In the morning, outside Lucheng, on the southeastern main road.
At first, Xuan Jun walked very smoothly and did not encounter any danger, but soon he had to enter a valley.
King Xuan was riding a war horse, flanked by Xie Hongling, Wang Su and others, and surrounded by countless heavy shield bearers.
As soon as he entered here, Commander Yan Qi couldn't help but tighten the reins, then raised his head and looked around.
"Your Majesty, this place"
He hesitated to speak.
King Xuan is such a smart woman, so she naturally understands what he wants to say. Seeing this terrain, she couldn't help but take a deep breath.
Yan Qi said again: "Your Majesty, this place is dangerous and there may be an ambush. But if we don't break out, our army will only be able to trap Lucheng to death."
Hearing this, King Xuan's eyes were dark, but before she could give the order, countless Yan Army soldiers suddenly stood up on the mountains on both sides.
"Fire the arrow!"
Immediately afterwards, loud shouts were heard, flags were waved, and arrows began to rain down from the sky.
Plop, plop!
In just an instant, countless Xuan Army soldiers were shot into hedgehogs, and their miserable howls suddenly became one.
"Protect the king! Quick! Protect the king"
The neighing of horses mixed with the clash of weapons came from time to time.
Although there was a large amount of chaos in the valley, the king of King Xuan was naturally protected by heavy shields immediately when he was here.
The surrounding arrows jingled on the vertical shield without breaking.
On the mountain, Soldier Yan finished one round, followed by another round.
"Your Majesty, be careful!" Xie Hongling looked nervously at King Xuan's side.
Yan Qi pulled the reins and shouted urgently: "Your Majesty!"
King Xuan understood what he meant, with a cold face, he clenched his fist fiercely and said: "Charge! Charge through the Yan Army's ambush for me!"
"promise!"
Yan Qi immediately responded, then raised his sword high and shouted loudly: "Shield Formation"
Wow!
Following his order, the commander's flag waved, and the Xuan army's heavy shield bearers raised their shields in unison, forming a large shield array in an instant.
Immediately afterwards, the soldiers began to stagger past, with heavy shields on the outside and infantry on the inside, and began to advance step by step.
The rain of arrows from above was still constant, but the Xuan army had stabilized somewhat, and although it was moving slowly, it was in an orderly manner.
Of course, even with heavy shield protection, some soldiers were still shot by stray arrows from time to time and screamed in agony.
Just like that, after walking some distance, the Yanjun general on the mountain on one side also waved his hand back.
Following his movements, the crossbowmen immediately drew back their bows and retreated.
Immediately afterwards, the rolling stones were pushed to the edge of the hillside with the help of people.
"Your Majesty" Yan Qi couldn't help shouting when he saw this scene.
King Xuan also looked ugly.
But before they could say anything else, the rolling stones had brought up dust and rolled down the hillsides on both sides.
The sound of rumbling filled the whole place, and the entire valley seemed to be shaking.
Xuan Jun also panicked all of a sudden. He had no time to escape. The rolling stone fell with the force of thunder and hit the heavy shield. The soldiers below immediately vomited blood and died, and rolled over a large area.
There were horses neighing and people howling everywhere.
In such a situation, if the opponent is well prepared, if they want to rush through here, they will have to pay a heavy price!
Yan Qi even said anxiously: "Your Majesty! There is no hope of breaking out here, so we should retreat as soon as possible and find another place! Otherwise, the whole army will be in danger!"
"Withdraw!" King Xuan also made a prompt decision.
Following her order, the Xuan army did not dare to stay. The front team immediately changed to the rear team. The faster they came, the faster they retreated.
After the first battle, the main road and the valley were full of dead bodies.
Arrows shot across the ground, and rolling stones were scattered everywhere, many of which were still lying on the bodies of the soldiers.
After he finally evacuated the rolling stone ambush circle, the Yan Army general raised his hand to stop firing arrows, and at the same time walked to the edge of the hillside and shouted:
"His Royal Highness King Xuan, stay!"
Hearing this, the latter pulled the reins slightly and looked up.
Seeing this, Yan General said: "Your Highness, Prince Xuan, I heard that you have a beautiful face, and you are in the military. If you can marry as a woman, tie the knot with our emperor, and become the Yan Emperor's concubine, it will be a beautiful thing. The last general will also bow his head and bow down to apologize, otherwise, there is only one way to die."
What he said was that a young general dared to speak of the beauty of King Xuan's face. When King Xuan heard this, he was furious, and his beautiful eyes seemed to burst out with fire.
Xie Hongling was even more furious, raised his gun and shouted: "You little thief! How dare you insult our king!!!"
"Hahahaha." After hearing this, Yan Jiang looked up and smiled, and said again: "His Royal Highness King Xuan, you should think about it. Marrying my emperor is the best outcome. Otherwise, Xuan's army may be trapped in Lucheng. !”
"The thief is looking for death!" Xie Hongling thrust her spear into the ground. Unable to bear it any longer, she grabbed the soldier's bow, loaded the bow with an arrow, and instantly drew it to full strength. When he let go, an arrow shot!
The sharp arrow shot out quickly, and Yan Jiang was frightened. He hurriedly turned his head, and the arrow grazed his neck, leaving a trace of blood. However, the force remained unabated, and he hit a Yan general behind him with a swoop. Soldiers.
The soldier is still watching the show! He didn't have time to react, but he was hit directly in the face by this arrow, and he was fatally shot!
At such a distance, from bottom to top, ordinary soldiers could not reach and shoot arrows. This shows that Xie Hongling's martial arts skills are high.
The Yan general first looked sideways and looked behind him, then touched his neck. His face suddenly showed surprise and a hint of fear.
At this time, King Xuan pulled the reins hard and said coldly: "Let's go!"
Xuan's army retreated, and Yan's army naturally did not dare to pursue him. Yue Zheng's military order was also very clear, which was to trap King Xuan to death. If Xuan's army did not break through, he would remain surrounded.
In the afternoon, King Xuan returned to Lucheng and once again summoned the generals to discuss the army.
The southeast direction was not feasible. Next, it was natural to change the location, and the generals started to argue about this.
Some people said to retreat to the rear.
Some people said to retreat to the left.
Wang Su shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, in my humble opinion, it will definitely be very difficult for our army to break out of the encirclement unilaterally. Instead of doing this, it is better to ask the King of Qin for help."
"Master Wang is right. If the King of Qin is willing to help, the Qin army and the Xuan army should cooperate internally and externally, designate a place, and launch an attack together, then they will get twice the result with half the effort." Yan Qi agreed.
"But King Qin, will you help?" King Xuan asked with some uncertainty.
"He will definitely do it." Wang Su said with confidence: "Your Majesty, you should understand that King Qin, unlike King Huan, knows better than anyone else that the Xuan Army cannot lose this battle. Once defeated, the Allied Forces will attack General Yan. To die without any illness is what King Qin least wants to see!"
"Well, that makes sense." King Xuan nodded, but soon, she frowned slightly again.
Seeing this, Wang Su quickly said:
"If you want the King of Qin to know when our army will attack and from where, the news must be delivered in advance. Therefore, the King still needs to have people break through the encirclement and pass the information to the King of Qin."
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