Yan Ran looked away from the pair of handsome men and beautiful women, frowned and said: "Another thing is even more critical: although we and the Chu army combined have more than 150,000 people, which is more than the 90,000 people of the two armies of the Tao Army combined, the overall war
We still have a clear advantage in terms of strength and strength. Now that we have lost the solid Jielang Pass, squatting in this huge and difficult-to-defend Linzi City, it will be difficult to repel the Ninth Army that may attack at any time.
It is unlikely that the 40,000 infantrymen led by General Wei can stop the Eleventh Army without danger, and the Tattoo Army also has a few weird assassins with extremely high martial arts skills..."
Everyone was silent for a while, and a general sighed: "If we don't have any clever ideas, I'm afraid..."
At this time, a messenger hurried into the meeting hall and shouted: "A blue message bird has flown from the Chu State Ambassador's Office!"
The generals looked at him and saw that he was holding a beautiful light blue bird one foot high in his hand. It was the common blue message bird used for long-distance communication. It had a small bronze tube tied to its leg.
Yan Ran took the Blue Information Bird, pulled out the stopper of the small bronze tube on the bird's leg, and took out a piece of thin sheepskin inside. After just two glances, her expression suddenly changed!
The generals looked at Yan Ran nervously.
Yan Ran handed the thin sheepskin to Lu Jing and said at the same time: "The Chu army was ambushed by the Tattoo Army four hundred miles south of Linzi. They suffered a major defeat and suffered heavy casualties. They are now retreating south. The Chu army's commander was assassinated and seriously injured.
This letter was written to Qu Ping by the order of the interim coach who took over, but Qu Ping had left Linzi and returned to Chu State the night before yesterday, so we received this letter."
Lu Jing saw that the thin sheepskin had a paragraph written in both Chu and Qi languages. Although he was not very familiar with both languages, he could see that the general content was the same as what Yan Ran said.
All the generals were deeply worried.
Yan Ran said in a serious tone: "For the current plan, we need to get in touch with General Wei as soon as possible to inform him of the war situation. I think: I'm afraid we can only give up Linzi and evacuate to the island."
Lu Jing sighed, then glanced at Sylvia and said, "I think so. However, we must take away those who identified the murderer during the day, if they are willing. Otherwise, when the tattoo army comes, they will
It’s hard to escape brutal revenge!”
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In the streets and alleys of Linzi City, groups of cavalry were running around and shouting, summoning those who had testified against the murderer during the day, and then informed them of the latest severe military situation and persuaded them to leave Linzi with the army.
Yan Ran, Lu Jing, Sylvia and other generals entered the palace and persuaded the royal family members to retreat with the army.
But to their disappointment, no one seemed willing to follow the army to those islands. They also said that the Chu people had tried to persuade them to go to Chu a few days ago, but they did not agree. Now they are even less willing to go to those wild and difficult islands.
The generals told them many stories about the cruelty of the Ting Kingdom, but they also told them many stories about the friendship between Qi and Ting, and their tone became stronger and tougher, and finally they drove the generals out of the palace.
More than 2,000 horses from the original garrison in Linzi were all requisitioned. Thirteen thousand cavalry and more than 1,000 witnesses who testified against the murderer left Linzi in the dark. Among them, 7,000 new Yan Army cavalry headed north, led by Yan Ran.
, their plan was to first join up with the more than 40,000 infantrymen led by Wei Wushuang, and then withdraw to the islands in the east.
The other six thousand Polu cavalry, led by Lu Jing, rushed toward the sea to the east, planning to requisition a large number of sea ships so that the Qi army could go to sea. Lu Jing also carried the seal of the King of Qi with him.
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The next morning, two hundred miles south of Linzi City, there was the headquarters of the Ninth Army Corps of the Tattoo Army.
Just now, the black-armored scouts and the flying monster knights both sent the same information: Linzi City's tens of thousands of defenders seemed to have been disbanded, with almost no soldiers visible at the top of the city, and far more people leaving the city than
Entering the city, the tattoo army's reconnaissance cavalry interrogated several civilians and learned that two coups and massacres had occurred yesterday and the day before yesterday. Thousands of people from both the pro-tattoo and anti-tattoo factions had died.
The anti-tattoo Qi army left the city last night and disappeared without a trace.
Including Long Fan, the commander of the Ninth Legion, all the tattooed generals in black helmets looked at a man with green eyebrows expectantly.
Jade Poison Mirror had no expression on his face. He stretched out his right hand with his palm facing up. A crystal ball with a diameter of one foot suddenly appeared in his palm. He used the Jade Witch Demonic Skill, and the originally colorless and transparent crystal ball suddenly became turbid.
After a while, the blurry image on the crystal ball gradually became clear. It was a picture looking at the ground through the white clouds in the sky: a cavalry force with five cavalry abreast and several miles long was galloping forward. The tattooed generals
They looked carefully and saw that the cavalry in the image in the crystal ball were getting closer and closer, as if they were swooping down on a flying monster to observe. They could see clearly: those cavalry were wearing brown and gray armor, and they were Qi Qi.
The new Yan army uniform of the country.
The sun shines from behind the right side of the cavalry, and from this we know that the cavalry is heading north!
Long Fan, who had gray hair and a pimpled face, said: "Thank you Lord Biwu! The number of this cavalry is more than 5,000. It seems that we should bypass Linzi and pursue the Qi army northward..."
Bi Dujing said calmly: "Don't worry, there is more." Although his voice was not loud, it penetrated deeply into the ears and minds of everyone present, and immediately replaced the much louder voice of Army Commander Long Fan.
Pressed down.
Longfan and the generals continued to look at the crystal ball, and saw that the image of the crystal ball became blurry, but soon became clear again: another cavalry unit wearing brown and green armor was seen galloping forward, and the nearby scenery
It was different from what we saw just now, and the sunlight was shining from their right front.
Long Fan nodded and thought: "The number of this cavalry is no less than six thousand and they are heading east. Could it be that... they want to go to sea?!"
A guy wearing a gray loose robe and with his hair shaved like a Japanese man said: "Qi's shipping industry is prosperous and there are many ships at sea. Moreover, our "Black Dragon Sect" has already had intelligence that the King of Qi had a plan a month ago.
Ordered to recruit a large number of sea ships. Now that I think about it, it is most likely that they planned to flee to the sea to take refuge in the event of defeat."
Longfan made a decision and said to the generals: "I order Wang Gu to lead 10,000 light cavalry to pursue the Qi cavalry eastward. Gandun will lead 10,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry to station in Linzi. The rest of the troops will follow me northward.
Pursue the New Yan Army, and look for an opportunity to flank the main force of the Qi Army retreating from Julang Pass with the Eleventh Army. In addition, Mr. Koizumi Ichiro, please hurry up and notify the Japanese Black Dragon Sect and ask them to take action immediately!"
The man who was called "Mr. Ichiro Koizumi" nodded knowingly, grinned, showing two ugly big teeth in a typical Japanese style, and then turned around and walked out of the handsome tent.
After a while, Ichiro Koizumi came to his tent, took a pen and wrote more than a hundred Japanese characters on the thin sheepskin, then rolled up the sheepskin and put it into a small bamboo bucket. He tied the bamboo tube to the leg of a black bird, and then
He took the black bird out of the tent and threw it upwards. The black bird flapped its wings and flew into the sky, flying quickly toward the northeast...