Chapter 6 Post-War Meetings
In the Yokoga military camp on the border with Saran, everything seems to be thriving. Saran's soldiers were no longer decadent, but had become the one that would put up resistance to the invaders to the death.
There was indeed a bit of a battle in the barracks, the soldiers who should be on guard were carefully guarding, and the soldiers on patrol were doing their best to observe whether there was any movement in the camp.
And the credit for this huge change is the sudden battle before.
Before the declaration of war, Sauron's army suddenly led thousands of cavalry to attack, and many of the Saran soldiers were imposing, and some even had to be deserters.
At such a critical moment, it was the new generalissimo of Saran who stepped forward, and with his own desperate sprint, he exchanged the morale of the Saran soldiers.
In the end, with the efforts of reinforcements and the army of the original Yokoga military camp, Saran finally succeeded in defusing Sauron's attack, and roughly debunked the myth of the invincibility of Sauron's army.
After winning the battle, the morale of the Saran soldiers naturally maintained their fighting spirit at all times, and they all waited for the next confrontation with Sauron.
However, compared to the eagerness of the soldiers, several of Saran's generals kept their heads extremely clear-headed. They held their own meeting in the command hut in the middle of the barracks.
"Okay, now that everyone has arrived, then I'll tell you about the current situation!" Shen Mengting stood in the center of the shack, although she could sit in front of the chair placed in the deepest place, but she didn't plan to do this.
She wished that she would just be at the central table with the strategic scene that simulated the surrounding scene, and she could observe it directly and carefully.
The generals who were sitting on both sides were also cautious. They nodded their heads one after another, and of course there was Zhao Yu, who had just recovered from a serious injury.
Zhao Yu originally thought that he was not qualified to sit here, but after Shen Mengting's insistence on pulling in, he actually became the core commander of the Saran Kingdom.
However, he still has extremely low self-esteem at the moment, and he believes that he is not qualified to sit here at all. Because all along, haven't people always called him a waste?
He kept his head down, and he couldn't even hold the staff in his hand. In desperation, Zhao Yu could only gasp slightly to relieve the tension in his heart.
Shen Mengting soon saw Zhao Yu's abnormal appearance, and at the same time, she also began to reflect on whether she had done something wrong. Wouldn't it put a lot of pressure on this kid who had barely seen the world to sit here?
However, Shen Mengting couldn't be blamed for the incident, because within a few days after the reinforcements arrived, the regent Lin Mingyuan personally handed her a letter. It was written by King Wei Tianwen himself, which not only mentioned the current situation of Qingse City and the king's determination to resist the invaders of Sauron to the end, but also focused on the two children of Zhao Yu and Jiang Jingwen.
According to the king's meaning, he admired the two young men who had just turned twenty. Jiang Jingwen doesn't need to talk about it, as long as she is Jiang Yuanhe's daughter, she will definitely be able to hold a good job in the army.
And the end of the letter is mainly about Zhao Yu. The king highly praised Zhao Yu's bravery, and especially praised the child's sacrifice to protect the letter. For this reason, the king also specially broke and promoted Zhao Yu, and changed him from the embarrassing treatment of being empty to a colonel.
In other words, Zhao Yu is now a middle-to-senior officer at the rank of colonel. So he's definitely qualified to sit here. It's just that for him, who has nothing to do, the pressure of this position is too great.
Shen Mengting knew that Zhao Yu was a little on pins and needles at the moment, but she didn't have the time to care about Zhao Yu now. Now there are more important things to tell, and all the private matters are nothing compared to what she is doing now.
Shen Mengting must tell the current battle situation in more detail, so that she can resist Sauron's next attack.
"I won't on some useless prefix languages, you should all know very well. Just yesterday, the Saurons sent troops to attack us!"
"Yes, of course we know! The result is that we still won, which is equivalent to giving those invaders a head-on blow!" Hahaha......" Shen Jun was really extremely excited as he grinned and talked about the current situation. But it didn't take long for him to suddenly notice something, "Wow! I just said an idiom!ah!haha! I didn't expect that after the baptism of war, I actually became so fucking literate!ahhahahaha......"
Shen Jun was still extremely excited, but then Shen Mengting lowered her head and glared, and she still stopped laughing.
"General Shen Jun!" Shen Mengting licked her lips, "I don't think it's time to be so excited! Don't forget, we only won a small battle before! There are still a lot of challenges waiting for us later." So we can't take it lightly!"
When Shen Jun heard the embarrassing smile that came from the inside out, he suddenly froze out of thin air. From time to time, with a few twitches of his cheek muscles, he no longer dared to look directly at the marshal in the center of the room, "Ahh
When Qian Hao saw such an embarrassing atmosphere, he wanted to 'make a hindrance' and give full play to his funny talent. I saw him cough lightly quickly, and poked at Shen Jun's position, "Ahem...... I think that guy is too immersed in a moment of crisis! After all, after all that experience, who can maintain a calm mind!"
