Dynasty Conquest

Chapter 524 Flee without fighting!
Mark, commander of the No.20 Nine Banners Regiment of the Far Eastern Army, left the city wall and hurried to the headquarters of the Far Eastern Army in the city.

Qingqi, the scout of the Hanhai Empire, had appeared on the east side of the Ice City. The dignitaries in the city crowded among the crowd fleeing the war and headed westward, and the streets were in chaos.

When Mark walked quickly to the headquarters of the Far East Army, the situation here was not much better than the chaotic streets.

"Quickly, move these to the car behind!" The Far Eastern Army Command was busy, officers came in and out, looking flustered, and the soldiers on duty were putting heavy boxes onto the carriages on the street.

"What's going on?" Mark grabbed a staff officer and asked loudly.

The staff officer looked stunned: "Your Excellency, Head of the Banner, the command has issued an order to retreat, don't you know?"

Mark took a deep breath and asked in a deep voice, "Where are you going—"

The staff officer replied: "Liu Shuai ordered all troops to withdraw to the Tielan Pass line."

Hearing the staff officer's answer, Mark felt angry for no reason. He finally knew why the streets were in such chaos. It turned out that the high command had issued an order to retreat.

"Then how do we do this here!?" Mark became a little irritable. Soldiers are responsible for guarding the soil, so what's the matter with retreating without warning now.

The staff officer was frightened by Mark's angry face, shook his head in a panic, broke free, and pointed to the inside of the command headquarters, saying, "I don't know, you can ask Liu Shuai, he is inside." He didn't look back after finishing speaking. ran away.

Mark strode up the steps with a face full of anger, and he arrived at the usually solemn and solemn command headquarters in a short while. It is now a mess, and the guards are preparing to evacuate.

"Report!" Mark shouted from the door.

Marshal Liu Wenwu of the Far East Army and Chief of Staff Wang Dong who were talking were interrupted by Mark's voice. Liu Wenwu frowned, raised his head and said, "Come in!"

Mark walked in with a serious face, and seeing the empty office, he asked: "Liu Shuai, did you give the order to retreat?"

Liu Wenwu didn't speak. Seeing Mark's unsightly expression, the chief of staff hurriedly explained, "Commander Mark Banner, this is an order from the command headquarters."

"Why do you want to withdraw?!" Mark asked loudly, regardless of his identity at the moment.

Liu Wenwu's complexion suddenly darkened, and Wang Dong said: "Commander Mark Banner, the people of Hanhai are pressing hard now, and Liu Shuai is also thinking about protecting all the soldiers of our Far East Army. I hope you can understand."

"Understood ass!" Mark slammed his whip on the table: "We have retreated a hundred miles from the border, and now we are retreating to Tielan Pass. Should we order to withdraw to Wangjing tomorrow, and simply move the entire Let the Far East be handed over to the people of Hanhai—”

"Get out of here!" Liu Wenwu yelled angrily at the livid-faced Mark who was talking nonsense when he saw his temper.

Chief of Staff Wang Dong hurriedly came up to smooth things over: "Liu Shuai calm down, calm down, you know that Mark is like this, don't get angry."

"Mark, hurry up and apologize to Liu Shuai." Wang Dong pointed at Mark and shouted.

Mark was out of breath at the moment, and forced out a few words from his mouth: "Liu Shuai, I apologize to you, but I can't figure out why we have to retreat, why we can't fight with the Ice City. When are you going to retreat?"

Liu Wenwu said with a sullen face: "Okay, since you want to fight, you can do as you please. I ordered the No. 20 Nine Banners to guard Frost City. If the city is lost, come and see me!"

Without waiting for Mark to answer, Liu Wenwu flicked his sleeves and strode out of the command headquarters, preparing to retreat to Tielan Pass.

The chief of staff looked at Mark standing there, pointed at him and said helplessly: "You, you, everything is fine, but this temper needs to be changed."

"How about this, I will transfer all the crossbows in the arsenal to your banner group, if you can't hold it, just withdraw, I will plead with Liu Shuai for you at that time."

