Chapter 283 Adding insult to injury
The news of Dai Yutian's defeat and suicide spread quickly, and the people of the Xingluo Empire were in a panic. The army was completely wiped out, and the emperor and empress committed suicide. Now the Xingluo Empire can no longer mobilize an army to resist. Even if the defenders of various cities were to gather together, they would not be able to muster many troops.

There are still 200,000 defenders in Xingluo City, but what's the use? Dai Yutian's hundreds of thousands of troops were wiped out, and Baihu Pass was also conquered. Not only the entire Xingluo Empire was in panic, but the people in Xingluo City were also in panic.

The entire Xingluo City is now basically in chaos. The people are in a mess, and the officials are also in a mess. They don’t know what to do. They didn’t expect that Baihu Pass would be breached, and it was breached within just a few days.

What they expected was that the army of the Holy Soul Empire would be defeated at the White Tiger Pass. After all, the army was led by the Xingluo Emperor Dai Yutian. The emperor brought the empress to the army in person and also led all the elite troops of the empire. Relying on the dangerous pass for defense, no matter how hard the Holy Soul Empire tried, they would not be able to take it down.

Didn’t they see that Jialing Pass had not been breached yet? According to their assessment, the Tiandou side would definitely not be able to breach Jialing Pass, and if they dragged it on any longer, it would only lead to a slow demise.

Even if they broke through Jialing Pass, they still had to face the Holy Soul Empire and the Wuhun Empire. If Jialing Pass was breached, the Wuhun Empire would only lose a dangerous pass, and its foundation would still exist, unless all the top leaders of the Wuhun Empire, including Bibi Dong, died in Jialing Pass.

Davis has been trying to stabilize the situation in the city these days. If Xingluo City is not stable, how will they resist when the Holy Soul Army arrives, especially since there are already voices of surrender in the city.

However, the Zhu family shared the same affinities with them and vowed to resist to the end. The head of the Zhu family did not follow Dai Yutian to Baihu Pass, but stayed in Xingluo City to assist Davis in defense. The news of the Xingluo Empire also spread to Jialing Pass and Wuhun City.

Golden Crocodile Douluo and Bibi Dong had never expected that the Holy Soul Empire had already reached Xingluo City, and that Dai Yutian had actually committed suicide after his defeat. What shocked them even more was Dugu Bo, who alone killed hundreds of thousands of troops.

If he appeared on the Jialing Pass battlefield, could their army really withstand it?
You can say that Dugu Bo cannot beat other Titled Douluo, but he can leave only Titled Douluo on your side, and Dugu Bo’s strength is not bad now, and ordinary Titled Douluo may not be able to beat him.

The speed of the Holy Soul Empire's progress was beyond their expectations, and they are still entangled with the Tiandou Empire.

Golden Crocodile Douluo is now very worried. If the Holy Soul Empire annexed the Star Luo Empire, then the Wuhun Empire would be in danger. He also thought about creating some trouble for the Holy Soul Empire, but changed his mind and gave up.

If they create trouble now, they will undoubtedly break with the Holy Soul Empire, which means they will be attacked from all sides, and may even force Di Hong who is in seclusion to come out. Facing a level 99 Extreme Douluo, or a Demigod, they have no confidence that they can defeat the opponent.

Unless Qian Renxue becomes a god.

Ning Fengzhi also knew about the situation in the Star Luo Empire, and he could only sigh. Ning Rongrong and Oscar came back, Tang San went to the Sea God Island, but the others did not come back. Ning Fengzhi learned what happened from his daughter.

This made them even more dejected. Four of the Shrek Seven Devils, who were highly expected, were gone at once. Bai Chenxiang even fainted from crying. Flanders and others were extremely sad. If no one had stopped them, they would have wanted to avenge Dai Mubai and the others, even if it meant dying together with Di Hong.

Ning Fengzhi was thankful that Di Hong did not harm his daughter, and even Oscar came back alive.

What happened next was like adding insult to injury. Yu Xiaogang could no longer hold on and died. His death marked the loss of the army's main brain. Fortunately, Xue Beng was much better now and at least he could move around.

But in the current situation, they don't see any hope and can only pin their hopes on Tang San becoming a god.

"How can this be good?"

Ning Fengzhi sat there, lowered his head and sighed.

Tang Hao and others had no choice. Although they were powerful, they were helpless in the face of the current situation.

Xue Beng sat in the main seat, looking very unhappy. His injuries had not healed yet, and then these happened again. There had been no good news in the past few days, and their ally, the Xingluo Empire, was about to be destroyed. "There is one more thing. We are running low on food and grass."

After hearing this, Xue Beng looked at Ning Fengzhi in astonishment. He had not been in charge of anything during this period, and Ning Fengzhi was basically in charge of the military camp affairs. Insufficient food and fodder would undoubtedly be a devastating blow to an army. Soldiers would have no combat effectiveness if they did not have enough food, and might even mutiny.

We haven't even taken Jialing Pass yet, but we have to face so many problems.

"Hasn't the food and fodder been delivered to the rear?"

Ning Fengzhi shook his head: "No, King Haagen Dazs sent a message saying that the kingdom has no more food to collect, the people have begun to starve, many have no food to eat, and they have already fled."

"That means there is still food to be collected." Xue Beng was very dissatisfied. This was related to the survival of Tiandou, as well as his own life and death. He no longer cared about the lives of those people. He just wanted to win the battle.

Only by winning the war can Tian Dou survive, and only he can survive.

"Order King Haagen-Dazs to continue collecting food, even if it means robbing him. Also, immediately block the news in the military camp. Anyone who leaks it will be punished by military law."

Avalanche was going crazy. He absolutely could not let the soldiers under him know any of the news. Many soldiers in the barracks had their families in the Haagen-Dazs Kingdom. If they knew that their families could not survive, they would definitely rebel.

They fought desperately on the front line, but their families starved to death in the rear. No one could accept this.

So Avalanche had to block the news.

Tang Hao glanced at Tang Xiao, who also glanced at him. The two brothers could tell from each other's eyes that Xue Beng had gone mad and didn't even care about the lives of the common people.

If this continues, is what they are doing now really right?

Even though the Di family rebelled and stole the Tiandou Empire, they did a good job. The governance of the empire was thriving, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. They also took over the awakening of soul masters, awakening martial spirits for ordinary people for free, and also provided subsidies.

It can be said that they also did the work of the Spirit Hall.

I heard that they also want to research ways to replace hunting soul beasts to obtain soul rings. After all, if they continue to hunt endlessly, soul beasts will become extinct sooner or later.

As for whether it will succeed, I don’t know.

At least that's the idea.

Now it seems that although the Di family has a stain, compared with the current situation of the entire empire, this stain seems to be negligible.

It is hard to say who is right or wrong in the current situation, as everyone has their own reasons.

(End of this chapter)