xymnovel Chapter 709 Suffering from Lack of Experience
Chapter 709 Suffering from Lack of Experience
"Walk!"
Zhao Gongming gritted his teeth and directly issued the order to retreat. Shebi Shi and Xia Geng Shi also knew that it was not advisable to stay any longer.
The battlefield is not a place for displays of brotherhood; at this time, every man who can be saved is a man who can be saved!
Instead of staying to die with their brothers, they all retreated with Zhao Gongming.
After Zhao Gongming and others left, the soldiers who maintained the "Wei Shu Formation" gradually lost their core command, and the formation began to fall apart.
But the remaining soldiers continued to hold their ground, keeping the Yellow Turban army firmly pinned down in place!
Having completed their mission, their task now was to use their lives to buy more time for Zhao Gongming and the others.
On the battlefield, the number of Wu soldiers dwindled, but they built an unbreakable defensive line with their own flesh and blood, deterring many Yellow Turban soldiers from advancing.
Finally, when the last soldier fell, the entire battlefield seemed to tremble.
Of the eight hundred elite soldiers, not one survived!
"Alas, what a pity for these elite soldiers!"
Looking at the wreckage on the battlefield, Zhu Jiuyin couldn't help but feel a pang of regret.
At this moment, Zhu Jiuyin stood on the battlefield, his silvery-white aura flowing slowly around him, like a tranquil lake under the moonlight, while his eyes revealed a complex emotion that was not easily detected.
Zhu Jiuyin's martial prowess was simply too formidable, and Sun Bin's ambush was also too ingenious.
Zhao Gongming and his men led three thousand Hengzhou soldiers deep into Wuzhou, along with Wu Qi's eight hundred elite soldiers.
Ultimately, he was completely defeated by the weak-willed and poorly fighting Yellow Turban army under Zhu Wen, and could only flee in panic with a few dozen remnants of his army and Shebi Shi and Xia Geng Shi.
Meanwhile, Zhu Jiuyin, who remained on the battlefield, watched Zhao Gongming and the others flee in disarray. He felt little joy, and even a slight regret that he had failed to annihilate the enemy.
In his first real battle, he somewhat overestimated his skills and strength.
He originally thought that if he took action, he could easily defeat Zhao Gongming and Shebishi.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Gongming was quite skilled. Although he could suppress several people instantly, he was unable to spare any attention due to the desperate delaying tactics of the eight hundred soldiers, and the others around him were unable to stop Zhao Gongming and his group.
Although he was a tank, his teammates were too weak. If he lost focus, there was no one around him who could stop Zhao Gongming and his group. Otherwise, he would have been confident of taking them down.
Although Sun Bin made some preparations, his overconfidence in Zhu Jiuyin's martial prowess, coupled with the strength of the private armies of the powerful clans around him, was insufficient to stop Zhao Gongming and his men who were desperately trying to break through the encirclement!
In the end, Zhao Gongming and Shebi Shi, who fought desperately to break through the encirclement, forcibly tore open a gap with their own martial prowess.
To put it bluntly, there was nothing wrong with the strategy employed by Zhujiuyin and Sun Bin.
However, they overestimated their own military capabilities and underestimated the strength that Zhao Gongming and his men could unleash under dire circumstances.
Despite having made all the necessary preparations and effectively trapped Zhao Gongming and his men, a breach was forcibly torn open!
Although Zhu Jiuyin's own martial prowess was off the charts, he somehow overlooked the sheer power a war god could unleash on the battlefield!
He has always called himself a wise man, and although he has extraordinary strength, he believes more in his own strength than in his own martial arts.
"Sigh, they still managed to escape in the end."
Zhu Jiuyin murmured to himself, his voice echoing across the empty battlefield, carrying a hint of loneliness, as he gently swayed the "Staff of Time" in his hand.
Around him, the Yellow Turban soldiers were busy cleaning up the battlefield and tidying up the mess, but Zhu Jiuyin seemed to be isolated from all of this, immersed in his own thoughts.
