Bai Li Yan (i.e. Wei Xian) roared angrily, and the wolves roared almost simultaneously, like two very different species, screaming hysterically before fighting.

Thirty paces away is just the blink of an eye for a large prehistoric canine like a dire wolf.

Bai Liyan held the shield and the steel spear tightly, and knelt on one knee to stick to the front line. When he was young, the sound of strings behind him roared and thousands of arrows were fired in unison, ruthlessly pouring out the fear and struggle from human instinct.

The crossbow arrows were like steel nails, piercing into the body of the dire wolf, and the first few heads to approach were instantly shot into hedgehogs by thousands of crossbow arrows, and fell to the ground dying in pain, and the wounded and undead screamed wildly, letting out a hysterical roar, which was painful rage.

Bailiyan took a deep breath and shouted like a flood:

"Hold your position, kill!"

"Kill!"

All the soldiers spoke in unison, and their morale was unprecedentedly high.

More than a dozen dire wolves rushed to the Xianjun one after another, the warrior's eyes were quick to go up is a sharp shot, the dire wolf was not afraid of pain, continued to roar and pounced on the soldiers, the left and right comrades fought together, jumped up and stabbed out seven or eight shots together, the fierce wolf whined a miserable scream, and before the counterattack was a burst of string sound.

Dozens of crossbow arrows pounced on the wolf, nailed into the body, at this time someone shot in the head, with a whimper and died, a dire wolf died under the merciless blade.

In the blink of an eye, another hungry wolf crossed the shield wall and pounced on the warriors, and a group of comrades besieged them, and before the evil wolf could jump up again, more than a dozen spears and short swords stabbed each other, and some of them stabbed the head with a quick shot, killing them on the spot.

The battle lasted for a while and came to an abrupt end, the fierce wolves in front of the Xian army were killed and wounded, they came quickly, and the death was short, which caught people off guard, Bailiyan didn't dare to breathe, and hurriedly shouted:

"All the armies do not move, stick to the battle position!"

Before the words fell, a scream came, very close:

"Lu Gao, what are the casualties of our army!"

"I don't know yet. However, the situation of the Qi army is not good, whether to let the crossbowmen go over to support it. Lu Gao proposed.

"Let Sikong Nan bring people over, you quickly go and count the casualties of our army, and the battalions continue to be on guard!"

"No!"

The Qi army was weak in combat and its morale was low, and it was difficult to deal with such a sudden and terrifying attack if it were not for the old soldiers.

When he was young, Lu Gao came to report:

"General, our army lost four people killed in the battle, thirty-two wounded, and eight of them were seriously wounded, I'm afraid it won't work."

"Immediate rescue!"

"No!"

There were only thirty-six casualties, and Bai Liyan immediately breathed a sigh of relief. In the defense area of 50 meters to the left and right in front of him, eleven dire wolves were killed, and the two-mile-long defense line, not to mention no less than ninety, is not a bad situation.

The battle continued, the screams came and went, the Qi army was in chaos, Sikong Nan supported and regained one percent, the Qi army suffered more than 150 casualties, and more than half of the dead were killed.

"Sikong Nan, a few fierce wolves were found in front of the Qi army."

"Fifty-seven have been found so far." Sikong Nan said decisively.

"It seems that there are at least one hundred and forty or fifty of us who have attacked us, and this is not counting the escape, at least two hundred or so. According to this estimate, our army of 200,000 people was attacked by at least 2,000 fierce wolves. ”

"The last general said that tonight is too hanging, the effect of the flying canister is very poor, except for the light, it is useless, if it is not for the snow wall, this beast will attack our army from all sides, and the casualties will not be less."

"It's still a wolf!"

Baili Yan said meaningfully, Sikong Nan had already thought:

"The general is worried about the toothed tiger!"

"Exactly. I judged that the barbarian army would definitely not let the Toothed Tiger and the Fierce Wolf attack at the same time, these two fierce beasts are each other's mortal enemies, so the Fierce Wolf was dispatched tonight, and the Toothed Tiger will definitely not be dispatched again, but it is difficult to say in the future. Moreover, this year coincides with snowfall, and our army has the convenience of the snow wall, if it is spring and summer, our army has no danger to defend, and it will undoubtedly suffer heavy losses, and there is no place for vehicles such as blocking carriages. ”

Wolves and tigers are both carnivores, competing with each other, and even domesticated animals have no possibility of coexistence.

The fierce wolf in front of him is actually the ancestor of prehistoric canines, the dire wolf, with a huge size and a bloody mouth, which can directly bite off the thick and strong legs of adult men, which is extremely lethal.

If you are defenseless, you will definitely suffer heavy casualties, and it is by no means as simple as one or two hundred casualties, two hundred dire wolves are enough to kill one or two hundred people, and even hit them hard.

The Chinese army and the rear army have been fighting for a long time, and from time to time there are still terrible shouts, there are living people who were dragged away from the brigade by the dire wolves, and they were ferociously eaten alive by a group of vicious wolves.

From time to time, there were lone wolves who suddenly rushed out to attack the Xian army, and were killed by long spears and short swords and crossbow arrows, and wounded three more people.

In the second half of the night, the sound of killing gradually stopped, and the screams were endless. The dire wolf retreated in a hurry after leaving a large number of corpses, neither heard the call of the head wolf, nor did there be a signal from humans, so it disappeared into the darkness, followed by a few shouts of horses, most of which were lost war horses, and they hit the wolves.

