He abandoned hundreds of Qi army corpses and fled in panic. The vanguard general was also hit by an arrow.
Even though Guan Chang was safe at the moment, he still had lingering fears and thanked Li Jingyuan who was standing beside him.
The latter shook his head and looked at the armor that Guan Chang had taken off with a stern expression.
Guan Chang was naked from the waist up, and there was an obvious dent in his heart and chest.
As for the armor he took off, the outer three layers of iron armor were completely shattered, the inner leather armor was torn, and the last layer of the goggles was deformed, embedded with an arrow with an almost invisible blade.
Looking at Li Jingyuan's eyes, Guan Chang also imagined his own armor and was frightened.
As a vanguard general, the armor he wore was naturally made of high quality, and ordinary arrows could not penetrate the outer armor at all.
However, the armor around his heart is now almost scrapped, which shows that the person who shot this arrow is definitely not an ordinary general.
That's why he thought it was Empress Xiao Linglong who was personally present when he blocked an arrow earlier.
Li Jingyuan frowned, used a knife to pick out the arrow embedded in the breastplate, and exclaimed: "This arrow was shot from the top of a mountain nearly two hundred feet away from you and me, and it accurately hit your heart."
"The archer is definitely a master, at least a fourth-level martial artist!"
"I'm afraid there's more to it than that."
Guan Chang exhaled a breath of turbidity: "If I were a fourth-grade martial artist and poured my true energy into the arrow, I'm afraid this arrow would be able to shoot right through me."
Li Jingyuan was confused, and Guan Chang explained: "The opponent has such strength, but this arrow did not kill me. This shows a problem."
"The person who shot the arrow did not use true energy, but relied entirely on the strength of the bow to shoot the arrow?"
Li Jingyuan clicked his tongue: "Why does this master act like this?"
"There is only one answer."
Guan Chang's eyes were sinister: "That means he can't bring his true energy now."
Li Jingyuan suddenly realized, nodded and said: "Indeed, there are not many people in this world who have such archery skills. Could it be that he is the commander-in-chief of the Tianyu Army of Qian Kingdom?"
The Tianyu Army of the Qian Kingdom is the most elite army of the Qian Kingdom, and every one of them is a sharpshooter. When the Three Kingdoms destroyed Qian, the two of them had witnessed the Tianyu Army's killing spree.
"It doesn't look like it. If it were the commander-in-chief of the Tianyu Army, he wouldn't have used the first arrow to attract my attention, leaving the door wide open in front of me after I blocked the arrow."
"Although this person's archery skills are high, he is not as good as the commander of the Tianyu Army. I suspect he is the empress Xiao Linglong."
"It is indeed possible."
Li Jingyuan said sternly: "If it is Xiao Linglong, this will be troublesome. If the army cannot pass through Xiashan, it will not be able to invade Qianguo."
The empress Xiao Linglong was extremely powerful in battle. She fought against seven generals of the Three Kingdoms alone on the battlefield with one person and one sword.
Five were killed and two were injured. If Ye Hongxue hadn't taken action to repel them, the consequences would have been disastrous.
Even so, it shook a lot of morale.
It would be difficult if she was guarding Xiashan.
Guan Chang spat out a mouthful of blood foam. The arrow caused him some internal injuries. He sneered and said, "So what if it's her. I had already thought about how to cross this gorge before I came here."
"Du Yu."
He called his lieutenant, and Du Yu hurriedly said: "General!"
"Inform the whole army to repair on the spot. After the third watch tonight, you will bring people to burn the mountain for me!"
"The general will obey your orders!"
Li Jingyuan twitched the corner of his mouth and took a breath: "You are really a madman."
If such a large gorge is burned, it will take ten and a half months to put out the fire.
Guan Chang chuckled: "It doesn't matter, just as we open roads and build bridges across mountains and rivers, and when our army sets off, your majesty has given instructions. If the Qian Kingdom dares to kill our Daqi royal family, they must be destroyed this time!"
Li Jingyuan smiled and said: "Then it's up to your army this time."
"Easy to say."
The two laughed and decided to set the mountain on fire.
There is still a lot of time before the large forces of the two countries' coalition forces arrive.
They were already lightly armed pioneers, so they were not in a hurry.
At nightfall.
The soldiers brought by Ye Hongxue ate dry food and looked at the darkening sky.
Ye Hongxue was worried and called the general: "Don't let your guard down at night, and we must not let them pass."
"General, don't worry."
Until late at night, Ye Hongxue suddenly smelled an uneasy atmosphere. Just as he was about to say something, a general rushed over: "The general is in trouble! The spies are here to report that the enemy has set fire to the mountain!"
"Asshole!"
Ye Hongxue was immediately furious. He immediately came to a high place and saw fire in the distance and thick smoke billowing into the sky. It was a darkness deeper than the night.
The sea of fire is more like a wave of death advancing towards the surrounding area!
Even if it rains heavily now, it will never be able to extinguish the fire until it rains for three days and three nights.
Even though she was far away, Ye Hongxue could feel the air around her heating up rapidly!
Who can stop the wildfires?
"Notify the entire army to retreat quickly!"
Ye Hongxue immediately gave the order to retreat. If it were later, he would be surrounded by wildfires and no one would be able to escape.
The soldiers rushed to convey her orders, and finally managed to evacuate to the rear before the fire approached.
Seeing the flames rising into the sky, Ye Hongxue sighed in her heart, feeling a little pity.
But there was no setback at all.
This wildfire will burn for a long time, long enough for the country to make arrangements to deal with the coalition forces of the two countries.
The fire in Xiashan was also noticed by Tongzhou. The state herdsman Zhang Zheng noticed it and immediately wrote a secret report and sent someone 800 miles to rush to the rear.
At the same time, the entire army was integrated to prepare to resist the enemy.
A fire burned for ten days and ten nights, and the originally lush mountain forest was now pitch black.
As soon as the mountain fire stopped, Li Jingyuan and Guan Chang immediately set off to pass through the gorge as quickly as possible.
And set up camp directly around the gorge.
Tongzhou Prefecture Mu Zhang Zheng, who had already deployed defenses for three hundred miles, immediately mobilized his troops and generals after hearing the news, preparing to take advantage of the enemy's unstable foundation to attack and seize the territory around Xiashan.
With Xiashan as its support, Qian Guo may still be able to carry out defensive counterattacks to hold back the enemy.
But Guan Chang's fire made it impossible for Zhang Zheng to make arrangements before.
As soon as the mountain fire stopped, both sides immediately attacked to seize the geographical advantage.
A large number of Qianguo soldiers rushed out of the camp and marched toward the mountain, and the two sides instantly fought.
The first battle ended in a draw, with both sides suffering injuries.
After two days of fighting, Li Jingyuan and Li Jingyuan thought they had figured out Zhang Zheng's strength.
Ye Hongxue suddenly rushed out from their left with an army of 50,000 men.
With the addition of these 50,000 people, the allied forces of the two countries, which were originally evenly matched with the Qian Kingdom, were suddenly defeated.
Nearly 8,000 people were killed or wounded in the battle.
Only then did Guan Chang and Li Jingyuan realize that the arrow that day was not shot by Empress Xiao Linglong at all, but by Jingguo General Ye Hongxue!
"Asshole! Damn Ye Hongxue, damn Jing Guo!"
Li Jingyuan was furious. His eight thousand cavalry were about to break through Qian Guo's battle formation, but Ye Hongxue came out and surrounded and annihilated him with fifty thousand people.
Li Jingyuan immediately called a messenger and sent someone to deliver a message to Marshal Horn, who was coming from behind, informing him of Jingguo's aid to Qianguo.
