Chapter 202: Back Defense
More than 30,000 Beichen soldiers, under Zhao Qi's example, attacked the troops of the United Army one by one like wolves. The fire was like a mountain, lighting up the enemy ahead for the soldiers of the blood station.
The Beichen sergeants fell to the ground one after another, and with them there were countless combined sergeants. Swords and spears, mingling into one piece, the bloody red liquid staining the earth in a different way.
Arrows were still flying in the air, and the sound of killing in the field could be heard throughout the sky. The formation of the combined army was peeled off little by little by the brave Beichen Army. The combined forces in the other three directions saw the remnants of the Beichen Army attacking the west and trying to break through from the west, and they all moved quickly towards the west.
Zhao Qi was covered in blood, the original delicate armor had become broken, and the machete in his hand had also appeared one by one. The sword he had been wearing before had been cut off, and he could only pick up a machete and continue to lead the soldiers into battle.
In front of him, the defense line of the combined army is getting thinner and thinner, and it is believed that it will soon be able to break through. It's just that the enemy's resistance is now becoming more and more intense. The heavy casualties on their own side made the intensity of everyone's impact far less powerful than at the beginning, after all, the battle was not for a short time, and everyone was a little unable to keep up physically.
"Brothers, rush! Rush past us and we'll have a way to live! Zhao Qi roared angrily, and the guards and Beichen Jun around him also hurriedly shouted this sentence loudly.
When everyone heard this, the remaining more than 20,000 Beichen soldiers burst out with the last bit of strength in their bodies. For those who lived*, the Beichen soldiers ruthlessly hacked everything in front of them.
More than an hour later, Zhao Qi led the 8,000 Beichen army to break out of the encirclement. The rest of the tens of thousands of people died in that burning area, and it was not easy to get out of these thousands of people.
After all, it was a blockade of 100,000 horses, and even if the Beichen Army was strong, it was impossible to defeat the Beichen Army head-on with 30,000 remnants. can only choose to use strong strength to break a gap and let everyone rush out. Even so, more than 20,000 of the 30,000 horses remained there.
Looking at the soldiers sitting and lying on the ground resting around him, Zhao Qi called everyone up without hesitation and went north!
Going north, this is the direction of march set by Zhao Qi after thinking about it. He gave up the main general, gave up tens of thousands of wounded soldiers, and returned to Bierk City without shame to face the king.
Moreover, he said that he led his troops to break out of the encirclement, and the combined army would definitely not give up and would definitely organize a defensive line to continue to encircle him. In this case, the west must not go, and the south is also extremely dangerous. To the east, it will return to the ambush circle of hundreds of thousands of troops, so in the end, he can only go north.
To the north was the hinterland of several monarchs of the Coalition Army, plus the forces were all concentrated and ready to go south. Their hinterland must be empty of troops, as long as they hide for a while without being discovered. When the main force of the combined army goes south, he will be a strange soldier of the Beichen Army. So that the Beichen army will control the advantage of the entire battle situation.
Zhao Qi soon led 8,000 people to get rid of the sphere of influence of the combine's pursuers, and came to a big mountain to hide. Fortunately, when the army broke through, considering that there were no supply points along the way, each soldier brought enough rations for half a month. As long as you survive these more than ten days, the rest of the matter depends on how you play.
Just after Zhao Qi broke through the encirclement, Zhang Han and Hua Rong also led the troops, and with a sudden momentum, they broke through the hurried resistance of the combined army in front and fought their way out of the encirclement.
The two soon got together shortly after the breakout. Zhang Han counted the number of people and almost didn't cry to death. The two of them each received 50,000 men and horses, but now there are only more than 53,000 people left, which is completely half.
At night, more than 50,000 people set up camp in a dark valley. The troops are fighting continuously, and if they don't have a good night's rest, they may not be able to run tomorrow. In addition, now that he and Hua Rong have converged, Lian Ming has not been seen yet.
"General, several hours have passed now. It stands to reason that even the eldest brother should lead his troops here! Hua Rong said to Zhang Han in distress.
Zhang Han frowned and said, "Maybe they have some trouble on the road, after all, there are a lot of wounded people in Lianming!" ”
After speaking, Zhang Han grinned and continued: "Don't worry, maybe we will be able to see General Lian when we wake up." ”
Hua Rong didn't say anything, just smiled bitterly. After that, the two quickly fell asleep, and tomorrow they had to command the army.
Xiao Chen, who was far away in Bilk City, was not so good, and the candle flame illuminated the dark hall as if it were day. Xiao Chen sat on the upper seat with a big grin, and below sat Chen Gong, Yun Qi, Yue Yun, Du Dazhuang, You Jin, Lin Hu, Wei Ming and other generals.
However, at this moment, the protagonist in the hall is not them, but a sentinel standing among the crowd. This sentry officer is an officer of the Military Intelligence Agency, and today he brought a piece of news that frightened everyone in the palace.
