The Era of Generals

"Chase!"

Angry roars resounded through the poisonous fog formation.

The spearmen and sword-shieldmen in the center were busy dealing with the blazing fire-ridden carriages, and the pursuit of them was naturally entrusted to the most mobile cavalry.

However, just after the menacing cavalry broke into the woods, successive screams and wailing of painful horses also sounded at this time.

"Boss... Boss, there is an ambush among the brothers!"

Not long after, the chubby old man saw his subordinate flying back, and said in panic, "Lin... there were a lot of tripping ropes in the forest, and many brothers were caught!"

"What?!"

When the chubby old man heard this, his eyes almost protruded from their sockets, and the veins on his neck swelled.

These cavalry were all his subordinates, and they were also bargaining chips for him to fight for his own interests after taking down Xiyun City, but now they failed to win the battle, and instead fell down in the woods first, if it didn't make him frightened and angry.

What's worse is that at this time the night has come, and the dark woods are even more bleak, and there are still many tripping ropes hidden in it.

The tripping rope is made of black steel wire, which is difficult to be found in the dark environment, and it is extremely sharp. If it is set low, it can cut off the horse's leg. If it is set a little higher, it will break the human neck!

Given the environment in the forest at this time, if the cavalry wanted to pursue them, they had to slow down their horses or even get off the horses, and lead the horses to fumble bit by bit.

In this way, the speed advantage of the cavalry is gone, so how can it be useful?

The cavalry team gathered after hearing the movement on this side again, and turned to the other side to chase after them. After passing through the woods, there might be no trace of people.

Anyway, can't catch up.

General Fang's face was livid, but he didn't force the fat old man to send his men to chase after Guo Zi's ambush team. Instead, he gritted his teeth and ordered the surviving soldiers of the supply unit to be escorted up.

The chaos in the middle and rear formations has not yet subsided, and the elite soldiers of the Zhuyan Empire who belonged to him finally picked up five disgraced soldiers, kicked them one by one, and knelt down in front of General Fang.

"How many people are there in the enemy?"

Resisting the thought of killing the five trembling soldiers, General Fang asked in a bitter voice.

Compared with venting the hatred in my heart, information is obviously more important at this moment!

"Back... back to the general, the opponent has at least five hundred, ah no, eight hundred to one thousand!"

The body of the soldier kneeling on the far left trembled violently, and the number of people he reported was changed again and again, and the more he said, the more he said.

"How much is it!"

General Fang was furious, and the sharp sword at his waist was already out of its sheath!

"Eight hundred! At least eight hundred people!"

Another soldier hastily shouted: "General, the opponent suddenly rushed over in a dense mass, and it was difficult for the villain to distinguish for a while, but it is true that there are a large number of people, at least 800!"

"Do you think so?"

As he spoke, he secretly stabbed his companions left and right with his hands, and looked at General Fang with his innocent eyes wide open.

"Yes, yes, yes!"

"General, the villain has also seen it. It is indeed not less than 800. Those people... are so fierce!"

The companions on the left and right, as if waking up from a dream, hurriedly echoed in unison.

In fact, how can there be so many?

General Fang is also unlucky. If you ask real soldiers, most of them will answer truthfully, but who are these five kneeling on the ground and who make up the entire army?

Those are all felons who committed crimes in the Qingyang Empire and were wanted by the government!

If you are not smart enough, how can you escape the blockade guards and run to the forest of poisonous mist to save your life?

These people thought very clearly that for an army, the matter of food and grass was no small matter, and they were responsible for protecting the supplies. Of course, the food and grass were burned right now.

So the only way out now is to exaggerate the number of opponents. The more enemies there are, the fewer they are. Wouldn't the crime of dereliction of duty be less serious?

However, they didn't know that because they wanted to excuse themselves, they gave General Fang a wrong message.

"Eight hundred people?"

General Fang frowned and pondered, he didn't punish the five people for a moment, he just bowed his head in thought.

Next to him, Chief Xu couldn't hold back, and said with worry in his eyes, "General, what should we do now?"

"what to do?"

General Fang glared at him, and said angrily, "Of course we are continuing to attack the city, what else can we do!"

"Still attacking?"

Leader Xu was puzzled and said: "But our food and grass are gone, otherwise... we will set up camp on the spot first, and send people back to our hometown to re-ship a batch. Anyway, we are close, so how about attacking the city tomorrow morning?"

He also passed the military rank examination, and knows the importance of food and grass, not to mention that the army came out of the poisonous mist forest all the way, and stayed here for so long. Yes, when a new batch of food and grass arrives, we will have the strength to fight when we are full!

This is the consideration of Chief Xu, and also his suggestion. There is nothing wrong with it, but it is heard by General Fang...

Is it stupid?

If he hadn't relied on these people's subordinates to attack the city for him, General Fang wanted to poke his forehead and question him.

But right now, he can only take a deep breath, and said patiently, "The other party has been planning on our grain and grass from the very beginning, do you think they will let us bring another batch of grain and grass over?"

"Have you forgotten, that ambush soldier who disappeared after sneak attacking the supply troops?"

As soon as this remark came out, Chief Xu hesitated.

General Fang said again: "Those ambush soldiers did not return to Xiyun City after burning the food and grass. Besides, with us here, they would not be able to go back at all. So guess where they will go?"

Not only Gang Leader Xu, but also the leaders of the six factions behind him, after hearing this question, their complexions changed drastically, and they even glanced in the direction of the Poisonous Mist Forest.

"That's right!" General Fang gritted his teeth and said, "These damned people must have lurked in the poisonous mist forest right now, just waiting for us to send people back to fetch food and grass!"

"The enemy is in the dark and we are in the light. Chief Xu, how many people do you think should be sent back to collect food and grass?"

Leader Xu was silent for a moment before he sighed: "The enemy has 800 people, if we want to transport food and grass back safely, we need at least 2,000 people to go back."

General Fang snorted: "Withdraw one-third of the troops at once, do you think the other party will miss this opportunity?"

Leader Xu was silent.

If there are fewer people, food and grass cannot be transported back, and if there are too many people, one's own troops will be weakened.

Although they have as many as 7,000 people here, but there is a radish and a hole, and all arms are indispensable. Withdrawing 2,000 troops at once, the formation will inevitably reveal flaws.

If Xiyun City takes this opportunity to launch a surprise attack in the middle of the night...

The opponent has been waiting for work in the city, but they are exhausted and exhausted, how can this battle be fought?

After thinking about it a little deeper, leader Xu's back was covered with cold sweat, and only then did he realize that they had no way out.

"Then according to General Fang's meaning..."

"Two options!" General Fang gritted his teeth: "The first is to retreat immediately. Everyone retreats to the poisonous mist forest, and then make a comeback after sufficient supplies."

"second……"

He pointed at Xiyun City with the long sword in his hand, and said in a cold manner: "While our current strength is still complete, we will take down Xiyun City in one go!"

Thank you book friend Xia Huayueluo for your reward. By the way, regarding the update, since the book is still in the new period, the editor suggests that it should not be updated too fast to avoid disrupting the recommendation arrangement. Therefore, there are currently two updates every day, and the update will be updated later. Speed ​​up, excuse me.