Chapter 211

If the night army wins, they should cheer, and the performance of those soldiers outside is completely inconsistent with this possibility, and it is clear that the result of a draw is greater.

Just a brief analysis, Lin Xuanzhong guessed the result of the battle. However, because he was afraid that what he said was wrong, Lin Xuanzhong did not take the initiative to express his opinion, and he didn't even ask.

"Brother Ming, do you think they win or lose?" Fortunately, Qing Yi was a little confused about this question.

"I don't know, I shouldn't be defeated anyway," Ming Buregret couldn't guess the specific situation, and even his tone became uncertain.

"What then, do we still have to wait?" Not satisfied with Ming's unrepentant answer, Qing Yi asked again, it seemed that Qing Yi also didn't know much about the situation in front of him.

"What do you think?" In the case that he has no way at all, he doesn't regret it, but wants to ask the two if they have any good ideas.

has been paying attention to the conversation between the two, and now Lin Xuanzhong can completely see that they can't guess the outcome of the battle, so he can just say his opinion.

"In my opinion, they shouldn't have lost, but they didn't win either, and it probably ended in a draw. ”

"How?"

"The first thing they did when they came back was to treat the wounded, not to celebrate the victory, and there was no talk of leaving the camp, so there was only one possibility, and that was that there was no winner between the two sides. Under the attention of the two, Lin Xuanzhong told the two of them his analysis little by little.

"It seems that there is some truth in what you said," when Lin Xuanzhong finished his analysis, he nodded in agreement.

Qing Yi on the side also had a bright eye, thinking that Lin Xuanzhong's analysis was very reasonable, but soon his eyes dimmed again, because Qing Yi thought of the previous discussion between the three of them. It ended in a draw and a loss, which was not good for the three to leave.

On the other side, seeing that the two of them agreed with their opinions, Lin Xuanzhong finally put his mind at ease, and at the same time slowly thought of the possibility that Qingyi thought of.

After a while, the three of them had the same idea.

"Can't we leave tomorrow?" In a hurry, Lin Xuanzhong asked another question that didn't need to be asked.

"Do you want to rush out and fight with them?" may be too irritable in his heart, and his unrepentant attitude is even worse than usual.

Not knowing how to answer, Lin Xuanzhong simply returned to his original place and continued to lie down. Since you can't go, stay and rest.

Seeing that the bag of dry food was still there, he was finally relieved, and now Lin Xuanzhong was just looking forward to leaving as soon as possible.

At the same time, in the main account, Zhao Xu is in the upper position, and the two rows below are a cadre of generals, except for those who did not participate in the war, those generals who participated in the war are somewhat embarrassed at the moment. Now the people were discussing in their tents.

Not long after, a document walked in. "General, there were 25,000 sergeants in the battle, 11,000 wounded, 4,600 killed, and more than 30 generals, 233 wounded, and 7 killed. ”

With just a simple string of figures, the casualties of the army are fully revealed. Fortunately, Snow Country collected its troops in time, otherwise the number of casualties in the Night Country would never have exceeded this in the end. Nodding at the book, Zhao Xu directly let the book go down.

After a moment of silence in the tent, one of the generals said, "General, tonight the enemy is just testing our strength, but our army has already suffered so many casualties. What will happen to our army if the enemy attacks?"

"Yes, General, why don't we retreat to Huangyan Pass first, it's safer to defend the city there than to defend this barren land. ”

General, retreat to Huangyan Pass. Before General Zhao could speak, the generals had already expressed their opinions.

"It's ridiculous, the fortress is our camp, wouldn't retreating to Huangyan Pass be a soft conduit to them and affect the morale of our army. Zhao Xu was very angry at the persuasion of the generals below.

"But general, once the Snow Country army arrives, we can't hold the fortress with our military strength at all, and join the defenders of Huangyan Pass, isn't it better to win?" A general still wanted to persuade Zhao Xu.

"The number of the vanguard troops in Snow Country alone is already equal to the strength of our border army, if the army is overwhelmed, won't we have to ......" I wanted to say that the whole army was annihilated, but the general didn't dare to say it, so he didn't say the last sentence.

In the blink of an eye, half of the generals in the entire camp advocated retreating to Huangyan Pass, and half of the generals did not speak, which may be seen that many of them agreed with the previous statement. But everything depends on Zhao Xu's meaning. Zhao Xu, as the head of the generals, has absolute rights in the border army camp.

"This matter is not urgent, there is no letter from Kyoto, and Chengguan is urging us to withdraw our troops, if we withdraw our troops directly, it will be against the emperor's order. Frowning, Zhao Xu understood the meaning of a group of subordinates.

Now that all the generals want to withdraw their troops, Zhao Xu knows that it is not a good thing to hold the camp, but when he thinks of the battlefield performance of the night army today, Zhao Xu does not want to endure the breath of losing the first battle.

