"Report~ Lord Knight, the retreat route to the north was blocked by the Xia army."

After hearing the news, Knight Byron Emory asked in disbelief: "Is the retreat blocked? Is it the vanguard of Xia Kingdom? How is this possible?"

However, after talking about this question, Byron immediately figured it out. It must be that the vanguard of Xia's country's troops learned about the arrival of reinforcements after breaking through the siege, and then cooperated with the reinforcements to intercept them.

"Can't we break through the Xia army's interception?" Byron then asked loudly to the knights who were reporting the message, "We have an army of 200,000. Can't we even break through the Xia army's interception?"

The Knight who reported the message was a little overwhelmed by the repeated chasing of the Knight Byron, but he answered Byron's last question: "Captain Knight, our army has launched many attacks on the Xia army, but... but none of them have made any breakthroughs."

After answering Byron's question, the knight hesitated for a moment and carefully added: "Also, our army has no more than 200,000, and now it is estimated that there are less than 50,000 people."

"There are less than 50,000 people!" Only then did Byron realize that his army had undergone a series of changes and had long since disappeared from the number of this morning.

"This is to wipe out all of us!" Immediately afterwards, when he learned that there was no hope of breaking through, he said to himself in a daze: "These Xia soldiers have such a great courage, tacit cooperation, and a sinister heart!"

Perhaps hearing Byron's whisper, Bernie asked anxiously, "Master Knight, now is not the time to sigh. What should we do now?"

"What should I do?" Byron heard this and was stunned for a moment, as if he had returned to reality, and whispered: "I would have known what. There was Xia army blocking the road in front and Xia army chasing behind. What can I do?"

"Clog the road? Chase? Isn't this surrounded?" After hearing Byron's words, Bernie, who was anxious, suddenly thought of this. It seemed like a flash of inspiration. He looked at the small hill where the vanguard of Xia's troops were surrounded, and said excitedly to Byron: "There is a way, I have a way!"

"Do you have a way?" Byron heard Bernie's words, his whole body seemed to be like a drowning man grabbing a life-saving straw. Byron suddenly grabbed Bernie's shoulders and asked excitedly and expectantly: "What's the solution? What exactly is it?"

"Master Knight? Don't be excited, slow down." Bernie struggled to break free from Byron's hands, rubbed his hurt shoulder, pointed to the small hill bag that was trapped in the vanguard of the Xia army, and replied: "Since we cannot break through the siege, we will stick there. There are defensive facilities left by the Xia army, which our army can use for free. I believe that as long as we can hold on for a while, the Lord Lord will definitely send troops to support us."

"Really?" Byron looked in the direction Bernie pointed. Although he was a little doubtful, he believed his expression, and immediately ordered the entire army to retreat to Xiaoshanbao.

In fact, when Bernie learned that they could not break through the Xia army's interception, he already knew that there was no support, but he had no other choice. In the end, he could only choose to struggle again, otherwise he would have to wait for death - although it was a matter of time, it would be good to die one day later.

Not long after Byron commanded the army to retreat to Xiaoshanbao, he received another message: the rebels were also driven to this place by the Xia army, and the rebels sent a message saying that they hoped to join forces with him to resist the Xia army's attack.

"Hahaha~! Those traitors were also attacked by the Xia army?" Byron, who received the news, burst into laughter and felt very happy at the time. He then smiled and said, "If you want to go up the mountain? Don't even think about it, this is the end of being a traitor!"

"Wait!" Bernie immediately called the soldiers who were about to send the message, and instead advised Byron: "Master of the Knights, the traitor is hateful, but the remaining strength of our army alone is not enough to resist the attack of the Xia army. If we had these people at the foot of the mountain, we could hold on for a longer time."

Byron pondered for a moment and hesitated for a moment. Although he knew that Bernie was right, he couldn't help asking: "What should we do if those traitors betray us again? This Knight Captain can't trust the traitor!"

"Your Excellency the Knight is right." Seeing that Byron was a little relaxed, Bernie continued to persuade: "But we can only put those traitors ahead and let the traitors fight to the death with the Xia army first, and as long as we are isolated from our army and then stay alert, I believe there is no problem."

"This is a good idea." After thinking about it again and again, Byron agreed to Bernie's method and asked the ordinary soldiers of the mutiny to go up the mountain: "Tell them that if you want to go up the mountain, you must stay outside."

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"Report to the commander/general, the enemy will retreat to the high ground with all the troops." After the coalition forces took action, Zhu Cheng and Huo Qubing received the latest news from the enemy as soon as possible.

Because Huo Qubing led the cavalry to launch an attack on the coalition forces, the mutiny side had no way out, and he could only choose to retreat to Xiaoshanbao and join forces with the elite coalition forces.

For Xia State, whether it is the elite coalition forces or ordinary soldiers, they are all enemies, so there is no saying that which side will be let go.

Even if the ordinary soldiers in the mutiny were commanded by the Xia State intelligence personnel, their identity and race were doomed to their consequences. After all, reducing the indigenous population is a "basic national policy" of the Xia State.

Due to the terrain and defense facilities, Huo Qubing did not issue an order to attack, but only ordered the cavalry regiment to surround him, and he then met with the vanguard army.

"I've seen General Huo!" Zhu Cheng and Taidong welcomed Huo Qubing outside the account. After sitting in the account, Zhu Cheng immediately thanked Huo Qubing: "Thank you for your help, letting our army escape the enemy's siege."

Taidong also immediately bowed to Huo Qubing and said, "It's not only that, General Huo has left the enemy with no way out when he comes, which really makes us admire him."

"Okay, don't say polite words." Huo Qubing interrupted the compliment between the two and asked straight to the point: "The strategy against the enemy needs to be decided. Can you have a good strategy?"

Although Huo Qubing, Zhu Cheng and Taidong were not affiliated, one was the commander of the cavalry division and the other was the commander and staff of the vanguard army, the rank of Lieutenant General Huo Qubing was there, so Huo Qubing was not polite to both of them.

When Zhu Cheng and Taidong heard this, they looked at each other inexplicably. At first, they thought Huo Qubing would order them directly when they came, but they didn't expect that the other party would use a tone of negotiation to both of them.

"If you go back to the general, the enemy will defend in danger, and most of our army will be cavalry again. My subordinates think that our army should not attack for force." In the end, Taidong answered first.

Zhu Cheng also continued: "The vanguard army has limited troops, and if it launches a strong attack on the enemy, it may suffer heavy losses."

"What do you mean is to surround the enemy and stay away?" The two of them obviously did not satisfy Huo Qubing. After all, according to Huo Qubing's temperament, there is no way to trap the enemy.

"Go back to General, yes." Taidong first affirmed Huo Qubing's rebellious question, then clasped his fists and explained: "No need to siege for a long time, less than a day, the army behind will arrive. At that time, the enemy will be able to capture it, and our army will not suffer much losses. If we attack the enemy camp now, although we can win, our army will suffer casualties..."

Although Taidong didn't finish his words later, his meaning was clearly expressed.
Chapter completed!