Chapter 199: How should the Western Expedition end?

After Meng Hu shot and killed six water ghosts in a row, guards rushed to the deck to report: "General, there are several places in the bottom cabin that were attacked by enemy water ghosts at the same time, and two of them have been drilled through. Now the river water is very fierce. General War Eagle please go down and take a look."

"So fast!" Meng Hu handed the bow and arrow in his hand to the guards beside him and shouted sternly, "Brothers, please keep an eye on me!"

The guards had already taken the longbow from Meng Hu's hands, and the rest of the archers also responded: "Yes!"

Meng Hu waved his hand to Zhang Xingba and more than a dozen guards again, shouting: "Let's go, go with me to the bottom cabin."

When Meng Hu brought Zhang Xingba and a dozen guards to the bottom cabin, more than a dozen holes had been chiseled out by enemy water ghosts, and the surging river water was pouring back into the cabin through the chiseled holes. After a while from the deck to the bottom cabin, the water in the bottom cabin had already flooded its ankles.

Zhanying was leading people to fill holes desperately, and more soldiers were building adult ladders and constantly scooping water on the deck.

But the situation is very obvious now. If you don’t find a way to fill the holes that are chiseled first, the water in the cabin will only rise higher and higher, because the speed of scooping out water will definitely not keep up with the speed of Jiangshan’s backflow. What’s even more terrible is that the Mingyue Water Ghost is still chising the boats. The Zhanying here just brought a hole with a nail, and the water ghost over there went down with two axes, and the holes opened again.

Seeing Meng Hu, Zhan Ying quickly grabbed Meng Hu in two steps, reached out to wipe the river water on his face, and gasped: "General, the situation is very serious, these bright moon water ghosts are too difficult to deal with."

"This won't work, you have to fight back!"

Meng Hu said as he snatched an infantry spear from a soldier, snatched to the edge of a hole in the bottom cabin, and then stabbed the spear in his hand fiercely outside the hole he was chiseled. Behind Meng Hu, Zhang Xingba and more than a dozen guards also surrounded Meng Hu at the same time. In an instant, more than a dozen sharp infantry spears had penetrated into the chiseled hole from different angles.

Soon, the rivers that flowed back from the hole were mixed with red blood.

Meng Hu then took back the spear, signaled Zhang Xingba and more than a dozen guards to take back the spear, and then greeted Zhan Ying and said, "Hurry up, let's fill this hole!"

Before Zhan Ying and the soldiers responsible for filling the hole stepped forward, Meng Hu, Zhang Xingba and dozens of guards had quickly turned to another hole that was chiseled. At this time, the spearmen in the bottom cabin also came to their senses. More than a dozen groups surrounded the hole that was chiseled and began "barbaric operations."

On the river surface, a stone's throw from the Tiger Legion fleet, the fleet of Xiao Chengdong's Navy Legion was quietly moored.

Seeing that hundreds of water ghosts had been in the water for two or three hours, but the tiger fleet opposite had never seen any warships sink. Xiao Chengdong's heart gradually began to hang up. If even the water ghosts could not deal with the tiger fleet, then he would be helpless.

While waiting anxiously, a water ghost finally came back.

Two soldiers came to Xiao Chengdong with the almost exhausted Captain of the Water Ghost. Xiao Chengdong asked anxiously: "What's wrong with you? Haven't sunk a warship for so long?"

"General, General..." Captain of the Water Ghost gasped violently, "Enemy, the enemy is too cunning. Their deck is full of archers. The brothers cannot float to the water to ventilate. Once they float to the water, they will be shot and killed immediately. There are also brothers under the water. Just as a gap is chiseled open, dozens of enemy spears will stab out the gap. Many brothers were stabbed to death without evading, uh..."

After saying that, the Water Ghost Captain tilted his head and died.

Xiao Chengdong and the navy generals around him discovered that Captain Shui Ghost had also been lifted open, but he firmly tied the wound with his belt, so he forced himself to swim back in one breath. It was not until he reported the military information to Xiao Chengdong that he took his last breath.

