Chapter 238 Retreat
When the entire vanguard army had not sent back the news for a whole day, the formation, which was slowly moving forward in the rear, finally realized something was wrong. However, the scene that happened immediately was the most heartbreaking thing. All the reconnaissance teams sent to the south, ranging from dozens to hundreds, disappeared. After changing direction, in addition to the rear of the formation, the remaining south, east and west seemed to be surrounded.
"There hasn't the news from the vanguard army yet?" The low voice of the temple general Longkodo suppressed anger that burst out at any time. A general in charge of intelligence communication nodded and said, Longkodo said: "Send me a 5,000 cavalry team to charge head-on, and then send 5,000 cavalry after a hundred breaths, and then send 5,000 infantry after a hundred breaths, and then send 10,000 infantry after a hundred breaths, and then send 10,000 infantry after a hundred breaths, and all gather at the entrance of this valley."
"General, this is..."
"Remember, this is not a tactic of adding fuel to the oil, execute!" Longkodo waved his hand but stopped letting these deputy generals say anything. Although the deputy generals were still a little angry, they still went down to convey the order. It has to be said that this was a very strange order. The soldiers were just executors, but those grassroots officials with a little common sense raised questions at this time, but all their questions were rejected.
After the first group set out for 100 breaths, the second group followed closely. The two troops maintained a distance of 100 breaths. The troops of thousands of people did not look very spectacular in the wilderness, but the interval between the two troops was just right. The first group of cavalry caused rolling smoke and dust and then enveloped the second group of troops, but at the same time, the second group of troops did not let the second group eat dirt all the way.
"General, why are you doing this? A vanguard with 20,000 people..." A general who had followed Longkodo's battle in the south and north watched the team leave the camp one by one, and nearly four batches of people went out, there were only less than 20,000 people left in the entire camp. This was in the crescent province. A vanguard with less than 20,000 people was at the right time to say that a camp with less than 20,000 people was within reach of the enemy. After all, they had just wiped out the entire vanguard army.
"Since this camp has few troops left, prepare to move the camp, we will talk about your problem on the way."
The remaining troops were finally neatly arranged except for the camp gate, but the flags were fluttering in the camp and there were also crowds of people. Longkodo had changed into ordinary cavalry armor and then slowly marched towards the target with the troops.
"Do you think this Crescent Province has how many troops will our enemy have after integrating the forces of Minks Province?" Longkodo asked while walking forward with his horse. The deputy general thought for a moment and said: "If there were no other foreign aid, the force should be around 60,000. There are rumors that Crescent Province has at least 50,000 slave corps, and its combat power is almost not far from normal soldiers. If the forces of the two provinces are integrated and his original forces are combined, it should be between 60,000 and 80,000, which means that the enemy's force is similar to ours."
Longkodo nodded and said, "The Winston family is the same as the temple. The North Windstorm Province is the North Wind, so he will definitely leave some of his troops to garrison his lord city, which is the crescent moon city. The Winston family once suffered the losses of this ghost lord. It is impossible to let such an opportunity not cause trouble for him. Moreover, the opportunity we appear now gives him this opportunity, so..."
"So we are not facing the same number of enemies as us?"
Longkodo nodded and said, "The previous vanguard must have made two mistakes, underestimating the enemy and unfamiliarity with the battlefield. The latter is actually a manifestation of underestimating the enemy, but his and their sacrifice proved one thing, that is, we may face fewer enemies."
"But sir, they wiped out the entire vanguard army, didn't it..."
"Injuring ten thousand enemies and losing eight thousand themselves will not lose no loss. However, after annihilation of the vanguard army, we can still create the power to make us feel surrounded. It seems that the rumors about this lord are true! This is a very worthy opponent. If you fight with him, even if you lose, the general will definitely lose. Unfortunately, it is under the same force. After all, there is only one province, and the strength will always be the biggest problem that hinders him." Longkodo said loudly, and the soldiers around him were stunned, but soon they focused on the march because Longkodo gave the order to accelerate.
"General, what is the rumor you are talking about?" the adjutant asked curiously: "Is it the rumor when he was fighting the Binis Empire?"
Longkodo nodded slightly and said, "You must have heard of the Ghost Face Squad, and this is not a rumor, but something that is really happening. Our opponent is a person with a very high military level and command ability is not inferior to my level. In that Patriotic War, although there were only a hundred people, they had outstanding achievements. Even Marshal Pixar had to admit that he was a military genius, not to mention that this guy was recommended by Marshal Serka and could be valued by the two marshals. Do you think such a person might be a mediocre person?"
