In Chengdu, there were already corpses everywhere. Yi Xiaodao was walking on the street, surrounded by deathly silence. Those who died of starvation, those who were killed, and even white bones exuded a pungent stench.
Yi Xiaodao looked calm. He had expected such a scene. In a war, ordinary people would not be able to escape death.
"Click"
This sound did not come from Yi Xiaodao's feet, but from a dilapidated house nearby.
Yi Xiaodao's hand slowly touched the Siqing sword on his waist, he only glanced at the residence and continued to move forward.
"Brother...Brother, please give me something to eat!" A little boy in his teens ran out of the ruins and rushed towards Yi Xiaodao.
Yi Xiaodao's long sword immediately unsheathed, but did not stab it out. This is indeed an ordinary child, a child who is so hungry that his steps are slow.
The little boy threw himself at Yi Xiaodao's feet and hugged Yi Xiaodao's legs: "Brother, please give me something to eat..." The little boy didn't look up, but just hugged Yi Xiaodao's legs tightly, his voice Already crying.
Yi Xiaodao knelt down and helped the little boy up: "Aren't you afraid that you just ran out like this?"
Even though the little boy was helped up, he still didn't dare to look at Yi Xiaodao: "I'm afraid... but my sister is dying... Please give me some food..."
"Sister..." Yi Xiaodao's heart moved and he said, "Where is your sister? Take me there."
The little boy broke away from Yi Xiaodao, took two steps back in fear, looked straight at Yi Xiaodao, and said nothing.
Yi Xiaodao groped around in his arms and found nothing. He sighed and said, "If you trust me, wait for me here with your sister. When I finish my work, I will take you and your sister to eat delicious food!"
"May I have your name?"
"My name is Man Yong..." the little boy replied timidly.
"Okay, Man Yong, wait for me here." Yi Xiaodao said softly, and continued walking towards the Rongcheng government office.
Before he had gone far, a little boy ran from behind and stopped in front of Yi Xiaodao: "Brother, I...I'll go with you."
Yi Xiaodao smiled softly and said: "What brother is going to do is very dangerous. You should go back and take care of your sister. When brother is finished, he will come back to you."
But the little boy shook his head: "Brother, I'm not afraid of danger, I'll go with you. Sister...sister, it's okay, I'll hide her."
Yi Xiaodao looked at the little boy's firm eyes and knew that he was afraid that he would not come back. He was like a drowning person trying desperately to grab the last straw.
"If there is danger later, my brother may not be able to protect you. You have to protect yourself."
"Yeah!" The little boy nodded obediently.
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Outside the city, thousands of soldiers attacking the city had been submerged by the "black tide". Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses from the imperial court guarded the camp. Looking at this scene, everyone was stunned with fear.
Yi Xiaoling was quite clever. Before the "black tide" arrived, he escaped down the ladder from the top of the city and escaped back.
"Silly wood, retreat quickly!" Yi Xiaoling jumped on the horse of Li Dingxing who was coming, grabbed the reins, and urged him to retreat to the camp.
"Where did there come from so many ants in Chengdu..." Li Dingxing had good eyesight and had already seen clearly that the "black tide" was composed of countless black ants. This kind of ant has a large head and small body, and a pair of powerful jaws, which is very intimidating. No matter whether the person standing in front of you is a man or a horse, as long as you bite it, you will never let go. In a moment, you can turn the opponent into a pile of bones, without a trace of flesh and blood left.
"It must be the fault of the people from the Holy Insect Valley in the city! Where is the big brother?" Yi Xiaoling said with lingering fear, after all, he almost turned into a pile of bones just now.
Li Dingxing replied: "Eldest brother went to the south, he should be entering the city."
"Going to show off again..." Both of them knew Yi Xiaodao's temper. After all, this was not the first time.
"What should I do with these ants?" Li Dingxing had no idea. He grew up in the Nanhuai Prince's Mansion. The servants in the Prince's Mansion swept the house every day. He rarely even saw insects, let alone this overwhelming and overwhelming place. There are as many ants as the tide.
Yi Xiaoling smiled slyly: "Oh, don't you know that bugs are afraid of fire? Can't you just attack with fire? And he calls himself Nanhuai Zhang Zifang! He's not ashamed."
"Yes! Yes! My lady is right!" Li Dingxing suddenly realized it and hurriedly urged his horse to return to the camp.
Li Dingxing and Li Dingxing had just returned to the camp and waved their hands: "Quickly pass the order, all soldiers in the army, prepare torches quickly and prepare to fight!"
Everyone in the camp hurriedly prepared torches, but these ants came very quickly. Before the military order was fully conveyed, the "black tide" had already spread, and it was less than a mile away from the camp.
"It's too late! Call someone to resist for a while!" Yi Xiaoling urged.
Soon, all the soldiers and horses from the front and middle camps rushed out holding torches. Everyone lined up, holding torches high, and formed a wall of fire in front of the camp, ready to stand ready.
At this time, something unexpected happened. From the southeast corner of Rongcheng, a group of men and horses rushed out, dressed in razor-sharp clothes, and rushed over like a whirlwind.
"This is..." Li Dingxing, Yi Xiaoling and others were stunned. The armor and flags were clearly that of the Xigui Army, but where did such a large wave of Xigui troops come from? To the south of Rongcheng, haven't Chu and Zhou been sent to guard there...
This wave of people rushed out not far away and stopped when they saw the "black tide" composed of an army of ants: "General Wang, these...should have been released by the Holy Insect Valley!"
