Chapter 1236: The Defeat of Abbas
The black earth, the black night sky, and the firelight became more and more ferocious over time, and in this situation, many of the Great Eaters were putting up a futile resistance to the enemy who could not be seen.
The reason why the Great Eaters are fighting against an invisible enemy is because they really can't see the enemy, and after a few loud noises for no reason, there will be fires from underground, and then spread in all directions with an irrepressible trend.
Wooden fences and forage for horses were soon set on fire, including tents sewn from oxen and sheepskins.
The Great Eaters did their best to put out the fire, and they didn't know what to do but put out the fire in the barracks until they had received orders from the centurion or the commander.
And the commanders and centurions also showed a look of panic, one out of fear of the devil, the earth burst without any warning, spewing flames, which is not something ordinary people can do, except for the devil they can't think of anything else.
Second, news came from the Doge's Guard that Abbas had suddenly fainted and lost his ability to command. And before that, he had learned the news of the suspected attack on the base camp on the other side of the river from the scouts who had returned one after another, and the mood that had been waiting for victory was replaced by anxiety and fear.
When Abbas opened his eyes again, his snort was filled with the smell of burning, and his eyes stared at the roof of the tent for a long time, before he suddenly realized his situation and straightened up from his bed.
"Was it an enemy attack? Did you repel them?"
Fortunately, the answer was reassuring, except for the inexplicable explosion and fire, there was no enemy attack on the camp, and after extinguishing the fire, the centurions and commanders of the various divisions began to restrain and count the troops.
However, this is bad news, most of the people in the various departments are temporarily recruited children of rich families in Mulu City, who have not received strict training and experienced cruel wars, so they scattered and fled for their lives when the chaos arose, and in the end, less than half of them may have stayed.
This loss far exceeded the limit of what an army could sustain, and Abbas had fought for more than 20 years, and of course knew how difficult it could be if an army lost more than half of its men.
But take 10,000 steps back and say that the Persians failed to attack and kill at night after all, otherwise he really doesn't know what his fate will be.
Abbas was a veteran of a hundred battles, and immediately sent out rangers to scout the enemy in the vicinity, and the results were quite reassuring.
The Persians apparently suffered heavy losses as well, and they fled badly due to the combined effects of bad weather and broken morale, which explains why they did not raid at night.
After a long time of confirming the news, Abbas sighed heavily.
An opportunity to encircle and recapture 600,000 dinars of the Persian rebels was missed. At the same time, he also missed the opportunity to set foot in the city of Dudta.
"Withdraw the troops, go back to Mulu City!"
He was still thinking about his nephew, who had stayed at the base camp on the other side of the river, and Iprahim didn't know if he had also suffered such an inexplicable surprise attack.
When the day dawned, the dejected cannibals began to cross the river.
On a nameless hillside a few miles away from the riverbank, a hundred and ten knights in Chinese uniforms watched and watched it all.
"Brother Qin, isn't his heart soft? Letting go of this person is no different from returning to the mountains? Although the Persian soldiers are demoralized and scattered heavily, they are still capable of fighting these big cannibals!"
It was Du Zhou who spoke, and the one sitting side by side with him was the real commander of this Persian army, Qin Ying.
Qin Ying also regretted that his big bet had actually been won, but he couldn't calculate that the bad weather caused far more bad effects than expected.
The last remaining Persian soldiers could no longer resist the losses, and he could only detonate the flowering mines that had been buried in the camp in advance. Even in the case of many flowering thunderbolts failing due to moisture, the effect is very good.
Half of the cannibals fled the barracks out of fear, and these people were a rabble, and they naturally had to stay away from the battlefield and the battles that might kill them.
Qin Ying didn't chase them down, but just let these people flee the battlefield.
In fact, these frightened soldiers could no longer cause any harm to the Persian soldiers. Moreover, after Abbas crossed the river, there will be even greater blows waiting for them.
In the end, Iprahim was unable to turn the tide, and instead fled the battlefield with a hundred and ten cronies.
Qin Ying had no intention of sparing the young successor of the future governor, and sent the only few hundred Shenwu cavalry to follow and pursue, vowing to capture or kill this liao.
The cavalry sent out has not yet returned, including Qin Ying, everyone is a little worried, this battle is extremely difficult to win, many unfavorable factors act together, so that the Persian army has also hovered on the verge of collapse, fortunately they persevered to the end, with firearms, let those big cannibals taste the bitter fruit of defeat again.
"It's not that I'm soft-hearted, it's already rare to confine the current Persian soldiers in place, if you order them to storm the big cannibals, they may soon disperse in a hurry, and when the time comes, what will you and I take back to the prime minister?"
Du Zhou was stunned, and suddenly lost his voice:
"Could it be, did you just throw in the towel?"
Originally, he planned to continue the pursuit until he annihilated Abbas's men, but now after hearing Qin Ying's words, he understood their own situation.
A grim smile appeared on Qin Ying's resolute face.
'How can you admit defeat? Catching Iprasin is just as great!'
Iprasin had been oppressing the Persians in the north of Nadra for several months, and the persecuted Persians were even planning to abandon the city of Nadta.
Capturing or killing this man, plus 600,000 dinars, is already a rare victory. It's a pity that he couldn't finish the battle and capture Abbas, which is the only regret.
"It's just a little regret, why should Brother Du be so concerned? When you and I come to Mulu City again, that is, the day of Abbas's berebirth, why not let him live a few more days?"
Du Zhou felt that they could still hold on for a while, but Qin Ying insisted on it, and could only choose to agree stupidly.
Abbas crossed the Nameless River, and when he saw the charred ruins all over the ground, he no longer knew what anger was.
He was even a little sad, his nephew didn't know whether he was alive or dead, and if he managed to escape, he might have a chance to turn over and fight again.
If he was killed or captured in battle, and lost his most suitable heir, Abbas did not know what to do, and the future of Mulu City was completely unpredictable.
The morale of the Great Eaters was extremely low, and along with the base camp they were burned with food and forage for their livestock, and now they were cold and hungry, and their eyes were full of despair......