The fire in Huchou Valley burned ragingly for a long time, and was barely extinguished until the white fish belly appeared in the east.
Tian Mingguang glanced at him for a long time and felt upset. He couldn't wait to wave and asked his subordinates to go to Huchou Mountain.
"General," several thousand-year-old men looked like vegetables.
"It's still dark and the fog is too heavy. Why don't we wait? When it gets light, the Xingluo people will have no way to hide. Let's go up and fight them desperately. Now go up..."
Tian Mingguang glared at them and took the lead to walk up the mountain without any explanation.
"Everyone, get up here. Even if you die, you will have to go up the mountain. If you wait any longer, the Xingluo people will run away."
He didn't believe it.
The Starfall Legion has great military achievements and is invincible. They are like thunder in the surrounding countries, big and small, and are feared like tigers. But after all, there are only a small number of people. If they don't have 10,000 people, they will come with 20,000. If they don't have 20,000, they will come with 40,000.
There are so many people in Huchou Pass, even if they pile their heads on top of each other, these Xingluo people will be killed.
Seeing Shangfeng's insistence, the elders had no choice but to grit their teeth and take the lead in climbing up the mountain.
It's just that the foggy mountains are steep and slippery, and coupled with the painful memories of last night, the Nanfeng soldiers had to stay step by step.
At the slightest movement in the vast white mist, they immediately became frightened. They were shooting and slashing indiscriminately, and it took a while before they dared to go over and check what was going on.
However, after looking up in shock for more than an hour, I discovered that the Xingluo Man had long since disappeared into the sky without any news.
"What! They're all gone? Didn't you meet anyone?"
There were no screams coming from the mountain. Tian Mingguang was mentally prepared for this. However, when the news actually came to him, he was still a little unbelievable.
Of course you have to walk quickly.
Ren Ning, who was leading the team back to the Snake Valley over the mountains and ridges, looked back.
He could even faintly hear the shouts and curses of Nanfeng people in his ears.
The fog had been soaking in the fog all night, and the mosquito repellent powder on Nanfeng Xiaobing's body was already very weak even if there was any. The fog may not be a help to his side by then.
The most important thing was that in order to bring more kerosene and other combustion-supporting substances, they did not have much food rations on them. After two days and two nights, there was not much left. We could not let everyone go hungry and fight for their lives against the Nanfeng people whose camp was so close.
When you make enough money, leave.
He never thought about filling up all three thousand of his brothers on Huchou Mountain.
The others were just accustomed to obeying orders and prohibitions before, but now after listening to Ren Ning's words, they all crawled forward happily.
"Have the casualty statistics been released?" Ren Ning asked.
"Back to the general, the statistics are out. Fifteen of the three thousand brothers were killed and 130 were injured. But most of them were minor injuries and can be recovered after a few days of rest. Only 18 were seriously injured."
Lei Er munched broad beans and came over with a smile on his face, "This is a great victory."
Ren Ning was noncommittal, took the data and looked at it.
Nine of the fifteen people who died were from his fifth battalion, and seven of them were directly sucked into the drainage channel by the vortex when they destroyed the drainage channel around the warehouse and never came up again.
In addition, most of the casualties were due to the slippery mountain and the inability to stand firmly. They either slipped directly into the Nanfeng people during the sneak attack, or injured themselves during the transfer.
"Take good care of the seriously injured." Ren Ning ordered, looked at the fifteen names, and silently remembered them in his heart.
It seems that I should train more on underwater operations after returning home.
After all, the vanguard battalion is to a large extent at the front to open up the way forward for the main force. Building roads and building bridges across mountains and mountains is a necessary skill.
It was really embarrassing that so many people's hands were not broken in the enemy's hands but in the water.
On the Huchou Valley side, Wu Jin was also checking his own casualties after withdrawing his troops.
Compared to Lei Er who looked relaxed, the faces of all the generals here were a bit gloomy.
There were not many corpses brought down from Huchou Mountain, just over sixty.
