Chapter 42

50% health points are enough to pull the seriously injured soldiers back to a fighting state.

After a few bottles of legion-level life potions, all the burdens returned to normal combat power.

At this moment, it is no problem for them to fight the orcs again, let alone a forced march.

The voices of thanks to Wu Wei kept coming one after another, and they never stopped.

However, Wu Wei waved his hand and asked all the soldiers to be quiet.

"My fellow countrymen, although I don't want to admit it, I must state a fact. Quarry Castle can no longer be defended. There are only two choices before us: defend the castle to the death and sacrifice everyone, or abandon the castle and save our useful bodies!"

"My choice is the second one, but I want to tell you that we are not deserters!"

"We still have to fight the orcs who invaded our human homeland, but now, there are more important things for us to do!"

"Do you know why we couldn't defend the city? Have you ever thought about why we lost the battle?"

Wu Wei began to ask:"Is it because we didn't fight bravely?"

"Are we not as strong as the orcs?"

"Is it because we are dumber than those orcs whose brains are only muscles?!"

"No! In my opinion, everyone present here is the bravest warrior! The most elite soldier! You are impeccable! You are not weaker than the orcs!"

"The real reason is that there is a serious rebellion in our rear, our motherland!"

"A group of selfish nobles and lords took advantage of the war when the soldiers were fighting bravely on the front line. They led their private soldiers to start a rebellion and wanted to seize the power of the country. They also prevented the royal family from withdrawing reinforcements to support the border, leaving us isolated and helpless!"

"The domestic rebels are the real culprits behind our failure!"

"Soldiers, tell me, should those rebellious noble lords be killed?"

"kill!"

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The soldiers were so excited that they shouted and killed one after another!

Wu Wei took the opportunity to shout:"So, I decided to take you back to the capital and kill the rebels! After the rebellion is quelled, we will lead the army back to the border and fight the orcs to the death!"

After hearing this, the soldiers looked at each other. Although they felt that there seemed to be no big problem with this order, they also felt that there was a big problem.

With our tens of thousands of troops, it is so difficult to defend a city. Can we really quell the rebellion in the country?

But the lord has already decided so, and as subordinates, we just have to obey orders.

Even Lord Victor saved his life, so what's wrong with accompanying him to fight thousands of miles?!

At some point, some soldiers began to shout:

"Fight for your lord! Fight for your motherland!"

"Return to the capital and put down the rebellion!"

Seeing someone take the lead, the other soldiers, whose blood was still boiling, immediately followed suit and shouted:

"Return to the capital and quell the rebellion!"

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For a moment, morale was high and the army was ready.

Wu Wei nodded with satisfaction and looked towards a corner.

He saw Charles among the soldiers, giving him a thumbs-up.

It meant: Done!

That's right, Wu Wei had arranged a messenger among the soldiers.

Although this trick has become a common one, it must be said that it is indeed useful.

It is quite effective in winning people's hearts, motivating morale and even deceiving the masses.

What? Dirty tricks?

Don't be ridiculous, this is just a means to boost morale!

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The army quickly assembled, taking all the supplies and equipment in the city, and marched towards the kingdom.

Only a part of Wu Wei's own army was left to clean up the battlefield.

The main thing was to collect the corpses on the battlefield and bury them together.

Of course, on the surface it was a burial, but in fact it was to find the corpses of the high-level soldiers and take them away, and to gather the other corpses together, so that Wu Wei could secretly come back to convert them into undead.

This group of undead armies will replace the soldiers to defend the Quarry Fort and block the pace of the orc army's pursuit.

At the same time, an illusion was created to make the orcs mistakenly believe that a third-party force of the Undead Clan intervened on the border, which not only led to their failure in siege, but also picked their peaches, eliminating the hidden danger of them guessing the truth about the undead being related to Wu Wei.

Although even if they knew it, it would not be a big problem, after all, there was no evidence

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Wu Wei rode on the back of his warhorse, marching with the army under heavy protection.

At this time, Xia Er, who was gradually becoming Wu Wei's chief lackey, leaned over and asked:

"Lord, where are we going next? If we go directly to the capital, there will be tens of thousands more soldiers in the army, and we will not have enough food and grass. Even if we bring the food from the quarry, it will still be far from enough."

Wu Wei certainly knew that there was not enough food and grass, but he had already considered this point.

"How could there not be enough food and grass? Let me ask you, from the border quarry fort all the way to the capital, how many territories of feudal nobles did we pass through?"

"I just checked with the new non-commissioned officers, there are two earldoms, three viscountdoms, and six barondoms."

Wu Wei immediately spread his hands and said as a matter of course:"Look, aren't there granaries all along the road?"

Charles was shocked and said hurriedly:"Sir, the nobles are all stingy and selfish guys. I'm afraid they won't be willing to provide us with food unless we pay for it. I know you have plenty of gold and silver, but I'm afraid they are greedy and ask for too much."

Wu Wei was shocked. He looked at Charles with surprise and asked in an incredible tone:"What nonsense are you talking about? Spend money? Why should I spend money?"

Charles:???

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