Chapter 12: Retreat on all fronts

When the boy was brought to Swei, it had been a full day since he left Semenxia.

He walked a full thirty kilometers of mountain road from Saimenxia until the afternoon to the nearest outpost, where he handed the letter to the sergeant.

The sergeant major opened the letter and glanced at it, his face became very bad, and he immediately reported the contents of the letter to Aeron, who was far away in the Hanse barracks, through the teleportation crystal.

What was written in the letter was not good news at all, but all this was unknown to the boy, and by the time he delivered the letter he was exhausted and was helped to rest by the soldiers.

The letter was short, with only a few sentences:

The enemy is flying the banner of Gangga and riding huge puppets, and the number is unknown. If we stick to the fortress, there will be no chance of victory. I will lead all the surviving warriors of Semen Gorge to launch a final charge, staining the gates of Hanseh with the blood of the enemy, and buying more time for my comrades behind me.

I only ask Hanse to send my blood amber back to my father's homeland, to the arms of Hackland.

Signature: Blood Drinker

Packed in the envelope is a drop-shaped red crystal that shines beautifully in the sunlight.

That night, Ai Rong announced the order for a total retreat on the Crystal Channel of the whole Hanse, and all the outposts on the Western Front were ready to retreat and retreated in batches overnight.

Also receiving the order to retreat were the support forces led by Swei.

Swei had learned of the news after encountering a retreating force on the way, and had been brought to him along with the letter, along with the young man who had delivered it, but the boy had been carried back by the other soldiers.

Siwei asked the soldiers to put the boy on his back to the general car that commanded the battle, and then personally helped the boy to the chair and sat down.

The young man was a little flattered, and gave a military salute to Si Wei very restrainedly, but his legs were already overwhelmed and he couldn't stand up and salute.

Si smiled and patted the young man's shoulder, sat down beside him, and said with a smile:

"Come on, don't be nervous, just be casual. Can I know your name? ”

The young man nodded hurriedly, but lowered his head again and whispered:

"My name is Lu Huanjia."

Si Wei was obviously a little dissatisfied with the timid appearance of the young man, and said loudly:

"What are you talking about so quietly? The name is meant to be said out loud for people to hear, and again, to be said! ”

Lu Huanjia's face turned red when he was said, and then he mustered up the courage to say loudly:

"I, my name is Lu Huanjia!"

Seeing Lu Huanjia's blushing face, many soldiers around the car laughed, and now his face turned even redder, and he only felt hot.

Si Weihu was stunned and shouted at the soldiers below:

"Who's laughing? What's so funny? Do you dare to shout your name out loud like he did? Who would dare? ”

Si Wei asked several questions in a row, and all the soldiers below were silent, Si Wei looked around, and then said in a shock:

"Of course you don't dare, because none of you can walk 30 kilometers of mountain roads like him, just to deliver a letter."

"Now, do you still think it's funny?" Si Wei raised the letter in his hand and said loudly, "Of the warriors of Saimenxia, he is the only one who survived, and he has brought us important information. Now, can you still laugh? ”

Many soldiers lowered their heads, no one made a sound, and only the squeak of moving the car was particularly loud.

Si Wei sat down again, looked into Lu Huanjia's eyes, and asked softly:

"Tell me about your battle."

Lu Huanjia was silent, Douda's tears rolled down from the corners of his eyes, and he was only heard sobbing and saying:

"At that time, we received an order from General Ai and began to strengthen our vigilance. As a result, suddenly a huge hand appeared on the city wall, and two people disappeared directly.

And then there was a big head with a lot of people sitting on it, many, many people, jumping on the wall, and there were many, many people behind them. The sergeant major told me to stay in the room and destroy the teleportation crystal, and he rushed out.

I was so scared, I didn't know what to do, I hid in the house, the sergeant major he, he rushed over with people, and then I saw, saw a big fire, the sergeant major, the sergeant major was gone, all was gone. ”

Speaking of this, Lu Huanjia couldn't cry anymore, Si Wei's eyes became red, and there were bursts of whimpering from under the car.

"There were so many people who were squeezed down from the walls that I was so afraid that they would get up from the ground and rush into the house, and I thought we were going to die.

Then I saw a man standing on the wall, and this letter was written by him, and he killed many, many, many, many,

When the sun rose, there were only thirty or so people left, and the enemy was gone, and he told me to deliver the letter to his own people, and he said that he had won, and I didn't read the letter, but I knew that he was lying to me, and he didn't win at all.

But I was afraid, I didn't dare to stay with him, I ran and ran all the way, I was so afraid that suddenly someone would catch up, I was a coward, I was a coward. ”

Lu Huanjia had already scratched off the chair and knelt on the ground as he spoke, gradually unable to hear what he was saying, only crying full of pain.

More than 3,000 people were already crying at this time, and some people were crying and passing on Lu Hui's words to his comrades-in-arms who didn't hear it. Soon everyone knew that while they were marching, while they were still sleeping, there was an outpost where such a terrible battle took place.

Si Wei stood up, stood on the high general's car, raised his arms and shouted:

"Hanses will not forget that there were a hundred brave warriors who died for Hanses in Semeng, but there are many more such hundred people in front of us, and our task is to bring these warriors home safely."

