Chapter 1003: Using Water as a Weapon to Defeat the Enemy

The Golden Crow rose as usual, generously spreading its light to every corner of the ground. The offensive of the Sunan army began when the sun had not yet risen, just when the morning light appeared in the east.

Like a wolves hunting, the Sunan army attacked from all sides, completely disregarding casualties. The reason was that the Sunan soldiers who were sent to the rear to intercept Wu Yi's retreat reported that Wu Yi's heavy troops were gathered behind him. If the camp was breached at this moment, they could be captured in one battle.

Although the last line of defense was in a good position and easy to defend, it had no choice but to give up after holding on for half an hour, and the narrow mountain pass was completely lost.

The rapid sound of horse hooves crushed the tranquility of the valley, scared away countless birds, and even those beasts that roared proudly on one side kept running.

In fact, let alone fierce beasts, even some demon beasts with some cultivation, in front of this army, there is only one way to retreat. The panic and evil spirits, the sharpness of the soldiers honed in the battlefields, are not willing to be touched by demons and immortals.

This is the power of independent humanity, which is far from comparable to those dynasties controlled by the immortal way and the way of gods. They have their own independent fortune, similar to the power of heaven.

Entering the valley from the narrow mountain pass, the troops were scattered immediately. In order to lure the enemy deep into the ground and make it more like a place, Wu Yi arranged some soldiers to harass them from time to time, but the scattered soldiers could not stop the general trend at all.

In this process, the soldiers who executed Wu Yi's order suffered heavy casualties, and some even did not come back. War is cruel. In order to cover the main force, someone must make sacrifices to buy time, which is naturally unfair to the latter, and often results in the annihilation of the whole army.

Some "kind" generals did not give these orders, and the final result was only to cause more casualties to the soldiers. This is the reason why kindness does not rule the army.

Wu Yi is not opposed to this approach, otherwise he would not use this method himself now. He just opposed Zhang Tianwen and his men's use of these means to eliminate dissidents, which was a bit mean. Wu Yi and his men were acting as cannon fodder, but they were really used as cannon fodder, which was what he hated the most.

Under Wu Yi's strategy of fighting and retreating, luring the enemy into the depths, the Rinan army soon reached the camp, and the "escaped" soldiers fled into the camp.

But before the gate of the village could be closed, the Rinan army behind them filed in, picking up tents when they saw them, scattering torches on the ground when they saw them, and taking away supplies when they saw them. In an instant, the fire enveloped the entire camp.

Seeing the flames soaring into the sky, the Rinan army couldn't help laughing. This was a revenge for Wu Yi's burning of Tianlang City, and even the revenge for blocking the road yesterday.

However, these people didn't have time to laugh for long, and soon found something unusual. Even if Wu Yi left some items in some tents in front for them to rob and go deep, it was limited, and even if Wu Yi gathered a large number of troops behind him, the camp was frighteningly empty.

Especially when they saw the sheep tapping the drum, they understood that they had been tricked. They were just rushing to grab the items and had already gone deep into the camp. They wanted to retreat, but there were obstacles everywhere and flames were shooting up into the sky. It was impossible to leave just because they wanted to. They were in a dilemma for a while.

At this moment, there was a rumbling sound from the ground, as if a prehistoric beast had awakened. Of course, it was not a monster participating in the battle. Monsters with a little wisdom would not stupidly participate in the battle.

The rumbling sound was getting closer and closer, and the Rinan army gradually understood what the sound meant.

It was water!

The roaring torrent poured down the mountain, carrying the mud and gravel, dirty and dim. This was a mudslide.

In the case of insufficient troops, Wu Yi could only use water as a soldier, and the power of nature was often far greater than human power.

The mudslide was so powerful that it was hard to resist. The soldiers and horses were panicked. Although the Rinan army tried their best to run to a higher place, they were still flooded. Two or three thousand soldiers were scattered in an instant, and the camp set up by Wu Yi was nowhere to be found.

This water was the result of Wu Yi blocking the mountain stream for three days. After all, it was a little short. Otherwise, the casualties might be several times this number. However, if the preparation time was too long, it might be leaked by traitors. Therefore, Wu Yi could only strike a balance between power and concealment.

After the flood, the Rinan army had no formation at all. Everyone showed a look of horror on their faces, and was glad that they had escaped. However, before the sound of water had subsided, Wu Yi personally went into battle and led less than 4,000 soldiers to kill.

Diving down from a high place, it was like a mountain pressing down on the top. At this moment, the Rinan army still had the advantage in numbers, but there was no formation at all, and the soldiers were scattered, and they were defeated one by one by Wu Yi.

Even though it was right in front of them, the road was muddy because of the mudslide. They could only watch Wu Yi defeat the enemy with more people and shoot arrows from a distance, but the distance was too far and it was useless.

Originally, Wu Yi's side, including the old, weak, sick and disabled, had more than 10,000 troops. Because of the internal chaos, 30% of the troops left, which means only 7,000 were left. Among them, 1,000 were used by Wu Yi to block the enemy at the mountain pass, and 6,000 were arranged behind him to wait for the enemy to tire.

When the battle in the rear was over, less than 30% of the 1,000 troops in the front were left, and the casualties were extremely tragic. Even those who survived were basically injured and could not fight.

Two thousand troops were allocated to intercept the retreating army of the Rinan tribe. Therefore, the 4,000 troops at this moment were all the troops that Wu Yi could control at this moment.

Generally, there are left and right armies in battle. The left army fights head-on, while the right army chooses the right time to defeat the enemy in one go. It is the reserve army. Wu Yi was not prepared for this at the moment. He had few men and horses to begin with. If he split his troops again, he would surely die.

The Rinnan army sent out 30,000 troops this time. Ten thousand of them attacked from behind, but were seen through and beaten by Wu Yi. Twenty thousand of them attacked head-on. Although they were blocked by lines of defense, the casualties were not great, and the main force was still there.

In contrast, Wu Yi's situation was grim.

However, Wu Yi, who borrowed the sailors, changed the situation in an instant, and the balance of victory tilted in his direction little by little.

At this moment, if he had 10,000 soldiers and horses, Wu Yi would be confident that he would wipe them out. The road was washed by mudslides and was muddy. It was no longer suitable for horses to move forward. They could only take mountain roads, otherwise they would be moving targets.

Walking on mountain roads is the strong point of these bandit-born soldiers!

What could be done? He had few men and horses, and the various tribes of the Rinan people who were scattered by the mudslides could only watch Wu Yi defeat them one by one. But if they tried to escape, Wu Yi could only sigh in despair.