Their morale couldn't help but be high. They were all generals, what did they like the most? Naturally, it was to be able to defeat the enemy easily. It would be even better if they didn't lose too many people.
After Zhao Hai arrived at the front line, it only took him a few days to force the Sacred Academy's army to retreat. On the other hand, the Sacred Academy didn't suffer any losses while the enemy lost tens of thousands of people. If such a result couldn't boost the morale of the army, then the army would have already been finished.
Zhao Hai and the others stood on the city wall and watched the Sacred Academy's army retreat. Although they only retreated 30 li, for the people in the city, this was still a big victory.
However, the Sacred Academy's retreat was still the right move. After they retreated, Zhao Hai and the others didn't harass them at night. They could finally have a good night's sleep.
Zhao Hai and the others also didn't harass them at night. The next morning, Zhao Hai and the others left the city early and began to set up traps. The traps they set weren't very far from the city and the Sacred Academy's camp. Because of this, the Sacred Academy's army didn't know that they were setting up traps. They were just digging holes for them, so they didn't care. After being tormented by Zhao Hai for several days, they could finally have a good rest. Because of this, they didn't come out to provoke Zhao Hai. Instead, they wanted to wait until they had a good rest before coming back to deal with Zhao Hai. As for the small holes dug by Zhao Hai and the others, although they were a bit troublesome, they didn't care about it.
Zhao Hai and the others set up a lot of traps to make it difficult for the enemy. Then they returned to the city to rest. They also needed to have a good rest because they were waiting for the Sacred Academy's army to attack them.
They had been fighting against the Sacred Courtyard for a while now, so they were very familiar with the people of the Sacred Courtyard. They knew that the people of the Sacred Courtyard had suffered a big loss this time. With the temperament of the people of the Sacred Courtyard, it was impossible for them to just let it go. They would definitely retaliate. Now that they were tired from Zhao Hai's harassment tactics, they had no choice but to retreat. Once they recover, they would definitely come back.
Actually, it was very simple to deal with Zhao Hai's harassment tactics. Just like what Zhao Hai did, they could make a fire outside the camp or set up a few hidden sentries a few miles away. Then half of the soldiers would rest while the other half would be on guard. In this way, Zhao Hai's harassment tactics would be useless. They might even be ambushed by the enemy.
However, the Sacred Academy was unlucky this time. This was the first time that Zhao Hai used this tactic. They didn't understand it, so they couldn't think of a way to break it. Additionally, Zhao Hai took the opportunity to attack, which affected their morale. They had no choice but to retreat. As long as they rested, they would certainly come back for revenge.
Zhao Hai was also aware of this, so he made those traps. At the same time, he wanted everyone to take a good rest. As long as they were on guard for a while, they would see if their plan to cut off the supply line would succeed. If it succeeded, then the Sacred Academy's army wouldn't be able to hold on for more than a few days.
At this time, Liu Hong had already sneaked into the fifth official road. The reason why this road was called the Wind and Thunder Road was because it connected Fenglong City and Thunder Dragon City. And Thunder Dragon City was the city that Zhao Hai was currently in.
Liu Hong has been on this road for two days now, but he didn't see any carriages passing by. However, Liu Hong believed that the other party would certainly use this road to transport supplies. This was because he saw a lot of traces on this road. These traces were left behind by carriages. From the depth of the traces, one could see that the carriages were loaded with heavy things. Moreover, the carriages were less than five days old. It was precisely because of these traces that Liu Hong stayed on the side of the road. He believed that the other party's carriages would definitely pass by here.
Hard work pays off. On the fourth day of Liu Hong's ambush on the road, he finally saw an army. This was a convoy composed of several hundred carriages. A total of 5000 soldiers were guarding the convoy. In addition to these people, Liu Hong also discovered that there were at least 50 Sky Dance Realm experts in the convoy. Such a scale was already very amazing. One must know that they were in the rear, while there were still hundreds of thousands of soldiers in front. In this case, the convoy still had so many guards. This showed how much importance the Sacred Academy attached to the convoy.
Liu Hong became excited. He knew that the target he was waiting for had finally appeared. He slowly recorded everything in the convoy and prepared to report it to Zhao Hai.
After the convoy passed, Liu Hong was not in a hurry to leave the fifth official road. At this time, he was still here. He wanted to know when the other party would return. If possible, he wanted to stay here for a few more days. He wanted to see how many days the other party would send the food, and whether there would be so many people escorting the food every time.
