On the evening of February 8, the Lu army camp south of Xinquan County was a bleak scene, with wailing sounds resounding. During the day, the losses of the Lu army were too great. In the end, if it were not for the Lu cavalry general Jiang Ke, Zhen Hongwen, who had not temporarily reorganized the more than 1.5 million strong men left in the camp, and cooperated with the Lu army that retreated, blocked the Polu army's troops who took advantage of the victory and pursued them. Even the Lu army's camp would have been occupied by the Polu army.

In a curtain at this Lu State camp, Jiang Ke, the general of the Lu State cavalry, said to his adviser Zhen Hongwen with a lonely face: "I am really careless. I didn't expect that the two armies would fight head-on. I could still be trapped in the trick of the Polu Army, causing twenty-six infantry guards to fall into the trap carefully designed by the Polu Army. Now these twenty-six infantry guards have been destroyed, and the other troops of each legion have suffered extremely heavy losses. I have let down His Majesty's heavy trust, and I can't refuse to die even if I die!"

The 26 infantry guards of the Lu Kingdom who fell into the encirclement of the Polu Army had a total force of nearly two million, and finally about 1.3 million people. Under the leadership of generals at all levels, they took the initiative to put down their weapons and chose to surrender to the Polu Army. The remaining nearly 700,000 were all killed in battle.

The ten infantry guards of Lu State outside the encirclement also suffered a great loss. The ten infantry guards together exceeded 750,000, and now there are less than 400,000 people. The eight cavalry guards of Lu State are even worse. Only one-third of the 600,000 cavalry guards of Lu State are now left.

In order to block the pursuers of the Polu Army, the strong men of Lu State also lost nearly 300,000 people. Therefore, now the General of Cavalry Jiang Ke has only about 200,000 cavalry, nearly 400,000 infantry and more than 1.2 million strong men, and there are tens of thousands of wounded people. The army of Lu State lost more than 3 million people in one day. Even Jiang Ke, who has been through the battlefield for a long time, has only despair left in his heart.

Staffman Zhen Hongwen sighed and said, "Lord, now we only have less than 600,000 troops and more than 1.2 million strong men left. Our subordinates suggest that we must return to Qiongzhou immediately and meet with the 12th Legion as soon as possible."

The 12th Legion of Lu State was the main Legion of Lu State who was rushing to Xinquan County under the order of General Jiang Ke of the Cavalry. The six guards of this main legion were all infantry and the marching speed was a bit slow. They are still in Qiongzhou. It will take at least five or six days to arrive in Xinquan County.

General Jiang Ke nodded and said, "Today's battle, we were defeated so badly. We are no longer able to attack Suzhou. The most important thing now is to defend Qiongzhou. I am going to withdraw my troops overnight. What do you think?"

Staff Master Zhen Hongwen immediately said: "Lord is wise. The sooner we retreat, the safer we will be. If it weren't for the darkness of the sky today, the Polu Army would not give up continuing to attack our camp. Maybe when the sky is bright tomorrow, the Polu Army's offensive will begin again."

"Then convey our commander's order to the legions, and we will withdraw to Qiongzhou tonight! By the way, all the wounded soldiers must be brought with us, and no one wounded soldier is allowed to be abandoned!"

"Lord, we have to beware of the Polu Army sending troops to pursue them at night!"

"Let's take one step at a time! If it really doesn't work, I will break the back personally!"

Late at night on February 8, in a study room in Xinquan County, Zhang Baofeng said to Li Mu, Zhang Liang, Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Fang Xuanling, Tian Feng and Ju Su with excitement, the six top civil officials: "Report to General Li and the six gentlemen, the results of the day have been roughly counted. We captured 1.4 million just by capturing us, and the number of people in Lu killed was not counted."

In addition to the approximately 1.3 million Lu infantry captured in the encirclement, when the Lu army retreated, almost 100,000 Lu infantry did not withdraw in time, and eventually became prisoners of the Polu Army.

Li Mu immediately asked, "How much is our own losses?"

Zhang Baofeng immediately said: "Our army army corps lost about 250,000 people in total."

Li Mu nodded slightly, and only lost 250,000 people, achieving such a great victory, Li Mu thought it was still worth it.

At this time, Zhang Liang smiled and said to Li Mu, "Congratulations to General Li, after this battle, General Li's reputation will surely become famous all over the world!"

Li Mu quickly said: "Li Mu dare not take this great credit. This tactic was jointly formulated by Li Mu and six gentlemen!"

