On the morning of May 10, 2016, on the plain east of Xideng City, the army of Biyue Kingdom and the troops of Zhennan Army were arranged in a row, and a battle involving millions of people began.

At this time, Su You, the Grand Marshal of the Central Army of Biyue Kingdom, had received bad news that the left and right sides of the army had been destroyed, but he blocked the news to avoid causing turmoil in the army.

Looking at the Zhennan Army's formation from afar, Su You said to the generals around him in a deep voice: "This war is of great importance. Anyone who fears the war will not be punished. Order 50,000 Western barbarian cavalry to rush forward first!"

Now Su You has about 1.6 million Biyue troops and 400,000 Western Barbarian troops. Among the 400,000 Western Barbarian troops, there are almost half of the cavalry and infantry each.

After Su You's order was issued, 50,000 Western barbarian cavalry rushed directly towards the central army formation of Zhennan Army.

Zhou Yu, the commander of the Southern Barbarian Protectorate, saw that the opponent sent Western Barbarian cavalry to rush forward first, turned his head to say to Zhao Yun and Ma Chao: "This first formation cannot weaken the opponent in terms of momentum, Zilong and Meng Qi, you two immediately led the heavy cavalry of the three brigades of our guard to fight and defeat the opponent's Western Barbarian cavalry!"

Zhao Yun and Ma Chao immediately led more than 42,000 heavy cavalry from the third and fourth guards of the Southern Barbarian Protectorate's Imperial Guards, and directly faced the 50,000 Western Barbarian Cavalry.

After the cavalry of both sides collided, a one-sided situation suddenly appeared on the battlefield.

The cavalry of all ethnic groups in the Western Barbarians can only be regarded as light cavalry. Most of the people wear vine armor, and only a very small number of people can match iron armor. In addition, each of the Western Barbarian cavalry only has one war horse, and the war horses do not wear vests.

The heavy cavalry of Zhennan Army each wore at least one piece of leather armor and a pair of infantry heavy armor. The officers and soldiers with strong strength and good physical strength even wore double-layer infantry heavy armor, with a piece of leather armor inside.

Each of the heavy cavalry of the Zhennan Army was equipped with two Dongman horses, one of which was a spare war horse, and each Dongman horse was equipped with an iron vest weighing about 140 kilograms.

The weapons of the heavy cavalry of Zhennan Army were equipped with two spears, a waist knife or a machete, a bow and arrow or a strong crossbow, more than ten short spears used for throwing and a shield wrapped in iron.

Compared with the Western Barbarian Cavalry, the heavy cavalry of Zhennan Army can be said to be armed to the teeth.

So the heavy cavalry troops led by Zhao Yun and Ma Chao easily defeated 50,000 Western Barbarian cavalry, and directly chased the defeated Western Barbarian cavalry and rushed towards the central army of Biyue's army.

When Su You saw that the 50,000 Western barbarian cavalry were defeated by the heavy cavalry of Zhennan Army without much effort, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. The heavy cavalry of the imperial guards of Yan State is indeed powerful, and its combat power is definitely far above the heavy cavalry of Biyue State. No wonder the two left and right sides were defeated so quickly.

"Show arrows to the defeated Western barbarian cavalry, and they cannot disrupt the formation of the central army!" Su You ordered decisively.

Su You is also a veteran on the battlefield, otherwise Huo Xian, the emperor of Biyue Kingdom, would not have let Su You serve as the commander of the middle army.

Seeing the heavy cavalry of Zhennan Army driving away the defeated Western barbarian cavalry, Su You immediately understood what the intention of the heavy cavalry of Zhennan Army was.

"Master Su, what do you mean?" A Western barbarian general immediately asked angrily after hearing Su You's order.

Su You snorted coldly, "Nan Guosheng, don't shoot arrows, will the defeated soldiers break out of our general's central army battle formation?"

The name of this Western Barbarian general is Nan Guosheng. The people of the Western Barbarian tribes are the same as those of the Eastern Barbarian tribes and the Southern Barbarian tribes, and most of them have a combined surname.

Nan Guosheng is the leader of a large tribe of the Western Barbarian Liang Miao people. The Liang Miao people are the largest tribe of the Western Barbarians. Almost half of the population of more than 50 million in the Western Barbarian area are from the Liang Miao people.

However, there are more than 200 tribes of the Liang and Miao people, and there are many conflicts between these Liang and Miao people, so the Western Barbarians did not cause unification.

The tribe where Nan Guosheng is located has a population of about 400,000, which is already the largest tribe of the Liang Miao people. This time, the Biyue Kingdom hired 20,000 cavalry and 20,000 vine armored soldiers to the tribe of Nan Guosheng. The tribe leader, Nan Guosheng, personally led the 40,000 tribe army to the Biyue Kingdom.

In the previous fierce battle to attack Jiangding City, Nan Guosheng had lost 4,000 cavalry and 7,000 vine armored soldiers. Among the 50,000 Western barbarian cavalry that had just rushed to the battlefield, there were 6,000 cavalry under Nan Guosheng.