The convoy didn't make Liu Hong wait for too long. The next morning, the convoy appeared on the road. However, the carriages weren't empty. There were also some wounded people on the carriages. These wounded people were seriously injured and couldn't fight. However, the escorts were still the same.
Liu Hong recorded all of this down. However, he still didn't leave the road. He was still waiting to see when the convoy would come again. He waited for nine days before the convoy appeared again. It was still the same carriages and the same number of guards. This made Liu Hong feel relieved.
After the convoy passed by, Liu Hong immediately set off to return to the city. At this time, the Sacred Academy's army had rested. They were also preparing to retaliate against Zhao Hai's group. Because of this, the retreating army returned to their previous position and set up camp.
Zhao Hai looked at the Sacred Academy's army outside the city and smiled faintly. Then he turned his head and said, "We're back. Haha. Tell the brothers that we've rested enough these past few days. It's time to properly deal with those guys from the Sacred Academy. Right, remember to mark the sentries. Don't make any mistakes." A person beside him immediately complied and went to pass down the order.
After the Sacred Academy's army came back, they didn't immediately attack. Instead, they set up camp first. Then they lit a fire outside the camp at night. At the same time, the number of people on patrol increased.
However, this time, Zhao Hai didn't send people to harass them. Zhao Hai was very clear that the other party was a veteran general. Harming them once was fine. But if they use it too many times, then they wouldn't be able to do it anymore. Moreover, the Sacred Academy might have already made arrangements. If they send people to harass them, then they might fall into the enemy's ambush.
Zhao Hai's guess was right, the Sacred Academy was already prepared. This time, they didn't send ordinary soldiers to ambush them. This was because they couldn't ambush ordinary soldiers. If ordinary soldiers went out to ambush them, then they would certainly be discovered by Zhao Hai. Because of this, the ambushers were all Sky Dance Realm experts.
These Sky Dance Realm experts were hiding in the sky. The night sky was very dark, and they were wearing black clothes. Because of this, nobody could see them.
However, to their disappointment, Zhao Hai didn't send people to harass them. Moreover, Zhao Hai's arrangement was very good. This made the Sacred Academy unable to give them a taste of their own medicine. They could only sulk.
The next day, the Sacred Academy prepared to attack. Their army came out of the camp along with all kinds of siege weapons. Then the army slowly moved forward, slowly advancing towards the city walls.
It wasn't that they didn't want to move fast, it was just that they couldn't. Their current speed was slower than a normal person's walking speed. There was no other way, they had to fill up the small holes on the road.
When they were about three li away from the city, a siege tower that was moving forward suddenly fell down. The siege towers that were pulling the siege towers also fell down. Then the people from the Sacred Academy discovered that there was a trench in front of them. This trench was about ten meters wide and three meters deep. There were also bamboo spears in the trench. Some of the soldiers didn't pay attention and directly fell into the trench. Some of them were directly stabbed to death by the bamboo spears. Some of them didn't die immediately, they just kept wailing in the trench.
Upon seeing this, the people from the Sacred Academy couldn't help but get angry. They didn't think that Zhao Hai would make such a trap. This was too hateful.
However, the Sacred Academy didn't want to give up this opportunity to attack. They immediately brought some thick planks from the rear and had people build bridges over the trench before continuing their attack.
However, they didn't expect that Zhao Hai's traps weren't limited to just this one. Soon, more and more traps appeared. Each trap caused the Holy Academy's army to delay a lot of time. However, this couldn't be helped. They wanted to fill up the trenches, so it would take a lot of time.
When they were two li away from the city walls, the ballistas in the city began to attack. Waves of arrows accurately covered the Sacred Academy's army. This caused a lot of casualties to the Sacred Academy's army.
At this time, the Sacred Academy still hadn't found all of Zhao Hai's traps. However, their losses were already very big. In this case, the Sacred Academy had no choice but to retreat. They left behind a lot of damaged siege weapons and wooden bridges. However, the wooden bridges and siege weapons weren't kept for too long. When night fell, Zhao Hai had the Sky Dance Experts move out and burn the fallen siege weapons and wooden bridges. This was to prevent the Sacred Academy's night attack.
The Sacred Court couldn't do anything about this situation. They could only accept it. If they wanted to attack the next day, they would have to make new siege weapons. Moreover, they would need to reconstruct the wooden planks. Otherwise, their formation wouldn't be able to spread out.
Zhao Hai's trenches weren't casually dug. The distance between the trenches was very particular. If you don't build bridges and fill up the trenches, then it would be impossible to spread out. Therefore, the Sacred Academy could only stop and make siege weapons. In the process, they sent troops to fill up the trenches.
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