"Boom~"

The wind and clouds surge, and the celestial phenomena change. Thunder and lightning, thunderbolts and thunderbolts. In a moment, the torrential rain poured down, so that within a radius of hundreds of miles, it became a water town.

Inside and outside Wuyang City, there can be no exception. The ground, which was originally relatively flat, was swept away by the heavy rain and immediately turned into mud. Not to mention the horses of the cavalry, which could not run in the mud at all. Even ordinary infantrymen, as long as they stand in this rain for a long time, their clothes and armor will be full of rainwater, making people feel so heavy that they feel like they are filled with lead.

In this case, let alone continuing to climb the ladder to attack the city, even if you walk a few more steps, you will be exhausted and out of breath, and the little physical strength that you have left will be completely exhausted.

Seeing that as long as the heavy rain does not stop for a moment, this battle will not be able to be fought no matter what. In desperation, in the middle army of the Great Wei Dynasty, at the head of Wuyang City, both sides rang the golden gong and signaled the withdrawal of troops.

At that moment, the Black Wolf Army retreated into Wuyang City. The Great Wei army also led the army to withdraw about ten miles away, and then camped on the spot.

But even if the troops are collected, it does not mean that they can immediately lie down and sleep peacefully. Ordinary soldiers are a little better, but as generals, they need to count the losses of personnel and equipment, reorganize the team, arrange hot soup and meals, and provide clean clothes for the soldiers to replace...... The list goes on and on.

At first glance, all of the above may seem trivial, and many of them are insignificant. But in reality, whether the morale and combat effectiveness of the army can be maintained depends entirely on these small things.

Wuyang City originally belonged to the territory of the Zhou family. Among the soldiers in the city, there are really many children of the Zhou family. Therefore, these tasks should have been taken care of by Zhou Xueyu, the head of the Zhou family.

However, the King of Extermination personally instructed Zhou Xueyu to obey the command of "White Deer" Timur. Zhou Xueyu really could afford to put it down, so he didn't care about it and let it go completely. Let Timuel control everything.

Zhou Xueyu is a top master after all. Xiuwei is placed here, and the status is naturally different. Even the blue wolf Tie Muzhen will never call him around at will. As for Timule, she was naturally even more driven to move the city lord of Wuyang City.

However, Timul had other plans in her heart, and she was just happy to let Zhou Xueyu ignore everything. And although the "White Deer" could not summon Zhou Xueyu, the three major protector elders of the Zhou family, the four heroes of Wuyang, and other children of the Zhou family in the army, did not have the chic of the head of the family. Pressed down by the orders of the "White Deer", they can only obey orders.

Therefore, many of the details that followed the temporary armistice were complicated and trivial. But with the joint efforts of many parties, it can finally be solved in the same way, so that the soldiers who have retired from the battlefield can change into dry clothes, and at the same time have a fire to roast and eat a steaming meal.

But although the soldiers were comfortable, Timur was not. She sat cross-legged on the kang, her face looking extremely ugly. Ning Sheng asked, "Is our loss really so serious?"

The people standing in front of "Bailu" and being questioned by him were two commanders. The military system of the desert realm, although there is also a "captain of ten thousand". However, the total strength of the Black Wolf Army is only 10,000, and it directly belongs to the Great Khan Tie Muzhen, so there is no centurion position. There were only ten commanders.

However, although the Black Wolf Army is the elite of the desert realm, its interior is not completely even, and there are also high and low. According to the system, among the ten thousand-person teams, they are divided into 1,000 guards, 1,000 divine arrow troops, and 8,000 scattered squads.

Obviously, the status of the Su Guards and the Divine Arrow Army is definitely higher than that of the Sanban. And the high status of the two commanders who commanded the Su Guard Army and the Divine Arrow Army was by no means comparable to the other eight commanders who commanded the scattered class.

These two commanders, the commander of the Su Guard, were named Han Lei. The one who commands the Divine Arrow Army is named Chahan. Their true identity is actually equivalent to the general and deputy general of the Black Wolf Army. In the Desert Realm, except for the Thirteen Wings, no one can have a higher status than them.

In fact, in terms of martial arts cultivation alone, Han Lei and Chahan are definitely better than the two brothers, Mu Chi and Torrey. It's just that they saw the face of the Great Khan, so they took the initiative to quit and didn't compete with the two brothers.

In other words, in fact, Han Lei and Chahan both have the strength to become the Thirteen Wings, and they can be regarded as unofficial members of the Thirteen Wings.

But right now, the faces of the two commanders were even more ugly than the sky outside. Han Lei said in a deep voice: "Strategist, today's battle is really strange. Those Great Wei people obviously knew that our Black Wolf Army was in Wuyang City, so they were all prepared in advance. Horse rejection stakes, fences, crossbows, spears. Hmph, it's clear that they are all coming at our black wolf iron horse. ”

Chahan said in a condensed voice: "After this battle, our nine thousand black wolf army lost about three thousand people. Strictly speaking, in fact, there were less than 1,000 unfortunate war deaths. More than 2,000 other people were injured at best.

But it will take at least a month or two to heal from the injury. Until then, these people are considered useless. Not only did we not be able to go into battle, but we also had to be taken care of, which restrained a large part of our troops in disguise. In the next battle, we are even more disadvantaged. ”

"White Deer" looked gloomy, and turned back to the two winged people standing behind him—Zhebei and Heihelei—and asked, "What about the loss over there in Wuyang City?"

