April 22, Haoyuan Imperial Capital.

The onslaught of the Huanggu army on the imperial capital of Haoyuan has lasted for three days, and in the past three days, the boundaries of the two sides have been constantly shifted, and even a chaotic situation has been formed, and countless soldiers have been killed and injured in both countries.

Originally, after the first day of the war, the ancient army had no hope of taking the Haoyuan Imperial Capital on the surface, because this was the core of the Haoyuan Dynasty, and reinforcements would continue to arrive every once in a while, but the army under Mu Haoqing was fighting less and less.

However, Mu Haoqing's rich experience in battle formations and super strategy are not blown, relying on the strong military formation layout ability, coupled with some dark chess strategies, Mu Haoqing was stunned to let his army exert an unimaginable impact, and even once occupied more than thirty percent of the Haoyuan Imperial Capital, pushing the battle line to the front of the palace gate of Haoyuan Palace!

However, this battle has been fought so far, the cards in Mu Haoqing's hand have almost been lit up, and he can no longer see the hope of capturing the imperial capital of Haoyuan, so he has no choice but to grit his teeth and order the withdrawal of the army.

Haoyuan Palace.

In the heavily defended hall, Yuan Shimao sat on the throne with his brows furrowed, and his already old face was a little more vicissitudes and exhaustion.

This battle has been fought until now, although the palace is still stable, but Yuan Shimao is not happy at all.

The rebellion of Qingyunwei's deputy guard lord brought an incomparably heavy blow to Qingyunwei, and also made the Haoyuan Dynasty's originally sound and perfect ear and eye system become full of holes, and many news could not be transmitted in time, so he had a very one-sided grasp of the current situation.

He only knew that Haoyuan had lost five important places, and several strategic places were in danger.

Although most of these places are in the north and far away from the imperial capital, they also show the sinister nature of the situation.

Moreover, he also didn't know if the Ancient Emperor would continue to send reinforcements to attack the imperial capital.

Mu Haoqing only relied on the more than 600,000 troops in his hands to fight out his own army of more than 1 million, which shows Mu Haoqing's super ability to lead the army.

Although most of the Desolate Ancient Army was also lost in battle, there were less than 200,000 soldiers left, but if there was a new force to join, Emperor Haoyuan was afraid that he would not be able to last too long!

Just when Yuan Shimao was frowning, a eunuch suddenly ran in hurriedly with a happy face.

"Your Majesty! The Ancient Emperor Dynasty has withdrawn! ”

"Withdrawal?"

Yuan Shimao was stunned and didn't react for a while.

It wasn't until five or six breaths later that he suddenly came back to his senses and stood up in surprise and joy.

"What do you say? Aragus, withdrawn?! ”

"Yes! Your Majesty! Enemy, withdraw! ”

The eunuch nodded again and again, overjoyed.

Yuan Shimao's eyes widened, only to feel that happiness came too suddenly.

But he didn't be happy for long, Yuan Shimao's face changed again, and he became suspicious.

"Wait, why did the enemy suddenly withdraw? But what's the conspiracy? ”

"It's... The minions don't know ......"

The eunuch whispered back and patted his head.

"By the way, Your Majesty, the general, and Lord Qingyunwei Qiao Wei and others ask to see you."

"Why is the Admiral here?"

Yuan Shimao frowned, and he was a little unhappy in his heart.

Because he felt that there might be some conspiracy hidden in the withdrawal of the Huanggu Imperial Dynasty, and the general was not on the front line to command the army and supervise the enemy army, wouldn't it be too child's play to enter the palace at this time?

However, although he thought so in his heart, Yuan Shimao did not show it directly.

No matter what, the imperial capital has been able to hold out to this day, and the battle situation of the entire imperial dynasty has not been defeated, but it is all due to General Mo Gang.

If it weren't for Mo Gang's persuasion, I'm afraid that the Haoyuan Dynasty would have been eroded at this time, and his life might not be saved.

