Chapter 282: Fiasco
Boom, boom, boom......"
The continuous muffled thunder suddenly exploded, the flickering electric light illuminated the whole land, and the sound of the "boom" rainstorm seemed to block people's ears, and everything seemed to be heard through a wall.
"Dashuai, Dashuai!"
Deng He, Gao Deyong, Yuan Shiyuan and other generals, as well as more than a dozen soldiers, rushed up to Xiao Jinwu, who had just woken up.
Xiao Jinwu's face was pale, and he stood up with difficulty with the support of his own soldiers, and then pushed away the guards around him, without looking at the generals, and rushed straight out of the crowd, looking around.
Within a radius of several miles were lush hills, which should have been a thriving and beautiful scenery at this time of year, but now the mountains were full of corpses killed in battle, gray, stiff, bloody and miserable.
Under the heavy rain, blood continued to flow out of the corpses, collected, and then turned into rivers of blood along the surface runoff, truly interpreting what it means to be a mountain of corpses and a river of blood.
"Defeated ......"
Although he had been poured cold by the torrential rain, Xiao Jinwu felt that his lips were chapped and painful, and he finally spit out two words, and the sorrow in his heart immediately affected the wound in his abdomen, and the red blood stained the armor red again.
"Dashuai!"
Several generals went to help him with concern, but he pushed him away again.
Xiao Jinwu took two steps in vain, closed his eyes in pain, and the tragic scenes on the battlefield crossed his mind like flowing water.
When he found out yesterday that the Qinglong Battalion and the Forward Battalion had been completely annihilated, he immediately ordered the whole army to retreat thirty miles.
Although Xiao Jinwu guessed that the army of the Southern Dynasty must be nearby, he didn't expect that he and Lu Dongqing's tent were only separated by a mountain, if it weren't for the heavy rain, which blocked the scout's sight and restricted the scout's movement, the two sides would have discovered each other a long time ago.
However, even so, how great is the movement caused by the movement of tens of thousands of troops?
Just as the southeastern army was about to retreat, they were still discovered by the rhino horn army on the other side of the mountain.
The Rhino Horn Army is worthy of the name of Wuling's pro-army, from the discovery of them to the general attack of the whole army in the torrential rain, it adds up to less than a meal.
The brave wins when they meet on a narrow road, and the commanders of both sides understand this truth, but Lu Dongqing's rhino horn army is not only waiting for work, but also much stronger than the weak border army of the North Korea in terms of combat power.
The border army of the Northern Dynasties traveled under the stars and nights, fought for thousands of miles, and was tormented by the torrential rain, and was beaten into chaos after only one charge, if it were not for the efforts of the generals to stabilize their positions, maybe the whole army would be wiped out in an instant.
But even so, the outcome of this great battle was already predestined, and after holding out two more charges, the exhausted and weak southeastern frontier army was still unsurprisingly crushed.
In the chaos, Xiao Jinwu led the few remaining troops that could barely control the guards, such as the Guards Battalion, and fought and retreated, as a closed disciple of the martial saint Hong Guangli, his superb martial arts played an important role on the battlefield.
If it weren't for him taking the lead and killing many of the former main generals of the Rhino Horn Army one after another, which greatly boosted morale, I am afraid that the last few battalions of soldiers and horses would have collapsed long ago.
As a last resort, Xiao Jinwu had no choice but to use the desperate tactics used by Xu Rui on the Jingyang battlefield, and dragged the pace of the rhino horn army with the collapsed border soldiers and soldiers, and forcibly took the remaining battalions of soldiers and horses out of the battlefield.
At this time, the surging river overflowed the embankment and raged, cutting them in half from the battlefield, and the rhino horn army, which was pursuing them a little slowly, was blocked by the flood, so they had to go away in a huff, and let Xiao Jinwu go, and he and these remnants of the defeated army survived.
As soon as Fang got out of trouble, Xiao Jinwu, who was injured one after another on the battlefield, couldn't hold on anymore and fell into a coma, and when he woke up, it was now this time, across a hill, from a high place to see yesterday's battlefield, the tragic situation was palpitating.
"Where is the Southern Korean army now?"
Xiao Jinwu finally suppressed the chaotic emotions in his heart and asked in a deep voice.
