Chapter 452: Intelligence and response (addition 5/11)

The army of the Wuhun Empire is in charge of the camp.
The Pope looked at the latest information coming back from his hand. Su Qin had already taken the people to take down Picheng. He slightly raised his head to look at the people below and asked: "Elder Ju, did they win the fourth pass?"
The Wuhun Empire's intelligence is much faster than that of the Star Luo Empire. Seven days after Xueqinghe led his army to besiege Pengcheng, they had already got the plan of the Heaven Dou Empire to besiege Pengcheng and attack Picheng by detour.
They immediately revived. Ju Douluo and Ghost Douluo led ten thousand soul masters to go around the desert city in front of them overnight, attacking the fourth and even fifth hurdles behind. At the same time, they sent troops to the three walls of Mocheng, east, west, and south, but they did not directly encircle the city, but set up an ambush a little further outside the city.
Spirit masters can travel much faster than ordinary soldiers. Originally, ordinary soldiers would need to travel for half a month, and the time of the soul master army can be reduced by half. Now it has been almost half a month since they got the news. It stands to reason that the two Ju Douluo should have launched an attack on the fourth level and won the fourth level.
An army of 10,000 soul masters led by two Title Douluo can break through a city much faster than ordinary soldiers. An army of a thousand soul masters can contend against an ordinary army of tens of thousands, and Su Qin can capture Picheng in a few hours. If you want to come to Ju Douluo, the two can only be faster.
The elders at the scene looked at each other. The pope did not receive the news, and they naturally did not. They wanted to complain. You ask us, who do we ask? But they only dared to think about it, not to speak out.
At this moment, a soul emperor came out of the camp and said pantingly: "Report to the Pope and elders, Elder Ju sent me back to announce the good news."
Several elders were happy when they heard this. They were complaining, and the Annunciation came.
The pope nodded slightly and said, "Come in and talk."
After hearing the words, the soul emperor entered the camp, knelt down on one knee in the middle position, and said respectfully: "Six days ago, Elder Ju and Elder Ghost led the army to successfully capture the fourth stage in half an hour. After handing over the management rights in the city, he moved towards the fifth level, saying that he would take the fifth level before Xing Luoyuan arrived."
At this time, almost one day earlier than Su Qin, he won the fourth level.
Hearing this, the pope nodded slightly and said: "It's a good job. Go down and rest."
Hearing this, the soul emperor immediately retreated.
The pope raised his eyes to look at the people present, and asked: "How is the layout of Mocheng?"
An elder immediately reported: "In response to the Pope's crown, at least three thousand spirit masters and twenty thousand troops have been arranged outside the three walls of the east, west, and south of Mocheng, who can launch an attack on Mocheng at any time."
The pope nodded slightly, and his majestic voice sounded, "Good job, now the people in Mocheng should have received the news, and proceed as planned."
"Yes."
All the elders responded in unison, and then they withdrew from the camp one after another. Several elders flew into the air and headed towards the army they needed to go.
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Mocheng.
In the hall of the City Lord's Mansion.
Ma Dalong, Tang San and others all gathered here to check the information that had just been sent urgently from Xingluo City.
After reading the information, Ma Dalong took a deep breath, put the information in his hand aside, looked at the people present, and asked, "What do you think of this matter?"
All the people present remained silent at this time without answering.
Tang San looked at the information in his hand and sighed in his heart, Brother, you have caused me a lot of trouble!
After the scene was quiet for a long time, a general said: "Everyone, since the fourth stage has been captured by the Wuhun Empire, the Wuhun Empire has probably sent a large army to encircle us. We must advance before the other party launches an attack. Kill it, you can’t stay here!"
What this person said, why didn't everyone here think of it?
Ma Dalong nodded and said: "Indeed, since the Wuhun Empire has learned the Heaven Dou Empire's plan to siege the city, it must have already begun the siege. They may be waiting for an opportunity to attack the city. It is indeed not appropriate to stay in Mocheng for a long time. Evacuate as soon as possible."
After thinking about it a little bit, Ma Dalong continued: "The Wuhun Empire has a large number of soul masters and several titled Douluo-level powerhouses. If we confront each other head-on, we are not opponents. But now that the opponent has dispersed our forces, then we rushed out. The opportunity has also increased a lot.
Don’t worry too much about the poisonous mist arranged by General Tang on the north wall. In order to prevent us from retreating quickly, the Wuhun Empire should also have a lot of manpower on the south. We had better choose one direction to evacuate from the east and west.
General Tang, which of our city gates do you think is better for evacuation? "
This month, Tang San brought many surprises to Ma Dalong and the others, and it was precisely because Tang San and the others were able to stay in Mocheng for more than a month, otherwise they might not be able to hold on for so long if they fought head-on.
There is really no good way to deal with this kind of siege but not attack by the Tiandou Empire. Especially when there is a big disparity in the combat power between the two sides, this kind of rogue style of play is almost unsolvable, and it can't be beaten from the front, and nesting in the city only delays the death period. If you retreat, Mocheng is directly lost.
But now according to Emperor Xingluo's latest will, in the case of obvious loss, they can retreat directly, and now it is clearly a retreat.
Tang San pondered for a while, and said, "As long as we can think of it, the Wuhun Empire will naturally not be surprised. If the army evacuates from one city gate, the Wuhun army at the other two adjacent city gates will quickly rush to support. If you want to withdraw by then, you will have to pay a heavy price.
We might as well retreat in three directions and exit from the east, west, and south walls at the same time, so that although we are also facing the army in the three directions of the Wuhun Empire, we have also dispersed their army. Although there will be a lot of casualties, it is always It is much better than just rushing out through a city gate. "
Ma Dalong thought carefully about what Tang San said, his eyes lit up, and he said, "Why didn't I think about it just now? General Tang had a good idea, so he retreated together in three ways according to General Tang's words. After that, we met at the fifth checkpoint."
Everyone thought for a while, and it seemed that it could only be so. After all, Emperor Xingluo's letter clearly stated that if he loses, he will withdraw to the next city as soon as possible, so that Xingluo soldiers can't be killed here in vain.
Everyone should say in unison: "Yes."
Tang San looked at Ma Dalong and asked, "Commander Ma, how will the retreating army arrange?"
Ma Dalong thought for a while and said, "We still have about 350,000 people. I will lead 130,000 people to fight out from the South Gate. General Tang, you will lead your Tang family army to gather 100,000 people to fight out from the East Gate, Wang The deputy commander led the remaining 120,000 people out of Ximen. Is there a problem with this arrangement?"
Ma Dalong left the most dangerous South Gate to himself, and Wang and the others had no objection. Tang San had no opinion on this arrangement either.
Everyone shook their heads and said, "No comments."
Ma Dalong nodded and said: "Since there is no objection, then go and prepare, rectify the army as soon as possible, and be ready to leave the city at any time."
"Yes!"
Everyone greeted them, then left the City Lord's Mansion, returned to their respective rest areas, and began to mobilize the army under them.