Ke Yin naturally recognized the other party, it was Yi Xifeng.
Keyin frowned. The name of Zhenbei Tinghou was still famous in the Endless Wilderness. After all, the opponent's record was still very impressive. But what puzzled him the most was that Yi Xifeng still held two weapons in his hand.
There are three flags, one yellow flag and one red flag.
At this time, Yi Xifeng on the top of the city waved the yellow flag in his hand.
Just when Ke Yin was wondering about this, an explosion suddenly occurred next to the ground thorn. The explosion was not very powerful, but it exploded extremely high, and countless yellow sand spread immediately.
"Damn it! I can't see the road!"
"ah!!"
Under the yellow sand, many people lost their vision and fell into the thorns. The ditches on both sides of the road were almost filled.
From morning to night, the battle lasted the whole day.
Yi Xifeng ended up holding back Keyue, Keyin, and Andre's presence, so the battle didn't last long. Both sides paid their dues and retreated, and would fight again tomorrow.
The city gate was able to be defended in today's battle, and the strategy of Dichagou was indispensable. Shi Qing'an was also promoted from a centurion to a commander of a thousand. However, as soon as Shi Qing'an became a commander of a thousand, the first thing he did was to bring Wang Dapao up to be his
deputy.
The waning moon is high and dark clouds are covering the city. The lights on the city of Futa Kingdom are brightly lit, even late at night. They are still stationed there. The sound of horse-drawn carriages in the city is endless, and it gradually stops until dawn.
The endless barbarian army continued to attack the city. Andre thought that the opponent would fight back with all his strength. Unexpectedly, it went very smoothly. It took only half a day to capture the royal city. The Floating Tower Kingdom abandoned the city and fled to the south.
Entering the Kingdom of Floating Towers, Andrei found that the city was deserted and all the valuables in the palace had been moved away, leaving only an empty mansion.
Seeing this, Earl Keyin took the initiative to ask Ying to continue the pursuit, so Andre sent him 50,000 elite troops to pursue the victory, while Keyue and his men stayed at the top of the city to take over the royal city with Andre's 100,000 troops.
Late at night, the army of semu people stationed on the city wall were sleeping soundly. Suddenly, an explosion woke everyone up from their sleep.
——Bang bang bang
The bright firelight is extremely gorgeous under the night sky.
Keyue hurriedly stayed, went out and caught a subordinate with a face full of ashes, and said angrily: "Damn, what's going on?"
"Sir, the city wall suddenly exploded for no reason!"
Of course Keyue didn't believe it. He felt that someone would launch a night attack at regular intervals.
"boom!"
An explosion sounded at Keyue's feet, and the North Gate City Palace collapsed. He quickly called to his men:
"Retreat, retreat quickly! Stay away from the city wall!"
Gunpowder smoke filled the air all night long. Not only the north gate of the city, but also the west gate, south gate, and east gate were all blown to pieces. Many people were buried on the spot, and countless soldiers were lost in a short time.
The explosion mainly blew up the foundation of the city wall, which itself was not very powerful. However, the foundation of the city wall was destroyed and turned into ruins, making it very difficult to build.
Andre was furious and immediately sent an additional 30,000 elite troops to pursue the attack southward. At the same time, he ordered a thorough investigation into who was responsible for the explosion on the city wall.
In less than two hours, the internal guards who thoroughly investigated the explosion returned, carrying a charred fragment in their hands.
"Lord Marquis, we found out that it is the formation jade talisman of the Zhenwu Dao Palace. However, the jade talisman has been blown to pieces, so we can't tell what the formation is."
The inner guard presented the fragment, and Andre held the fragment in his hand and looked at it. He did feel a faint breath of true energy from the fragment.
"Zhenwu Dao Palace? Yi Xifeng!"
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The baggage had been moved out overnight yesterday and went to the Stone Tower Fortress. The remaining cloth-armored soldiers ran very fast, leaving the pursuing Ke Yin army far behind.
Abandoning the city and moving was a very bold decision, but in the face of an army of 180,000 pressing on the border, a city wall alone cannot stop it, and sooner or later it will be defeated.
Ke Yin somewhat admired the king of the Futa Kingdom. He had the courage to abandon such a large city at the drop of a hat. This kind of courage was not something ordinary people could achieve. He did not know that Yi Xifeng was the designer and executor of this plan.
The opponent was running fast. Although Ke Yin could not catch up, he was not in a hurry. The Suchuan Kingdom in the south had been occupied by his own people. Even if the people from the Futa Kingdom could run away, where could they go?
Just as I was thinking about it, a spy came to report.
