"Lord, after checking, they are all dead."
A sergeant walked up to Gou Xi and reported.
The place where the big tent used to be next to it had turned into a mixture of flesh and earth, and the powerful commanders of the two battalions were dead.
Gou Xi did not respond, but frowned and looked at Luxiang City where Donglai Army was guarding.
"Brother, these powerful commanders have already been killed. Why don't I go into their camp now and seize their sergeants for my use?"
Gou Heng said on the side.
"I'm afraid it's not right. Those powerful tribes are owned by powerful people. If they knew that Shijun had killed their master, I'm afraid it would be difficult to subdue them. After all, in addition to these powerful commanders, there are still many descendants of their clans who are still here. In the North and South Battalions."
One of Gou Xi's generals said.
Although these powerful commanders died, they did not lead the private soldiers alone. Instead, they had many descendants from the tribes who accompanied them as officers at all levels. Therefore, although these powerful commanders died, the powerful tribes would be leaderless, but they Gou Xi will not be easily subdued. After all, this is a mortal blood feud for those powerful clans. It is impossible to forget it easily until the moment of life and death.
The muscles on Gou Xi's face twitched because of pain, and she turned around and said.
"Then how do you deal with it?"
The general said: "Why don't we just say that these powerful commanders will stay in the central army today to discuss matters, and send an envoy to order them to make tools and urge them to attack the city."
"Shit! You can't even deceive a three-year-old child with your idea. How can they be willing to obey orders if they don't see the master of the house?"
After Gou Heng heard this, he directly mocked the general.
For a moment, the two began to argue.
"Okay! Since these powerful parts can't be used by me, they can't be left as future troubles."
Gou Xi said in a deep voice.
There are thirty thousand people in these powerful tribes, almost half of the elites in the land. Although they lack actual combat skills and cannot withstand a battle, they are all tough men. They only need to be trained well to become a force that cannot be underestimated.
Now that Gou Xi was injured, the heroes at his disposal had become potential enemies, and Lu Xiangcheng was unable to fight.
Although Gou Xi is unwilling to retreat like this, it is difficult for Gou Xi to continue fighting with the Donglai Army due to the lack of favorable weather, favorable location, and people.
Therefore, since these powerful parts cannot be used by Gou Xi and may even backfire on him, Gou Xi must solve these troubles.
"Your Majesty, how do you plan to deal with them?"
"Brother, are you going to send troops to attack them?"
"They all have camps, and they can't take it quickly. If our two armies fight each other and the Donglai thieves have an opportunity, it will be troublesome." Gou Xi narrowed his eyes, "Let the ice and snow be collected. Let them."
Luxiang City.
As soon as it got dark in the morning, Liu Yu couldn't wait to climb up to the city gate tower, standing on a high place and looking up in the direction of Gou Xi's military camp.
Last night, the powerful men raised fire several times, telling the Donglai Army in Luxiang City that they had succeeded in assassinating Gou Xi. The Donglai Army could take advantage of the chaos to attack Gou Xi's army.
But Liu Yu did not launch a night attack. Firstly, Liu Yu did not trust these two-faced heroes at all. Secondly, if Gou Xi was really dead, he would probably retreat. By then, wouldn't it be safer for him to follow him and look for opportunities.
The camp of Gou Xi's army is not close to Luxiang City, because if it is too close, it will not only be attacked by crossbows on the city wall, but also very easy for the defenders to attack at night, so the besieging army is one mile away .
Under the interference of the winter mist, Liu Yu did not see any movement in the enemy camp. If there was any movement, it was because it was too quiet.
The shape of Luxiang City is less than two feet high, but climbing with bare hands is definitely not possible. Ordinarily, if Gou Xi wants to attack the city, he should start making siege equipment today. It shouldn't be so quiet.
It was almost noon.
Suddenly, a lot of black smoke came from Gou Xi's military camp, and soon these smoke pillars became more and more numerous and bigger.
"Hey, do Gou Xi's tribe have to cook in the stove again? No, they only eat in the morning?"
Li Feng, who was also looking eagerly, said with some confusion.
Liu Yu was also confused.
Because Gou Xi's cavalry was too strong, Liu Yu was unwilling to lose any more precious cavalry. In this kind of weather with ordinary visibility, he did not send any scouts, so he had no way of knowing what happened there.
