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Chapter 730 730 The Resentful Army

On the road, the dense army could not see the end at a glance, and the soldiers of Dahua walked on the road home step by step with tired legs in the humid air.

They were very depressed, because they finally walked through Lijia Village from Nanfengkou, and then walked from Lijia Village to Xicong.

They were really tortured along the way: it was rainy and rainy when they came, and everyone could only walk a few kilometers every day. There was mud and water everywhere, which severely tortured the feet of the Dahua army.

As I said before, this kind of weather is very unfriendly to the soldiers' feet. Wet boots will cause the feet to rot. Soldiers generally suffer from beriberi, and when the fungal cross-infection is severe, it can make people feel miserable.

Therefore, the marching speed from Nanfengkou to Xicong was extremely slow.The soldiers complained, and the officers were equally miserable.

Compared with the well-equipped Tang army, Dahua's troops were worse in terms of detail software. They did not have enough rainproof equipment, and the quality of raincoats was poor, and almost half of them did not have such equipment at all.

These people can only make do with traditional coir raincoats and leather, and then they get soaked while walking on the road.

Influenza was rampant in the army. If it hadn't been for the purchase of some drug preparation technology from Datang Pharmaceutical, the Dahua army itself might have collapsed at this time.

Even so, the consumption of medicines is also huge, and military doctors have to be busy for a long time every day to appease those unlucky ones who keep coughing and fever.

It wasn't until this time that the Dahua troops who had assembled and advanced towards Xi Cong realized that they were here to fight.

But they haven't seen Datang's enemies until now, and they are about to play themselves to death.While these troops were waiting angrily to go to Xicong to vent their anger on the Tang people, they received an order to retreat...

Qian Jinhang didn't even know how to bring this matter up to these troops. They had walked such a long distance in the rain, but they had to go back the same way without firing a single shot.

For everyone, this is desperate news.So after calming down the emotions of the soldiers for more than a day, the troops who received the order to return to defense began to move slowly.

Because of the rain, the tents were basically soaked, and most of the white canvas painted with waterproof tung oil was about to lose its waterproof function.

These heavy things were piled up in disorder on the carriage, and the soldiers looked at the gray sky and took another step helplessly.

Their shoes were covered with mud, because the logistics supply convoy had been rolling over and over again, and the road they came here was already very muddy.

The soldiers walked with one foot deep and one foot shallow. From time to time, a group of people could be seen crowded in the middle of the road, pushing a muddy carriage together amidst slogans.

Along with the soldiers, there were also artillery pieces of various calibers crowded on the road.These are the most valuable things in the army, and they cannot be discarded easily.

Therefore, when the soldiers are on their way, they have to stop constantly to help push these heavy iron bumps out of the mud pit, so the speed of the troops can be described as crawling.

They walked slowly on the ground like tortoises, and within a few miles they had to think about camping again—although they had just left the previous camp a few hours ago, and now they had to start looking for relatives again. Once again camped in a drier place.

That's why they set out for so many days, the Tang army had already captured Tengyun, and they had just arrived in Lijia Village.

There is no way, morale has been tortured to the verge of collapse by the continuous rush, and even the commanders of Dahua dare not easily force these soldiers who are on the verge of explosion like explosives.

"The front is Lijia Village. The vanguard troops have already crossed there... It will take about two days before we can return to Nanfengkou." A commander stood on a high ground, overlooking his troops.

Like a giant snake, his troops meandered on the road, and the land on both sides was full of camps, with endless carriages, cars, and cannons parked.

"The road will be fine soon. I heard that the road has been being built all the time. It has been paved with stones from Nanfengkou to Lijia Village." Another general comforted himself, recalling the previous message.

"What did you do earlier?" The leading general of the Dahua Army snorted coldly, obviously very dissatisfied with the logistics engineering troops.

This road should have been repaired a long time ago, or at least some stones should be paved to make it easier for the troops to walk.Improving the efficiency of supplies can also make the front line more comfortable, right?

However, due to the rain and the war situation, the plan to build this road was obviously delayed, and it was not until recently that it was barely built near Lijia Village.

But they have also arrived at Lijia Village, and it will be a good way to go further. This is undoubtedly good news for the Dahua troops.

