Chapter Ninety-Five: A Difficult Battle
When Zhao Chun returned to the camp with the five thousand warriors of the Watercolor Clan, he was dumbfounded, only to see that the camp that stretched for nearly a kilometer had become ashes at this moment. All around, there was fire, rivers of blood, and mountains of bones. Gunshots, shouts of killing, screams...... It's a purgatory.
At this time, Zhao Chun's troops had been compressed into a tunnel less than a kilometer long around the camp, and the soldiers were relying on the tunnel to engage in a final fight with an enemy several times their size, and many people fell every second, but more rushed forward.
Seeing this scene, Zhao Chun's eyes turned red, and he said to Caiqiao: "Let everyone get ready, let's have a counter-charge, these bastards are too shameless." ”
At this moment, Laura also found Zhao Chun and the others, stepped forward, and said excitedly: "Zhao Chun, where did you die, I thought you were dead." ”
"It's okay, didn't I move the rescuers?" Zhao Chun hurriedly comforted her, "How many mobile troops do we have, I want to transfer them over for a counter-charge." ”
"Rescuers, just a few people, what can they do, the Black Ice Tribe has more than 100,000 or 200,000 troops encircling and suppressing us, and they have also got modern thermal weapons from our Huoyan Country!" Laura said with some frustration, this battle was too difficult to fight, it made people desperate.
"Now in the battle, they should also be at the end of the crossbow, in the dark they may not know how many of us are, as long as we make a counter-charge, their mental defense may collapse. ”
"There are still more than 2,000 cavalry in the Black Forest, which were originally intended to be used for the final retreat, since you want to use them to countercharge, transfer them over. ”
"Rush, ......" When the troops were assembled, Zhao Chun took the lead in jumping on a flying beast unique to the Watercolor Clan and rushed towards the array of the Black Ice Tribe.
Although the Watercolor Clan did not bring high-power weapons such as spiritual power cannons this time, these five thousand warriors were all monks, and their cultivation was not low, and they were by no means comparable to the worker monks transformed by Zhao Chun, because they not only cultivated many martial arts, but also formed a five-element battle array, which was extremely powerful. The most important thing is that the flying beast they ride on is a fire-breathing spirit beast, and this spirit beast already has a certain amount of spiritual intelligence, and its intelligence is comparable to that of a human child who is eight or nine years old.
For the tens of thousands of flying soldiers and cavalry that suddenly appeared on Zhao Chun's side, the officers and soldiers of the Black Ice Tribe were stunned all of a sudden, they really didn't expect that the battle had come to this point, seeing that the soldiers on both sides were about to run out, if there was no reinforcements from this team to kill, they could kill the last few thousand people of the other party, but now, they actually had ambushes, and they could actually launch a counterattack!
In the face of this sudden, powerful reinforcement, the morale of the Black Ice Tribe, which was barely maintained, collapsed all of a sudden. Nima's, is this still composed of workers, an army that has been established for less than two months? Not only do they have flying soldiers, cavalry, and infantry, but also spiritual cannons, and they also know how to form battle formations and cooperate with each other, dig trenches, and ambush them...... In the end, he even brought in a spirit beast that could breathe fire, a powerful monk who continuously released martial arts...... This is even more difficult than the most powerful army in the Sanctuary!
They really lost their confidence the more they fought, not only ordinary soldiers, but also many officers, although a few senior officers tried their best to save the situation, but there were too many people who collapsed and fled, they couldn't stop it at all, and it was useless to kill any number of people. The so-called defeat is like a mountain, even if they don't want to escape, under the coercion of so many defeated soldiers, they have to flee together, and no one wants to be one step behind, because once they fall behind, they can only become cannon fodder, and they can't fight when there are many people, and after being alone, there will definitely be no good results.
Marshal Ozawa was stunned when he saw this scene from a distance, he had seen that the battle was progressing so slowly and the casualties were huge, but he only had a solemn expression. And he is also ready to let the 100,000 elite soldiers outside, while shrinking the encirclement, while dividing part to reinforce, in his opinion, as long as he increases his troops, it is only a matter of time to eliminate the group of traitors in front, there will not be too much suspense.
Who knew that the reinforcements he had arranged had not yet arrived, but the enemy's reinforcements had arrived, and they were so powerful that the soldiers who defeated him were like withering and decaying.
"What are you all going to eat, hold on, hold on to me, reinforcements are coming soon. Marshal Ozawa shouted angrily at the communicator, in order to deal with these rebels, not only seconded cannons, guns and ammunition from the Huoyan country, but also got communicators and other things that are convenient for the war, but with this investment regardless of the cost, all he got was such a rout result, how could he be calm?
However, in response to him, in addition to silence, there were a few weak voices, "Report to the chief, we can't stop, all the people are desperately trying to escape, it is more terrible than the flood that bursts the embankment!"
