Chapter 235 Desperate Counterattack!(2/2)
Tears flowed down her cheeks, confusing the blood stains on her face, and Hua Mulan's vision was a little blurry.
Zhao Yun was also relieved. He had finally adapted to the small circle of Langya Kingdom generals and was unwilling to become a wandering general again.
"Lord Lu Zhi!"
Some soldiers discovered that Lu Zhi had fallen down after Le Yi retreated, and immediately helped Lu Zhi up.
"I'm just exhausted. The enemy general is really amazing. I can't break his phalanx... I'm getting old after all..."
Lu Zhi gasped for air. Such a high-intensity battle exhausted all his energy.
In addition, he was old and could not stand up for a while.
The free players who were watching the battle witnessed a miracle happening with their own eyes. When the Xuzhou coalition troops retreated with their troops, they still couldn't believe it.
The 200,000-strong Xuzhou Allied Army was defeated by the Langya Kingdom's 60,000 main force and 10,000 reinforcements, and was forced to withdraw!
"Let's retreat quickly, otherwise the Langya Kingdom's army will mistake us as enemies, and things will be bad."
"Before, I sent people back to the city to spread the news of Langya Kingdom's defeat, but now the news has changed!"
The free players who were watching the battle retreated one after another, and at the same time, the news of the Langya Kingdom's army's victory was spread as quickly as possible to the entire Eastern Han Dynasty.
Many players in the Eastern Han Dynasty set up bets before the battle, betting on who would win between the Langya Kingdom and the Xuzhou Allied Forces. They needed to know the real results.
In this battle, Langya Kingdom turned defeat into victory!
"Try to catch Le Yi alive!"
Chu Tian knew that Yang Ye was leading cavalry and it would be difficult to catch up. Now that the overall situation was decided, he couldn't wait to capture Le Yi, who was leading the infantry.
If Le Yi can make the best use of himself, his ability to command troops has been recognized by Chutian, and Chutian needs an offensive infantry commander, Le Yi is a qualified candidate!
Le Yi can cause trouble for Chutian, or he can cause trouble for others, it all depends on whose hands he falls into!
Even if Le Yi is unwilling to surrender, Chu Tian cannot let him serve other lords.
With Leyi in the enemy camp, the difficulty of Chutian's unification of Xuzhou will undoubtedly increase several times.
Originally, with the quality of Tao Qian's generals, it would be easy for Chu Tian to replace him, but in the end, Le Yi came out and almost defeated Chu Tian.
Because of their victory, the Langya army's morale increased and they pursued the defeated Xuzhou army from north to south!
The Xuzhou army was defeated but not dead. If we don't kill and capture its main force as much as possible, the Xuzhou coalition will soon be reorganized and attack Langya Kingdom again!
After the collapse of the Xuzhou coalition, thousands of people were even chased to the Yi River. Some drowned and most of them made an emergency landing.
The 200,000 Xuzhou Allied Forces suffered tens of thousands casualties in the fierce battle and tens of thousands surrendered. Still, 100,000 people fled, 70,000 of whom retreated to Tancheng under the leadership of Le Yi, Yang Ye, and Song Jiang.
They still haven't given up fighting for Xuzhou!
It is true that the 200,000 Xuzhou coalition troops were defeated, with 100,000 direct losses and 30,000 fleeing, but they still had 70,000 troops, solid cities, and a huge territory.
Langya Kingdom's losses were equally heavy, and Langya Kingdom's victory was a tragic victory.
The army was in chaos, and the troops were routed all the way to Tancheng.
The famous general Le Yi was not easily captured. His ability allowed him to lead his troops to escape the pursuit of the Langya army and return to Tancheng to reorganize his troops.
Seeing that Le Yi was still there, the Xuzhou lords still had hope: "We can form a legion with 70,000 remaining soldiers and 30,000 Tancheng defenders, and go north again tomorrow."
"The remaining soldiers have lost all morale and cannot fight anymore."
Le Yi poured cold water on them.
"What should we do?"
"Chu Zimou will definitely take advantage of the victory to pursue and capture Tan City in one go! We can abandon Tan City and defend Xiapi!"
"Foolish, if Tancheng is lost, Xiapi can't be defended either! The plan is to have one person guard Tancheng and another person to defend Xiapi, so that Chu Zimou can't concentrate on attacking any city! His troops are simply not enough to deal with two strong cities at the same time.
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"Then who will guard Tan City?"
The lords who fled back to Tancheng had a dispute, and no one wanted to besiege the dangerous Tancheng.
Defending Xia Pi City is safer than defending Tan City.
"Let Le Yi and I guard Tan City. Tan City still has 30,000 garrison troops with morale available, as well as a large amount of stored grain and grass. You lead 70,000 remaining soldiers to station in Xiapi City, wait for morale to recover, and wait for an opportunity to go north to support Tan City."
The lord of Le Yi is a bit brave and plans to personally guard Wei City, placing his hope on the allies guarding Xia Pi City.
This is also the best strategy so far.
As the morale of the 70,000 remaining soldiers has not been restored, they are unable to fight anymore.
Only Le Yi could stop the Langya Kingdom's troops in Tancheng.
So the lords of Xuzhou divided their troops into two groups, with Leyi guarding Tancheng, Yang Ye, and Song Jiang retreating to Xiapi to reorganize their troops and enter the defensive stage in order to fight again.
Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian fled faster than the Xuzhou lords. He didn't even dare to stay in Tancheng and fled directly back to Xiapi City.
Chapter completed!