After Wang Dong finished speaking, he sighed, shook his head and strode away.

Mark sat on the chair in a daze. He didn't expect the high command to issue an order to retreat. His heart was full of anger, unwillingness and loss. As a soldier, it was a shame, a huge shame, to flee without a fight.

When Mark came out of the command headquarters, the command headquarters had become empty, and all the agencies and units had withdrawn to the direction of Tielan Pass along with Marshal Liu Wenwu.

The streets of the city were crowded with people, panic was spreading, all kinds of rumors were flying in the sky, and under the gloomy sky, there was a commotion everywhere, and people were scrambling to escape to the west.

"Sir, what did the High Command say?" Mark returned to the city wall in a daze, and Zhao Yun, the officer on duty, immediately greeted him.

Mark shook his head, full of helplessness: "The high command has withdrawn, everyone has withdrawn..."

Hearing Mark's words, the surrounding soldiers were stunned and then whispered to each other, talking a lot, and there was a buzzing sound on the city wall.

Zhao Yun was the first to react, and asked, "Sir, shall we withdraw too?"

Mark shook his head: "The high command ordered us to guard the Ice City to ensure that the city will not fall to the enemy."

"These bastards, they ran away and left us here." Soon the soldiers were cursing.

Mark stood up, walked to the top of the steps, looked at the soldiers of the No.20 Nine Banners regiment who were crowded on the city wall, and raised his voice and shouted: "Brothers! The people of the high command have withdrawn! Withdraw! You also want to withdraw, don’t you?!”

"Yes..." When a soldier opened his mouth, he found the surrounding silence, and swallowed the second half of the sentence.

"They withdrew because they were cowards! They didn't deserve to be soldiers! Brothers of the 29th Banner Regiment told me! Are you cowards!"

"No! No! No!" Mark was answered by waves of shouts.

"Okay!" Mark pressed his hand down: "Brothers are all good, I have no cowards in the 29th Banner Regiment! Now the command has ordered us to defend the Ice City. I know many brothers can't figure it out, but I want to tell You guys, we are not defending the city for Liu Shuai, we want to cover the retreating people! At the same time, we also want to show the people of Hanhai that our Far Eastern Army is not a coward or a coward!" Mark waved his arms vigorously and shouted!

"Fight to the death!"

"Fight to the death!"

"Fight to the death!"

The soldiers of the No.20 Nine Banners Regiment were filled with righteous indignation and their morale was like a rainbow. In the roar of Mark, the head of the banner, the blood in their bones was aroused.

"Now I give an order! Take your positions! Let the people of Hanhai experience the strength of our Far East Army!"

The soldiers of the No.20 Nine Banners Regiment rushed to their respective posts amidst passionate speeches. They will use their actions to tell the people of Hanhai that the Far East is the territory of the dynasty and they are soldiers of the dynasty.

The city wall was not affected at all by the retreat in the city. The soldiers were enthusiastic and began to make the final preparations before the battle.

"Zhao Yun, take someone to the arsenal and move all the available weapons to the city wall!" Mark waved Zhao Yun and ordered.

"But we don't have a document signed by the High Command—"

"Go to the goddamn command, now we are the masters of Ice City, you just go, anyone who dares to stop me will beat me hard!" Mark has always been fearless, and now that the command has withdrawn, he is even less worried that he will be held accountable , rather than leaving it to the people of Hanhai, it is better to use it for yourself.

In fact, Zhao Yun didn't encounter anyone blocking him when he went to the arsenal, because everyone had evacuated, or on the way to evacuate, when he broke down the door of the arsenal, his eyes were straightened when he saw a mountain of excellent weapons.

"Hahaha, brothers, just take it, take as much as you want!" Zhao Yun was very angry, laughing more like a rich landlord.

The arsenal was well-equipped and piled up like a mountain, and the 29th Banner Regiment was not polite. Mark ordered all members to change their outfits. After half an hour, the entire 29 Banner Regiment had changed their shotguns and guns, and their equipment was refreshed and energetic.

(End of this chapter)