"Ha, the second young master is right. If you don't force me, I won't hand over the things at the bottom of the box in the Holy Insect Valley." Wang Jingwen, the general of Xigui, said with a grin. The black ants have already overwhelmed the imperial troops. They were all forced to return to the big tent.
"General Wang, the court... seems to want to attack with fire!" the deputy general reminded from the side.
"It's all for the prince. Now that we have seen it, we have to help! Pass the order and shoot the arrow!" Wang Jingwen had some brains after all and ordered hurriedly.
The Xigui troops who arrived rushed out of the way, and the archers behind them stepped forward to bend their bows, and a wave of arrows shot out in an instant.
"Swish swish!"
A rain of arrows came from the sky. Li Dingxing turned his head and saw this wave of arrows. He quickly shouted to avoid the arrows and hurriedly grabbed a shield from the soldiers who came to protect him, trying to cover Yi Xiaoling.
Yi Xiaoling also rushed over, pressed Li Dingxing down, swept out a sword energy, and chopped down all the more than ten feather arrows aimed at the two of them, complaining: "You have no time to run around!"
The "torch troops" who were waiting outside the camp, holding torches, were not so lucky. Everyone was already holding weapons, and now they were holding torches high. They didn't expect that the Xigui army would arrive and shoot this wave of feather arrows. Under the rain of arrows, there were heavy casualties.
"Hahahaha! Good shot! Good shot! Keep shooting! Shoot all the arrows!" Wang Jingwen touched his hands and laughed.
Arrows were shot out in waves, and people in the camp had already been shot to their knees. Some sporadic arrows were also shot into the ant colony, but they were nothing to the ant colony. After being submerged, it was chewed into a pile of sawdust in the blink of an eye.
"My lord, I will lead my men to destroy this group of Xigui troops!" Chen Guang came to Li Dingxing and Yi Xiaoling with his shield in hand, angrily asking Miao to fight.
"How are you going? These ants are here, are they dying!?" Yi Xiaoling turned around and glared.
"But..." Yi Xiaoling was even more intimidating than Li Dingxing in the Nanhuai Army, and Chen Guang did not dare to say anything more.
Li Dingxing was embarrassed to avoid the arrow and said: "As the saying goes, fire and water have no mercy. Is there any water nearby?"
"Yes, there is, but it's too far. Behind our army, dozens of miles away, is the Tuojiang River..." Chen Guang was already familiar with the nearby geography.
"Retreat, pull out the stronghold and retreat! Retreat to Tuojiang River." Li Dingxing gave the decisive order.
Yi Xiaoling was anxious: "But the eldest brother is still in the city..."
"He is full of anger and has strong inner strength. Who can be his opponent? Let's go!" Li Dingxing advised.
While the few people were talking, the ant swarm had already approached the entrance of Dazhai, covering all the corpses of the soldiers who had just set fire to defend outside the camp. Within a moment, they turned into a pile of white bones. The vanguard of the ant colony has already entered the camp.
Under the rain of arrows, the soldiers in the camp were unable to raise fire to drive away the ants, and they retreated in succession.
"Well, let's go quickly!" Yi Xiaoling also knew that the situation was urgent and quickly nodded in agreement.
In the imperial camp, the soldiers directly removed the railings behind the camp and retreated from the rear of the camp.
The ants did not catch up, but slowly moved forward, devouring and destroying everything in front of them.
"General Wang, they have withdrawn." The deputy general stepped forward to inquire and reported back.
"I know... follow me slowly..." Wang Jingwen was a little discouraged. He thought he could make great achievements with the treasures of the Holy Insect Valley this time, but he didn't expect the other side to retreat so quickly. It was really boring.
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In Rongcheng, Yi Xiaodao led the little boy Man Yong, and after he and the little boy showed him the way, they arrived at the door of the Prince's Mansion of Sichuan.
"Brother... this is it." Man Yong said timidly. He didn't know what Yi Xiaodao was doing here.
"Xiaoyong, thank you for bringing my brother here. Can you hide in the alley over there and wait for my brother to finish his work before looking for you?" Yi Xiaodao said softly.
Man Yong nodded and did not dare to stick to Yi Xiaodao anymore. Although he was young, he also knew that the Sichuan and Shu Prince's Mansion was not a place he could enter.
Yi Xiaodao settled Man Yong and walked into the palace alone.
In the palace, no different from the city, there was also deathly silence. Not even a servant, not even a corpse was seen.
Yi Xiaodao circulated the fire energy in his body. In a moment, the fire energy filled his body. He pressed the Siqing Sword with his palm and walked towards the depths of the palace.
When we arrived at the palace hall, the door had long since disappeared, as if it had been dismantled. There was a pungent smell in the hall, which made Yi Xiaodao have to cover his mouth and nose.
"What the hell is going on in the Holy Insect Valley..." Yi Xiaodao frowned and walked into the hall. When he reached the door, he took a look inside.
Dozens of women, lying naked on the ground, had been dead for a long time. And without exception, there was a big hole in the chest and abdomen, and the skin and flesh were turned out, as if something had come out of their stomachs.
"cut!"
Yi Xiaodao suddenly pulled out his long sword, twisted around and slashed away. A huge poisonous bee was cut in half by the sword and fell to the ground.
"Can you be any more disgusting?" Yi Xiaodao asked, looking at the people standing under the steps.
Miao Zhangqian's face was grave and he looked like he was low on blood. He looked at Yi Xiaodao with eyes filled with resentment.
