There was peace in Shuitian City. The soldiers had eaten and drunk their fill and lay down in their soft and warm beds.
The soldiers of Crescent City were on edge, hiding in their tents with empty stomachs, listening to the screams outside.
The soldiers brought by Shi Qiang were so scared when they saw their commander's tent being shot into a hedgehog.
Why did things suddenly go well for us? Suddenly, we started fighting among ourselves.
The soldiers brought by Shi Qiang had no desire to protect Shi Qiang.
Seeing the commander's tent in such a terrible state, they all hid back in their own tents, huddled together and shivered.
At this moment, they were in a dilemma whether to run or not.
If you run, you will easily be shot to death by arrows. If you don't run, you will feel like you are waiting to die.
After fighting for half an hour, the area around Shi Qiang's tent finally quieted down.
"General, no one from our army was killed in this battle, but some soldiers suffered minor injuries."
"Very good." Cong Chongqiu stood at the door of the hedgehog-like tent, his body covered in blood. After listening to his subordinates' reports, he finally let go of his worries.
"Soldiers, you've all worked hard. Once you've dealt with these bodies, have the cook prepare a meal for everyone."
"That's right." Cong Chongqiu stopped his men who were about to leave.
"Go and move all the fine food in Shi Qiang's tent to the wounded camp to provide them with nourishment."
The bloodstains on his body were all from those four assassins, and a lot of them were from the old patriarch.
He used the old patriarch as a human shield, and no matter how quickly those assassins withdrew their hands, they would always accidentally hurt the old patriarch.
Every time those assassins injured the old patriarch and shocked him, he would take the opportunity to launch a sneak attack.
In this way, after a few blows, the old patriarch was covered with wounds and twitching in pain, and the four assassins were also dealt with by him.
The old patriarch was also killed by him.
Things have come to this point, there is no need to leave anyone alive.
"Yes!!" The soldiers rushed into the tent excitedly, dragged the corpses out of the tent, and carried out all the fine grains hidden by Shi Qiang.
Cong Chongqiu looked at the corpses being carried out of the tent. When he saw Shi Qiang, his brows immediately frowned.
“Wait!”
The two soldiers carrying Shi Qiang's body paused and turned to look at Cong Chongqiu in confusion.
Cong Chongqiu walked up to Shi Qiang, whose face was pale, and placed his hand under his nose for a moment.
"Let's carry it away."
Cong Chongqiu didn't feel any breath and waved his hand to signal the soldiers to carry him away.
He just felt that Shi Qiang died too easily and was a little worried.
However, it is difficult to survive if you are stabbed in the heart.
Cong Chongqiu pursed his lips and looked towards the direction of the imperial city.
From this moment on, he didn't know how long he could protect these soldiers.
The soldiers' retreat must be arranged before the news reaches the imperial city.
Cong Chongqiu took a deep breath and shifted his gaze to the deep dark mountains.
This huge mountain range can easily accommodate hundreds of thousands of people.
The problem is that it is winter now, and it is already difficult for large wild animals in the mountains to survive, so they are more likely to attack humans than usual.
The beasts in the Dark Mountains are particularly ferocious.
If we only occupy a few mountains on the periphery, it will not be safe enough.
Cong Chongqiu frowned and felt annoyed as he looked at the bodies of the assassins being dragged away.
"General, is everything resolved?!"
The military advisor watched the soldiers drag away the corpses, and looked at Cong Chongqiu with a slightly relaxed expression.
When the sounds of fighting stopped, he felt extremely nervous.
He only felt relieved when he saw Cong Chongqiu's figure appear at the door of the hedgehog tent from afar.
I'm glad the general is okay.
"Yes." Cong Chongqiu nodded, "But I'm afraid the soldiers will have a hard time in the future."
When the old patriarch and Shi Qiang were about to kill him, this move was initiated, and he had to make it even if he didn't want to.
He took action first, so his soldiers had some time to plan.
If he just sits there and waits for death, these soldiers will only die faster if they fall into Shi Qiang's hands.
A general who does not take the lives of his soldiers seriously will not be able to defeat them no matter how many soldiers he has.
Shi Qiang's battle plans never took the lives of soldiers into consideration, which was something he absolutely could not tolerate.
If he had been replaced by a general who cared about his soldiers, he would not have been so radical as to take this step.
"Ah~" the military advisor sighed, "This is already the best possible outcome."
"If they fall into Shi Qiang's hands, their lives will be even more difficult."
Cong Chongqiu shifted his gaze from the Dark Mountains to the direction of Shuitian City.
"It won't be long before we're attacked from both sides."
"We must take advantage of this time to arrange the retreat for the soldiers."
The military advisor followed Cong Chongqiu's gaze and looked towards Shuitian City.
Looking at the brightly lit walls of Shuitian City in the distance, a hint of envy flashed in his eyes.
The enemy troops were well fed and warmly clothed in the city, while their soldiers were sleeping in the open air and going hungry.
Given this comparison, it is really difficult to defeat the enemy.
Recently, the aroma of meat has been spreading throughout Shuitian City every day. The smell wafts over all day long, making the soldiers very greedy.
He even suspected that Shuitian City had collected all the meat in the city and deliberately cooked it around the city walls every day to tempt their soldiers.
"Do you think the enemy's reinforcements have arrived?"
The military advisor frowned as he looked at the shadowy figure swaying on the city gate tower in the distance.
I always feel like there seem to be more people on the gate tower of Shuitian City.
It's just too far away, so I can't see it clearly.
If it weren't for his sharp eyesight, he might not even be able to see the shaking black dot.
Cong Chongqiu squinted his eyes and saw only a blurry light and nothing else.
"It's hard to say. If their reinforcements had arrived, why didn't we see the enemy attack?"
The enemy reinforcements that Cong Chongqiu hoped for did not arrive, otherwise his soldiers would not even have a chance to breathe.
The military advisor twitched his lips and glanced at the bloodstains on the ground.
"Hasn't the strategy of sowing discord already been used? The next step is either to attack, or... to convince the general to join them..."
The fighting on their side was making quite a lot of noise, the enemy should have discovered it a long time ago.
Under normal circumstances, the enemy would take advantage of their internal strife to attack directly.
But the enemy obviously did not do so, which means that the enemy hopes they will surrender.
Cong Chongqiu frowned and looked at Shui Tiancheng, his lips tightly pursed.
Surrender to the enemy...
Dark Mountains!!!?
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