In a blink of an eye, the poisonous insects climbed onto the soldiers' bodies, drilled into the gaps in their armor, bit through their clothes and skin, and the poison spread rapidly.
The soldier who was bitten screamed, his face quickly turned black, and he lost his voice.
"Hold steady! Don't panic, form a battle formation!"
Meng Chao shouted, and Ji Chang also roared.
The border troops and the palace soldiers formed a battle formation and pressed towards the barbarian soldiers. Although many of them died from poisonous arrows and poisonous insects, their base number was large, as many as 40,000 people. In the fight for their lives, even the barbarian soldiers wearing rattan armor began to suffer casualties.
“Kill, kill, kill!”
Ten thousand palace soldiers with spears formed a cone-arrow formation and pressed forward, while the border troops formed a long snake formation and surrounded from both wings. Although it was the first time for them to cooperate, they seemed to have a tacit understanding.
Seeing the increasing casualties of the barbarian soldiers, Agulli became anxious, especially the heavy casualties of the Black Rock Tribe, which made him very sad.
Although the poisonous insects of the Black Water Tribe can effectively kill border troops and palace soldiers, those poisonous insects will die after being injected with toxins, which reduces the combat effectiveness of the Black Water Tribe.
"Chief, lead your men to retreat, we will cover your rear!"
Alimu shouted, it is not possible to continue fighting like this, the enemy has too many people, and those border troops are like crazy, all determined to die, even if they are dying, they will hold you and bite you a few times before giving up.
It was clear that when they broke through the border town that night, these border troops were in complete disarray, so why are they so brave now?
Aguli also realized that the situation was not good. Even if they could kill all the enemies, he would probably lose 60 to 70 percent of his men, which was something Aguli could not accept.
Many conservatives in the tribe did not agree with his invasion of Yizhou this time, as they believed that with their tribe's population and strength, they could not compete with the Jing Dynasty.
But Agulli was a proponent of war. He overruled the majority and suppressed the conservatives' opinions. He led 50,000 of his tribesmen into battle. If too many of them died, he would have a hard time explaining himself when he returned.
Hearing Alimu's voice, he knew he couldn't delay any longer, so he gritted his teeth and shouted, "The Blackrock Tribe will take the rear, and the rest of you retreat!"
After saying this, he forced Meng Chao and Ji Chang back with one axe and retreated to the rear.
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