The heavy rain was pouring, and Hetel stood alone in the wind and rain, silently staring at the Nadar Plain behind him. He had never suffered such a defeat in his life. The emperor died and abandoned the city and fled. The soldiers had already lost confidence and marched all the way. The number of soldiers who escaped above actually reached 15,000. The harsh military law no longer had any binding effect. He began to regret it. It might have been a big mistake to give up Huju Pass so easily. On the surface, he saved The effective strength of the army, but the desertion incident that occurred later put his entire army in danger of collapse at any time.
Langyuan came quietly behind Hetel. He wanted to put a raincoat on Hetel, but Hetel coldly refused. The cold rain slowly dripped along the rock-hard outline of Hetel. Hether said in a low voice: "What's the news?"
Lang Yuan pursed his lips. The rainwater that entered his mouth was extremely salty, just like his mood at the moment: "Huju Pass has been breached by the Lande people, and General Fina and his soldiers have also lost their whereabouts."
Heter'er had long expected that the Tigers would break through the pass. He did not feel any surprise. He felt a faint pain in his heart and turned his eyes to the distance: "Have the Landers continued to march north?"
Lang Yuan shook his head and whispered: "After the Lande army captured Huju Pass, they did not continue to go north. It seems that they are recuperating and preparing for the next invasion."
Hetel snorted coldly and looked through the layers of rain: "Is there any news about Princess Xuanbo?"
Lang Yuan shook his head sadly: "I have sent many people to look for it, but so far there is no news about the princess."
Hetel took two steps forward and stood on the top of the grass hill. This made his body look even taller and taller. After a long time, he said: "We are still three days away from Chuanyun City, but the morale of the troops has already... We are at an extremely low level. If this continues, we may not be able to guarantee even half of our strength when we arrive at Chuanyun City."
Lang Yuan nodded sympathetically, feeling deeply guilty in his heart. If he hadn't been careless, perhaps none of this would have happened.
Heiteer suddenly said: "If anything happens to me, will you fulfill the emperor's last wish for me?"
Lang Yuan bent his knees and suddenly knelt down in front of Hetel: "Commander, the reason why our army has fallen to what it is today is all because of Lang Yuan. The final general will not be able to escape the blame for his death. We can only wait until the army arrives to cross the border." Yuncheng, I will kill myself to apologize."
Hetel looked at Lang Yuan with pity, slowly came to him, and put his big hand on Lang Yuan's shoulder: "Lang Yuan, all this is not your fault alone, why can't you understand this problem? "Jie," he patted Lang Yuan's shoulder heavily: "Ever since His Majesty passed away, I have always had an ominous premonition..."
His words were suddenly interrupted by a hurried voice in the distance: "Report, Chapron, the envoy from the imperial capital, wants to see the commander-in-chief."
Hetel was slightly startled. He signaled Lang Yuan to stand up, put his fingers on his lips and made a loud whistle.
In the wind and rain, a giant green wolf rushed in front of Hetel like lightning in the dark night. Hetel jumped on the green wolf and rushed towards the camp first.
Chapron sat quietly in the camp, with a plain smile on his face. It was not easy to maintain this expression when facing the powerful commander Hetel.
Heiteer sat down on the tiger leather chair and said coldly: "What exactly do you want to do here this time?"
Chapron said neither humble nor arrogantly: "This official is here specifically to deliver an edict to the prince."
"Well," Hetel hummed a low voice from his breath, looking at Chapron with his eyes like sharp knives.
Chapron felt panic in his heart, and he forced himself to calm down and said: "The prince ordered Commander Hetel to lead his army back to the imperial capital immediately. If he disobeys the order, he will be severely punished."
Hether burst into laughter.
Chapron was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he said in a trembling voice: "Why is the commander laughing?"
Heter suddenly stood up and said coldly: "Send off guests."
The wind and rain in the Imperial Capital were faster than those in the Nadar Plain, and lightning flashed across the sky, illuminating the hall of Tianhe Palace.
