The reinforcements that rushed from both wings did not shock the second priest, but on the contrary, they breathed a sigh of relief, as if they were waiting for them.

The reason why the second batch of elite natives was sent at this time was to force Su Qi'an's remaining soldiers out.

Fighting from City No. 1 to City No. 3, along the way, the second priest exposed the flaws in his wings intentionally or unintentionally, but he did not wait for the initial raid.

It was as if the only thing that stood in front of them was the three thousand men in front of them, and the second priest did not believe in this.

Since the temptation was not deceived, the second priest could only change his tactics, press it with heavy troops, and forcibly force reinforcements to attack.

City Three is extremely important to both sides, and no one can give it up easily.

Two groups of elite natives of seven or eight thousand people rushed forward, which suddenly increased the pressure on City No. 3.

If there is no rescue, it will be a matter of time before City No. 3 is taken, and sure enough, everything is as he expected, after the No. 3 city wall was hit by a catapult in a row, a gap was finally smashed. Look at the book

All the elite natives rushed up along the gap, and at this critical juncture, the two wings directly killed the reinforcements.

A rough estimate of the reinforcements was more than 3,000 people, which was obviously inconsistent with the 5,000 men and horses they were familiar with Su Qi'an.

The extra 1,000 men and horses, several priests didn't care, after the five trumpet cities were occupied, they have been actively preparing for war, in this atmosphere, it is not a problem to expand the army by 1,000.

After thinking about it, only expanding by a thousand is enough to show that this Liangren Hou Ye, like them, does not trust his subordinates at all.

Occupying such a vast territory of large and small priests, not to mention the local Liang people, the local natives, casually, as long as they want, it is not a problem to expand by tens of thousands.

But this surnamed Su didn't do this, he could only say that in his heart, he was full of jealousy of the natives.

Now it seems that the so-called abolition of slavery is just a demagogic means for Su Qi'an, and when his position is firmly established, the life and death of these natives are just between Su Qi'an's thoughts.

This is Su Qi'an, who was lifted to the sky and called the savior by the natives, what is the difference between him and the previous priests, a hypocritical cool man.

Here, Su Qi'an's status in their hearts has been seen a lot more clearly.

Although Song Biao's second regiment came out in time, the two sides temporarily tied each other.

But unfortunately, the No. 3 city wall has been broken, and the gap in the wall has widened due to the anxiety of the war.

Even if Chen Zhi personally led his soldiers and personally blocked them, everyone could only retreat.

The elite natives they brought out this time were not the useless goods under the three priests.

It is to consolidate the side of the patriarchal priest all the year round and protect the safety of the patriarchal priest.

In terms of combat power, it is not much worse than the state soldiers, but the conditions for cultivating these truly elite soldiers are very harsh and the cost is also very large.

In the vast territory of their eight priests, there were only about 20,000 people at best, and the combined population of their territory was at least five or six hundred thousand.

To be able to stand out from these people is to be able to fight.

With the passage of time, the situation in which the two sides were on par was finally broken.

Eight thousand elite natives, after the casualties reached about three thousand, finally broke into the city, as long as they were given a little time, they could take City No. 3 in a maximum of two quarters of an hour.

At this critical moment, suddenly, a native from the rear came quickly and gave orders to the five priests.

"Pass the order of the two elders, suspend the attack, the five priests will return quickly, there is an important matter to negotiate, all those who do not return, first remove the priests, and then take them and punish them with heavy punishment."

As soon as these words came out, the five were stunned, they couldn't believe that the two elders would give such a heavy order.

In their impressions, this was only experienced many years ago when the governor Li Kang led the army to invade the old city.

"Could it be Li Kang, stabbing him in the back at this time?" The eyes of the five people flashed, and their faces were different.

The rulers of the Priestly Union are the three patriarchs.

The patriarch was able to lead hundreds of priests, large and small, not by strong force, but by years of prestige.

In the absence of a priestly union

In the past, the patriarch was the strongest priest, not to mention calling for wind and rain, but he could always settle things when the priests and priests were persecuted, so that the natives would not be persecuted by the cold people.

The patriarchal priesthood system has existed longer than the establishment of the Great Liang Kingdom, and is the true god in the hearts of countless natives.

It is also in this way that in order to express respect and worship for the three patriarchs.

In the central location, three elder cities were established, and the elder city gradually became a sacred place in the hearts of countless natives, and even priests of all sizes, and they were regularly worshipped every year.

In their eyes, the old city is sacrosanct, and if anyone violates it, it is an enemy of countless natives.

Back then, even if Li Kang led the army to invade, he only stopped for about five miles in the old city, and did not take a step forward, after all, no one could bear the anger of millions of natives in Jiaozhou.

It is really because of the sacredness of the patriarch that there are not too many remaining troops in the city.

Keeping the old city safe were their eight priests, who guarded it around it.

If you want to reach the old city, you have to break through the layers of defense of the eight priests, after so many years, even Li Kang didn't dare to come rashly, who is so bold?

The brains of the five people were filled with all kinds of thoughts, and in the end, the second priest came back to his senses, looked at the subordinates who came to report, and asked seriously.

