“Hmph, what tricks can’t Han Qianqian pull off? Today alone is a ploy within a ploy to transfer a tiger away from a mountain… how hard can it be to steal a dragon and turn a phoenix?”
As the elder spoke, without waiting for his subordinates to speak, the spy already replied, “It is said that it was only when the city’s defences were about to be broken that the enemy deliberately told the people defending the city the truth, that the frontal defenders had indeed not moved, but also took advantage of the fact that they were too far away, thus secretly replacing the real people with scarecrows.”
“As for their real men, they took advantage of the chaos to sneak into the two city defences where the army had left the border and attacked.”
“Because of the suddenness of the incident, our side was already in disarray, especially after knowing that the other side was the main force attacking, it was completely out of control, hence ……”
The elder laughed angrily, “Did you hear everything?”
The group of people were silent, but their hearts were already rippling.
It turned out that the defences of the Night Sky City had been manipulated in such a way that the tiger had left the mountain and the dragon had been stolen.
It was a very good move, but it was a very good move.
Who would have thought that the other side would be determined to break out of the siege, but in reality they were playing these tricks behind the scenes?
“It’s ridiculous to think about it. We said that we would set up defences everywhere and that they would be seamless, but in the end, what did they look like? The city’s defences have not even lasted one day before they are meekly returned to the hands of the enemy.”
The elder seemed to be criticising them, but he also seemed to be laughing at himself.
The group of subordinates and cronies all lowered their heads, and none of them dared to say anything.
The truth was more eloquent than anything else, and now Han Qianqian’s victory was a victory, and the loss of their city defence was a loss.
“Come on, men!”
“Present!”
“Order the troops of Night Sky City to abandon the last of the city’s defences immediately and return to the main force, I think.”
“But Elder …… we are so hard …… to get.”
Although there was only one city defense left and it was also in some danger, it was after all good
foot into Night Sky City, it could facilitate them to attack Han Qianqian at any time, which was almost the most important point strategically.
Now, there at least combined troops, naturally want to defeat is unlikely, but so retreat, almost give up something to the enemy, how are not quite willing.
“Leaving one soldier makes little sense, it is the same as making a bad tooth in the tiger’s mouth, do you think Han Qianqian will not pull him out? It’s only right to withdraw as early as possible and salvage some losses.” With those words, the elder sighed.
Did he want to withdraw?
Obviously not!
But what other way was there?
The facts are in front of us and it is useless to say anything more.
Rather than take a beating when the time comes, it would be better to hurry up and withdraw now.
“Yes.”
“As for the large army, from today onwards, retreat ten miles for the time being.”
“What? Ten miles back?”
“Elder, how can this be?”
“Yes, our army has not been defeated yet, how can we retreat?”
As
If the earlier decision to withdraw from Night Sky City was understandable, though somewhat reluctant, then this later decision to withdraw directly from the army in large numbers was simply unfathomable and unacceptable.
The troops were defeated, but in reality there were not too many losses at all.
Ninety per cent of the force is still there, and they can fight whenever they want to, so how can they retreat?
Looking at the crowd’s panicked look, the elder was somewhat dissatisfied: “What? Can’t you hear my orders? Are you all deaf?”
The group of people did not dare to disobey the offender and had to obediently do as they were told.
“Everything has to start all over again, as I said, when we fight Han Qianqian, we must never walk into his rhythm, if we continue to fight, we will definitely be eaten clean little by little, and in the end, not even a single bone crumb will be left.”
“Retreating does not mean the end of the battle, but rather it should be said that the first contest is temporarily put on hold, and what we have to do is the second leg of the attack.”
The subordinates and cronies nodded their heads.
“The bit about the ants must be addressed after the retreat, they are not an extremely strong threat, but always attacking like this is ultimately annoying, since the bones of the cavalry regiment are hard to chew, let’s put it aside and we’ll eat the ants first.”
“At the same time, we should also show that group of people who tried to go to help Han Qianqian what price they have to pay for helping them.”
“Pass on my order, all troops must be evacuated to a distance of ten miles by dawn, tomorrow, prepare but not fight!”
“Yes!”
The subordinates had just understood a little and were a little confused by tomorrow’s prepare but don’t fight.
Didn’t they say they were retreating temporarily in order to regroup for a new attack? How could they simply not fight again tomorrow?
The elder slowly raised his hand, and one of his cronies hurried over to him, followed by a few instructions in his ear.
After hearing this, the man’s confused face immediately showed joy, “Elder, you are still wise ……”