In a desperate situation, is it like a bloodthirsty beast to fight back and win the final victory, or is it like a lamb encountering a tiger and wolf, only to know the frightened and useless escape, praying that he can get the final remnants?

The former is circulated in the legendary epic for the world to worship and sing, while the latter appears in front of Xiao Mo. 【】(Forget the dust Chinese***/>

In just a few words, it can make the soldiers who originally had no bloody courage become high-spirited, and Xiao Mo has only heard of the situation of ten thousand soldiers' lives, but he has never encountered it.

The day went by.

And the fire on the head of Shangyuan City was finally extinguished.

Xiao Mo has been under the protection of a group of shield players, although the situation is tense, but not injured by the fire, but there is some smoke on his face to see the fastest novel update in the black marks of the ink Chinese, at this moment is standing at the head of Shangyuan City, looking towards the Di army that is slowly leaving the battlefield in the distance.

Under the afterglow of sunset, the noisy battlefield finally returned to calm, leaving only the accumulated wreckage above and below the city, the black scorching after the fire, and the smell of blood and burning in the air, pouring out the cruelty of this day From the intersection of the two armies in the early morning to the final retreat of the grassland coalition army before dark, the time of nearly ten hours a day brought Xiao Mo the feeling that it was as long as ten years, but looking back, it seemed to be as short as a moment.

Looking at the Di army that was gradually moving away, as well as all the obstacles that had been swept away under Shangyuan City, Xiao Mo suddenly sighed softly, with a faint disappointment and powerlessness.

Ren Xiaomo has a plan in his heart, he can bring tens of thousands of casualties to the grassland coalition army without spending a single soldier, he can form an alliance with Xianbei to divide the enemy army, and he can think of countless ways to resist the offensive of the grassland coalition army, but he can't create an iron-blooded army in just a few days.

Around Xiao Mo, under the smoke of the fire, the embarrassed and disgraced Chu soldiers all showed joy on their faces when they saw the grassland coalition army withdraw from the battlefield, as if they felt that they had finally escaped.

In fact, although the fire appeared at the head of the city, under Xiao Mo's early response, the Chu army did not cause too many casualties, and with the sand covering, many fires were extinguished in advance before they had time to spread. Although many of the Chu soldiers were burned, not many were burned to death.

It's a pity that the cowardice of the soldiers of the Chu army is even worse than Xiao Mo imagined, from the fire appeared in the afternoon, and now the fire has been completely extinguished in the evening, the Chu army has not been able to organize an effective offensive from beginning to end, and let the Di army sweep away all the remaining obstacles under the Shangyuan City one by one, and then leave.

The vast majority of the Chu army did not have the will of the Di warriors, and with the appearance of the fire at the head of the city, they all involuntarily became a mess and fled from the city in a hurry. Less than one-third of the soldiers who can still follow Xiao Mo's instructions are still active. No matter how Xiao Mo screamed and shouted, until his voice was hoarse, he ordered the Chu army not to mess with itself, but it still didn't have much effect.

If it weren't for the time when all the obstacles under Shangyuan City were emptied, it would have been late, and most of the steppe warriors had night blindness. Not good at night fighting, Xiao Mo even doubted that if the Di army continued to attack and made a big move, the Chu army in Shangyuan City would be defeated in a battle.

The only thing that made Xiao Mo happy was that after this battle, the thirteen siege ordnance and six arrow tower vehicles of the Di clan had been completely destroyed by catapults, and the seven siege ballistae were destroyed by crossbow arrows before and after, and even if they were repaired afterwards, they could not be used again in a short time. Only two siege ballistae were removed, and the threat to Shangyuan City was greatly reduced.

But thinking about the before and after of this battle, Xiao Mo didn't have the slightest sense of happiness in his heart.

"Adult ......"

Cai Da came to Xiao Mo's face, his face full of shame.

When the fire at the head of the city appeared, the reason why there was such a powerless and chaotic situation was also a big reason for him, a general.

In fact, when the fire appeared, many low-level generals fled the city as soon as possible, and even Cai Da himself had been in a panic for a long time. Xiao Mo glanced at Cai Da quietly, with a little indifference in his eyes, but he didn't accuse, just said slowly: "Arrange for the soldiers to change the guard, stabilize the morale of the army, count the casualties and damage, and then report to me." ”

Saying that, Xiao Mo didn't look at the soldiers in the city again, and turned his head directly and walked towards the Taishou Mansion in the city.

Zhao Ying and Deng Shangquan behind Xiao Mo were all shocked when they saw Xiao Mo's expression, and hurriedly followed, wanting to say something, but the aura on Xiao Mo's body at the moment was extremely depressing, so that the two of them didn't dare to say more, just followed silently.

Being in the midst of war, he couldn't get a rest for a whole day, and his body was already extremely tired, but Xiao Mo didn't realize it in his heart.

After returning to the Taishou Mansion, Xiao Mo did not rest, but stayed alone in the study, as usual, while practicing "Xiao Ti", while silently thinking about the situation at the moment.

However, in the past, whenever he picked up a short hair, his heart would quickly return to clarity and calm, but on this day, there was an abnormality, Xiao Mo not only failed to restore calm, but thinking about the chaos of the Chu army after the city was on fire, his heart became more and more chaotic.

I simply threw the rabbit in my hand on the table, sat behind the desk, and silently recalled all this today. and how to deal with it in the future.