The news that the Combine Army has exhausted its national strength and gathered an army of three million is not very shocking. When Zhang Han was surrounded not long ago, everyone knew this information. But the latter ones are a little bit scary......
Three days after the Combine gathered its three million troops, a darkened general came to its barracks and became the commander of the three million army. And this general, who has never appeared before. What is even more shocking is that the general's personal guard is the undead.
This piece of information was obtained only after the military intelligence bureau used the low-level officers of the United Army to attack the guards. Soon after, the news that the general was undead spread and confirmed.
What is puzzling is that the monarchs of the Combine not only did not say anything, but even used honorifics when facing the undead general.
As soon as these news reached Xiao Chen's ears, Xiao Chen was immediately surprised, and then the big guys gathered here. The fact that the Coalition was able to pull back three million troops is well understood. But what is the matter with this undead commander who suddenly appeared, is this net a pit person?
There is an undead commander, and needless to say, the enemy must still have soldiers and horses hidden, or the enemy still has reinforcements. These unknown things are the most annoying, I don't know where they are, even if you have the strength against the sky, you can't beat them.
Moreover, the strength of this unknown unit is absolutely extraordinary. Maybe these guys under his command don't know what the concept of undead is, but Xiao Chen knows.
In the eyes of modern people, when it comes to the undead, it is one word, many! Maybe the undead's single combat power is very rubbish, but the skeleton is not a joke! That kind of cheap troops, which are millions and tens of millions at every turn, can definitely drown any county level.
Even the Beichen Kingdom, which has now been promoted to the Hou Kingdom, does not dare to say that it can defeat the Sea of Skulls. After all, once tens of millions of skeletons appear, no matter how brave the Beichen Army is, it will be demoralized by the Sea of Skulls first. There's no way around it, unless you can gather more people than skeletons, but is it possible?
In addition to their sheer numbers, the undead have an even more disgusting trait. Transform the corpses of creatures on the ground into undead at any time. That is, fight the undead, unless you can crush them. Otherwise, just wait for it to be slowly consumed.
The unexpected appearance of the undead commander made the entire Beichen Army high-level into distress. The situation of the entire war situation has also begun to fall into crisis.
"Let's talk about what to do, in the face of the undead, we may fail if we are not careful!" Xiao Chen just told the big guy about the horror of the undead clan, and then began to ask for advice.
"King, is the undead really that powerful?" Eugene asked, frowning.
Xiao Chen thought for a moment and said, "I don't know! The undead clan has always fought with numerical superiority, and if the number does not exceed five million, as long as Marshal Yue can come back, it will not be a problem. However, I'm afraid that there are too many undead! ”
"I don't know what happened to Zhang Han now, if Zhang Han fails, we will only be forced to hold on to Birk City!"
For a while, more than a dozen people couldn't think of any good way, and the hall suddenly fell silent.
A dead end, Zhang Han is absolutely impossible to win under the surprise attack of the three million combined army and the unknown force. Come to think of it, now Zhang Han should also retreat from Saru City. It's just that as soon as Zhang Han withdraws, Bilk City will directly face the attack of the combined army.
However, Birk City is also a strategic location, and the Beichen Army cannot afford to defend it. The million-strong army led by Yue Fei all relied on Birk City. As soon as Birk City was lost, Yue Fei became a lone soldier there.
Hold on and wait for help, this is the only way!
Then Xiao Chen arranged some things, so that the Military Intelligence Bureau and the scouts under his command were all dispatched, and even scattered a lot of secret sentinels. Everything is mainly about finding the army of the undead, and then finding out the news of Zhang Hanjun.
At the same time, he also sent guards to Yue Fei's camp and China respectively, so that Yue Fei could quickly withdraw to Birk City, and let the country send the newly formed troops to the front line as soon as possible.
After doing these things, Xiao Chen let everyone disperse. Now we can only prepare for the coming crisis with all our might. Yue Fei's army will return to Birk City, and it will take more than half a month. Not to mention the domestic recruits, there is no news yet.
Three days later, Xiao Chen got the news of Zhang Han's troops. Zhang Han's 300,000 troops were divided and wiped out by the combined army due to a sudden attack in the early stage. After that, General Zhang was trapped in the lonely city for more than ten days, losing nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses. A few days ago, 150,000 people secretly withdrew from the tunnels in three ways. However, now there is only news of General Zhang Han and General Hua Rong, and General Lian Ming is nowhere to be found.
After another two days, Zhang Han and Hua Rong finally returned to Birk City with 50,000 remnants.
Six days ago, Zhang Han and Hua Rong still did not wait for the arrival of Lian Ming's troops. Then, because the pursuers were approaching again, Zhang Han could only choose to leave.
