Chapter 450: Moths to the Flame "What, you said that our rear grain road was blocked?" After hearing the report from his subordinates, the face of the Red Stone Emperor suddenly became very bad, and his face was already very haggard. , and even felt a little unbearable. These days, as the leader of the coalition, he is under tremendous pressure. As the king of the Ans Empire, the Red Stone Emperor has absolute authority, but this is based on his victorious battles. A slight setback on his part may arouse suspicion and suspicion among his subordinates. The entire army was not completely unified in this expedition to Mundra. Many officers felt that this operation was too risky. Going deep alone will cause the supply line to be too long and lead to insufficient food supply. When the army began to enter Mundra, it was relatively smooth, with sufficient food and looting to supplement it. But as time went by, the area controlled by the Anse coalition was almost empty, and there was no more food for these Anse people to plunder. Wherever they went, there was nothing left but scorched earth. And ordinary Mundra people whose survival was threatened also took up arms and resisted desperately. They knew that under the hands of the Anse people, they would die if they did not resist. If they resisted, there might be a way out. In this way, the situation slowly develops towards the situation that the Red Stone Emperor least wants to happen. He originally considered a quick victory, but he spent too much time and energy in the Mondella Imperial Capital. For three whole months, the coalition forces never made any further progress. Seeing this scene, the Carlo people were even more ineffective in their work and gradually began to disobey orders. "Damn it, how could they sustain it for so long?" The Red Stone Emperor walked out of the tent and looked at the wall of the Mondela Imperial Capital standing in front of him in the dark night with a look of resentment. He did not expect that this city wall, which did not look particularly tall and strong, would swallow the lives of nearly 100,000 of his elite soldiers and bring his cavalry to a standstill. Originally, he felt that most of the Mundra people were a group of cowards, without any backbone or courage to fight. Surrounded by his army, it will soon succumb. However, to his surprise, these Mundra people persisted for three full months, defending the entire city as solid as a rock and repelling dozens of coalition attacks. There were several times when the Red Stone Emperor even rushed to the front and marched in person, but still failed. Those weak Mundra people had an unexpected resilience, using their steely will to repel their attacks. Emperor Hongshi has found out through spies that the number of regular defenders in this city is less than 100,000, and their combat effectiveness is not strong. And their leader is a woman who has just ascended the throne. How could they stop his violent attacks? "How is this possible? Am I worse than a woman!" Emperor Hongshi was very unwilling. He didn't believe that he, a wise king with great talents and great strategies, was worse than a young girl who had just ascended the throne. The Red Stone Emperor originally wanted to occupy Mundra first, then defeat Carlo, complete his great cause of unifying the continent, and achieve his own hegemony. But now it seems that this hegemony is almost difficult to achieve. In addition, the Red Stone Emperor¡¯s control over the army is also further weakened. Now his authority is constantly being challenged. The person who challenged him was his son Menghan. Many people feel that he is too old to continue fighting and has become incompetent. They wanted to put Meng Khan on the throne so that they could achieve their support. ??????????????????????????? However, the power of the Red Stone Emperor is still there. They just make some small moves in private and dare not make this suggestion openly for fear of being implicated. The morale of the army was unstable, and the transportation of supplies was not smooth. Emperor Hongshi gradually had the intention to retreat. "This is really worthless, tasteless to eat, and a pity to throw away" At this time, the Red Stone Emperor thought of this word and felt very annoyed. He didn't want to continue to waste like this, but he couldn't accept the reality of his failure. At this time, he shouted to his men: "Hurry up and show me the detailed information!" The soldier who delivered the letter was a little slow and saw A whip shadow whipped directly towards his head. With a burst of violent blows, the unfortunate soldier was beaten black and blue. The screams did not attract other people¡¯s attention or onlookers, because they were used to all this. These days,The furious Red Stone Emperor once whipped his soldiers many times to vent his anger. Probably because of his age, after fighting for a while, the Red Stone Emperor finally felt a little tired. At this time, the unlucky guy on the ground could only breathe out, not in. "Come here, throw this person who disturbs the morale of the army out to feed the wild dogs!" With that, the Red Stone Emperor shouted outside. After hearing his words, several guards quickly came in and carried the unfortunate guy out. Although he beat a soldier, the Red Stone Emperor was still in a very unhappy mood. At this time, he took a breath and smelled the smell of blood left by the soldier in the tent, and felt even more unhappy. "Should we go or stay?" Emperor Hongshi still couldn't make up his mind. At this moment, a man broke into his tent. The Red Stone Emperor was originally in a bad mood. When he saw someone barging into his tent without saying hello, his anger suddenly rose. However, when he saw the person coming, he still