"Master Su, but those are all warriors from all ethnic groups in our Western Barbarians!"

"If they were smart, they would flee to both sides of our army's battle formation, otherwise they would have to be shot in front of the formation. It would be impossible to say anything about pity at this time!"

After the dense rain of arrows shrouded the defeated Western Barbarian cavalry, the Western Barbarian cavalry and war horses fell in front of the Biyue army. Some smart Western Barbarian cavalry fled to both sides of the formation along the Biyue army's formation, which saved their lives.

Seeing this, Zhao Yun and Ma Chao did not lead tens of thousands of heavy cavalry to attack the central army of Biyue's army, and directly retreated with tens of thousands of heavy cavalry.

In front of the central army formation of Biyue Army, heavy infantry were arranged. Although the heavy cavalry led by Zhao Yun and Ma Chao would not be unable to break through the battle formation of Biyue Kingdom's heavy infantry, the losses must be quite large.

Now that the war between the two sides has just begun, it would be a bit unworthy to use heavy cavalry to fight this kind of war of attrition.

Next, the Biyue army still took the initiative to launch an attack. This time, Su You, the Grand Marshal of the Central Army of Biyue Kingdom, sent 30,000 heavy infantry from Biyue Kingdom and 70,000 light infantry from Biyue Kingdom, and sent 30,000 Western barbarian vine armored soldiers from both sides, and lined up the battle formation and pressed towards Zhennan Army.

Zhou Yu did not send cavalry to fight this time, and the central army's imperial guards and the palace soldiers and infantry on both sides also lined up to meet them...

Starting from May 10, the Zhennan Army and the Biyue Kingdom's army fought fiercely on the plain east of Xideng City for three consecutive days. The Zhennan Army lost nearly 100,000 people in the three-day battle, while the Biyue Kingdom's army suffered a loss of 400,000 in the three-day battle.

On the evening of May 12, two consecutive news almost made Su You, the Grand Marshal of the Biyue Kingdom Middle Road, fainted.

The first news was that countless reinforcements from Zhennan Army came, and the force was likely to exceed one million.

The reinforcements from Zhennan Army, including the eight outer guards of the Eastern Barbarian Protectorate's Mansion and the sixteen towns temporarily reorganized by the Southern Barbarian Protectorate's Mansion, had a total force of 1.16 million.

The second news was that the two Zhennan Army that invaded Biyue Guoshou Prefecture actually worked together to cut off the retreat of the middle army, which also meant that the middle army would no longer receive supplies and reinforcements from the country.

In the commander's tent at the Zhennan Army Camp, Zhou Yu smiled and said to Lu Xun, the commander of the Dongman Protectorate, and said, "Boyan, now we have sixteen external guards, eight prefectures and military towns, and the total force is 3.3 million. It seems that it is time to eat the army of Biyue Kingdom."

Lu Xun immediately said, "Gongjin, after eating the army of Biyue Kingdom in Xideng City, we will attack the territory of Biyue Kingdom. This time, the lord is planning to let us eat the entire Biyue Kingdom in one bite. I wonder if the Southern Barbarian Protectorate can guarantee the logistics supply of my more than 3 million army?"

Zhou Yu nodded and said, "Most areas of the Southern Barbarian Protectorate have been in good weather in the past two years. At present, the food stored in the Southern Barbarian Protectorate is enough for our more than 3 million troops to eat for a year and a half. There is also good news, that is, after the two armies led by Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan attacked the Shouzhou Prefecture of Biyue Kingdom, the people of Biyue Kingdom surrendered. Now Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan have not only cut off the retreat of the Biyue Kingdom army in front of us, but also seized a large amount of food hoarded by the Biyue army. With these seized food alone, we can also support our more than 3 million troops to fight for three or four months."

Lu Xun also smiled, "It seems that the information of Yunshe is very accurate. Because of the heavy taxes, the Biyue Kingdom is almost in vain. This is definitely the best opportunity for our Zhennan Army to annex the Biyue Kingdom!"

Zhou Yu rubbed his hands and said excitedly: "There are ten prefectures and one capital road in Biyue Kingdom, with a total population of nearly 60 million. If our Zhennan Army can eat Biyue Kingdom in one bite, the strength of our Zhennan Army will definitely increase by several%. When those generals and gates are almost in battle, our Zhennan Army will be able to..."

"Ahem, Gongjin, it's enough for everyone to know something."

"Yes! Yes! Yes! I haven't seen Bo Yan for a long time. I can't help but feel excited when I meet. I've been talking too far. Let's study how to completely solve the army of more than one million Biyue Kingdom in Xideng City!"

Just as Zhou Yu finished speaking, Zhao Yun hurried into the commander's tent and said with excitement: "Two envoys, Su You, the Grand Marshal of the Biyue Kingdom's army, sent someone to beg for surrender from our Zhennan Army!"

When Zhou Yu and Lu Xun heard this, they stood up all of a sudden. They looked at each other and couldn't help laughing at the same time.

