The south of the city is a charred and dilapidated scene.
When leaving the city, Cao Su and others also saw many Pingcheng people on the road carrying packages and preparing to leave.
After these people saw Cao Su and others, they couldn't help but show fear, and hid uneasily on the roadside, subconsciously pulling some skinny boys and girls behind them to protect them.
"grown ups........"
Zhang Ke and others felt uncomfortable when they saw this scene.
I remember back then, the government army called themselves Pingcheng Guardsmen.
Unexpectedly, in just a few months, our image in the hearts of the people has become so bad.
The war changed everything.
But the people at the bottom are suffering the most.
In order to have a more stable living environment, they can only leave their hometown.
Cao Su sighed sadly and expressed his feelings.
"When it prospers, the people suffer; when it dies, the people suffer!"
The top soldiers under his command had no reaction at all after hearing Cao Su's famous saying.
If he had not embarked on the path of practicing martial arts, Cao Su might have been like them, passively drifting with the crowd at this moment.
"Walk!"
Cao Su looked back at Pingcheng one last time and led his army out of the city gate.
A few miles outside the city, Anzai, the main camp of the rebel army, was over there.
Before the war began, the rebel army was blocked outside the city by Cheng Wei.
Later, Cheng Wei led the government army to leave Pingcheng. The gates of Pingcheng were wide open, allowing the rebels to enter and exit Pingcheng at will.
Cao Su didn't know if the rebel army was still in the camp, so he could only try it first.
He led dozens of warriors and rushed all the way to the outside of the camp.
The camp of the rebel army was tightly closed, and there was no sound in the camp. It was very quiet.
"Captain Cao leads his troops back to camp, why don't you open the door quickly?"
Zhang Ke shouted loudly, and the loud voice resounded over the camp.
There was some commotion immediately in the camp.
Zhang Ke urged impatiently: "Open the door quickly!"
After a while.
The camp door opened, and a crowd of people, probably only a dozen or so, ran out of the camp.
Cao Su took a look and saw that his old subordinate, Centurion Luo Yi, was still leading the team.
After Luo Yi saw Cao Su, he was very excited and rolled off his horse to pay his respects.
"Master Cao!"
Luo Yi is also a tough guy. He is usually calm, but it is rare to see him so excited.
Cao Su walked up to him and stretched out his hand to help him up.
Ningsheng said comfortingly: "Thank you for your hard work."
He didn't know what happened, but the first words he spoke made Luo Yi's nose sore.
"What happened? Why is it so quiet in the camp?"
Zhang Ke was an old scout, and he could tell at a glance that something was wrong with the camp.
Everyone looked at Luo Yi and the other rebel troops who followed Luo Yi, and found that there were only a few centurions, and most of them were recruits in the Qi and Blood realm.
Luo Yi reported back to Cao Su: "Sir, there are only so many of us left in the rebel camp!"
What?
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was shocked.
........
The camp of the rebel army.
Cao Su was sitting in the middle of the big tent, with a golden sword and a big horse.
On both sides are several Centurions of the Strength Realm.
Only more than 500 soldiers were left in Nuo Da's rebel army camp.
Most of them are centurions loyal to Cao Su, as well as some of Wang Meng's personal guards left behind before.
"There are currently only four of us centurions in the camp. Counting the centurions you brought back, Mr. Cao, there are nine centurions in total, all here."
"Where's Li Li?"
After Cao Su sat down, he asked the first question.
Li Li and Cao Su were close, and they had been saved before. Cao Su didn't believe that Li Li would turn his back on him.
"Li Li was seriously injured after returning from the inner city and is still resting in the city."
Retreating in the city?
Why not rest in the big camp? The situation in the city is chaotic now, so the big camp should be safer.
"That day in the New Realm, we encountered the Jianghu warrior Lu Yan leading his troops to besiege Li Li."
"So I sent Li Li out of the realm first, expecting that he would be able to recover quickly. I didn't expect that after so long, he still hasn't recovered."
Cao Su found it a bit strange. The vitality and resilience of warriors were terrifying.
He saw the injuries on Li Li's body that day, and most of them were external injuries. Once such injuries are treated correctly, they should be able to recover quickly. Why hasn't Li Li returned to the camp for so long?
Luo Yi cupped his fists and replied: "Sir, if we add Li Li, there should be ten centurions."
"So, what happened?"
Cao Su asked.
It was a great camp, but something unexpected happened.
Cao Su already had several ideas in his mind, but he could not confirm them.
Luo Yi and other remaining centurions began to inform Cao Su and others about the matter, and they all showed wry smiles.
