Young He Han's head was covered with sweat, and a few strands of hair were wet and messy stuck to his forehead. The iron finger on his hand had already flown to nowhere when he fell from the tower, but now he is still holding it with all his strength.
On Xiaotian Mo. Although the palm of the hand was facing the spine of the knife, the sharp blade still cut into the flesh of the fingers, so deep that the bones were visible.
The excruciating pain almost made Jiangyan faint. However, a voice in his heart kept echoing in his ears, reminding him not to give up just yet.
The black-eyed boy burst out with new strength from nowhere, and was about to be bitten by the giant wolf. Xiao Tianmo, who was almost choking his throat, pushed forward half a foot. And the heavy head
The giant wolf, which weighed several hundred kilograms, took a step forward not to be outdone, placing almost all of its weight on Jiang Yan!
"Beast! Don't even think about taking my life today!"
The young He Han shouted loudly and suddenly released his left palm holding the blade of the sword. Although he fell to the ground, he still used the strength of his waist and abdomen to carry the seven-foot-long sword in his hand, without making any effort to move forward.
, he used an almost perfect move to destroy the mountain on the spot!
The power on Xiao Tianmo suddenly increased, making Chi Lang feel a little afraid. However, the force in his mouth weakened slightly, and Xiao Tianmo passed through the tightly clenched wolf fangs like a jet of black-gold lightning, and brought him up.
A loud noise like the roar of a dragon.
The giant beast sensed that something was wrong and immediately let go and wanted to retreat. However, Xiao Tianmo had already cut into the corner of its mouth and cut into Chilang's upper jaw in an extremely weird direction, cutting off half of its head.
, and then stopped again.
Even Jiang Yan himself was not sure what happened at this moment. He stood with a sword in his hand, and the blood dripping from the wound on his left hand fell to his feet, pulling out lines of blood in the air. But the young man seemed to
I couldn't feel the pain, I just clenched my teeth and said with a deep voice in my throat:
"I can never die today!"
It was already dark now. Only separated by a thin wooden door, several galloping wolves that had already entered the city were standing on the street outside the incense shop, barking, just a few feet away from him!
However, a loud sound suddenly sounded in the sky - it was the horn that the grassland people would blow when they gathered to charge, and it actually led the giant beast in front of the incense shop to another place.
Jiang Yan felt strange in his heart. He immediately pushed the door open and went out of the house, only to see a group of cavalry with red armor and red flags slashing at them along the way. They actually cut down most of the wolves that broke into the city one after another.
Seeing this situation, the remaining giant wolves seemed to be greatly stimulated and roared wildly. They had no choice but to put down the prey in front of them and regrouped to attack the cavalry. However, under the powerful cavalry,
Under the impact, the wolves were defeated as soon as they clashed. They were cut into pieces one after another and died behind the horses.
"Is Dahehan okay? The Chilang outside the city has retreated!"
Under the stars and moon, Meng Dun, who was covered in blood, stepped forward on his horse, his face filled with joy, and he held Wu Chen in his hand, as if he had been searching for the young man in the city for a long time.
Jiang Yan took the reins of his mount, got on his horse, and wiped the remaining blood on Xiao Tianmo at the crook of his arm. However, he did not believe what the other party said, so he patted his horse and ran towards the city gate hundreds of steps away. He saw
Rivers of blood flowed like rivers, and corpses piled up like mountains under the city. Now, not even a shadow of a wolf could be seen. As far as the eye could see, the Red Flame Army was like a prairie fire, and they were arrayed outside Suiyao City to hunt down stragglers.
The Chilang!
The black-eyed boy then sheathed his sword and asked with some suspicion:
"They are - those who stayed in Hulantai before -"
"Exactly!" Meng Dun was so excited that he spoke incoherently, "There are still tens of thousands of survivors from various tribes scattered on the grassland. I also did not expect that apart from the old, weak, women and children among them, there are still more than ten thousand brave and capable young men.
The Red Flame Army stationed at Hulantai issued armor to them. They just crossed the Jinhe River yesterday and happened to kill them from behind the wolves. These damn beasts had no time to react and were trampled to death by the galloping horses.
Many were injured. Now they have fled eastward."
"How much is the loss now?"
The young He Han was still a little worried, and his frown did not relax. He looked up at the city wall above his head, but saw blood everywhere and the corpses of humans and wolves piled together.
