In the pouring rain, Hetier stood alone in the wind and rain, silently staring at the plain of Nadal behind him, he had never been so defeated in his life, and the emperor died and fled the city.
The soldiers had already lost their confidence, and the number of soldiers who fled along the way had reached 15,000, and the harsh military law had no binding effect, and he began to regret that it might have been a big mistake to give up the tiger pass so easily.
On the surface, he preserved the effective strength of his troops, but the subsequent desertion of his entire army was in danger of collapsing.
Wolf Yuan quietly came behind Hetier, he wanted to put on a stormcoat for Heitier, but was coldly rejected by Heitier, the cold rain slowly dripped along the rocky contours of Heitier, and Heitier's voice was low: "What's the news?"
Wolf Yuan pursed his lips, and the rain in his mouth was extremely salty, just like his mood at the moment: "The Tiger Pass has been broken by the Landers, and General Fei Na and his soldiers have also lost their whereabouts."
It was already expected for Hei Tieer to break the castle, he didn't feel any surprise, there was a faint pain in his heart, and his eyes turned to the distance: "Have the Lande people continued to march north?"
Wolf Yuan shook his head and said in a low voice: "After the Lande army took the Tiger Pass, they did not continue to go north, it seems that they are recuperating and preparing for the next invasion."
Hei Tieer snorted coldly, and his eyes pierced through the layers of rain: "Is there any news for Princess Xuanbo?"
Wolf Yuan shook his head: "I have sent a lot of people to look for it, but there is no news of the princess so far."
Hatier took two steps forward and stood on the top of the grassy knoll, which made his body look more and more majestic and tall, and he said after a long time: "We are still three days away from Cloud Piercing City, but the morale of the troops has fallen to the extreme, and if we continue like this, I am afraid that when we arrive at Cloud Piercing City, we will not be able to guarantee even half of the troops."
Wolf Yuan nodded sympathetically, a deep feeling of guilt in his heart, if it wasn't for his negligence, maybe all this would not have happened.
Hei Tiel suddenly said: "If something happens to me, will you fulfill the emperor's last wish for me?"
Wolf Yuan bent his knees, and suddenly knelt down in front of Hei Tieer: "The reason why our army has fallen to the point where it is today is all because of Wolf Yuan, and the last general will die and will not be able to escape the blame, just wait for the army to arrive in Cloud Piercing City, I will apologize to myself."
Hei Tieer looked at Wolf Yuan with pity, slowly came to him, and put his big hand on Wolf Yuan's shoulder: "Wolf Yuan, all this is not your fault alone, why can't you untie this knot."
He patted Wolf Yuan on the shoulder: "Since the death of His Majesty, I have always had a sense of foreboding" His words were suddenly interrupted by a hurried voice in the distance: "Report to the imperial capital, the envoy Cha Pulong, to see the marshal" Hatier was slightly stunned, and he motioned for Wolf Yuan to stand up, his fingers bent between his lips and let out a loud whistle.
In the wind and rain, a giant cyan wolf rushed in front of Hatier like lightning in the dark night, and Hetier jumped on the green wolf and rushed in the direction of the camp.
Chaplon sat quietly in the camp, with a flat smile on his face all the time, and it was not easy to maintain this expression in the face of the great commander of the Megatron Empire, Hatier.
He sat down on the tiger skin chair and said coldly, "What is the matter with your visit this time?"
Cha Pulong was neither humble nor arrogant: "The lower officials came here this time to give a special message to the prince."
"Hmm," Hatier snorted in a low voice from his snort, his eyes looking at Chaplon like sharp blades.
Chaplon was frightened in his heart, and forced himself to calm down: "The prince ordered Marshal Hetier to immediately lead the army back to the imperial capital, if there is disobedience, it will definitely be held responsible."
Hatier burst out laughing.
Chaplon was so frightened that even his face turned white, and he said in a trembling voice: "Why is the big handsome laughing?"
