Chapter 195: Never abandon, seven battles and seven victories (Part 2)

Under the sad ridge.

The bodies of the fallen soldiers in the Tiger Legion were all collected together and then neatly placed on the dry firewood pile. Meng Hu, Qi Diaozi, Jia Wudao and the generals of the Tiger Legion all stood beside them with serious expressions. There were a large pile of license plates at Meng Hu's feet, each representing a once-living life.

"Oh." Jia Wudao suddenly sighed and said sadly, "This battle was so fierce that more than 20,000 people were killed in battle. Now, even with Ma Sifeng's cavalry and Xiong Batian's barbarian cavalry, the total strength of my Tiger Legion has been sharply reduced to less than 30,000!"

"Yes." Qi Diaozi sighed, "If our army could rest for one night and fight the Zhuozhou army after it recovered, the casualties would not be so great. It's a pity that our army is fighting alone in the enemy's territory. We don't have enough rest time, alas..."

Meng Hu's expression was equally solemn, and he said in pain: "The casualties in this battle were a little bigger, but these 20,000 soldiers would not die in vain, and their blood would not flow in vain. They used their lives to knock on the door to victory, and they used their bodies to pave the smooth road for the Tiger Legion to return to Xiling!"

After saying that, Meng Hu waved his hand and said sternly: "Light the fire and send your brothers to heaven!"

The soldiers who had been waiting next to the pile of corpses heard this and threw the torches in their hands on the pile of firewood. The dead branches and firewood immediately burned as soon as they touched the flames. Soon, the independent fire heads were connected into a raging fire, completely swallowing the more than 20,000 neatly placed corpses on the pile of firewood.

Meng Hu finally glanced at the burning fire, turned around and shouted: "Please pack the license plates of the fallen soldiers, let's go home!"

"go home!"

"go home!"

"go home!"

The soldiers who heard Meng Hu's voice cheered one after another. After countless life-and-death tests and countless bloody battles, the soldiers of the Tiger Legion were exhausted to the limit, both psychologically and physically. The Tiger Legion is now truly at the end of its strength and can no longer withstand fierce battles.

In less than a moment, the remaining 20,000 soldiers of the Tiger Legion gathered into a long dragon and drove south along the official road. Meng Hu and others rode their horses into this vast torrent. As the horses were neighing, Qi Diaozi suddenly rode his horse to approach Meng Hu and asked in a low voice: "General, what happened to the central army in Zhuozhou just now?"

Meng Hu's heart moved and asked, "Lao Qi, have you seen the problem?"

Qi Diaozi shook his head and nodded again, "I just felt a little strange. The martial arts of General Mingyue seemed to be no less than the general. Why did he suddenly lose if he said he was defeated?"

"Also, what's even more strange is that his defeat is not important. He directly exposed the central army of the Zhuozhou Army to the general and the four thousand iron guards, which gave the general the opportunity to shoot Luo Congyun in the chaos, and our army was able to narrowly win. Otherwise, if this war was delayed for more than half an hour, our army would probably be defeated in a disastrous manner."

Meng Hu shook his head and said, "Luo Congyun was only seriously injured and did not die. But Lao Qi, you are right. The defeat of that general Mingyue is indeed suspicious. Now that I think about it carefully, I feel that there is something big about it. Lao Qi, your mind has always been meticulous. Do you analyze it carefully and what is going on?"

Qi Diaozi stroked his beard and pondered for a moment, and said, "This matter is nothing more than three explanations."

"Oh, three explanations? Which three?"

"The first explanation is that General Mingyue is indeed a powerful general, but he has hidden illness or secret injuries. He has caused hidden illness or secret injuries in the process of fighting with the general, so he vomited blood and was defeated. However, Beizhi thought that this possibility was not great. If the general knew that he had hidden illness or secret injuries, how could he dare to challenge the general easily?"

"Well, it's reasonable, what about the second explanation?"

