Military Advisor Pang also had tears in his eyes. The guilt in his heart was ten times greater than that of Tuoba Zheng.
"Military advisor, I am the one who makes the decision on this matter, and it has nothing to do with you." Tuoba Zheng quickly got over his impulsiveness, calmed down, and put the sword back into its sheath.
His eyes were cold and he said solemnly: "I, Tuoba Zheng, will remember today's defeat. One day, I will make the cowards of Western Chu pay for their debt with blood and repay me ten times the life of the Nanyue son!"
His face was ferocious, his teeth were gritted, and his voice was filled with deep-seated hatred.
This was a huge defeat that he had never experienced in ten years of marching. The flames reaching the sky, the dense forest like rain of arrows, and the rows of corpses lying on the ground were deeply imprinted in his mind like a nightmare. at.
"Your Majesty, look, the Baisha River is ahead!"
Military Advisor Pang suddenly pointed forward, his voice beaming with joy.
Under the moonlight, a river was flowing quietly with gurgling water, and there was no one on both sides of the river bank.
Seeing this scene, the South Vietnamese soldiers who had narrowly escaped death cheered immediately.
They fled for their lives for most of the night, and were hunted down twice. They were already exhausted, and many of them were badly burned. When they saw the river water, they were like fish on the shore. They were extremely hungry and thirsty. He rushed towards the river and jumped in.
The river was not deep and the current was not fast. It only covered everyone's calves and necks.
Tuoba Zheng simply took the horse down and went down to the river to drink water together.
He drank a few sips of the cool river water and washed his face again. Only then did he feel a little energetic. Looking at the people around him, he suddenly laughed.
"My lord, why are you laughing?"
Military Advisor Pang was also tired and thirsty. After drinking enough water, he raised his head and looked at Tuoba Zheng in confusion. He couldn't understand that they were all in such a state of embarrassment that the second prince could still laugh.
Tuoba Zheng pointed around and said with a smile: "I originally thought that Liu Chengyuan, whom I had never met before, was a handsome man. This empty city plan he came up with was indeed a wonderful one. Even you, Military Advisor Pang, were fooled. As a result, we lost our troops and almost all of us were burned to death in Yuezhou City. Later, when we escaped from the city, we were charged and killed twice by ambushes he had arranged in advance, causing us even more serious damage. Now we only have After killing these people, if Liu Chengyuan arranges an ambush here, how can we be his opponent if we are tired and exhausted? Fool!"
Hearing this, Military Advisor Pang couldn't help but smile and nodded approvingly: "The county prince is right. If there is another ambush here, we must abandon our weapons and surrender."
All the troops laughed together.
Unexpectedly, their laughter did not last long. Suddenly, a muffled sound of "rumbling, rumbling" was heard not far away.
It sounded like thunder or drumming, but it was far away and I couldn't hear it clearly.
"What is this sound?"
"It seems like thunder!"
"No, it sounds like a tiger roaring."
"Nonsense, it sounds like drumming to me."
Military Advisor Pang's face suddenly turned pale, and he looked at Tuoba Zheng with fear in his eyes.
"Your Majesty, it's not a good thing but a bad spirit, right? You just said there was no ambush here, so now you have an ambush, right?"
Tuoba Zheng also looked in the direction of the sound in surprise and uncertainty, his face becoming ferocious.