"We suffered heavy losses. One thousand, six hundred and thirty-seven of the Saxue Cavalry were killed and three hundred and twenty-four were wounded. And all the five hundred Red Flame troops who went south with us have now been killed."
When asked about this, the smile on Meng Dun's face suddenly froze, and the joy of his previous victory was gradually replaced by a deep sadness.
"How much armaments, water and food are left in the city?"
Jiang Yan lowered his eyes and asked again. This time, Meng Dun couldn't laugh anymore: "The iron arrows and fire oil in the city are all gone! There is still water and food left, but there is not much left."
"So, if the wolves besiege the city again, it is absolutely impossible for us to be able to defend it... So, I will order the Red Flame Army to prepare overnight, and follow me south to Yujing after dawn!"
The young man immediately waved his hand and shouted. However, before he finished speaking, his wife's voice sounded behind him:
"No! If the iron arrow is gone, you can go pick it up from the corpse outside the city. But if it's gone like this, what should the people in the city do?"
Chilang retreated, and Tuya finally had to step down from the arrow tower.
"Now there are more than 20,000 soldiers and cavalry inside and outside the city. Including the people in distress in the city and Yanluo Plain, there are 150,000 to 60,000. If we continue to defend the city, all the water and food will be exhausted in less than half a month. If you want to
To save people, we can only find a way to gather superior forces as soon as possible and kill all the wolves, there is no other way!"
Jiang Yan, however, has already figured it out and does not allow the other party to argue.
"But there are only three thousand wolves that besieged Suiyao this time. Maybe they are not the group we met in Dankli before. It is still unknown how many galloping wolves are roaming the highlands of the entire imperial capital. If they rush out of the city on the way,
Encountering the main force of the wolves will put everyone in dire straits——"
Tuya expressed her worries and wanted to persuade her husband to change his mind. However, just halfway through her words, she saw the other party's brows furrowed and his expression solemn in the flickering firelight.
The mixed-race princess suddenly remembered the scene when Jiang Yan led his army to leave Yanluoyuan not long ago. She finally realized that she could never compare to the red-haired girl in the opponent's heart. Even if there were thousands of reasons, the situation in front of her
There is absolutely no way he would be able to listen.
Thinking of this, Tuya suddenly closed her lips tightly, as if there had never been such a dispute between the two. Then, she forced a smile on her face, then turned to Meng Dun beside her, and clicked
nod:
"Just do it according to Dahehan's wishes."
The next day, the Red Flame Army Haohao Tangtang left Suiyao City and headed south all the way to Yujing. A few days passed, and on the way out of the city, not even the shadow of a galloping wolf was seen again. However, just
When everyone breathed a sigh of relief, they saw thick smoke rising slowly in Yujing City under the horizon ahead, and several large holes were broken in the thick city wall. There were even mountains of corpses under the city.
Breached!
It turned out that as early as ten days before the destruction of Yujing City, Qi Ziyin received a report from a scout, saying that there was something unusual in the Qingying Mountains. Foxes and rabbits fled, deer and sheep came out of the mountains, and frightened birds were everywhere. Even the golden eagles in the mountains left their nests that had been in place for many years.
.
At first, the young king thought that Lu Qiu Bo Rongzhong, who had retreated to Suoyang Pass, was trying to make a move again, so he sent many more people to spy. Unexpectedly, the scouts sent this time never returned.
It was June 28th, the second year of Zhaoxi. It rained heavily all night again. However, in the pattering rain, Leng Jiayun, who had already fallen asleep, vaguely heard someone knocking gently on her door.
The group of people received a message from Jiangyan's men the night before. Now that they have received Bai Jiangxing's approval, they can temporarily live in the side hall of Yongyang Palace, and the remaining twelve armed guards in the city are also at his disposal.
However, when the woman got up and put on her clothes, she saw the silver-haired child who usually didn't like to talk but was always playing tricks standing outside the door. She couldn't help but feel a little strange:
"Ze Ming came here late at night. Is there something important?"
For two days, the little head of the Mo family followed Qi Ziyin around the city, making plans. Although he looked tired now, he still bowed deeply to the end:
"Please also ask Miss Leng to come forward and give me some advice to Brother Qi."
"Tell me, what kind of trouble did you encounter? If Ziyin is wrong, I will help you."
