Chapter 349 Simon's army fights to the death
"Alright, give the order to burn all the bodies. We can't let the witch doctor and his men succeed."
"Send someone to guard the freshly buried bodies and don't let him dig them up."
Bai Li couldn't help but shudder when he thought of the zombies at the end of the world.
Wherever there are zombies, all animals are bitten to death and sucked blood by them, humans are slaughtered by them, and houses are destroyed.
The good ecological environment has turned into a purgatory on earth with no light from the sun and moon.
The scene was more terrifying than the worst nightmare, and just thinking about it made people so scared that they wanted to escape.
She didn't want to go back to the past, and she didn't want to travel here and fight zombies.
After hearing about the horror of the witch doctor, the soldiers of the Great Zhou Kingdom felt like they were facing a great enemy. Their previous focus of protection was on the country and the people, but now they had turned them into corpses.
Once a dead body was found, whether it was a civilian or a soldier, it was all burned.
The Simon soldiers, who had been confronting the Great Zhou soldiers for so long, were led by General Qu Shaoben and had already retreated and wanted to return to the court.
However, after receiving the news that the Great Zhou was withdrawing 50,000 troops to provide reinforcements, his soldiers refused to accept the news and vowed to drive tens of thousands of Great Zhou soldiers out of the territory of Ximen.
Ever since Qu Shao came up with the idea of stopping the war, his deputy generals have become dissatisfied with him.
Although Qu Shao was the regent's man, he saw the facts clearly. It would be meaningless to continue fighting except for sacrificing these soldiers.
The Great Zhou army was terrifyingly powerful, and their general Bai Li was the strongest of the strong, invincible.
The most important thing is that the Great Zhou army not only did not kill or abuse the people of Ximeng, but treated them like family members, finding them work, paying them wages, distributing food, and even providing extra subsidies to the elderly, weak, sick and disabled.
Wherever the Great Zhou army arrived, the people would immediately open the city gates to welcome them. Many small counties and towns could be marched straight into without any fighting.
What does all this indicate? It indicates that the Simon court has lost the support of the people. The situation is hopeless, and further resistance is futile.
"General Qu, the Great Zhou army has no time to care about us Simons right now. This is the best time for us to counterattack. We must not miss it!"
"General Qu, we should take advantage of the fact that they are outnumbered and capture them in one fell swoop to boost our nation's prestige!"
"General Qu..."
Qu Shao waved his hand and said loudly: "This general is ill and is unable to lead the troops into battle.
I will resign from my position as general. I have already submitted my resignation to His Majesty. I believe a new general will be sent soon."
"General Qu! Now is a good time to attack. Once the new general arrives, I'm afraid something unexpected will happen again!"
"If we delay the fight, none of us can escape responsibility!" This was said bluntly.
The person who said this was a newly promoted deputy general. He was good at hidden weapons and had first-class martial arts. He performed outstandingly in the previous battles. He was recommended by the soldiers below, and Qu Shao did him a favor and promoted him to be the vanguard deputy general.
"According to Deputy General Qiao, what should we do?"
"General Qu, as long as you are a general, you should fulfill your duties and lead us to attack the three counties and drive the Zhou invaders out of Ximen!"
"Deputy General Qiao, General Qu just said he's unwell!"
Wang Shi was furious. This man not only did not appreciate the general's promotion, but also wanted to force him to go to the battlefield. This was too cruel!
"Wang Shi! Who the hell are you? How dare you point your finger at me?!"
The rest of the people looked at each other, not knowing who to help.
Just as the two were about to start arguing and fighting, Qu Shao slammed the table and the two men quieted down.
"It's still the same old way, fighting on one side..."
Before Qu Shao finished speaking, Deputy General Qiao and several others stood aside, leaving only Wang Shi and Qu Shao sitting in the main seat in the middle.
Qu Shao...
He cleared his throat and said, “Since you insist on fighting, I will hand over the power to you.
Qiao Feng, step out!"
"I will be here!"
"I now order you to lead the army as the chief commander and choose a day to fight a decisive battle with the Great Zhou army!"
"I obey your orders!"
Qiao Feng stepped forward and took the seal of command with both hands.
"However, today is worse than tomorrow. We can send troops today and recapture the three counties!"
"..., the power has been handed over to you, you can deploy it as you wish!"
After the generals left, Qu Shao collapsed on the bench as if he had no bones.
"General, you have done your best. Leave everything to fate!"
As Qu Shao's personal bodyguard and deputy general, Wang Shi did not go into battle on the pretext of serving the general.
He could understand why the general did this, but those people were arrogant by nature. They had been suppressed and beaten by the Zhou army for so long and so many brothers had died. How could they be willing to give up such an opportunity?
"Never mind, everything is destined to happen. I'm sorry to have wronged you!"
"Isn't it just a loss of opportunities to make merit? As long as I can protect the general, I don't care."
"Not only that, you'll also be accused of being cowardly and incompetent, and of retreating in the face of battle... From now on, I'm afraid no one will obey you!"
"If you don't accept it, then don't accept it. At worst, I can start over again."
Wang Shi was rescued by Qu Shao, otherwise he would have been bitten to death by a wild wolf eighteen years ago.
Qu Shao sighed and said no more.
Qiangzhou and Baili received intelligence early on that Simon's army had gathered all its troops, 150,000 men, and was encircling the three states of Qiang, Chi, and Qin in a semi-encirclement.
Bai Li hurriedly ordered the withdrawal of all soldiers stationed along the roads surrounding the three counties.
The three prefectures and counties closed their city gates tightly, defended themselves in the city, used the city as a backup, and used the eight-ox crossbow to attack from a distance to resist Simon's army.
Bai Li rode the eagle around three counties and issued military orders. The sentries on the road had just withdrawn back to the city when Simon's army arrived.
When Simon Jun saw that there was no one on the road, he was dumbfounded.
"Report!"
Qiao Feng rode a tall horse and walked majestically in front of the team.
"Report to Commander Qiao, all the Great Zhou army outposts on the road have been withdrawn!"
"All retreated? How come they are so well-informed?"
"Stop talking nonsense. Now is the time to decide which state or county to attack."
Several deputy generals were about to start arguing again, but Qiao Feng waved his hand irritably, and everyone stopped arguing and turned their eyes to him.
Qiao Feng rubbed his brows. He originally thought that with an army of more than 100,000 people fighting against the army of tens of thousands of people of the Great Zhou, victory was certain. However, the situation had changed. Currently, he could only attack one place.
In this way, there is a possibility of a surprise attack from behind by troops from the other two counties.
"Should we attack separately or concentrate our forces on one spot? Commander Qiao, you decide!"
"In my opinion, we should concentrate our attack on one place and try to capture a county or state capital in one fell swoop. This will not only boost morale, but also give the Great Zhou army a warning."
"That's easy to say. Then which prefecture should we attack? And where is Bai Li?"
"If we fail to capture other cities and give them an opportunity to attack us from behind, we'll be completely finished if we're attacked from both sides!"
"So what do you say we should do?"
"I'll listen to Commander Qiao. Commander Qiao, make up your mind!"
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