The course of the battle at Muye was beyond everyone's expectations.
The Zhou army had suffered a setback on three fronts. More than half of their forces had died and they were on the brink of total collapse. Jiang Shang, who was in charge of the rear of the battlefield, could not help but sigh. He bitterly gave the order to retreat.
Jiang Shang knew that today's battle had completely cut off any possibility of Western Zhou overthrowing the Shang Dynasty. After this battle, it was hard to say if Western Zhou would be able to survive the Shang Dynasty's counterattack. He did not forget that in the far east, the main force of the Shang army was rushing back to Chaoge at full speed to rescue the king.
The dagger was revealed when the plan was revealed, but it ended up like this.
As the Prime Minister of Zhou and the Commander-in-Chief of the army, Jiang Shang could not absolve himself from the blame. Before he died, he had one more thing to do. That was to protect King Wu of Zhou's life and preserve the bloodline of the Western Zhou royal family. As long as the bloodline was not broken, there would be a day when they could rise again.
Jiang Shang ordered the chariots to turn around and prepare to retreat. Once King Wu retreated, they would retreat immediately. As for the surviving soldiers and the vassal army, Jiang Shang could not be bothered with them.
At the end of the day, Jiang Shang was a utilitarian through and through. He had already reached the point of perfection in the art of trickery and trickery. The Dongyi tribes had rebelled because of Jiang Shang's connections. Jiang Shang had instigated the Dongyi tribes to fight against the Shang Dynasty while Western Zhou reaped the benefits.
After receiving the order to retreat, King Wu displayed his role as an emperor at the critical moment. He left his soldiers behind and allowed the vassal army to retreat first. In reality, the vassal army had been defeated by the cavalry. They had abandoned their armor and were left with less than a thousand soldiers.
This battle was a nightmare for the vassal states. After returning to their countries, the vassal states had to deal with the Shang Dynasty's attack. Given King Xin's vengeful character, the best outcome for the vassal states was to be sacrificed to the gods.
As for the Zhou Dynasty's mutant army, they had already retreated. Seeing that they could not win, the lords naturally would not stay behind to die with the Zhou army. Every soldier they brought was an elite of their territories and they could not afford to lose them.
The surviving twenty thousand odd mutants abandoned their armor and scattered in all directions. Some dove into the forest, some crossed the river, and some ran into the mountains. They were like a pack of stray dogs, and the scene was spectacular. These feudal lords didn't intend to return to Meng Jin either. They decided to hide outside until the battle was over.
The King of Shang, Di Xin, knew the nature of the mutants and knew that they could not stay here for too long. Due to this, he did not arrange for the Imperial Guard Army to continue the pursuit to avoid unnecessary losses.
In this battle, while they successfully suppressed the Mutant Army, the Imperial Guard Army and the Imperial Guard Army had suffered great losses. After all, the strength of the Inhuman Army was clear for all to see. In order to earn contribution points, some of the smaller teams fought with their lives on the line. In this battle, all the war elephants had died, more than half of the Imperial Guard Army had died, and more than a thousand imperial guards had died.
Di Chen let out a long sigh as he looked at the fleeing army. In the battle of Mu Ye, they completely lost to Say Wuyi. Lord Chunshen and the rest did not even have the opportunity to participate in the final battle.
After the battle, no one knew what kind of storm would arise.
"What should we do now?" Peerless Elegance asked.
Di Chen looked around. The number of troops he could mobilize now was less than five hundred. They really could not do anything. Moreover, their cavalry had already been wiped out. Even if they wanted to retreat with King Wuwang, they could not. The only way was to follow the other feudal lords and leave the wilderness.
Di Chen laughed bitterly. "What else can we do? Let's run for our lives! "
The surviving five hundred members of the Brave Tiger Army surrounded King Wuwang and quickly retreated. The surviving twenty thousand soldiers advanced instead of retreating. They took over the defensive line left behind by the Brave Tiger Army and fought against the sword and shield troops led by Shi Wansui.
The armored soldiers were already prepared to die. Their only mission was to buy enough time for their king to retreat. The soldiers had already gone crazy. If they were stabbed, they would cling to the enemy and not let go, creating a good opportunity for their comrades to kill the enemy. It was a tragic scene. For a moment, they managed to block the attack of the sword and shield troops.
Shi Wansui was naturally not an ordinary person. The sea of blood on the battlefield had completely ignited his bloodlust. He stabbed an armored soldier to death with his spear and roared, "Don't let King Wuwang escape. Kill them. Those who block me will die!"
"Kill! Kill! Kill! "The mountain barbarian heavy infantry let out a deafening roar.
No matter how crazy a radish was, it could not withstand a kitchen knife. Once the sword and shield troops were hugged by the enemy, they would simply cut the enemy's hands in half and kick them away. Or, he could wave his shield and directly use a powerful shield strike to split open his opponent's head, causing his brain juice to burst.
The twenty thousand armored soldiers were cut off layer by layer at a speed visible to the naked eye. The scene was extremely bloody. The sacrifice of their comrades did not make the latecomers timid. On the contrary, they became even crazier.
