On that night, listening to the report from the front line, Dmitry II was completely speechless.

The reason is of course very simple, that is, Antico suffered unprecedented losses.

According to common sense, more troops were invested in the mountains and forests, which should be the reversal of the situation. This was what Dmitry II thought.

In his opinion, even if he would pay a heavy price, as long as the troops of the Han Kingdom could be kept tightly in this forest, Antico would definitely not lose.

But this is not the case.

The fact is that those Han squads who suddenly became invincible in the mountains and forests have exploded with stronger combat power when facing more enemies.

Sometimes, as Antikos fights, they will suddenly find that there is a small team of the Great Han Kingdom in front, a small team of the Great Han Kingdom on the left, and even a small team of the Great Han Kingdom behind them! These small teams of ten people are elusive and give people a feeling that they are everywhere, making Antikos completely unable to resist.

Later, some Antico commanders even pulled their troops to garrison in one place in order to register, but they just stopped leaving.

But even so, they still did not escape the end of being annihilated.

"Five thousand people?"

After hearing this number of war loss, Dmitry II was really moved.

Who can withstand this?

Five thousand people were lost in one day. If we fought for a few more days, then all the troops of Dmitry II would have to be explained here.

You should know that although Dmitry II had more than 100,000 soldiers, these more than 100,000 soldiers were alive, not cold and ruthless tools.

If it is a tool, it will be considered as the end until the last one, but human words are different.

Simply put, once these more than 100,000 soldiers and horses die for 40,000 to 50,000, the other soldiers will all be dispersed.

There is no way. Seeing the comrades dying one after another, everyone knows that this battle cannot be fought. If you don’t run away at this time, will you stay and wait for death?

This is human nature. When there are few casualties, it can be suppressed by the military regulations and the majesty of the generals. However, when the casualties have reached a certain level, most soldiers want to run away. At this time, the majesty of the regulations is useless.

As a fairly wise king, Dmitry II certainly understood this very much.

So after he was silent for a long time, he breathed helplessly and said, "Okay, I'll send the order and let all the troops in the forest retreat."

When Dmitry II said this, all the Antico generals present breathed a sigh of relief.

They are actually not stupid, and they can all see that this time they can't beat them in the mountains and forests.

Since you can't beat it, retreating is the best way to preserve your strength.

There is a saying that goes, keep the green mountains without fear of burning firewood.

As long as the army is still there, Antico will still have hope! After a pause, Dmitry II said again: "Continue to pass on the orders and prepare all the soldiers. We will retreat westward tomorrow afternoon."

Since it is impossible to stop the advancement of the Han army in the mountains, we naturally have to retreat to the plateau and think of other solutions.

After the order from Dmitry II was issued, a general from Antico suddenly spoke, "Your Majesty, our army has been scattered. If you give the order now, many of them may not have time to return to the camp before tomorrow afternoon."

Dmitry II glanced at the general and said lightly: "If they can't return, then don't return."

The meaning of this sentence sounds very simple, but it is filled with a chilling calm.

Dmitry II knew very well that the soldiers and horses of the Han Kingdom led by Li Mu were actually only ten miles away from Antiko camp. If Antiko army did not set out in advance, the result would be caught up with the soldiers of the Han Kingdom! But even so, Dmitry II still miscalculated.

In other words, Dmitry II was very lucky.

After issuing the order, one naturally needs to send a group of commanders to convey the orders into the mountains and forests, so that the orders can be conveyed.

But in this mountain forest now, Chiyou's army team is everywhere.

At dawn the next day, Li Mu, who was still sleeping soundly, was woken up by Sima Shang.

"Taiwei, something big happened, these Antikos are going to run away!

"Li Mu, who was already a little sleepy, suddenly woke up: "What else is this happening?"

Tell me quickly and listen.”

The source of the information was very simple. The Chiyou Army team captured these messengers, then interrogated the content, and then quickly reported it back.

It is worth mentioning that a total of five Chiyou Army teams reported this situation within two hours.

After hearing Sima Shang's words, Li Mu immediately slapped his thigh: "What are you waiting for? Chase!"

Sima Shang was stunned for a moment and subconsciously said, "How to chase?"

Li Mu glared at Sima Shang: "Aren't you talking nonsense?

Of course, we continue to advance and pursue these enemy troops."

Sima Shang came to his senses and realized that he was not rigorous enough when he spoke, so he quickly said, "Master Taiwei, what I mean is, should we gather troops first and then continue to pursue?"

Li Mu waved his hand indifferently and said, "There is no need to concentrate troops at all. If we concentrate troops, then by the time we gather, the enemy would have already escaped far away.

