South Battalion, commanding the tooth tent.

Wang Ruoli took Mei Shuying, Xiao Baohuang and other dead soldiers to the southern front line, and officially took office as the governor of the Hongmei Empire.

Wang Ruo sat in the center, looked around at his generals, and saw that all of them did not look very good, and seemed to be worried about the battle situation in the past few days, which made the atmosphere in the tent a little gloomy. However, it is also said that Nandaying originally had 300,000 imperial troops, but after this period of combat attrition, more than half of the casualties were killed, and now there are less than 130,000 left, which is not a heavy loss.

"King Nan, where did the two bronze generals Song Shi and Bi Ming go?" Wang Ruoli swept through the generals of the Nanda Camp and found that the second general Song Bi was missing, so he couldn't help asking.

"Most of the governors don't know that this morning the enemy army came to make a battle post again, inviting Song Bi and the second general to have a duel before the battle. Lan Youruo's tone was calm, and he replied with a pleasant face, "The second general Song Bi has accepted the challenge and led the troops to the battle before the battle. ”

"What?" Wang Ruoli was shocked and angry when he heard this, "the governor of Pontus has clearly issued a strict order, and no one is allowed to fight privately. General Song Bier, as the general of the Nanda Battalion, dared to ignore the order and leave the camp to fight on his own, is there still military discipline and law in his eyes?"

"Don't be angry, this is not the case, Song Bi's second general has been approved by this king before going to battle, so he led his troops to the duel. Lan Youruo explained eloquently, "Although our army has suffered consecutive defeats in the past few days, we cannot be afraid of the enemy in the face of a duel in front of the battle. ”

"So it's actually you, King Nan, who ignored military discipline and privately allowed Song Bi's second general to go to the front of the battle to duel?" Wang Ruoli became more and more angry when he heard the explanation, and looked at Lan Youruo with cold eyes, "King Nan, are you guilty?"

"The generals duel before the battle. Lan Youruo looked back, his eyes were full of stubbornness, "Duel before the battle, it is a tradition in my Meiyuan Continent for thousands of years, one side sends a challenge, and the other side takes over the battle, it is justified, it should be so, this king has not done anything wrong, what is the crime?"

It turns out that the Meiyuan Continent has always had such a tradition, the generals of the warring sides usually conduct a pre-battle duel before the war, to decide the winner or life and death, and then the head-to-head confrontation of the sergeants under his command, this form of duel before the battle is called "male and female duel", which is not only warmly recognized by the majority of the people in the Meiyuan Continent, but also the fastest way for all generals to gain fame.

As soon as he heard about the duel between men and women, Wang Ruoli still couldn't believe it, this kind of battlefield plot that theoretically only appeared in romance stories actually happened vividly in the Meiyuan Continent, and it was taken for granted by everyone? It has been said in ancient times that the three armies are easy to obtain, but the first general is hard to find, and it is not easy to train a qualified general, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive! Some people would actually use a general as the first soldier to engage in a pre-battle duel? Once a general is defeated or killed, how can this battle be fought?

Although Wang Ruoli is incomprehensible to this strange phenomenon, and his heart is extremely rejected, but the male and female duel does exist and cannot be avoided. Wang Ruoli couldn't help but sigh in his heart, no wonder the generals of the Hongmei Empire have suffered heavy casualties since the start of the war, I'm afraid that many generals are under this kind of duel in front of the formation, right?

"Military situation is urgent...... At this time, a sentry covered with smoke and dust rushed to the tent in a hurry, and shouted loudly.

"Speak quickly!" Lan Youruo heard the sentry come back with a military report, and hurriedly passed him into the tooth tent and urged him to question.

"Returning to the King of the South and the Governor of Dadu, Song Shi and Bi Ming, the two bronze generals lost the duel in front of the battle, and both died, and the 20,000 imperial troops under their command fought hard to no avail, and the whole army was wiped out. The sentinel's face was sad and his voice was heavy, "The 600,000 local troops in the rear have also suffered heavy losses, scattered and fled, and were unable to form an army. My subordinates are worried that after this battle, the Meishan Province of my Hongmei Empire may not be able to be saved. ”

Meishan Province is located in the south of the Hongmei Empire, the terrain is mountainous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, to the north to the Hongmei Imperial Capital, all the way is the plain area, so

The strategic significance of Meishan Province is very important, it is a natural place to block the attack of the two coalition forces, if it is lost, it will lead to the Hongmei Empire completely falling into a passive situation.

