The situation of only being beaten and not being able to fight back is very demoralizing, either fight or not, Hubo will not be able to go on after all, the nobles will become their own mountains, obey the order to hunt uniformly, but they can't let them die.

This is the difference between the Han style state war system and the city-state system, even if the same wise ruler, the implementation and execution of orders will be greatly reduced under the city-state system.

Except for Motohiko, who was good at military affairs, and considered counterattacking and retaliating, many nobles already felt that the battle had been lost, and said: "We should retreat to the forest and use the trees to defend against the rain of arrows......

Defense is true, but can the war be won if it is defense?

Hu Bo glanced at everyone's expression, his face was gloomy, he was unwilling, but he knew the wolf pack of the clansmen, and knew that this war was going to end without a hitch, so he simply ordered: "Withdraw the army, we have found out the strength of the enemy, and we must admit defeat if we fail...... Go back and ask Aragami for guilt, and the next time you come back will be to crush it with stronger force. ”

The nobles and priestesses all nodded their heads: "Yes, we have three cities...... How many cities are there in this alien city-state on the other side?"

"I've never seen this kind of blue beast flag with a red background...... It should be a newcomer, one city at most. ”

"These enemy samurai are elite and powerful, but they can't be replenished, and the more they fight, the less they fight, our army has to replenish, and more slaves will be recruited next time......" Motohiko had already thought of a strategy.

A nobleman touched his chin: "Some motivated slaves nominally recognized them as free people, divided the fields, and sent them to fight...... When they have the life to return, they will be considered freemen, but they will never be able to join our aristocratic circle. ”

This is essentially a vassal race, a little bit of the upward channel, give a glass ceiling, push the whole force to a higher level, and then open another layer, also leaving the glass ceiling.

This method has been effective in the previous two conquests of foreign city-states, and it can be said that it has established an attitude of undying with this new city-state......

Aragami is still waiting to bring the woman back and can tolerate one or two failures, but the oracle must be completed in the end!

Everyone calculated the gains and losses, and they all responded, and their faces were much better.

Although ordinary samurai are still sad about the death of the robe, and the broken robe outside the forest is even screaming, which makes the military morale low, but the aristocratic perspective is never the same, and the judgment and handling of interests have their own means, which is enough to stop the loss and even turn losses into profits.

As long as there is a certain amount of buffer break...... Just one year is enough.

A warm and humid evening breeze blew from the southeast, and the city-state army scattered in a horizontal formation through the forest with totem poles as the basic unit, taking advantage of the last bit of light before the black star fell, to get out of a safe distance.

"Prepare to light the torches......" The cheering order was passed around.

This primeval forest is the home of their Pengyu tribe, but spring has come, the snow is melting, hibernating beasts, wild beasts and even demon beasts will come out, the army is not afraid of these attacks, but the human instinct to fear the darkness, no one wants to stay in the dangerous late night forest.

However, if the enemy dares to chase after them, the warriors of the Pengyu tribe will not mind burying the enemy in this forest.

Lu Xun led one hundred and thirty cavalry, in front of the forest, only intercepted the team of three or four hundred people, although these infantry soldiers were several times the number of cavalry, very strong, but ......

This continent is full of dense forests and swamps, and there is no grassland suitable for galloping, and there are no native horses.

They had only seen a few horses brought by the colonists as generals and messenger mounts, and they had never seen the cavalry group charge, and when they saw it, they were simply stunned: "What kind of monster is this......

"It's ...... Ma"

"I know of alien horses, but I've never seen so many ......"

"Don't say it, let's kill, we can't lose the reputation of the warriors. A samurai drew his sword, and the light of the sword gleamed coldly in the last light.

"Kill!"

Although there were only a hundred horses, a horse with a knight charged with a force of several tons, and the heavy iron horses galloped in the bare field, like a shield wall, in a row, but they ran faster than their fastest samurai, and directly caught up and inserted into the rear.

An alien warrior shouted and jumped, trying to dodge the direct impact of a war horse on the side, but the wall charge was not something he could dodge at all, and directly hit Lu Xun's charging route.

Lu Xun laughed, the halberd poked into the vest with a swing, the flexible leather armor couldn't stop his strength at all, and blood gushed out, because the horse was running, he didn't have to use force at all, he directly pulled out the halberd blade with his hand, and the blue blade light slid through a perfect arc in the air, and then slashed off the head of a samurai, followed by the third ......

"Kill!" The guards behind him were all highly skilled, and their combat power increased several times under the ride, and they all used special halberds to stab and slash one after another, and many samurai tried to resist, but they were all vulnerable to a blow.

Because of the large number of warriors, some of the samurai were not even killed by the halberd, but directly let the horses overturn, and countless iron hooves stepped on them, and a blood mist splashed in the screams......

"Spread out! Separate and run back into the woods! These monsters can't run into the woods......"

Seeing this, they finally understood that two-legged people could not outrun four-legged horses, even if they were born with the power of the gods and strong legs, and the warriors of the city-state fled one after another, preferring to increase the distance into the forest rather than stay in the charging route of the cavalry.

