At that moment, two options emerged in everyone's mind... To defend the city to the death, and fight against tens of thousands of barbarian aces in such an extremely unfavorable battlefield environment, or... to use the defeated army as bait to die, in exchange for a glimmer of hope for the survival of the "important people" in the city
Previously, after seeing the bloody barbarian army, everyone knew that abandoning the city and fleeing would only lead to being caught up and killed, which was a dead end. So no one thought much about it, but now, there are three thousand "elite-looking" troops blocking the enemy outside. If this army still fights to the death, then... if they run away now, there may be a slight chance of success!
Not to mention the entire city's civilians, or even the entire city's elite, but at least, these "geniuses" and "sacrifices" like them, relying on their cultivation, will have a much higher chance of escaping!
Thinking of this, many people could no longer remain calm. They felt itchy in their hearts like a cat scratching. Looking at the defeated army below, their eyes showed fiery emotions. They breathed heavily, and their expressions changed several times, as if they were struggling.
Everyone wants to survive!
Even ants try to survive!
"There is no fairness and no sympathy on the battlefield."
At this time, Ying Hui spoke again: "The purpose of the barbarian tribe's surprise attack this time is nothing more than revenge. They want to destroy the future talents of our Great Zhou, and use the 'Blood Battlefield' to kill as many strong men of our Great Zhou as possible! If they really succeed, I am afraid that not only will the overall situation of destroying the barbarians be ruined, but even your majesty's plan to destroy the demons next year may be disrupted!"
"We must not become the eternal sinner!"
"Sacrificing Chu Tianxiao to preserve the future of our Great Zhou and the many powerful people to protect the overall situation is a great cause! Senior Wang Hu should not be confused by the trivial matters of the moment. A wise man would not choose to sacrifice the greater cause for the trivial matters!"
"not to mention… "
At this point, his face turned cold, and he said, "Judging from this person's behavior, he must have known something beforehand, but he probably didn't expect it to be like this... But anyway, since this person... has already realized it, why don't you help him, Senior Hu?"
After these words fell, even the expression of the white-browed old man changed. He was the strongest person here and the highest commander. Of course, he knew the situation well. In such an unfavorable situation, the possibility of holding on to the city until reinforcements arrived was almost zero!
If there was no other way, we could only fight to the death, but now there is a way out...
The old man with white eyebrows looked at Ying Hui deeply. At his age, he had already become very smart. How could he not know the hidden meaning behind Ying Hui's words
"... Lu Xianhui, I didn't expect you to intervene in the general's faction so quickly. Even people like Ying Hui are impressed by you and are willing to eliminate your political enemies at the cost of their reputation... You are really amazing, really amazing!"
But even though he sighed, the old man with white eyebrows knew that this was the only way to break the impasse. As for sacrifice... he had already seen sacrifices on the battlefield, so this one wouldn't make a difference!
"Prince Chu, I have no choice but to do this because of the current situation. If you want to blame someone, blame the current situation! After today, I will do my best to destroy the barbarians and avenge you!"
After "comforting" himself in this way, the white-browed old man felt relieved in his heart, breathed a sigh of relief, and his eyes gradually became determined!
"Let's do it this way!"
"Putting the greater good before my own! I will bear all the blame, and you are not allowed to raise any objections! Move quickly!"
After these words were spoken, many people in the room relaxed. Although the Kyoto geniuses felt extremely uncomfortable, seeing that the white-browed old man had made up his mind, they knew that they could not change anything. They could only bow their heads, secretly clench their fists, and grit their teeth to accept this fact.
"Brother Chu... Sorry, we... Alas!"
Seeing this, Ying Hui didn't know what to do, but he remained calm on the surface and continued: "In this case, in order to prevent Chu Tianxiao from being afraid of fighting and breaking out early, we'd better do some confusing means..."
