Chapter 1510: Lu Wushuang Returns

Fortunately, the orders of the Beijia army were also very smooth, and they lined up before the Yuheng army rushed into the city, starting to fight for the red line on the ground.

The large army resisted in front, and the engineers and sorcerers in the back could rush to repair the wall.

At this time, it was impossible to stack them piece by piece, so they had to rely on the sorcerers to cast the battle formation earth wall spell, first patching the hole, and then considering the solidity problem.

Both sides were unwilling to give an inch, and the battle entered a white-hot stage.

Just as the earth wall spell rose halfway, there were several loud noises in succession, and I don't know which array device was delayed, and the ten-link explosion appeared again, and the North City Gate also collapsed in the smoke.

Now the North Auxiliary City had two collapsed city walls, one south and one north. If the wind tonight was strong enough, it could whistle through the hall all the way.

When the news came, Bai Mojie was stunned for a long time, only feeling that the wind from the north had been blowing into the bottom of his heart.

If only one part of the south city wall collapsed, the Beijia army could still hold on by pushing through;

Now that the north side has also collapsed, there is no doubt that the Yuheng army will divide its forces to attack the north.

The Yuheng army's equipment is inferior to the Beijia army's, but they are fierce and fearless; Bai Mojie has no confidence in defending two broken walls at the same time.

What to do? He was momentarily stunned. What to do? "General!" the deputy general came to ask for instructions again. "Please make a decision!"

Bai Mojie looked at the river beach:

More than half of the main camp had already been dismantled, leaving the bare riverbank with no defenses.

He let out a long breath, knowing that he had one, and only one, path to take:

"Retreat from the North Gate, return to the east of the river."

If you can't hold it and can't stay, then you can only head home.

Return to where you came from.

This sentence was incredibly difficult to say, but the situation was already lost.

It must be said, compared to defending embankments and occupying cities, this Beijia army was more experienced in retreating by boat.

Only a fool would pass up an easy advantage; the Yuheng army naturally chased them all the way to the riverbank.

After more than twenty days of experience, the Beijia army's retreat had become organized with rearguards and defensive maneuvers, allowing them to minimize losses.

Of course, this retreat was even more wretched, and they were forced to abandon more personnel and supplies.

The Yuheng army accepted it all with a smile and sent them off on the river with a rain of arrows.

The worst part was that Bai Mojie was struck in the left eye by an arrow!

During the retreat, he personally fought off several enemy generals but was unfortunately struck by a stray arrow and fell backward—his few protective magic treasures had been exhausted during the explosion at the North Auxiliary City and the retreat. The military physician dared not pull the arrow out on the spot, only sealing the surrounding acupoints and applying anesthetic, asking him to wait until they returned to camp for treatment.

Before they had finished crossing the river, the soldiers on the boats began to clamor.

Bai Mojie used his one good eye to look in the direction they were pointing, and he couldn't help but stand up—

Their old camp on the front line at Jin Tao was also engulfed in flames, with fire reaching the sky! "Damn it, damn it!" Bai Mojie's teeth ached, unable to tell if it was from hatred or pain.

He had been busy after capturing the North Auxiliary City, and the other side had taken the opportunity to wipe out his old camp.

That He fellow is truly insidious; he refuses to suffer even the slightest loss.

But he had left two thousand guards at the old camp; how many people could Yuheng City have sent to succeed in a sneak attack? "Row faster!" The North Auxiliary City on the opposite bank was lost; his old camp must not be lost as well! When everyone carried Bai Mojie ashore and ran closer to look, the Yuheng team that had come to cause trouble had already been driven away, and the camp was bustling with people—all Xiluo people carrying water, conducting rescues, and moving supplies! How could it be the Xiluo people? But regardless, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Amidst the firelight, someone emerged from behind the camp fence, holding a tasseled spear. Wherever the spear tip pointed, the flames were extinguished in response.

It was Lu Wushuang, followed by two or three personal guards.

"General Bai!" As soon as she saw Bai Mojie, she said in alarm, "What happened to your eye?"

Lu Wushuang beckoned, and a guard came running with a green bag to examine Bai Mojie's eye.

This was the physician she had brought from the Green Palace.

"N-no need!" Bai Mojie had already taken painkillers, but he was still shivering from the pain. The pain of an injured eye was not something an ordinary person could endure. "How did you...?"

"The rebellion in the Jin Tao nation has been quelled, and I returned with my troops, just in time to catch two thousand Yuheng troops coming to raid the camp." She had returned with twenty thousand Xiluo troops, and together with the original garrison of the old camp, they had just managed to drive away the Yuheng raiders.

"Is the place with the billowing smoke on the opposite bank the Yuheng people's North Auxiliary City?" She shielded her eyes and looked at the firelight on the opposite bank, saying in surprise, "Looking at this fire... the General finally captured it? Congratulations!"

She had just returned from outside and had been playing hide-and-seek with the Yuheng squad raiding the old camp for a long time; she knew nothing about what had happened on the west bank of the great river—that was a plausible story, right? Bai Mojie was already severely injured, and upon hearing this, his anger surged; he took two steps forward, about to speak, when his vision suddenly went black, and he knew nothing more.

The generals behind him exclaimed "General" one after another.

Lu Wushuang pointed to the main military tent: "Quickly carry the General inside for treatment; no one is to make any noise!"

After Bai Mojie was carried away by the guards, she turned to ask the generals: "What happened on the opposite bank?"

She was only a supervisor of the Xiluo army, but as she turned, her aura was overwhelming; two people subconsciously replied: "We captured the North Auxiliary City, but who knew the Yuheng army had set explosives in the city, blowing away both the north and south walls. The Yuheng army immediately launched an attack, General Bai was struck in the eye by an arrow, and so we..." and so we retreated.

Seeing the boats docked on the river beach and the troops coming ashore, Lu Wushuang's expression was not relaxed: "Does the other side know General Bai is injured?"

The generals looked at each other: "Just as we reached the riverbank, General Bai was struck by an arrow and slipped from his horse, then we supported him and sent him onto the boat."

"Then we cannot relax yet; we must guard against the Yuheng army crossing the river to attack the camp!"

A colonel under Bai Mojie couldn't help but say, "Supervisor Lu, for the past twenty days, the Yuheng army has never dared to cross the river to attack head-on!"

"Times change." Lu Wushuang pointed to the main military tent. "General Bai is severely injured, and there is no leader here; do you think the commander of the Yuheng army won't seize this opportunity?"

In fact, what she wanted to say was that the commander of Yuheng City had originally been dragging things out on the Jin Tao front line to save time, without needing to cross the river for a hard battle; but the situation had changed suddenly tonight, and He Lingchuan no longer had any reason to hold back! Since they were going to fight, they should fight beautifully. If she were He Lingchuan, she would definitely seize the great opportunity of Bai Mojie's severe injury to lead the army across the river and expand the results.

The colonel was speechless.

If one said the Yuheng City army was stronger than their own, he wouldn't agree; but if one said the opposing commander's strategy was outstanding, that was plain for all to see.

He had wanted to say this was none of the Xiluo supervisor's business, but just then someone pointed to the west bank and shouted: "Boats are coming, boats are coming!"

Everyone looked back, and sure enough, there were shadows on the river, with 140 or 150 boats approaching the east bank.

Those were not Beijia boats!