Behind them, there was a roar of killing.
After leaving the city gate, Xu Mu stopped his horse coldly, turned his head, and looked at the ancient Wangzhou City in front of him. He never thought that one day he would say goodbye to his second hometown in this way.
After this time, even if Wangzhou City still exists, it will probably become an abandoned city.
"Little boss, those Di dogs are coming in!"
Xu Mu made a cold gesture, and Wei Xiaowu, who was carrying the camp flag, raised his eyes red and shouted angrily, raising the camp flag high.
On a high slope outside the North City Gate, hundreds of soldiers with bows raised their bows one after another.
The kerosene arrows are burning.
Thump thump thump.
Hundreds of fire arrows, carrying roaring fire smoke, were thrown neatly into Wangzhou City.
After only a moment, the fire suddenly burst out, and the thick gray smoke spread crazily over the top of Wangzhou City.
Accompanied by this, there were also screams from Di people.
"Chang Wei, let the horse go."
There were about a hundred old horses tied with hay, all smelling of the pungent smell of kerosene. After lighting their tails, they rushed into the city in pain.
It won't be long before the entire northern city of Wangzhou will be burned into a small furnace.
Wei Xiaowu continued to wave the camp flag, and the figures riding on the slope suddenly came in a roundabout way.
"Walk."
Xu Mu Ning shouted in a low voice, and led the light cavalry of more than 3,000 people to quickly chase forward.
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"So, this fire in Wangzhou will burn many Di dogs to death!" Lian Yong, who was riding an old horse, sounded extremely happy.
"Indeed." Xu Mu also breathed a sigh of relief. In any case, the retreat went smoothly this time.
At least for a short period of time, there is no need to worry about being surrounded and suppressed by pursuing troops.
Of course, it is impossible for Beidi's army to be burned down with just one fire. It is estimated that after the reinforcements arrive later, they will become even more ferocious and abnormal.
"It's a pity that I didn't meet that thief Zhao Qingyun along the way!" Lian Yong held the knife in one hand and his tone was filled with resentment.
Throughout the ages, loyal ministers like Yuan Tao Lian Yong have hated nothing more than traitors like Zhao Qingyun.
"I was thinking, maybe I can meet him in Hezhou."
Without Hezhou, Zhao Qingyun is like a lost dog, and has no value to the Di people. Therefore, he will definitely find a way to take back Hezhou City.
"Hezhou? That's good. If I catch him, I will definitely chop off his head!" Lian Yong was still extremely angry. Such a dirty guy almost put the entire Central Plains into dire straits.
"Old man, I'll be on my way first."
"The camps in Hezhou City are already warming wine and killing meat. If we fall to the last, we will be too slow!"
Together, there were more than 30,000 men and horses, roaring in unison, boosting their morale, and quickly rushed back in the direction of Hezhou, following the formation of the snake.
Following the army to Hezhou, there were still 30,000 to 40,000 civilians. They were afraid that if they followed too slowly, they would fall into the Di people's encirclement and suppression. Even though they were powerless, even though they were howling all the way, they all walked very fast and did not dare to stop at all.
It was past dusk.
Spring does not belong to the border, and there is no grand scene of "painted halberds and red towers reflecting the sunset". What is there is just the solitary smoke of the desert, rising straight into the sky in the shit-colored sky, contrasting with the yellow sand of the border in the distance, forming an extremely desolate scene. picture.
"Brother Mu, dozens more people have collapsed from exhaustion."
Xu Mu looked back and saw that among the 30,000 to 40,000 people walking in the middle of the army, many of them had no strength left. They could only break off dead branches and sticks nearby and try their best to hold themselves up and hurry on.
But even so, along the way, no one left behind their burdens in order to survive.
Xu Mu estimated that there should be many ordinary people in the mountains and forests, but after all they were too afraid to follow the army. I just thought that one day the border would be stable and the world would be peaceful, and I would come out again.
"These tens of thousands of people thought that Wangzhou was stable, but how could they have imagined that less than February or March had passed and they were already struggling to survive with their families behind them."
"Then why don't you go somewhere else?" Si Hu looked puzzled.
Xu Mu sighed for a long time, "Wangzhou should be rewarded with a tax reduction if it regains its strength."
"Indeed, neither the left nor the right will survive. Staying in Wangzhou City is not counting the murder tax." Lian Yong had tears in his eyes.
Due to the murder tax, several members of the family were hanging on for their lives. After working hard for a whole year, they found that most of the money harvested had been charged as taxes.
"Rest where you are and hit the road again in half an hour." Xu Mu said in a solemn voice.
As soon as these words came out, many people howled and sat down on the ground regardless of the dust.
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Five miles outside Hezhou City.
Zhao Qingyun, who was riding on the horse, stared so hard that his eyes were swollen.
"There should be a garrison of ten thousand people." Huang Daochun also looked bad. Although he didn't want to mention it, it was true... The entire Xiaofeng camp, and he, the most wise man in Beidi, had been fooled. .
"When I left the city, I didn't bring any luggage, only a few days' worth of dry food."
Zhao Qingyun frowned.
Without Hezhou, he would have no capital to invest in Di. Even if Beidi was willing to accept him, there would be no need to think about the king's title.
The little boss went to Wangzhou, and now was his last chance.
"Is there any way to attack the city?" Zhao Qingyun turned his head and looked coldly at Huang Daochun in front of him.
When he thought of the stupid way to calculate the stove, he almost couldn't help it and raised his whip to whip someone.
But if he went to Beidi in the future, he would still need to deal with Beidi's number one wise man in front of him, so he didn't dare to offend him too much.
"We should have made preparations in Hezhou City. It would be unwise to attack by force."
"What should we do? Let the generals of the garrison in Hezhou come and take charge of the situation? Then lure the enemy out of the city?"
"General Zhao, don't mention this... If you follow my suggestion, you can besiege but not attack. Of course, you can get some nearby forest trees to build a city ladder. Then go to the nearby mountains and forests to collect the fleeing people, and in front of Hezhou For the sake of the general, let these people serve as cannon fodder and vanguard. Whether to kill or not to kill, that is the interesting thing. "
"Isn't it too slow?"
"There's no rush." Huang Daochun said with determination, "I've told you before that Wangzhou cannot be defended. The little boss still dares to go to Wangzhou, but it is actually a dead end."
"When my 100,000-strong Beidi army joins forces, how will the 10,000 defenders of Wangzhou City be able to defend it?"
"It makes some sense." Zhao Qingyun's face was still worried, "But Huang Daochun, I always feel that a miracle may happen to Xu Mu's little boss."
Huang Daochun was startled, then laughed loudly on his horse.
"General Zhao, you are afraid of being beaten. I said before that I just missed a plan. If he comes to challenge me again, if I don't underestimate the enemy, he will lose miserably."
"Don't forget, I am the Imperial Master of Beidi, the number one wise man in Saibei Grassland."
I don't know whether to believe it or not.
Zhao Qingyun raised his head and looked at the outline of Hezhou City not far away, and suddenly felt an unspeakable regret in his heart.
He didn't want to be his enemy, but he became his mortal enemy.
