The fighting lasted until seven in the morning when it gradually subsided.
Dayu's army lost more than 13,000 people in total, and nearly half of them died under the sword of Daya Xingchen. Fortunately, the saint took action in time to kill him, otherwise if he had been allowed to chop a few more times, the number of casualties would have doubled.
Zhang Xiaozhu and Niu Dawa were seriously injured. Each of them had one or two severe stab wounds. Although they were not fatal, they were invaded by the power of the stars and were unconscious until noon when they woke up one after another. The two men and other wounded soldiers were left in Jincheng, and the large army marched southward non-stop after a short period of repair.
"I'm awake. How do you feel? Are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere?" Seeing Zhang Xiaozu opening his eyes and waking up, Zhou Jianlai, who had been guarding the two of them, asked.
He did not leave with the army, but chose to stay and take care of Zhang Xiaozu and Niu Dawa, because the assassination incident in Baiyun City made him uneasy, and he was afraid that someone would take this opportunity to kill them.
"It's okay." Zhang Xiaozu sat up, glanced around, and found a room with quilts on the floor. He and Niu Dawa were lying on it. Niu Dawa hadn't woken up yet. He recalled the scene before he fell into coma last night. He couldn't help shaking his head and smiling bitterly, and asked Zhou Jianlai: "Brother Zhou, how long have Dawa and I been unconscious? Where are we?"
Zhou Jian came back and said: "You have been unconscious for more than three hours. This is an empty house on a street in Jincheng. This street was cleared out and used as a temporary place to place wounded soldiers. The army has gone south and has been walking for two hours. ”
"Damn, have you slept for so long?" Niu Dawa's voice sounded next to him, and he also woke up.
"You two's injuries are not serious. I have bandaged your wounds. It should be almost healed now. The reason why you were unconscious for so long is because your body was invaded by the power of the stars, which is very slow to resolve. I think you two are very lucky. , if he had been hit in the middle by that knife, he would probably be in serious danger." Zhou Jianlai said.
Thinking back to the stabbing last night, both of them couldn't help but shudder and have lingering fears. He was just hit by the residual power of the sword energy, and he was injured and unconscious for more than three hours. If he was hit in the middle by the sword energy, he would definitely die.
This shocked them for a moment.
They thought that they already had some ability. Who would have thought that they would be so weak as an ant in front of the mighty power of the stars. Thousands of steps away, the mighty star struck with a sword, using only the remaining power of the sword to beat them to pieces and throw away their armor. This gave them a deep sense of frustration and powerlessness.
"Where's that powerful star?" Zhang Xiaozu asked curiously.
"The saint takes action and kills him." Zhou Jianlai responded and told the two of them the scene at that time: "The golden light of sacred majesty illuminated the night sky, and a flying sword came from the sky, as if it came from the ancient wilderness. In an instant, Right before his eyes, he pierced the head of the mighty star with a sword and then sank into the void."
"Below the saints, all are ants, vulnerable to a single blow!" Zhou Jian said with deep emotion after finishing his words.
"Damn! Missed a wonderful show!" Niu Dawa yelled, slapping her legs in frustration.
"What a pity, what a pity!" Zhang Xiaozu also shook his head with regret.
Zhou Jianlai said with a solemn expression: "The next step is a tough battle that will never end. I'm afraid Big Ya's star power will take action again. We must be extremely careful."
After filling their stomachs, the three of them set off immediately and caught up with the main force at three o'clock in the afternoon.
The Daya people's million-strong army was just ahead. The army did not dare to advance rashly, so they slowed down their march. At the same time, a large number of scouts were dispatched, and the investigation range was fan-shaped and covered thirty miles ahead.
…Night falls and the earth returns to tranquility.
However, for Jincheng and Haoyue City, there is not much difference between day and night, both are dead silent.
Cities, states, prefectures, and counties were all swept away and slaughtered by big-toothed dogs, turning them into dead cities without any living people.
At ten o'clock at night, most of the more than 2,000 wounded soldiers staying in Jincheng had gone to bed. The 500-person team responsible for protecting the wounded soldiers, except for those on guard duty, had also gone to bed.
No one noticed that in this dead city, figures were quietly coming out of the houses. Two, three, ten, a hundred of them - more and more of them gathered, and finally they formed a team of five or six thousand people.
Several figures quietly walked toward the sentry under the cover of night, appeared behind the sentrymen like ghosts, and slit their throats with sharp daggers.
Without the sentry, there would be no eyes in the dark night.
Thousands of people quietly invaded the streets, sneaked into courtyards, quietly entered rooms, and committed violent acts.
Less than half an hour later, these five or six thousand people, wearing the armor of Dayu's army and carrying some armor stripped off the bodies of Dayu's soldiers who died in the battle, walked out of the south gate of Jincheng and disappeared into the night.
…
On June 16, the army entered the boundaries of Yancheng.
Surprisingly, there was no sneak attack or harassment from the Big Tooth Army along the way.
On June 17, the army arrived in Ezhou, Yancheng. Instead of continuing to advance, they set up camp in Ezhou City, preparing to use Ezhou City as a rear base to advance, attack, retreat and defend.
Chuanzhou, sixty miles ahead, is the base of Daya Army.
It can be said that the army has reached the back of Daya Army, and the distance of sixty miles is definitely not a safe distance. If Daya Army abandons Yancheng and pounces on them, the battle will be very tragic.
