During the journey, he encountered several hard battles, especially in the end, even Desheng Town was lost. This caused the entire grain transport team to suffer heavy casualties and losses. It was so severe that Chen Daoshou felt a pain when he brought it up. Li Ling looked even more serious and could not calm down for a long time.

By this time, 482 people were killed in the official army alone, accounting for about half of the entire army, and almost all of the others were injured, only the severity. As for the officers and generals, more than ten people were lost. You should know that many of them were backbones of Fengzhou soldiers or imperial guards, Chen Daoshou and even Di Jingfei attached great importance to them.

As for the casualties of the people, the result was that nearly 500 people were killed or lost after a quick inventory. It was obvious that they were driven away by the escaped Guirong people, and their lives were probably worrying. Most of the others who stayed in the town were injured and were emotionally unstable. At least it was impossible for them to rush on the road in a short period of time.

Finally, there is the loss of food and supplies. When the soldiers and horses are difficult to protect themselves, there is no need to mention the loss of these materials, especially since they have fallen into the hands of Guirong people, whether they are eaten by them or taken away with them, and the final river water rushes to the town... Anyway, after the liquidation is now cleared, 60% of the food has disappeared without a trace, and other materials such as arrows, clothing, armor, etc. are left behind. It is really a heavy loss.

So when Li Ling did not hide the data, it even more shocked the military and civilians, and everyone's faces were full of panic and worry.

Because everyone knows that the job is completely ruined. Even if a high-ranking official like Li Ling can shirk some guilt, everyone below them, whether in the military or civilians, will inevitably be strictly punished by the court. Of course, more importantly, there are frequent attacks along the way, and everyone is exhausted from body to mind and has no intention to continue moving forward.

Seeing this, Li Ling was moved and said, "I can see that everyone is exhausted, and there may be more dangerous road ahead. At least we are just a few remaining soldiers, so we cannot safely arrive at Bazhou on the front line. So for everyone, I decided to stay here for the time being and send people to ask for help, just wait for the troops from Bazhou and other places to arrive. After the guarantee is provided, we will set off again."

Although Chen Daoshou's face was also severe, he supported Li Ling's decision, and then said, "I think so too. At least I can have a support for staying here. Next, I will arrange for troops to protect them day and night. Even you people, you all have their own responsibilities. For the safety of our entire army, I hope everyone can obey the orders of our generals and not be scammers. Any offenders severely punish them, but do you understand?"

The generals and the people were all terrified when they heard this, and then they agreed. At least it was much better to stay in the town than to continue moving forward and face those unknown dangers. There were only a few people, and their expressions were slightly strange after hearing this, but they quickly hid again, looking no different from the reactions of others.

By the afternoon, everything was arranged, everyone dispersed, each of them rested as required, or guarded the four directions. More than ten cavalry hurried out of the town to the north according to Li Ling and the others' wishes, but went to Bazhou and other places to seek reinforcements. The town finally ushered in a brief calm after three days and nights of fighting.

Among these horses were both Fengzhou soldiers and two confidants of Cui Shuangcheng, who had been asking for food. They both seemed very low-key as they came along, and almost had no sense of existence, and lived safely to this time. When they needed to ask for help from Bazhou, Chen Daoshou finally remembered them and asked them to walk together in order to be a witness, so that it would be easier to speak in front of General Cui.

A few riders were not slow. After half an hour of speeding, they had already driven out twenty or thirty miles away. Then when approaching a forest, the first general suddenly let out a roar and suddenly pulled the reins and pulled the horse, which made the others stop quickly and looked over nervously: "What's wrong with you?"

"No, nothing, it's just a sudden cramp in the abdomen, and I want to shit." This person was directly, as he spoke, he had already decisively dismounted and rushed into the forest quickly. Seeing this, the other people first looked disgusted, and then laughed. However, they did not leave him alone, but each dismounted and relaxed and waited for him to come out. After all, they were also subordinates of General Cui, Bazhou, and this time they had to rely more on him.

After a cup of tea, this person came out of the forest again, with a relaxed face, and walked first again, and then rode for ten riders quickly. But what they didn't know was that, not long after, another person emerged from the forest, looked at the direction, and headed towards the place when they came. More than half an hour later, he came to a continuous mountain and lush forest edge, and then revealed his identity and entered calmly.