Hehrey said in a rough voice: "Unexpectedly, it is much smaller than expected. Although watching the table tennis play lively. But in the end, the total number of dead and wounded in Wuyang City was less than a thousand. Hmph, those Central Plains people are all cowards who have no seeds!"

Zhi Bei said in a condensed voice: "This battle cannot continue to be fought like this. Either we will delay it, or we will let the soldiers of Wuyang City go up first from tomorrow. In any case, we men in the desert realm must not sacrifice for such a bad battle so inexplicably. ”

Chahan frowned and said, "This is tantamount to letting the soldiers of Wuyang City go to death." Will the Zhou family agree?"

In the depths of Hei Helei's eyes, he was a little hideous, and said viciously: "When will it be their turn to say that they agree or disagree?

Han Lei said in a condensed voice: "It is indeed best to let those Central Plains people go to death. But the surname Zhou is not an ordinary person, so it's impossible for us to be sent away at will, right?"

Hehelei said loudly: "The King of Extermination of the Central Plains personally said that the military division should be responsible for commanding this battle. Could it be that the surname Zhou still dares to disobey?"

Don't shake your head and say, "The King of Extermination did give such an order. But that's also for the sake of our Great Khan's face, that's why I just said that. But if we go too far, and the surnamed Zhou insists on not listening, can we really force him to obey the military method surnamed Zhou?"

Chahan suddenly said: "Permission, we can really do it." ”

As soon as these words came out, the whole room fell silent in an instant. Only the faint sound of heavy rain was heard outside the window. Inside, only occasionally one or two very light candles were heard. The candlelight flickered, shining between the eyebrows of everyone, and it seemed that everyone's faces were bright and dark, and they were uncertain.

After a while, Zhi Bei suddenly said: "Strategist, it's better to be careful in this matter." We're not in a hurry anyway. At this time, there is no need to take risks. As long as it drags on slowly, we will always win in the end. ”

"Bailu" Timul bent his fingers and tapped lightly on the low table beside him, constantly calculating the gains and losses and weighing the benefits and disadvantages. However, before she could figure out what to choose, a few crisp and loud knocks on the door broke her musings.

Timur frowned the two beautiful eyebrows, raised her head and said, "Come in." ”

A soldier of the Black Wolf Army pushed open the door and walked in. First saluted everyone present, and then reported to Timur: "Military advisor, the Central Plains people have sent a messenger to send a letter to you." ”

"The Great Wei army has sent a messenger to deliver a letter to me?"

Timur was stunned for a moment and asked, "Does the City Lord of Zhou know about this matter?"

The soldier nodded, "The man came directly outside the city gate and shouted that he was here to deliver a letter." There are already people from the Zhou family in Wuyang City, who ran over and told the surnamed Zhou about it. ”

Timur snorted coldly and immediately got down from the kang and stood up. He asked in a deep voice, "Where are the people?"

The soldier honestly said, "I have entered the city." He was sent to the city gate. ”

Timur nodded, not to mention that she didn't say much, and immediately took two long legs, pushed the door out in a cool and windy manner, and walked briskly in the direction of the city gate tower. Zhebe, Hehelei, Hanlei, Chahan and other four followed.

A moment later, Timur took two winged men and two commanders to ascend the city gate tower again. During the daytime siege battle, the city gate tower is also one of the main battlefields. There are really a lot of lives left here.

However, after Mingjin withdrew his troops, someone had already come up to clean up the aftermath and carry the bodies of the war dead down to make arrangements. I flicked some water and rinsed the ground briefly. Although traces of dried blood can still be seen in many corners and between the brick cracks, at least it suddenly looks like it is not so eye-catching.

Timur simply glanced at the city, disagreed, and then walked into the gatehouse. I saw that the gatehouse was simply arranged into a living room. There are two chairs in the main seat. On top of one of them, there is already someone sitting at this moment, it is the city lord of Wuyang City, Zhou Xueyu.

In the depths of Timul's eyes, there was a hint of unhappiness. In her opinion, in this battle during the day, Zhou Xueyu was simply passive and slacking off.

Otherwise, with Zhou Xueyu's cultivation as a top master, he should be able to play a greater role, so as to make the loss of Wuyang City's side—more directly, the loss of the Black Wolf Army—even smaller.

But right now, it's not a good time to settle accounts with Zhou Xueyu. Therefore, Timur still acted as if nothing had happened on the surface, and saluted with her fists: "City Lord Zhou, it seems that your injuries have healed. Congratulations. ”

Zhou Xueyu also stood up and returned the salute: "Rely on it." Thank you for your concern, Mrs. Thess. You may be seated. ”

Timur didn't bother to be polite with him. Walk straight over and sit down on another chair in the main seat. He asked, "I heard that the Great Wei army sent an envoy to our side?"

Zhou Xueyu nodded and said, "Exactly." Mrs. Theph came at a good time. Let's meet the messenger. Then he didn't wait for an answer, just waved his hand.

A soldier of the Zhou family next to him understood and immediately walked out quickly. After a while, he brought back a man with big eyes and ears, a big nose and a big mouth, big hands and feet, tall and strong, and very imposing.

This man casually arched his hand to Zhou Xueyu and "Bailu", and said loudly: "My name is the Eight Heavenly Kings." Which of you is the one who speaks well in Wuyang City? My family Zhuge Taifu sent me to challenge you!"