Chapter 1121: Disruption

"Heh heh, that's what I'm thinking too." Guan Tong looked at the airships in the sky and gave a wicked grin.

It was not as if they had gained nothing from the fighting these past few days.

Besides blowing up the enemy's Field Artillery, they had also captured quite a few Coalition soldiers.

There were also guides in their army who understood the language of the Coalition soldiers.

These guides came from the Southeast Five Nations, Luzon, Yajia, and Malacca; after all, these were former colonies of the Westerners.

Qin Shan also laughed; the two of them had thought of the same thing.

Immediately, Qin Shan issued the order.

Before long, the guides took pens and white paper from the warehouse and went to the barracks where the prisoners were held.

They were told to write down the intelligence about the naval defeat in their respective languages.

This intelligence was sent to the airship base.

Airship after airship returned, scattering these leaflets over the Coalition's Trench fortifications.

The leaflets fell like snowflakes, and the Coalition soldiers picked them up one after another.

After reading the contents of the leaflets, the faces of many soldiers turned pale on the spot.

To them, the retreat route by sea was the only hope they had for holding out in this war until now.

Because even if they were defeated, they could still evacuate by sea and return to their homelands.

But now, they had lost the naval battle.

This meant that their navy was inferior to the Great Song Navy.

And how cruel this fact was to them.

Coupled with the fact that their Army also seemed to be vastly inferior to the Great Song army, their hearts grew even colder.

After all, this meant that once they were defeated, they would either die in Tianzhu or have to travel over ten thousand miles across Zhongtu to return home.

Thinking of crossing the harsh environment of Zhongtu on two legs, they all felt it was impossible to accomplish.

Many would die on the road, and that was assuming the Tusman would provide them with food and drink along the way.

"We are finished." The leaflet slipped from a soldier's hand; the soldier covered his head, crouched down, and wept bitterly.

"This might be a trick by the other side," a soldier comforted himself. "We cannot fall for their scheme."

"But why did General Hariman detain so many officers from Calcutta?" a soldier shouted.

"Really? Did you see it?" a soldier called out.

"Of course, I'm not the only one who saw it."

"..."

The soldiers spoke one after another, and panic immediately spread.

Many soldiers showed looks of terror on their faces.

Many young soldiers could not help but start missing their lovers.

Before long, the officers arrived. Seeing the soldiers' low morale, they shouted, "Wretches, has this little trick of the enemy scared you out of your wits? Wipe away your tears, act like men, and do not bring shame upon your families."

While these officers roared, their hearts trembled slightly.

They were putting on a forced act; after all, this was their duty.

But just like the soldiers,

at this moment, their hearts were filled with uncertainty.

Under the officers' shouting, the soldiers' emotions temporarily stabilized, but a strange atmosphere began to permeate among them.

Intimidated by the officers' authority, the soldiers stopped discussing it, but when they exchanged glances, it was as if they were plotting something.

Especially the Coalition soldiers from nations other than Britain.

They were eager to find out why their officers had been detained.

Once they found out the reason, everything would be clear.

Just as undercurrents were surging among the Coalition soldiers,

in a tent behind the Trench fortifications, Hariman was arguing until his face was red with Wesley.

"Retreat! No, Wesley, I will absolutely not retreat in a sorry state from Malacca like you did. This is my war, and I will be loyal to the Queen's orders and not let a single Great Song soldier enter Tianzhu." Hariman pointed at Wesley's chest and said loudly.

Wesley was equally furious. "Hariman, you are a stubborn fool. Do you think we can still win this war? Staying here, our soldiers will only die in vain. And do you think detaining those officers will hide the news of the naval defeat? Look, the Great Song army is much smarter than us; now all the soldiers know."

"The officers have already told them it's a trick; they won't believe it." Hariman's voice grew a little weaker.

Upon learning the news of the naval defeat, he and Wesley had been shocked into silence for a long time.

But he reacted immediately and restricted the spread of this news within the army.

He understood that once this news spread, the blow to the Coalition soldiers would be fatal.

It was precisely because of this that he had detained those officers who refused his orders and attempted to pass the news to their own national armies.

Afterward, Wesley had advised him to take advantage of the fact that the Great Song army might not have received intelligence of the naval battle and retreat from the battlefield under the cover of night, heading toward the border between Tusman and Tianzhu.

At the same time, he suggested having Bolt gather the Tianzhu native kings in Calcutta to declare independence, so as to mire the Great Song army in battles with the Tianzhu native states.

They would then decide based on the situation whether to take the opportunity to retreat to their homelands or support the Tianzhu native armies in fighting the Great Song army to exhaust the Great Song army's strength.

But he did not agree with Wesley's point of view at all.

Instead, he believed that once the Great Song army broke into Tianzhu, Britain would lose all of Tianzhu.

This contradicted the Queen's order for him to defend Tianzhu.

Therefore, he decided to detain the officers, not let them shake the morale of the army, and continue to confront the Great Song army.

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