In this seemingly ordinary forest, there were a hundred murderous gangsters with swords and swords hidden in this seemingly ordinary forest. When they saw this person coming, a few of them immediately came up: "What do you say?"

"The remnants of Gui Rong were completely defeated, while Li Ling and the others stayed in Desheng Town, wanting to wait for reinforcements to help their lives." The man said concisely, "But now they are at the end of their strength, and they may not even have much ability to protect themselves."

"So, this will be the best opportunity for us?" A tall man with a lightning look said coldly, "These heroes and Gui Rong's so-called elites on the Green Forest Road in Jinzhou are so useless. Even if they attack, they can't get a group of soldiers who are escorting food. In the end, they still have to rely on our own brothers in the Holy Sect!"

"This is impossible. Li Ling has always been cautious. He transported hundreds of miles of grain this time, so he naturally had made sufficient preparations. He must have used all the elites he could use." Another laughed, "But they are now at the end of their strength. It is time for my Holy Sect to avenge many years of shame and hatred!"

This group of guys who are only twenty miles away from the town where Li Ling is located are the strongest group of masters that Luo Tian Sect can gather in Jinzhou.

According to their intention, this time he was to use a knife to kill people. Without showing up, he could use the remaining power of Jinzhou Green Forest and Gui Rong to kill Li Ling and the entire grain transport team.

But the result was contrary to their wishes. The two forces that had taken action before made a series of mistakes, and in the end they had to rely on Cui Shuangcheng's people to pass the news back. Then, the last burden fell on them.

The tall man in the lead tsk, "If the two sides joined forces early in the morning, there would be no such things. But those self-righteous guys on the Green Forest Road in Jinzhou refused to cooperate with the Guirong people. There was no way, so we could only deal with the aftermath. After dark, we touched them, and this time we must be fatal, especially Li Ling, who must not let him live anymore!"

"Yes!" Everyone agreed, looking ready to beat their hands. They just wanted to get dark and they could take action to kill Li Ling, who was regarded as a thorn in their eyes, who was regarded as a thorn in their eyes.

After their ideas were settled, they were used to resting with the tree and closed their eyes and nourishing their spirits, and only then could they act at night and catch Li Ling and the others off guard.

They thought they were in control of everything and didn't even make arrangements for a person who looked at the wind. After all, in their opinion, it was impossible for anyone to know that they existed.

But they had already fallen into their dreams and had no idea. At this moment, a team of 300 people was slowly leaning towards the woods. The first person was Chen Daoshou, and behind him were the Yang brothers who had been covered with wounds.

All of these people had a strong murderous intent in their eyes, just like a group of evil ghosts rushing out of hell, leaning towards their enemies.

Finally, they arrived at a position less than seventy or eighty steps away from the woods. Going forward a little further, maybe they would alarm the people inside. So, with Chen Daoshou's action, everyone stopped, and then quickly took off the crossbows on their backs and tucked the strings.

The style of these arrows is different from ordinary arrows. The overall look is thicker, especially at the arrow, there are cylinders, and there are long tails dragged behind them. It is the rocket that only the army can use.

At this time, after everyone checked and confirmed that it was correct, Chen Daoshou put his head a little, took out the fire fold first, put the fire head to the fuse on the rocket, and with a squeak, the fuse quickly burned.

The others followed the same action, all ignited the fuse, and then, in amid a strange sound, they opened their bows and pulled the strings, aiming at the woods ahead.

"Let me go!" Chen Daoshou shouted, his fingers loosened, and the arrows of Mars still squirted through a graceful arc in the air, and shot into the woods with a whoosh. Behind him were hundreds of arrows with the same flames, shooting in, and then a bang came from inside, and fire was splashing everywhere.

The Luotian Cult in the forest had just woken up from the dream, and saw countless arrows rushing in front of them with fire. They were suddenly panicked and drew their swords to resist. But at this time, with a few bangs, the arrows burst into pieces in the air, and at the same time brought out some of the sticky black and thick objects.

While these things were scattered, they were burned by the fire, and they burst out quickly. The fires that touched the ground would make a wall of fire. If they fell on the tree, they could burn the entire tree in just a short moment and spread out quickly, and then ignite other nearby trees.
Chapter completed!