Chapter Twenty-Nine: Rushing to the Imperial Capital
Starfall City.
Mu Tianlin, who was standing on the low city wall, watched the soldiers of the Heavenly Kingdom retreat like a tide, and then turned his head to look at the old and weak soldiers behind him with a sigh of relief, and when his eyes met Mu Yingchun, the head of the black cavalry who already had a little white hair next to him, he moved towards Mu Yingchun.
Seeing that his former boss, the military chief of the empire, his own nephew was not only alive, but also coming to him at this moment. Mu Yingchun, who was already physically exhausted because of the previous tragic battle, put down the iron rod in his hand, bent down and said to Mu Tianlin:
"The head of the Imperial Black Cavalry - Mu Yingchun see the commander-in-chief!"
Seeing his uncle like this, Mu Tianlin quickened his pace, helped Mu Yingchun with both hands, and then said with a displeased face: "Why should my uncle be like this!"
Hearing that Mu Tianlin did not speak to himself in the tone of the head of the empire, Mu Yingchun said with a look of guilt on his face at this moment
"My subordinates have failed to fulfill their military duties and defend the territory and defend the territory! As a result, the people of the northern country have been slaughtered by the Heavenly Wolf Country for many years! Now it is once again that the only remaining combat power of the empire has almost been lost in Starfall City! It is really worthy of the empire!"
"The form of the empire is already clear on my way back! If you want to say it wrong! I, the military chief of the empire, should bear the main responsibility, but fortunately I arrived in time, otherwise I would have almost regretted it for life!"
Just as the two of them condemned each other, Han Tai, the new commander of the Black Cavalry Army's Military Division, who had rushed over from not far away, came up and saluted and asked:
"Captain of the Horse, the Heavenly Army outside the city has retreated, do you need to send the black cavalry out of the city to chase after you?"
"At present, the strength of the enemy army still exists! Our army is also winning because of surprise soldiers! It is better to clean up the battlefield nearby and collect weapons! As for whether to pursue or not, I will make a decision after discussing with your cavalry leader!"
Seeing that Han Tai did not respond to Mu Tianlin's military order! At this time, Mu Yingchun next to him said:
"This is the Imperial Military Chief!
"Obey! I'll go down and make arrangements!" Han Tae replied. While leaving, he didn't forget to take a second look at Mu Tianlin.
Just as Han Tai was going to arrange the next military deployment, Mu Yingchun pointed at Han Tai and said to Mu Tianlin:
"The original commander of the military department has been killed in battle! Now that his son has taken over, most of the current newcomers in the empire don't know you anymore! But this also shows that our sky-blue spark can still set the prairie on fire! Hope is on them!"
Mu Tianlin was not angry after hearing Mu Yingchun's explanation. just said with a solemn face:
"In this battle, I didn't see the enemy wolf riders involved! And the number of opponents is not very large! What is the next arrangement for my uncle?"
"This time, I raised troops to fight against the Heavenly Side, and the time is relatively urgent! It is estimated that the Heavenly King's Court has not reacted yet! In addition, most of the sixteen counties occupied by the Heavenly Kingdom have raised troops to fight against the enemy, and the Jochi of the Southern Courtyard can only be suppressed with the current strength, as for the next arrangementγγγγγγγγγγ Mu Yingchun looked at the wounded soldiers and corpses under the city behind him and did not say how to deploy, but said after a pause: "It's better for you to make arrangements!"
Seeing that the head of the Black Cavalry, who was familiar with the current form of the empire, did not have any good military deployment, Mu Tianlin could only help Mu Yingchun and said:
"Let's not stand on this wall, let's go down and have a look together, and make a decision after consulting with all the soldiers!"
"That's the only way for now!" Mu Yingchun finished speaking, and then went down the city wall with Mu Tianlin to inspect the wounded soldiers and captured materials.
Inside the Starfall City Lord's Mansion.
After having a general understanding of the situation in the city before, Mu Tianlin looked at the Azure soldiers who were gathering in the city lord's mansion at this time, and said with sophistication:
"Gather you here! I want you to talk about our specific deployment in the future! All the Azure soldiers can speak!"
After listening to the words of the Imperial Commander-in-Chief who was surrounded by everyone at this time, the air instantly became quiet, most of the Azure soldiers were thinking about the future of the Empire and themselves, but a small number of soldiers turned their eyes to Mu Yingchun, who was sitting next to the Imperial Military Chief.
