"Lord Huyan, our army made a sneak attack at night. Unexpectedly, the other party was prepared for it, and our army was ambushed..."
When Hu Yanlan heard the news, she was slightly surprised: "What? Are you prepared?"
"We have ten thousand troops, but less than a thousand have escaped," the scout reported.
Hu Yanlan stood up and asked, "Didn't the news come back?"
"No news came back from there."
Listening to the scout's news, Hu Yanlan stood pacing back and forth in the hall, frowning, and after a pause, she said to the scout: "Quickly, send a message to the Khan quickly, saying that Fengcheng has been captured, and I want to Continue to advance! Wait for the decree of the Great Khan!"
The scout took the order and left. Hu Yanluo sat aside and asked, "Brother-in-law, didn't you say you would report to the Great Khan after the entire territory of Anxi was captured?"
"Yeah, that's what I thought originally. I'll report the military situation after I capture the entire territory of Anxi. That way, even if someone wants to stir up trouble in front of the Great Khan, they won't be able to take away my credit. But now the situation is different."
"The reaction speed of the Daqi court is too fast, far beyond my expectation. If we don't report the military situation to the Khan now, I'm afraid we will be in trouble..." Hu Yanlan said worriedly.
Hu Yanluo still didn't understand: "If brother-in-law is afraid, then just ask the Khan for help. Why..."
"Oh, you don't understand this. I asked the Great Khan for help. If someone interfered with it, the reinforcements would definitely not arrive. But if I reported the military situation to the Great Khan and took credit, some people would be unable to sit still. Who can't sit still? Stay, whoever comes will come with troops!"
Hu Yanluo suddenly realized: "Brother-in-law is right!"
Outside the city, another fight ended. Shangwuying was cleaning the battlefield and carrying corpses one after another. Everyone now completely lost the excitement they had when they fought against Beiyi. Many people's eyes were filled with numbness and indifference.
No matter how much gold and silver you collect, you must have the life to take it back. But now after several battles, the casualties on Yi Xiaodao's side, whether in Shangwu Camp or Huizheng Camp, were almost half. In addition to the tens of thousands of troops left in Ancheng, the 80,000 troops brought out left less than 40,000 fighting troops.
"Brother, our victory was too miserable... Although we defeated the Northern Yi soldiers, our casualties were even greater than those of the Northern Yi soldiers. We just counted and found that only more than 6,000 of the Northern Yi soldiers died in the battle, but More than eight thousand of our troops died..."
"Yes, brother, if we continue to fight like this... our Nanhuai Army is almost dead, so it's better to go to the military camp..." Yi Xiaoling was mid-sentence, and stopped in time to say no more.
The 80,000 soldiers and horses are all composed of the Nanhuai Army, the common people and Jianghu people from the East Shandong and Nanhuai areas, and rogue bandits. The soldiers are all uneven in terms of their fighting ability and the quality of the army.
In every battle, the Nanhuai Army was at the forefront. They had some martial arts skills when marching to the military camp, but they could fight one or two. Going to the military camp was really just to fill up the numbers. Even if there were some good young men who dared to fight, they died in several battles. Most of those left behind now are those who are afraid of death.
Yi Xiaodao picked up a broken sword from the ground. The sword was engraved with the word "Huai" and it was the sword of the Nanhuai Army. Yi Xiaodao flicked it with his fingers. The sound was crisp and clear. The steel blade shook slightly and was extremely tough.
"These Nanhuai soldiers never imagined that they would die in the northern border of Daqi after being born in Nanhuai..." Yi Xiaodao sighed.
"My lord, why don't we bring over the 30,000 soldiers and horses from Ancheng..." Wang Xuan said from the side.
Li Dingxing and Yi Xiaoling both looked at Yi Xiaodao, waiting for his decision. They were afraid that the remaining 40,000 troops would fall apart immediately after another battle, and there was even the possibility of attacking their own troops.
Yi Xiaodao sighed softly: "If we mobilize those 30,000 soldiers and horses, I'm afraid we won't be able to support a few people. These soldiers are poor people, just for a bite of food, rather than die in this land in the north..."
"Brother, now is not the time to be kind to women. If we don't make a decision, I'm afraid the whole of Anxi will not be saved!" Li Dingxing was a little anxious.
Yi Xiaodao shook his head and said: "If you can't keep it, then you can't keep it. When tonight is over, all those who are in the Shangwu camp will be sent away, and those who want to stay in the Zheng camp... we will retreat to the north."
"Brother!" Li Dingxing was taken aback and called hurriedly: "We already lack soldiers and horses, brother, do you still want to send them away?"
Yi Xiaodao didn't answer, turned around and walked towards his tent.
Li Dingxing and Yi Xiaoling looked at each other. Yi Xiaoling lowered his head first: "Am I a little too selfish..."
"Huh? Why do you think so?" Li Dingxing was a little surprised.
"If it weren't for the purpose of avenging my master, my eldest brother wouldn't be here. There are so many dead soldiers..."
