You died to save me, I promise you a lifetime

Wu Da was speechless for a moment.

The scene was filled with blood, broken arms and limbs, and bodies and heads separated.

It was the first time he had seen a real war. He felt his stomach churning, his face turned pale, and his body was trembling slightly.

"General, I..."

Seeing his cowardly look, Yuan Che became even angrier.

"Tell me, how many Great Flame People have you killed?"

Wu Da couldn't get a word in for a long time.

Someone answered for him: "He didn't kill anyone, but was almost killed by the Dayan people."

Yuan Che's face was as dark as water.

"As a military advisor, you're incompetent at everything and even worse than an ordinary soldier. Are you here to make a fool of yourself? You must take full responsibility for today's situation."

Despite being criticized for nothing, Wu Da calmed down and defended himself.

"General, this is not my fault. I am just a weak military advisor who has never fought in a war before."

Seeing that he dared to call himself a military advisor, Yuan Che was completely furious.

"I have fought in battles all my life, and I have never seen a military advisor like you who is incapable of giving advice and who is neither good at literature nor at martial arts.

Come, capture this fake military advisor who is just filling in the gaps and delaying the war! "

"Yuan Che, do you dare? I didn't set up the battle formation, can you blame me? When two armies confront each other, they usually set up their battle formations in advance.

My poison powder is clearly fatal if touched. It must have been switched. Now it's completely useless. Just wait and see if you don't believe me."

As he spoke, he grabbed a handful of poison powder and sprinkled it on the guards surrounding him.

"what……"

Following a few screams, the guards fell to the ground and struggled in pain. After a while, they lay motionless.

"Wuda, you are rebelling!"

This unexpected situation left Wu Da himself confused.

He only reacted when the secret guards captured him at Yuan Che's suggestion.

"General, this is totally wrong!

I see, the people of Dayan must have known I could use poison and had taken precautions in advance."

Yuan Che naturally saw the problem, but because of the defeat on the battlefield, the food and camp were burned, and someone needed to come out to bear the consequences.

Therefore, Wu Da is the most suitable candidate, and his excuses can only hasten his death.

"You still dare to quibble! You made the poison powder yourself. You must have tampered with it. That's why it's useless to the people of Da Yan but useful to your own people.

Moreover, our former military advisors often set up formations temporarily and adjusted them at any time according to the battle situation, but you claimed that you couldn't. You are a traitor with evil intentions, and you have caused so many of our brothers to lose their lives in vain.

Brothers, what do you think we should do with this traitor?

The battle was lost, only half of the soldiers returned, and the food and camp were burned. The consequences are self-evident, and the soldiers have long been dissatisfied.

At this moment, they no longer cared about what was going on and responded one after another: "If we don't kill him, it will be against the will of heaven! Kill him, kill him..."

Yuan Che said in a businesslike manner, "Wu Da, you have seen that your actions have aroused public outrage. I cannot protect you."

As he spoke, he approached Wu Da and whispered in his ear, "It doesn't matter if you don't have the ability to be a military advisor. You can just be a noble son in the capital.

But you insist on deceiving the world by saying you have great abilities. You are courting death. Don't blame me!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he waved his hand, and the secret guard raised his knife and slashed, and before Wu Da could react, his head fell to the ground.

Yuan Che felt relieved when someone took the responsibility.

He found a place, sat down and thought about what to do next.

Including the defenders in the camp, there were a total of 400,000 soldiers. A conservative estimate is that nearly 100,000 people were lost. The most crucial thing was that there was no food or military tents left.

What will the remaining 200,000 soldiers eat and drink?

Thinking of this, he glanced at the soldiers and saw the dry food bags they were carrying.

Now, there are two paths ahead.

One option is to withdraw back to the country, which can not only save his life but also allow him to retire.

The other option was to rest and use the dry food on the soldiers to completely cut off their retreat. If they failed, they would die and fight to the death with the Dayan people.

He couldn't make up his mind for a while and kept weighing the pros and cons.

The military tent of the Great Yan commander.

General Zhu and Rong Chunlin led their soldiers back to the camp.

General Zhu sat down next to Rong Chunlin and asked, "What do you think they will do next?"

"What else can we do? Either flee or fight to the death. No matter what they choose, we must keep them here forever."

General Zhu nodded and said to the soldiers, "The Dongli people's food and camp have been burned by General Rong and his men.

Now, they can either fight us with all their might or simply flee back to Dongli.

No matter which option they choose, we cannot let them succeed. Everyone, hurry up and eat and rest. The next step is crucial."

After the soldiers received the order, the cooks quickly brought food. Everyone ate their fill and rested on the spot.

Rong Chunlin had just picked up a steamed bun and took a bite when one of his subordinates came to report.

"Generals, the military advisor of Dongli was executed by Yuan Che's order..."

After his subordinates finished telling him what they had seen and heard, Rong Chunlin was stunned for a moment before laughing, "Even we were deceived by the rumors, thinking that the military advisor was so powerful.

Logically speaking, Yuan Che was right.

If Shang Jue came, let alone setting up a formation on the spot, even letting him command several formations at the same time would not be a problem."

General Zhu echoed, "I've seen Advisor Shang's tactics before. Back then, when he was still young, he battled Yuan Che's Advisor with his formations, and he was able to cause the Dongli to lose tens of thousands of men."

Having said that, he turned the topic back to Yuan Che.

"Yuan Che has even found a way out. With his military advisor backing him up, he can return safely regardless of victory or defeat. This time, I'm curious what he'll choose."

"He will most likely choose to flee back to Dongli. He definitely won't want to die if there's a way to survive. But no matter what he chooses, I won't let him have his way."

General Zhu looked at Rong Chunlin with admiration.

"General Rong, no wonder you can follow the emperor. Your courage and strategy are beyond my reach. Back then..."

Rong Chunlin smiled and continued, "Back then, the late emperor asked the young emperor to choose a study partner. The emperor chose Shang Jue and me from among many children and kept us by his side, teaching us kung fu and military tactics."

After Rong Chunlin finished speaking, he fell into memories.

After the emperor chose himself and Shang Jue, many people tried their best to replace him and let their children follow the emperor.

As a result, the young emperor personally went to find the late emperor and asked him to warn those people, and the matter was finally settled.

Speaking of which, apart from Li Mingzhao, Shang Jue and himself grew up with the emperor, and the friendship between them is unbreakable.

The deposed emperor Zhao Jingtian once tried to alienate the relationships among several people one by one, but ended in failure.

Thinking of the emperor, Rong Chunlin said slowly: "The emperor and his men should be arriving soon. Once they arrive, it will be time for us to counterattack."

General Zhu is full of anticipation for the foreseeable future.

"Then shall we go and intercept Yuan Che later?"