Hei Terhuo Ran stood up and said coldly: "Send off" The wind and rain in the imperial capital were even faster than those on the Nadal Plains, and lightning swept through the sky one by one, illuminating the halls of the Tianhe Palace.
Prince Xuana sat on the dragon chair with a gloomy face, his eyes swept over the faces of Adams, Sima Tai, and Pu Longqi, who were important ministers of the court, and he suddenly found that this position was not so easy to sit on, and when he sat on it, his thinking was even far less flexible than before, and he inexplicably produced a sense of loneliness, although he obviously looked at everyone around him, but suddenly gave birth to a feeling of being close to the end of the world.
Adams said in a low voice: "Tiger Pass was breached by the Landers, Hetier fled without a fight, and the emperor lost any news, all of this seems to contain a great conspiracy."
"You are suspecting that Hatier may harm my father," Xuan said.
Sima Feng stepped forward and said, "Not a possibility, but a certainty" Everyone's faces flashed with extremely complicated expressions at the same time, and Sima Tai said loudly: "Hetier's abandonment of the Tiger Pass is equivalent to opening the door of the empire to the Landers, his intentions have long been clear to the world, I suspect that His Majesty is very likely to have been killed by him."
Adams and Sima Tai had an unprecedented tacit understanding, he nodded and said: "I have already made it clear that now Hetier is leading the remnants to march in the direction of Cloud Piercing City, in Wei Chen's opinion, he wants to occupy Cloud Piercing City before we find it, where it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is the foundation of Hei Tier, if it really falls into his hands, I am afraid that the empire will fall into the situation of being attacked on its back in the future."
Xuan Yi slapped him on the table in a rage: "This ungrateful old bastard, my father treats him like a mountain, he is so ungrateful, if he falls into my hands one day, I will break him into thousands of pieces, so as to relieve the hatred in my heart" Sima Tai and Adams quietly exchanged a look, Sima Tai said: "The country cannot be without a king for a day, now Your Majesty has no news, my empire is in a dilemma of dragons and no leader, at this very moment, several of our courtiers discussed and suggested."
He deliberately paused before saying, "Please ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to inherit the position of the temporary emperor of the Great Unification and lead the Xuanwu Kingdom out of the current predicament."
Xuan 4 suddenly felt a panic in his heart, although he had been working hard to ascend to the throne, but just when he was about to achieve his wish, he suddenly had a sense of fear, and the majestic face of his father shook back and forth in his mind, this feeling made his cold sweat slowly slide down his back.
"His Royal Highness the Prince," Adams reminded in a low voice, and in his opinion Xuan 4 got carried away with extreme joy.
Xuan Yi came to his senses at this time, he took a deep breath, and said a sentence that stunned everyone: "My father's life and death are still uncertain, how can I take the throne at this time, I will temporarily handle the government affairs on behalf of my father, and wait until my father has news, and then make a decision."
A glimmer of disappointment flashed in the eyes of Adams and Sima Tai at the same time, and Adams was unwilling to say: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, now that the people of the imperial government and the opposition are panicking, someone must come out to take charge of everything and change the current situation, I think if the emperor knows the prince's distress, he will definitely not blame."
Xuan A waved his hand and said: "The top priority is to find my father and the emperor, and punish the traitor Hetier, and not mention the matter of ascending the throne."
Adams secretly scolded Xuan A in his heart for not being able to get on the stage, but since he said this, it was not good to continue to advise, so he had to accept the reality in front of him, but fortunately, this time all the blame was put on the body of Hetier, who wanted to turn over, but he was afraid that it would be difficult to ascend to the sky.
"The Great Marshal has an army of 80,000 men each from the direction of Red Rock City and Heron City to outflank us," Wolf Yuan reported to Hatheel with a good heart.
Hei Tier nodded indifferently, in fact, the red dragon soaring in the air had already fed back the situation ahead to him.
His fingers rhythmically flicked a few times on the hilt of the serrated sword, and he said calmly, "How many of us are left?"
