"Brother Chen, this old man Yan Haomiao is really as you think. He doesn't dare to attack our place."

Opposite the Bailie Empire's rear formation, Chen Ze and Commander Luo were riding side by side. Commander Luo was feeling very happy at the moment, as if he was enjoying a wonderful performance, looking at the battle ahead with satisfaction.

Of course, Yan Haomiao's movements had scouts constantly shuttled between the two sides, reporting the latest battle situation to Chen Ze and General Luo.

Especially the fact that Yan Haomiao personally took charge of the rear army was the focus of the report.

Logically speaking, if you find that the opponent's coach has gone to the rear to take command, you should think that the Bailie Empire's main attack target will be Chen Ze. But when General Luo raised this doubt, Chen Ze answered it for him.

Only then did General Luo notice that Yan Haomiao's men were coming, but what he was organizing was not an attack, but an all-out defense.

In other words, he is just buying time.

And why he wants to buy time at this moment is self-evident.

Of course, the reason why Chen Ze had such an analysis and was so certain was that in addition to his observation of the battle situation, the most intuitive thing came from the map of the system.

From the scouts who arranged to sneak into the battle situation, Chen Ze could intuitively see that a large number of soldiers belonging to the Bai Lie Empire were gathering at the fortifications.

It is worth mentioning that the Bai Lie Empire's green dots on the general star system no longer represent allies, but have become blue light spots. On the contrary, the soldiers of the Zhu Yan Empire have turned green on the map.

trend.

From the map, Chen Ze completely understood Yan Haomiao's thoughts, but in response, he only gave him a cold smile.

Want to capture Xifeng City and defend it?

This direction did not exceed Chen Ze's expectations.

In fact, in the current situation, there are not many ways out for Yan Haomiao, just those few.

Either advance, retreat, or...surrender.

He could only go head-to-head with the Zhu Yan Empire and lay down fortifications, but he still needed to be prepared for the ensuing reinforcements from the other side, as well as attacks from his own side after their troops approached the city, so Yan Haomiao did not dare to stay at the fortifications.

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So where can he go after entering Fengqi Province?

Xifeng City, which he had abandoned, would be his only choice. Unless Yan Haomiao was determined to fight to the death and fight with the Zhu Yan Empire to the detriment of both sides, he would choose to attack Dongping City.

And if you retreat, there is actually no way out.

Yan Haomiao not only had to face the blockade of his own army, but also had to face the Qingyang Empire's army that arrived later. There was no way out at all.

Not to mention surrender, as the supreme commander of Mohe Province, Chen Ze believed that Yan Haomiao still had some backbone. He would rather die in battle than even raise the word surrender.

Then it's easy to guess the other party's actions.

It is undoubtedly Xifeng City!

But things may make Yan Haomiao feel desperate.

Assuming that he really had the help of a god to break through the fortifications of the Zhu Yan Empire that had been weakened due to carelessness in underestimating the enemy, and allowed him to rush to Xifeng City, what Yan Haomiao saw was no longer an empty city.

But a... ruined city!

Now that he had guessed Yan Haomiao's plan, Chen Ze would certainly not be without countermeasures.

He would never let Yan Haomiao have any way to go.

Therefore, when he evacuated from Xifeng City, he ordered his men to do something cruel to both Bai Lie and Zhu Yan.

Burn the city!

Destroy what you can't get. Although he felt sorry for Xu Feng's heartfelt words to him that day, Chen Ze still resolutely chose to set fire to Xifeng City!

Fortunately, Chen Ze had ordered people to drive out all the people in Xifeng City. When his army left, the city was empty and it was basically an empty city.

Burning the city means burning supplies. Chen Ze left suddenly and couldn't bring much luggage with him. So he ordered his people to take away as much supplies as possible without affecting the marching speed. He couldn't take away the rest.

Yes, they were all burned cleanly.

As a result, although the Zhu Yan Empire would be very angry and scolded him afterwards, Yan Haomiao was even more furious.

Chen Ze was attacking his rear army. Who had the most imperial army?

The most food and supplies!

After this baptism of materials, which was originally quite sufficient, there would be nothing left. Therefore, Yan Haomiao's desperate struggle could only rely on the large amount of supplies left in Xifeng City.

This move is the ultimate trick that makes Yan Haomiao unable to cry!

So after seeing Yan Haomiao's decision, Chen Ze was not in a hurry at all. Even when the opponent set up a horse-rejection formation to defend against his elite cavalry, Chen Ze gave Meng Yang an order to stop him from charging too far.

Prioritize conserving troops as the first priority.

To put it bluntly, he has done what he can do. At this time, he is not facing the protagonist, but just a bystander.

After blocking Yan Haomiao's retreat, Chen Ze had no need to pursue and fight fiercely, thereby causing his side to lose too many troops.

All he had to do was watch the fire from the other side.

With this in mind, Chen Ze had no intention of sending more troops to Meng Yang, and allowed him to lead the 50,000 cavalry in the enemy's rear formation.

Even because of Yan Haomiao's command, the mood of Bai Lie's soldiers became more stable, and their morale was restored due to the sharp drop in casualties after the formation was established, so that the range that Meng Yang could attack gradually became smaller.

Chen Ze didn't care at all about this. All he had to do was guard his side's front and prevent Yan Haomiao from changing his mind.

As for Yan Haomiao's side...

"Damn boy!"

The decrease in the frequency of the enemy's attacks could not escape Yan Haomiao's eyes. Chen Ze's intention was clear with just a slight change of thought. It was just like this that he cursed loudly.

Although Yan Haomiao still didn't know the fact that Xifeng City was in flames, he also knew that Chen Ze clearly wanted to trap him to death and really didn't leave him any way to survive!

Originally, according to Yan Haomiao's thoughts, it was true that the front army attacked the Zhu Yan Empire, but he himself was sitting in the rear army. As long as he felt there was a chance, he would choose to change the front formation into the rear formation without hesitation, and reverse the situation.

Break through Chen Ze's blockade and escape.

Zheng Yuanyun hasn’t arrived yet!

Yan Haomiao clung to this information. As long as Zheng Yuanyun hadn't arrived yet, if he could make a time difference, he might not be able to rush out of Nantes before Zheng Yuanyun arrived!

However, Chen Ze was not prepared to leave even such a small opportunity to him.
Chapter completed!