Wolf smoke billows and yellow sand fills the sky.
Pei Shuozhang, who led the Northern Army, looked at the tall walls of Juyi City and felt incomprehensible for a moment.
The three kings of the Northern Fan abandoned the sand city outside the wall in order to protect themselves. Now they took back the sand city outside the wall in order to protect themselves. It's a pity that so many soldiers spilled their blood on the border and died innocently.
"General Pei, all the Beiyi soldiers in the city have been killed. Shall we... enter the city?" The deputy general beside him asked cautiously. No one could figure out the temper of this newly appointed general.
Pei Shuozhang retracted his thoughts and sighed with emotion. He still had to do the business: "Enter the city!"
Twenty thousand Northern troops killed 3,000 Northern Yi soldiers. This was not a great victory, but it was enough to boost the morale of the army. The most important thing is that the northernmost city of Reiyi outside the Northern Territory has been recovered. So far, all the troops outside the Northern Territory have recovered. All of Shacheng was recovered without missing a single detail.
Pei Shuozhang rode into the city and looked around in both directions as he walked. There was not much change in the city. Many tents and earthen houses were just as they were when he left. Even when the city was first attacked, the various fortifications and bow and arrow deployment in Sand City had not changed much.
It seemed that Bei Yi didn't care much about this city they picked up for free.
"General Pei, I always feel that...this city...is too easy to attack." The deputy general put forward his own thoughts on the side.
Pei Shuozhang nodded slightly: "I think so too."
"Then should we report it to the prince..."
"Just report the battle truthfully." Pei Shuozhang turned his head and looked at the deputy general: "Just now you took the lead and killed thirteen northern Yi soldiers. The general saw clearly, but the prince did not want to I want to take credit."
The deputy general was somewhat embarrassed when Pei Shuozhang talked about the central issue.
"Your Majesty is very thoughtful. We just need to report the war truthfully. Your Majesty has made up his mind. If you take the initiative to claim credit, Your Majesty will be unhappy." Pei Shuozhang patted the deputy general's shoulder and comforted him.
"I will obey the order." The deputy general lowered his head quickly and took the order.
Pei Shuozhang looked at the corpses on the ground and sighed softly: "Your Majesty, we made a mistake this time..."
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"Huh? I am wrong? Where did I go wrong!" Jin Mu, the King of the North, sat in the hall with a golden sword and asked coldly.
Zhou Ziru sat aside and smiled softly: "Your Majesty, the three kings of the Northern Fan have been helping each other for six hundred years. Although the northern border of Daqi is often harassed by the Northern Yi, they have always been in peace."
"But what about now? The sand cities outside Beidi and Dingliao have only been lost and recovered, but Fengcheng has been lost. Isn't this... not wrong?"
"Beiyi has now become a unified force. Isn't it reasonable to lose a city? Since I have been appointed by the court to guard the North, I naturally have to ensure that the North is not lost. What is my mistake?" Northland King Jin Mu said solemnly.
Zhou Ziru raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at the King of the North with some surprise: "Your Majesty, it's okay to argue with me. It's just that this thousand-year-old foundation cannot tolerate your lord's carelessness. Please think twice before you act."
The king of the North Land said in a loud voice: "I don't need to bother the Prime Minister about this matter. Come and send the Prime Minister to rest!"
Seeing that the King of the North had made up his mind, Zhou Ziru knew that he could no longer persuade him for a while, so he had to stand up and said: "I won't waste the prince's rice and food here. Since the prince is unwilling to save me, I am willing to provide troops. I'm going to rescue Anxi, hoping there's a way out..."
"It's up to you, Prime Minister Zhou. All the cities along the way will let you go!" The North King turned his head away, unwilling to talk.
Zhou Ziru lifted up his sleeves and left without looking back.
Even in the capital, Zhou Ziru heard about the actions and reputations of the three kings of the Northern Fan. I thought he was just confused for a moment and came to persuade me, but he turned out to be a complete fool and was really mediocre and incompetent.
But Zhou Ziru did not dare to neglect. Since the King of the North was unwilling to raise troops to rescue him, Anxi might be in danger now. Zhou Ziru had no choice but to personally raise troops to rescue him. After all, there was no strong city south of Fengcheng.
Seeing Zhou Ziru leave the hall and gradually go away, King Jinmu of the North grabbed the teacup on the table and slammed it to the ground: "What a shame! Bi'er mistaken me!"
The servant outside the door stretched his head to look inside the door, then shrank back, pretending not to hear.
After smashing the tea cup, the North King leaned back on his seat, closed his eyes and raised his head: "Old Zhang, Old Zhang, why did you even lose Fengcheng..."
The palace steward outside the door hurried over and was about to enter when he was stopped by a servant outside the door: "Butler Li, don't go in, the prince is angry!"
The housekeeper caught a glimpse of the broken teacups lying on the ground outside the door. He hesitated for a moment and replied hastily: "I understand." He stepped into the hall.
"What's the matter?" The North King opened his eyes and saw that the housekeeper was coming. He suppressed the anger in his heart and asked in a deep voice.
The butler bowed his head and replied: "Back to your lord, there is military news from Anxi. General Wang led 10,000 elite troops to rescue. Unexpectedly, at the Yellow River, Beiyi soldiers and horses sneaked across the Yellow River and robbed the camp. All 10,000 soldiers and horses were lost."
