Chapter 446 Abandonment

Under the gloomy sky, both sides sent out their entire armies, hundreds of thousands of people gathered at the foot of Changling Mountain, and the scene was magnificent.

The sound of the battle was deafening, scaring the surrounding birds and beasts to flee in all directions, and not a single bird dared to stay.

Yu Zheng and Zhou Boxu stood on a hill, watching the battle.

"My Lord, this leg armor is really useful, tough and light. With this artifact, we will definitely beat Nanyan to a pulp today and take back Changling Mountain." The general's eyebrows were raised, and his heart was full of heroic spirit.

Losing Changling Mountain is a shame for the generals of Yicheng. Only by taking back Changling Mountain can they face the people with dignity, be worthy of this armor, and be worthy of Dazhao.

Yu Zheng looked at the towering and winding Changling Mountain that looked like a giant dragon, and said in a deep voice with his hands behind his back: "We will not give up an inch of the land of Dazhao."

"Yes!" The general was excited, his eyes red.

When Yu Zheng and Zhou Boxu first arrived in Yicheng, they had questioned that the two were too young and had no experience in marching and fighting, and could not lead them to defend Yicheng.

But after just one month, they had a great change in their views of Yu Zheng and Zhou Boxu, and were convinced.

At this time, another general came to report: "Your Majesty, sir, the poisonous smoke has taken effect, and the weather is cold, so the Nanyan venomous snakes are moving slowly, so there is nothing to worry about."

After hearing this, Yu Zheng gave an order in a deep voice: "Launch a fierce attack, fight quickly and decisively, and take back Changling Mountain."

"Yes!" The two generals took the order and left excitedly.

They will personally fight in this bloody and humiliating battle.

Although Dazhao has dispatched 80,000 men today, due to the troubles caused by the poisonous snakes in Nanyan, only 10,000 soldiers with leg armor, as well as iron-clad soldiers and part of the cavalry were dispatched at the beginning.

Now that the poisonous snakes are no longer a threat, the whole army can go out and launch a massive attack.

"Kill!" Dazhao's generals raised their swords and shouted, charging bravely, their morale was high.

The Nanyan army had no choice but to bite the bullet and fight.

After only half an hour of fighting, Nanyan was obviously at a disadvantage. Even releasing all the poisonous snakes was of no avail, revealing the panic of Qianlu's lack of skills.

"General, our army is about to be defeated. What should we do?" The general wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand, his face full of panic.

General Zuo looked at the fierce battle on the battlefield and understood that Dazhao wanted to take back Changling Mountain today. The fight would not end until death.

The poisonous snake was dead, and the tiger, although fierce, was also restricted by the armored army...

The gap in military strength between the two sides was too great, and they had lost the support of the beast army. If this continued, they would not be able to wait for Xiao Lin to come with reinforcements.

After thinking for a while, General Zuo gritted his teeth and said, "Take a team back to the camp, and quickly pack up important things with the people in the rear service camp and prepare to evacuate."

"Evacuate?" The general was surprised and worried, "How will we explain to the prince?"

During the meeting two days ago, General Zuo had mentioned evacuating Changling Mountain, but Xiao Lin firmly disagreed. If they retreated when Xiao Lin was not around, Xiao Lin would be furious and settle accounts with them afterwards.

"Humph, explain? If we don't retreat, we will all have to explain here!" General Zuo's face was cold and ugly.

The general suddenly realized and hurried away after receiving the order.

Compared with being punished later, saving his life is more important now.

After the generals left, General Zuo looked at the Nanyan army that was being beaten back step by step, and his heart was heavy.

According to Dazhao's offensive today, it was impossible to evacuate the entire army, and they could only abandon some of the generals and soldiers to preserve the elite.

Facing the Nanyan army that was about to be abandoned and killed, General Zuo felt guilty, but as a general, he could only put the overall situation first.

General Zuo sighed heavily and made a painful decision helplessly.

Two quarters of an hour later, the general who had received the order came back.

"General, the important items in the camp have been packed up, but what about the food and supplies?"

Food and supplies are crucial things when marching and fighting, but in an emergency evacuation, they are all burdens and can only be abandoned.

General Zuo made a prompt decision and said, "You guys should evacuate from the rear of the camp first. Pour kerosene on the food and straw in the tents. I will order people to set fire to them later to provide cover."

"Yes." The general turned and left, following orders.

The two armies were fighting fiercely, and no one knew that a group of people quietly evacuated from the rear of the Nanyan Army camp.

General Zuo estimated the time and estimated that the generals would take important items and the rear service camp far away. He summoned several generals and gave them the order to retreat.

"...Yes, I will obey your order." Several generals responded solemnly.

They all understood that there was no chance of winning this battle today, and evacuating was a wise move to preserve military strength.

But as they were both from Nanyan and were comrades who had fought in the battlefield, abandoning them for the sake of the overall situation was a difficult decision.

Several generals looked heavy-hearted and felt guilty.

According to General Zuo's decision, they had to lead the elite troops to retreat first, leaving the cavalry and the wounded troops to make up for the losses.

The cavalry had horses and could evacuate quickly after making up for the losses. But the wounded infantry would have no choice but to die.

Everyone was afraid of death, but if they knew the fate that awaited them, they would panic and fear the battle, and even flee from the battlefield, causing chaos and affecting the retreat plan.

Therefore, General Zuo issued a strict order not to tell anyone. The battle continued, and the elite troops retreated silently and without a trace.

The Nanyan army, which was concentrating on the battle on the front line, did not pay attention to the movements in the rear and was unaware of what was happening.

Even the generals of Dazhao did not notice it at the first time.

However, Yu Zheng and Zhou Boxu stood on the hill and could see clearly from a distance.

"Come here!" Zhou Boxu shouted.

The soldiers waiting below immediately stepped forward to obey the order.

Zhou Boxu said sternly: "The Nanyan army is evacuating in secret. Order all generals to pursue quickly." "

Yes!" The soldiers were shocked and quickly went to pass the order.

The generals who received the military order immediately led their troops to press forward and approached the Nanyan military camp.

The Nanyan people were very cunning. They set up their camp on the road, blocking the Dazhao army and leaving a way for themselves to retreat.

Dazhao wanted to lead the army to pursue, but they had to attack fiercely first and break through the Nanyan camp before they could pass.

The Nanyan army was beaten back step by step. When they could not resist and looked for reinforcements from the rear, they found that there was no one behind them.

General Zuo was seriously injured and could not ride a horse. He left with the elite army in a carriage. Now there were only wounded infantry and cavalry left on the battlefield.

"General, Dazhao's attack is too fierce, we can't resist it." The cavalry asked urgently.

The cavalry leader said decisively: "Retreat!"

After saying that, the leader turned his horse's head and rode to the military camp.

The cavalry did not want to fight and quickly withdrew and followed closely.

"Drive!" The cavalry whipped their whips and rode away one after another.

Seeing this, the wounded soldiers held their swords and guns with panic and despair on their faces: "What should we do..."

"General, you are abandoning us and leaving us to die!"

The 20,000 wounded soldiers were angry and indignant.

They fought for Nanyan, suffered injuries for Nanyan, but were eventually abandoned by Nanyan.

The wounded soldiers were furious, but they had no idea what to do.

"Run, run, the people from Dazhao are coming..."

Someone shouted, and the wounded soldiers gave up fighting and ran away.

When people are escaping at the critical moment of life and death, they can always exert their infinite potential, and the pain on their bodies cannot hinder their speed.

However, when they fled back to the outside of the barracks, a fire suddenly broke out in the barracks. When the wind blew, the whole barracks quickly turned into a sea of ​​fire, completely blocking their way.