Chapter 259: A Crushing Defeat
A crushing defeat!
The Grand Master had fought for half his life and knew this very well.
At this time, he was powerless to save the situation.
"Grand Master, retreat! We still have 100,000 troops on the border. If we can keep the green mountains, we will not worry about firewood."
The Grand Master's confidant advised.
The Grand Master looked at the army in chaos and was about to order a retreat, but a bomb fell beside him.
Boom! ! !
The earth trembled and blood and flesh flew everywhere.
At the critical moment, the Grand Master's confidant rushed to protect him under his body.
The Grand Master's head was buzzing. After all, he was old and felt that his old bones were about to fall apart. There was no part of his body that didn't hurt.
"Ah..."
The Grand Master pushed away the confidant on his body. The latter's back was bloody and he had already died.
He couldn't help but let out a sad and angry roar.
"Retreat, retreat quickly..."
The Grand Master was helpless and furious, roaring continuously.
But his voice was completely drowned in the explosion and screams.
In fact, he didn't need to shout. The army, which was completely in chaos, had already begun to throw away their armor and weapons and started to run for their lives!
On the top of the city, Ning Chen handed the drumstick to the soldiers.
"Yuan Long stays behind and is ready to respond at any time!"
Ning Chen shouted.
"Yes!"
Ning Chen led Pan Yucheng, Feng Qizhen and others down the city wall.
Mu Anbang and Lei An had already gathered 30,000 troops.
Ning Chen jumped on his horse and shouted:
"Open the city gate!"
The city gate slowly opened.
The drawbridge over the moat was also lowered.
"My dear Xuan, it's time to make achievements... Those who kill the Grand Master will be granted a thousand households and rewarded with ten thousand gold!"
"Kill!!!"
Ning Chen took the lead and rushed out.
"Kill!!!"
The 30,000 troops roared in unison, with great momentum.
On the top of the city, Yuan Long ordered: "Stop!"
The enemy had been almost killed within the attack range of the catapult.
Ning Chen has led his army out of the city. If he doesn't stop, he will bomb his own people.
Thirty thousand troops rushed towards the enemy like a torrent.
The army of the Grand Master had already been broken into pieces. Seeing Ning Chen leading his men to kill, they were so scared that they threw away their armor and fled for their lives.
The Grand Master knew that the situation was over.
Under the protection of several generals, he rode wildly on his horse.
"We are all the sons of the Great Xuan. If you surrender, you can be spared! If you resist, you will be killed without mercy!"
Ning Chen rode wildly, and at the same time, he almost chopped off the head of a rebel with a knife.
Ning Chen's 10,000 cavalrymen have caught up with the Grand Master's army.
The sound of killing shook the sky.
Wherever they passed, there were corpses on the ground and blood flowed like a river.
"Grand Master, where are you running?"
Ning Chen found the fleeing Grand Master.
The Grand Master fled on horseback, but there were his own soldiers everywhere in front of him, so he couldn't run fast at all.
Ning Chen swung his knife and chopped desperately.
But the ground was full of corpses, and his horse couldn't run.
The enemy army was in chaos and fled everywhere.
The morale of the Grand Tutor's army was low, and they had no intention of fighting, and they only wanted to escape.
Ning Chen led his men to chase and kill them all the way.
"Grand Tutor, run away quickly, I will lead people to stop them."
A confidant of the Grand Tutor shouted.
This man was called Fei Yu, and he was a fierce general.
"Where did all the people in the military camp die?"
"Protect the Grand Tutor, stop, follow me to meet the enemy, retreat and kill!"
Fei Yu shouted at the top of his voice.
But at this time, it was useless.
Fei Yu was furious, turned his horse's head, and actually rushed towards Ning Chen.
Shoot the horse first to shoot a person, and capture the king first to capture a thief.
If Ning Chen was killed, the morale of the army would be in chaos.
Fei Yu was very loyal, very brave, and had good ideas.
But with a gunshot.
He was shot in the middle of his eyebrows and fell off the horse.