"My lord, there is a forest of towers ahead. Would you like to take a rest?"
Although Ke Yin was not tired, he agreed because the soldiers were exhausted from traveling long distances and might suffer heavy losses if they were attacked by the enemy.
"First send a few people to explore the road ahead. We will rest here tonight."
"yes."
After the spies left, Keyin ordered the troops to rest where they were for a while and wait until they reached the tower forest to rest again.
Soon, the spy came back, but he also brought an old man with him. Although the old man was old, his arms were quite strong.
"Sir, there is a small village ahead, and this guy is the village chief."
The spy kicked the old man's calf, and the old man fell to his knees with a plop.
"You don't even kneel down when you see an adult!"
Ke Yin frowned and asked, "Has the army of the Floating Tower Kingdom ever passed by your place?"
The old man trembled and said: "Returning to your lord, Wang Cheng's army did pass by the small village and went...to the southeast."
Earl Keyin nodded. The southeast is the border of the Far Eastern Kingdom. It seems that the other party knew that going south was impossible, so he simply fled to the Far Eastern Kingdom. What the old man said was reasonable.
"Come on, the army will move forward immediately and rest in the villages ahead."
The army marched south and soon entered the hinterland of Tallinn, but after reaching the hinterland, no village was found inside.
Ke Yin ordered his men to press the old man up and asked: "Where is your village?"
The old man, who had been a bit cowardly before, straightened his back and laughed.
Ke Yin frowned, his eyes suddenly widened, and he shouted: "No, I've fallen into a trap, order the army to withdraw quickly!"
The originally dark stone tower suddenly lit up with fire.
——咻咻咻
Arrows rained from the sky from the gaps that could be cut in the tower. Except for the 10,000 troops patrolling outside, the rest of the troops were attacked by hidden arrows in the tower forest. The entire battlefield became chaotic for a while.
"Damn it!"
Ke Yin had calculated everything, but he didn't expect to be ambushed here. He killed the old man with a sword, turned around, arrested the spy, and said angrily:
"Didn't you say you saw the village? Where is the village!!!"
The spy trembled his lips and said, "My subordinate... I have indeed seen the village. Are there any villagers walking around inside?"
"How dare you lie!"
In a rage, Ke Yin split the spy in half.
After the spy died, a piece of talisman fell out from under his feet. Ke Yin picked it up and took a look, only to realize that the man was under an illusion.
"Damn it!"
The battle did not last long, and was almost a one-sided massacre. In just a few hours, half of the 50,000-strong army was lost, and the remaining half lost their armor, and many generals abandoned the army and fled.
"Ke Yin, we meet again."
Ke Yin looked up and saw a man in a war robe standing high on the top of the tower under the moonlight.
"Yi Xifeng!"
Ke Yin's pupils shrank. He had personally tested Yi Xifeng's strength. He alone was no match for him. At this moment, he no longer cared about the army and turned around to escape. However, he was still beaten by Yi Xifeng while escaping.
A sword strike from behind.
"Lord Tinghou, shall we pursue him?"
Yi Xifeng shook his head and said: "If we blow up the King's City of the Pagoda, Marquis Andre will definitely be furious. With his violent temper, he will definitely send more troops to pursue it. We only have less than 45,000
People and horses, if we encounter them, we will definitely lose more. The gain outweighs the loss."
It was not until the next day that the remaining 15,000 people escaped from Tallinn, suffering extremely heavy casualties.
After running for dozens of miles, the army stopped.
Count Keyue had just left the city for less than a day when he met Ke Yin and his remaining generals who were later left with long blood scars.
Count Keyue was very surprised. Logically speaking, his eldest brother, Count Keyin, was the one pursuing him. Why did he seem to be being chased now?
"Brother, what's wrong with you? Why are you hurt so badly?"
Ke Yin sighed: "Oh, I was ambushed by the Futa Kingdom and almost died."
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The battle was won, and most of the Futa soldiers were cheering. Only a small number were a little sad, and some even started sobbing. Their old general was dead.
Yi Xifeng's mood was also a bit complicated. He proposed the plan to lure the enemy deeper, but the executor was a veteran.
When everyone found the old man's body, half of it had been chopped off by Ke Yin. Yi Xifeng and others looked at the body in silence. This veteran who died calmly deserved their respect.
Yi Xifeng didn't know the name of this veteran, but he only remembered that day when he proposed a plan to lure the enemy deeper. The advantage of this plan was that it could exchange for maximum casualties for the enemy at the minimum price.
But one thing is that the executor of the plan must be absolutely loyal to the Floating Tower Kingdom, and this person will almost certainly die after executing the plan.
