Xiao Yi's plan made the soldier a little worried: "Isn't this a bit risky?"
Xiao Yi shook his head: "The key to winning by surprise is the word "surprise". If we hesitate and hesitate to move forward, we will miss the opportunity."
"Didn't you listen to what this Nara said? Although the Peacock Kingdom is dominating one side, it has not fought a war for many years. Even if there are occasional conquests, there are only a few thousand people."
"A country like this has long forgotten what war is like. Although their king has great ambitions, it is a bit unrealistic."
The soldiers next to him nodded in agreement.
These soldiers, under the banner of Da Qin, bulldozed the six countries along the way. It can be said that they have experienced hundreds of battles, so they really don't pay attention to the Peacock Kingdom.
So Xiao Yi selected the 800 strongest people among these thousand people.
The remaining two hundred people set up camp on the spot, built fortifications, and were responsible for responding. As for Na Luo, he also stayed in the fortifications.
Each of Xiao Yi's eight hundred people prepared two horses, then whistled and galloped towards the capital of the Peacock Kingdom.
Along the way, these eight hundred people were like a whirlwind. The local residents had no time to be surprised, and they had already rushed over.
Ten miles, twenty miles, thirty miles...
The more they watched, the more contemptuous the eight hundred warriors became towards the Peacock Kingdom.
It's really been too long since we've experienced a war here.
The natural barrier is undefended and the city is too low. The people here are not even aware of the invasion of foreign enemies. When they see Pegasus running past, they rush out to watch the fun.
Occasionally, some local officials were a little more knowledgeable and noticed Xiao Yi and others.
But their assembly speed was too slow. By the time they finished sorting out their armaments, Xiao Yi had already arrived at the next place.
So these local officials could only write letters and send them to the capital on Pegasus and present them to the Maurya King.
Unfortunately, the person who delivered the letter was too slow and always lagged behind Xiao B.
What is the use of such a letter?
Two days later, Xiao Yi's eight hundred people arrived at the capital of the Peacock Kingdom.
Compared with other small towns in the capital, it is indeed much taller.
It's just...the defense is still very lax.
Xiao Yi and the eight hundred warriors hid in the woods outside the city and looked through the binoculars.
There were twelve people guarding the city gate.
Half of the people did not carry weapons, and they were more focused on extorting property from the people coming in and out.
Xiao Yi smiled: "Sure enough, although the world is big, the problems of these gatekeepers are the same. When the geese are plucking their feathers, they always want to catch something."
The soldiers next to him smiled in agreement but said nothing.
In this case, Xiao Yi said it doesn't matter. After all, he is a member of the palace.
And those of them who are soldiers say that is not appropriate.
Xiao Yi looked at the eight hundred people and whispered: "According to the military order issued before. Only those with weapons will be killed, and civilians with bare hands should not be touched. Remember?"
All eight hundred people agreed.
Then, Xiao Yi mounted his horse and shouted: "Come with me."
He took the lead and rushed to the front.
Xiao Yi was not a military commander at first. He grew up in the palace and served as a eunuch.
But along the way, I ate and slept with these big-headed soldiers, and I went through many hardships. The whole person actually became more and more rude.
He led eight hundred men, like a sharp arrow, straight to the city gate.
They didn't even draw their swords, and eight hundred horse hooves trampled the gatekeeper to death.
After Xiao Yi entered the city, he shouted loudly: "Where is Wang Ben? Where is Wang Ben?"
The eight hundred people behind them shouted in Sanskrit at the same time: "Where is Wang Ben? Where is Wang Ben?"
This is what Nara taught them.
The people in the city didn't have the time to listen to what Xiao Yi shouted. They looked ahead and fled toward their homes. Then he got into the house and pretended that everything was peaceful and safe.
Xiao Yi simply rushed towards the tallest building in the city, which seemed to be the residence of the Maurya King.
When they rushed to the palace, they finally encountered decent resistance.
It should be easy for Xiao Yi's eight hundred men to defeat this kind of resistance.
But he didn't do that.
This time the purpose is to save people, not to kill.
It is easy to kill these guards, but once they are entangled, the other party's people will continue to pour in, and a lot of people will still be lost.
So Xiao Yi and others casually threw a few bamboo tubes at the guards.
The Mauryan King's guards lined up neatly and with great momentum, ready to fight Xiao Yi.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Yi and the others threw some bamboo tubes over.