"The second explanation is that General Mingyue was poisoned before going to war. After dozens of rounds of rivalry against the general on the battlefield, the poison attack caused him to be defeated!"

"Hiss...you mean someone plotted against that general?"

"The Mingyue Empire has just pacified the Eight Kings Rebellion, and Qiu Yutang may not be able to eliminate the remaining rebellious forces in the empire so quickly, right? Among them, there are fish that escaped the net lurking in the Zhuozhou army, and it is also possible to use the black hands at a critical moment. After all, for the rebellious forces of the Mingyue Empire, it is in their interest to help our Tiger Legion break through."

"It makes sense that the enemy's enemies are friends. If this is the case, then these remnants are not fools. It is unknown whether we can cooperate with them if we have the opportunity in the future."

Qi Diaozi said again: "General, in addition to the above two categories, there is a third possibility."

Meng Husu said, "Say, continue talking."

Qi Diaozi said: "The third possibility is that General Mingyue clearly failed on purpose!"

"Deliberately defeated?" Meng Hu said in a lost voice, "You mean that General Mingyue is the remnant of the Eight Kings Rebellion?"

"Maybe, maybe not." Qi Diaozi said, "but there are only these three possibilities, and there is no other possibility."

Meng Hu pondered: "It seems we have to check the details of General Mingyue. Hey, when the Zhuozhou army was defeated, we caught thousands of prisoners, and are we carrying baggage and food for us now? The person comes, and we will bring more than a dozen Zhuozhou prisoners over immediately. This general needs to interrogate them carefully."

Fenglin Port Navy Village.

When the main force of the Tiger Legion fought fiercely with the Zhuozhou Legion under the Sad Ridge, the War Eagle's vanguard army had easily seized the Fenglingang Naval Village.

Because of the tight time, Qiu Yutang had no time to mobilize troops from other places, so he only transferred the guards from Fengcheng to assist in the defense. As a result, with the cooperation of Tuoba Ye's surrendered army, the War Eagle's vanguard army solved the Fengcheng guards with a surprise attack without any effort, and successfully captured dozens of large ships in the Navy's village that had not had time to sink.

In the burning flames, the war eagle stepped onto the largest naval warship. Tuoba Ye greeted him with a smile on his face and said in a flattering voice: "General, General, we came very timely. Before these bastards could sink the warship, Bei Zhi had just counted it, and all the 136 warships parked in the village were intact."

"Well." Zhan Ying asked proudly with his hands on his back, "How many soldiers can each of these navy warships take?"

"This..." Tuoba Ye scratched his head and replied, "I don't know very well, but it should be no problem for each large warship to take 500 soldiers. A medium warship should be more than enough for two hundred soldiers. In this way, 136 warships can take about 50,000 people."

"Yeah." Zhan Ying sighed with relief and said in a calm voice, "That's all."

"Report..." As soon as Zhan Ying finished speaking, the captain of the scout rushed onto the warship and replied quickly, "General is urgently ordered!"

Zhan Ying's face changed slightly and he shouted sternly: "Tell me!"

The scout captain gasped and said, "The general urgently ordered that after seizing Fenglingang Naval Village, he immediately divided his troops to plunder the nearby Minzhuang. The general said, the more civilians, the better, and the old, young, women and children should not let go!"

"Pill the people and strong nearby? Don't let them go?" Zhan Ying pondered for a moment, then turned around and said, "General Shidun!"

The stone pier stood behind the war eagle solemnly and immediately took two steps forward and said in a deep voice: "General War eagle, you are the chief general, just give the order."

Zhan Ying said with great emphasis: "Okay, then you and I will divide our troops into two groups now, and Fenglin Port will be handed over to you. I will leave you two thousand elite soldiers, guard Fenglin Port Naval Village at all costs, and protect the warships in the Naval Village. Before the general's main army arrives, there will be no mistakes!"

Shi Dun clasped his fists and said, "Don't worry, General Zhanying, but with me, Shi Dun, there will be no mistakes in Fenglin Port Naval Village."