"Not long after the adults left the camp, Liu Chuang led his people back to the city."
"Liu Chuang is a special general with many generals under his command. After thousands of troops rushed into the camp, they immediately occupied many favorable positions."
"We had no one to lead us, so we were immediately confused. We had no idea what Liu Chuang was going to do."
"After that, Liu Chuang began to annex and recruit our troops. This process went very smoothly."
After Zhang Ke heard this, he became angry.
He slapped the table and said: "This is completely inconsistent with the regulations. You just watched Liu Chuang take over and no one raised any objections?"
Zhang Ke's words were so ugly that the faces of the few centurions left behind became stiff and ugly.
They immediately retorted: "Zhang Ke, you didn't stay in the camp. If you don't know the situation, don't talk nonsense."
"Sir, you have taken away so many strength realm and top Qi and blood warriors at once. We only have a small number of people. How can we fight with Liu Chuang? Can you beat Liu Chuang?"
"Brother Deng and Brother Zhang all died under Liu Chuang's sword. Who dares to resist?"
"And that kid Qin Yao, I have long seen that there is something rebellious in his head. He has roped in a group of Centurions in the Strength Realm. Who can beat them?"
Several people refuted Zhang Ke, but Zhang Ke couldn't stand up to so many people with just one mouth.
Cao Su snorted coldly: "Okay, don't say anything anymore."
He had already understood that Wang Meng's army had been annexed by Liu Chuang.
Liu Chuang must have known about the drastic changes in Pingcheng. He and Cheng Wei had known each other for many years. Without Liu Chuang's support, Cheng Wei would not have been able to do such a thing.
To deal with Wei Tao?
Who is right and who is wrong in this kind of thing?
Cao Su asked again: "What about Liu Chuang?"
"Liu Chuang prepared his troops and horses after that, and led his army to leave Pingcheng two days ago."
"It is said that he crossed the Baishui River to Wucheng. Whether it is true or not, I don't know."
The information stopped here. Those who remained in the former army either had conflicts with Liu Chuang or were loyal to Cao Su or Wang Meng.
"By the way, sir, where are the commander and General Wang?"
Everyone is waiting here, waiting for Wei Tao or Wang Meng.
In the end, neither of them waited, only Cao Su.
Cao Su had known that they would ask this question, but he did not answer, and his subordinate Zhang Ke stood up to answer their questions.
"Both adults have gone to seize the realm token. Don't you know this?"
The news of snatching the realm token has long spread throughout Pingcheng.
Everyone knew about it, but they thought they could just grab the token in the realm. Who expected that they would still grab it after leaving the realm?
If we continue to fight like this, when will it end?
Don’t you care about this huge army of rebels?
Everyone couldn't help but feel some frustration and disappointment.
In the military tent, they immediately fell into silent embarrassment.
"Master Cao, what should we do next?"
Without the two unreliable generals, Cao Su became the main general present.
Moreover, whether it was Luo Yi, Zhang Ke or the many centurions who came out of the realm with Cao Su, they all had extraordinary experiences with Cao Su and admired Cao Su very much.
Cao Su's eyes swept over him, and he was so powerful that the centurions did not dare to look at him too much.
After a pause, he said slowly: "We are the rebel army, the official army established by the emperor himself. We will never change our identity."
"Nowadays, the Wanping army is wreaking havoc for thousands of miles, cholera is spreading all over the country, and the people are miserable. The imperial court has already spread the word to the world, asking all the righteous people in the world to fight against the rebels."
"As an army fighting against rebellion, we should respond to the imperial court's call, raise our troops to fight against rebellion, and defeat the thieves as soon as possible."
As for the main business, we should still find ways to defeat Wan Pingjun.
"Your heart cares about the world, and you are actually a good minister of the Qianyuan Dynasty."
After Cao Su said this, he was immediately recognized by everyone.
So where should you go to break the thief?
None of them thought that it was entirely Cao Su's decision.
Cao Su smiled and accepted everyone's admiration. "The battle in the realm has made the generals tired. We will rest in Pingcheng for a day and march tomorrow night to prepare to leave Pingcheng."
Want to leave Pingcheng?
Everyone did not dare to neglect. After seeing Cao Su give the first order, they all clasped their fists in response.
After everyone left the military tent, Cao Su began to carefully adapt the remaining troops.
Including vigorously promoting many commanders and sergeants who were originally under his command.
Disorganize and reorganize the entire army.
Through a series of measures, he firmly controlled the few soldiers and horses in his own hands.
This is the foundation for establishing oneself in troubled times.