Overnight, the battlefield situation changed suddenly.
Laisen ran as fast as he was when he arrived at Sand Monument in the previous game.
The ghost troops on the front line are still holding on desperately, unaware that the main force has escaped.
On the side of the Qin Army, Xu Rong and Zhang Dashan had already received Xiao Yuan's military order and did not stop the offensive. Xu Rong even said: "Just like your Majesty said, from a military point of view, if the black bones are thrown away, Lai will be defeated." Sen must run away. If our army can break through here quickly, we can catch up with this thief. By then, if we can behead these tens of thousands of ghost troops, it will be a great achievement!"
"Now that the Ghost Army's defense line has been greatly shaken, we can work harder." Zhang Dashan agreed.
After fighting for another half hour, the ghost army's defense line began to become precarious, and there was a possibility of defeat at any time.
The ghost general in charge here also picked up a soldier by the collar and stared angrily: "Where are the support troops! Where are they? After fighting for so long, why doesn't General Laisen send troops to reinforce the defense! There is no more support, the defense line I can’t hold on anymore!”
"This" soldier is the person on Laisen's side who is responsible for delivering messages to the ghost general. He hesitated and said, "General, General Laisen has other instructions for you."
"It's already here, what other instructions are there!" The ghost general was furious.
The soldier looked at his face and said cautiously: "General Laisen gave a secret order, General, to hold on for a while longer. When you can't hold on any longer, return to Seth City. As for the other warriors."
At this point, the soldier did not dare to continue.
At first, Gui Jiang thought he heard wrongly, with a look of disbelief on his face: "What did you say!? You mean, the main force has withdrawn?"
"Yes, yes." The soldier swallowed.
"Then I am a warrior." The ghost general was a little dumbfounded.
The soldier was silent, but the meaning was self-evident.
After a while, the ghost general took a long breath and said quietly: "I understand, I understand, I will do it, please don't worry, General Laisen."
The soldier said: "General Laisen has no choice. Now Wugu Mountain has been occupied by the Qin army, and there are enemy troops pointing at Seth City. The sand monument is meaningless. If we don't retreat, the consequences will be disastrous. And there are no warriors." If we cut off, the main force of our army will definitely be pursued by Xu Rong's troops. This is to buy time for the overall situation. I hope the general can understand."
"Wugu Mountain is lost? No wonder, no wonder the situation has become like this." The ghost general understood, waved his hand and said: "I understand, you go ahead!"
"Yes! General Leisen is waiting for you in Seth City." The soldier saluted, which was to let him run away if he could not hold on. As for ordinary soldiers, they couldn't care so much.
But after the soldier who sent the message left, only a moment later, the ghost general was already preparing to run away.
M, aren't you waiting to die if you stay here? If the Qin army really attacks, it will be too late to run away.
After the ghost general understood this situation, he didn't want to stay any longer. He shouted to the soldiers that he would rather die than retreat. Reinforcements were coming soon, but he unknowingly hid himself, and then mounted a fast horse. Go straight to Seth City.
The Ghost Army's defense line was already in danger. There was no follow-up support for a long time, and there were gaps in many places. Now that the general has escaped again, one can imagine what will happen next.
It didn't take long for the soldiers of the Qin army to completely conquer this place. Like other places, they first fought on the wall and then cleared the stronghold.
After Xu Rong came in, he didn't waste a moment. After consulting with Zhang Dashan, he led a cavalry to chase him along the way.
This place is not very far from Saisi City, so the possibility of pursuit is actually low. However, Xu Rong is eager to perform meritorious service and desperately wants to behead Laisen, so he attacks at an extremely fast speed.
He really almost caught up with him, but Laisen left another force to break up the rear. At the same time, he would run into Ning Zhan and be blocked by him. He did not dare to take the original route, but went around to the northwest. From there Returned to Seth City.
Before, when he first heard the news about Wu Gu, he was furious and resentful.
However, during the retracement, I was on tenterhooks and panicked.
As soon as he came back, his heart suddenly dropped, and he couldn't help but secretly let out a sigh of relief.
But then, after Seth set up his defenses, he called the generals to discuss the troops and counted the troops, and Laisen was a little confused again.
Not only him, but all the ghost generals present were silent.
Last winter, Laisen came here with 200,000 heavy troops. Including the original border troops in Seth City, the total army was more than 220,000.
He was even more confident and threatened to break the Northeast Pass in one battle.
As a result, a total of 50,000 troops were lost outside the pass.
Then he fought several small battles in the wild with Wei Qing, leaving about 170,000 troops.
Then came this defensive battle.
After the entire war was over, the 170,000 troops, except for the 20,000 who stayed in Seth City, the other 150,000 were used by Laisen in various defense lines, especially the Sand Tablet Fortress.
But at this point in the war, our overall military strength was less than 80,000.
A total of 90,000 troops were wiped out by the Qin army.
Twenty to thirty thousand people died in Wugushan, more than ten thousand people died on the southern front, and more than forty thousand people died in Shabei and other places. After being hunted down, thousands more people died.
Now all the 80,000 ghost troops are in Seth City.
"Ninety thousand warriors! I am ninety thousand warriors!" Laisen shouted sadly: "How can this general explain to His Majesty the King!"
He had more than 200,000 troops in his hands, but only 80,000 were defeated in two battles. They were beaten every time. This was a huge blow to Laisen.
He couldn't believe that this was still the former Central Plains army!
If I had known that the Qin army was so fierce, I should not have asked for orders to come in the first place. Now I can't fight or defend, so what should I do?
Seeing his sad look, the lieutenant general moved his lips and advised: "General, please don't lose heart. Although our army has suffered this defeat, it is not at the end of its rope yet. We should cheer up."
"General, I understand this." Leson said, "But how should I write this battle report, and how should Congress respond to it?"
"This" the deputy general said hesitantly: "In the opinion of my subordinates, the general should report it truthfully. This will also allow His Majesty the King to understand the terror of the Qin army, and let the Congress understand that today's Qin State is no longer comparable to the Central Plains. Then it can be done Take corresponding countermeasures.”
"I agree." Another ghost general said: "In this way, we can ask His Majesty the King for reinforcements. After all, we only have 80,000 troops, and we don't know the Qin army's next plan."
"Please call in reinforcements, will His Majesty the King still agree?" Laisen murmured, and said with an ugly face: "Okay, I will report the truth truthfully."
Then he looked around again: "You all go down and appease the warriors. In addition, guard Sais City tightly. I estimate that the Qin army will attack soon."
"When the time comes, there will be no problem for our 80,000 warriors to defend the city." (End of Chapter)
