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In the army camp five miles away, Fang Zinan was standing in front of the camp with his hands behind his back, his clothes fluttering in the wind. His two cheeks were very white, so white that it was a bit silky. His lips were red to the point that it was even brighter than a woman's. Yet, he was a man, a gentle and weak man. At this moment, he was concentrating. His focused appearance was very depressing, as if he was listening to the lonely wind, but also as if he was confiding his loneliness to the wind.

When he heard the sound of horse hooves coming from the distance, his face finally changed a little. Looking towards the source of the sound, he saw Hai Yue leading a group of people and rushing over.

"Reporting to the Great General, General Xiao has been ambushed. The soldiers led by the Great General have all been annihilated. This lowly general was too late and was unable to lend a hand. Please forgive me, Great General!" With a face full of shame, Hai Yuejian jumped off his horse and knelt on the ground.

Fang Zinan's whole body shook, and the muscles on his face twitched. He couldn't believe his ears, and it took a while for him to calm down. He suppressed his shock and asked, "What did you say just now? General Xiao was completely annihilated? "General Xiao, he …"

"Reporting to the Great General, when this lowly general rushed over, the ground was already littered with corpses. Many soldiers had been blown up beyond recognition by the explosives, so there is no way we saw General Xiao at all. "This lowly general guesses that General Xiao might also …" Hai Yuheng glanced at Fang Zinan and continued, "This general suspects that General Xiao has died!"

He held his hands tightly behind his back and looked up into the sky in silence. The explosion sound he had heard must have come from the ambush of Xiao Tian Yuan's troops, but there was still smoke rolling in the sky, and he had been hoping for a fluke. He had thought that he would get the news of Xiao Tian Yuan's return, but who would have thought that Hai Yue Xing actually brought the news of Xiao Tian Yuan's death. But he really didn't want to believe that Xiao Tian Yuan would encounter such misfortune, but he couldn't send people to look for him now. After all, that was the enemy camp, and he had lost 50,000 soldiers and horses. Thinking of this, he suppressed the anger in his heart and ordered, "Everyone retreat twenty li quickly and set up camp twenty li away."

The sea was ordered to gather the army and disperse after the camp. For a moment, the entire camp was filled with clamor, and the soldiers were all busy breaking out of their battalions and retreating.

Fang Zinan was still standing in the wind. His face was cold, and his lips were even in his clothes, but his eyes could not suppress the pain. If someone who was not familiar with him looked at first glance, it would seem like they were happy.

The sound of hurried footsteps came from behind him, followed by Dong Fang Luo Li's voice. She asked, "Why did the Great General pull out of camp and retreat?"

Fang Zinan didn't even turn his head as he said hoarsely, "When Sea General went back to the camp just now, he said that General Xiao had been killed. I think the enemy knows our situation very well and will definitely attack us.

Dong Fang Luo Li could not believe it as she widened her eyes and shook her head with all her might: "You said General Xiao died? Impossible, General Xiao's kung fu is so high, how could he possibly die? General Hai must have made a mistake! "

Fang Zinan sighed, "I hope so too. But right now, I can't abandon the army to find General Xiao. We need to preserve our strength." As he spoke till here, his voice became low and heavy, his back facing Dongfang Luo Li, no one could see the tears in his eyes. However, the tears did not fall, but he forced them to come back, and at the same time, he swore in his heart that no matter if Xiao Tian Yuan lived or died, he would defeat the army of the Bei Yue Country, and take revenge for Xiao Tian Yuan!

He couldn't believe that General Xiao would be killed just like that, but Fang Zinan's plan was understandable. Dong Fang Luo Li wanted to go up and comfort Fang Zi Nan, but she didn't know what to say and just stood silently behind him, listening to the wind.

After a while, Fang Zinan suddenly turned his head back, and his expression became calm again, as if what just happened had nothing to do with him. He said sharply: "Let's go, we have to retreat one by one. We still have to discuss the military situation tonight." Without even looking at Dong Fang Luo Li, he jumped onto the back of his horse and galloped towards where the army was gathered.

Dong Fang Luo Li looked at his back and couldn't help but sigh. She then followed Fang Zi Nan into the army.

In less than two hours, the great army had retreated twenty miles and set up camp once again. Fang Zinan called for the officers and officers of the army to hold an emergency military meeting in the Chinese military tent.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Fang Zinan cleared his throat, "Everyone, I believe that everyone already knows that today's army is in danger and General Xiao is in trouble. I would like to ask everyone if you have any ideas?"

Dongfang Ming stood up and said, "Everyone, this time the enemy knows our military situation very well. This King thinks that there might be spies in our camp."

"What, we have spies in the battalion?" All the soldiers in the camp started discussing and whispering to each other.

Hai Yuejian expressed disapproval of King Dongyu's words: "All the soldiers in our battalion came from the Southern Marsh, who would be willing to betray their country? Furthermore, we have two hundred thousand soldiers, it is only a matter of time before we defeat the enemy.

Dong Fang Luo Li was unhappy to hear this, so she sarcastically retorted, "General Hai, do you think that our men betrayed the army?" After King Dongyu's army returned to the Kingdom of Dongyu, a portion of them followed him into the group. There were only a few thousand people led by Dongfang Ming himself. Now that Hai Yuheng had said this, it was obvious that he was targeting his father, so he couldn't help but let Dong Fang Luo Li not be angry.

Hearing this, Hai Yue Xing became displeased and said in a deep voice, "Princess, I didn't mean it that way. Right now, the army is in danger. If the enemy does not know our secret, then General Xiao will not sacrifice himself for his post. Therefore, King Dongyu and I agree on this point.

"Even so, you said that it's impossible for there to be spies within the great army of the Southern Marsh, that's clearly saying that our country …"

Dong Fang Luo Li was still unconvinced. He refuted Hai Yue's actions, but was interrupted by Fang Zi Nan, "Princess, Sea General, you guys stop talking." Fang Zinan stopped the two and looked around at the crowd, "I know that General Xiao is dead and everyone is very sad, but now is not the time for us to be sad. We must defeat the Northern Moon army and avenge General Xiao! The words of King Dongyu and Sea General Hai were reasonable. This general also feels that there is a spy amongst the army, we must think of a way to uncover him! "

"General, even if we have to uncover the spies, what should we do now?" Dong Fang Luo Li looked at Fang Zi Nan and asked.

"Our army's strength has been greatly damaged, so we can't go head to head against the enemy. Furthermore, such a drastic change has occurred today. Our morale is low …" Fang Zinan pursed his lips and continued, "So I decided to stay put and wait in the camp."

"General, why didn't you take the army encirclement that you mentioned last time?" Hai Yue asked.

"The morale of our troops has plummeted. Even if we send out troops now, we still have no chance of winning. Why don't we calm down and plan our next course of action?"