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Chapter 177: Hope

The bright red sign drew an arc in the air and landed heavily on the ground. The left prime minister Zhang Ning had a blue face and a word burst out from his teeth: "Cut!"

Xue Gao's ghost-headed knife was raised high, and a cold light flashed. A row of dozens of people separated. The heads rolled towards Cangjiang along the slightly tilted ground of the execution platform. The body still kneeling on the stage was kicked heavily in the vest by the executioner, and the executioner followed the head and fell down.

The rushing river water was splashed with countless splashes, and the body had disappeared without a trace with a loud bang.

After one row of killing, another row was pushed forward. The crying sounds of the audience gradually became louder, and a wave of commotion began to spread. The soldiers around the execution platform waved their whips and tried hard to maintain order under the shouts of the officers. More soldiers raised their swords, guns, bows and crossbows in their hands, and aimed at the people watching the execution from afar.

The men were quickly killed. When a row of women, children and children were taken to the execution platform, the commotion in the crowd became increasingly fierce, and rows of rushing forward, and began to push the soldiers in front.

Angry shouting came from the corner in the distance, and anger spread across the scene. On the platform, Zhang Ning watched the people surging forward like the waves of the Cangjiang River, but the soldiers in front were retreating step by step, and a hint of panic appeared on his face.

"Quick, speed up." He shouted loudly.

A lightning bolt broke through the thick dark clouds, and a deafening thunder followed. The strong wind suddenly rose, and the bean-sized raindrops fell from the sky, hitting the execution platform, making a snap sound. The rain fell on the ground, and in a blink of an eye it gathered into streams of flowing water, washing away the blood on the execution platform. The water rolled up a larger wave with the wind and hit the execution platform with a bang.

Amid the lightning and thunder, rows of corpses of Luo clans fell down the river.

Outside Huai'en County, the Yue State Army camp was watching the information sent back by scouts. Luo Yishui suddenly shivered with excitement, his hair was standing on his body, and his cold sweat was flowing, and he felt extremely uneasy.

He walked out of the tent and looked up at the sky that was still raining heavily. The cool breeze hit his face with raindrops hitting his face. The uneasiness in his heart was not only not extinguished by the cold rain, but became even more intense.

"Call the generals and discuss matters in the big tent." He turned around suddenly and said to the personal soldiers beside him.

In the battle of Zhaoguan, although he tried his best, he still lost to the Qi army that came from the entire army. The Qi people gathered martial arts practitioners of level seven or above to form a predecessor to break through the pass. The first strike of the seventh-level warriors of up to 500 people reached the pass. In this world, only the Qi people had such strength in a battle, organized so many high-level martial arts masters and used them as suicide squads.

When Zhaoguan was lost, Luo Yishui led the remaining troops to retreat. While retreating, he kept gathering troops coming to support, step by step, fighting for an inch of land. However, as the war deepened, Luo Yishui finally realized the mistake of such a way of fighting. Although he effectively delayed the speed of the Qi army's advance, his elite army suffered heavy losses in these attacks. The oil-adding tactics not only did not finally block the Qi army, but were constantly flowing with the blood of the Yue people.

After experiencing the truth, he realized that in a short period of time, he could not stop the Qi people's offensive. His only hope was that before the Qi army attacked Yuejing, he could gather more troops until he had the ability to fight to the death with the Qi army.

Luo Yishui’s plan to exchange space for time.

So far, his strategy has been successful. Although a large area of ​​land has fallen, he has gathered up to 50,000 soldiers for the first time since the fall of Zhaoguan. Although a considerable number of them were volunteer troops spontaneously organized by people from all over the country.

Huai'en County was the battlefield he chose to fight against Qi. For him, it was very close to Yuejing City. Reinforcements were available at any time for more than 100 miles, and logistics supplies were safe. When the Qi people fought here, the front line had been extended to nearly a thousand miles. Even with Qi's national strength, logistics supplies had become a considerable problem. Qi's progress has slowed down again and again. Luo Yishui felt this and felt at ease.

As long as the Qi people blocked the first fiercest wave of offensives and stalemate in the war, Yue Kingdom could wait for a turnaround. Qin and Chu would never want to see Yue Kingdom completely fail. Now they can't take action, Yue Kingdom could only support it alone. But as long as they survive this most difficult period, Qin and Chu would definitely send troops to support it. At that time, it was the time when Yue Kingdom turned against the defense and attacked.

Compared with his military disadvantage, Luo Yishui was actually more worried about the situation in the court. He was defeated repeatedly and defeated thousands of miles away, and he had become the main target of being shot in the court. The theory of national destruction by the dominant faction is rampant, and the situation is developing towards a side that is not conducive to him. However, Luo Yishui clearly knew that the goal he wanted to achieve must be united in the court, and the monarch and ministers worked together, otherwise he would be defeated.

