Chapter Ninety-Three: Zhang Xiaoting Returns in a Fiasco
The sky is finally getting brighter.
The fierce fighting on the battlefield has also entered the white-hot stage, and more than half of the 100,000-strong army has suffered casualties.
However, there was still no winner or loser, and the casualties on both sides were about the same, both about 50,000.
The rest were also exhausted, and on the battlefield, almost all the soldiers were already scarred and covered in blood.
There are still about 10,000 soldiers on each side of the two commanders who have not yet joined the battle, and they are all holding torches and watching the battle on the battlefield.
Some are enthusiastic to watch, and some are eager to join.
Some of them were frightened and had the idea of wanting to withdraw from the battlefield as soon as possible.
The horse leather shroud, dying in battle, was a fate that most soldiers could not escape.
However, if there is a choice, who wants to be such a hero?
There are some soldiers who have wives and children at home, waiting for them to return as soon as possible.
Of course, more soldiers are young people who have not yet married and had children.
They still have a lot to go through.
There are countless dreams in life that I don't have the chance to achieve.
However, this has become their final home.
How much sorrow, how much regret, how much missing, how much care?
But do they have a choice?
No.
At this time, the main general gave an order, and they could only advance with all their might, rush to the battlefield, and kill the enemy with all their might.
Some can also kill the enemy first, and then be killed.
And some have not had a chance to kill the enemy, and have already been killed by the opponent.
War, that's war.
The most cruel place in the world is the battlefield, where life seems so humble and insignificant.
An army of 200,000 people, in an evenly matched battle, lives disappear faster.
In just over two hours, both sides lost more than 50,000 horses on the battlefield.
There were more than 100,000 soldiers who were still shouting and fighting just now, but in the blink of an eye, they had turned into cold corpses.
The remaining soldiers, since the commander did not give the order to retreat, could only step on the corpses of their comrades or enemies and continue to fight.
Until he himself falls.
Seeing that the sky was already bright, Zhang Xiaoting looked at the scenes on the battlefield with a sad face, he waved his hand solemnly and ordered:
"All in battle!"
As a result, more than 10,000 soldiers with torches around them threw down their torches, raised their swords, and joined the battle without hesitation.
Zhuang Shujun didn't know the situation in the mountains, and he was also very anxious in his heart, seeing that he couldn't break through the enemy's blockade for a long time, and the 100,000 army might be about to explain here, and his heart was also trembling.
But he didn't have a choice.
Seeing that more than 10,000 soldiers of the enemy joined, he could only wave his hand helplessly, and more than 10,000 people around him also rushed into the battlefield.
On the battlefield, there were less than 50,000 soldiers left on both sides.
But reinforcements still didn't arrive.
And in the deep mountains, a counter-pursuit battle is also fiercely staged.
Mu Qianmei's 15,000 men chased after the nearly 100,000 army in front of him with passion.
However, in this mountain forest, the person being chased cannot run fast, and the person who pursues cannot raise his speed.
However, Zhang Xiaoting's army, which had not slept well all night and had been running back and forth for nearly two hours, was already a real tired army.
When they received the general's order, saying that the rear was in danger and asked them to go to support quickly, it was when they were about to rush to the camp of Mu Qianmei's army.
As soon as all the soldiers heard such an order, they were all angry and resentful.
Tossed for half a night, and was about to catch up, but received an order to retreat urgently.
The hard pursuit is now in vain.
But when the military order is given, who dares not to obey?
So they dragged their exhausted bodies and hurried back as fast as they could.
However, their fastest speed at this time was not as good as usual
The speed of the passage army has increased.
However, the speed of Mu Qianmei's army was much faster, and after most of the night's rest and adjustment, they were still in good spirits.
It's just that the road in the mountains is rough, and it won't be able to catch up for a while.
It wasn't until they were about to approach the Yunlong Mountain Range that they finally caught up with their troops walking at the rear.
First, there was a burst of bow and arrow shooting.
Before many soldiers in Zhang Xiaoting's army could react, they became the souls of the arrows.
Some fell to the ground wounded, wailing.
Their leader would have ordered the whole army to turn back and counterattack.
But the sound of the fighting under the mountain was so tragic and poignant.
We must come to support as soon as possible.
At the moment, the leader of Zhang Xiaoting's army could only make a difficult decision, leaving 20,000 people behind, and the rest of the people hurried to the front of the Yunlong Mountain Range to support Zhang Xiaoting.
Mu Qianmei's army saw that the rear troops in front of them turned their heads to meet the attack, and quickly retreated.
Now is not the time for a tough battle.
Fortunately, the soldiers on the other side were exhausted and could no longer organize a strong counterattack, and seeing Mu Qianmei's army withdraw, they hurried for a while and turned to leave.
They were even more exhausted from walking around like this.
In the end, he finally gave up the counterattack, leaving 5,000 people behind, and the people in front also left in a hurry.
The soldiers who remained became outcasts.
And when Zhang Xiaoting's troops in the mountains rushed to the halfway point of the Yunlong Mountain Range, Zhuang Shujun's follow-up 100,000 troops also arrived in a hurry.
The battle on the battlefield is nearing its end, and there are about 30,000 men and horses left on each side.
Zhang Xiaoting looked at the 100,000 reinforcements on the other side's high morale, and then looked at the 80,000 tired troops he had returned from the mountain, and couldn't help but sigh.
Although Zhuang Shujun's army was also tired from traveling all night, and many of them were mainly recruits, the opponent was an even more tired army, because not only did they not sleep all night, but they had just retreated from the battlefield, which was worse than their overnight march.
