Chapter 396: Cut off the way back

When the two Golden Body Realm masters fell from the sky, Cao Ziang realized that the situation was not good.

Originally, he felt that with his own strength and the combat strength of thousands of personal guards, even if he was surrounded by enemies several times his size, it should not be difficult to break through. He himself can do God to block and kill God, Buddha to block and kill Buddha, and his own bravery can also drive the morale of the soldiers, as long as he breaks out of the encirclement, he can save his life.

The barbarian master didn't greet him at all, and showed his weapon and started directly.

Cao Ziang was on horseback, it was inconvenient to dodge, and in the face of left and right attacks, he could only choose to dismount to deal with it.

At the same time, the brute soldiers began to move, pressing up from all sides, and the soldiers showed great bravery, but there was a huge disparity in the number of enemies and me, and after a few faces, they fell behind, and every second several people were stabbed under their horses.

The strength of the two barbarian masters is above Cao Ziang, and they are good at joint attacks, and they soon beat Cao Ziang without the power to fight back.

Boom......

Cao Ziang was slapped on the back, opened his mouth and spurted blood, staggered forward two steps, and used his long sword to pestle the ground to stabilize his body.

The enemy vanguard general sat firmly on his horse and said in a cold voice: "Cao Ziang, there is only one way to die in resisting, are you still so stubborn until now?"

Cao Ziang wiped the blood on the corner of his mouth and said: "This general has been fighting horses all his life, and has made countless great achievements, and he will never surrender to foreign races, you should die of this heart! My Iron Eagle Legion is nearby, and I don't know who will kill the deer, so don't be too happy." ”

The vanguard general laughed: "Your Iron Eagle Legion has already retreated westward, running faster than rabbits, it is impossible for them to come to your rescue." ”

"You're talking nonsense!" Cao Ziang said angrily.

"My Western Barbarian army of 700,000 poured out, and your subordinates are not stupid, if you don't run quickly, will you stay and wait for death?" The vanguard general said coldly: "The surname Cao, Ben will give you one last chance, if you are still obsessed, then there is really only a dead end." ”

Cao Ziang was dumbfounded, no wonder the enemy did not encounter any obstacles all the way, it turned out that the troops in charge of the ambush retreated, but he clearly asked them to hold their positions, who was so bold and dared to order a retreat...... Wait a minute!

Thinking of this, his eyes suddenly widened, it must be an order from Ye Yunyang, the commander of the three armies, and he has the right to control the Iron Eagle Legion.

However, everyone has withdrawn, so why has no one come to inform them in advance?

In response to Ye Yunyang's words, since you took the initiative to choose to be the bait, then you must be the bait to the end! The bait is originally for the fish to eat, and if the fish is not allowed to eat it in the mouth, how can it be hooked.

"The surname Cao, do you surrender or not?" the vanguard general asked loudly.

Cao Ziang wanted to choose to live, but he was a person who wanted to save face, so he couldn't pull this face, so he gritted his teeth and said: "I want the general to surrender, unless you Xiban surrender to the Han first." ”

"Kill, not one will be left!" ordered the vanguard general.

In the distance, the Iron Eagle Legion attacked the camp of the Western Barbarian Army from the north, and the 100,000 Nanshan Legion came from the south, and the tens of thousands of defenders left by Meng Tu could not resist it at all, and they lost the north and south gates in the first round.

Everywhere the Han army went, there were the screams of barbarian soldiers.

Yin Falcon personally led the generals of Nanshan to charge, and soon joined the two deputy commanders of the Iron Eagle Army.

The two clasped their fists: "Vice Marshal Yin, the enemy has no power to resist, what should we do next?"

Yin Falcon said loudly: "Boss Ye has an order, let us take all the things that can be taken, set fire to those that cannot be taken, and not leave a tent and a grain of grain for the Western Barbarians!"

"Yes!" the two said in unison, then ordered the supplies to be carried and set on fire.

The Western Barbarian army poured out, bringing only three days' dry rations and a small amount of supplies, and the rest were all stored in the camp, and Meng Tu would never have dreamed that the Han army would raid his camp at this time.

Tens of thousands of defenders died, and food and ordnance were loaded and transported away, and then they began to set fires, and the smoke billowed from the camp, which instantly turned into a sea of fire.

Meng Tu and his subordinates didn't know about this at all, and they were still immersed in the joy of killing the main general of the Iron Eagle Army.

The vanguard general came over with a human head, threw it on the ground and said: "Look, king, this is the head of the enemy chief Cao Ziang, the old guy showed the idea of wanting to live before he died, and he begged for mercy, but the last general did not give him a chance, he cut it with a knife, who let me give him a chance before, he didn't know how to grasp it." ”

Meng Tu smiled and said: "You are right, the Han people are naturally cunning, they will do anything to survive, he surrenders today to save his life, and tomorrow he will do something rebellious, so he still kills clean." ”

Cao Ziang did beg for mercy before he died, and gave away the evening festival that he had maintained for a long time, but he failed to exchange for the mercy of the other party.

With the approval of his master, the vanguard general raised his head happily, and inadvertently saw black smoke billowing in the distance, and couldn't help frowning.

"What's wrong?" asked Mengtu.

"There is black smoke behind, it seems to be ......" His face changed greatly: "It's not good, it's the direction of our big camp!"

