The Monkey King

The ground-based extermination operations against the monsters have completely stopped, or in other words, they can no longer proceed. ?. .

Now, whether the monsters can be wiped out quickly is no longer the biggest concern of the Tianhe navy.

A light ship was recruited from the periphery to the core of the fleet, and the heavenly soldiers began to carry some of the heavenly soldiers on stretchers to the battleship.

As time went by, more and more heavenly soldiers fell unconscious without warning. The light ship was quickly replaced by a heavy ship. Then, one heavy ship was no longer enough...

Right before their eyes, this most elite unit of the Tianhe navy was slowly collapsing.

Countless heavenly generals gathered in the canopy cabin, and a pessimistic atmosphere filled every corner, and there was silence.

After a long time, a veteran opened the hatch and walked in. He bowed slightly and saluted: "Marshal."

"How's it going?" Tianpeng turned his back to him, staring at the main peak of Shuangyu Mountain in the distance through the circular window, his face expressionless.

"It's definitely a plague, and... the time of poisoning was not yesterday during the day, nor was it after today's attack, but... early in the morning."

"Early morning?"

The generals began to whisper.

"Yes." The veteran replied respectfully: "Early in the morning."

"Did anything special happen early this morning?" Tianpeng asked. After a while, one of the young generals hesitantly stepped out of the queue and knelt down on one knee: "Marshal Qi, some soldiers reported hearing unusual sounds early this morning."

"What do you mean by an unusual sound? Tell me clearly!" Tianpeng shouted sharply.

The rich voice echoed in the small cabin for a long time, and the hearts of all the generals were shocked.

The young general pursed his lips, and his forehead was already covered with large beads of sweat.

After hesitating for a long time, he gritted his teeth and said softly: "There is... a bottle of unknown origin was thrown into the middle of our fleet, and then exploded..."

The corners of Canopy's eyes twitched slightly, and he slowly closed his eyes, clenching the hand holding the corner of the table.

How could it become like this?

"It's the general's fault. At that time... I didn't expect it to turn out like this. That's why I didn't report it... which led to the current situation. The general is willing to accept the punishment, and please ask the marshal to convict!"

After saying that, he kowtowed heavily and did not dare to get up for a long time.

He shouldn't be able to survive such a crime... But can this be said to be his fault? This kind of thing would probably not be noticed by anyone present.

All the generals present held their breath and stared at Canopy's back. He just stood there blankly for a long time, then waved his hand slightly to stop the general's words. He said softly: "Go down, I want to be quiet."

The voice trembled slightly.

Hear the words. All the generals bowed their heads and exited the door one by one, leaving only Tian Nei and Tian Qin behind.

After the door was closed, Tianpeng asked softly: "How many spare antidotes have you prepared this time?"

Tian Tian bowed and said: "Due to time constraints, we did not use ships, so there are only about 500 people. Now there are 680 people in coma, and the specific number of infected people is still being investigated. There are probably signs of... Twenty thousand people.”

"Marshal. Please make plans early." Tian Qin said.

Make plans early? What's the plan?

There are stars outside the window. The starlight fell on Canopy's face through the round window, and his eyes were wide open. Covered with bloodshot eyes. Fluorescence is faintly visible in the orbit.

Twenty thousand people...

Even after taking the antidote, it would take at least six days to recover. And the antidote is different from the plague. A small bottle of concentrated plague is enough, and the water can be taken on site. But pills are a huge amount of materials.

In the starlight, his eyes began to tremble slightly, and thousands of things were tangled in his mind, but he couldn't figure out a reason.

To deliver a large amount of antidotes here, even if we use high-level generals to move them all, it will take at least two days.

We are still short of manpower. Once we are deployed to do this kind of thing, the result will only be a sneak attack...

Not to mention if it was transported by warship, by the time the warship swayed from Tiangang and arrived here, it would already be more than ten days later.

With such a huge number of wounded, the entire army has been paralyzed...

What are your plans for such a situation? What should we do?

A sad smile broke out on his face.

Seeing that Tianpeng didn't speak, Tianqin said cautiously: "Marshal, I think our army should temporarily evacuate Shuangyu Mountain."