Wolf Yuan subconsciously looked at the team that was marching in the wind and rain, and said, "Forty-three thousand" Hetier felt a dull pain in his heart, since the withdrawal of the army from Huju Pass, there has not been a single battle, but most of the troops have been lost, which has never happened in his career as a horseman.
The morale of the army has long been weakened, and the 43,000 people left behind, the real combat strength can be left a few percent of Wolf Yuan continued: "The road to Cloud Piercing City has been completely blocked, if you want to go to Cloud Piercing City, you must travel northeast and cross the Psychedelic Strait."
Hetier said coldly: "Although the psychedelic strait is not wide, the sea is very deep and the temperature is extremely low, if we don't have enough ships, we are afraid that we will be trapped in the strait by the pursuers."
Wolf Yuan said: "Don't worry, the leader of the local Saipan tribe, Danielka, is my good friend, and I have asked someone to go there first to deliver a message to him, and he should be able to provide us with enough tools to cross the sea."
Hetier nodded slowly, "The Saipan people make a living from fishing and hunting, and their shipbuilding skills are still excellent, and with their help, we should be able to cross the Psychedelic Strait safely."
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Tang Lie and Fina bought two horses from the natives of the Nadal Plains, and chased the footsteps of the Hetier army day and night, but what they didn't expect was that when they were about to catch up with the Hetier army, they were the first to encounter the troops sent by the Xuanwu Empire to encircle and suppress the Hetier army.
Hiding in the woods of the hills, looking at the huge imperial team, Tang Lie couldn't help but sigh: "I'm damned."
This is also outrageous, let the army of the Landers not fight, but start a civil war first, Xuan 4, this bastard is all oars in his head?"
Fei Na raised her eyebrows slightly, worried Zhong Zhong said: "The number of this army is about 100,000, from the direction of the march, it should be directed at the Psychedelic Strait, it seems that the land route to Cloud Piercing City has been completely blocked by them, and the marshal chose to go to Cloud Piercing City from the Psychedelic Strait by water" She pondered for a long time before she said: "This matter is only afraid that it is not optimistic, if the army cannot cross the Psychedelic Strait in time, it will be besieged by the imperial team on the edge of the strait."
Tang Lie comforted Fei Na and said, "Since Marshal Hetier has chosen such a path, presumably he must have weighed all the pros and cons, and you don't have to worry too much."
Fina said gloomily: "Along the way, we encountered many deserters, from which it can be seen that the morale of the army is extremely low, in this state, the combat effectiveness can be imagined."
Tang Lie nodded and said: "Now it seems that Marshal Hetier gave up defending the city, he should have made a big mistake, the army was defeated like a mountain, once it lost its morale, this army is not far from collapse."
Since he got the Mo Clan's non-offensive and defensive city skills, Tang Lie has a preliminary understanding of the tactics of defending the city, so he will make such a comment.
His eyes were suddenly drawn to a procession marching in the gorge, and he exclaimed, "What are those people?"
Fei Na looked in the direction of Tang Hunt's finger, but saw a monster covered with gray-brown long hair, marching upright in the middle of the army, their number should be about two hundred, all of them were more than three meters tall, their faces were like orangutans, but their mouths were strangely large, there were teeth on both sides, their eyes were as red as blood, their claws were the size of a fan, their sharp claws flashed with the cold light of metal, their legs were slightly bent, and their feet were also clawed.
Fina exclaimed: "Bloodthirsty apes, they are a hybrid of the Beamon Behemoth and the Apetans, because of their cruelty and thirst for killing, they were killed by the Empire's order, as far as I know, they have long been extinct in the Empire, why did they suddenly appear in the Imperial Army?"
Tang Lie said in a low voice: "So many bloodthirsty apes will not appear out of thin air, there must be someone who is secretly training and cultivating them."
"A bloodthirsty ape can easily kill a hundred well-trained samurai."
Tang Lie was silent, it seemed that this time Hei Tieer was in big trouble.
Fina quickly made a decision in a short time: "We have to meet with the marshal before them and inform the marshal of all this
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