Chapter 450: Misinformation
Shen Lang's expression on his face softened a little when he heard Cao Yun's words, Gongsun Luo died in battle, and he finally had some achievements in this battle. But if you use your own main force to exchange the enemy's commander for death, you will lose a lot. Although the formation on his side has been disrupted by the enemy, the soldiers are still there, and as long as they are regrouped, there is still hope for a reversal.
Thinking of this, Shen Lang immediately said: "Even if Gongsun Luo is dead, we can't withdraw our troops!" As long as the order to retreat is given, the formation of our army is bound to be chaotic, and then it will become the prey of the enemy cavalry! In this battle, I took away the main force of the Eastern Army, and if I am exhausted here, I will have no face to go back! ”
Cao Yun was anxious and angry when he heard this: "General! Look at the current situation, our two wings have been pierced by the enemy, and even if you don't give the order to retreat, our formation is already in chaos! If you continue to consume it, you will only lose more, and if you go now, you can still retain the main force of the light cavalry and part of the infantry! ”
When Shen Lang heard this, he hesitated in his heart, and his eyes did not have the calmness and confidence he had before.
At this moment, a cavalry of the Yan Kingdom suddenly arrived, this cavalry was very well-equipped, every soldier was wearing fish scale armor, and even the war horses were wearing armor. This cavalry rushed around in the Jingguo army formation, and finally came towards Shen Lang's side.
Cao Yun immediately shouted: "It's Gongsun Luo's escort, they must have come to avenge Gongsun Luo, General Shen hurry up, I'll lead someone to block them!" ”
Shen Lang watched the enemy army enter a no-man's land in his own army formation, the arrogance in his heart was beaten away, and finally gritted his teeth and said to the guards around him: "Pass my order, the whole army retreats, Cao Yun and the light cavalry are broken, and when the enemy pursues him, he can only harass, not fight!" ”
After speaking, Shen Lang began to retreat under the protection of the guards. At this time, the Jingguo soldiers were already in chaos, and even the order to retreat could not reach the ears of the soldiers.
However, the soldiers of Jingguo were not stupid, and when they saw that the Yan army was powerful, they began to flee without orders. These Jingguo soldiers threw away their armor and panicked, and they could no longer form the slightest resistance. The soldiers of the Yan Kingdom began to vent their anger at them!
The battle lasted until dawn, and the corpses stretched for dozens of miles, which was very tragic.
Zhang Shumo was riding a horse non-stop between the three camps at this time, one was to appease the soldiers after the war, and the other was to count the number of people to see if there were still soldiers pursuing the enemy who had not returned to the camp.
Finally, after Zang Table returned with the last cavalry, all the Yan soldiers had returned to the camp. In this battle, the Yan army suffered considerable losses, and as many as 30,000 soldiers were killed or wounded in the battle. However, Zhang Shumo estimated that the battle damage on Jingguo's side should be more serious, and it should be conservatively estimated that it should reach 50,000 people!
Although they won, the Yan generals were not happy, and all the Yan generals gathered at the gate of the camp and walked towards Gongsun Luo's big tent. Seeing this, Zhang Shumo also hurriedly followed.
When everyone came to Gongsun Luo's tent, they knelt on the ground. Miao Feng, as Gongsun Luo's personal guard, couldn't help but burst into tears: "Your Highness, Miao Feng is incompetent, he failed to keep His Highness, and now the Jingguo dog thief has been killed, Miao Feng will go with His Highness!" ”
After speaking, Miao Feng suddenly pulled out his saber, Liu naturally stopped him when he saw it, Zhang Shumo hurriedly said to Miao Feng: "Brother Miao, why are you doing this?" ”
Miao Feng earned twice, but Liu naturally didn't let go. Miao Feng had no choice but to look at Zhang Shumo and said: "I am His Royal Highness's personal guard, and it is my duty to protect His Highness, and now I have failed to protect His Highness, it is a dereliction of duty, rather than letting His Highness punish the crime, it is better to be self-defeating!" ”
The other generals lowered their heads when they heard this. Miao Feng is right, even if he does not have the duty to protect His Highness, but he goes out with His Highness and fails to protect His Highness, he must be to blame, and His Majesty will definitely punish him heavily.
At this moment, the tent of His Royal Highness suddenly opened, and Xu Jian walked out angrily with Chen Lin and others. Seeing a kind of soldier kneeling on the ground, he couldn't help but scold: "What are you doing here? His Highness has bandaged his wounds and just fallen asleep, and you have come to his tent to make trouble, do you want me to cure you for your offense? ”
Everyone was stunned when they heard Xu Jian's words, and Miao Feng asked tentatively, "Your Highness, didn't he die in battle?" Why did you just fall asleep? ”
When Xu saw this, he glared at Miao Feng fiercely: "What did you say?" As a guard of His Highness, you are talking nonsense here, do you really think that I dare not treat you? ”
Seeing this, everyone was happy, it turned out that Gongsun Luo was not dead! So Luo Dian hurriedly explained to Xu Jian: "General Xu is angry, I don't know who reported last night that His Royal Highness had encountered an accident, so we are like this, but now it seems that it should be a misunderstanding!" ”
Zhang Shumo was relieved when he heard that His Royal Highness was fine, and quickly stood up to divert the topic: "That's right, that's right!" I guess someone misspread the news, I wonder how His Highness's injuries are now? ”
Before Xu Jian could speak, Chen Lin hurriedly said to Zhang Shumo: "His Royal Highness was hit by an arrow in the shoulder, abdomen, and thigh, fortunately, His Highness's armor has been of great use, the wounds on the shoulder and abdomen are shallow, but the wounds on the legs are very deep, and the doctor has pulled out the arrow from His Highness, but His Highness has lost too much blood, and now he is still very weak, and he is not worried about his life!" ”
After everyone listened, their hearts were completely put down, and they happily talked about Gongsun Luohong's blessing and Qitian, and Jiren had their own heavenly appearance.
Xu saw that his face was still tight, he glanced around, but he didn't see Li Ran, so he asked, "How was the battle last night?" Why did the old man hear the drums of the charge? And why didn't Li Ran come with you? ”
When everyone heard Xu Jian's question, they fell silent. Zhang Shumo had no choice but to stand up and say: "Back to General Xu's words, I let the war drums of the charge be beaten." Last night, our army broke the main force of the enemy, killing about 50,000 enemies, but 30,000 soldiers were also killed. General Lee, he ......"
"In order to break through the enemy's defense line, General Li Ran took the lead and took the lead in the enemy's formation, and unfortunately died!" Luo Dian couldn't help but snatch Zhang Shumo's words, he was with Li Ran last night, so he knew it best in his heart. If Li Ran hadn't taken the lead in the charge, I'm afraid it wouldn't have been his own side that won in the end.
Xu Jian sighed after hearing this: "You and I are the ones who fight on the battlefield, and our lives have long been put on the line!" Put away Li Ran's corpse, and wait for His Highness's injuries to improve, and then report the matter to him. Okay, everyone is tired all night, let's rest! ”
After speaking, Xu Jian looked at Zhang Shumo again: "Master Zhang, I'm sorry for you to go with the old man." ”