"Order all departments to burn all supplies immediately as planned and evacuate immediately. No delays are allowed. Those who violate the order will be executed immediately!" Tabrachi Hongliang's voice echoed in the small schoolyard in the grain storage room. The muffled sound of crackling around could not be suppressed. The burning smell rippled in the air. The heat brought by the fire caused the temperature in the entire area to rise several degrees.

Tabulaki looked at everything in front of him with satisfaction. The entire grain storage area had become a sea of ​​fire. The material warehouse was opened, and large buckets of tung oil were poured on the surface. The fire immediately rose into the sky. After the law enforcement team killed several soldiers who wanted to secretly take away the supplies, the military discipline was strictly guaranteed and everything was proceeding in an orderly manner according to the plan. The residents of Liushantai all fled in horror. These guys who didn't know why they were loyal should be sacrifices according to Tabulaki's idea. It was only time limit, and they could only wait for the next chance.

The mission was completed very smoothly, everything was over within the scheduled time, and the amount of storage of grain stocks and material warehouses exceeded the original expectations. Tabraki was even fantasizing that the Tang army in the south did not know what to think after learning the news, and the Tang army, who had lost the material, would have to organize material transportation again from Vito and even the East. The time of going back and forth may even force the Tang army to withdraw from East Luzon. What reward would he receive from Marshal Frederick if he made such a huge contribution? Will he replace Hilliard as the head coach of the entire Manlon region?

However, the shrill police whistle broke his fantasy. When a soldier blew his whistle wildly and rolled and crawled towards him with a panic on his face, Tabulaki's heart skipped a beat and fell from the sky to the ground.

After asking about the situation for a few words, Tabraki knew that he had really met an opponent this time. This was a trap, an absolute trap. At this time, he had no time to guess how the other party expected that he would choose Liushantai as the target of the attack, nor did he have no time to ask why the intelligence department knew nothing about such an ambush here. Now the primary task is to escape and lead the entire army to rush out.

The enemy came from the northwest. Could it be reinforcements from the Volcano Palace? Tabulaki quickly denied this idea. Such a perfect ambush could not be a temporary intention. It was definitely an ambush that had been laid for a long time. Thinking of this, Tabulaki's back felt cold. His opponent seemed to have been thinking about him for a long time, but he was a little careless. Now he could only grit his teeth and break westward. If he went south, he might be more blocked. Then his army was probably only buried in Northern Luzon.

But his enlightenment came too late. The three mountain corps led by Gillette himself quickly formed a semi-arc encirclement in the west. The troops of both sides almost ran into each other without having enough breath. One was prepared and vowed to wipe out the enemy army that caused endless troubles to his side. The other was fleeing in a hurry. Breaking out of the cage was a vast world, without any tricks, and there was no room for compromise. Only one battle could determine the outcome.

This undulating slope has become the main battlefield for the decisive battle between the two sides. The Imperial Army did not have much advantage in terms of military strength, and the morale of the Luzon Army, which wanted to fight to the death, was no less than that of the Imperial Army. The wide encirclement restricted the tactical performance of the Imperial Army's desire to gather and annihilate in one fell swoop. At this moment, all tactics seem to be of little value. Only face-to-face fighting with real swords and guns is the only way to solve the problem.

Tabulaki could not remember how many Tang soldiers had fallen down in his hand. The blade of Bailian Ring Blade was a little dull, and his arms became slightly sour. However, the Tang army rushing in front of him still rushed up tirelessly. The spear like forest kept causing the Luzon soldiers around him to fall down. The thick assault group kept thinning, and fewer soldiers around him were getting fewer and fewer soldiers around him. Tabulaki was already a little desperate, and the mucus-like plasma splattered all over his body. At this time, Tabulaki had only one goal in his heart, that is, to rush out, the crazy dancing ring knife rolled up waves, and constantly tearing apart apart in the Tang army's blocking quadron.

