I felt something was wrong and was about to turn over and get out of bed immediately. Pei Yuanhao hurriedly reached out to stop me. I tried my best to listen and confirmed that I could not hear anything except the howling wind outside.

I said, "Where is this place?"

“…”

"Why is there no sound outside?"

“…”

"This is not a camp?"

I was in a hurry to go out and take a look, but I was just asleep and had consumed too much energy before. At this time, I couldn't stand firmly. Pei Yuanhao pulled me back to the bed with one hand.

"Don't move around, have a good rest."

“…”

“It’s okay here.”

He only said that it was okay here, but he didn't say what was going on here. I leaned against the head of the bed panting and looked at him with wide eyes: "Isn't this a camp? No one around?"

"good."

"What the hell is going on?"

He pressed one hand on my hand, as if to calm me down, and as if to prevent me from moving anymore, he took a deep breath before saying, "Tonight, if nothing unexpected happens, Shengkyo will send a group of troops to attack, and while we have just arrived at this place and everything has not been settled."

"Sneak attack?"

"Yes, and I have already discussed with several generals. I will take advantage of the night to lure the enemy deeper and fight a war with them first."

“…”

I calmed down, and after a while, I understood what his words meant.

They expected that the people who were in Shengjing tonight would come and attack before the team had just arrived here and everything was ready, so they should have prepared for it.

But--

I frowned and said softly: "Lose's men are waiting for their time in the capital. Our people fought a tough battle the day before yesterday and experienced this long journey all day, and were already seriously injured. Even if they knew they were coming to attack, even if they were prepared, they would probably be-"

He said, "I know."

“…”

"Neither side gets any benefits in this battle."

“…”

"So, I arranged you here first to avoid frightening you."

"Then why do you still have to fight?"

"Because--" he was silent for a moment and said, "Only by fighting this battle can we form a deterrent force against the people who are victorious and make them feel scared."

“…”

"No matter how hard or evil this battle is, I have ordered that all the teams coming to attack must be wiped out, and no one of them can be released."

My breathing tightened slightly.

The people of Shengjing obviously knew the battle that several tribes had come to fight before, but the battlefield was still a distance away from them. However, this sneak attack, Luo Shi would have hope. However, the order given by Pei Yuanhao to his men was to wipe out the team that came to attack, leaving no one left.

This will indeed have a very fearful impact on the people in Shengjing.

If they sent people to Dongzhou to pursue the Iron Cavalry King, they would not be able to go back, and then people would be confused.

My throat was slightly hoarse, and it took a while before I said, "So, Your Majesty's strategy toward Shengjing is not a strong attack, but a siege?"

He said, "Not bad."

“…”

"Firstly, through these two battles, disrupt their morale, disintegrate their fighting spirit, and then siege them. It won't take long for the victory to defeat the capital."

“…”

I frowned and couldn't speak at this time. At this moment, a loud noise came from a distance from the howling wind outside.

"Boom--!"

It exploded on the snow field like thunder, causing the wind to become messy.

I was stunned for a moment, opened my eyes wide, but couldn't see anything, so I could only hold my breath subconsciously.

I heard it correctly, because then, two loud noises came from far and far away.

I asked, "Have you started fighting?"

"You don't have to worry," he pressed my shoulder hard again, and said, "The battlefield is far away, and no matter the outcome, it will not affect us."

“…”

When I think back to what he just said, I understand a little.

This battle tonight was a bitter battle and a fierce battle. He was worried that it would scare me, and even more so that it would affect me due to the chaos of war, so he first placed us here. The battlefield, or the place where the soldiers camped, was a very far away from here.

But, the loud noise-

I took a deep breath and said, "I thought that those batch of murder weapons would not be used for the time being."

He said: "This is the last batch of gunpowder at present. After using it, we must wait for the people from Longnan to deliver it."

“…”

"However, judging from the current weather, they may have to delay for a while."

Judging from his tone, he was not furious because these people "didn't the opportunity to fight". I think that he and several generals had thought about the "siege of the city" so that they were like this.

But this night was really a fierce battle.

We must wipe out the enemy troops who came to attack the sneak attack. No matter how strong the troops under Luo Shi were and brave and good at fighting, just say that this time, they came out of Shengjing and waited for work. After our troops experienced such a fierce battle in just two or three days, they braved the wind and snow during the day and drove the whole day. In this way, they had to continue fighting. Even if there were those weapons, they were humans and flesh and blood.

I can almost imagine the difficulty of this battle.

In the following time, Pei Yuanhao stayed by my bed, and he didn't say anything. He seemed to just sit with me like this, worried that the roar of the cannon fire would scare me.

However, this time, the roar of the artillery fire was not like fighting with the army of those tribes before, and it roared all night long, but after several deafening loud noises, it subsided.

However, the noisy wind was not calm.

I sat at the head of the bed, wondering if my ears became more sensitive after my eyes were blind. I seemed to hear someone shouting in the wind and the sounds of fighting.

It was obvious that it was impossible, but even the sound of artillery fire was so far away when it came here. How could the voices of those people be heard here?

However, this sound that even though it was an illusion, it still tortured me until dawn.

I heard Pei Yuanhao get up and slowly walk to the door. When I lifted the tent, the wind blew in with snow foam, blowing a little warmth that had finally gathered in the tent suddenly dissipated.

A team of people came from afar.

I couldn't help but get up and groped forward, but this tent was a little different from the one before. I just walked two steps and hit something and I couldn't walk anymore.

All I heard was the group of people stopping outside.
Chapter completed!