Zhao Dengyan, on the other hand, was anxious. "Khan, we've been tricked. I knew that something was wrong with Du Qi's retreat. Although Du Qi doesn't have enough troops, he's very smart. He's not an ordinary person. The schemes he had set up were all linked to one another and were extremely terrifying. Retreat, we'll retreat immediately. Leave Gaochang and return to Yanqi first. "
"Bullshit!"
Tongyehu's face turned serious.
His eyes were sharp and he said aggressively, "Although the forest is on fire, it'll be fine as long as we charge out. Pass down the order and we'll charge out. As long as we set up camp outside, we'll be able to win with more troops. "
Zhao Dengyan said, "Khan, listen to me. Let's retreat. If we don't retreat now, we won't be able to. "
"Shut up!"
Tongyehu said again, "I'll kill you if you keep talking nonsense."
"Charge, let's charge out!"
Tong Yehu gave the order. Following his order, he mobilized his personal guards and the surrounding soldiers and charged forward. Everyone was charging at full speed. In a short time, they had reached the entrance of Gale Forest.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! "
Suddenly, a sharp, ear-piercing sound came from outside.
Arrows shot out one after another.
Not far from Gale Forest, an army of about three thousand people appeared. Among the three thousand people, the shield soldiers and spear soldiers were at the front. They were in charge of blocking the Turks. Behind them were the archers who were in charge of killing the Turks with arrows.
"Kill!"
The person leading them was Zhu Youtian.
He was the general of the army.
Zhu Youtian's fighting spirit was high. He shouted, "Men, go forward! Everyone, go forward! Block the Turks' attack. If they don't come out, they'll all die in the sea of fire. Grit your teeth and block them. "
Zhu Youtian's blood was boiling from this battle.
In the past, he was just a bandit. Even if he restrained his subordinates, he was still a bandit and was despised by others. But now, he was one of Du Qi's subordinates. He was an official. He was very excited to be able to kill the Turks.
A man should kill the Turks with a sword.
Following Zhu Youtian's order, the team quickly moved forward. In a short period of time, he had advanced fifty steps and was now less than forty steps away from the Great Gale Forest. At this moment, the soldiers under Tong Yehu's command had already charged out.
Tong Yehu's eyes were filled with fighting spirit. When he saw the long spear formation outside, he shouted, "Charge, charge!"
The Turkic soldiers charged forward, but even though they were accompanied by cavalry, the spear formation and shield soldiers made it impossible for Tongyehu's cavalry to break through, and the infantry were pinned down.
Most importantly, the cavalry couldn't pull away.
He was unable to form the power to sprint.
Zhu Youtian looked at the soldiers who were stubbornly holding on and was extremely excited. He shouted, "Boys, we are not here to kill the enemy today, but to stall for time. As long as we can stop the Turks, we will win. "
All of the soldiers went all out to block the attacks of Tong Yehu's soldiers.
Seeing this, Tong Yehu gave the order to attack again.
He intended to kill his way out.
Zhu Youtian led his men to hold on. Under the immense pressure, even the three thousand soldiers began to retreat a certain distance. Even so, Zhu Youtian and the others were still pinned down in this region, preventing all the Turkic soldiers from charging out.
To Zhu Youtian and the others, the more time they delayed, the more Turkic soldiers would be killed.
This was worth it no matter how one looked at it.
Under Zhu Youtian's stubbornness, time passed, and Du Qi's army had already entered the battlefield. The appearance of the fresh troops instantly turned the situation around and blocked the attacks of the Turkic army. This caused Tong Yehu's thoughts of killing his way out to fail.
Tong Yehu also noticed this scene, and he was stunned. Even though Du Qi had brought fewer soldiers than him, his situation was worse. If he couldn't kill his way out, he would lose many soldiers.
However, the sea of fire behind them was still burning.
Retreating was also dangerous.
Tong Yehu wasn't willing to retreat, so he could only give the order to continue charging out. However, even after 30 minutes, they were still unable to break through. At this time, the fire at the rear had become slightly smaller and was not as strong as before.
After all, the Great Gale Forest was filled with shrubs and there weren't any deep forests. Therefore, even though the sea of fire was still burning, it wasn't as big as before.
Seeing that they couldn't break through and the fire behind them was laughing, Tong Yehu decisively gave the order, "Send the order to retreat. We will break through the forest and retreat!"
He couldn't charge out.
He could only retreat.
When Zhao Dengyan heard Tong Yehu's order, his expression changed. He immediately advised, "Khan, it's not appropriate to retreat! We have wasted so much time, and the ground is already burning hot. Even if the fire on the shrubs has weakened, the ground is still on fire. Retreating will definitely result in losses. Since we are staying, we can only kill our way out of Du Qi's encirclement. "
Previously, he had suggested retreating.
However, Tong Yehu wanted to stay and fight.
Now wasn't the time to retreat, but Tong Yehu wanted to retreat. Zhao Dengyan immediately retorted.
Tong Yehu stared at Zhao Dengyan and said, "Du Qi is obviously trying to block us and use the sea of fire to exhaust our strength. The key is that it's not like we haven't broken through before. Under this premise, we can only break through the forest. Now that the fire is gradually decreasing, although there are sparks in many places, the path is clear and we can break through. "
"Retreat, retreat!"
Tong Yehu ordered again.
As the order was given, the Turkic soldiers retreated with miserable expressions and rushed into Gale Forest. There were still flames burning in Gale Forest, but many of the shrubs were burned and the weeds on the ground were burned clean. They could barely pass through.
However, the soldiers were easily injured.
In this situation, countless Turkic soldiers began to run, using their speed to avoid the sparks. Even so, many people were still hit by the logs and many people's feet were burned.
The number of injured soldiers was innumerable.
However, they had no other choice.
They could only retreat.
Du Qi saw Tong Yehu retreating into the forest and smiled. How could it be so easy for Tong Yehu to retreat? Du Qi waved his hand, and a soldier came forward to pour water on the ground, clearing a path for them.
Although the speed was slower, it did not affect Du Qi much. After all, Du Qi was not in a hurry. As Du Qi's army slowly advanced, Tong Yehu's army finally broke through the encirclement and left Gale Forest.
The soldiers under his command had come out.
However, they suffered heavy losses.
At this moment, Tong Yehu was in a terrible state. His face was charred black, and his hair was charred. He looked very miserable. Even the war horse under him was covered in injuries.
Tong Yehu's face was cold and solemn as he gritted his teeth. He did not retreat as he believed that with the sea of fire, Du Qi would not be able to chase after him.
After resting for a while and seeing his soldiers come out, Tong Yehu immediately ordered them to count their losses.
After a round of counting, Tong Yehu was stunned. Although he had lost a thousand men in the battle with Du Qi, he still had sixty thousand men. In the battle in Gale Forest, he had lost half of his thirty thousand elite cavalry and was only left with ten thousand.
The key was that most of the war horses had scattered after the fire and the remaining cavalry did not have any war horses. As for the forty thousand elites from Yanqi and Qiuci, they had lost many and were only left with ten thousand.
The number of soldiers in Tong Yehu's army was less than twenty thousand. Moreover, they were all covered in dirt and were covered in wounds. Such an army was beaten to the point that they no longer had the strength to fight.
Such losses made Tong Yehu's heart ache.
Zhao Dengyan followed beside Tong Yehu and sighed, "Khan, now that we have broken out, let's quickly retreat. Du Qi will not let this go."
"Right, right, retreat!"
Tong Yehu did not dare to delay as he did not have many soldiers left. With his current strength, he was not Du Qi's opponent. Once they met, it would be difficult to retreat. Leaving quickly was the right thing to do.
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