I, Altria, only want to rule China.

If we continue to keep them, they will just suffer in vain, so it is better to kill them.

On the other side, Tuoba Zong led the remaining 10,000 troops and galloped at full speed, only slowing down after they were far away from Jining.

This time he brought an army of 10, but ended up with heavy casualties. The enemy suffered almost no casualties, but so many people on his side died. If he went back like this, wouldn't he be dead?

For him now, the only way to survive is to fight back and capture Jining, so that he can make up for his mistake.

However, if he really had to gather the defeated soldiers and fight back now, he would feel a little nervous.

As the commander-in-chief of the army, he naturally knew the principle of making a strong push at the beginning, then declining and finally exhausting the effort.

The problem was that they had just made a push and before they had time to gather their strength, they were blown to pieces. Their morale went straight past the stage of decline and went straight to the bottom.

Is it possible to lead these frightened and defeated soldiers back to attack Jining?

"General, if you take the soldiers back like this, I'm afraid they will lose their heads." As if seeing Tuoba Zong's distress, an aide came up and said softly.

Tuoba Zong glanced at the aide who was speaking, who turned out to be one of his confidants. After thinking for a moment, he told him his difficulties.

"General, in my opinion, you only have two options now." The staff member hesitated for a while and said

"What are those two roads?" Tuoba Zong asked excitedly.

"General, what I am going to say next may be extremely treasonous, so please don't blame me." Upon hearing this, the aide asked Tuoba Zong to give him a guarantee first.

"Go ahead and tell me, I won't blame you." Tuoba Zong waved his hand.

Chapter 125: Gods are also mortals

"General, as for the first point, I think you only need to lead the remaining troops to surrender to the Wu Kingdom, and there should be no problem."

Upon hearing this, Tuoba Zong frowned but said nothing.

Seeing that Tuoba Zong did not speak, the staff continued: "General, you led the troops to fight this time, with a total of 100,000 soldiers and horses, which can be said to be all the wealth of our country. Now many cities do not have any soldiers who can defend the city. As long as you fight back, then..."

Having said this, the staff stopped talking, leaving Tuoba Zong alone to think.

Soon, Tuoba Zong made a decision and said to his staff: "I have decided, we will go back directly. The land governed by my brother is in a mess, and many civilians in the country are rebelling. This can be used as an excuse!"

Perhaps Leah could never imagine what the enemy was going to do at this moment?

My army is approaching, and you still want to engage in internal strife? Even if you succeed, what will you do when my army arrives?

Otherwise, how can we say that there are so many weirdos among humans?

According to statistics, in this defensive battle, more than 5 enemies were killed and more than 3 wounded enemy soldiers were captured.

Considering that the grenades had been used up and the flintlock bullets were almost used up, Leah still did not give the order to pursue, but planned to rest for a while before talking.

Although there is no problem with her attacking by force, why can't she use a simpler method?

These soldiers can't just die here in vain in the whole of Shandong. They will have to follow her to fight in other places in the future. It's just a matter of waiting a little longer, and she can afford to wait.

Besides, she also captured that group of Taoist priests, and she was also very curious about what was going on with them.

After Leah had the Taoists brought up, she had a new opinion of them after some questioning.

According to these Taoists, their ancestors came from Zhang Jue's lineage.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhang Jiao called himself General Tian Gong, was a rebel, and the leader of the Yellow Turban Rebellion. In some Three Kingdoms games, he is just a small boss that everyone wants to kill.

But this is not the case in Taoism.

The Taiping Dao founded by Zhang Jue is regarded as the official beginning of Taoism and has profoundly influenced the development of Taoism in later generations.

It is said that he has the power to call the wind and rain, and respects the Huang-Lao school of thought. The so-called Huang-Lao school of thought is the combination of the teachings of Huangdi and Laozi.

After careful inquiry, Leah discovered that Taoist gods should exist, but there seemed to be a barrier between the two sides.

According to these Taoists, these gods are in another dimension, not in the same dimension as them.

A bit like Merlin's Avalon.

Due to certain restrictions, these gods cannot appear in the human world at will, so they need some human agents to help them consolidate their faith.

Leah didn't say much about this. After all, she and Merlin were both mythological figures, so the existence of those gods was not surprising.

Leah didn't want to offend these gods, so after asking some questions, she let them go.

Of course, if these Taoists thought that Leah was causing trouble because she was afraid of the people behind them, Leah would not show mercy.

Don’t be fooled by the powerful gods in the Investiture of the Gods and Journey to the West. In fact, they are nothing in the Type-Moon world.

These people are just slightly more powerful than ordinary people. Even a creator god like Tima can be killed by a few gods and mortals working together.

According to mythology, Tima is a figure of the same level as Pangu, or at least as good as Nuwa.