"What?" Meng Tu turned his horse's head, and his face changed: "It's broken, our camp! Quickly, order the rear team of the whole army to change to the front team and return to the camp!"

It is easy to say that it is easy to return reinforcements, but it is very difficult to do! This place is dozens of miles away from the main camp, and it will take two hours for the army to advance at full speed.

At this moment, Meng Tu realized that he had made a serious mistake, and he should not have the idea of rushing out when he heard that the Iron Eagle Legion had set up an ambush.

In fact, this is also a last resort, he wants to eat the Iron Eagle Legion, and if there are fewer soldiers, it will definitely not work, at least twice as many as the other party, in order to have a chance to annihilate them all.

The Iron Eagle Army is doubled, that is, 400,000, and his ironcore Western Barbarian Army is just more than 400,000, which is enough in terms of troops, but he is worried that once the Western Barbarian Army leaves, the Southern Barbarian soldiers who have just surrendered will take the opportunity to mutiny, whether it is to occupy the camp or raise troops to flee to join the Eastern Barbarians, it is unacceptable to him.

To be on the safe side, he decided to take the troops with him, and under his nose, those guys would not dare to come out of the moth.

He thought it was just a rush mission and would be back soon, so he left only a few troops to look after the battalion.

Who knew that the Han army was so accurate, and at the same time as he took Cao Ziang, he took his battalion.

Two hours later, standing at the gate of the camp that had completely reduced to ashes, he wanted to cry without tears.

The camp is stocked with all kinds of materials to meet the needs of the whole army for three months, and now they are all gone, and the weapons and armor are damaged, so you can make do with it, but if there is no food, people have to eat, what can I do?

The general cautiously walked over and said, "King, fortunately, before we set off, we brought three days of dry food, so it is better to withdraw from the army, as long as we retreat to the Xiban, the food will be gone." ”

From here to Ximan, it only takes a day and a half to travel, and the dry food is three days' supply, which is indeed enough.

However, Mentu did not want to back down.

He was unwilling, just a general of the Iron Eagle Army, but he changed his own battalion, plus tens of thousands of defenders, no matter how this business is calculated, it is a loss.

If you retreat now, you will have to wait at least two or three months to regroup, and the Han Barbarian Coalition Army will definitely not give Xiban such a chance, they will take advantage of the victory to pursue, and Xiban will be defeated and retreated.

Although the food for three days is not much, if the tactics are used properly, they can still make a difference, at least they should make the Han Barbarian coalition army suffer a little, so that they will not dare to invade the Xiban in a short time, and it will not be too late to withdraw the army by then.

Meng Tu raised his head, trying to persuade the soldiers not to retreat first, but he found that the soldiers were demoralized and didn't know how to speak for a while.

At this time, Tan Malay reported: "King Qiyu, the main force of the Han army blocked our way back to Ximan, they are in full array, we ...... We're afraid we won't be able to go back!"

The news was like a thunderbolt from the blue, and all the soldiers panicked, the grain and grass were robbed, and the way back was blocked.

Meng Tu suddenly laughed and said: "Don't worry, the enemy blocked our retreat because they wanted to trap us, but they ignored the most important point, our way back to Xiban was blocked, but the road to the royal court was unimpeded, and we could even go to Dongban! This king's army of hundreds of thousands of people, where can we not find food to eat, let's just say the royal court, Meng Huo has been operating there for decades, and everyone in the city must know that they can rob us, why can't we rob them." ”

A general raised an objection: "However, the royal court is now in the hands of the Han barbarian coalition army, and it may not be easy for us to enter the city." ”

"Their main force has left the royal court, and at this time the army is empty, our 700,000 army, can't we capture a small city?" Meng Huo said in an inflammatory tone: "The enemy must think that we will choose to return to the western barbarians, so we put the main forces on the road to encircle, we want to do the opposite, while they are not ready to take the royal court, not only solve the big problem of our lack of food and grass, but also grasp the initiative on the battlefield, when the time comes, the attack can be attacked, retreat can be defended, why not?"

The soldiers' eyes lit up when they heard this, and the way back was blocked anyway, so it was better to fight.

"Report!" another probe came back and reported: "Great King, Meng Zhun, the king of the Eastern Barbarians, led his army out of the royal court, and set up three lines of defense at ten, thirty, and eighty miles, forming a horn with the Han army in the west. ”

Meng Tu said happily: "Great, as long as we rush through Meng Zhun's three lines of defense, we can easily take the royal court! Think about it, how many troops do he need to arrange the three lines of defense, so how many troops are left to guard the royal court? Not to mention the three lines of defense, even ten, don't try to block my 700,000 iron hooves! Warriors, what do you want to rush into the royal court, rush!"

"Rush!" shouted the soldiers.

Meng Tu couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw that his morale was available.

On a high ground in the distance, Chen Shilai held a telescope and said, "Son, come and see, the Western Barbarian army is going south, how can they go south, shouldn't they go west?"

Ye Yunyang stood up from the grass unhurriedly and said: "The road to the west was blocked by me, of course Meng Tu would choose to go south, he thought he could take advantage of the royal court, but I didn't know that I had dug a big trap over there, just waiting for him to pass." His grain and grass can last for three days at most, and once the three days are over, I will see what he will consume with me. ”

Chen Shilai gave a thumbs up: "The son has no last resort, and I admire it." ”