At this time, the Xiliang army could be described as extremely miserable, and after a hard attack for a morning, it actually lost nearly 10,000 troops. Especially cavalry, in this world, cavalry is the most expensive type of troops, although half of their Xiliang country is nomadic people, everyone is born a knight. However, maintaining the daily consumption of the knight is also a large expense. Who knew that just one round of attacks would allow him to lose thousands of cavalry, and the number of survivors could be more than 100.

The key is that until now, they don't know what the cause is, they just saw that any cavalry that entered the fifty steps of Zhao Guoying's village suddenly fell to the ground, and even the horses fell. It's no wonder that Yelu Hongjiang shouted demon magic, even demon magic doesn't have such a terrifying effect, right?

What's more, Zhao Guo really dared to violate the ban of the Great State Capital and use the power beyond the mortal realm on the battlefield without authorization?

Yelu Hongjiang now has a headache and wants to slap himself a few times. I was also carried away by that terrible scene, and I actually shouted witchcraft. Now not to mention the soldiers, even the generals under his command are terrified. Lost the courage to fight.

Besides, there is not much food and grass left in their army, and they can last two days at most, and if they can't decide the winner by tomorrow, then the morale of the army will naturally collapse. The infantry under his command is fine, and the cavalry recruited from the steppe and the soldiers recruited from various cities will not be able to desert.

"Someone! Invite General Wanyan to come over. Yelu Hongjiang didn't have much to do at this time, so he had to find someone to discuss the next countermeasures.

After a while, Wan Yantuo, who was full of tiredness, strode in. "Dashuai, you call me?"

"Why are you so tired?"

"Alas, my lord, you didn't go to see the wounds and illnesses of our army! In just one morning, more than 7,000 of our troops were killed, including 3,000 cavalrymen. More than 5,000 people were also injured, most of them were arrow wounds, and they were all through the wounds. Even the rescued soldiers are bleeding non-stop, we now lack hemostatic medicine, and many soldiers are blood.... The blood is drained alive and died. Alas!" Wan Yan Tuo squatted on the ground with a long sigh.

This time, the people in charge of the vanguard were all his own soldiers, and many of them were fellow villagers who had followed him on the expedition for many years, watching them bleed to death, but he couldn't do anything about it. No matter how iron-blooded the man is, he can't help but worry at the moment, how to explain to his hometown fathers.

"Wanyan, you need to be distressed, how can there be immortals in the past wars? Since you are on the battlefield, you are putting life and death out of the way. I called you this time to ask you some questions. Come, sit. Yelu Hongjiang walked over, personally helped Wan Yantuo, and invited him to sit down.

"Wanyan, according to what you said, why did Zhao suddenly become so powerful? Why did our shields be ineffective against their arrows? Why did our war horses suddenly lose control and fall? Even General Kamu couldn't control the war horses within fifty steps of Zhao Guo's military village? Do you think it really ......?"

Yeluhun didn't finish, but the meaning was clear.

"Boss, please forgive me for speaking bluntly. ”

"But it doesn't hurt to say that. ”

"Marshal, according to Yan Yan's opinion, the Zhao army should not have used any witchcraft, but adopted the latest tactics.

First, I have carefully looked at the wounds of the wounded soldiers, and most of their arrow wounds were wounded on both sides, and very few were wounded on the front. It can be seen from this that our shield still has a certain protective effect in the face of head-on confrontation.

Second, I found a very serious phenomenon, the low-ranking generals below the commander of our charging army had almost no survivors, resulting in confusion in command.

Third, I had just sent someone to clean up the battlefield in a vain attempt to retrieve the corpses of those horses and cavalry, but once I got close to about fifty paces, I would be met with frantic fire from the archers of the Zhao Kingdom. There were even opposing generals who personally shot arrows to obstruct us, apparently the other side did not want us to get close to the range of fifty paces. That proves that there is a big problem and a big secret within fifty paces of their military fortress. ”

Wan Yantuo analyzed the situation and conclusions of the battlefield in detail, and Yelu Hongjiang kept nodding.

"Do you have a solution?"

