NOVEL NEXT Chapter 462 Chase
At the gate of Dingshan City, the remnants of the soldiers left by Chu Junxiong to hide their presence had all been captured by King Xuan's vanguard army.
Prince Xuan and Zhang Xuanfeng arrived through the air, and behind them was a densely packed army charging forward. They saw that the city gate in the distance had been captured by the vanguard army, and their eyes were filled with excitement and astonishment.
What's going on, less than an hour after they returned, the enemy troops in Dingshan City withdrew?
"Your Highness!"
"Chu Junxiong has really withdrawn his troops, and there is no ambush in Dingshan City."
Yang Kui, the most powerful general under King Xuan, jumped up from the gate of Dingshan City. His tall and burly body came to King Xuan to report.
When he learned that Dingshan City had withdrawn its troops, Yang Kui, who had led his troops to rest ten miles away, immediately rushed over and charged directly into Dingshan City.
"Master Cang and the others actually let the enemy troops leave from under their noses. What do they do to eat!"
Prince Xuan showed a hint of anger on his face.
Zhang Xuanfeng scanned the inside and outside of Dingshan City with his profound gaze. The aftermath of the war still lingered in the sky around him, and he said in a deep voice:
"Your Highness, Chu Junxiong should have made evacuation arrangements long ago. During the war, he had secretly sent troops to evacuate part of the city from the rear city gate. Coupled with the cover of the defensive formation, the fluctuations in the battle between the enemy Venerables and the Cang Venerables were covered up. , we are in the retreat stage again, it is really difficult to pay attention."
"Yes, no one expected that Chu Junxiong would suddenly evacuate Dingshan City."
Lu Xingyu from the side had already arrived, looking at the empty Dingshan City, his brows furrowed deeply.
The weirder things are, the less simple they are.
"Your Highness, what should we do now? Should we go after Chu Junxiong immediately?" Yang Kui said with bright eyes.
call out! call out! call out!
Eight figures flew back from a distance, their auras fluctuating one by one, and the atmosphere of war still remained.
It was Venerable Cang, Venerable Yang and other eight Venerables who went to pursue the Chu army.
"Your Highness Prince Xuan, the army of the Zhenguo Mansion has evacuated twenty miles away from Dingshan City towards Zhaozhou. The army behind the Zhenguo Mansion is the Mo Lin Army led by Chu Junxiong. We dare not approach easily."
Cang Hailong, the top venerable person under King Xuan, lowered his head and said.
The other seven venerables nodded, but their expressions of lingering fear were still there, which was really scary.
When they hurried to pursue, Chu Junxiong was sitting in the last army. He just looked back at them, and they were filled with anger and fell down from beginning to end. They were cold and did not dare to pursue again.
Prince Xuan looked cold and looked towards the sky above the eight venerables. He saw the second ancestor in black robes nodding slowly.
If he hadn't appeared in time, these eight sages alone would have been defeated by Chu Junxiong.
"Your Highness, shall we pursue him immediately?"
Yang Kui, Zhang Yangde and other generals asked for orders again, their eyes showing fierce fighting intent. Before, there was a turtle shell that they could not break through. Now that they have left this turtle shell, how long will they wait without fighting?
"Your Highness, Chu Junxiong suddenly withdrew his troops, and the Black Lin Army came behind. This is extremely unusual and cannot be pursued easily."
Zhang Xuanfeng cupped his fists.
Lu Xingyu also nodded heavily and said: "Your Highness, the enemy's behavior is abnormal. It is dark at night. There is a fear of an ambush. The army led by Taiwei and Zhu Youwu has not arrived yet, so it is not appropriate to pursue them."
Prince Xuan frowned deeply, looked at the direction in which Chu Junxiong's army was retreating, clenched his fists, and said:
"Immediately send an order to the Lieutenant to speed up the pace. Yuan Zhengquan, you lead the shadow team to bite Chu Junxiong's rear."
