At night, the sky is full of stars.
The fog of the summer night slowly descended and turned into dew.
The camp was damp, and the dew on the branches and leaves kept splashing down, crackling on the tent, as if it was raining.
Gong Shangming stood alone under the lamp, looking up at the stars in the sky, silent.
"Wow" The camp door opened, revealing Custer, the commander of the Liuji Corps in military uniform.
"Why aren't you still asleep?"
he asked with a smile.
Gong Shangming nodded and smiled: "Why can't I sleep, but why doesn't the commander sleep?"
"I can't sleep either."
Custer touched his nose and said, "Have you heard the news, military advisor?
The Yongye Sect, the Blood Clothes Sect and other sects have surrendered to the four-winged angel Ziye.
The entire Divine Clothing Army has now completely Without our control, it seems to have become the private army of the Radiant Angels, which is not good. " "Then what can we do?"
Gong Shangming was a little lost: "Once the marshal died, the dragons were leaderless.
Neither you nor I have the prestige to command the three armies.
Moreover, even the dragon rider general Lin Tongtian also died in the battle, and Dora was attached to It’s midnight, they are the real masters at this moment, we can only take one step at a time.”
"The grain roads in the rear have been repeatedly intercepted.
The light cavalry of the Gentian Battalion sometimes gathers and sometimes disperses.
They have burned down more than twenty of our granaries one by one.
We have even been unable to even have a full meal.
It was impossible for the soldiers to eat, and the war horses almost ate them all in three days.
It would take at least ten days to walk to Dongshuang City from here.
What can these nearly 150,000 troops eat to last for ten days?"
Gong Shangming remained silent.
"You are a military advisor, so you have to say something," Custer said calmly.
"Okay."
Gong Shangming looked up at Custer and asked, "Commander, do you think we are humans or animals?"
"Nonsense, we are human beings."
"Then there's nothing I can do."
"Then" Custer frowned: "What if we are beasts?"
"Then there is a way to feed an army."
"What can I do?"
"Eating human flesh."
Gong Shangming's voice was very soft, but very determined: "Those who achieve great things do not stick to trivial matters.
From here to Dongshuang City.
Although the land is barren and there are few towns, there are still some villages.
Send our people in The village captures the civilians of the Qin Empire, kills them and eats them, so that the army may be able to return to Dongshuang City." "" Castor broke out in sweat instantly.
If Gong Shangming's method was followed, I am afraid that the Tianji Empire would not be able to gain a foothold in the Broken Cauldron Realm in the future.
After all, who would support the cannibal army?
His eyelids twitched violently and he said: " The military advisor’s move is simply unconscionable.
If we really do this, the Tianji Empire will never be able to rule the Broken Cauldron Realm again.”
"Haha, Commander, do you still think the Tianji Empire can defeat the Qin Army?"
"What does the military advisor mean by this?
The troops recruited from our empire, plus Lord Zhang Sheng's troops, are at least 800,000.
Why can't we win this war?"
Gong Shangming took a deep breath and said: "Because Qin Yin, the empress of the Qin Dynasty, is back and all the people are here, and with famous generals like Lin Muyu, Feng Jixing, Xu Jiantao, and Wei Qiu, what can we do to fight back ten thousand steps from Qin?"
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, what we relied on was just the dragon knights, but now they already have the ability The huge cannon that can kill the dragon knight is completely ahead of us in terms of weapons.
If we continue to stay in the Broken Cauldron Realm, it will only drag down the mainland and make the Tianji Empire exhausted.
By then, once Chen Yu, the new emperor of the Tianjue Empire If we use force, even our homeland may become someone else’s.”
Custer felt a chill run down his spine when he heard this: "What the military advisor said is true."
"What else can I hide from you?"
Gong Shangming turned around and patted Custer's shoulder lightly, smiling: "We may have had disagreements on strategic opinions before, which caused some misunderstandings, but at this moment there is nothing.
There is a gap.
Commander, please stop thinking that we are the victors.
The expeditionary force has been defeated.
Okay, if you continue to be stubborn, you will only push the Tianji Empire to the edge of the cliff.
After all, the Tianji Empire is different from the Blackstone Empire.
Our land is vast and the people's livelihood is prosperous, which is enough to compete with the Tianjue Empire.
There is no need for us to put all our bets on the ruins.
Dingjie, after all, we have lost to Qin in terms of force and strategy.”
Custer frowned: "The military advisor feels that he has lost to Lin Muyu and Feng Jixing in terms of strategy."
"yes."
Gong Shangming admitted it bluntly: "We used our overwhelming superiority to kill the enemy, but we ended up in a complete defeat.
The responsibility for military strategy and command must be at least half of it."
"Now, what should we do?"
"Have you not decided to withdraw?
The commander can send 10,000 people into ten groups to go into the villages and towns in the rear to capture people and make food.
He will leave another 50,000 elites to persuade the Divine Cloth Army to help in the battle.
They can set up camp every twenty miles, step by step.
Retreat calmly to prevent the Qin army from taking advantage of the situation to pursue us.
In this case, maybe we can return to Dongshuang City alive. " "Well, I understand, thank you, military advisor, for your advice."