"Please."

"Yes!"

Before long, six or seven ministers including Mo Gang and Qiao Xu entered the palace together.

"Your Majesty!"

Yuan Shimao waved his hand, stared directly at Mo Gang and asked impatiently, "General, I heard that the ancient army has withdrawn?" What the hell is going on? Is there any trick behind it? ”

"Your Majesty, the Ancient Army has indeed withdrawn, and besides, they have to withdraw!"

Mo Gang smiled, his tired face filled with a relieved smile.

"Had to withdraw?"

Yuan Shimao couldn't help but be stunned, his eyes were full of confusion.

"What does that mean?"

Mo Gang didn't answer directly, but glanced at Qiao Xu, the Qingyun Guard.

"Let's let Lord Qiao Wei report to His Majesty."

Qiao Xu kept his head down, not daring to look at Yuan Shimao.

Because of the rebellion of his subordinate deputy guard, it has dealt a great blow to the Haoyuan Dynasty, although His Majesty has not punished him for the time being, he also knows how big the crime of negligence is.

In fact, until now, he still couldn't be sure whether his deputy guard master was rebelling in battle, or if the other party had actually been a shadow son of the Ancient Emperor Dynasty......

At this time, Mo Gang asked him to report, but he was actually giving him a chance, which made Qiao Xu secretly grateful to Mo Gang in his heart.

"Your Majesty, due to the impact of the Great War and the disturbance of traitors, there is a lot of information that has not been transmitted in time."

"But after two days of purges, Qingyunwei has gradually returned to clarity, and the transmission of intelligence is also rapidly resuming smooth."

Hearing this, although Yuan Shimao was expressionless, he was extremely unhappy in his heart.

What he wants now is the answer to the withdrawal of the ancient army, not other vain things!

If he hadn't known Qiao Xu's loyalty, and there was no suitable candidate to take over for the time being, he would have had Qiao Xu cut down!

When Yuan Shimao was about to scold and interrupt, Qiao Xu's words immediately made him stunned......

"Just half an hour ago, there were several key pieces of information delivered."

"First, two days ago, the two million army led by Cong Gaoyun to attack the Great Xia Dynasty was ambushed by the Great Xia fleet in the area near the border in the south of our dynasty, and more than 200 warships in Great Xia were all martyred, but they created a brilliant record of sinking more than 400 warships and killing and wounding nearly 800,000 troops of Huanggu!"

"Second, after the fleet battle, the ancient army created the illusion that the troops were evacuated in three ways, wanting to induce the Great Xia army to pursue, so as to annihilate the pursuing Great Xia army, so as to win back a game."

"However, the final outcome is that the 700,000 army of the Ancient Desert was completely wiped out by Great Xia!"

Hearing this, Yuan Shimao was already stunned.

"What do you say? Great Xia used more than 200 warships to kill more than 400 warships of the Huanggu Imperial Dynasty, and also killed and injured 800,000 troops of Huanggu? ”

"This is not the end, after that, Great Xia completely annihilated the 700,000 army of Huanggu?!"

"It's true!"

Qiao Xu nodded heavily, with a look of affirmation.

"Your Majesty, the reason why the minister came to report at this time is because he took the time to verify in many ways."

"And the results of the verification are the same as what the intelligence says!"

Yuan Shimao was shocked in his heart, and he couldn't get back to his senses.

In the face of the attack of the 650,000 Desolate Ancient Army, he transferred more than 2 million troops to guard the imperial capital, and nearly a million of them were elites, but Rao was like this, but he still suffered heavy losses, and he almost failed to hold it.

But the Great Xia Dynasty had killed and injured 1.5 million troops of the Ancient Empire, and the army killed directly was probably close to one million!

With such a result and such a gap, how can it not make people stunned?

His own Haoyuan Dynasty is a dignified superior force, and that Great Xia, in his previous cognition, should only be a middle-class and upper-class force!

