, we will come to the shore of Fenshui tomorrow.

When to fight is not decided by Bai Zhong, but by Xiang Yan and his son. Bai Zhong only needs to stay on the edge of Fen River and control the pontoon bridge. Even if the Chu army builds a pontoon bridge again, as long as there are no warships, they will be on the shore.

Edge is easy to deal with.

"Your clever idea really works."

Ying Shu said with a little admiration.

When leaving Shangcai, Bai Zhong made arrangements based on guesses. Unexpectedly, all the guesses came true, and said: "Xiang Yan probably underestimated me. You should go back and rest."

Inside the military camp, quiet soon returned.

Just in the middle of the night.

A scout came to report that Xiang Yan and his son, a total of more than 50,000 people, traveled all night and finally arrived at the shore.

Bai Zhong didn't take a rest. Hearing the words, he muttered: "It's coming a little fast. Don't take action for the time being. Just arrange for people to take turns watching at the edge of the pontoon."

"only!"

The scout responded.

Bai Zhong thought that Wang Ben's side should also be waiting for his progress, including Yang Duanhe from Handan, so he wrote two more letters and called people in to ask them to send the letters to the north as soon as possible.

At this point, Yang Duanhe could feint attack in Handan and create false pressure on the King of Wei, and Wang Bi could almost break into the Yan Kingdom.

So far so good!

After dawn.

Bai Zhong walked out of the camp, regardless of what happened to Xiong Qi who had already entered the city, he went directly to the bank of Fenshui River and looked towards the other side.

When Wang Li and the others saw that their general seemed to be declaring war, they immediately gathered their entire army and followed Bai Zhong, ready for action at any time.

The Chu army on the other side saw it and gathered together as well.

After a while, Xiang Yan emerged from the Chu army and came to the shore.

He looked from a distance and saw that this was the first time he met Bai Zhong.

"General Bai, what a trick!"

Although the two banks of the river were far apart, Xiang Yan's voice was loud enough that Bai Zhong and others could hear it.

Bai Zhong smiled and said: "General Xiang accepted the concession. I wonder if you will retreat directly or fight with me? If it is the latter, my people will stay with you until the end!"

Xiang Yan said loudly: "General Bai is very confident in his abilities?"

"Are you confident? General Xiang has already seen it."

Bai Zhong laughed: "If you want to fight, my people will stand here waiting for you to fight. If you don't want to, it's still too late to retreat now."

Xiang Yan didn't speak anymore. He pondered for a long time and left from the river bank, but he did not launch an attack.

Meng Tian worried: "What if the Chu army really retreats?"

Wang Li said: "I don't think Xiang Yan will retreat. When things have reached this point, it actually doesn't make much difference to him whether he retreats or not. He might as well forcefully cross the river and fight us hard. They will fight hard."

We definitely want to save everything, we don’t want to leave like this, and we are not willing to give up, so we have to be ready to fight.”

Bai Zhong agreed: "I also think Xiang Yan will not retreat. Please help me arrange a few people to cross the Fen River from the upper reaches. I want to know where Zhang Han is."

As long as Zhang Han can arrive smoothly, even if Xiang Yan really wants to retreat, it will be difficult for him to withdraw from Huaiyang.

"At the same time, we must also be prepared to cross the river."

Bai Zhong was thinking about what they should do if Xiang Yan retreated.

However, if Xiang Yan wants to retreat, the best way is to pursue him directly.

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Xiang Yan returned to the military camp and was also considering whether to retreat.

If they retreat now, Huaiyang will be gone. The King of Chu will definitely punish them. If they fight hard, they can take back Chencheng and the whole of Huaiyang if they win. If they lose, the consequences will be the same as if they retreated.

"Aweng, what should we do?"

Xiang Liang asked.

Xiang Yan spread out a map, thought for a while and said, "Do you think it's possible to cross the river?"

"It's hard!"

Xiang Liang analyzed: "If we now have more than 100,000 people, we can definitely cross the Fen River by force, but with only more than 50,000 people, it will not be easy unless we can disrupt the Qin army's rear."

"Disturbing the Qin army's rear?"

Xiang Yan thought about it for a long time and felt that this method was feasible. After pondering for a while, he continued: "Immediately arrange for two thousand soldiers with the best water quality to swim across the Fen River from a place downstream where there is no surveillance by the Qin army. On the other side,

Wait, we will forcefully cross the Fen River tomorrow night."

He thought for a while and then said: "When crossing the river, we will send orders for people to beat the drums hard and use the drums as a signal. When the two thousand people heard the drums, they rushed into the Qin army's rear army, set fire to the military camp, and disturbed

After the enemy's rear, help us cross the river."

Xiang Liang said quickly: "I'll make arrangements right away."

Doing so seems to be their only chance.

That night.

Two thousand Chu troops quietly crossed the Fen River downstream.

But before the Chu army crossed the river, the Qin army had already crossed over and got in touch with Zhang Han and the others.

Seeing Bai Zhong's military order, Zhang Han thought for a long time and said: "Get closer to the Chu army first, be careful to hide, and don't alert anyone. The scouts will monitor the Chu army's movements first."

When there is movement in the Chu army, whether they forcefully cross the river or retreat first to escape, he will send troops to kill them. If they escape, of course they will intercept them, and wait for Bai Zhong to lead the army to encircle and suppress them.
Chapter completed!