Chapter 458

"The two generals don't need to say much, the general has made up his mind," after responding to the two generals' words, Zhao Xu immediately looked at the herald with a serious expression and said: "Pass on my military order, and the whole army will quickly retreat." ”

"Yes," the herald did not dare to question when he received the order, and immediately conveyed Zhao Xu's instructions.

"When ......" a tight gong sounded, and then the two heralds in the city waved the order flag and shouted loudly, "The general has an order, the whole army retreats." ”

The generals below were already suffering from the fact that there were no instructions to break the enemy above, and they had been sacrificing meaninglessly and it was not what they wanted to see, and now withdrawing might be the best choice, so when they heard the shouts from the city tower, they immediately shouted to the surrounding soldiers to withdraw their troops.

Those ordinary cavalry had long since slowed down their attack, and they were furious that they had not been able to break through the shield wall of the Wing Army, but they did not want to die in vain. Now that the order has been given from above, they naturally have no objections. Outside the city gates, starting with the foot soldiers, the night army began to retreat quickly.

"Pass on my military order, the archers under the city will come forward to cover the withdrawal of our army, "It will take a certain amount of time for tens of thousands of troops to enter the city through the city gate, if the enemy chooses to pursue, it is likely to cause a large number of casualties among the night army, Zhao Xu must make comprehensive preparations."

"The night army has withdrawn," a general beside the chariot said to Ruan Qiling with a surprised expression.

"Marshal, do you want to let the archers pursue?"

"Archers get ready," Ruan Qiling also didn't want to let go of the night army easily, and immediately ordered.

"Yes," the general received the order and rode directly to the area where the archers of the Night Army were.

It didn't take long for the archers on standby to come forward in unison, run all the way behind the shieldmen, and then follow closely behind the shieldmen.

The shield soldiers continued to surround the Night Army in accordance with the orders they had received, and it was oval-shaped, leaving less and less room for the Night Army to evacuate.

"General, the archers of the Wing Army want to pursue us," a general in the city noticed the actions of the archers of the Wing Army, and immediately reminded him.

"The infantry give way, the cavalry retreats first, and the infantry retreats again," the archers are a greater threat to the cavalry, and the infantry still have shields available, after a brief consideration, Zhao Xu made a quick decision, this move can minimize the casualties of the night army.

Immediately afterwards, the herald shouted down from the city, "Infantry keep in formation, let the cavalry withdraw first." ”

The night army did the same good job in carrying out the military orders, and when they retreated to a position a few dozen meters from the city gate, according to the instructions of the general above, tens of thousands of infantry stopped in unison, and then moved to both sides, making way for the cavalry to pass.

After the infantry gave way, the order of the cavalry improved slightly, but they still ran into the city without formation.

So many cavalry rushed into the city in an orderly manner, and the scene was in a hurry, and many of the night army generals above really realized at this moment what it meant to be easy to get out of the city and difficult to enter the city. It took a long time for tens of thousands of soldiers to return to the city, which naturally gave the enemy a chance to pursue.

On the other side, when Zhao Xu randomly gave the order for the cavalry to retreat first, Ruan Qiling's expression changed significantly. Originally, Ruan Qiling wanted to deal the biggest blow to the night army cavalry by pursuing when the night army retreated, but Zhao Xu's decision ruined Ruan Qiling's idea.

Zhao Xu's wise decision amazed Ruan Qiling, and also made Ruan Qiling regret, but unfortunately it was man-made, Ruan Qiling could only try to leave more corpses of the night army outside the city.

Time passed little by little, and it didn't take long for all the night troops who were under siege to be killed by the winged army, including a general, but fortunately, the rest of the night army had already broken out of the encirclement of the shield soldiers, and they were only two hundred meters away from the city gate, and they rode crossbows very fast, and not many cavalry were shot by the winged archers.

When the night cavalry was about to leave the firing range of the winged archers, the winged shieldmen received a new order to distance themselves from each other, and then the winged archers orderly interspersed into the gap between the shieldmen and pursued the night army with the shield soldiers.

When the Wingers caught up to a position where they could shoot at the Night, the Winged General immediately ordered the soldiers to stop, and then the archers fired arrows directly at the Night.

On the other side, the Wing Army also entered the range of the Night Army, but before the Night Army could attack, the shield soldiers of the Wing Army were instructed to all crouch down, and the high shields completely protected them. And the archers next to the shield soldiers, after a round of shooting, moved behind the shield soldiers in an orderly manner according to the instructions of the general above, and also hid behind the high shields.

"Knock knock knock......" Clusters of arrows shot by the Night Army continued to hit the shield, all of which were blocked by the shield, and did not have any effect on the winged army behind the shield.

On the other hand, on the side of the night army, when the cavalry withdrew to the city, the infantry outside the city did not rush to withdraw, and first used shields to form a shield wall, but the shields they held were not large, and the shield walls were not built tightly enough, and arrows kept shooting at the night soldiers from the gaps, and the screams kept ringing. And often because some people died and more people were attacked, the night army continued to suffer casualties.

The bows and arrows that were originally left behind in the city suffered more casualties without cover, and the situation was urgent, so Zhao Xu hurriedly ordered the archers to withdraw into the city, and it took a lot of time to go back and forth. After all the infantry withdrew into Chengnai, many corpses of night soldiers were left outside the city.

