Chapter 157 Total War: Raid, Guerrilla Team Behind Enemy Lines?

There is a small town on the edge of the Xingdou Great Forest in the Xingluo Empire. Relying on the rich resources of the Xingdou Great Forest, the residents of the town live a self-sufficient life.

Today, the town is still quiet and peaceful. The sun hangs high in the sky, and the breeze blows, bringing the fresh breath of the forest.

There are some children playing in the square. They hold some wooden toys in their hands and make various sounds and movements.

Their parents are watching them and laughing happily.

There are some young people drinking and chatting in the tavern. They talk about recent events, such as the tension between the Xingluo Empire and the Tiandou Empire, and the mysterious and attractive biological bracelet.

They are very curious about these things, but they are not too worried, because they feel that these things are far away from them and will not affect their peaceful and happy life.

However, accidents always come unexpectedly. The birds in the forest bells seem to be startled by something, and they leave the trees where they are perched and fly into the sky, making bursts of harsh chirping.

The farmers were surprised to see teams of fully armed knights emerging from the deep forest, followed by some dark carriages.

The knights were wearing iron armor, holding spears, wearing helmets, and their eyes were cold and ruthless.

The armor style of these knights was obviously the style of the Tiandou Empire.

They glanced at the town with indifferent eyes, ignoring those terrified and curious eyes.

They did not stop or rest, but just galloped all the way, as if they wanted to leave here as soon as possible.

The residents of the town were frightened by this sudden change. Some people tried to hide, but they were ignored by the knights.

Some people could only hide in their homes, praying that these strangers would not do anything to them.

The children in the square held their parents tightly, and the young people in the tavern nervously held some weapons and tools, ready to deal with anything that might happen.

When they saw that the knights finally disappeared in the distance, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

The town soon returned to peace and tranquility, but it also left some doubts and worries. The originally quiet and peaceful atmosphere was replaced by surprise and uneasiness.

The news that the unknown troops appeared in the heart of the Xingluo Empire shocked Dai Shiduo, who was still in a tense confrontation on the front line. He was now anxiously waiting for the latest intelligence.

At this time, he heard the guard's order, and he hurriedly ran out of the command tent, picked up the telescope, and looked at the pigeon flying in the sky.

He saw a white pigeon with a red ribbon tied on its back, which was the highest emergency signal of the Xingluo Empire.

His heart sank, and he quickly asked his adjutant to take the pigeon and open the letter.

He saw the words that frightened him at a glance: Tiandou Empire raided Gengxin City.

The direction of the troops' advance was clearly Gengxin City, the most important material hub. Because of the previous bond chaos, the only materials currently available were concentrated here. Once this place was occupied, or even besieged, the troops on the front line would be in danger of running out of food.

Thinking of this, a chill went up his spine all the way, and Dai Shiduo shuddered.

Looking up at the Tiandou Empire camp opposite, he couldn't help wondering: Is this a plan of the Tiandou Empire? How did they sneak around the Xingluo Empire's defense line and appear in the hinterland?

Are they trying to force the Xingluo Empire to retreat in this way!

He felt an unprecedented pressure and crisis, and he knew he had to make a decision: to stick to the front line or to return to support Gengxin City?

The bombardment from the soul guide of the Tiandou Empire has become more and more fierce in the past few days, and messengers have been bringing emergency information about the city wall.

Dai Shiduo walked out of the command tent, looked at the flying flames and explosions in the sky, listened to the shouts and wails of the soldiers on the city wall, and felt heavy in his heart.

He knew he had to make a choice as soon as possible.

Everything shouldn't be like this, it's all because of the damn bonds!

The sudden withdrawal of the Qibao Liuli Sect directly cut off the supply of the biological bracelet, the largest anchor of the bonds, and these unconvertible bonds became waste paper. Some people made a lot of money in this turmoil, but most people lost their life savings.

Many frontline soldiers were defeated in this bond crisis, and even because of this, the military's supplies became stretched.

