Chapter 557 Borrowing Troops

The sky brightened, and the morning glow, symbolizing the beginning of a new day, gradually dyed the sky.

The town of Lanqu was filled with broken walls, smoke, and blood, and the post-war desolation and cruelty still remained.

However, with Wu Yaxi as the backbone, order gradually returned here.

The four-way sentries and patrol guards returned to their posts. The patrol captain Wan Wen was holding a polygraph doll in his hand and conducting polygraph tests on those who stayed behind.

After all, they were still frightened by the number of traitors last night, fearing that there were still traitors lurking in the Witch King's army. In addition, the lie detector doll had been displayed in the square last night, so Wan Wen took over the investigation task with high spirits and was now checking every household.

Only a few people were left in the square, busy carrying corpses. Due to the fierce fighting, broken limbs were mixed together, and it was impossible to tell whether they were from their own side or the enemy. They simply piled them together and burned them on the spot.

As for the rest, after what happened last night, most of them couldn't bear it anymore so they were allowed to go home.

Those who need to recuperate should recuperate, and those who need to rest should rest.

Everything became tight and organized under Wu Yaxi's command, but the suppressed sobs and cries still revealed the cruelty they had experienced last night.

They were betrayed. Their Wuwang Army lost King Li and gained a traitor Li Yu.

They were once good brothers who were arm in arm and chatting with each other, but overnight they turned against each other, became traitors, and were beheaded.

The victory in the battle did not make them happy.

"well!"

Xing Ran and Xiaodie sat on the threshold of Qinghe Courtyard, one on each side, with their faces supported by their hands, staring blankly at the patrol guards coming and going outside, sighing together.

Yun Qimu, who was enjoying a piece of brown sugar cake, walked over and glanced down at them. "Why are you sighing? Do you want some brown sugar cake?"

"Are you really giving it to us?" Both heads turned around, their eyes sparkling as they looked at the beautiful brown sugar cakes on the plate handed to them. The sweet smell filled their noses and they swallowed subconsciously.

Yun Qimu raised the corner of his lips in amusement, "I really give it to you, take it yourself."

"And Xing Ran, the barbecued pork buns you left with me haven't been taken away yet. They've already returned to your base camp. Ask Lu Zhong and the others when they'll pick them up."

Xing Ran slapped his thigh and said, "Yeah, I was too busy yesterday and forgot about it."

Seeing Xiaodie taking a piece of brown sugar cake and eating it, Xing Ran quickly took a piece as well. While eating it in amazement, he said incoherently, "Well, I'll ask Brother Lu later. Miss Yun, please help us keep it for a while."

"Yeah." Yun Qimu smiled and curled his lips, agreed, and then continued the previous topic.

Xing Ran suddenly felt that the brown sugar cake in his mouth was no longer sweet. "Alas, I was just thinking that after last night's battle, our Wu King's army of 200,000,000 people has been reduced by a full 30,000. Of the remaining 170,000, except for the elderly, the weak, the sick, and the injured who can't move, there are only less than 160,000 who can officially go to the battlefield. How can we fight the King of Han with this? I heard that their army has at least 500,000."

Yun Qimu raised an eyebrow, "Didn't your Witch King say he wanted to cooperate with King Qin? Even if we put all our forces together, we still don't have enough?"

Xing Ran immediately showed a toothache expression, "Kong Wenyao just sent me the news this morning. The Qin Wang army was also attacked by internal and external forces yesterday. Although the Qin Wang is fine and the Qin Wang army is also safe, their men suffered more serious losses than us."

"It took the King of Qin and his 50,000 men to wear down the SSSS-level psychic who attacked them. And Kong Wenyao mentioned earlier that his brother, the Second King, Kong Wenxuan, was an imposter. Last night, he suddenly attacked and stabbed Yuan Wuba in the back, seriously injuring him. Now, the King of Qin and the Third King are both seriously injured, and countless of his men have also suffered serious and minor injuries. More than half of the 200,000-strong army has been destroyed, leaving less than 100,000 men. And that's not even counting the elderly, weak, women, children, and the seriously injured who can't fight."

Yun Qimu also let out a soft hiss. It was indeed very miserable.

"So what is your plan now? Are you still going to attack Wangcheng and King Han?" She also sat down at the doorstep and asked curiously.

Xing Ran sighed again, "It's definitely impossible to fight now, but I don't know the details. It all depends on the outcome of the discussion between the Witch King and the King of Qin."

"Oh, by the way, the Qin King's base isn't far from Lanqu Town. I heard they're showing weakness and want to move their troops to our side so we can unite and prevent the Han Dynasty from taking the opportunity to attack them. After all, both of the Qin King's kings are seriously injured, and they can't reorganize their troops."

"Also, the Witch King said that if the King of Qin comes, he will probably come to you, Miss Yun, to buy the Big Red Medicine."

"Oh, that's no problem, just pay." Yun Qimu agreed casually. Now there is a group of free workers in the pharmacy workshop, Mingmu's medicine making speed can be increased a lot. In addition, Wu Xingyu also sent more than ten pharmacists to learn, so the supply of red medicine is not a problem.

You took a piece, I took a piece, and Yun Qimu's plate was soon empty after sharing two pieces of brown sugar cake with Yun Xiaoyu who came out of the yard.

At this moment, Hua Yuanshu walked in with a sad face.

"Flower King." Xing Ran and Xiaodie quickly stood up and greeted him obediently.

Yun Qimu and Yun Xiaoyu also shouted happily, "Mom."

Seeing them, Hua Yuanshu's frown relaxed slightly, a smile appeared on his face, and he asked in a gentle voice, "Why are you sitting here?"

Yun Qimu smiled sweetly, "We were talking about the loss last night."

Upon hearing this, Hua Yuanshu's face was tinged with sadness again, and she forced a smile, "So that's what you're talking about. The Witch King's army is really not doing well right now."

Yun Qimu glanced at her, her eyes rolled cunningly, and then she took out two baskets of brown sugar cakes and handed them to Xing Ran and Xiaodie, asking them to take them out and divide them. Then she pulled her mother, whose face was filled with sadness, into the house.

"Actually, Mom has a good idea to help the Witch King's army. We can attack the capital at any time, and there's a 99% chance of victory."

Hua Yuanshu suddenly became excited. Holding his daughter's hand, he asked with shining eyes, "What's the solution?"

Yun Qimu didn't keep anyone in suspense and said directly with a smile, "Borrow troops."

"Borrow troops?" Hua Yuanshu looked surprised. "Where can I borrow troops from?"

At dawn, Wu Yaxi rushed her back to rest, and she lay in the same bed with her husband, but she couldn't fall asleep. So she asked about her husband's life in the past few months. She was heartbroken to know that her husband and children were abandoned by the Yun family and exiled to the Exile Star. If she hadn't been impulsive and hadn't fallen into the black hole, their family could have gone to the Exile Star together, and all the burdens would not have been placed on her daughter alone.

Therefore, she knew that her current husband was a lone commander, so where would the soldiers her daughter wanted to borrow come from?

(End of this chapter)