However, if Daya Army abandons Yancheng and counterattacks, then his plan to attack Yancheng will basically fail. Because attacking Yancheng requires the most vigorous effort. Once the enemy is discouraged in the middle, all previous efforts will be in vain.
…
Under Yancheng City, corpses piled up, blood flowed across the walls, and the dry ground was soaked several feet deep with blood.
The two city gates of North Ten City and North Nine City have been breached.
Shout out to kill Zhentian.
The crazy attack of the Big Tooth Army continues.
At the same time, the gates of the Southern Ten Cities, the Southern Nine Cities, and the Southern Eight Cities were breached, and Wei Guangfu's millions of rebels were also attacking frantically.
Fortunately, Yancheng has many walls, otherwise Yancheng would have fallen long ago.
Qiu Zhan put his main force on the defense of the North City Gate, and only allocated 150,000 troops to defend against the rebel attack.
In Yancheng, in the commander's tent, Qiu Zhan looked haggard, his sunken eyes were already covered with cobweb-like bloodshot eyes. He had not had a good night's sleep for more than half a month. The armor on his body has never been taken off since the rebels attacked the city that day.
Night falls.
Listening to the cries of killing that never stopped, Qiu Zhan smiled bitterly, knowing that tonight would be another sleepless night.
The double-sided attack by the Dayang Army and the rebels, as well as the crazy suicidal attack, made him feel the pressure. He was no longer sure how long Yancheng could be defended, maybe ten days, maybe half a month, but it wouldn't be too long anyway.
A figure flashed into the camp.
"Who?!" Qiu Zhan grabbed the sharp sword placed by his knees, stared at the black-turbaned masked man who came in, and shouted sharply.
"I was ordered by the King of Zhennan to convey the military information to the prince." The visitor said in a low voice. He pulled off the scarf on his face, looked at Qiu Zhan and said with a smile: "Boy, I haven't seen you for decades, and you have become a general. Not bad."
"Brother Deshun!" Qiu Zhan's eyes widened, with a look of shock and surprise on his face. He stared at the visitor and shouted in surprise, "Oh my God, why, how did you come to Yancheng?!"
"I went on an expedition with the prince and was ordered to deliver a message to you, boy." The visitor responded with a smile.
There was only one person under King Zhennan who could climb over the wall of Yancheng and sneak into the city during the battle, and then sneak into the commander's camp quietly, and that was his old servant Wu Shun.
The visitor was none other than Woodshun.
"Did the prince take charge of the expedition himself?!" Qiu Zhan asked in shock.
"Haha, your majesty is still as powerful as before. He led his army to capture Haoyue City and Jincheng one after another. Now he has set up camp in Yanbei Ezhou, fighting against the big-toothed dog." Wu Shun said.
"Okay! Great!" Qiu Zhan jumped up happily when he heard this. The reinforcements he had been calling for finally arrived and asked, "I wonder what the prince's orders are?"
"Fight from the front and back, destroy the big-toothed dog!"
"Big-Toothed Dog still has one million troops. It may not be easy to eat them all in one bite." Qiu Zhan frowned.
"Fighting is never easy," Woodshun said.
"Okay, just fuck his son of a bitch! The soldiers in the southern border have never been timid. Wait until I take care of the big-toothed dog, and then turn around and fuck the rebels." Qiu Zhan made a decision with a punch.
"We will send you a signal as soon as Sichuan Province is broken. At that time, you must hold back the enemy's siege troops and not give them a chance to counterattack us. In addition, you must also be very careful and watch out for the final madness of the big-toothed dog."
"clear!"
"You are a general. You must know better than me on how to cooperate with us. I won't do stupid things like a layman giving advice to an expert. That's all right. I'll leave after you bring the news."
"After I kill the big-toothed dog, I'll treat my eldest brother to a nice meal." Qiu Zhan said with a smile.
"It's a deal!" Wood put on his scarf and walked out of the tent, disappearing into the night.
The streets and alleys of Beibacheng were filled with people, and the sound of wailing could not be heard.
A plague is spreading in the city. The infected people will be itchy all over the body at first, and then the skin will turn dark purple, and then the pores will slowly grow red hair. The person will become limp and unable to breathe, and will die from internal organ failure in three to five days. . If the body is not destroyed in time after death, it will turn into a soulless red-haired monster that will pounce on and bite people when it sees it.
The plague has broken out in the city for ten days, and now thousands of people are dying every day.
Qi Wuwei knew that this was not a plague, but a corpse poison.
He also knew that there was a person who could detoxify this corpse, but he had no idea where that person was now, alive or dead, and there was no way to find him.
The people in Yaowang Valley have been studying the poison to detoxify corpse poison, but there has been no progress in ten days.
"Sir!" Qu Kai rushed into Qi Wuwei's study in a hurry, startling Qi Wuwei who was frowning worriedly.
"What, have the people in Yaowang Valley developed a medicine to detoxify corpses?" Qi Wuwei looked at Qu Kai who came in and asked expectantly.
Unfortunately, Qu Kai immediately poured a basin of cold water on him, shook his head and replied, "No."
"Then why are you so angry?" Qi Wuwei asked depressedly.
"Corpse poison has appeared in the Northern Seventh City, the Northern Sixth City, the Southern Seventh City, and the Southern Sixth City."
After listening to Qu Kai's report, Qi Wuwei felt dizzy and felt like he had been hit on the head with a stick.
