Mu Sheng's 7,000 people marched back along Lingxi, and on the way, Mu Sheng, as the chief general of the first army, had been nervous, for fear of a sneak attack by the enemy, and the army stopped and stopped on the road for seven days without incident, and he finally put his mind at ease.

The next day, after the whole army finally arrived at its destination and set up camp in the upper reaches of Lingxi, Mu Sheng sent scouts to inquire about the situation on the front line.

Mu Sheng only had time to review the battle of Lingxi seven days ago, he carefully calculated, his team of more than 7,000 people, lost more than 400 brothers in the first battle, and injured more than 300, the enemy should have suffered more serious losses, at least two or three thousand casualties, the lethality of this thousand heavy armored infantry and the Jin army's crossbow arrows is really perverted! The battle loss ratio actually reached the level of one to five in the era of cold weapons.

In this era, for those barbarians, the degree of force of the Jin army is quite exaggerated, in the final analysis, there is still a generation gap in weapons and equipment, and the level of training and command cannot be compared with the Central Plains, which leads to such a huge casualty ratio on the battlefield between the two sides.

After Mu Sheng's troops were stationed upstream and waited for three days, the scouts finally sent a message from the main force on the front line.

Mu Sheng immediately took the front-line battle report and looked through it, reading the battle report, his mood immediately sank, Deng Qi ordered him to quickly pack up and return to Lingnan quickly, don't pay attention to the large army, the main force of the Jin army and the mountain puppets, the coalition army of the former tribe is not in a good situation, and is at a disadvantage, the large army has changed the route of the march and retreated to Lingnan along the line of Dalong Mountain in Shark County.

Mu Sheng put away the military newspaper and immediately summoned Yan Kun and Feng Wei to hand it over to the two of them.

Marching Sima Feng Wei's face changed slightly when he saw the strike report, and after analyzing the march map for a long time, he said: "Captain Qiqi, we have to leave quickly, if the army is changed to the first line of Dalong Mountain and withdraws, then our troops are already a lone army, there is no reinforcement in front and no response after that, in case of ......"

Mu Sheng was also in a cold sweat when he heard this, of course he understood what Feng Wei didn't say later, his own people fell into the siege of the barbarian coalition army, it was really a day that should not be called the earth, and it would definitely be the end of the annihilation of the whole army.

This is how marching and fighting, every time you have to think about what the worst outcome will be, in order to be invincible.

The military marquis Yan Kun said: "Captain Qiyu, I don't think so, now the mountain puppet and the alliance army of the former clan must join forces to deal with the main force of the general, the ability of the general to command the army, the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses under his hands are not so easy to deal with, as long as we run fast enough, the Southern Barbarian coalition army should not be able to divide troops to deal with our small force." ”

Feng Wei also agreed: "Yan Junhou's words are reasonable, I hope I think too much, our men and horses really don't play a big role in the battle situation, and the Southern Barbarian Alliance Army shouldn't make a big fight for us." ”

Mu Sheng was also more inclined to Yan Kun's analysis in his heart, but he still said, "Hmm! The soldiers are in danger, we still have to be 120,000 points careful, without further ado, we will immediately pull out the camp and forcibly march back to Lingnan. ”

After Yan Kun and Feng Wei received the order, they immediately took their own orders and left, preparing to leave for their division.

Along the way, Mu Sheng's department was a rapid march for three days, resting for half a day, and starting a rapid march until there were still five days left, Mu Sheng looked at the march map, victory was in sight, and he was about to go home.

Mu Sheng's heart moved, so it seemed that he still thought too much, Yan Kun was right, his own people would not affect the battle situation, and it was indeed not worth sending people to deal with them.

Mu Sheng immediately ordered the soldiers to slow down their march, and even he, a monk, couldn't stand it, let alone the soldiers.

He looked back at the soldiers behind him with a tired look, so he ordered to bury the pot and cook and rest in place, and tomorrow at the beginning of the march, in this state of the real encounter with the enemy, let alone resist the enemy, as soon as the enemy army appeared, it would have to be dispersed on the spot.

