Chapter 1271: Retreat
Unaware of this, he felt that it was not an option to continue in this way, so he ordered a temporary halt to the attack. At this time, Lielund did not know that it was his decision that changed the outcome www.biquge.info of the war.
Seeing that the Roman army had stopped attacking, all the Wei soldiers couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Zhou Tai immediately drew the navy from all over the place as much as possible to the frontal land frontal defense line, and at the same time ordered all the army catapults to be concentrated.
Zhou Tai asked the herald beside him, "Is there any news of General Gan Ning?" ”
The herald shook his head, "Not yet!" ”
Zhou Tai frowned, muttered in a low voice, and ordered: "Immediately summon General Gan Ning to explain our situation here!" ”
On the other side, Relund and his other subordinates entered the Great Tent.
A subordinate general said worriedly: "Judging from today's situation, it is not a simple matter for our army to capture the camp of the Wei army!" ”
All the generals couldn't help but show sadness, and another general said: "If it continues to develop like this, our army will not be able to capture the Wei army base even if it is exhausted!" You know, the Wei army has a total of 50,000 horses here! ”
Lielund pondered, "You're right! It seems that we underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Wei garrison before! ”
Frowning, "The most troublesome thing right now is the catapult!" Our catapults were not as many as theirs, and now we have lost a large number of them! The disadvantages are even more obvious in this regard! ”
"Your Excellency, General! Are we going to bring in the Egyptian garrison as well? A ministry general suggested.
Lielund thought for a moment, "Don't rush yet! Wait for news from Terreyko! ”
As soon as Lielund finished speaking, a herald rushed in from outside, holding a letter and reporting: "Your Excellency, General Tereg's Flying Pigeon Messenger!" ”
Lielund hurriedly took it and looked at it quickly, frowning.
The surrounding generals couldn't help but get nervous when they saw this scene, and one of the generals couldn't help but ask, "Your Excellency General, is something happening?" ”
But Lielund shook his head and said with a colored face: "It's not that something happened, but nothing happened!" ”
The generals couldn't help but be stunned.
Lie Lund said: "The main force of the Wei Navy has not appeared from beginning to end! ”
Lie Lund's heart moved suddenly, and he said with a pale face: "The main force of the Wei Navy may go to our outpost!" ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone present couldn't help but change their colors in horror.
You must know that at present, there are only a few thousand Egyptian garrisons guarding the Roman naval outposts, and the Egyptian garrisons originally had 50,000 people, but there were only a few thousand people in the naval outposts.
"What now? Do you want to come back immediately? One of the generals said urgently.
Lielund calmed down and thought, "If the army wants to come back, it will take at least two days before it arrives, and then everything is already a foregone conclusion!" Tell Trae Pavilion to immediately lead the main force of the navy to come to the rescue! ”
"Yes!" The herald answered and ran out of the tent.
Soon after, Terry Court on the surface of the sea received a message from the flying pigeons of Lielund, and immediately ordered the fleet to retreat.
Seeing this scene, Zhou Tai couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"General, how did they go?" The general asked in surprise.
Zhou Tai shook his head, "I don't know!" Maybe they received the news that the outpost was attacked! ”
Lielund's prediction was exactly right. At the same time that he commanded his army to storm the Wei army base, the main force of the Wei army fleet led by Gan Ning broke through the unsuspecting Roman army outpost in one fell swoop.
Immediately, 10,000 soldiers of the Eighth Army of the Wei Army landed and routed the Egyptian local garrison that tried to counterattack. That night, the Wei army completely captured the Roman outpost.
"General, the warehouses here are really rich!" General Sun Tao rushed to report.
Gan Ning laughed, "This time, the Romans are going to be hungry!" The order goes down, all that can be moved are removed, and those that can't be moved are burned! ”
"No!"
A moment later, Sun Tao ran over again.
"General, what do you do with thousands of captives? Do you want? Gan Ning made a motion to wipe his neck.
Gan Ning scolded with a smile: "You are a butcher when you are Lao Tzu!" These people are useless to keep, and they waste food, so they are all released! ”
"Released?" Sun Tao looked incredulous.
"That's right! It's all gone! ”
In the early hours of the next morning, the Wei fleet departed.
The flames on the shore were so great that it was as if everything was in flames. The Roman captives who had just been released looked at the furnace-like scene in front of them on a hill not far from here, and they couldn't help but feel palpitated and at the same time at a loss.
Two days later, the main Roman fleet arrived near the outpost, and all the officers and men of the fleet were in a state of great anxiety, having received the news that the base had fallen and burned a day earlier.
When they saw the ruins in front of them, all the people were stunned, and an indescribable feeling welled up in their hearts, including depression and anger.
"How so?" Teregor muttered.
Then he asked the scout officer next to him: "Has the scout team discovered the whereabouts of the Wei army?" ”
The scout shook his head and said, "Still not!" ”
In the two days since returning to the outpost from the Wei naval base, the Roman patrol clippers have not found any trace of the Wei navy.
The Roman fleet was very cautious, and although it was in a hurry to rush back, the patrol force did not relax at all, and because of this, the Wei fleet abandoned its plan to ambush them.
"Your Excellency, what should we do now? Report to His Excellency General Lielund? ”
Tere said, "That's for sure! Send a team of navy to shore to clean up the scene, and the rest of the men and horses will immediately follow me to meet His Excellency the General!" ”
A day later, off the coast of the Wei naval base.
