Chapter 458: First Effort
The word of the crowd: "Hear me!" ”
The sound was like thunder, approaching the sky, and I don't know how many night herons were startled.
The envoy swallowed his saliva for a while, and saw General Hong throw the edict back to him: "Come, take the envoy down to rest, he will bring this edict to Panlong City tomorrow." ”
Two soldiers stepped forward and led the messenger away.
The red general held his waist knife in his hand and stood with the Panlong army looking at each other.
What she wore today was a ghost-headed mask, which was particularly hideous in the light of the dancing fire.
A gust of night wind blew.
She didn't move, and so did thousands.
After a long while, General Hong gave a deep order: "Wait for Commander Zhong to make a final decision." Disband now, all go back to rest! ”
The crowd remained still.
The Red General turned and strode away.
It wasn't until her back disappeared into the darkness that the square in the west of the city slammed to the ground, almost blown up by the angry scolding.
The anger of the Panlong Army was almost higher than the torches in everyone's hands.
There was foaming and scolding everywhere, and He Lingchuan heard that someone on the side had already greeted the nineteenth generation ancestor of the monarch.
It's disrespectful.
The door panel didn't bring a shield, so he could only stomp on the ground twice: "Mahler...... The gang of sons in the capital are cowardly, and they have no eyes to give birth to a son! ”
Hu Min spat into the pit he stepped on: "It's better for us to kill all the way back to Xiluo and knock down the capital, so as not to suffer from splinting here!" ”
Arlo booed him: "Don't talk nonsense. ”
Wicker asked He Lingchuan: "Broken knife, what's wrong with us fighting all the way back?" And there is no need for the mother country to send a soldier to help. Why and why ...... monarch" couldn't go on, she was so angry that she took a deep breath and gave herself a good breath.
"Why are you afraid of us going back?" He Lingchuan said, "We are too strong, and the mother country is too weak. ”
Everyone looked at each other, recalling the edict read by General Fang Caihong, which sounded condescending and majestic, but it was full of uncontrollable anger.
"Defending the border people in the northwest is more important than defending against the enemy."
"Exactly!" The soldiers of other teams on the side heard this and echoed loudly, "It is better to defend the people of the northwest than to the enemy." The mother defense is us, us! ”
has been alone in the enclave for more than ten years, but has been so jealous, suspicious and excluded by the mother country, anyone's heart is cold.
"Yes, the mother country would rather borrow troops from the Bega country than let us go back!"
"Such a mother country, it's better not to!"
There was a commotion all around.
I don't know how long it took for He Lingchuan to finally hear the most critical sentence:
"It's better not to go back to such a mother country!"
Soon someone responded:
"Yes, if you go back, you will be ostracized and looked down upon, so it is better to stay in the Chipa Plateau."
"You know, it's the adults who will be excluded when you go back, so what do we have to do? We are soldiers, where can we not be wanted? ”
"Go back to being cannon fodder?" Someone retorted unceremoniously, "The 40,000 elites who were transferred away by the mother country last time are all good men here, and after they go back, they were scrambled and sent to various places, and as a result, they died and ran, how many are left now?" What are you talking about, you and I go back, and it's all like this! ”
"Will the monarch love his soldiers like a son like Lord Zhong, and will he transport troops like a god like General Hong? You see that they are in turmoil in their country, and the more peaceful they are, the more chaotic they are! ”
"Yes, if a soldier instigates one, he will instigate a nest. Let's go back like this, at most it is reckless in troubled times, how can we be rich on the Chipa Plateau! ”
He Lingchuan listened to the noise in his ears and exhaled softly.
Therefore, the reaction of the monarch of Xiluo was really expected by Panlong City, right?
Panlong City's actions, each stepped on the "fear" point of the monarch of Xiluo.
Before the monarch issued the relocation order, Panlong City rushed away, which is impatient;
The Panlong army did not take the Jinxi Corridor given by the Baling Kingdom at all, but found another way to fight all the way back from the Xiqi Kingdom, which was disrespectful and arbitrary;
It only takes a few days to destroy a country, and Ciro is far from being able to do it, this is an arrogant general;
The above qualities are superimposed, which king is not jealous?
If Zhong Shengguang returns to Xiluo with such an army, who in the whole country can be his opponent?
With such an army, is it easy to capture the capital of Xiluo?
Even if the monarch hesitated before, after hearing about the great victory of Xiqi transmitted back by Zhong Shengguang, he finally made up his mind:
They must not be allowed to come back!
Relocation Order? No more.
Originally, some courtiers opposed Qian'an, believing that the Panlong Wasteland was the land of Xiluo and the inheritance of the ancestors, and could not be ceded at will.
Then in the name of righteousness, order the Panlong army to defend the border area and the territory of Yongzhen!
He Lingchuan even doubted the timing of General Hong's good news.
If you wait until you capture the Xiqi Palace and then fly to the mother country, it will take at least ten days for the news to come and go, then it is impossible for the envoys of Xiluo Capital City to rush to Yuheng City so quickly.
In other words, General Red first passed the good news to Xiluo, and then led a large army to besiege the palace of Xiqi in an unhurried manner.
The Red General, or the god of heaven, really didn't take Xirui and Xiluo seriously.
