Wu Canglong sighed softly, ignored the looks of others, raised his head and said with a very sincere attitude: "Your Majesty, we have to admit that we are evenly matched with Wu Nian."

"In terms of combat effectiveness, we certainly won't lose to Wu Nian."

"We also have heavy armor, heavy ax soldiers, and divine arm bows. We have been training for a long time, and our combat effectiveness is no worse than Wu Nian's army."

"But when it comes to fighting will, we are somewhat inferior. There is a spirit that cannot be seen or touched, but can be felt, supporting Wu Nian's army."

"His army is a truly powerful force. It is very terrifying."

"We have at least 10,000 more people than them, but if we fight, the greatest possibility is that both sides will suffer losses."

"The Tiger of Liaodong in the year of Wu was the most ferocious in the world. He must have felt that he had a chance of winning, so he wanted to fight decisively."

"Yeah." Chunyuan nodded slightly and hummed, expressing his agreement.

"Wu Canglong, what do you mean? Do you want to avoid the war? Where is your face, where is your courage? Where is our pride."

A member of the Ten Thousand Households heard that Wu Canglong's words were wrong and asked loudly.

The other ten thousand households also frowned and looked at Wu Canglong.

"If we both lose, we also lose. Because this is Liaodong. The Han people are supporting Wu Nian. He will be able to recover quickly, but it will not be easy for us to recover."

"Losing both sides means we lose. Liaodong belongs to Wu Nian."

"Your Majesty, I think it is better to withdraw our troops and go back to the city. Use Huanglong Mansion and Guangyang Mansion as our bases, wait for work, and wait for Wu Lien to attack us. Look for opportunities to win."

Wu Canglong was quite calm and ignored the other households. He raised his head and spoke to Chunyuan more sincerely.

"Um."

Chunyuan nodded slightly again. The other Wanhu were about to speak and argue. Chunyuan stood up and said, "What Canglong said makes sense."

"It's no different now than it was back then. You can't do anything about it, just endure the storm for a while."

"We will withdraw our troops at night. I will go back to Anding City. You will also go back to your garrison. Each of you will defend a city."

Chunyuan had given the order, and the other ten thousand households, even if they were unwilling to do so, had no choice but to shout in agreement.

"yes."

Wu Canglong was the last one to stand up, bent down and hugged Chunyuan with his fists, then turned and left.

"I can't believe it. I actually chose to avoid a decisive battle." Chunyuan sighed and shook his head.

It's really unimaginable.

Enemies like the Liaodong Tigers really have to be treated with caution.

Early the next morning, it was just getting dark.

Wu Nian's military camp. On the east side of the camp gate. After receiving the news, Wu Nian didn't even eat breakfast. He came here in a hurry, stood under the flag, looked up at the empty military camp in front of him, and sighed softly.

"The trees want to be quiet, but the wind doesn't stop."

"Chunyuan didn't choose to fight me."

"It's not scary for your opponent to punch, but you have to be more careful when withdrawing his punch."

Wu Nian sighed for a long time and was about to turn around and go down to the camp gate and go back to the tent. Although he had no choice but to do so, there was nothing he could do about it.

Suddenly, the sound of rapid horse hooves sounded. Wu Nian looked up and saw several fast horses galloping from the front.

"Open the camp gate quickly. We are the captains of the Haitian City Guards, here to report the news to the general."

The horse stopped in front of the camp gate and said loudly.

"Let them in." Wu Nian said.

"Yes." The soldier responded, went down and ordered the guards to open the camp gate. Wu Nian also walked down the camp gate and stood behind the door.

The cavalry on horseback entered the camp gate. When they saw Wu Nianhou, they immediately dismounted and knelt down on one knee. One of them said solemnly: "General, the captain of the guard is critically ill."

The expressions of Wu Nian and the surrounding soldiers changed drastically.

"How could this happen? Was she injured by the defender? How could she be critically ill? How critical is it?" Wu Nian couldn't control his emotions. He took a step forward, grabbed the person's shoulder tightly, and asked loudly.

The soldiers around him were shocked and immediately took a few steps forward to stare at the intruder.

What if the assassin suddenly took out a dagger and stabbed it into Wu Nian's chest and abdomen. At such a close distance...

The person who came was not an assassin, and his face turned red instantly, and then turned pale. Wu Nian's attack was too heavy, and he felt as if his shoulder was about to be crushed, and the pain was severe.

But he did not dare to say anything. He held back the pain and replied: "Report to the general. The captain is indeed injured, but it is only a flesh and flesh arrow wound, not serious."

"I asked the best doctor in the city to treat me. I don't know the reason. I just said that it may be due to too many injuries, excessive bleeding, and physical weakness. As a result, external evil has invaded."

Wu Nian was silent for a long time after hearing this, and then let go of his hands holding the visitor's shoulders, feeling slightly calmer.

is that so.

No matter how powerful a person is, he is still a human being. As a human being, he will be injured, and injuries will have sequelae.

Just like a beautiful big house, it is not very strong after being exposed to wind and rain. These peerless warriors from thousands of families in the Meng Yuan Dynasty rarely died a good death.

Either he died in middle age, or he was tortured by illness in old age.

Even Wu Nian himself had fought more than a hundred battles and suffered dozens of wounds on his body. Even on rainy days, he would feel uncomfortable all over. But he just didn't know where he felt uncomfortable.

Generals will inevitably die in battle.

Even if you don't die, there will be endless troubles.

This is the fate of a warrior and a brave general.

Wu Nian was well prepared mentally. Even if he fell ill tomorrow and died three days later, he would have no regrets.

But... Wei Ru and the brothers.

"Huh!" Wu Nian raised his head and looked at the sky. I don't believe in gods, Buddhas, or fate. But I believe in you. Wei Ru, the sister of the Wei family.

You will definitely survive.

Just being sick, what does it mean to a ten thousand enemy like you?

Invasion of external evil?

What kind of evil? What kind of enemy? Just kill them all with a swing of your sword.

Wu Nian thought for a moment, and now that Chunyuan has entered the city, a decisive battle is no longer possible.

"Go down with the order. Break up the camp and open the stronghold. We will retreat and go back to the south first."

Although he was worried about Wei Ru's situation and wanted to fly to Haitian City immediately, he had to put the overall situation first.

Currently, there is only one Zhang Jin guarding the entire Nanhai Mansion. If he leads troops to Haitian City, Zhang Jin will be directly exposed to the Meng Yuan troops.

If we divide our troops.

If half of the people go south and half of the people go east to Haitian City, they may be divided and surrounded.

Only by going south first and building the fortifications could he lead some of his troops to Haitian City.

"yes."

The soldiers beside Wu Nian responded loudly and turned around to go down.

Wu Nian withdrew his troops that day. According to the plan, he first returned to the border between Nanhai Prefecture and Huanglong Prefecture. Liu Wu, Feng Chong and Zhang Jin were left to guard Nanhai Prefecture, and Zhao Yanting led the troops back to Yunxian County.

stationed.
Chapter completed!