Tan Daoji put down the bow and arrow in his hand, looked up at the stars, and murmured: "Brothers, you can rest in peace. These sky lanterns are the culprits of high-altitude arson. Today, I finally wiped them out, from lanterns to people. Your great enemy,
After half of the retribution, I will kill the remaining Taoist Songfeng and Xu Daofu with my own hands soon, just like I killed these thieves, please don't worry."
On the other hand, Zhu Lingxiu also bit her lip tightly and said in a deep voice: "Brother Daoji, no matter what, we have killed these Kongming lanterns and the snitches on them. What should we do next?"
Tan Daoji raised his brows: "The general platform has been burned down, and the supply camp here has also been reduced to a sea of flames. It is no longer possible to hold on. Now our troops only add up to a thousand people, and they have gone through several hours at most.
After the fierce battle, it was unrealistic for the surviving soldiers to counterattack the enemy. They had to shrink the line of defense to the third line of defense, which was a few hills about half a mile west of the Chinese army. We did not
How many fences can be erected, we can only rely on the terrain to form defenses."
Hu Longshi ran over in a hurry and said: "Brother Daoji, Longshi came back to life. All the Kongming lanterns and the snitches on the lanterns have been wiped out. No one escaped from the sea of fire. The remaining people, even if they do not die, will be in the fire."
It is impossible to survive in this sea of fire."
Tan Daoji nodded and said: "Very good, you have completed your task very well. Longshi, how many arrows do you have now?"
Hu Longshi curled his lips and said: "There are less than a thousand branches, so I'll save them. Later, I will use a single shot burst to deal with the escaped snitches, instead of shooting one person with three to five arrows."
Tan Daoji laughed: "With less than 4,000 arrows, you can wipe out this bandit army. Longshi, you are really good. It's a pity that I don't have many arrows to supply you. Otherwise, if I still have 10,000 arrows,
Zhijian, now I’m going to borrow another thousand soldiers and horses from Brother Dao Gui, and I’m confident that I can counterattack and push back.”
Hu Longshi nodded: "I understand, in this ambush, except for four sergeants who were burned by fire in the grass, we did not suffer any losses. It can be said that we fought a beautiful ambush. Now where are you and Brother Daogui?"
Do you want to contact us? Can he send troops to support us?"
Tan Daoji curled his lips: "No, as the demon thieves formed a breakthrough in the rear army, the demon thieves in the direction of the central army also began to attack across the board, and the demon thieves in the front army also divided their forces to attack the flanks of our central army.
Now Brother Daogui is struggling to support us, and he can no longer allocate troops to support us. When I came just now, Brother Daogui sent out messengers, asking us to try our best to hold on to the third line of defense in the Xiaoqiu area, and use the darkness of night
Cover, combine with ambush and short counterattack, drag the 5,000 men and horses of the demon thief's rear army here."
Zhu Lingxiu slapped her thigh bitterly: "As long as we have a thousand cavalry, we can defeat all these demon thieves without leaving any one behind. Brother Dao Gui should have some cavalry there. Can you lend us some, even just for use?"
An hour is fine!"
Tan Daoji sighed: "When I asked for help, I said that I hoped for a cavalry counterattack, but Brother Daogui still rejected the proposal. He said that it was getting late now and using cavalry to attack without knowing the direction would not be able to exert its impact.
On the contrary, it is easy to accidentally injure one's own men, and his remaining hundreds of cavalry will not launch a counterattack unless absolutely necessary."
Hu Longshi's expression changed: "Only a few hundred cavalry? Didn't there originally be about 2,000 before the war started?"
Tan Daoji shook his head: "In the past, the army mounted war horses on chariots and counterattacked many times and suffered some losses. After a whole day of fighting, the cavalry also counterattacked several times. Now our army has been fighting hard for a day, and the casualties of each department are very high, and more than half of them have been lost.
, like our rear army, there are less than 20% of the troops before the war, and the situation of other troops will not be much better, so now we can only stick to our position and hold on."
Zhu Lingxiu's expression changed: "Why are we passive on all fronts at the end of the day? Just three hours ago, during our sand table deduction, we still felt that we had an advantage."
Tan Daoji sighed: "The troops and horses that appeared in the direction of the rear army were unplanned. Although they have many sergeants from the Tianshi Dao, they should be the troops from the Tiandao Alliance. This is equivalent to the enemy's extra troops appearing out of thin air.
Thousands of troops, which is enough to make up for their battle losses since today. Although our army has killed more than 25,000 thieves today, our losses are also more than 10,000. The rest, we have to fight with 10,000 horses.
Withstanding the attack of nearly 30,000 demon thieves, and with the front and rear troops almost completely lost, it will almost form a siege for the demon thieves’ follow-up troops.”
Hu Longshi gritted his teeth: "In this case, I think this battle cannot continue. While we still have 10,000 troops, we should abandon the positions of the front army and the center army, concentrate the main force in the direction of our rear army, and use iron cavalry
Open the way, defeat the monster thieves infantry behind, fight a bloody path, and return to the direction of the Ma Tou Camp."
Zhu Lingxiu echoed without hesitation: "What Brother Longshi said makes sense. Since it is difficult to win this battle, we should try to break out. Otherwise, if we continue to fight like this all night and lose another five thousand troops, we may not even be able to break out.
It’s impossible.”
Tan Daoji shook his head: "We don't know whose hands the Ma Tou Camp is now. Don't forget that the villagers and peasant women who came to our rear army before were all driven to the Ma Tou Camp.
Then those who claimed not to have entered, judging from the number of thieves who besieged our rear army, were no less than ten thousand. With such a force, it was completely enough to capture the Ma Tou Camp. It cannot be ruled out that the Ma Tou Camp had fallen or was blocked on the road.
There is a possibility that the bandits may set up an ambush. The safest place for us right now is right here. We still have three days of military rations, which is enough to hold on."
Zhu Lingxiu gritted his teeth: "But we originally wanted to persevere. The demon thieves did not dare to fight at night and would retreat overnight. But now it seems that the demon thieves are determined to eat us. If we continue to persevere, we will continue to fight.
We may not be able to wait for reinforcements from the Ma Tou Camp. What’s the point?”
A flash of light flashed in Tan Daoji's eyes: "The significance of this is that the soldiers and horses that Xiaoshitou withdrew from Jiangzhou and the soldiers and horses that Lu Zongzhi left in Dangyang, I think that within one to two days, they will definitely appear in
On the battlefield, as long as we can persist until that time, we can cooperate internally and externally, and the center will blossom!"
Having said this, Tan Daoji waved his hand firmly: "Now, it is useless to talk more. Just carry out Brother Daogui's order, retreat to the third line of defense, and wait for reinforcements. I believe that victory must belong to us!"
This chapter has been completed!