The terrain where Hancheng is located belongs to the Yellow River alluvial plain. To the west is the majestic Huanglong Mountain, and to the north and south are narrow plains. It is a typical plain terrain on one side and on three sides.

After the return of the Demon Alliance was blocked, the only direction they could escape was the north.

When the demon army occupied the Hancheng area, they only built a fortress group defense position specifically used to target the Condor Army in the east. In both north and south, they only built simple trench defense fortifications.

After Ning Yuan captured the Hancheng area, in order to implement the tactic of aggression and aid, he built a fortress group the same as the east side in the south of Hancheng, and maintained the same state to the north side.

In order to facilitate access, Ning Yuan just ordered people to fill in several passages in the north. As for the trenches dug out by the demon army, they were still similar to those before.

When Sun Qi led the cavalry regiment to the north, he was immediately blocked by the wide and steep trench in front of him.

After seeing the only passages that could be passed, full of ape warriors holding spears and giant shields, Sun Qi suddenly felt a little black in front of him and almost fell directly from the war horse.

After taking a deep breath and stabilizing his body, Sun Qi looked at the fortress group in the east and the Condor Army base camp in the south, and then shook his head helplessly.

Neither the difficult legion of barbarians nor the ape army lying ambushed among the fortresses, they all caught up with them at this moment.

After Sun Qi led the cavalry regiment to flee north, the two armies all returned to their previous posts, leaving no opportunity for Sun Qi's cavalry regiment.

"Why."

After looking up at the sky again, Sun Qi sighed helplessly, and then resolutely led the cavalry regiment to Huanglong Mountain in the west.

Although the Condor Army stationed in the Hancheng area had no good way to get a cavalry legion with high mobility, their fate was already destined after Sun Qi led the human cavalry through the fortress group to the east.

After Ape Eighteen led the ape warriors to use a trippy horse sock to block Sun Qi and the others' retreat, they could only retreat south or north.

Going south, they are about to pass by the base camp of the Condor Army.

The passage is too close to the base camp of the Condor Army. If the Condor Army also arranged heavy infantry to the south, then they would probably be dumplings by the Condor Army.

Sun Qi did not dare to take risks with the lives of tens of thousands of cavalrymen, so he had no choice but to go north.

After the passage to the north was blocked by the Condor Heroes, they were immediately trapped in the encirclement arranged by the Condor Heroes.

Although the encirclement is very huge and without enough troops, the Condor Heroes cannot truly siege them.

But after several Condor Heroes defended their positions, Sun Qi and the others had actually lost completely.

Because it is cold winter now, the temperature will drop sharply at night, and the cavalry regiment led by Sun Qi only carried some dry food and fresh water with them, and had no other supplies.

In addition, all members of this cavalry are human knights, and they are not good at night battles, but the Condor Army has a large number of orc warriors in the formation.

If they continue to stay in the encirclement, they are likely to die in the cold weather or under the sneak attack of orc warriors.

So after discovering that there was no opportunity to take advantage of, Sun Qi had to lead the remaining cavalry to choose to enter the mountain.

Although the environment in the mountain is even worse, and many people may never get out after entering, at least there is still a glimmer of life inside. They can find wood that can keep warm in the mountain to avoid the destruction of the entire army.

In the cold north, the winter day is very short, and it is not far from dark in the afternoon.

Sun Qi is a native northerner. He knows the horror after dark, so he decisively chose to enter the mountain after discovering that he had fallen into the encirclement of the Condor Heroes.

Because if you can't find enough dry firewood and a place to hide from the cold wind before dark, then few of them can live to see the next day's sun.

......

When the human cavalry led by Sun Qi was desperate by the ambush circle set up by the Condor Heroes, the Dwarf Rock Sheep Knights led by Sosa Warhammer successfully intercepted the demon army led by Diop on the periphery of the eastern fortress group.

Facing the Dwarf Rock Sheep Knights Legion that suddenly appeared in front of the army, Diop did not dare to be careless and immediately ordered the army to stop advancing, and then set up a defensive formation on the spot.

Seeing that the defensive formation of the Demon Legion was airtight, Sosa Warhammer did not dare to launch an attack rashly. He just ordered the Dwarf Rock Sheep Knights to keep wandering around the enemy's defense line, waiting for the enemy to lose their positions.

However, the Diopge army was strict. No matter how the dwarf knights provoked, the demon warriors were unmoved.

So after both sides could not find any flaws in their opponents, the two armies confronted each other.

When the human cavalry regiment led by Sun Qi did not move for a long time, Diop guessed that something might have happened to Sun Qi.

After looking at the sky and measuring the gains and losses, Diop immediately sent a fast horse to break through and ask for emergency help from the rear.

When Diop sent the messenger to the base camp of the Demon Alliance, the battle on the southern battlefield was coming to an end.

After learning that Sun Qi's cavalry regiment had lost news, Diop's demon legion was entangled by the Dwarf Rock Sheep Knights of the Condor Army, Daniels immediately sent a demon legion to pick up Diop.

Facing the two demon armies that successfully joined forces and seeing the enemy's orderly retreat formation, Sosa Warhammer knew that today was destined to return empty-handed.

Although he was unwilling to let the enemy go, the strategic policy of the Condor Heroes in winter had become a defensive counterattack.

Without any support, the dwarf Rock Sheep Cavalry regiment under his command could not eat such a number of enemies.

