He stared eagerly in the direction of the main camp and shouted loudly, "Hurry, run faster for me. If you rush back now, you can cooperate with the generals inside and outside, and kill the Night King by surprise." After saying this, he led a few people.
Thousands of soldiers rushed away.
The snowflakes raised by the horses' hoofs flew up one after another, covering people's eyes, and soon the group passed by.
Everyone stood there stunned until the sound of horse hooves could no longer be heard, and everyone came back to their senses.
"Three military camps have been burned down. The evil thief Zhu is dead. Let's go, let's transport the food back."
Following a call, everyone carrying burdens and driving carts all turned around and headed for the town.
On the main battlefield of Zhu Xiangyu's military camp, corpses piled up like mountains and blood flowed into rivers.
The commander-in-chief looked at the soldiers who were being killed and retreating steadily, and an unspeakable despair arose in his heart. He pulled his half-white hair and talked to himself crazily.
"Misstep, misstep! If we had not underestimated the enemy and pretended to surrender, we would not have been defeated so quickly!"
"Oh, it's too late to say anything. I have to think of a way to make up for it as much as possible."
"It's completely impossible to win this battle unless you escape?'
"Yes, we must escape!" the commander said, clenching his fists fiercely, "Looking at the situation, the two camps in the southeast and southwest will have been completely wiped out. If we delay any longer, we will definitely get dumped by them, and we have to retreat quickly.
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"Although the boss won't allow you to be a deserter, there is a saying: "You can keep the green hills without worrying about running out of firewood." Now you can take as many soldiers as you want, so you should conserve your strength and don't sit back and wait for death."
While muttering, he called the deputy general over: "Quickly tell me to get down and retreat."
"Yes, sir." The deputy general gave the order, and soon the retreat drums sounded, and all the soldiers retreated toward Yongshui Town while fighting.
Zhu Xiangyu and his tens of thousands of soldiers had just passed the pass when they saw a large number of soldiers in front of them withdrawing this way.
The deputy general recognized him at a glance and said angrily, "Boss, those are our soldiers. How dare they become deserters?"
Zhu Xiangyu was extremely angry after being stabbed in the back by the Night King. Now he saw his soldiers retreating in this direction, and he was furious.
"You dare to be a deserter? Are you tired of living?
As he spoke, he stepped forward with his sword and chopped off the heads of several soldiers.
The commander-in-chief rushed over on horseback. Seeing Zhu Xiangyu about to swing his sword at him, he hurriedly explained loudly.
"General, calm down. General, calm down. Retreat is an order from your subordinates."
"Bold." Zhu Xiangyu interrupted angrily, holding a bright sword on the commander's neck, "Did you defect to the Night King? Are you leading the army to fight like this? How dare you retreat, I will destroy your entire clan.'
The commander-in-chief was so frightened that he slipped off his horse and knelt in the snow. He said anxiously: "Boss~~ General, you know whether I am loyal or not since I have been by your side for so many years."
As he spoke, he sent the picked up repeating crossbow to Zhu Xiangyu.
"The Night King's strength is too terrifying. They have invented a new weapon that can fire ten arrows at once. It is simply unstoppable. Look at it, boss."
"Ha~~ Ten arrows fired at once? Isn't this equivalent to a divine weapon?" Zhu Xiangyu tugged at the corner of his mouth with disdain, glanced sideways at the commander and hummed, "If you lose, you lose. Don't make excuses for yourself."
The commander-in-chief shook his head helplessly. He wouldn't believe it if he hadn't tried it himself.
He handed the crossbow to Zhu Xiangyu again.
"General, if your subordinate is looking for excuses for yourself, you will know if you try it. This crossbow has a long range and is very lethal. It is a hundred times more powerful than ordinary bows and arrows. Most of our soldiers died in its hands~~
"It's very well done." Zhu Xiangyu took the crossbow with a corner of his mouth, held it in his hand for a while and then his expression became solemn.
This crossbow has ten arrow paths, arranged in a fan shape. If you put arrows on each arrow path, it can indeed fire ten arrows at once, but I don't know how powerful it is.
This time, before the commander-in-chief could speak, Zhu Xiangyu took the initiative to extend his hand to him.
"arrow."
The commander hurriedly handed over the quiver.
Zhu Xiangyu had already figured out how to use it, so he took out ten arrows and put them on them.
This repeating crossbow is troublesome but extremely simple to use. Just pull the trigger to fire the arrow.
The vision was not good at night, so Zhu Xiangyu aimed at a row of big trees not far away. After taking aim, he fired ten arrows. The ten arrows all sank into the trunk of the tree, and the snow on the tree was shaken and fell.
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I sent someone over to take a look and found that ten arrows hit ten trees respectively. If this arrow were on the battlefield, it would have hit ten soldiers. One is against ten!
Zhu Xiangyu's eyes widened, filled with disbelief.
What kind of weapon is this? It's simply an artifact.
If we could have such an artifact, it would be no problem to unify the Central Plains, so.
"We can't retreat." Zhu Xiangyu's eyes were full of madness and greed, "We have to beat the Night King to pieces, capture the Night King alive, and force them to hand over the method of making this weapon.
"Hey boss! We can't win this battle." The commander scratched his ears and cheeks anxiously, "Not only weapons, the Night King also completely crushes us in terms of military strength. They don't lack food at all~~'
As he spoke, he went to recruit Zhu Xiang Yu, "Stand high and see far away. If the general doesn't believe me, just go to the mountain next to him and look down to see how powerful the Night King is.'
Zhu Xiangyu had never been defeated on the battlefield, so he naturally didn't believe it and hurriedly used Qinggong to rush towards the top of the mountain.
But he came back soon, looking even uglier than his dead parents.
"Quick, get out quickly.'
He actually showed a trace of panic. He saw the Night King's soldiers from three directions: due south, southeast, and southwest, gathering in this direction like a swarm of ants. There were more than a million, but not much more.
Only then did he realize that the choice made by the commander-in-chief was the most correct. If it had been him, the entire army would have been wiped out tonight.
Since you have decided to escape, it is natural to take away as many soldiers as possible.
Ahead is a pass with mountains on both sides, and the road has just been cleared.
Zhu Xiangyu looked at the rolling snow-capped mountains and narrowed his eyes.
"After leaving 50,000 soldiers behind, all the others will withdraw to the snow-capped mountains, and then block this road."
"Yes, General, that's a good idea." The commander-in-chief praised and began to make urgent arrangements.
In the Night King's camp, Ji Xun saw the enemy retreating to this pass and guessed that they were abandoning their vehicles to protect their commander.
"Stop when you reach the pass and don't go in." Ji Xun ordered.
"Yes, Your Highness." The deputy general took the order and hurriedly issued the order.
At this time, Lin Yi, Wang Chang, Niu Zhi and others also led troops and rushed here, looking at the mountain pass ahead that was easy to defend but difficult to attack and sighed.
"We arrived too late and let them escape." Wang Chang shook his head sadly.
Niu Zhi rubbed the back of his head in confusion.
"It's strange. With Zhu Xiangyu's character, he wouldn't be able to retreat so easily~~At least he wouldn't retreat in such a timely manner!"
"Zhu Xiangyu should not be in the army." Ji Xun affirmed, "He is cruel by nature and must retaliate. He must have gone to Yongshui Town to beg for food from the people for revenge. This is something we have not expected yet.'
Lin Yi said helplessly, "If he escapes, he will harm many people along the way."
After a pause, Chong Ji Xunyi handed over his hand and said, "My subordinates are willing to take orders and take a detour to pursue them. They must not be allowed a chance to recuperate."