Genshin Impact: A Red Teyvat Life Starting from Zero

Shogunate army commanders: "???"

what?

No, what nonsense are you talking about?

I clearly said, "The disparity in strength between the enemy and ourselves is too great, and our army can hardly confront the Haizhi Army head-on. The advantage is not on our side at all." How did it become "the advantage is on our side" in your mouth?

Ah? ? ?

Is it okay to shorten a sentence like this?

Is this how it's reported in the news?

Did you report this by taking things out of context and condensing the sentences like this?

what?

You reporters are always thinking about what big news to make. If your reports go wrong in the future, do you know that you will be held responsible?

No, things have gone wrong!

He immediately jumped out of bed, grabbed his katana, and stormed out of the tent, ready to confront the newspaper.

He was stopped by Kujo Masahito just as he reached the entrance of the camp.

"What are you going to do?"

Looking at the furious frontline commander, Kujo Masahito couldn't help but feel grateful that he had arrived in time.

If this hothead were to get involved in the shogunate's storm, he probably wouldn't even know how he died.

"Lord Kujo! I'm going to confront that reporter! Look at what he wrote! If we let someone like that stir up trouble, when will we get enough support? When will we be able to quell the rebellion!"

"Do you really think the patriarch knows nothing?"

Kujo Masahito uttered these words without any emotion, leaving the frontline generals stunned.

"Then why..."

"Don't ask questions you shouldn't. Just know that this is part of the plan."

"Is part of the plan...including the casualties of our more than three thousand brothers? They were also part of the plan? They were gone in the blink of an eye when they charged in! They were all my brothers!"

"..."

Kujo Masahiro remained silent.

He didn't know how to explain it all.

More than three thousand people...

What a heavy number.

Since the calamity five hundred years ago, when has the shogunate army ever suffered such a large number of casualties?

"They didn't even see the enemy's face clearly, or even notice it."

"We knew nothing about it and foolishly rushed forward, falling one after another like wheat being harvested. We were harmed badly by that piece of shit intelligence, while those reporters, those reporters, they were still spreading rumors to whitewash the situation!"

"Cough cough cough..."

The generals at the front were so overwhelmed by anger that they could hardly breathe, and their wounds, which had just begun to heal, started bleeding again.

"You are seriously injured and you need to rest."

Kujo Masahito didn't say anything more to him, but instead stared at the seeping blood and changed the subject.

"I don't need rest! I need an explanation!"

The frontline commander waved the newspaper in his hand vigorously, the high-quality paper from Yaedo crackling in the air.

"I told you, you need to rest."

Kujo Masahito's tone became stern.

"You should stay in your own tent and not go anywhere."

The wounded frontline commander looked at Kujo Masahito with a surprised expression.

After a long pause, he nodded and said, "Okay, I will obey orders."

Then, he turned and returned to his tent, where he quietly lay down on his bed to rest.

Seeing his appearance, Kujo Masahito turned and left.

On his way back to his tent, he called a nurse to treat his wounds. Afterward, sitting in the main seat of the tent, Kujo Masahito fell silent.

He had read about it when he was a student; the people of Fontainebleau had proposed a concept in their science fiction called "technological explosion."

The term originally described the rapid development of Fontaine's technology. In that science fiction novel, it refers to a party that was originally backward and weak, but under certain conditions, made rapid progress and was able to overtake the originally powerful party in a very short time.

The people of Liyue also have a similar concept, called something like... enlightenment or something else?

It roughly means that you suddenly understand, then break through the bottleneck, reach a new level, and then make rapid progress.

What it's called doesn't matter, but right now, it's clear that this is the situation with the Sea God Army.

They didn't take the previously small Coral Palace Guard, or the Sea God Army whose personnel quality had declined significantly after expansion, seriously.

Without a doubt, this is the weak and pitiful side.

However, the enemy was armed with unknown weapons and inflicted tons of damage on the Shogunate army.

The opponent had clearly overtaken them, the originally powerful side, through some means similar to a technological explosion.