In this battle, the joint operation between the Yellow Turban Army and the aristocratic allied forces should have been a flawless plan.
Zhu Jiuyin was brimming with confidence, believing that with his martial prowess and the wonders of the "Time Staff," coupled with Sun Bin's meticulously planned ambush, Zhao Gongming and his companions would have no chance of escape.
However, the variables on the battlefield are always beyond expectation, especially when the opponent also possesses considerable strength and unwavering will.
Although Zhao Gongming, the general of Hengzhou Army, had not left much of an impression on Zhu Jiuyin before, today's battle made him look at him in a new light.
What surprised Zhu Jiuyin even more was that when the battle was in dire straits, the potential unleashed by Zhao Gongming and others allowed them to find a glimmer of hope at the most critical moment.
"Was I too careless?"
Zhu Jiuyin reflected in his heart, recalling the desperate resistance of Shebi Shi and Xia Geng Shi during the battle.
Especially those eight hundred warriors, their fearlessness moved even Zhu Jiuyin.
Those warriors, clad in heavy armor, wielding strong bows, and with long swords at their waists, defended their commander's safety with their lives until the very last moment.
Zhu Jiuyin took a deep breath. He admitted that when formulating the strategy, he had not fully considered the strength that Zhao Gongming and others would unleash under dire circumstances.
Even those Hengzhou soldiers who seemed ordinary behind Zhao Gongming and others displayed astonishing combat power when facing life and death.
By utilizing the terrain, formations, and their tacit cooperation, they repeatedly thwarted the Yellow Turban Army's offensives, ultimately creating an opportunity for Zhao Gongming and his men to break out.
"Wei Shu's formation..."
Zhu Jiuyin murmured the name, a complex look flashing in his eyes. He actually had some understanding of this common formation among military strategists.
However, while this formation is not that simple, compared to those military formations and Taoist formations, it is actually not that sophisticated.
The fact that such an ancient military formation can still exert such great power in modern warfare demonstrates that Wu Qi's military talent was extraordinary.
The sacrifice of those eight hundred soldiers added a tragic dimension to the battle.
"Perhaps this is what war is all about; there's never a settled outcome."
Zhu Jiuyin sighed, his tone tinged with helplessness. Although the Yellow Turban Army had won today, he felt the victory was not perfect.
At this moment, Sun Bin rushed over, his face showing some apology and annoyance.
"Brother Jiuyin, I..."
He hesitated, clearly feeling guilty for not being able to completely stop Zhao Gongming and his group.
"Don't blame yourself, Brother Boling. War is full of variables. Although we made thorough preparations, we could not have predicted every detail."
"The fact that Zhao Gongming and the others were able to escape is due to their own abilities."
Zhu Jiuyin gently waved his hand, interrupting Sun Bin.
"But we originally had a chance..."
Upon hearing this, Sun Bin felt somewhat relieved, but his brows still betrayed his disappointment.
His first attempt at strategy was met with a crushing defeat, leaving him somewhat bewildered.
Ultimately, they suffered from a lack of experience. They had never truly witnessed the prowess of a war god on the battlefield before, so they naturally made some misjudgments.
After they have experienced several more wars in the future, they will naturally not make such a low-level mistake again.
Moreover, the reason why Zhao Gongming and the others were able to escape this time was not mainly because their plan failed, but because Wu Qi's backup plan came into play.
If Wu Qi hadn't left behind those eight hundred elite soldiers as a backup plan for Zhao Gongming and his men, no matter how capable they were, they wouldn't have survived without those eight hundred soldiers holding them off for a while.
They should stay or not.
Therefore, it's less that they were unprepared and their plan had flaws.
Rather, it's more accurate to say that the two of them indirectly lost to Wu Qi, the military strategist with a basic command rank of 104.
I'm currently reading Chapter 713, "Suffering from Lack of Experience," and I'm completely engrossed in it.