"Where is General Wang?" the North King asked calmly.
The steward continued to answer: "General Wang...died in the rebellion."
"I know, you go down..."
The steward turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by the King of Beidi: "Send a message to King Ding Liao and agree to raise troops together to help Anxi..."
The King of the North was extremely tired when he said this sentence...
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"My lord, you didn't expect us to come back so soon, right?" Yi Xiaodao pointed at the Fengcheng wall and said with a smile to King Anxi.
King Anxi was silent, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
"My lord, is it possible that you are so scared of being beaten by Beiyi that you don't even dare to take your own city?" Yi Xiaodao couldn't help but joked when he saw King Anxi was silent.
"In the past, with the city in hand, we could not retreat the Northern Yi soldiers and horses, but now..." King Anxi hesitated to speak.
Hearing this, Yi Xiaodao smiled and said: "Why is the dignified Prince of Anxi so timid now? Could it be that he is really being overheard?"
When King Anxi didn't speak anymore, Wang Xuan said from the side: "Are you afraid that if you spend all your troops here, the other cities in Anxi will have no soldiers to defend?"
Yi Xiaodao looked at King Anxi, wanting to see his reaction.
King Anxi sighed and said: "Alas, the inheritance of our ancestors has been passed down to me, but now even Fengcheng has been lost. If there are any more mistakes in the other cities, I will be ashamed of my ancestors and the people of Li. …”
Li Dingxing stood up and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, we won't be the only ones who take Fengcheng back."
"Even if Beidi and Dingliao come, I'm afraid that Fengcheng has already been impregnable." King Anxi looked at the wall of Fengcheng. Countless Beiyi soldiers and horses were shuttled back and forth on the wall, obviously repairing the city and preparing to defend it. City supplies.
Yi Xiaodao said: "My lord, maybe... the soldiers and horses from the imperial court will arrive first."
"The soldiers and horses of the imperial court? Oh, the imperial court is eager to see us fight with the Northern Yi so that we can reap the benefits, right?" When King Anxi heard about the imperial court, he still didn't trust it.
"Ha, don't we count as the imperial troops? Aren't we also here to help?"
King Anxi stopped talking to everyone. The imperial court had already accepted five of the eight vassals in the world. Now he still said that he had no interest in the remaining three vassals. Even if he were to kill him, he would not believe it.
Yi Xiaodao also noticed that King Anxi did not want to say more, and did not expect to change his mind in a short while, so he turned back to the camp: "The old man is old, and his mind cannot be changed in a short while~"
Hearing Yi Xiaodao's strange annoyance, King Anxi was a little angry: "I am just forty years old, why should I say this!"
Li Dingxing hurriedly sent him up the steps: "Your Majesty, please calm down. Wu Dinggong will just talk nonsense. Please don't take it to heart."
"Your Majesty, go back and rest early. There is still a tough battle to be fought later." Wang Xuan also came up to help divert King Anxi's attention.
When everyone returned to camp, Yi Xiaodao glanced back intentionally or unintentionally, and Li Dingxing and Wang Xuan nodded slightly.
King Anxi turned his eyes, noticing all the subtle movements of the few people, and frowned.
As night fell, the lights in the camp were lit, and the soldiers returned to their respective camps and prepared to rest.
Suddenly, an eagle flapped its wings and flew away from the camp, straight into the sky.
"Whoosh!"
The eagle is swift and the arrow is quicker.
An arrow flew away from the tent, chasing the eagle that had just flown into the night.
"嘤儿~!" A shrill eagle cry sounded, and the eagle that had just taken off fell from the air with its feathered arrows, fell to the ground, and died.
Several people walked slowly from various places and came towards the eagle.
"Brother, how do you know that the spies in the camp will deliver the letter tonight?" Li Dingxing grabbed the eagle on the ground and asked.
Yi Xiaodao took the eagle from Li Dingxing's hand, pulled out a small bamboo tube from its legs and feet, held it in his hand, and asked under the light: "Do you think these Beiyi soldiers will come to rob the camp tonight?"
"We have intercepted this secret letter. The Northern Yi soldiers don't know about it anymore, so they are naturally coming." Li Dingxing said anxiously: "Brother, take a look at what the letter says."
A ball of fire suddenly burst out, burning the small bamboo tube in Yi Xiaodao's hand together with the secret letter.
"Brother, you..." Li Dingxing wanted to stop him, but it was too late.
Yi Xiaodao casually threw the ashes in his hand on the ground: "It doesn't matter what is written in the letter. What matters is whether these Beiyi soldiers come back tonight. Are you all ready?"
"Brother, don't worry, everything is ready." As soon as Yi Xiaodao finished speaking, a group of people came out of the shadows and surrounded Yi Xiaodao.
Qin Changqian, Fang Qianlong, Bai Xinglong and even Yi Xiaoling came.
"You guys haven't recovered from your injuries yet? What are you doing here?" Yi Xiaodao was worried about their injuries.
"Shh, brother, listen." Yi Xiaoling signaled Yi Xiaodao to be silent, and everyone listened attentively.
In the dark night, a faint sound of footsteps slowly came from the north...
