Ruru came to Wang Xuan with a sword that had become dull and said: "Brother Wang, we have killed all Beiyi's baggage team."
The Beiyi army had already set off, and there were not many Beiyi soldiers and horses left behind after returning to the city. The baggage team driving cattle, sheep, carriages and horses was at the bottom. Qi Guoxie originally thought that this arrangement was foolproof, but he didn't expect to be intercepted by Wang Xuan's soldiers.
Wang Xuan looked at the corpses all over the ground. They were all old soldiers from the Northern Yi. It would not be an exaggeration to say that they were old, weak, sick and disabled.
"I used to think that those who achieve great things should be informal, but now that they have caused so many crimes..." Wang Xuan felt a little unbearable in his heart.
"Brother Wang is kind-hearted. If we don't kill them here, they will come to the Central Plains to kill us." Although Ruru is a woman, she does not pity these Beiyi people.
Wang Xuan nodded and laughed at himself: "Oh, I am getting older, but my heart is softer. By the way, how long have we been fighting here?"
Ruru looked at the sun and said, "Brother Wang, I guess it's been about an hour."
"The speed of Meng Mulie is astonishing. I'm afraid he will be back in an hour. Let's retreat quickly." Wang Xuan did not dare to make a big deal, but was cautious and wanted to retreat immediately.
Ruru asked: "What should we do with these cattle and sheep?"
"Take a small amount of what you are using, burn the rest, and slaughter the cattle and sheep on the spot!"
"Huh? Kill them all? What a pity!" Ruru has been used to poverty since she was a child. When she heard that so many cattle and sheep were to be killed, she felt it was a pity.
"If we don't kill them, our interception will be meaningless. They will continue to send troops to transport them. They must be killed!" Putting aside emotions and talking about strategies, Wang Xuan was very calm.
Ruru was still reluctant to give up: "Can't we drive these cattle and sheep away?"
"If we drive away the cattle and sheep, the Beiyi will definitely pursue us. Only by slaughtering the cattle and sheep and fleeing lightly can we have a chance of survival! Moreover, it is hot in summer, and even if the Beiyi take away the beef and mutton, they cannot preserve it for a long time! "
Ruru also knew that Wang Xuan's words were right. She nodded, turned around with the knife, and signaled everyone to slaughter the cattle and sheep on the spot.
In a short time, all the cattle and sheep were slaughtered.
Wang Xuan gathered everyone together and ordered: "Everyone, please run away for your life. Spread out and run away, don't gather together. Remember, there are no more than ten people in a team. If there are more, I'm afraid it will be dangerous."
Everyone didn't understand, and someone asked: "If we gather together, wouldn't it be safer if there are pursuers?"
Wang Xuan shook his head gently: "If we get together, we can't survive ten thousand people, and the Northern Yi soldiers will catch up with us, it will happen overnight. The only way to escape is to spread out!"
"Everyone chooses his own place to escape. Those who are good at climbing mountains will go to climb mountains, and those who are good at going down rivers will go down rivers. There is only one of you, pick the right direction, go straight for three days and don't look back! After three days, no matter where you go, place, then turn back. In seven days, we will meet here!"
"You came here voluntarily to fight in the north. Now that you are scattered like this, military orders and military laws have no effect on you. I just hope you remember that what you do today is for your parents, wives and children in your hometown. If you want to escape, come here Today, they are the ones facing the Northern Yi."
Everyone was a little confused, but seeing Wang Xuan's serious look, they had no choice but to follow his words, and each of them looked for local friends and left.
As for what Wang Xuan said later, everyone knew that they came here to stop the Northern Yi. If these tiger and wolf soldiers were driven away to their hometown, no one would dare to think about it.
Ruru led four or five fellow villagers and insisted on following Wang Xuan. Wang Xuan did not refuse, and they headed west together.
Not long after the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses dispersed, a figure came quickly in the sky.
Meng Mulie looked down at the battlefield below. Corpses were scattered all over the field. No one in the old and weak transport team was alive. They were all killed. Even the cattle and sheep were slaughtered all over the place, and mosquitoes and flies began to fly around randomly, feasting on the food.
On the ground, a group of Beiyi soldiers with only a few thousand people rushed over in a panic.
Meng Mulie fell to the ground: "You were stationed in the city, but the baggage train was attacked, and you are here now?"
The Beiyi general who led the team hurriedly dismounted and knelt on the ground: "The Central Plains people were cunning and hid behind the dense forest to attack without us noticing. A south wind blew up, and we smelled the smell of blood, and then we knew something had happened..."
Meng Mulie glanced at the surrounding terrain. There was indeed a layer of dense forest surrounding it. It was normal not to know.
The Beiyi general said quickly: "I don't know where the enemy troops are fleeing to. Please tell me from the Great Khan that I will kill them all!"
Meng Mulie took a deep breath and smelled the lingering smell in the wind. With the blessing of Inugami's power, his sense of smell has become more sensitive.
"No need, these Central Plains people are indeed cunning. They have already fled in all directions..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Meng Mulie disappeared from the spot and appeared under a thick tree in the forest. With one kick, he knocked down the big tree that required four or five people to hug it.
"ah!"
"Ouch!"
