Call of the Heroes of Chaos in Another World

Chapter 2289 The Decisive Battle of Yangxi, the God of War Li Jing Enters
Li Jing's army totaled 200,000, but given how far he had been fighting, it was impossible for him to have lost not a single soldier.

Furthermore, the three prefectures of Yangdong Road that they conquered also needed to be garrisoned, and a considerable number of troops were required to do so.

After all, behind those three prefectures in Yangdong Road, there is still Jiang Chaoyu. If something happens there, the retreat route of Li Jing's troops will be cut off.

Therefore, of Li Jing's 200,000 troops, only 150,000 eventually entered Yangxi Road.

However, among Li Jing's 150,000 troops, Tan Daoji was leading 20,000 men to besiege the Zhao brothers, while Deng Qiang and Guo Ziyi had a total of 60,000 troops to deal with Zong Ze in the south.

Therefore, according to Lian Po's estimate, Li Jing would have at most 70,000 troops for the decisive battle.

In contrast, Lian Po still had 120,000 troops available for battle, including his original army and the reinforcements brought by Zhao Sheng.

However, of these 120,000 men, 50,000 were prisoners of war from the Eight-Nation Alliance. They were only good as auxiliary troops, but if they were used in the decisive battle, they might directly affect the outcome of the entire war.

Furthermore, among these troops were 20,000 soldiers and 20,000 prisoners of war from the Eight-Nation Alliance, who were under Zong Ze's command and responsible for the defense of the southern part of Yangxi Road.

Therefore, Lian Po only had a maximum of 50,000 men available for the decisive battle.

With 50,000 against 70,000, although there was still no advantage in troop strength, Lian Po believed it was better than falling headlong into the enemy's trap of besieging the enemy's reinforcements.

Without even thinking, Lian Po knew that Li Jing and Tan Daoji had already set up numerous ambushes and traps around Zhao Kuangwu and his men.

However, at this moment, Lian Po was unaware that his decision to engage in a decisive battle would directly harm others.

If he waits a few more days, the change he's been waiting for may very well have already arrived.

"That Lian Po!"

"How shrewd!"

"However, does he think that will frighten me?" Upon receiving Lian Po's challenge, Li Jing accepted the decisive battle without hesitation.

What had been troubling him was that Lian Po had remained secluded and steadfast in his defense, which prevented him from taking action.

In the mountainous terrain of Yangxi Road, their cavalry was somewhat limited in their performance. And if a famous general like Lian Po were to hold out indefinitely, it would indeed be a disaster!
If a renowned general like Lian Po were to hold out to the bitter end, as long as there were no problems with logistics or internal affairs, even if Li Jing were given twice the number of troops, it would be very difficult to launch a strong attack!
This applies not only to Li Jing, but also to Bai, Han, and Li Yue—any one of them would feel the same way in this situation.

As the defending side, especially in the mountainous terrain of Yangxi Road, they already had the advantage. Moreover, Lian Po was a god-level commander. Under such circumstances, no famous general would be willing to confront the opponent head-on!
In the Battle of Changping in Earth's history, Bai Qi also opened up the situation from outside the battlefield. After replacing Lian Po with Zhao Kuo, he lured the enemy out and won that crucial battle between Qin and Zhao.

Fortunately, although Zhao Kuangyin was not the historical King of Zhao, making it difficult for them to have opportunities outside the battlefield, they still managed to seize an opportunity due to the death of Zhao Changfeng.

The outcome of a match between two top players often hinges on just this one crucial opportunity.

Whoever makes a mistake first, whoever gives the other side this opportunity first, is most likely to be the loser! As for Li Jing, as long as Lian Po can get out of the tortoise shell-like defense set up by the other side, even if he doesn't fall into their trap of besieging the point and attacking the reinforcements, but instead it unfolds in the form of a decisive battle, he can still accept it.

After all, Li Jing was genuinely afraid that if he refused this time, Lian Po would seize upon it as an excuse to stay indoors again.

It should be noted that when Lian Po issued this challenge, he had already demonstrated his willingness to rescue the Zhao brothers.

As for this decisive battle, they only had a 20,000-strong troop advantage.

However, considering the combined forces of both sides amounted to just over 100,000, a 20,000 troop advantage was already considerable! Especially considering that their cavalry had a numerical advantage!

Afterwards, Li Jing began to arrange for Tan Daoji to prepare for the end. Once the outcome of their battle was decided, there would be no need for the Zhao brothers to continue.

At the same time, Li Jing also left Zhao Yun with Tan Daoji. After all, Zhao Kuangwu on his side was quite powerful, and with Zhao Yun here to help him, the cleanup would be easier.

As for Li Jing, even if he transferred Zhao Yun to Tan Daoji, and removed the Four Divine Spears, represented by Wang Yanzhang, from the Flying Feather Legion that followed Guo Ziyi, he would still be able to manage the situation.

His available top-tier warriors still include Alcyoneus, Pei Yuanqing, Pallas, Anubis, and Wang Feng, who recently broke through to the next level.

After all, Wang Feng's combat intensity in the Battle of Yan was quite high. He was injured several times, and some of them were serious. Not long ago, after his injuries were fully recovered, he naturally broke through to the level of a Divine General and reached his peak.

As for Lian Po, Zhao Kuangwu is now trapped, and the only generals he can use are Xuanwu, Zhao Bifang who was transferred here with Zhao Sheng not long ago, and Gao Siji who has just broken through.

In a recent major battle, Gao Siji and his eldest son Gao Xinggui fought together against Pei Yuanqing.

However, even with the father and son working together, they were still no match for Pei Yuanqing. In the end, Gao Xinggui, who was relatively weaker, was killed by Pei Yuanqing. Gao Siji, in his grief and anger over the death of his own son, broke through to the level of a Divine General. In the end, he defeated Pei Yuanqing with his greatly increased strength after the breakthrough.

Among the enemy generals, the one who gave Li Jing the most trouble was Xuanwu.

This person's past battles have already demonstrated how difficult he is to deal with.

If it really came down to a fight, Arcyonius alone, who was also an infantry general, would be enough to contend with him.

On one occasion, Pei Yuanqing and Wang Feng joined forces and fought him to a standstill.

Logically speaking, both of these groups are equally matched with him. So, if three people team up, they should be able to defeat him, or even kill him!

Clearly, the subsequent battle showed that Li Jing had overthought things.

Even if the three of them joined forces, or even if Anubis were added, they would still be held back by the enemy.

(End of this chapter)