Facing Han Yun, who was unable to get enough food and salt, Elder Green Snake was also angry, but there was nothing he could do.
It knew that what Han Yun said was right.
Even if the demon clan sends a large army to harass the trade routes and logistics and food routes, they will definitely not be able to run as fast as Han Yun.
Now there are five second-grade Yumen Guanguang, and even more third-grade ones. 33
The number of demon troops sent out is too small, and it is not enough to directly kill the caravans and logistics troops. The more they are sent out, the stronger they are. Unless they are sent out by the third and fourth grades, they will definitely not be able to defeat Han Yun and the others.
They couldn't be beaten, and they couldn't run away. Instead, they kept sending troops, and they kept killing them. Such blunt knives, cutting flesh and bleeding, could seriously damage the demon clan's vitality over time.
It is impossible to send second-grade people. Now there are only seven second-grade people left in the clan. Each one is extremely precious. If they are besieged by Han Yun and the others, if one of them dies, their vitality will be severely damaged and they will lose their blood.
As for the current situation, no matter what, they can't win, and they can't find reinforcements. The barbarians refuse to help them fight together. Maybe help them.
The only solution for now is to withdraw our troops.
Elder Green Snake sighed, pulled out a horn, and after blowing it, a whining sound spread across the entire battlefield. All the monsters and monsters who heard the sound stopped flying like moths into the flames, and began to have some thoughts. Sequential retreat.
The orderly retreat here refers to the monsters with strong defense at the front, and the arrows on the local city walls, while the other monsters turn around and run back.
After withdrawing from the attack range of arrows and trebuchets, the monsters behind them also turned around and ran away.
When the demon clan goes to war, they don't have much luggage or supplies. They just fight when they come and run away after they hit. It's very simple. They don't even have a camp, so it's very convenient.
A general on the city wall asked Nie Ze if he would send cavalry to pursue him. Nie Ze looked at the strong men still fighting in the sky and shook his head.
“If we want to pursue a pursuit, we have to mobilize all the third-rank troops in Yumen Pass to hold back the opponent’s third-rank troops, and all our second-rank troops must hold back the enemy’s second-rank troops.
Otherwise, whenever a strong man on the opposite side frees his hand, or even the Poisonous Scorpion King sprays venom on the ground, we will suffer heavy casualties.
Our cavalry can't outrun most of the monsters, and the only ones that can catch up are some shrimp soldiers and crab generals. Killing them will not cause any loss to the monsters.
Didn't you see that the demon clan dropped so many corpses this time and didn't even blink when they retreated? It's better not to pursue it, it doesn't make much sense.
When the battle above is over, let people drag in all the corpses of the monsters outside. The whole army will have extra meals today. Some of the rest will be sold to the people at a low price, and some will be made into dried meat and shipped to the Central Plains to be sold for money. "
The 200,000 troops at Yumen Pass cost a lot and were an extremely heavy burden on the court.
Because the surrounding area is surrounded by desert, unlike the defenders in other places, they can farm on the spot and solve the food problem self-sufficiently. Even if officers occasionally occupy the military fields, they don't dare to let the soldiers not have enough to eat. Mutinous.
Here at Yumen Pass, food can only be transported here through Longnan. Longnan is known as the Jiangnan area and is rich in food. The court does not need to transport food from Jiangnan and the Central Plains all the way to Yumen Pass. Longnan alone can purchase and transport food.
But despite this, the cost is also extremely high. Yumen Pass is more than a thousand miles away from Longnan, and it is all overland. There is no waterway transportation, which makes the transportation cost extremely high. People on the road eat horse chews, and the recruitment of civilian laborers and corvees are all very high. consumption.
Therefore, the burden on Yumen Pass is very heavy, and it is difficult for the court to provide enough money and food. In addition, the environment here is harsh and the living conditions are really not good. They can only hope to fight the monster clan and eat some meat after the fight. Tooth-beating ceremony.
It would be better if we fight a big war. We can get more meat, make it into dried meat, sell it to caravans, or send people to transport it to the Central Plains, sell it for some money, and bring some daily necessities and buy some food when we come back. , improve the conditions.
It is precisely because of this that the soldiers of Yumen Pass were developed to be warlike and good at fighting.
They all come from poverty.
The imperial court also tacitly allowed the soldiers here at Yumen Pass to do business on their own, as long as they did not bully the market, squeeze other people's business, or force buying and selling, that would be fine.
It wasn't until the monster army retreated far away that the second- and third-grade monster warriors in the sky began to fight and retreat.
The five people on the Yumen Pass chased them for a distance. Han Yun killed two third-level monsters before retreating.
Before coming back, Han Yun also brought back the corpses of the two third-level monsters, preparing to eat them to strengthen their bodies when he had time.
After all, he is a strong man, and his body will not decay in a short period of time.
After returning to Yumen Pass, Nie Ze had already taken down the formation, and the soldiers carried the corpses back to the city in an orderly manner.
Everyone gathered in the main hall of the Qi family.
As the eldest son of the Qi family, he could only sit at the side table. The five people present had a higher status than him.
Nie Ze said,
"In this war, thanks to Han Taibao's large formation, we had no casualties, annihilated tens of thousands of enemy troops, and repelled the demon attack. It can be said to be a complete victory. After I return, I will write a memorial Report all your achievements to the Ming court and ask the court to reward you."
Hearing this, the head of the Qi family also said a lot of compliments.
But Han Yun and the other five were not in the mood to listen to this at the moment.
The ancestor of Izhu asked,
"Han Yun, what's going on with that monkey? It's obviously just a third-grade monkey, but it's so easy for you to kill it. How come you haven't killed it after fighting for so long?"
Hearing this, Han Yun sighed and said,
"This monkey has a weird body and is immortal."
"immortal?"
Everyone present was surprised, stood up one after another, and stared at Han Yun.
Han Yun nodded and said,
"Indeed, no matter whether I attack it with the Baqi Pearl, the thunder flames in the formation, or even hit it with the monkey's own weapon, I can't hurt it at all.
It's not very powerful. Its combat power mainly comes from its weapons, which are too resistant to beating. I can defeat it, but I can't kill it. "
"Immortal body, is there really an immortal existence in this world? In this case, who can kill it?"
"Being immortal doesn't mean that it won't die. Just because it can't be broken doesn't mean that its lifespan is endless."
Han Yun explained.
"Oh, that monkey looks quite young. I'm afraid we old bones won't be able to survive it even if we are old. The demon race has a longer lifespan than the human race."
"No wonder the Demon Clan Ice King is trying to save the monkey, it turns out it is so important.
Alas, what a pity. It would have been nice if I could kill it. I let it go this time. When it grows up, it will become another formidable enemy in the future. "
Everyone was talking to each other, with worries in their eyebrows and eyes, and they were very worried about this monkey.
Some people died, but not completely...
