Zhang Dahu suddenly turned around and saw a scene that shocked him!
I saw a sturdy cavalry team charging on the hillside diagonally behind me!
The trembling of the ground was entirely due to the charge troops.
Zhang Dahu had never seen so many cavalry charging together in his life. It was really frightening.
Damn...
Zhang Dahu, who had a long military career, immediately realized that he had made a mistake.
It is impossible for this cavalry unit to appear diagonally behind him without anyone noticing!
They must have used enough patience to circle around and then outflank themselves.
There is no time to worry and regret!
Zhang Dahu immediately mobilized men from the frontal attacking army to defend against the cavalry assault.
In Zhang Dahu's opinion, relying on the excellent quality and combat effectiveness of the Longshan soldiers, there should be no problem in resisting the charge of the cavalry.
After all, the old fighting method of cavalry charge is vulnerable to bullets.
However!
Things once again exceeded Zhang Dahu's imagination!
After the first round of volleys, Zhang Dahu was surprised to find that very few of the local cavalry fell from their horses!
This is absolutely not normal.
This is inconsistent with the characteristics of living things.
Why can't hitting these cavalry cause any damage?
soon……
Zhang Dahu discovered the problem!
The dog said it!
The people riding on the horse are not humans at all but a group of zombies.
No wonder they are so difficult to kill. As long as these zombies are not hit in the head, they are just like normal people. In order to protect their fatal parts, the zombies all wear iron helmets, and the ferocious iron masks carry endless... The fear of killing... swept across.
"Shoot the horses! All aim at the horses!"
Zhang Dahu panicked and quickly ordered his men to shoot the horses.
However, to Zhang Dahu's despair, he discovered that the horse under the zombie seat was actually a zombie horse!
Zhang Dahu finally lost the chance to defeat this zombie army due to successive missteps in response.
When the zombie cavalry charges, soldiers as strong as Longshan can only fall into the situation of being killed.
Fortunately, the number of zombie cavalry is always limited, which gives everyone an opportunity to escape. Zhang Dahu personally came to the rear, and only after a bloody battle did the army he led successfully withdraw from the battlefield.
After the defeated main force retreated to the stronghold closest to the cave city, the army had a chance to breathe.
That night, dozens of soldiers who were bitten by zombies either had their limbs amputated or were given humane comfort at the end of their lives... Zhang Dahu counted the number of remaining soldiers and found that out of a force of more than 6,000 people, there were now less than 3,000 left!
What a failure!
Zhang Dahu almost wanted to commit suicide, but the situation was not his turn because the stronghold was not safe. Zhang Dahu realized that he had the responsibility to bring his men back safely... These disciples who came out of Longshan are the ones Song Ziyu relied on the most. Only by taking them back safely can we have a chance to take revenge.
In order to hold back the enemies who were following them, dozens of soldiers who were injured or infected with corpse poison and were about to break out volunteered to stay behind, leaving these dead soldiers behind. After the soldiers arrived, the large army made some repairs at the stronghold and then set off overnight, retreating towards Mingcheng, the strongest city in the west of the area controlled by the rebels.
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The person stationed in Mingcheng was Tang Jian, the deputy general manager of the westward march.
After hearing Zhang Dahu's report, Tang Jian immediately felt that things were not simple!
Without the enemy's complete knowledge, Zhang Dahu made a reckless move and almost failed to come back.
Tang Jian immediately sent out his elite men to capture the enemy's tongue. After some investigation, he finally knew who his opponent was, where he came from, and how many men he had under his command.
When he learned that the enemy numbered 100,000, Tang Jian knew that Mingcheng could no longer hold on. Once surrounded by the enemy, his group would have only one fate, and that would be to die in Mingcheng, which was undefendable.
As a last resort, Tang Jian could only burn the supplies stored in Mingcheng with a fire, and then led his people to retreat towards Guanglan City.
Tang Jian planned to rely on the strength of Guanglan City, Shucheng, and Jinfu to defend, and would wait until Zhou Shicheng returned to the army for rescue.
This big retreat is really not easy.
The local soldiers and civilians all defected to the rebels.
These people knew what would happen to them if they were caught by the enemy, so they were willing to retreat to the east of Guanglan City with the army.
So hundreds of thousands of people fled with their families and followed the army.
It is obviously unrealistic to retreat quickly enough in such a situation, and the newly cleared official road is full of crowded people. As a last resort, Tang Jian decided to leave a force behind to defend Mingcheng Duanhou, delaying everyone's retreat as much as possible.
But normal people know that the Queen must have no hope of survival, so this requires great courage and consciousness.
In the end, more than two thousand dead soldiers were selected on a voluntary basis to serve as the queen!
These people set up defenses in Mingcheng and resisted the enemy's attack with a desperate will. As for Tang Jian, he could only wipe his tears and continue to retreat with hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians.
Soon, the news that the entire army in Mingcheng was exhausted reached Tang Jian's ears.
As the saying goes, after working hard for decades, you can return to before liberation overnight!
At this time, the large force of the convoy was still on the road. Tang Jian was so shocked that he could no longer take care of that much, so he could only order the entire army to retreat quickly...
However, the enemy's vanguard unit, the zombie cavalry unit, has been biting the rear of the large army, causing the large army to panic and be unable to retreat.
Tang Jian wanted to abandon the ordinary people and only take the elite to escape alone, but in the end human nature defeated rationality... Tang Jian personally led the five thousand elite soldiers under his command to the rear. After paying a huge price, he finally defeated the enemy's zombie cavalry.
By the time the large forces withdrew to Guanglan City and relied on Xiongcheng to hold on, the area occupied by the rebels had been greatly compressed. Half of the dozen or so cities previously occupied had changed hands.
Until this time, Zhou Shicheng finally conquered Shisan Pass and led the main force back, but Chi Shangxiong had been besieging Guanglan City for several days.
Zhou Shicheng's troops numbered as many as 50,000, and they attacked Chi Shangxiong's army with the power of victory. The two sides fought several field battles and killed many people!
Chi Shangxiong repeated his old tricks and sent out elite zombie troops to raid. However, Zhou Shicheng's army also had an army of zombies under Blood Swallow's command to help out. Both sides sent out high-level zombies and launched a vicious and endless battle.
Taking this opportunity, Tang Jian seized the opportunity and mobilized all the defenders in Guanglan City to suddenly rush out of the city. After piercing the enemy's defense camp, they rushed straight into Chi Shangxiong's formation!
This sudden charge was like a punch to Chi Shangxiong's waist, causing Chi Shangxiong to be thrown into chaos.
As a last resort, Chi Shangxiong could only order his troops to retreat temporarily.
After Zhou Shicheng led his army to relieve the siege of Guanglan City, he immediately took over the command of the entire territory. After simple repairs, Zhou Shicheng did not sit still and wait for death. Instead, he led the main force of the resistance army to attack proactively and began to regain the occupied lost territory.
