Chapter 1134 Jungle Wandering

Just when the Canberra army fell into chaos, the One Hundred Thousand Daxia Imperial Army was like a sharp knife, stabbing fiercely into the enemy's abdomen. Before night, at the most unlikely time, a big battle suddenly broke out.

The attack of the Praetorian Guards exacerbated the chaos of the Canberra army.

They are like a group of frightened wild deer on the prairie. Chased by lions, they run forward desperately and trample on each other. As long as they run past their companions, they can win a chance of life.

During the process, some players realized something was wrong, stopped and prepared to fight back against the enemy.

However, they were only a minority after all. In front of the Daxia Imperial Guards charging at high speed, these "warriors" were like quicksand, and they were quickly killed, leaving only white lights behind.

For the Canberra army, it is impossible to organize a large-scale counterattack. The only hope is to break away from contact with the Great Xia Guard as much as possible and drag time into the night.

The hour before nightfall was particularly difficult.

When the night quickly covered the distant skyline like a curtain covering the sky, the exhausted Canberra army breathed a long sigh of relief, as if seeing a savior.

The nightmare is finally over for the time being.

After nightfall, the Great Xia Forbidden Army was indeed not chasing and killing, but returned to the camp to rest. On this day, they have achieved fruitful results. First, they defeated the enemy's 100,000 pioneers, and then dispersed the enemy's main force.

It is conservatively estimated that in just one hour, more than 50,000 people were killed, and as many as 100,000 surrendered. Those who surrendered were all the Forbidden Army of the Royal City. After this battle, more than half of the imperial guards in Canberra have been paralyzed.

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Late at night.

The 250,000 Canberra army finally woke up and stopped retreating, some of them collapsed directly to the ground. They looked around in a daze, front, back, left, and right, there were faces with the same confusion.

The night wind blows, bringing a chill.

Most of the people sat on the ground, took out the cold dry food, and chewed hard. There are also people who silently carry the utensils, look for water sources around, and bring drinking water to their companions to relieve their throats that are about to smoke.

The whole team was lifeless.

The two inexplicable defeats before and after have greatly weakened the strength of the troops, and their morale has also been low.

In this case, even if you survive tonight, what can you do?

"If we can't win, we're afraid that our country will perish..." Someone said, unknowingly shedding bitter tears. No one laughed at him, because everyone's mood was mostly the same.

The exhaustion of the body is far worse than the despair of the soul.

In the night wind, someone sang a song, which is the most famous Australian folk song - "Wandering in the Jungle".

Once upon a time there was a tramp,

camped by the pond,

Pitch a tent under a eucalyptus tree.

Looking at the bonfire,

While singing: "Waltzing Ma-tilda, please wander with me."

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The song describes a homeless man wandering around. When he made a cup of tea in the jungle and caught a sheep to eat, the original owner of the sheep brought three police officers to arrest him. So he jumped into the lake and killed himself.

The mood of the homeless man seemed to fit the current situation very well, and more people hummed.

a thirsty sheep,

into this little pond,

The tramp grabbed it excitedly,

Quickly put it in the pocket, feeling proud,

"I want you to wander with me!"

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As soon as the homeless man jumped up, he "plopped" into the middle of the water,

"You'll never try to catch me!"

Whenever we pass by that pond, we seem to hear his free soul flying in the sky.

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Singing the last line, some people already burst into tears. Aren't they just a group of homeless people who were chased by the enemy to a desperate situation? ! The final outcome may be to take the initiative to jump down towards the great lake.

The whistling night wind took away the whimpering and crying, leaving nothing but the coldness of the ground.

The irresistible drowsiness hit, and the exhausted soldiers fell asleep on the ground, hugging each other, preparing to spend a doomed sleepless night in the night wind.

"Let's fight to the death tomorrow, regardless of the outcome!" The soldiers made up their minds.

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The wish of the Canberra army to fight to the death failed in the end.

In the early morning, it was just dawn, and the Canberra army, which had suffered a night of wind and cold, had woken up, stretched their limbs on the wet grass, and moved their already stiff bodies.

Stoves were set up one by one, boiling hot milk and oatmeal bread. The soldiers took out all the dry food, prepared to have a full meal, and then fought to the death with the enemy.

At this moment, from front to back, from left to right, from all directions, there was a sudden sound of fighting.

The checkpoints on the periphery were cleared one by one by the enemy at a speed visible to the naked eye, and exhausted their remaining strength to issue a final warning to their companions.

"Hmph, just in time!"

The soldiers thought that it was yesterday's Great Xia Imperial Guard who came again, so they didn't panic at all. They were preparing to fight each other to the death. Since they came, let's fight directly!

They are wrong!

Not only the 100,000 Daxia Imperial Guards participated in the siege, but also the tiger and leopard cavalry led by Ma Chao.

It turned out that not long after the encirclement and suppression battle at noon yesterday, Lu Bu led the dragon blood warriors to escort the prisoners of war, while Ma Chao led his troops to break away from the main force and rush towards Canberra.

Halfway there, I learned that the Canberra army was leaving the city.

It stands to reason that what the Ma Chao Department should have done at the time was to seize the opportunity to take down the royal city of Canberra. In that case, the war in Australia would be completely over without any suspense.

However, before the attack on Australia, military advisor Jia Xu gave a stern confession: "In this attack on Australia, the priority should be to destroy the enemy, and the second is to attack the city. Even if you surround the royal city, or even lead your troops into the royal city, you can't rush into it." Smash the stone tablet and complete the occupation. When to occupy the royal city and end the national war, you have to ask the command headquarters."

Huo Qubing knew a thing or two about the plan of the High Command, so he naturally conveyed this order to the five regiment commanders of the Imperial Guard. Regardless of Huo Qubing's usual smiling face, Ma Chao dared not disobey the command of the commander.

In the war against gold that just ended not long ago, when Lu Bu led his troops to the preset assembly point, the heavy rain washed away the bridge, resulting in an hour late.

At that time Huo Qubing's face turned cold.

Poor Lu Bu not only received twenty lashes, but also braved the cold wind and stood guard outside the commander's tent all night.

After this incident, the army commanders did not dare to discount the military order of the commander in the slightest, let alone disobey the military order and act without authorization.

Therefore, Ma Chao had no choice but to give up his military exploits, bypass Canberra directly, and chase down the enemy's advancing route. Only then did the two guards encircle the Canberra army in the morning.