The adjutant shook his head, but the expression on his face became more and more serious. What he was worried about was not the importance these two marshals attached to this lord, but Longkodo's attitude. It was obvious that in Longkodo's view, even if he had a certain advantage in military strength, one thing was the advantage of the other party, that is, the ghost lord: the advantage of the territory.
"Are you sure the Winston family has received my message?" Longkodo suddenly asked, and the adjutant nodded and said, "We sent out griffins, and there was no obstacle in the middle. Calculate the time, they should be back soon. After the griffins come back, we can detect the other party's arrangements."
"Very good, go check it, will the troops in front be sent to the unobstructed?" The adjutant took the order and went down to investigate, and soon came back to report that everything was normal. Longkodo nodded and finally felt a little relaxed on his face.
On the other hand, the crescent army, which received the news, slowly retreated. The Third Corps was almost completely destroyed. The team of more than 8,000 was only more than 3,000 left. Among the more than 3,000 soldiers, there were only many people who could fight before, and the rest were all minor and serious wounded. The entire team was stretched for a long time because of the relationship between these wounded people, but even so, the remaining soldiers were full of pride on their faces.
More than 20,000 elite cavalry in the temple were completely wiped out, which was a great contribution in their merit book. For these soldiers who had long been free, they could exchange these merits for more things.
At this moment, a loud voice sounded from the head, and the soldiers couldn't help but look up, but found that at some point in the sky, a large black shadow flew over from south to north. As the sound became louder, the soldiers finally saw clearly what it was: griffin.
Why did griffins suddenly appear here? It flew from the south? No one knows what happened in the south of the province, because there were ten griffins, and the troops were still moving forward, but the soldiers' faces were much less excited.
Gui Chou, who saw the griffin whistling by in Centimoon City, looked at the werewolf beside him who had just arrived in Centimoon City and had already dried up the blood on his body and said, "I remember, you should be a little bit of the Eagle Army. Everyone has dealt with it. Can you help me deal with this? General of the Flowery Face?"
The werewolf scratched the spots on his face and said, "I can't deal with it. Lord Gui Chou, I brought a few for keeping a watch. It can be seen that the temple cares very much. In addition, aren't you worried about your neighbors? We came late and did not see where these griffins came from. Logically speaking, there are two major forbidden spell ruins in your province. This kind of flat-haired beast flying in the sky should not dare."
"I don't know this. I don't know much about the air cavalry. I know more about the orc empire. You just said you were worried about my neighbor?" Gui Chou asked, twisting his neck, nodding and scratching his face. The sound of his nails slashing across his face made a numb sound. The soldiers around him couldn't help but feel a numb feeling. Fortunately, the werewolf quickly noticed this and did not continue to scratch.
"The Winston family should be worried about me, no, to be precise, they should be worried about their own neighbors." A strange smile turned into a mask of ghosts, and his voice was filled with evil spirits.
When the griffin landed, the griffin cavalry who was responsible for sending the message immediately came to Longkodo and gave a detailed report on what he had seen along the way.
"Sir, the news has been passed to the Winston family. The Lord Baccary personally accepted it and confirmed it on the spot. We passed by the above Centimonial City as required by the adults, and passed by the valley. Centimonial City was empty and there was no one in it. The arrangement was unknown. However, on the road we saw nearly two thousand wounded soldiers retreating. They were moving slowly and seriously injured. However, one thing surprised us very much. On the retreating carriage, they covered something with black cloth. We initially speculated that it might be the remains of soldiers who died in battle, but from the outline, there were some differences. What was not known. These vehicles were more than twenty, and they were all covered with black cloth."
"Where is the valley in the middle?" Longkodo asked again.
The cavalry's face immediately became ugly, but he still held back and said, "There are all our soldiers who died in battle. The troops at the exit of the valley were completely wiped out."
"Have you seen the enemy's corpse?" Longkodo asked suddenly changed his attitude. The cavalry was stunned. It took a long time to recall it before saying affirmatively: "Sir, I'm sure I saw people with different clothes from ours. There are the most people at the exit of the valley, and there are many enemy corpses scattered in the entire valley." Although he didn't know why Longkodo asked this, he still answered truthfully.
"You mean, they gave up on the valley?" Longkodo's face was filled with doubts because of the words of the cavalry, but he couldn't understand the reason, so he had to continue asking.
Chapter completed!