Several military orders were handed down, and the 10,000 horses in the Hong Lie army galloped forward to meet the Qin Yiwu cavalry of the enemy's surprise attack on the Chinese army, and Xu Zhide rushed 5,000 soldiers and horses to the right army, hoping to stop the decline. Whether he succeeds or not is related to the success or failure of this battle. On the frontal battlefield, the Honglie army fought very tenaciously by virtue of the geographical advantages, but this did not ensure that the balance of victory was tilted in favor of the Honglie Empire, there were too many uncertain factors, no one thought that Shi Dong's army would drop the chain at the beginning of the war, so the war is not a game - in the game, the army is not broken, even if the combat effectiveness of the weak troops will fight to the death, but in the real war defeat, escape, non-combat attrition is inevitable.

Xu Zhide's 5,000 men and horses played the role of a military policeman, and they returned to the rear of the right army to collect and integrate the remnants of Shi Dong, and prepare to form a new defense line, but the result was very effective, and the military situation was not optimistic.

Shi Cundao still couldn't see the expression on his face, and said lightly at the end: "It seems that the retreat plan is going to be advanced." ”

I asked, "Where are we going?" ”

Shi Cun said: "Behind us is Li Xinfu Sanzhou, I have already arranged the back, but I didn't expect to implement it so early, Shi Dong, Shi Dong, you can disappoint the old man!" ”

I said, "As soon as we withdraw, what if Haggis chases us and bites us in the ass?" ”

Shi Cun said: "Your grandfather and I have fought all my life, and I don't even have this ability, so what kind of marshal is it?" He reached out and called a herald, "Inform Puchsion and get him ready." ”

I became more and more curious: "What preparation?" ”

Shi Cun said: "I have asked Pu Qixiong to set up an ambush 10 miles away to cover the retreat of our military vehicles. ”

I broke the casserole and asked, "What ambush?" ”

Shi Cundao smiled slightly and said, "You'll know when the time comes." ”

I pouted, I still have the heart to sell it after all this work...... Shi Cundao ordered the arrows to spread frequently, and called the two infantry divisions that had been in charge of the side response to reinforce Shi Dong, and then said: "Order the whole army to retreat by alternate method, and after 10 miles, the right army and the vanguard army Lizhou, the left army Fuzhou, and the Chinese army Xinzhou, enter the city in this order." ”

The herald gave a signal, and the horn sounded in the army, this time it was different from the assembly call, the horn was three long and two short, the Hong Lie Army heard the horn, and the soldiers began to pack up the camp, and then the rear troops turned around and changed to the forward, and slowly retreated in the direction of their country, but they were not in a hurry to hurry, but re-established their positions two miles away, at this time the front troops had just withdrawn, followed by countless Hegis pursuers, the original rear army opened a gap to let their own people, and then closed the gap, and waited for the battle, And the retreating soldiers also re-lined several miles away, the rear army fought with the enemy for a while, and soon hid in the cover of friendly troops, just like that, the Hong Lie army retreated alternately with each other, every time they fell, it was equivalent to waiting for work at ease, the soldiers who rushed to the front of the Hegis were exhausted after many fierce battles, and it was becoming more and more difficult to break through the defense line.

I saw that Hong Liejun's formation was skillful at this time, and the cooperation was seamless, thinking that there was no shortage of exercises in peacetime, which also reflected from the side that Shi Cundao had actually been prepared for a long time, and it seemed that in his strategic thinking, retreat was an indispensable link to fight against Hejis, that is to say, he did not plan to fight hard with the enemy from the beginning. After Shi Cundao arranged the retreat, he got on the horse and said, "Gorou, you can go with me." ”

I was just about to mount my horse when a bloodied soldier rushed to us, his helmet had been lost, his arms and thighs had been hit in several places, and he couldn't stop shouting: "I want to see the commander!" ”

Shi Cundao's personal soldiers saw that this person was coming strangely, and they stepped forward to stop him outside, this person raised an arm, leaned out and said: "Marshal, I am General Stilwell's escort, and I have an urgent military situation to report to you!" ”

Shi Cundao motioned for his soldiers to let him in, frowned, and said, "What military information do you have?" ”

The man fell off his horse with a puff, climbed a few steps to Shi Cundao's horse, raised his head and wept silently: "Marshal, the young general is in trouble, you should send someone to save him." ”

Shi Cun said: "Tell me slowly, what's going on? ”

"The right army was defeated just now, and only the major general fought to the death and did not retreat, so now it is under siege, and the brothers are about to be unable to support it."

Shi Cun said: "Stilwell served in the Vanguard Army, how did he run to the Right Army? ”

The man took a breath and said: "The subordinates originally followed the major general to block the enemy in the front under the command of General Shi Chi, but the major general heard that the war situation of the right army was unfavorable so he took us to support, and there were also more than 8,000 people in the vanguard battalion Feihu and the victorious two teams, and now they are all trapped in the chaotic army!" ”

Shi Cundao said with a straight face: "Stilwell is only a column of generals, and his subordinates are nothing more than 3,000 people, how can he have the right to mobilize other soldiers and horses?" ”

The man was stunned and said, "Everyone saw that the young general was brave in battle, and they all volunteered to follow him." ”

Shi Cundao snorted: "It's clear that he just wants to be in the limelight." Speaking of this, everyone actually understands in their hearts that Stilwell has always been eager to make meritorious contributions, and when he saw this opportunity, he must have encouraged others to take risks with him, and some generals in Hong Lie's army knew that he was the grandson of the marshal, so they were willing to hold his stinky feet.

