Seeing that the sergeants were in danger, Wen Chou couldn't help but become more and more ruthless, and the knife died! The other sergeants even seemed to have to defend the location of the ladder with their lives, hoping that other villagers would climb up bravely and relieve the danger in front of them.

For a while, the two sides were at a stalemate! Do not give in to each other. And the thieves are constantly coming up, and the speed at which the county and township townships are climbing is completely disproportionate to them! So that there are fewer and fewer Wen Chou troops who can still fight, if it weren't for the fact that there are still three hundred elites dressed in two armors to undertake most of the attacks, I am afraid that they would have collapsed long ago.

Now the situation is that even if you can kill one thief, he will make up two for you to kill! What can you do?

Anyway, if it's not the family members of their thieves, they naturally won't be heartbroken. But Wen Chou couldn't see him again, and the Taolin soldiers were killed and wounded. Hint of retreat at the moment! For a while, the sound of gongs shook the sky. The sergeants on the camp, hearing the sound, fought and retreated!

The brave and strong of the village first slid down the ladder, followed by the ordinary soldiers, and the elite wearing two armors broke off, and the generals retreated according to the situation. If you are as bold as Wen Chou and Yan Liang, you can naturally retreat in the end. If anyone is injured, they will be the first to go down!

Such a gradual retreat model was negotiated by Wen Chou and them earlier. Nature is in order. And the thieves and elites naturally didn't want them to retreat like this, and they increased their attacks one after another.

However, the thoughts of the other old and weak thieves are different from them, since Wen Chou has withdrawn from the army, then they can get away with saving their lives! Then let them chase down the Taolin Sai elite whose lethality is much higher than theirs! How can it be? They all slackened off their work, seemingly killing heroically, but in fact they did not contribute, but gradually avoided the main battlefield.

Liu Min saw it in his eyes, but he was not angry, because after all, he had repelled the Wen Chou army, and forcing these old and weak to pursue at the risk of losing their lives would inevitably cause them to rebound. This is different from the previous Wen Chou Army, which also threatened the lives of these old and weak thieves, people are all seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, but as long as there is a glimmer of life, they will not let go. Liu Min didn't dare to push them too much.

Without the assistance of many old and weak people, these elite thieves who came to support couldn't make much waves. After all, there are not many of them. Wen Chou, they can't be ten, or even dozens!

And the thieves without the assistance of the old and weak gradually lost their lives in the attrition that was significantly faster than before.

As a result, the army of Wenchou was able to safely evacuate from the camp of thieves. And the thieves naturally did not dare to pursue, because their overall strength was not above the army of Wen Chou. It's just that he took advantage of the light of guarding the village, so he got some advantage. If you go out of the village to fight, you will inevitably be defeated.

The generals of the Wen Chou army, with gloomy faces, led the army back along the same road and came to a valley. Where is the place where they are temporarily stationed, and it is only ** miles away from the thief camp. If you march quickly, you can reach it in less than an hour.

When the army was defeated, it was naturally not about any morale, but a big drop! Of course, this is all in terms of the strength of Gaoyi County and Township. The sergeant of Taolinsai does not need to say much, even the strong people in Shahe Township still have great confidence in Wen Chou's trip to suppress bandits, but it is just the length of time.

The defeat of the army this time also made Wen Chou reflect on it. It seems that he has been used to it recently, and his mentality is a little inflated, overestimating the power in his hands and underestimating the overall strength of the thief! And he was too reckless to press the whole army at once, and he wanted to finish his work in one battle! As everyone knows, this is exactly the taboo of marching and fighting. Especially when it is not possible to clearly estimate the strength of the enemy's forces.

This is the reason for the failure of this attack.

On the way back, Wen Chou repeatedly thought about the truthfulness and shortcomings of this march. I was shocked. It seems that he is too proud during this period of time! So much so that they think that God is on their side. And this defeat is a slap in the face! made Wen Chou a lot more stable.

You can also see where you are more clearly! All the strength is nothing compared to this late Eastern Han Dynasty, that is, any stronghold of bandits and bandits cannot be taken! This little bit of power is too weak! He is also too confined to the worship of 20,000 people in Shahe Township.

When they returned to the place where they were stationed, they were busy, and they were dealing with wounds, and there was not much chaos in arranging defense and patrols, arranging defense and patrols.

Wen Chou went in and out of various camps to visit the injured, and it was no problem. When he returned to the central camp, the battle damage this time had also been counted by Shuzuo Chen Ning.

After this battle, although it was not long, only about an hour, the united army formed by Wen Chou killed as many as 400 people and seriously injured 200 people! Thousands of others were slightly injured. Of course, most of these dead and seriously injured were the elite of the counties and townships.

