Not far away, Zuo En, who was covered in water, put down his shovel and looked up, sweat and rain were mixed together, and his whole person looked as if he had just been fished out of the water.

"Boss is really bull B!"

Zuo En thought silently in his heart.

The general commander of one of the three major legions of the Great Xia Kingdom, he will scold when he says it.

Looking at the appearance of hating iron but not steel, and roaring repeatedly, it was like reprimanding his son.

Zhao Guangxin's face was pale, and he was silent for a long time in the face of Zhang Yu's reprimand.

Although he is in a high position, but this battle was lost too badly, all the armies were pinned down on the battlefield by the demons, and now the battle line fought by the two main forces of the human family collapsed, I am afraid that the next will be the annihilation of the whole army!

After such a defeat, Zhao Guangxin really didn't have the courage to refute anything, in fact, he was already dead.

He has been the commander-in-chief of the border guards for five years, and he has long developed a relationship with this army, and everyone from senior officers to mid-level team leaders has been appointed with his nod of approval.

But now, he buried his soldiers on the battlefield with his own hands.

"I'm guilty."

Zhao Guangxin was ashamed, bowed his head and sighed.

Zhang Yu snorted coldly, he was a little tired of scolding, if Zhao Guangxin confronted him-for-tat and fought for a red face, he was afraid that he would be full of energy and fight each other with the spirit of fighting.

But at this moment, the other party directly admitted his mistake, which made Zhang Yu feel a little pity, and he didn't want to say anything more.

"I don't want to say anything more, now that most of the fortifications are underway, it is estimated that the Chishui River embankment will be dug in another hour or two, and please lead your troops to retreat quickly."

Zhang Yu said to him.

"Well, thank you."

Zhao Guangxin lowered his head and walked back, the whole person was like a defeated rooster, and he couldn't beat up a little spirit.

After walking forward more than a hundred meters in the mud, the officers of the command headquarters and the escorted squadron soldiers hurriedly greeted Zhao Guangxin and hugged him.

This middle-aged general, who was still beautiful a few days ago, has gray hair on his sideburns at this moment.

The tall body also has a little rickets, as if he has aged twenty years old overnight.

"General, victory or defeat has its own providence, please don't blame yourself too much, the country will blow the horn of counterattack in the future, so I need your strong support!"

"Yes, Commander, take care of your health......"

A group of senior officers had tears in their eyes.

They can achieve their current position because of the promotion and appreciation of Zhao Guangxin, the commander-in-chief. The general treated them like his own children, and now they could not be heartbroken when they saw the old chief, who had been so beautiful, become so lonely.

"Let's go, let's go home."

Zhao Guangxin said hoarsely.

At this moment, a black shadow suddenly flashed behind him.

Everyone looked carefully in surprise and found that the black shadow was none other than a herald in the border guards.

The soldier was dressed in a military uniform, but his body was covered in mud and water stains, apparently caused by a long and violent run.

He gasped violently, the military badge and military hat were long gone, the military uniform was also wrinkled, and he looked embarrassed, standing in front of many senior generals at this moment, he couldn't stop breathing.

"What's going on, speak slowly."

Someone whispered to reassure him.

As soon as the herald raised his head, his face was full of muddrops, his eyes were eager, and he said, "Report to your lordship, a demon army has been found in the rear, and it is chasing here." ”

"Demon army?"

One of the generals asked, then shook his head and said, "Impossible! This place is a full five kilometers away from the battlefield, and what are they doing here instead of supporting the battlefield? ”

Zhao Guangxin reminded him: "Don't deny any possible information, don't forget, we have just suffered such a big loss." ”

The general nodded yes.

Zhao Guangxin turned his head and asked the herald: "How many people are there in this demon army?" ”

"Report to my lord, the night is too dark, and it is raining heavily, I really can't see clearly, but through sound analysis, the other party has at least two brigades of troops, or even more!" The soldier said.

"Ahh

The officers were shocked.

The army escorting the general headquarters is only one squadron, no more than 50 people, and that's it, it is still promoted and transferred back from the front-line positions before retreating.

At this moment, counting all the officers, the total strength is definitely not more than a hundred.

But the pursuers of the demon clan have at least two brigades, and maybe even more.

The strength of one brigade is between 200 and 300 people, and two brigades, that should be about 500 people.

With 100 to 500, the strength of most of these officers is about the same as that of ordinary soldiers, and even if there is a stronger one occasionally, it can't resist so many people.

The difference in strength between the two sides is obvious.

"Don't panic!"

At the critical moment, it was the commander-in-chief Zhao Guangxin who was the most calm, and he asked the heralds, "How far are they from us?" ”

"They're chasing very closely, I'm afraid it's no more than a kilometer now."

"One kilometer ......"

Zhao Guangxin groaned, this distance was already very close, it seemed that the herald only noticed it when the other party approached him.

As for why the demon pursuers chased here, the answer is likely to be that after they hit the Chinese army, they found that the headquarters had retreated. In addition, when they marched at night, they inevitably used flashlights and other equipment, and the other party was attracted by the light.

