Lin Zhan and the General Staff were recording battlefield data when Xuan Shang and his brothers returned.
"Ancestor Xuan Shang, how was it? Did you let them get away?" Lin Zhan asked Xuan Shang.
"Don't worry, it turns out Davis and those two hidden emperors were from the Borg clan. No wonder they protected Davis so desperately," Xuan Shang nodded and said.
Xuan Hao, standing nearby, chimed in, "Zhan'er, one of the hidden lizardmen took a flying spear from my eldest brother. Even severely wounded, he still protected Davis. It seems Davis is very important to the Borg clan. Aren't you afraid of letting the tiger return to the mountain?"
Before Lin Zhan could answer, the void flickered again, and Shang Tang and Di Xin walked out.
"Ancestor Xuan Hao, you don't need to worry about this. Zhan'er has a mind full of schemes. Looking at the battle situation, Zhan'er has dug a lot more pits for that Davis guy."
Lin Zhan looked at Shang Tang and Di Xin and quickly said, "Old ancestors, why have you two come? Aren't you afraid of the lizardmen attacking our home base?"
Shang Tang pouted and said, "I'm only afraid they won't come."
Lin Zhan was stunned, then happily said, "Could it be that Ancestor Shang Jiawei..."
Shang Tang nodded with a smile:
"That's right, you brat, you're amazing. You sacrificed at the front lines, killed emperors, and defeated the alien races. Our ancestors have been blessed by the luck of the human race and have fully recovered. They can even fight without their coffins now. It's just that we were afraid of startling the two emperor-level beings of the lizardman race, so we didn't leave our coffins."
Lin Zhan nodded happily and said, "Exactly, we need to develop stealthily and not be reckless."
Shang Tang...
Di Xin...
Xuan Shang and the other three...
The staff officers: The commander is truly formidable. Those are your own ancestors!
After more than half a day of fighting, the clamor on the battlefield gradually subsided.
"Great victory, great victory, great victory!"
The roars of the human warriors echoed across the battlefield, especially the soldiers of the Hundred Battles Legion, whose shouts were the loudest.
After all, they had been guarding this lizardman secret realm for decades, and during these decades, how many comrades and brothers had their bones buried here.
Lin Zhan looked at the returning generals, who were all excited.
"Generals, this battle was just a small test of our abilities. Do not forget our original intention."
Lin Zhan's words jolted the jubilant generals awake. It was almost laughable; these generals had been fighting for at least ten years, yet they were not as insightful as a child.
"Commander, please rest assured. We will not be careless. We will not return until the lizardmen are annihilated."
The generals' determination stunned Lin Zhan. He quickly said, "Wait, what are you all talking about? You don't intend to wait here for the lizardmen's counterattack, do you?"
The generals exchanged glances and said to Lin Zhan again, "Commander, please rest assured. We will fight to the death with the lizardmen again, and we will coexist and die with this position. We will not disgrace our Chinese military might."
Lin Zhan covered his face, completely defeated by these stubborn minds. He then looked around carefully and breathed a sigh of relief:
"Fortunately, my father and father-in-law, these old guard, are not here. Otherwise, I would throw in the towel and go home to find my wife. With these simple-minded people, this war is impossible to fight."
Then, Young Master Lin looked at the generals, getting more and more angry, and shouted:
"You damn brats, what the h*ll are you..."
"You bastards, who the h*ll wants to die? Go hang yourselves with a rope, and don't drag my army, which I spent a lot of money to build, down with you."
The generals below were stunned and looked at each other. It was normal to be scolded when you lost, but why were they being scolded so badly after winning?
Lin Shanhe, Zhang Zhen, and the old guard of the Fourth Group Army, who were hiding nearby, secretly wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads.
"Holy crap, brother, when did Zhan'er's temper get so bad? He's scolding these guys like they're his grandkids. Thank goodness you and I weren't there, or where would we put our faces?" Zhang Zhen said to Lin Shanhe with emotion.
Before Lin Shanhe could reply, Li Feiyang, standing beside them, interjected, "Brother Zhen, I think the young master is right. These people don't know the cost of things. The few bombings by our Wind God Winged Dragon Knight group alone cost a fortune. You could say we lost money in this battle again."
"That's right. These lizardmen are too damn poor. Other than food, they didn't bring anything good. And this fortress is too small, we can't utilize it. If we get surrounded, we'll be isolated troops," Wang Zhanshan, the deputy head of the Wind God Winged Dragon Knight group, also chimed in.
Lin Shanhe nodded and said, "It's not necessarily a loss. Don't forget that this place is a high-grade energy stone mine. In the past few days, 100,000 engineers have been digging like crazy, and it should be almost done. It seems Zhan'er plans to retreat next. We'll fight the lizardmen to the death again when we return to the human front lines."
Lin Zhan looked at the generals below with a dark expression: "You've been discussing for so long, what have you come up with? Tell me. I'll be upfront with you: I plan to retreat."
Upon hearing that Lin Zhan intended to retreat, a few hot-tempered generals quickly stood up and said, "Commander, we can't retreat! We finally captured a fortress here, which is like a nail, firmly embedded in the central region of the Great Marsh. This will be very useful for our future counterattack against the lizardmen."
Lin Zhan shook his head but did not blame the general. After all, their perspectives on the matter were different. Lin Zhan was thinking about how to exterminate the lizardmen, while the generals were thinking about how to gain an advantage in the war against them.
"Your idea is good, but have you considered what the lizardmen's next attack will be like, after they suffered such a great loss at our hands this time, and the Borg clan lost an entire Golden Legion?"
After Lin Zhan finished speaking, the generals below began to discuss. Especially the generals of the Hundred Battles Legion and the former Sixth Group Army, who still leaned towards staying here.
"Commander, this fortress of ours is very strong, and the defensive equipment is very sufficient. Even if the lizardmen send five million troops, we can hold it. If necessary, we can also apply for reinforcements from headquarters. With our current troop strength, sending us three million more troops is very easy."