"What if Zhou Cheng still doesn't show up the next day?!"
"How many people can make it to the third day?"
"The last few hundred warhorses were slaughtered for their meat, which fed the army of over 100,000 for two meals. After that, they did not eat a single grain of rice, and did not even have the chance to gnaw on tree bark."
"Are you still going to remain unmoved and just wait until now?!"
The old general spoke calmly and peacefully in the preceding paragraphs.
Try not to get angry or upset.
After all, things have already come to this. No matter how disappointed he is in Zhou Zhenguang, he can't get winter supplies and food... nor can he save the lives of more than 100,000 soldiers.
But as they talked, the pent-up grievances and pain from the past few days suddenly erupted.
The old general was heartbroken when he thought of the tragic state of his soldiers. These were soldiers who had followed them at all costs. Had they died so pathetically?
"I have let down the soldiers who followed me..." Zhou Zhenguang clenched his fingers in shame.
He continued, "Cheng'er told me that he would definitely come to the border to meet me within a month. If... if he really can't come tonight, something must have happened to him."
The veteran general took two steps back, heartbroken.
He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and said, "What happened? Now you're telling me what kind of accident happened?"
"Zhou Zhenguang, Zhou Zhenguang!"
"How could you joke about the lives of over 100,000 people!"
"Do you know what kind of look these soldiers are giving us? It's hope, it's gazing up at us, it's grasping at our lifeline, and it's also numbness. Even now, they still have expectations for us."
"They thought... they thought that perhaps the next moment would bring a turning point, and they wouldn't have to freeze or starve to death."
"But now, the turning point is gone. I made the wrong decision, trusted you, and ruined them."
The old general had shed tears very few times in his life.
But now, she couldn't help but cry out loud.
He's in pain.
I hate it!
But I feel powerless.
Reality is so cruel and merciless; one wrong gamble can lead to lifelong regret.
"Report—"
suddenly.
A soldier with pale lips ran over, then collapsed to the ground, weak with hunger, and quickly told General Zhou and the others, "The Beidaoguan Pass, which was guarding outside Jiangling City, has suddenly withdrawn its troops."
"Of the original 40,000 guards, only 3,000 remain after the withdrawal."
What?
Swish—
The old general suddenly stopped crying and raised his head.
The four main roads outside the city, in the east, west, south, and north, were all guarded by the men of the traitorous Deputy General Zhang.
Each official post had more than 40,000 people, which completely blocked the transportation of supplies and food.
If Zhou Zhenguang wanted to replenish the army's granaries, he had to break through the official road and go to other towns to transport grain back to the city.
In the past, Deputy General Zhang had been on high alert and had set up sentry posts in various places. News would be reported regularly from the four directions, in case Zhou Zhenguang ran out of supplies and food and had to fight to the death.
But today... they withdrew?
"General, this matter may be a trap."
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