Zhanying clasped his fists to the stone pier, then turned around and left.

Tuoba Ye also hugged Shi Dun and then hurriedly got off the warship with Zhan Ying. In less than a moment, Zhan Ying led another three thousand elite troops of the vanguard army to leave directly. Although Zhan Ying didn't know why Meng Hu ordered the plunder of nearby people, since this was Meng Hu's military order, Zhan Ying would unswervingly implement it.

The sun once again raped the night and it was dawn!

On the endless Zhongzhou Plain, a large group of cavalry swept towards the southeast like locusts. Thousands of moving iron hooves whizzed through the shallow small river, splashing water droplets and broken grass in the sky. The dull sound of iron hooves seemed to be rolling in the sky from the northwest, and even the silent earth was trembling gently.

The cavalry had just passed, and before the water could recover, another group of larger cavalry roared over and crossed the small river like a sky and earth, chasing the cavalry in front of them all the way to the southeast. The scene was like a large cloud sweeping across the green plain.

These two cavalry chasing front and back were of course the remnants of Ma Sifeng's cavalry and the Shuozhou cavalry of Yan Shisan.

After learning that the Battle of Sad Ridge was over, Yan Shisan decisively gave up going south to pursue the main force of the Tiger Legion, because he knew that even if the Shuozhou cavalry ran the horses to the point of vomiting blood, it would be impossible to intercept the Tiger Legion before it arrived at Fenglin Port. So instead of being futile, it would be better to concentrate superior forces to completely annihilate the cavalry of the Tiger Legion, which is an explanation in front of Qiu Yutang.

As for the loss of Fenglingang Naval Village, it has little to do with Yan Shisan. It was because Luo Congyun's Zhuozhou army failed to block it, but the Shuozhou cavalry had already tried their best. This time, the Shuozhou cavalry even lost three laps of war horses. As for the tens of thousands of war horses that ran to the lame hoof, Yan Shisan could be said to have lost a lot of money.

Among the Northern Cavalry Army, Ma Sifeng turned around and asked Xiong Batian: "General Batian, which direction do we want to turn?"

Xiong Batian responded loudly: "The general did not specifically talk about which direction to turn, but only said that we would turn to the Baisha River!"

"Baisha River?" Ma Sifeng frowned, "We really want to escape to the Baisha River. There is a big river blocking the way in front and the army behind us will be in desperate situations?"

"Who knows this?" Xiong Batian replied in a muffled voice, "Anyway, that's what the general said, oh by the way, I almost forgot something, the general asked me to bring you a word."

"Oh?" Ma Sifeng asked in a narrow voice: "What do you mean?"

Xiong Batian stretched out his huge tongue and licked his chapped lips, and said loudly: "General said that even if there is only one person left in the cavalry division and only one horse, he will bring the main army of the Tiger Legion to rescue you. The Tiger Legion will never leave any brother behind!"

A trace of redness rose in Ma Sifeng's eyes and shouted with a grim voice: "With this general's words, even if our cavalry divisions are all killed in the battlefield, it's worth it!"

After saying this, Ma Sifeng turned around again and raised his angrily yelled loudly: "General Meng Hu said that as long as there is one person in our cavalry division and another horse, he will bring the main army of the Tiger Legion to pick us up. Brothers, with the general's words, even if our cavalry division is all killed on the battlefield, it will be worth it!"

"It's worth it!"

"I have already slaughtered thirteen local dogs in Shuozhou, so I'll have enough money!"

"I killed nine of them too, his grandma's, and I'll kill him a few more!"

"General Meng Hu is a good person, and the Tiger Legion is also a good person, but there is no coward in our northern Erlang!"

The more than 2,000 remaining cavalry surviving cavalry division responded with a loud response. Although this cavalry was already a broken division, its military strength had suffered more than 90%. According to general logic, such an army should have been disintegrated and completely disintegrated. But the fact is just the opposite. This remnant army not only did not disintegrate, but not only did not disintegrate the morale of the army, but instead became more determined, more fearless and more brave and good at fighting.

