Feeling that Li Ru seemed to have become a lot tougher, at this moment, Utkin knew that he had to bow his head, otherwise, he would really make people anxious, not to mention the retreat, and directly returned to the territory of the Celestial Empire, in that case, with them, what to do to block the army of the great prince, I am afraid that even Haibaolan will not be guaranteed, at that time, not to mention what kind of ending the second prince Ivan will be, he is afraid that he will die first, and he will not see the day of victory or defeat.

After knowing that his strength was limited and he had to rely on the Sixth Army Corps, Utkin's attitude immediately lowered, "Even if Li Junshi must withdraw from the army, then I also agree, in this way, we will retreat to Haibaolan together, as long as we can hold there, His Royal Highness the Second Prince will definitely give us additional troops, and at that time, we still have a chance to fight back." ”

Utkin was still there fantasizing about the grand plans of the future, and Li Ru had already said: "Okay, the top priority is to withdraw the army first, and retreat to Haibaolan City, as for whether we can hold there next, everything depends on the situation." Commander, give the order quickly. ”

Li Ru didn't say that if he retreated to Hai Paulan, he would definitely be able to hold there, which made Utkin feel unconfident. For others, he may retreat if he can't keep it, but he knows that what his mission is, Hybolan must not be lost, and once he loses it, his life will be lost.

Therefore, after seeing that Dian Wei had gone out to convey the order to withdraw the army, he came to Li Ru's side, "Li Junshi, let's go together next, hehe, I yearn for the culture of the Celestial Empire, this time you will be my teacher, and I will teach me." ”

It's fake to want to be a student, and it's true to want to please Li Ru and keep Hai Paulan. Li Ru naturally knew this, and was thinking of finding an opportunity to tell the other party to ask the emperor to bring a large army into the country to help, even if people took the initiative to come to the door, how could he refuse. At that moment, he also changed his cold face just now and said with a smile: "Lord Wu, I also have a lot of respect for Roswenhua, this time we will learn from each other, don't say who will be the teacher." ”

"Okay, okay." Utkin hurriedly nodded and agreed, even if the other party had no intention of opening a relationship with him, of course he would accept this kindness.

......

Seven days later, in the city of Nexus, Peter's million reinforcements had arrived.

"General Peter, now that we are well-fed, can we consider attacking Hai Paolan in the south? As long as we capture it, we can carry out a two-sided attack on Ivan according to the wishes of His Highness. Yuri stood in front of Peter in military uniform, clenching his fists in question.

"I think so." Peter nodded, "In this way, arrange it, let the army prepare, this time we will send 800,000 troops, and in two days, we will kill the city of Haibaolan." ”

As soon as there was movement here in Nexus, Utkin in Hybolan soon received the news.

Looking at the news sent from below, he hurriedly left the house and headed towards the place where Li Ru was.

After these days of contact, Utkin has already understood that it is true that the commander of the Sixth Army is General Dian Wei, but the real person in charge is indeed the military advisor Li Ru. He didn't know what kind of official hierarchy the Celestial Empire was, but he did know that whoever had the final say should go to someone at this time.

As soon as Utkin entered the house, Li Ru gave him a warm reception. When he saw the other party's ghostly appearance, he guessed what was going on.

For Peter to send troops to Haipaolan, Li Ru had already made mental preparations, and even thought of a way to take this opportunity to introduce the emperor's army into the Basil realm.

"Lord Wu, please take a seat, hehe, what is it that makes your adult so flustered." Li Ru was drinking the tea in the cup while talking casually.

Li Ru is not in a hurry, Utkin is indeed anxious. "Master Li, I just got the news that Peter and they are going to send troops to our Hai Paulan, but now that the reinforcements of our second prince have not yet arrived, we will rely on your army next, and I hope you must not retreat."

"What? Are they really going to send troops? Li Ru pretended to be very surprised at this moment, his body stood up suddenly, and then he paced back and forth in the hall. But I don't know, how many troops did they send this time? ”

"This... There's no definite news yet, but I guess it's not too little. But please also rest assured that Li Junshi is defending, the other side is attacking, we still have 500,000 soldiers and horses together, presumably even if the other party comes with a million, we should be able to hold it, right? ”

When it comes to the two words right, Utkin's confidence is obviously a little insufficient.