put away his anger and turned to With a kind face, he said: "Why did you come here in such a hurry? What happened, my child?" Meng Han said anxiously at this time: "Father, I just received the news that our The rear was captured, Sadam fell, and the queen mother, brothers and sisters fell into the hands of the enemy. ""What?" After hearing the news, the Red Stone Emperor almost couldn't breathe, and his eyes darkened, and his face turned pale. He became serious and asked: "Where did you hear this news?" Menghan said: "Now the entire walls of the Mondela Imperial Capital are shouting about this news" "What, the people of Mundra said that? "After hearing Meng Han's words, the Red Stone Emperor's face softened a little and said: "Maybe they just want to disturb the morale of the army, and it's nothing to worry about." Although the Red Stone Emperor was very worried in his heart, he showed it on the surface. Very calm. "This news should not be groundless. I haven't received news from the royal capital Sadam for a long time." Meng Khan said with a worried look on his face at this time. "No, definitely not." Although Emperor Hongshi felt that this matter was probably true, he showed a very calm expression on his face and said: "This is just a rumor that disturbs the morale of the army! "Father, what if" After hearing Meng Han's words, the Red Stone Emperor waved his hand and said: "There is no such thing as a chance. The only thing we can do now is to fight to the end. "A feeling of despair and helplessness surged through Emperor Hongshi's eyes. He knows that now he cannot admit that the news of the fall of the rear is true. Otherwise, the morale of the entire coalition will collapse. By then, nothing will end. "If I die, you can clean up the mess!" The Red Stone Emperor glanced at his eldest son and sighed. Although he doesn¡¯t like this eldest son very much, he doesn¡¯t like his indecision, he doesn¡¯t like his various bad styles, and he doesn¡¯t like his behavior of forming cliques in private. But at the last moment, Emperor Hongshi understood that his son had to handle his posthumous affairs. "The battle report from Sadam is here, Your Majesty" At this time, another messenger came to the Red Stone Emperor's tent and said respectfully to him. "Come in!" After the message was passed, the messenger took out the letter he kept close to his body, and saw that it was covered with blood. It seemed that he had gone through countless hardships and dangers before he got here. "Sadamu has fallen, the palace has been captured, the queen, princesses and princes have all been captured. Please return home as soon as possible for reinforcements" This short sentence made Meng Khan and the Red Stone Emperor, who were still holding on to a trace of luck, fall into despair. of abyss. They understand that the worst has happened. "Okay, you did a good job, thank you for your hard work." After reading the letter, the Red Stone Emperor gently patted the messenger. The messenger, who originally thought he would be praised, was slapped to death by the Red Stone Emperor. "Father, what are you doing?" Meng Han was startled when he saw Emperor Hongshi kill another person in an instant, and asked with some confusion. Emperor Hongshi crushed the note in his hand and said to Meng Khan: "Remember, this is a battle report about the victory of Saddam. Our royal army defeated thousands of enemy invaders and solved the problem of harassment in the rear "Yes, I understand!" Meng Khan nodded after hearing what Emperor Hongshi said. Although he is relatively stupid, butAt this time, I still understood what the Red Stone Emperor meant. In front of them, they can only use fake battle reports to stabilize the morale of the army. The Red Stone Emperor said: "I know what you do in private, and I also know that you are eager to ascend to the throne. In fact, I have not always wanted to occupy this throne, but your experience is too young. I will hand over the country to you , you can't control it at all. But now, you have to take on this burden." After hearing the words of Emperor Hongshi, Meng Han was shocked and then relaxed a little. "These days, the things he and his men were planning were originally thought to be very secret, but he didn't expect that the Red Stone Emperor would actually know everything about them. "Father, are you" After hearing what Emperor Hongshi said, Meng Khan asked with some confusion. He was not sure what Emperor Hongshi meant by handing over the burden. The Red Stone Emperor said: "Ans has reached the most dangerous moment. I, the Red Stone Emperor, will probably always be engraved on Ans' pillar of shame. Now, what I can do is pass the throne to you, Put the responsibility for the failure on me. This way, the majesty of the Ansi royal family will not be damaged" "Pass the throne to me?" Although Meng Khan had been looking forward to this day, when it actually came, he My mind went blank for a while, and I couldn't turn around. The Red Stone Emperor said: "Now, I will give you the command of my 20,000 troops. After a while, I will ask the entire army to attack the Mondella Imperial Capital. And you, take these people back to Ansi and reoccupy it." "Sadamu." "What about you?" Meng Han asked him after hearing the Red Stone Emperor's plan. The Red Stone Emperor smiled and said: "I will help you keep all these people in Mundra and under this city. Since I can't lead them to victory, then let me lead them to death!" As he said, he A stern smile appeared on his face, which made Meng Han feel a chill in his heart. At this moment, he realized how extraordinary and powerful the Red Stone Emperor was. Originally, he thought his father was old and confused, but now it seems that the Red Stone Emperor is not only as sharp as before, but