Chapter 19: Weakness Again
"What? What are you talking about?" Shen Mengting's eyes were really round, and even the pupils inside seemed to bulge, "You...... You repeat...... This ...... "She seemed to think that what she had just heard was extremely incredible!"
Zhao Yu had been making a subtle observation from the side, and of course he himself was reluctant to believe that information.
Just a few hours ago, the spies who had gone to the enemy camp to spy on intelligence had returned, and they had all brought with them the shocking information that a group of reinforcements had suddenly arrived in Sauron's barracks. These reinforcements are still very strong, and their numbers are still very impressive.
"At least 20,000 men!"
Eventually, the figure came out of the spout's mouth.
This is not a good sign, the already very strong army of Sauron has dug up tens of thousands of soldiers and horses from nowhere.
Shen Mengting only felt a little headache, so she put her hand on her forehead, "Ahh......hh Is...... Ay...... I don't know how to describe it, but in the current situation, it's ......."
Her body was like a slanted ball, as if it was going to fall down at any moment.
"Marshal ......"
"Alright! Don't say anything to me, you all know the situation now! Sauron is serious this time, and they have received almost 20,000 troops on their side. It's a good thing, the enemy we're facing is a lot stronger!" she spread her hands and her shoulders frustratedly raised.
In fact, for Shen Mengting, the most terrifying thing is not the new reinforcements of the enemy's 20,000 soldiers. What she feared most was that now that there were 20,000 aids, there would be even more Sauron soldiers sent here in the future. If Sauron's reinforcements exceeded 100,000, the battle would have been lost.
"Alas......" Shen Mengting sighed, she really wanted to collapse on the chair desperately now, and make some movements such as shaking her head and sighing like venting. However, because of the position of marshal, she dispelled this discouraged thought.
And everyone in the room seemed to have the same idea as Shen Mengting. The established enemies of Sauron were terrible enough, and now they had 20,000 new reinforcements.
Zhao Yu was not good at fighting, but he was surprised to be able to identify the number of battles between the two armies. Therefore, he was naturally full of grief now, and unconsciously clenched his staff.
"Marshal, I don't think it's time to be too concerned about the number of enemy troops. The Sauron Empire was originally a very powerful country, as long as they wanted to do it, not to mention any 20,000 reinforcements, and even a million troops could be pulled out by them. So, let's just pay attention to the enemy who is directly confronted with us, step by step!"
Deputy Marshal Ma Liming was the first to speak after Shen Mengting. In this army, his position is also precisely the second.
"Well, Deputy Marshal Ma Liming is right! There are reinforcements on the part of Sauron, and this should be what we think of. What we need to do now is not to lament how many reinforcements there are, but to think about how to deal with these enemies!" Regent Lin Mingyuan paced around the house, but he didn't actually walk more than three meters.
Now that the two seniors have spoken, Shen Mengting can only forcibly put away her worries.
She cheered up, and quickly straightened her waist again, "So...... Let's all think about how to deal with this new threat!"
The Generalissimo's words made almost everyone nod, including Jiang Jingwen, who was a physician. But Zhao Yu nodded his head in a daze, he couldn't understand the conversation of most people here.
"Let's estimate the strength of the two sides first!" Shen Mengting traveled around the crowd, "The forces on our side haven't moved a bit, so the key is on Sauron's side!"
"Sauron has sent a new army of 20,000 troops, which means ......" General Wang Bin paused, and could see what he was doing. After a few glances of his eyes from side to side, he reported a series of figures, "Originally, they had 27,000 troops! Now that they have 20,000 new reinforcements, now they have 47,000 troops!"
"Forty-seven thousand!" Shen Mengting muttered to herself, her hands clenched unconsciously. This is almost like an astronomical amount, especially the situation of the strength of one's side.
Of course, she is not the only one who is quite touched, and most people are also shocked by this number. Shen Jun was one of them, and the expression on his face was unexpectedly a trace of fear.
"Forty-seven thousand...... Seven thousand! Isn't that nearly fifty thousand!" His head began to lower slowly, and his expression was filled with panic.
"Shen Jun ......"
"Then our side......" He raised his head again, but he didn't look at anyone.
"We're still counting the same number!21,000! Among them, there are 19,000 swordsmen and 2,000 archers!Of course, if you count the new mages and doctors, you can break through the number of 22,000!But ......"
General Wang Bin's meaning is very clear, even if you add the thousand magicians and doctors, you still want to go far from the enemy in terms of numbers. Therefore, his current expression is also full of helplessness.
"The number of troops on our side is more than 20,000, but the enemy's strength has increased to ......" After hesitating for a while, Shen Mengting still reported the number of 'more than 40,000'.