"Song Shi and Bi Ming are really two wastes!" Lan Youruo heard this, his face was annoyed, and he couldn't help but scold.

"I was defeated again......" Mei Shuying next to him listened, and like other generals, they sighed that the battle situation had been defeated again.

However, when Wang Ruoli heard the sentinel's reply, the focus of his attention was not the defeat of the front line, which was expected, but when the sentinel replied, although he had just taken the position of the governor of the capital, although he had just taken the position of the governor, but a sentry in the army would rank his position behind the king of the south, which shows that the subconscious of the officers and men in the army is quite lacking in the degree of attention to the governor who controls the whole army.

Since Wang Ruoli has promised Mei Fanghua to take up the post of metropolitan governor, he naturally wants to help all those who want to do what he wants, so it is urgent to deal with this contradiction between the main heart.

"After a great defeat in the battle ahead, are you just blindly sighing? Don't you have to bear the responsibility for this defeat?" Wang Ruoli behaved more calmly at this time.

"Governor, now is not the time to hold accountable. Mei Shuying frowned slightly, and couldn't help but say, "The top priority is how to solve the tight situation on the front line and how to reverse the disadvantage of the unfavorable battle situation?"

"Knowing that there is a mistake and not correcting it, doesn't it encourage the atmosphere of repeated mistakes and repeated offenses?" Wang Ruoli said righteously, "Today it can endanger Meishan Province, and tomorrow it can harm the entire empire." ”

"How can it be so serious, isn't it just a defeat......" Mei Shuying wanted to continue to argue, but she didn't look like Wang Ruoli was alarmist, and the more she said it later, the quieter it became, almost inaudible.

"The Metropolitan Governor wants to hold him accountable for this battle?" Lan Youruo's eyes fluttered, swept past Wang Ruoli, and said with some contempt, "General Song Bier has always been dedicated to his duties and loyal, and he is the pillar of my Hongmei Empire, although he is defeated now, he should not be wronged and infamous, let alone implicate their family wives and children......"

"Nanwang misunderstood. Wang Ruoli said again, his cold eyes swept over the generals, and finally stopped at Lan Youruo, "The governor of Pontus is not talking about the second general of Song Bi, but you, Lan Youruo, the king of the south." ”

"Oh, in this way, the Metropolitan Governor still wants to cure the king's crimes?" Lan Youruo is neither humble nor arrogant, "The new governor of the Metropolitan is in office, I'm afraid he wants to use this king, kill chickens and monkeys, and establish prestige, right?"

"Hehe, the king of the south is the generation of dragons in the world, and the governor of Pontus has the heart to kill chickens, but he also has no courage to kill dragons, and he is not so narrow-minded and disdainful of such actions. Wang Ruoli snorted coldly, "It's just the fault of the King of the South, and the Governor of Pontus has to point it out solemnly." First, he ignored the strict orders of the governor of Pontus, did not report what he knew, and privately instructed the generals of the southern battalion to participate in the duel between men and women; second, the fiasco of this battle had an inescapable connection with the improper command of the king of the south; third, as a subordinate, he did not listen to orders, did not respect the superiors, and even offended many times. I don't know if the king of the south has any objections to these three articles?"

"Hmph, what a great governor of the world!" Lan Youruo snorted coldly, with a pair of cold apricot eyes, looking directly at Wang Ruoli.

"King Nan, don't forget, my second senior sister just said yesterday that the Hongmei Empire should be military and handed over to the governor of Pontus to deal with it with full authority, and if there is any disobedience, the military law will deal with it. Wang Ruoli sneered at the corner of his mouth, domineering, and in the face of the Spirit King powerhouse in front of him, he didn't have the slightest intention of retreating, "Does King Nan know, what is the first principle of being an emperor?"

"I am loyal and patriotic, and I will protect the Hongmei Empire forever. Lan Youruo replied without thinking.

"No, it should be obeying orders. A thousand-mile horse, no matter how good its foot strength is, if it does not obey the control and walks off the leash, it is just a black sheep after all. Wang Ruoli shook his head, unforgiving, "Nan Wang and."