The convenient and easy-to-use gold soul coin recharge card also began to fail. The bank could not exchange the currency, and the vendors did not recognize the points.

The logistics officer could only tear his hair helplessly while guarding the unredeemable recharge cards.

He ran to Dai Shiduo and cried about his predicament, hoping that Dai Shiduo could find a way to solve it.

More soldiers were very depressed because they lost their savings. They heard that in the Tiandou Empire, the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect still recognized this kind of bond, which made them lose their fighting spirit.

They discussed privately whether they should surrender or escape.

Dai Shiduo felt an unprecedented powerlessness and despair. He knew that he had to make a decision as soon as possible: to hold on to the front line or to return to Gengxin City for assistance?

At this time, the order from the rear was passed to Dai Shiduo. This was an order from the king to abandon the defense line and set up a position outside Gengxin City to fight a decisive battle with the invading enemy with his back to the city.

This order broke Dai Shiduo's dilemma, but he still had a problem to solve, how to retreat safely with these living forces.

Looking at the arms depot not far away, an idea flashed through Dai Shiduo's mind.

He ordered the cavalry captain to lead his team to a distance, and then use horses to drag brooms to raise dust and move forward to the pass.

He wanted to create the illusion that a large number of reinforcements were coming to attract the attention of the Tiandou Empire.

He ordered his adjutant to prepare scarecrows and more torches, and to light more fires while cooking.

Make the city wall look crowded and fire everywhere, pretending that they are strengthening the defense.

Then he ordered the military technicians that he needed those soul guides to automatically fire at a certain time interval with low power.

Dai Shiduo did not need accuracy, but only needed these soul guides to continuously output firepower until they successfully retreated after dawn.

This would make them look like they were still resisting, making the enemy generals suspicious and afraid to attack easily.

Under these covers, he quietly left the city wall at night with most of the soldiers and supplies and retreated towards Gengxin City.

He prayed that his strategy would succeed and allow them to reach Gengxin City safely.

The next morning, when the sharp-eyed scouts reported the truth to the general camp, the generals of the Tiandou Empire finally reacted and ordered the army that had been on alert all night to make a tentative attack.

He rushed to the city wall with an elite cavalry team. He didn't expect that he encountered an empty city plan.

When he finally climbed the city wall that was captured in less than a quarter of an hour, he looked at the still burning torches and the disguised scarecrows, as well as the soul guide that was still loyally releasing attacks, and he was so angry that he slammed his helmet to the ground.

He realized that he was fooled by Dai Shiduo of the Xingluo Empire. Not only did he not stop them from retreating, but he let them retreat smoothly. Next, he needed to arrange the transformation and defense of this pass to strengthen it as a forward base. He had lost the opportunity to pursue Dai Shiduo.

When Dai Shiduo retreated to the vicinity of Gengxin City with his living forces, he was stunned by the news he received.

He originally thought that the mysterious team would choose a reckless siege to try to capture this important material hub in one fell swoop.

He was ready to fight them to the death.

But unexpectedly, the team did not do so, but intercepted the supply route along their supply route. Many warehouses used as transit were attacked, looted or burned.

After the generals in the rear made a strategy of fortifying the walls and clearing the fields, this force strangely maintained a strong combat power, without revealing the problem of supply difficulties.

Intelligence showed that this cavalry set its sights on the territories and large farms of various lords. They instigated serfs to betray their masters, broke through the fortresses of lords and landlords, distributed the stored food, burned the land deeds and slave contracts, which made the nobles complain bitterly.

They also spread some leaflets and slogans, preaching that the Tiandou Empire is a country of freedom and equality, and welcomes everyone to join them.

In this way, they not only disrupted the logistics and order of the Xingluo Empire, but also provoked contradictions and dissatisfaction within the Xingluo Empire.

Bad news came one after another, and Dai Shiduo felt an unprecedented pressure and crisis.

Compared to the unstrategic head-on war in the original novel, Tiandou’s current plan seems a bit off, right?