Hundreds of warships appeared above the sea.
The Roman lookouts who saw this scene did not pay attention at first, they thought it was their own fleet, but soon they found that this was not the case at all, and the fleet on the water was not flying the familiar eagle flag, but the hideous, cold but noble Luan Feng flag.
The lookout was taken aback and hurriedly reported the situation to General Lielund, who was preparing to organize an attack.
Lielund ran out of the big tent and came to a high ground near the big tent, and looked at the sea, and saw hundreds of Wei warships slowly pressing towards this side.
Lielund's face changed.
At this time, one of the generals beside Relund shouted, "General, look! ”
Lielund looked in the direction of his general's finger and saw hundreds of transport ships unloading soldiers at the Wei naval base.
Lielund Den understood everything and couldn't help but say angrily, "Damn! Fooled! Originally, there weren't many troops in the enemy's water wall! ”
"General, what shall we do now? Go on the offensive? The general asked, somewhat bewildered.
Lielund said angrily: "Attack a fart!" The order was given, and the armies retreated to the previous landing site to build defensive positions! Also, let Terry Court give me back immediately! ”
The Romans set out their camp and retreated to the rocky beach where they had landed, and then built defensive positions on the commanding heights around the rocky beach, and at the same time dispersed the convoy of transports, and lined up dozens of transports in the outermost part as an obstacle.
Soon after, the Wei fleet sailed to the sea of the rocky beach, and then saw the artillery fire in the sky, the sea was like boiling water, and one ship after another capsized and sank, and the soldiers on the shore were killed by the whistling stone bullets.
Lielund hurriedly ordered some of the catapults on the high ground to be transported to the seashore, but before they could be erected, they were lifted into the sky by the artillery fire of the Wei army.
The heavy artillery fire continued until the evening of the same day, when the Wei fleet, which had shot out of stone shells, slowly departed.
The shore was littered with corpses, and the Roman soldiers who were not dead were secretly rejoicing, while the wounded were groaning in pain in a pool of blood, and Lielund was angry and helpless.
During this half-day shelling, the Roman army on the rocky beach suffered heavy losses, with more than 5,000 casualties in the shelling.
"Your Excellency General, if we continue like this, we will be polished out sooner or later!" One of the generals said worriedly to Lielund.
The surrounding generals also had gloomy faces.
Rylund asked, "What about the situation below?" ”
The general replied: "There will be no problem for the time being!" I'm just worried that if you continue like this, everyone's spirits will break! ”
"Tell the soldiers that Terek's fleet will be coming to pick us up soon!"
Glancing at the generals, he reassured: "You don't have to worry too much! Tomorrow, at most the day after tomorrow, we can leave this damn place! ”
The generals couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they heard this.
At the same time, the Wei army's water village tent.
"I said Xingba, you are too arrogant! Three days of stone bullets, you used up in less than half a day!? Zhou Tai said with emotion.
Gan Ning smiled and said: "A dozen are easy, and you forget everything!" ”
Zhou Tai frowned and said, "Our current ammunition reserves are already very limited!" You can't do that again! ”
Gan Ning said a little unwillingly: "As long as there is another round of such a raid, you can defeat the Romans who are in the rocky beach!" ”
"Not necessarily! Besides, you have emptied all the stone bullets, and if the enemy's main fleet arrives, what will we deal with? Wouldn't it be like the Romans who are now on rocky beaches? ”
Gan Ning felt that what Zhou Tai said made sense, so he had to give up this tempting plan. With a look of annoyance, he said, "What did Zilong do?" This ammunition hasn't even arrived yet?! ”
Zhou Tai said: "This can't be blamed on Zilong!" His army reserves are almost all for us! ”
Gan Ning said unwillingly: "If there is enough ammunition, this time it will definitely be a pot of stew for tens of thousands of people below Lielunde!" ”
Zhou Tai laughed and said, "What's the hurry!" There is a chance! ”
Gan Ning nodded and said proudly: "You're right! This time it's cheaper for them! By the way, the troops who stayed at the base have suffered a lot of losses in the past few days, right? ”
Zhou Tai remembered the tragic battle on the first day, and couldn't help but sigh and nodded, "In just one day, the 10,000 soldiers of the Eighth Army suffered more than 8,000 casualties!" ”
Shaking his head, "Fortunately, the enemy did not find out the details of us and did not launch a large-scale attack in the next two days, but used methods such as digging holes in the ground!" ”
He smiled, "This is exactly what I wanted!" Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to hold on to it now! ”
Gan Ning laughed and said, "What is this called?" It's called providence! Providence is like this, our Great Wei Empire is invincible! ”
Zhou Tai laughed and nodded thoughtfully: "Not bad! That's it! ”
In the early hours of the next morning, the sun rose into the sky in the trembling mood of the Romans.
Two hours later, the watchman shouted in a frightened voice: "Enemy! The enemy's fleet! ”
As soon as they heard this, everyone's hearts jumped and they prayed secretly.
But just as everyone held their breath and waited for the stone bullets to fall, the sentry shouted in a voice of surprise: "It's our people!" It's our people! ”
Everyone couldn't help but be stunned, and hurriedly looked at the sea. When they saw the familiar eagle flag, everyone couldn't help but shout, and they were all excited. (To be continued.) )