Chapter 359: Not optimistic
The journey to the army has been half a year long, and now there has been no trouble in the past six months. It's just that when Zhao Yulong entered Stacked Frost City, the bones of Liangzihu and the guards guarding the city had been buried in the heavy snow for a long time, and they could not be buried.
Now that Zhao Yulong is standing in this barren city, he can't help but have some thoughts in his heart, and a few lines of tears still haven't stayed after all. But even so, he still pretended to be strong: "Yang Zheng, order the soldiers to bury them thickly, they are all warriors of the empire and heroes of their homeland!"
"Yes!" Seeing Zhao Yulong's appearance, he naturally understood that Zhao Yulong's heart must not be uncomfortable at this time. In this case, he was quiet for a while, and now he just answered one word and began to do it.
A few hours later, almost all the fallen soldiers in the city were buried. The tomb was not far from the Frost City, on the hill, so that they might be able to keep an eye on the city they had fought for even after they died. This is their glory and their glorious destination, and it is the best embodiment of their value as a soldier.
Yes, Zhao Yulong thanked the heavy snow here for the first time, because if there was no snow to hide their bones, it is estimated that he would not have had time to meet them, although this is already a farewell. But at least they were all good, and the heavy snow kept them from the last moment of their lives, and at that last moment they did not forget to wave their weapons to meet the foreign enemy.
After all the tombstones were written with names or numbers, Zhao Yulong stood in front of the entire cemetery and gave a military salute, and then stood in place for a long time without speaking or doing anything else, until Yang Zheng came to remind him: "Brother Long, now that this Frost City has been recovered, and the enemy army has retreated, when will we return?"
"Return?" Zhao Yulong turned around, with a strange look on his face.
"Yes, I think we should go back after leaving for so long, and now the enemies have been expelled, aren't they?
Although it was only for a moment, he saw it, and then Zhao Yulong also stopped it, and now his eyes changed back to normal, and he said to Yang Zheng calmly: "Well! After coming out here for a long time, you really should go back and take a look, after all, Xiangyu is now going to be a mother, and you are a father, and it is up to you to name your child, go back! Tomorrow set off with some soldiers." ”
"Some soldiers, do you mean that there are other soldiers and you......" Yang Zheng seemed to understand something, and was about to say more when he was interrupted by Zhao Yulong.
"Yes, I and most of the soldiers will stay, and I will avenge the Prime Minister. If the Cloud Pressing Empire sends troops across the border to provoke us this time, they will not respect us if they don't leave them with a wound that will never heal! So I plan to fight their imperial city, don't worry! There are not many people in my military ability who are above me, so you can go back first!"
"This ...... I was brought out by you, and if you don't go back, I won't go. There is a general by your side who is stronger than none after all, since you want to go on, then I will accompany you to kill it!"
"You stay with me, but you're about to become a father, and you don't have to be with me without your father's teaching. ”
"It's okay, isn't it a good thing to go back early and late? Besides, I'm not good at choosing a name, and it's not good to go back and Xiangyu to pester me to name my child. I'm going to wait until the child's name has been chosen before going back so that I don't have a headache. Saying that, Yang Zhenggan laughed a few times, he didn't know if he was telling the truth, in fact, he had already begun to calculate the child's name in his heart.
"Okay! Since you want to follow, then follow, rest for a day, set off tomorrow, and strive to kill the enemy imperial city within three years!" Zhao Yulong's eyes became terrifying.
Another month or two later, Zhao Yulong's army had already entered the territory of the Cloud Suppression Empire, and now it found a suitable place to camp and stationed it. Now he sat down in the tent and drank a pot of tea with Yang Zheng.
"Yang Zheng, have you noticed that the enemy has been too weak in the past few months?" Zhao Yulong said as he poured the tea.
"Brother Long, do you mean that this may be a plan to divert the tiger from the mountain?" As he spoke, the teacup in Yang Zheng's hand was also suspended in the air, but it was not put in his mouth.
"It's very possible, after all, the commanders of the sixteen legions of the Cloud Pressing Empire are all veterans who have been on the battlefield for a long time, and the strength of each of them is not much different from mine, but the enemy troops I have encountered these days are so unbearable, I suspect that there is fraud!" said Zhao Yulong and put down the teacup in his hand.
"Then how is this good?" Thinking that Weng Xiangyu was still in the imperial city, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous at this time.
Zhao Yulong can still sit still: "Whether this is the case, just ask." Now that I've reached this realm, I'm able to reach that distance with sound transmission, and I'll be able to know when I ask. ”
As he spoke, Zhao Yulong focused his soul power on his mouth. After staying for a few quarters of an hour, the emotions on Zhao Yulong's face stabilized, and he let out a long sigh: "Fortunately, there is nothing to do in China, and now it is stable." ”
"That's good, that's good!" Hearing that there was nothing going on in the country, Yang Zheng relaxed, and it didn't take long for him to ask again: "So how is Xiangyu, do I have a child?"