also as deep and scheming as ever. Being able to control Ans for decades is indeed no simple role. "Yes, father!" Meng Han knew that the path arranged for him by the Red Stone Emperor was almost the best path in front of him. It seems that at the last moment, he still cared about family ties. "Okay, go out!" The Red Stone Emperor handed the token ring and jade seal to Meng Han and said, "This is the token and the kingdom's seal mobilized by the kingdom's guards. Take it away!" Khan walked out of the tent, and Emperor Hongshi shouted to the guards: "Notify all generals to come to my tent for a meeting within three-quarters of an hour. If you are late for one minute, you will be punished by military law" "Yes!" Hearing Hongshi At the Emperor's words, his soldiers immediately took action. Then, the melodious sound of military bugles came, and the generals gathered in the Red Stone Emperor's military tent. At this time, Emperor Hongshi looked happy, not at all depressed as before. "Everyone, what do you think I received?" Seeing everyone looking at him with doubts, Emperor Hongshi smiled and said after feeling that he had given off enough, "I just received a letter from the Queen Mother. . She told me that she helped me eliminate the three thousand bandits in the rear and defeated some small bandits who entered Ansi Grassland. She asked me what the result was, was it better than her? She was still asking me, when? Can we win and return to the court?" "Good news?" Seeing the beaming look on Emperor Hongshi's face, the worried expressions of many officers suddenly disappeared. There were originally rumors in the military camp, which made people panic. After hearing the news that Emperor Hongshi personally refuted the rumors, their military morale suddenly stabilized a lot. "Long live your Majesty, long live the Queen Mother, your Majesty's mother is indeed extraordinary!" After hearing the words of Emperor Hongshi, some guys who liked to flatter themselves immediately started to take action. For a moment, there was a lot of flattery in Emperor Hongshi¡¯s tent. "Okay, you don't need to flatter me anymore. Defeating bandits is not my ability, but my mother's. And we have been trapped in this small imperial capital for several months. If this continues If you go down, my son will no longer be able to see her as his mother." As he said this, the Red Stone Emperor looked ashamed. The Redstone Emperor lost his father when he was young and was raised by his mother Sahra. Queen Sahra was very capable. She not only taught her children well, but also managed the Ans Empire in an orderly manner. In the country of Ansi, there areHave a very high reputation and status. However, this year she is eighty years old and is no longer able to take charge of the affairs. Otherwise, Habra and the others would have to expend a lot of energy if they wanted to easily enter the Saddam Palace. "Your Majesty, it's because the enemy is too cunning, not because we don't try our best!" "The enemy is too tolerant. We have been fighting for several months, and they can continue to carry on. It's amazing!" "We will definitely defeat them. Mondela Imperial Capital, Your Majesty, they will soon be unable to hold on any longer." After hearing what Emperor Redstone was saying, these generals forgot their original worries and turned their attention to Mondela. Above La Didu. The original news about the fall of Saddam Palace has been forgotten by them. Seeing this scene, the Red Stone Emperor breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that his words had made these people no longer pay attention to those facts. "It's been three months, we spent three whole months, but we still haven't been able to defeat it. Tell me, when will we be able to capture the Mondela Imperial City and return to the imperial court? I think if this continues, our mother-in-law will They don¡¯t even know us anymore. By then, it¡¯s hard to tell whether they will let you into their bed.¡± As Emperor Hongshi made a vulgar joke, a burst of laughter came from the military tent. "Your Majesty, what do you think we should do?" Under the guidance of Emperor Hongshi, the competitive and fighting emotions in the hearts of these simple-minded generals were directly aroused by him. The Red Stone Emperor said: "In my opinion, let's launch a general attack, mobilize all the troops, and fight again. This time, I will lead the expedition personally. We will not stop until we take this city! After taking this city, I allow you to plunder three God, you are so happy, what do you think?" "That's great!" Hearing what Emperor Hongshi said, these generals all cheered loudly. "Okay, gather your troops and prepare to launch a general attack. This time, I want to stand at the front and see if there are any cowards among my people!" "No, there definitely isn't!" I heard the words of the Red Stone Emperor. , these generals hurried back to gather their troops. At this moment, they were so excited that they didn't want to fall behind others and be laughed at. For a moment, the entire coalition camp lost all its previous decline and became much more energetic. Murderous aura and fighting atmosphere once again filled the military camp. Seeing this scene, the Red Stone Emperor showed a mocking expression on his lips. Looking at those happy soldiers, Emperor Hongshi felt very heavy. At this time, he understood that this was his last attack, and he was destined to never return. Having lost his way out, he could only fight to the death. "May God bless me Hongshi!" Looking at the orderly formation of soldiers and horses behind him, the Redstone Emperor raised his whip, pointed at the Mondela Imperial Capital in front and said: "Forward, Ansi!" The soldiers were like a tide. rushing towards the front.