As for peace talks with Qi, Luo Yishui has always been disdainful. The ambition of Qi people to unify the world, any normal person knows that peace talks with him is just a sentence to a reprieve. The purpose of Qi people is only to destroy the situation of the Three Kingdoms alliance to resist Qi, and to seriously discuss peace talks with Qi people. With the current national strength of Qi and Yue, Yue people will inevitably lose their autonomy and become a lackey of Qi, becoming a force to restrain Qin, so that Qi can attack Chu with confidence and boldness.

As for the arguments held by those peacemakers, the idea that Qi may suffer major losses or even failures when attacking Chu, and that Yue State would seek benefits again at that time, Luo Yishui felt that it was ridiculous. His destiny was not in his own hands, but instead hoped that his opponent might make mistakes, which was completely a big deal of the world.

If you really form an alliance with Qi and get in trouble with Qin and Chu, you are afraid that Qin's troops will immediately launch an attack on Yue. Yue cannot stop Qi, so how can Qin? By then, Qin Yue will fight fiercely, Qi will reap the benefits of a fisherman, and Yue will lose its country.

During the storm, generals rode their horses from all over the country. They came from various places where the land was occupied, including regular troops from the court and volunteer troops from the villager group. They had different clothing and had a large difference in combat power. But what made Luo Yishui happy was that everyone was eager to fight. They never needed to mobilize their homes to fall into the hands of a century-old enemy.

After turning back to the tent and standing in the tiger case, Luo Yishui glanced at dozens of generals of all sizes, "Dear robes, since the Qi people invaded, my Dayue was defeated repeatedly, and a large area of ​​land was lost. Countless people wailed under the iron hoof of the Qi people, which also made many people in the country lose the courage to resist. The discussion of peace talks is rampant, but discussing peace with Qi is the beginning of the destruction of my Dayue country. Therefore, in order to boost the enthusiasm of the people of the country and dispel the delusions of the surrender factions, we must use a great victory to tell all the Dayue people that we have not failed yet. Do you have the courage to fight with the Qi people?"

"I wish to follow the orders of the general." Dozens of generals stood up suddenly, faced Luo Yishui, and shouted together.

"The Qi army has invaded our Dayue. Now the front line is thousands of miles long, and the 100,000 troops are stationed in various places. The Qi army that is truly advancing in front of us is only 50,000, which is similar to our army. But it is undeniable that the opponent's combat power is stronger than ours, but we have the courage and the awareness of sacrifice for the country. This battle is a battle of courage and perseverance. As long as we win, we can usher in a turning point for our Dayue. Even if we lose, we will still hurt the Qi army so that we can persevere for a long time in the battle to defend Yuejing, and thus usher in a turning point in the entire battle." Luo Yishui looked at the generals with a bright look, "So, even if we fight to the last battle, we will never take a step back. Even if the entire army is in the dark, we must let the Qi people know our determination to resist to the end."

"Decisive battle, decisive battle!"

"Never retreat!"

"Fight to the end!"

The roars of the generals sounded in the big tent. Since the outbreak of the Qi-Vietnam War, they first suffered repeated defeats, and then retreated with great strides. Countless anger had already accumulated in their hearts. Now the general has finally decided to fight to the death with the enemy, which has aroused their fighting spirit.

"Okay, now listen to our military orders!" Luo Yishui pulled out the first order arrow from the order tube, turned his eyes to the general in the tent. Just as he was about to speak, a sudden sound of footsteps came from outside the tent. A member of the tent was about to lift the curtain, walked quickly to the Luo Yishui case, knelt down on one knee and shouted: "General, the imperial imperial envoy has arrived outside the camp with the imperial edict."

"The imperial envoy?" Luo Yishui was very surprised. "Who is here?"

"General, the imperial envoy of the court is His Highness, and the Yulin Army General Zhang Jian and the Three Thousand Yulin Army were accompanied by him." General Ya looked at Luo Yishui nervously.

His Highness the Crown Prince came in person? Luo Yishui was immediately excited. His Highness the Crown Prince brought three thousand Yulin troops to the scene, which would be of great help to the war he was about to launch. With His Highness the Crown Prince escort, 50,000 soldiers under his command would inevitably strive for the first place. Even if he could not win, he would not be defeated. As long as he was undefeated, even as long as he was not defeated, he would be considered to have won. As long as the war was stalemate, all the people of Yue saw hope, and the Qin and Chu saw their determination to resist to the end, they would inevitably usher in a turning point in the entire battle.

"Let's go, follow me to welcome Your Highness!" He jumped over the tiger case excitedly and walked out of the camp. behind him, dozens of generals were also excited and expressed their feelings. Their thoughts were the same as those of Luo Yishui.
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