The fully prepared Tang army's joint attack was also fierce. With the help of the terrain, the Tang army used its depth to build multiple strangle formations. Several columns of the Tang army formed an angled encirclement strangle formation. First, the Luzon army units who were eager to escape were released into the defensive front, and then used shield-shaped defense support to block the Luzon army's shock waves. Finally, the troops were concentrated to squeeze and strangle from the two wings in the angle to the middle.

In addition to the attack infantry on the front line, this joint strangle fully played the role of archers. The archers on the second line used their wide radiation surface to set up cascade shooting arrays and unfolded in sequence, causing huge damage to the two wings of the Luzon Army who were busy breaking through and escaped. The Luzon Army, who lacked sufficient preparation, suffered heavy casualties under this attack, and even far exceeded the losses of fighting on the front line. The death of multiple soldiers led the army under the targeted sniper's crossbow also brought great passiveness to the Luzon Army's breakthrough, and the morale of the Luzon Army who lost the officer led the army was also greatly affected. These little things accumulated, which eventually led to the failure of the Luzon Army's overall breakthrough strategy.

Even so, Gillette, who participated in a foreign war for the first time, also felt the hardship and cruelty of this battle. The words "stricken beasts still fighting and dogs jumping over the wall" were very suitable to describe the Luzon army in front of him. The high morale and tenacious fighting spirit of the Luzon soldiers surprised Gillette, who had first contacted the Luzon army, but this also aroused Gillette's strong interest.

In his mind, the combat effectiveness of the Luzon Army should not be as good as choosing these three mountain fast corpses. You must know that the Ninth Army specially selected some elite troops from each division after learning that they were going to fight in the Central Continent. The purpose was to use these three corps to respond quickly to the clusters most quickly in the mountain marching. Unexpectedly, the first battle was a tough trick. Even under the advantage of geographical advantages, momentum and even numbers, the casualties between the two sides were not much different. The Luzon Army was like a crazy tiger, which made its defensive forces pay a considerable price. If it were not for the archery troops he arranged to exert their power in time and the enemy's eagerness to break through the encirclement, this battle would probably bring irreparable pain to himself.

Of course, if he had one more gang soldier, he would be completely sure to wipe out the Luzon army in front of him. But now, Gillette had to face a difficult choice. The Luzon army chose several breakthrough points, and the combat effectiveness of each attack front was quite fierce. The wave after wave of charge made the Imperial Army, which had a slightly wider front, feel a little overwhelmed. Although Gillette had adjusted his subordinates in time to get the two wings closer to the middle, it was too late in time. The fierce impact caused several defense focus to face huge pressure. If you want to keep all this army, it may eventually lead to the breakthrough of the entire front. Perhaps only by making certain choices can you ensure the results to the maximum extent.

When Tabraki finally led less than a thousand men to break through the defense and fled, the remaining thousands of abandoned Luzon soldiers fell into the abyss. Faced with the superior Tang soldiers and the escaped chief general, the originally rock-solid morale of the Luzon soldiers finally collapsed. After several consecutive failures of impacts, they finally realized that this resistance was purely a suicide. When an officer put down his weapon, the Luzon soldiers with the leader were finally able to put down their weapons and accept the reality of surrender.

When Tabraki dragged his exhausted body and led the remaining soldiers of less than 800 people back to Manlong three days later, Hilliard, who had been worried about the lost contact, could not believe his eyes.

The fruitful results in the early stage did not make Hilliard blinded. While achieving huge results, Hilliard had already keenly realized the risks faced by this assault war. Although the Tang army, which has the advantage of military strength, has the weakness of a long supply line, its side also faces the huge risk of cutting off the opponent's supply line and entering the opponent's front line. For this reason, he specifically reminded Tabulaki not to relax his vigilance, and not to go deeper without 100% sure. The combat effectiveness of the Tang army is no less than the 10,000-person team selected by Tabulaki. When facing his side's success several times, they will inevitably take corresponding measures. Hilliard even hopes that Tabulaki can temporarily stop the attack and rest, and wait until the Tang army relaxes before launching an attack. However, he does not know how difficult it is to stay calm enough in the face of huge results.
Chapter completed!