Li Dingxing held Yi Xiaoling in his arms: "Don't think too much. Big brother is not really doing it for your own personal vendetta, but for the sake of the people of the world. It's me. You feel sorry for me. I don't care about the country." And the common people of Li, I am only for you..."
Amidst the chaos, soldiers were running back and forth, but the two of them stood hugging each other and remained silent for a long time.
It was late at night, and the battlefield had not yet been cleaned up. Broken bodies and broken weapons could still be seen everywhere in the camp. Outside the camp, the corpses of Beiyi soldiers and Central Plains soldiers were piled up in mountains, waiting to be buried and disposed of tomorrow.
The soldiers all entered their respective camps in twos and threes and fell asleep. Only some soldiers who had not participated in the fighting still had energy to patrol back and forth in the camp.
"Have you heard? I just passed by the father-in-law. He said... he will send us all away tomorrow and let us go home!"
"Really? You kid won't be misled, will you? The war is so tense now, can you still let us go?"
"Ah! I haven't been home for more than two years. My slutty bitch may have run away with someone. I just don't know how my old bitch is doing at home alone..."
In the camp, the soldiers gathered tightly together and discussed in a hurry. Soon, the soldiers rushed to their fellow villagers' tents and made an appointment to return home together tomorrow.
Discussions about returning home spread throughout the camp, and everyone was extremely excited.
King Anxi opened the curtain of the camp in the middle of the night, came out and was about to go to the latrine, when he suddenly heard whispers coming from everywhere.
"What's going on? What are these soldiers doing up late at night?" King Anxi asked the guard outside his tent curiously.
The guard replied: "Your Majesty, I heard that Duke Wu Ding is going to send all these soldiers home tomorrow. These are people from Donglu and Nanhuai. They are telling each other to their fellow villagers!"
"Wu Dinggong wants to send all these soldiers away? Is the news reliable?" King Anxi was so surprised that he even stopped wanting to urinate.
"The villain just heard what someone said. No one knows whether it is true or false..." The guard had never left King Anxi's camp, but only heard it from people passing by.
King Anxi stopped walking towards the military toilet and quickly turned back to the camp. Suddenly he came back and said, "Go and call all the generals from Anxi!"
After a while, all Anxi's generals gathered in King Anxi's tent.
"Your Majesty, you called me late at night. What's the important matter?" A leader, who seemed to have a high status, asked first.
Seeing that all the generals had arrived, King Anxi said: "Wu Dinggong will send off these troops tomorrow. The situation is urgent. Please return to camp as soon as possible, and our army will withdraw to Baicheng!"
"Withdraw to Baicheng?" Many generals were still shouted out in their sleep, and their sleepiness had not completely disappeared. At this time, they suddenly said that they were going to withdraw to Baicheng, which made everyone wake up at once.
The generals were accustomed to obeying military orders on weekdays. Although they had not yet figured out what happened, they followed the orders and returned to their camps to arrange the withdrawal.
As soon as Anxi's soldiers and horses moved, the patrolling soldiers reported the situation to the big tent. After hearing this, Yi Xiaodao waved his hand: "That's all, let them go."
Yi Xiaodao was sitting in the tent with his head down and reflecting. He had really overestimated the Shangwu Camp. He didn't expect that after a few battles, the mentality of his own people would collapse before the Beiyi could escape.
Now Yi Xiaodao is indeed feeling very emotional. He paid too little attention to Shangwu Camp and Huizheng Camp, which is why he became like this.
Although the troops of the Second Battalion were usually managed by Wang Xuan, in the final analysis Wang Xuan was just a smart scholar, and he also figured out how to march in the army on his own. Wang Xuan really didn't know how to improve the morale of his soldiers.
Gradually, the soldiers running around in the camp calmed down, found their acquaintances, and returned to their tents one by one, preparing to sleep.
There are still a lot of mosquitoes on summer nights, especially in military camps. Military uniforms and armor are not only stained with blood but also stained with sweat, which attracts mosquitoes.
"Buzz buzz~" Two mosquitoes flew onto the face of a fat soldier and started sucking blood.
"Pah!" A slap was slapped on the face, killing both of them.
The soldier rubbed his face and said in a daze: "Damn it, I have to go back tomorrow, and I don't want anyone to have a good sleep..."
When the soldier next to him heard the movement, he narrowed his eyes and looked over. With just one glance, he was frightened half to death.
A huge human head was facing him, his face was red with blood. The soldier took a deep breath and calmed down, and then he did not scream.
The fatter soldier heard the gasping sound next to him. When he listened carefully, he felt that the sound was very similar to the Beiyi soldier he was fighting with today! My heart tightened, and I suddenly opened my eyes to see clearly.
The soldier next to him had just calmed down and was about to lie down and go back to sleep. Suddenly, through the corner of his eyes, he noticed something was wrong. He turned his head and saw that two black and white eyes were staring at him.
"Ah!!!" A shrill howl pierced the night sky and broke the silence in the camp.
Some people were having sweet dreams of reunited relatives, and some were still fighting desperately with Beiyi in their dreams, but everything was broken by this howl.
"Ah!!!" howled throughout the camp.
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