The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 895: Shame [Subscribe*Monthly Ticket Request]

Maodun took a look at the flag flying high and wanted to cut it off, but when he saw the headless corpse standing on the pile of corpses, he sighed and did not do so.

After beheading the commander of the reserve camp and destroying the reserve army command center, his goal had been achieved and there was no need to continue to stimulate the morale of the Bingzhou army.

"Clean up the battlefield quickly and retreat!" Maodun gave the order.

The resistance of the Banner Guard Battalion was beyond his expectations. He had thought that facing a Banner Guard Battalion of less than a thousand people, no matter how difficult it was, they could still achieve a big victory at a small cost.

However, this battle resulted in the loss of more than half of the Mingdi Guards who had followed him to many places and were the only ones left, and nearly half of the defeated troops who had been gathered with great difficulty were also killed.

It was a miserable victory.

"Chanyu, we can't use their armor!" Suddenly, the deputy general whispered, and brought the armor pulled off from the soldiers of the Banner Guard Camp to Maodun.

Maodun fell silent as he looked at the armor that had broken into pieces.

The Bingzhou armor was all made by craftsmen and embroiderers, but it also had a mechanism. As long as the thread end was found and gently pulled, the entire set of armor would fall to the ground.

This thread is also inside the armor, and it is difficult to destroy unless it can be cut from the inside.

This also means that before they die, these soldiers in the flag guard camp will use up their last bit of strength to tear off the thread and not leave their armor to the enemy.

"Damn it!" Maodun was furious.

It was not just one person who was like this, almost all the soldiers in the entire Banner Guard Battalion were like this. They were able to confiscate less than ten complete sets of armor, and they were all from the soldiers who had their heads chopped off and did not have time to destroy their armor.

"Retreat!" Maodun didn't dare to stay any longer.

The central army was attacked, and the armies from all sides would probably arrive soon. If they couldn't evacuate quickly, they would have no chance of escaping.

Maodun quickly evacuated the central army with the remaining soldiers.

Not long after Maodun left, the Fengzi tribe, the reserve army closest to the central army's flag, arrived first.

What met the eye was a tragic scene of mountains of corpses and seas of blood, but the large red banner was still standing on the hill, fluttering silently.

The headless corpse also stood under the banner all the time.

"General... General!" The Feng army commander's lips trembled. He hesitated and dared not step forward. He did not dare to think that the standing headless corpse was their commander.

Soon, soldiers from the other three divisions also arrived at the battlefield, but seeing the depressing atmosphere of the Feng Division, everyone felt a tightness in their hearts.

"Where is the general?" The captains from other divisions all looked at the captain from the Feng division who arrived first.

"The general was killed in battle!" said the captain of the Feng army with red eyes.

"This..." Everyone couldn't believe their ears.

There are more than a thousand elite soldiers in the Banner Guard Camp. If you want to leave, you can delay until they arrive.

"The general did not retreat. None of the soldiers in the Banner Guard chose to retreat. They always guarded the Central Army Banner and did not retreat a single step!"

The captain of the Feng Division finally couldn't stop crying and spoke with a choked voice.

They were the first to arrive and sorted the bodies of their fallen comrades, but were horrified to find that almost all of the soldiers' wounds were on the front of their bodies, and they maintained an offensive fighting posture until their death.

"Where is the Fire Department?"

"exist!"

"Chase me!"

The aggressive Fire Cavalry followed their leader angrily, searching for the enemy's retreat and trying to chase them. "Stop!" However, the angry Fire Cavalry Captain was stopped by the other three captains.

Don't chase after a desperate enemy. They don't know how many troops Maodun has left, or whether there are any ambushes. If they chase after them rashly, the Fire Tribe will also fall into the trap.

"Send a message to the central army, asking General Meng Tian to avenge you!" the captain of the Shanzi unit said in a deep voice.

The death of an army commander had never happened since Bingzhou was founded, and it was also a shame for their Red Flame Cavalry and the reserve army.

This is also the highest-ranking general to have died in Bingzhou since its establishment.

These are not generals with miscellaneous titles, but real generals who hold the rank of general.

"I..." Fusu's hands were shaking. He couldn't believe it, nor did he want to admit it.

He had clearly predicted what Maodun wanted to do and had the support and backing of the entire reserve army, but because he did not want to consume too much energy, he allowed Maodun to escape from the encirclement time and time again, and eventually allowed Maodun to break into the center of the army.

"It's not your fault!" Liang Che noticed Fusu's self-blame and patted him on the shoulder to comfort him.

He could understand Fusu's feelings. Although all the military orders were issued by Fusu, they had also been agreed to by them. So it was not Fusu's responsibility alone.

If they did not agree, Fusu would not be able to mobilize the various departments to assist.

However, they all thought that this was a sure win, so they did not want to have too many casualties, which allowed Maodun to find the weak point in the army's defense, penetrate it, and find the position of the central army.

If they were willing to suffer casualties, using the casualties of one or even two columns to pin down Maodun, they would not let Maodun escape from their encirclement.

But everything is just hindsight.

"Urgent report from the reserve army!" The Central Army Shogunate also received the urgent report from the reserve army at the first time.

Meng Tian and others were all waiting for the arrival of the summons officer with a smile.

No one would have thought that Maodun would escape with a reserve force of 30,000 people, so they were all waiting for the good news from the reserve force.

"General Meng Fang, the chief commander of the reserve army, was killed in action. All 872 members of the Banner Guarding Battalion were killed in action!"

The herald closed his eyes and reported the tragic battle report.

"What!" Meng Tian jumped up from his seat and rushed in front of the messenger.

As the commander-in-chief of the main army, he personally appointed all the generals of the army. As the commander-in-chief of the reserve army, he was naturally also his confidant and the cousin he brought from the Qin State.

But no one had expected that the reserve army would suffer such heavy casualties, and these were the reserve army commander and the flag guard battalion!
Even the reserve army's main general and the flag guard battalion were all killed. It is hard to imagine how heavy the reserve army's casualties were.

Meng Tian snatched the battle report directly from the communications officer and read it carefully.

Fortunately, among the unfortunate events, only the flag guard battalion and the main general were killed in the reserve army, while other units were not damaged.

Meng Tian walked back to his position in silence, waiting for other soldiers to finish reading the battle report.

Everyone was silent. Judging from the battle reports and military orders, the reserve army did not make any mistakes. It was just that Maodun's battlefield sense and sensitivity were too high, and he perfectly avoided the encirclement of the four major tribes.

The most crucial factor was the stubbornness of Meng Fang and the Huhu Camp, which made them unwilling to retreat even a single step, leading to such a tragic outcome.

But can they blame Meng Fang and all the soldiers of the Huhu Battalion who died in the battle?
If it were them, would they be able to fight to the death?
"Tell the captains of the four major divisions of the reserve army to remember today's humiliation. I don't care what methods they use or how many people they sacrifice. I want to see Maodun's head on the table!"

Meng Tian said sternly.

(End of this chapter)