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Chapter 1519 Northwest War (Fifteenth)

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    In the icy and snowy world, the mighty desert empire's broken troops trekked along the road with difficulty.

    They were covered in blood, and their feet were covered with muddy water. They were in groups of three or four, supporting each other.

    They no longer had the high spirits they had before, and now their faces were full of frustration, despair and numbness after defeat.

    These desert empire soldiers thought they could cross the Ganshui River and occupy the entire Daning Province.

    However, in just a few months, the offensive and defensive momentum suddenly changed, and they encountered the main force of the Far Eastern Army on the banks of the Ganshui River.

    After a fierce battle, more than 80,000 soldiers of the desert empire were bloodied on the battlefield, and countless wounded were even counted.

    Although they encountered powerful enemies on the battlefield and suffered heavy casualties, for these fanatical desert empire soldiers, they felt that victory was only a matter of time.

    But who knew that the situation on the battlefield took a turn for the worse overnight, and their main force quietly withdrew, leaving behind a large number of non-directed troops and new recruits to fight fiercely with the Far Eastern Army on the battlefield.

    When they were unable to hold back the Far Eastern Army's offensive and were defeated, they discovered that their marshal had disappeared, the general had run away, and they had become abandoned children.

    While cursing again and again, they had no choice but to start their escape and return home, but the road was windy and snowy, and it was extremely difficult.

    Most of the military rations were taken away by the elite main force, and the more fortunate routs hadn't grabbed some food to feed their hunger.

    However, some unlucky defeated soldiers could only escape hungry, and could only plunder those villages and towns along the way.

    Originally, the Desert Empire wanted to completely annex Daning Province, so it also strictly restrained military discipline and did not disturb the people, let alone plunder.

    But now that the army is defeated and the soldiers have lost their restraint, they naturally don't have so many scruples in the face of a hungry stomach.

    Many villages and towns near the Ganshui River were destroyed, and each village was looted and looted by the defeated army of the desert empire, which was terrible.

    However, a large number of defeated troops fled to the northwest. The lack of food, the shortage of warm clothes, and the pursuit of the Far East Army became the urging symbols for the defeated troops of the Desert Empire.

    In order to be able to survive, many soldiers of the desert empire fought each other on the road, in order to snatch horses, food, and even clothing to keep out the cold.

    On the way of defeat, some stripped corpses and tragic fighting scenes due to internal strife can be seen everywhere.

    Under the predicament of hunger, cold and pursuers, in order to survive, the defeated soldiers of the desert empire ignored each other, and infighting broke out one after another.

    The way they fled was the way they came, but what they didn't know was that their main force took another way.

    The main force of the Far East Army also chased in the direction of Xiqiu Mansion. For these defeated soldiers, the Third Field Army of the Far East Army only sent a flag regiment to chase after them.

    As far as the Far East Field Army is concerned, these defeated soldiers have become bereaved dogs, and they can't make any waves.

    However, in order to survive, these defeated soldiers will also fight desperately when their lives are threatened.

    Therefore, the officers and soldiers of the field flag regiment in the Far East who were chasing after them did not pursue too closely.

    They tried to use cold and hunger for these allies to consume the fighting power of these desert empire's defeated soldiers, so as to avoid their own casualties.

    While the main force of their banner regiment slowly followed behind the defeated army of the Desert Empire, the more than 4,000 cavalry of the 81st Banner Battalion of the Cavalry bypassed these defeated soldiers and went straight to Daning City, the provincial capital.

    The task of the Eighty-first Banner Battalion of the Cavalry is very simple, to capture Daning City before the desert empire's rout troops arrive, and cut off the retreat of these rout troops.

    At that time, even if these rout soldiers can reach Daning City alive, they will be surrounded by them and become their captives.

    Compared with the unhurried pursuit on the road to the northwest, the pursuit route to the west is full of troops.

    Liu Yidao, the commander of the Third Field Army, personally led the main force of the Third Field Army in pursuit, trying to catch up with the main force of the Desert Empire and destroy it.

    It is precisely because the main force of the Far Eastern Army led by Liu Yidao is on the western front, so these desert empire soldiers who fled on the northwest front are much luckier, at least they will not face the danger of their lives in a short period of time.

    However, they fled for their lives in the wind and snow. The cold and hunger caused some desert empire's broken soldiers to fall down from time to time.

    Especially those wounded soldiers, they really couldn't move.??, they leaned against the big tree by the roadside, begging their comrades to take them with them and not to abandon them.

    But now these new army units have completely disrupted their organizational system, and the officers are no longer concerned about their affairs, and they are all concerned with fleeing for their lives.

    They all had no time to take care of the wounded soldiers on the side of the road.

    Therefore, on the way of pursuing the Far East Empire, in addition to seeing many tragic scenes due to internal strife, from time to time they saw some desert empire soldiers who died of freezing lying on the side of the road.

    The pursuit force of the Far East Empire seemed to be a body collection force. They kept collecting the corpses of the desert empire soldiers behind them, and then dug pits to bury them, which made the soldiers of the Far East Empire complain again and again.

    Although they complained, the days of the soldiers of the desert empire who fled ahead of them were even more difficult.

    The soldiers of the Far Eastern Empire had thick military uniforms to keep out the cold, warm tents, and steaming meals.

    However, the soldiers of the Desert Empire lived in the open air, and were frightened in the ice and snow. They didn't even dare to stop and rest for fear of being caught up.

    "Master Centurion, there is no grain in the village, and everyone has run away."

    Seeing that the situation was not going well, Bai Nu and the others slipped away from the battlefield relatively quickly, so they ran ahead of the entire defeated army.

    At the beginning, I didn't dare to run much. After all, if I was caught as a deserter on the battlefield, I would lose my head.

    Later, when they saw that the defeated army on the battlefield was following up, they realized that they were indeed abandoned, so they boldly fled along the main road with confidence.

    They attacked two villages along the way, looted a lot of food and meat, and lived a good life.

    However, the day before yesterday, he was surrounded by a group of rout cavalry, and had to obediently hand over everything.

    They felt that as long as they had swords in their hands, it would be no problem to go to the villages to plunder some food. After all, except for some rout cavalry and faster-footed infantry, they were in front of the rout.

    But what made them desperate was that since they were robbed by the defeated cavalry, they seemed to have encountered bad luck.

    From the day before yesterday to the present, they encountered more than a dozen villages along the way, but what made them desperate was that all the villages seemed to have received news in advance.

    The people in these villages have long since disappeared without a single grain of food left for them.

    If it weren't for a few pieces of bacon in the cellar of one of the villages, they would be too hungry to walk by now.

    When they found that another village was empty, they were extremely depressed.

    "Wow woof¡ª"

    When they were so disappointed that they were about to leave here and continue fleeing for their lives, suddenly a dog rushed out and barked at them.

    After seeing this dog, their eyes lit up, and their faces showed joy. Several archers even bent their bows and set arrows, aiming at the barking dog.

    Soon, this big dog became the food of Bai Nu and his group, but there were thirty or so people, this little food still made them only a pad for their stomachs.

    "Let's go, it's not far from Daning City, there must be food over there."

    Seeing the brothers licking their bones, the centurion Bai Nu looked at the growing snowstorm and ordered to move on.

    The words of the centurion Bai Nu encouraged the soldiers, and since they had just eaten something, they packed up their things and moved forward again.

    Bai Nu and the others still had a dog as food, but the defeated soldiers behind them were not so lucky. Many fell into the ditch because of hunger, and never got up again.  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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