On the right side of the official road is the 10,000 Xining troops withdrawn from Xiningwei, and the commander of the troops is Xiningwei and Tongzhi Linyi. ◢ with ◢ dream ◢ small ◢ .lā .

Lin Yi saw the sound of killing on the opposite mountain, and his heart was extremely entangled.

At this time, if you go to the rescue, the army will have to go down the mountain and cross the official road, and when the demon sect army rushes over, the consequences will be unimaginable.

There are 30,000 people in the Demon Sect on the South Road, and he thinks that with 20,000 people to ambush, even if the task given by the boss is only to consume and delay the Demon Sect to run away, it is already a matter of nine deaths. If the army takes the initiative to descend the mountain again, it will be ten deaths.

These 10,000 Xining troops are all his old subordinates. He didn't want these people to die in a daze.

Just then, yellow fireworks rose on the opposite side.

This is a signal that represents a retreat.

Lin Yi's heart tightened, and the battle on the opposite side was dark, at this time, Wang Zhuozhao did not let go of the signal for help, but put the signal to retreat, which meant that Wang Zhuozhao thought that even if he led the army to rescue, it would be useless.

General Wang, you are going to prepare to be martyred!

Wang Zhuozhao is the supreme commander of this ambush operation, and since he has ordered a retreat, he will not be punished for retreating now.

Thinking of this, Lin Yi breathed a sigh of relief again, and began to rejoice that it was not a signal for help that rose on the opposite side.

He decisively ordered, withdraw!

The lives of the 10,000 brothers in the Xining Army were saved.

But he still felt like a thorn in his heart, and he always felt that he owed something to the Changping army on the other side.

He couldn't tell if he was cowardly, but he kept silently saying in his heart: General Wang, I hope you can break through safely!

10,000 Xining troops retreated from the back of the mountain in an orderly manner.

On the hill to the left of the official road, fierce fighting continues.

The armor on Wang Zhuozhao's body was already stained with blood, and he couldn't tell whether it was his or that of a demon cultist.

After the Demon Sect recognized Wang Zhuozhao as the commander of this official army, it sent nearly two hundred rui golden banners to rush towards him.

Wang Zhuozhao's personal guards swore to defend the commander to the death, and went forward one after another in the chaotic army, wanting to cover Wang Zhuozhao's outstanding encirclement.

However, there were more and more demon cultists around, and they had already surrounded them. It turned out that in order to force Wang Zhuozhao to ask for help from the officers and troops opposite, Jin Gang sent an additional 2,000 people up.

At this time, there were only three or four thousand of the 10,000 officers and soldiers left.

Wang Zhuozhao knew that the general trend had gone, and the only suspense at this time was how many brothers would be able to escape and ascend to heaven.

Breakout!

Originally, he wanted to fight until dark and then organize a breakthrough, but now it seems that the officers and troops will not hold out until dark.

So, let's run as much as you can!

It's already completely defeated anyway, isn't it?

As soon as the order to break through the encirclement was given, three or four thousand officers and soldiers immediately formed their own teams, or hundreds, or dozens, and rammed in different directions!

Wang Zhuozhao led more than 300 horses and rushed in the direction where Lanzhou City was located!

However, the Demon Cult can tolerate anyone breaking through, but it won't let him break through.

Two more battle formations of the Sharp Golden Banner joined the ranks to intercept him, and in addition, there were more than a thousand Demon Sects shouting at him.

The brothers around Wang Zhuozhao fell one by one, and the line of 300 people soon became sparse, like a boat floating in the ocean.

Until one of his own soldiers, who had been with him for many years, lay in his arms and died.

Wang Zhuozhao raised his head to the sky and roared, raised the sword in his hand, and smeared it fiercely on his neck.

Changping Wangshi, how can he be a thief?

On 17 May of the third year of Chongzhen, Wang Zhuozhao, a deputy general of the Changping Army and a member of the military department, committed suicide and martyrdom! In the first battle of Changwa Mountain, more than 8,000 officers and soldiers were lost in the battle, and more than 500 were missing, and only more than 1,100 members of the Changping Army were lucky enough to return to Lanzhou City!

