The Queen's Engineering Army

Chapter 212
Zhang Ping glanced at the city gate that hadn't moved for a long time, closed his eyes slightly, and said in a deep voice: "Send the order, the whole army will retreat and return to Jiangcheng."

The soldiers next to him were shocked when they heard the words, and hurriedly cupped their hands: "No, General, Vice General Zhang is still in the city, why don't we go to rescue him?"

"It's already too late. If Zhang Yuze cannot be rescued by force, I'm afraid we will have to confess."

Zhang Ping raised his head to look at the sky, and said in a sad voice: "I have been fighting for 30 years, and I have never seen such a strange enemy. This is probably the destiny of our country."

"Are we going back like this?" The soldiers were obviously not reconciled.

Zhang Ping was not angry, perhaps to relieve the sadness in his heart, he explained: "Now our army has more than half of the casualties, if the remaining [-] soldiers and horses are lost again, the Ba Kingdom will really perish, and I am sorry for the trust of the king. "

Zhang Ping was most worried about the neighboring country of Shu. If the vitality of Ba was seriously injured, Shu would definitely take the opportunity to annex Ba.

In order to preserve the overall situation, Zhang Ping could only order the withdrawal of troops and defend Jiangcheng.

"Here, I'll pass the order, little one." Although the soldiers were helpless, they had to carry out the order.

When an army of [-] came, they thought they would be able to capture Dacheng, but they didn't expect to end up in such a situation.

First, the food and grass were robbed, and then they attacked the city and fell into the trap.

All kinds of tactics are beyond Zhang Ping's cognition.

Take the robbing of grain as an example, it was robbing the grain in the territory of Pakistan. Generally, it is very difficult for the two armies to rob the grain in the enemy's territory when they are fighting.

But what Zhang Ping didn't know was that the people who robbed the food had received professional training and were lurking in the mountains, waiting for opportunities.

Grab the food and transport it back through the mountain roads, and it is impossible to capture the whereabouts at all.

To the city, on the city wall.

Shen Peng watched the soldiers outside the city retreat one after another, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Said: "Hmph, I thought it was so powerful, but it's nothing more than that."

Li Erni walked over slowly, dressed in black, with a stern look, and said in a deep voice: "Don't underestimate Zhang Ping, he is the great general of the Ba Kingdom, who has fought for the Ba Kingdom for many years, and the Ba Kingdom is the weakest country among the nations. , and it was precisely because of Zhang Ping that it was not annexed, and this time it is also to blame that he has no strong soldiers to use, otherwise it would not be so easy to defeat him."

"You didn't see that he acted very decisively. He still had more than 4 soldiers and horses in his hand. He didn't even order a siege to rescue the city. It seems that he was worried about the neighboring Shu Kingdom."

Shen Peng nodded when he heard the words: "Indeed, from the various arrangements he ordered to attack the city, it is indeed sophisticated. If we don't pay close attention to repairing the inner city defense, Dacheng may be taken by him."

"I'm really scared. Fortunately, my lord told Ma Huateng early in the morning to send someone to help build the inner city, so that the repairs can be completed in such a short period of time. Otherwise, it would not be completed in a year." Li Erni chuckled and sighed. The toughness of the Seoul engineers.

stunned for a moment.

Shen Peng glanced at her and asked, "Then what should we do, should we chase or not?"

"My lord has already set up a net on the road, we have nothing to do, you should hurry up and take care of the aftermath," Li Erni said.

"Yeah." Shen Peng nodded and smiled wryly, "Those corpses are enough for us to work for two days, let's leave it to Bai Qi to deal with."

"It must be gathered together and burned, and then buried, otherwise it will cause plague." Li Erni reminded.

"Okay, I will arrange it." Shen Peng nodded.

Although Zhang Ping returned to Jiangcheng with his troops, the journey was not so smooth.

From time to time, a small group of troops would attack and harass Zhang Ping.

"Report, general, the rear army was attacked by the enemy on the mountain road passing by, and more than [-] people were killed or injured." The orderly ran over from behind and reported on his knees.

Zhang Ping was riding on the horse, and flew into a rage, "It's unreasonable, I didn't take this old man seriously, and passed on the order to make all the teams march more closely, and kill the enemy if they encounter them."

"Here." After receiving the order, the messenger turned around and ran to deliver the order.

