Summoner's Road to Hegemony

Chapter 262
Although the Soldiers of the Sun Empire knew that they had basically bid farewell to the army after breaking off their thumbs, but under the threat of death, they had no choice but to do so.

Especially when people are in despair, they often have a kind of blind obedience. When one person starts to cut off his thumb, everyone also starts to follow blindly.

If Saudi soldiers were to chop off the thumbs of these 20 surrendered soldiers, it might take a long time, and it would be more likely to get resistance from these surrendered soldiers.

However, the efficiency of the surrendered soldiers was really not so fast. In less than half an hour, the 20 soldiers from the Sun Empire had finished their work and bandaged each other.

The soldiers of Saudi Arabia made way for these surrendered soldiers who cut off their thumbs, and the surrendered soldiers walked towards Tucheng in mighty strength.

"Here we go, can we open the door?"

Qin Yu was a little nervous, especially when he saw that the Saudi light cavalry and infantry had begun to gather, and he planned to follow these soldiers into the city.

"If the Saudi soldiers attack the city while we open the city gate, then they have a high chance of capturing the Tucheng."

A man who looked like a captain around persuaded Qin Laiyin.

Qin Layin was depressed for a long time, and finally said:

"Soldier, send my order to those descended soldiers to bypass Tucheng and retreat 30 kilometers to stand by."

A few messengers led the order out of the city, and rode tall horses to shout orders to the soldiers of the Sun Empire.

But before these messengers could finish speaking their orders, the crossbowmen assembled from the Sha Kingdom shot down these dozen messengers.

Niu Zhuangshi roared angrily:

"This Qin Layin is really pretending to be the commander of the Sun Empire Expeditionary Army. Even if his soldiers are disabled, they are already his own soldiers. He is afraid that we will take the opportunity to attack the city, so he drives out these soldiers who are bleeding and sweating for him."

After Niu Zhuangshi finished speaking, Li Bi who was next to Zhanzi said quietly:
"Don't we just want to attack Tucheng when these soldiers enter the city? Now they don't plan to open the city gate, and we don't have any siege equipment. What should we do next, commander?"

Lin Ruofeng pondered for a moment,
"Qin Layin still has some skills. Since he won't let these surrendered soldiers enter the city, he will dispatch [-] cavalry to drive these unarmed captives to the border of the Sun Empire, and let the Sun Empire defenders along the way know that their doom is over. Of course, the [-] cavalry are ordered to be safe, and if they are invincible, they should withdraw quickly."

The messenger received Lin Ruofeng's order and quickly conveyed the order to the captain of the light cavalry.

The light cavalry captain ordered [-] light cavalry to follow closely behind these soldiers from the Sun Empire.

Standing on the city wall, Qin Yu looked suspiciously at the [-] light cavalry who were following behind Jiang Bing:

"What are they doing? Didn't they say they would let these prisoners go? Why did they send another [-] light cavalry to follow them? Even if they change their minds and want to kill all the prisoners, these [-] light cavalry can't do it, right?"

Qin Lain frowned,
"Hehe, the commander on the other side is really a genius. He really wanted to take advantage of the time when the surrendered troops returned to the city to attack the city. Now this plan has failed, so he thought about sending troops to disperse these surrendered troops to our rear, or even the border. , so as to shake the morale of our rear, how can such a scheming and scheming person be less than 20 years old?"

After Qin Laiyin's explanation, Qin Yu basically understood Lin Ruofeng's intentions, and felt a chill in his heart.
"How did he think of so many things? Is it because I'm too stupid?"

Qin Yu has been praised as a genius since he was a child, until today because of Lin Ruofeng, he began to doubt his ability.

"Yu'er, don't underestimate yourself. Everyone has different experiences, so their ideas will be different. It is possible that Lin Ruofeng has experienced this kind of intrigue before, so he has more than you think. What you lack is experience."

Being comforted by his uncle, Qin Yu felt better.

"Uncle, are they dividing their troops? What are they going to do? It's difficult to support the left and right fronts?"

As Qin Yu's words fell, the soldiers who had successfully crossed the river in Sha Kingdom began to divide their troops.

The total number of the three brigades led by Lin Ruofeng was 90, but 20 soldiers were killed in battle, 5 soldiers were injured and lost combat effectiveness, 20 soldiers of the Sun Empire were wiped out, and 20 soldiers of the Sun Empire were captured.All in all, Lin Ruofeng won a big victory.

But Lin Ruofeng still remembered that the left and right armies were all recruits, and the Sunshine Empire was all elite veterans, so they had to divide their troops to help the left and right armies. If they arrived late, these recruits might be defeated.

There are still 10 soldiers from the Sun Empire in Tucheng, and 20 elite soldiers from Saudi Arabia to surround Tucheng. The remaining 50 soldiers will be divided into two groups, with 25 soldiers in each group, to help the left and right armies.

Lin Ruofeng ordered Tian Dan to lead an army of 20 to surround Tucheng. Among the 20 soldiers, 15 were injured, and only [-] could actually fight.

But Lin Ruofeng was already convinced that the Sun Empire would not dare to leave the city easily after the battle just now. The least risky way for them now was to defend the Tucheng and wait for rescue.If they take the initiative to go out of the city to fight again, the earth city will be lost immediately, which is something the Sun Empire defenders cannot afford.

"Tian Dan, surround the exit of Tucheng. Don't be cowardly. They don't dare to go out of the city to declare war. We will help the two armies around Wan and join forces here after the meeting."

Lin Ruofeng patted Tian Dan on the shoulder, and explained in a firm tone.

Regarding marching and fighting, Tian Dan is actually a genius. Lin Ruofeng is No.1 and Tian is No.2 in the military subjects of Oasis College.

This is just to guard the entrance and exit of an earth city, and the Saudi army is more than the Sun Empire army. Lin Ruofeng believes that Tian Dan will complete the task very well.

Tian Dan nodded: "Well, don't worry, Brother Feng, I'm not a vegetarian either."

After the explanation, Lin Ruofeng led the second battalion of 25 soldiers and marched towards Zhuge Fei's left army, while Li Bi led the third battalion of 25 soldiers and marched towards Wang Chao's right army.

It will take more than half a day for the two separate brigades to reach their destination, so it will be almost dark when they arrive at their destination.

Lin Ruofeng shouted in his heart, "Zhuge Fei, Wang Chao, you must persevere until the reinforcements arrive. I hope you don't go up against them."

In order to implement this strategy, Lin Ruofeng ordered Zhuge Fei and Wang Chao to delay the time by feigning an attack from the very beginning, and to attack after the reinforcements arrived.

Qin Yu, who was standing on the wall of the Tucheng City, looked at the soldiers of the Kingdom of Sha who were divided into three groups, and asked in an uncertain tone:

"It seems that they divided the troops to support the left and right armies, but in this way, wouldn't the soldiers they sent out meet the reinforcements we called back?"

Qin Laiyin glanced at a staff officer next to him. The staff officer wiped the sweat from his forehead, took out a map, looked at it, and replied affirmatively:
"There is only one way to quickly go to the left and right armies. They will indeed encounter the troops we transferred back."

"This is interesting. We have evacuated 20 people from each road, while Saudi Arabia has 25 people from each road. From the perspective of numbers, we are at a disadvantage."

Qin Laiyin finished this sentence in a cold voice.

(End of this chapter)