The Three Kingdoms

"Ming Jin, withdraw troops!"

Zhuge Liang made a prompt decision: "Unless we use all our main force, we won't be able to take down this city today. Since we have no chance, there is no need to entangle and fight hard with them, and withdraw our troops quickly!"

"promise!"

Several staff officers quickly sent orders.

Ding Ding Ding! ! ! !

The tens of seconds of copper gongs on the hillside sounded rhythmically, and the sound of the golden gongs sent out military orders to the city.

"Is it gold?"

"Could there be any accidents, forget it, since the gold is called, the military order is like a mountain, and the order is sent to withdraw the troops!"

"withdraw troops!"

The generals of the Wu army heard the unique rhythmic military orders in the Wu army system from a distance, and each of the generals reacted quickly, and the division commanders and regiment commanders also quickly directed the soldiers to turn their troops around.

"retreat?"

Ma Chao was a little unwilling, but during this period of time he had learned that the military order was like a mountain, so he had no choice but to withdraw his troops, lead the army to whip them, and retreat from the city gate.

"What does Kong Ming mean by this? Although we have been intercepted, we still have a chance. We must not lose this opportunity. As long as we can get in, we can directly break through the city, but now we are withdrawing our troops?"

Although Pan Feng was a little reconciled, Ma Chao couldn't break through the barriers in the city for a long time now. There must be an accident, so that Zhuge Liang, who had been watching the battle, issued this military order. He is currently on the battlefield and has no time to estimate other things. Zhuge Liang's military order: "Jia Wenhe!"

"Commander-in-Chief!"

"Immediately cover and let Ma Chao retreat, and I will stop the rear!"

"promise!"

After Jia Xu led a large army to meet Ma Chao's troops and left the city, Pan Feng led [-] troops, cut off the rear enemy, and left.

"Won!"

"we won!"

"The demons have withdrawn!"

"God bless, we have defended Damascus!"

On the city wall, the fire was like a rainbow, and the soldiers of the Roman army shouted loudly, and the sound was so loud that it shook the top of the sky.

"Master Pope, do we need to chase down the demon army?"

Maximinus, the leader of the Predator Legion, walked up to the city wall, looked at Olveri's figure, and asked with his hands clasped.

"no need!"

Olvelli's body was straight, standing at the highest point of the city wall, his eyes looked at Wu Jun who disappeared, his fists were clenched, and his face was very gloomy: "It's useless to chase, they came prepared, we want to take advantage of the night If you pursue them, you may encounter an ambush, let them go, after this battle, there will be a few days of peace, and you will immediately go to rectify the soldiers, appease the casualties, and improve morale!"

"Yes!"

The generals took orders and left with excitement.

Olvelli's gaze did not look back for a long time, and he saw the darkness in the distance without the traces of the fire, and then he said bitterly: "These eastern demons are actually just fighting head-on, and they decisively attacked before waiting for my main force to invest It was a waste of my good intentions to withdraw the troops, but I am a little curious about who issued the military order to allow them to withdraw, don't let me catch you, otherwise..."

He was a little curious about Wu Jun's chief general.

Those who can decisively withdraw their troops in such a situation are not only resourceful and have guessed his intention to encircle and suppress, but also have a courage that cannot be underestimated. They will not fight greedily, but know how to give up opportunities.

Such a person must be a strong enemy.

[Chapter 440 of the main text: The Death of Severus IV]

After Zhuge Liang made a plan for a big battle, he would kill a carbine and take advantage of the truce between the two sides to suddenly attack Damascus at night. Although this strategy is good, people are not as good as the world. If they fail to attack in the first battle, they have already lost their chance.eight??

Afterwards, the Wu army did not dare to stay outside the city. After all, there were still three main legions of the Roman army in the city, so they had to quickly withdraw the army to the camp.

The night has passed, and it is dawn.

The darkest night has passed above the sky, and a round of red sunrise is between the horizontal lines. Before it appears, the hazy sun has appeared, shining on the Wu army camp. At this time, the barracks have already started The horn was sounded, and the soldiers of each battalion quickly started to get out of their tents, and began their day's training on the spacious school field.

Main Camp of the Chinese Army.

