Meng Xiang cursed continuously, but he could only watch Lin Jue and others go away. He wanted to organize the followers to attack the city again, but found that things had changed. The followers all looked timid and dilly-dally.
He didn't want to step forward at all. Meng Xiang knew that being disrupted by Lin Jue's cavalry had demoralized him. He was almost on the verge of taking the city, but now it was out of reach.
Just now, when soldiers and horses were mobilized to encircle and suppress the cavalry led by Lin Jue, the defenders on the city had successfully regained control of the city wall. If they wanted to attack the city again, they would be afraid of starting from scratch. However, you must know that the reason why they can attack the city is
Going up to the city wall cost countless lives. Now starting from scratch, we don’t know how many lives it will cost. The believers have completely lost confidence.
Meng Xiang also realized that the previous decision that was carried away by anger was stupid. He should have ignored the cavalry charge just now, and even if they killed some people, he would attack the city with all his strength. However, he could not withstand the other party's teasing and missed the opportunity.
The best opportunity to attack the city. With the current situation, if the believers are forced to attack the city, I am afraid that the believers will also rebel. Moreover, Lin Jue's cavalry in the rear has not gone far, and is several miles away.
They stood on the horse road and watched, with a posture of 'As long as you dare to attack, I will kill you again'.
In desperation, Meng Xiang could only choose to withdraw his troops with gold.
The believers retreated like a tide. When they returned to the camp, their hearts were even more cold. The large amount of food and supplies they had brought with them were burned. The camp was in a mess. Everyone tried their best to save them from the fire.
In the end, they finally got some rice that had not been burned. The hungry believers didn't care, killed the horses that pulled the cart, and cooked the rice. They didn't care about anything anymore and wanted to eat first.
Let's talk about it after eating. Although Meng Xiang wanted to scold and stop him, he held back because he knew in his heart that the situation was already very unfavorable to him.
The number of casualties was quickly reported to Meng Xiang's ears. The siege in the morning resulted in the loss of nearly 6,000 members of the congregation and the Skitarii. More than 2,000 people died on the battlefield, and the rest were injured. Among them, Lin
Jue led the cavalry in two attacks and the number of casualties exceeded a thousand. When they arrived at the city yesterday, the total number of the army exceeded 25,000. After only one night, they had lost tens of thousands, including more than 2,000 elites.
The skitarii. Moreover, the food in the camp had been destroyed, and morale had dropped to the extreme.
Meng Xiang could never have imagined that he could not even take down the small city of Yangwu with so many men. This was simply incomprehensible. The number of soldiers and horses defending the city was only two thousand.
Only one person. More than 20,000 people could not take down a small town guarded by more than 2,000 people, but instead suffered tens of thousands of casualties. What went wrong?
Of course Meng Xiang would not blame it on his ability to lead the army. He summed up two reasons. One is that the Qingjiao followers under his command are really incompetent. They are all afraid of death and are wretched and unwilling to give their best. That's why.
It ended up like this. Another reason is that the other party is too cunning. Especially Lin Jue, this kid is so hateful. If he hadn't caused trouble, the city would have been taken. In short, this kid's ghost is still lingering.
Damn it. He was the one who messed up the great situation on Peach Blossom Island back then, causing himself and the leader of the village to drift apart. Now he has done something bad again. He is the nemesis of himself and the leader of the village, and he is the destined Tai Sui.
With him here, things will never go smoothly.
Now, there are only more than 10,000 people left who can attack the city, and there are thousands of disabled people who are useless. The food is gone. The situation is already very dangerous. If you are not careful, it may collapse.
Danger. These believers are just ordinary people after all. It is estimated that more than half of them are ready to desert and escape.
"The city can't be captured, but even if we can't capture Yangwu City, we still have to kill that thief Lin Jue. Otherwise, it will be difficult to eliminate the hatred in my heart. If I can kill Lin Jue, the leader of the village will not blame me for not taking it.
Xia Yangwu, Lin Jue and him have a hatred of destroying the stronghold and killing their children." Meng Xiang made the final decision.
Lin Jue and the others are now hiding in Bolangsha. Even if he retreats, he still has to find this kid. It is best to capture him alive and torture him. If the city cannot be attacked, how can it be possible for more than 10,000 people to capture him?
Do these hundreds of cavalry live here?
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On the top of Yangwu City, cheers of victory resounded throughout the sky. The defenders on the top of the city witnessed Lord Lin leading the cavalry to charge and gallop among the enemy troops. They all understood that the retreat of the religious bandits was entirely due to Lord Lin and the others.
Containment. If Lord Lin's cavalry hadn't rampaged and provoked the bandits to turn around and besiege, the city would have been destroyed long ago.
Zhao Youji and Wei Dakui's feelings for Lin Jue can only be described as falling to the ground. Master Lin took great risks and used a small number of cavalry to stop the attacking bandits. And the danger of doing so was simply unbearable.
Imagine that when hundreds of cavalrymen were trapped by the overwhelming bandits, Zhao Youji and Wei Dakui thought that Lin Jue was going to die here. But Lord Lin and the others actually rushed out, which was simply a miracle.
