The soldiers of the Ganzhou Army were horrified to see that their men could not even get close to the black giant beast. The short guns held by the opponents did not emit fire, and there was no obvious loading process. They could only hear continuous and dull sounds. With a bang bang sound, the person who had been attacked almost had his flesh and blood flying everywhere, and he collapsed instantly! Moreover, this kind of attack will not only kill the soldiers in the front row, but also the people crowded in the back will be affected, and several of them will be knocked down at once.
Seeing that the formation was not secure, some of the generals leading the team simply wanted to lead their men to the rear to double-team the machine beasts to see if they could find some opportunities in places where the Jinxia Army could not see them.
It's a pity that the subsequent river crossing teams have been continuously filled.
The first thing these double-teamers encountered was the living dead.
Qianzhi took the lead and charged into the enemy's formation.
Seeing little girls under ten years old appearing on the battlefield, most of the soldiers' first reaction was shock, and their second reaction was to become murderous - they couldn't defeat the giant beast of a machine, how could they not defeat a little girl
Even if she is a person who senses Qi, a woman of this age has nothing to fear!
But the moment they fought, they realized they were wrong.
Qianzhi attached the ice cube to his body and collided with the crowd like an iron ball. The gun barrel was pierced from all directions, but it was difficult to penetrate the layer of ice. None of the Ganzhou soldiers could block Qianzhi's "bear paws". She didn't even need to jump up, she just slapped her legs and they broke her legs with one palm. With her small and flexible body, they tried to hit her neck and head. It is even more difficult.
"Hey!" "Haha!" Qianzhi shouted strange slogans, and punched with his hands in accordance with the rhythm of the slogans. Each sound was accompanied by a person screaming and falling down, and the Ganzhou Army was destroyed in the blink of an eye. More than a dozen people!
"Y-youkai!"
"These guys are not human at all!"
"Where are the supporting alchemists? Where are they?!"
For a moment, hysterical roars filled the entire front line.
Some soldiers also noticed the changes happening behind them.
"Look in the direction of the camp, the high slopes are all burning!"
"Isn't that dragon already subdued
"It can't be that something happened to the Commander-in-Chief..."
Once the battle situation at the front falls into an unfavorable situation, the negative impact of various movements in the rear will be magnified hundreds or thousands of times. The five thousand soldiers of the Chinese Army are already the most elite combat force in Ganzhou. Many of them are veterans who have retired from the Leizhou border army. However, no matter how strong the willpower is, facing a group of enemies who cannot fight back, it is inevitable that they will produce vacillation.
The team's spontaneous encirclement stalled. Not only that, the front line began to retreat from the top of the slope, which was a sign of the disintegration of the battle formation.
Bastard, bastard, bastard!
Qi Duming cursed in his heart, the enemy's Qi Sensers were harvesting his troops like sickles, and the group of alchemists in the Privy Council Palace were nowhere to be seen, what did they do for food!
These are the men and horses he brought out with his own hands!
His heart was still bleeding.
According to common sense, when the Chinese army is attacked by the enemy, it should send cavalry to attack the enemy's flank. He did arrange a team of thousands to wander upstream. However, when he saw a new machine beast stepping onto the river on the other side, Qi Duming Hesitated.
The Ganzhou cavalry are light cavalry and have limited impact. It is difficult to say whether they can interrupt the Jinxia Army's offensive. Besides, this cavalry team is an extremely valuable mobile force. Once it is damaged here, it will be difficult for him to compete with General Lu An for the command position in Ganzhou.
Why did the Jinxia Army focus on Wangshandu!
If I had known this, I would have chosen Pingzhen!
During this hesitation, the morale of the front line finally collapsed, and the soldiers dropped their weapons and began to flee in all directions. There may only be a few hundred people at first, but once the fear and panic spread, it will soon spread to the entire army.
"Sir!?" The deputy general looked eagerly waiting for the general's instructions.
Qi Duming ultimately did not issue an order to increase troops.
"We retreat."
He gritted his teeth and said.
Luo Bairen has not appeared yet, which means that he is also in trouble and is unlikely to care about the situation of the army. The enemy had only about a thousand men ashore so far, and they didn't even have a single horse, so pursuit was by no means their specialty. At the same time, the river beach is not easy to expand. Only about half of the Chinese army is fighting fiercely with the enemy, and the other half still maintains a stable formation. Timely escape from the battle can greatly reduce the possibility of turning into a rout.
Of course, losses are inevitable. Retreating at this time is equivalent to abandoning all the soldiers fighting with the Jinxia Army in disguise. It is normal to lose more than half of them in the end. This choice is nothing more than the lesser of two evils, and defeat is better than total annihilation.
"Where to evacuate? Wangshandu?"
"No, that small town is completely undefendable. Let's go back to Yecheng!"
Yecheng is also the closest big city to here. It has walls on all sides and is very suitable for holding on. Qi Duming didn't believe that the princess would chase him there - would he really rather devour these troops than even the huge Shenzhou
He had even thought about how to write the report: Although he had lost Wangshan Ferry, he had restrained a large number of the Third Princess's troops and restricted their main force to the Ganshen border. At this time, if Liuzhou and Qingzhou can quickly move south and attack the Jinxia Army from both sides, they will definitely win a complete victory!
As soon as the golden sound sounded, the rear reserve troops immediately turned into the front troops and turned around and rushed towards Yecheng. Qi Duming also threw the Qinglong Sword to his adjutant, rode his horse to mix with the light cavalry troops, and accelerated his move to the west.
If the retreat of the rear army could barely be called orderly, the front line was in complete ruins. A small group of troops didn't even hear the sound of gold ringing from behind and were still trying to hold on to their positions, while more people were running around like headless flies. In a panic, many people fled in the opposite direction and jumped into the Lichuan River. In such chaos, the factors that caused the greatest casualties of the Ganzhou Army were no longer mechanical beasts or air rifles. Pushing and trampling on each other were the main causes of casualties.
Ning Wanjun did not take advantage of the victory to pursue and kill all the way, but took out the amplification note and shouted -
For a time, slogans of "surrender without killing, Jinxia treats prisoners well" were heard one after another, spreading throughout the entire river beach.
This wave of persuasion to surrender immediately achieved excellent results.
As the abandoned targets, the frontline soldiers had no idea of continuing to die for the general. Immediately, a large number of them knelt down on the battlefield, and spears and daggers were scattered all over the ground.
In the past, Ning Wanjun might have killed two more times, but now she had been influenced by Xia Fan, and she always felt that the guys who gave up resistance in front of her were no longer enemies, but resources that could be used.
Of course, the princess would not care too much about cleaning the battlefield. This round of pursuit was not over, and she had to immediately get into the next battle. Two quarters of an hour later, Ning Wanjun left a thousand people to escort the prisoners and guard the river beach, and continued to advance westward with fifty machine beasts and a thousand elites.
She knew that Xia Fan would be waiting for her in front.