Originally, in Xiao Mo's opinion, there were still 60,000 troops in Shangyuan City, which were on the side of defending the city and occupied a favorable location, and the art of war cloud "five rules to attack it", with the help of all kinds of strategies and tools in his heart, it should not be very difficult to resist the grassland coalition army for a month.

However, the fire on the head of the city before the evening made Xiao Mo completely sober up. It also let Xiao Mo know that it was not an accident that the Di army had been overwhelmed all the way before.

Even ten times as many lambs can't withstand the attack of the fastest novel update in the Chinese Royal Tiger Wolf. Because in the face of tigers and wolves, lambs do not know how to resist at all, and can only be confused and flee.

"If I have an elite army, I don't need too many, just 10,000 people......"

Xiao Mo thought silently, and then shook his head self-deprecatingly.

Xiao Mo knew very well that this was just wishful thinking, and the army under his command was actually just a group of farmers with the identity of soldiers.

Or, the current Chu army is not even as good as the farmers, at least the farmers are physically stronger than them, and in order to protect their property, there are occasional desperate counterattacks.

And these Chu soldiers, although they are called sergeants, have little training, and their physical fitness is inferior to ordinary people.

Born in a military family, he is destined to become a soldier in his life. Low social status, living in poverty, mental numbness, no bloody morale, and few possibilities to fight back, because in their eyes, there is not nothing worthy of their lives. For them, it has become one of their instincts to save their lives on the battlefield, not to kill the enemy, but to escape from danger faster than their comrades.

Xiao Mo knew that with such an army, he would fight against the grassland coalition army. I am afraid that the situation in the future will be much more difficult than imagined. It also shook Xiao Mo's original confidence, after all, this battle was just the beginning. And today's battle is just the easiest one.

"Can you only use Zhang Zijia's strategy?"

At this moment, Xiao Mo suddenly remembered the fourth strategy proposed by Zhang Yansheng that day.

Xiao Mo and Zhang Yansheng gathered to discuss that day, and the two thought of the same three strategies, the first strategy was to clear the field, the second strategy was to surround the army, and the third strategy was to divide the army.

And Zhang Yansheng has a fourth strategy, which has the same name as the second of the four strategies for the invasion of Chu by the grassland coalition army.

Simple and cruel two words - "expelling the people"!!

And at this moment, Deng Shangquan's voice came from outside the study.

"Young master, the defense envoy Cai Da and Taishou Liu Xingzhi have come to visit."

Xiao Mo was silent for a moment before he said, "Please let them in." ”

As Xiao Mo's words fell, Liu Xingzhi and Cai Da pushed the door in, and behind them, they were followed by Deng Shangquan and Zhao Ying.

"What's the situation?"

Xiao Mo glanced up at a few people, hiding the powerlessness in his heart, and asked slowly.

"Go back to your lordship......" Cai Da bowed and replied: "The armies have changed their guards and rested, and the casualties of our army have also been counted. ”

Liu Xingzhi said on his face: "In today's battle, especially at noon, under your clever plan, our army killed and wounded at least more than 5,000 enemy soldiers. It can be said that the fastest novel update is all in a big victory in Dianmo Chinese, congratulations to the adults for another meritorious achievement, but before the evening, because of the fire attack and counterattack of the steppe barbarians, our army also killed and wounded nearly 2,000 sergeants. ”

Liu Xingzhi had been arranging logistics in the rear this day, and he did not know the detailed situation on the battlefield, nor did he contact the soldiers in the army, but through the casualty figures of both sides, he felt that today's battle should be a big victory. So among all the people on the field, he was the only one with a relaxed face.

Xiao Mo nodded, he knew that among the more than 1,000 casualties of the Chu army, many of them were actually not burned to death, but because of the chaos, they were separated from the protection of the military array and battlements, and were shot to death by the archers of the Di clan.

On the other side, Cai Da added: "Of the 110 ballistas deployed in Beicheng, 30 have also been burned, but now they have all been replenished, and in addition, all the obstacles outside Beicheng have been swept away by the Di barbarians. ”

Xiao Mo nodded again, but did not answer, but continued to be silent, thinking about something.

At the same time, Cai Da, Zhao Ying and others were also frowning.

Seeing everyone's looks, Liu Xingzhi was slightly stunned, but looking at everyone's looks, this battle didn't seem to be as simple as he imagined.

Thinking that he had said something wrong, Liu Xingzhi cautiously asked, "My lord, is there anything wrong?" ”

Xiao Mo raised his head, looked at Liu Xingzhi, and asked, "Do you think that my army has lost limbs in today's battle?" ”

Liu Xingzhi nodded in amazement and looked at Xiao Mo inexplicably.

Xiao Mo didn't say much, just gestured to Zhao Ying.

Zhao Ying nodded, walked in front of Liu Xingzhi, and sighed softly: "Lord Liu, in today's battle, although our army suffered fewer casualties than the grassland barbarians, it was actually defeated. ”

Liu Xingzhi was slightly stunned and asked, "What do you say?" ”

PS: Thank you editor for your sharp encouragement, and thank you for your continuous encouragement and suggestions these days. I didn't dare to read it in the comment area, I guessed that there should be a scolding, but if there are words of encouragement in it, thank you.

These days, the mentality of the bug is a little unbalanced, almost writing a thousand and deleting a thousand, and then simply becoming an ostrich. Thank you for rewriting the outline these days, and the plot behind it should satisfy everyone.