As he spoke, he looked at the geniuses in Kyoto and said meaningfully, "Escape is not easy, and opportunities are rare. We should give the quota to more 'important' people... Since you are not in the top ten of Kyoto, please put the overall situation first, follow the righteousness, stay here to defend this city, confuse Chu Tianxiao to fight to the death, and buy time for Senior Hu and others!"
"Especially remember that you must not open the city gates! Otherwise, Chu Tianxiao and the others will have a way to retreat and will never fight to the death!"
After hearing these words, the geniuses in Kyoto were almost furious - Ying Hui spoke nicely about righteousness and the overall situation, but what he actually meant was 'you can't escape anyway, so you might as well stay here and make use of your surplus value while we run away'!
Although the genius who voluntarily came to the barbarian land was not without some awareness, how can "voluntary" and "kidnapped" be compared! Moreover, using such a conspiracy to confuse his benefactor, tricking him into fighting to the death while letting others escape, this behavior is simply... shameless!
However, they are forced to be "shameless" by justice and the overall situation!
"Hahaha! I now understand why Brother Chu said 'no need' just now! Haha, yes, it's really not necessary! How can I compare myself to people like you!" A genius from Kyoto finally couldn't bear it anymore and cursed out loud!
He crossed his arms, stared at Ying Hui and said coldly, "Don't worry! I was deeply indebted to Brother Chu during the night in the Forbidden City. This time, I will not abandon him and escape alone. I will fight to the death here until the last moment! And you... You like to escape, right? You like to talk about justice, right? Run away, talk about it! Anyway, after today, I won't be bothered by it anymore!"
"Brother Mu is absolutely right!"
After hearing what this man said, the group of Kyoto geniuses felt their blood boiling and they immediately expressed their opinions.
"I won't run away either!"
"Just fight to the death, I've already realized it!"
"Kill a few more barbarians, see Brother Chu again in the underworld, and kowtow to him to apologize!"
"Haha, great justice! So funny! Bah! You guys run away, I'll stay!"
After hearing this excitement, the geniuses in the military felt ashamed and embarrassed. They suddenly felt that the group of people they usually looked down upon and thought had no blood in them, seemed... not so bad.
On the contrary, I...
But this thought only lasted for a moment.
After all, they are a military faction and will only listen to their leader and regard obedience as their duty.
Many eyes fell on Ying Hui, and he raised his eyebrows slightly, suppressing his dissatisfaction with the roar of this group of "scum", then turned around and looked at the loser army. Seeing that they had left a little far away and should not be able to hear the conversation here, he breathed a sigh of relief, turned around, and said lightly: "I'm glad you can think so."
"Senior Hu, you can give the order now!"
The old man with white eyebrows was also a decisive person. Since he had made up his mind, no matter how excited these geniuses from Kyoto were, he would never change his mind. So when he heard the words, he just raised his eyes slightly and used the means of the Soul Awakening Realm to convey the order to the defeated army to fight to the death...
However, at this moment...
A scene happened that shocked everyone!
Not far away, Chu Tianxiao sneered at the powerful barbarian ace army!
"You prodigal sons, haven't you always complained that the stuff the young master gave you to 'practice with' was too weak? Now, your chance has come!"
Chu Tianxiao pointed forward.
"What you see before your eyes is the Barbarians' ace elite, the Blood Barbarian Army!"
"Do you think it's exciting enough? Then... follow me!!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Chu Tianxiao slammed the wine jug in his hand, letting the precious object break into several pieces, and then galloped away on his horse!
He just rode his horse and charged towards the 20,000 Blood Barbarian Army without even looking back!
He...is not alone.
Xueyan, Feng Luoer, Ye Lanliu, Jing Cheng, Hu Nai...
The three thousand defeated soldiers followed suit, and for a while there were repeated sounds of breaking in the field, followed by a series of loud bangs that shook the earth!
Three thousand defeated soldiers, without a single word of greeting or probing, headed straight for the twenty thousand blood barbarian soldiers...
charge!