We cannot give the enemy such an opportunity, because it turns out that in the mountains and forests, our combat effectiveness is far stronger than the enemy. If this is the case, we do not need to drag the battle outside the mountains and forests to solve it.

Immediately convey my orders, so that everyone can go forward immediately after receiving the orders and keep chasing the enemy.

If you encounter a friendly army on the road, then pass this order to the friendly army and let the friendly army continue to move forward with them.

As long as everyone can keep moving forward, we will be enough to defeat the enemy."

Sima Shang was stunned when he heard this and couldn't help but speak, "But if this is the case, then will the organization of our army be completely messed up?"

In Sima Shang's view, this would lead to a mess of organization and incoordination of command, which would likely have a very adverse impact on the combat of the Han army.

After hearing Sima Shang's words, Li Mu couldn't help laughing and said to Sima Shang: "Your words are wrong. You have to know that we are going to take this opportunity to completely defeat the enemy. Although we are indeed very chaotic, the enemy is also in chaos. Do you understand?

We didn’t have time to assemble completely and return to the previous organization, the enemy would not have time to assemble and reorganize their organization. In this case, we would certainly win by confusion!”

After listening to Li Mu's words, Sima Shang was speechless at first, and after a moment, he suddenly realized and praised from the bottom of his heart: "Your sentence is really too correct, so let's do it next!"

So, when the sky was completely bright, Li Mu's order spread everywhere in the mountains.

The order in this game is actually very simple, that is, "Catch up with the enemy, catch the enemy, and kill the enemy!"

Not only that, Li Mu himself quickly led the remaining main forces around him and marched rapidly along the mountains and forests.

Previously, due to concerns about being ambushed by enemies in the mountains and forests, Li Mu's advance speed was relatively slow.

But now that the enemy has been confirmed and the enemy has retreated at the beginning, Li Mu can naturally advance quickly without any scruples and ignore the forests on both sides.

Under such circumstances, a torrent in the mountains and forests was quietly gathering and began to chase the Antiko people tightly.

Dmitry II, the king of Antico Empire, was completely unaware of all this at this moment.

He was not in a good mood because he knew that in the mountains, it was actually the best opportunity for him to defeat the Han Kingdom. Now this best opportunity has been lost, and Antico has also suffered heavy losses.

But even so, Dmitry II was not depressed at all, because he knew very well that the war was not over yet.

Since the war has not ended, it means that the Antico Empire does not mean that there is no chance at all.

As long as there is still a chance, Dmitry II will fight to the end and will never surrender easily.

Just as he was thinking, a noise suddenly came from outside the chariot Dmitry II was riding.

This made Dmitry II very unhappy.

The war was not good, but now there are still people making noise here.

Dmitry II stretched out his head from the chariot and spoke to the entourage beside him unhappily: "Go and ask what happened. If someone makes trouble, remember to deal with the perpetrator."

His Majesty the Emperor is in a bad mood, so if someone bumps into him at this time, Dmitry II naturally doesn't mind showing his majesty as an emperor.

As a follower of Dmitry II, of course, he knew very well what the emperor meant, so he immediately rode his horse away.

But a moment later, the minion reappeared in front of Dmitry II on a faster speed.

"Your Majesty is in a bad situation. The army of the Han Kingdom has already chased behind our army!"

After hearing this, Dmitry II was shocked.

“How is this possible?

Why do people in the Han Dynasty have such a fast speed?”

Of course no one can answer this question.

At this time, Dmitry II also knew in his heart that the noisy voice was not actually made by others on purpose, but that the army of the Han Kingdom had already begun to harass Antico's main force after approaching.

When he thought of this, a very strong sense of crisis suddenly emerged in Dmitry II's heart.

If everything went smoothly, Antico's soldiers should have harassed the main forces of the Han Kingdom, but now everything has been reversed.

How did things turn out like this?

Dmitry II calmed down and gave orders.

"Don't worry about the soldiers and horses of the Han Kingdom behind them. They must have come from a small team in the mountains and forests and discovered our traces.

If this is the case, we can be sure that they do not pose much threat to us, so we will continue to march and leave the forest as soon as possible. In this way, when we reach the plain, they will never dare to continue chasing us."

In the mountains and forests, small groups of troops have the capital to attack large troops with the ubiquitous forests. However, if small groups of troops dare to do this when they arrive in the plain, they only need a group to charge and quickly eliminate the small team.

So what Antico's army now has to do is to leave this forest immediately, so that it can get rid of the entanglement of the team, retreat quickly, and achieve its previous goals.

But Dmitry II found out that he seemed to have made a mistake in calculation again.

As time passed by minute by minute, there were obviously more and more soldiers from the Han Dynasty around Antiko's army.
To be continued...