The most dangerous time for the army in this era is indeed the time of marching, limited by the extremely bad traffic conditions of this era, when the army marches, it is lined up in a long snake formation, if the army is suddenly attacked, the head and tail can not be taken into account, it is difficult to organize people to line up to resist the enemy in a short time.

After resting for a night, the soldiers were obviously in a much better state, they set up camp and set up the village, and the troops walked for three days and were safe and sound along the way, Mu Sheng let go of his five senses and felt the surrounding environment, and he didn't feel that someone was following his own troops, and he sent scouts to investigate and found nothing abnormal.

Mu Sheng's hanging heart finally let go, and one more day's journey will be to the mash city where he set off, and when he arrives there, relying on the tall city, his army will be completely safe.

At this moment, in the distant hills and dense forests, a Nanban warrior with a spear and a mask hidden in the dense forest, silently observing the movements of the Jin army's reserve force.

Her whole human form is one with the nature of this heaven and earth, and she stands in place like a statue.

At this moment, a small snake crawled under her feet and slowly passed through the surface of her feet, the little snake seemed to be unaware of this big living person standing in place, she saw that the Jin army gradually moved away, and thought that the enemy should not find her, so she finally moved, unfolded her body and flew into the forest and disappeared......

At this moment, the whole army is also relaxed, and it is finally coming to an end, this expedition everyone did not expect that the former clan would send so many people to cut off the Jin army's grain route, this time killing thousands of enemies, it can be regarded as a great achievement, although it did not go to the frontal battlefield, but it can be regarded as a great achievement that can be taken out to brag about the attack of tens of thousands of enemy troops in the second-line battlefield.

Thinking of this, Mu Sheng couldn't help humming a small tune in his mouth, and he didn't know how the emperor would reward him for this meritorious service.

The army marched until the afternoon, and everyone finally saw the outline of the mash city when they set off a few miles away, and when everyone saw this, their hanging hearts finally let go, and they finally withdrew to the territory of Lingnan without danger.

While everyone was immersed in the fantasy of going home, a flock of birds flew in the woods in front of them, as if frightened, and several scouts were about to approach the forest to investigate, when almost at the same time several sharp arrows were shot from the forest and shot the scout off his horse, and the scout fell to the ground motionless, seeing that he was dead.

Mu Sheng's heart sank when he saw this situation, it's not good! There was a situation, his face was cold and handsome, and he immediately ordered: "The whole army is on guard. ”

Seeing that the city is not far away, although the soldiers of the whole army are a little flustered, they still show good military quality, and quickly form a military formation to deal with the enemy.

Mu Sheng looked around, quickly checked the surrounding environment, and saw that there was a small hill near the left front, so he immediately ordered the whole army to move slowly to that side, and the formation of the back mountain reduced the possibility of being attacked by the enemy from all sides.

Just as the Jin army was arrayed and ready to meet the enemy, the enemy army finally emerged from the forest like an ant colony.

In the northwest and southeast, the southern barbarian army formed a neat phalanx, shouting trumpets, and slowly marched from the ambush site.

Mu Sheng saw the Southern Barbarian army slowly approaching them all over the mountains, his heart gradually sank, and he roughly estimated that the enemy army had at least 20,000 horses.

Mu Sheng immediately ordered the scouts: "Immediately break through the siege and go to the Mash City for help......

The scout stepped on his horse and went to the nearby city of Mash to call for help.

The Southern Barbarian enemy army was so blatantly operating in the Lingnan border that it was indeed beyond everyone's expectations, and the Mash City was a few miles away, visible to the naked eye, as long as there was a big battle here, it would definitely alarm the defenders in the city.

At this time, something that made the soldiers even more desperate appeared, and a large number of enemy troops also appeared in the southwest, and the enemy's slow and orderly pace pressed towards the Jin army's formation, and now the enemy had as many as 40,000 horses.

At this time, the military marquis Yan Kun ran to Mu Sheng's side with a pale face and said, "Captain, it is not appropriate to stay here for a long time, our army will retreat to the north and break through, right?" ”

Mu Sheng shook his head with a wry smile and said: "I'm afraid that the enemy army has already premeditated, we have already fallen into a heavy siege, and there should be a large number of enemy troops in the north who have outflanked it. ”

Before the words fell, a large army slowly came out of the north, and gradually approached the Jin army, a small army of several thousand people.