Then. There was a black cavalry general who was wounded in his left hand, but he opened the silence, saluted Mu Tianlin and said:
"The Heavenly Kingdom has invaded our land all these years and slaughtered our innocent people in Tianlan! It has even set the terrifying "Six Covenants of the Apocalypse", since we followed the cavalry leader's action, we have long put our bodies and deaths aside, we are willing to continue to fight with the soldiers of the Heavenly Kingdom in this Starfall City! Even if we are crushed, we will not hesitate!"
"Keep fighting!" shouted the young soldiers next to him.
Looking at the high mood of most of the soldiers, Mu Yingchun, the head of the Black Cavalry who was sitting next to Mu Tianlin at this time, sighed, and then said to Han Tai, the commander of the responsible army not far away:
"Commander of the army, Han Tae! Tell me about the specific situation of our army at present! Let the commander of the army decide!"
After hearing the order of the rider, Han Tae-chan said, "Yes"
After hearing Mu Yingchun's words, the other soldiers next to him also quieted down, only to see Han Tai say:
At present, our army has a total of 30,000 troops, more than 5,700 wounded soldiers, and 3,000 black cavalry soldiers.
After hearing Han Tai's report, most of the soldiers turned their eyes to Mu Tianlin, only to see Mu Tianlin looking at Mu Yingchun for a while, and then looking at all the Azure soldiers and said:
"Most of what Han Tai said is the truth! As far as my Azure military is concerned, we can't compete with the combat power of the soldiers of the Heavenly Kingdom, and we were able to hold Starfall City and repel the soldiers of the Heavenly Kingdom before, mainly because we had black horses in the front, and we could go out of the city to counterattack, and most of the later victories were because of the warriors composed of these imperial civilians I brought, as far as the current situation is concerned, the Heavenly Kingdom will lead troops back again at any time, if you add the wolf cavalry of their royal court, Starfall City will be dangerous. That's why I decided that we should abandon the city and rush somewhere else!"
After hearing Mu Tianlin's words, most of the Tianlan soldiers were talking about it, looking at the noise of the soldiers, at this time Mu Yingchun said:
"I don't know where the chief told us to abandon the city and rush to?"
Looking at the other soldiers because of Mu Yingchun's questioning, they threw their expected eyes at what they had stolen. Mu Tianlin replied:
"On the way to Xingluo, I saw that many people were also rushing to this side, but the current situation in the north is not conducive to our next development, and there are no weapons, grain and grass and cities that our army needs here!
"Imperial Capital!" Mu Yingchun said questioningly, and most of the Azure soldiers also discussed with each other after hearing Mu Tianlin's words.
"Because the imperial capital is at the center of the empire, and it is close to the eight southern counties, and the city wall is also easier to defend and fight than the current starfall, we can call on all the people to rush to the imperial capital quickly, so that our troops and weapons may be more secure! In this way, all the people who are about to rush to the north will turn to the imperial capital, and they don't have to directly face the next edge of the heavenly soldiers! We can also lose less!" Mu Tianlin continued.
"Obey the commander-in-chief's order!" all the soldiers replied after hearing Mu Tianlin's analysis.
Hearing that all the soldiers had agreed with his opinion, Mu Tianlin ordered again:
"You lead the remaining black cavalry and 5,000 soldiers to escort the wounded soldiers and civilians to the imperial capital!
The other soldiers led the remaining soldiers who could fight to hand over all their weapons to the soldiers and horses led by General Mu, and then continued to disguise themselves as ordinary Sky Blue Nationals and rush to their respective county towns and other occupied county towns! Let all the citizens who can fight rush to the Imperial Capital, and we will prepare soldiers and horses in the Imperial Capital!"
"Obey!" replied all the soldiers.
One day after the order, Mu Yingchun led the black cavalry to escort the wounded soldiers and civilians to the imperial capital, and all the soldiers who continued to be civilians also brought Mu Tianlin's mobilization order back to their respective counties.
At this time, the national mobilization order of the chief of the Azure Empire, with the dispersal of the soldiers, continued to transmit messages among the people. I saw that whether it was in the snow of the Heavenly Kingdom in the north or in the mines of the Ghost Kingdom, all the people were rushing to the former Heavenly Blue Emperor Capital, Ziyang City.