Chapter 397 Winning over Allies

Ruan Junming led 25,000 soldiers to flee all the way. After spending more than half an hour, he finally saw the wide river and tall city walls of the Banshuiwan base.

At this time, Ruan Junming breathed a sigh of relief. He had been worried about Wang Jin's insect swarm chasing him, which made him frightened on the road. Now it seems that the rear guard soldiers arranged have played a role and delayed Wang Jin's pursuit of insects.

Thinking of this. Ruan Junming was a little proud. As for the life and death of the rear guard soldiers, it was no longer within Ruan Junming's consideration.

"Hurry up, all enter the city, set up camp and arrange defense immediately. We must block Wang Jin's insect swarm outside the city wall."

Ruan Junming waved his hand, and the soldiers who were exhausted from running all the way took action again and ran towards the Banshuiwan base. They dared not stay in the wild for too long. If they were not careful, they would be surrounded by insects. Now there is a city wall to protect them. These soldiers of the new Ludong base are very happy. The physical fatigue can't stop their enthusiasm for survival.

Such a large group of 25,000 people naturally alarmed the Banshuiwan base at the first time. The soldiers and survivors on the walls of the Banshuiwan base thought that Wang Jin was coming, and they nervously deployed their defense formations. The alarm sounded in the base.

After waiting for Ruan Junming to come forward, the misunderstanding was finally solved. The soldiers of the Xinludong base also obtained permission to enter the city. However, what these soldiers of the Xinludong base did not understand was that the soldiers of the Banshuiwan base looked at them in a very strange way, with contempt and hatred, as if they were looking at a group of traitors.

The soldiers of the Xinludong base did not know that Wang Jin's spies were very fast. When the Xinludong base had not yet resisted the Banshuiwan, the news that the allied forces were annihilated had slowly spread in the base.

In these messages, it would be strange if the soldiers of the Banshuiwan base looked at the New Ludong army, who acted as escapees and left the coalition to take the blame, with a good look. Many soldiers and survivors whose brothers and families joined the coalition looked at this group of dirty troops who abandoned their comrades with fierce eyes, and they wanted to fight with them.

If the leader had not issued a firm and unquestionable order just now, the soldiers of the Banshuiwan base would not open the city gate to let these New Ludong troops in.

After entering the city, Ruan Junming immediately found the leader of the Banshuiwan base, Peng Genzhi, to discuss things.

"Leader Peng, the coalition may have been defeated by Wang Jin's sea of ​​insects. We must prepare early! Defend the Banshuiwan base well and delay time to wait for reinforcements from our headquarters!"

As soon as Ruan Junming saw Peng Genzhi, he pretended to be angry. He first pointed out the possible encounter of the coalition, and then tried to win over Peng Genzhi to fight against Wang Jin, and told him the news of the reinforcements to comfort Peng Genzhi.

Peng Genzhi is very young, only about thirty years old. To be able to become the leader of a super-large base at this age, he must have some skills. Therefore, when he heard Ruan Junming's words, a complicated expression appeared on his face.

"Consul Ruan, it was your Xinludong Base that organized and united our five bases to fight against Wang Jin's Lishan Base. Now the news of the coalition forces is unknown, but you are the first to escape back. Is this what your Xinludong Base does? Are you taking our five bases as the scapegoat?"

Peng Genzhi suddenly asked angrily. There are a total of 90,000 soldiers in the Banshuiwan Base. In order to respond to the call of the Xinludong Base, 50,000 troops were sent out at once. Now all these troops have been wasted and become Wang Jin's spoils of war. Not only has the strength shrunk by half, but it may also provoke Wang Jin's large-scale invasion. It is really a loss of both the wife and the troops.

"Wang Jin is too strong, we have no choice. You see, we also lost 5,000 soldiers. If it weren't for this, we would not retreat, but stay and fight with Wang Jin." Ruan Junming's heart skipped a beat, and a sad face showed: "Our army will not play any role if it stays, it can only increase Wang Jin's honor. In order to retain the capital for future counterattacks, we chose to retreat, relying on the defense of Banshuiwan Base to defend and hold on until reinforcements arrive, and fight a beautiful turnaround battle."

Although Peng Genzhi knew that the other party's words were mostly sophistry, the biggest possibility was that he was afraid of death, but if he said this, it would make his relationship with Ruan Junming and his Xinludong Base strained.

After offending Wang Jin's Lishan Base, Peng Genzhi no longer had the capital to offend the Xinludong Base, otherwise his Banshuiwan Base would be destroyed faster under the double-sided attack.

"Will Wang Jin come?" Peng Genzhi asked a very meaningless question. Ruan Junming nodded heavily and affirmed: "Of course, in fact, Wang Jin's insect swarm is not far from the Banshuiwan base, and he may attack at any time."

Peng Genzhi's face darkened again, staring at Ruan Junming with bloodshot eyes, and said angrily: "You deliberately led Wang Jin here? Bastard, you are going to drag us down and bury us with you, right?"

Peng Genzhi was very annoyed by Ruan Junming's behavior of leading Wang Jin's insect swarm to Banshuiwan. Although Wang Jin might not let them go, Peng Genzhi still didn't want to see such a siege.

Their Banshuiwan base is now in a weak zone. Fifty thousand soldiers were eliminated by Wang Jin. Before they had time to recover, they had to face Wang Jin's siege. If they were not careful, it was very likely that the Banshuiwan base would change hands directly.

"Even if I don't do this, Wang Jin will not let you go. Wang Jin is very ambitious. He wants to annex your five bases. Now we can only unite together to increase the self-defense ability of Banshuiwan Base and support the arrival of reinforcements from our headquarters."

Ruan Junming had guessed Peng Genzhi's reaction long ago, and was not worried that Peng Genzhi would turn against him. It is true that the current Banshuiwan Base needs his 25,000 soldiers, and in the future, if he wants to get rid of Wang Jin's threat, he will need to rely on reinforcements from the New Ludong Base. Ruan Junming believes that Peng Genzhi dare not go against him.

Sure enough, Peng Genzhi's face changed for a while, and suddenly closed his eyes, turned his head and left without saying a word.

Ruan Junming waited for a while, and a senior officer of Banshuiwan Base came over and said respectfully to Ruan Junming: "Consul Ruan, our leader invites your army to defend on the city wall together and resist Wang Jin's attack together."

Ruan Junming smiled when he heard this, and followed the officer to leave. As long as he tied Peng Genzhi to his chariot, he could buy more time.

No matter what, Ruan Junming is still in a situation where Wang Jin can eat him at any time. If the reinforcements from the headquarters do not arrive in time, he will have to rely on these allies tied to his chariot to delay time.

But Ruan Junming does not know that if Wang Jin really wants to deal with him, it will be useless no matter how many allies he finds.