Chapter 150: Admitting defeat and seeking peace
You know, the hovering carriage is also made of metal after all, but it is more leather.
Drizzling a little bit of sour water doesn't have much effect.
However, if the amount of acid water is too large, it will corrode the various magic arrays on the carriage, thus causing the levitating carriage to lose various magical effects.
In fact, after the Aqua Mage cleaned it up, he found that almost all of the remaining hovering carriages could not be suspended.
But even with such a broken hovering carriage, there were only two or three hundred left.
Half of them were magicians' carriages, and the remaining half, most of which were empty, and there were only about 50 carriages loaded with food and water.
Master Shui Lan quickly estimated that this amount of food was only enough for tens of thousands of people to eat for two or three days.
And now, even if they want to go back, they have to travel for ten days. That means starving for seven or eight days!
Maybe in normal times, with two days of food, you can survive seven or eight days by saving money.
But the problem is that they have to march thousands of miles in ten days before they can return to their hometown, and the high physical exertion of traveling thousands of miles a day is not something that can be sent with a little food.
Even with the blessing of spells, there is no way to make a hungry soldier run so fast, and he will definitely die of exhaustion due to lack of physical strength.
However, Master Aqua suddenly thought of something, and his eyes hurriedly turned to the ruins.
There were 3,000 cavalry under the rubble, and after such a long delay, those cavalrymen would definitely not survive much, but the problem was that their horses were still fresh.
3,000 war horses, each of which is tall and handsome, weighing hundreds of kilograms, even if only 200 kilograms of meat are taken from each horse, it adds up to a full 600 tons of horse meat.
And the consumption of tens of thousands of troops is only a few tens of tons per day, so this amount is enough for everyone to go home alive.
Thinking of this, the water blue mage immediately realized that the situation was urgent, and God knew if that cunning opponent would give him a chance to obtain horse meat, so she hurriedly urged her subordinates to march quickly, and even did not hesitate to use the levitation technique to help the carriage that could not float up again.
But it's a pity that what Master Shui Lan can think of, how could Emperor Shi Tian not think of it?
Just as the Water Blue Mage was about to hurry, hundreds of meteors fell from the sky and smashed the ruins.
Only this time, after the explosion, a cloud of poisonous insects suddenly appeared.
These poisonous insects are bloodthirsty by nature, and they have no way to command them.
As soon as they appear, they will use their keen sense of smell to automatically seek out flesh-and-blood creatures, and then attack wildly.
Don't look at the 3,000 cavalry under the ruins, in fact, there are still gaps between the ruins of the buildings, coupled with the smell of the blood that flows out after the cavalry is injured, it naturally attracts those highly poisonous insects at once.
Without any nonsense, the crazy bugs burrowed into the ruins along the crevices and began to attack the poor knights who were crushed inside.
Soon, a terrified roar was heard from the ruins, apparently that some undead warrior had been attacked by poisonous insects.
In normal times, these warriors would be able to escape even if they couldn't defeat the bugs.
But now, buried under the rubble, they don't even have the slightest room to resist, their hands and feet are suppressed, and they can only watch the insects rush over, and then keep gnawing their bodies, and some even get directly into their facial features.
Soon, the surviving warriors could no longer make any sound, and they all died in the mouths of poisonous insects.
Of course, it's not just them who are dead, it's their beloved mounts as well.
Whether they are dead or alive, they are all bitten by insects that penetrate their bodies and tear them wantonly.
Seeing this scene, Master Shui Lan was suddenly discouraged, and his heart was full of despair.
She knew it was all over. Not only will the 3,000 cavalry inevitably die, but the most important thing is that the 3,000 war horses will no longer be meat for people to eat.
Even if there is some meat left, it must have been infected with the poison of the insects, and it is impossible to eat it at all.
Now, Master Shui Lan also knew that the general trend had gone, so he reluctantly stopped.
Even if you rush over, you can't save people, and you can't even get meat to eat, so why waste magic?
Although Lord Doug was arrogant, he was not a fool, he also quickly figured out the cause and effect, realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly said to Master Shui Lan: "Go and check the teleportation array, as long as the teleportation array can still be used, we still have a chance to live." ”
Although Mage Shui Lan didn't think that the other party would leave such a way for her to survive, she still led the entire mage group to fly to the ruins with the last trace of luck.
Without earth mages, they can only summon some earth elements and water elements, allowing them to dig through the ruins and find the teleportation array.
