Next to the fire pit in the forest, Valentin could not come back to his senses for a long time after hearing the new news. He had sent out a battalion with the intention of taking down the bait, but in the end, the entire battalion was killed by the bait instead. How could this be?
Moreover, how was this bait? It was clearly the Pyro Company's main forces. Otherwise, how could they take down an entire battalion of his expeditionary army?!
Valentin stood up from beside the fire pit and looked at a barbarian next to him. "Go, I want to receive news of their deaths before dawn."
That barbarian threw away the bone club in his hand and rubbed his oily hands on the front of his shirt before leading his troops west.
Immediately, a dense crowd of barbarians surged west with the intention of encircling the "bait."
At this moment, Ren Xiaosu was still leading his troops forward. The soldiers of the recon company were no longer saying anything. Everyone tacitly agreed to one fact: They just had to follow along into the forest this time and did not need to work too hard.
Suddenly, Ren Xiaosu stopped in his tracks. The T4 combatant behind him wondered, "What's the matter, sir?"
Ren Xiaosu stood where he was and did not say anything. Ten seconds later, everyone saw him turn around and run!
After taking a few steps, Ren Xiaosu turned around and looked at the recon company soldiers. "Run! Hurry up and run! "
T 40219 was confused. "Sir, where are we going?"
"We've killed too many barbarians, so all of them are here now. Run!" With that, Ren Xiaosu ran for the Great Wall like his life depended on it. He planned to get back inside the Great Wall before the barbarians' main forces found them!
T 40219 hurriedly asked the command center on the radio, "We've encountered the enemy's main forces. Can we retreat?"
The people in the command center were stunned. To be honest, they did not even see the shadows of the barbarians in the real-time transmission. If anyone else were to lie about the military situation and try to retreat, they would definitely be treated as deserters by P5092.
But when Ren Xiaosu said this, P5092 believed him. "Let's retreat."
With that, the recon company also started running for their lives after Ren Xiaosu.
No one saw where Man Zi was. Anyway, they just followed Ren Xiaosu and ran.
More than a hundred people were retreating at full speed. At the beginning, the recon company had a platoon that was responsible for bringing up the rear. However, Ren Xiaosu roared, "Who the hell are you guys bringing up the rear at this time? All of you, run! Hurry up and run! I'll beat the brains out of anyone who tries to bring up the rear!"
In Ren Xiaosu's opinion, how could one or two platoons be able to fend off the densely packed barbarians in the forest? Bringing up the rear would be equivalent to sending them to their deaths, so it would be better for all of them to run for their lives.
As the recon company had retreated early and their average physical fitness was that of a T3, they were not sloppy at all when they ran. The barbarians' main force behind them could not catch up to them even after chasing for a long time.
At this moment, several hundred barbarians suddenly emerged from the main force of the barbarians. They no longer followed the main force, but used their own speed to chase after the recon company.
These were the experts of the main force. The lowest rank among them was a centurion, and the higher ranked ones were even lieutenants.
In the expeditionary army's fighting order, five people formed a platoon. The commanding officer was called a corporal, while those in charge of 20 people were called sergeants, those in charge of 100 people were called centurions, those in charge of 500 people were called lieutenants, those in charge of 1,000 people were called lieutenants, those in charge of 5,000 people were called lieutenants, and those in charge of a 10,000-man army were called generals.
Above the general was the king.
The division of strength in the expeditionary army was also very simple. The strong were respected, and only a few people with outstanding talent in military command could surpass this rank. However, they would still be looked down upon by the other barbarian officers.
In fact, the recon company was about to leave the forest. But when T 40219 turned around, he saw that the hundreds of experts among the barbarians had already appeared. Furthermore, they were moving faster than them, and the distance between the two sides was constantly closing!
T 40219 explained the situation over the radio, "The enemy is pursuing us very quickly. Requesting reinforcements."
In the command center, the deputy commander said firmly, "Sir, we can't save them. If we send the other main forces out of the city at this time, it'll be equivalent to giving up the defensive advantage of the Great Wall. When they encounter the barbarians' main forces, they'll definitely suffer heavy losses."
P5092 looked at the screen quietly before finally saying to T 40219, "There's no reinforcements, but when y 'all get within three kilometers of the Great Wall, the cannons and heavy machine guns on the walls can provide cover."
P5092 was an absolutely rational person. As the highest commander of the 3rd Division, he had to ensure that every decision he made was absolutely correct and not let his emotions get the better of him.
Even if Ren Xiaosu, whom he wanted to instigate, was still in the recon company.
P5092 did not think it was worth it to exchange the lives of several thousand people for Ren Xiaosu.
It was not that he did not want to save them, but that he could not.
Honestly, for some reason, when P5092 made this decision, he suddenly felt a little sad. It seemed like he would feel a little sad every time he had to give up something important to him.
His ability to command was what made him "useful" as a member of the Pyro Company. It was also where his value lay.
And this sad feeling was something he should feel as a human being.
It was just like how he would spend the night alone in his tent after every battle.
People often said, "You are a human being first and foremost. You have to be a good human being before you talk about anything else."
But the Pyro Company members were different. They were intricate components of a great ideal before they were human beings.
Yang Xiaojin, who had been watching from the sidelines at the command center, suddenly got up and left. When she left, she even took the Pyro Company's standard anti-materiel sniper rifle with her.
The recon company had already left the forest. A soldier on the walls who was observing the situation with binoculars reported back, "The barbarians are following behind the recon company at an extremely fast speed. It's estimated that the two sides will engage in a pursuit in three minutes."
But all of a sudden, the soldier watching from the top of the Great Wall was stunned. That was because he saw a girl sliding down the wall with a rope tied to it. She was even carrying a Pyro Company's standard anti-materiel sniper rifle on her shoulder.
Then the girl sprinted towards the battlefield.
When the two sides gradually approached each other, the girl suddenly knelt on one knee and started firing. The huge recoil of the gun made her lean back slightly. Immediately after, she adjusted her shooting angle and pulled the trigger again.
A mist of blood suddenly exploded from one of the barbarians, while another barbarian's head exploded. Next to Yang Xiaojin, a huge cloud of dust was blown into the air by the side of the sniper rifle's exhaust.
In Yang Xiaojin's opinion, anyone could choose not to save Ren Xiaosu, but she, Yang Xiaojin, had to save him.
In order to get a better view of the battle situation, P5092 walked up to the walls and took the binoculars.
He saw one expert barbarian after another explode into a mist of blood from the sniper rifle. Meanwhile, Ren Xiaosu led the recon company straight towards the sniper's position.
The expert barbarians who were in charge of the pursuit finally hesitated when faced with the sniper. They started slowing down and wanted to wait for the troops behind them to join up with them.
But Ren Xiaosu did not care about that. Since the enemy had slowed down, this was a good opportunity for them to escape.
Ren Xiaosu ran over to where Yang Xiaojin was lying in ambush, picked her up, and ran. When P5092 saw this, he fell silent.
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