But the wounded lay all over the floor, and most of them were seriously injured. They were missing arms or legs, or had been stabbed through the body by a gun. There were groans of unbearable pain everywhere.
Huchou Valley is just the opposite.
There were not many injured, but there were many dead.
Including the initial warehouse defenders and gang leader troops, a total of 630 people died. More than half of them were burned to death while desperately fighting the fire.
It can be said that the entire Huchou Valley is now overflowing with the aroma of meat.
Tian Mingguang came over to comfort General Pei Zhuang, whose face was as dark as the bottom of a pot.
"General, these Xingluo people are too cunning and the heavy fog allowed them to escape. Next time we meet, we won't be so lucky. I will kill the bastards they lead on their horses."
"Actually, we are not defeated. At least we saved more than half of the grain and grass in the valley..."
Tian Mingguang was originally a military general who charged into battle, but Tian Mingguang's eloquence was not very good.
As he spoke, he glanced at the burned corpses on the ground and couldn't say any more.
"What's the name of the general who leads the army?" General Pei Zhuang suddenly asked.
A bunch of generals looked at each other in confusion, and finally General Shan's subordinates, who were the first to arrive, stood up.
"Back to the general, before you all arrived at Tiger Sorrow Valley, the Xingluo people had attacked us in the direction of the pass. My subordinates could see clearly at that time that in addition to the Xingluo military flag, they also had an order flag with the word 'Ren' on it.
Character."
"appoint!"
Two captains of ten thousand and more than twenty captains of thousands looked at each other, not knowing what this was.
"Remember this person named Ren," Pei Zhuang gritted his teeth and said, "Never let him go in the future."
The generals responded loudly, cleaned up some more, and rearranged the sentry posts in Huchou Valley. The more than 10,000 people returned to Huchou Pass to wait for orders.
Chinese Army.
Ruan Qianren stared at the northern sky, the anger still lingering on his face.
Last night, Zhennan Pass opened the city gate and sent the army southward. Huchou Pass was in a state of turmoil, and everyone braced themselves and kept an eye on the northern city wall.
As a result, the Zhennanguan army stopped as soon as they reached the Huchou River. They set up formations and beat drums by the river, and it seemed that they were killing the troops across the river and approaching Huchou Pass in minutes.
There was noisy fussing for a long time, but at dawn Zhennanguan recruited all the soldiers back.
Now he closed the city gate and fell asleep, which almost made Ruan Qianren angry and twisted his nose.
Yun Chui wanted to kill the 200,000 troops at Huchou Pass, but Nanfeng always wanted to kill the soldiers at Zhennan Pass.
And siege consumes the most men and horses.
Ruan Qianren was eager for Yuan Xingwen to lead his troops to attack Huchou Pass. In this way, they would be victims in name, and at the same time they could consume Zhennan Pass's troops. It could be said to kill two birds with one stone.
It's a pity that Yuan Xingwen, a coward, was just showing off, letting the soldiers in his hand come out for a walk and then took them back.
Ruan Qianren was depressed. After hearing the report of the heavy casualties in Huchou Valley, he became even more angry and was about to curse.
"Report!"
The shrill voice rushed over quickly with the command flag.
thump.
As soon as he entered the central army, the messenger, who was covered in blood, fell off his horse.
"General, the capital..." Before he could finish his words, he fainted.
Everyone's expressions changed drastically.
The personal guard quickly went up and took out the letter from his arms, checked the paint and toxicity, and then presented it to Ruan Qianren.
After opening the secret letter, Ruan Qianren glanced at the seal below, and his face was even more moved.
As expected, it came from the capital. He quickly looked at the content.
"General, what's the content of the letter?" someone couldn't help but ask.
Ruan Qianren read it and handed the letter over silently. He took a few steps to the map and stared at it coldly, but the contents of the letter echoed in his mind.
A large number of Yunchui troops appeared near the capital and were aggressively attacking the local defenders, burning fertile fields and destroying major transportation routes. They were about to attack the capital immediately, so they immediately led troops to return for reinforcements.