Chapter 48: A Long Snake Formation
There was chaos around the camp, with spears stabbed everywhere on the lower floor, fierce soldiers on the middle floor, and rows of archers on the upper floor...... This battle is no longer fought.
There are people running and retreating.
In fact, according to the strength of the armies of various countries, the 10,000 soldiers under Chen Shou can be regarded as an elite division, and nearly half of the peasant soldiers originally incorporated have lost their original childishness after two months of war baptism, and as long as they have a little training, they can be called a complete elite division.
But now, this growing elite has suffered its biggest setback.
The tide is over......
In the distance, Chen Shou's face was ugly, as a general who controlled the overall situation, he had thoroughly understood that this so-called night attack was a joke from beginning to end.
The army that came to attack the camp was counterattacked!
This feeling is the same as helping a neighbor to catch an adulterer, only to find her mother-in-law in bed......
"Not good!" Suddenly, Chen Shou seemed to remember something, and his face changed greatly: "Quick! Give the order quickly, and the whole army retreats! ”
Ignoring the reaction of the herald, he directly grabbed the mallet and sounded the big gong.
Immediately, the signal of Mingjin's withdrawal spread throughout the battlefield.
Suddenly, Zheng Guo's soldiers retreated like crazy as if they had been amnestied.
"Kill!"
Suddenly, a loud roar came from inside the camp, opening gaps one by one.
Immediately afterwards, 400 soldiers wearing new-style military uniforms quickly rushed out of the camp, gathered at the "arms" of the hexagonal camp, and set up a formation, like a pattern, slowly moving, surrounding all the retreating soldiers at the front.
"Withdraw!"
"Retreat!"
"Rush over!"
The retreating soldiers screamed and rushed into formation, but soon, their speed slowed down.
The reason is very simple, the formation formed by the four hundred strangely dressed soldiers has been moving, like a long snake, constantly circling and stirring, as long as they get close, they will immediately be stirred into the formation and disappear without a trace.
What kind of formation is this?
The soldiers were sweating profusely and hesitated, and many old soldiers with military experience were also at a loss.
"Formation?"
In the distance, Chen Shou's constricted brows tightened, he didn't expect that just a few hundred soldiers would block the retreat of his thousands of soldiers!
The key is still in the formation!
It seems to be a circle, hovering like a giant python, once those retreating soldiers fall in, they will be dizzy all of a sudden, and they will be greeted by the soldiers who are constantly moving on both sides, as if they are firmly entangled by a giant python, and the more they are entangled, the tighter and tighter they are, and there is no possibility of escaping at all.
Chen Shou saw a cold sweat, he didn't even doubt that if the number of people who formed this formation was larger, even if he faced thousands of enemies alone, he would be fine!
"Could it be that today's 10,000 elites are going to be lost here?"
Chen Shou muttered to himself, he even felt that his idea was ridiculous, an army of 10,000 people, sneak attacked a newly built camp but failed miserably, what is the reason?
His face unconsciously showed a look of shame, he had been a general for decades, and he had always been prudent and cautious, but he didn't expect that once he stumbled, he was tricked by a little emperor who he looked down on.
That's right, it's a trick.
Chen Shou admitted that he had some underestimated enemies, but the main thing was a mistake in judgment, this was a real contest in the art of war and strategy, and for this alone, he felt that he had lost unjustly.
Moreover, in this battle alone, he can also feel the cleverness of the other party's layout.
Originally, the Cangguo army only brought 5,000 soldiers, and in the face of the 10,000 troops stationed, it was completely reduced to the siege party, which can be said to have no advantage.
But because of a camp, he seduced himself to attack at night, and successfully turned attack into defense, turning the disadvantage into an advantage!
Judge from above!
At this time, in the mountains and forests on both sides, a torch was lit, and the sound of killing shook the sky.
"Sure enough, there are still people in ambush on both sides......
Chen Shou's face was full of sadness, in fact, from the time he issued the retreat order, he had already thought of this possibility, when hundreds of soldiers put on a strange formation, he was still a little lucky, but he didn't expect that the guess still came true.
The main force of the Cangguo army should not be in the camp......
Chen Shou originally thought that the little emperor of Cangguo insisted on going his own way and gave him an opportunity, but he didn't expect that in the end, it led to the defeat of his entire army of 10,000.
Yes, a rout.
The whole army is defeated!
Even if he was commanding from a distance, Chen Shou could clearly see that his retreating soldiers had fallen into a heavy encirclement, and he could clearly see the horror on their faces, as well as the brave and fierce Cangguo soldiers chasing after them.
What a shame......
"General, the situation is out of control, let's leave quickly." One of his guards, sweating profusely, led his horse and ran over.
"Then the rest of the soldiers ......"
"Don't hesitate to general, there are generals who organize a breakthrough, and it's always ...... Some of them survived. The guards persuaded in a complicated tone, in fact, anyone with a discerning eye could see that it would be good if the remaining five or six thousand soldiers could escape a thousand people.
10,000 people mobilized the army, but only 1,000 fled and returned, which can be said to be a complete fiasco.
"Alright, let's go."
Chen Shou glanced at it with a complicated expression, there was already a team of Cangguo soldiers coming to kill here, if he didn't leave, he might have to be captured alive today.
"Ahh
"Ahhh
Around the camp, thousands of besieged Zheng troops were still resisting, trembling, and screaming in horror.
Although there were still 5,000 people, they were like 5,000 animals waiting to be slaughtered, and they had no fighting spirit to speak of.
Because, the surrounding Cang army is more fierce than the other, it is like a hungry wolf pounced on food, cruel and brave, so that people dare not fight.
The soldiers were desperate, and some simply gave up the struggle and knelt directly on the ground.
Their fate awaits, either they will flee and be shot, or they will be pierced through the body by spears.
As for surrender.
Hehe, it's useless to surrender, for a hundred years, the war between the three countries has long formed an unwritten rule - all soldiers are killed!
Because, it is a very troublesome thing to demote soldiers, and the status of civilians is low, and it is impossible for various countries to spend a lot of money to redeem them, and it is better to recruit a new batch, and the cost is much lower.
And for the victorious country, how to deal with it is also a big trouble, not only to supply rations, spend energy on placement, but also to send special guards to prevent sneaking and riots, it is simply thankless, it is better to kill directly to save trouble.
Zheng Guo's soldiers knew this very well, so they became more and more desperate.
Resistance is completely meaningless.