The arrows in the air are still staggered and falling in front, as dense as raindrops, and the knight is blessed with a water-forged cuirass and spell defense, but the war horse only has a simple felt to prevent arrows, and the friendly marksmen behind are afraid of hurting the precious war horse resources, so they all stop firing salvos and change to aim and shoot.

Many samurai only cared about scattering to avoid the pursuit of the cavalry, and they did not prevent these accurate advance shots, and the sound of 'popping', one by one, fell from the arrows in the back......

A few minutes later, the killing feast finally came to an end, and only a few dozen of the three hundred people could run into the forest.

"Don't chase after the forest!"

The cavalry was in front of the forest, changed direction, and still did not want to go back, and their faces were mixed with excitement and dissatisfaction, but they could not chase them into the forest.

Ye Qing looked at it in the village and smiled, for the skilled cavalry, the charging distance of two or three miles is too short, just like when you are ready to race after the warm-up, a referee suddenly announces that you have reached the finish line, or the cave room is full of interest and ready to fight, and the feeling of shooting in seconds......

It makes you want to shout, "Actually, I can continue-"

"You can't chase it anymore. ”

Li Niang made a straight face and reminded herself that the monarch: "They are familiar with the terrain, and if they can't win a head-on battle, they will turn around and attack all the way, and the king is careful of deception." ”

Ye Qing came back to his senses and nodded: "Indeed, although we won a small victory in this battle, we did not achieve the expected goal of crippling the enemy...... The opponent can advance or retreat with his back to the woods with his racial talent, and when he sees that there is no opportunity to take advantage of it, he will retreat after losing the battle for a while...... The art of war has developed to a certain extent, and I am afraid that it will be even more difficult to deal with next time. ”

If he had the opportunity, he would actually be willing to force this growing and threatening enemy behind, but he couldn't actually chase it - the dense forest road to the east had not yet been opened, and the native alien race could be like a fish in water, but his own army could not chase into it and take risks.

Or use the leaf fire thunder to forcibly bulldoze the woods, but if you go deep here, use up an ammunition base, and blast the savage's lair is already the limit, and the leaf fire thunder left behind must break through when you are unexpectedly strong, and it is not enough to go deeper.

And the natural instability dìng spirit stone trapping bundle is too wasteful to use like this, no.

"Hmm...... The road is not clear, and in this wild and dense forest, the enemy is like the cavalry of the Northern Wei Dynasty in the grassland, and can join the battlefield from any angle at any time, and can withdraw from the battlefield at any time, and be invincible. ”

Ye Qing summed up this experience in this way, which can be regarded as an advantage of the alliance of interracial city-states in actual combat.

"That's right. ”

Li Niang nodded: "But Zhenjun is already very powerful, we used to advance with a large army, and we have divided a lot of forces to protect the back road, so we are worried that the enemy will copy it...... Ye Huolei can force a way, if such a thing can be applied sooner, many of our previous defeats can be avoided. ”

Ye Qing was a little strange: "Ye Huolei was handed in by me, and it has been popularized in the world for two years, don't you know this thing?"

"Ye Zhenjun forgot about it, this is the Eight Desolations......" Li Niang bit her lip, her expression was a little complicated: "No one cares about us, we are just a group of forgotten people......"

"The old man has always been thinking about our Dongzhou, and the year before last I talked about Ye Huo Lei system, but in those two years, when the princes were rising and budding, the Cai Dynasty and our Qingmai were competing very fiercely in the coastal states...... Ye Huolei cannot be used directly in civil war, it is very effective against evil demons, and it is necessary to expand power and compete for the hearts of the people. ”

Ye Qing suddenly said: "So you smashed the pot and sold the Ye Huolei made of iron zuò, and they were all given to the Qingmai princes of the coastal states?"

After winning this battle, Ye Qing's image was much taller in Liniang's heart, she glanced at him carefully, and then turned her head away: "Don't say it's a thing, it's a person...... I sent a lot, four years ago, I had two junior sisters who married princes, Jiangzhou, Ezhou, and Qingzhou...... Among Mrs. Qinghou, there are two female cultivators from the East China Sea Youth League, in fact, ......"

Her face was slightly red, thinking of herself, she was not embarrassed to continue, and quickly changed her words: "...... In fact, it was not sent, Qinghou got up, he supported us, and reciprocated us for surviving the crisis of the previous winter defense counterattack, and this winter defense counterattack turned defeat into victory. ”

Ye Qing thought for a moment and understood that the East China Sea Youth League had made a certain sacrifice for the sake of the overall situation, and this was related to the continuous tandem of the great secretary......

The Youth League has been weak for a long time, and it really needs a leader to lead the rise, that fairy, did she want to send herself to Dongzhou for a long time?

From this point of view, I can understand why she is so enthusiastic, and why even if the East China Sea Youth League sees that it is just an incarnation, she has handed over the land of the three counties in one go - this is not a small number in the East China Sea Youth League!

"Well, if you treat me with sincerity, how can I be stingy in return?"

"The Han language has no impact on Qingde, everyone needs what they need. ”