First, they did not have many battle formations, although they had weapons in hand, they also hated thieves very much, but they did not have the skills to kill thieves, but they just relied on a momentum and strength to fight, and casualties were naturally inevitable. On the other hand, it is because this is a siege war, which is not as fair as a field battle. There is another big test for the strength of the counties and townships, which makes the difficulty aggravated.

Besides, they don't have the armor and self-defense of the Taolin sergeants, even if they are ordinary soldiers, they also have leather armor and wooden shields for self-defense, and elite soldiers have two armors and iron shields to protect themselves. Naturally, the injury rate is much smaller than that of county and township elites.

Of the more than 450 people killed, 50 were Taolin sergeants, and among the 230 seriously wounded, there were 27 Taolin sergeants! There were slightly more lightly wounded soldiers, after all, they rushed to the front line, about three hundred people! This is still the case, which also makes Wen Chou's heart ache.

In addition, dozens of ladders were also lost this time that came to be used for attack! Tens of thousands of arrows. In general, it is a heavy loss.

However, compared to the casualties and losses on the part of the Montenegrin bandits, it is very small. Those thieves, until the beginning of the attack, nearly a thousand old and weak were killed. In addition, after several advances and retreats, nearly a thousand were injured, and when the elite of the thieves came to support, it was nearly a thousand outlaws! Even the three or five hundred elite thieves who were originally guarding were all wiped out.

In general, more than 2,000 thieves were killed and more than 1,000 wounded! Seven or eight hundred of the elite thieves were killed and seven or eight hundred wounded. Of course, it also counts the injuries that were shot by the archers of the Wen Chou Army! In addition, most of the guarding equipment was lost! and tens of thousands of arrows.

I'm afraid that the thief Qu Shuai Liu Min will react later, Wen Chou and they are already in the camp of the thief at this time. Instead of reflecting and being depressed in the valley in the distance in its **!

That's it, after counting the casualties, the thieves were also afraid, and most of them had the heart to abandon the village and escape. Because Wen Chou's attack alone has reduced their overall strength by nearly a quarter. If Wen Chou attacks like this a few more times, won't they all be wiped out?

Of course, they also knew that the casualties of the Wen Chou Army must have been quite a lot, but compared to them, they were significantly lower. That's when there was fear. For in all siege warfare, generally speaking, if there is no trickery, it is 'to surround it by multiplicity and attack it tenfold by tenfold

Even though their camps are not as strong as the county seats, easy to defend and difficult to attack, most of their defenders are old and weak with low combat effectiveness! You can't have such a big gap in casualties! It can be seen that the strength of the Wen Chou army! Especially when the vanguard is at the top! It is even more invincible. If they hadn't used the tactics of crowds, which made Wen Chou throw a mouse trap, and didn't want the elite to have too many casualties, they would have taken the camp.

The thieves here were frightened and wanted to abandon the village and flee. In the tent of Wenchou over there, the discussion was also in full swing.

After this battle, although there was some damage, it also made the false and real temptation of the thief clear! With a little careful planning, they will win the next siege. It's just about minimizing losses.

"Gentlemen, what do you think of the first battle?" Wen Chou sat in the center of the big tent, his eyes stared, and swept towards the generals in the tent. asked in a deep voice.

For a moment, there was silence in the tent. It was only because of this that the battle was defeated, and it was still a battle formation led by Wen Chou.

It was Jiang Xuan who was the first to break the calm and said: "Although there were slight losses in this battle, it was not without gains. Only the strength of the thief is clear. ”

"What Jiang Sima said is good, everyone who wants to come to the camp of the thieves can feel that the thieves are outcasts with low combat effectiveness, and they are equal to me! Come to think of them, they suffered heavier casualties! Dong Jiang, the only Qu Chang, echoed.

With Jiang Xuan and Dong Jiang at the beginning, the original silent atmosphere in the camp tent was instantly broken. For a while, all the generals and officials spoke one after another, each with their own reliance and their own opinions.

"Those thieves, but nowhere near as good as my warriors! It is the so-called elite of thieves who came to support later, if the government and the people are opposite, it will not be a problem for our army to fight two or three of them! Yan Liangweng said proudly.

"I don't see where the thief is directing! But those who poured up the old and weak must have been persecuted! I think you can feel it! Tie Qian continued.

"Even the archery skills of the thieves are not very good and skilled, and a large part of them should have just picked up the bow and arrow." The county lieutenant of Gaoyi interjected

For a while, everyone, with your words and my words, actually told the current situation of the Black Mountain thieves. I have to say that after more than half a year of military career, these villagers have got rid of the original chivalrous spirit, local atmosphere, and small people's atmosphere, and have a kind of basic quality and keen observation ability of soldiers.

That's the result. Wen Chou is still very satisfied with this.

"The old and weak thieves are their dependence, and they are also their weaknesses, as long as we divide these old and weak, it will inevitably make the thieves defeated!" Jun Sima Jiang Xuan's eyes narrowed and said coldly.