"It's not, it's the enemy …" Wu Liba identified for a while and said hoarsely, "Prepare the bows and arrows …"
Wu Liba was absolutely certain that the flood was not a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster.
Thinking of this, he felt cold all over. In just four to six hours, his hair had all turned gray, and he looked haggard and haggard.
The third prince was horrified. The enemy? How could it be?
The flood came so suddenly, without any warning. How could the enemy prepare so many wooden rafts and boats in advance?
"Liu Xi's army?" The third prince almost lost his balance. Both his legs were numb. He said, "How could they predict?"
If they did not know in advance that there would be a flood, who would prepare simple wooden rafts for an army of nearly 100,000?
This was the North borderline, not the south where rivers intersected.
The eldest prince was also full of regret. He originally wanted to bring the army and food to fight for military power, but he ended up losing his life.
He had been patiently dormant for many years. He thought he could be the final winner, but who knew that his younger brothers were as ferocious as if they were on drugs.
The fourth brother killed seven brothers in one go, but the ninth brother jumped out and ended his legend of killing seven people.
That was not the most exciting part. What was exciting was that the ninth brother was "on horseback." In the end, the third brother, who was originally the loser, took advantage of it.
He heard that the third brother had been ravaged by Jiang Pengji and was starving to death due to the lack of food. He pulled out all his belongings and prepared to take advantage of the situation.
But what happened?
He failed to take advantage of the situation. Instead, he was almost wiped out by a sudden flood.
Could it be that even the heavens could not bear to see him live comfortably?
The eldest prince said, "Haha, General Wu Liba, be careful with your words. Could Liu Xi have single-handedly planned this natural disaster? "
Even if it was really planned by Jiang Pengji, where did she get the extra manpower?
Thinking of this, the expression on the eldest prince's face froze.
Jiang Pengji led the 30,000-strong Vanguard Battalion to arrive first. She predicted that the North borderline would attack at night before the main army arrived, so she beat them at their own game. She set up an ambush and successfully defeated Wu Liba. After that, Jiang Pengji coaxed the demoralized soldiers of the North Borderline to retreat and disrupted their formation. She coordinated with the second wave of the main force to attack the North Borderline's main camp from the front and back. The North Borderline had no choice but to retreat to Maynu's main camp in panic. From then on, Jiang Pengji's camp only left and never entered. She escorted the captives from the North borderline to Dongqing.
In other words, there were only two groups of people in the Liu Clan's main camp.
The first batch consisted of 30,000 vanguards, and the second batch consisted of about 60,000 main forces. The two batches added up to about 100,000.
However, Jiang Pengji had raised the flag of 150,000 people at the beginning. Where did the other 50,000 people go?
Could it be that these people had stealthily bypassed everyone's eyes and ears and went to the northernmost part of the Northern Borderland, upstream of the Yi River to cause trouble?
No, no —
War could not be calculated in this way. In order to show off their military strength, they would most likely falsely report a few tens of thousands, just like how the Northern Borderline exaggerated an army of 180,000 to 500,000.
The First Prince scratched his ears and cheeks, unable to figure out the truth.
Wu Liba did not want to get entangled with the First Prince. Right now, they were all in the same boat. If they fought, it would only benefit the enemy.
"It doesn't matter if it's a natural disaster or a man-made disaster. The most important thing now is to think of a way to repel the enemy — "
After saying this, he felt his tongue go dry and sour.
As the wise man of the Northern Borderline, Wu Liba had lived a glorious life. How could he have imagined that he would end up like this?
If he did not repel the enemy this time, he would definitely fall into the enemy's hands.
Wu Liba was very clear about what would happen to him if he became a captive.
The Northern Borderline army did not retreat too late, but it was not too early either. More than half of their troops were preserved, but they did not bring along much of their weapons.
After a few sparse waves of arrows, they had no other way to stop the enemy from approaching.
Wu Liba's face darkened. He suddenly pulled out the dagger at his waist.
No matter which man from the Northern Borderline, they all had the habit of carrying a dagger with them at all times because it was convenient to deal with their prey in the wild.
It was a battlefield now — an inch longer, an inch stronger, an inch shorter, an inch more dangerous. What use could a dagger and a short knife have?
Fortunately, the enemy could not get into a battle formation and advance step by step.
"Disembark — Kill —"
Fu Wang oversaw the main army, while Li Yun commanded the vanguard. Jiang Pengji, the spoiled lord, was locked up in the "little black room."
What a joke, it was a chaotic battle on the waterway. It was unusual.
If the lord accidentally fell into the water and drowned or was washed away by the flood, they would not be able to save her in time.
In this regard, Jiang Pengji could only "chuckle" to relieve her depression.
Her night vision was extremely strong. Even if her vision was dim, she could clearly see the situation at the frontline from afar.
The army did not forcefully disembark. Instead, they ordered the archers to shoot randomly at the hiding places of the Northern Borderline army.
Some were shot to death by random arrows, some were trampled to death by their terrified comrades, and some drowned when they accidentally fell into the water …
Wu Liba spat angrily and ordered his men to collect the arrows shot by the enemy and return them to their original owners.
They had lost almost all their weapons and supplies. The number of bows and arrows carried by the soldiers was few and far between, but it was better than nothing.
The Northern Borderline army could not foolishly stand there and be a live target for the enemy. Naturally, they had to make use of all the conditions available to them to struggle to the death.
"Pfft — this bunch of people from the Northern Borderline are really tenacious …"
Li Yun noticed the enemy's counterattack and immediately thought of the source of their arrows. He used the command of the navy compiled by Qi Kuang to dispatch and tried his best to avoid the enemy's stray arrows. As a general who excelled in land warfare, he had to take on multiple roles. It was a bitter taste to be a half-baked commander of the navy.
However, after giving it a try …
He felt that commanding the navy was not as difficult as he had imagined.
If Qi Kuang was here, he would probably roll his eyes at Li Yun.
If the navy was so easy to command, why did he have to train for so many years?
Training naval officers to fight in the water was far more exhausting and costly than training ordinary soldiers on land.
If Li Yun's opponents were not enemies who lacked bows and arrows, according to his method of command, they would definitely suffer greatly.
However, the reality was that the casualties on the Northern Borderline's side were increasing. Li Yun was commanding with ease.
After an hour, the soldiers at the lower ground were all dead or injured. Jiang Pengji's army began to forcefully disembark.
Wu Liba and the other generals could only lead their troops to resist. However, their frontline retreated again and again. It was almost impossible to form an effective obstruction.
Seeing that the army was about to be defeated, Wu Liba's eyes flashed with determination.
"Acting King, the First Prince, the two of you retreat quickly … I will cover your retreat."
Although Wu Liba's value was much more important than the two princes combined, Wu Liba could not abandon the two of them and escape alone.
"Teacher — if you want to leave, let's leave together …"
The third prince's entire body trembled. His arm was pierced by two arrows. He was careless and was hit by a stray arrow. Fortunately, his vital organs were not injured.
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