Tonight in the west of Yuheng City, the Panlong Army is destined to spend a sleepless night.
He Lingchuan looked in the direction where General Hong had disappeared earlier.
This should be the strategy of Zhong Shengguang and General Hong.
They knew very well that the will of the people could not be violated or blocked, but it could be beneficial, so they directed the criticism and anger of the military and the people to the country of Xiluo.
This is called "advancing and retreating".
In fact, Xiluo is the culprit, and this pot is not wrong.
If it weren't for its weakness and cowardice, the soldiers and civilians of Panlong would not have suffered so much.
And Zhong Shengguang and the others don't know what price they will pay in the future if they choose to stay in the Panlong Wasteland!
If you insist on returning to China at this time, can you avoid the heroism of more than ten years later? Can everyone live in peace?
Because of the king's reprimand, the Panlong army postponed its eastward return and continued to garrison Yuheng City, confronting each other's Jinhan army.
The envoy of Xiluo hurriedly stepped up and went to Panlong City to find Zhong Shengguang.
Obviously, General Red and his army must wait for the final decision of Panlong City.
……
When the sky was bright, He Lingchuan went to fetch water with a bucket, but saw several figures by the river.
One is by the river, the others are far away.
Just by looking at his back, he could confirm that the one by the river was the Red General.
Her aura is too strong.
"Who?" The guards behind General Red felt it, and glanced over with sharp eyes.
The Red General's voice was very calm: "It's okay, hit your water." ”
She didn't look back, she knew what he was going to do.
He Lingchuan stepped forward, rinsed the bucket in the river, and said, "Why doesn't the general rest?" ”
The Red General stood facing east, looking at the white mist floating on the river:
"I don't need to."
Yes, He Lingchuan then remembered that she had been transformed by Mi Tian's divine power to achieve a demigod body, and she didn't need to eat, drink and sleep like ordinary creatures to maintain her physical fitness.
There are people around her and behind her, but He Lingchuan feels that she is independent and isolated from the whole world.
"General."
The red general didn't say anything, but his mask was slightly sideways.
"Even if the monarch opposes it, the army can still fight all the way back?"
"If you call back, do you know what we're going to face?"
He Lingchuan shook his head: "I only know that we don't have to face anything." ”
"Oh?"
"After returning to China, at least we don't have to face the joint attack of Baling and Xianyou, and we are no longer alone."
General Red nodded: "And then?" ”
And then......
"Even if you can return to China, do you think that the Panlong Army and these millions of civilians can live a stable and prosperous life from now on, away from war?" The red general said, "That's impossible. There is no such pure land under the heavens. ”
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But they can avoid destruction, and the story of the Coiling Dragon Wasteland will not end with the most tragic ending. Of course, He Lingchuan couldn't say this, so he could only say categorically: "It's worth a try!" At least in the country of Siro, there are two things that we should strive for! ”
"What is it?"
"The future and hope!" and a chance to escape fate.
General Hong raised his head slightly, as if he was touched.
"Do you think the future and hope will be in Ciro?" Her voice was so indifferent that she could only discern the sarcasm hidden in it if she listened closely.
"Is it in the Coiling Dragon Wasteland that is being attacked on all sides?" He Lingchuan said unceremoniously, "Even if Lord Zhong goes back to seize the country, the foundation he has laid is stronger than in the wasteland?" ”
General Hong smiled: "Dare to let it go? He Lingchuan, you are not small. "In China, if you dare to make such remarks, you will lose half your life if you don't kill your head.
"What I said is just what Panlong Jun thinks." He Lingchuan took a deep breath and solemnly requested, "General, please take us back to China!" ”
The Red General did not reply, but turned his head to look to the east.
A few miles after crossing the river, there is the border heavily guarded by the Jinhan State.
He Lingchuan felt that she was also at war with heaven and man in her heart?
"Get some water and go back."
So He Lingchuan saluted her, filled a bucket of clear river water, and walked away without looking back.
Anyway, he tried.
But even if he joined the Gale Army, he is still soft-spoken, and General Red can't listen to his opinion.
This good opportunity to reverse the final fate of Panlong City may have been missed.
He Lingchuan sighed helplessly, and then remembered the conversation between King Yuan and his nephew Shao Jian that he had heard in the ruins of Thousand Star City.
King Yuan firmly believed that the three things he wanted his nephew to send to Zhong Shengguang were more important than himself and the entire Yuan Kingdom.
What about Zhong Shengguang?
Could he think the same way?
After going back, He Lingchuan lay back in the dilapidated house and looked up at the starry sky through the big hole in the roof.
The more he immersed himself in this soul land, the more he cared about things, the less he wanted it to come to a fateful end.
But this history is extremely stubborn, and it seems difficult for him to change the ending.
After dawn, everything was business as usual.
Hu Min said to everyone: "Let's open a handicap, who guesses the east, who guesses the west?" ”
"Your gambling addiction was infected by a thin man?" Wicker snorted, "For a tael of silver, I bet that General Red will continue to advance eastward." It's all here, how can there be a reason to go back in defeat? ”
Hu Min pouted to He Lingchuan: "Captain, what about you?" ”
"I'll go back to the west."