Five days later, outside Yanzhou City.
Riding on his horse, Xiang Rong looked at the not-so-grand city in front of him with a myriad of thoughts.
He was a little curious about how this disciple left by Ruan Shantao planned to deal with him. You must know that he had just led his army across the river bank where it was easiest to set up a defense line, and also passed through the mountains and forests where it was easiest to set up an ambush... From the beginning to the end, he I didn't see any arrangements, as if the resistance in Yanzhou City didn't exist at all.
This is not like the style taught by Ruan Shantao. If it were his old friend, he would definitely rely on the environment to deploy several lines of defense to kill as many grassland soldiers under his command as possible and drag them to death as much as possible. In the countryside of Yanzhou, he and the fierce generals he brought would be closely watched and suppressed by Ruan Shantao himself.
After being weakened step by step, even if the vanguard army could reach the city, it would be drained of its last drop of blood by Ruan Shantao under the city wall.
If Da Chu's Overlord Halberd had not been used, this battle would probably have ended like this. Even though Ruan Shantao, who was sitting in Yanzhou, only had a bad hand, Xiang Rong never doubted the ability of his old friend. , if he didn't use some extra moves, he might not be able to beat him.
But now, there is nothing.
There is nothing, nothing along the way, defense lines, ambushes, hidden objects, traps... nothing. Along the way, he had never seen even Tan Ma Yuqi, let alone Nan Chen's soldiers. Even at this moment, he had led his army to Yanzhou City, but he still did not see any trace of guards on the city wall.
The huge Yanzhou City seemed to have become an empty city at this moment.
This is not like Ruan Shantao's style, but Xiang Rong has already guessed what the other person is thinking.
"Want to scare me?"
Xiang Rong sneered.
Indeed, the most frightening thing is the unknown, because no one knows what kind of danger is hidden here - if another general comes here, I am afraid that he will really retreat and set up camp at this moment. After all, not everyone is willing to take risks. , to face the fear of the unknown.
But Xiang Rong is not afraid of this.
As the last remnant of the Chu royal family, Xiang Rong was inherently bold. When he was still young, he dared to remain anonymous and went to Jiankang, the capital of the Southern Chen Dynasty, alone, and even infiltrated the Imperial Academy as a student. After that, he traveled around the world, and later came to the border of Jibei, But it was much earlier than Ruan Shantao came to Yanzhou. After confirming that the Nanchen court was in decline, he went to the Mobei royal court alone. As a southerner, he obtained the position of the Mobei imperial master by virtue of his abilities.
Such a bold person has already put his life and death at risk. How could he be frightened by an empty city?
What's more, he still has a reason to go to the city.
The Overlord Halberd lodged in the spine has been declining since it has not drank blood for a long time. A blood sacrifice of sufficient scale is necessary to restore some of the power of the magic weapon - you must know that this magic weapon is even a little hungry. He didn't even want to let go of Ruan Shantao's broken body after he turned into a monster.
That still doesn't work. On the one hand, as he said, Ruan Shantao's will is not in harmony with the Overlord Halberd, so he insists on using poison to quench his thirst. On the other hand, after all, it is an old friend from the past who kills people in return. To take his body is a bit too disrespectful.
What's more, compared to Ruan Shantao's remains, isn't there a better blood sacrifice target in front of us?
"A city of more than 100,000 people... is a bit small, but it should be able to satisfy the Overlord Halberd a little bit, right?"
Thinking like this, Xiang Rong pulled out the soft sword from his waist.
"Listen to my orders! Enter the city!"
"Enter the city!"
"Enter the city!"
Amid the shouts of the messengers and the thundering drums of the wizards, two invisible sword lights shattered the city gate with a bang.
Xiang Rong, with his 20,000 vanguard troops, gradually entered the city.
Several fierce generals armed with fierce weapons were dispatched by Xiang Rong to lead the troops to advance steadily. As the strongest force in the vanguard, Xiang Rong himself also led the army alone, at the main line of Yanzhou City. They were advancing on the road - but even after entering the city, the vanguard still didn't see any resistance.
They didn't even see anyone alive.
"……Um?"
Xiang Rong's brows suddenly wrinkled, and he always felt that something was not right.
Even if Yanzhou City wants to use empty city tactics to intimidate him, it can't hide all the more than 100,000 residents of Yanzhou City, right?
The battle has actually become so big...why didn't he receive any news before?
"Still can't you see anyone?"
Xiang Rong asked the Tanma Ranger under his command.
The scouting horsemen were also confused. As the leading spies, they had been wandering around the city for a while, but they didn't even see a single living person, let alone the southern ambush.
In the houses on the roadside, there were still a lot of food, clothing, and even money left behind. It was obvious that the people who originally lived in Yanzhou City left in a hurry, even rough.
"It was very much like being kicked out."
This is the final answer from the Tanma Rangers.
"It seems like these southerners really abandoned the city and fled."
"Incredible! The Imperial Master is so powerful!"
"As expected of the National Preceptor!"
"With the National Preceptor taking action, those weak Southerners won't even want the city!"
Hearing the rewards from the Tanma Rangers, many grassland generals couldn't help laughing and praised Xiang Rong's achievements - this was indeed worthy of praise, considering that this was the first time for them to fight such a comfortable battle. The enemies were all scared away without spending a single soldier. They had never seen such a scene before.
For this reason alone, Xiang Rong's status in their hearts has been infinitely elevated, almost comparable to that of the god-like Khan who lives deep in Mobei.
But only Xiang Rong couldn't laugh.
"wrong."
Xiang Rong's brows frowned tightly.
"No, no, no... no! The situation has changed! Let the other troops withdraw quickly! We must not divide our troops now!"
"Varied……"
All the grassland generals have not yet reacted. They don't know why the master's temperament suddenly changed.
It was clear that they were already on the verge of victory, and the entire Yanzhou City had fallen into their control. How could they suddenly...
"kill!!!"
At this time, there were harsh shouts of killing coming from the distant streets and alleys. They were the voices of the prairie soldiers.
Immediately afterwards, blazing fire light pierced the sky.
"It's you!"
The familiar fire appeared in front of him again, Xiang Rong's eyes widened with anger, and he was filled with evil aura like an angry lion!
"how dare you!"
"You really dare to come in..."
In the distant street, Du Chengfeng, who was riding a horse, looked up into the distance and continued to wave the thick sword in his hand.
The blazing fire blade swept across, picking up large pieces of broken limbs and falling among the ruins.
With just one strike, eleven prairie soldiers died on the spot.
But Du Chengfeng on horseback sighed.
"It's not enough..."
Looking at the big knife in his hand, Du Chengfeng gently patted the blade to show comfort.
"Don't worry, it will work."
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