While retreating, King Wuwang could not help but burst into tears when he heard the angry roars coming from behind him. His soldiers were being mercilessly slaughtered by the enemy, but he, the king, could do nothing.
King Wuwang turned around and looked at Di Xin, who was standing on the golden chariot supervising the battle. He said fiercely, "Di Xin, if I don't kill you, I will not be the ruler of the human world." With an even more bitter hatred, he met up with the chariot troops.
Even now, the crossbowmen in the rear did not stop shooting. Therefore, the enemy's retreat route was still advancing in the rain of arrows. Many soldiers were shot in the back when they retreated and fell to the ground.
At this time, their comrades were already safe and could not care about them. They left the wounded lying on the ground and wailing helplessly. They turned a deaf ear to their cries for help.
The trenches in the southern suburbs had been completely filled with corpses, and blood flowed everywhere. The cruel thing was that these corpses helped the soldiers retreat quickly and became the best stepping stones. At least they did not have to spend effort to cross the trenches. At this time, every minute and second was so precious. It was a matter of life and death.
The soldiers' only thought was to quickly get out of the enemy's crossbowmen's shooting range. The powerful crossbowmen became a lingering nightmare for the Zhou army.
Even King Wuwang could not help but sigh when he retreated. "Those who perish are strong crossbows." When they met up with the chariot behind them, there were less than a thousand people left out of the one thousand five hundred soldiers.
Ouyang Shuo did not intend to give up. He had already been appointed as the commander of the battlefield by the King of Shang. He gave the order to capture King Wuwang alive and capture Jiang Shang.
At the same time, he ordered the cavalry to assist the sword and shield troops to quickly destroy the army that was still resisting stubbornly.
"Capture King Wuwang alive and capture Jiang Shang!" The soldiers shouted and launched a counterattack.
The cavalry was still the first to move. Under the leadership of Zhang Liao, Qin Qiong, and Lin Yi, the cavalry suddenly turned left and plunged into the enemy's center.
It was true that if the cavalry suddenly plunged into the enemy's rear, there was a high chance that they could destroy the three hundred chariots behind the Zhou army and even capture Jiang Shang.
However, once the chariots were destroyed, it was equivalent to completely destroying the last hope of the Zhou army's retreat. They could only force them to fight with their lives on the line. That was a very unwise move.
Other than that, Ouyang Shuo had his own selfish motives. If he let King Wuwang escape now, then only the cavalry of Shanhai County could catch up to them. In this way, the reward for killing Zhou Wuwang would definitely fall into his hands and not be snatched away by some lucky person.
Moreover, Ouyang Shuo did not want the sword and shield troops to suffer too many losses. The damage caused by the berserk soldiers was still very great.
The reinforcement of the cavalry completely forced the Zhou soldiers into a dead end. The cavalry and the sword and shield troops cooperated with each other and launched a pincer attack on the surviving soldiers.
It was only then that the crossbowmen stopped shooting. The continuous high-intensity shooting made the slaves, who were not physically fit to begin with, so tired that they almost collapsed. Even the five thousand mutant crossbowmen were exhausted.
They were the main contributors to today's victory.
By the time the cavalry and the sword and shield troops completely annihilated the surviving soldiers, King Wuwang had already escaped in the chariots with Jiang Shang and the kings of the vassal states.
The noisy battlefield suddenly quieted down, leaving only a few painful moans.
The pitter-patter of rain stopped at some point. The dark clouds dispersed, and the sun shone on the earth again, bringing warmth to all the survivors.
The sun shone on the southern suburbs. There was no longer a trace of green. The grass was covered with corpses and dyed red with blood. A flock of vultures flew from the sky and circled in the sky, unwilling to leave for a long time.
Facing the hell in front of them, many lords could not bear it and retreated to the back, vomiting non-stop.
They could only blame the game for being too realistic and too bloody. Countless organs, rectums, and brain matter flowed on the grass, attracting swarms of flies.
Perhaps, for the animals in the wilderness, this was an unexpected gluttonous feast.
King Xin of Shang stood on the golden chariot, not caring about the corpses around him. General E came beside him, chuckling.
Ouyang Shuo rode the cyan beetle horse to the side of the golden chariot, dismounted, and cupped his fists. "Your Majesty, the enemy leader has escaped. Please allow me to lead my troops to chase after him."
King Xin had the same intention. Of course, he understood the principle of eliminating the root of the problem. However, the Imperial Guards and the royal guards alone could not catch up to the enemy's chariots. King Xin was naturally happy that Ouyang Shuo volunteered.
"Alright, then I'll trouble you to make another trip. When you return to Chaoge, I will reward you handsomely, "King Xin promised.
"Yes!" Ouyang Shuo got on his horse after receiving the order, found Lin Yi, and led the cavalry of Shanhai County towards Meng Jin.
The other lords watched the cavalry of Shanhai County leave with envious expressions. Of course, they knew how many contribution points were waiting to be harvested after they caught up. King Wuwang of Zhou was not the only one who escaped. There were also the kings of the vassal states. Those were all huge contribution points. They only hated that their warhorses were not strong enough. (To be continued.)
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