"Turn off the flashlight immediately and get ready for a night fight!"

Zhao Guangxin ordered like this.

"Night fights? My lord, aren't we retreating? ”

Someone questioned.

Zhao Guangxin said: "The first team of the United Army is building strategic fortifications in our rear, where do we retreat?" ”

"Then it's better to retreat from their positions, anyway, they are just a ragtag army, and they should make way for us in terms of rank."

There are officers who hold their own identities and naively think about it.

"Ridiculous!"

Zhao Guangxin immediately reprimanded the man, "Pig brains!" ”

"I've already said that the people of the first team are building strategic fortifications, do you understand the word strategic?"

"So not only can't we disturb their progress, but we also have to hold back the enemy's footsteps for them!"

Zhao Guangxin said firmly.

The officers were dumbfounded, and one by one they were stunned, wondering if their ears had heard it wrong.

In conventional warfare, as a corps-level staff team, these senior officers can be said to be the army's think tank.

Whether it is in terms of strategic importance or level, there are special guards everywhere you go, and if someone is in the way, you don't have to think too much, the other side needs to get out of the way as soon as possible.

But now, the commander is actually saying that his high-ranking officers have to resist the enemy and protect the fortifications for a motley army.

This makes a lot of people confused and unacceptable!

"Commander, you're joking."

Someone asked with a smile, but the expression on his face was more ugly than crying.

Zhao Guangxin looked serious and asked rhetorically: "What, do I look like I'm joking?" ”

"No, no, no."

The officer waved his hand again and again, explaining, "I just think that our command is not good at fighting, and it is better to let the soldiers do it if they resist the enemy army." ”

"Humph!"

Zhao Guangxin snorted coldly and reprimanded directly, "When is Du Teniang's arrival?" The entire army, more than 200,000 main forces have been rounded up, who are you giving orders to? Who wants to listen to you? ”

"Don't tell me, let the first team hold off the enemy, delay them, and buy time for our retreat. Lao Tzu tells you that although Lao Tzu lost the battle, this kind of thing can't be done! ”

"As I have already said, friendly forces are building strategic fortifications in the rear, and once the fortifications are built, it is not impossible to completely crush the Kuroshio, so we have no other choice, we must carry it and resist it! Do you understand? ”

"Yes! Got it! ”

The officers were stunned.

Normally, Zhao Guangxin seems to be relatively kind, but when it comes to a critical moment, he gets angry, and no one dares to disobey him, at least not in the border guards.

At this time, everyone could already faintly hear the sound of marching in the distance, mixed with the dense sound of rain, and a large area of sparse pulling, from far to near, gradually became clear.

"Quick! Turn off the flashlight, hide, and get ready for battle! ”

Zhao Guangxin quickly ordered.

The officers hurriedly complied, this was the first time since they walked out of the new barracks that they had made such a combat maneuver like that of ordinary soldiers at the bottom, and many of them had almost forgotten about the actions of the year. Being in the top echelons for many years, they no longer maintain their good figure as before, they are all fat like pigs, and they are now twisting clumsy movements to follow those soldiers, which is extremely funny.

Soon, there was silence here, and only the movement of Zhang Yu's troops digging fortifications in front was left.

Not long after, many strange biological armies appeared on the road of the Chishui River embankment.

In the darkness, I saw a bustle, black shadows surging, I couldn't see the number of people clearly, and the rough estimate was no less than five hundred.

The most terrifying thing is that these creatures have a variety of shapes.

Some resemble human shapes, with cracked skin as if they had been dried in the sun, but they can move like living creatures.

Some of the humanoids were covered in charcoal, and they even wondered if they were corpses taken from the scene of the fire, but the life characteristics were also obvious, and the nails were like daggers, and the toughness was probably very similar.

Others, simply resembling beasts, but clearly mutated, and the most unacceptable thing is that they are spitting out people's words.

"What about people? Why did it suddenly disappear? An unusually burly humanoid creature muffled, speaking a human-like language, but with a hoarse voice that was difficult to understand without careful listening.

"yes, all of a sudden, the light is gone."

Another panther-like beast spoke.

"Listen carefully! There's movement ahead, they may have spotted us and turned off the light! ”

"So what are you waiting for? Chase! ”

Hundreds of Kuroshio creatures quickly pulled away and chased after them.

At the same time, the officers on both sides of the road were shocked, although they were fighting against the Kuroshio creatures, they had never seen them in real life, this was the first time they had seen such a terrifying creature at such a close distance, it was as terrifying as a necromancy, far more terrifying than the data.

In contrast, Zhao Guangxin was much calmer, he slowly pulled out the knife, and when the Kuroshio creature was halfway through, he suddenly stood up from the grass and shouted: "Kill!" ”

"Kill—"

All the officers and soldiers, whether they were afraid or not, drew their weapons and rushed towards the Kuroshio creatures.