"yes."
A thin general clasped his fists and accepted the order, and his figure disappeared instantly. Soon, dozens of hundreds of figures below were swaying in the mountains and forests, and dark phantoms flashed past, pursuing the Zhenguo Mansion army at high speed.
"You guys go too."
Behind King Xuan, the three venerables nodded lightly and disappeared.
"Inform all the troops to rest outside the city and set off to pursue Chu Junxiong at dawn."
"yes!"
The generals immediately accepted the order.
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At dawn, the 600,000-strong army led by Taiwei and Zhu Youwu had already appeared outside Dingshan City and joined King Xuan.
The army set out to pursue the Zhenguofu army.
The endless army lingered for dozens of miles. Yang Kui's 100,000 Black Tiger Legion was the vanguard. In the center of the fast-moving army, high-level generals such as Prince Xuan, Taiwei, Zhang Xuanfeng, Zhu Youwu, and Duan Yanjiang gathered.
"Did Chu Junxiong evacuate because the Taiwei was about to return?"
Duan Yanjiang, a famous general in the imperial court and General Lang Hong, looked surprised at Chu Junxiong's sudden retreat.
"No, if Chu Junxiong evacuated because we rushed back, why wait until now."
Zhu Youwu shook his head slowly, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said: "I think the reason why Chu Junxiong evacuated Dingshan City and rushed back to Zhaozhou was because of King Chu!"
"King Chu?"
Everyone's eyes moved.
Zhu Youwu, the Minister of War, continued: "Yes, Dingshan City is an important defensive city for Chu Junxiong, and it is also a living target. In the past, the war situation in Dayu Dynasty was chaotic, and he was sitting in Dingshan City looking for opportunities to defeat us, but now Dayu Except for the southwest war in the dynasty, all the battles in the states have ended and are under the control of the King of Chu.
In the Dayu Dynasty, the only people who can compete for the throne are His Royal Highness King Chu and King Xuan.
Then His Royal Highness Prince Xuan will definitely defeat Chu Junxiong at all costs in the next period of time.
Therefore, Chu Junxiong did not want to continue fighting to the death with us, but chose to retreat to Zhaozhou.
Chu Junxiong wanted to use him to withdraw to Zhaozhou so that His Highness Prince Xuan could retreat in the face of difficulties, and lured His Highness Prince Xuan back to Kyoto to fight with the King of Chu.
In this way, he can avoid the heavy losses of the Zhenguo Mansion and watch us compete with the King of Chu. "
Zhu Youwu said seriously:
"After all, Zhaozhou is where Chu Junxiong's real base camp is. Once Chu Junxiong withdraws to Zhaozhou, it will be impossible for us to solve Chu Junxiong in a short time."
After hearing Zhu Youwu's analysis, Lu Xingyu, Duan Yanjiang and others nodded slightly.
With this explanation, Chu Junxiong's sudden withdrawal can be explained.
Indeed, if Chu Junxiong is allowed to return to the Zhaozhou base camp, it will take longer for them to defeat Chu Junxiong. Even if Chu Junxiong is defeated by then, King Chu will already have control of Zhongzhou.
"Chu Junxiong cannot be allowed to return to Zhaozhou." King Xuan shot cold stars in his eyes and immediately ordered:
"General Zhu, General Duan, you..."
Just when King Xuan ordered the three military soul armies to pursue Chu Junxiong first, the Taiwei on the side spoke:
"Your Highness, don't be anxious. We want to deal with Chu Junxiong as soon as possible. Why doesn't Chu Junxiong want to deal with us as soon as possible? The threat from King Chu is even more fatal to Chu Junxiong."
Zhang Xuanfeng, Lu Xingyu and other generals focused their attention on the Taiwei.
Taiwei Qin Yi stroked his beard and hair and said confidently:
"If my guess is correct, Chu Junxiong is also looking for an opportunity to decide the outcome in a battle!" (End of Chapter)