The outpost sergeant major, who returned with Lu Hui's family, suddenly raised his hand to wipe the tears on his face, raised his fist, and shouted loudly with a crying voice: "General Si, not only do we have to take them back, but we also want to make the Ganghe people pay for their blood debts!" ”

"Blood debt and blood payment!" The soldiers next to him chanted.

"Blood debt and blood payment!" "Blood debt and blood payment!"

The soldiers, along with Chun Mengya's private soldiers, all cried and shouted, and even Zhang Yuan and Chengge were deeply moved, raising their fists and shouting.

Unlike Hanselai's mourning soldiers, the morale of the Third Army of the Gangga Empire was unusually low at this time, and the marching ranks were full of whispering voices.

Of course, Gangga's army can also be said to be a mourning soldier, a mourning soldier who is dejected and frightened.

The front army, which was nearly 8,000 people, was chased by more than 30 people, no, one person. Even the Chinese army fled.

King Hebi was still in a state of shock at this time, sitting on the car with his left hand on his forehead, not knowing what he was thinking.

Growing up in the deep palace, he only knows that if he encounters something, he can settle it with a "guard", and no one can challenge him, except for his father.

It was the first time he had been so close to death, and when the gun flew over, his mind was already blank, and if it weren't for the loud sound of the gun colliding with the magic shield that pulled his soul back, I'm afraid his soul would have gone to the moon.

Thinking of this, King Hebi touched the pendant on his neck, which was a magic prop given by his father before he set out on the expedition, and at this time, the pendant was crawling with cracks, just like his heart.

The blood stains on the cart had long since been wiped dry, and the soldiers found water around Semenxia, where the army was stationed, and the bodies of the blood-drinkers had been cleaned up.

It is worth mentioning that when I was ordered to clean up the corpse, the soldiers pushed me and I pushed you, and no one wanted to be the first to go. In the end, it was Vannibal who cut down the two men on charges of disturbing the morale of the army, and only then did the soldiers pick up the bodies with spears and bury them.

Wannibal sighed, since entering the fortress of Saimenxia, His Royal Highness the Prince has been sitting in the general's car and has not gotten off, since last night he has been half-asleep and half-awake, he shouted several times without moving.

As Vanibal walked cautiously into the car, there was a faint smell of wine, and King Hebi's feet were full of broken jars. Wannibal coughed twice and asked cautiously:

"Well, Your Royal Highness the Prince, if I don't send someone to escort you back to China, I won't tell the king about it then."

King Hebi shook his head, his slightly drunken eyes seemed to look at Vaniphal, and he didn't say a word, but picked up a wine jar from the ground and poured it into his mouth.

How could Vanibal let him drink again, he hurriedly stepped forward and hugged the wine jar, and said eagerly:

"Your Highness, you can't drink anymore, you can't drink anymore."

King Hebi was robbed of the wine jar, and then he looked up at Wannibal, his head shook from side to side, and he cursed in his mouth:

"Wan, Wannibal, you dare to rob me, wine, I don't want to go back, I will defeat Hanse, hit, the city of Kitchener. Hit King Gicher City and tell Ganghe that old bastard, I, King Hebi, Cai, is the strongest, that wild seed, I am ten thousand times stronger than him. ”

"Your Highness, you are already drunk. Come, help His Highness down to rest. As soon as Vanibal gave the order, someone went up to the chariot and helped King Hebi into a room.

Wannibal rubbed his brows, casually beckoned a general around him, and ordered:

"You go to the front army, according to the method of one out of ten, pick a death squad to come out, and go forward with you, I am worried that the Hansei will run, and it will be difficult to fight at that time."

"Yes."

Vannibal's hunch was accurate, and by this time several outposts near Semenfjo had retreated to Hanses and joined Sway.

Three thousand men became four thousand, advance turned into retreat, and Swei stood on the general's cart with an unfolded map in front of him.

There were five men standing aside, the retreating sergeant major, who had just finished briefing Swei on the situation.

Si Wei stretched out his hand and clicked on a place on the map, and said:

"Gangheren, it is very likely that the vanguard will be sent to chase us, if they bite our ass with cavalry, then it will be troublesome, I can see that he will be ambushed halfway."

A sergeant major next to him replied:

"I agree with General Si's tactics, but I don't think this is a good place to ambush."

"Then tell me where to ambush."

The sergeant major stretched out his hand, pointed at the location of a fortress, and said slowly:

"I think you can set up an ambush at Longlingji Fortress."

Si Wei showed a look of surprise and asked, "Why are you ambushing here, isn't this our own fortress?" ”

The sergeant major nodded, and continued:

"Because it is a fortress, it can be ambushed, General Si might as well think about it, if the Ganghe people chase with cavalry, they will definitely rush all the way to the city of Hansai, and will not search one fortress after another.

If we had pursued only with infantry, we might have searched our outposts, but in this case, we would not have been able to catch up with us, so I think they would have pursued them on foot.

By the time they chased to Longlingji, the cavalry and infantry had long been separated, and the infantry would definitely be very slack after encountering several empty cities in a row, so we would eat this infantry here and then arrange the battle scene so that the enemy would think that it had encountered a retreating force. ”

Swei raised his hand to interrupt the sergeant's speech, and a smile of determination appeared on his face, and he spoke:

"Your idea is very good, but I have a better idea, let's give a big gift to the Ganghe people in this place in Longlingji."