"Is what you said true, that's what the two elders said?"

"Back to the second priest, this is true, the two elders quickly let the priests return and stop the attack."

As soon as these words came out, the hearts of the two priests sank a little, and those who measured the herald did not dare to deceive him.

But the second priest did not mean to withdraw immediately, his eyes turned, looking at the elite natives who were gradually breaking through the city in front of him, his gaze was filled with deep hesitation.

The four people beside him, how could they not see what the second priest thought, and finally reached this point, and they saw that they could take the third city, but at this time, the two elders sent a message to ask them to withdraw their troops, which was undoubtedly a failure.

But if they disobey, even if they take City Three, they won't be able to pay the difference.

Although there will be friction and contradictions between them, now the five of them are ants on a rope.

Don't look at what the two elders said, if one person doesn't return, only one person will be punished, but they also have to suffer the crime of not being persuaded, and it is definitely a big deal to let the two elders issue such a heavy order.

The four priests hurriedly persuaded, "Second brother, let's withdraw, for the sake of a No. 3 city, being punished by the two elders, it's not worth it, withdraw first, the matter is clear, it's not too late to come and get the No. 3 city."

"Yes, City Three is ruined, and when we regroup, we will definitely be able to level City Three in one fell swoop."

"That's right, second brother, let's withdraw, our elite has three thousand casualties, and if we continue to fight, the two elders will blame."

「……」

The kindness of a few people, how did the second priest not know, his eyes were fixed on the two sides who were still fighting fiercely after the city was broken in front of him.

After a brief silence, the second priest sighed, said nothing, only withdrew, and then turned his horse's head and left.

Several people breathed a sigh of relief, they were afraid that this stubborn second brother would insist on doing so, and they would be the ones who suffered.

Fortunately, the second priest made the right choice, although it was a pity, but he was punished by the two elders, what is this.

Under the order, the elite natives who fought fiercely with Chen Zhi and Song Biao heard the call to withdraw, and although they were puzzled, they still chose to retreat.

The withdrawal of the elite natives made the two stunned, but they quickly thought of something, and when they looked at each other, they both saw the joy in each other's eyes.

The two supported each other, "It seems that Master Hou has succeeded."

"Yes, our resistance was not in vain, but the casualties this time are a bit large, if you are one step later, I'm afraid we will have to reimburse you." Chen Zhi sighed.

Song Biao laughed, then his face became serious, he looked at the elite natives who withdrew from the army, and said, "This time I underestimated them a little, but I didn't expect that the strength of this group of natives was not at the same level as the high priest's group, and they almost capsized in the gutter."

Chen Zhi agreed, and only after fighting with this group of people could he know that this group of elite natives was unusual.

If nothing else, just that

They are now withdrawing their troops, all in an orderly manner, without a trace of panic.

With 3,000 casualties, they can still be so calm and calm, this group of people is definitely experienced veterans, and they also suffered a thousand casualties.

sigh and sigh, but the two will not be arrogant about themselves.

Their casualties were so large, mainly because after the expansion of the army, there was not enough time to train new soldiers.

From 5,000 at the beginning, to 10,000 now, the recruits account for half, but in general, their casualties are relatively small in this expedition of the two elders.

This battle, plus the previous two, roughly calculated, the indigenous army amounted to at least 8,000 men, while they were more than 2,000 men.

The battle loss ratio, one to four, is generally quite good.

The withdrawal of the elite natives, the two did not plan to attack, their task was to block the attack and buy time for Su Qi'an.

If you rashly attack, who knows if the other side has ambushes, judging from the battle just now, these priests in command are not all rubbish, but still know some tactical tactics.

"I don't know what's going on over there, but it's much more dangerous than us if you go behind enemy lines."

"Sir's business, we don't have to worry about it, with Su Yong here, we will definitely succeed, our top priority is to immediately gather the soldiers and quickly build the broken city wall, I have a hunch that this group of guys will not give up so easily." Chen Zhi's eyes flashed, looking at the natives who had completely retreated.

At this time, in the camp in the rear of the aborigines, the two elders had already come down from the sedan bed, and he was sitting above the camp.

The five priests who had returned to the camp were not very pretty, and they were not looking good when they read the letters in their hands.

Sure enough, whatever you read comes.

As they thought, the one surnamed Su really quietly, with a group of people, went deep behind enemy lines and raided the old city.

Judging from the news sent back, fortunately, the high priest and the eighth priest of Gongwei reacted quickly and increased their troops in time, and Su Qi'an did not cause much damage to the old city.

It is estimated that he is also afraid of the anger of millions of natives, but even so, with Su Qi'an leading people to raid the old city, and he retreated, and now he doesn't know where to go.

This is not just as simple as slapping the face, but a naked offense to the three elders at the top of the Priest Alliance, this feeling is described in the words of Liangren.

It is equivalent to Su Qi'an's raid on the Imperial City of Kyoto, making a big fuss in the Imperial City, and finally retreating with his whole body.

This is an absolute rebellion, a blasphemy against the gods, and absolutely unforgivable.