A thousand-year-old family begins with one fighting against ten thousand.

"With General Du leading the charge, our victory is assured."

One of the generals spoke up to flatter him.

"Someone come and pour wine for General Du."

Seeing Du Fei step in, Xia Kang's somewhat grim expression, which had been somewhat unpleasant due to Zheng Hu's instant defeat, finally eased.

"Your Majesty, please pour this wine again. We can drink it after I've cut off this man's head!"

After saying that, Du Fei also rode out, his back view bearing a striking resemblance to Zheng Hu's.

"Du Fei's act of beheading the Sui general while the wine was still warm will surely become a legendary tale in the history of the founding of the Great Xia Dynasty."

The strategist of the Xia Kingdom's Sui army also stepped forward to flatter him, and this flattery hit Xia Kang right in the heart. "Warm up the wine and wait for General Du to return. If the wine is not warm enough, I will take your head."

Xia Kang gave the instructions.

"I am Du Fei of the Great Xia Dynasty. I do not slay nameless ghosts under my halberd. Now quickly state your name!"

Du Fei stepped out of the battle formation and shouted towards Yuwen Chengdu.

"The dead are not worthy to know my name."

Yuwen Chengdu said coldly, not taking Du Fei seriously at all.

Even in the Sui Dynasty, there were only four and a half generals who caught his eye.

Wei Yu and his three companions, plus Cheng Yaojin, count as half a group.

In his eyes, all other generals were mere chickens and dogs, let alone generals from outside the Great Xia Dynasty.

To die under his gilded phoenix-winged halberd would be their greatest honor.

"Arrogant!!"

Du Fei snorted coldly, squeezed his legs together, and his Akhal-Teke horse charged forward in a very short time, while his halberd slashed towards Yuwen Chengdu.

A true expert's skill is immediately apparent.

Yuwen Chengdu could tell from Du Fei's movements and aura that he was no weakling. If he were to compete in the World's Number One Martial Arts Tournament, he might even have a chance to compete for a place in the top twenty.

However, the top five and those behind in the World's Number One Martial Arts Tournament have a precipitous lead.

Even those generals who could truly make it into the top twenty wouldn't last more than a few moves against him.

Yuwen Chengdu fought Du Fei for forty rounds before finally defeating Du Fei and cutting him down from his horse.

"Who else?!"

Yuwen Chengdu's voice was as loud as a bell, and it resounded throughout both armies.

The Sui army was in high spirits, while the Xia army's morale had plummeted.

At the beginning of the war, the Xia army was always considered inferior to the Sui army.

The debuff wasn't removed until they won a series of victories.

Now that their generals have been beheaded one after another, the inferiority of the vassal state to the empire has resurfaced.

Xia Kang keenly sensed this and immediately felt a chill run down his spine.

If he could kill Du Fei in just a few dozen rounds, then probably no other general would be a match for this Sui general, and they would be unable to fight each other again.

Xia Kang narrowed his eyes. This Sui general's martial arts were so high that he must be the type of general who charged forward.

Thinking of this, he looked at Zhang Hao, a general of the Xia Kingdom.

"General Zhang, you will lead 100,000 troops to defeat this man. Victory is the only option in this battle; defeat is not an option!"

"promise."

Zhang Hao bowed, his expression unchanged, and led 100,000 troops out of the army camp.

In large-scale army operations with a force of 100,000 or more, a fierce general like Yuwen Chengdu can influence the entire battle situation single-handedly.

But he didn't care. He was a commander, the most outstanding commander of large armies in the Xia Kingdom. He majored in military strategy, one of the four major branches of military strategists, and minored in military yin and yang.

He once led 50 Xia troops to defeat a million enemy troops head-on, capturing hundreds of thousands and expanding the territory of the Great Xia by several states.

"Look, the Rebellious Xia can't send anyone out, they've admitted defeat, hahahahahaha."

"But do they think a 10-strong army can defeat Chengdu?"