"I have three plans for the future

First, I see that the stove smoke in Zhao Guoying is only enough for 30,000 people to eat, and it is concentrated in Xiying and Zhongda Camp. There are very few in the East Camp. I think that the army that attacked our rear army last night has not returned. Our army can carry out night attacks, and the lack of sight of archers at night can greatly reduce the threat.

Second, quickly send orders to the cities in the rear to collect grain and grass to relieve the pressure on our army's grain and grass.

Third, retreat to the six consecutive packages and stick to the help. ”

After listening to Yan Tuo's suggestion, Yelu Hongjiang couldn't help but nodded. Obviously, his views coincided with his, but he still asked worriedly: "Is it inappropriate to attack at night? Once defeated, our army will no longer have room for maneuver." As for the grain and grass, you can rest assured that I have ordered it to be collected, and it will arrive the day after tomorrow at the latest. ”

"Marshal, about the matter of the rear army and the young marshal, can there be any news coming back?" Wan Yantuo asked again, after all, Yeluqi was his friend, and now he didn't know whether he was alive or dead, which also made him quite anxious.

"There's no news yet, but it's probably coming soon. ”

After speaking, Yelu Hongjiang raised his head, looked in the direction of the Tuo River, and stopped speaking.

Speaking of Chu Hong's side, since this morning, Chu Hong and his party have been busy doing another thing, that is, they are scattered in the rear of the Xiliang Kingdom, responsible for intercepting and killing the scouts and sentinels sent to the rear by the Xiliang Kingdom.

This is also the reason why Yelu's army has not received news from the rear, and it was not until it was almost evening that a horse returned tiredly, and only had time to shout: The commander of the rear army, the young marshal Yelu, fainted from his horse. And this person was Chu Hong pretending to be fake, he was afraid that he would be called for questioning, but instead showed his flaws, so he simply pretended to faint.

"Report, the rear army has a handwritten letter from Young Marshal Yelu to send it back. Yelu Hongjiang, who was sitting on the handsome couch and pretending to sleep, thought that he was still in a dream, until the pro-army shouted again, which confirmed that it was not a dream, and hurriedly snatched the letter. Hurriedly unfolded, but saw the familiar handwriting on it and his son's private letter.

and explained that the handsome seal was stolen by thieves, and at this time, the rear army had contained more than 10,000 people in the Zhao army. It will be wiped out tonight at the latest. And the last news made him even more excited, that is, the princess of Xiliangguo, his daughter-in-law wrote that she had been happy.

All worries were put down for a while. The elated Yelu Hongjiang laughed wildly a few times, and then shouted loudly, "Come on, raise the account, and invite the generals to discuss the matter." ”

After everyone arrived, Yelu Hongjiang asked people to pass the letter to everyone present, which immediately made everyone breathe a sigh of relief.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now our army is safe, but there is a heavy loss of grain and grass. Then it's time to discuss what to do next. I'm going to attack the enemy camp tonight, what do you think?"

"Isn't this a little too reckless?" said a cautious veteran, frowning.

"Not to mention, what is the specific strength of the other party, just the enemy's arrow array, if the night attack fails, we will fall into a place of no return!"

"Hey, General Hu doesn't have to worry, since I dare to attack at night, I also have a plan in my chest. And behold,"

As he spoke, Yelu Hongjiang opened a scroll, which was a graphic of the Zhao State camp that he had improvised this afternoon.

"This is the figure of the Zhao military village, this is the East Battalion, according to the calculation, it should be the Zhao army camp that left to attack our rear, Wan Yan Tuo has observed it during the day, there is little smoke in the cooking, and the ground is full of birds. The description is indeed uninhabited. I plan to use the East Camp as a breakthrough point to carry out a sabotage battle.

And before that, we can arrange a part of the soldiers to blow the trumpet every half an hour to feign an attack on the large camp of Zhao Guoxi and the middle camp. Let them be tired of coping, and when we actually attack the camp, not to mention whether they believe it or not, if they do, how much strength do they have to guard against our army?"

"What a plan, what a plan! After listening to this, the cautious veteran had to praise Yan Hongjiang for being handsome.