A ferocious smile appeared on Custer's lips: "In the battle a few days ago, we captured more than 2,000 soldiers of the Qin Dynasty.
We just happened to make them into food first."
Gong Shangming remained silent.
From a military point of view, cannibalism is right, but from a moral point of view, the Tianji Army is gradually turning into a beast, and the military morale will change sooner or later.
It's just that reckless men like Custer don't understand such changes.
Early the next morning, the soldiers of the Liuji Corps got up one after another and prepared to break camp and retreat.
However, the meal before the retreat made many people vomit because they found human fingers, legs and other limbs in the soup pot.
I don’t know when, The military rations had actually changed from grains to human flesh.
Many people refused to eat, and many people vomited after just one bite or a little soup.
Custer held the soup bowl and looked at everyone with stern eyes.
He drank the soup in one gulp and shouted in a low voice: "If you don't eat, you won't have the strength to march.
If you still want to leave alive, then eat and give me a big mouthful."
Otherwise, stay here as the rations for the Qin army.
Let me tell you, the meat in the soup pot is the meat of the enemy invaders.
We are not afraid of the living Qin army, let alone the dead ones.
Give it to me.
Only by eating the meat can we return alive. hometown" Many soldiers cried, chewing loudly as they cried.
Gong Shangming was wearing a long robe and stood quietly among a group of counselors.
His face was ashen.
He had not eaten anything, but he was so hungry that his eyes were almost blinded by hunger.
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"Break camp and retreat" The horn sounded, and the Tianji Empire's 150,000 troops finally retreated in full.
To the west of Daojiang River, behind a ruined steel wall, the empire's scouts immediately entered the Chinese army's tent and said respectfully: "They have retreated."
"That's great."
Feng Jixing patted the table and said, "Get ready to pursue immediately."
The scout looked unhappy and said, "There is one more thing."
"Oh what, tell me."
Lin Muyu said.
The scout gritted his teeth and said: "Our people discovered that they had killed all the prisoners for food late last night.
All the more than 2,000 people captured by the empire were martyred."
"The beasts are just a bunch of beasts," Xiang Yu roared angrily.
Qin Yin's delicate body trembled slightly, she clenched her palms tightly, and the golden flames between her eyelashes became increasingly fierce.
Lin Muyu gently shook her hand and said softly: "This is what war is like.
Haven't we seen this kind of thing rarely in so many years?"
"I know, but those Imperial soldiers shouldn't die like this."
"They will rest in peace because we will avenge them."
Lin Muyu said with sonorous words: "Since they no longer have food, they will definitely try their best to get food.
Get a map and see what towns are on the way to Dongshuang City from here.
We must quickly reinforce these Towns and cities cannot allow the empire’s citizens to continue to serve as food rations for the enemy invaders.”
"yes" Zeng Yifan suddenly whispered: "Your Highness Yu, what will happen to the princes' army if we pursue them?
They have gathered nearly 400,000 horses, and food is very scarce."
Lin Muyu frowned: "I don't know, does Mr.
Fan have any ideas about this matter?"
"The armies of the princes appear to be in harmony, but each one has his own hidden agenda.
They must be calmed down, otherwise unrest will easily occur."
"In this case, Fan Gong is the military god of the empire, and his prestige is enough to intimidate these princes.
It is better for Fan Gong to stay and appease them, so that Commander Feng Jixing and I can concentrate on pursuing the enemy."
Zeng Yifan nodded: "Your Highness Yin and Your Highness Yu, please rest assured that I will do my best."
"Um."
Qin Yin stood up and said: "I will go with Commander Yu to hunt down the enemy invaders.
Aunt Yu, please stay here and help Mr.
Fan appease the princes.
You must be careful in this matter."
Su Yu clasped her fists: "Yes, Your Highness."
"So it's decided?"
Feng Jixing asked.
Qin Yin nodded: "Yeah" "Okay, send the order to the three armies to prepare to cross the river to pursue."
In the afternoon, countless bamboo rafts and wooden rafts were placed in the Dao River and connected together to form man-made floating bridges.
War horses neighed by and the waves in the Dao River were rapid, but they could not stop the imperial army from pursuing them.
Nearly 100,000 people In less than two hours, they had all crossed the Daojiang River, but they could no longer carry heavy weapons.
The pontoon bridge could not bear the weight of the heavy magic crystal cannon.
Before evening, the cavalry led by Qin Yin, Lin Muyu, and Feng Jixing had already bitten the tail of the Tianji Empire's army.
After a fight, more than ten thousand people were beheaded.
It seemed that the Tianji Empire had lost the will to fight and was unwilling to continue fighting. , just like leaving an army to rear, but their luck was not good, and they were targeted by the main force of the Qin Empire Army.
When the battle reached midnight, the war eagle scout reported that an army of the Shenyi Army went to Longhai County.
There are nearly 50,000 residents in Longhai County.
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Once the hungry Shenyi Army arrives, almost all the civilians there will become food.
Lin Muyu decided to divide his forces and fight.
Feng Jixing, Tang Xiaoxi, Xiang Yu and others led the main force to continue the pursuit, while he and Qin Yin led 20,000 Gendan Battalion cavalry to attack Longhai County
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