The guards all looked at these bamboo tubes curiously: "What is this? Can this kill someone?"
Before they could figure it out, the bamboo tube suddenly exploded.
The power of this bamboo tube is not great, at best it is equivalent to the firecrackers of later generations.
But compared to the people of Peacock Country who have never seen this thing before, this is simply a divine object.
I don’t know who shouted: “Monsters, they are demons, they are here to punish the Peacock King for not respecting Buddha.”
The rumor spread throughout the Guards in a matter of seconds, and so... they scattered and ran away.
Xiao Yi was a little dumbfounded: "The effect of this thing is much better than we imagined."
He looked through the telescope, pointed at a man in the most gorgeous clothes in the distance, and said, "That man must be the general of the Peacock Kingdom. Capture him."
The soldiers responded, whipping their horses and galloping towards the man.
Soon, the man was brought.
He was kneeling on the ground, mumbling something so fast that Xiao Yi couldn't understand it at all.
He simply didn't listen and asked directly: "Where is Wang Ben."
The man pointed in a direction.
Xiao Yi said to the soldier: "Take him with you."
Then, they grabbed the general and rushed in that direction.
They rushed all the way into the palace and found Wang Ben in a dark room.
Wang Ben was in very bad spirits, his hair was a little disheveled, and he looked a little tired.
He used to be tall and burly, but now he was skinny and covered with bones, and his clothes hung loosely on his body.
Wang Ben slowly raised his head and saw Xiao Yi and the soldiers behind him. He was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Are you okay?"
Xiao Yi looked at Wang Ben with admiration: "It's amazing. I'm afraid Dr. Chunyu can only have this kind of concentration."
"Come here, take General Wang with you and let's go." These soldiers helped Wang Ben onto a horse, then rushed out of the palace and ran towards the north.
Deep in the palace, the Peacock King was furious. He jumped up and down with a knife and yelled: "Where is the thief? Come and kill the thief with me."
Several guards nearby tried to persuade them: "Your Majesty, you are so angry. Those thieves seem to have come from hell. They are extremely ferocious, and they can spit out flames and create clouds. They are really scary."
The Peacock King was furious: "Fart, I am a Kshatriya created by Brahma. Why are you afraid of the little devil in hell? Pick up the sword and kill the enemy with me."
At the urging of the Maurya King, he gathered thousands of guards and fought their way out of the palace.
Unfortunately, at this time, Xiao Yi had already taken the people away.
Half an hour later, the troops near the capital finally assembled.
The Mauryan King looked at the belated generals and said coldly: "You are guilty."
These generals all looked frightened.
The Mauryan King raised his sword and suddenly killed several generals, and the remaining people fell to the ground.
The Mauryan King looked at the corpses on the ground, and his extremely bad mood finally improved a little.
The people who were hacked to death were not appointed by him personally. Some are close associates of the previous generation Maurya King, and some are close associates of his own uncles and uncles.
Kill these people, and from then on, the royal power will be more concentrated.
The Mauryan King nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "Capture the person back to me. If you fail, your heads will not be saved."
These generals responded in panic, and then led their men to chase Xiao Yi and his group.
It's impossible to catch up, Xiao B's horse is too fast.
The real trouble for Xiao Yi was the local officials along the way.
When Xiao Yi led his people to the capital, these local officials had already received the news.
Maybe they didn't understand what was going on at the time, but two or three days were enough to figure it out.
In these two or three days, they hastily organized an army.
Then, he bumped into Xiao Yi who was coming back from the fight.
These armies were poorly equipped and had almost no combat effectiveness. Every time they were charged by Xiao Yi's cavalry, they were immediately in disarray.
But even this kind of army caused some trouble for Xiao Yi, or at least slowed him down.
When Xiao Yi was about to rush to the border, the pursuers sent by the Peacock King were already following him.
These pursuers were regular troops, and they were large in number.
Xiao Yi said loudly to the soldiers: "Don't fight hard, buy time, rush to the fortifications, and then rely on the terrain to hold on."
The soldiers all nodded.
Closer, closer, the pursuers are close at hand.
There was a man who was skilled in bow and horse riding on a galloping horse. Then he turned around and looked behind him with a telescope.
Xiao Yi asked loudly: "How?"
The man said loudly: "The other side has more than a hundred war elephants, more than a hundred chariots, and nearly 10,000 infantry."