"Child!" Speaking of this, Zhao Yulong laughed: "It seems that you can't hide, a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses, Xiangyu said, you have to take the name, otherwise they will have no name, so you have a headache!"
"What? Xiangyu is too nonsense! If I don't go back for a few years, won't the children have no names in the past few years?"
"So try to finish the battle as soon as possible and go back as soon as possible! I told you to go back at the beginning, but you wanted to follow me out, but now it's okay! I still haven't been able to dodge!" Saying that, Zhao Yulong smiled again: "Forget it, let's ask Jingrui about the situation over there!"
Although this distance is somewhat beyond the scope of Zhao Yulong's voice transmission technique, at least Jing Rui can also transmit sound technology, and now at such a distance, the two can still get in touch.
Now that Jing Rui is also in the real military camp, the picture appeared in front of Zhao Yulong and Yang Zheng, and he asked: "How is Jing Rui lately, why haven't you returned to the imperial capital yet, could it be that those enemies are very strong?"
"It's not that they're strong, it's just that they're cunning. I did underestimate them before, and when I started to lead my troops to attack them, they couldn't resist them. As soon as they crossed the border, their armies seemed to suddenly become stronger. Now I can't wait for a long time to attack, and they still want to go around the rear and shorten our baggage convoy, but I didn't succeed because I found out, but I just want to defeat them, and it is estimated that it will be a few years. Jing Rui sighed as he spoke.
At this time, Zhao Yulong's heart was a little turbulent, and he hurriedly said: "There is such a thing, why do you feel that the enemies I have encountered are so similar." In the beginning, my army was also overwhelming, but I don't know what it is like now. ”
"Really?" After hearing this, Jing Rui's expression also became solemn: "Then did they also attack the baggage convoy behind you?"
"This ...... It's not quite clear. Hearing this, Zhao Yulong also couldn't sit still, and a very bad situation had appeared in his mind at this moment.
At this time, Jing Rui also hurriedly said: "Then go to the rear and have a look! If the enemy forces cut off the back route, you will be passive! I am not far from the mainland, and the reinforcements will still be in time." Zhao Yulong, you are in the Cloud Suppression Empire, and it will take at least a few months for reinforcements to arrive, and if you are surrounded, something will happen completely!"
"Indeed! Since that's the case, time is pressing, and I can't say anything more to you, let's see you later!" After that, Zhao Yulong put away his soul power and looked at Yang Zheng: "Quick! Go and call all the soldiers, go to the rear to check!"
"Obey!" Although Yang Zheng didn't know what was going on at this time, it was definitely not simple to be able to make Zhao Yulong write the urgency on his face. Now he didn't hesitate, and after quickly drinking the tea in the cup, he went out and got on his horse, leading some of the soldiers to look at the rear.
It was already getting dark, and Zhao Yulong had been pacing in the tent for a few hours at this time, but he couldn't sit safely anyway, but it would be better to walk.
But even if he keeps walking, he can't relieve the impatience in his heart. So now from time to time I look out of the tent, hoping to see the shadow of an army.
In fact, he could guess what was going on without having to wait and see, but he always had some faint hope in his heart. Although he also knew how slim these so-called hopes were, no matter what, something was better than nothing.
At this time, the sound of the horse outside the door had already announced something, looking at Yang Zheng who was rushing towards him, Zhao Yulong actually had the answer in his heart. But now he still asks eagerly, "How?"
"The rear, the rear, and the baggage convoys in the rear were completely wiped out, and all our grain and grass were looted. In addition, hundreds of thousands of troops were stationed in that cold and secluded pass, and all our retreats were blocked! I didn't find out because I brought few people, but I definitely can't get through there!" Yang Zheng entered the camp and took a few breaths before he spoke.
Although Zhao Yulong had already expected such an outcome in his heart, he was still a little unacceptable when he heard it now. But he finally accepted: "It seems that they are going to cut off our back road! Tell the whole army that we will capture the Black Moon City not far away overnight, and only by entering there will our army have a barrier!"
Now this is the season of snow, and the geographical location of the Cloud Pressing Empire is already a little northerly, and now the goose-feather snow is falling under the moonlight. In the moonlight, an army of 50,000 men was still marching.
In fact, many soldiers in this army already have red hands and feet, and some are even trembling. It is said that such a night should be allowed to make a fire and rest for a night, and the next day it will be warmer and do the march.
But Zhao Yulong didn't do this, because he knew that as long as he and his soldiers rested here, then he would probably never wake up again tomorrow! Because in the rear, dozens of times his own forces were converging towards his side.
Of course, compared with those armies, the most pressing thing for Zhao Yulong is the crisis of food shortage. The baggage convoy had been attacked and wiped out, and the rations it was carrying had naturally fallen into the hands of the enemy.
Now, although there is still some military rations behind the ring, this ring can't hold too many things after all, and at most half a month, the entire army will have to run out of food. Because he has seen the horror of food shortage, Zhao Yulong will definitely not be able to let such a thing happen.
