In any case, as time goes by, a tense atmosphere gradually spreads in the military camp. Everyone is waiting for the official departure time. The evening wind is blowing, the autumn is strong, and the wind is full of desolation. .
The current situation made Lu Yunyou think of the risks on the way to withdrawing his troops, and he became nervous. While he was scared for Feng Jun, he became more and more confused about the benefits of starting a war between the two countries.
"How long will it take before departure?" After the nervous feeling reached a certain level, Lu Yunyou couldn't bear it anymore and asked Gao Li next to him in a low voice.
"Brother Yunyou, don't be anxious. We will definitely be able to set off within a quarter of an hour." The movement around him became smaller and smaller. Thinking about the withdrawal of troops sooner rather than later, Gao Li directly made a more accurate inference.
His relatively calm tone reassured the three of them. There was still a quarter of an hour until midnight. As expected, the enemy troops had already rested. Even if the enemy's spies could discover the situation in time, they would not be able to catch up in time. After all, it also takes time for the enemy troops to line up. Maybe they had already left for a long time by then. After trying his best to think in the best direction, Lu Yunyou felt much calmer.
Not long after, just as Gao Li had guessed, with an order from the general in front, more than 20,000 star troops officially set off, and several long teams marched forward in an orderly manner.
After setting off, no one dared to speak loudly. Because of the wounded and the heavy load of food and grass, the overall marching speed of the Star Army was not very fast. For people like Lu Yunyou and others who were not carrying heavy loads, it was very easy. An hour later, the army had already marched more than ten miles westward. Liyuan, the marching speed is very impressive.
After a short rest, under Lan Xu's order, the entire army accelerated their march. In order to reach Yanguan as soon as possible, many soldiers had already started running spontaneously.
Having said that, when the army was evacuating, Lan Xu deliberately left some cavalry to garrison the camp, and asked those people to dress up as infantry and set up posts outside the camp, pretending that everything was normal in their camp.
According to Lan Xu's arrangement, it would take two hours before the cavalry could set off to chase the main force in front.
There were more than three hours between departure and dawn, enough time for all the Star Army to retreat to a safe area. After dawn, when the Feng Army discovered that the Star Army had withdrawn overnight, it would be too late to send troops to pursue them.
Although Lan Xu's idea was good, unfortunately things did not develop in the direction he expected. Perhaps he did a very good job of hiding his motivation for withdrawing troops, but his arrangements for withdrawing troops were far from rigorous.
"Kill," when they were halfway through the journey, a sudden cry of killing suddenly came from both sides of the team. Then, while the Star Army soldiers were astonished, fire suddenly appeared in some places on both sides of the road, and the light and shadow became denser.
When everyone realized that the situation was not good, those holding torches were quickly approaching them. After a while, the figures of the enemy soldiers on horseback were fully visible to everyone.
"General, what should we do?" The incident happened suddenly. When the generals leading the team realized that something was wrong, they immediately rushed to the front of the team to ask Lan Xu for instructions.
"Generals, listen to the order, abandon all food, grass and baggage, and go all out to meet the enemy." He glanced at the generals in front of him, and also knew that something bad was going to happen. Lan Xu directly passed on the combat instructions. No matter why they encountered an ambush, the key now was Block the enemy's attack.
His loud voice calmed the panicked generals. At the critical moment, everyone knew what they were going to do next.
"Yes," after receiving the order, the generals retreated to the areas they were originally responsible for, and then quickly commanded the personnel to prepare for defense. Since the cavalry left behind in the camp had not caught up, the Star Army was currently mostly composed of archers and infantry. Under the command of those generals, a group of archers hurriedly lined up to shoot at the enemy cavalry.
Time was running out, and the archers had a very short fighting time. When they attacked the enemy cavalry, the infantry behind them was already ready to fight the enemy.
"What should we do?" The situation in front of them was similar to when they were attacked by wolves. It was relatively sudden, but now the ones who were attacking them were martial arts cultivators. Seeing the enemy troops on both sides getting closer and closer to them, Standing in the middle of the queue, Lu Yunyou was panicking. Although they were not real members of the Star Army, they faced the same situation as the Star Army. He was worried about what would happen next.
"Don't panic, three brothers. When the fight breaks out, my two brothers will try their best to protect you." At the critical moment, Gao Li reassured the three of them with a serious look on his face, even though he didn't have much confidence in his heart.