"My Heavenly Treasure General can defeat them in duels, and he can also surpass them in military campaigns!"

Yang Guang watched from the city wall as Yuwen Chengdu successively killed enemy generals, forcing them to abandon the duel and start a legion battle, and laughed heartily.

"Your Majesty, this man's army is disciplined and orderly, with 100,000 men in perfect formation. They should not be underestimated."

Unlike Yang Guang, Yuwen Shu was a man of military knowledge. He was able to analyze Zhang Hao's actions when he led his troops into battle and concluded that Zhang Hao was a commander of a large army.

"If it is a duel between generals or a small-scale battle, the command power of the large army cannot be brought into play, and it will certainly not be a match for Chengdu."

"However, a force of 10 is already sufficient for the commander of a large army to exert his full command power. Cheng is no match for him. I urge Your Majesty to replace him with a different general."

Yuwen Shu suggested.

"What kind of father in this world boosts the morale of others while diminishing his own?"

"Chengdu is currently charging into battle for me, bringing glory to the Sui Dynasty. How can you, as the Minister of War of the Sui Dynasty and the grandfather of Chengdu, say such things!"

Yang Guang looked at Yuwen Shu with displeasure and shouted at him.

"Get out of here at once!"

"His Majesty!"

"Drag him away!"

Seeing that Yuwen Shu still wanted to say something that would undermine the morale of the army, Yang Guang immediately sent someone to arrest him.

Yuan Shihong and others stood up to plead for Yuwen Shu, and their views were the same as Yuwen Shu's, but Yang Guang suppressed them.

He believed that Yuwen Cheng could bring him victory.

Yuwen Chengdu and Zhang Hao each led an army of 100,000 to attack each other. In order to contain the fierce general Yuwen Chengdu, Yang Hao casually took out 10,000 soldiers and set up a small military formation to trap Yuwen Chengdu inside.

No matter how brave Yuwen Chengdu was, he was broken up layer by layer in this army, and he felt that there were enemies all around him and no friendly forces by his side.

Without Yuwen Chengdu's leadership, his 100,000-strong army was nothing more than fish on a chopping board in Zhang Hao's eyes, at his mercy.

By this time, even Yang Guang realized that Yuwen Chengdu was in a bad situation, and said, "Quickly send troops to rescue my Tianbao General."

Yang Guang hurriedly dispatched generals to rescue Yuwen Chengdu. Seeing the Sui army marching out of the city in force, Xia Kang also quickly led his army forward, and the two armies began a field battle outside the city.

In addition to suppressing troops in various parts of the Western Regions, the Xia Kingdom had 1.5 million elite troops gathered outside Wulei City.

Yang Guang brought a million-strong army, plus the hundreds of thousands of troops remaining in the Western Regions, bringing the total force to around 1.5 million.

The two armies, totaling 300 million men, fought each other outside Wuwulei City. The Sui army needed to rescue people, while the Xia army did not expect Yang Guang to abandon the city and fight in the open field. Their strongest army commander was in the center of the battlefield and could not command the army. The two sides had just started to fight and were evenly matched.

However, Zhang Hao withdrew from the Sui army's large-scale attack, and when the Xia army arrived, he quickly accepted Xia Kang's command.

Then, using Yuwen Chengdu as bait, he continuously intercepted and killed the Sui Dynasty army.

By the time the Sui army rescued Chengdu and withdrew back into the city, they had suffered nearly 30 casualties, while the Xia army had lost only 10.

In just their first clash, the Sui Dynasty suffered heavy losses.

Since the Xia Dynasty invaded the Sui Dynasty, the number of casualties among the Western Region troops has been around 30.

Lü Guang fought against the Great Xia with a weaker force, and after so long, he only lost 30 men. When Yang Guang took the field, he first forced Lü Guang to commit suicide, and then made a series of foolish moves, ignoring the advice of his ministers. As a result, he lost so many men in one battle, and the morale of the army was shaken.