Guo Jia followed and said, "General Li doesn't have to be modest. The six of us have just helped you improve this tactic. This credit should be General Li!"

Li Mu then said: "Six gentlemen, if the Lu army is defeated, they will retreat directly to Qiongzhou. I am going to lead troops to attack Qiongzhou before the reinforcements from Lu have entered Qiongzhou and strive to capture Qiongzhou. I wonder what the six gentlemen think?"

Just as Li Mu finished speaking, Chen Jichang hurried into the study room of the county government, "General Li, six gentlemen, scouts who monitored the Lu army camp came to report, and the Lu army began to retreat overnight!"

When Zhang Liang heard this, he smiled at Li Mu and said, "General Li is a god-like prediction. The Lu army is indeed going to retreat to Qiongzhou. Now the Lu army is like a dog that has lost its family. There are not many troops in Qiongzhou. It is a good opportunity for us to seize Qiongzhou!"

Li Mu then turned his head and said to Zhang Baofeng and Chen Jichang: "Immediately let the cavalry troops of the Grassland Legion and the Beiting Legion gather together. We have to send off the cavalry general from Lu!"

Late at night on February 8, the cavalry troops of the Polu Army pursued the Lu army that had retreated overnight. In the end, Jiang Ke, the general of the Cavalry, had to leave behind 100,000 Lu infantry and 300,000 strong men to cut off the rear, and there were even 40,000 wounded soldiers. In order not to affect the speed of the march, Jiang Ke wanted to stay in person, but was dragged away by the generals of the Lu State.

The infantry formations of 100,000 Lu State, 300,000 strong men and 40,000 wounded soldiers used the infantry formations set up by the terrain, just blocked the pursuit route of the Polu cavalry. The cavalry units of the Grassland Legion and the Beiting Legion had to launch a fierce attack on this infantry formation. However, due to the terrain problem and at night, the attacks of the Polu cavalry units were not ideal. Li Mu made a quick decision and ordered the cavalry troops to stop attacking the infantry formations of the Lu State's cut-off.

On the morning of February 9, Li Mu transferred the infantry of the Guards and the local corps, and asked the infantry of the two corps to launch a fierce attack on the troops that had been cut off from the Lu State. By noon on February 9, the troops of the Lu State, which had been cut off from the Lu State, completely collapsed. Leading these generals of the Lu State army to helplessly order their subordinates to raise the white flag. At this time, the 440,000 people who had been cut off from the Lu State were only less than 300,000 left.

Li Mu asked the troops of the various legions of the Polu Army to rest. Early in the morning on February 10, Li Mu personally led more than 1.8 million Polu Army to invade Qiongzhou.

Just when Li Mu led his troops to attack Qiongzhou, Liu Ji led ten cavalry brigades of the Grassland Legion, 32,000 heavy cavalry of the Tiger Ben Army and Xuanjia Army, as well as Mo Dao Bing, Wei Wuzhu and 750,000 elite infantry of the Shantou Camp, and had already arrived at the county town of Fuxin County, Chongyi County, Hangzhou, and joined with the five cavalry brigades and twenty infantry brigades of the Guard Legion led by Bai Qi, five cavalry brigades and ten infantry brigades of the local legion, as well as the troops of the former Southeast Fang Army.

Early in the morning of February 10, in a study room in Fuxin County, Liu Ji said to his civil servants and generals with a depressed look on his face: "Li Mu sent a good news to the Grand Governor through a pigeon. The Grand Governor had just led his troops to leave Xinquan County. Li Mu led a large army to defeat the millions of troops invading Suzhou in a battle. He captured 1.4 million people in the Lu State died in battle. He did not count this number."

Li Mu sent this good news to Liu Ji on the evening of February 8th. Liu Ji didn't know that the Lu army in Xinquan County had retreated to Qiongzhou, and Li Mu led his troops to annihilate the 440,000 Lu army that was cut off, and the prisoners captured nearly 300,000. At this time, Li Mu had led his troops to attack Qiongzhou.

Bai Qi saw Liu Ji's face a little depressed, thinking that Liu Ji was a little dissatisfied with Li Mu. After all, Liu Ji had just left with his troops, and Li Mu then led his army to achieve such a great victory. So Bai Qi quickly explained to Liu Ji to Li Mu: "Lord, if you don't lead your troops to leave Xinquan County, the Lu army will not go to fight easily, and Li Mu will not be able to implement that tactic."

