The next day, Li Zheng and Xia Ke came to the vicinity of Jingguo's camp again, and found that they had begun to uproot the camp, and it seemed that they were going to move on.The two of them were not in a hurry, so they hung far behind the Jingguo army to see if they were going to move forward all the way, or if they were just moving forward.When it was dark, before arriving at a city, above the tall city gate, there were three big characters: Border City.As the name suggests, it is a frontier city.Of course, now the city is empty, and the frontier has been occupied by the Jingguo people.This city seems to be useless, Jingguo people did not enter the city, only sent a team of soldiers to set fire, after a while, the whole city burned, the raging fire burned to a height of dozens of zhang, Li Zheng and the two were still a mile away, both felt a burst of heat rushing in.After setting the fire, the Jingguo people continued to move forward, and then re-established camp in the middle of a wilderness.Unlike the previous time, after setting up the camp this time, the Jingguo soldiers also cleared all the debris around the camp, and if there were idle people entering the vicinity, they would immediately find out.Before they could figure out what the plans of these respectful people were, Li Zheng and the others silently watched their performances.The camp was set up, and the Jingguo people began to rest, but in the middle of the night, Li Zheng found that several figures in the camp flew out and ran towards the southwest.Looking at the appearance of these figures, it is clear that they are several days in advance."
Okay, I put down the pre-existing shelves so quickly and went to explore the way myself."
Li Zheng muttered.He didn't care, he and Xia Ke casually found a place to nest for the night, and when it was dawn, he saw that the Jingguo people began to demolish the camp again."
Looks like they're ready to go all the way forward."
Li Zheng asked Xia Ke next to him, "Xiao Ke, do you have any good ideas?"
”Xia Ke lowered his head and thought for a moment, "Why don't we go and burn their grain and grass in the evening, and see what they eat." ”This is certainly a good idea, but it's not that easy to implement.The importance of grain and grass, these people who respect the country must also know, they will definitely guard against it, and maybe they have laid a trap waiting for them.Rather than take a risk, it's better to ......
There were more than 50,000 troops in the entire Jingguo, more than 20,000 were distributed on the front line against the beasts, and the remaining 20,000 were distributed on the border with other countries.As for the inner cities, they have only some of the most basic security forces.The army that confronted the beast would definitely not be able to move, and even if the army from other frontiers was transferred, it would only be more than 20,000 troops, and it might not be able to resist the attack of the Jingguo people.Li Zheng thought for a moment and made a decision: "Since you want to go all the way, we will go all the way back, we can't beat you, can't we avoid you?"
But when we retreat, we will leave nothing for you, much less people for you, and only the little beasts all over the land, and the vast wilderness outside the city.As for the cities that have been left behind, you don't need to burn them, we will burn them directly when we retreat!"
”"I'll fight you to the end!""
I'll see if you can destroy the Nanshan Kingdom in one fell swoop, if you can't destroy it, it depends on whether you want to leave or stay when the time comes?"
If these Jingguo people fall into the quagmire of Nanshan Kingdom, Li Zhengdu wants to unite several neighboring countries and attack Jingguo together.Some countries may not dare to challenge Jingguo, but taking this opportunity to eliminate the existence of Jingguo people in their respective countries should be something that many countries want to do.In the past, the Jingguo people were strong, and these countries could only acquiesce to the encroachment of the Jingguo people, and if a considerable part of the Jingguo forces were trapped in the Nanshan Kingdom, their opportunity would come.In this way, Jingguo's plan to unify the Southern Heaven Domain will be blocked, but I don't know if the one who Jingguo is talented will be very angry."
Xiao Ke, let's go see General Ye and let him continue to retreat!"
Li Zheng said to Xia Ke next to him."
You've already given up several cities, and you're going to retreat?"
Xia Ke couldn't understand Li Zheng's thoughts a little.Because of the rebellion of wild beasts, the Nanshan Kingdom gave up almost one-third of its territory.Now that the Jingguo army has pressed the border, several cities have been abandoned, and if it continues to withdraw, there will not be much left in Nanshan Country.Li Zhengdao: "What are you afraid of, as long as the people of Nanshan Country are still there, there will be no problem in Nanshan Kingdom."
Now the people who respect the country are powerful, and they can't fight hard.We can only exchange space for time, and when the people of Jingguo are vigorous, then decline, and exhausted, we will come out to fight with them.When the time comes, we will all have to regain all these lost lands. ”Xia Ke asked: "What if I can't get it back in the future?"
”Li Zheng asked rhetorically: "Can't get it back?"
When the army of Jingguo declines in the future, it will not be able to take it back, do you think you can hold it now?
”Xia Ke said: "Okay, senior brother, I will listen to you, in fact, what if Nanshan Kingdom loses more land?"
What I'm afraid of is that you put so much effort into it, and in the end you don't get the results you want. ”Li Zheng smiled: "Xiao Ke, you still don't know your senior brother and me too much, I only do what I should do, as for the result, it is not within my consideration!"
”After the two finished speaking, they rushed to the west, without stopping, from the morning to the afternoon, before coming to a city: the eastern capital of Shengcheng It is said that there was a time before the Nanshan Kingdom used Shengcheng as its capital, and then for some unknown reason, moved to Jing'an City, which is located in the central region.Perhaps the lord of the country at that time thought that the central region was convenient for connecting the four directions, and it was more suitable to be the capital of the country.General Ye's army was stationed outside Shengcheng, and the people in the abandoned cities were placed in Shengcheng and other cities.General Ye's personal guards were already very familiar with Li Zheng and the two, and when they saw the two coming, they respectfully shouted to the immortal master, and then went in to report to General Ye.After a while, General Ye came out to greet him, and when he saw Li Zheng and the others, General Ye's frowning brows stretched a little, as if he had seen a life-saving straw.The army of Jingguo is overwhelming and unstoppable.They had only abandoned a few cities in the border lands, and if the army of Jingguo had advanced at full speed, it would have been possible to come in five or six days.Therefore, General Ye could not sit still.Now that Li Zheng and the others have arrived, he seems to have a backbone.When he came to the tent, Li Zheng asked directly: "Is there a letter from the national teacher?"
”"Here we are.""
What did the national teacher say?
Can you take a look at it?
”General Ye took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Li Zheng, who glanced at it roughly and returned it to General Ye.Sure enough, as he thought, Lu Zhen, the old fox, didn't reply to the letter at the beginning, just to let Li Zheng give him an idea.And this letter made it even clearer, asking General Ye to obey Immortal Master Li's words in everything.Li Zheng didn't ask General Ye's opinion, he had already seen that this general had no responsibility.What's more, now that the national teacher said that he should obey Li Xianshi's words, he probably won't give any opinions.Li Zheng directly expressed his opinion: continue to retreat backwards, and then abandon thirteen cities, plus the five cities abandoned earlier, a total of eighteen cities will be abandoned.There are more than 50 cities in Nanshan Country, but there are relatively few cities near the four mountains, and one-third of the land is only thirteen cities.The cities in the east are also relatively sparse, with one-third of the land area and only eighteen cities.On the other hand, the central region, with one-third of the land, owns nearly half of the cities in Nanshan Country.Li Zheng is preparing to abandon one-third of the land of Nanshan Country again!