Chapter 509: Secret War (5)
"How many people are there on the other side?!" asked Cheng Mu with a serious face, looking at the person who came to report it.
"The exact number of people is not clear, but judging from the weight and speed of action, it should not be less than 50,000 people! The vanguard 20,000 people are the fastest, and it is expected that they will reach here in less than an hour!"
"Less than an hour...... "Chengmu lowered his head and pondered.
Although an hour is still a long time for an individual, it seems to be a little broken for his team now, and it will take at least three or four hours to disperse and conceal it.
"Where is the dragon!" After thinking about the situation, Chengmu immediately gave an order.
"The subordinates are here!" the man who had just been discovered by all the minor commanders stood up and replied with his hand.
"You will lead 20,000 men to advance to the middle position to block the attack! I need three hours!" Cheng Mu looked at the tall man with a suggestive face, and said in a condensed voice, "When the three hours come, you will evacuate by yourself!"
"The subordinates understand that the subordinates will be able to complete the task of the Grand Commander!" the man didn't talk nonsense, and directly promised to do so.
"You choose your own combat team, and it's all up to you!" Cheng Mu nodded, not saying anything more.
"Yes. The dragon gave the order, and then turned and called the names of about twenty men, and then left the big tent, and the little commander who followed him was as many as two hundred, so that the whole big tent was empty.
"The rest of the people, immediately according to the original plan, disperse and evacuate in batches!" Cheng Mu glanced at the rest of the commanders, and continued to order, "Everything remains unchanged for the time being, waiting for the next assembly order!"
"Yes!" the crowd didn't talk so much nonsense and turned away.
"This Zhang Wuji...... Sure enough, it's my great enemy!" After sending everyone away, Cheng Mu said to himself, and then said to his subordinates, "Disperse the news around the perimeter and ask them to replenish our personnel!"
"Great Commander, we have only lost 5,000 men...... the subordinate was stunned for a moment, and asked with some confusion, "Why don't you let the rest of the country increase the troops?"
"It's only five thousand now, and I won't know in the future!" Cheng Mu didn't blame his Yue Dai, but said in a deep voice, "I'm worried that this will be a long and arduous battle, and with the dragon and that blocking, I also have a hunch that there will be big losses!"
"This .......," the subordinate was stunned for a moment, and asked cautiously, "Why doesn't the Grand Commander send more men and dragons to lead the general?!"
"Our highest task now is to control the 'Badaling' and prevent this vital position from being seized by the enemy! If I fill everyone in, how can I do this?!" Cheng Mu shook his head and looked outside the big tent, "Long Ji also knows very well, he should have understood what I mean! I only ask him to block for three hours, just to let him know what my purpose is!"
"Subordinate understood!" The subordinate had followed Chengmu for many years, and soon understood Chengmu's meaning.
As a commander, Cheng Mu can be regarded as a real commander, when he commands and assigns tasks, he will not have any other feelings, only the determination to put the task in the highest position and complete it at all costs!
In the face of such a goal, many times sacrifice and abandonment are a last resort! This is Chengmu's style of acting!
Unlike Yin San, Chengmu will not let his subordinates sacrifice in a deceptive and agitated way, and he will never hide the danger and difficulty of the mission. What he did was to find out the overall situation, and constantly indoctrinate and educate his subordinates on how to deal with every difficult task!
Long He is the subordinate of Chengmu who understands and agrees with Chengmu the most, and he is also Chengmu's real right-hand man!
Especially in this guerrilla warfare-like tactic of 'Badaling', Long He is the best in execution, and he also understands the whole tactic the most, and even when it is used in detail, Long He can draw inferences from one another, and in some cases has reached the essence of guerrilla warfare that Gu Yi knew in his previous life!
This is also why, after Cheng Mu learned that Zhang Wuji's army broke through here, he immediately remembered Pailong and led people to block it.
Chengmu knows that even if he doesn't say it, Long Ji can definitely take everything into his hands and achieve his own needs perfectly...... However, there is a premise for this, that is, the team led by Zhang Wuji is also the same as the previous ones!
About half an hour later, the team led by Zhang Wuji and the blocking force led by Long Ji met in a not too wide canyon.
