Chapter 2076 - 2080: The Great Battle of West State (Part 2)

Qin Tian quickly made contact with the fifty thousand Dragon Clan troops.

Long Xuanji naturally raised both hands in support of Qin Tian's suggestion; the annihilation of the Imperial Capital Army was also excellent news for the main Dragon Clan forces in East State.

To put on a full act and hold down Xie Feihong's main force of a hundred thousand at West Liang Mountain, Xu Kuan racked his brains and began to respond to Xie Feihong on the frontal battlefield; the two sides engaged in small-scale skirmishes.

At this time, the Ice Emperor's order to Xie Feihong also arrived. Shockingly, it was to have Xie Feihong ignore the Dragon Clan's offensive in East State and instead exhaust every effort to wipe out Qin Tian as quickly as possible!

With the Ice Emperor's explicit order, Xie Feihong withdrew his thoughts of preparing to retreat and once again began planning the assault on West Liang Mountain.

"Heh, looks like Xu Kuan is unconvinced and wants to take advantage of the chaos in East State to counterattack us?"

When Xie Feihong focused on studying the military situation in West Liang Mountain, he found that in just a month, the Qin Family Army at West Liang Mountain seemed to have turned into a completely different force.

Previously, the Qin Family Army had stayed strictly on the defensive and never sallied forth, and they could not find an opening to launch an attack.

But now, the Qin Family Army actually took the initiative to come out and challenge them, as if they now had confidence to rely on.

"Very good. Qin Qi, you take fifty thousand troops and lie in ambush at the foot of the western slope of West Liang Mountain. Lin Shuang, you lead fifty thousand to ambush on the eastern side. After you are in position, wait for my order. As long as the Qin Family Army dares to come out again, our three columns of troops will storm up West Liang Mountain together and directly seize the eastern section of the West Liang Mountain range!"

Xie Feihong laid out his strategist's deployment.

One day later, Qin Qi and Lin Shuang's units both reached their designated positions.

"Report! General! Bad news! Yueya City has been ambushed!"

Just as Xie Feihong was preparing to draw out the Qin Family Army head-on and then encircle them from three sides, urgent military intelligence suddenly came from the rear—

His main base, Yueya City, had been ambushed!

"What!?"

Xie Feihong's brows knitted. "Who ambushed it? How many men?"

"General, it was a Dragon Clan unit that launched the ambush, and there is a mysterious force cooperating with them. The two forces together are estimated at around sixty thousand!"

"Heh, they dare to ambush us with only sixty thousand? Courting death?"

When Xie Feihong first heard the report he was extremely tense, but after learning that the ambushing force numbered only sixty thousand, he relaxed and said, "Yueya City makes use of the defensive works Xu Kuan previously built. After our repairs, it is now likewise easy to defend and hard to attack."

"We have a hundred thousand men in Yueya City, the enemy only fifty thousand. How are they supposed to pull off an ambush? Pure fantasy!"

Several strategists and generals stood beside him. A white-bearded strategist said, "General, to be safe, I suggest we still dispatch a force to reinforce them. After all, Yueya City is our rear base; we cannot allow anything to go wrong there."

"Mm, that makes sense."

Xie Feihong nodded. "Gao Yuliang, you take fifty thousand men—twenty thousand Flying Beast Soldiers and thirty thousand Cavalry. Move at top speed to Yueya City to reinforce the garrison. Remember, tell General Li Lang in Yueya City that your mission is only to hold the city. You are not to sortie to attack; do not give the enemy any opening to exploit!"

"Yes, sir!"

A burly general stepped forward, accepted the order, and left.

The white-bearded strategist pondered for a long while at the side, then asked in puzzlement, "General, the scouts say there is a mysterious unit cooperating with the Dragon Clan in the ambush. The Dragon Clan has fifty thousand, that mysterious unit has ten thousand. Who do you think that force could be?"

"Who cares who it is? With such paltry numbers, they're overestimating themselves!"

Xie Feihong did not take it to heart at all and said, "Right now, we should focus on figuring out how to take West Liang Mountain. That is a death order from His Majesty."

"Report!"

Just as Xie Feihong finished speaking, a scout officer rushed into the command tent.

"What is it now?" Xie Feihong raised an eyebrow and asked.

"General, Yueya City's East City Gate has been breached!"

Swish!

As soon as the scout officer said this, Xie Feihong and the dozen-odd high-ranking officers around him all felt as if their breath stopped!

"What did you say? Say that again!?"

The white-bearded strategist practically could not believe his ears and demanded furiously.

"General, according to the latest battle report from Yueya City, the East City Gate has already fallen. General Li Lang is currently organizing a counterattack, but the situation is critical. General Li Lang requests the fastest possible reinforcements!"

After the scout officer finished speaking, he looked toward Xie Feihong, only to see that Xie Feihong's whole body had gone rigid.

"How is this possible… We attacked Yueya City's East City Gate for more than a year without taking it. How could the Dragon Clan break through so quickly?"

Xie Feihong stared at the scout officer. "Go and gather more detailed information! I want the specific situation of the Dragon Clan army's breaching of the East City Gate!"

After speaking, Xie Feihong immediately turned to another eight-mustached general and said, "General Cao, I must trouble you to lead sixty thousand troops to Yueya City immediately. Coordinate with General Gao; you must drive the Dragon Clan forces out of Yueya City! At all costs!"

"I will definitely carry out the General's command!"

General Cao cupped his fists, accepted the military order, and promptly left the command tent.

Not long after, scouts came into the command tent one after another, delivering to Xie Feihong the latest and most detailed updates on Yueya City.

"A 'Qin' character battle flag!?"

Xie Feihong frowned the moment he saw the first scout report.

"The Qin Family Army!?"

Almost simultaneously, several of his advisers blurted out these three words!

Xie Feihong froze for a few seconds and continued reading. After a long while, he gnashed his teeth and said, "The Qin Family Army, it really is the Qin Family Army. They bypassed our defensive zone and went straight to the southeast of Yueya City, taking advantage of the night to launch a surprise attack on Yueya City's South City Gate."

"When the South Gate of Yueya City was under attack by the Qin Family Army, the East City Gate was simultaneously assaulted by the Dragon Clan! Without a doubt, the Qin Family Army and the Dragon Clan have absolutely colluded!"

"The Qin Family Army is packed with experts. They used a feint to the east while attacking in the west: first attacking the South City Gate to draw a large portion of the garrison there, then swiftly pivoting to the East City Gate to cooperate with the Dragon Clan."

"The Dragon Clan's attack on Yueya City was blocked, but within the Qin Family Army, a certain expert appeared who summoned seven True Qi Giant Dragons. Under the cover of those True Qi Giant Dragons, they stormed the East City Gate tower. One of them, with cultivation at least at the Peak of the Great Immortal Realm, killed one of our small squads with a single palm strike… hiss!"

Reading to this point, Xie Feihong couldn't help but sharply suck in a breath of cold air. He lifted his head to look at his generals, who were all likewise taken aback.

"Peak of the Great Immortal Realm? How could such a powerhouse appear in the Qin Family Army?" the white-bearded strategist asked in puzzlement.

"Peak of the Great Immortal Realm… according to our intelligence, within the entire Qin Army, at most only Qin Tian himself could reach that realm. Our report on his cultivation from last year said his cultivation was estimated to be in the Late Stage of the Great Immortal Realm. It seems Qin Tian has advanced," another strategist said.

"You mean that small detachment of the Qin Family Army was led personally by King Qin, Qin Tian?"

Xie Feihong's brows instantly knit tightly together!