The sun sets in the west, and the setting sun is like blood.
As the battle lines gradually narrowed, Wo Chitai and Zha Le gradually came together.
At this time, the two of them had disheveled hair and were covered in blood like crazy demons. The scimitars in their hands were chipped one after another. Their original appearance could no longer be seen. They had drank the blood of many dragon soldiers.
Wo Chitai held the horse's rein tightly with one hand while carefully observing the surrounding enemies approaching Zahle.
"Zaler, what's the situation over there? Can you rush out?"
With blood-red eyes, Zaler beheaded a big dragon soldier under his horse, and then the horse rushed towards Wochitai. Then the two of them turned their horses and leaned on each other, guarding against the archers on both sides who were shooting at them from time to time.
Feather arrows.
"General, we can't charge out. There's such a huge disparity in strength. More than half of our men have been killed or wounded. We've also run out of arrow clusters. Every time they charge with heavy armored cavalry, our brothers suffer countless casualties!"
"Our scimitars alone can't break through their heavy armor!"
Wo Chitai quickly glanced at the battlefield littered with corpses, and fiercely waved the scimitar in his hand.
"The situation on my side is not good either. I managed to break through a gap and was immediately replenished. There is a weak spot in the southeast, but as soon as I led my men to rush over, the big dragon enemy held a flaming iron gun.
The drum killed thousands of our warriors, and damaged the men who came forward without even seeing what they were!"
"General, be careful!"
The hearts of Wo Chitai and Wo Chitai were tense, and they subconsciously bent down and pressed against the horse's belly. A rain of arrows from the dragon archers on both sides flew across again, taking away hundreds of relatives around Wo Chitai and Wo Chitai.
soldiers.
Zahle glanced at the Turkic cavalry who were still struggling after their arrows fell from their horses, and looked at Wochitai with red eyes.
"General, we can't rush out. The gap in the southeast is a trap deliberately set by the enemy army of Dalong for us. Let's retreat to the city. If we don't retreat, our brothers really won't be able to hold it anymore!"
"We can't break through the formation of the dragon's heavy cavalry at all."
Wo Chitai glanced at Erlang who had fallen on the ground with regret, and waved his hand unwillingly.
"Soldiers, blow the horn and retreat to the city!"
"Got the order!"
There was a thick sound of horns on the fighting battlefield, one, two, and one after another. The Turks who were charging desperately turned their horses and fought back, rushing towards the city gate that they had rushed out of.
past!
On the supervising platform, Liu Mingzhi looked at the Turks retreating towards the city gate in the mirror tube, put down the telescope in his hand, hesitated for a moment and waved the command flag below.
"Send the order, the soldiers of the three armies rush to the city gate, call the gold and withdraw the troops immediately!"
"Got the order!"
Liu Mingzhi turned over and crawled towards the bottom of the supervising platform. As soon as he landed on Song Qing, Gu Mo Rongrong and others surrounded him.
"Commander, brothers, the momentum is strong, why do you need to pay for the money and withdraw the troops? The general suggested that our army immediately attack the city."
Liu Mingzhi looked at the generals and sighed.
"It is better to use your remaining courage to pursue the poor bandits, and not to use your reputation as an academic overlord."
"But they are not poor bandits yet, and there is no chance of survival left to them. If their last stand arouses their determination to fight to the death, our brothers will be the ones who suffer heavy casualties."
"But what if we don't take advantage of the victory now and wait for them to recover and refuse to leave the city to fight again? Don't forget your vow to destroy the city in five days!"
"The commander has his own plans, so please withdraw your troops with gold!"
"This... general takes command!"
"Du Yu!"
"The end will be here."
"Instruct the rear army officers to quickly treat the injured brothers. As long as they can be saved, their lives must be saved no matter what the cost."
"The general will get the order!"
In the span of a stick of incense, a loud sound of gold foil made the Jin Kingdom Flying Bear Guards in Chongzhou City and the Turks who retreated into the city breathe a sigh of relief.
If the dragon soldiers and horses attack the city in one go, they will have no choice but to fight to the death.
After clearing the battlefield, it was already sunset and moonrise. Liu Mingzhi sat in the big tent and quietly looked at the results compiled by Sima with a faint smile on his face.