In this way, they can rush back to Nanfengkou more quickly, and when they get there, they can enter the city, at least eat a few warm meals, live in a house with a roof for a few days, and let the troops have a good rest.

As for the fact that the Tang army went south to threaten Nanfengkou, it was actually not a big deal in the eyes of the retreating Dahua army commanders.

After all, as long as they arrive at Nanfengkou, with 10,000+ troops stationed in a supply transfer station with strong fortifications, the Tang army may really have no good way to take them in a short time.

"I don't know what's going on with General Ding Hong. It shouldn't be a problem to guard for two days, right?" Breathing the humid air, the leading commander asked with his hands behind his back.

There have only been two drizzles in the past two days. Overall, the weather is not bad. At least there are no obstacles to the march. It is obviously much better than the downpour.

Although for the overall battle situation, the weather is not good news.But for the retreating Dahua troops, it is obviously good that the weather is getting clearer.

"Don't worry, the previous telegram said that General Ding Hong has at least 5 troops in his hands, and it's only for two or three days. There shouldn't be any problems." The general next to him said very firmly.

Not to mention that the Tang army did not have many people coming from afar, even if there were also 5 people, the Dahua troops should be very confident if they persisted for two or three days relying on the permanent fortifications.

"What's more, didn't Ding Hong just send a message a few hours ago, saying that he had repelled another attack by the Tang army, and the outer defense line at Nanfengkou is still there, is it impregnable?" Then the general added.

"The battle situation is changing rapidly, so we should be more cautious." The general with his hands behind his back was a little worried. He couldn't tell what would go wrong, but he was always worried about what might go wrong.

This feeling can be said to be a sixth sense, or intuition, like a mouse on a ship that is about to be silent, like a wife whose husband has cheated on her and is suspicious...

While the two were talking, a fast horse came galloping from the road, and the knight on the horse shouted loudly, regardless of the cursing soldiers on their way, and rushed past the crowd without slowing down.

The soldiers walking on the road gave way one after another, but soon the knight rushed off the embankment and rushed towards the high ground here.

The knight brandished his whip and kept whipping his mount until he reached the front of the hillside and met the guards before getting off his horse.

He staggered all the way up to the high ground, came to the front of several generals out of breath, pointed in the direction of Lijia Village, and cried in a low voice: "It's not good! Tang Jun! Tang Jun is here!"

"What?" The general who came up to help the signal soldier trembled when he heard the news, and almost threw the signal soldier to the ground.

The messenger staggered for a moment, raised his head and repeated in mourning: "It's not good! The Tang army is here! They've arrived at Lijiacun! They've arrived at Lijiacun!"

"Nonsense! How could it be possible for Tang Jun to appear in Lijia Village!" the leading general scolded the other party with a downcast face.

The knight hurriedly defended himself: "General! I am the signal soldier of the 204st Regiment of the 1th Division of the Vanguard Army... We just arrived at Lijia Village, but after entering the village, we found that there were Tang Army tanks in the village, and then a fight broke out, and the entire 1st Regiment was killed It was defeated, and most of the headquarters of the 204th Division was gone, I was ordered to report!"

The correspondent became more and more fluent in speaking, and briefly reported the situation. Such a detailed battle situation made several generals have to believe that there was indeed a group of Tang army troops who did not know where they came from in Lijia Village.

"Tank troops...this...couldn't be the Tang army that outflanked us from both wings, and surrounded us?" A general frowned and guessed a possibility.

"There is no news about the troops in the north. It is logically impossible..." another general retorted immediately.It's just that his tone of voice was not firm, and his voice was a little softer as he spoke.

But soon someone raised another possibility: "Could it be that there is something wrong with the south wind port? If Tang Jun comes from the south wind port, it will be bad."

Hearing what he said, many people turned pale with fright: If Nanfengkou is really lost, then their situation is really not good: "Isn't it possible? How could Ding Hong lose it?" South wind mouth?"

On the other side, the leading general frowned and looked in the direction of Lijiacun—he was no longer willing to guess whether the Nanfengkou was lost or the Tang army behind him was catching up from the flank.

Because these issues are no longer important, what he is thinking about now is: what should he do with his nearly 20 troops.

They don't have the solid fortifications at Nanfengkou, and they don't even have many tanks to cover them. How can they face the Tang army's attack in this wilderness?

(End of this chapter)