Seeing that Xiao Ruxun was fine, Na Ruixuan became angry and said, "Admiral, let's not talk about this. Thinking of a solution is more important. Peng Shiluo is this little king's hometown. It is of great significance to this little king. Not to mention, Peng Shiluo also has a granary and arsenal, and even a training ground for raising war elephants. Once Min Qide obtains it, the situation will be very bad!"
Xiao Ruxun looked at the mark on the map and shook his head.
"Your Majesty, although I am very unwilling, I have to say that we have been tricked by the Dongwu people. They attacked us first before we could react, catching us off guard. We must do something now to save the current situation."
"Do what?"
"Fortify the walls and clear the fields! Set fire to the city!"
"What?!!!"
King Naruixuan actually shouted in a dolphin voice in desperation. It was unexpected that he had the potential to be a tenor.
Xiao Ruxun pointed to the Myanmar army on the map and the big city area they were currently in, comparing the distance between the two armies and Peng Shiluo.
"With such a distance difference, we can only support Peng Shiluo from thousands of miles away unless all the troops in our hands are Daming's Liaodong iron cavalry. However, we can't do it. By the time the main troops arrive, Peng Shiluo will have already fallen. The Dongwu army is well-trained and has enough food. We have no chance of winning."
"But …"
King Naruixuan couldn't say a word.
"Your Majesty, I know you don't want to do this, but it's better to burn it yourself than to support the enemy. Why are they attacking Peng Shiluo so quickly? It must be for food. They lack food and can't fight a protracted war. In order to change the situation, they can only fight with war. If Peng Shiluo's food and arsenal fall into Min Qide's hands, we will be in great trouble. So, Your Majesty, you must give this order!
Immediately send knights to Peng Shiluo and order the local officials to immediately organize the evacuation of the people. Bring as much food and weapons as you can. Burn what you can't take away. Also, burn the city. Leave the army to fight with Min Qide and buy time for the people. In short, as long as the people are still there, the city can be rebuilt. If the people are gone, everything will be gone! "
Xiao Ruxun's words were very pertinent and the only way he could think of at present.
Yuan Huang, who had been silent all this while, also expressed his support. "That's the only thing we can do at the moment. Even if we need to mobilize our troops, we won't be able to gather many in a short period of time. Twenty to thirty thousand troops won't be a match for the Cave Martial Artists at all. The best way is to set the city on fire and not leave a single grain of rice for the Cave Martial Artists. We'll make them even more irritable and expose their weaknesses.
King Naruixuan looked at Xiao Ruxun and Yuan Huang and turned to look.
These two bastards, this was not their property, not their country, not their land and people, yet they were so generous to burn it down. How many houses and buildings did Peng Shiluo have? How much money would it cost to rebuild them? "These two bastards. This isn't their country. It's not their land and people. They are very generous. How many houses and buildings in Peng Shiluo? How much money would it cost to rebuild them?"
However, if he didn't do this and allowed Peng Shiluo to be breached, not only would the city be lost, but the people would also die. When that happened, his reputation would be greatly reduced. He would also have to lose a large number of weapons and food. He would also have to face the Myanmar army's sharper attacks.
Apart from everything else, he had grown up with Min Qide and received Portuguese-style military education together. There were also princes of other puppet kingdoms who had participated in such education together, and he was just one of them. As the prince of the strongest kingdom, Min Qide had an absolutely condescending attitude towards them. He was the best in academics, the best in grades, and the strongest in martial arts. The others could only swallow their anger, and he was the absolute number one.
If his father hadn't sacrificed his sister's happiness and given his sister to Mang Yinglong, who was 54 years old at that time, as a concubine, he might not have been able to return to his country early to accumulate strength and break free from Myanmar's control. However, his sister was very miserable. She died a few years later. King Naruixuan was extremely sad and felt deeply humiliated.
Back then, on his way back to the country, he had thought about it. He realized that the fate of himself and his country had to be exchanged for his sister's happiness and life. In that case, wasn't this country and these cowardly men the biggest culprits?
From then on, he swore that he would never let any weak woman sacrifice herself in exchange for the survival of his country. He would not allow himself to be cowardly and would not allow himself to surrender.
Before Daming declared war on Myanmar, he and his tough character forcibly led Siam, which had just gained freedom and was not as good as Myanmar's, to resist five attacks by the Myanmar army. He did not surrender even once. The worst time was when they were beaten to the bottom of the capital city. They were besieged for nine months, isolated and without help, but in the end, they did not let the Myanmar army, who had the upper hand, break in.
His tough character of not surrendering and not bending his knees had been fixed. His spirit had also become the eternal totem of a nation. His position in the hearts of the Thais was equivalent to the position of Emperor Wu of Han in the hearts of the Chinese. He was a heroic spirit that would never be forgotten or obliterated.
He did not allow himself to surrender, or he would kill himself.
Faced with such a situation, he knew that he had to make a choice. It was the same choice he had made when he found out why he could leave the humiliating environment and return to his father's side. In the end, he would keep his body to save the country in the future, or sacrifice himself to save his sister, even though it might not be successful.
Heroes were extremely tough, and leaders knew how to judge the situation. When necessary, they would swallow their anger. Leaders would not surrender, but it did not mean that they would not be flexible. Naresuan was a hero, but he was more of a leader. The hero belonged to himself, and the leader belonged to the whole country. He would not put the whole country in danger because of his personal circumstances. He knew what was important and what was not, just like when he decided to immediately return to his country.
So, King Naresuan finally made a decision.
He sent people to Peng Shiluo's house at full speed. He ordered the local officials in Peng Shiluo to immediately organize a mass evacuation of the people. They should take as much as they could with them, and the things that could not be taken with them were all piled up together. The local garrison must hold on until the last moment. Only after all the people had evacuated could they retreat. During the retreat, the whole city was set on fire, and no supplies were left for the Myanmar people.
When he made this decision, Yuan Huang looked at Xiao Ruxun with a very strange look. Xiao Ruxun looked at Yuan Huang as if they had a telepathic connection. Both of them understood each other's meaning.
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