And the Demon Sect was only more than 2,000 people in battle. Among them, Ruijin Banner lost more than 100 people.

At the same time, the ambushes on the North and West Roads probably suffered the same fate.

There were 15,000 ambush soldiers in Dunwa Mountain on the north road, and they fought fiercely with the Demon Sect for more than half an hour, losing 7,000 in battle and destroying 2,000 enemies.

There were 15,000 ambush soldiers in the Chen Guanying camp on the West Road, and they fought fiercely with the Demon Sect for an hour, losing 9,000 in battle and destroying 2,000 enemies.

On this day, the officers and troops lost a total of 25,000 men and horses, while the Demon Sect only lost more than 6,000 people.

This was still the result of an ambush on favorable terrain by the officers and troops, and if it were a head-on confrontation, I am afraid that the ratio of battle losses between the two sides would be even more staggering.

Cao Wenzhao didn't dare to fight the Demon Sect anymore, and put all the soldiers in Lanzhou City.

On the night of May 17, all the three armies of the Demon Sect arrived at the city of Lanzhou.

That night, however, they did not attack.

The next day, there was still no movement from the Demon Cult.

The army of about 84,000 demons surrounded Lanzhou City impenetrably, but it just didn't attack the city.

What they seem to be waiting for.

At this time, Qin Shuhuai had just arrived in Taiyuan, Shaanxi.

Almost every day, information was sent to him, either by the White Lotus Sect or by the officials and soldiers.

After learning that the Demon Sect had besieged the city for three days, Qin Shuhuai gathered his subordinates to discuss whether the Demon Sect could besiege the city and send reinforcements.

After considering a variety of information, everyone discussed and decided that it was impossible for the Demon Sect to besiege the city and send reinforcements.

The Demon Sect claims to be 300,000, but judging from the information sent by the White Lotus Sect, they only have 100,000 people at most, and Qin Shuhuai believes that the information of the White Lotus Sect will not be false.

They sent 90,000 people to besiege Lanzhou City, and even if 30,000 of them were Ma Shouying, then the Demon Sect would only have 40,000 mobile troops left.

Even if they don't want other territories, the whole army will attack to ambush reinforcements, is it possible that with 40,000 people, they want to ambush Qin Shuhuai and Hong Chengchou's 140,000 army?

If the Demon Sect is really so crazy, then Qin Shuhuai is very welcome!

However, this possibility is clearly non-existent.

So what is the Demon Cult for?

The reason why they were in a hurry to attack Lanzhou City was definitely to capture the city before Qin Shuhuai arrived in Lanzhou, so that they could rely on this strongest city in Gansu to start a decisive battle with Qin Shuhuai.

As long as Qin Shuhuai can pass this level, then the Demon Sect's entry into Beijing will no longer be a dream.

But why didn't they attack the city?

Qin Shuhuai thought for a while, and suddenly shouted, "It's broken!"

"What's wrong?" the generals hurriedly asked.

"The Demon Sect has a thick soil banner and is good at digging holes, maybe they are digging tunnels leading to Lanzhou City at this time! No, it may not be a tunnel, but a place where explosives are placed under the walls of Lanzhou City! They want explosives to blow up the city walls!"

After hearing this, Lai San'er suddenly said incredulously, "Good girl, how much gunpowder does that need?"

Pi Gou said coldly, "Kunlun and Qinghai are rich in saltpeter, and there are many warlocks from all sides in the Demon Sect, so it is easy to make gunpowder and gunpowder. ”

Qin Shuhuai also nodded and said, "That's right, the Demon Sect's Thick Earth Banner and Fire Banner are both good at using gunpowder to make mines, and as long as the hole is dug well, it doesn't take much gunpowder to blow up a large piece and collapse out." Can the walls of Lanzhou City withstand the test of subsidence?"

Lai San'er hurriedly said when he heard this, "Then is it too late for us to inform them now?"

Zhang Xiao said, "Lord Lai Xiang, when the Demon Sect and we fought the Northern Beggars and the Cao Gang together, you know the speed at which they dug holes. We're only going to inform them now, it's too late!"