But the fact is, these gods are just so-called gods, and in the world of Type-Moon, they are not really that powerful.

Even servants can fight these guys back and forth, and it is common for them to kill gods accidentally.

So, deep down, Leah didn't think much of the so-called gods, whether they were from the East or the West.

To put it bluntly, aren’t most of the so-called gods in heaven now military generals from the Shang and Zhou dynasties? They were named gods because of their merits, but they are still ordinary people in essence.

This is a bit like when ordinary people become Heroic Spirits. As humans, they don't have any particularly powerful abilities, but after becoming Servant, they have very powerful abilities.

In essence, servants are organized in the same way as the gods in heaven, and these servants are all used by Gaia.

And her current strength is enough to deserve the title of god among mortals.

Of course, if it were a prehistoric novel, that would be another matter. Unfortunately, this world is not

Moreover, Hong Huang is a modern novel and cannot be used as a reference. For Chinese mythological novels, Type-Moon mainly refers to works such as Investiture of the Gods and Journey to the West.

So Leah didn't worry about it. As long as those gods looked for trouble with her for no reason, she wouldn't take the initiative to cause trouble for them. Everyone kept to themselves.

It is your business to absorb human beliefs, as long as you do not violate the laws set by them. Just like modern pigeon religion and Buddhism, the country will not prohibit them.

On the contrary, how much human faith you can absorb depends on your own ability.

Of course, since gods do exist in this world, Leah would not come up with such a thing as the theory that there are no gods.

In this way, another month passed, and the firearms were finally replenished, and Leah planned to take action again.

However, except for the city conquered by Liya, Shandong is in chaos. After Tuoba Zong returned, he captured several cities in succession, began to command his own troops, and proclaimed himself king, which made Tuoba Yu furious.

However, Shandong no longer has the ability to stop this. In order to defeat Leah, these 10 troops were almost all the strength of Shandong Province. As a result, the loss of so many troops at once also caused them serious damage.

Now facing the rebellion of Tuoba Zong, they are powerless and can only defend Jinan and are unable to rebel.

Liya also made preparations for this battle and set off again with 3 troops. She was too lazy to care about the affairs of the Tuoba family.

Leah first captured some small towns around. Those small towns only had one or two thousand soldiers, so they were easy to deal with.

Whether to attack Tuoba Yu or Tuoba Zong, it is the same to Liya. If they don’t surrender, then fight them.

Over the next month, Leah continued to send troops to other places to capture some small cities in Shandong. As for those cities where the number of soldiers was slightly larger, she used coercion and inducement.

With the enemy having almost no ability to resist, Leah took over all the cities in Shandong, leaving only the main city of Jinan still struggling.

Chapter 126: A traitor appears within the Wu Kingdom

Since they have already conquered other places in Shandong, how much trouble can the remaining main city of Jinan cause?

Under the repeated attacks of Leah's cannons, the city wall of Jinan was quickly broken.

After a short fight, Liya completely controlled the city of Jinan. Not long after, a man dressed in the emperor's clothes was pressed in front of Liya by a general named Wang Jiajun.

Wang Jiajun immediately reported: "Your Majesty, this person is the remnant of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the false emperor Tuoba Yu."

Leah glanced at the man captured by her men. Although he looked embarrassed, he still had a defiant look in his eyes and looked at Leah angrily.

"What are you looking at? This is our great Queen Arthur. Why don't you kneel down?" Seeing that this guy had no intention of respecting Her Majesty the Queen after being captured by him and others, Wang Jiajun immediately kicked the man on the hind leg.

After being kicked in the hind legs by Wang Jiajun, Tuoba Yu immediately bent his legs and knelt down in front of Liya.

Tuoba Yu snorted coldly, "Hmph, since I have fallen into your hands, you can kill me or chop me up as you please!"

"Don't worry, considering the way you are, I will definitely give you a quick death." It was obvious that this man had evil intentions. Leah would naturally not let him live and give birth to another child.

Liya had him taken aside and asked Wang Jiajun, "General Wang, how many casualties are there in our army now?"

Wang Jiajun immediately replied: "Your Majesty, our army certainly suffered casualties, but they were not large, only more than 2000 people died."

"More than 2000 people? In this case, we can still continue fighting." Leah thought about it. She led 5000 soldiers out, and the death toll was about 25000 so far, and there were still soldiers.

"Your Majesty, are you still planning to attack there? Shandong has been pacified now. No, Your Majesty, are you planning to go to Hebei?" Wang Jiajun thought for a moment and suddenly said

"That's right. Although we have taken Shandong, the war in Hebei is still going on. Although General Pi has firearms to help, I don't know where the Hebei side got the method of making grenades from. When he attacked Shijiazhuang, there were heavy casualties. It's not as smooth over there as it is here.

