Dozens of corpses were piled together, and blood flowed from the gaps in the corpses, and then flowed calmly further along the steps.
Li Xuan stood on the three steps, seventy steps behind him, where the city gate was.
This area is also where the most corpses are piled up.
These three steps were dug by Li Xuan in advance.
At this moment, behind Li Xuan, stood a team of Qianniu Guards wearing red clothes and golden armor, holding tall horses stained with blood in their hands.
Their breathing was still a little rapid, but the murderous intent in their eyes was slowly fading away.
As soon as the city gate opened before, Qianniu Guards immediately rushed out.
The Tianyin cultists, who were already exhausted and broken, were immediately killed by the cavalry and fled in all directions.
When they fled to the seventy steps away from the city, one of them didn't pay attention and fell directly to the ground with a "pop".
This fall can immediately mean the difference between life and death.
People from the Tianyin Sect are not familiar with this terrain.
When walking up, they can naturally notice the sudden steps, but when walking down, especially when escaping, they can't take it into consideration at all.
Crowding, pulling, hugging and throwing, killing each other...
In this way, under the pursuit of Qianniu Guard, Tianyin's disciples were immediately killed and injured.
However, the Qianniu Guards' pursuit ended here. Li Xuan had given strict orders before, and the Qianniu Guards had to pursue them until seventy steps, and these seventy steps were enough for them to kill to the fullest.
One can imagine how many they killed.
…
Li Xuan raised her eyes from the blood-colored mountain road, looked at the distant mountain forest, and asked softly: "Has Colonel Yan led his men to pursue him?"
"Yes, Your Majesty." Qiu Zhenmu responded with cupped hands.
Behind the Qianniu Guards, the Kuaiji Mansion soldiers and the Wuzhou soldiers were already chasing the Tianyin Cultivators who escaped from the city gate.
Those who surrender will live, those who do not surrender will die.
Make sure that the details of this battle are not revealed as much as possible.
Qiu Zhenmu took a step forward, raised her hands to Li Xuan and asked, "Your Majesty, why don't you let us chase him together this time?"
The three steps under his feet have been piled flat with corpses. As long as he is careful, the horse's hooves will not be hurt by the steps at all.
"Because I am worried that you will not be able to come back alive." Li Xuan's words made Qiu Zhenmu's face suddenly full of surprise.
In Qiu Zhenmu's surprised eyes, Li Xuan raised his head, looked towards the endless dense forest, and said in a deep voice: "This time, I have given an order for Colonel Yan to chase him all the way to the other side of the mountain before returning. , you should know how dangerous this is, right?"
"Invading Muzhou?" Qiu Zhenmu was startled. He asked subconsciously: "Isn't the prince not planning to enter Muzhou?"
"We just try our best to get to the mountain pass on the other side and kill all the Tianyin cultists in the mountain to prevent the details of our battle with them from being exposed this time. At the same time, we have to see what is going on on the other side. If we encounter obstacles, we can also choose Return, but I have ordered them to try their best to destroy the mountain road and delay the Tianyin Sect's reinforcements from coming to Meiling Pass."
Li Xuan's expression was indifferent, but her fists kept clenching and releasing. No one knew whether she was excited or nervous.
After thinking about it for a while, Qiu Zhenmu asked in a low voice: "Can I ask, how many people can the Tianyin Sect send into Wuzhou this time?"
"I don't know, but it should be at least more than a thousand. After all, a thousand people have died in our hands. No matter how stupid they are, if they know better, they should increase their troops."
"That's at least two thousand?" Qiu Zhenmu was startled, and then said with cupped hands: "Even if we have Brother Zhou's team, the total number will not exceed a thousand. With a thousand people defending the city, it will be difficult. It’s not very big, but there must be a lot of casualties.”
Li Xuan nodded calmly and said: "It is indeed possible, so I tried every means to delay the time for those from the Tianyin Sect to reach Meiling Pass."
Qiu Zhenmu nodded slightly, he also thought of this.
At this time, Li Xuan began to walk forward, stepping on the corpse under his feet, and walked towards the mountain road ahead. At the same time, he whispered: "Only in this way will we have enough time to prepare."
"The prince is worried that behind these two thousand people, more people will come to kill him." Qiu Zhenmu immediately understood the subtext of Li Xuan's words.
Li Xuan stopped, looked in the direction of Muzhou City, and said with a cold face: "Once the Tianyin Sect raises its troops, it can gather at least 20,000 troops. Although it is impossible to send all 20,000 people to Lanxi, but Half of them are definitely indispensable...Ten thousand people, Brother Qiu, what do you think?"
"It's okay!" Qiu Zhenmu's words made Li Xuan immediately surprised.
Qiu Zhenmu followed closely and said: "This mountain road is rugged and there are cliffs on both sides. The more troops the opponent has, the more difficult it will be to deploy."
"They pounced on me in one go. In fact, I am not afraid of them, but I am afraid of them. They attack in waves, wheel battles, human sea tactics, and various means. Even if we can barely hold on to Meiling Pass, I will definitely suffer heavy losses, which is something I don’t want to see.”
Having said this, Li Xuan turned her head and looked at Qiu Zhenmu: "This is also the reason why I don't want you to go into the depths of the mountain road at will. On the one hand, it is really not worth it. On the other hand, I want thousands of people to do it." The sharp knife of Niuwei can be used in key places.
"What the prince said makes sense, I will obey the order." Qiu Zhenmu bowed seriously to Li Xuan.
"Also, I'm afraid it's not far away from the time when the Tianyin Sect will actually start an uprising. This incident may disrupt their pace of advancing troops and buy us some time." Li Xuan's face suddenly became solemn.