"It's Black Moon City in front, everyone is working harder, it's good to enter the city!" Looking at the soldiers who were already a little weak in the rear, Zhao Yulong's heart couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable.
But there is no way, if you mercifully let them rest for a while now, then it will affect the whole overall situation. Zhao Yulong naturally knew it, but now he felt uncomfortable.
If there is anything in Zhao Yulong's heart over the years, it is responsibility. The responsibility of the bloodline, the responsibility of the throne, and the responsibility of bringing these soldiers home alive.
The soldiers were brought out by themselves, and they were all men who fought for the whole country. Zhao Yulong also promised them that as long as they could capture the imperial city of the enemy country, they would let them go home, and no one would be missing!
And now Zhao Yulong understands that the promise he made at that time was so frivolous, maybe it was the victory in a hundred battles in the past that made him gradually forget the word cautious!
Now that he has come to Black Moon City, everything is really as Zhao Yulong thought. The other party had already guessed that he would come to attack the city, and now he was already standing on the city gate: "Isn't this His Majesty the Dragon Emperor of the Dragon God Empire?
"Without him, it's just that the human head around your neck and the city behind you are attractive!" said that, the look on Zhao Yulong's face froze.
"Really, then I'm going to see if you have the ability to take it! To be honest, it's the first time I've seen someone who is so arrogant when he's dying. But seeing that you are young, I don't care about grandpa. Arrows!" the general who defended the city laughed for a moment, and then saw a large rain of arrows shooting down from the sky.
"Formation!" Faced with this sudden cold arrow, Zhao Yulong was also shocked. Sure enough, this enemy is like a different one, and it is much more cunning than before.
But these are nothing, as the so-called soldiers come to block, and water comes to cover the earth. How could Zhao Yulong not have imagined such a situation? Now he quickly gave the order.
When those soldiers heard the order, they set up a formation according to Zhao Yulong's belonging, this formation was nothing else, it was the square table war of the Nabeiluo Empire. Zhao Yulong learned it, and made some modifications along the way, and now it has become an indispensable formation in the army.
Now it was to see the soldiers form a fast square table-like thing, and all sharp arrows were blocked from the shield. Now he was a little surprised to see the general in the city, but it didn't frighten him.
"It's interesting to be able to block our arrows, but I don't know if you can block this!" he said, waving his hand, and several catapults were launched.
Sure enough, the Cloud Pressing Empire also has catapults, which is not surprising. However, obviously, the size of the catapult is relatively small, but it is also easy to carry, and the natural power is also smaller.
Seeing that the other party had already pushed the catapult onto the city wall, he hurriedly asked, "Brother Long, do you want us to take out the catapult too?"
"No, you must not use it!" Seeing that Yang was about to take out the catapult in the ring, Zhao Yulong hurriedly stopped: "Not only the catapult, but even the large and large magic circle cannot be used!"
"Why? If we hadn't done that, our casualties would have at least doubled!"
"But if we use these, the wall is broken, and it will take us at least a few months to build it. And if these few people are killed by the enemy's million-strong army within a month, how can we resist it?"
"That's true, but we can't let these soldiers die!" Watching those boulders keep falling and killing some soldiers, Yang Zheng's heart was very uncomfortable.
"No, it's war. We can't guarantee that everyone will live, and there will always be people who will die for the war. All we can do is try to reduce the number of casualties, but no matter how we reduce it, there will always be so many casualties. You think I'm feeling good in my heart? I'm also a flesh-and-blood man, not a humanoid war machine. But the situation in front of me tells me that if we don't, we will all die!"
Saying that, Zhao Yulong looked at Yang Zheng for a pause, and after his mood stabilized a little, he continued: "This also includes you and me, don't you want to go back and see your child? Do you want your child to be born without a father? Even if you don't want to do any of this, can you accept the country's break? Life is like a chess move and a wrong move, and we all lose, if we can't be rational enough, we will die with many people!"
After speaking, Zhao Yulong didn't pay attention to Yang Zheng who stayed in place, but just turned to look at the city wall, and the soul sword beside him gradually took shape.
Now, after condensing about a hundred soul swords, Zhao Yulong put them towards the city wall. Of course, the swords were not aimed at the soldiers, but at the catapults.
These trebuchets made of wood naturally could not withstand such force, and now they were all damaged and could not be used, which made the siege soldiers below a lot easier, but the gate was strong, and it was obviously not possible to break through it at a moment's notice.
"Good boy, you have such ability, then grandpa, I will meet you!" The general was able to calm down when he saw that the catapult was destroyed, and now he even wanted to go down the city wall and attack Zhao Yulong.
But obviously his strength is not very strong, Zhao Yulong is just a soul sword, and he has already nailed it to the city wall. This made Zhao Yulong feel a little suspicious, but just when he was in doubt, the city gate was actually knocked open.
Then his own army had already poured into the city, so Zhao Yulong couldn't think about it, so he had to take the lead in killing it!
(End of chapter)