Chapter 959: The Unfortunate Eight-Power Allied Forces
In the evening, Gobad, Ma Hui, Rahel and others finally stopped.
At this time, the Eight-Nation Allied Forces were in dire straits.
When they arrived, the coalition had about ten thousand soldiers, all composed of soldiers from various countries. At this moment, there were less than a thousand soldiers following Gobad, Rahel and others, and these more than a thousand people He was a defeated general with extremely low combat effectiveness. Gorbad sat down on the ground, breathing heavily, and his wrinkled face was even more wrinkled.
He hugged his knees with his hands, his chest rising and falling because of his breathing.
After a long while, Gobad sighed and said: "Xi Changzhen is too cruel. He made a plan early. At first, he kept retreating, and then launched a counterattack. He wanted to ambush us early in the morning. He was ruthless. , too cruel."
Russell said: "Xi Changzhen is Chinese, not a native of Vietnam. He is familiar with military books and knows Chinese military techniques. I think that when Li Zhen attacked Guangxi, he suffered losses at the hands of Xi Changzhen."
Gobard exclaimed: "Commander Russell, you know Xi Changzhen is so powerful, why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Stopsilin also complained: "Yes, your Excellency should have said it earlier, then we would not have been defeated so miserably."
Seeing that the finger was pointed at Rael, Ma Hui quickly changed the subject and said: "Okay, okay, it's useless to hold people responsible. Now, it's better to think of ways to save the situation. If you fail in this battle, you can't be disheartened." Go back."
Gobard rolled his eyes and said: "Xi Changzhen is even more generous than Li Zhen. There is almost no chance of winning against such a person. Is it useful for us to find a way? This time, we are in trouble. If we had known this, we should not have interfered. This journey through muddy waters has made it difficult to get off the tiger, neither to fight nor to retreat."
"Hey, where's Ruan Lele? Have you seen Ruan Lele?"
Ma Hui looked around and suddenly asked.
Lan Kefu rolled his eyes and said: "At that time, Xi Changzhen's pursuers came and killed them. Everyone was just running for their lives. Who cares about her life and death? Now that the battle has been defeated, it doesn't matter whether she is here or not."
Ma Hui said: "Your Excellency Rahel, Ruan Lele is a trump card in our hands. Even if we fail this time, having Ruan Lele in our hands is very beneficial to us. You should immediately send soldiers to find out where Ruan Lele is. I hope I won’t be captured by Xi Changzhen’s people, otherwise things will be difficult to handle.”
"Okay, I'll send someone to check immediately."
Rachel nodded in agreement and immediately ordered the soldiers to search.
Everyone was waiting for the news, and soon the soldiers came back to report: "Your Majesty Commander, according to the information, the prince of the Ruan Dynasty, Ruan Mingde, was shot dead by the rebels while escaping. Ruan Lele was taken away by a group of people, and his life and death are unknown. ."
"Oh, who are these people?" Rachel said thoughtfully.
Gobard said: "I suspect it is Li Zhen's people. Apart from Li Zhen, no one will specially send people."
"Yes, I agree." Ma Hui said.
The group of people confirmed that it was Li Zhen's people who rescued Ruan Lele, and returned to the topic, discussing how to fight this battle.
However, everyone present held different opinions and could not come up with a unified opinion.
At this time, a soldier ran over in a panic, raised his hand to salute, and then said in a panic: "Oh no, Xi Changzhen's army is chasing us again. We are only twenty minutes away."
"Retreat, retreat quickly,,."
Without even thinking about it, Rachel immediately ordered a retreat.
Ma Hui, Gobad and others also stood up quickly and continued to run away. They couldn't rest at night, so they could only continue to run away. Fortunately, it was June, and there was a moonlight hanging in the sky. Under the bright moonlight, you could still see Only when you know the road ahead can you escape quickly. The Eight-Nation Allied Forces all just ran for their lives and didn't care about anything else.
After escaping for about three hours, they finally got rid of the pursuers behind them. The army stopped under a mountain forest. Everyone was breathing heavily and was extremely exhausted.
Gobard stopped and gasped: "It's too ruthless. These people are too ruthless. They chase them to death in the middle of the night."
"I'm exhausted. Li Zhen wasn't so difficult back then."
Rachel frowned, feeling very tired.
"Wu Wenlong is here under the general's tent. The foreign dog will die quickly."
When Rahel and others stopped to take a rest, a loud shout suddenly came from the forest. Immediately, the shouts of killing came, and messy gunfire sounded. A group of soldiers rushed out and rushed towards Rahel. Gorbad and others were so frightened that they ran away immediately, without even having time to shout to the soldiers behind them.
The cry of killing rang through the night sky, and the coalition soldiers ran forward one after another.
This time, Gobard was frightened by being hunted.
As he ran, he cursed, thinking that God would bless him and he must escape.
In fact, the people around him had similar thoughts to him, and were all frightened by Xi Changzhen's methods. Although their legs were exhausted, they still had the energy to run forward. Once they stopped, they would face The result was definitely killed. From the first half of the night to the second half of the night, all the coalition forces were running forward. It was around three o'clock in the second half of the night that the army stopped again.
Even if they stopped, Gobard and others ordered people to be careful, for fear that another army would come out. After a full hour, there was no movement around, and Gobard and others breathed a sigh of relief.
Russell sat aside and muttered: "This guy Xi Changzhen is so scary. He laid an ambush on the road early. How can he be sure that we will be defeated? How can he be sure that we must take this road? This man is too It’s cruel.”
Gobad also nodded, thinking that Xi Changzhen was unstoppable.
"I think we should really think about how to fight this battle. I think it will be difficult to defeat Xi Changzhen with our own strength. The Chinese military tactics are too weird. If we are not careful, we will fall into the trap. These people's schemes It's too powerful, so I think we need to find someone to contain Xi Changzhen." American envoy Ma Hui said with a serious expression.
Russell said: "Your Excellency Ma Hui, do you mean to invite Li Zhen?"
Gobard frowned and said in embarrassment: "At the beginning, we took the initiative to invite troops to go to war and ignored Li Zhen's operation. Now, we go to Li Zhen to rescue troops. I'm afraid it's not good."
Ma Hui said: "If we allow Xi Changzhen to live freely, we will be really embarrassed."
After thinking for a while, Gobard said: "It is not impossible to save face. The key issue is that we aggressively approached Li Zhen to prevent Li Zhen from intervening in the war in Vietnam. In the end, we took over the war. , Li Zhen must be feeling uncomfortable in his heart, and it is not easy to ask Li Zhen for help now."
Ma Hui said: "It depends on manpower. This is the first time that the eight countries have collectively interfered in a country's affairs. If we don't solve it this time and interfere in the affairs of other countries in the future, who will believe us? Even if Li Zhen makes things difficult for us, we have to To do it, we must handle Vietnam's affairs well in order to establish the authority of the Eight Nations, and use Li Zhen to establish our authority."
Gobard sighed softly and said, "Okay, I'll go ask Li Zhen."