Shi Cundao asked the soldier who reported the news: "Stilwell is in trouble, why don't you ask General Fuyuan for help?" ”

When the soldier heard this, he immediately let out a sad voice and said: "General Shi Chi, when he heard that the young general was surrounded, he only said that there were no soldiers to send in the camp, and his subordinates begged bitterly, but he reprimanded him fiercely. ”

Shi Cun said: "Shi Chi finally knows the overall situation, and he did the right thing!" ”

When the pro-soldier heard that it was not a word, he rushed forward and hugged Shi Cundao's leg and said: "Marshal, the young general is your own grandson, you can't see death without help!" ”

Shi Cundao's face changed slightly, and he broke away from his hand and said: "Ben Shuai has ordered the whole army to retreat, and now the main force is all on the way back to the city, Stilwell is so happy that he is in danger, at this time, whoever saves him is equivalent to sending him to death, if you are me, you should let that general go?" ”

The soldier was stunned for a moment and said, "Then please ask the marshal to send 10,000 elite soldiers to his subordinates, and I will go to save people." ”

Shi Cundao's face sank and said, "Nonsense! Lost 10,000 soldiers and horses to save one person, and you are as confused as you? Besides, now that the army is retreating alternately, once the troops are drawn, the formation will be destroyed, and I have no soldiers to send to you. ”

"What about 5,000?"

"Nonsense! Is this a bargaining thing? ”

The soldier cried again when he heard this, he knew that this matter was dangerous, so he begged with Shi Cundao's mind that he could take care of his flesh and blood, but he obviously didn't know Shi Cundao's personality, if it was another general who fell, Shi Cundao might be able to think of a rescue, but this person was his grandson, and he would never let the soldiers mistakenly think that he was faking public welfare.

A trace of despair flashed in the eyes of the pro-soldier, and his eyes unconsciously looked at everyone around Shi Cundao, as if he still hoped to find the final savior, but now everyone in the Shi family who can help him talk is miles away, and I am the only one, as Stilwell's pro-soldier, he knows that the two of us have always been not harmonious, almost hostile, so he hesitated for a while and finally did not speak, got up from the ground suddenly, wiped his tears and said: "Okay, then I will go and die with the young general." As he spoke, he pricked his wounded arm and walked towards his horse.

"Forget it, if you go back now, you won't be able to reach your general, and you will have to die in the chaos." I said.

The soldier straightened his neck and said, "It's better to die than to live in steal!" ”

I yelled at Zhang Shilei: "Stop him." ”

"This ......" Zhang Shilei hesitated, it seemed quite unbearable, he was similar to this pro-soldier, and at this moment he also admired the loyalty and courage of the other party, as long as Stilwell died, this person would definitely be repaid with death, so he didn't want to stop him. But in front of everyone, it was not good to openly disobey my order, so I had to take the man's hand and say, "Brother, you can rest first." ”

The pro-soldier angrily opened his halberd and said, "Why, aren't you even allowed to die?" ”

"You are alive than dead." As I spoke, I turned my head and looked at Shi Cundao with a smile, and shouted, "Grandpa." ”

Shi Cundao and I looked at each other, a trace of expectation flashed in his eyes, and there was also a bit of contradiction, I jumped out at this time, no matter what others thought, Shi Cundao must know my purpose, and there is still a tacit understanding of the Shi family.

Stilwell is his grandson, at the moment the most worrying person in the world may have to be a grandfather, but Stilwell is in a certain situation of death, as a father and grandfather, Shi Chi and Shi Cundao must be eager to change places with him, but they can't send troops, that will take more people's surnames and may not be successful, Shi Chi and Shi Cundao don't dare to risk the world's disapproval, and I'm different, Yu Gong I am the sword god in the Hong Lie Army, Yu private I am Stilwell's younger brother, I went to save him not only has the highest success rate, And no one else can say anything. Therefore, Shi Cundao's eyes lit up, but his worries and hesitations were also true - the danger of going there could be imagined, and Shi Cundao and Hong Liejun could not bear this risk even more in public and private.

I smiled at Shi Cundao and said, "I'll go." ”

Shi Cun said: "You and Di Wei ......"

I waved my hand and said, "Don't talk nonsense, Stilwell is my brother." ”

Shi Cundao nodded with satisfaction, and then said in a low voice: "But I can't send troops to you either." ”

"It's okay, I have my own way."

At this time, Stilwell's personal soldier understood my intentions, threw himself in front of me, and said with tears streaming down his face: "The little one will be a cow and a horse for you in the next life!" ”

I picked him up and said, "You'll be responsible for showing me the way in a moment." ”

Seeing this, Zhang Shilei and the others hugged each other and said eagerly: "Fifth young master, you can't help but take us this time!" ”

To be honest, I really don't want to take them, but it doesn't seem to work, my sword qi has retreated, and if I want to take a wounded soldier through the millions of troops to save people, someone has to take care of it. I stood in the middle of the crowd and said solemnly: "Brothers, this is a life ...... death."

Zhang Shilei laughed and said: "Fifth Young Master, since you treat us as brothers, then use your words, let's not talk nonsense!" ”

I also smiled, flew on the oolong horse, and waved my hand: "Go!" ”

(To be continued)