"What! Our two rear camps were attacked by the Long Army?"

"How is it possible? How could the Long Army come around to our rear? Why have no warning messages been sent from the scouts cruising around?"

There were exclamations one after another, and Zhao Zhongtian suddenly stood up and shouted coldly:

"Is the information accurate? If you dare to lie about military information, I will punish you from all nine tribes!"

Judging from Zhao Zhongtian's chest rising and falling, you can tell that this news was like a bolt from the blue to him.

Those two rear camps were the backbone of the Wu army. The main connection with the rear was through these two military camps. Part of the military supplies were transported from these two camps to Shouchun City. Once those two camps were lost, the connection between Shouchun City and the rear would be lost.

It will be completely cut off, and Shouchun City will become an isolated city.

The soldier who came to report the news looked sad and timidly said:

"How dare you, young man, to live up to your expectations? Every word is the truth.

The infantrymen of the Long Army came directly towards the battlefield after capturing our military camp, and there were also some cavalry troops passing by. They were only seven or eight miles away from here, and they arrived in a blink of an eye. These are all things Xiao Xiao saw with his own eyes.

If even half of what you say is a lie, I will be willing to die."

The hearts of the generals all trembled. It seemed that the Long Army had really attacked their two rear camps. Zhao Zhongtian was so anxious that he paced back and forth on the general platform:

"What to do, what to do~"

"Sir! The Long Army is approaching. How about we withdraw first?"

"Yes, we will withdraw to Shouchun City first and then discuss the funeral arrangements."

Zhao Zhongtian frowned and said: "If the two rear camps are captured, all our connections with the rear will be cut off. Is there any point in holding on to the isolated city?"

This is Zhao Zhongtian's biggest worry. If he is trapped in the isolated city, tens of thousands of troops will become a turtle in the urn, and he can only hope that reinforcements will come to save him.

A high-status Zhao family general said in a deep voice:

"Sir, at this point we have no other choice. If we abandon Shouchun City and retreat to the rear, we may be besieged by the Long Army in the wild, and the situation will only get worse.

Sir, please retreat to the city, it will be too late if it is any later."

"Yes, sir, please make up your mind quickly."

The generals who had been excited for a battle with the Long Army two hours ago were all very worried, because what was coming behind them was the southern Xinjiang infantry that they feared the most.

If even these generals lose their fighting spirit, then this battle will be impossible to fight.

"Okay~"

Zhao Zhongtian gritted his teeth and said:

"Ming Jin withdraws his troops and withdraws the entire army into the city!"

"promise!"

"General's order, withdraw your troops with gold!"

"Ming Jin!"

"Ding~ding~ding~"

"Ding~ding~"

…

A long and long sound of ringing gold instantly spread throughout the battlefield. Many soldiers of Wu who were fighting with the Long Army were stunned. They glanced blankly at their comrades beside them, and then began to retreat.

The orders are quite strict.

Directing the battle at the forefront of the Wu army was Zhao Zhongtian's most capable assistant, Ding Hui.

Ding Hui followed Zhao Zhongtian from outside Beiliang Pass to the Fuzhou battlefield, and from the Fuzhou battlefield to the Yellow Shirt Rebellion. He helped Zhao Zhongtian solve countless troubles. He experienced military exploits and was deeply trusted by him. Now he is named Cang Yang Dao

The Protectorate Envoy is one of the highest-ranking generals in the Wu army.

"Ding~ding~ding~"

The moment the sound of Ming Jin sounded, Ding Hui frowned. He didn't understand why Zhao Zhongtian gave the order to withdraw. Judging from the situation on the battlefield, they had a slight upper hand. As long as he was given another hour or two,

He can turn this slight advantage into a victory.

A lieutenant beside him noticed Ding Hui's doubts and said in a deep voice:

"General, military orders cannot be violated. Let's withdraw first. Maybe something happened to the Chinese army."

"Okay, withdraw the troops!" Ding Hui, who was thinking about it, waved his hand and said:

"Move quickly, don't be held back by the Long Army."

"promise!"

"Withdraw troops!"

"Ding ding ding~"

"All troops retreat!"

The huge Wu army formation began to retreat in order. Zhao Zhongtian and others in the rear naturally returned to the city first, and then they took their turn with the soldiers fighting at the front.

And would the Long army on the opposite side really let Wu Jun retreat into the city easily?

Obviously not.

Looking at the soldiers of Wu who were making an emergency retreat, Ruan Zhixiong in the Long Army formation sneered:

"Well, have you finally received the news? But it's too easy to just leave like this~"

"Pass this general's order and the whole army will attack to hold back the Wu army!"

"promise!"

"The whole army goes out and attacks!"

"Dong dong dong!"

"All troops attack!"

"Kill!"

The tens of thousands of troops stationed in the same place suddenly rushed out like a tide, and the faces of the retreating soldiers changed greatly.

"Kill!"

"Chi chi chi~"

"Ahhhh~"

The soldiers of Sergeant Wu who were at the rear were immediately overtaken by the Long Army. For a while, the two sides were fighting again, and screams kept coming.

The Long Army's entire army clearly gained a huge advantage~

Ding Hui shouted with a livid face:

"All soldiers follow me to cut off the rear!"

"kill!"

…

As night fell little by little, the entire Shouchun City was shrouded in darkness, and balls of fire lit up both inside and outside the tall city walls.

A large number of corpses were scattered in the vast wilderness outside the city. Most of them belonged to the Wu army, and only a few belonged to the Long soldiers.

The fierce battle during the day ended with a sneak attack by the Long Army. When the Wu Army was about to withdraw into the city, the Long Army suddenly launched an attack and desperately attacked the retreating Wu Army. They even planned to attack Shouchun City and annihilate Zhao Zhongtian's troops in one fell swoop.

.

Thanks to Ding Hui's desperate leadership of the army to cut off the rear and fight to the death with the Long army, he succeeded in delaying the time and allowed most of the soldiers to successfully withdraw into the city.

Seeing that the Long Army failed to annihilate all Zhao Zhongtian's troops, they directly surrounded Shouchun City. Just as Zhao Zhongtian thought at the beginning, he completely became a turtle in the urn~

In the city's meeting hall, Zhao Zhongtian frowned and looked at the numbers that had just been tallied with anger on his face. Ding Hui, who was sitting next to him, looked even pale and had several circles of snow-white bandages wrapped around his arms.

Although he successfully held off the Long Army during the day, he was also injured in the fierce battle. The blood almost stained his armor red, and he almost lost an arm.

"Twenty thousand people, we lost 20,000 people in just one battle."

Zhao Zhongtian angrily slapped the military report on the table and cursed:

"How did Ruan Zhixiong become so cunning? He was able to use such cunning tactics.

The Butuo soldiers were able to attack over a long distance, bypassing the central battlefield and going straight to our rear camp, and then several large armies joined forces to surround our army outside Shouchun City. It is simply abominable!"

Zhao Zhongtian was cursing endlessly, spitting everywhere. He had just achieved a great victory a month ago, and now he was going to return the fruits of victory to the Long Army?

No, Zhao Zhongtian will never accept this situation!

While Zhao Zhongtian was scolding, Ding Hui didn't say anything and just listened with his head hanging down.

After scolding for a long time, Zhao Zhongcai stopped to take a breath, looked at Ding Hui aside and asked softly:

"How is the injury? Have you given any medicine? There should be no sequelae."
Chapter completed!