0555: Communication is closed

"Thank you for listening to me and not wasting your time, I'll just say it directly."

Xiao Chen said lightly: "First of all, I want to ask everyone present, who are you from the imperial capital, if so, please raise your hand." ”

More than a hundred of the more than a thousand people hesitantly raised their hands.

Xiao Chen nodded and said, "Then, let me ask, if your family is in the crowd of refugees, do you take care of your own escape, or are you willing to stay and create time for your relatives to escape?" ”

No one answered, but there were quite a few people in private who were buzzing about it, especially the more than 100 people who raised their hands, and they all thought deeply.

People who only care about their own lives and don't care about their families, don't say no, but this kind of ruthless and unrighteous people account for a very small proportion, even if they are timid, no matter how afraid of death, it is difficult to choose between their families and themselves for a while.

After being silent for a while, Xiao Chen continued to ask: "Let me ask again, if the war spreads across the country, and your family is like today, will you drive them away and flee for your life, or will you guard them and let them go first, and you will evacuate last?" ”

Xiao Chen's words were very simple, but they were very heart-wrenching, and it was difficult to choose, the voice on the field became smaller and smaller, and there were more and more people pondering.

The hypothesis depicted by Xiao Chen does not seem to exist, but most of the people present can foresee and worry that this hypothesis will come one day, and at that time, how will they deal with themselves?

"The reason is the same, today you only care about your own life, and other days, others only care about yourself, may I ask, what do you do to let these innocent and weak people? Let them be slaughtered by the enemy? ”

"My lord, I don't understand the big truth you said, and I don't want to understand it, I'm a single person, please let go of the small one, right?" A man said abruptly.

"Let you live? Okay, take off your equipment and rank, I'll let you go, and whoever else here wants to run away like a coward, stand up together, and I won't stop you. Xiao Chen said loudly, and outsiders couldn't see his thoughts.

However, the more Xiao Chen said this calmly, the more the bachelor didn't dare to leave, and even the veteran who had already gone away walked back.

The impact of desertion on the army is extremely great, and the turbulence of the army's morale cannot explain the negative impact of these two words, and if the desertion is not dealt with well, the entire army may collapse.

Because, as the battle becomes fierce and the desire to survive is prompted, more and more fighters will have the idea of fleeing, so that the deserters will disintegrate the entire team without the enemy being destroyed.

Therefore, the treatment of deserters in all dynasties is almost the same, which is a simple and rude death sentence, and if the commander is a little perverted, he may also torture and kill the deserters, so as to deter the army.

It is for this reason that the veteran who wanted to leave as a deserter suddenly became quiet, and no one dared to speak up anymore, lest he be killed.

"So it seems that no one has left?" Xiao Chen smiled faintly and said, "In this case, all departments are dispatched by the deputy commander of Yunlang to guard everywhere. ”

"My lord, you let us stay here, we admit it, but you have to give us a hope, right? You tell us, when can we evacuate? A veteran suddenly shouted.

"Before dawn." Xiao Chen said decisively.

"Before dawn, if the people who go out of the city don't finish before dawn?"

"When the first rays of the sun shine, the whole army can retreat, regardless of whether the people are done or not." Xiao Chen said decisively.

There were still more than two hours before dawn, and Xiao Chen knew very well in his heart that with their current personnel and equipment, they would definitely not hold out until dawn, so Xiao Chen decisively opened this mouth.

"My lord, that's what you said."

"In that case, brothers, let's lay down our lives to fight for the people to survive, right?"

"The enemy has no ground troops, only an air force, and we are looking for a place with complicated terrain to defend ......"

"There is an air defense net in the building in front of me, brothers come with me, I know how to get there......"

Agreed, and the men began to walk in groups, and they were seasoned in discussing how to defend.

Xiao Chen quietly watched those people walk back, scattered to the building in front of the city gate, consciously looking for a place, of course, there are many people hiding among these people, this kind of detail, Xiao Chen can't take care of it.

Most of the people scattered a few hundred meters in front of the square, with their guns facing east, to defend themselves against the enemy from the east, and some of them defended on the spot and activated the defense system of the city, of course, the defense system of the western part of the city.

Steel defensive walls rose up in the shape of a half-moon and lined up the entire square, and the two hundred soldiers guarding here were scattered behind each steel wall.