"Oh, this is a fire that burns down the camp and the baggage."
Gongsun Sheng suddenly exclaimed. He had a lot of military experience before and had seen the burning of military camps and baggage several times.
Gongsun Sheng continued to explain: "There are many thick black and turbid smoke columns, which must be oily things such as burning grain and baggage."
"Then Gou Xi is going to retreat!"
"Not only are we withdrawing our troops, we are not even giving up our baggage. We are trying to escape."
"It seems like Gou Xi is really dead?!"
"Ji Xing, give the order to pursue them, we can't let them run away like this!"
For a moment, the Donglai generals fell into excitement, and they were relieved that the enemy they had been cautious about withdrew their troops without engaging in battle.
Liu Yu needed to think again, could this be a trick used by Gou Xi or his successor to trick the Donglai army into giving up the city defense and leaving the city?
"Come here, send all the scouts out and go investigate for me immediately!"
To the north outside Luxiang City, there is Qidi's powerful Beiying.
After someone in the camp saw thick smoke coming from the direction of the Qingzhou governor's camp, the entire northern camp was in panic, because the powerful generals from various families had gone to Gou Xi's camp and have not returned yet, and there was no leader in the entire northern camp.
Nowadays, the sudden appearance of the fire has made all the soldiers in the army panic. Many people even suspected that the Donglai army had gone out of the city to attack Gou Xi's camp and burned it down.
Yan Hui, Gao Tian and other powerful disciples left behind in the northern camp gathered together by chance and began to anxiously speculate about what had happened to Gou Xi's central army.
You must know that the food, grass and baggage of the powerful soldiers and horses are all stored in the Chinese army in Gouxi. If something happens to the Chinese army camp, these powerful soldiers and horses of more than 30,000 will be hungry the next day.
Everyone was suspicious and waited until the sentry sent out to return before they knew what had happened.
"Burn, it's all burned, the entire Chinese army camp is burned." The sentry horse stammered.
"What, who set the fire? Was it the Donglai Army?" Everyone exclaimed.
"No, it was Gou Shijun's soldiers and horses who set the fire. Not only did they set the fire, they also wanted to kill us." The sentry said in panic. It turned out that these sentry horses who went to inquire about the news were attacked when they tried to get closer. When Gou Xi's cavalry arrived, they fired arrows to drive them away.
"That is why ah?!"
"Are we going to withdraw our troops? Then why hasn't the head of the family come back?"
"Have you met the heads of each family?"
While everyone was panicking and wondering, Gao Tian and Yan Hui had an ominous premonition. Unlike others, they knew the whole story of Gou Xi's assassination last night.
The two looked at each other and saw the panic in each other's eyes.
Gou Xi ordered the fire in the camp of the Central Army to be set off by himself. Except for the food, grass and baggage that his own troops and horses could take away, all the remaining food, grass and baggage were burned in one go.
He led his troops to withdraw, leaving a thousand cavalry behind to prevent anyone from trying to put out the fire.
After Gou Xi burned all the food, the more than 30,000 strong men were left with only the two-day rations they carried with them. Tomorrow they would be without food in the ice and snow.
Gou Xi also prepared an ambush in the valley on the final road of retreat. If these powerful tribes follow the retreat soon, these ambush troops will attack and push them back.
However, according to Gou Xi's estimation, after discovering the fire in the Chinese army's camp, these suspicious and powerful tribes would definitely hide in the camp and dare not go out. By the time they noticed it, it was probably already night, and they Even if they wanted to, they couldn't catch up with Gou Xi's army.
If these 30,000 people wanted to surrender to Liu Yu, it would be absolutely impossible.
Not to mention, with Donglai County's meager reserves, it is impossible to feed more than 30,000 soldiers and horses who appeared out of thin air.
You must know that these are more than 30,000 soldiers and horses, which are far more numerous than the 10,000 people of the Donglai Army. The guest is strong and the host is weak, and the Donglai Army will not have the courage to accept their surrender.
As a result, these 30,000 powerful men would either run away hungry in the direction of Qidi's hometown, and then die of cold and starvation on the path Gou Xi cleared the wilderness in advance, or they would fight with Liu Yu in a dog fight.
Gou Xi is optimistic about both outcomes.
