Chapter 847 Not Mature Enough

The troops traveled normally, from Pingyuan City to Yuancheng, with a clear direction, it would take about three and a half days.

However, because the soldiers and civilians who escaped from Pingyuan City had basically no food on them, the further they went, the hungrier and more tired they became, and the efficiency of their journey also decreased. This situation forced them to walk for five days before they successfully arrived in Yuancheng.

In comparison, the soldiers in charge of the message rode fast horses all the way, and their mobility efficiency was much higher. Even moving from Pingyuan City to Daliang City took only four days.

In other words, almost at the same time when these soldiers and civilians fled to Yuancheng, Shi Lei and Jie Liancheng in Daliang City had already set off with a large army.

Less than a day and a half later, the messenger with military orders took two fast horses to ride in turn, day and night and rushed here.

At this point in time, the garrison general of Yuancheng had learned the specific situation from the soldiers of Pingyuan City who had fled to his side.

At that time, the soldiers who escaped from Pingyuan City on horseback rushed to Daliang City to report, and only told them that "Pingyuan City was attacked by green monsters and has fallen." Apart from that, they didn't know more details.

Now that he has learned about the tragedy in Pingyuan City, he has no doubts about the order of their colonel.

"Pass my order and notify the people of the whole city to start evacuating in an orderly manner!"

If nothing unexpected happens, Yuancheng will soon become a battlefield!

For this evacuation order, the people of Yuancheng, who have only had a few days of peace, showed full dissatisfaction.

But the troops of Dazhou have clearly told them that they will fight next, leaving the people of Yuancheng at a loss.

Even if they are dissatisfied, they can't joke with their lives, right?

Even to a certain extent, the troops of Dazhou are more conscientious in letting them evacuate before the battle.

Four days later, the large army led by Shi Lei arrived at Yuancheng smoothly.

The entry of two thousand troops into the city gave some confidence to the garrison of Yuancheng.

After Shi Lei entered the city, the command of the garrison of Yuancheng naturally fell into his hands.

"Have those green-skinned creatures appeared nearby recently?"

"Report to the colonel, no!"

After that, the garrison officer said that some survivors of Pingyuan City had fled to their Yuancheng and were received and settled by them.

"According to the information provided by the brothers in Pingyuan City, they burned the map before evacuating, and the green-skinned creatures on the opposite side should not know the specific location of Yuancheng."

For them, this is undoubtedly good news, which can buy them more time.

After understanding the situation, Shi Lei directly called the garrison officers of Pingyuan City for questioning.

After arriving in Yuancheng, after a period of recuperation, his whole state has improved a lot compared to the beginning, but even so, when he mentioned those green-skinned creatures, he still couldn't help but show fear on his face.

In his mind, the scene of his comrades being eaten by the green monster kept flashing, making his breathing uncontrollably become rapid.

This situation is not normal in any way.

"Take a deep breath, don't be nervous, you are safe."

Shi Lei, who noticed this, directly held the other party's hand and comforted him in a calm tone.

As a general, Shi Lei has seen similar situations in many retired soldiers.

Their majesty said that this is a psychological illness. Generally, soldiers with such symptoms can basically not continue to stay in the army.

This also put Shi Lei under a lot of pressure.

The other party's performance is undoubtedly a disguised proof of how terrifying the enemy is this time!

Invisibly, his mood also began to become a little anxious.

I don't know if the garrison officer of Pingyuan City noticed his anxiety, which made his comfort not have much effect, but made the garrison officer feel more uneasy.

Shi Lei was slightly startled when he noticed this, and then his mind could not help but recall what their majesty had said to him...

"Shi Lei, remember, you can't panic when encountering anything. Even if you panic, you can only suppress it in your heart and can't show it. You are the commander of a unit. If you panic, what do you want the soldiers to do?"

"For the soldiers, you are their spiritual pillar. Only when you, the commander, remain calm and composed can the soldiers feel at ease."

The words Zhou Xu warned him at the beginning echoed in Shi Lei's mind at this moment, which made Shi Lei clearly realize that he was far from mature enough.

Indeed, he led an army alone for many years, incorporated tribes, and later followed their majesty to the New World. He also fought a lot of battles, big and small, and basically never made any mistakes, which made his majesty trust him very much.

But thinking back carefully, he didn't seem to have fought a real hard battle.

Even when Yan Sheng's large army pressed outside Huangsha City, their majesty was there to back him up.

The existence of His Majesty is like a stabilizing force to them. As long as His Majesty is there, it seems that there is nothing that cannot be solved. This makes him not panic at all!

It was only now that their Majesty was far away in Xianyang City and could not come to support, and that they had to rely on themselves to deal with the powerful enemies that might appear at any time, did Shi Lei realize his immaturity.

Thinking of this, he himself took a deep breath and gradually returned to calm.

"I need you to provide me with some information to verify some of my guesses and analysis, so as to formulate the next plan."

At this moment, Shi Lei's voice was calm and peaceful, which made the garrison officer's eyes show a hint of surprise. Invisibly, even his emotions seemed to be affected and somewhat calmed down.

Facts have proved that just as His Majesty said, as a commander, his state can directly affect the state of the soldiers. As long as he is calm enough, the soldiers can feel at ease.

The rest of the conversation went smoothly.

Although the description of the situation by the garrison officer in front of him was basically the same as that of the soldier who brought the information before, he still had great value to Shi Lei.

From his personal point of view, no matter how many strategies he thought about in his mind, he had never really faced the green-skinned monster, so he didn't know whether these methods would work on the green-skinned monster. It worked.

Therefore, he needed a soldier who had faced the green-skinned monster head-on as a staff officer to provide him with some ideas and judgment.