"well."

Xiao Chengdong sighed softly and waved his hand to signal the soldiers behind him to lift the body of Captain Water Ghost.

"General." A general of the navy said sadly, "The fire attack cannot be done, and the battles on the board have been repeatedly defeated. Now the water ghosts are hard to work. It is probably useless to send more water ghosts. It seems that we cannot stop the Tiger Legion from escaping. This battle cannot be continued. If we continue to fight, our navy Legion will be over."

"Yes, General, we have done our best."

"Even the nearly 600,000 troops of the six main legions of the Empire were unable to leave behind. Our Navy Legion could not stop others. This is not embarrassing."

"Besides, we really want to force the Tiger Legion to get in a hurry. They can now go directly from Bharat Bay to take the land route. The six main legions of the empire have all returned to the defense zone. Why should we intercept them? General, although we really want to take back His Majesty and the Prime Minister, this is no longer possible."

The other navy generals agreed.

Xiao Chengdong's mouth began to twitch violently. Although Qiu Yutang did not say "intercept the Tiger Legion at all costs" in the military order given to him, he still felt energetic in his heart to solve the Tiger Legion on Tongtian River and to retake His Majesty the Emperor and his elder brother, the empire's prime minister Xiao Chengliang.

Just imagine that even the six main legions of the Empire were unable to do, but Xiao Chengdong's Navy Legion did it. From now on, the Navy Legion's status in the Empire will inevitably rise with the flow, or even surpass any army legion, which is completely possible.

But the reality is cruel. The Tiger Legion is indeed a difficult opponent. Even if they reach the river, they are not just lambs waiting to die! Also, the words of the generals just now make sense. Even if they force the Tiger Legion to a desperate situation, they can abandon their ships and land back to Kawahara on land.

The Mingyue Empire is now full of holes. Due to the lack of food and salary, the major legions have returned to their respective defense areas. With the only heavy infantry division in Xiao Chengdong's Navy Army, how could it be possible to stop the tiger and wolf soldiers of the Tiger Legion? If you really want to go to land, I am afraid that it will not be enough for people to swallow it in one bite.

Thinking of this, Xiao Chengdong couldn't help feeling powerless from the bottom of his heart, and sighed: "Appoint the order to withdraw the water ghost."

Hexi Canyon, Li Yu's Central Army's tent.

Meng Ke sat down on Li Yu's handsome chair with a big golden sword. The Minister of War Ye Haotian and Li Yu who followed Meng Ke stood on the left and right sides very consciously, and Yue Meng, who had the humblest position, stood at the right and the lowest position, and also the farthest away from Meng Ke.

Meng Ke's eyes flashed over the faces of the generals with a burning look, and finally looked at Li Yu and asked, "Mr. Li, you arrived in Hexi earlier than me. Have you ever contacted the King of Qin's army in the Western Expedition?"

"this……"

Li Yu was suffocated when he heard this, and he didn't know how to talk to Meng Ke for a moment.

Black Spear and Changfeng, who were standing at the head of Li Yu, also looked at each other. Thinking of the horrifying fact that Shi Miyuan said just now, their heads couldn't help but droop. They thought to themselves that if the prince knew about this, they wouldn't be furious? Maybe it would be entirely possible to chop people's heads.

"how?"

Seeing Li Yu's expression of being silenced, Meng Ke's face turned cold and asked in a deep voice, "Is there anything difficult to express to Lord Li?"

"I dare not."

Li Yu hurriedly explained, "I just learned about the Western Expedition Army not long before the prince arrived, and I don't know if the news is true. However, since the prince's imperial guard has arrived in the front line army, the authenticity of this news should naturally be determined by the prince."

Meng Ke frowned and said, "What's going on?"

Li Yu did not dare to hide it, so he explained what Shi Miyuan said in detail.