Xiao Yi said: "Hurry up and keep the distance, then suddenly go back and kill their war elephants and chariots."
The soldiers all agreed.
Along the way, they suddenly discovered that Xiao Yi was actually quite talented in military affairs.
In fact, Xiao Yi's military talent is not necessarily that brilliant. He has just been in the palace for a long time and often heard the scholar talk about the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Xiao Yi's horse is very fast, and so are the chariots and elephants of the Peacock Kingdom.
It didn't take long before they pulled the infantry far behind.
Xiao Yi smiled and said, "Kill back."
So the eight hundred people rushed back.
He bent his bow and nocked an arrow, and the arrow was like a locust, shooting at the war elephant.
The war elephant had rough skin and thick flesh, but it seemed like nothing had happened. Moreover, after the pain, it ran faster.
Xiao Yi shouted: "Shoot the people above, shoot the people above."
Another round of sword rain passed, and more than half of the Peacock soldiers on the war elephant were killed or injured.
But that's not enough. Even without anyone controlling them, these crazy war elephants are still charging over.
Finally, a soldier had an idea and took out a bamboo tube and threw it at the war elephant.
There was a crackling sound, accompanied by dust and gunpowder smoke.
The war elephant panicked, turned around and rushed behind him. Then the chariot was smashed into pieces.
Xiao Yi and others followed the war elephant and began to harvest the people on the chariot.
At this time, they discovered a strange sight.
The chariot of Maurya does not look big, but it seems to have unlimited space. A soldier jumped out, another soldier jumped out, and another soldier jumped out...
Xiao Yi counted and found that more than fifty people even ran out of one of the cars.
This... is really a magical country.
After killing the war elephant and chariot, Xiao Yi gave up and left quickly.
This is just a forward, and if you can't leave it, you can only be eaten by others on the flat ground with no danger to defend.
When passing Jialan Temple, Wang Ben glanced there and whispered: "I don't know how the temple master is doing."
Wang Ben did not ask to visit Jialan Temple. He has been marching and fighting all his life, and he knows that this is the worst time for his mother-in-law.
Passing Jialan Temple, they ran into the desert.
After running in the desert for half a day, they saw an earth city.
This was formed by the two hundred people who stayed behind.
The earthen city is very thin, not comparable to the cities in the Central Plains, and even worse than the courtyard walls of some wealthy families.
But such a Tucheng is better than nothing.
Xiaoyi led people into Tucheng.
When Na Luo saw Xiao Yi coming back and seeing Xiao Yi bringing Wang Ben back, he clapped his hands and laughed excitedly.
Then, he said in a very jerky Qin voice: "Don't we run for our lives quickly?"
Xiao Yi shook his head: "It will take half a month to return to the Western Region from here. We carry so much food and water, we can't move quickly. Once we are caught up, we will definitely die."
"We have to find someone to deliver messages and move reinforcements."
Soon, several people stood up.
They mounted their horses and rode away.
Xiao Yi asked Wang Ben: "General, how can we defend this city?"
Wang Ben smiled bitterly: "I am no longer a general."
Xiao Yi asked stubbornly: "How can we defend this city?"
Wang Ben sighed: "You can't just defend the city, you have to build a stronghold outside the city. Otherwise, you can only retreat and be beaten. The earth city is the foundation, and the stronghold outside must send people out to harass the enemy from time to time."
"If we can last for two months and reinforcements arrive, we will win."
Na Luo asked nervously: "Can we last two months?"
Wang Ben smiled: "I know Maurya better. With his talent, we can definitely last two months."
"In addition, the Mauryan King once boasted about his army in order to make me surrender. After reading this, I feel more confident. This country is just a clown."
Xiao Yi laughed.
Afterwards, he detached some of his troops and went to establish a stronghold outside. The remaining people strengthened the earth city.
The Mauryan King's army finally arrived and surrounded Tucheng.
Then, these armies relaxed and prepared to attack in turn.
They didn't even search the area to see if there was any ambush.
As a result, when these people were attacking the city, the Qin army lurking outside swarmed up from behind and crushed the Peacock Kingdom's army to pieces.
Tens of thousands of people, overwhelmed by these hundreds of people, were completely panicked. They trampled on each other, abandoned their helmets and armor, and actually retreated for more than thirty miles.
Xiao Yi looked at the enemy army and said quietly: "Do we still need to defend the city? How do I feel that even if we march back to Daqin in a leisurely manner, there will be no danger."
