Chapter 255: Retreat from the enemy
Mu Li led the team to rush towards the location of the enemy commander, and was quickly noticed by the commander.
Attacking the enemy commander directly is indeed the most effective way to do it when the force is at an absolute disadvantage, but it also requires you to have that kind of strength.
Commander Icanathan didn't take this team seriously at all, he had a thousand men left behind him, and a thousand men on the left flank were reserves, and the Starmian army that rushed over was no more than a hundred. The herald blew the trumpet and waved the flag, and a team of more than 300 people was transferred up to intercept Mu Li and the others.
"Wren, lead the people to the right. Mu Li shouted, and he continued to rush forward with a team of men and horses, and before colliding with the troops who came to intercept, he suddenly turned around and rushed to the left, making a posture of bypassing from the side.
This force followed closely and changed direction, chasing after Mu Li and the others.
At the same time, Wren led seven or eight Sky Squads to the right side under the cover of the chaotic army, killing dozens of enemy soldiers along the way, and approaching the enemy commander at an extremely fast speed.
Mu Li and the others took on all the pressure of intercepting the troops, but if it was just a battle, she was not afraid of anyone on the battlefield, and the strength of the group of people around her, after the baptism of many battles, could also be said with the sentence of one top ten, so hundreds of people were a piece of cake in their eyes.
Commander Icanathan looked at the direction in which Mu Li and the others were fighting in surprise.
"Is that a child? girl?"
The adjutant next to him also craned his neck to watch: "No, right?
Before the words were spoken, there was a sudden commotion among the nearby soldiers, and the two of them looked at each other, and several enemy soldiers appeared in the escort force not far away, and they were fighting.
"Stop them!" shouted the commander in shock.
Several members of the Sky Squad had already rushed into the enemy commander's guard, no more than a hundred meters away from that commander. Wren was surrounded by several people in the middle, completely ignoring the fierce fighting around him, and sat firmly on his horse, bending his bow and arrows, and the bright arrows flashed against the light, shining with a cold light.
Bang β
The sound of the bowstring vibrating sounded unusually clear in the chaos.
The commander who was giving the order was shot in the head, and his body shook stiffly twice on the horse's back, and he fell off the horse with a bang.
"Withdraw!" Wren roared, knocking over an enemy with his bow in one hand and pulling the reins with the other.
At this time, Mu Li happened to rush over with a few people to meet them, and more than a dozen people shouted in unison: "Kill Commander Icanathan!"
The sound spread into the distance, more and more people shouted and cheered, and the Icanathan army instantly fell into a huge chaos, and some rushed up to rescue with a quick response, and were directly eliminated by Mu Li and others;
Ursie and Carbien ordered at the same time, taking advantage of the situation to pursue, completely breaking up the Icanathan front.
Mu Li and the others once again exerted their super ability to fight alone, rushing left and right in the enemy formation, and it was another battle.
The enemy also reacted quickly, and the flank troops quickly retracted, abandoned the forward, slowly changed the formation, and formed a defensive formation to accelerate the retreat.
The sun is rising, the fierce battle is in full swing, and under the hot sun, even if you don't move, you will sweat, let alone such combat power now.
Summer was not meant to be combat, and the war that Ikanathan had started made it feel like their military department was casual, or was he fighting a war on land as if it were a war at sea?
After rushing and killing for a while, the raid team had already retreated to the rear, and Mu Li scolded Wren with his head and face.
"I let you be captured alive, and you don't understand what it means? I want to live! Who told you to shoot someone to death with an arrow? If I want a dead man, why do I have to go so far to lead people into battle? I'm crazy about me?"
Wren stood upright, and he didn't dare to breathe when he was scolded, but the others couldn't stand it, because the order to "capture alive" itself was too cruel, it was a military formation, it was the enemy commander, if it was said that it could be caught, then they were all Dongfang Muli.
Greck was pushed over and persuaded: "Okay, miss, Wren can't help it, they rushed to that distance is already the limit, and how can we have time to continue to break through for them at that time, we can't stand it over there!"
"Yes, yes, yes, in fact, I'm to blame for this," Dika quickly echoed, "I tried, I couldn't break through the defense, and no one else could, so let Wren find a way to ...... from a distance."
Mu Li glared at Dika, and Dika immediately shut up.
Mu Li let out a long breath, closed his eyes, and said, "I know, I was wrong......
"Boss?" Wren looked up in horror, "I...... I ......"
Mu Li waved his hand and said, "It's me who is nervous, I shouldn't blame you." β
Wren and the others looked at each other.