Qian Hao constantly changed his expression into an exaggerated clown style, and the two rows of white teeth in his mouth were exposed.
But regrettably, the atmosphere in the room is still extremely oppressive, and it has not become any more active because of his transfer.
At this moment, Qian Hao himself became very embarrassed, "Ahh......h Looks like everyone is very nervous right now!" he continued to smile and shake his body a few times.
Shen Mengting didn't even have the idea of scolding this person, she chose to turn her gaze directly in other directions.
"However, I can really feel that the current situation is really very urgent!" Compared with those two, Chen Tianhao, Shen Mengting's good friend who had a solid relationship on the way, had a very serious face. He also kept pointing to the shrunken scene in the center that simulated the surrounding environment, "I have been to the enemy's barracks, and it is a barracks that can accommodate a very large number of them. It is estimated that there may be more than 100,000 troops!"
As soon as Chen Tianhao's words fell, there was no shortage of exclamations around him!
"Chen Tianhao is right, so I can almost conclude that Sauron's sneak attack yesterday only used one-tenth of his strength!"
"Ah, one-tenth?" Qian Hao straightened up when he heard this, "Is it only one-tenth? Is it too exaggerated?" He looked a little nervous, but in fact, his movements were still so comfortable. He also leaned back in the chair, and even Erlang's legs were cocked.
However, his action then seemed to be suddenly stopped, because Shen Mengting's angry gaze suddenly came. Helpless, Qian Hao quickly returned to his normal sitting posture.
'I'm going to go!!Why are you always putting on a face that others owe you money!' Don't I just sit casually? Are you like this?' Even though Qian Hao began to turn his expression into nothingness, his heart was still churning.
"It's not an exaggeration at all!" Shen Mengting no longer paid attention to Qian Hao, and there were no superfluous accusations. At present, all her thoughts are focused on the current battle situation, "Yesterday, the number of soldiers and horses led by the enemy may be only a few thousand. Although they are all cavalry, the numerical inferiority is an indisputable fact. But even if it's only a few thousand, we're still beaten to the point where we can't fight back!"
"Huh? No way to fight back? This ...... Is it a bit exaggerated?" Shen Jun said coldly.
"Actually, it's not an exaggeration! After all, when we first started the war, what kind of state were we in! Presumably, everyone here should know very well!" Chen Tianhao did not shy away from speaking at all.
But this is what Shen Mengting is deeply happy about. The woman finally had a smile on her face, "Well, you're right! We were like a mantis arm at the beginning, as if we were doomed to fail!"
Zhao Yu didn't know what they were talking about, and he didn't participate in the initial battle. But since Shen Mengting has said so, he must definitely have a reason.
"Wow! That's ...... This also hurts our self-esteem too much!" Shen Jun wiped his nose and mouth with his hand.
"Ahem, cough ......" Suddenly, General Wang Bin's coughing sound resounded in almost every corner of the room, and this senior [river crab] general was still covering his mouth and arms. After a few soft coughs, he still made his face serious, "It's not a self-esteem loss!" to put it bluntly...... The earliest battles were really ......"
Wang Bin seemed to be shaking his head, and he seemed to be holding back his grief and tightened his lips, "It's really a bit miserable! I thought I was going to lose! Fortunately, reinforcements came from behind, and then we were ...... It's time to survive the crisis!"
Wang Bin's words silenced the people present again, and the joy of victory that should have been there has now turned into suppressed sadness in an instant.
"Wait, may I say a word?"
Just after everyone continued to be pessimistic, Regent Lin Mingyuan suddenly spoke up. He stood up in peculiarity, and glanced at all the generals present.
Whether it was his age or his status in the country of Saran, he was qualified enough to speak to anyone here. So, most of them turned their attention to the regent.
"I'll give you my opinion! Although I came from behind, I didn't participate in your previous battles. But seeing what a few generals said, it must have been a very, very cruel battle! I think you must have experienced a painful struggle! But this is also very normal, how many powerful soldiers of the Sauron Empire, not to mention our Saran, not even any of the powerful countries in Celos, can not say that they can defeat them. So if you didn't break down some time ago, it's already a good performance. I hope you don't have to feel inferior anymore! Besides, we don't have to dwell on past failures, but we should look forward and think about how we can stop the enemy in the future. ”
Lin Mingyuan spoke for a few seconds, and he didn't even take a few breaths. Not to mention the specific content of his speech, just with his current neutral style, many people feel a little incredible.
"That's it, what are you going to do with the past! We're going to look forward! Look ahead, do you know?" Qian Hao laughed again. His expression was pompous again, his mouth grinning open, and his tongue twitching as if he had been struck by lightning.
