As soon as these words came out, everyone in the Dayu Army camp was stunned. They never thought that the Yulin Army would choose to retreat at this critical moment.
The Tang army even moved out elites like the Sixteenth Guards of Nanya, but their Dayu side chose to withdraw at this time.
This is tantamount to suppressing one's own side's morale before the war!
"Why does Commander Xu want to leave now?" Fu Zhixue shouted loudly.
Xu Tiangang's cold voice came: "I have received the emperor's order, and I am worried that the Tang army will attack the imperial capital from behind, so I have to retreat to the defense. This is the emperor's order, who dares to disobey?"
The whole army was silent for a while, and many people were itching their teeth with hatred.
The Yulin Army was obviously waiting for the Qianlong Army to arrive. Now that the Qianlong Army had arrived, the Yulin Army immediately chose to retreat, leaving all the hard-to-gnaw bones in the hands of the Qianlong Army.
As for the emperor's oral instructions, many people speculated that there was a hidden meaning in them.
Zhao Yuanyan is not a fool. He must also know the consequences of suddenly withdrawing several main Forbidden Army legions before the war.
The only way he could do this was to target the local army.
Drive away tigers and devour wolves, borrow swords to kill people.
Every local army officer felt a chill in his heart.
"Xu Tiangang, when this battle is over, you must fight with me!" Song Qinhu suddenly shouted loudly.
Xu Tiangang snorted coldly, but did not choose to show up.
Although in terms of official positions, there is not much difference between the commander-in-chief of the Forbidden Army and the governor-general, Xu Tiangang's strength is far inferior to Song Qinhu, who has been promoted step by step in the army.
If he fought Song Qinhu, Xu Tiangang would probably be killed on the spot within a few moves.
Under Xu Tiangang's order, the Yulin Army began to retreat quickly.
Soon, a large and empty defense area was exposed to everyone's sight.
Ye Wangshu quickly sent someone over to explain. She didn't know why the Yulin Army did this.
Although the Longwu Army and the Yulin Army both belong to the Forbidden Army, because Xu Tiangang is a close minister of the Emperor, the Yulin Army's status is obviously much higher than that of the Longwu Army. Even if there is any decision, there is no need to discuss it with the Longwu Army.
Lu Yu was not going to argue and waved his hand: "Lu Jingsheng, send someone to take over the defense area."
Groups of Qianlong Army soldiers passed by the Yulin Army and took over the area they left.
The retreating Yulin Army officers knew that they were in the wrong, and even when they left, they did so with their heads down.
"Woo——"
A melodious sound of horns spread throughout the battlefield.
Countless Qianlong troops were in high spirits and prepared their battle formations to welcome the arrival of the Tang army.
At this moment, the Tang Army in the distance also discovered the reality of the Qianlong Army, and bursts of exciting drum beats, coupled with the roars of the Tang Army soldiers, were heard one after another.
The huge warships of the Tang Army did not come over one after another. The ship buildings above the deck were all unfolded, and a large number of dark gun muzzles were placed on each floor, all aimed at the Yu Army's camp.
This move shocked all the Yu army generals.
"The commander-in-chief of the Tang Army was very smart. He knew that the Qianlong Army's warships were large and would be difficult to deal with in a head-on confrontation, so he used artillery to kill them first."
"It's a pity that the Qianlong Army is outside and it's too late."
Many generals sighed.
The Hidden Dragon Army arrived too quickly and did not have time to enter the camp.
Protected by the formation of the camp, they could still withstand the artillery fire from outside. But now that all the Qianlong troops were outside the camp, they were bound to encounter the artillery fire of the Tang army head-on.