Chapter 196 Retreat
Chapter 196 Retreat
After Xuanyuan Xingyao released the evil energy in his body, he pulled Nangong Jing and jumped onto the back of the Ice Phoenix Demon Luan. The Ice Phoenix Demon Luan just flapped its wings lightly and flew out of Fate's camp.
However, Xuanyuan Xingyao did not return to Yangcheng directly. Instead, he asked Nangong Jing to ride the Ice Wind Demon Luan back first, while he returned to help General Mao retreat.
Today their main purpose was to destroy Fate's supplies. Now that the mission had been completed, there was naturally no need to continue to entangle with Fate.
After all, in Fate's base camp, although they temporarily had the upper hand because they caught the other side off guard, as time went on, once Fate reacted, it would be difficult for them to leave Fate's camp.
When Xuanyuan Xingyao and General Mao met up, Fate's soldiers had already begun to slowly surround Shui Ling's soldiers in a circle.
Xuanyuan Xingyao leaped into the air and swung out a sword energy, forcing back the soldiers who were slowly surrounding him.
When General Mao saw Xuanyuan Xingyao's move, he directly gestured for everyone to retreat.
The main general on Fate's side looked at Xuanyuan Xingyao with sharp eyes, a ruthless light flashed in his eyes, and then he also jumped into the air and collided with Xuanyuan Xingyao's sword.
After Xuanyuan Xingyao was entangled, several deputy generals led the soldiers and tried to surround General Mao and his group again.
But just as they approached, they suddenly heard a roar, and then several fireballs fell from the sky.
This sudden change left everyone stunned.
Before everyone could react, they saw a Flame Cloud Leopard falling from the sky.
Appearing along with the Yanyun Leopard were a Tongtian Tiger and a Snow Dragon Ape.
Three high-level monsters suddenly appeared. The generals were fine and just looked alert, but the ordinary soldiers subconsciously retreated with fear written all over their faces.
There is no way, they are just ordinary people, and they will only die if they really face the monsters.
The generals also knew that ordinary people were afraid of monsters, so although they were very unwilling, they could only watch the monsters protect Shui Ling's people and withdraw from Fate's camp.
Xuanyuan Xingyao also noticed the sudden appearance of the Yanyun Leopard and other magical beasts. He looked around in surprise, and then saw the Bingfeng Moluan, who was supposed to return to Yangcheng, appeared in the sky not far away.
And on the back of the Ice Phoenix Demon Luan, stood a figure that he was very familiar with.
Xuanyuan Xingyao shook his head with some helplessness and some pampering, and pretended to obey but secretly disobeyed.
However, being on the battlefield, Xuanyuan Xingyao couldn't say anything and continued to collide his spiritual power with Qiao Linqi, Fate's main general.
Xuanyuan Xingyao and Qiao Linqi have similar cultivation levels, but the power of the star sword in Xuanyuan Xingyao's hand is stronger than Qiao Linqi's weapon.
Coupled with the evil spirit, Qiao Linqi began to fall into a disadvantage over time.
When Qiao Linqi realized that he was beginning to fall into a disadvantage, a trace of annoyance flashed across his eyes.
Xuanyuan Xingyao noticed Qiao Linqi's irritability and increased the intensity of his attack, making Qiao Linqi unable to fight back and could only passively defend.
Just when Qiao Linqi thought that Xuanyuan Xingyao would seriously injure him, Xuanyuan Xingyao temporarily repelled him and then jumped onto the back of the Ice Phoenix Demon Luan, and began to cover the retreat of General Mao and others.
After Shui Ling retreated, Fate's deputy general wanted to lead people to chase after them, but was stopped by Qiao Linqi.
"marshal???"
One lieutenant didn't understand why Qiao Lynch wanted to stop him from pursuing.
"Their forces are quite strong. We've already lost the initiative. If we really chase them, we might not be able to stop them. We might even suffer losses. How's the situation at the warehouse? How much has been lost?"
Qiao Linqi didn't want the deputy to continue asking questions, so he asked about the losses in the warehouse to change the subject.
The deputy general also understood what Qiao Lingqi meant, so he stopped shouting to catch up and instead answered the other party.
"Six of the ten warehouses were destroyed, and the remaining four were also slightly burned. Fortunately, the fire was put out in time, and most of the food and fodder was saved. However, the remaining food and fodder will only last us less than ten days. We must immediately request support from the king."
The deputy general's answer made Qiao Linqi look very embarrassed. He thought that there would be a lot of losses this time, but he didn't expect to lose so much food and grass.
Qiao Lingqi could already imagine that after his letter asking for help was sent back to the capital of Fit, he would be ridiculed by those who disagreed with him, and even speak ill of him in front of the king.
But they had no choice but to ask for help. After all, even they couldn't go without food for a long time, let alone ordinary soldiers.
Fortunately, Qiao Linqi had captured several beautiful cities before and made considerable contributions. Otherwise, Qiao Linqi felt that he could go back to the capital to apologize.