It's just the right time to train soldiers!
Zhuang Shujun withdrew more than 30,000 remnants on the battlefield, and then let 100,000 recruits go on the field to kill the enemy.
Zhang Xiaoting ordered 80,000 soldiers to join the battle because he was short of troops.
Zhuang Shujun commanded the battle while constantly looking at the mountain.
Why haven't Princess Fluttershy and Tingfeng come back yet?
There was a faint worry in his heart.
However, seeing that the 80,000 horses withdrawn by the other party did not look like they had returned victoriously, their hearts were a little more stable.
In this way, while watching the battle situation in front of him, he looked in the direction of the top of the mountain from time to time.
At the moment, the morale of the other side has risen sharply, the other side has little resistance, the battle situation has basically been controlled, and the side has an absolute advantage.
But why haven't those familiar figures appeared on the mountain for a long time?
After a long time, he finally saw thousands of enemy men fleeing in disarray.
It seems that Princess Fluttershy and Tingfeng are not in a very miserable situation.
can also make the enemy flee back in such an embarrassment, at least there is a certain amount of combat effectiveness.
After a while, he finally saw his team appear, and although they were covered in blood, they were still in good spirits.
Especially Mu Qianmei and Liu Tingfeng, neatly dressed and spotless, as if they hadn't participated in the battle at all, Zhuang Shujun finally completely put his mind at ease.
Liu Tingfeng saw Zhuang Shujun on the edge of the battlefield from a distance, and shouted excitedly:
"Big brother, you brought the troops to support, we are fine, don't worry!"
The voice was full of joy of reunion after a long absence.
Zhuang Shujun raised his hand high and responded loudly:
"You're fine, come down quickly."
Zhang Xiaoting, who was at the foot of the mountain, listened to their conversation, as if he had completely ignored his army, and couldn't help but feel sad.
Take advantage of the situation, but you want to fail?
He was a little unwilling.
But the scene in front of him gave him a deep sense of powerlessness.
The situation is irreparable.
The two armies of the other side are gathered, and there are nearly 150,000 troops that can fight, and he is only 120,000 remnants.
How can this battle be fought?
He couldn't help but look up at the mountain again.
I saw a young man in white clothes and a beautiful girl like a fairy, leading more than 10,000 soldiers to rush down the mountain with vigor.
Recently, they have been playing with their more than 200,000 troops in the palm of their hands, are they actually these two young men and women who have not dried up?
Where did they get all this combat wisdom?
Treat war as a game, and fight for so long in this mountain like hide and seek?
Cards are not played according to common sense everywhere.
But he was also played by them to this point.
The defeat was inexplicable.
Unwilling to lose.
There are only more than 20,000 of them!
Is this the legendary Princess Fluttershy?
This is her junior brother Liu Tingfeng with outstanding swordsmanship, right?
Looking at the battle situation in front of him, his own casualties were constantly increasing, and in a short time, more than 10,000 people were killed and wounded.
Zhang Xiaoting didn't think about it anymore, immediately made a decision, and shouted:
"Withdraw!"
The voice was filled with endless resentment and sadness.
The tired division no longer loved to fight, fought and retreated, and finally turned the horse's head, and quickly galloped away with Zhang Xiaoting's guards into the depths of the grassland.
During the retreat, there were many casualties.
In the end, only about 80,000 people were able to retreat.
Zhuang Shujun's troops pursued a long distance, and later, under Zhuang Shujun's order, they all reluctantly retreated.
This rescue came in time, and Mu Qianmei's team did not suffer many casualties here.
Zhuang Shujun couldn't help but feel strange after watching the enemy go away
How did 20,000 horses protect themselves in front of the opponent's 200,000 troops?
There were about 15,000 people left.
Compared to them, his victory in this battle is not pretty.
The other side lost nearly 110,000 dead and 80,000 soldiers and horses.
It was just a pyrrhic victory.
When Mu Qianmei and Zhuang Shujun finally approached, Mu Qianmei first introduced Tana, Junshi and Chaolu to him.
Zhuang Shujun couldn't help but feel a little excited when he looked at these legendary grassland celebrities he had heard of before and were now standing in front of him.
They all greeted them warmly.
Especially Tana and Chaolu, he is like thunder, although he is in the grassland, his reputation is spread throughout the entire Ugu Continent.
After everyone got to know each other, they exchanged pleasantries for a while, and Zhuang Shujun asked strangely:
"Princess, didn't you find the treasure?"
Mu Qianmei replied with a smile:
"Hehe...... far away in the sky, close in front of us, our treasure is placed under a plank."
Zhuang Shujun asked with some surprise:
"What plank?"
Liu Tingfeng stretched out his hand and said with a smile:
"There, right at the exit down the hill!"
So he simply said the board on which a little poem was written.
Hearing this, Zhuang Shujun couldn't help but laugh a little, he didn't expect the princess to have such a naughty side, thinking of Zhang Xiaoting coming to the bottom of the mountain and seeing the wooden plank, he must be extremely angry!
However, he quickly thought of Mu Qianmei's wisdom, this most obvious place is often the safest, especially with that fast plank, although the other party's people smashed the plank, they were unwilling to take a few more glances at that place, let alone go, to go there to find the treasure.
Let Zhang Xiaoting know that they have been stationed in this real treasure place for two days, but they are looking everywhere, I don't know what kind of expression it will be?
It's so surprising everywhere!