In the southeast today, the most important thing is not the summer harvest, but the Tianyin Sect's rebellion.
It's about what name they will use to rebel.
Li Xuan once learned from He Qing'er that this time, the Tianyin Sect raised troops in the name of Shi Xu, the governor of Muzhou.
Coming from a Shi Xu family, once he raises a banner against the imperial court, the consequences will be extremely serious.
"Brother Qiu, do you think His Majesty really doesn't have any special arrangements in Muzhou?" Li Xuan looked sideways at Qiu Zhenmu and asked his biggest doubt all along.
If you want to completely quell the rebellion of the Tianyin Sect, it is enough to send a general and completely ban the inheritance of the Tianyin Sect in Muzhou. Why go to such trouble.
"There should be some. As far as I know, the Central Government has sent many people to Muzhou for many years, but in the end all the information was lost." Qiu Zhenmu couldn't help but shook his head slightly, his eyes There was a hint of worry in it.
Instead, Li Xuan nodded seriously.
His entry prompter has the ability to peer into people's eyes and influence believers. So, with the powerful mysterious power of Empress, will she also be able to identify the spies of the imperial court who have infiltrated the Tianyin Sect at a glance?
There were even other reasons why Li Zhi was finally forced to take this step.
"Let's go, I'll go back. There are still a lot of things waiting for me in the city." Li Xuan waved her hand back, and then took the lead towards Meiling Pass.
The people and soldiers around were very busy.
The wounded and dead companions inside are all taken care of by their own comrades and colleagues, but for the Tianyin cultists who died outside, they must rely on the soldiers of Lanxi County to collect their bodies.
However, Lanxi's soldiers were not completely unwilling. Li Xuan promised that unless they were really important tokens, all the property on these corpses would be handed over to them for distribution.
Of course, before they took action, the Wuzhou soldiers had already searched and looted everything, and all the really valuable things had been taken away.
In such a hot weather, if the bodies are not removed quickly and buried, otherwise, the plague will easily occur.
…
"Wang joins the army, and the merit review of every soldier must be accurate." Li Xuan stopped and couldn't help but explain a few words to Wang Qin again.
"Your Highness, don't worry, I have been doing this for many years." Wang Qin rolled his eyes at Li Xuan angrily, and then went to work.
Qiu Zhenmu, who was standing behind Li Xuan, couldn't help but snickered slightly.
Li Xuan didn't pay attention at all. He walked a little deeper and immediately saw Feng Hua who was repairing the trebuchet.
He hurriedly walked up: "Feng Canjun, this time, could you please install two trebuchets on the city wall, and then slightly modify them so that they can be launched more easily?"
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. This subordinate has been thinking about this matter for several days, so it won't delay His Majesty's affairs." Feng Hua seriously handed over to Li Xuan.
"That's good." Li Xuan cupped his hands, then turned to look at Qiu Zhenmu and said, "Brother Qiu, let's go and see how the arrows are stored together, right?"
The group of people immediately turned around and walked towards the warehouse.
Qiu Zhenmu asked as he walked: "Your Majesty, is the situation really difficult this time?"
This time, the people brought by Zhou Shen did not directly intervene at all.
Li Xuan had completely wiped out more than a thousand troops of the Tianyin Sect with just the people he had killed before.
Although the checkpoints are relied upon, Li Xuan's strong ability to defend the city cannot be ignored.
"Brother Qiu, although I have made many calculations in the past few times, in fact, it is the bows and arrows and catapults that really work."
After a slight pause, Li Xuan followed up and said: "Due to various reasons, both Zuo Fei and Luo Yongjie were severely under-prepared in this regard, but it will definitely not be the case next time."
Li Xuan raised his head, looked in the direction of Muzhou, and said with a serious face: "Next time, they will definitely bring enough trebuchets, enough crossbows, enough shields, enough ladders, and siege rams. They will bring enough everything." The equipment that can help them attack the city... these things, if you are not careful, it is very likely to kill you and me."
This time, Li Xuan used He Qing'er's help to make the content of the secret message sent by Ye Wanwan slightly deviated, and time was not caught up in time, so that he could plan to kill Luo Yongjie step by step.
But next time, he won't have this chance. Whether it's Luo Yongjie or others in the Tianyin Sect, they will keep an eye on Li Xuan's every move.
Nearly a thousand masters all died in Li Xuan's hands. How could the Tianyin Sect not be frightened.
If Li Xuan desperately fights back and enters Muzhou, even they themselves will go crazy.
…
After inspecting the entire Meiling Pass, Li Xuan returned to the gatekeeper's mansion. There were already a lot of official documents that Li Xuan needed to deal with.
Zhou Shen stood on one side, seemingly waiting for Li Xuan to come back.
"Brother Zhou!" Li Xuan handed over his hand seriously.
"Your Majesty!" Zhou Shen looked at Li Xuan and asked seriously: "I wonder what your Majesty has planned for his subordinates?"
Zhou Shen brought his two teams of soldiers and three hundred old soldiers to Meiling Pass. However, Li Xuan did not let them directly participate in the battle. Instead, he asked them to sit on the sidelines for the time being.
Based on Zhou Shen's understanding of Li Xuan, Li Xuan definitely didn't do this to let them rest. On the contrary, Li Xuan obviously had other ideas, and that's why she made such an arrangement.
"Those old soldiers need to be retrained. Their physical strength and other aspects are not as good as those of young people." At this point, Li Xuan paused for a moment, then looked at Zhou Shen seriously and said, "Brother Zhou , I hope your men can hide here, and then at the critical moment, stab everyone in the Tianyin Sect from behind."
Ci'en Rock, the Great Ci'en Rock ten miles northeast.
(End of chapter)
