Chapter 837 Bait

From the expectation of entering the Central Plains and unifying the world, to the fall of two cities in a row, the loss of nearly one-third of the territory, and the enemy's blade pointing directly at his capital Xianyang City.

After this set of joy and sorrow, the Liang Emperor, who was already in a bad mental state, fell ill as expected.

On this day, new intelligence was sent to the palace...

"Centaurs? How could there be centaurs on the opposite side?!"

Being emotionally excited, the Liang Emperor immediately felt dizzy, and the maids around him panicked again.

Taking a deep breath, the Liang Emperor calmed down after a while, and then gave an order in a deep voice...

"Send someone to contact the Grand Marshal as quickly as possible, go!"

"Yes!"

As time went on, with the arrival of midsummer, the climate became hotter day by day.

The Liang Army commander obviously did not expect that during the time he led a large army to the expedition, his hometown was actually taken by the enemy.

The Liang army commander who confirmed the news was shocked on the spot, and when he saw the centaur cavalry mentioned in the news, his face was even more uncertain.

In fact, the centaur mercenaries have never come back since they went out to perform the mission.

At first, the Liang army commander did not think there was any problem.

After all, going deep behind enemy lines and intercepting supplies is a dangerous and time-consuming task.

They need enough time to lie dormant and find the troops escorting supplies on the opposite side before they can take action.

Considering the time, this is an uncertain thing in itself.

But as the time for the centaur mercenaries to leave continued to increase, the uneasiness in the heart of the Liang army commander became more and more intense! Especially after receiving this news!

Of course, his reason said that there could not be only such a group of centaurs in the world. The group of centaurs mentioned in the news that broke through the western border of their Liang State was likely to come from another force.

But no matter what the situation was, he had to retreat.

Unlike them who were still in a stalemate, according to the news, the enemy army that launched an offensive from the western border of Liang State has already captured two of their cities in succession! The whole offensive was so powerful!

At this moment, the enemy's position can directly threaten the capital of Liang State, Daliang City.

Their Majesty has now ordered him to lead the army back to the country to rescue him immediately.

"Pass on my order to withdraw the troops immediately!"

As soon as this order was given, the deputy general next to him was shocked.

"Marshal, once our army withdraws, what should we do with those Centaurs mercenaries who are deep behind enemy lines?"

Hearing this, the commander of the Liang Army frowned.

"The situation is extremely urgent now. They have lost contact for so long that we can't take care of them. Let's withdraw first!"

At this time, the commander of the Liang Army had no choice, not only because the situation in the rear was critical, but also because if there was a problem in the rear, their logistics supplies could not be guaranteed.

Rather than risking our time on the front line, we might as well just retreat.

Protecting His Majesty at that time will be considered a meritorious service.

Basically, as soon as the Liang army outside the city made a move, Shi Lei in the city received the report immediately.

"Lieutenant Colonel, the Liang army outside the city lifted the siege and retreated! Should we go out of the city to pursue them?!"

Putting down the military affairs at hand, Shi Lei looked up at the excited adjutant and shook his head.

"No hurry, at this time, if we go out of the city to meet the enemy, if the enemy gives up retreating and turns to fight us, our casualties will not be small according to the number of troops."

At this point, Shi Lei paused.

"Pass my order, let the troops in the city prepare to go to war, and once the logistics supplies arrive, we will officially set off."

As soon as he saw the large Liang army retreating, Shi Lei knew that it must be Zhuo Ge and his men who succeeded on the other side.

In this battle, their Anling City seemed to be the main battlefield, but in fact it was just a bait to attract the enemy's forces, so Shi Lei guarded Anling City without moving, not afraid of wasting time with the enemy.

Because from the beginning, his mission was not to defeat the enemy, but to delay the enemy.

Now that Zhuo Ge succeeded, the Liang army was forced to retreat, so they, who had rested for so long, should naturally move.

And by coincidence, the logistics supplies that had been delayed for a long time were delivered that night.

Along with them, there were also 300 Zhou cavalrymen led by Jie Liancheng.

After completing the task of searching for centaurs and escorting logistics supplies, Jie Liancheng did not plan to go home just like that. Next, he will go directly with the troops led by Shi Lei.

The arrival of Jie Liancheng is naturally a great help to Shi Lei, making him more confident in the next battle.

Before the large army moved, the cavalry led by Jie Liancheng had already taken a step ahead and chased the Liang army that retreated yesterday.

At most, it took no more than a day. According to the speed of the Great Zhou cavalry, they would soon catch up.

When the cavalry was on the road, the momentum was not small. From a long distance, the rumbling sound of the large number of war horses' iron hooves stepping on the ground had already come over.

Looking back, the face of the Liang army commander suddenly changed when he saw the dust rising all over the sky.

[Is it the enemy's cavalry that caught up? Or is it the centaur mercenaries that came back? ]

The Liang army commander certainly hoped that it was the latter, but he had to prepare for the worst.

"Zhao Hu, take the cavalry over to take a look."

After receiving the order, Zhao Hu pulled the reins and called on the 500 cavalrymen in their army to rush to intercept, and they must not let the other side get close to their large army easily.

As the distance kept getting closer, the figures of both sides soon broke into each other's field of vision.

What Zhao Hu recognized at a glance was not the Centaur mercenaries, but the enemies who came to chase their large army!

This conclusion made Zhao Hu quickly tense up his nerves, sweeping his eyes and looking at them secretly.

Seeing that the leading general was not Li Tie, and the opposing cavalry unit was obviously smaller than them in scale, Zhao Hu was relieved.

In the foreign war in Anling City, Li Tie was really brave with a big axe. If he fought again, it would be difficult for him to guarantee that he could win the opponent.

Putting aside unnecessary emotions, Zhao Hu adjusted his breathing and focused his attention on the enemy cavalry unit that was approaching in front of him.

In the case of their own troops being completely superior, cavalry against cavalry, why should they retreat?

With a mentality of never getting rid of the trouble, Zhao Hu led the cavalry troops to charge forward in one breath, and the target was directly locked on the enemy general who was rushing in front.

"Enemy general, die!"

Amidst the roar, Zhao Hu swung the ring-headed broadsword in his hand with a sharp blade force towards the opponent.

Unexpectedly, the three-pointed double-edged sword in Jie Liancheng's hand was the first to arrive, and it was faster!

A cold light flashed, and the moment the two riders passed each other, a big head immediately flew up with blood!

On the dark face, a pair of eyes were wide open, and it was obvious that he didn't understand what happened until his death.

"There is a shadow of the Bagua Knife, but unfortunately, you are too weak!"