Chapter 253
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Chapter 253: More Ambush Troops?
The perspective shifts back to the battlefield in the forest.
Facing Luo Ji’s wolf-like assault, Zhou Dongnan’s army gradually became unable to resist, being pushed back bit by bit.
“Your Majesty, we can’t hold on! Let’s retreat!”
Zhou Jie, whose bronze armor was already stained red with blood, shouted loudly after stabbing five to six charging soldiers to death.
Hearing this, Zhou Dongnan gritted his teeth.
One wrong step, and every step after was wrong!
He had not expected Luo Ji, despite being in a disadvantageous troop state, to dare to lead his forces in pursuit.
Now, the situation was irreversible.
He had indeed fallen this time.
With his army’s morale low, how could they contend with these bloodshot-eyed madmen?
At this point, preserving his troops was his top priority.
For Bronze tier players, losing a few hundred troops was certainly affordable, but a few thousand troops was a number that would cause significant damage.
“Retreat! Maintain formation, all troops retreat!”
As the order was given, the soldiers began to maintain their formation, fighting as they retreated.
However, unexpectedly, at this moment, a roar of killing suddenly erupted from the forest on one side!
Zhou Dongnan’s expression instantly changed.
“How is this possible?!”
“There are still ambush troops?!”
His brain was completely unable to react at this moment.
He couldn’t imagine how a newcomer who had just ascended could have so many troops.
Was the opponent just putting on a show?
Impossible!
As a veteran who had long seen battle, Zhou Dongnan could roughly estimate the opponent’s troop numbers just by listening to the shouts of killing, estimating them to be at least over 500, possibly even close to 1,000!
He didn’t need to make further analysis, because the opponent’s forces had already appeared.
This wave of ambushers just happened to block their retreat path.
Guo Zhen, clad in bronze armor, even charged forward at the very front!
Facing such a formation, Zhou Jie, guarding beside Zhou Dongnan, was startled.
He swung the bronze halberd in his hand, directly attacking Guo Zhen, attempting to force him back.
Unexpectedly, Guo Zhen did not dodge.
Not only did he not dodge, he even actively met the attack, while the bronze battle axe in his hand directly chopped towards Zhou Jie’s head!
“Damn!”
Guo Zhen’s fierce fighting style clearly startled Zhou Jie.
If he wanted to use this method to force Guo Zhen back, he had certainly chosen the wrong person.
That guy Guo Zhen, when charging before, was always reckless.
And now, with the set of bronze armor tailored for him by Luo Ji, he charged even more recklessly.
“Die for me!”
Zhou Jie, wearing bronze armor, clearly looked like the leader of these outsider invaders.
Recognizing this, Guo Zhen now immediately wanted to chop down Zhou Jie and achieve great merit.
However, that Zhou Jie was clearly no mediocre fighter.
His deceptive fighting style had caused Liu Meng significant losses, which was why Liu Meng was still recovering in West Plains City.
Facing Guo Zhen’s desperate, all-out offensive, Zhou Jie’s face also turned ugly.
If the opponent didn’t retreat, then he could only retreat.
Was he truly going to trade injuries with the opponent?
Looking at that guy’s burly figure, even if he suffered a few holes from a bronze halberd, he might not die, but his own head, even with a bronze helmet, might not be able to withstand that axe blow.
As the saying goes, the soft fear the hard, the hard fear the reckless, the reckless fear the crazy, and the crazy fear the suicidal.
Guo Zhen, this suicidal guy, clearly made Zhou Jie wary.
Facing Guo Zhen’s tactic of ‘you stab me with a spear, I chop you with an axe, let’s see who dies first,’ Zhou Jie felt a sense of not knowing how to respond.
In the end, he was completely suppressed.
However, given his strength, nothing serious would happen to him for a while.
Instead, it made Luo Ji anxious on the other side.
He heard Luo Ji shouting repeatedly.
“Guo Zhen! The one next to him, not wearing bronze armor, is the enemy leader!”
It was very noisy on the battlefield.
Luo Ji shouted several times before Guo Zhen finally heard clearly.
Then he was a bit dumbfounded.
“Huh? The outsider leader dresses so shabbily?”
Hearing this, Zhou Dongnan almost spat out blood from anger.
Was this what he wanted?
When the camp was attacked, he had just finished changing his dressing!
And the scene was so chaotic afterward, did he have time to put on his armor?!
However, the current situation was clearly not the time to argue about this.
Zhou Jie quickly launched an attack, then shouted.
“Your Majesty, go first, your subordinate will buy time!”
At a critical juncture concerning his life, how could Zhou Dongnan be polite with him?
Upon hearing this, he immediately mounted his horse, intending to break through with his elite squad.
“Guo Zhen! Stop him!”
Luo Ji’s position at this moment was truly awkward.
Thousands of enemy and friendly soldiers were fighting in a chaotic mess in the middle.
He couldn’t break through in a short time and could only rely on Guo Zhen.
Guo Zhen, having received Luo Ji’s order, was about to act, but Zhou Jie, who had been on guard, was not standing by idly watching either.
He had been passively defending, but now, eager to protect his lord, he abandoned his usual deceptive tactics.
His attacks towards Guo Zhen now carried a clear aggressive force, attempting to tie him down and buy Zhou Dongnan time to retreat.
His fearless offensive was his fighting style, but passively taking blows was clearly not among them.
According to Zhou Jie’s strength, he was not an opponent who could be ignored, forcing Guo Zhen to turn and meet the attack.
This allowed Zhou Dongnan to find an opportunity to break through.
He himself was also a fierce general.
Although he was injured and his strength was cut in half, he and his elite squad were not something a few miscellaneous soldiers could withstand.
It had been mentioned before that at least half of the soldiers in Guo Zhen’s army were made up of surrendered soldiers.
After all, sending them back to Mirror City and training them for several months before sending them back was too troublesome.
At the same time, there was also a concern that a group of warriors might cause trouble among the population sent back to Mirror City on the way.
So, these surrendered soldiers were basically used immediately.
But this led to another problem, the surrendered soldiers, who had not undergone military training, were generally weaker than official soldiers.
Zhou Dongnan and his elite squad almost instantly tore open a gap and charged out!
Looking at the figures charging out of the forest, Guo Jia, Luo Cheng, and Liu Kai, who had been waiting outside, all squinted their eyes.
As time passed, the sky grew darker and darker, making it truly difficult to clearly see who was charging out.
Liu Qi, who had already returned to the team, quickly asked.
“General, should we pursue?”
Hearing this, Luo Cheng subconsciously wanted to say something, but unexpectedly, Liu Kai’s voice sounded before his.
“Leave a 10-man squad to protect Military Advisor Guo’s safety.”
“The others follow me in pursuit!”