Li Ru could naturally feel this, and he immediately grabbed this sentence and asked: "The other party is one million, and we only have 500,000, does Lord Wu really think that we can hold it?" If I want to say that I have seen the city of Hai Paulan, it is indeed tall, but it is only tall for the southern city, and the west city gate is not satisfactory, only more than two zhang high and himself, does Lord Wu think that he can really block the attack of the enemy's million-strong army with it? ”

What Li Ru said is true.

Since the war with the Celestial Empire, the powerful emperor of Yaxiongfu at that time has drawn a sum of money to repair the city of Haibaolan. Because it was only to block the invasion of the Celestial Empire's army, it was only the southern city gate that was strengthened, and the other three cities were indeed the same, which also showed that they only had the idea of guarding against the Celestial Empire at that time, and never thought that there would be any problems within their own country.

It can be said that the construction of the city of Hai Paulan represents an attitude of the high-level of the Rus Kingdom towards the Celestial Empire. Now that Li Ru told it in front of Rus's ministers, it can be imagined that Utkin's face is now as embarrassing as it is.

"This... Li Junshi, you don't have to think too much, wasn't the relationship between our two countries a little tense at that time? Utkin knew that it would be impossible not to answer, so he said lightly, and then he changed the topic and said: "Li Junshi, it makes no sense to say that those things now, and now that the great enemy is coming, you can tell me, what should we do?" ”

"How? Where can I know, I only know that with our six legions, it will be difficult to hold Haibalan City. Therefore, the best way is to have reinforcements coming, I think Lord Wu should quickly inform the second prince and ask him to send reinforcements, otherwise, the city is afraid that it will change hands, if that is the case, our six legions can only retreat, alas! ”

sighed, Li Ru also pretended to be very sighing, as if to say, I can't blame me if I can't hold the city, it's basically the reason why you don't give your strength.

Reinforcements, please, how did Utkin not know how to do this. It's just that he has asked for instructions, but the second prince didn't send anyone to help, just said that he was waiting, and also ordered him to hold on.

Although he didn't say how to keep it, he knew a lot about the temperament of the second prince, and he naturally knew what the consequences would be if he couldn't keep it.

Thinking that the city could not be lost no matter what, and there were no reinforcements, Utkin felt the importance of Li Ru even more, and thinking like this, he changed to a pleading expression and said: "Master Li, this time you have to save me no matter what, Hai Paulan is absolutely not to be lost, can't." ”

The more Utkin's pleading, the more confident Li Ru became, what he was worried about was that the other party did not pay attention to the city of Haipaolan, and the second prince would send reinforcements.

No matter which one it is, it will be difficult for Li Ru to take the opportunity to lure the army of the Celestial Empire into the country. But now it's okay, the city doesn't dare to lose, there are no reinforcements yet, if at this time, if he doesn't make a request, then his military advisor will really be in vain.

"Alas, Master Wu, I know your difficulties, but I also have my own difficulties. As you know, this time our Celestial Empire only came with six legions, a total of 500,000 people, and there were losses in the attack on Lianx. It's not full now. As I said, even our Sixth Legion is still 500,000 people, but in the face of Peter's million-strong army, do you think we can hold it? The city is not tall, how to hold on? If this is the case, how do you say I will explain to our Emperor of the Celestial Empire? Rather than not being able to hold it sooner or later, it is better to retreat early, at least there is the strength to defend. Of course, you can rest assured that our Celestial Empire will not cooperate with the Grand Prince of Rus, even if Hai Paulan is lost, we will stick to our borders and prevent them from expanding to the land of the Celestial Empire. ”

Li Ru said earnestly, and then shook his head helplessly, patted Utkin's shoulder and sat down again.

Hearing Li Ru say that he couldn't hold it and was about to retire, Utkin was naturally shocked again. He didn't think about whether the eldest prince would find trouble with the Celestial Empire after occupying Hai Paolan, in fact, it didn't matter to him whether he was looking for it or not. He only knew that once the city was gone, he would definitely die. So after just hesitating for a moment, he continued to say in a pleading tone: "Li Junshi, you can't withdraw the army, if you withdraw, the city will be lost, and I will die." ”

"Is it that serious? The victory or defeat of the army in a war is a common thing in soldiers, and you can't kill your two princes just because you lose a city. Li Ru still asked with a look of disbelief.

"It's really good at killing, don't you know the temper of our second prince." Utkin wanted to explain, but after thinking about it, it was useless, and he still focused on defending the city, so he immediately said: "Li Junshi, I beg you to stay, so that as long as you can keep Hai Baolan, I can find a way to give you anything." I will find a way to ask the second prince for grain, grass and ordnance, do you think it's okay? ”