Outside the southern county town, on the mountain road east of the city.
The Han army is retreating.
The walls of the southern county town were short, and the guards were unable to stop the barbarians armed with various siege equipment. With only two charges, the barbarians broke through the city gate and entered the city.
Cao Hua, who was determined to die, was seriously injured and was dragged out of the city by Wang Si and his guards.
After Qian Buzhou unified the army, he was not sure whether he was alive or dead. Hua Xun and Wang Si protected Cao Hua, fighting and then retreating.
Xiao Cong was seriously injured and fell into a coma, while Xie Wan was too injured to do anything. They both lay on the carriage and retreated with the team.
Cao Hua lay on the horse, his face as white as a sheet of paper. Although he did not die on the battlefield, it was too embarrassing that he did not last even a day in this battle.
The whole line of Xiting was lost, and I couldn't see my master when I went back.
"Report"
A flying horse came over. The knight's body was dusty and his face was stained with dirt. The sweat washed away, leaving ravines on his face.
"General, Prince Su has sent troops to help us and has arrived at Dongma Mountain."
Cao Hua was overjoyed, covering his wound and sitting upright, "Where has Prince Su gone? Has any military order been passed down?"
The messenger obviously ran for a long time and his voice became hoarse.
"Prince Su said that if the general falls, he can withdraw to Dongmashan and he will meet you there."
Wang Si next to him shouted: "How many troops does the prince have? How difficult is it to deal with these barbarians?"
The messenger's face turned a little pale, he took a sip of water, and continued: "He has led two battalions of guards, and there is also a training team composed of students from the martial arts hall, about five hundred people."
In an instant, King Cao Hua and the surrounding generals all fell silent. They looked at the messenger in shock, with expressions of disbelief on their faces.
Damn, did you say it wrong? It should be five thousand people.
Hua Xun came over and grabbed the messenger by the collar. His face was as dark as the bottom of a pot: "Sun Tzu, five thousand is said to be five hundred. Have you eaten back all the things you learned in school?"
The messenger frowned: "It's five hundred. I don't know how many people there can be in two guard camps."
Hua Xun's face turned even darker. Damn it, there are only two guard camps, and they can only have about 500 people.
"The number of people is too small. Even if we retreat to Dongma Mountain, there is no danger to defend. Although the prince's army is strong, there are only 500 people. We only have 6000 scattered here. Although the number of barbarians is small, but the pursuit
There are at least a thousand scouts coming."
Wang Si said it in a nonchalant way, and the flesh on his face twitched. It was obvious that he was injured when he spoke.
Cao Hua struggled and said: "Why are you thinking so much? Master's military order is to retreat to Dongma Mountain as soon as possible."
"Pass the order. Your Majesty will lead tens of thousands of sergeants. The army has arrived at Dongma Mountain. Let the sergeants speed up. We will be safe when we reach Dongma Mountain."
Hua Xun's face turned pale: "General, is it okay to fake a military order like this?"
Wang Si was already shouting at the messengers behind him: "Command, your Majesty, with tens of thousands of troops, has set up an ambush in Dongma Mountain. He ordered us to retreat quickly and hurry up to Dongma Mountain. We will be safe."
After the military order was passed, the morale of the team was indeed lifted. The originally sluggish team came to life in an instant, sped up and rushed to Dongma Mountain.
Xie Wan sent someone to ask: "Has the prince really arrived at Dongma Mountain?"
Hua Xun snorted coldly: "Of course the prince has arrived at Dongma Mountain, otherwise what would be the use of us passing such a military order."
Dongma Mountain is located in Andong, bordering the southern county. Everyone retreated from the southern county and walked around the mountain road. Not long after, they left the territory of Xiting and entered Andong.
Now that they had a target, everyone headed straight for Dongma Mountain. The guards who had lost their fighting spirit and thought they were destined to die now had high morale.
At night, when the moon rose from winter, all the troops finally arrived at Dongma Mountain and saw the stockade erected at the pass of Dongma Mountain. There were blazing fires inside and outside the stockade.
"Stop, take a rest, I'll go see the prince."
Cao Hua gave the order.
The sergeants cannot be allowed to enter the camp. If they are allowed to enter the camp and see the empty camp, they may immediately start a riot. There are tens of thousands of troops, but there are only a few hundred people.
Su Lu stood in front of the camp, with a group of guards behind him. When he saw Cao Hua, he shook his head slightly.
Although the function of their own general cards is good, compared with their own army, they are still unable to exert the full power of the soldier cards. It is understandable that they cannot stop them against the powerful barbarians.
Cao Hua knelt in front of Su Lu and said in a hoarse voice: "Disciple has met the master. Cao Hua is unworthy of the prince's instructions. He failed to defend the West Pavilion and lost his troops. I beg the prince to punish me."
Su Lu helped Cao Hua up, comforted him and said, "You have done a good job."
"Don't talk about the generals of Han. Even if we include Tang, Chu, and Qin, who can do better than you?"
"I am very happy to have you as my disciple."
Hearing Su Lu's words, Cao Hua suddenly felt that the hardships and difficulties he had experienced during these days were all worth it.
His voice was choked, and Cao Hua burst into tears.
"Master, disciple, disciple is incompetent."
His vision went dark, and Cao Hua fainted.
Su Lu handed Cao Hua to Chang Ning, got on his horse, and rode toward the defeated troops.
When he arrived in front of the resting troops and saw them getting up from the ground and looking at him with joy on their faces, Su Lu thought to himself, you won't look at me like this later.
"You have done a good job. You have fought hundreds of battles with the barbarians. Although you have been defeated repeatedly, your momentum is not weak. You have not weakened the reputation of our country. You are very good."
"Don't worry, everyone, I will lead you tonight to get your revenge."
"The scouts just came to report that 800 barbarian vanguard scouts have already chased you, almost biting your tail, and entered Dongma Mountain."
"Now that they have arrived, I will personally lead you to defeat this barbarian team and let them know that we, the sons of Han, are not easy to bully."
"Let these man-eating beasts know that we, the sons of Han, cannot be chased by hundreds of barbarians."
"Next time he thinks about chasing us, he will at least send out his troops of a thousand or ten thousand men."
"Reflex and kill them all."
Saying this, Su Lu chose to use the light soldier night attack card, and the target of the effect was the guards in front of him.
The guards, who were originally demoralized and exhausted, felt the warm power in their bodies and listened to Su Lu's encouraging words. They all stood up and roared at the top of their lungs.
"Reflex and kill them all."
"Kill them all."
Su Lu saw that the morale of the troops was beginning to rise and he gave the order.
"Regulate the army, form a spear formation, and prepare for battle."
"This time, I want to let the barbarians know that I, the son of the Han Dynasty, can kill them all without having to defend themselves."
Soon, the guards gathered into formation, dozens of spear formations were formed, and occupied the Dongmasan Pass.
Under the moonlight, barbarian cavalry began to appear at Dongma Pass.
The leader rode around the mountain road and saw the army gathered at the mountain pass. He rubbed his eyes and seemed a little unbelievable that the elite of the Han army were left here to die.
Still in such a position, you are really waiting for death.
"Kill them all and eat their meat on the spot."
The barbarian general who led the army rode on a skinny horse and roared at the top of his lungs. These Han soldiers must have lost their strength and could not run any further. As expected, he received the order to pursue them and ran all night long.
Defeat this Han army and eat meat.
The barbarian general looked at the Han troops gathering in the distance and licked his lips.