The patrol team in Jiang Chen's camp immediately rushed over to guard the door tightly. However, in their shock, they were already afraid. In addition, there were already many attackers, so it was impossible to guard it.
Almost instantly, the gate was breached. Pang De led the 50,000-strong army and charged straight towards Jiang Chen's camp.
Although they had encountered some of Jiang Chen's soldiers along the way, they had already been scared out of their wits. They only cared about fleeing in a hurry and were completely useless.
Pang De couldn't help but think that Jiang Chen's soldiers were only so-so. He had overestimated them before.
With a cold smile, he opened Jiang Chen's tent.
In an instant, he was stunned. There was no one in the tent, let alone Jiang Chen.
A bad premonition instantly rose in Pound's heart.
At this moment, a lieutenant quickly rushed over and cupped his fists."General, we didn't find anyone in the battalion commander's camp!”
Before he could think about what was going on, a few more lieutenants immediately ran over to report that they had checked many tents and found no one.
A word suddenly rose in Pang De's heart. There was a trap!
"Retreat, retreat from the camp!"
He raised his arms and shouted as he retreated towards the door.
At the same time, a flame suddenly lit up under the pitch-black night sky and fell towards them.
Fire arrows rained down like a storm.
It quickly set off a huge fire.
Pang De suddenly realized that the entire tent was filled with piles of withered grass.
The withered grass was set ablaze by the fire. Coupled with the chilling wind, the entire camp turned into a sea of fire almost instantly.
The Qiang soldiers were in chaos and only cared about fleeing in a hurry.
Cold sweat dripped down Pang De's forehead. Countless soldiers around him were burned to death and trampled to death.
He knew that he had lost this battle, completely and utterly.
Every step of the plan that he thought was extremely clever had actually fallen into Jiang Chen's plan.
He gritted his teeth and his face turned ashen. His hatred for Jiang Chen had reached a peak.
"Charge! Charge out! We have reinforcements outside. As long as we charge out, there will be a way out!”
Pang De raised his arms and shouted loudly. He organized the Qiang soldiers who had lost their morale and wanted to charge out.
However, most of the Qiang soldiers were scared out of their wits by the fire and could only flee in panic.
All military orders and organizational discipline were already thrown to the back of his mind.
"Sigh!"
Pound sighed heavily.
"General, let's retreat. If we don't retreat now, I'm afraid we won't be able to escape!”
The lieutenant beside him cupped his fists and suggested.
Pang De raised his head and looked at the firelight and the corpses of the Qiang soldiers around him.
In the end, his gaze returned to the dozens of people still surrounding him.
These people were all veterans who had risked their lives by his side for so many years.
Now, their eyes were all focused on him.
Whether they escaped together or died together, they were all waiting for his order.
Pang De's face was pale and his heart was filled with pain.
Fifty thousand Qiang soldiers!
How many of them would be able to return alive?
According to his personality, he would never live alone after suffering such a crushing defeat, but how could he bear to let these dozens of brothers beside him die with him!
Pang De sighed heavily again and gritted his teeth.""Retreat!"
……
Five miles away from Jiang Chen's camp.
Ma Teng's face was gloomy as he stared at the soaring flames.
"General! Should we…still…rescue them?”
A lieutenant beside him asked in a low voice.
Ma Teng didn't seem to hear him and didn't say a word.
"General?"
The lieutenant's voice was slightly louder.
But Ma Teng still turned a deaf ear.
Just twenty days ago, he had brought 130,000 soldiers back to the border of Liangzhou.
For a time, he won many battles and occupied several cities. How high-spirited was he?
But now, all of this was destroyed.
His trusted aides Pang De and Liang Xing, his eighty thousand Qiang soldiers!
It turned into a sea of fire.
After this battle, he was only left with these ten thousand cavalrymen and sixty thousand Qiang soldiers stationed in various places.
It was already difficult to protect himself, let alone counterattack.
If he didn't choose to launch a sneak attack and instead chose to hold his ground, it might have been much better.
However…there were no ifs in this world.
"Da da!"
The sound of horse hooves was particularly obvious in the silent night.
Ma Teng's expression changed. Could it be that Jiang Chen had also schemed against him?
The current him was like a frightened bird and could not be frightened at all.
Just as he was about to order the army to retreat, he heard a chaotic sound coming from behind the army.
"Generals Pang De and Liang Xing are back! Generals Pang De and Liang Xing are back!”
While Ma Teng was bewildered, he vaguely saw the Qiang soldiers make way for him.
Two people and two horses ran towards him.
When they got close, they got off their horses. The two of them knelt on one knee and cried,"General!"
"I have failed you, General!"
Even though it was pitch black, he could tell that it was Pang De and Liang Xing who had followed him for many years.
Ma Teng also dismounted and helped Pang De and Liang Xing up. He said with concern,"It's good that you're back. How many people escaped?”
Liang Xing shook his head with a bitter expression and said,"I was hiding outside Jiang Chen's camp and did not hear any sounds of a fierce battle.”
"When I saw the flames that filled the sky, I immediately felt that something was wrong. Just as I was about to rescue them, I heard shouts of killing from all directions.”
"It turns out…I had already fallen into Jiang Chen's ambush. Fortunately, Jiang Chen didn't ambush many cavalrymen, allowing me to escape.”
"Oh."
Ma Teng responded, but only three thousand cavalrymen were lost, which was much less than he had expected.
"What about you?" he asked Pang De. How many people do you have with you?"
"I…I…"
Pang De lowered his head and sighed heavily.
"Jiang Chen's camp is empty. As soon as I entered, I saw arrows raining down from the sky.”
"This general struggled to break out of the encirclement and was chased by Jiang Chen's cavalry. If I hadn't met General Liang Xing, perhaps…this general wouldn't have been able to return to see you.”
"I only have about ten thousand men left…"
Ma Teng's expression changed. He took a few steps back and said,"" 10,000... 10,000... 50,000 soldiers, only 10,000 are left..."
"Jiang Chen! Jiang Chen! This old man will definitely be irreconcilable with you!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately spat out a mouthful of blood and fainted.
"General! General!"
Pang De and Liang Xing shouted anxiously," Return to the city! Send the general back to the city!"
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