Su Li may be said to be the 'mastermind' behind this great victory. With ten spirit-gathering talismans, he allowed the soldiers of the Zhenbei Army to see a Zhenbei General who could do anything reckless. But no matter what, this was a battle.
A great victory, and it can be said that countless captures were made.
Although the Zhenbei Army suffered more than 4,000 casualties, the Hu people left more than 50,000 corpses. Although it was not very conspicuous compared to their previous total of 500,000 people, the Western Qin army and the Hu people
The battle loss ratio of more than 1:10 in this battle is still shocking.
Although Song Rui was seriously injured, it could be seen that he was in a good mood, because he definitely showed a majestic momentum in this battle. If the war ends here, he might be able to be promoted from the Four Towns General to the Four Expeditions General when he returns to the court.
!
But his wishful thinking did not come true, because the Hu army, which was supposed to suffer heavy losses and retreat to the grassland, actually suppressed Hui Ma again! The 450,000 people who had regrouped were still in a state of chaos. Look,
He got up and did not lose morale due to the huge defeat in the previous battle.
"What's going on with these barbarians? Haven't they already lost?" In the warm handsome tent, Han Yan shivered a little while burning the brazier. Because she had been practicing internal and external kung fu and suffered a serious internal injury previously, she
Now that his energy and blood are weak, he is very afraid of the cold. Su Li, while removing the sutures from Song Rui who was sitting in the main seat, said, "Is there going to be another war? It looks like many people will die this time."
The large number of dead people made Su Li not in a good mood. He always felt that his heart was heavy and uncomfortable... He was surprised that he was not a person who hated to see dead people. Although he liked to save others, he would never do it because of the death on the battlefield.
He felt that something was not right, and the winter that came early was indeed too cold.
Song Rui, on the other hand, was not so suspicious. He just looked at the raised corner of the handsome tent, looked through the gap at the continuous barbarian tents outside and said: "Priest Xiao Su is right, there are still many people who will die."
, and it seems like they won’t leave until enough people die and grab enough things.”
"Why?" Han Yan was puzzled. Although she grew up in the North, every time the barbarians plundered her, she came and went like the wind. She had never been like this before, even if she suffered a big loss, she had to stay here and not leave.
"Because they have nowhere to go!" Song Rui said with a distant look: "Their camp was broken through by us once before, and the army collapsed, causing nearly half of the cattle and sheep they carried behind to fall into our hands."
"Not only will they get nothing if they go back now, but only half of the cattle and sheep are left, it also means that the 450,000 Hu people here can only go back half! They have been forced to a dead end. Or they will die in the war.
Lose half of the people, or steal enough supplies from us to survive the winter. They have only two options now."
It is really a cruel option, and no matter which option it is, it is so cruel to the people of Western Qin. Why must the people of Western Qin bear the pain of others?
This was the first time that Han Yan thought about and understood the invasion of the barbarians from such a high perspective. She only felt aggrieved for her hometown.
However, Su Li's reaction was very dull. It was not difficult for him to understand these things after awakening to the wisdom of his previous life. But compared to these things, he was more concerned about other things: "Have you found out the origins of those assassins?"
Speaking of this, Song Rui's face suddenly became serious. If he couldn't pay attention to this, he would be in vain to become the general of Zhenbei.
He said: "I have no clue at all. This group of people seems to have appeared suddenly. There is no trace of such a group of masters in the world. And it is certain that they were not sent by barbarians, because if they were sent by barbarians, they
I would have launched a sneak attack as soon as there was chaos here. But they obviously went into battle in the same haste as us, which gave us a chance to make a comeback."
"A mysterious third-party force." Su Li concluded, and then thought for a moment before reminding Song Rui: "General Zhenbei, you need to raise your alert level, because your current safety is related to the entire North.
If something goes wrong with the safety of thousands of people in the land, the Suppression of the North Army will inevitably collapse, and can you imagine what it would be like for these barbarians to wreak havoc in the north for a whole winter?"
"I understand, it's a loss of life!" Song Rui said solemnly. In fact, Su Li didn't need to remind him of this, but Su Li's reminder made his position clear. This point made Su Li show his talisman.
It is especially important after ability.
However, just when they reached a consensus with a heavy heart, the voice of the old Taoist priest Gu Chuzi suddenly came from outside the tent: "Your worries are very necessary, so this time I can't just sit back and ignore it."
"Master! (Master!)" Han Yan and Su Li hurriedly greeted each other, and then Su Li asked awkwardly: "Master, why did you get out of seclusion? Didn't you say you were going to break through the core formation in one go?"
But Gu Chuozi said angrily: "When I came out of retreat, I found that there was no one to protect me. How can I retreat in peace? Besides, there are so many ghosts around here, don't you find it uncomfortable?"
"It's so ghostly?!" Su Li and Han Yan were both horrified.
Gu Chuozi took out a talisman from his arms and activated it instantly... The next moment everyone saw what seemed like ghosts crying and howling in front of them, and many ghost-like black shadows were dispersed from the commander's tent. Next
For a moment, the air in the tent seemed to have become much clearer, and even the cold feeling on Han Yan's body was relieved a lot.
"This... these seem to be the ghosts of the assassins at that time?" Han Yan asked with some trembling. She was a girl after all, and she was quite afraid of these things.
Gu Zhuozi nodded heavily and said: "This is also the reason why I want to intervene in this war between secular forces. There is obviously an evil cultivator taking action here!"
He led everyone out of the camp and looked around, then pointed at the foot of the mountain where the battle took place a few days ago and said: "Did you see the mist that the wind doesn't blow away there? It's all the condensed air of death and hostility...
…Obviously someone has tampered with the area and locked the souls of the dead in this area in place.”
As Gu Chuozi told Su Li, his knowledge increased greatly, and he immediately realized: "So those assassins were actually sent by those evil cultivators?"
"Inseparable, just like our Sword Sect has an outer sect called Tiansplit Sword Sect, those assassins must also be outer sect disciples of some evil sect." Then Gu Daozi's eyes became profound.
He said coldly: "If Song Rui dies, the north will be devastated. They can take advantage of the Hu people's invasion and raging south to collect the souls of those who died in vain without any karma. What a good plan! It's a pity that the two armies are now facing each other.
Their plan failed, and now they probably have no choice but to retreat to the next best thing and seek military souls on the battlefield."
"I will never let them succeed!" Song Rui's expression changed drastically, obviously this was something that touched his bottom line.