Xiao Chen looked at the soldiers in front of him actively preparing for defense, but his heart was heavy, these soldiers with high fighting will die here because of him, this is not an easy thing.

"Yunlang, send people to go in reverse along the streets, prevent the follow-up people from coming to the west of the city, and dissuade them from going towards the north and south city gates, this is about to become a battlefield, and it is dangerous to continue to come here." Xiao Chen said with a clear mind.

"Obey, Commander." Yun Lang saluted, turned around and whispered to the guards, and not long after, several guards summoned some soldiers and walked along the connected street.

The defense work is naturally handed over to professionals, Xiao Chen only needs to stand there, let everyone see him, and let everyone stick to their posts with peace of mind.

The preparations were almost done, and Xiao Chen remembered to send a message to Zhu Xiaoxiao at this time, telling the other party that he was going to delay for a while, and asked her to be careful, and the enemy might have a reminder like a backhand.

Xiao Chen's imagination was attacked for a long time did not come, and after the enemy ship group flew to the east city, it slowly suspended and stopped, and a large number of army troops flew back and forth from the large warships to the ground, and then occupied the palace effortlessly.

The enemy army only cared about occupying the palace and cleaning up the center of the empire, and there was no time to send troops to the west of the city to carry out the extermination.

It may be that the remnants of the Langya King City are not interested, the most important thing is that Zhu Xiaoxiao has already left the city, and it is too late to catch up, and he seems to be testing the reaction of the court officials.

It took more than an hour for the bustling people of Xicheng to finally count down to evacuate, and the follow-up people were stopped by the soldiers, and no one came after that, and the gate of Xicheng gradually quieted down.

Xiao Chen stood in front of the square, silent for a long time, Yun Xiao really couldn't help it, he stepped forward and said, "My lord, the people are all gone, should we also withdraw?" ”

"Oh? Oh, well, give the order to go down and withdraw ......" Xiao Chen came back to his senses, waved his hand, and naturally put his hand behind his back, and then shushed and asked a few pets to follow him.

Xiao Chen strode over, and several royal guards and guards of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion hurriedly followed.

As the order was delivered, the soldiers stationed everywhere appeared happily, and these people had long seen that there was no need to fight, and they had long been looking forward to retreating.

Therefore, once the order was delivered, all the soldiers rushed to the city gate like arrows off the string.

Xiao Chen stopped at the gate of the city, here are the two brigades of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, two thousand men and horses guarding the front and back passes of the city wall and the head of the city, as for the city defense army that should have been stationed here, they have long fled and disappeared.

Seeing Xiao Chen's arrival, the Xiao Cavalry Battalion stood up and saluted one by one, and all the soldiers were very respectful to this commander who used his own money to supply equipment for the troops.

If it weren't for the family private guard, I didn't hear of any commander who would fund the armed forces by himself, only what I heard was that the commander drank the blood of the soldiers and ate the air, and the soldiers of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion were all simple and strong-willed people, and they appreciated Xiao Chen's kindness very much.

Xiao Chen nodded continuously, and returned the salute to those saluting soldiers, after he walked out of the city gate, looking at the dark and desolate sky in front of him, he was stunned for a while.

The Eastern Army occupied several important areas of the Imperial City, and in addition to the Imperial Palace, the Imperial Academy, the Network Center and other departments were also lost one after another.

Half an hour ago, the communication was suddenly cut off, and Xiao Chen's contact with Zhu Xiaoxiao was also interrupted, so at this moment, he was more worried about Zhu Xiaoxiao.

Before the signal was interrupted, the last message sent by Zhu Xiaoxiao told him that her guards had boarded the ship, but during the flight, they were attacked from the ground, and the direction of the enemy's attack was Zhencheng, that is, Zhencheng also had the fine work of King Langya.

"I don't know where Xiaoxiao is now?"

Xiao Chen sighed, his mind swept the king system, and when he learned that the system was still being updated, he was bored and couldn't wait to leave the troops to find Zhu Xiaoxiao.

When troubled times come, Xiao Chen knows the benefits of having an army in hand, but he doesn't care about the army's protection of him, he feels that the army will drag him down.

However, this army is of some use to Zhu Xiaoxiao, if she wants to counterattack the imperial capital, of course the more troops the better, which is also the main reason why he is impatient to stay.

(End of chapter)