Makino said to Chen Ning: "The rebels are going to attack us, you and I have more than 5,000 soldiers in our two legions, plus more than 20,000 defenders in Qingxiu City, we should be able to defeat this rabble." ”

In fact, Makino and Chen Ning are now both lieutenant colonels, but Makino's July Flowing Fire is a regular legion, and Chen Ning's legion is just a small legion that has just been formed.

In other words, according to the general situation, it should be Makino who commanded Chen Ning.

But now, Makino spoke to Chen Ning in an inquiring tone, faintly headed by Chen Ning. This is also because of Chen Ning's heroic performance in the previous battle, whether it is the strength he showed or the momentum, he was impressed by Makino, and Makino's subconscious regarded Chen Ning as the leader.

Makino felt that he was an eighth-level general, and there were two ninth-level generals in his army, Chen Ning and the mysterious old man were unfathomable, and Kan Jing was also a seventh-level general, under their leadership, the two legions plus the 20,000 defenders of Qingxiu City should be able to fight against the rebels.

But Chen Ning looked ahead and said, "Don't expect the defenders of Qingxiu City, they seem to have decided to join the rebels." ”

Makino and Suga were both shocked, and said something in unison, and then sure enough, they saw that not far from the assembly point of the rebels was the assembly point of the defenders of Qingxiu City, and the place where the rebels and the defenders of Qingxiu City gathered was very close, and the two sides did not seem to have the intention of fighting, and even seemed to be very harmonious.

Even, Makino and the others saw that the group of senior officers in Qingxiu City had already walked out and were talking to the leader of the rebels.

Makino said angrily: "These traitors, we risked our lives to rescue them, and now the zombie army has been repulsed, but they want to join the rebels and betray the empire." ”

Chen Ning used to be born in the slums, so he had a certain understanding of the military and civilian psychology of Qingxiu City, he sighed and said: "From the moment when the Metropolitan Governor retreated to Suzaku City and abandoned the southern provinces, these abandoned cities were very resentful, and there were rebels later. Qingxiu City was besieged for three months, this important military town only produces rare earths, does not grow grain, and all food is transported from outside, so it has been out of food after being besieged by zombies for two months. When I arrived in Qingxiu City, the inhabitants of it had even eaten their children, and they had already fallen to the point of cannibalism. I heard Major General Wei Min say that the rebels came to recruit the entire city of Qingxiucheng to join more than once, and if it wasn't for Major General Wei Min's forced pressure, Qingxiucheng would have all joined the rebels a long time ago. ”

Chen Ning paused and continued: "Now Major General Wei Min and the 10 senior officers have all died in battle, and the rest are middle and lower-level officers, who have no good impression of the empire, so now that the rebels have appeared and thrown an olive branch, it is reasonable that they are willing to join the rebels." ”

Makino said angrily: "It is reasonable to fart, this is treason, we want to destroy them along with the rebels." ”

Chen Ning smiled bitterly: "They now have 100,000 people, and our two legions combined are less than 10,000, and I noticed that there is a mysterious woman with a black umbrella in the rebels, and her strength is very strong." The zombie army retreated in a hurry because of her appearance. ”

Makino's eyes widened: "Black umbrella woman, is she in tears!"

Chen Ning was stunned: "Who are the tears?"

Makino: "She is one of the rebel leaders of the Empire who has recently offered a heavy bounty, and her head bounty has reached 3 million gold coins, which is only one million gold coins less than the bounty of the rebel leader. Her identity is very mysterious, and she doesn't even know her real name, someone once heard her recite a sentence 'I am a melancholy guest in the world, I know what is the matter with tears', plus she has a strong level 11 strength, so she was nicknamed Tears. ”

In the post-apocalyptic era, many people are displaced, and even orphans since childhood, so many people have no names, such as the Bull Demon King, who was originally just a nameless scavenger, and when he joined the army, he casually gave a nickname as his name.

This black umbrella woman nicknamed "Tears" should have a name, probably because she joined the rebels and didn't want to involve her family or relatives and friends, so she went incognito.

The empire's bounty for her head is three million, and you must know that Chen Ning's legion has spent less than one million gold coins when it is tinkered.

Three million gold coins can build a regular imperial legion, and such a high reward also proves the terrifying strength of this black umbrella woman.