Prince Xuan Yuan sat on the dragon chair with a gloomy face, his eyes passing over the faces of Adams, Sima Tai, Pu Longqi and other important officials in the court one by one. He suddenly realized that this seat was not so easy to sit on. At that time, his thinking was far less flexible than before, and he felt an inexplicable sense of loneliness. Although he clearly saw everyone surrounding him, he suddenly felt that he was so far away.
Adams said in a low voice: "Huju Pass was breached by the Randers, Hetel fled without a fight, and the emperor lost any news. There seems to be a huge conspiracy behind all this,"
"You are suspecting that Hetel may harm my father," Xuan Yuan said.
Sima Tai took a step forward and said: "It's not possible, but it's certain."
An extremely complicated look flashed across everyone's faces at the same time, and Sima Tai said loudly: "Heter's abandoning Huju Pass is tantamount to opening the door of the empire to the Lande people. His intentions have long been obvious to the world. I suspect, Your Majesty It is very possible that he has been harmed..."
Adams and Sima Tai had an unprecedented tacit understanding. He nodded and said: "I have asked people to find out. Heiteer is now leading the remaining troops to the direction of Chuanyun City. From Wei Chen's point of view, he probably wants to find out before us. In the past, we occupied Chuanyun City, which was easy to defend but difficult to attack, and it was also the foundation of Hetel. If it really falls into his hands, I'm afraid that the empire will be in a situation where it will be attacked from both sides in the future."
Xuan Yuan slapped the table hard in anger: "This ungrateful old bastard, my father treated him with great kindness, but he is so ungrateful. If he falls into my hands one day, I will cut him into pieces." Duan can relieve the hatred in his heart,"
Sima Tai and Adams quietly exchanged glances, and Sima Tai said: "A country cannot be without a king for a day. Now there is no news from your majesty. Our vast empire is in the dilemma of being without a leader. At this critical moment, several of our ministers discussed and suggested ..." He deliberately paused before saying: "Please, His Highness the Crown Prince, inherit the position of interim emperor and lead the Xuanwu Kingdom out of the current predicament."
Xuan Yuan suddenly felt panic in his heart. Although he had been working hard to ascend to the throne of God, but just when he was about to achieve his wish, he suddenly felt a sense of fear. The majestic face of his father was in his mind. His body swayed back and forth, and this feeling caused cold sweat to slowly slide down his back.
"Your Highness," Adams reminded in a low voice. It seemed to him that Xuanyuan was carried away by her extreme joy.
Only then did Xuan Yuan wake up. He took a deep breath and said something that stunned everyone: "My father's life and death are still uncertain. How can I ascend the throne at this time? How about this? I will temporarily replace my father." When dealing with government affairs, wait until Father has news before making a decision."
A hint of disappointment flashed across the eyes of Adams and Sima Tai at the same time. Adams said unwillingly: "Your Highness, the people of the empire are in panic now. Someone must come out to lead everything and change the situation. I think if the emperor knew the prince's difficulties, he would I will definitely not blame you,”
Xuan Yuan waved his hand and said, "The top priority is to find my father, punish the traitor Heter, and stop mentioning the matter of his accession to the throne."
Adams secretly cursed Xuan Yuan for not being able to get on the stage, but since he said it for this reason, he couldn't continue to advise him and had to accept the reality in front of him. Fortunately, this time he put all the blame on Heter. Heter wanted to stand up, but he was afraid that it would be difficult to reach the sky.
"Commander, there are an army of 80,000 each from the direction of Red Stone City and Cangjiu City, outflanking us," Lang Yuan reported to Hetelhui worriedly.
Hetel nodded indifferently. In fact, the red dragon flying in the air had already fed back to him the situation ahead. His fingers rhythmically flicked the serrated sword hilt a few times and said calmly: "How much do we have left?" people,"
Lang Yuan subconsciously looked at the team marching in the wind and rain, and then said: "Forty-three thousand people..."
