Chapter 450: Estrangement

In the evening, the Nanyan army retreated to Shuncheng.

Because they rushed in the rain, everyone was soaked.

Xiao Lin's fox fur coat was soaked by the rain and stuck to his body. He looked like a drowned fox, extremely savage.

"How could this be... A-choo!" Xiao Lin sneezed in the air just as he was halfway through his words.

The camp was very quiet, and everyone lowered their heads and dared not breathe.

After losing the battle, losing Changling Mountain, and evacuating in the rain, Xiao Lin wanted to curse at people but it was not smooth. He had never been so embarrassed in his life.

"Hmph!" Xiao Lin was so angry that he tore off his cloak and threw it to the ground.

"Your Majesty, calm down." General Zuo spoke despite the risk of being scolded.

As expected, when Xiao Lin heard what he said, he seemed to have found an outlet to vent his anger, and said angrily: "You still have the nerve to ask me to calm down. I was only away for a day, and you handed Changling Mountain back to Dazhao!"

"With 50,000 troops, I can lead the reinforcements to arrive in half an hour. But you directly abandoned 20,000 troops and fled on the battlefield..."

Xiao Lin was furious and scolded General Zuo.

General Zuo understood that Xiao Lin was angry and needed to find someone to vent his anger. And he was the punching bag.

It was indeed his order to lose Changling Mountain and abandon 20,000 troops, so he deserved the scolding.

After years of marching and fighting, General Zuo knew the consequences better than Xiao Lin.

If he had ordered 50,000 troops to resist until Xiao Lin returned as Xiao Lin said, nearly half of them would have been lost. By then, the remaining 20,000 to 30,000 people plus the 20,000 transferred by Xiao Lin would only add up to 50,000 at most, which was not enough to compete with Dazhao.

If they fought to the death, the whole army would be wiped out, and there would be no chance of recovery.

No one wanted to lose the battle, but they had no choice but to do it after assessing the situation.

All the generals understood this reasoning, and they carefully pleaded, "Please forgive me, Your Majesty. General Zuo had no choice but to do this."

"Yes, if General Zuo had not acted decisively, we would have all been defeated in Changling Mountain."

"If you are afraid of death, why fight a war!" Xiao Lin smashed the teacup on the table in anger.

Everyone understood the reasoning, but when he thought about how he was about to reach Changling Mountain with his troops, but he ran into General Zuo leading his troops to evacuate... Xiao Lin was so angry that he wanted to kill him.

Evacuation is easy, but going back to capture Changling Mountain is not easy.

After several months of hard work, Xiao Lin almost vomited blood because he lost more than half of his troops.

If this matter is reported back to the capital of Nanyan, the emperor will be greatly disappointed with him, and the prince's party will certainly add insult to injury. His years of planning have become a waste of time...

He is unwilling to accept this!

Xiao Lin ordered in a cold voice: "Today's battle must not be reported back to the capital!"

"Anyone who dares to disobey the order will be killed immediately!"

"...Yes." The generals responded in panic.

"A-choo!" Xiao Lin's nose was itchy, and he couldn't help sneezing again.

The Shuncheng garrison said cautiously: "Things have come to this point, the prince's health is urgent, why don't you go back to the general's mansion to rest first."

Xiao Lin was obviously caught a cold. If he didn't take a bath and change his wet clothes in time, and drink some ginger soup to drive away the cold, he would probably have a fever.

The war was already a failure, and if the commander fell ill again, it would be even more difficult.

After being soaked in the rain and blown by the wind, Xiao Lin felt dizzy and his forehead was throbbing.

After thinking about it, he realized that there was nothing important at the moment, so he stood up and followed the commander of Shuncheng.

After he left, the generals frowned and asked General Zuo, "General, should we really listen to the prince and not report the war to His Majesty and continue to fight with Dazhao?"

General Zuo did not answer directly, but asked, "If you have been invaded by the enemy for many years, what will you do after defeating the enemy?"

"Of course, you should make a concerted effort to pursue the victory." A general said.

The left general sighed: "That's it. Now it's not us who want to resist Dazhao, it's Dazhao who won't let us go."

The generals suddenly realized, and finally said in panic: "But our military strength is far inferior to Dazhao, how can we defeat the enemy?"

"In my opinion, we should report it to His Majesty truthfully and send troops to reinforce."

The left general shook his head and said: "The prince's faction will definitely do its best to stop us. By then, if we fail to request reinforcements, we and the prince will be directly held accountable."

Even the letter for assistance could not reach the emperor.

In his early years, Emperor Nanyan was addicted to women and his body was empty. In recent years, his health has been much worse than before. The left general estimated that it would be a matter of one or two years.

If not, Xiao Lin would not be in a hurry to go to war, hoping to compete with the prince by military merit.

Now that Xiao Lin was badly defeated, it was a good opportunity to take advantage of the situation. How could the prince let it go?

"How could this happen? Shuncheng is Nanyan's Shuncheng, and the army is Nanyan's army." The generals exclaimed in disbelief.

The left general mocked, "Compared to the throne, what is Shuncheng's tens of thousands of troops?"

With such a great opportunity, it was more important to defeat Xiao Lin and keep the throne.

The generals were terrified and silent for a long time before asking, "What should we do then?"

They really didn't want to become victims of the fight for the throne.

The left general said solemnly: "For now, we can only conserve our energy and wait for the beast army to arrive before seizing Yicheng by trickery."

He was the emperor's man, and was originally here to supervise the army. But step by step, he has been tied to Xiao Lin without realizing it.

He wanted to turn back, but there was no way out, so he could only go all the way.

Shuncheng General's Mansion.

Xiao Lin half fainted in the bathtub while bathing, and the guards quickly carried him out, and the military doctor hurried to diagnose him.

"How is the prince?" the guard asked anxiously.

"The prince has a high fever, and I will go to prescribe medicine." The military doctor got up and left in a hurry.

The human body is very strange, sometimes it is extremely strong, and sometimes it is fragile and vulnerable.

Xiao Lin hadn't had a fever for several years, but this time, it was very severe, which frightened the Shuncheng defenders. They were afraid that something might happen to him, so they ordered people to take good care of him.

It was dark at some point.

After dinner, Yu Zheng and Zhou Boxu lit a lantern to continue discussing countermeasures.

Finally, the two of them came up with a good plan.

"Tomorrow I will let Zhufeng lead people to intercept the correspondence between Mobei and Nanyan, and send another letter to my brother to ask him to cooperate." Yu Zheng was excited.

Zhou Boxu said: "If this plan succeeds, it will be easy to disintegrate the cooperation between Nanyan and Mobei."

At present, it is not difficult to attack Shuncheng, but the collusion between Mobei and Nanyan is always a dark sword for Dazhao, and it will not work.

Even without Xiao Lin, Nanyan still has the prince. No matter how powerful Dazhao is, it cannot resist the combined efforts of the two countries.

Therefore, Yu Zheng and Zhou Boxu thought and discussed until late at night, and were determined to break the alliance between Nanyan and Mobei.

What is the most feared thing about the conspiracy between tigers and wolves? Li Xin.

Yu Zheng and Zhou Boxu came up with a plan to sow discord between Nan Yan and Mo Bei, making them suspicious of each other and lose trust, thus destroying their cooperation.

However, this plan will take some time to implement, and you need to wait patiently.

However, if you want to achieve great things, patience is indispensable.

However, it is almost February, and there are not many days left for Yu Lan to give birth.

This is Zhou Boxu's only concern.