Pan Feng opened the door curtain, walked in with big strides, and sat down on the seat with a gloomy face.

"Commander-in-Chief, how was the result?"

Tai Shici, Zhang He and other generals came up to meet them, and asked in a deep voice.

"Failed!"

After Pan Feng spat out the two words bitterly, he looked at Zhuge Liang who came in from behind, and asked with some puzzlement: "Kong Ming, although there were some accidents in the battle last night, the Roman army dispatched troops too quickly. Let us We failed to break the deadlock quickly, but as long as we work hard, I believe we have a chance to break through their block, why should we retreat in a hurry?"

In the battle last night, it took less than an hour since they raided the city gate and then confronted the Roman army. It seemed that the knights quickly retreated after the initial confrontation, which made him a little unhappy.

You know, because of the defeat in the first battle during the day, the morale of the army was a little bit lost, and he had to restore the morale of the army, so he had great expectations for this battle.

It is hoped that by virtue of this sneak attack, they can forcibly break through the defense line of Damascus city, seize the Syrian province, and then use the Syrian province as a springboard. The main force of the first theater will drive straight into the hinterland of the Roman Empire.

But in the end they fell short.

This made him feel unwilling.

"Commander-in-chief, let's have a sip of tea first." Zhuge Liang followed closely behind, and walked in. After he walked in, he poured a cup of tea for Pan Feng himself, and then said: "We underestimated the battle last night." On the surface, our two armies are evenly matched in confrontation, and we even have some leads, but in fact, they are actually luring the enemy to go deep. If Commander Ma Chao’s troops go ten miles deep, In the battle last night, I am afraid we will suffer a big loss!"

At this time, Ma Chao and Jia Xu also walked in from behind together. They put down their helmets and sat down to hear Zhuge Liang's words. Jia Xu was very calm, but Ma Chao couldn't help frowning. It looks like a lot, but I have already made a preliminary estimate in the battle last night. They don't have enough troops to cut off the connection between us. As long as I give me half an hour, I can break through their defensive circle. Drive straight in, so I dare to lead the army to go further!"

"You are right. As a general, I have never doubted your judgment on the battlefield, but let me tell you, they are deliberately relaxing their defenses!"

Zhuge Liang spread out a map, which was a map of the city of Damascus. It was very rough, and I didn't understand it very deeply, but it was enough to see, and the general buildings and streets were drawn.

"Look carefully, this is the south gate of Damascus City. Commander Ma Chao's vanguard army has a full army of soldiers and horses. They rushed in through the city gate and broke through the gate first. The gate of the city is entangled with the Roman army, and Commander Jia’s soldiers and horses are responding outside the gate, and our attack has formed a triple offensive that echoes back and forth, even if we encounter an ambush, we can retreat completely!"

Zhuge Liang pointed to the map and said carefully: "But if the vanguard army of Commander Ma Chao reaches ten miles, no, five miles, it will arrive here. A march of ten thousand people will inevitably lengthen the vertical line. At that time, the Apollo Legion and the Jagged Legion will inevitably cut off the vanguard of General Ma Chao. As far as I know, there are three major legions in Damascus, and there is a German army. Legion, if the German legion is here, the vanguard of Commander Ma Chao will face an ambush on the narrow street. At that time, the soldiers and horses of the two Roman legions on the left and right will go further to control the city wall and cut off the commander-in-chief's central army. In the event of annihilation of the entire army, even the commander-in-chief's central army will suffer a severe setback!"

"What a sinister layout!"

After listening to Zhuge Liang's analysis, Pan Feng, Ma Chao and the others felt no reconciliation, and they were all dripping with cold sweat.

"With such a careful layout, do they already know that we will attack at night, so they have arranged such a formation to welcome us?" Jia Xu asked in a low voice, looking at the battle map with rainbow-like eyes.

"No!"

Zhuge Liang shook his head when he heard the words: "If they had been prepared for a long time, I am afraid that what greeted us would not be this formation. If it was me, I would even put us in the city as the general who defended the city, taking into account the night attack situation. After the city, there will be another closed door to beat the dog, then our army will suffer a huge blow, even if we can kill it, it will only be one out of ten!"