Chapter 103: Abandonment of the City

Most of them ran back, and most of the right half of Lixia's body was burned, but fortunately, Gu Du dealt with it quickly, and his face was only burned red, and there was no broken phase, but half of his head was scorched.

Gu Du asked the military doctor for burn medicine, asked Ye Xiaodong to go out, and told him to stay at the door and not to go away, because the enemy army will soon attack the city, and it is safest only at the door, and then close the door and give medicine to Lixia.

Li Xia cried extremely miserably, Gu Du was distressed and guilty, he thought he was smart, but in fact, Chu Qin had already calculated that he would ambush him.

He had already let go of fire in the Boundary River, so he shouldn't be ambushed in the Boundary River again.

After taking the medicine, the pain decreased slightly, and Li Xia took a strong look at the right half of her body, crying even more.

Gu Du gritted his teeth and said, "Senior sister, don't worry, I will marry you when you finish keeping your father's filial piety." ”

Lixia scolded: "Get out! I don't need you to pity me! Since you married Jin Lan, I never thought about marrying again! Including you! You owe me all your life! ”

Gu Du sighed, and Li Xia reprimanded: "Defend the city!" ”

Gu Du replied: "There is no need to defend it, the enemy army will not attack the city with people, they just want to consume the strength of Zeguo." ”

Li Xia shouted: "Then go and discuss countermeasures with the general, you can't sit still like this!" ”

Gu Du said: "It's useless, if Lingguo fights like this, we can only abandon the city." ”

Lixia shouted, "Then what should I do? How am I going to go like this? ”

Gu Du said: "You can go, the military doctor said, wait for the ointment to dry, soak the cloth with oil, and then wrap the burned area, and then you can wear clothes." ”

Lixia cried again, and Gu Du coaxed: "It's all my fault, don't cry, save some strength." ”

When the enemy began to attack the city, Ma Chongren commanded his soldiers to go up the city wall, only to find that the enemy was standing outside the range of bows and arrows, using only trebuchets to throw stones and canisters of kerose.

Flames and rubble flew everywhere above and below the city, and even though the soldiers were hiding on the edge of the walls, people were still splashed.

Ma Chongren didn't dare to let people go down to the city to hide, because the enemy army came with tens of thousands of people, and they would pounce at any time.

After more than half an hour, the enemy army threw all the stones and oil canisters carried by the headquarters and retreated three miles back to camp.

Gu Du went to Cao Qian and said, "The enemy army wants to use this method to reduce the strength of our army, so we have to abandon the city." ”

Cao Qian frowned, and Ma Chongren said: "The enemy army is three miles outside the city, and I will lead the army to attack the camp at night!" ”

Gu Du said: "It's useless, they must be ready, the Spirit Emperor is not afraid of the dead, there are a total of 110,000 horses in the three passes of the Spirit Kingdom, he is not distressed even if he fights these hundreds of thousands of horses with us, but we can't afford to fight, our people and horses are all the combat power of Zeguo." ”

After a pause, Gu Du said again: "My junior sister is seriously injured, and she will not be able to participate in the war for at least half a month, with my own strength, if I meet my soul master, I will definitely be dead and lifeless, besides, my junior sister has no ability to protect herself now, I can't put her in such a dangerous situation, if you are not willing to abandon the city, please give me a carriage, and I will take my junior sister away." ”

Cao Qian asked in a heavy tone, "How far back?" How to retreat? ”

Gu Du replied: "Retreat to the ice field, if the Spirit Kingdom pursues, it will inevitably prolong the supply time of grain, grass and ordnance, leaving a thousand dead soldiers to stick to the city, confuse the enemy army, and the army will withdraw after nightfall." ”

Cao Qian was silent, and Dongfang said without hearing it: "I agree with Master Gu. ”

Ma Chongren said: "The last general will stay." ”

Cao Qian was silent for a while, and then said, "Raise the account." ”

All the generals arrived, Cao Qian said: "The enemy army only attacked the city with equipment, it is to reduce the strength of our army, and the enemy army is numerous, not afraid of fighting to the death with our army, at present, these more than 100,000 people are the last combat strength of Zeguo, and the last reliance of the emperor and the people, and they cannot die here." ”

"It was General Yiben who decided to withdraw his army, and after nightfall, he withdrew from the north gate and retreated all the way to the palace. Each of you shall return to the camp, and each of you shall choose fifty dead men, and give them to the general. ”

"General!" Ma Chongren exclaimed: "You can't stay!" The end will stay and hold on! ”

Only then did the generals understand the usefulness of the dead soldiers, and they clasped their fists one after another and said: "The general must not stay, and the last general is willing to stay and hold on." ”

Cao Qian raised his hand to signal everyone to silence and said: "I'm old, it's useless, the emperor sent me to be the commander, just because I was afraid that you, the bloody generals, would not obey Master Gu, but you have already seen Master Gu's ability, who else is not convinced?" ”

Ma Chongren preemptively responded: "The last general is convinced by Master Gu. ”

All the generals said together: "The last general is convinced. ”

Cao Qian said: "That's good, I have fought for half my life, and if I can die in the end, it will be a great luck in this life!" Follow my orders and prepare now. ”

"General!" All the officers knelt down together.

Gu Du also frowned and said: "General, the army must not be without a commander, you should still lead the army to retreat, in case the Spirit Kingdom pursues, it is good to command the enemy." ”

Cao Qian picked up the seal letter, stood up and walked in front of Gu Du, handed the seal letter to Gu Du with both hands, and said, "Master Gu, please take charge of the position of head coach." ”

Gu Du took a step back in amazement and said, "No! I can't afford it. ”

Cao Qian took another step forward and said, "Whether you can afford it or not, you have to bear it." Master Gu, if you want to avenge your wife and children, you must first keep the last combat strength of Zeguo, you know better than anyone that if this army of more than 100,000 is gone, Zeguo will not be able to slow down for at least thirty years. Think about it, if in these thirty years, the Spirit Emperor dies of illness or old age, and you can't kill the enemy, will you regret it for the rest of your life? ”

Gu Du said: "Even if the old general has made up his mind, it should be ...... by Mr. Dongfang."

"Nope." Dongfang didn't hear it and interrupted him, saying: "The soldiers only serve the commander who is the first soldier, and I can't do it." ”

Gu Du said: "Then there are so many generals, it won't be my turn." ”

Ma Chongren said: "Please Master Gu take the seal, and the last general will follow him to the death!" ”

All the generals said in unison: "The last general swears to follow!" ”

Cao Qian said, "Master Gu, did you hear that?" When you are in danger, you don't have to be rigid anymore, isn't Master Li still waiting for you to take care of it? How long do you want to linger here? ”

At dawn, Chu Qin lay down and slept, Gu Du did not attack the camp, then he should have retreated, if he neither attacked the camp nor retreated, then Gu Du would no longer have to worry.

After noon, the stones and oil canisters were delivered, and they were thrown into the city again, Chu Qin stood in front of the army and counted the time, a quarter of an hour passed, Gu Du did not lead the army to battle, Chu Qin said to the deputy general: "You can attack the city, the enemy army should have retreated." ”

The adjutant general was stunned and said, "There are enemy troops on the city wall, and there are quite a few. ”

Chu Qin said: "That should be to leave the dead soldiers who hold on, to confuse our army, if the enemy army does not retreat, should attack the camp last night, even if the camp is not attacked last night, it should be fought today, otherwise it is self-destruction to retreat in the city like this." ”