Heavenly Dao Formula

After running forty miles in one breath, Qi Duming ordered the army to stop advancing and rectify for a while.

It's not that he doesn't want to return to Yecheng sooner, but if he keeps running like this, the army will run away by itself.

Fortunately, the third princess did not chase after her tail. It seemed that she focused on maintaining the results of the battle and taking in the prisoners, which made Qi Duming heave a sigh of relief. He took a rough look at the team at the rear, and there were at least four or five thousand people who could keep up with the lineup, and the loss was a little less than expected.

Having said that, this was already an extremely heavy blow to him—whether it was the central army or the ingenious battalion that could manipulate crossbows and copper cannons, they were elite soldiers he had cultivated little by little, and now half of them were thrown away. Wang Shandu is equivalent to breaking one of the two hands, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a serious injury.

Qi Duming called a messenger, "Go to Pingzhendu and tell General Lu that the main force of Shenzhou is attacking Wangshandu, so let him quickly strengthen the defense on the other side."

"My lord, don't you want to report the battle here?"

"Nonsense! It's good if I can remind him!" Qi Duming said angrily, "If he loses, he might not even notify me."

"The subordinate understands."

After the messenger left on horseback, Qi Duming asked the adjutant to open the map to confirm the next journey of the army.

"We are now in the area of ​​Wanhua Road, about 50 miles away from Yecheng. If we let Qingqi go with a large army, we will definitely not be able to arrive before dark." We must choose a place to camp tonight."

"Let's set up a camp, if I leave first, I'm afraid I will chill the hearts of the brothers below." Qi Duming sighed, he left the troops that were still fighting, and leading the entire army to retreat was already a self-defeating approach. In the next period of time, he will have to pay more to appease people's hearts. "But when the time comes, the scouts will be doubled, let them keep an eye on the rear, and don't let the Jinxia army come over again."

"yes."

Just as the adjutant responded, two cannon shots suddenly came from the forest on both sides of the official road!

The troops who had just stopped to rest suddenly gathered together like frightened birds, staring at the direction of the forest.

"My lord, this—" the adjutant was stunned.

"Don't panic, it must be a bluff!" Qi Duming said decisively, "This is within the territory of Ganzhou, it is impossible for them to divide their troops and go around!"

There is no river nearby, and Jinxia can't regard towns as strongholds like them, and transport supplies by land, how can it be possible to play the trick of dividing troops to block them? A troop with more than 2,000 people must arrange luggage to follow. If they do this, at least they have to act four or five days in advance, otherwise there is no need to fight, and a long-distance march will collapse themselves.

Those who can rush here in one go without being discovered by the locals in advance must be a detachment of less than a hundred people, or simply scouts. Relying on looting civilian houses and bringing their own dry food, they can go deep into the enemy's rear to fight, but it is absolutely whimsical to stop his large army!

However, after half a quarter of an hour, Qi Duming realized that something was wrong.

There are figures running out of the woods on both sides, the number is probably more than 2000, it is absolutely impossible to be just a scouting team!

How can this be?

The distance between the two sides was gradually narrowing, and within half a quarter of an hour they had already approached about one mile, so he had to make a decision immediately.

"Let everyone move and continue to evacuate west! The light cavalry is responsible for blocking Jinxia's army!"

It is impossible to fight. The morale of this large army is running low. At this time, the field battle is very likely to be routed.

The adjutant stared at the front of the official path with a look of astonishment, as if he had seen something extremely incredible.

Qi Duming turned his head, his heart suddenly sank to the bottom - he saw a row of dark mechanism beasts appearing in the distance, just like the monsters he saw in Wangshandu, but there were more mechanism beasts in this group out a lot!

They lined up side by side, moving towards this side in an orderly manner. Although it was the thinnest "stripe formation", he couldn't even think of rushing to the front line to break through.

Everyone is made of flesh and blood, so how can they possibly compete with this monster made of metal and wood?

What made Qi Duming's scalp tingle even more was that he also saw a giant fox. The size of that fox is larger than that of a mechanical beast, and with the two tails of different colors, it has an indescribable sense of oppression.

Horses are like weak lambs in front of such monsters.

"My lord...we are surrounded." The adjutant swallowed.

It sounds incredible, but it is true.

A large army of 2,000 people actually ran amok in Ganzhou without being noticed, and set up an ambush early on their retreating road, as if they had expected that they would not be able to block the strong attack of the troops crossing the river.

Qi Duming didn't know what to say for a moment.

Is this some kind of conspiracy? Not really. It's just a simple detour and pincer attack, cutting off the back path, the strategy is only one level.

Then why can't he think of it?

It's almost like asking why people can't fly.

Because apart from flying, he couldn't think of how the other party could do this.

"My lord, it's not good!" Another bodyguard stepped forward and reported, "The scouts reported that they found the princess's troops fifteen miles behind, and they are still trying to chase us!"

"Lord Qi, choose a weak point to break through!" The adjutant urged loudly, "The enemy may not be able to catch up with Qingqi without horses, and the general is willing to stay behind!"

"No...no...no need." Qi Duming was silent for a long time, and then said three no words in succession—the moment he said these words, he seemed to have aged ten years suddenly. "Let everyone put down their weapons and surrender to Jinxia."

"grown ups--"

"This is an order!" Qi Duming shouted.

The adjutant stared at him for a while, then lowered his head deeply, "Your officer... I understand."

"By the way, find another rope, tie me up, and escort me to the Jinxia army." Qi Duming closed his eyes, "Just say that the blame for this battle is entirely my fault, and you have meritorious rebellion. Your Highness should I won’t embarrass you any more.”

When he escaped from Wangshandu before, he had heard the phrase "Jinxia treats prisoners preferentially".

Since there is no chance of winning the fight, and there is no possibility of a comeback, doing so may save the subordinates from dying.

However, what made Qi Duming feel embarrassed was that he did not meet Her Royal Highness or the commander of the army as he wished, and no one could say the generous speech he had planned. Jin Xiajun neither beheaded him to claim credit, nor treated him differently because he was a general, let alone staged a scene where the lord untied him himself.

Like other soldiers, he was escorted back to the east, and the Jinxia troops in charge of guarding only had about 500 people.

The army of thousands of people who merged not long ago and those biped mechanism beasts seemed to have disappeared.

They...don't they go back to Shenzhou?

Looking at the sparse escort team, Qi Duming suddenly felt an indescribable chill rising from the soles of his feet.

If these people have the ability to outflank Wangshandu without knowing it, then they can use the same method to patronize Pingzhendu!

The purpose of the princess is not only for him to enlighten Duming, a part of the Ganzhou army!

She wants more.