Chapter 450: Moths to Fire

"What, you said the food passage behind us was intercepted?"

After hearing the report from his subordinates, Emperor Redstone's face suddenly became very bad. His already haggard face felt even more unsupported.

These days, as the leader of the coalition forces, he has been under tremendous pressure.

As the king of the Ains Empire, the Redstone Emperor had absolute authority, but this was based on his victory in every battle. If he had a slight setback, he might arouse suspicion and suspicion from his subordinates.

This time the campaign of Mondra was not completely unified throughout the entire army. Many officers felt that this action was too risky.

If you go deep into the army alone, it will cause the supply line to be too long and lead to insufficient food supply.

When the army began to enter Mondra, it was relatively smooth, with sufficient food and plundering to supplement it. However, as time went on, the areas controlled by the Ans coalition were almost empty, and there was no extra food, so the Ans people were snatched.

Wherever they went, nothing was left except a scorched earth.

The ordinary Mondra people whose survival was threatened also took up weapons and fought to the death. They knew that under the hands of the Ans, they would die if they did not resist, and they might have a way out.

In this way, the form gradually develops towards the situation that the Redstone Emperor is most reluctant to occur.

He was originally considering a quick battle and a quick decision, and he spent too much time and energy in the Mondra Capital. For three months, the coalition forces never made any further progress.

Seeing this scene, the Carlo people were even more unable to work and slowly began to ignore the command.

"Damn it, how could they last for so long?" The Redstone Emperor walked out of the tent and looked at the wall of the Mondra Imperial Capital standing in the darkness in front of him, showing an angry look.

He did not expect that this city wall, which did not seem particularly tall and strong, would swallow the lives of nearly 100,000 elite soldiers, and would stagnate his cavalry.

Originally, he felt that the people of Mondra were mostly cowards, without any backbone or courage to fight. Under the siege of his army, they would soon surrender.

However, to his surprise, these Mondra people persisted for three months, defending the entire city as solid as a rock and repelled dozens of coalition attacks.

On several occasions, the Red Stone Emperor even rushed to the front and led the army in person, but still returned in disgrace.

Those weak Mondras had an unexpected resilience, and with their steel-like will, they repelled their attack.

The Red Stone Emperor had found out through spies that the number of regular defenders in this city was less than 100,000 and their combat effectiveness was not strong. And their leader was even a woman who had just ascended the throne.

How could these people stop his stormy attacks?

"How is this possible? Am I not as good as a woman!"

The Red Stone Emperor was very unwilling to accept it. He did not believe that he, a wise king with great talent, was not as good as a girl who had just ascended the throne.

The Redstone Emperor originally wanted to occupy Mondra first, then defeat Carlo, complete his great cause of unifying the continent, and achieve his own hegemony.

But now it seems that this hegemony is almost difficult to accomplish.

In addition, the Redstone Emperor's control over the army is also further weakening. Now his authority is constantly being challenged.

The one who challenged him was his son Menghan.

Many people think he is too old and not suitable to continue fighting and become incompetent. They want to support Meng Khan to the throne so as to achieve the merits of support.

However, the Red Stone Emperor's power is still there. They are just doing some small moves in private and dare not make this suggestion openly, for fear of being implicated.

The morale of the army was unstable and the material transportation was not smooth, so Emperor Redstone gradually felt the desire to retreat.

"This is really a waste of money. It's tasteless to eat, but it's a pity to throw it away..." The Red Stone Emperor was very annoyed when he thought of this word.

He didn't want to continue to waste like this, but he couldn't accept the reality of his failure. He shouted at his subordinates: "Hurry up and show me the detailed information!"

The soldier who delivered the letter was a little slower, and saw a whip whip directly twitching towards his head. With a burst of thrust, the unlucky soldier was beaten and covered in bruises.

The screams did not attract the attention or attention of others, because they were used to it. These days, the irritable Redstone Emperor had whipped his soldiers many times to vent his anger.

Perhaps because of his age, after a while, the Red Stone Emperor finally felt a little tired. At this time, the unlucky guy on the ground had only had the air that he had come out and no air that he had come in.

"Come on, throw this person who disrupts the morale of the army and feed the wild dogs!"

As he said that, the Red Stone Emperor shouted to the outside. Hearing his words, several guards hurried in and carried the unlucky guy out.

Although he beat a soldier, the Red Stone Emperor was still very unhappy. At this time, he took a breath and smelled the bloody smell left by the soldier in the tent, and felt even more unhappy.

"Go or stay?"

The Red Stone Emperor still couldn't make a decision in his heart.

At this moment, a man broke into his big tent. The Red Stone Emperor was in a bad mood and broke into his big tent without saying hello when he saw someone. His anger suddenly rose. However, when he saw the person coming, he still put away his anger and turned to a kind face and said, "Why are you running here so quickly? What happened, my child?"

Meng Khan said anxiously at this time: "Father, I just received the news that our rear was captured, Sadam fell, and his mother, brother and sister, all fell into the hands of the enemy."