Until now, sitting on the chair of the city lord's mansion, there is still no news of Lian Ming.
"It seems that General Lian Ming and his 50,000 horses have encountered an accident!" Xiao Chen said with a gloomy expression.
When Zhang Han heard this, his brows furrowed, and then he knelt directly in front of Xiao Chen.
"Zhang Han, what are you doing, get up!" Xiao Chen was stunned when he saw Zhang Han suddenly kneeling in front of him. Then he stood up urgently, and wanted to help Zhang Han up as he spoke.
"The king, the last general is sorry for you, you have the love of the king! If it weren't for the unfavorable command of the last general, how could he have lost 250,000 troops and harmed General Lian Ming......"
"Zhang Han, get up!" Xiao Chen raised his eyebrows and said sharply: "How can there be any reason to be invincible when marching and fighting. Losing hundreds of thousands of troops, our Beichen Kingdom can still resist! Later, I will go and get the twenty boards myself as a punishment! ”
"No! The last general thanked the king for not killing! After speaking, Zhang Han stood up directly and walked out of the main hall.
Seeing Zhang Han leave directly, Xiao Chen was depressed. I said that I would let this bastard go later, why did he run away now. The guys are going to ask if you have any suggestions for the subsequent battle, alas~ Forget it. Now there is really nothing to do except to clear the field and wait for help.
A few days later, the city of Birk was greeted by the arrival of the United Army.
The army of five million gathered together and joined forces for more than 100 miles. The camps are lined up, there are countless flags, and the soldiers who come and go are endless.
Xiao Chen led a group of generals, looking at the army of the United Army thirty miles away, and a sense of powerlessness arose in his heart. An army of five million, this is the latest intelligence.
After chasing and killing Zhang Han and others to no avail, the monarchs of the United Army once again mobilized a lot of troops from the country. Among them, there are also recruits, in short, it is uneven plus combat effectiveness garbage. But the amount of five million alone made Xiao Chen almost scared. Moreover, there may be an even larger army of the undead around.
But fortunately, the million-strong army led by Yue Fei was about to return to Birk City in three days. This news is finally a dose of reassuring medicine for the big guy, as long as Yue Fei comes back, then there will be an army of 1.2 million in Birk City, which is enough for defense.
Speaking of which, Yue Fei was also depressed, he was already annoyed enough to face the city defended by an army of 800,000. However, his own king sent a military order to let him withdraw his troops urgently, which made Yue Fei even more depressed to death.
That's not all, the words from the messenger made Yue Fei even more annoyed. Zhang Han led an army of 300,000 and marched alone, only to be surrounded by the combined army.
Hearing this, Yue Fei was so angry that he almost slashed people with a knife. He kept scolding Zhang Han for being stupid, and the rest of the generals saw that Yue Fei was so angry, and no one dared to step forward to stop him.
However, the fact is just as Yue Fei said, the army of the Western Expedition is more than one million people. Only a dozen dozen people remained in the city, and most of them were wounded soldiers. In this way, the only person who protects his own king is Zhanghan, which is not far to the north.
Zhang Han had 300,000 troops in his hands, and these troops were enough to hold the city of Birk. But this chapter is not honest, and he actually has the courage to go deep alone. As a result, he was besieged, not to mention, and caused the king to stand in a dangerous place.
If the combined army takes advantage of the siege of Zhanghan, it will take out hundreds of thousands of horses and horses to take the city of Birk. With a large number of wounded troops in the city of Birk, it is impossible to hold it at all. As soon as the city of Birk was lost, not only the king was in danger, but his own million-strong army was also blocked from the back road.
It is precisely because of this that Yue Fei scolded Zhang Han. It's really because Zhang Han's action is too bad, and he doesn't take the overall situation into account at all.
After scolding the boss for a while, Yue Fei was also a little tired. sat down and rested, and in a blink of an eye, most of his anger towards Zhang Han disappeared. Like the current advantageous situation of Beichen Kingdom, as long as there are generals who are eager to make meritorious contributions, they will definitely be like Zhang Han, leading troops to attack the United Army in the north.
Later, during the march of a few days, Yue Fei received several letters from the king again, all of which asked him to quickly lead his troops back to defend Birk City. Moreover, Xiao Chen also said the information in the letter, there is an army of undead who has just appeared in the United Army. Although no specific information has been detected now, the enemy is absolutely strong!
In addition, Zhang Han's army of 300,000 suffered heavy losses. Lost 250,000 elites, the general Lian Ming died in battle, and Zhao Qi was nowhere to be found!
As soon as he saw a few letters, Yue Fei was also shocked in his heart. An unknown force has intervened, and it is still very powerful!
Yue Fei hurriedly ordered the reconnaissance cavalry to expand the reconnaissance area, and the rest of the troops accelerated in battle formation. Of course, there are a few words of scolding Zhang Han!