Are you crazy? Trying to trick him into military service? He's the number one dragon on the fro

Five days later.

On the third day after Lu Xiao arrived at Ze Meng camp, he had already figured out the situation of the camp. Therefore, in the past two days, he scattered the three thousand soldiers he brought from Bai Lang camp and mixed them into the ten thousand soldiers of Ze Meng camp.

This was done to allow both sides' soldiers to quickly become familiar with each other's temperament and fighting style, so that they could cooperate well and advance and retreat in an orderly manner when fighting against Chu in the future, and prevent internal strife from breaking out before gaining an advantage in the war against Chu.

That morning, just as Lu Xiao had assembled the entire army, Chen Ye immediately jogged over to report:

"My lord, General Xiong Zhao of Chu has personally led three thousand troops to our camp. Please give your orders, General!"

Upon hearing this, Qian Yu, Zhang Qingshan, and the others who were accompanying Lu Xiao all changed color. However, when they thought of the results Lu Xiao had achieved in the Northern Hu region that they had learned from the soldiers in the past two days, they breathed a slight sigh of relief.

They all turned their gazes in that direction.

Lu Xiao lived up to expectations and said loudly:

"All troops, prepare for battle!"

"General Qian, as per your usual arrangements, you will personally lead the army to command the battle. This time, I will simply observe from the sidelines!"

"promise!"

Qian Yu's heart tightened, knowing that the Marquis of Champion wanted to test his combat ability. With a nervous and uneasy heart, he selected five thousand soldiers and immediately went to the south gate of the camp to begin defense.

Lu Xiao followed closely behind, watching him direct the operation without saying a word.

A short while later, Xiong Zhao rode his warhorse to the foot of the camp wall and shouted loudly:

"Lu Xiao of Zhou, do you dare to come out and fight this general?"

"General, there is no need for me to personally lead the troops in this battle."

Lu Xiao smiled and shook his head, then pointed to Qian Yu beside him:

"General Qian will continue to command this battle!"

"Heh, it seems the Marquis of Champions is afraid!"

Hearing this, Xiong Zhao didn't press the matter. He scoffed a few times and retreated to the center of the army, raising his sword and swinging it forward:

"Soldiers, charge!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

Upon receiving the order, the Chu army erupted in a deafening roar and charged recklessly toward Ze Meng's camp.

A fierce battle erupted between the two sides instantly.

Xiong Zhao, stationed in the central command post, observed the situation on the battlefield from afar, feeling no anxiety whatsoever.

"In all the battles against Ze Meng's camp, Qian Yu only knew how to defend. If it weren't for his superior numbers, he would have been captured by our army long ago."

"This time, he's probably going to be ousted by the newly appointed champion."

"Is everything ready for the grand plan?"

Upon hearing this, Qu Hongtu, who was accompanying him, immediately cupped his hands and smiled:

"General, all preparations have been completed according to the original plan. We only need to lure out that scoundrel Lu Xiao today, and then we can achieve a great victory!"

"good!"

Xiong Zhao laughed heartily, but after a moment the smile on his face gradually faded until it froze.

His original plan was to feign a strong attack on the main camp in order to lure Lu Xiao out, so he didn't really intend to break through Ze Meng's camp. Losing some soldiers was also part of the plan.

However, after seeing the current state of the battle, he realized that things were not developing in the direction he had expected.

In less than half an hour, the number of soldiers he lost was more than twice that of his previous attacks on the camp, and the soldiers of Ze Meng's camp seemed to be braver and more eager to fight.

"What happened?"

Xiong Zhao murmured a few words in surprise and uncertainty, then ordered his personal guards to hurry and investigate.

A short while later, the guard ran back to report:

"General Qi, it seems that Lu Xiao brought his own troops from the White Wolf Camp and is now mixing them with the original soldiers of the Ze Meng Camp."

"Under the influence of the White Wolf Soldiers, the enemy's morale has greatly increased, and they have also concocted some strange and bizarre things that cause our soldiers to bleed profusely after being wounded, resulting in a sharp increase in casualties!"

Upon hearing this, Xiong Zhao frowned, pondered for a moment, and then ordered his men to bring over several wounded soldiers so he could personally examine their injuries.

This sight gave them quite a shock.

The soldiers were almost all covered in triangular wounds, and the wounds were completely torn apart, with hardly any healthy flesh visible.

Xiong Zhao initially thought the injury was caused by the spear tip, but upon closer inspection, he realized something was wrong. After all, the edge of the ferrule at the end of a long spear is very smooth, and it would be impossible for it to cause such a terrible injury.

After a moment of contemplation, he gazed at the distant battlefield and, seeing more and more soldiers being driven off the battlefield by the Zhou forces, coldly gave the order:

"Withdraw the troops!"

"My lord, they've retreated!"

On the arrow tower of Ze Meng's camp, Qian Yu saw the Chu army begin to sound the retreat and immediately exclaimed with great excitement:

"My lord, the spears you urgently ordered the soldiers to modify are truly effective. Almost all the Chu soldiers hit by them are bleeding profusely, and their fighting strength has been greatly reduced!"

"It's a pity there are so few, only a little over a hundred!"

He greatly admired Lu Xiao's ingenious idea, only to discover that carving fine serrations into the tip of the spear could significantly increase its lethality!

Lu Xiao didn't take it to heart and nodded, saying:

"It seems that General Qian has been suppressed for a long time in the battle against the Chu army. This is not the general's fault, but rather because the prefect has gone too far!"

"I will deal with this person as soon as possible!"

Seeing Qian Yu's skillful deployment, he realized that the other party was doing his best to guard the southern border of the Great Zhou, which intensified his resentment towards Wu Zeliang.

Upon hearing this, Qian Yu nodded with a wry smile:

"With Your Excellency here, I am confident that I can break through and severely damage the Chu people!"

"My lord, the Chu army has now retreated, and judging from their disarray, they have almost completely abandoned their armor and weapons. Why not send troops to pursue them and give them a thorough defeat?"

Upon seeing the Chu army's disarray, Zhang Qingshan immediately volunteered to lead the attack.

Before Lu Xiao could speak, Qian Yu coldly rebuked him:

"I think you're all height and no brains!"

"This time, that old scoundrel Xiong Zhao is personally leading the army. With his military command skills, even if he loses, he won't be too humiliated. This show of abandoning our armor and weapons is just to lure you and me into the ambush he set up in advance. And you actually want to do as he wishes and rush headlong into it!"

"You couldn't even spot such an obvious trap? Your punishment is to run twenty laps around the training ground!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Qingshan looked embarrassed and quickly explained that he had become somewhat complacent because he saw the excellent results of the defense and thought that the Chu army was nothing special, which led to his mistake.

He understood that Qian Yu said this because he didn't want Lu Xiao to punish him too severely, so he quickly apologized.

Lu Xiao waved his hand and said with a smile:

"Commander Zhang is right. If we don't pursue now, when will we?"

As the saying goes, strike while the iron is hot and kill him!

"Since Xiong Zhao intends to lure us into his trap, then I will do as he wishes and pursue him directly!"

After saying that, he turned around and looked behind him, shouting loudly:

"Who is willing to follow me in pursuit of the enemy?"

"This humble general is willing to go!"

"Me too..."