And although these elemental creatures are very powerful, it is not so easy to clear the ruins of the three towers.
Eventually, it took them several hours to clear out the ruins of the main tower.
Only fragments of armor and bones were found here, and only skeletons of bones were left of both knights and knights' mounts, and the flesh had been eaten by poisonous insects.
And the teleportation array was also dug out, and unsurprisingly turned into several pieces, and the destruction was very complete.
Maybe a high-level space mage can repair it, but at the level of a water blue mage, there is no way at all.
At this point, Lord Doug and Master Aqua Blue were finally dead, knowing that they had been completely defeated and had no chance of recovery.
Lord Doug and Master Aqua Blue, you look at me, I look at you, and they are speechless.
After a while, Lord Doug said helplessly, "Is there any other way?"
"What else can we do? Even if we find food, we can't escape. Master Shui Lan smiled bitterly: "Without cavalry troops to protect us, we are the living targets of those rocket artillery." Even those of us mages can't guarantee that we will escape alive. ”
"Damn, how can this be?" Lord Doug said angrily: "Those guys obviously told me that this is a rookie and vulnerable, but the result is good, I haven't even fought a serious battle, and I was forced to run out of ammunition and food." How could a guy who could use inferior forces to easily push me into such a desperate situation? This is definitely something that an invincible commander who has fought countless battles can do. ”
"It's too late to say this, let's think about how to end it. Master Aqua Blue smiled bitterly.
"What do you mean?" asked Lord Doug with a sudden frown.
"Obviously, the other side never took a lot of our infantry to, which shows that they cherish the shells and are sure to leave us all here. Master Aqua then said, "Then what are we left behind?
"Damn, do you want me to surrender?" Lord Doug said indignantly, "Surrender to a rookie?"
"If you don't surrender, you will be annihilated, and you yourself will be defeated and die. Master Aqua Blue said, "But in fact, we don't need to get to that point at all, as long as we negotiate the conditions, you can get free, and maybe you can spend money to ransom us captives." In that case, you will lose a lot of money, but you will eventually retain your vitality. Otherwise, you should understand what it would be like to be without an army in this world. ”
Lord Doug immediately stopped speaking, a look of confusion and fear on his face.
The underground world is not a peaceful world, the Celestial God Academy encourages students to fight each other, just like raising Gu, they only need the strongest students, and all losers are just stepping stones and nutrients for others.
Although Lord Doug controls three main cities and ten territories, there are also threats from other students around him.
As long as there are not enough troops to defend it, it won't be long before his classmates will rush up like hungry wolves and tear his territory apart and swallow it up.
Thinking of this, Lord Doug could only sigh helplessly and said, "Okay, let's talk to that guy." Maybe he will be afraid of the people behind me and choose to let us go. ”
"I hope so!" said this on the lips of Master Shui Lan, but in his heart he did not think so.
This guy named Emperor Shi Tian is extremely arrogant, extremely spicy, and has no fear even in the face of old students and powerful enemies. It was a fierce beating, and there was no mercy at all, which shows that he is not a threatened master at all.
Master Shui Lan didn't think that a few threatening words, or moving out of the background, would make Emperor Shi Tian willingly let Lord Dao go.
However, the water blue mage did not want to attack Lord Doug further, because the lord was already unlucky enough, and she was afraid that too much stimulation would drive the poor child crazy.
After making his decision, Lord Doug ordered the group to return to the camp to rest, while he himself returned to the carriage to fix his face.
Even if he wants to surrender, Lord Doug must maintain his prestige and not be willing to show embarrassment in front of the enemy.
After three hours of makeup, Lord Doug, who had regained his confidence and countenance, stepped out of the magnificent carriage again, flew into the sky with his toes high, and shouted loudly: "I know, you are watching this side, now I ask for negotiations, please send an envoy to rendezvous!"
When Master Shui Lan heard this, he couldn't help but roll his eyes, and said secretly in his heart, "You have been reduced to the point of running out of ammunition and food, and you are still licking your face to talk about negotiations? Can't you put down your body and say something good? If you really provoke the other party, it is not only you who are unlucky, but also our poor followers." ’
Lord Doug didn't care what the others thought at all, he repeated this sentence a dozen times in a row, and passed it far away with a spell, and then flew down and ordered someone to set up a table in the field, which he was to use to entertain guests.