Kan Jing's face was ugly and said: "The rebel soldiers are dozens of times larger than us, and there are 11-level powerhouses like Tears in charge, we don't have the slightest chance of winning at all." ”

Chen Ning's face was a little solemn, and Makino and the others looked ugly.

At this moment, the representative of the rebels, a leader named Stone Python, had already arrived with a dozen of his men, shouting that they wanted to talk to the commander of the Black Flag Legion.

Chen Ning took Makino and Kan Jing and others forward, and stopped less than ten meters away from the stone python, Chen Ning said in a deep voice: "I am Chen Ning, the commander of the Black Legion, what do you want to say?"

The stone python raised his right fist and put it on his chest, this is the way for the warrior to express his respect when he sees the warrior, and then he said: "Your Excellency and Wei Min just now shook the heroic performance of the army of more than 100,000 zombies with 13 people, we all saw it in our eyes, and we will first express our respect to you." But what I didn't expect was that you were just a lieutenant colonel, which shows that the empire is as unreasonable as ever in terms of knowing and employing people. ”

Chen Ning squinted his eyes: "If you are here to complain about the empire with me, then there is no need." ”

Stone Python: "Of course not, we have long lost faith in the corrupt empire, which is why we will form a rebel army to defend against the zombies and build our new home." ”

Chen Ning: "That's not a reason for you to rebel against the Empire. ”

Shi Python: "Lieutenant Colonel Chen, you are very strong and upright, but it's not worth working for this rotten empire, why don't you join us and achieve something great?"

Chen Ning: "If your purpose is to recruit me, then you will be disappointed." I'm not going to kill you, you go back to the queue, we'll see you on the battlefield later. ”

Shi Python raised his head slightly: "You can kill a level 10 zombie, it is indeed very strong, but recently, the left protector of our rebel army has also been in person, if we want, we can annihilate you all at any time." ”

Shi Python immediately said: "However, our rebel army is not a cruel and ignorant army, you are the same as Wei Min, unlike other corrupt officers of the empire, we respect you as an upright soldier, so we can't bear to kill you and your subordinates." So we have discussed with the rebels that we can let you go on your own. ”

Chen Ning glanced at Mu Ye, and then said, "What about the defenders of Qingxiu City and the people of the city?"

Shi Python: "We have recruited Qingxiu City several times before, and this time the defenders have tentatively agreed to join us. The residents of Qingxiu City, they will also join us. ”

Chen Ning shook his head: "I can't leave like this, I can't retreat without a fight in the face of the rebels, I can't explain to my superiors when I go back, and I don't believe that all the soldiers and civilians in Qingxiu City will be willing to join you." ”

Stone python: "What do you mean by that, you want to fight us to the death, and the jade will be burned?"

Chen Ning: "My condition is that I will personally ask the defenders and citizens of Qingxiu City, and I don't care if any of them are willing to join your rebels, and I can't control it now." But if anyone is willing to leave with my army and go to Suzaku City to camp out, then I must take them with me. If you don't agree, then even if the praying mantis blocks the car, we will have to sacrifice our lives again. ”

Shi Python frowned slightly when he heard Chen Ning say that he wanted to take away the soldiers and civilians who left voluntarily, and finally said, "I'm going to ask for advice from the left protector." ”

Shi Python immediately went back to discuss with Tears, and quickly went back and forth, and said to Chen Ning: "Based on your upright warrior and your brave performance against the zombie army, our Left Protector agrees to your conditions and asks you to gather the people who are willing to go to Vermilion Bird City to leave, but the time given to you is only one hour. ”

When Chen Ning heard this, he immediately asked Makino and Kan Jing to start a propaganda campaign to gather the soldiers and civilians who were going to retreat with the imperial army.

Of the 20,000 defenders, basically none of them wanted to return to the Empire, and they were already discouraged and desperate for the Empire.

Of the hundreds of thousands of city residents, only 50,000 were willing to evacuate with Chen Ning and them, and the rest were willing to join the rebels. After all, these residents were abandoned by the empire, and they all survived by eating human flesh, where would they have any good feelings for the empire, and tens of thousands of people left with Chen Ning, all because of Chen Ning's performance, which awakened the confidence of some people.

Chen Ning and Muye's two legions, with tens of thousands of city residents, began to evacuate.