Chapter 46: Run When You're Done
When the Demon Cult army was able to resist it, a cannon rang out, and the dragoons threw out their killer weapon, a secret gunpowder bullet, which was earth-shattering and amazingly powerful.
A single flick can explode a large area, let alone throw it out together, it is like nine days of thunder smashing on the earth. In the explosion like lightning and thunder, the war elephants and horses were frightened and fled in all directions, and the dragoons took advantage of the situation to slash in, crushing the opponent's most powerful Chinese army like a tiger into a flock.
At this time, the defeat of the Demon Sect has been achieved, even if the Martial Saint is resurrected, it is difficult to recover the defeat, only half an hour, the tribal army retreated first, this move immediately made the Chinese army into a fragmented situation, and the formation was in chaos.
Whether it was Baihua, Wanquan or Jiuli's soldiers, they were all affected and were coerced to lose their position.
The embankment of thousands of miles was destroyed in the anthill, even if the Jiuli soldiers endured hard fighting, it would be useless to drag their feet in the face of their pig teammates.
The demon cult army abandoned their weapons and armor one after another, and there was no longer the strength to resist. As far as the eye can see, there are flags that are staggering.
The Dream Chaser Legion pursued for more than 20 miles, killing 20,000 enemies and capturing more than 10,000 people.
However, the Dream Chaser Legion plus the soldiers who were added later, there were only more than 50,000 people in total, and the Demon Cult was good at escaping, but it was much faster than them to charge.
Although it was a complete victory in this period, it only injured more than 30,000 enemies, which was only one-tenth.
If the 300,000 Demon Sect army is spread on the battlefield, it is impossible to say that it will be able to chisel through the camp with a single drum of energy and achieve unexpected results.
However, it is clear that the High Priest of Poor Qi would not do such a stupid thing. He only put 100,000 troops on the battlefield, and was able to reduce his losses to more than 30,000, although the morale was lower, but it could ensure that the next wave of attacking soldiers had the least impact.
Although the attrition of Dream Chaser itself is very small, it has also reached 10,000 casualties, and most of them are veterans of a hundred battles, which is still under an absolute overwhelming advantage.
It seems to be a victory, but it is actually a situation of killing 1,000 enemies and losing 800 yourself.
That's one-sixth of the strength, and that's just a comparison of ordinary sergeants. After tomorrow, there will be a competition of middle-level monks, and then there will be a duel of high-level monks.
Although there are a lot of people sent by the three major parties, they are still less than their opponents, and how to proceed next is the primary question in front of Lu Yunyi and Xu Zhennan.
That night, several people continued to plan, discussing whether to take advantage of the victory to pursue and win another victory to end the battle. Or shrink the defense, start to lure the enemy deeper, and give the Demon Cult army a head-on blow in the right place, so as to completely solve this war.
After all, Dream Chasing has to face the front army of the Demon Sect army that has been rotated repeatedly, and he himself only has these people to fight, and under a few rotations, he is in danger of defeat.
Not to mention, the original plan was to deceive the enemy by chasing dreams, luring the enemy deeper little by little, extending the opponent's supply line, and waiting until the enemy was tired before deciding the winner.
But Xu Zhennan's meaning was naturally to take advantage of the fact that the morale was high and the soldiers were using their lives, so as to give them a good lesson.
Lu Yunyi: They don't think so.
"Today's situation is purely the right time, place and people, and all of them are indispensable. If it weren't for the fact that Qi Qi didn't expect our trap and thick knife, this situation would definitely not have happened. ”
"Yes, there will only be one such opportunity, there can be no second time, and Qi Qi is cautious, let alone fall in one place twice. ”
"What the two of you said is very true, in my opinion, we should start retreating tonight, if we are bitten by the enemy in the future, I am afraid that the situation will be unfavorable. ”
Xu Zhennan didn't know this reason, he was still a little lucky in his heart, and now he saw that there was no one to support him, so he didn't insist on his own opinion. After a moment of silence, he said to the deputy commander, "How are the people prepared?"
"Everything is in order, just wait for the order, and the evacuation can begin. ”
The right deputy commander added. "I have long started to deliver supplies and old and young women and children to the rear, and now they are all strong men and women, specially left behind for the scouts of the Confusing Demon Sect. ”
As soon as Lu Yun saw that they had already prepared, he nodded, and several other elders also expressed their appreciation.
Tiannan City was lit up all night, and even the soldiers pacing back and forth at the head of the city did not stop for a moment. However, due to the new defeat of the Demon Cult army, not only did the spies not come close to reconnoitre, but they were worried about chasing their dreams and going to steal the camp.
Such a situation gives the righteous army a chance to retreat calmly.
The military discussion of the Great Tent has not yet ended, and the Left Deputy Commander has already taken the guards to supervise the execution of the residents' evacuation order. Because they had greeted each other in advance, they were all ready to evacuate at any time.
When the soldiers knocked on the doors of the left-behind homes one by one, they were also equipped for a long journey, and they could walk with their feet raised.
Since it was a quiet retreat, it was natural that there could not be the slightest accident, and if half of the road was entangled by the Demon Sect's rapid pursuit troops, it would be a big defeat.
Whether it was the inhabitants who left first, or the youth army that followed later, or the heavy cavalry in charge of the broken rear, they all marched by the only moonlight, and did not dare to light the torches.
The moonlight is faint and the starlight is dim, but it can't stop the enthusiasm in the hearts of tens of thousands of people.
The feeling of running away after winning a battle is so fucking cool!
This is the consensus in the hearts of all the retreating people, tomorrow the Demon Sect will see an empty city, I am afraid that it will be so angry that it will bleed.
In the dark night, the procession that had not been seen until the end of the year marched quietly, without a sound. The retreat destinations were also different.
The inhabitants would retreat all the way to the Terran hinterland, settling in a city off the main road until the end of the war.
The new army and the reserve team will retreat directly to Zhennan Pass, while the main battle team will set up defenses on the way, hold on for a while, and give enough safe time for the residents of Zhennan Pass to evacuate before starting the next stage of transfer.
Sure enough, the next morning, when the scouts who arrived to reconnoiter discovered the anomaly at the head of the city, the city was empty.
The high priest of Qiqi was furious and ordered the forward battalion to enter the city and smash and burn. However, this is exactly what Xu Zhen is trying to do in the south, and there are many items such as gunpowder shells or fire oil hidden in the houses.
A squad of the forward battalion took a few pigs in the pigsty as the object of venting their anger and cut them to pieces, but they did not prevent the fuse wrapped in the last pig, the knife fell and fell, the fat pig was broken in two, and the fuse began to smoke.
With a bang, the team explained everything.
The sound of explosions and the fierce flames represent the continuous loss of soldiers.
Qi Qi closed his eyes in pain, it was his own hot-headedness that caused this completely avoidable attrition.
After the count, ninety percent of the 10,000 soldiers of the forward battalion who entered the city were wounded, and nearly fifty percent lost their combat effectiveness!
The retreating Dream Chaser Legion left behind not only ordinary gunpowder bullets, but also special gunpowder bullets mixed with poison and built-in steel needles.