"General, it's been almost three days since the vanguard of the Snow Country arrived near the fortress, but there has been no news from Kyoto. According to common sense, our message should have been handed over to the Imperial Family a long time ago, but Kyoto did not receive our message. ”

"Impossible, in order to ensure safety, I deliberately repaired two letters, and it is impossible that I did not receive them in the capital. ”

"Then why hasn't the royal family sent an order, and what should we do if we wait another day for all the Snow Country's army to arrive at the fortress?" asked the general below.

"In tonight's battle, the casualties of the Snow Country are also not small, and for the time being, their vanguard troops need to rest and recuperate, and they will not come soon. Since their army has not arrived, our army can wait for news. ”

"You don't need to say more, this matter is done according to me, before Zhao gives an order, you must not privately discuss the disappointment of our army, and those who violate the order will be beheaded. "The final word, as the chief general of the border army, Zhao Xu directly issued a military order at this moment.

"Yes," those generals saw that Zhao Xu insisted on waiting for news from the capital, so they could only bow their heads and receive orders, and then left the camp one after another to go back to rest.

In a blink of an eye, only Zhao Xu was left in the entire camp. The will of the generals just now has been forcibly stabilized, but if the Snow Country marches again, even if the night army is undefeated, the morale of the army will still be shaken by that time, and the heart of the whole army will be shaken, and the general trend will go, and if you don't withdraw, you will have to withdraw, I just hope that by then, there will be many people in your army who will survive.

In addition, the Snow Country army has also arrived, so it is better for the night army to retreat. After thinking about it, Zhao Xu felt that the generals' proposal was right, and it was best to withdraw the troops. So, Zhao Xu hurriedly repaired and wrote a letter and sent it to the city overnight.

The content of the letter did not mention the specific battle situation tonight, only said that the two armies had begun to fight, and hoped that the city guard would be able to make up his mind as soon as possible, because their border army was actually under the jurisdiction of the city guard, and Zhao Xu also had a direct relationship with the city guard.

When Zhao Xu Xiushu asked for help, the royal family of the Night Kingdom was in chaos, and the summons of Luo Tian and Qingyuan had already come to the two great powers to fight without surrendering, and yesterday they received news from the border army, and the royal family was nervous. Before the night kingdom royal family decided on the policy, the royal family did not give specific instructions to Zhao Xu.

The chaos of the royal family of the Night Kingdom is not only due to the letters of surrender of the two great powers, but also for many reasons related to the Night Kingdom itself. Unlike Snow Country, Night Country has a much longer history of existence than Snow Country, and things are related to the history of Night Country, if you want to say that it has to be said thousands of years ago.

Thousands of years ago, after the collapse of the empire in the north, more than a dozen great powers in the south were split from the empire. After a long period of war, the number of those great powers dwindled dramatically, and in the end only the current five remained. The historical characteristics of the Night Kingdom are that it has existed thousands of years ago, and the royal family of the Night Kingdom is the remnant of the royal family of a large country thousands of years ago.

To put it simply, the Night Kingdom is actually a branch of the royal family that survived after the fall of that great country. Different from the historical background of the Night Country, the Snow Country is a small country established after the war, and the total history is more than a thousand years later than the existence of the Night Country.

The establishment of the Snow Country is like having a strong man conquer the city that never sleeps, conquering such a borderland, as long as he has the ability to force the three major families to submit, then he has the right to build a country in the city that never sleeps.

At the beginning, the great powers were constantly fighting with each other, and in the end, all of them were greatly weakened, and they no longer had the spare forces to occupy the borderless lands. When those borderless lands were occupied by people, they gradually developed, and when the five great powers wanted to conquer those places again, first, they would have no name, and second, they would need to spend a certain amount of national strength.

The five major southern powers have always been dissatisfied with each other, so even if they look at a piece of fat meat, they will not easily move troops, otherwise if other big countries intervene at a critical moment, the original fat meat will become difficult to swallow.

The background of Snow Country is so simple, so it is natural for Snow Country to be surrendered to the Qingyuan Great Country. The situation of the Night Country is a little different from that of the Snow Country, which was left to survive when it was divided, and there are several royal branches.

There are several smaller countries around the Night Country, all of which are remnants of the original royal family, and for thousands of years, they have finally accumulated some strength by changing their names and surnames, and now, they finally have the opportunity to participate in the war.

This time, the five great powers ignited the flames of war and sent the summons to the neighboring countries, first negotiating to surrender some countries, and then forcibly swallowing the small countries that did not want to surrender by embezzlement. Naturally, Night Country is very clear about the current situation, so Night Country is discussing the final result with several other countries.

The situation is indeed not good for them, but it is a good opportunity for them. Although Night Country and several other countries are located on the border of the two major powers, their geographical location is still very remote in general, only a corner of the north.

If they choose to surrender by surprise, when the time comes for the great powers to fight a decisive battle, they can suddenly raise their troops and quickly occupy a position in their favor. But on the other hand, once the land is surrendered, just like the Snow Country, the original armies of each country will be requisitioned.