In fact, the reason why Liu Ji was a little depressed was that he missed the opportunity to absorb more than one million soul points, and Liu Ji was not dissatisfied with Li Mu at all.

Liu Ji glanced at Bai Qi and said with a wry smile: "This Grand Governor is not jealous of Li Mu's victory such a brilliant victory, but he regretted taking too many troops. If he could leave more elite troops for Li Mu, perhaps Li Mu could wipe out the Lu army in Xinquan County in one battle."

At this time, Wang Meng said: "Lord, even if General Li Mu did not wipe out the millions of Lu troops in Xinquan County this time, the Lu troops along the way were no longer worth worrying. Perhaps General Li Mu would soon lead his troops to attack Qiongzhou."

Liu Ji nodded and said, "Li Mu is indeed ready to take advantage of the victory and strive to seize Qiongzhou before the reinforcements of Lu State arrive."

After pausing, Liu Ji asked Bai Qi and said, "What is the situation with the Lu army in Fuxin County?"

Bai Qi immediately said: "Report to the lord, since the battle on February 2, the Lu army in Fuxin County has been unable to escape from war. According to the situation we have, the Lu army in Fuxin County, including the strong men, should have more than two million troops."

Liu Ji said: "Most of the strong men who were responsible for escorting grain and grass in Lu State have gone through a long period of military training. Therefore, when we calculate the strength of the Lu State army, we must also count the strong men who were responsible for escorting grain and grass in Lu State."

Bai Qi nodded and said, "What the lord said is that the strong men in Lu who are responsible for escorting food and grass can be brought to the battlefield at any time, and their combat effectiveness is not low."

Liu Ji said to Bai Qi: "This time, this Grand Governor brought more than one million troops and was preparing to eat the Lu army along the way in Fuxin County before the arrival of the Lu reinforcements. Now Xinquan County has achieved a great victory. If we can eat the Lu army across Fuxin County, then in this war with Lu, our Polu Army can basically declare victory, and the seven southeastern states will all belong to our Polu Army! What are your suggestions on how to eat the Lu army across the Fuxin County?"

At this time, Zhao Lianjin, the former general of the Southeast Xiang Army in the study, said: "Grandmaster, according to the information we have received, the Lu Army formed by our Southeast Xiang Army is about to arrive in Fuxin County. Many of the Lu Army's former subordinates are my old subordinates and Zhou Jiling. Now that the Grand Governor Zhang Mingqi is dead, these former soldiers of the Southeast Xiang Army will definitely not want to obey the people of Lu anymore. This gives us a chance. We can send people to contact these former Southeast Xiang Army soldiers and let them stab the people behind the people of Lu!"

The four generals of the former Southeast Fang Army who defected to the Polu Army, Zhao Lianjin, Zhou Jiling, Fan Dongying and Yuan Tianba, were all in this study at this time.

Zhou Jiling immediately continued: "Grandmaster, I am willing to contact the soldiers of the Southeast Fang Army who defected to Lu. Now the Great Governor Zhang Mingqi is gone. I believe these soldiers of the Southeast Fang Army are not willing to be traitors of Jin all the time!"

Liu Ji turned his head and asked top civil officials such as Lu Su, Changsun Wuji, and said, "What do you think of the plans of General Zhao Lianjin and General Zhou Jiling?"

Lu Su immediately said, "Lord, there is too much noise when you arrive in Fuxin County with more than one million troops. The Lu army south of the county town will definitely know that these Lu army will not go to war. If we want to eat the more than two million Lu army, we must attack the Lu army's camp. If we can have hundreds of thousands of soldiers from the former Southeast Fang army as our internal support, it will be much easier if we want to eat the Lu army along the way in Fuxin County, and the losses of our troops will definitely be reduced a lot."

Changsun Wuji nodded and said, "If we could really convince the soldiers of the Southeast Fang army who defected to Lu and eat the Lu army along the way in Fuxin County, there would be basically no problem!"

Several other top civil officials in the study also agreed to instigate the soldiers of the Southeast Fang Army of the Central Plains of the Lu Army. So Liu Ji said loudly to Zhao Lianjin and Zhou Jiling: "General Zhao, General Zhou, contact the soldiers of the Southeast Fang Army, this Grand Governor will give you full responsibility. If you can really eat the Lu army along the way of Fuxin County in one fell swoop, you two should be the first contribution!"
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