"Maccon, do you know what's the biggest taboo in a war?" Li Huailin suddenly asked.
"Ah?" Maccon was stunned. There were so many taboos that he couldn't name them all at once.
"It's splitting the troops." Li Huailin answered his own question. "You should know that one fist is always more useful than five fingers, and a concentrated attack is always more powerful than a separate attack."
"Yes, Marshal, I know that." Maccon nodded. "But what we're doing now is splitting the troops. Our troops are now divided into more than a dozen teams, and each team has thousands of soldiers. If we're attacked by the elves, we'll definitely suffer heavy losses. That's why I said to call back the troops."
"I bet that the elves' troops have already arrived here, and they're probably not far ahead of us," Li Huailin suddenly said.
"Really?" Maccon immediately said, "Then we're in danger."
"If you're their commander, how will you attack us?" Li Huailin asked.
"Of course I'll wipe out our troops immediately," Maccon replied immediately.
"Stupid! So stupid!" Li Huailin facepalmed. "Take a closer look. Compared to the troops we sent out, isn't there a bigger target waiting for them here?"
"Eh? A bigger target? "Maccon was taken aback for a moment, and then he suddenly realized something." Main camp? Yeah, if they're going to attack our main camp, what should we do? "
"You've finally figured it out? I'm sure that I'm the one they want to kill the most, so their target is definitely us. "
Almost at the same time, Selena, who was dozens of kilometers away, pointed at Li Huailin's main camp on the map. "That's our current target."
From the information provided by the tortured captive and her scouts, Selena basically knew the current situation, including the location of the human's main camp, the deployment of troops, and the human troops in the morning. Just like two days ago, all the troops had been sent out to loot the elves' villages.
"Leader, the human troops are attacking our villages again. If we split up to rescue them, we should be able to make it in time," Adjutant Winnie said immediately.
"No, most of the villages nearby have been burned to the ground, and there aren't many left. Our current target should be to defeat the human troops, and this is an opportunity," Selena said. "That bastard Duke is too careless. He actually set up his main camp here. Besides, he probably didn't expect our troops to arrive here within two days, so they probably don't know about our arrival yet. Now that he has sent out all his troops, if we take this opportunity to attack the enemy's main camp, we will definitely be able to capture or kill that guy."
"Makes sense …" Winnie thought for a moment. What the leader said made sense. If they could really capture or kill that Duke, the war would be over. Those who were captured could be rescued, and those who were killed could rest in peace.
"Let's rest for an hour, and then attack the enemy's camp … That guy … I must kill him with my own hands …" Selena gritted her teeth and said.
In the 2nd Division's camp, McCain had been pacing around. After hearing Li Huailin's words, he became even more anxious. His main camp was about to be attacked by the enemy, but the Marshal didn't seem worried at all. He was too calm.
"I'm so bored … Why aren't they here yet …" Li Huailin was also slightly bored. He had been sitting here for the whole morning, but the enemy still hadn't come to kill him. Didn't they know that speed was the most important in war? He was simply waiting for death.
"Marshal, Marshal, we can't go on like this. We only have a total of 6,000 troops in our camp. We definitely can't hold them off. Why don't you call all the troops back?" McCain ran over and said.
"You're more interesting." Li Huailin smiled and said, "6,000 troops is already the limit. If there are more, we won't have enough troops to fight."
"Huh?" McCain was taken aback. "Uh, what do you mean?"
"The most important thing is that there are 1,000 horses … My heart aches. One horse costs more than 200 gold. I've lost more than 200,000 gold because of this. This is a f * cking scam." Li Huailin held his forehead and said, "I must ask the Elves for compensation."
"Huh?" McCain was confused. What is the Marshal talking about?
Before he could think further, a bell suddenly rang at the gate. The guards at the gate immediately rushed in and shouted, "Marshal, something bad has happened. A large number of Elves have appeared in the forest ahead, and they're charging towards us!"
"Oh, they're finally here." Li Huailin stood up excitedly.
"They're really coming. Marshal, what should we do now?" McCain asked immediately.