Now that Qian Hao has started to 'get sick' again, Shen Jun will naturally not be willing to fall behind. I saw that his backhand was slapped on the arm of Qian Hao next to him, and his face was also laughing madly, "That's it! Senior officials just think differently, and they know what mood they should maintain when and when! I don't want to bear any inexplicable pressure even if I win!"
"That's it, that's it, ahhh......h
The two living treasures seemed to be silly with a smile, which drew the disdainful glances of the others.
"If you want to look forward, I will know! I said that you two are enough! If you still want to laugh, please go out and laugh! Smile at the endless plain!" Shen Mengting angrily pointed to the door of the house.
Qian Hao and Shen Jun knew that this woman was going to be serious, so they immediately stopped laughing. In an instant, they were back in the same petrified form as they pretended, bowing their heads and making no more noise.
"It's really two candles! If you don't scold it, it's uncomfortable!" Shen Mengting grumbled softly.
"Alas! Okay! Mengting! I think these two generals must also want to adjust the atmosphere! After all, the enemy's strength is so strong, if they are always tense, I guess everyone will go crazy!" Lin Mingyuan released a little intention to ease the current atmosphere.
"Uncle Lin, you don't know these two slick minds, they have always been afraid of the world not to say something out of place, as if this could highlight their humor. Shen Mengting glared at the two people slightly. But it didn't take long for her to look at the old regent again, "But what Uncle Lin said earlier still has a point. Actually, I don't necessarily want to be an adult, and I want to be angry and destroy my prestige! The reason why I emphasize that point is just to clarify the situation that we are not optimistic about at present!"
Shen Mengting stood extremely upright, which was different from when she was in front of Qian Hao and Shen Jun before, "Just imagine, the enemy only used a small part of his strength, but he still beat us upside down." Shouldn't this be enough to attract our attention?, I've always felt that without the reinforcements brought by Uncle Lin, we would have been completely defeated by the Saurons. It's such a reluctant victory, and we should be happy, but we can't relax too much!"
She glanced at everyone present, and during this time, she looked at almost all of them, including Qian Hao and Shen Jun, "After all, the enemy is not the kind of weak character who will only use a fraction of his strength to deal with us all the time. They are Saurons, and one day they will use all their strength. So how are we going to resist then?"
Shen Mengting's speech was so heartfelt that even Qian Hao stopped hip-hopping. As for the others, they are even more preoccupied.
Shen Mengting was also right, the enemy would definitely show his sharpest fangs to Saran in the future! At that time, Saran would really be difficult to resist! Zhao Yu thought so.
"I'm not sensationalizing anything! I'm not damaging your self-confidence! But yesterday's battle was honestly a bit of luck. I don't know why the Lian Yunpo on the other side only brought a few thousand soldiers and horses, maybe it was a light enemy or maybe there was another reason. But I have to admit that what we defeated was indeed only a small army of Sauron! With such a record, I, Shen Mengting, don't think I, Shen Mengting, are not to the point of boasting, at least not now!"
Shen Mengting almost didn't have any cover-up, so she told her thoughts directly. Her hands were on the edge of the table, and her weight was sinking.
"Again, the next is the biggest challenge! The Sauron Empire is bound to come up with even more terrifying attacks, so the challenge is yet to come!We need to be nervous all the time to deal with all the threats!" she almost glanced at everyone present.
"Well, Mengting!oh!no!I should say Generalissimo Shen!" Lin Mingyuan began to nod affirmatively to Shen Mengting, "What you said is not wrong at all! I should learn from you!"
Lin Mingyuan was also sighing that Shen Mengting, who was once just a little girl in front of him, has now officially become a majestic generalissimo.
"Uncle Lin is serious, you are the most qualified person here!"
"Alas! You can't say that! Fighting a war is your soldier's duty, and I'm just watching from the sidelines!"
"Uncle ......"
"Okay, Generalissimo Shen! Uncle is an idler here, and all orders are still up to you!" Lin Mingyuan said and sat down humbly.
Then, General Wang Bin next to him quickly stood up, "Yes, Marshal! This is your biggest, and we will all listen to you!"
"Yes!" Vice Marshal Ma Liming also nodded his head.
Seeing this, Shen Mengting hung her head excitedly. After taking a sharp breath, she still raised her head again, "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I will definitely be a good marshal! Thank you for your support!"
"Then don't talk about anything now, let's talk about the current situation!" Wang Bin proposed.
Shen Mengting quickly came back to her senses, "Yes! Yes, let's talk about the current battle situation now!" she followed and looked at the simulated thumbnail scene in front of her again.
"I think it's better for me to talk about the comparison of the strength of the two sides first! After all, I'm the best at this!" Vice Marshal Ma Liming immediately stood up. After waiting for Shen Mengting's nod and permission, he also came to the center of the room.