Chapter 165: After the Defeat

At this time, the 10,000 defenders of the right city were waiting eagerly, looking at the winding and undulating dirt road between the two mountains.

Looking forward to the triumphant return of Jin Shuiming!

"Drive!"

At the turn of the peak circuit, hundreds of people galloped by, there was no flag, all of them looked panicked, it can be said that the grass and trees are all soldiers, and at a glance it is the remnants of the defeated generals.

These people are the lieutenant who escaped in time, as well as his cronies.

"Open the gates of the city and let Ben in. ”

When he came to the city, the adjutant general ordered loudly, and the defenders above the city wall hurriedly opened the city gate and put him in.

"Adjutant General, how is the battle on the front?"

The general of the defending army asked, attracting the attention of the soldiers present, perhaps they had already sensed it in their hearts, but they still wanted to hear the words of the deputy general.

"The frontline was defeated, and those who escaped were less than 10,000!"

The deputy general's face was full of guilt, and he said in a deep voice, the hand holding the sword trembled slightly, showing that he was not at peace in his heart.

"This ...... Adjutant General, what should I do now?"

The shocking news, the cruel information, and the desperate psychology made the voices of the defending generals stutter a little.

You must know that these 500,000 troops accounted for more than half of the strength of the Purple Lion Country, but this battle, under the successful ambush, was actually wiped out.

Without an army, everything is empty, and you can't defend the city under your feet, and you can't protect the country behind you.

"Fight, we definitely can't fight, we have been defeated, we still choose to retreat, and spend the rest of our lives reluctantly. ”

The deputy general was silent for a while, said a great rebellious word, and fled from the north gate with his cronies, telling a truth:

At the beginning of the war, they all fought for justice! If they lose the war, they will betray their promises!

No one stopped this process, and after witnessing them disappear, some timid soldiers put down their blades and shed their armor.

The movement of the soldier, touching the heart of the general defending the city, grabbed the neck of one of the soldiers, and roared loudly:

"You are a soldier, how can you take off your armor! Pick it up and defend the country!"

Looking at the roaring general defending the city, the soldier, his eyes moistened, leaving tears, choked up and said:

"The general died in battle, the deputy general fled, and the Purple Lion Country has been... It's hopeless!"

The intermittent words, at the end, turned into a howl and a cry, broke free from the hands of the general defending the city, and ran to the north, and when the others saw it, they hurriedly followed.

In the end, the 10,000 defenders, only a few hundred remained, standing behind the defending generals, weapons in hand, and fearless faces, hiding the fear in their hearts.

"General, we all listen to you and are willing to accompany you to go to the soup and sacrifice our lives for the country!"

Facing these people in front of him, the general guarding the city showed a wry smile, his heart calmed down, and he said loudly:

"Order, lower the flag, let's go!"

The soldier who supported him with courage, when he heard this, said unwillingly:

"General, we have received your favor, and we are not afraid of death, and we will always follow you. ”

The generals defending the city were moved in their hearts, and they couldn't wait to promise them to stay and defend the country, realize their inner revenge, and prove themselves with practical actions to be the defenders of the country's borders.

But the reality that is not optimistic let him know that hundreds of people, facing hundreds of thousands of troops, are like stones sinking into the sea, and they can't play the slightest role, so he said loudly:

"Will you resist like a mountain?"

The soldiers were silent, and the two words of the general order, like Mount Tai, were bright and white, and it was difficult to resist, so they had to walk up to the city wall and lower the flag.

The flag, the symbol of the country, full of divine brilliance, is the faith of their hearts!

Now, it is necessary to tarnish the brilliance, subvert the faith, destroy the faith, and extinguish the memory......

This means that the border does not exist, and the line of defense does not exist!

On the city wall, there was a thick sadness, and the general defending the city looked at the Tang flag waving in the wind between the mountains, and said reluctantly:

"Let's go! Tang Jun is coming, return home, stay incognito, and spend the rest of his life in peace!"

The soldier nodded, ready to go down, when he suddenly reacted and asked:

"General, aren't you leaving?"

The general who defended the city nodded and said: "I won't leave, I will dedicate my life to the right city, how can I abandon him." ”

Without noticing at all, the soldiers behind him, with a glint in their eyes, glanced at each other, immediately stepped forward, grabbed the limbs of the defending general, dragged down the city wall, and retreated to the north.

"Let go, you little bunnies, get out of here!"

His resistance, suppressed by a few hundred people, had no effect, and he soon left the right city.

Decades later, a mountain village, a kind old man, died in the ground, and the inscription reads:

"A general who has regrets in his life!"

The heart of death casts eternal regrets, that is, it should not leave the right city.

Passing through the mountains, Li Tang saw the right city, the black city wall, covered with scars, and moss, which was the trace of the passage of time and the best evidence of the vicissitudes of life.

"Your Majesty, the banner has fallen, and there is no one, and it seems that the defenders of the right city have received the news of the defeat at the front and fled from the wind!"

Qin Qiong, who was holding a golden mace, looked at the city and said with a smile on her face.

"Well, that's fine, it can reduce the killing, but just in case, send someone in to investigate before entering the city. ”

The victory was not arrogant, the battle was victorious, Li Tang did not get carried away, but was more careful.

"Okay, the last will take someone to investigate. ”

Qin Qiong nodded, took two thousand soldiers, entered the city, carefully investigated, and only after making sure that there was no ambush did he send a signal.

Seeing the signal, Li Tang entered the city, and the Tang military flag fluttered in the right city!

This means that the southern defense line of the Purple Lion Country has all collapsed, and all the way to Tianhuo City, there is nothing to defend, and more than a dozen cities in the south have all entered the attack range of the Tang Dynasty.

At the same time, the news of the defeat of the Purple Lion Country, like a cold wind, swept over the nearby area for thousands of miles, and had a great impact.

In Tianhuo City, Li Zong smashed the vase angrily, very frightened in his heart, his 500,000 army was actually wiped out, and in a fit of anger, he shouted loudly:

"Jin Shuiming, you are misleading the country!"

"Your Majesty is angry!" the minister hurriedly knelt on the ground.

After a while, the hall was nothing to smash, and Li Zong calmed down and asked anxiously:

"Prime Minister Yan, envoy to the Tang Kingdom, can there be an echo?"

All the ministers' bodies trembled, you look at me, I look at you, but no one replied.

Seeing this, Li Zong felt ominous in his heart, and roared loudly:

"If this king asks you, speak quickly!"

In the face of the angry king, a minister in the front row whispered:

"Back to the king, since the Tang Dynasty attacked, the prime minister has not replied, his family members are all missing, Weichen suspects, the prime minister has fled!"

Faced with this bad news, Li Zong sat down on the imperial chair and said in a low voice:

"For decades, the love of you and me is like a forest bird, in the face of catastrophes and disasters, we all fly on one side!"

............

White Emperor City, the White Emperor of the White Cloud Kingdom, received the news of the defeat of the Purple Lion Kingdom, his face turned sideways, and he ordered loudly:

"Send a message to the Xuanye Kingdom and the Great Liang Kingdom, and prepare to attack the border of the Great Tang Kingdom!"

"No!"

The eunuch who was waiting with him immediately conveyed the order.

For a time, the armies of the three kingdoms began to mobilize and entered a state of attack.

(End of chapter)