Hether felt a dull pain in his heart. Since the withdrawal from Huju Pass, he has not fought a single battle, but has lost most of his troops. This has never happened in his military career. The morale of the army has long been weakened, leaving behind Of the 43,000 people, only a few percent of the actual combat effectiveness is left.
Lang Yuan continued: "The road leading to Chuanyun City has been completely blocked. If you want to go to Chuanyun City, you must go northeast and cross the Psychedelic Strait,"
Hetel said coldly: "Although the Psychedelic Strait is not wide, the water is very deep and the temperature is extremely low. If we don't have enough ships, we may be trapped in the strait by the pursuers."
Lang Yuan said: "Commander, don't worry. Danilka, the leader of the local Saipan tribe, is a good friend of mine. I have already sent people there to deliver a message to him. He should be able to provide us with enough tools to cross the sea."
Hetel nodded slowly and said: "The Saipan people make a living by fishing and hunting, and their shipbuilding skills are excellent. With their help, we should be able to safely cross the Psychedelic Strait,"
Tang Lie and Fina purchased two horses from the aboriginal people of the Nadar Plain, and chased Heter's army day and night. What they didn't expect was that when they were about to catch up with Heter's army, they were the first to encounter them. When the Xuanwu Empire arrived, it sent troops to encircle and suppress Heter's army.
Hiding in the woods on the hill, looking at the huge imperial army, Tang Lie couldn't help but sigh: "Damn, this is too outrageous. Let the Lande army not fight, but he Damn, we started a civil war first. Is this bastard Xuan Yuan’s brain all muddled?”
Fina frowned slightly and said worriedly: "The number of this army is about one hundred thousand. Judging from the direction of the advance, it should be pointing directly at the Psychedelic Strait. It seems that the land route to Chuanyun City has been completely blocked by them. , the commander-in-chief chose to go to Chuanyun City via the waterway from the Psychedelic Strait..." She pondered for a long time before adding: "I'm afraid this matter is not optimistic. If the army cannot cross the Psychedelic Strait in time, it will be besieged by the imperial army. On the edge of the channel,"
Tang Lie comforted Fina and said, "Since Commander Heter has chosen such a path, he must have weighed all the pros and cons, so you don't have to worry too much."
Fina said sadly: "We met many deserters along the way. From this, we can see that the morale of the army is extremely low. In this state, the combat effectiveness can be imagined,"
Tang Lie nodded and said: "Now it seems that Commander Heterer made a huge mistake when he gave up defending the city. He was defeated like a mountain. Once he loses morale, this army is not far from collapse. "Since receiving Mo's 'non-offensive and defensive city' technique, Tang Lie has had a preliminary understanding of the tactics of defending the city, so he made such a comment.
His eyes were suddenly attracted by a team marching in the mountain gorge, and he exclaimed: "Who are those people?"
Fina looked in the direction of Tang Hunter's finger, and saw a monster covered with gray-brown hair, marching upright in the middle of the army. Their number should be about two hundred, and they were all over three meters tall. The face is like an orangutan, but the muzzle is extremely large, with fangs on both sides, the eyes are as red as blood, the claws are as big as cattail fans, the sharp claws shine with the cold light of metal, the legs are slightly bent, and the feet are It also has sharp claws.
Fina exclaimed: "The bloodthirsty orangutans are a mixture of Behemoths and orangutans. They were killed by the empire because of their cruelty and bloodthirsty. As far as I know, they have long been extinct in the empire. Why did they suddenly appear?" Among the Imperial Army,"
Tang Lie whispered: "So many bloodthirsty orangutans will not appear out of thin air. Someone must be training them secretly."
Fina said with worry: "A bloodthirsty orangutan can easily kill a hundred well-trained warriors..."
Tang Lie fell silent. It seemed that Hetel was in big trouble this time.
Fina quickly made a decision in a short period of time: "We have to meet with the commander before them and inform the commander of all this."
