The Return of the Demon

The soldiers of Daxuan were brave and fearless.

But they were far inferior to Gaoliguo in both condition and number.

In such hot weather, they had not had a drop of water for three days and their physical strength had long been exhausted.

But with their fierceness, they frightened the soldiers of Gaoliguo.

But they were defeated in the end!

This battle lasted from morning to evening.

Zhong Xiuwen died, he fell on the way to cut the flag.

He was covered in blood, with deep wounds that could be seen to the bone, and his blood was almost drained.

Gao Junfeng also died.

He was full of spears, standing on the pile of corpses, and he did not fall down even after death.

The sound of killing became smaller and smaller.

There were few soldiers of Daxuan.

In the end, the sound of killing stopped completely.

All the soldiers of Gaoliguo turned pale, they were frightened by the fierceness of the soldiers of Daxuan.

Park Yingwu had a gloomy face and waited for the casualties to be counted.

After two hours, the casualties were finally counted.

The soldiers of Daxuan were all killed in the battle without a single survivor.

Gaoliguo suffered more than 40,000 casualties.

Park Yingwu was silent, his fingertips trembling with heat.

He was scared!

When the soldiers of Daxuan rushed to fight, some of them were killed by their archery battalion.

In other words, with only about 15,000 people, they suffered more than 40,000 casualties... and this was after three days without a drop of water!

......

The night was dark.

The army led by Ning Chen was stationed to rest.

The curtain was opened, and Xiao Yanxi walked in.

Seeing Ning Chen's irritable face, "Are you still worried about General Zhong and the others?"

Ning Chen hummed, "I don't know why? I'm upset and always feel that something bad is going to happen."

After Ning Chen finished speaking, he shouted outside: "Go find Yuan Long and ask him if the person who inquired about the news has come back?"

As soon as the voice fell, Yuan Long's voice sounded outside the tent: "General Yuan Long wants to see you!"

Ning Chen hurriedly said: "Come in quickly!"

Yuan Long opened the curtain and strode in.

Ning Chen waved his hand to stop him from saluting, and asked, "But the people who were looking for information are back?"

Yuan Long nodded, "Yes... But according to the information they found out, no one in Rufeng City has seen our Daxuan troops passing through Rufeng City."

Ning Chen's face suddenly shrank.

Generally, when a large army passes through a city, the people will rush to watch the excitement.

Besides, this is a large army from another country, and the people of Rufeng City will not miss it.

Yuan Long said, "They asked a lot of people in Rufeng City, and the answer they got was the same, they had never seen it."

Ning Chen's eyes were sharp, "The Lord and the Guard of Rufeng City told you that Zhong Xiuwen passed through Rufeng City... But the people said they had never seen him.

No matter how powerful they are, they can't stop the gossip... So, the people should not be lying."

Yuan Long said, "So, the troops led by Zhong Xiuwen have never been to Rufeng City?"

Ning Chen frowned and nodded slightly.

Yuan Long frowned and said, "Why did the mayor and the garrison commander of Rufeng City lie to me?"

Ning Chen said in a deep voice, "Since they lied to you, it's because it's good for them to lie to you..." Ning Chen said, and suddenly stood up and came to the map.

"Xiao Xixi, when we passed Qianfeng City, we didn't care about Zhong Xiuwen, thinking that he had returned to the southern border... So we are not sure whether he passed by Qianfeng City. Send someone to investigate.

If Zhong Xiuwen led his army to pass by Qianfeng City, then he disappeared on the road between Qianfeng City and Rufeng City."

Xiao Yanxi nodded gently, "Okay, I'll send a message to let them investigate."

She glanced at the map. It took about fifteen days from Qianfeng City to Rufeng City. There were too many places where things could happen.

The most important thing is that this road is uninhabited and difficult to check.

Ning Chen's face was as dark as water. The current situation is very clear. There are only three possible results.

First, Zhong Xiuwen surrendered to Gao Liguo.

Second, Gao Liguo set his sights on the supplies escorted by Zhong Xiuwen, set up an ambush in advance, and then designed to lure Zhong Xiuwen over to kill him and take away the treasure.

Third, Zhong Xiuwen betrayed Daxuan and took his troops and supplies to a small country to claim the throne.

No matter which result, Ning Chen could not accept it.

Xiao Yanxi hesitated for a moment and said, "No matter what happens? I think the most important thing now is to transport this batch of supplies back to Daxuan."

Ning Chen is now leading the army to escort, but the supplies looted from the Nanyue Imperial City... are more than the two cities escorted by Zhong Xiuwen.

Ning Chen nodded slightly and said, "I understand!"

The 80,000 troops and supplies led by Zhong Xiuwen disappeared, which is already a heavy loss.

After all, they are in another country now. If the supplies they are escorting now have problems again, it will be a double whammy. This Conferred God Battle, if they don't get any benefits, it will become a joke.

But Ning Chen is definitely not a person who is willing to suffer in silence.

He looked at Yuan Long, "Bring me paper and pen."

Yuan Long immediately took out paper and pen.

Ning Chen ground ink and added pen, and wrote a letter.

After writing, he handed the letter to Yuan Long: "Send someone to deliver it to the emperor of Gaoli Kingdom as fast as possible."

Yuan Long was full of admiration and bowed to receive the order, "Yes!"

As expected of the regent of Daxuan who they were willing to risk their lives to follow, he was just tough.

This letter was written directly to the emperor of Gaoli Kingdom.

The meaning of the letter was also very simple, without any cover-up, directly to the point, to sum it up in one sentence: 80,000 troops and countless supplies of my Daxuan disappeared in your Gaoli Kingdom, and you Gaoli Kingdom must be responsible.

Xiao Yanxi was speechless: "Is it appropriate for you to hold the king of a country accountable like this? Gaoliguo lent us the road, and you held us accountable before the matter was investigated. This will easily cause dissatisfaction among the Gaoliguo royal family."

Ning Chen sneered, his face was ugly, and said: "They are dissatisfied, but I am not dissatisfied either.

Eighty thousand troops and countless supplies, now there is no news, just disappeared like this, shouldn't he Gaoliguo give me an explanation?

Don't forget, we didn't borrow the road for nothing, we paid tolls and protection fees, and the supplies looted from Qimu City and Biluo City were distributed to His Gaoli Kingdom took 20%, that's not a small amount... and this is Gaoli Kingdom's territory. Now something happened, shouldn't they be responsible? "

Ning Chen paused, and continued with a dark face: "Gaoli Kingdom took away 20% of the supplies without spending a single soldier. If I find out that they are behind the scenes, don't blame me for being rude.

Yuan Long, do it immediately... His Gaoli Kingdom must give this king a satisfactory answer. "

Yuan Long leaned forward to accept the order, "Yes, I will go right away!" After that, he turned and left.

Xiao Yanxi looked at Ning Chen and comforted him, "Don't be too angry. I don't think Gao Liguo has the courage to stab you in the back."

Ning Chen sighed and said, "People die for money and birds die for food. I'm afraid that some people will be obsessed with money and lose their minds."

Xiao Yanxi nodded slightly and said, "Don't think too much. It's getting late. Rest early. We have to march tomorrow... I will send someone to investigate now. Don't worry, I will help you find out the truth."

Ning Chen hummed and said, "My wife has worked hard! Is Kang Baobao still honest?"

Xiao Yanxi hummed.

Ning Chen said, "Don't pretend. Send someone to keep a close eye... If he is not honest, put him in shackles directly."