Chapter 307: Heavy Casualties
On the other hand, Gao Qi's helpless retreat, seeing that the soldiers were tired and scarred, made him a little desperate.
"General, the soldiers have lost half of them, how should this be good?" The adjutant general on the side asked.
Gao Qi waved his hand: "Everyone will go back to the city to repair, hurry up to replenish winter clothes, and strengthen vigilance." ”
Riding a horse, looking at the injured soldiers along the way, Gao Qi was a little helpless, he didn't expect that he had already fought to such a point, and he still couldn't take the city, and even the military order he made at the beginning made him ashamed of Yunnan State.
Back in the city, Gao Qi arranged the affairs, and then sent the war report back.
Two months later, the weather began to cool, and although the soldiers of Yunnan put on winter clothes, they had no combat effectiveness, and even the soldiers defending the city were shivering in the city walls.
Gao Qi looked into the distance, a little worried about the war in the future, Lanling Kingdom was born to be able to resist the cold, and for them, this winter will be the most difficult time for them, if Gu Miaoxuan really leads the troops to fight, then they are like the people who are powerless.
"General, it's cold, let's go back first." The adjutant general on the side said.
Gao Qi turned to the deputy general and said: "Now that the weather is cold, let the soldiers watch more, if they encounter the people of Lanling Kingdom attacking the city, they will not be able to defend it, they have few people, and they can't help us." ”
Two days later, when Gao Qi was reading a book in his room, he saw a soldier running over in a hurry, "General, no, we have a city that has been missed!" ”
Hearing the news, Gao Bing frowned, what he was most worried about had happened.
"Pass the order, everyone will try their best to defend it, and someone will report the battle report to the emperor!" Gao Qi said.
After the soldiers left, the adjutant general on the side was a little worried, after all, if this continued, the winter would not pass, and the Lanling Kingdom might regain the lost territory.
"General, now that Lanling Kingdom is taking advantage of the situation to counterattack, if it goes on like this, if they bypass us and take other cities, our supply boxes will be cut off, and we will be attacked by the enemy at that time."
Gao Qi groaned, "Pass the order, gather the remaining cavalry, since Lanling Kingdom is now planning to counterattack, then they must think that we will lose our combat effectiveness due to the weather, then come to a surprise attack!" ”
The next day, Gao Qi received news from the spies that the soldiers of Lanling Kingdom would pass quietly near the city, which was a good opportunity for Gao Qi, the number of soldiers of Lanling Kingdom was very small, as long as they were hit hard, they could not get up again, and they would be saved if they survived this winter.
He came to the ambush outside the city with the cavalry, and when the cold wind blew through the soldiers' bodies, the soldiers shivered a little, and they had been in ambush for two quarters of an hour, so they couldn't stand it.
"General, the enemy is coming!"
I saw a group of soldiers coming slowly in the distance, and Gao Qi immediately ordered the cavalry to get ready, waiting for a critical time.
"Everyone, hurry up, if we can't get ten miles outside the city before dark, we won't be able to take the city!" The leader shouted, not seeming to notice that there was already an ambush around him.
Watching the team walk in front of him, Gao Qi looked at him coldly and put his hand on the hilt of his sword.
In the blink of an eye, nearly a thousand people had already walked over, Gao Qi and the deputy general looked at each other, and immediately drew their swords and said, "Everyone, charge!" ”
At this time, the cavalry at least rushed towards the soldiers of Lanling Kingdom, and the soldiers of Lanling Kingdom panicked all of a sudden.
"Kill!"
Gao Qi took the lead in rushing into the crowd, although he was a little cold now, and his movements were a little full, but with his superb skills, he was still in a no-man's land.
With the charge of the cavalry, the soldiers of Lanling Kingdom had been divided into two sides from the middle, and seeing the panicked appearance of the other party, Gao Qi immediately commanded the troops to start fighting.
At this time, I saw that the general of Lanling Kingdom was not in a hurry, and immediately regrouped the formation, and the soldiers began to surround the cavalry one after another.
"What? How quickly did you react? Gao Qi said in surprise.
Apparently the raid failed like this one, and now being in the snow is a difficult task for cavalry to move.
"Retreat!" Gao Qi shouted.
However, it was too late at this time, and the soldiers surrounded the cavalry of Yunnan State one after another and began to break through one by one.
"General, we are surrounded!" The adjutant reminded.
Seeing that the infantry at this time had just moved, the disadvantage in the snow was not only reflected in the cavalry, but also for the infantry, "Turn around and leave before they surround us!" ”
"Drink!"
Several soldiers of the Lanling Kingdom raised their spears and stabbed the cavalry, or directly stabbed the horses, so that the cavalry fell and slowly disposed of.
"Everyone, break out!"
Gao Qi rushed all the way to kill, and he couldn't take care of the subordinates behind him, and he still took the lead in rushing forward, and the cavalry could keep up, and if they couldn't keep up, they could only ask for more blessings.