"Quick! Don't think about what formation, attack directly!" After Zhang Wuji got the report from the front, he didn't plan to make any adjustments at all, and directly gave the order to attack.
"Brother Wuji, the army has not yet rested, and it is about to attack?!" Zhang Ling on the side was a little puzzled, although she didn't know how to command, but usually the two sides of the battle first rested after meeting, held each other from a distance, and then attacked each other after resting.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Wuji did not follow common sense at all, and directly gave the order to attack, which made Zhang Ling a little surprised and worried.
"I understand what Sister Ling means. Zhang Wuji smiled and said indifferently, "This special team has not been based on common sense since its establishment. Every member of the team is an elite, and they are at least captain-level leaders in other teams!"
"The reason why this team was built with such a strong person is that the purpose is to fight in a different way!"
"I can't say for other teams, the team I led this time is just rushing for half an hour, and there is still a lot of spare energy to fight! Besides, the other party is not in the same hurry for a lot of time, they also have a huge consumption!"
"I understand!" Zhang Ling suddenly said.
She doesn't have any command skills, but she's not the kind of person who knows nothing.
She knew very well from the beginning that the establishment of this team was established, and many people were personally transferred from all over the world!
For a long time, Zhang Ling has been a little puzzled about why she wanted to build a team that has always been so 'unreasonable'. Looking at it now, it is obvious that Zhang Wuji has planned to carry out this kind of battle for a long time!
On the frontal battlefield, as soon as the two teams facing each other met, they immediately collided. Especially the team under Zhang Wuji's command, when the two sides met from afar, they accelerated their pace and rushed to the place even more quickly.
"What?!" Long Ji couldn't help but be taken aback after receiving the striker's report.
As a person who has been fighting abroad all year round, he, like most people, follows the rules of previous battles.
He had expected that this time would be the same as before, with the two sides facing each other from afar after meeting each other, then testing each other's attacks, then fighting again, and finally evacuating or pursuing according to the situation...... Even when he was on the road, he was still calculating how to delay as long as possible. After all, he needs to block the other party for three hours!
But now, the other party doesn't give himself time to rest at all, and he directly comes up to attack, and he doesn't even form a formation, how can he not make Long He feel stunned?!
What made Long Ji feel even more frightened was that the strength of the team on the opposite side was too strong! Just by taking a look, his forward team was almost completely wiped out, and then he had a clear advantage in the entangled battle!
"Tell the rear team not to continue the march and build a defensive position on the spot!" Long He immediately made a decision, and immediately shouted to the people around him, "There must be no mistake!"
"Yes!" Hearing Long Ji's order, the people under his command did not hesitate too much, and immediately left the order.
Wu Wuji's rude personality has the advantage that his team has little to say in terms of execution. No matter what order is issued by the superior, even if the subordinates do not understand it at all, they will not hesitate to carry it out!
At this point, Mo said that the rest of the forces in the Purple Gold Continent, even the 'Howling Heaven' under Gu Yi's command could not completely do it.
Long He belongs to Chengmu's subordinates, and is naturally a member of the team under Wu Wuji! The team led by him also has the distinctive characteristics of Wu Wuji's team: he does not hesitate to carry out orders!
"Tell the forward team that I don't care what method they use, no matter how much sacrifice they make, to stop the other party from taking a step forward!" Long He said coldly as he looked at the increasingly fierce battlefield in the distance with an indifferent expression.
"Yes!" another subordinate immediately gave the order and left for the position ahead.
"Isn't it the person who is jealous of the Great Commander, this Zhang Wuji is really powerful!" Long He frowned and looked not far away, and said to himself, "But if you want to defeat my Long Ji, it's not that simple......!
As the most understanding executor of Nariki's tactics, Ryuge quickly guessed Narugi's intentions.
After three hours of blocking time, the rear team was already well dispersed and hidden! No matter how strong Zhang Wuji's team was, after breaking in, it would definitely be wiped out layer by layer, divided and eradicated, just like those previous enemies!
At this point, Long He has absolute confidence, even if the other party shows stronger strength than the previous team, Long He is also convinced that under Chengmu's tactics, it will only be wiped out!
