The Loulan army finally sounded the clarion call for a full-scale retreat.

Alek Jiangkong has several times the strong force of the opponent, but because of the unexpectedly clever tactics of the Metasequoia garrison, the Loulan army is flanked in front and rear, and then completely falls into a situation of being passively beaten.

The brave and fierce ghost-faced white-robed army was still constantly impacting back and forth at this time, stirring up the entire rear camp of Loulan; The large array of Metasequoia infantry that attacked from the front was also extremely brave, and the Loulan Front, which was responsible for resisting them, was crushed and retreated at a speed visible to the naked eye; What's even more terrifying is the five thousand black-clothed ironclad cavalry who suddenly came out of Metasequoia City, at this moment, they have successfully broken through to the flank of the Loulan camp, and they are about to converge with the white-robed army in the rear.

If you really have to wait until the opponent's two cavalry successfully join forces, I am afraid that it will be difficult for him Alekjiang to retreat with his whole body.

Therefore, the arrogant King of Loulan had to order the entire line to be withdrawn.

When the order was issued, the entire Loulan army changed formations one after another, and some camps with relatively complete combat strength quickly approached the Alek River, and then formed a relatively stable large formation and retreated backwards, while those soldiers and horses that were scattered were separated from the battlefield according to the command of the flag and the sound of the trumpet, and the wolves and rats rushed to the camp in the rear.

Seeing that the other party had made up his mind to retreat, and that the entire command system had not completely collapsed, Xu Youchang no longer continued to fight, and also passed down instructions to lead the cavalry troops, only symbolically driving the Loulan people for a distance of three or four miles, then turned around and rushed back, and surrounded the Chechi regiment that had not yet left in two directions with the infantry phalanx that remained in place.

At this time, King Gelhan of Chechi couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

Hit, right? I really don't have the guts, and of course I don't have the strength. Withdraw, right? I was worried that if I moved a little, it would cause the other party to misunderstand, and instead provoke a violent attack. In desperation, less than 30,000 soldiers and horses had to follow the king, silently staying in place, and facing the Metasequoia army.

Gerhan sat in the saddle and looked at the majestic black-armored general with a spear in hand opposite, who seemed to be the supreme commander of Metasequoia, and he didn't know if it would be the legendary Captain Li Jiangyao Li.

He was thinking to himself when he suddenly saw the black-armored general discuss a few words with the two officers next to him, and then waved his hand to his side.

Well? What does it mean? Call me over?

Gerhan and his subordinates hesitated a little, not knowing whether to go or who to let go, and then they only heard the black armor general shouting loudly: "It's been a whole day, it's all gone!" It's time to go home for dinner! ”

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In the open space between the Loulan military camp and the Chechi army camp, a bonfire was lit. The Marquis of Durham of Turks, the Iron Pigeon General Duolun, the King of Loulan Alikjiang, and the King of Chechi Gelhan were sitting around the campfire at this time, arguing fiercely about something.

Behind them stood a circle of Turkic golden-armored guards, and not far from the circle, there were hundreds of Loulan soldiers and Che Chi soldiers, the two sides were clearly distinguished, lined up on both sides.

I only heard Duolun complain to Gerhan: "I said, Your Royal Highness, what the hell are you doing?" I told you to go to the main tent of the alliance to have a meeting and discuss, if you don't invite the left or the right, you have to choose such a ghost place to drink the wind in the end. Isn't it cold? ”

Alekjiang sneered and said sarcastically beside him: "General Duolun, he is a thief, and he is afraid that I will kill him!" ”

"Fart! What is my heart empty? Gelhan couldn't help but say angrily: "To be honest, I'm really afraid that you will do a black hand, and then you will put the defeated black cauldron on my head!" ”

Alekjiang slammed the Nine Star Blade into the ground and yelled at the same time, "You bastard! The leader of this alliance wants to convict you of colluding with the enemy army, otherwise, how can you be worthy of my brothers who died?! ”

Gelhan first glared at the other party fiercely, and then hurriedly defended Durham and Duolun: "Master Hou, general, this bastard Alikjiang is definitely the first villain to sue him." His subordinates had no military discipline, and when they were fighting in rotation, they were greedy for life and feared death, and disregarded friendly troops, and directly exposed the flanks of our four phalanxes to the Metasequoia Army, creating opportunities for the white-robed cavalry to surprise our army; After that, Alekjiang was frantic and ordered his subordinates to shoot and kill the retreating Che Chi soldiers, both of whom you should have seen with your own eyes. Today's blood debt, please also ask the Hou Ye and the general to administer justice for us! ”

"My God, do you still have the face to be fair to the lord?" Alekjiang shouted emotionally: "Gelhan, you come to tell me, in today's battle, in addition to being driven like sheep by others, have you ever really fought with the other party?" ”

Gerhan couldn't help but be slightly stunned when he heard this.

Now that I think about it, during the entire day's fighting, Chechi's army did not engage in a real battle. They first watched the excitement of the morning, and finally received an order to send four phalanxes out, but before they could reach the front line, they were inexplicably killed by the ghost-faced white-robed army that suddenly killed more than 2,000 people. Then on the way to retreat, he let the Loulan army shoot down more than a thousand people.

Then, they became spectators again, watching the Loulan people being surrounded and beaten by the Metasequoia garrison, until they finally withdrew from the battlefield, and did not fight once.

