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The Surging Waves River was called the mother river of the people from Moqiu. It originated from a snowy mountain in the northeastern part of the people from Moqiu and extended for two thousand kilometers before submerging into the Wulian Mountain Range. The surface of the Surging Waves River River was wide. Aside from the summer flood season, the water flow was calm most of the year. It was extremely advantageous for transportation and fishing. Furthermore, the resources on both sides of the river were plentiful, so most of the grain gathering points and towns that were initially established by the people from Moqiu were located on both sides of the river.

Wolf Drinking Town was a small town at the turn of the Surging Waves River River. The town was not big and was built on a beach that was hit by a river. Previously, there were people fishing there for a living, but the Moqiu State was bitter and cold. Over time, the fishermen who couldn't live anymore changed to become boatmen, and this Wolf Drinking Town became a transit point for wood, grain, and specialties.

Right now, the Xiu'er was sprinting all the way, Bai Wusheng and the other two were in hot pursuit, the four troops were pointing at the Wolf Drinking Town.

It was said that it was formed by the branches of the Surging Waves River during the early years of the year. The closest point to the west was less than a kilometer away from the Surging Waves River, and the eastern section gradually rose. It was an excellent place to watch the sunset while facing the river.

According to the discussion held by the Xiu'er and the others, they split the troops into two parts. Chen Chu's group went around the Sunset Ditch and headed straight to the Wolf Drinking Town, while the Xiu'er, strong man and the Fat Cui led the new set of battalion to go to the Sunset Ditch. They hoped that they could lay down a trap and use the conflict between the three groups of people to resolve the situation in front of them.

So far, the plan had worked. The middle troop led by Xu Keding had already indicated to the flaunting Fat Cui that they would enter Sunset Ditch to meet him, and after going through the Sunset Ditch, they would force their way in from the west. The Left Army and Han Zaixin continued their original route, approaching the Wolf Drinking Town from the east. The two armies attacked in a pincer formation. With such an adjustment, the most awkward part of the situation was precisely the troops on the right side led by Bai Wusheng. Originally, they were rather close to the Wolf Drinking Town, but in order to make room for their comrades to avoid the Sunset Ditch, they had already deliberately made a big detour, giving way to some advantage. If they were to be penetrated by Xu Keding now, they would definitely be squeezed behind the two teams, and could only watch the Xu and Han families surround Wolf Drinking Town.

For now, this strategy had worked.

Xu Keding symbolically gave Bai Wusheng a "military briefing", although it was called a briefing, it would be better to call it a notification. The full text's tone was unruly, using simple words, it did not put Bai Wusheng, who was half a level higher than himself, in its eyes at all, and simply told Bai Wusheng, "I am going to pass through Sunset Ditch, move away!"

Bai Wusheng thought too highly of himself, and immediately sent people to beat up the scouts who sent the letter and threw them to the side of the road. Then, with a wave of his hand, he ordered the entire army to speed up, and to reach Wolf Drinking Town before Xu Keding could!

A slightly calmer staff officer by her side spoke to Bai Wusheng. "Master Bai, if you just keep accelerating, if the two armies run into each other during the march, the consequences would be unthinkable ~"

Bai Wusheng glared at him. "If we fail to accomplish anything while being blocked by this Xu Keding, the consequences will be even worse for the four kings! "Let go of your worries and let the entire army charge for me!"

Putting aside the open rivalry and covert fights between the three generals, Fat Cui himself was a little uncertain. He was prepared to follow the Fire Phoenix Army officers in front of him and kill them, but what about the people under his command? Previously, carrying food and snatching a farmer was not a problem, but now, he had to fight with Moqiu Army properly. Putting aside his battle prowess, just how he would pass this mental trial was already a problem.

However, the military situation was urgent, and he did not have time to think about it. Adding on to that, with strong man's sharp gaze, who was on the verge of shooting a knife, Fat Cui forced himself to stand on top of the stone table, and announced the battle plan for the thousand over new generation battalion soldiers below the stage.

After he finished speaking, the soldiers all fell into silence, and sweat immediately flowed down from Fat Cui's forehead. He wanted to turn around and look at strong man with a bit of panic, but before he could turn his head, the red cloaked Xiu'er had already walked forward, and shouted towards the crowd with a stern expression: "If we win this battle, we will enter Wolf Drinking Town rank 1 and rob for three days!"

The moment he said this, the soldiers below the stage burst into cheers.