Leng Jiayun didn't know what the other party was talking about. She only thought that the two of them had differences about the city defense, so she immediately nodded in agreement. However, what the silver-haired boy said next almost made her think that she had heard wrong:
"I also ask Miss Leng to go with me to persuade Brother Qi to withdraw the defense as soon as possible and return to Longshoudu to board the ship and set sail."
The woman in purple couldn't help but be surprised:
"Could it be that you want me to persuade Ziyin to return to Ye Kingdom? Why? Now we finally got the emperor's permission to enter the city and set up defenses. Besides, Ning Yue's whereabouts have not been found yet, so how can Ziyin be willing to leave?"
"If we don't leave, I'm afraid we will be buried here together with everyone in this city after tomorrow."
Hearing what the other party said, Leng Jiayun's expression immediately changed:
"Why? Since you received the letter from General Yan two days ago, asking us to prepare for the defense of the city, you and Ziyin have been worried. But now, civilians have dug deep ditches outside the city, and military guards in the city have deployed iron caltrops
Tong Juma even painted a thick layer of kerosene on the city wall, can't we still defend it?"
However, Mo Zeming refused to reveal any more and just shook his head with a solemn expression:
"If Miss Leng believes me, then accompany me to see Brother Qi. At this time, I have calculated it several times on the astrolabe, but every time it is the seventh level of the moon halo, it is a bad omen that Huibo will clash with Beiheng!"
"I believe you!"
Although the Dongli woman still had doubts in her heart, seeing the sincerity of the silver-haired young man in front of her, she immediately nodded in agreement.
However, before the two of them entered the front yard of the side hall where Qi Ziyin lived, they smelled a strong smell of blood. When they entered the gate, they saw a scene dripping with blood - only a civilian car was used to carry the load.
On top of the earthen bullock cart, there were dozens of mutilated corpses, which turned out to be the scouts that the young man had sent to the city to inquire about Wei Liang's movements.
The corpse was half covered with a piece of dark linen. It seemed that no one had dared to step forward and cover it up again after it had been lifted earlier. As soon as the bullock cart entered the palace, Qi Ziyin, who was standing in the courtyard, frowned and said hoarsely.
The voice asked Zhi Jinwu who was escorting the carriage into the palace:
"Where were these remains found?"
The captain on duty raised his hands and saluted, his face already drained of blood:
"Prince Ye. After nightfall today, the guards patrolling the city saw something abnormal in the ditch dug during the day on the city wall, so they went out of the city to explore, and then recovered these bones."
"Have you ever seen who abandoned it under the city?"
Qi Ziyin asked again, but there was an ominous premonition in his heart.
As expected, the captain opposite just shook his head:
"No one has been seen walking around the city. The shovels and shovels used by the people during the day are also scattered on the ground. However, some people said that they saw a dark shadow several miles away half an hour ago, but they were not sure what it was.
The shadow of a tree or something else. But the Tuen Gate Guard said that in the area where the body was found, there were countless vague footprints left by living creatures on the soil."
Qi Ziyin's heart suddenly thumped: "What kind of footprints?"
The captain cupped his hands, but his face turned even paler: "It's about the size of an adult's hand. Those footprints were obviously left by some kind of wild beast. They seemed to be wolves, but they were several times larger than ordinary mountain wolves."
"Could it be that Chilang has already forced himself into the city?!"
After hearing this, the young man in white immediately walked to the bullock cart that no one dared to approach and was covered in blood. He stretched out his hand and completely lifted off the linen covering the cart, only to see that the incisions on the remains of the corpses did not look like that of a bullock cart.
It was as smooth as a knife. The white bones exposed under the skin had many obvious marks of being gnawed by sharp teeth!
There was a "buzzing" sound in his mind, and the nightmare he had experienced in the human bones underground palace in Ye State, along with the appearance of the giant wolves that he tried so hard to forget, resurfaced uncontrollably.
Seeing this situation, Leng Jiayun finally understood why Mo Zeming had come to her for help before. She immediately took a few steps forward and opened her mouth to persuade. However, before she could say anything, she heard a strange sound in the distance outside the city.
The horn sound.
That sound was not the horn horn of the Shuodi people, nor was it the bugle of the Yubei Saxue Cavalry. And along with the sound of the horn, wolf howls sounded one after another in the wilderness, as if countless wolves were coming from hell.
The evil ghost crawled out and entangled the person with its cold hands and feet, making everyone present feel unable to breathe and their heartbeat stopped.
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