Twenty thousand versus forty thousand! Zhao Yu silently recited these two numbers in his heart. After a long time, he gasped again. The number means that the enemy has more than twice as many troops as his side.
This is too terrifying!Zhao Yu began to shake his head slowly.
"Presumably, you should have already compared the strength of the two sides in your own hearts!" Shen Mengting seemed to be making an announcement, she squinted a little at everyone's gaze, but her chest was not ordinarily straight.
Her questions were not answered by others. On the contrary, everyone's bowing heads and silence were as if they had been knocked on a stick.
"I know! Everyone is very helpless about this comparison right now. The soldiers of the Sauron Empire are already much stronger than us, and now they have the advantage of many pairs in numbers!I can understand your current discouragement. But the current balance of strength is like this, we really can't change anything!"
Although Shen Mengting's words were still relatively peaceful, in fact, her current mood had already been squeezed to the point of extreme nervousness.
Obviously, they are all about to pull to the unified starting line, but ......
Before hearing the spies' report, the number of troops between the two sides was still 21,000 to 27,000, which at first glance was not too much of a difference. But now, it has been destroyed by the enemy's reinforcements out of thin air.
'Damn! Damn!' Shen Mengting's clenched fist was already full of green tendons, as if there were a few green worms climbing.
"Marshal Shen is right! Even if we go to shock anything now, it will be a waste of time. It is an established fact that there are more than 40,000 enemies, and we must think carefully now about how to deal with such a large number of enemies!"
Most of them looked like they were silent with their heads bowed to touching and nodding. It seems that they have also accepted that there are such a number of enemies. It's just that the fear and sense of loss in the heart of the receiver will never be erased.
Zhao Yu never happened at the edge of the crowd, which was also a microcosm of him since he entered the barracks. However, his inner thoughts are quite rich. He was thinking about what it would be like if the enemy really lined up more than 40,000 soldiers and horses to attack here.
In a dusty plain, the army formation with almost no edge in sight is staring at the Yokoga military camp in the distance, and it is a terrible sight to draw their swords and attack at any moment!
Zhao Yu had the above picture engraved in his mind, but because he was too scared, he had to shake his head violently again, forcibly dispelling the scene completely.
The atmosphere was still moving closer to the oppressive edge, at least judging from the few conversations.
Qian Hao is a little overwhelmed by this kind of people. He clapped his hands and began to pace quickly, "Hey, hey, hey, what's wrong with everyone! The battle hasn't started yet, so it's like you've lost!"
"With the current strength comparison, isn't it equivalent to losing?" Shen Jun's lips moved slightly.
This smile was still in Qian Hao's eyes, and he quickly snapped his fingers at Shen Junmeng, "Hey! Why are you so sad! This is not like you!"
Shen Jun glanced at Qian Hao lightly, "Heh! I have always been like this!"
Qian Hao twitched when he heard this, and the corners of his mouth twitched, "Ha...... Haha! What do you mean you've always been like this! You're not that kid from Zhao Yu! You're usually giggling!"
was suddenly mentioned by others, Zhao Yu didn't react for a while, he just looked blankly at the two people who were talking.
"How can there be?" Shen Jun took a step closer and pretended to be stupid.
However, almost everyone present had actually seen Shen Jun's abnormal state. If this guy was really in a normal mood, he would definitely pay tribute to Qian Hao with foul words from the mouth of the violent [River Crab].
"Okay! Qian Hao! Now is not the time for you to fight with your companions! If you want to adjust the atmosphere, I have no objection, but don't be unrelenting to play any tricks! Now that we are the enemy, it is not appropriate to joke at all!" Shen Mengting raised one hand and shook her palm left and right at Qian Hao's side, like a fish's tail swaying in the water.
Qian Hao was more able to judge the situation, so he no longer turned his face to Shen Jun, but instead pouted his mouth and spread his hands, "Oops! Miss Shen Mengting! Actually, I didn't mean to make any jokes, I had something serious to say! But ......"
"You want to call me Marshal!" Shen Mengting's thick and thick voice suddenly sounded, and it cut Qian Hao's voice like scissors, "Qian Hao, at least in this room, you want to call me Marshal, understand?"
Qian Hao was quite embarrassed at the moment, but his emotional nerves were quite fast, and it didn't take long for him to completely erase his embarrassed appearance, "Oh! I understand! Anyway, I'll call you a marshal in the future, right?"
"You can call it whatever you want at other times!" Shen Mengting shook her arm impatiently, "But here it is, please use honorifics for me!" She spoke quite hurriedly, without leaving time for the other party to reply, "Okay, I don't want to say more! Now, what are you talking about?"