"Killed more than 17,000 enemy soldiers and captured more than 6,000 lightly and seriously wounded soldiers."
"Cheng Kai, Han Peng, the heavy armored cavalry led by you two made countless achievements in this battle. Nearly half of the enemy troops died in your hands."
"The general doesn't dare. It's because the commander arranged it well, otherwise we wouldn't be able to kill so many enemies."
"What is yours is yours. There is no need to be modest, but you must guard against arrogance and impetuosity."
"Your achievements are indispensable without the cooperation of the brothers in fighting. Tell the brothers in the heavy armor not to be arrogant and look down on the other brothers."
"Otherwise, once the news reaches my ears, even if you have great achievements, I will question you two first!"
"The last general will receive the order, and the last general and others will never dare to take credit and be arrogant!"
"Rong Rong is also a great achievement. Without the unbreakable encirclement of your light cavalry, Cheng Kai and the others would not have been able to kill so many enemies."
"Baoyu, Jiang Lei, the artillery, archers, sword and shield soldiers, and musketry battalions you command are all very good. They have all done what they should do. Coordinated operations are indispensable. You have performed it very well. There is almost no fault. I can't find any faults."
The handsome man will definitely reward you according to his merits!"
"Thank you, Marshal!"
Liu Mingzhi sighed silently and looked at Song Qing.
"Brothers who died in the war?"
"Don't worry, Commander, the final arrangements have been made!"
"As long as the arrangements have been made, the war is not over yet, so I won't say anything more sensational. Let's wait until the national war is over!"
"Go and select some brothers in the army who are proficient in Turkic language to come and meet me in the military tent! I have something for them to do!"
"Got the order!"
The gates of Chongzhou City were closed tightly. In the courtyard before Wochitai, Bai Shanguan looked at Wochitai with a heavy face, where he had been sitting in a daze since he came back, without even a drop of water entering.
"General Wo Chitai, the war is over. It is inevitable that the soldiers will die on the battlefield. We cannot sink ourselves like this. We have to look forward!"
After a long time, Wo Chitai's blank eyes finally regained some sparkle, and he turned to look at Bai Shanguan, who had a heavy face.
"We have 50,000 men in the Water Conservancy Department, and now there are still more than 15,000 people. How can I explain to the Great Khan, and how can I explain to the elders of the Water Conservancy Department!"
"I know you feel unhappy, but no one else..."
"General!"
Zal's arrival interrupted Bai Shanguan's words. Wo Chitai looked at Zal and hurriedly stood up.
"Zaler, how's it going? Are you all settled?"
Zaler shook his head with complicated eyes: "General, after retreating to the city, the morale of the sons has been gone. General Baishan asked the Jin Army officers to prepare the food for the sons, but the brothers did not eat more than a little bit. All of them were eaten.
Huddled together in a daze."
"More than 30,000 men were lost in two days. At the end of the day, we will see that the men are already afraid of fighting."
"Such heavy casualties have never happened since the establishment of our Water Conservancy Department."
"I think if Dalong's enemy troops continue to attack the city tomorrow, the brothers will have no intention of fighting anymore!"
'The sun rising in the east, the man herding horses and sheep...'
Suddenly, loud singing came from all directions outside Chongzhou City. The lyrics and music were all in Turkic words. They were exactly the pastoral songs hummed by the Turks when they herded sheep and horses.
Wo Chitai and the other three were stunned for a long time. They glanced at each other subconsciously, and a bad thought suddenly arose in their hearts.
The three people who came back to their senses ran towards the outside of the people's hospital in unison.
The three people who left the courtyard stared blankly at the Turks who were leaning against each other on the main road and stood up slowly. The dull look in their eyes gradually regained a trace of vitality and looked towards the outside of the city.
Really.
"Boys of the Water Conservancy Department, this is a trick of the Southerners. I order you to cover your ears and not listen to the singing outside the city!"
The neighboring Turks subconsciously glanced at Wo Chitai, who was roaring loudly, and then looked collectively towards the outside of the city.
The Turks looked like this, and Bai Shanguan let out a long sigh.