The cannons roared.
The earth trembled.
While all the reinforcements from the Sunset Kingdom were met with strong resistance from our army, a Witch Kingdom army of 30,000 directly encountered a fierce attack from the Dragon Army, suffering heavy casualties from the outset.
"What, what did you say?"
Shan Mao roared at the communications officer.
"Sir, the Dragon Army said they wanted to beat you up for no reason. I tried to communicate again, but they refused. It's obvious they're dead set on fighting you,"
the officer explained vividly.
"Damn it!"
Shan Mao was furious, roaring, "Order the artillery to open fire! I have 30,000 troops, and I'm not afraid of Dragon City's soldiers. No matter what, if they want to fight, let's fight!
"Yes!"
Rumble...
Before the order could be relayed, a shell landed not far from the command vehicle. The intense shockwave flipped Shan Mao's vehicle over, and it crashed heavily onto a hillside.
"Sir!!!"
"Quick, quick, rescue him."
"Damn it..."
The officers shouted in panic.
Inside the command vehicle, Shan Mao and Ye Gou, covered in blood, were dragged out upside down. If the vehicle hadn't been bulletproof, these two would have probably been dead.
At this moment.
The Dragon Army's charge bugle sounded.
A large number of tanks and armored vehicles charged out of the dense forest and directly into the river. Behind the armored vehicles, an endless stream of soldiers launched a ground assault.
A mountain of sound.
Shouts of war filled the air...
Our army was unstoppable!
"Sir, retreat!"
Ye Gou, covered in blood, shouted.
"Sir, we can't hold on!"
"We can't fight them at all!"
The other officers also shouted in panic.
"Damn it, retreat!"
The disheveled Shan Mao didn't think twice and immediately ordered a full retreat. Of course, he was unwilling, but facing the Dragon Army's desperate charge, he would have been wiped out if he didn't retreat.
Sun City...
Inside the palace of the Sunset King.
King Baofeng, upon learning that the reinforcements were blocked, spat and roared, "We are about to negotiate with the Dragon Country, why are they firing at us? Is the Dragon Country not even giving face to its allies?"
The officers dared not speak.
The situation was clear enough.
The Dragon Country truly was not giving face to its allies.
"My King, do not panic!"
The State Preceptor Hei Mang smiled calmly and said clearly, "The Dragon Country's army is only blocking, not marching towards Sun City. They are merely showing their attitude, but they will not help Ye Zixiao attack the city."
"That's not acceptable either. Without reinforcements, it will be difficult for us to resist Ye Zixiao's army. If they capture Sun City, what about my royal palace? What about me, the King?"
Yes.
At this critical juncture.
The King only thought of himself.
"Hehehe, that won't happen!"
Hei Mang rubbed his chin and said again, "Outside Sun City, there are millions of refugees. They are very close to the city walls. These refugees are our natural barrier!"
"What do you mean?"
"Yes, State Preceptor, what do you mean?"
"What use are refugees?"
The King and the officers alike looked at the State Preceptor with surprise.
"Ignorant!"
Hei Mang cursed disdainfully and explained, "Ye Zixiao is from the Dragon Country, and the Hungry Wolf Legion is also largely composed of retired soldiers from the Dragon Country. The Dragon Country's army would never slaughter refugees."
"Hahaha, I understand!"
King Baofeng suddenly burst into laughter.
The officers were silent for a moment.
Then, they all smiled.
Yes.
The whole world knew that the soldiers of the Dragon Country were pro-people. Under any circumstances, they would not fire at civilians without reason, nor would they slaughter refugees, even if they were refugees from other countries.
Ye Zixiao's army was in position.
But they probably didn't dare to open fire.
Because once they fired, they would inevitably harm the refugees, and the shells would even turn countless refugee camps to ashes. In that case, Ye Zixiao would bear the condemnation and criticism of the whole world.
But if they didn't fire.
Could the city walls be breached by soldiers alone?
Even if they could, the cost would be too great!
Considering all this, the State Preceptor gave the King a reassuring reason: as long as the refugee camps remained, no matter how arrogant Ye Zixiao was, he would absolutely not dare to attack the city.
Ye Zixiao dared not attack the city.
Then, whether the reinforcements arrived or not would not be important.
"Everyone, let's drink!"
The triumphant King intended to go out for a drink.
The officers nodded in agreement...
Thirty kilometers outside the East Gate of Sun City, Ye Zixiao was in the command center, listening to Zheng Tianhong's operational deployment. At this moment, Ye Zixiao's personal mobile phone beeped?
It was the sound of a text message.
Ye Zixiao glanced at it and found a very messy and long number. His first reaction was that it was spam and he intended to ignore it, but he instinctively scanned it.
The message content was only two words – Refugees!
Boom!
In an instant.
Ye Zixiao felt his head swell!
"No, we can't open fire!"
Ye Zixiao shouted and stood up.
The officers were all stunned?
Ten minutes later, the atmosphere in the command center became heavy, because Zheng Tianhong had discovered that outside the four gates of Sun City, there were at least four million refugees.
Most of them were people from the Sunset Kingdom.
They were the people abandoned by their King.
But no matter how insignificant the refugees' identities were, our army couldn't open fire on them. But if they didn't open fire, it wouldn't be easy for a large number of ground troops to pass through the vast refugee camps.
Who knew if the refugees would open fire on our army?
Okay.
Even if they passed through the vast refugee camps, attacking the city with armored vehicles and infantry alone would be extremely difficult. Even if they captured it, there would be heavy casualties among the soldiers.
What to do?
It was too difficult!
"Leng Shao, Tian Shan."
Ye Zixiao suddenly shouted.
"Present!"
Leng Shao and Shan Ge immediately rushed into the command center. Both of them now held military ranks. Leng Shao was Ye Zixiao's guard regiment commander, and Shan Ge was the deputy commander and chief of staff.
"Commander!"
"Commander!"
Leng Shao and Shan Ge stood at attention and saluted.
Including Zheng Tianhong, all the officers in the command center frowned and looked at Ye Zixiao. They didn't understand why Ye Zixiao was calling these two guys at this critical juncture.
Leng Shao and Shan Ge were considered meritorious, especially their daring raid on the Xiao family's command post, which had made a name for them. However, everyone knew that these two were not normal humans!
"Leng Shao, Xiao Shan."
Ye Zixiao lit a cigarette and said sternly, "I have a difficult and special mission for you two. It might be very difficult, it might be very dangerous. I don't know if you two dare to do it?"
"We dare!"
"We must dare!"
"Commander, give us the order!"
"Just tell us who to deal with?"
Leng Shao and Shan Ge firmly expressed their stance.
"Well done!"
Ye Zixiao nodded in satisfaction and said, "I don't care what method you use, I'll give you two days to make the refugees on the four sides of Sun City move back ten kilometers. Do you understand?"
"Didn't understand?"
"What does that mean?"
The two dimwits truly didn't understand.
"Let me explain!"
Zheng Tianhong took over the conversation and explained the importance of the refugees in a casual and professional manner, also answering many questions raised by Leng Shao and Shan Ge.
For example, could they be killed?
For example, would giving them money work?
The answer was clear: killing them was definitely not an option, and giving them money was too difficult. More than four million refugees had been entrenched there for too long, and it was not something that could be solved by giving them some money.
"Damn it, we'll do it!"
"Commander, just watch us!"
Under these difficult circumstances.
Leng Shao and Shan Ge actually agreed.