In fact, even if their brothers join forces, they may not be able to defeat Ling Yun alone. Based on this fact, the three of them can only accept their good intentions.
"Yun You, when the fight breaks out, you and Ling Yun will protect yourselves, and I will try my best to protect the Gao Li brothers." At the critical moment, Jun Wucheng stood up with a bold face.
At the same time, Ling Yun on the side also recognized the current situation. It is not difficult to guess that their withdrawal must have been discovered by the enemy, so the enemy was able to stop them halfway and catch them by surprise, but regardless of the fighting between the two armies, Regardless of the final victory or defeat, what they have to do now is to ensure that they can survive.
Those cavalry were fierce. Recalling the previous scene of the six sixth-level martial arts riding on horses in the snowy field to chase down the escorts, Ling Yun was worried that they would end up with the same fate.
"Yun You, are you okay?" Just when Ling Yun was thinking about whether they could survive the disaster before them, seeing the enemy troops getting closer and closer to them, and reluctantly letting go of his worries, Jun Wucheng looked specifically Taking a look at Lu Yunyou, in his opinion, Lu Yunyou's strength was lower than Ling Yun, but he should be better than the Gao Li brothers.
"I have no problem," Mo Mo clenched the dagger in his hand, and Lu Yunyou was ready to join the battle.
"Attack all," at this moment, the opponent's cavalry had already rushed towards them under the rain of arrows. Gao Li and others who had been prepared raised their weapons and attacked the Feng army on the outermost side. The battle was about to break out. At the same time, The archers, who had lost their effectiveness, hurriedly retreated through the corridor and behind the defense line.
Because the team was too long and the troops were scattered, the Star Army's defense line was very weak. The archers retreated to the center and immediately followed the instructions of the general above to draw their swords and prepare to join the battle.
On the other side, due to the small number of the Feng Army, their attack positions were concentrated in the middle and rear of the Star Army's formation. Therefore, Lan Xu had already led people to turn around from the front to support them, but before they could join the battlefield, they were stopped by a group of personnel. , the person who came was none other than Zhou Hai, the pioneer general of the Feng Army who had dealt with him not long ago.
"General Lan, I didn't expect us to meet again so soon," Zhou Zhouhai teased Zhao Xu after the meeting but before the two sides met.
"Stop talking nonsense, let's divide our hands." The ambush originally made Lan Xu furious, but now Zhou Hai deliberately used words to provoke him, and he was even more angry. After saying this, Lan Xu directly swung his knife at Zhou Hai. attack.
"Humph, am I afraid of you?" Seeing Lan Xu galloping towards him, Zhou Zhouhai immediately snorted, then waved his weapons to meet him. The next moment, the two generals were fighting directly.
Facing Lan Xu's surging offensive, Zhou Hai could no longer use his rhetoric. He waved his weapons repeatedly and fought Lan Xu so fiercely that no one around him could step forward to help.
"Uh...ah..." In other locations, Star Troopers kept falling down. Blood splattered three feet was a common sight. The corpses of those Star Troops fell to the ground and were trampled on by others. There was no movement at all. Human lives were at stake in the face of war. Like a piece of grass, contemptuous to the extreme.
During the charge just now, although some of the Feng Army's cavalry were shot and killed by the Star Army, it did not affect their overall momentum at all. After rushing into the Star Army's defense line, they were like tigers pouncing on prey, constantly treating the Star Army as their prey. It's a prey kill.
With the help of the power of the horse, those cavalry are even more powerful. A third-level martial artist can instantly burst out with a power equivalent to that of a fourth-level martial artist, and his combat power directly exceeds that of the star troops below.
In addition, with their condescending advantage, the spears in their hands can easily assassinate a Star Trooper, or even kill several Star Troopers in a row.
On the contrary, if the Star Army infantry below holding spears fight back desperately, they may be able to forcibly stab the enemy soldiers off their horses. If they are a little timid, they may die before they can even lift their weapons. In the hands of the enemy, and because of the rampage of the crossbow horses, many star troops were directly knocked down by the crossbow horses, without even a chance to counterattack.
When facing off against the cavalry, the star army's low morale was at a great disadvantage. The original lines of defense were vulnerable and soon could not maintain their original formation. In the chaos, the instructions of the generals above could not be accurately conveyed by those soldiers. After execution, the casualties of the Star Army continued to increase, and there were miserable screams everywhere. On the other hand, the Fengguo cavalry almost had a combat power of one against ten, and they were killing them.