Seeing this, Xiong Batian and the barbarians of the Black Bear Tribe couldn't help but give a thumbs up, secretly praising the cavalry division's self-designated, and were definitely a real soldier. A real warrior, with his aura of dying, he would never lose to the warriors on the Great Wilderness, and naturally he would not lose to the warriors of the Tiger Legion.

Fenglin Port Navy Village.

The main force of the Tiger Legion finally arrived at Fenglin Port before dawn. Almost as the main force of the Tiger Legion arrived at Fenglin Port, the War Eagle did not disappoint the mission to plunder all the civil and soldiers, young, women and children within 50 miles of Fenglin Port to the Navy Village. There were at least 30,000 to 50,000 people in the civil and soldiers, young, young, women and children, plus one.

In the army, Meng Hu had just turned over and dismounted, and Zhanying, Shidun and Tuoba Ye hurriedly came up. The three generals knelt on one knee at the same time and replied quickly: "General, Bei Qi, have successfully seized the Fenglin Port Naval Village. The 136 warships of all sizes in the village are intact."

"good!"

Meng Hu nodded happily and turned to Qi Diaozi and said, "Old Qi, you have really guessed it again. Xiao Chengdong's navy army has indeed gone up the river and rushed to Qingzhou to encircle Mengyan's remnants, haha."

Qi Diaozi wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with his sleeves and said repeatedly: "Lucky, this is pure luck. General, Hu Zi should not say anything. From now on, our army should try to avoid fighting such unsure wars. Putting the hope of survival on the enemy's negligence or mistakes is not the right way."

"Hahaha."

Meng Hu went up to the sky and said casually, "The military strategy is right and the victory is strange. Of course, the right way is important. It is necessary to take a different sword and use a surprise victory. Otherwise, if two tough battles like Sad Ridge are fought, our Tiger Legion will almost be destroyed."

"That's true." Qi Diaozi sighed, "This is a last resort."

"Let's not talk about this for now." Meng Hu asked Zhan Ying again, "Wand Eagle, how did this general tell you about the mission?"

Zhan Ying hurriedly said, "General, don't worry, Bei Zhi has driven all the people of Mingyue within 50 miles of Fenglin Port to the Navy's Village, and at least 30,000 to 50,000."

"good!"

Meng Hu said with a grim voice, "The First Division immediately got on the boat, and then wrapped the captured women and children on the boat. The old man drove away, and ignored it. The remaining young and middle-aged people were grouped together, one group of one hundred people, tied the side of the warship with thick cables, and asked them to drag the warships along the banks of the river against the Baisha River, preparing to pick up the cavalry division that responded to Ma Sifeng."

"ah?"

"this……"

Qi Diaozi and Jia Wudao looked at each other. They didn't expect that Meng Hu would actually go to pick up the remnants of Ma Sifeng's cavalry.

After thinking about it, Qi Diaozi waved his hand and retreated all the soldiers nearby, and then whispered: "General, the armies of the Mingyue Empire are less than two hundred miles away from Fenglin Port. At this time, is it a bit hasty to go up to the Baisha River to pick up the cavalry division that responded to Ma Sifeng?"

"yes."

Jia Wudao also echoed, "Bizhi also thinks Lao Qi is right. Not to mention whether Ma Sifeng's cavalry division and Xiong Batian's barbarian cavalry survived. Even if there are soldiers who are lucky enough to break through and escape to the Baisha River, they will definitely not last long. When the general's reinforcements arrive, they will probably die in battle long ago."

Qi Diaozi said very seriously: "General, the lives of the soldiers of the Ma Sifeng Cavalry Division are life, but the lives of the soldiers of the First Division of the Tiger Legion are also life. In order to save the lives of the soldiers of the Cavalry Division, they have taken the lives of more soldiers of the First Division. I think it is not worth it, it is really not worth it!"
To be continued...