Douluo: The Adventures of King Skin

"Why are you moping about everything? You're not sweating or spitting or having a runny nose."

——Gaius Valerius Catullus

Legend has it that when people encounter death threats, they will be more eager than usual to engage in reproductive activities. This is a biological instinct that urges the threatened individual to complete the continuation of life.

I don't know if this has any effect on the feeling of licking a calf.

But Cassander is now deeply immersed in the fear that his mistakes may lead to his failure to rescue his beloved son in time.

How could I not think of that!

Now I am just a delirious old immortal who drinks medicinal wine every day!I shouldn't be making decisions at all!

Philip!My son!

Cassander lay on the bed and covered his face, weeping.

After Cassander fainted, the generals discovered his severely swollen limbs under his robes. After returning, they questioned the royal doctor and learned the true condition of his body.

At this time, they watched in silence as Cassander lay on the bed and cried.But they did not think less of Cassander for crying.

Because they all knew that this degree of gout was a disease more terrible than the wound of the sword, they admired Cassander for hiding such severe pain and insisting on leading his troops in battle, even those who had been secretly opposed to him.

In the end, it was little Antipater who came forward to report the situation:

“Your Majesty, the timber and woods were all set alight by the fire attack, but the soil foundation is still there and the army suffered little loss.

“The Thessalians took the opportunity to launch an attack, but we were repulsed.

"Besides, I made my own decisions and allowed the former army to take the opportunity to cross the river to meet us..."

"Hi..." Cassander sighed. Although he still covered his face, his mood had calmed down a lot:

"You did a great job, little Antipater. What do you think we should do next?"

He has completely lost confidence in his strategic judgment and wants to hear the opinions of the relatively best-performing royal member of this younger generation.

Of course, if little Antipater dared to say not to rescue Philip, Cassander would kill him immediately!

Even his father, old Philip!

"King Cassander," little Antipater didn't expect Cassander to ask him, and after thinking for a moment, he said:

"Our top priority now is to cross the river, but I'm afraid we won't be able to do it tonight. The other party will definitely launch a powerful attack on us under the cover of night!"

Cassander was relatively satisfied when he heard about crossing the river, "Go on."

"We can try to select the elite and defeat them at night. If we win, we can cross the river tonight!

“However, our army has no experience in night operations, so there is little hope.

"But the Thessalians' harassment was just to prevent us from crossing the river overnight. As soon as daylight came, they still had to return to the camp.

"When our entire army is dispatched, Thessaly will no longer be able to harass us. We will directly dismantle the old camp and build a new camp by the river!"

"Okay, I'll do as you say." Cassander said calmly.

Not mentioning the accident of little Antipater and others, Cassander said again: "You all go down and do your business. Euplemus will stay here for a while."

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When night came, Stratton and others took out several square bags made of paper, stretched them out, and lit the lamp oil in the saucer below.

Thousands of soldiers who had been fighting hard all day came out to gather again after a short rest.

Watching the Kongming Lantern gradually rising in the night sky, the soldiers were all amazed.

Scopas stood on the stage, faced the soldiers, and said seriously:

"I never told you before that King Pyrrhus has actually gone north to look for an opportunity to destroy Cassander's Eastern Route Army; and our mission is to hold off Cassander's Western Route Army here.

"The one we just released is a signal to King Pyrrhus, telling him that Cassander is about to break through our blockade."

The soldiers below learned that their mission was about to fail, and they felt a little depressed.

Scopas saw this and continued:

"Fighters, I'm not going to give up!

“I am determined to launch another night attack tonight!

"Our entire army is dispatched together to make our last effort to obstruct and weaken the Kassander army to the greatest extent!

"We must not let him go north easily to interfere with King Pyrrhus's decisive battle!"

"Okay!!!" The audience shouted like thunder!

Scopas and Achilles looked at each other, and then said: "Then announce the battle plan!"

"That..." A soldier suddenly raised his hand.

"What's wrong?" Scopus was a little dissatisfied.

"Commander, what should I do if I can't see anything at night..." The soldier said uneasily: "Of course I'm not afraid of death, but I really can't see. Now I can only see a few people in the camp with torches... "

"Me too! I can't see at night..." Another soldier said.

Scopas was angry. He felt that these people were just greedy for life and afraid of death, so he shouted: "No one else can see it! Come forward!"

The soldiers looked at each other. More than 100 people came forward one after another, most of them were soldiers recruited from the volunteers.

Scopas really didn’t expect so many people to be shaken, and his teeth chattered with anger:

"Don't you have any sense of shame?! Most of you are Panisters! Who rescued you?! Who assigned you land?!

"It's King Pyrrhus! It's King Pyrrhus in full color Saritagus!"

Under the gaze of thousands of comrades, those soldiers were scolded angrily by Scopas. They were so ashamed that they still muttered: "But we really can't see..."

"You...Stratton?" Scopared continued to scold, but was stopped by Stratton.

"Don't blame them. There are indeed people who cannot see at night." Stratton said: "This is called 'night blindness', and it is related to diet.

“You don’t have to be ashamed.

"The Thessalians are good at raising animals, so there are fewer people suffering from this disease, but it is not completely absent."

For example, there are a lot of them in Panister.But Stratton couldn't bring himself to say that.

"Almost no one in Greece to the south suffers from this disease; and almost all Egyptians, who eat only cereals, have night blindness.

"We don't have to worry. Most of the Macedonian soldiers make a living by farming, and they will only have more night blindness than us; but there should be very few of their nobles who have night blindness."

"So that's it! No wonder the last night attack went so smoothly!" Scopas suddenly realized.

He immediately apologized to the soldiers:

“Everyone, I apologize!

"I believe you are all brave people. My ignorance has caused me to offend a loyal and brave warrior!"

The worries of the more than 100 people turned into joy, and they felt a little embarrassed when they heard Scopus apologize to them.

"In this case, you don't have to go out to fight. Anyone else who can't see at night will stay. You will be required to defend the camp tomorrow!

“Our battle is not to end together!

"As King Pyrrhus once said to me

"——I hope we can all survive the battle, and when we defeat Cassander, we will build a new Thessaly!

"Cassander will eventually be able to cross the river, but we have to keep chasing him to prevent him from going north at full strength!

"Until King Pyrrhus wins the victory in the north, come back and join us to completely defeat Cassander!"