"What else can we do? Run! " Li Huailin said as he walked out of the tent. He looked in the front and saw that the enemy had launched a surprise attack. In the forest ahead, a large number of Elves were surging towards them. The Elves were still more than 50 meters away from the human camp, but they had already started shooting arrows at the human camp. Moreover, the accuracy of the arrows was extremely high. Several guards on sentry duty had fallen before they could raise their shields.
"Oh, oh. They're really powerful." Li Huailin nodded and said.
"It's the Silverwind Guard." McCain followed up and said, "It seems like they're the main force."
"Why are you sighing? Let's run." Li Huailin took the reins from the soldier beside him and handed them to McCain. "Get on the horses and go."
"What? Run now? " McCain said in surprise. The fight hadn't even started. Although there was a huge disparity in the number of troops between the two sides, how could Zhang Heng run away without putting up any resistance?
"Hurry up if you don't want to die." Li Huailin said as he got on the horse. He then shouted to the soldiers around him, "Everyone, pay attention. If you don't want to die, run with me immediately."
The soldiers of the second legion were a little flustered when they saw the Elves surging out of the forest. Now that they heard their marshal's words, they didn't even think about it anymore. They immediately gave up their defensive positions and turned around to run with the people in front.
"Go." Li Huailin turned his horse around and pointed to the front. "Let's run."
"Protect the marshal! Send the marshal away quickly! " McCain didn't understand what was going on, but he still did his job. When he heard that they were retreating, he immediately ordered the soldiers to surround the marshal and retreat.
"Protect the marshal! Protect the marshal! " The 1,000 cavalrymen Li Huailin had deployed from the Firearms Bureau to temporarily serve as Li Huailin's guards. Upon hearing the order, they immediately surrounded Li Huailin and were ready to block arrows for Li Huailin.
The camp was originally built temporarily and wasn't very sturdy. A few soldiers immediately opened the gate at the back and Li Huailin led the troops to retreat.
"Commander! We rushed into the camp and found a group of soldiers escaping from the back. They seem to be protecting someone. " The Elves' frontline troops immediately reported the situation to their commander, Selena.
"Trying to escape? It won't be that easy. " Selena waved her hand. "Chase after them. The duke who slaughtered our people is escaping. Everyone, let's catch him and the war will be over!"
All the Elves gritted their teeth at the mention of Li Huailin. Although they had rested for an hour, the Elves were still very tired. However, when they heard Li Huailin's name, they were pumped up again. They had to catch that damned guy.
"What's going on? Are we running too fast?" Li Huailin led the troops forward a few steps, but realized that no one was chasing after them. He felt strange and said, "Everyone, slow down a little …"
As soon as he finished speaking, an arrow flew over. The soldier at the back of the line screamed and fell to the ground.
"Alright, I didn't say anything. Everyone, run," said Li Huailin immediately when he turned around and saw a dense mass of people rushing over.
There was no need for Li Huailin to say anything. Seeing the situation behind them, the soldiers on the Elves' side definitely turned around and ran. They picked up their shields and carried them on their backs. The quality of the Silverwind Guards was really amazing.
Needless to say, the quality of the soldiers of the Silverwind Guard here was really amazing. After two days of rapid marching, they were still able to catch up with the human army in such a fatigued state. Moreover, they could shoot arrows while running. Their accuracy was pretty good. Every few arrows they shot, one would hit the target. Of course, some of the arrows hit the human army's armors and shields, while some hit the vital parts of the human army. Unfortunately, not many of the human army's soldiers were shot in the feet or vital parts of the human army. However, the human army still couldn't get rid of the pursuers.
"It's almost time." Li Huailin said while riding in front. "It's almost time for them to start thinking. It's time for them to get busy."
Raising his sword, Li Huailin shouted to the people behind him, "Come, the first infantry team. For me, your marshal, turn around and block the troops behind us."
"What?" Mackenzie, who was at the side, was shocked. What the marshal meant was … for them to turn around and block the elven troops? Wouldn't that be courting death?
The soldiers at the side were also stunned. This … if they turned around now, they would really be courting death.
"F * ck!" A soldier suddenly shouted, "I'm not running anymore. I'll kill as many as I can! If you want to die, follow me. We'll fight it out with them! "
"F * ck! For the marshal! "
"Marshal, you go first. Let's go!"
In an instant, hundreds of soldiers stopped and began to form a defensive formation.
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