After listening to Li Yu's narration, Meng Ke and Ye Haotian's faces were already gloomy and almost frost was coming. Especially when Li Yu talked about Meng Yan leading the Guards to fight Wanli, conquering Xijing and capturing Qiu Fengjin, the emperor of the Mingyue Empire, Meng Ke's face became extremely embarrassing, and Ye Haotian next to him also looked awkward.

Meng Ke and Ye Haotian are not fools. They can tell that Shi Miyuan is lying by thinking a little. Now it seems that it is true that it is true to go to Wanli, capture Xijing and capture Qiu Fengjin, but the one who has done this feat is not Meng Yan's Guards, but Meng Hu's Western Legion!

Trying to suppress the anger in his heart, Meng Ke asked in a deep voice: "Is Shi Miyuan still in the army?"

"It's here." Li Yu quickly responded, "Mr. Miyuan is now in the army, so I have someone to take him down to rest."

Meng Ke snorted and said nothing more.

Ye Haotian, who was standing under Meng Ke's head, immediately understood and ordered: "Mr. Li, please send someone to call Mr. Miyuan."

"Yes." Li Yu replied respectfully, "I will send someone... Uh no, I will go and invite Mr. Miyuan in person, the prince and Lord Ye, please wait, and I will come when I go."

After saying that, Li Yu went out of the account in person.

Meng Ke frowned and meditated for a moment. When he looked up, he saw the black spear, Changfeng and Yue Meng were still standing in the big tent like wood, and frowned and said unhappy: "What else do you have?"

Black Spear, Changfeng and Yue Meng looked at each other, and Ye Haotian next to him quickly waved his hand. The three of them immediately turned around and fled and left the central army tent. Speaking of which, Meng Ke was the regent of the empire after all. After being in power for a long time, his power was extremely heavy, and ordinary generals were so arrogant that they didn't dare to breathe in front of him.

After the three of them left, Ye Haotian ordered Ye Xiao, the commander of the Imperial Guard Division, who was accompanying him, and said, "General Ye Xiao, please go outside the tent personally. Without the prince's order, no one is allowed to approach the tent within a hundred steps. Violators... shall be executed immediately!"

"yes!"

Ye Xiao agreed and took the order.

The two servants who were guarding the entrance of the big tent just now were like a door god and left the tent. The only ones Meng Ke and Ye Haotian were left in the big tent.

There was no one else in the tent, and Meng Ke's anger finally couldn't help but burst out, and he kept swearing: "Incompetent! It's so incompetent! Idiot, waste! waste!!!"

Ye Haotian lowered his head and didn't even dare to breathe. Of course, he knew that Meng Ke was scolding Meng Yan.

Meng Kefu walked back and forth for two steps, but before he could go away, he roared at Ye Haotian angrily: "Five legions, more than 500,000 elite troops, facing the weak and powerless Mingyue Empire Army, this battle was actually fought like this! It was fought like this!!!"

"I know I am so happy with the achievements!"

"I have given many instructions to never be eager for quick success and instant benefits, and never be greedy for a moment, but he disobeyed and insisted on splitting his troops to attack, and he insisted on completing his contributions in one battle. Now, the three armies that are attacking now are completely destroyed, and the rest of the whole army has a brilliant record, but what's the use? Can the only Qiufeng Jin exchange for the elite of the 500,000 empire?"

"Silly pig, it's simply a stupid pig. He has lost all the faces of our Meng family's ancestors!"

"If the emperor had not made a last order, I would have deposed him now and deposed him!!!"

Ye Haotian next to him lowered his head, thinking that this time the King of Yan was really angry. In his impression, the King of Yan had never seemed to be as angry as he was today. In fact, this is the so-called deep love and high responsibility. During this Western Expedition, Meng Ke had great hope for Meng Yan, full of hope that Meng Yan could achieve great achievements and achieve great achievements that dozens of generations of the Meng family had not been able to accomplish. But now, with the destruction of Meng Yan's army, everything has become a bubble.

Although the Mingyue Empire is over and cannot withstand any large-scale invasion, hasn't the Guanghui Empire already damaged its vitality? It is difficult for the Guanghui Empire to mobilize enough troops to invade the Mingyue Empire in a short period of time, and there is not enough money, food and supplies in the treasury to support such a large-scale expedition.