When he finally rushed out, he saw an axe coming at him, Gao Qi immediately raised his gun to block it, and at this time there were only half a hundred cavalry left, which made him sigh a little, he underestimated them.
"General Gao, since you're here, why don't you leave your life behind?" The general of Lanling Kingdom said with a smile.
"You go first!" Gao Qi said that now he tries to buy them a little time while he can still break off.
The opposing general smiled: "If you can win against me, I will let you leave!" ”
Without waiting for Gao Qi to respond, the opposing general immediately rushed over.
Gao Qi immediately rushed over and fought with the other party, and the cavalry behind him could only pray silently.
As soon as they fought, the opponent felt that the opponent's strength was very strong, and he was getting braver and braver, and his hand was about to freeze, and in a few rounds, the spear in his hand was almost out of his hand.
"Forehead ......"
General Lanlingguo swung his axe and directly knocked Gao Qi's spear away, Gao Qi's eyes lit up, he immediately pulled out his sword, jumped onto the opponent's horse, and stabbed the opponent's waist while the other party had not yet reacted.
"Ahh
At this time, the soldiers of Lanling Kingdom saw such a reversal, and they were immediately frightened, and they fled one after another, and Gao Qi also successfully brought the remaining cavalry back to the city.
"General, this time, our cavalry has lost hundreds, many of our men have contracted the wind chill, and this winter, we have no cavalry to continue fighting.
Gao Qi was a little helpless, because of his carelessness caused such a result, he only hoped that Lanling Kingdom would not send troops in the next time, and even he himself began to feel a little unwell.
"Pass the order down, hang up the exemption card." Gao Qi coughed a few times and said.
On the other hand, Mo Xuanyin, who received the battle report, was suddenly a little helpless, because the 100,000 army had already lost half of it, but it did not take Lanling Kingdom, which was beyond his expectations.
"Your Majesty, now that it is a cold winter, it will be a great disadvantage to our army, and if we continue to fight, I am afraid that the gains will outweigh the losses." Zuo Shangshu said.
However, he understood that even if the soldiers of Yunnan were well stocked, they might not be able to survive the cold winter, and the South Vietnamese side could not be ignored, if the news of their defeat spread, they would definitely take action.
"Pass the order, rectify the three armies, and I want to drive the expedition in person!"
Hearing Mo Xuanyin say this, the ministers knelt down one after another and said, "Your Majesty, don't do it!" If something happens to the emperor, then Yunnan will be ......"
At this time, the ministers also echoed it, but Mo Xuanyin still insisted on his own ideas and still drove the expedition in person.
However, when they came to the border of Lanling Kingdom, the troops encountered a snowstorm.
"Your Majesty, a snowstorm is coming soon, what should we do?"
"Hurry up, we have to go through the blizzard and reach the border checkpoint as soon as possible, it's still too late!" Mo Xuanyin said.
As the snowstorm grew, the soldiers could not see the road clearly, and as they passed by the side of the mountain, they saw an avalanche in the distance.
"Run, there's an avalanche!"
Looking at the avalanche in the distance, the soldiers immediately scattered and fled for their lives, and Mo Xuanyin immediately climbed the tree and successfully escaped.
"Huhuhu......"
The avalanche buried some of the soldiers, and some of them also managed to avoid the avalanche, but what was even worse was that Mo Xuanyin and the soldiers were separated.
Seeing that the soldiers were gone, Mo Xuanyin had no choice but to continue walking alone.
The wind and snow are getting heavier and heavier, Mo Xuanyin doesn't know how long he walked, but he didn't see a single person, not even the village.
"Uh, where is this?" Mo Xuanyin looked around, only to see a white snow in front of him, and Mo Xuanyin suddenly lost his direction.
In addition, along the way, his physical strength has reached the limit, and Mo Xuanyin is a little desperate.
Fortunately, there was a cave not far away, and Mo Xuanyin immediately went over and hid.
Looking at the wind and snow outside, Mo Xuanyin shivered a little, plus whether there was firewood or not, the cold made him gradually lose consciousness and faint.
On the other hand, Gu Xiqian has always learned about the war between the two countries by stacking the twin buildings, and Dongfang Yi began to deduce it with great interest, hoping to help his insight.
"County Lord, you see, if I guess correctly, the current situation is like this, the army of Yunnan has arrived here after all, and then after winter, Lanling Kingdom began to counterattack and recapture a city, if this continues, Lanling Kingdom may recover the lost land in a winter." Dongfang Yi explained.
Gu Xiqian understood that in the face of such a result, of course Mo Xuanyin would not stand idly by, and even when necessary, he would even take the lead in person.
"Well, what you say is reasonable, but I'm a little curious, why did the Yunnan Kingdom fail when attacking this level, after all, the strength of the Yunnan Kingdom is more than ten times that of them, unless there are masters in the Lanling Kingdom, otherwise, how can they be repelled?" Gu Xiqian explained.
"This is not simple, a master will brush a few times and cut down the soldiers, and ensure that the people under him dare not come forward." Wuwei said.