Moreover, if his cavalry regiments rashly attacked, they would suffer heavy losses, so he could only watch the enemy go away helplessly.

As the sky gradually darkened, the soldiers of both sides of the enemy and us who had fought for a day returned to the warm base camp.

In this battle, more than 200,000 players from the two Tenglong Legions suffered a total of 130,000 casualties, which was a heavy casualty. However, compared with the casualties of the Demon Alliance, the number of casualties on the Divine Eagle Army is acceptable.

In this battle, the Demon Alliance's 500,000 players' legion escaped only more than 80,000 people. The Demon Commander Okafor not only died on the spot, but the Demon Legion he led was even more than half of the casualties.

In addition to the 100,000 human cavalry that had no news, the number of the demon coalition troops suddenly shrank by more than half.

Now Daniels has only 400,000 demon infantry and 80,000 remaining player soldiers, and the gap between the enemy and us has basically been smeared.

Now it is no longer a question of whether the Demon Alliance can successfully recover Hancheng, but whether they can withdraw safely.

If the Condor Heroes Army in Hancheng refused to let them go easily, it is hard to say how many of their remaining 500,000 infantry could be withdrawn after losing their only cavalry legion.

Because the Dwarf Rock Sheep Cavalry Regiment of the Condor Army can circumvent them at any time or in front of them, but they have no cavalry regiment that they can compete with.

......

"How long will it take to send reinforcements from the rear?"

After all the troops were withdrawn from the base camp, Daniels immediately held an emergency military meeting overnight.

Once the commander-in-chief of the three armies, Daniels knew all these military matters clearly, but at this moment, he asked directly at the meeting.

"When you go back to your Majesty, it's cold today. There have been a few heavy snowfalls a while ago, and it is very inconvenient to travel on land, so it is impossible for reinforcements to arrive here in less than a month or two.

And in a few months, the temperature will slowly rise, so Weichen believes that we should withdraw Heyang first, and after the sky arrives, we will send a large army to recover Hancheng."

After hearing Daniels' implicit sound, Diop immediately understood and proposed to withdraw his troops.

"Your Majesty, General Diop said very much, the demon warriors of our tribe are very unacceptable to this cold weather. In the cold winter, we cannot exert our true strength at all, so I believe that we should wait until the temperature rises before fighting the enemy."

......

Many of these demon commanders have been Daniels' old subordinates. They know how great Daniels is, so after Daniels gave a hint, they all rushed to propose to withdraw their troops first.

Looking at the understanding subordinates, Daniels pretended to ponder for a while, then sighed and said, "Hey, since that's the case, according to the opinions of several of you, tomorrow morning, the army will immediately set off the camp and retreat to Heyang.

Diop, after you lead a hundred thousand troops in charge, be sure to ensure the safety of the rear of the army.”

"Yes, Your Majesty, Diop will live up to His Majesty's trust and will swear to cover the safe retreat of the army."

After hearing Daniel Spear himself, Diop immediately set up a military order.

......

The next day, before dawn, the demon coalition began to detach the camp, and then the army began to retreat in the direction of Heyang.

When Ning Yuan learned that the Demon Alliance began to retreat, he immediately asked: "How many people have the enemy sent?"

"Your Majesty, there are about 100,000 people, all of them are demon warriors.

Now General Sosa is waiting for your order from Your Majesty, please tell us whether to pursue the pursuit.”

"This is a cold weather, what's there to chase? Tell Sosa and let him endure it for a few more months in the barracks.

Well, notify other troops to stick to their own defense zones and keep their energy.”

When Ning Yuan heard that Sosa wanted to chase the enemy, he immediately raised his mouth and then directly cut off the other party's thoughts.

It was cold this day, and people who went out to go to the cottage were very cold. Wouldn’t it be a big blow to the soldiers if they took the initiative to fight?

Now the Condor Army’s strategic winter goal has been achieved, killing tens of thousands of demon warriors will not affect the overall situation.

So since the enemy has retreated on his own initiative, Ning Yuan doesn’t want to cause trouble anymore. He just wants to spend this winter quietly now.

......

"What? The Demon Alliance retreated?"

After hearing the news of the retreat of the Demon Alliance, the Northern Expedition Alliance was in an uproar.

"Daniels, don't he know that there are problems with the logistics of the Condor Army now?

If the Condor Heroes Army in Hancheng cannot be driven back to the east of the Yellow River, and when the temperature rises, what will he use to resist the cavalry of the Condor Heroes?

This idiot, did he really think his army of demons is invincible?"

After learning about the demon coalition's start and end, Dongfang Ming immediately became angry and couldn't help but curse.

"I asked several players who participated in that battle, and Daniels couldn't blame him for this.

The demon warriors under Daniels were already brave enough. In order to break through the defense of the Condor Army, they even used suicide-style sharp-angle impact tactics.

But the barbarians under Ning Yuan were really powerful. Not only did the demon army suffer heavy losses, but even a demon commander died on the spot.

The Condor Heroes seem to have developed iron boxes that can fire many crossbow arrows at a time, and those iron boxes directly shattered the most fierce attack of the Demon Alliance.

The Demon Alliance was still in a hurry this time, and there was no way to even lead a scattering machine, so it was reasonable to not be able to break the carefully arranged positions of the Condor Heroes."

Seeing Dongfang Ming getting angry, Ye Ziqing shook his head helplessly, and then calmly analyzed.
To be continued...