A hour ago, Su You summoned dozens of generals from Biyue Kingdom and more than a dozen generals of the Western Barbarian tribes, and said in a desolate voice: "I am not hiding you now. This afternoon, the Zhennan Army came with more than one million reinforcements, and the rear of our middle army had been cut off by the Zhennan Army that had attacked Shouzhou Prefecture. By the way, there is one thing that some of you may not know. A few days ago, the partial divisions on both sides of my left and right wings had been completely destroyed."

Su You's words immediately shocked these generals.

"It's over, our retreat has been cut off and we won't get supplies and reinforcements. How can we continue this battle?"

"The Zhennan Army has brought more than one million reinforcements. Then the total strength of the Zhennan Army outside Xideng City can exceed three million, so it is impossible for us to win."

"The combat effectiveness of Zhennan Army was originally above our army, but now the strength of the troops is far greater than that of our army. I think it's better to retreat quickly!"

"Retreat? It's not that easy to retreat now. Don't forget that not only was our retreat cut off by Zhennan Army, but there were hundreds of thousands of elite cavalrymen from Zhennan Army outside Xideng City!"

The generals were talking, and the more they talked, the more depressed they were.

At this time, Leng Xing, the head coach of the first guard of the Imperial Guard of the Biyue Kingdom, said, "Everyone, be quiet!"

The generals then looked at Leng Xing.

Leng Xing continued, "Master Marshal, what do you think you should do now? We all listen to you!"

"Yes, I'll listen to the Grand Marshal!"

"Master Marshal, you have your ideas!"

Su You sighed and said, "I can't beat you, and I have no way to retreat, so we only have one way left - beg for surrender!"

After Su You said the word "begging for surrender", Leng Xing immediately expressed his opinion: "I agree with the advice of the Grand Marshal. For the lives of many brothers under my command, Leng Xing is willing to bear the infamy of surrender!"

Next, dozens of generals from Biyue Kingdom expressed their opinions, all of whom agreed to surrender to Zhennan Army, and none of them opposed Su You's proposal.

After more than a dozen generals of the Western Barbarians discussed with each other in a low voice, they also expressed their willingness to surrender to the Zhennan Army with the Biyue army.

Seeing that all the generals supported him, Su You recovered some spirit and said loudly: "Your Majesty's many measures before have made people angry. I believe everyone knows the current situation in our Biyue Kingdom. This time, the Zhennan Army gathered so many troops. It will never be just to drive our army out of the Southern Barbarian Protectorate. Perhaps soon, we will become ministers of Yan State!"

On the morning of May 13, 3rd year of Ruikang, under the leadership of Su You, about 1.36 million imperial guards and soldiers from the Biyue Kingdom, as well as 250,000 troops of the Western Barbarians, chose to surrender to the Zhennan army outside Xiding City.

Afterwards, Zhou Yu and Lu Xun led more than 3 million troops of Zhennan Army to enter Shouzhou Prefecture of Biyue Kingdom, and joined forces led by Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan.

Next, the Zhennan Army divided into multiple groups and began to attack cities and villages within the territory of Biyue Kingdom. Many cities in Biyue Kingdom were all surrendered when facing the Zhennan Army.

Su You, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of War of Biyue Kingdom who surrendered to Zhennan Army, and Cao An, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of War, even used his influence in the Biyue army to help the Zhennan Army persuade many generals led by the Biyue Kingdom to surrender, which made the various armies of the Zhennan Army in the Biyue Kingdom even more powerful.

In the palace of the capital of Biyue Kingdom, the frightened Emperor Huo Xian said anxiously to Prime Minister Yao Lian: "Prime Minister, has Zhennan Army agreed to the peace talks?"

Prime Minister Yao Lian said sadly: "Your Majesty, the Zhennan Army rejected the request for peace talks between our Biyue Kingdom and demanded that our Biyue Kingdom must... must surrender unconditionally."

Emperor Huo Xian gritted his teeth and said, "Send an envoy to the Zhennan Army again and tell the Zhennan Army that I am willing to ced Shouzhou Prefecture and Guizhou Prefecture to the Zhennan Army, and compensate the Zhennan Army again...10 million taels of gold!"

Prime Minister Yao Lian said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, the Zhennan Army seems to want more. Shouzhou Prefecture and Guizhou Prefecture, as well as 10 million taels of gold, cannot satisfy the appetite of the Zhennan Army at all."

Emperor Huo Xian collapsed on the dragon throne in frustration, "Prime Minister, what should I do now? I never expected that the situation would become so bad. Su You not only led more than one million elite troops from our Biyue Kingdom to surrender to the Zhennan Army, but now the defenders of various prefectures and counties have also surrendered to the Zhennan Army. It may not take long before the Zhennan Army will attack Biyue City."

Prime Minister Yao Lian was silent for a while before speaking: "Your Majesty, now the military spirit and people of my Biyue Kingdom have dispersed. It is almost impossible to block the Zhennan Army, which is like a wolf and a tiger. So I feel that it is better... to agree to surrender to the Zhennan Army. Perhaps only in this way can the royal family be preserved."
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