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Chapter 1453 Slacking off on the battlefield, the allied forces backstab!
"There's nothing we can do. They're cavalry, and we're infantry. We're also outnumbered. It's good that we've held out this long. If it were an ordinary army, we would have been wiped out long ago."

The old Yellow Turban soldier standing nearby sighed.

That's true. Historically, cavalry has always been the best against infantry, especially heavy cavalry, which has a natural advantage over large infantry formations.

The fact that the Yellow Turban Warriors were able to hold out for so long with the Yellow Heaven's Descent Formation has exceeded everyone's expectations. If it were any other elite force, such as the Five Armies Camp, they would probably have collapsed long ago.

But an advantage is still an advantage. With the difference in numbers and the advantage of unit type, the Yellow Turban Warriors were forced to retreat one after another. The defensive line around the command platform was getting smaller and smaller. The Xuanhu Dharma Image was already close to the command platform. Xu Da could even see the fierce light in the Xuanhu's eyes.

While the battle raged fiercely on the command platform and the Yellow Turban warriors struggled to hold on, a memorable scene of "office-style slacking off" unfolded on the flank of the battlefield.

The Wuzhou stronghold coalition, originally responsible for guarding the flank of the Yellow Turban Army, gradually began to withdraw its forces under the command of Wang Zicheng, a famous general under Jiang Xiaobai.

At first, it was just a minor adjustment, supposedly to "prevent a flank attack by the Hengzhou army." But as the adjustments continued, something went wrong—the allied forces' formation gradually shrank from a fan shape to a circle and kept retreating. The defensive line that was originally connected with the Yellow Turban army gradually revealed a gap hundreds of paces wide.

As soon as the gap was exposed, the Hengzhou army's guerrilla cavalry immediately sensed an opportunity and began to tentatively move towards the gap. The Hengzhou army's infantry, which had been tied down by the allied forces, gradually freed up their hands and pressed towards the flank of the Yellow Turban army.

The Yellow Turban soldiers on the flank panicked and sent messengers to Prince Chengfu for help, but the response they received was that "the allied forces need to guard their own flanks and have no troops to support them at the moment." This reason was simply outrageous. Anyone with eyes could see that the allied forces were conserving their strength and did not want to fight to the death for the Yellow Turbans.

The mastermind behind this was none other than Jiang Xiaobai, the leader of the Wuzhou powerful alliance.

This leader of the Wuzhou powerful alliance was originally a collateral relative of the Da Xuan Dynasty's royal family. He was secretly ordered by the Da Xuan Dynasty to infiltrate the Da Qian Dynasty and develop his power. Nominally a powerful figure, he was actually a pawn of the royal family.

The reason for cooperating with the Yellow Turban Army of Da Xuan this time is simply because the Hengzhou Army is powerful and the Wuzhou strongmen's alliance is unable to withstand it alone, so they have to rely on the Yellow Turban Army to resist the Hengzhou Army.

Jiang Xiaobai's current thought is: "We were just temporarily teaming up with the Yellow Turban Army for a dungeon run. Now that we can't beat the dungeon, we can't just give up all our resources, can we? We've already done enough by sticking with them until now, and we've already shown them our loyalty by not quitting the team!"

Therefore, seeing that the Yellow Turban Army was about to collapse, he immediately sent a trusted confidant to deliver a message to Prince Chengfu.

"Preserving our strength is paramount. We shouldn't be doing all the work for others. If the Yellow Turban Army can't hold out, we'll retreat directly to the southern part of Wuzhou and hold our ground. There's no need for us to be buried with them."

Prince Cheng's father was Jiang Xiaobai's confidant, so he naturally obeyed orders. Moreover, he felt that there was no future in following the Yellow Turban Army. Now that the Yellow Turban Army was suffering defeat after defeat and the Hengzhou Army was unstoppable, there was no need to fight them head-on.

This renowned commander was also a "talented" individual. He concealed his troop movements extremely well, initially using the pretext of adjusting formations to slowly move backwards. By the time the Yellow Turban Army realized something was amiss, it was too late.

He even deliberately had his soldiers pretend to "fight back" with deafening battle cries, but in reality they didn't charge forward at all. It was purely "a performance for the Yellow Turban Army." This kind of "extreme tug-of-war" operation can be described as the "ceiling of slacking off in the workplace" in a chaotic world.

"General, we agreed to fight together, why did you retreat? If this continues, our flank will be breached!"