"What is that thing fired by Mr. Lin? It is really powerful." Zhao Youji asked at that time.
"That should be a kind of firearm. But I have never seen such a powerful firearm. It kept ringing like thunder, killing a large area. It was really terrifying. I have to ask him carefully later." Wei Dakui said.
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Zhao Youji smacked his lips and said, "Firearms? Master Lin has so many secrets that are unknown to everyone. If he hadn't been there, Yangwu would have broken it. It's a fluke, a very lucky one."
Wei Dakui nodded and said: "Yes, I'm very lucky. I'm also very ashamed. I am a military attache of the imperial court. I am not as good as you scholars at the critical moment. I am really ashamed. I think I have to change my view of you scholars."
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Zhao Youji laughed and said: "Does Mr. Lin look like a scholar? He is a wizard with both civil and military skills. We can't say more. We must rest our troops and horses immediately and prepare supplies to prevent the religious bandits from launching another siege. I guess, Lin
Your Excellency may not be planning to return to the city for a while. The role of his cavalry in diversion is much greater than that of defending the city."
Wei Dakui nodded and said: "I think so too. I'm afraid Master Lin will continue to harass the religious bandits. I think that with today's defeat, the religious bandits may no longer be able to attack the city. But no matter what, we can't take it lightly. I think this
Then go and tell everyone to get ready. By the way, Mr. Zhao, you order some food and soup to be sent to the brothers. The brothers need a good meal and it is best to have some sleep."
Zhao Youji nodded and said: "Don't worry, the arrangements have been made. I will go and ask the common people to send them to the city."
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The scorching afternoon sun shines on the Bolangsha dunes and marshes. Up and down the high and low sand dunes, some places are as hot as steamers, but some places are as cold as cold. At this time, if you think that the coolest place is
If it is comfortable, then you are totally wrong. In this weird place like Bolangsha, hot places are the safest places, while cold and cool places are often the places that can kill you.
On the side of the swamp under these sand dunes, there are dense thorns and trees. Below is the dark stinking water of the swamp that has never seen the sun all year round. Mosquitoes are flying in it, poisonous snakes and venomous insects are hiding in it, and there is an unknown gas permeating it. No one is stirring it.
You'll be fine, but if someone comes and the mosquitoes and venomous snakes are disturbed, and the black water and stinking mud underground is stirred up to cause huge foam, then you will be in big trouble.
An unknown number of people died in the swamp and thorny land between the sand dunes of Bolangsha. Some were bitten to death by poisonous insects and snakes, some were smoked to death by poisonous swamps, some were annihilated in the mud, and some drank the rotten water that has not moved all year round.
Abdominal pain leads to death. In short, from a distance, the Bolangsha sand dunes are lined with lush green trees, and the water marshes are like jasper embedded in them. But in fact, this area of more than ten miles is a place of death. Except for the place in the middle that was built in the Qin Dynasty
Apart from the passable Chi Road, there is no other way. If you are not careful, you will lose your life here.
At this moment, Lin Jue and others were trapped in this dune swamp. After the Qingjiao bandits stopped attacking the city, Lin Jue soon discovered that they had other intentions. Thousands of bandits walked along the Chi Road
The search progressed, forcing Lin Jue and the cavalry to retreat. Lin Jue refused to retreat to the east of Bolangsha, so he found a feasible place and descended to the side of the marsh between the sand dunes and the dense trees. Because the number of men and horses was insufficient.
Although there are many, it has escaped the eyes and ears of the opponent, but it has also led to the situation where the entire Chidao was occupied by the religious bandits and was trapped in the swamp and evil forest. Now, the east and west sides of Bolangsha have been blocked by the religious bandits.
, Lin Jue and more than two hundred cavalry were forced to hide in a thin willow forest.
It can only be said that Lin Jue's luck is pretty good. This thin willow forest is a rare piece of decent normal woodland in Bolangsha. Maybe because of the sandy swamp terrain, this kind of willow cannot grow up and is only as thick as a thumb.
, as tall as a person, growing in patches beside the swamp, like a marsh of reeds by the water.
Although the sun is shining directly and the thin willow forest is airtight, this is already a great blessing. At least there are no thorns, no poisonous insects and snakes, and the sand on the ground is dry. And even the horses have food. This kind of thin willow
The branches and leaves are just the kind that war horses like to eat.
The cavalry used long knives to cut down a large piece of willow tree to feed the horses, and at the same time opened up a shelter to avoid the excessive heat. After that, everyone lay exhausted and panted under the simple shack they built.
They were indeed very tired. Several hours had passed since they left the city to attack the camp in the early morning, and now in the afternoon, they had not had a drop of water or a bite of food. Moreover, they had experienced several fierce battles, which had really consumed all their energy.
There were three hundred cavalrymen during the attack, but now only more than two hundred are left, and dozens of them are injured to varying degrees. What is even more frustrating is that they are now trapped in Bolangsha without food or water.
There were a large number of cult bandits surrounding him, and he was in an extremely depressed mood.