At the same time, at the location where Zhang Wuji was, Zhang Wuji, who had gradually gained a firm foothold and observed the battle ahead, said to his subordinates beside him.
"Tell the forward troops to make sure they break in as soon as possible. But I don't need them to rush out of the opponent's range, I just need them to eliminate the opponent's personnel as much as possible!"
"Yes!" the subordinate glanced at Zhang Wuji suspiciously, but still went to give the order.
"Inform the rear fraud team that you can stop moving, and send an ambulance team to prepare to receive the wounded as soon as possible!" Zhang Wuji smiled and said to another subordinate, "In addition, tell all the commanders to let them attack alternately, and each detachment should not fight for too long, and must conserve physical strength!"
"Yes!"
"Brother Wuji?" Zhang Ling looked at Zhang Wuji from the side, "Listen to what you mean, it doesn't seem like you plan to break in?"
"Of course!" Zhang Wuji smiled and said softly, "That Chengmu's tactics are really not something that can be dealt with overnight, even if I am confident that the strength of the team under my command is far beyond the past, but entering the vast 'Badaling' area, it is inevitable that I will fall into the predicament of the previous team! Rather than this, it is better to retreat directly! Anyway, my original intention is not to destroy the opponent in one go, but just consume the opponent as much as possible!"
"Hmm. Zhang Ling's eyes flashed, but she didn't say anything more.
As the cousin of Empress Zhao Min, the closest person is only Zhang Ling, who knows very well that Zhao Min needs Zhang Wuji to win quickly!
After all, the longer the time dragged on, the more troublesome the unstable factors in the 'Hidden Dragon Society' became! And after entering the front line and making contact with Zhang Wuji, Zhang Ling obviously felt that Zhang Wuji and Mu Shan did not have the idea of a quick victory, and they did not even have such arrangements and plans!
At this point, Zhang Ling faintly felt that her lover seemed to be disobeying Zhao Min's orders intentionally or unintentionally!
However, for the current Zhang Ling, she doesn't plan to say anything, let alone tell her judgment to Empress Zhao Min!
Zhang Ling knows Zhao Min's character very well, and she also knows what she will think and what she will do once she knows that her lair has violated her intentionally or unintentionally!
Under Zhao Min's suspicions, the power in Zhang Wuji's hands is weakening step by step, and he has fewer and fewer bases to rely on! Zhang Ling feels that the reason why Zhang Wuji deliberately delays the speed of the battle is also to support the army and self-respect, and the narrow-minded bandits to improve themselves!
What's more, after understanding on the front line, Zhang Ling also felt that it was really difficult for Zhang Wuji to win quickly!
Under such circumstances, Zhang Ling, who was already a little biased in her heart, naturally would not let Zhang Wuji fall into trouble!
"Great Commander, the rear defensive position has been built!" After about a quarter of an hour, Long Ji finally got the news he wanted to hear.
"Immediately order, everyone quickly retreat to defensive positions!" Long Ji immediately ordered, "if the forward team cannot get out of the battle...... Be faithful to the Lord!"
"Yes!"
"Uh-huh?!" On the other side, Zhang Wuji quickly noticed the movement of the place, and couldn't help but the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and said to the people around him, "Order, after the other party's entanglement team is eliminated, the whole army will retreat!"
"Yes!"
As a result, for the first time on the Purple Gold Continent, a strange phenomenon appeared: after the side that was desperately resisting and was at a disadvantage finally established a relatively solid defensive position, the enemy disappeared?
"What?!" Long Ji couldn't help but be taken aback after getting the news that the enemy had begun to retreat, and then seemed to understand something, and asked his subordinates beside him, "How much did we lose in this battle?!! How many did we kill the other party?!"
"Returning to the commander, in this battle, our side lost 8,600 casualties, 2,000 people were seriously wounded, except for the 5,000 personnel who established positions in the rear, the rest were lightly wounded!" The subordinate recalled the statistics and continued, "As for the enemy's losses, the subordinates and others did not get any enemy corpses and head statistics, so they ......"
"It's very little!" Long Ji suddenly knew what the situation was, and looked at the retreating enemy in the distance with a flushed face, and said angrily, "He didn't plan to attack at all, he planned to consume us in the first place!"