Now, their situation is extremely precarious.

After thinking for a moment, Kujo Masahito took out paper and pen and wrote a letter to his father, who was far away in Inatsuma Castle, to report on the situation at the front.

"Tian Ling worships the great ginseng:

I have ascertained the situation at the front. Our army has indeed suffered heavy casualties. The Haiqi Army is no longer what it used to be, and we are far from being able to match them.

We urge the Lord of Heavenly Order to consider this matter carefully and to handle it as soon as possible, lest things get complicated.

Furthermore, the news reports in Inazuma Castle seem to be biased; please investigate.

——Masahito Kujo”

The letter that Kujo Masahito sent to the Tenryo magistrate had to be delivered by fast horse.

The next day, Kujo Takayuki received the letter.

After reading the letter, Kujo Takayuki felt nothing; he even felt a little amused.

"They are nothing but the strange skills of ordinary people. They can defeat some ordinary shogunate soldiers, but how can they compare to that ultimate sword strike! As long as the general takes action, everything will be fine."

Even if their weapons are more advanced, so what?

As long as the general is still alive, they have to obediently listen to him, the one who commands the heavens!

As for those news reports...

How can you measure that by whether it's true or not?

Regardless of the situation ahead, the key point is that Haizhi Island has been attacked. He has "mobilized" a large amount of resources and made a lot of "personnel adjustments" to deal with it, and he has been very successful, even nine-tenths successful, and achieved brilliant results.

Look at this, annihilating 30,000 enemies, how pleasing to the ear it sounds.

This is what matters.

However, since it's Masahito's opinion...

I still need to give an answer.

After thinking for a while, Jiu Tiao wrote down two sentences.

"Eternity is what we pursue; obedience is a soldier's duty."

The implication is that Zhengren shouldn't overthink it; he should just do as instructed, as it's all for the sake of eternity.

Another thing is to send a message to Zhengren, asking him to open the passage and not block the refugees from passing through.

On Hachiyū Island, Kujō Masahito received the letter and the news of Kujō Takayuki's release of the prisoners, and could only sigh.

Chapter 115 Losing people while preserving land, or losing land while preserving people

"Is it confirmed? Can we go over?"

"It's confirmed. The shogunate soldiers standing at the bridgehead aren't going to question you at all. They won't even bother to look at you. Just go straight across."

"Can he come back?"

"I don't know, but who would come back to this underworld?" the person being asked asked asked with a look of disgust.

Just a few days ago, the war began. The Shogunate army and the Kaigi army clashed on Hachiyeon Island, and the Shogunate army suffered a crushing defeat in just half a day.

No one knows what happened north of Hachiyū Island and Musōjin Hazama. All that is known is that the shogunate army was hauling corpses back in cart after cart, and the wounded filled the shogunate army's tents.

After that, the shogunate army retreated to the south of Musou-no-Rin-hazama on Hachi-yū Island, relying on the natural advantage of Musou-no-Rin-hazama and several drawbridges for defense, and remained holed up.

This caused further hardship for the villagers of Hiki Village.

Keep in mind that the Shogunate army had just suffered a defeat!

Even with the blessing of Narukami's faith and the restraint of some decent superiors, it would be harder than climbing to heaven for the tens of thousands of shogunate soldiers who had just walked through the gates of hell and were facing the pressure of life and death to not think of some problem of bullying men and women.

Even if the probability of it happening is very low, it will still be difficult to stop due to the sheer size of the shogunate army.

And those who silently endure all of this are still the villagers of Hikimura who are on the front lines.

More and more people are starting to find it unbearable.

Until recently, the shogunate army stopped setting up roadblocks and released people, and a large number of people ran to the other side one after another.

The number of people in the village is decreasing day by day.

Until this day...

"Village chief, what's your decision?"

The propaganda officer from Haiji Island, accompanied by members of the underground group, spoke with the village chief.

"This is our home. We have lived here for thousands of years and have worshipped the General."