Heavy snow fell, and the war in Tunliu City came to an end for the time being.
The city wall was covered with arrows, and corpses piled up under the city wall. Scarlet blood flowed from the corpses, and even the cold snow could not hide them.
On the battlefield, there were arrows and corpses everywhere. The abandoned siege ladders were also full of arrows, with cold corpses hanging on them.
There is no smoke-filled scene like the era of hot weapons in the previous life, but the chilling atmosphere left after the confrontation with cold weapons is enough to make people feel scared.
Qin Yu and others on the city wall breathed a long sigh of relief. They finally got through today and were glad that they lived for another day.
In today's battle, the Qi army suffered heavy losses, but the Tang army was not much better.
"Today is just a test by the Qi army. The Qi army's siege rams and catapults are not used." Tie Mian stood next to Qin Yu.
Qin Yu raised his head and looked at Tie Mian, "Testing? It shouldn't be necessary. Thousands of people are trying to beat more than 200 of us."
"If we didn't hold on, it wouldn't be a test, but if we did, it would be just a test." Tie Mian looked outside the city, where the Qi army was sending civilians to pick up the corpses.
After the war is over, both sides can send civilians from the army to collect the corpses, but neither side can take action against these civilians.
The thousands of corpses under the city are not easy to clean up. Some have been buried in the snow and need to be dug out from the snowdrifts.
Qin Yu sat silently in the corner. There were only 200 people on his side. It was already a military miracle to be able to block thousands of enemy troops at once.
Once Qi Jun is fully prepared, even if he has countless arrows, he may not be able to stop Qi Jun, unless the system can give him another chance to draw a lottery!
But Qin Yu couldn't think of any rewards that the system could give to help him reverse his current situation.
"Centurion, are you okay?" Old Huang staggered over with his sword covered in blood.
"Old Huang, are you okay?" Qin Yu asked, pointing to the broken arrow on Old Huang's arm.
Old Huang looked at his injuries and smiled, "It's okay. This little injury is nothing. Centurion, are you okay?"
"It's okay. How are the casualties, brothers?"
Lao Huang's face darkened and he sighed: "Eleven brothers were killed in the battle, twenty-seven were seriously injured, and sixty-one were slightly injured."
Qin Yu's face suddenly darkened. More than two hundred people fought against thousands of people, with only a hundred casualties. It could be said to be a great victory.
But for Qin Yu, this battle has already caused more than half of the casualties. If the Qi army attacks the city again...
"How do you plan to deal with Qi's next siege?" Tie Mian asked.
Qin Yu stood up and looked outside the city, "Let's clean up the battlefield first, Old Huang. You take your injured brother to Jieyuan for treatment."
Qin Yu did not answer Tie Mian's doubts. Qin Yu already had an idea in his mind, but he couldn't say it now.
"The fire last night almost burned down all my weapons. It was really strange."
Tie Mian looked at Qin Yu. The most important thing at the moment was how to survive.
The fire last night was not that important, so why did Qin Yu avoid the important and take the easy and care about a fire?
Qin Yu turned around and walked down the tower. Seeing this, Tie Mian followed him with doubts.
When Qin Yu saw Tie Mian following him, he took out a warm steamed bun and handed it to Tie Mian, "You haven't had breakfast yet."
Tie Mian was stunned after taking the steamed buns, "The war at South Gate was urgent. We got the news and rushed over as soon as possible."
"Fortunately, your timely support has re-energized the morale of the army, otherwise we would really not be able to hold on today."
Qin Yu broke into a cold sweat when he recalled the situation just now.
The Qi army had already scaled the city wall. If Tie Mian and others were to arrive a step later, the city would probably be lost, and he would lose more than a hundred kilograms of meat on it.
In the blink of an eye, Qin Yu and Tie Mian arrived at the armory that was burned down last night. The place was completely in ruins and was buried under the snow.
"What are you doing here?" Tie Mian asked.
"Investigating the cause of the fire last night." Qin Yu found tools and peeled away the snow bit by bit.
"It's all burned to rubble. How can we find the cause of the fire?"
"Then we have to know whether the fire was man-made or natural, and there are two brothers buried underneath."
After hearing this, Tie Mian also stepped forward to lend a hand.
Qin Yu and Tie Mian peeled away the snow bit by bit and cleared out the ruins.
The two quickly cleaned up two corpses that were burned to the point of losing their human appearance.
Looking at these two corpses, Qin Yu felt anger rising in his heart.
"These two brothers have always been guarding the armory, so they will never let the fire spread to the entire warehouse without being noticed, let alone die in the sea of fire."
Qin Yu squatted in front of the two corpses, "Both of them were killed before the fire broke out."
"How do you know?" Tie Mian asked doubtfully.
Qin Yu looked at Tie Mian, "If they were burned alive, there would be signs of struggle on their bodies, but look at them, they are so calm, with no signs of struggle at all."
Qin Yu took out a piece of cloth and wrapped his hand, then rummaged for something on the burnt corpse.
"What are you looking for?" Tiemian squatted down and looked at the corpse with doubtful eyes.
Finally, Qin Yu found a deep wound on the necks of the two corpses.
"It's a sword mark, and it's a sword that seals the throat!" Tie Mian was shocked, and Qin Yu was right. The two of them were killed before the fire broke out.
Confirming his suspicion, Qin Yu's heart sank. There was indeed Qi's elaborate work in the city!
"There are craftsmen from the Qi State in the city, and they may even be under your hands! Otherwise, it would be impossible to kill these two people easily with one sword." Tie Mian looked at Qin Yu and said.
Qin Yu didn't speak. Qin Yu knew very well that his subordinates were not careful because the system's prestige value would not deceive him.
Then, this detailed work must have come from several other centurions' subordinates, or even from them themselves, but which branch it came from is not yet clear.
"Didn't you ask me what I plan to do next? That is to find out this mole, and then abandon the city and retreat to Tang Dynasty." Qin Yu stood up and said.
"Are you planning to abandon the city?" Tie Mian looked at Qin Yu in shock.
Qin Yu looked at Tiemian, "As you can see, we can't hold on at all, and Lin Yue has escaped. Even if we retreat, it won't be considered an escape."
"Can the others listen to you?"
"Now I am the only one in the city who has food in hand. I am not afraid that they will not listen to me, but I have to find out the mole first." Qin Yu sighed slightly. The mole is a big trouble and must be solved before we can talk about anything else. things.
"Qi Jun won't give me too much time, and it will be very difficult to retreat to Tang State under Qi Jun's nose!" Iron Face's eyes were full of worry.
"Don't worry, I will have my own solution when the time comes. The main thing now is to catch the traitor in the city." Qin Yu said.
"Can you find out this traitor in a short time?"
Qin Yu smiled slightly. Since the other party burned the armory once, he would burn it a second time. Even if he doesn't want to come, Qi State will force him to come.