But why, is it such an ending?

After a long time, Yuan Shimao let out a long breath, and his expression was extremely complicated.

It stands to reason that Great Xia has achieved such a brilliant victory, and he should also be secretly happy.

After all, the Huanggu Imperial Dynasty is now the common enemy of the two countries, and it is also a good thing for Haoyuan that Huanggu ushered in such a tragic end in the hands of Great Xia.

But why, he was a little unhappy?

"That Great Xia, how many soldiers and horses were used to encircle and annihilate the 700,000 army of the Ancient Empire?"

"Back to Your Majesty, this is exactly what the minister is going to say next."

Qiao Xu took a deep breath and didn't say anything, but his eyes were full of shock.

"The number of the Desolate Ancient Army pursued by the Great Xia army is about 450,000, and then it is the 250,000 army that takes the warship to support, and they are all elites of the Void Realm!"

"Among the 700,000 Desolate Ancient Army, the number of Void Body Realm elites alone has reached 400,000!"

"On the Daxia side, the total number of troops dispatched is not much different from that of Huanggu, which is also about 700,000."

"But in the end, the 700,000 Desolate Ancient Army was wiped out, while Great Xia only lost less than 100,000 in battle!"

As soon as these words came out, in addition to Mo Gang, who already knew about it, whether it was the rest of the Haoyuan ministers or the emperor Yuan Shimao, they all shuddered, with a ridiculous look on their faces.

700,000 against 700,000, but in the end, the entire army of Huanggu was annihilated, and Great Xia only paid less than 100,000 battle losses?

Are you kidding?

After a very oppressive silence, one of the ministers spoke dryly.

"Lord Qiao Wei, shouldn't you be... Got it the other way around, right? No matter how you think about this, it should be the annihilation of the entire army of Great Xia, and it is reasonable to have 100,000 dead and wounded in the ancient world, how can it be such an ending? ”

Qiao Xu shook his head with a wry smile, and said astringently: "When I first received the information, I thought so too. However, according to various verifications, this is indeed the case......"

Everyone couldn't help but be silent again, and their hearts were extremely complicated.

That is the dignified Ancient Emperor Dynasty, it is the Imperial Dynasty army that almost broke through one of the strongest armies in the world in their Haoyuan Imperial Capital with less than 700,000 troops, how could it be so unbearable when facing the Great Xia Dynasty?

Could it be that the high clouds are too straw bales?

But no matter how hasty the commander is, it is impossible to have such an outrageous battle situation, right?

At this time, Mo Gang finally opened his mouth again.

"Your Majesty, Mu Haoqing's sudden withdrawal of troops at this time was actually a last resort. The Ancient Army had suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Great Xia, and their first strategic objective had been completely defeated! ”

"In addition, our dynasty responded in time, they couldn't attack my Haoyuan Emperor for a long time, and the progress of other battlefields was also quite limited, and the country of Huanggu may also be in a contradiction, and no reinforcements were sent for a long time, so Mu Haoqing had to withdraw."

"In addition, Your Majesty, the envoys of the Great Xia Dynasty have approached the imperial capital."

"The minister guessed that Mu Haoqing's choice to withdraw the army should also have something to do with this matter."

"The Great Xia Dynasty has shown such terrifying combat power, in fact, it has already reversed the situation! Now, it's not us who should be worried, but the Ancient Emperor Dynasty! ”

"Because once Great Xia joins forces with my Haoyuan Dynasty and allows the elite soldiers of Great Xia to enter our Dynasty to fight together, then the rest of the Desolate Ancient Army will also face an extremely dangerous situation!"

"If the four million Desolate Ancient Army are buried, then how can the Desolate Ancient Emperor Dynasty resist threats from other aspects?"

After listening to Mo Gang's analysis, a smile finally appeared on Yuan Shimao's face.

And this smile became more and more vigorous, and finally turned into a hearty laugh......

(End of chapter)