"Hey, I don't dare to take credit, this is the inspiration given by General Wanyan and Xiao'er, I just combine them into one. Yelu Hongjiang saw that the always cautious General Hu agreed, and suddenly said a little flutteringly.

"Without further ado, which general would go?"

After Yelu Hongjiang finished asking, several generals were about to open their mouths, but suddenly felt a cold light sweep over. Suddenly a little disappointed, they stopped talking.

"Well, my lord, since this plan was proposed by General Wanyan, it is not a matter of two masters. I think it's better to leave it to General Wanyan. How about I wait in the rear to cheer for General Wanyan?"

"Then General Wanyan, are you willing to help me break the army and kill the enemy?

"The last general will definitely live up to the trust of the commander. ”

The generals watched the two singing a double reed play, and it was useless to be anxious in their hearts. What a great achievement! It just flew away in vain.

The night was a little quiet, and even the autumn wind did not dare to disturb it. At this time, the tent in Zhao Guodong's camp was already crowded with people. In a military tent, a group of generals gathered together, waiting quietly in the dark.

"Hey, I said, don't move, somebody stepped on my foot. Cui Heng said in a low voice

"Do you think the other party will really attack the camp?"

"I don't know, but who would definitely say that Luo Shuai said that it was Chu Xiaozi's idea, and he would cooperate outside. Let us lay an ambush here in advance. ”

"This Xiliang Army won't be so stupid, right?"

"Just wait. You're going to be sleepy, and you're going to lie down in the back. ”

"Shut up and stay in peace. Otherwise, something will go wrong, and I'll try to ask you. The commander of the East Battalion whispered, and everyone quieted down.

At this moment, outside the West Daying, there was a sudden sound of Luo Ming beating drums, which immediately caused a commotion.

"Hey, here we are. You know what a fart, Luo Shuai said, the first half of the night was all harassment, and Fo Xiao was ten points, and they would really attack the camp. ”

"Then what if they really attack from the West Battalion? They have all been replaced by auxiliaries, and they have almost no combat effectiveness!"

"You're a crow's mouth, you can't speak and you close it. ”

"That's it. Suddenly, the man who had just spoken did not dare to speak again.

In this way, the West Camp was in full swing in the first half of the night, and there was no movement in the East Camp except for some soldiers standing guard and patrolling.

It wasn't until the end of the day, outside the East Daying, that a group of black shadows slowly approached the gate of the village. I saw that they killed the sentry quickly with their hands and feet, and secretly opened the gate, Wan Yan Tuo took people into the East Camp, Wan Yan Tuo signaled the soldiers to enter the camp tent to search, and the search soldiers went in to investigate, and found that they were all empty, and immediately came back to report: "Go back to your lord, it's empty." ”

"Okay!" After speaking, Wan Yantuo waved the big gun in his hand, and shouted in his mouth, "All the soldiers, kill with me, kill into the Chinese army, capture Luo Shihong alive, kill!"

This time, Wanyan Tuo brought more than 15,000 elites to attack the camp. Wanyan Tuo and the people were about to march to the Chinese army, suddenly, in the large camp in front, countless soldiers rushed out to form a military formation, the sword and shield soldiers in front raised their swords and crossed the shield, and the pikemen in the rear poked out slightly from the middle of the shield, like a poisonous snake ready to choose people and devour. The ambush soldiers surrounded Yan Tuo.

"Hahaha, Wanyan Tuo, Luo has been waiting for a long time. Kill me! Luo Shihong's voice and orders came from behind, and suddenly arrows rushed like a torrential rain all around.

"Oh no, I've been tricked. Adults go quickly. ”

Wan Yan Tuo's personal guard captain used his body to block in front of him, and the weapon in his hand kept waving to block the arrows, but he was still hit by several arrows, and his mouth was still shouting.

"My lord, go quickly."

Wan Yantuo also panicked at this time, and hurriedly shouted, "Retreat, retreat, there is an ambush." ”

After finishing speaking, he hurriedly retreated towards the East Battalion, but before anyone arrived, he heard that familiar voice sound

"Wan Yan Tuo, do you still recognize grandpa?"