Xiu'er expressionlessly took a few steps back and stood by strong man's side once more. strong man said in a low voice, "Lord Xiu, your move is really ruthless. Wolf Drinking Town is a middle transition area, and the gold and silver inside must be plenty, I'm afraid. "

Xiu'er lowered her head, not daring to look at him. "Since they dare to rebel, then of course we have to give them some benefits. Otherwise, who would be willing to fight alongside us?" As she spoke in a low voice, she repeatedly rubbed her palms together until the piece of paper had turned to pulp.

This was what Chen Chu had given to her when they were separated. At that time, Chen Chu's expression was very meaningful: "Lord Xiu, although there are Wulian Border Army restraints on the traitors, they will inevitably change during battle. If the Fat Cui can't handle it, you can just throw it out. It will definitely be useful. "

After Xiu'er read the slip of paper, she frowned and asked: "Is that really okay?"

Chen Chu smiled lightly, "In this world, fame and fortune is everything. Since they had already abandoned their reputations, they naturally wanted to reap even more benefits. After all, we are being generous, so why not be a bit more generous? " After saying that, Chen Chu bowed to the Xiu'er, mounted his horse and left.

Xiu'er looked at Chen Chu's back speechlessly. What she said was inappropriate, they were killing and looting. Chen Chu's words were generous, but they were all based on gold and silver. He really didn't know if this person was deliberately confusing the concept, or if he didn't think of this at all.

However, he had to admit that Chen Chu's words had reached the heart of the new generation battalion soldier, and his note had played a crucial role. To plunder Wolf Drinking Town for three days, as long as their luck was good, then this time, it would be worth half their lifetime's income!

It was almost dusk when Xu Keding's vanguard team and the Fat Cui met on the east side of Sunset Ditch. The leader of the hundred man team did not even dismount, he looked at Fat Cui and the ten people behind him with contempt, "General Xu, the army is about to arrive, what are your people doing?"

Fat Cui immediately bowed and saluted. "Reporting to Sir, my subordinates were all strong and strong men who were robbed and came here. I was already tired and hungry before, and was also afraid, so I arranged for them to rest in the ditch."

The centurion nodded his head, "Alright, let your men stay here. After the army passes, don't disturb them!"

"Yes!" "As your excellency commands!" Fat Cui bowed repeatedly, then instructed the few people beside him to return and pass down the orders.

The centurion captain didn't spare him another glance as he turned around and waved his hand. A few soldiers raised their torches and waved them a few times. After a while, whoosh whoosh sounds of footsteps came from afar and Xu Keding led the main force of troops into the Sunset Ditch.

Fat Cui and the rest stood respectfully by the side of the road, not even daring to breathe loudly, much less raise their heads to look.

Xu Keding rode on his horse, looked at the dozen or so people by the side of the road, snorted with slight contempt, and then rode his horse into the Sunset Ditch. What he did not know was that these dozen or so people, other than Fat Cui, were all dressed in the attire of Wulian Border Army Warriors, which included the highest ranking military officer in the expedition team, Xiu'er. If the leader of the hundred men or Xu Keding had revealed a look of doubt, Xiu'er would kill him on the spot!

Along the way, they walked from east to west and went downhill. Adding to the cool and fragrant flowers in the air of the ditch, their speed became much faster and their moods became more cheerful, naturally, no one would deliberately size up the strong men who stood on ragged clothes by the side of the road. Aside from the two to three hundred soldiers who were assigned to guard the 'strong men', no one paid any more attention to them. The several hundred soldiers had also withdrawn their guards after the army had left, following the army. In Xu Keding's words, it was "A great battle is approaching, there's no need to be distracted because of these village farmers."

But one couldn't blame Xu Keding for not having this kind of thought. Before entering the Sunset Ditch, Han Zaixin had already sent someone to bring him the latest military intelligence. According to the boat man Han had intercepted at the Surging Waves River in the new location, the Fire Phoenix Disordered Army had already ambushed a pier and the relay stations and warehouses outside of the town. It was very likely that they would cross the river without entering the city, and directly seize the ship. Han Zaixin expressed that he would increase the speed of the entire army and try his best to force the Fire Phoenix Army into the Wolf Drinking Town or even the Surging Waves River down. He also hoped that Xu Keding would increase the speed of his army and complete the encirclement of the two sides, leaving the Fire Phoenix Army no chance of survival.

In fact, there was no suspense at all in this battle. The three generals had at least five thousand men under their command, while the Fire Phoenix Army only had around three hundred. Three hundred against five thousand was a number without hope of a comeback. But now, what was needed was not the result, but face. It was an honor to destroy the very first Fire Phoenix Army that dared to set foot on the Moqiu. As long as they destroyed this unorganized army, General Xu and General Han would be able to stand at the top of Wolf Drinking Town City and shout towards the people of the world, "Those who offend me, Mo Qiu, kill them!"

