Chapter nine hundred and sixty-two the oriole is behind
It is true that in a chaotic battlefield, even an innate grandmaster may not be able to protect one person completely, let alone that the person who takes action is also an innate grandmaster.
However, this does not mean that the person who takes action will definitely succeed in the assassination.
As the commander-in-chief of an army, it is impossible for Di Xin to have only one innate grandmaster protecting him.
Even if the other people were just acquired martial arts cultivators, as long as they could serve as a warning and resist for a moment, it would be enough for Zeng Hongshen to react and stop the assassin.
Therefore, as long as the ruler of the Uighur clan is not stupid, it is impossible to let only one innate strong man take action in order to preserve his strength at this time.
The army has been defeated, and no matter how powerful an innate grandmaster is, he cannot stop the covetousness of other forces.
However, as long as Emperor Xin, Prince Yu of Dali, could be killed, even if the Uighur army was defeated in the decisive battle, the expeditionary force without its commander would have no choice but to retreat.
However, until Zeng Hongshen took action and the Uighur army was completely defeated, no other innate great master was seen taking action.
What on earth does the ruler of the Uighur tribe want to do?
Since he can dominate a force, he must not be a fool, and Di Xin will not believe that the other party is a fool. Such an unreasonable move must have an agenda.
Involuntarily, Di Xin thought of the Rakshasa soldiers discovered by Ouyang Xuan before.
The missing innate strong man and the missing Rakshasa soldier, is there any connection between the two?
There were too few clues for Di Xin to speculate, but his instinct told him that these tiny details were places that could not be missed.
"You will know what they want to do as soon as you go on."
Di Xin muttered to himself, and then ordered: "Inform us, those who are seriously injured and unable to fight anymore will be sent back to Licheng for recuperation after treatment."
"The remaining people rest where they are and we will set off again in five days."
Yes, the most important thing now is to restore the expeditionary force's combat strength as soon as possible after a great battle, so that it can cope with possible battles in the future.
If the results of the negotiations in the capital come out while the army is resting, and it is necessary to withdraw the troops, Emperor Xin will not hesitate anymore after wiping out most of the effective forces of the Uighur clan.
As for the forces involved in the Huihe tribe...
Di Xin looked across the tent to the farther south, and an inexplicable smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
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Although I know that the Immortal Army is powerful, only after fighting against it in person can I understand the true horror of the Immortal Army.
A godly general who is not afraid of getting hurt and is almost never tired; a barrier that covers almost all soldiers; a mysterious strongman who takes a thunderous strike and seriously injures a general with an innate realm in one blow...
Although they were determined to die, after an afternoon of fighting, the psychological defenses of the Uighur soldiers who were still alive were completely defeated.
With no hope of victory in sight, naturally there is no courage to die.
Thus, the rout began quietly and silently.
After escaping from the battle, there were only less than 10,000 defeated soldiers left in the tens of thousands of troops.
Although they knew they would be punished after returning, they still decided to return to the royal court and report back the horror of the immortal army.
At the same time, the Khan was persuaded to flee with his tribe.
Even if they leave this small grassland suitable for grazing, as long as the Huihe people can survive, they will accept it even if their life will be more difficult in the future.
In order to prevent the immortal army from pursuing them, they did not even dare to rest and dragged their tired bodies on the road all night long.
And just after dawn, they met a messenger coming out of the royal court.
Seeing this group of ragged people in front of them, the ordering soldiers were dumbfounded.
The styles and markings on the broken armor made it clear that these people were Uighur soldiers.
"What's going on?"
For a moment, the messenger's entire mind was shut down and he didn't understand what was happening.
The leading general smiled bitterly, and did not care about the rudeness of the ordering soldiers, and said: "The immortal army is more terrifying than imagined. We were defeated. Here are the brothers who finally escaped."
"Where's the general?"
"The general is also dead."
Hearing this, the messenger swayed, could no longer hold on and squatted on the ground, muttering incessantly: "It's over, it's over now..."
Seeing the performance of the messenger, everyone felt bad.
Still the highest-ranking general at present, he grabbed the messenger's clothes with his hand with one finger missing, and pulled him up from the ground despite the fact that the blood soaked out stained the soldier's collar red.
"What happened?"
Then, without hesitation, he slapped the messenger on the face.
The sudden pain knocked the orderly soldier awake. Regardless of his awkward posture and the difference in morale between the two sides, he grabbed the general's hand with his backhand and accidentally pressed it on the general's severed finger.
The general gasped in pain.
The ordering soldier seemed to have noticed nothing and asked: "How many people are there now?"
The general took out his hand and grinned, but he did not forget to answer the orderer's question.
"There are probably about ten thousand people left."
"Ten thousand people?"
The messenger was stunned for a moment, then his eyes shone with light and he raised his voice and said, "There is no hope."
Without waiting for anyone to ask questions, he continued: "Yesterday, tens of thousands of cavalry suddenly rushed out of Jiande City in Dali and surrounded the royal court under the leadership of the capital commander."
"According to the Khan's order, I broke through the siege and came to ask for help."
"What?"
Everyone who heard the sound was immediately shocked.
With most of the army being used to deal with the expedition, there are currently less than two thousand people guarding the royal court.
Although the cavalry of the Uighur clan had always looked down on the cavalry trained by those soft-footed horses in Jiande City, with the huge numerical advantage of tens of thousands versus two thousand, no matter how big the gap was, it was smoothed out.
Under the threat of the immortal army, most of the clan members are now concentrated around the royal court.
Although there is a saying among the nomads that all the people are soldiers, it is actually a bit exaggerated, and it is also aimed at ordinary people in Dali.
Facing Dali's army, the common people in Huihe were just common people. Even if they temporarily broke into the royal guard, they would not be able to block Dali's cavalry.
And their family members are also among those tribesmen.
At this time, all the soldiers who had escaped from the battlefield could no longer stand.
"Return to the royal court immediately."
Under the command of General Broken Finger, all the soldiers temporarily forgot the humiliation of defeat, immediately rallied and headed towards the royal court.
Half a day later.
Less than two hours away from the royal court, everyone fell into despair when they saw the Dali cavalry suddenly appearing and surrounding them.