The sky was slightly bright, and the ground was full of small groups of fleeing troops, while groups of cavalry and infantry pulled back and forth with nets to mop up the remaining troops.
20,000 Southern Qi warriors fought their way through the enemy formations and set up strong formations on the enemy's only way back. The enemy's morale completely collapsed and they scattered and fled for their lives. Even the elders of the Dharma Prime Minister could not maintain military discipline, and in the end they had to flee for their lives.
When Baoyun saw the sun rising, she left silently. No one knew when she left.
The second war between the Xu family and Qingming in Ningzhou ended in failure again, and this time it was not only a complete defeat, but also a fragile defeat.
The Xu family's commander in this battle was actually a veteran general with many years of experience, but Bao Yun used the lives of five thousand soldiers as bait to convince him that he had it, so he went deeper boldly and confidently. As a result, the army got disconnected and was ambushed.
In fact, the 40,000 young men's cast body level is not high, and their actual combat power is mediocre. As long as the Xu family's front army dares to charge desperately, they can kill a lot of people once they rush into the formation. But the young men shot quickly and killed nearly 10,000 people in just a few rounds.
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The casualty rate of nearly 20% caused the morale of the Xu family's front army to collapse, and it turned into a rout. The Chinese army was rushed by the rout, and then was penetrated by Li Zhi's army. Seeing that the retreat was cut off, it also collapsed. At this point, the battle was decided.
When cleaning the battlefield, Li Zhi reviewed the situation in his Chinese army tent. The more he reviewed the situation, the more he broke into a cold sweat.
In fact, after stripping away the halo of all sentient beings, most of the troops in the realm are not even as good as ordinary officers and soldiers, and are basically at the level of civilian bravery. Forty thousand young men are the level of ordinary regular troops. Even if Li Zhi's 25,000 elites are added, on paper,
The strength is also much weaker than the opponent.
This is also the reason why Li Zhi chooses to play slowly and compete with his opponents in a battle of willpower.
The cruel thing about Bao Yun is that he gave away five thousand people in exchange for a complete victory. But these five thousand people knew they would die, but they still refused to retreat.
It's not that they are really brave to this point, it's because Cui Yu, as the commander-in-chief, always fights bloody battles on the front line and never retreats. If the general doesn't retreat, everyone will die. At this point, Li Zhi is also impressed. He can't be so ruthless.
There are not so many generals who are willing to fight to the death, but there are not so many dead soldiers who are willing to fight even though they know they will die.
In terms of using troops, he still lagged behind Bao Yun.
However, Li Zhi was not discouraged. Bao Yun's use of troops went too far and too dangerous. According to the teachings of the gentlemen of the academy, when using troops, the main thing is to use force with righteousness as the supplement. This is the kingly way. When it comes to commanding hundreds of thousands or even millions of troops,
When fighting, the king's use of troops will become crucial. That's when Li Han surpassed Bao Yun.
After the battle, Li Zhi left all the spoils to Qing Ming and led his troops back to the realm. The next few days were calm.
There was such a big event as the Karma Curse, but the imperial court acted as if it didn't know anything. It didn't appoint a new military envoy, and it didn't even send an envoy to check it out. And after two defeats, the Xu family also suffered heavy losses. This time
Of the 200,000-strong army, less than 20,000 escaped, hundreds of thousands were captured, and 40,000 died in battle.
At this point, more than half of Xu Jiaming's troops have been lost. Those officers and soldiers appear to be from the Western Jin Dynasty, but in fact they are controlled by the Xu family. They are equivalent to the Xu family's private army wearing the cover of the imperial court and eating from the imperial court. The Xu family wants to mobilize them
, even without the decree of King Jin.
After this failure, the Xu family unexpectedly settled down.
Bao Manshan personally stepped in to restrain him, and in the end, he deliberately misled Zhu Yuanjin, causing Zhu Yuanjin to severely damage the meal. In addition, Li Zhi led his army to fight. In the eyes of the big shots, it was actually the Bao family and the Li family of Southern Qi who came to curb the Xu family's westward ambitions.
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At this point, Qing Ming has calmed down strangely, but everyone knows that the tranquility is only temporary. A complete fairy stone without a world owner is of great interest. It is at least equivalent to the land of a mansion, and is enough to support a small family from scratch and finally stand.
Outside the gate of Qixing Shisanwang.
With such a huge interest, major families and even the Immortal Sect forces will more or less get involved. It may take extremely complicated under-the-table transactions to finally determine Qing Ming's ownership. In the past, Wei Yuan was here and wanted to snatch Qing Ming or break it.
Take it away or kill Wei Yuan. Taichu Palace will never sit back and watch Wei Yuan be killed. For this reason, it even triggered a war between immortals. But now Wei Yuan is suddenly hit by the curse of cause and effect, and his life and death are unknown. If he is really dead
, it is possible that the authority of the Lord of the Blue Underworld will be transferred.
Although the Xu family has calmed down, the situation in Taichu Palace is not better than before. Even under the curse of cause and effect, the owner of Taichu Palace has not taken action. In addition, he has been in seclusion for many years, which inevitably makes people doubt his current situation. Tinghai Xianjun Ben
He was seriously injured, and the Great Karma Curse was probably affected this time. It is very likely that he will be injured more and more, and he won't be able to survive for long.
However, Taichu Palace, as the head of the four Immortal Sects, relies not only on the Immortal Lord, but also on its huge size. Even if the Immortal Lord Tinghai falls, and even if there is a temporary hiatus among the immortals in Taichu Palace, there will be new immortals within a few decades.