"General, this battle was so useless. I lost [-] troops in a muddleheaded way, and even lost a general in our army."

Zhang Ping was used to strong winds and waves, so he didn't get angry. He brushed his beard and said in a deep voice: "To join the army, one must be prepared to be shrouded in horse leather. The outcome of a war doesn't determine anything. As long as the Ba Kingdom is still there, we can make a comeback." Chance."

"Hey." The soldier lowered his head and did not speak.

Zhang Ping clamped his feet and drove the mount to continue moving forward.

Came to a quiet mountain, lush green trees, singing birds and fragrant flowers, the scenery here is beautiful, it is really a rare and elegant place.

Zhang Ping slowed down his mount, and couldn't help but take a breath of fresh air.

"What a good place." Zhang Ping turned around and asked the soldiers, "What is this place?"

"Back to the general, we took a detour. This is Jinji Ridge in Dazhu Town, and the town is just ahead." The soldier replied.

"Ah."

Zhang Ping nodded. Marching and fighting did not always follow the established route. Sometimes the troops marched separately, and as long as they could walk, they would explore trails and march, because they were afraid that the enemy would know the route and ambush them in advance.

At this time, there were bursts of faint sound of Guqin from the middle of the mountain.

Zhang Ping has been familiar with military books since he was a child, and he is also proficient in rhythm. Hearing the sound of the piano, he couldn't help being shocked.

He got off his horse and followed Qin Shengwang to look up the mountain, and was about to walk up the mountain.

The soldiers stopped Zhang Ping, "General, what are you doing?"

Zhang Ping felt that it was not good to throw the team down the mountain, but he thought about it again. If the sound of nature does not go up, I am afraid that he will regret it for the rest of his life.

After hesitating again and again, he ordered: "Order the whole army to set up camp on the spot, and the general will return as soon as he goes."

After finishing speaking, he ignored the others, and went up the mountain directly on the bluestone steps.

The sound of the piano is melodious and melodious.

Sima Lanting was dressed in white, kneeling and sitting under a simple gazebo on the hillside, playing her beloved guqin earnestly.

Su Lin knelt on the white rabbit fur cushion, drinking the fruit wine for himself, closing his eyes and listening to the music of the piano.

Hua Rong was dressed in black leather armor and stood guard outside the hall nervously.

There were not many guards, only ten militiamen stood motionless outside the pavilion.

They are all elites selected from the intelligence bureau, responsible for the safety of the lord, and have received very strict training in the intelligence bureau.

Protecting the lord is their bounden duty, even if they sacrifice themselves, the lord cannot be harmed.

This is a strict precept for training.

Hua Rong glanced at Su Lin in the pavilion, wondering why the lord chose to rest here.

The Intelligence Bureau should have reported it long ago. The Pakistani army is going to pass through here, which is very dangerous.

Sure enough, Zhang Ping, who was dressed in black armor, walked up along the rhythm, and frowned slightly when he saw someone guarding there.

He is a veteran who was killed by the Lord of the Blood Sea, and his subordinates are all at the foot of the mountain, so he is not afraid.

He came straight over and said with a smile: "I don't know which master is playing, may the old man be lucky enough to get acquainted with it."

Hua Rong wanted to step forward to stop him, but Su Lin gave him a wink, and Hua Rong backed away.

Su Lin smiled heartily, "Since General Zhang is here, it is destined, please come forward and speak."

Zhang Ping was taken aback, he actually knew his surname was Zhang, he seemed to have come prepared, but he was not afraid, and walked into the gazebo.

There was also an empty seat in the gazebo, which was just for Zhang Ping, and Zhang Ping just sat on the floor without being polite.

When he saw the appearance of Su Lin and Sima Lanting, he couldn't help being taken aback.

There are still such beautiful women in the world, Zhang Ping can't help being stunned even though he has been fighting for many years, but he returned to normal after only being stunned for a moment.

"The two girls brought the old man here, what's the matter?" Zhang Ping said, looking at Sima Lanting who was playing the piano.

"How does the general know that I deliberately lured the general here?" Su Lin chuckled, and poured wine for Zhang Ping with a slight wave of his hand.

The militiamen under him nodded and poured fruit wine on the wine bar in front of Zhang Ping.

(End of this chapter)