It is understandable that he was not born in the army and did not understand it. However, today's sins must not go unpunished. ”

"Wang Ruoli, are you crazy? Do you really want to cure the sin of the king of the south?" Mei Shuying on the side was a little anxious when she heard this, and hurriedly attached it to Wang Ruoli's ear, and said softly, "The four kings of the east, west, south, and north have followed my mother all the way to create the Hongmei Empire, with a respected status and loyalty, not only the meritorious minister of my Hongmei Empire, but also my mother's right-hand man." If it is the crime of the king of the south, won't she be unable to step down?"

When I first took over the position of Metropolitan Governor, I said that it was necessary to order and prohibit it, otherwise the so-called Metropolitan Governor would just be a virtual reality. Wang Ruoli did not appreciate it, but there was a terrifying momentum of killing and decisiveness around him, and there was a faint murderous aura between his eyebrows, and he was nervous for a while, "King Nan, the governor of Pontus asks you, is there a mistake in today's crime?"

"The words of the Metropolitan Governor are indeed true, but they are just ......" Lan Youruo was a little surprised by Wang Ruoli's strong aura, and he was a little weak in the face of it.

"Just admit it. Although Wang Ruoli made a posture of killing chickens and setting an example for monkeys, but at this time, he suffered defeats in a row, and his military spirit fluctuated, and he didn't really want to use overly tough means in his heart, nor did he really want to rectify Lan Youruo, "Pontus thinks that you are just a first-time offender, so he will punish you with twenty lashes." ”

"Wang Ruoli, King Nan is not only the respect of the Spirit King, but also the body of a woman, such a punishment is too ......" Mei Shuying heard that Wang Ruoli really punished King Nan, she couldn't help but lose her bearings, and hurriedly stopped.

"It's too light, isn't it?" Wang Ruoli smiled at the corner of his mouth, and then answered, "King Nan has worked hard and made great achievements, and this time it is just a small punishment and a big commandment." Also, when I am in the army, I hope that General Shuying will call me the Metropolitan Governor. ”

"You ......" Mei Shuying choked, but she hummed and couldn't speak.

"The Governor is convinced of what he says and does, and he is willing to accept the punishment. To Wang Ruoli's surprise, Lan Youruo raised her apricot eyes, and did not defend again, but sincerely accepted the punishment. Wang Ruoli saw it in his eyes, a little more appreciation, and a little more doubt, I don't know if this Nanwang did it on purpose, or whether he really received the punishment, or was instructed by the second senior sister? However, no matter what the situation is, it can be solved smoothly in this way, but there is a big hidden danger.

"Now the front line is urgent, although the other side is the vanguard of the coalition forces of the two countries, but the military strength is not weak, if it is not blocked, I am afraid that Meishan Province will really not be able to keep it. Wang Ruoli sat back on the chair, picked up the teacup, and said slowly.

"It's easy to say. Mei Shuying looked puffed up, "Now that the enemy army is in full swing, it is not easy to retreat from the enemy!"

"The vanguard, no matter how strong, is only a vanguard after all, and there is nothing to be afraid of. Wang Ruoli took a sip of tea and continued, "Besides, the two empires of Canglong and Honghan have sent 300,000 vanguard troops in a daze, how can they be returned for nothing?

"The Metropolitan Governor is not only not small-tempered, but also whimsical, don't you want to eat all of this vanguard force?" Mei Shuying said disdainfully, "The two generals led by the other party, the cousin of the Canglong Empire, Long Aotian, the monarch Long Aotian, and the Honghan Empire, the Shenwei General, Hou Wenjing. Both of them are famous generals in the Meiyuan Continent, how can they be so easy to deal with?"

"Hehe, General Shuying doesn't need to be worried. Wang Ruoli chuckled at the corner of his mouth, as if he was a little careless, "There is a way, come and not be rude, since the other party likes 'male and female duels' so much, if the governor of Bendu does not add a few more wonderful duels in front of the battle, wouldn't he be a little careless?"

"What do you mean?" Mei Shuying was puzzled when she heard this, but she saw Wang Ruoli with a deep smile and refused to say in detail.

When the people in the tent heard such clueless words, they were also inexplicable, and they didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd if the king left the governor?