The number of soldiers killed before and after the Night Army was already comparable to the number of Wingmen they killed, and a battle between the two sides was actually lost by the Night Army.

"General, our army has all been pulled back," as soon as the gate of the city was closed, a herald stepped forward to report the news.

"En," Zhao Xu nodded, looking at the winged army outside the city holding a long shield and retreating unhurriedly, a complicated color flashed in his eyes, until his gaze stopped on Ruan Qiling. There were some twists and turns in this battle, and some surprises, but what Zhao Xu cared about the most was Ruan Qiling's ability to use troops.

Encountering such a strong opponent, I am afraid that the war between the two sides will be more intense, and Zhao Xu is not concerned about the outcome of this battle now, but the follow-up impact of this contest. The outcome of the war is not measured by the number of soldiers sacrificed on both sides, but by the impact of the war on the subsequent confrontation between the two sides.

"Send the wounded soldiers to treatment quickly," a simple explanation, Zhao Xu looked at the general behind him and said: "This battle is over, the Wing Army will not continue to attack the city, I will wait until I go back to discuss it." After speaking, Zhao Xu turned around and left.

As soon as Zhao Xu left, those generals looked at each other, and each could see the seriousness on their faces. After seeing the various functions of the enemy's shield soldiers, even the general who was unwilling to withdraw just now had nothing to say at the moment.

Following Zhao Xu, a group of people hurriedly descended the city tower and went straight to the conference hall. The battle between the two sides just now made everyone have a lot of ideas, and Zhao Xu and the generals really had to discuss it carefully.

Not long after Zhao Xu and the others left, the battle between the two armies just now reached the soldiers who did not participate in the battle. Although Lin Xuanzhong did not participate in the war, Lin Xuanzhong got the news very early. Because Ni Youbin participated in the battle as a recruit.

After coming back, Ni Youbin naturally found Lin Xuanzhong as soon as possible and told Lin Xuanzhong about some of the information he knew.

According to Ni Youbin, the night army's infantry and the winged shield soldiers did not go head-to-head, but they were indeed frightened by the enemy archers later, and Ni Youbin did not know some special words that could be used to describe the war, but he still said it very clearly.

Lin Xuanzhong could understand what Ni Youbin meant, at the beginning, the night army had the upper hand, and it was not until the enemy's shield soldiers went out to fight that the situation of the two armies changed, and then until the night army retreated, it was the wing army that had the upper hand.

Unexpectedly, the Wing Army would beat the night army back, Lin Xuanzhong was a little curious about the kind of shield soldiers described by Ni Youbin, but unfortunately he couldn't see with his own eyes what those shield soldiers looked like. However, according to Lin Xuanzhong's own guess, the shield soldiers of the Wing Army must be indestructible and very terrifying, otherwise the Night Army cavalry would not be greatly frustrated.

The two talked and talked about the final casualties, but unfortunately Ni Youbin could only say a rough idea, and Lin Xuanzhong had to guess that the casualties of the two armies were about the same. In this way, Lin Xuanzhong was naturally more curious about the question of victory and defeat, but unfortunately he couldn't get a specific answer from Ni Youbin.

Lin Xuanzhong also didn't know much about military affairs, so he couldn't speculate on any answers, so Lin Xuanzhong planned to go to Bai Ye and ask them to understand.

When Lin Xuanzhong and Ni Youbin were talking about the battle just now, in the conference hall, in front of a long table, Zhao Xu and Lan Feng stood opposite each other, surrounded by the night army generals on both sides, half of whom did not participate in the battle just now, and half of them came back from the battlefield.

"General Zhao, how is the current situation of our army?" Lan Feng was now standing in the position of joining the army and asked Zhao Xu.

"The Wing Army has retreated, leaving only a part of the people to clean up the battlefield, and our army is also cleaning up the battlefield," Zhao Xu told Lan Feng about the situation at the city pass.

"I don't know why the general wants to withdraw from the army?, Ben General intends to divide the enemy army?" Zhao Xu just replied to Lan Feng, and a general who participated in the battle immediately asked loudly. It seems that because of the urgency of the meeting, this person has not had time to sort it out, and he is embarrassed at the moment.

"If our army is surrounded by enemy legions, the consequences are unimaginable, and the general is naturally thinking about the army," only now Zhao Xu figured out why the two armies fought so smoothly at the beginning, and why the wing army brought 40,000 shield soldiers who seemed to be useless, and the wing army was leading them into the game from beginning to end.

"But if our army withdraws like this, doesn't it prove that we can't defeat the enemy?" Referring to the withdrawal of troops, another general who participated in the battle asked emotionally, and the tone of the question was obviously that Zhao Xu did something wrong.

"The enemy's shield soldiers are strong, the attack and defense are orderly, even the cavalry can't break through, if your infantry is surrounded, the consequences are also unimaginable, the general asked you to withdraw your troops in time, naturally he doesn't want you to die. Fang Quyin, who answered for Zhao Xu, Fang Quyin has been accompanying Zhao Xu to watch the battle, and naturally sees the battle between the enemy and us. The strength of the Wing Army's shield soldiers was helpless, and Fang Quyin's opinion was similar to Zhao Xu's.