Continued. What’s more, there are so many true monarchs and Dharma ministers in Taichu Palace that they can stabilize any family at this level.
In addition, many high-ranking cultivators in the Taichu Palace are closely related to various families, and there are also many people from various aristocratic families who were born in the Taichu Palace.
The only disadvantage of Taichu Palace is that it has only been established for a short period of time. Among the immortal ancestors and true kings of various aristocratic families, very few came from Taichu Palace. It was only among the generation of Wei Yuan and Bao Yun that Taichu Palace began to have a clear advantage.
However, since Zhu Yuanjin publicly said that he would give up the Northern Mountain Gate, various aristocratic families are actually quite worried that Taichu Palace will really do this. If the Northern Mountain Gate is gone, the three kingdoms of the Western Jin, Eastern Jin, and Northern Qi will face the impact of the Liao people, and the pressure on border defense will increase greatly.
Therefore, the situation at this time is delicate, and one move can affect the whole body, and no one dares to move lightly...
Wei Yuan, who had gained a lot, walked out of the temple, and with the help of the eyes of the Daoji warriors, he saw billowing smoke coming from the direction of the village! Wei Yuan let the Daoji warriors take off and fly towards the village at full speed, while he jumped
He jumped behind.
In the village, an old woman and a dozen villagers were standing in an open space, surrounded by dozens of Liao cavalry. Several houses in the village were burning. Most of the villagers were gray-haired and senile, and there was not even a single one in their prime.
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A Liao knight walked out of the village and said, "Looking at the traces, there should be seven or eight people in the village, and they probably all fled into the woods."
A centurion looked down at the villagers and said: "I didn't expect there were people hiding here. The great shaman's prediction was correct. There are indeed secrets in this area. Ask them first if they have seen any outsiders."
A Liao soldier who had some knowledge of the human language asked the villagers, but the villagers all looked blank and said nothing. The Liao soldier became impatient and suddenly drew his sword and slashed the neck of an old man next to him!
The sharp scimitar cut smoothly into the skin and flesh, and finally got stuck on the neck bone, unable to cut through!
The Liao soldier was shocked when he saw the old man suddenly smiled at him, revealing that there were only a few burnt yellow and gray-black teeth left in his mouth, and an indescribable bad breath hit his face! The old man suddenly grabbed the Liao soldier and bit him.
on the face!
Wei Yuan's Daoji warrior began to slow down after flying close to the village, using the terrain to hide himself, and sneaked into the village. Then he saw the villagers putting out the fire. There were no outsiders in the village, and the fire burned very strangely.
However, it was cold winter and there was snow everywhere. People who were hunting in the mountains rushed back in time and quickly put out the fire. Then everyone began to inventory items and repair the houses. At this time, there was a horse neighing in the distance, and a tall horse was unknown.
He ran out of nowhere and rushed into the woods.
Seeing nothing unusual, Wei Yuan summoned the warriors and returned to the stone house. The woman was processing the snow leopard skin by the fire. When Wei Yuan came back, she threw the skin away, went back to the bed and lay down, face facing inside, without saying a word.
Seeing that the woman was fine, Wei Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, his worry finally did not come true. Wei Yuan filled a bowl of broth and brought it to the bedside, but the woman still did not move.
Wei Yuan undressed and went to bed, while saying: "Since we are not in a hurry to eat, let's continue..."
The woman was startled, quickly stood up, took the wooden bowl from Wei Yuan's hand, and drank up the broth in one breath. As the hot soup entered her stomach, her body became warm, and her vitality became obvious. But the woman never expected that after eating,
, we still have to continue...
An hour later, the woman was overwhelmed and fell into a deep sleep.
Wei Yuan got up and got out of bed, handling the unfinished fur while using his rare clear mind to think about life.
The movements of his hands suddenly stopped, and he suddenly remembered the horse that Warrior Daoji saw from a distance! Wild horses generally do not appear in such steep snowy mountains, and there were obvious saddle indentations on the horse. It was not a wild horse.
, but war horses, Liao war horses!
Thinking back carefully, Wei Yuan discovered that there was a vague black shadow hanging on the war horse, which seemed to be biting. The way the war horse ran was more like being bitten by a predator, trying desperately to escape.
Wei Yuan stood up, but then slowly sat down. He felt the woman and saw that she was sleeping deeply, so he did not wake her up.
Combining the various signs he saw, Wei Yuan roughly restored what happened. A group of Liao riders came here for some unknown reason and discovered this small human village. They burned several houses, and then all of them mysteriously disappeared and escaped.
He was born with only one war horse.
Wei Yuan's mind moved, and the Daoji warrior quietly appeared outside the house, then sneaked to a nearby high place and looked at the small village.
Sure enough, in a short period of time all the houses were covered with moss. If Wei Yuan had come back a little later, he would not have known that the Liao people had arrived.
Wei Yuan casually set up a Feng Shui array and calculated his current fortune. He concluded that everything was normal, extremely normal, very normal, and there was nothing abnormal at all.
This is very abnormal.
However, Wei Yuan has no intention of taking any action now, and just pretends that nothing has happened. Now that the temple is an excellent place to replenish the yin energy, Wei Yuan is not in a hurry to take action. Today, he went deep into the temple and gained a lot, although he did not encounter the third one.
There are two legal monsters, but the accumulated spirituality is almost enough to unlock the second warrior.
The top priority now is to recover from injuries and improve strength. As long as the strength increases, the person who is in danger is not oneself, but the enemy.
Chapter completed!