"I'll write the memorial in a moment and have someone send it back as quickly as possible."
Qiao Linqi said with a serious face, then thought of something, paused and gave instructions to the adjutant.
"Reorganize the soldiers and see how many were injured today and how many are left?"
"Yes, Marshal."
The deputy general responded in a deep voice.
Qiao Linqi looked up at the sun that had risen at some unknown time, then looked at the direction in which Longying and Shuiling's army retreated, and finally flicked his sleeves and turned back to his tent.
Unlike Qiao Linqi's depressed mood, Yang Cheng's side was full of laughter and joy.
Although only some food supplies were destroyed and not many generals were killed, General Mao, who had been depressed for many days, still felt a sense of relief.
"It feels so good. It feels so good. We've been almost beaten by them for a long time. It's a rare occasion that I can make them feel so frustrated."
General Mao shouted excitedly.
"This time we caught them off guard. It will be difficult to successfully raid their camp next time."
Although Xuanyuan Xingyao didn't want to pour cold water on him, he was also worried that General Mao would taste the sweetness of this success and do it again after a while.
General Mao is also a veteran who has fought on the battlefield, so naturally he would understand what Xuanyuan Xingyao meant.
"Don't worry, a sneak attack like this is only enough once. If you do it more than once, it's no longer a sneak attack but a trap."
General Mao restrained his smile slightly and spoke in a deep voice.
"General Mao, I want to set some traps outside the city."
Xuanyuan Xingyao suggested.
"trap???"
The way of fighting on the Dragon Shadow Continent can be said to be very primitive.
Although some formations and military tactics are also used, they prefer the two armies to fight face to face. Traps are used to hunt monsters or wild beasts and are never used on the battlefield.
Therefore, when Xuanyuan Xingyao proposed setting a trap, General Mao and many generals looked a little strange.
"Yes, a trap! Because of the war, no mercenaries or merchants are passing through here anymore, so we don't have to worry about the traps hurting innocent people."
"Is this okay? Wouldn't using traps on the battlefield be considered despicable?"
A deputy general said hesitantly.
"On the battlefield, it's either you or me. Showing mercy to the enemy is being cruel to our soldiers."
Xuanyuan Xingyao actually had this doubt a long time ago. The two sides fought so fiercely, and when he used strategies against the enemy, he was worried about being accused of being too despicable and cruel.
If you're worried about people saying mean things about you, then don't fight.
I don’t know whether to call the generals on the mainland “naive” or “pedantic”.
"Prince Han Xi, what are you going to do?"
General Mao did not object like others. He just asked Xuanyuan Xingyao what he was going to do.
"I plan to have an earth magician hollow out a section of the road between the Fate Barracks and Yangcheng, place some earth spikes inside, and finally cover it with a layer of mud. This road may look ordinary, but as soon as too many people walk on it, it will collapse under the weight, and the people on it will fall into the earth spikes."
After Xuanyuan Xingyao told his plan, the entire hall fell silent.
Because Xuanyuan Xingyao's plan was a little too shocking for them.
Xuanyuan Xingyao seemed to be blind to their shocked looks and continued to talk about his plan.
"In addition to these, we can also dig pits within the archers' range and pour kerosene into them. Once they fall in, we can shoot them with arrows or have magicians use fire magic. This will surely cause the Fate army to lose their composure."
"Isn't this a bit too harsh?"
A deputy general on Shui Ling's side spoke up, almost blurting out the word "cruel".
"General Long thinks my method is too cruel, but don't forget how many of you Fate and his men killed, and what kind of life the people in the cities they took are living now."
General Long was filled with shame after hearing what Xuanyuan Xingyao said. Yes, Fate was their enemy.
He killed so many of them and seized their city, leaving the people of Shuiling in dire straits. Yet he still cared about Fate's soldiers. It was really wrong.
No matter how harshly you treat Fate's soldiers, it's what you deserve.
"Is there any objection to Prince Han Xi's plan?"
General Mao looked around and asked.
When General Mao asked this, he actually agreed with Xuanyuan Xingyao's plan. Not only Xuanyuan Xingyao noticed this, but everyone else noticed it as well.
Since Shui Ling's own coach had agreed, it was naturally difficult for them to object. What if they were misunderstood as thinking about Fate and having treasonous thoughts?
Not to mention Longying's side. This plan was proposed by their prince. If they oppose it, wouldn't that be a slap in the face of the prince?
As a result, the hall was very quiet and no one raised any objection.
General Mao looked around and saw that no one objected, so he nodded with satisfaction.
"Okay, in that case, let's discuss where to set the traps and how many we should set up."
Everyone nodded. This trap cannot be set up at will. How to set it, how many traps to set, and what mechanisms to place in the trap all need to be discussed carefully.
Although they hadn't slept all night, no one present felt tired. Instead, because they were planning to set a trap for Fate, everyone was as energetic as if they had been injected with chicken blood.
The group of people discussed this for most of the day, and it was not until the afternoon that all the plans were finalized.
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