All the people on the tree fell down, it was Daqi's troops who had followed Wang Xuan to attack before. Five or six people were too lazy to leave. Instead, they chose a nearby big tree to hide, hoping to wait for the gathering seven days later.
"Do you not cherish your own life so much?" Meng Mulie looked at the people in front of him with a hint of anger in his heart.
Some people want to live, but some people don't value their lives.
Several people fell from the tree. Except for one person who twisted his foot and couldn't move, the others saw that they were discovered. They all grabbed weapons and prepared to fight Meng Mulie to the death.
Meng Mulie stood there without moving, but suddenly the phantoms of several vicious dogs appeared on his body, pounced on these people, and opened their mouths to bite them.
The wailing and screaming only lasted for a moment, and these people died.
The Beiyi soldiers who came from Guicheng did not dare to raise their heads because they heard the bite of fierce dogs.
Meng Mulie stood and waited for a moment. Several people on the ground had been torn into pieces, their stomachs had been hollowed out, and their internal organs were completely missing. Only the man with a sprained leg and foot was still safe, but he was frightened, his eyes were dull, and he was motionless.
The vicious dogs seemed to be full and had no interest in him. They turned around and pounced back on Meng Mulie.
Meng Mulie walked back to the Beiyi soldiers and ordered: "Chop him into meat sauce. Remember, it is meat sauce!"
The Beiyi general tilted his head, and a group of ferocious strong men walked over with knives. After a scream, there was also no movement.
I'm afraid the end result will be nothing but meat sauce.
Meng Mulie looked at the mess on the ground and asked, "Are there any supplies of cattle and sheep?"
"Go back to the Great Khan. There are still some in the city and can be transported immediately."
"Don't worry, they will definitely come back. They will have to wait for a few days...I will wait personally!"
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In Jincheng, the siege battle is still in full swing.
Beiyi was not good at siege. They only had ladders and almost no other siege equipment. Compared with Daqi's siege and defensive battles, they were not even close.
However, although the Beiyi soldiers were not good at attacking cities, the Beiyi soldiers made up for this with their strong bodies.
Arrows rained down from the city wall, and the Northern Yi soldiers set up their shields, but not many people were affected. Even though some arrows passed through the gaps in the shield and hit the Beiyi soldiers. Three or two feather arrows, not many people really paid attention to them.
The Yulin soldiers on the city wall saw with their own eyes a Beiyi soldier with dozens of feather arrows stuck in his body, still climbing the ladder, fearlessly trying to reach the top of the city.
"If this continues... it will be broken sooner or later..." Zhou Ziru frowned, a little anxious.
It's not that he has never seen Northern Yi soldiers before, but he has never seen such brave Northern Yi soldiers. As everyone knows, the defeat of Guicheng is tantamount to giving these Beiyi people a shot in the arm.
Guicheng, which had stood for hundreds of years, was destroyed overnight. Is there any city in the future that is more difficult to attack than Guicheng?
With their strong bodies and high fighting spirit, the Beiyi soldiers were like gods of war possessed, vowing to break through Jincheng.
Yi Xiaodao turned his head and looked at the endless Beiyi army below the city, and said curiously: "Meng Mulie actually left?"
"What? Are you serious?" Zhou Ziru was now a little sensitive to the word "Meng Mulie".
Yi Xiaodao nodded, approached the city wall, looked at the ladder buckled on the city wall and the fierce-looking Beiyi soldiers below who were about to climb up, and said: "Then it doesn't hurt if I take action now."
As soon as he finished speaking, he stretched out a finger and pointed at the ladder.
The fire in Yi Xiaodao's body was no longer the tiny sparks it once was, but was surging and rolling.
The hot fire followed Yi Xiaodao's fingers and gently touched the ladder. Soon, the upper end of the ladder ignited with flames.
Yi Xiaodao stretched out his hand and waved it gently, and the flames burned downward uncharacteristically, as if they had obeyed the order.
"Fire...there is fire!"
A Beiyi soldier climbing below saw the flames coming, and was unable to go up or down for a moment. On the ladder, the first "Fire Man" appeared.
Yi Xiaodao walked along the city wall and tapped each ladder in turn.
"Burning Man"...appeared one after another.
In the formation of the Beiyi army, Qi Guoxie looked at the rows of "burning men" on the city wall, and a horrified memory emerged in his mind. He could not forget that not long ago, the strange and sticky black fire set a prairie fire, burning nearly 100,000 Northern Yi troops to death.
"Retreat! Everyone, retreat!" Qi Guokuoxie immediately ordered a retreat without even thinking about it.
The Beiyi soldiers who came like a tide also receded like a tide. No one paid any attention to these howling fire men, and it was obvious to everyone that they could not be saved.
Zhou Ziru looked at Yi Xiaodao in disbelief. He didn't expect that he could retreat the Northern Yi army with just a few fingers.
Yi Xiaodao seemed to know what he was thinking and said calmly: "They will come again, so be prepared."
At this time, a Yulin Army general came to report to Zhou Ziru: "Prime Minister Zhou... we don't have many arrows left."
"Huh? The Beiyi army has retreated. Can you go out of the city to get it?" Zhou Ziru replied.
General Yu Lin scratched his head: "If we continue to attack like this, I'm afraid it will only be enough for a few days..."