Marshal Ozawa asked where the reinforcements were, and when he learned that 50,000 of them had advanced to a distance of only six or seven kilometers from here, Marshal Ozawa ordered them to set up all kinds of artillery and set up a defensive formation, and he must not let these deserters collapse his reinforcements, as long as Zhao Chun's army chased them, he would let them taste the power of advanced artillery! Then, under the persuasion of his subordinates, he began to retreat to join the reinforcements.
In fact, he should be glad that the decision he made at the beginning did not press all the troops together, but left half of them to form an encirclement outside, otherwise, if the enemy suddenly came to attack, he would really collapse on the whole line.
The speed of the Black Ice Tribe's rout of the soldiers was very fast, rushing towards their own positions like a tide all over the mountains, and behind them, the five thousand warriors of the Watercolor Tribe, and Zhao Chun's more than two thousand cavalry were wantonly harvesting the lives of those backward Black Ice Tribe soldiers......
When the fleeing soldiers came into range of the reinforcements of the Black Ice Tribe, Marshal Ozawa ordered them to open fire, he had to do this, if these deserters broke the reinforcements' positions, the battle would not have to be fought, their losses would be incalculable, he had to make such a cruel decision.
Despite this, those deserters still rushed forward as if they were desperate, because Zhao Chun's troops were chasing after them, and they had nowhere else to escape, and some of those who reacted could only run around in that area.
Seeing that the Black Ice Tribe still had reinforcements that could not be seen under the Black Pressure Pressure, and the firepower was very strong, Zhao Chun was also a little surprised, and had to let the troops stop the pursuit, because his troops were too small to withstand such attrition.
After Zhao Chun held them for a while, he let the troops alternately cover and slowly retreated, and at this time the sky was almost dawning, and a ray of dawn appeared in the sky.
Although Zhao Chun's army retreated, Marshal Ozawa did not dare to order the troops to attack again, because the combat effectiveness of Zhao Chun's army just now made his heart have a shadow, he had never seen the combat effectiveness of a unit can be so strong, he was afraid that once he attacked, without the suppression of artillery fire, the other party would counterattack again, he would really be finished, this time he lost nearly 100,000 people, and the leader and the group of old men didn't know what they would be angry!
Zhao Chun led his troops back to the edge of the Black Forest, sending people to guard and clean up the battlefield while sending people to count losses, and sending people to cook at the same time...... And he himself was busy rushing to the rescue of the wounded.
The original force of nearly 30,000 people, after this battle, there are less than 8,000 people left, and except for more than 1,000 people who were responsible for reconnaissance and care for prisoners and supplies, and more than 1,000 people in the cavalry unit were not injured, the rest of the more than 5,000 people were all wounded, and some of them were still very serious.
Despite this, Zhao Chun and the system were tired enough, and the system also called out that this time it was a big loss, so many people who signed contracts with it died, so that some of its attributes were lost a lot, and I am afraid that it will not be able to replenish it for a long time. But for Zhao Chun, as long as there are people, there is still a chance, and everything is still possible.
The most amazing thing is the warriors of the Watercolor Clan, who have experienced such a great battle, losing less than ten people, another hundred people are wounded, and the rest are alive and well as if they had never participated in the battle.
"Laura, you take someone to investigate how many prisoners are missing, is there a possibility of reporting to the enemy?" As soon as he finished rescuing the wounded, Zhao Chun called Laura.
"No need to investigate. Xue He brought a few people up at this time, and one of them turned out to be the commander who had been captured in the town next to the Batu Caves. It turned out that this guy had always been dishonest, and took the opportunity to secretly win over a few workers who were not strong-willed, promising that if they sent information such as the layout and strength of Zhao Chun's troops to the army of the Black Ice Tribe, he would give them a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry, to ensure that they would be rich and prosperous for a lifetime, and also told them the location of a buried treasure.
"The workers believed it, and the night before, while we weren't looking, they cooperated with each other, and two of them escaped to report to the Black Ice Tribe. It wasn't until a few hours ago, when a few of them were sneakily preparing to escape, that they were spotted by scouts and they were brought back, and I interrogated them for a long time before they finally recruited. ”
After listening to Xuehe's words, Zhao Chun understood why the people of the Black Ice Tribe changed their previous siege strategy and attacked on a large scale.
"Pull these out and kill them, so many brothers have died, not killing them is not enough to calm the anger of the brothers!" Zhao Chun said, "Publicize this matter, so that everyone can see the fate of these traitors!" "No one will be in a good mood in this situation, and Zhao Chun is naturally no exception.
"Wait a minute!" Laura stopped, "it's too cheap to kill them like this, we should gather all the people, hold a public trial, and then announce their death sentences, and execute them in front of everyone, so that it can have a deterrent effect, otherwise it may happen next time." ”
Laura is in charge of military discipline, if something like this happens, she naturally has an unshirkable responsibility, although Zhao Chun did not criticize her face-to-face, but her heart is not easy, others have won the war, but she has a problem, is it her ability or what, the imagination space behind is too big.
Zhao Chun was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood what she meant, and said, "Your idea is good, so let's do it." ”