Ning Chen hung his musket on his horse, led the army, and rode past with a whistle. Fei Yu's body was trampled into a pulp.
"Kill!!!"
Ning Chen roared.
Ten thousand cavalrymen followed the Taishi's army and kept hacking and killing.
"Those who surrender will not be killed, but those who resist will be killed without mercy!"
"Those who surrender will not be killed, but those who resist will be killed without mercy!"
Ten thousand cavalrymen shouted in unison with Ning Chen's words, and the sound was like thunder, stirring on the battlefield.
Ning Chen's morale was high and his momentum was like a rainbow.
The morale of the Taishi was low, and his momentum... well, there was no momentum at all.
The smart ones immediately threw away their weapons and knelt down to surrender.
Those who resisted stubbornly, who were not sure whether to surrender or escape, were directly killed.
The Taishi's army suffered heavy casualties.
This battle lost at least 20,000 to 30,000 people.
In fact, the Taishi still had 60,000 to 70,000 people. If he organized a counterattack, Ning Chen would only have to escape.
But now they couldn't organize it at all.
The defeat was like a landslide.
The battle flag was gone, and the army was scattered.
All the soldiers were like headless flies, throwing away their armor and weapons and running around.
Hearing the sound of fighting behind them, they were already scared and fled for their lives.
Even the Grand Tutor was like this, not to mention the ordinary soldiers.
Ning Chen's men were completely crazy about killing.
He stopped chasing until he was too tired to bear it.
The men were exhausted.
Dozens of war horses died of exhaustion.
Ning Chen couldn't even lift his arms after chopping.
The hair on the warhorse he sat on was condensed into lumps, all of which were the blood of the enemy.
Ning Chen couldn't kill anymore.
He raised his hand, and the army stopped.
"Fuck!!!"
Ning Chen couldn't help but swear.
The Grand Tutor still escaped.
When people are running for their lives, they will burst out 200% of their potential.
The Grand Master can still escape.
But Ning Chen really can't catch up.
He turned over and got off the horse, his legs trembling, and he almost fell to the ground.
No need to look, the inner thigh must have been worn out.
"Pass the order down, rest here for half an hour."
The army rested here.
Ning Chen sat on the ground, feeling as if his whole body was falling apart.
His blade was full of gaps, and the blade was covered with blood.
"Damn it, I'm too tired... I can't do it anymore!"
Feng Qi sat on the ground, and then lay flat on the spot.
Not to mention people, even the horses were so tired that they could hardly stand.
Ning Chen led 30,000 troops out of the city, but in fact only 10,000 cavalrymen fought, and the remaining 20,000 troops did not keep up with Ning Chen's speed from beginning to end.
But they did not do nothing. Those surrendered soldiers were captured and detained by the army behind.
Pan Yucheng was too tired to speak.
In fact, according to reason, they should have withdrawn at midnight last night.
But Ning Chen was like he had taken an aphrodisiac, howling and chasing madly.
Ten thousand soldiers did not die at the hands of the enemy, but were almost exhausted to death by Ning Chen.
Everyone, all lying on the ground motionless, trying to use this half hour to recover their strength.
"General Ning, are you injured?"
Lei An said worriedly.
Ning Chen said weakly: "No, this is not my blood, it's all the enemy's."
Lei An said: "No, your leg..."
Ning Chen looked down, his mouth twitched fiercely, two wounds on his right leg and one on his left leg, the wounds were very deep.
"Fuck... When was I stabbed? Why didn't I feel anything?"
Feng Qizheng complained: "You were like a madman before, my goodness... When you were slashing people, you were so fierce that people who didn't know would think those people robbed your wife."
Ning Chen's face was dark.
No wonder his legs hurt so much when he got off the horse that he couldn't even stand.
He was so numb from the pain that he didn't feel anything at all after being stabbed three times in both legs.
Pan Yucheng came over, tore off his clothes, and simply bandaged Ning Chen... The military doctor didn't catch up, so he could only rebandage him after he returned.