After getting angry for a long time, Meng Ke finally got tired. He sat back on the chair and lamented: "It's too late. It's too late to say anything now. Brother, Brother, if you have a spirit in the sky, you should give me some advice. How should I clean up this mess..."

Ye Haotian couldn't help but change his expression slightly when he heard this. He thought that Meng Ke seemed to be extremely disappointed with Meng Yan, otherwise he would not have expressed such feelings in front of him. He thought that Meng Yan was his nephew after all, and if the eldest prince and the third prince were replaced, the Ye family's status today would be no longer guaranteed.

Regarding the interests of the Ye family, Ye Haotian could no longer remain silent, so he had to bite the bullet and persuade: "Prince, it seems that the defeat of Your Highness's main force in the Western Expedition is a fact, but the process is still unclear. I think if Shi Miyuan first explains the process of the Western Expedition before drawing a conclusion?"

Just as he was talking, Ye Xiao suddenly entered the inner voice: "Prince, Mr. Shi Miyuan brought it."

"Let him come in." Ye Haotian waved, "Sir Li Yu doesn't have to come in."

Ye Xiao agreed to take the order and left. In less than a moment, he took Shi Miyuan into the tent again.

Seeing Meng Ke sitting upright in the tent and Ye Haotian standing beside him, Shi Miyuan couldn't help but feel his heart pounding, but his expression on his face was still as calm and calm as he bowed to the two of them, and said in a humble manner: "Shi Miyuan, please see the prince."

Meng Ke was in a bad mood and just whispered lightly from his nostrils as a response.

Shi Miyuan turned to Ye Haotian again, clasped his fists and said, "I have met Lord Ye."

Ye Haotian quickly replied, "Mr. Miyuan doesn't have to be too polite, no need to be too polite."

Speaking of which, although Shi Miyuan is just Meng Yan's master, he is not an imperial teacher yet, but before becoming Meng Yan's master, Shi Miyuan was already a famous scholar in Luojing. Shi Miyuan's extensive knowledge is well known. Even though Ye Haotian was in a high position as a minister of the Ministry of War, he did not dare to lose courtesy in front of Shi Miyuan.

Mingyue Empire, Xijing.

The former prosperous palace had been burned to ashes by the Tiger Legion, and the rare treasures collected in the palace were also plundered by this group of tiger and wolf troops. The queen Xiao Kexin, who survived from death and the concubines in the palace, could only take refuge in the homes of the people for the time being, because they were afraid that the Tiger Legion would come in again, and these former noble ladies who were dressed in luxury and food did not even dare to wear beautiful clothes and go out. They only dared to wear cloth dresses and slits. Every time they went out, they would wipe their faces with ashes and tremble.

However, since Qiu Yutang led the two major guards and guards back, Xijing has restored its former order.

Because the palace was burned down, Qiu Yutang also gave up his palace to temporarily resettle the concubine Bin and the crown prince Qiuye in the palace. Because there has not been any definite news from Xiao Chengdong's naval army, Qiu Yutang does not know whether he can finally welcome his elder brother Qiu Fengjin, so he has not supported Qiuye to ascend the throne for the time being.

But today, the final news came inevitably.

In the hall of the Yuewang Mansion, Empress Xiao Kexin, Crown Prince Qiuye, and more than a dozen concubines with Qiufeng gathered together, all looking at Qiu Yutang with nervous and expectant eyes, hoping that Qiu Yutang could bring them good news, telling them that the Navy Army had intercepted the Tiger Legion and welcomed His Majesty the Emperor...

Meeting the earnest eyes of Qiuye and the concubines, Qiu Yutang felt a burst of pain in her heart.

After a while, Qiu Yutang was heartbroken and said to Qiu Ye coldly: "Ye'er, hurry up and prepare, and the morning court will officially ascend the throne..."

"His Majesty!"
To be continued...