Holding on until dawn in such a panic, the various armies successively sent cavalry out to search and guard, and the true face of the dire wolf was also seen more clearly.

"Phew!" Su Hong wrapped a bandage in his left hand, spat at the dead dire wolf, and kicked again, and he almost died last night.

"Su Hong, how is the injury!" Bai Liyan asked.

"It's okay, I was scratched twice on the back of my hand by this beast, and there was more blood, so it's good to raise it."

"Be careful, after being bitten by dogs and wolves, it is easy to get rabies, and the wound should be bled more and disinfected with alcohol, so as not to lose your life."

"Got it, General Wei."

The generals of the Southern Expedition are all equipped with chain mail, covering all the way to the forearm, even if the forearm is bitten by a fierce beast, most of them can only bite and flatten, and cannot cause serious open wounds. However, the hands are still exposed and are still highly vulnerable to attack.

When he was young, a royal guest came on horseback:

"General Wei, what are the casualties of the Xian army?"

"Eleven killed, twenty-eight lightly wounded."

Yuke was stunned when he heard the news, and at first thought he had heard it wrong, so he asked again:

"Is General Wei serious?"

"Could it be that Your Excellency wants your brothers to die!"

"Uh...... I'm sorry, I'm being rude. ”

The royal guest was busy with apologies, and Bai Liyan asked:

"What are the casualties of the other princes?"

"There were more than 300 casualties in our Yuke, nearly 500 casualties in the Xu Kingdom, more than 100 casualties in the Zhi Army and Jin Army, more than 150 casualties in the Wei Army, and 100 to 200 casualties in Yan, Zhao, Chen, and Xu."

Bailiyan was taken aback when she heard the news:

"So many people!"

Yuke is quite happy:

"General Wei doesn't know, on weekdays, our army has thousands or even tens of thousands of casualties, and the only wolf corpses left last night are more than 600 bodies, not counting the Xian army and the Qi army, this battle can be described as an unprecedented victory."

In the eyes of Yuke, what a brilliant record of killing more than 600 wolves and killing and wounding more than 1,000 people may be right, after all, before this, there has never been a precedent for destroying 200 dire wolves in one battle.

And this time, more than seven or eight hundred heads were killed in one night, and I don't know how many were injured, which is indeed a commendable victory. But human life is worth more than animals.

The sky was bright, and the armies successively cleaned the battlefield and buried the corpses, and the fur of the dire wolf as a trophy was undoubtedly a huge gain in this battle.

In the Central Plains, especially in the southern region, the powerful and wealthy who bought luxurious furs flocked to it, and a dire wolf's fur was worth 100 gold, which was undoubtedly an income used by the royal guests to raise military rations.

At this time, Bailiyan saw more and more unfathomable unspoken rules in the south, in fact, in the final analysis, it was the result of the separation of the Central Plains and the merger of countries, which led to economic independence.

The princes and princes were like large city-states that were divided, and each place was increased by a tax, and such an infinite overlap of taxes undoubtedly increased the cost of defending the homeland. Of course, there are hateful things about the royal guest, but the reality is not cruel and ruthless.

As soon as the harvested furs of the various armies should be handed over, Bailiyan found Ji Yao:

"General Ji, how are the casualties of the Qi army?"

"Alas...... There were more than 160 casualties, more than half of whom were killed. ”

Ji Yao's attitude was diametrically opposed to that of the Royal Guest, who was glad that the coalition had suffered more than 1,000 casualties last night, but Ji Yao had a sad face, as if the army had been routed. In other words, Gu Yao had no idea about the proportion of casualties caused by the attack of the beast soldiers.

Bai Liyan was in no mood to pay attention to Ji Yao's sad face at this time, and he continued:

"General Ji, Wei got the order of the marshal, ordered our army to break away from the army, set off for the west at eight o'clock in the morning, and asked General Ji to quickly gather troops and horses and set off with our army."

"Last night was attacked, today we will break away from the army and go on the road, in case of interception by the barbarian army, our army will not fall into the net."

As Cao Chizheng expected, Ji Yao categorically would not agree to go alone. Bai Liyan said again at this time:

"Please General Ji consider it himself, if he is unwilling to follow our army, the Qi army will open the way for the army by itself, and our army will go west alone to find out the truth and truth. Wei said that, and hoped that General Ji would be cautious. ”

After finishing speaking, Bailiyan turned to the side and walked, and Ji Yao hurriedly chased behind:

"General Wei, General Wei! It's too dangerous to go deep alone. ”

"The marshal arranged like this, it must be the marshal's deep meaning, the current situation in Xiaochi is urgent, and our army cannot be delayed, and I hope that General Ji will act prudently."

According to Cao Chizheng's deployment, if Ji Yao could not follow the Xian army to advance to the west, Ji Yao would continue to open the way as the vanguard of the coalition army.

At this time, Jin Xuedi set up an ambush on the west side, and the Xian army attacked westward as a rapid interspersed force, and Jin Xuedi categorically did not expose the main force until he saw the main force of the coalition army. Therefore, more than 10,000 people of the Xian army passed quickly, and Jin Xuedi was very likely to mistake it for a test of the coalition army, and let the Xian army go without moving.

After the Qi army appeared, and the main force of the coalition army was not seen, Jin Xuedi might knock the Qi army at this time to lure out the main force of the coalition army, so that the Qi army led by Ji Yao was likely to become a bait, and then the Xian army driver moved, opening up the situation for the sudden attack of the main force of the coalition army.