According to reports from spies, after capturing most of the cities in Nantes Province, Zheng Yuanyun still has about 1.2 million troops in total.

If we just look at the comparison of the strength of the two sides, Zheng Yuanyun is undoubtedly at a disadvantage.

But Ouyang Lixing knew the actual situation very well.

Although Zheng Yuanyun has fewer soldiers, his actual combat power is much higher than that of his side.

You must know that when the Qingyang Empire's army advanced into Nantes Province, Zheng Yuanyun arrived from Anluo Province almost a month late.

Although Zheng Yuanyun arrived late and missed the best opportunity to fight, at the same time, his late arrival was not without its benefits.

At least the troops he sent to the province of Nantes were all well-planned and selected elite generals.

It can be said that even the hundreds of thousands of sword shield bearers who were ruthlessly used as stepping stones during the battle in Xilong City, if placed in some small cities, it would make the city owner laugh out of his dreams, and be extremely eager to think about it.

Elite soldiers to get.

Such an army is far more powerful than Ouyang Lixing's miscellaneous army.

Ouyang Lixing's troops here are very large, but in fact they are all temporarily pieced together from more than a dozen cities in Fengqi Province near Nantes Province. The real elite soldiers of Fengqi Province are still behind the main force.

The city is far away from the Bailie Empire's Mohe Province.

Such an army was reduced to exhaustion when they used more attacks and fewer attacks to deal with Yan Haomiao, who had a broken mentality. The actual quality of the soldiers was not even compared with Zheng Yuanyun, even compared with Yan Haomiao's army.

Not as good as that.

If it weren't for Chen Ze's guidance, even though Ouyang Lixing had the largest military force, he would not have dared to act rashly, and he would not even have thought of setting foot in the province of Nantes to have a chance encounter with Yan Haomiao.

After Yan Haomiao's trouble was solved, the empire sent an envoy to ask him to support the Nantes province. At that time, Ouyang Lixing was also unwilling to do so.

His family knows his own affairs, so with the soldiers in his hands, unless he uses people to pile them up, it is possible to pile them up to death, and it is only possible.

With the quality of the soldiers he had on hand, if he had used real swords and real guns to fight Zheng Yuanyun, Ouyang Lixing believed that he would not even know how he died.

What's more, he was on the road all the time, while Zheng Yuanyun was marching from city to city while fighting. Although the number of soldiers under his command was getting smaller and smaller as they fought, the ones left behind were elite soldiers full of murderous intent.

Each one has been baptized by blood and fire.

It's a one-on-one fight, and the murderous aura emanating from the opponent's body is enough to scare off most of the new recruits. How can we fight?

Therefore, Ouyang Lixing had no idea at all, and really followed Chen Ze's suggestion and deployed defenses between the three border cities until the murderous Zheng Yuanyun troops arrived.

Tianyuan City is the first of the three cities on the border. It is also the first head-on confrontation between Zheng Yuanyun and Ouyang Lixing after his army advances.

At this moment, troops are approaching the city.

Ouyang Lixing did not hide behind, but stood at the head of Tianyuan City with a solemn expression, watching helplessly as the opponent's army advanced to the city step by step.

"Let's shoot the arrows to hold the position."

Seeing that the other party didn't seem to have any intention of stopping, Ouyang Lixing frowned slightly, made a move with one hand, and ordered the archers to prepare.

Whoosh whoosh!

He gave the order, and a wave of arrows flew into the air like locusts. The arrows fell and got stuck less than ten steps in front of Zheng Yuanyun's army.

Zheng Yuanyun rode out from among the soldiers. He was a counselor after all, and when he came out, he was accompanied by his close followers.

He raised his head, stared at the imposing general on the top of Tianyuan City, and said with a smile: "The one on top of the city must be General Ouyang, right?"

Ouyang Lixing did not deny it, stared at Zheng Yuanyun coldly and said, "What advice do you have?"

"Advice?"

Zheng Yuanyun smiled and said: "That's not a big deal, but we missed each other near Dongping City a month ago. It's rare that we meet again today. How about a fight?"

These words were full of provocation. When he was at Dongping City, he did not move a step, but Ouyang Lixing led the army away. What he meant by these words was nothing more than taking advantage of Ouyang Lixing's avoidance of fighting.

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How could Ouyang Lixing not hear it, and how could he pay attention to it?

Hearing this, he smiled, spread his hands and said, "Come on then, I am waiting for you here."

Come?

Zheng Yuanyun glanced forward, how did this happen?

Tianyuan City was originally just a small city, but it seemed that Ouyang Lixing had been here for a long time, and Tianyuan City had almost been completely transformed by him.

The first thing is that Ouyang Lixing actually built a new city wall outside the originally low city wall of Tianyuan City.

This city wall was built so wide that it almost completely blocked the entire Tianyuan City from the rear. The top of the city where Ouyang Lixing was standing at this time was this new city wall.

The new city wall is built close to the old city wall, which means that the city wall of Tianyuan City is no longer as narrow as before, but has a certain width. Although it is a slope sloping toward the rear, it can at least allow the city head to be widened.

Accommodate more soldiers to defend the city.

Zheng Yuanyun also saw that on this new city wall, every ten steps had a station and every five steps had a pavilion. Ouyang Lixing had deployed a large number of trebuchets. Next to the trebuchets, there were densely packed archers guarding them.

, just like the wave of arrows that hit the formation just now, if he dares to order an attack, what is waiting for him is countless long-range attacks falling on the heads of the soldiers.

This time was not like the time in Xilong City, where a moat lay across the city. Now that there was no river, he naturally could not let the soldiers fill it with their lives in vain. Although damage was inevitable, normal battle damage and excessive use of lives to fill it were still.

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Zheng Yuanyun didn't want to be involved in internal strife at such a critical moment.

So he laughed loudly and said: "Commander Ouyang, what you said is very interesting. I am also adhering to the principle of not being harmonious when discussing with you. There is no need for us to be at war with each other."

"oh?"

Ouyang said coldly: "You and I belong to two empires. The power between the enemy and us is so clear, how can we still fight each other without using swords?"

"That's okay. If General Zheng is willing to withdraw his troops and leave, then I can guarantee that there will be no need for fighting, let you leave, and guarantee that the past will not be held accountable. What do you think?"

This made Zheng Yuanyun laugh angrily, "General Ouyang wants me to withdraw my troops?"

"It seems like there is no room for negotiation at all?"

Ouyang Lixing said: "Then how do you want to discuss it?"

Zheng Yuanyun's eyes turned cold and said: "My discussion method is that if General Ouyang is willing to abandon the defense of the last three cities in Nantes Province, then I can also guarantee that your Fengqi expedition will not be touched.
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