426 Capturing Fan Zeng Alive (1/2)
Outside Jiyuan City, the cheers were as loud as thunder.
The overlord Xiang Yu had fought one against four for over thirty rounds without any signs of falling off. The current Er'Lai seemed like he would fail to hold on and was just about to lose.
Baiqi looked up at the color of the sky. The red sun hung right in the middle. Unknowingly, it was noon.
”Retreat!”
”General?”
Zhang Han was shocked, backing off at such a moment seemed like a bad move.
Baiqi remained silent.
When Zhang Han saw this response, he could only order the troops to retreat.
The moment the military orders were passed down, the outside of the city was sent into a total uproar.
Both sides were unhappy.
Such a seismic battle, without even deciding the victor or the loser, why back off?
But it could not be helped; military orders were as large as the mountains.
No matter how unwilling they were, Zhang Liao and the others could only back off.
Only Er'Lai heaved a sigh of relief. He was the first to enter the fight, and he had battled for over a hundred rounds with Xiang Yu. He had already reached his own limit. He could even feel that his organs had shifted.
Xiang Yu, on the other hand, did not give chase. In truth, he was also a little tired. If this carried on, victory or defeat was really hard to say.
Seeing the Qin Army back off, the Anti-Qin Army grew more and more arrogant. They even started hurling abuse at the Qin Army.
After over ten minutes, seeing that the Qin Army was not willing to fight, Xiang Yu ordered his troops to back off. This historical battle ended just like that, leaving many regrets.
_Afternoon._
After this huge battle, Xiang Yu was also totally exhausted, so he took a beautiful nap.
Who would have known that his good dreams would not last for long.
At 3 PM, a messenger rushed outside his tent anxiously.
”Who are you!”
The guard stopped the messenger.
”Emergency intel. I need to report to the General!”
”No, the General is sleeping. You can't disturb him.”
The huge battle in the morning had raised Xiang Yu's prestige. Hence, his guards naturally felt some honor.
”It's an emergency. Time cannot be wasted.”
The messenger was in total disarray.
These words also put the guard on the spot.
Just as he hesitated, Xiang Yu's voice sounded from within the tent, “Who's making noise outside the tent?”
When the guard heard these words, his face turned ashen white, and he stuttered, “General, it's the messenger.”
”General it's bad!”
When the messenger heard Xiang Yu’s voice, he directly shouted in response.
”Absurd!”
Xiang Yu hollered, obviously unhappy.
”I'm wrong, General! I'm wrong!”
When they heard that, both the guard and the messenger kneeled on the ground.
Xiang Yu had a terrible temper. If one spoke incorrectly, they would definitely receive punishment.
The tent was totally silent.
After a while, Xiang Yu's voice sounded out again, “Enter!”
When the messenger heard this response, he entered and kneeled once again.
Xiang Yu frowned and scolded, ”What matter is so urgent?”
”General, Ying Bu's army lost!”
”What?”
Xiang Yu was astonished; he smacked the table and stood up.
”The frontline reported that Ying Bu's army was ambushed, and they were nearly fully destroyed.”
When Xiang Yu heard this report, he uttered no words.
The entire tent fell into dead silence.
The messenger did not even dare to breathe. He was afraid that he would disturb the thoughts of Xiang Yu.
”You can go!”
Xiang Yu said tiredly. The battle in the morning had not made him feel so exhausted. Even an overlord would have times when he felt that he did not have enough strength.
The messenger took this as his chance and dashed off.
Xiang Yu knew exactly what would happen once Ying Bu's troops lost.
He had no doubts about Ying Bu's ability to lead troops.
The only explanation was that from start to finish, Anyang City was just a bait that Baiqi set up.
Genius!
With Jiyuan City as the main camp, hiding inside and not coming out, attracting all the attention. In the dark, making use of the unassuming Anyang City to give the uprising army a huge surprise.
The defeat of Ying Bu naturally meant that the thirty thousand player force from before had lost too.
All of a sudden, Anyang City had swallowed eighty thousand troops.
A huge sense of failure rose in his heart.
If that was the case, the battle in the afternoon was just a show?
What a great plan, what great calculation.
_Hei_ , to think that he was even pleased. He had unknowingly fallen into a trap.
Xiang Yu was feeling indescribably bitter.
No, he could not admit defeat.
His eyes glinted with a flash of light, and his fighting spirit was reignited.
The news of Ying Bu's defeat had spread across the army.