Chapter 847: Not Mature enough
The troops were on their way normally. From Pingyuan City to Yuancheng, it was almost three and a half days' journey with a clear direction.
However, because the soldiers and civilians who escaped from Pingyuan City had little food with them, the further back they went, the hungrier and tired they became, and the efficiency of the entire journey also decreased. This situation forced them to walk for five days before successfully arriving at Yuancheng.
In comparison, the soldiers responsible for the message rode fast horses all the way, and their movement efficiency was much higher. Even moving from Pingyuan City to Daliang City only took four days. .
In other words, almost at the same time as these soldiers and people fled to Yuancheng, Shi Lei, who was in Daliang City and Hehe Liancheng, had already set off with a large force.
Less than a day and a half later, the messenger with military orders arrived here with two fast horses taking turns riding day and night.
At this point in time, the garrison officer in Yuancheng had already learned the specific situation from the Pingyuan City soldiers who had fled to his side.
The soldiers who escaped from Pingyuan City on horseback rushed to Daliang City to report. They only told them that "Pingyuan City was attacked by green-skinned monsters and has fallen." In addition, more They don't know the details.
Now that he knew the tragedy in Pingyuan City, he no longer had the slightest doubt about their colonel's order.
“Pass my order and inform the people in the city to start an orderly evacuation!”
If nothing unexpected happens, Yuancheng will soon become a battlefield!
For this order to evacuate, the people of Yuancheng, who had not lived a peaceful life for a few days, showed full dissatisfaction.
But Da Zhou’s troops had clearly told them that a war was about to begin, leaving the people of Yuancheng with no choice but to do anything.
No matter how dissatisfied they are, they can't make fun of their own lives, right?
Even to a certain extent, Zhou's troops were more conscientious by letting them evacuate before fighting.
Four days later, the large army led by Shi Lei successfully arrived in Yuancheng.
The entry of two thousand troops into the city gave the Yuancheng garrison some confidence.
After Shi Lei entered the city, the command of the Yuancheng garrison naturally fell into his hands.
"Have those green-skinned creatures appeared nearby recently?"
"Report to the colonel, they have not appeared!"
After that, the garrison officer told the story about some survivors from Pingyuan City who fled to Yuancheng and were taken in and settled by them.
"According to the information provided by the brothers over at Pingyuan City, they burned the map before evacuating. The green-skinned creatures on the opposite side should not know the specific location of Yuancheng."
For them For them, this is undoubtedly good news and can buy them more time.
After understanding the situation, Shi Lei directly called the garrison generals of Pingyuan City for questioning.
After arriving in Yuancheng, after a period of training, his entire state has improved a lot compared to the beginning, but even so, when he mentioned those green-skinned creatures, his face There will still be uncontrollable fear.
Images of his comrades being eaten by the green monster flashed through his mind, causing his breathing to become rapid uncontrollably.
This situation is not normal no matter how you look at it.
"Take a deep breath, don't be nervous, you are already safe." After realizing this, Shi Lei directly held the other person's hand and comforted him with a calm tone.
As a general, Shi Lei has seen similar situations in many retired soldiers.
His Majesty said that this is a mental illness. Generally speaking, soldiers who have such symptoms can no longer stay in the army.
This also put a lot of pressure on Shi Lei.
This performance of the other party is undoubtedly a disguised proof of how terrifying the enemy is this time!
Invisibly, his mood also began to become a little anxious.
The garrison officer in Pingyuan City didn't know if he noticed his anxiety. This made his comfort not very effective, but made the garrison officer even more uneasy.
Shi Lei was slightly startled when he noticed this, and then something his Majesty once said to him came to mind. Panic, even if you panic, you can only keep it in your heart and cannot show it. You are the commander of an army. If you panic, what will you do to the soldiers below?"
"For the soldiers? For them, you are their spiritual support. Only if you, the commander, remain calm can the soldiers below feel at ease."
What Zhou Xu had warned him at the time was echoing in Shi Lei's mind. , this made Shi Lei clearly realize that he was far from mature enough.
Indeed, he led the army alone all year round, incorporated tribes, and later followed their majesty to the New World. He fought many large and small battles, and basically no mistakes were made. This made His Majesty also trusts himself very much.
But looking back carefully, it seems that he has never fought a tough battle in the true sense.
Even when Yan Sheng's large forces pressed outside Huangsha City, His Majesty was there to tell the truth.
For them, His Majesty's existence is like a needle that stabilizes the sea. As long as His Majesty is around, there seems to be nothing that cannot be solved, which makes him not panic at all!
It was only now that their Majesty was far away in Xianyang City and could not come to support him. There was a strong enemy that might appear at any time and they had to rely on themselves to deal with it. Only then did Shi Lei realize his immaturity. .
Thinking of this, he also took a deep breath to gradually restore his calm state.
"I need you to provide me with some information to verify some of my guesses and analysis, so as to formulate the next plan."
At this moment, Shi Lei's voice was calm and peaceful, which made the garrison officer feel , there was a trace of surprise in his eyes, and even his emotions seemed to be affected and somewhat calmed down.
It turns out that just as His Majesty said, as a commander, his state can directly affect the state of the soldiers. As long as he is calm enough, the soldiers can feel at ease.
The rest of the conversation went smoothly.
Although the description of the situation at the time by the garrison officer in front of him was basically the same as that of the soldier who brought the information before, he still had great value to Shi Lei.
From his personal point of view, no matter how many strategies he thought about in his mind, he had never really faced the green-skinned monster, so he didn't know whether these methods would work on the green-skinned monster. It worked.
So he needs a soldier who has faced the green-skinned monster head-on as a staff officer to provide him with some ideas and judgments.
(End of this chapter)