She should consider it comprehensively, after a day and a night of fighting, these people have long been exhausted, and many of them are still injured, but she completely forgot the existence of these objective factors, and blindly led everyone forward......
"How many people have we hurt?" Mu Li asked suddenly.
Ruka responded: "Most of the people are injured to varying degrees, seventeen of them...... Brother didn't come back......"
"How many royal guards died?"
"Ten men," Ruka said, "seven of my men died. β
"Ha-" Mu Li looked around, the people of the Sky Squad such as Wren and Archie were around her from far or near, while the royal guards led by Mingxi and Theron's people were far away, "This time even Theron will not be able to explain." β
"My lord, it's not ......" Luka wanted to express something, but in the face of Mu Li's faint gaze, he couldn't say anything.
"The people of the sky can survive because they trust each other more, they know how to cooperate more, and you have time to learn more from them. Mu Li said very officially, not lightly or lightly, she looked at the battlefield in the distance, her eyes were cold and warm.
The Icanathan forces maintained a defensive formation and retreated in an orderly manner, and while Ursy and Kabien defended the flank, they began to gather their troops, leaving the battlefield with severed limbs and blood flowing.
War horses galloped back and forth, and some of them were addicted to shouting in front of the enemy army, but no one paid attention to them at all. The commander of the enemy army is obviously much more cautious and more stable, and the troops of several thousand people retreat without confusion, showing extremely high military qualities.
Wu Cry urged the horse to come to Mu Li's side.
"Major Carbien has given the order to clear the battlefield, and as soon as Icanathan has withdrawn, we will retreat as soon as we do. β
Mu Li shook his head: "The other party just had to retreat to rectify their morale because the commander was killed, their new commander seems to be very set, I am afraid that they will make a comeback." β
Wu Si frowned and thought for a while: "This battle was fought in too haste, and they retreated because they haven't yet discovered our strength, what you say makes sense, but we can't wait for them here!"
"I'll lead people in pursuit, and you and Major Carbien will immediately evacuate with a large force. β
"No!" Wu Qi rejected Mu Li's proposal without hesitation, "I will send a reconnaissance force to monitor the enemy's movements, and you will go back with us." β
"The scouts can't stop the enemy in pursuit, but I can kill their commander one more time. Mu Li said coldly, "I'm not discussing it with you again, this is an order." β
Wu Qi stared at Mu Li for a while, and only after a while did he squeeze out a sentence from between his teeth: "Dongfang Mu Li, if you continue like this, you will never become a qualified commander." β
Mu Li couldn't help laughing and said, "I don't have command in this war, so don't be so strict." β
"Dongfang Muliβ"
Yes, Dongfang Muli, no one can change her decision, as always.
After a brief rest, Mu Li and the others changed horses and chased down the route of the retreat of the Icanathan troops, and this chase actually lasted for two days and one night, surprisingly, the other party did not turn around and attack again, as if they were summoned by something, all the way to the east, extremely fast.
Mu Li and the others fell behind this force, not far or close, the other party knew their existence, but did not send troops to strangle them, this way was simply an escort.
A large jungle appeared in front of him, Mu Li didn't dare to give the order to chase after him, this kind of place is too easy to ambush, she is not stupid! The group was repairing in place outside the jungle, and Wren suddenly asked with a snort.
"Do you smell anything strange? β
"What?"
"What's wrong?"
Everyone was curious and began to smell around.
Ruka flicked the tip of his nose and said, "It's salty and fishy...... We're at the beach!"
"Map. Mu Li stood at the edge of the forest, turning and walking back as he spoke.
Wren unfolded the map, and the others gathered around.
Ruka pointed to a location and said, "Here we are, yes, a dozen miles further south, is the port of Covid's Dessay." β
"Hai!" Mu Li smiled, standing there unconsciously shaking the whip in his hand, "Go and see, Greck...... No, no, no, you don't go ......."
"If it's just a scout, there's no problem. Greck laughed, "I'm not that weak yet. β
Mu Li shook his head: "I can't always rely on you, Ren, you take two people with you." β
"Yes!" Wren jumped up excitedly to prepare.
"The others hurry up and rest, let's all disperse!" Mu Li said and waved his hand, and then looked at Wren who was rushing into the forest, "Dika follow them, don't make a move if your life is not in danger, don't let them find you." β
She was afraid that Wren would come back and scold herself.
"Obviously not at ease......"
"Sooner or later, you have to let go. Mu Li interrupted Greck.
It's not that I don't trust, I just care too much.
At nightfall, Wren and the others returned without incident, making sure that the Icanathan force had entered the port of Covidse, and in addition to that, they also brought back the news that surprised Mu Li - Colonel Gendry and Vincent were also here.