Deng He, the general soldier of Jiangnan, immediately replied: "Marshal Qiqi, the torrential rain caused chaos, the army of the Southern Dynasty should have collided head-on with us, and fought an encounter, they seemed to be in a hurry, and as soon as the battle was over, they quickly disappeared into the mountains after hurriedly cleaning the battlefield." ”
Xiao Jinwu let out a sigh of relief, if it weren't for the heavy rain, if it weren't for the unintentional war of the Southern Dynasty army, I'm afraid that a few of them would have died at this time.
"How's the situation with our army?"
Xiao Jinwu looked calm and asked again.
The faces of several generals suddenly became ugly, and after looking at each other a few times, Yuan Shiyuan stood up and said: "At the beginning of the war, our army was disjointed, many people fell behind in the formation of horses, and less than 50,000 horses actually participated in the battle, and almost all the troops were wiped out.
However, early this morning, the follow-up disjointed troops slowly caught up with us, and several generals were integrating the remnants of the troops, and now there are about 20,000 people, but the morale is very low. ”
Xiao Jinwu sighed, such a situation was expected, the border army was already weak, and this defeat had wiped out the only confidence they had.
However, this is not what he is most worried about, since the army of the Southern Dynasty has appeared here, it means that the war in Xichuan has basically ended, and Xu Rui and Tianqiwei are probably more than lucky.
And he and the 90,000 border troops were too unlucky, and they were caught off guard at the worst time, although there were still 20,000 remnants, but everyone knew that they had basically lost their combat effectiveness.
It is conceivable that under the successive battles, the army of the Southern Dynasties must have become a wild horse that has escaped the reins, and it is approaching Changxing non-stop.
On the other hand, on his side, although he has issued an early warning to the nearby provinces, there are very few troops capable of fighting, and after his defeat, I am afraid that there is no strength around him that can restrain the army of the Southern Dynasties, and the northern country is really dangerous.
Could it be that the heavens are going to kill my Great Wei?
Xiao Jinwu was very anxious in his heart, but there was no expression on his face, as the coach, he must not be messed up.
"Bring me the map!"
He commanded softly, and immediately a few of the soldiers pulled up a tarpaulin to separate the rainstorm, while the other two men each pulled one side of the map and unfolded the rolled map.
Xiao Jinwu and several generals immediately walked to the map and looked at it carefully.
"Are we here?"
He asked, pointing to a mountain peak on the map.
The generals nodded and confirmed his statement.
Xiao Jinwu's face was calm, and his fingers pointed up along the ridge from where the army was.
Due to the heavy rainfall, the Southern Korean army could not walk through the valley prone to flash floods, but would march north along the ridge.
His fingers drew a long line, and finally stopped at Guangyuan Mansion, his brow furrowed tightly.
"Guangyuan Mansion extends in all directions, not only where the granary is, but also the transportation artery that the soldiers must fight, I am afraid that the first destination of the Southern Dynasty army is here, and as long as they break through Guangyuan, the six northern provinces will be completely exposed to their iron hooves......"
"......"
Hearing Xiao Jinwu's words, all the generals changed their faces, and Yuan Shiyuan was even more frightened, and he stopped talking.
"What do you think of?"
Seeing Yuan Shiyuan's appearance, Xiao Jinwu asked in a deep voice.
Yuan Shiyuan said: "Marshal, have you forgotten, yesterday our army just received a report from the imperial court, and the twelve guards of the Beijing division are rushing to help Xichuan!" ”
As soon as he said it, Xiao Jinwu was taken aback: "I remember, the fastest one is Liang Tongfang's Beichang Xingwei, he must be worried about Xu Rui's safety, and he came all the way non-stop!" ”
Yuan Shiyuan nodded and said: "According to the calculation of time, if nothing else, he will be able to rush to Guangyuan Mansion in three days, if they don't know that there is a Southern Dynasty army near Guangyuan Mansion, or even simply the Southern Dynasty army has occupied Guangyuan Mansion, then ......"
"Then they are in danger of annihilation, not only them, this is the first major battle since the reconstruction of the Twelve Guards of the Beijing Division, once the initial battle is lost, it is very likely to lead to the collapse of the army, and finally the defeat is like a mountain!"
Yuan Shiyuan couldn't go on halfway through speaking, but Xiao Jinwu followed his train of thought and finished what he was going to say.
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