In this encounter, the Gaoding Army suffered heavy casualties.
Of the more than 30,000 elite soldiers, 3,000 were lost in this battle. If the wounded and disabled were included, this number would increase even higher.
As for their opponents, the casualties suffered by Meng Huo's army can only be described as drizzle.
Even Meng Huo himself did not expect that with reasonable strategic arrangements, a war could result in less than a hundred casualties.
It can only be said that in the face of various facts, Meng Huo felt more and more the power of Yi Xiaotian's mind.
Especially when compared with Yong Kai, this gap is really obvious.
Of course, the heavy damage Meng Huo inflicted on Gaoding's army with just a surprise attack of more than a thousand men would not really make them completely defeated.
Gao Ding is now riding a tiger and is unable to get off. After receiving the casualty report, even if his face is downcast, he will continue to say such things as moving forward and setting up camp.
At this time, the low pressure sweeping across the entire army made their march extremely slow. As a result, even if Meng Huo retreated in front of them, no one could stop them.
——
Meng Huo returned with a great victory.
This news immediately caused the soldiers in Gufu City to cheer together.
Yi Xiaotian stood on the city wall, side by side with Zhu Ronshuang, looking at the cheering barbarian soldiers in the outer wall, with a smile on his face.
"You have to prepare quickly to welcome your brother-in-law. At least today... Gaoding and the others shouldn't be able to easily lay siege to the city, right?"
"Well, when Meng Huo comes back, we will stop for a while and observe the movements of Gaoding. If it is not as expected, Gaoding will not act rashly before receiving the news from Yong Kai."
Yi Xiaotian rubbed his chin and showed a meaningful smile:
"But he shouldn't have thought that Yong Kai would not be able to protect himself."
"Go and get ready. Tell your sister to kill some cattle and sheep for the soldiers to eat tonight."
"Okay, I'll go right away!"
After Zhu Rongshuang heard Yi Xiaotian's instructions, she immediately went to the city with a happy smile and ran to talk to Zhu Ronghuan.
Yi Xiaotian looked at Zhu Rongshuang's back and unknowingly began to show his gentle eyes, which she didn't even notice.
Half an hour later, Meng Huo returned with his army.
The soldiers of Gufucheng opened the city gate and gave the warmest cheers.
Meng Huo only raised his arms high in the air, declaring their strength to everyone, and everything seemed to be developing in a good direction.
However, what Yi Xiaotian didn't know was that it was precisely because his calculation was too powerful that Yong Kai, who felt extremely threatened, was stimulated to directly pull out his trump card.
It also caused the Nanzhong region, where the situation had gradually become clearer, to be once again shrouded in a thick dark cloud.
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Again, similar to the Western Regions, the Southern Xinjiang region has always been a region with great cultural differences. Just like the chaotic Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods in history, different cultures and cognitions will lead to disputes.
Unless a real overlord emerges who has the ability to unify them, such areas will only likely be in the midst of mutual attacks and invasions for a long time.
The Meng clan, the Zhurong clan in the south, the central and the north, the Wuxi barbarians of Duosi, plus the Han tribes headed by Yong Kai, were considered the most powerful clans.
But the further south you look, the more complicated the situation becomes.
Yong Kai had been operating in Nanzhong for many years, relying on deceit, deception, and backstabbing of his allies to finally gain a huge advantage.
But these were decisions he made only in the later stages of his business, and before Yong Kai became successful, he didn't just invest in Duosi.
Yunnan City——
This Yunnan is south of that Yunnan.
In another time and space, this place was carved out from the southwest of Yuexun County many years later and existed as a county seat under the jurisdiction of Yunnan County.
During the hunting period of the Han and Yuan Dynasties, colorful clouds were seen in Nanzhong, and envoys were sent to trace them. This is how Yunnan got its name.
This is the origin of the name Yunnan.
Yunnan City has a long history. As a mountain city in the southwest of Yuexun County, it is an easy-to-defend but difficult-to-attack place.
This place was first under the control of Han officials, but because Liu Zhang had abandoned Yuexun for a long time and rarely got involved in the affairs here, the Han officials here naturally became poor people who fended for themselves.
It is unknown who killed the previous county magistrate. Until a few years ago, the ownership of Yunnan County was not yet determined.
Then…
The barbarians are coming.
This is not to say that there were no barbarian tribes within the jurisdiction of Yunnan County. In fact, there were only many more barbarians here than in the south, central and north.
But the barbarians who came this time were different.
I remember that on the day we entered the city, all the people on the streets were silent.
Everyone looked at the group of uninvited guests who barged into the city from outside the city, and looked at their leader, the naked "wizard" wearing only tiger skin pants, sitting on the head of a white elephant, parading in the county town.
above the street.
I heard that it was the "wizard" who drove all the beasts, defeated the army stationed in the city without any explanation, and opened the gate of the city easily.
The white elephant swaggered through the market, swinging its long trunk, holding its head proudly, and roaring with joy from its mouth.
There was someone's broken body at his feet. The flesh and blood were stuck together and exuded a certain smell of blood, but the group of people following him didn't care at all.
These are a group of bloodthirsty monsters, each wearing a skeleton made of their heads or being severed in battle.
Some even held freshly chopped human limbs in their hands, stuffing them into their mouths without a care in the world.
Even if his face is covered in blood, he doesn't care.
If an ordinary person is stared at by such a person, they would be frightened to death, right?
Later, someone revealed their identities——
"King Mulu...the master of Bana Cave who drives all beasts...why is he...here?"
As if he heard the discussions among the people on the street, King Mulu grinned, showing his blackened teeth, and mumbled something unknown.
Then…
Then there was a massacre of innocent people.
Well, he was in a bad mood. He was called by his first name and didn't feel respected, so he killed everyone on the street.
——
Many years later, the story of King Mulu had spread throughout Yunnan.
Not only in Yunnan, but from Xielong to Yunnan, across Chuangdong and even to the Qingsong area, everyone knows the reputation of King Mulu.
But his reputation was not gained by his strength.
He rules the people by terror and is a famous witchcraft master... It is said that just one look at him will make you bleed to death——
Such people are one of Yong Kai's trump cards.
No matter how dreamy it sounds, it is a definite fact.
because…
The reason why Yunnan City was able to be invaded that year, in addition to King Mulu's rather mysterious methods, the city gate guard who chose to rebel by chance also obviously played a key role.
