1023 Defeated and fled
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Even in order to reduce casualties, the army in the Shouyang territory did not directly attack the city, but the catapults covered by fire every day almost flooded the entire camp with stones, and within a week, the Chagatai people suffered nearly 160,000 casualties. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Today's earth-rammed city walls have already collapsed in many places, but Marshal Gamudi still did not allow the troops to attack, and the army firmly held on to the base camp to buy time for the royal city. Wu Chengfeng looked at the base camp of the Eastern Expeditionary Army in the distance, and she was even deliberately exposed outside the city in order to lure the enemy deeper, but Marshal Gamudi was iron-hearted and did not send troops to launch a counterattack at all, as if they had given up.
"Do you think that if you are a turtle with a shrunken head, I won't be able to beat you" Wu Chengfeng looked at the base camp and said angrily.
"Sister Feng'er, are you going to start the general attack?" Li Simin said with a smile.
"Our enemies are the royal city and the forbidden army, and we can't expend too much energy here, and we can't consume too many troops. Wu Chengfeng sneered: "Isn't our hot air balloon advance base basically completed tonight, order the hot air balloon troops to carry out air raids, and the flying monster troops to cover, we want to level this place in one fell swoop and wipe out all the Eastern Expeditionary Army, so as to deter the enemy." ā
"Okay, I'll go talk to Sister Lucia, and let the ground troops cooperate today, and make sure that no one is let go. ā
"No, I don't. Wu Chengfeng shook his head and said: "As long as it is monitored from the air, the ground troops do not need to cooperate, I plan to let these people escape back a little, so as to publicize our strength and let them mess up on their own." ā
"That's fine. Li Simin nodded and said, "I'll arrange it." ā
The day's firepower had stopped early, and in the cheers of the Chagatai soldiers, Marshal Gamudi was a little worried, and he always felt that such an abnormal situation of the other side seemed to indicate something. "De'ang, gather all the trusted generals and the remaining iron guards near the West City Gate, and remember not to tell other generals, even the people of the Western Army and the Northern Plains Army. ā
"What are you going to do, my lord," De'ang asked curiously.
"The other party is quite weird today, and I always feel like they are going to do something. I'm just doing it as a precaution, but hopefully I'm wrong. Gamudi waved his hand, and De'ang nodded and went to arrange it.
In the evening, Marshal Gamudi's descendants quietly lived near the west gate, while the others still lit a bonfire in the city and ate dinner without warning. After a night when there was no movement, and the cronies of Gamudi, who were always in a state of tension, relaxed, he lived in several courtyards and slept in clothes, waiting for possible emergencies at any time.
It was in the early hours of the morning when Marshal Gamudi suddenly woke up from his sleep, and with all his skill, he heard the sound of flapping wings in his ears. "Oops, there is a sneak attack from the enemy, it should be their air troops. Gamudi jumped to his feet and called out all the cronies in the vicinity.
"Marshal, we should immediately inform the warriors in the city and tell them to take out their longbows to defend against aerial attacks. De'ang suggested that since someone injured a flying beast with a bow and arrow, everyone knew that the bow and arrow could threaten each other.
Just as Gamudi wanted to nod his head in agreement, a continuous explosion and the screams of people suddenly sounded in the city. Gamudi rushed out of the courtyard, only to find that the direction of the Marshal's Mansion in the center of the city was already full of fire, and it was obvious that the other party was going to kill the main general. Marshal Gamudi was in a cold sweat, and if it weren't for his high vigilance, he would be finished.
Looking at the increasing number of pillars of fire in the city, Marshal Gamudi sighed: "There is no need to notify us, we can't resist at all, let's escape first." ā
"But General Idilamo is still in the city, wouldn't it be bad for us to throw away our allies," one of the young generals suggested.
Gamudi glared at him and said, "Now we can't protect ourselves, and we have to take care of him, if you want to go yourself, I won't go." Everyone listened to the order, immediately opened the west gate and retreated, and retreated to the imperial city first. ā
Hearing Gamudi's order, the junior general was also silent, after all, he was just proposing, and he didn't have a deep relationship with General Idilamo, even if he abandoned his allies, it was Marshal Gamudi who was convicted, what did he have to do with him as a petty officer.
In order not to be lost by the team, everyone held back their strength, and when the west gate opened, Gamudi and the others came out first, and the iron guards behind did not dare to slack off and followed closely.
"Someone fled. An elven squadron leader in the air immediately discovered the target, and with a move, he swooped down with a dozen warriors, and more than a dozen powerful demonic beasts radiated magic at the same time, illuminating the heads of Marshal Gamudi and his party.
Marshal Gamudi was so shocked that he couldn't take much of it, so he didn't resist at all, but just buried his head and rushed forward. Seeing Marshal Gamudi fleeing regardless of it, the others also lost the courage to resist, and everyone desperately beat Dawan Ma under their crotches, hoping to get out of danger as soon as possible.
Without the resistance of the other party, the elves of this squadron attacked vigorously with magic, and many of the iron guards who fell behind were directly killed, even General Abda. Eventually, the magic of the flying beasts ran out, and the elves left angrily.
Seeing that there were only a dozen people left behind him, Gamudi only felt like crying without tears, the dignified million Eastern Expeditionary Army, plus some reinforcements from the Northern Plains Army and the Western Army, he had an army of 1.6 million under his command, but now there are only a dozen people left, how can such a huge loss not make him cry.
"Marshal, let's go quickly, stay in Qingshan without worrying about running out of firewood, and wait until we come back with the army, and then avenge our brothers. Seeing that Marshal Gamudi was depressed, De'ang hurried up to comfort him.
Marshal Gamudi sighed: "Today's war is no longer understandable for people like me, the army in the Shouyang Territory can use sophisticated weapons and incredible tactics to defeat our superior forces without resistance, how can we counterattack." Even if the most elite forbidden army comes, even if the army of the Durrant Empire is in the fight, can you guarantee that we can deal with these flying enemies?"
"This" Deon was tempted to say, but he had no reason to lie to the old chief. A dozen depressed Chagatai people fled in the direction of the royal city on Dawan horses, and behind them, the base camp of the Eastern Expeditionary Army had turned into a sea of fire. The surviving soldiers screamed and fled in all directions, but the flying monsters patrolled around the base camp, and few of those who escaped survived.
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