1508 Time Skip

At the back, Feng Ao Kuai was watching his older brother with an indifferent expression. Having known Feng Ao Si for a long time, he definitely didn't have any expectation whatsoever towards this unreliable older brother.

"Cover his left flank. It's getting harder to resist the attack from that side of his soldiers," Feng Ao Kuai gave his order.

"Yes, Second Young Commander Feng!"

Watching the soldiers fighting, Feng Ao Kuai sighed. If he looked at the side, he would be able to see soldiers more than 10 times their number were fighting.

At this moment, they were not good enough to participate.

They could only help with the small skirmish at the side.

But even it was just a small area, at the very least, it meant that they were still had some roles. They just had to work hard and grasped the chance in front of them.

…

The battle was over for the day.

Aside from soldiers falling, there were no victory or so on.

Long Qian Xing watched the battle in front of him, knowing that it wouldn't be easy to break through this defense. General Zhang had been trained heavily by Prime Minister Lei after his father's death.

By now, this general was not weak.

Though, he was still a coward who didn't want to fight strong people unless he was forced to.

'This will be a long battle.'

…

Time passed swiftly.

Weeks, months, and season changed.

From the hot weather to the cold weather. And in Zhang Xu Kingdom, the snow began to pile up as Fei Yang Kingdom and Zhang Xu Kingdom continued to exchange various attacks.

Even if Zhang Xu Kingdom managed to snatch a few victories, their territory was still squeezed by Fei Yang Kingdom bit by bit.

By now, their original territory was nearly half of what it used to be before the war started.

But they were still far from Zhang Xu Kingdom's Capital City.

The battles had also made Zhang Xu Kingdom changed their general a few times. General Cong was killed by Nan Hua after a few days. Commander Mao couldn't prevent her from killing him.

Thus, two new generals were promoted. One of them was Commander Mao and the other one was a general who died in less than a week's time under Nan Hua's hand once more.

Several generals from Zhang Xu Kingdom died.

But there were also many commanders who died from Fei Yang Kingdom's side. But their generals were still intact as the requirement to become a general was harsher in Fei Yang Kingdom's side compared to Zhang Xu Kingdom.

The situation was getting worse.

Prime Minister Lei's role was still impeccable. With his tactics and his own personal involvement on the battlefield, Great General Wei didn't manage to obtain a lot of advantage.

It took weeks just to conquer a city and they were slowly capturing Zhang Xu Kingdom's territory.

But this was too slow.

They had to find a breakthrough point soon or they wouldn't be able to finish the war without consuming a lot of manpower from Fei Yang Kingdom's side.

The special soldiers from Zhang Xu Kingdom had been consumed slowly but surely. Their number was dwindling, but they still played the role in Zhang Xu Kingdom's side. They managed to exert their greatest use under Prime Minister Lei's deliberate arrangement.

And it was precisely when it was winter that they managed to obtain another pleasing piece of news.

There's a rebellion in Zhang Xu Kingdom.

Reason?

Famine.

"Famine truly break in Zhang Xu Kingdom, huh?" Long Qian Xing was not surprised when he heard that.

The earthquake that shake Zhang Xu Kingdom back then was the fuse that started the war between Fei Yang Kingdom and Zhang Xu Kingdom. Added with the Fan Yi Kingdom who wanted to fish in troubled waters, Zhang Xu Kingdom was busy to deal with three disasters at the same time.

Two disasters were manmade, though.

Because of this, they didn't pay much attention to the lives of the people below. They were too busy dealing with war that they forgot that people also needed to live.

The lands were destroyed and due to the earthquake that was not handled well, the result was this famine.

People needed to eat.

And even if the power was wielded by those in the highest power, the number of ordinary people were still overwhelming.

Zhang Xu Kingdom would be in heavy pressure in this war once again.

"Natural disaster again?" Emperor Yang Zhou was looking at the report that Long Qian Xing handed to him. He chuckled. "It seems that the Heaven truly favored Fei Yang Kingdom."

Long Qian Xing smiled and said nothing.

In fact, this famine was avoidable for Zhang Xu Kingdom if they had settled the problem in the early days.

Pity.

They were not given that chance.

Now that the people were hungry and the grains were diminishing in Zhang Xu Kingdom, what were they planning to give to these people?

There was nothing that could be given.

The people rioted and would be suppressed, but Long Qian Xing knew that this matter would definitely affect the war.

"I guess it's time for more aggressive attack."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Under this piece of news, the soldiers were all fighting with renewed confidence and conquered another city from Zhang Xu Kingdom.

Prime Minister Lei watched the battle from the distance, his face was ugly. But he knew that Fei Yang Kingdom was getting stronger and stronger while they were still the weaker party.

Should they join hands with the other kingdoms?

But by now, even Shi Long Kingdom was under fierce attack by Fei Yang Kingdom and their border was also pushed back.

Fan Yi Kingdom was already retreating because they were busy by the fight at their north.

They didn't have the time to care for the mess here.

'Does the Heaven really wish for Zhang Xu Kingdom to fall?' Prime Minister Lei lamented internally.