Under this military situation and state of mind, a thousand and eight hundred strong men were simply unable to enter Xu Keding's eyes! However, he still underestimated a person, Bai Wusheng.

When Xu Keding took the lead and rushed out of the Sunset Ditch, he discovered that he had charged into a whole group of troops. Just as the two sides were about to fight, Xu Keding finally understood that this group was Bai Wusheng's rear, and his front line of over three thousand people had already passed through Sunset Ditch!

Xu Keding was enraged, he pointed at the officer under Bai Wusheng and asked: "Didn't I inform your General Bai to get out of the way?"

"General Xu, this lowly official did not receive General Bai's order to make way for me. Instead, it was General Bai who repeatedly requested for the entire army to move faster." "Do you want me to send someone to the front to call General Bai and have a chat with him in person?"

This time, before Xu Keding could get angry, his subordinate officers were already rude, they reached out and pushed him away, "With General Xu here, you guys aren't going to get out of the way yet!"

Once one person started it, the people in the crowd could no longer hold back. For a moment, both sides started to push each other, creating a mess. With the commotion happening on both sides, Xu Keding's team was split into two, one part being pushed around by the river, while the other was being pushed around by Bai Wusheng's team, waiting for the rest of the group to make way for him.

The officer under Bai Wusheng was also feeling bitter in his heart. He was the one that was left behind specifically to stop Xu Keding, with a total of a thousand people under his command. Right now, Xu Keding's team was increasing in number, so it would definitely be a disadvantageous situation. However, he didn't dare disobey Bai Wusheng's orders, so he could only bite the bullet and bear with it.

Just as the pushing and shoving got more intense and the cursing started to get louder and louder, sounds of people running and screaming came from the direction of Wolf Drinking Town. Everyone turned their heads to look and saw that the flames were already raging in the direction of the Wolf Drinking Town. Countless figures were rushing towards them under the illumination of the flames.

"What's going on up ahead?" Xu Keding reached out and grabbed the officer's collar: "When General Bai went over, did you have any plans?"

"This lowly official doesn't know ~ ~ Bai, General Bai is just urging ~ ~ Hurry and run ~ ~ he doesn't know the specific strategy behind the battle."

As they were speaking, soldiers had already run over. Each and every one of them looked flustered, abandoning their armors. As they ran, they looked back in horror, as if some ancient beast was trying to take their lives.

Xu Keding immediately ordered his subordinates to make way. These were random soldiers, they couldn't be stopped if they wanted to, if they lost their sense of reason, then he would have to pay a heavy price.

He jumped off the horse and stood at the side of the road. After he saw the opportunity, he stretched out his hand and pressed a random soldier to the ground. He placed his knee on the back of the soldier, pulled out a knife and placed it across his neck.

The soldier almost cried out, "I'm not a deserter! It's not desertion! "

"Then why are you running?!" Xu Keding asked angrily.

"We blew up the camp!" There was an explosion up ahead! General Bai was dead! No one cares about us anymore! " The soldier almost cried.

Xu Keding was stunned. Although he did not have a good impression of Bai Wusheng, but he was after all, a capable subordinate of the Fourth Tiger King. He was someone who had been fighting beside the Tiger King for many years, and was not too big or small. Furthermore, according to what the previous officer said, Bai Wusheng was only an hour away from him, so how could he say that he would die just like that? Violent disease? Being ambushed? This doesn't make sense.

However, the truth was more eloquent than the truth. More and more soldiers appeared in front of him. Everyone's hair was disheveled and their faces were flustered, but there were no obvious traces of blood on their bodies. If what the soldier said was true, it should be an explosion.

Seeing that there were already more than two thousand people rushing towards him from all directions, Xu Keding frowned as he ordered his troops to return to the Sunset Ditch. He was so shocked that he was scared to death. The group of soldiers in front of him who had blown up the camp had no reason to be. If things went wrong, their troops might get thrown into disarray. Furthermore, this was Bai Wusheng's problem to begin with. If he had listened to his arrangements and honestly stepped aside, how could such a mess have occurred? No matter what happened before, it had nothing to do with Xu Keding now. Once the troops had passed, he once again pulled out his Sunset Ditch and set up a formation to exterminate the Fire Phoenix Army!

In his opinion, the decision that Xu Keding had made was not a problem, it was the only correct decision that he could have made at that time. But it was also because of this decision that he completely destroyed Bai Wusheng and his men, and achieved the heroic fame of Xiu'er, Chen Chu, Qu Feizhi and strong man!