No one dared to take the order. Just when Yi Xifeng thought he was about to give up the plan, the old veteran stood up and calmly accepted this almost certain death task.
Yi Xifeng guessed all the points correctly, including the death of the veteran.
Finally, Her Majesty the Queen allowed him to be buried on a mountain with the courtesy of a general, and had a stone tower built for him as a memorial.
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"Snapped!"
A stone table was smashed into pieces.
"What? Most of the fifty thousand troops are dead? What does this Ke Yin do for food!!!"
Andre was so angry that his beard trembled, and his eyes widened. The pressure of the hero level dropped, and the messenger lay directly on the ground, not daring to move.
After smashing a lot of porcelain, Andre gradually calmed down.
"It's not easy to suppress Beitinghou. I sent someone to send a letter to General Tikes and asked him to lead 50,000 troops to reinforce Keyin and Keyue."
The messenger stood up tremblingly, followed the order and retreated.
"Yi Xifeng!"
Andre clenched his teeth, his eyes filled with murderous intent.
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Yi Xifeng tied a letter to the leg of the blue luan bird "Big Red" and then let it fly out of the window. After taking a long breath, he walked to another military tent.
In the military tent, Qi Chengcheng, Wu Li and others were packing their things to prepare for a long journey. When they saw Yi Xifeng coming, Qi Chengcheng smiled slightly and said hello.
"Have you taken care of everything over there?"
Yi Xifeng nodded: "Now it depends on whether your side can go smoothly."
"Don't worry, with the 10,000 elite soldiers you borrowed, it won't be a big problem." Qi Chengcheng replied, patting his chest.
"Okay, then I won't send it far away. I want to take another look at the defense map to avoid any omissions."
After saying goodbye, Qi Chengcheng led his men and horses quickly over the mountains and headed west. Yi Xifeng stood on the top of the tower and watched them leave.
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Three days later, inside Qiangu City.
"General Tix, secret message from Marquis André."
The messenger handed the secret letter into the hands of a handsome young man with an elegant temperament, and then stepped aside consciously.
Tix opened the envelope and began to read it, but as time passed, Tix's handsome face became more solemn.
"Oh no, when was this letter written?"
"Just three days ago."
Tix put away the envelope, immediately walked out of the hall, and ordered the guard beside him:
"Assemble 30,000 light cavalry to go to the Floating Tower Kingdom, and then send another 70,000 troops to follow!"
"Take orders!"
The chief of the inner guard left in a hurry.
The messenger did not expect that Tix would be so decisive and would take action without hesitation.
Tix sighed and murmured in his heart: "I hope it's not too late."
…………
Yi Xifeng's fortress tactics indeed played a big role. The opponent's force was twice as strong as his own, but he still couldn't attack. The two sides fought for three full days. They were in a hurry and did not bring much rations. The soldiers fought harder and harder.
Weary, we could only repair for three days and asked Count Andrei to transport more food and grass.
However, before their envelopes could be sent, a letter arrived first.
"The King's City of the Floating Tower is under attack, please return quickly for reinforcements!"
Keyin and Keyue looked at each other, not knowing what was going on.
"The army of the Floating Tower Kingdom is clearly right in front of us. How could there be an attack on the Royal City?"
"Forget it for now, withdraw the troops and return reinforcements."
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Late at night, Yi Xifeng and Li Xintian each wore night clothes and stood on the top of the highest tower, watching the opponent's army prepare to retreat from a distance. The two jumped off the tower and ordered more than a hundred men in black:
"Start executing the plan."
"promise!"
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Keyok and Yin walked at the front of the team, followed by several sentries exploring the road.
"Second brother, do you feel something strange?"
Keyue frowned and asked in confusion: "What's so strange?"
Ke Yin calmed down, his eyes narrowed slightly, and said: "The momentum of our retreat is not small, and it is impossible not to notice it with the cunning temperament of Zhenbeiting Marquis, but they did not pursue us, don't you think this is a bit strange?
"
Keyue laughed and replied: "Brother, you are too worried. Our soldiers and horses are exhausted, how can the floating tower country's army fare better?"
Ke Yin couldn't help but pursed his lips when he heard the words, and finally sighed and said: "Maybe it's because I suffered a few defeats at the hands of Yi Xifeng recently, which disturbed my mind, but I still have to be careful."
Keyue smiled and said: "Don't worry, brother, after we leave, I will leave dozens of people to monitor the remaining forces of the Floating Tower Kingdom. If there is any enemy situation, they will definitely come and report."
Ke Yin nodded, but there was still uneasiness lingering in his heart.