It took Qian Haoke a few seconds to get used to it, and then he came out of the panic, "Oh! you are serious! That's ......" He scratched his cheek slightly, his eyes blinking mischievously.
"Qian Hao, don't give me any more oily tones, if you can't say anything serious in the future, see if I don't ......" Shen Mengting glared, still quickly approaching Qian Hao.
Qian Hao instinctively stepped back, but his mouth was naturally not idle, "Oh yes! Generalissimo! Don't you look so scary!"
"Qian Hao, tell me your serious words!"
"Okay! I said!" Qian Hao pushed his hands forward, and only after seeing Shen Mengting stop, he said his words stupidly, "I think we are all too pessimistic now, as if the enemy will really attack us with an army of nearly 50,000!"
Qian Hao's words were a little unclear, so this made everyone stare at each other.
"Qian Hao, is this what you are talking about?" Shen Mengting's eyebrows seemed to twitch.
"Oh! Can you let me finish my sentence first! I really think that everyone is exaggerating, and when they hear that there are about 50,000 enemies, they are all deeply frightened. When Qian Hao said this, he glanced at Shen Jun a few times, intentionally or unintentionally.
"Then General Qian Hao, what do you really think?" After taking a sharp breath, Regent Lin Mingyuan and Qian Hao reached a state of staring at each other.
"I'm just urging you not to be too pessimistic! You know, when we first stepped into this barracks, didn't we already hear that the other side was much stronger than us......? We only had more than 10,000 men, but we heard that the other side had an army of 30,000! At that time, the gap was actually even bigger, but in the end, we survived!"
"Well, that's a good point! When I first stepped into the Yokoga barracks, I actually thought that we might not win a battle in the end......!
"In the end, we won a beautiful war! That's what I mean!" Qian Hao snapped his fingers forward.
"But Qian Hao, don't you notice that the battle we fought a few days ago was actually a very lucky win. The enemy sent a few thousand cavalry to attack, and almost did not use any main force, and we were almost killed! And even so, we finally survived the danger with our own assistance. But do you think our luck will always be so good?" Shen Mengting's eyes widened, and there was no lack of resentment. However, if you really want to delve into what it means, it is also an admiration for Qian Hao's courage to speak out.
At least in the matter of revealing his inner thoughts, Qian Hao has done a better job than anyone here! He is not afraid of being ridiculed or accused, and he has everything to say. It was precisely because of this that Shen Mengting's gaze at Qian Hao gradually softened a little.
"It's not about luck, I'm just explaining my thoughts!" Qian Hao tilted his neck to the side, "Only a few thousand men and horses were used, and it wasn't our luck, but the mistake of the enemy leader! In the end, we slapped him in the face. From this point it can also be seen that the commanders in question are not as powerful as they imagined, and they will still make mistakes. So we just have to wait for them to make another mistake, and then we can turn to a Jedi counterattack like a reality!" Qian Hao stretched out his left arm, and the palm of his hand also took his left fist to strike.
"But Qian Hao! You have to know one thing, the one who fought against us was the dignified generalissimo of the Sauron Empire, Lian Yunpo! He may be stupidly wrong once, but do you expect him to be wrong forever? He is an old marshal who has fought for more than thirty years!"
"Oh! I didn't expect him to make a mistake! I just want to emphasize something!" Qian Hao then raised one of his fingers to the sky, and consciously drew a small circle towards the sky, "We were in the most dangerous situation at the beginning, and then even so, we still stiffened up." No matter how tortuous the process was, whether the enemy marshal made a fool's mistake or whether there were sudden reinforcements, in short, the fact is that we survived! Since we were able to survive once, it means that we can also hear about it a second time, even a third time, or a fourth time!"
Qian Hao's words were so fluent, he had a feeling that it was not him. One of his arms is still waving like a musical conductor.
Although Shen Mengting had many words to refute, for some reason, whenever she wanted to make words, she was forcibly swallowed. She had already begun to agree with Qian Hao's meaning, at least here they Saran side could not let out any discouraged spirit.
couldn't help but be a little impressed by Qian Hao, she thought that she was usually such an oily and smooth man, and he could still release such encouraging words at a critical moment.
"There is some truth in this General Qianhao's words! The Sauron Empire is already much stronger than us, and this is completely clear to us before the end of the war! If we are really afraid of those enemy troops who are more than twice as large as us, then we simply don't fight, wouldn't it be better to surrender directly! So, no matter how many troops the enemy has, all we think about is how to deal with it, and that's fine!" Lin Mingyuan also made a long list of words.
Now that the regent had said the same, the others slowly nodded.