"Evacuate?" Tian Nei snorted coldly.

Tianqin raised his eyes to look at the canopy, then glanced at Tiannei. He reached out and pulled out a large map from the paper bucket on the side and spread it on the table. His fingertips drew a line on the map: "For today's plan, we can only It is with the help of sea water. Starting from here and heading north, if we go at full speed, our army can reach the coastline in only three days..."

"Then have you thought about the issue of heaven?" Tiannei asked.

"Heaven?"

"The news of the use of the plague water this time will definitely reach the Heavenly Court. Not to mention the countless people in the Heavenly Court waiting to report us, the Ten Palaces of Yama alone have received a large number of souls who died due to the plague water, and they will definitely report it to the Heavenly Court. . When the time comes, not only do we use plague water, but we are also defeated. How do you think we should respond to the questioning from heaven?"

"We are not defeated, we are just retreating temporarily!" Tian Qin argued.

"Is there a difference?" Tian Nei said sharply: "Do you think there is a difference between temporarily retreating and being defeated in the Lingxiao Palace? Those immortal families will not listen to your explanation at all. They just need a chance to add insult to injury now! When the order from heaven comes down, what should we do? Who will continue to suppress the demons next?"

"So, do you think we should stick to it?" Tianqin's voice suddenly rose an octave: "Do you know the current situation? There are 20,000 people with symptoms on the surface, but they were infected with the plague in the early morning, and they will wait until ten When two hours are up, how many people will show symptoms? Is it 50,000 or 60,000? By then, how can we fight against Shuangyu Mountain while caring for the wounded? Or do you think we should abandon them?"

Tianqin glared at Tiannei with his eyes widened, and the voice was roaring, full of the smell of gunpowder.

Tian Tian's voice stopped because he didn't know what to say.

Reason told him that the Tianhe navy could not be defeated in this battle, or even temporarily retreat. But because of this, are they going to let as many as 50,000 to 60,000 Tianhe navy soldiers die here?

If he died on the battlefield, it would be nothing. The Tianhe navy has always been brave and not afraid of death. But dying on the hospital bed...

Pursing his lips, Tian Nei looked at Tian Peng, who had been silent.

Canopy slowly turned around, walked quietly to his seat, and sat down.

He just sat there blankly, expressionless and motionless.

After a long while, he opened his mouth and sighed: "What a bird of heaven..."

"The end will be here." Tian Qin bowed slightly and held his hands.

Canopy opened his mouth slightly, took a deep breath, and whispered: "We can't withdraw."

Tianqin didn't answer, just maintained the gesture of cupping his hands.

"We can't withdraw because... we can't withdraw. The current situation is far worse than you think. If we retreat at this time, the other side will know that we have reached the point of no return. By then, they will definitely The pursuit along the way will take three days... no, it will take at least four days. We have so many wounded that it is impossible to maintain full speed. In four days, how many soldiers will we lose along the way? Can we use our limited generals to protect every corner? What if? The other side is trying its best to obstruct us, and we may not be able to reach the coast for ten days... Now is an extraordinary period, and we must use another strategy."

…

About a quarter of an hour later, Tian Qin and Tian Nei opened the hatch and walked out. Without saying a word, they walked side by side onto the deck.

"I have a question, where did the other party's plague come from?" Tian Qin asked in a low voice.

"Are you still guessing?" Tian Nei replied with a stern face: "It's either Xianyue Sanxing Cave or Guanjiang Estuary. Haven't we already confirmed that Huaguo Mountain is connected to these two places?"

"Is there any plague in Guanjiangkou? As far as I know, they are the only troops in the Heavenly Army that are not equipped with plague."

"Then it can only be the Xianyue Sanxing Cave."

"If Xianyue Sanxing Cave is even willing to provide plague poison, then..."

The two looked at each other and fell silent.

After a long time, Tian Nei sighed: "Let's take it one step at a time. With the current situation, we simply can't think too far ahead. We can only hope that Xianyue Sanxing Cave doesn't get involved too deeply, otherwise...")

ps:?? There will be an update tomorrow. Let’s update it first after twelve o’clock in the evening.