The Yellow Turban army's flank general was so angry that he stomped his feet and sent someone to question Prince Chengfu.

"It's not that I'm unwilling, but the Hengzhou army's offensive is too fierce, and our troops have suffered heavy casualties. If we don't consolidate our defenses soon, we'll be scattered! Please rest assured, I will try my best to hold them off. You just need to hold on a little longer!"

Prince Cheng's father even gave a perfunctory response. This was pure lying; the Allied forces suffered less than 10% casualties, and the so-called "heavy casualties" were simply not true.

However, the Yellow Turban Army was now in dire straits, with its command post almost breached. It had no energy left to deal with the allied forces and could only watch helplessly as the allied forces withdrew their troops, widening the gap on their flanks.

The generals of Hengzhou Army quickly discovered this gap and immediately ordered the Hengwu soldiers and guerrilla cavalry on the left wing to concentrate their forces to attack the flank of the Yellow Turban Army.

The Yellow Turban Army's flank, already under immense pressure, was instantly dealt another blow. The long spear formation of the Hengwu soldiers pierced the gap like sharp blades, while the guerrilla cavalry charged back and forth on the flank. The Yellow Turban soldiers were attacked from both sides, their formation collapsed instantly, and screams of agony rose and fell.

"That old bastard Jiang Xiaobai, he actually stabbed me in the back!"

Xu Da saw everything clearly from the command platform, and his face turned ashen with rage; he almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

But it was too late to say anything now. With the flank breached, the Yellow Turban Army's entire formation was disrupted. Lan Yu and Li Wenzhong, who were fighting in the middle, had to split their forces to support the flank. The offensive in the middle came to a standstill, and the gap that had been painstakingly opened was blocked by the Hengwu soldiers.

On the command platform, less than two hundred Yellow Turban Warriors remained. The Yellow Heaven War God Dharma Image had only two arms left, and its body was so transparent that it was almost dissipating. The Black Tiger Dharma Image pressed forward step by step, and the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry had already rushed to the foot of the command platform. The commander of the Imperial Guard Battalion was hit by several arrows, but he still wielded his giant axe and blocked the way.

Xu Da stood on the command platform, watching the Yellow Turban warriors retreating in disarray, looking at the exposed flanks, and listening to the screams of soldiers in the distance. For the first time, he felt a sense of powerlessness.

They are likely to lose this battle. Wu Qi's Tiger and Leopard Cavalry is too powerful, and Jiang Xiaobai's backstab is too deadly. Even if Lan Yu and Li Wenzhong can fight their way back, they probably won't be able to turn the tide.

The claws of the Xuanhu Dharma Image had already smashed through the three layers of railings on the command platform. Amidst the flying wood chips, Feng Sheng, along with Deng Yu and Fu Youde, three of Zhu Yuanzhang's direct generals, charged towards Xu Da like three iron towers.

These three were all old comrades who had followed Zhu Yuanzhang since the beginning of the Taiping Rebellion. In terms of seniority, they were even older than Xu Da, who joined later. At this moment, however, their faces were full of determination, and they paid no attention to Xu Da, who was still waving the command flag on the command platform.

"Xu Shuai! Stop pushing yourself! If we don't leave now, it'll be too late!"

Feng Sheng grabbed the command flag in Xu Da's hand. His hands, which were used to holding knives for many years, were covered with calluses and had a strength that could crush stones.

"We are acting on our lord's secret orders. Your safety is more important than that of an army of 100,000. Even if we have to tie you up, we will take you away today!"

Xu Da abruptly shook off his hand, and the bright silver command flag slapped Feng Sheng's shoulder with a "smack," his face full of anger.

"Insolence! I am the commander-in-chief of the entire army. How dare I desert my post in the face of battle?"

"My lord has ordered me to take charge of the war in Wuzhou. If the commander-in-chief is withdrawn, the morale of the army will surely collapse. What will happen to Lan Yu and Li Wenzhong? The Great Protector of the Divine Rebellion and others are still fighting to the death on the front lines. Are you going to let them sacrifice in vain?"

His voice became hoarse with intense anger, his chest heaving violently, and the anger he had been suppressing after being betrayed by Jiang Xiaobai erupted all at once.

But Feng Sheng and the others seemed to have been prepared. Deng Yu and Fu Youde grabbed Xu Da's arms on either side and refused to let go no matter how much Xu Da struggled.

(End of this chapter)