If we attack from both sides, they will be unable to take care of their north and south!"

Liya nodded with satisfaction at Wang Jiajun's thinking.

This guy is the second more useful general that Leah found after Li Lin. The most important thing is that he was trained by her and is loyal enough.

Wang Jiajun was immediately excited when his guess was confirmed, and said directly: "Your Majesty, just give the order! Our First Division is not afraid of hardship or fatigue, but is afraid of not having a battle to fight!"

Liya nodded and said to Wang Jiajun: "You let everyone go down and have a good rest first. We will leave for Hebei in a week!"

"Yes!" Wang Jiajun immediately took the order and went down.

After seeing Wang Jiajun go down, Liya frowned. She didn't know where Tuoba Rong got the method of making grenades from, but it should be impossible to develop it in such a short time.

Then the biggest probability is that there is a traitor in their own group who is in contact with the Northern Wei Dynasty. Fortunately, it was just a hand grenade. The other party is not yet able to produce cannons and flintlock rifles.

It seems that after defeating the Northern Wei, she will have to go back and investigate thoroughly.

On the other side, Tuoba Rong was eating mutton hotpot and listening to folk songs in his back garden. The spices produced by the Wu Kingdom were really good, especially the hotpot, which was so delicious.

Over the past six months, after continuously sending out spies, he finally learned the method of making grenades from Wu Guo.

It was also because he knew how to make grenades that he was able to use this thing to cause casualties to the Wu army.

After his army defeated the traitor Pi Baozi and obtained the method of making the Liya Cannon...

He fantasized about using firearms to destroy the Wu State and restore the territory of the Northern Wei Dynasty. When he was governing the country and pacifying the world, he suddenly received news.

Tuoba Yu in Shandong was wiped out by the Empress of Wu who led her troops personally. Now the Empress of Wu is leading her troops from Shandong.

The mutton he had just picked up with his chopsticks instantly lost its fragrance and fell into the pot with a "plop", splashing a few drops of soup. Tuoba Rong, who was awakened by the scalding soup, woke up immediately.

"Waste, Tuoba Yu is really a waste!" Tuoba Rong immediately cursed.

If Tuoba 7 had not been destroyed, even if he could have held on for a while, he might have been able to get the manufacturing method of Leah Cannon. However, he did not expect that this guy was so useless.

He only held out for three months before being destroyed. Now the Empress of Wu is coming from the south. Isn't he going to be attacked from both sides?

Tuoba Rong is panicking!

Even though he has blocked Pi Baozi in Shijiazhuang now, that's only because Pi Baozi didn't realize that he had firearms here, so he tricked Pi Baozi.

Now, in addition to resisting Pi Baozi's troops, there are also troops from Wu State in the rear. Those must be the elite among the elite. It is said that 30,000 troops defeated Tuoba Yu's 100,000 troops and made them flee in panic.

And he didn't dare to say that he was better than Tuoba Yu. After all, all the grenades he could make had been transported to the battlefield. Now the Empress of Wu Kingdom came from the rear, and he had to face a fierce army with empty hands. How could he fight?

"Damn! Tuoba Yu is such a waste!" Thinking of this, Tuoba Rong couldn't help but curse inwardly.

Thinking that it would not be long before the Wu army would arrive in Yizhou, Hebei from Shandong, Tuoba Rong did not even have time to eat hot pot. He quickly summoned his ministers to discuss the matter.

Hearing that Wu State had destroyed Tuoba Yu and would reach Hebei in a few days, the ministers panicked. After constant discussion, they decided to send a general named Chen to gather troops in the city and then go to Yizhou to stop Liya.

After receiving the order, General Chen who was sent out continued to capture able-bodied men in the city and gathered a force of 80,000. After three days of training, he went directly to Yizhou, Hebei to stop Leah.

At this moment, General Chen, who was leading his troops to stop Leah, was a little at a loss.

On the first day, he led his troops to march thirty miles. When he woke up on the second day, the 80,000 troops under his command had become 78,000 people.

On the second day, after marching thirty miles, his army of 78,000 men was reduced to 69,000.

On the third day, the marching distance was still thirty miles, but the army under his command had grown to 60,000 people.

Damn it, if he continues at this speed, by the time he reaches the city of Yizhou in Hebei, the remaining 60,000 troops under his command will have become 10,000.

Chapter 127: How about we surrender?

That’s right, there are only 10,000 soldiers left, and those able-bodied men who were forcibly brought here and trained for three days might not be left at all.

Faced with this situation, General Chen, who was leading the army, was so worried that he pulled his hair out in handfuls, but he couldn't think of any good solution.

There was no other way. Based on the principle that three heads are better than one Zhuge Liang, he could only find other generals in the army and tell them the matter directly.