"What?"

Upon hearing this news, the Red Stone Emperor almost breathed a sigh of relief. He felt his eyes turn dark, and his face suddenly became serious and said, "Where did you hear this news?"

Meng Khan said: "Now the entire wall of the Mondra Imperial Capital is shouting about this news..."

"What, the Mondra people said this?" After hearing Meng Khan's words, the Redstone Emperor's face slowed down a little, "Maybe they just plan to disrupt the morale of the army, and there is no need to worry about it."

Although the Red Stone Emperor was very worried, he was very calm on the surface.

"This news should not be groundless. I haven't received any news from the royal capital Sadammu for a long time." Meng Khan said with a worried look on his face.

"No, definitely not."

Although the Red Stone Emperor felt that this was probably true, he was very calm on his face and said, "This is just a rumor that disrupts the morale of the army!"

"Father, what if..."

Hearing Meng Khan's words, the Red Stone Emperor waved his hand and said, "There is no in case, now we cannot advance, and we cannot retreat. The only thing we can do is fight to the end."

In the eyes of the Red Stone Emperor, a feeling of despair and helplessness surged.

He knew that now he could not admit that the news of the fall behind was true. Otherwise, the morale of the entire coalition would collapse suddenly.

By then, everything will not end.

"If I die, come and clean up the mess again!" The Red Stone Emperor looked at his eldest son and sighed.

Although he didn't like this eldest son very much, he didn't like his indecisiveness, his various bad styles, and he didn't like his actions of forming cliques in private.

But at the last moment, Emperor Redstone understood that his affairs had to be left to this son for his life.

"The battle report from Sadam is here, Your Majesty..." At this time, another messenger came to the tent of the Red Stone Emperor and said respectfully to him.

"Come in!"

After the communication, the messenger took out a personal collection of letters, and saw that it was covered with blood. It seemed that it had been through countless difficulties and obstacles before coming here.

"Sadamu fell, the palace was captured, the queen, princess and princess were all captured, I hope to return home to reinforce..."

This short sentence made Meng Khan and the Red Stone Emperor, who were originally holding a hint of luck, fall into the abyss of despair. They understand that the worst thing happened.

"Okay, you did a good job, thank you for your hard work." After reading the letter, the Redstone Emperor gently patted the messenger. The messenger who originally thought he would be praised was directly slapped to death by the Redstone Emperor.

"Father, are you?"

Seeing that the Red Stone Emperor killed another person in an instant, he was shocked and asked in confusion.

The Red Stone Emperor crushed the note in his hand and said to Meng Han: "Remember, this is a battle report about the great victory of Sadam. Our royal army defeated thousands of enemy troops and solved the harassment problem in the rear..."

"Yes, I understand!"

When Meng Khan nodded when he heard the words of the Red Stone Emperor. Although he was stupid, he still understood the meaning of the Red Stone Emperor at this time.

In front of them, they can only use fake war reports to stabilize their morale.

The Red Stone Emperor said, "I know what you did in private, and I know that you are in a hurry to ascend the throne. In fact, I am not trying to occupy this throne all the time, but your experience is too tender. I give you the country, and you can't master it at all. However, at this point, you must take on this burden."

When Menghan's body was shocked when he heard the words of the Red Stone Emperor, he was shocked, and then he relaxed a little.

These days, what he planned with his men was originally thinking was very secret, but he didn't expect that the Red Stone Emperor would know it clearly.

"Father, you are..."

After hearing the words of the Red Stone Emperor, Meng Khan asked in confusion, not knowing what the so-called Red Stone Emperor handed over to the burden contained.

The Redstone Emperor said: "As has reached the most dangerous moment. I, the Redstone Emperor, will probably be engraved on the pillar of shame of Ans. Now, all I can do is to pass the throne to you and put the responsibility for failure on me. In this way, the majesty of Ans' royal family will not be damaged..."

"Do you pass it to me on the throne?"

Although Meng Khan has been looking forward to this day, when this day really comes, his mind is blank and he can't turn around.

The Red Stone Emperor said: "Now, I will hand over 20,000 troops from my headquarters to you to command. In a while, I will ask the entire army to attack the capital of Mondra. And you will bring these people back to Ans and occupy Sadam again."

"What about you?"

When Meng Khan heard the plan of the Red Stone Emperor, he asked him.

The Redstone Emperor smiled and said, "I will help you keep all these people in Mondra and under this city. Since I can't lead them to victory, then let me lead them to death!"

As he said that, his face smiled, which made Meng Han feel trembling. At this time, he realized how extraordinary and powerful the Red Stone Emperor was.

Originally, he thought his father was old and confused. Now it seems that Emperor Redstone is not only as sharp as before, but his scheming is still so deep.

Being able to take charge of Ains for decades is indeed not a simple character.

"Yes, Father!"

Meng Khan knew that the road arranged by Emperor Red Stone was almost the best in front of him. It seemed that at the last moment, he was still worried about family affection.

"Okay, you go out!"
To be continued...