Seeing that Gelhan was at a loss of words, Alekjiang suddenly came to his senses, and continued to ask viciously: "Gelhan, in front of the Hou Ye and the general, give me a good explanation. Today, when our army was attacked by the enemy in front and rear, why didn't you have a delay in the car? There are more than 30,000 people, and it is as if they are coming for an outing. And the Metasequoia infantry phalanx is so close to you, one does not attack, the other does not raid, but only there eyebrows. Say, "Why don't they attack you?" And why did you finally let you go back to the camp unharmed? What kind of collusion are you secretly working with? Say! ”

Gelhan was questioned by Alekjiang, and he couldn't help but be anxious. He stood up suddenly, pointed at the other party and scolded: "Alekjiang, you don't want to fucking lose the battle, just push the responsibility on me!" I'm ...... How would I know so much why? Aren't you the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces? You took your 80,000 troops, were beaten into that bear by 20,000 soldiers and horses, and still have the face to put the stinking frame of the alliance leader with me? I-phew! ”

Alekjiang raised his eyebrows, pulled out the nine-star blade from the ground, pointed at Gelhan's nose and shouted angrily: "Do you have a kind of telling Lao Tzu again?!" ”

"Just say it, I'm afraid you won't make it?" Gerhan drew a scimitar from his waist: "There is a kind of coming! There's a kind of coming! If you can't beat Metasequoia City, do you want to bully Lao Tzu? ”

"Shut up!" The Marquis of Durham listened to it more and more, and a roar calmed the two who were tense: "Isn't it enough to be ashamed?" Why didn't I see you two so brave during the day? ”

Seeing this, Duolun was afraid that both sides would not be able to come to the stage, and in the end it would affect the overall strategy of the Turkic Empire, so he hurriedly mediated: "Okay, okay, the two highnesses will dissipate their anger first." After losing the battle, everyone is not happy, which is normal. None of us should blame anyone anymore. Come, sit down, sit down and talk slowly. ”

Duolun talked badly and dragged Alekjiang to sit down, and then put away Gerhan's knife with his hand, and kept playing a round on both sides.

Durham stared at them and pursed his lips, and snorted coldly: "If you are so kind on the battlefield today, Lao Tzu doesn't have to suffer this nest with you!" ”

"Okay, my good lord, don't say any more." Duolun smiled helplessly: "Before coming here, His Highness Gelhan and I reminded everyone that we must not underestimate Metasequoia City. This time, you and His Highness Alikjan finally believe it. If you want me to say, this place is really evil! ”

Durham glared at him angrily, but opened his mouth but didn't speak.

Objectively speaking, the performance of the Metasequoia garrison today, especially the combat power of the ghost-faced white-robed army, is indeed very amazing.

If it is replaced by the main Turkic force, or the Shengtang Legion, this situation is easy to understand, but the other party is a group of rabble trapped in a lonely city, not even a second-rate regular army, and it is unbelievable that they can beat the Loulan soldiers and horses ranked first in Western Xinjiang with no direction.

Seeing that they were not arguing for the time being, Duolun said in a deep voice: "I don't know if you are paying attention, there are many strange things about the fighting style of the white-robed army today. ”

The mood of the other three was not high, so no one answered, only listened to Duolun continue: "The white-robed army endured all morning, and suddenly dispatched, precisely when the two armies of Loulan were in rotation. Moreover, they chose to attack on the side of the Loulan army, and when they saw the Loulan army accelerating their retreat, they did not pursue, but attacked the advancing Che Chi army, isn't it weird? ”

After he said this, Durham and the others thought about it, as if this was indeed the case.

Duolun continued: "When the four phalanxes of the car were scattered, the other party did not start a fight on the spot, but drove sheep like a sheep...... I'm sorry, Your Highness Gorhan, I'm making an analogy...... The white-robed army was like a sheep, forcing the Che Chi soldiers and horses to run to the side of the main formation. ”

"Well, that's true," said Alekjan, "and that's why I had to order the archers to shoot." Once the defense line is disrupted by the Chechi army, the entire army is in danger. ”

Duolun nodded: "However, we didn't expect that the real target of the White Robe Army was actually the junction of your two armies. Although Master Hou and I happened to leave in advance at that time, after listening to the descriptions of the generals of Loulan, we also probably knew about the situation of the white-robed army. From beginning to end, they were evading the interception of the Loulan cavalry, and they specially picked the infantry to attack, which disrupted the entire array. ”

Gelhan pondered for a moment and was puzzled: "The two armies face each other, repeatedly rushing and killing, and the scene is often very chaotic. How did they manage to be able to choose fertilizer so accurately? ”

"yes, that's weird." Gelhan was also puzzled: "It's not easy to figure out the direction of thousands of troops and horses fighting together." ”

"The key problem is at the head of the city," said Duolun mysteriously, "you haven't noticed, have you?" Before the white-robed army went into battle, a red flag was suddenly erected on Metasequoia City. Every few times it shook, the white-robed army would have a new target. ”

Alekjiang was shocked when he heard this, and couldn't help asking: "General, you are in the rear, farther than me from Metasequoia City, can you even see this clearly?" What about deception, right? ”

Durham waved his hand to the side: "Duolun is not a lie. He is the leader of our Turkic Iron Pigeon Army, and he has excellent eyesight. It is said that from a hundred steps away, even a few legs of a bee can be seen clearly. ”

"It's an exaggeration for Hou Ye to say that," Duolun smiled, "However, my eyesight is indeed stronger than that of ordinary people. I vaguely saw today that it was a young man waving the red flag. If my expectations are correct, if you can have such a clever tactical literacy in Metasequoia City, it should be the captain of the Pegasus Scout Battalion of the Zhenjiang Capital Protectorate, Li Jiangyao! ”