Yan Kun looked at the mountain puppet army all over the mountains, plus the army that appeared in the north, adding up to sixty or seventy thousand horses.

Yan Kun said with a pale face: "Du Wei...... Shouldn't it? This is almost all the main force of the puppets of Nanban Mountain, doesn't it make sense? In order to eat our little people, why do you want to stir up so many people? Could it be that General Lu's side has already been defeated? ”

Mu Sheng carefully observed the enemy situation, sighed, and said, "I don't know if the general's side is defeated or not, but I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to escape today." ”

Feng Wei said with a solemn face: "Captain Qiyu, I don't think they should attack today, looking at their appearance, they should also march all the way to set up an ambush in front of us, we tried to break through a few times, we should have a chance to escape." ”

When Mu Sheng heard this, he felt that his words were reasonable, and immediately ordered the whole army to move to the southeast, preparing to make a desperate attempt to break through.

The enemy troops in the southeast direction also apparently sensed the intention of the Jin army, and the sword and shield soldiers in the front row raised their wooden shields to resist the enemy.

After half a pillar of incense, the Jin army and the enemy collided together, Mu Sheng also took the lead at this moment and drew his sword and rushed to the enemy formation, at this moment the whole army understood that it was time to fight desperately, if they couldn't rush out, what was waiting for them was only the end of the annihilation of the whole army.

For a while, the two armies shouted and killed, and in an hour's bloody battle, the Jin soldiers cut down one enemy soldier after another, and it seemed that the enemy was endless, and he could not finish killing.

Seeing this, Mu Sheng recalled the scene when he and Lao Chen fought against the Holy Tree and killed the lizard monsters, it was such a desperate endless, their number was too small.

In order to boost morale, Mu Sheng also personally led his own soldiers to charge into battle, and half an hour later, Mu Sheng was covered in blood, and his hand holding the sword was a little trembling, he looked back at his own army and the soldiers were also tired, they were just trying to support, the Southern Barbarian Army was numerous, and the enemy army commander obviously knew how to use troops, and the enemy army divided the team into five units, and took turns to fight with the Jin army. He felt that the fighting will of this group of mountain puppet southern barbarians was not inferior to that of the Jin army, and it was much more difficult than the southern barbarians of the former clan.

Mu Sheng glanced at the endless enemies, waved his hand helplessly and ordered: "Retreat and form a formation to protect yourself." ”

He knew that if he continued to fight like this, even if he managed to break through, he wouldn't be able to run a few steps, and it was estimated that his group would be completely annihilated before he could run under the gate of Mash City.

After the Nanban Mountain puppet army saw that the Jin army retreated, the mountain puppet army did not have the intention of catching up and fighting, Mu Sheng saw this situation and knew that the mountain puppet was also the end of the strong crossbow, but they had too many people, and it was really difficult for them to break through.

The Jin army is desperate to break through, the mountain puppet is desperately trying to intercept the Jin army at any cost, both sides are determined to fight to the death, this time it is frozen, the enemy is outnumbered, Mu Sheng had to collect troops and return to the camp to wait for rescue.

In the evening, Mu Sheng saw that the enemy army had never come to attack, and he knew in his heart that the enemy army was also recovering from his strength, and he saw that the soldiers had almost recovered their physical strength.

Mu Sheng ordered: "The generals will listen to the order and go up the mountain to protect themselves." ”

The Jin army immediately took action, taking advantage of the cover of night, the soldiers first transported the wounded to the top of the mountain, and then slowly transported the heavy grain carts up the mountain, and surrounded the carts around their own camp, so that a temporary camp was constituted.

Mu Sheng observed the bad environment around the hill, and luckily there was a small stream flowing through the mountain.

Mu Sheng hurriedly ordered the soldiers to go down the mountain to fetch water in turn, and filled all the drinking utensils they brought, in case the enemy army ran off the water tomorrow, and was prepared to hold on for a long time.

Mu Sheng was a little uneasy, and turned around a few times to check the camp before going to rest peacefully, tomorrow may be another vicious battle, rest well and save physical strength is the key.