Chapter 103: Abandoned City

Most of the people ran back, and most of the right half of Li Xia was burned. Fortunately, Gu Du treated him quickly, and his face was only red and not disfigured, but half of his hair was burned.

Gu Du asked the military doctor for burn medicine and asked Ye Xiaodong to go out and told him to stay at the door and never walk away, because the enemy will soon attack the city, and it is safest only at the door. Then close the door and apply medicine to Li Xia.

Li Xia cried extremely miserably, Gu Du felt both distressed and guilty. He thought he was smart, but in fact Chu Qin had already thought that he would ambush him.

He had already let the fire go in the Border River, so he should not be ambushed in the Border River again.

After taking the medicine, the pain slightly decreased. Li Xiaqiang held on to look at the right half of his body and cried even more miserably.

Gu Du gritted his teeth and said, "Junior sister, don't worry, I will marry you after you have fulfilled your father's filial piety."

Li Xia cursed: "Get out! You don't need to pity me! Since you married Jin Lan, I have never thought of marrying you again! Including you! You owe me all your life!"

Gu Du sighed, and Li Xia scolded: "Go to defend the city!"

Gu Du replied: "No need to defend, the enemy will not use people to attack the city. They just want to consume the troops of Zeguo."

Li Xia shouted, "Then go and discuss countermeasures with the general. You can't sit still like this and wait for death!"

Gu Du said: "It's useless. If Lingguo fights like this, we can only abandon the city."

Li Xia shouted, "What should I do? How can I go like this?"

Gu Du said: "You can leave, the military doctor said, wait until the ointment is dry, soak the cloth with oil, and then wrap the burned area, and then you can wear clothes."

Li Xia cried again, and Gu Du coaxed: "It's all my fault. Stop crying, keep some strength."

The enemy began to attack the city. Ma Chongren commanded his soldiers to the city wall, but found that the enemy was standing outside the range of bows and arrows, and only used a catapult to throw stones and turbulent tanks.

Fires were everywhere on the city and gravels were flying. Even if the soldiers were hiding on the edge of the city wall, some people were still sputtered.

Ma Chongren didn't dare to let someone go down to the city to hide, because tens of thousands of people came to the enemy and would pounce on him at any time.

Most of the time, the enemy army threw out the stones and turbulent tanks carried by the headquarters and retreated to camp for three miles.

Gu Du went to Cao Qian and said, "The enemy wants to use this method to reduce our troops, so we have to abandon the city."

Cao Qian frowned, and Ma Chongren said, "The enemy is three miles outside the city. When night goes by, I lead my army to attack the camp!"

Gu Du said: "It's useless. They must be prepared. The Ling Emperor is not afraid of death. There are still 110,000 people in the three passes of the Ling Kingdom. He doesn't feel sorry for him even if he fights all these 100,000 people with us. But we can't afford it. Our people are the entire combat power of the Zeguo."

After pausing, Gu Du said again: "My junior sister is seriously injured and will not be able to participate in the battle for at least half a month. With my own strength, if I meet my soul master, I will definitely die without life. Besides, my junior sister does not have the ability to protect herself now, so I cannot put her in such a dangerous situation. If you don't want to abandon the city, please give me a carriage and I will take my junior sister away."

Cao Qian asked in a heavy tone: "How far is it to retreat? How to retreat?"

Gu Du replied: "If Lingguo pursues the ice field, it will inevitably delay the supply time of food, grass and weapons, leaving a thousand dead soldiers to defend the city, confuse the enemy, and evacuate the army after entering the night."

Cao Qian was silent, Dongfang Buwen said, "I agree with Master Gu."

Ma Chongren said: "We will stay in the end."

Cao Qian was silent for a while and said, "Release the tent."

All the generals arrived, Cao Qian said: "The enemy only attacked the city with weapons, and wanted to reduce our troops. Moreover, the enemy's forces were large and not afraid of fighting with our army to death. At present, these more than 100,000 people are the last combat power of the Zeguo and the last support of the emperor and the people, and they cannot die here."

"So, I decided to retreat, and after nightfall, I withdrew from the north gate and retreated all the way to the palace. You each returned to the camp, each of you selected fifty dead soldiers and handed them over to me."

"General!" Ma Chongren said in surprise: "You can't stay! The last one will stay and hold on!"

Only then did the generals understand the use of the dead soldiers, and then clasped their fists and said, "The general should not be left behind, but the last general is willing to stay and hold on."

Cao Qian raised his hand to signal everyone to stop his voice and said, "I'm old, it's useless. The emperor sent me as a general. He was just afraid that you, the strong generals, would not accept Master Gu, but you have seen Master Gu's skills. Who else is not convinced?"

Ma Chongren responded first: "I will be convinced by Master Gu."

The generals and officials said together: "I will convince you."

Cao Qian said, "That's good. I have been fighting for half my life. If I can die for my country in the end, it will be a great blessing in this life! Obey my orders and prepare immediately."

"General!" All the generals knelt down together.

Gu Du also frowned and said, "General, the army must be commanded. You should still lead the army to retreat. If the Ling Kingdom pursues it, it is better to command the enemy."

Cao Qian held up the seal, stood up and walked to Gu Du, handed the seal to Gu Du with both hands, and said, "Master Gu, please take charge of the position of head coach."

Gu Du took a step back in surprise and said, "No! I can't bear this burden."

Cao Qian took another step and said, "No matter whether you can afford it or not, you have to bear it. Master Gu, if you want to avenge your wife and children, you must first protect the last combat power of Zeguo. You know better than anyone else. If this more than 100,000 troops are gone, Zeguo will not be able to relieve it for at least 30 years. Think about it, if the Spirit Emperor died of illness and old age in these thirty years, and you cannot kill your enemies, will you regret it for the rest of your life?"

Gu Du said: "Even if the veteran general has made up his mind, Mr. Dongfang should..."

"No." Dongfang Buwen interrupted him and said, "I can't do it if the soldiers are the commander who leads the way."

Gu Du said, "There are so many generals and officials, it's not my turn."

Ma Chongren said, "Please take the seal, and I will follow you to the death!"

The generals and officials said in unison: "The last general swears to follow him to the death!"

Cao Qian said, "Master Gu, did you hear it? When you are in danger, don't be stubborn anymore. Isn't Master Li still waiting for you to take care of him? How long do you want to be entangled here?"

At dawn, Chu Qin lay down and fell asleep. Gu Du did not attack the camp, so he should have retreated. If he neither attacked the camp nor retreated, then Gu Du would have no more to worry about.

After noon, stones and turbulent tanks were delivered and they threw them into the city again. Chu Qin stood in front of the army and counted the time. A quarter of an hour passed. Gu Du did not lead the army to fight. Chu Qin said to the deputy general: "You can attack the city, and the enemy should have retreated."

The deputy general said in surprise: "There are many enemy troops on the city wall."

Chu Qin said: "That should be a dead soldier who stayed in order to confuse our army. If the enemy has not retreated, he should attack the camp last night. Even if he did not attack the camp last night, he should go to war today. Otherwise, hiding in the city like this would lead to self-destruction."
Chapter completed!