The army quickly moved into the city, but no one was happy, and the prisoners have suffered many casualties so far, and today there were another incidents of torture and killing, which was a great blow to morale.

Prisoners of war, especially the people's husbands, militias, and craftsmen of the Weiguo, Xu, and Song Kingdoms who lived in Qianyue Mountain, their wives and children are now all prisoners of the Jinxuedi people, and they must be humiliated and tortured at this moment, and no one can get over this hurdle in their hearts.

Bailiyan wore a leather jacket and sat alone in front of the bonfire in a daze, the tragic situation was still vivid, and she couldn't let go.

He couldn't understand what the pleasure of abusing another race in the Creed of the Kinsherdi was to give them superior achievements or supreme superiority. Or is it their deep-seated bloodthirsty brutality?

In other words, they are just stealing the fruits of the Central Plains civilization, and the uncivilized barbarians are just looking glamorous on the surface, but they are actually clowns who have stolen the fruits of civilization and learned the skin. In their lexicon, "civilization" may be just a hypocritical whitewash of the enslavement of power and bloody slaughter.

That night, after Etis was defeated, he joined the cavalry of the Honor Regiment overnight, fled to the Honor Regiment in embarrassment, and saw Temir in the middle of the night, and when he saw Etis in embarrassment, Temir was furious:

"You should have eliminated them a long time ago, if it weren't for your dereliction of duty, we wouldn't have suffered such a great loss and shame, you just wait for the verdict of Your Majesty and the High Priest!"

"No, you don't understand." Etis argued: "They are elusive, they don't fight us head-on at all, they are like thieves, hiding and hiding, and my warriors have done their best." Before that, more than seventy percent of my soldiers had died under their machinations, and if we had fought head-on, they would not have been our opponents. ”

Temir was even more furious when he heard the news:

"You idiot, the northerners have always been treacherous, and they will never honestly stand still and compete with us. Do you know who the guy who defeated you is, he is the most dangerous general in the entire northerners, he commanded the army at the age of fifteen, defeated more than ten times his enemies, you didn't even get the information, and you still want to defeat him, it's really stupid! ”

"But he showed up in the South, didn't he!" Etis continued to quibble, trying to cover up his defeat.

"What do you want to say, do you want to shift the responsibility to Your Majesty!" Temir asked sharply.

"No, I didn't mean that, I just don't understand why you didn't annihilate them."

"Are you accusing the main army commander! I tell you Ethes, all the legions have made great sacrifices and efforts, and we are about to reach their doorstep. And you are still arguing for your dereliction of duty and incompetence.

This army of northerners wandered all the way south, along the way were your beacons, they were only 2,000 people at the beginning, but in just a year and a half, they have grown to more than 10,000 people, your auxiliaries, busy all day long to earn gold, engage their women, do you still have time to train and have the strength to suppress bandits.

When I entered the defense zone, I didn't know anything about it, don't you think you've gone too far! ”

Annoyed and ashamed of Esces's stupidity and incompetence, Temir is even worried that the situation will soon deteriorate.

The next day, Su Fangyi led unarmed craftsmen and strong men to escort nearly 70,000 wounded, sick and baggage back to the valley. Since the ice surface was fifteen or sixteen feet above the ground, Bai Liyan had people fill in five horse paths on the spot with the collapsed earthen wall last night.

The evacuation lasted six days, and Temir mobilized 250,000 men to besiege Tusai on three sides, but did not attack the city. Bailiyan used a larger amount of black powder, filled an entire wooden barrel, and lit several of them before the Jinxuedi approached the city, which greatly deterred the Jinxuedi people, forcing Temir not to act rashly, and the coalition forces were able to evacuate Tusai in full.

Looking at the warriors who were "brutally" crucified to the wall outside the walls of the West Gate, Eses cursed viciously:

"These savage pigs have brutally killed the warriors of the Moon God, I will make them pay!"

Temir disdainfully said:

"Enough, only losers and cowards will complain. Tell me, what kind of weapon is the loud noise made by the northerners. ”

"It's not very clear, the priest said, it's a vicious black spell."

Temir was skeptical, he never questioned the priest's words, but he wondered why the moon god hadn't given them this weapon.

Upon entering the city, Temir found that the ice was a full foot and a half above the ground, only a little shorter than the city walls. The coalition army stationed troops on the west bank and placed barrels on the shore, but Temir did not dare to pursue, only fearing that the powerful black spell would wreak havoc on his army.

But in fact, only a few of the barrels contained small doses of black powder, and the rest were stones, which was Bailiyan's trick.

The news of the prisoner of war was like a catastrophe, shaking the officials of the entire Po Song Provincial Council big and small, and Gudapa and Kabias were asked by Temir to go to the regiment for questioning.

As the supreme commander, the commander of the main army is also a combination of military and political power, and the auxiliary army commander is only equivalent to the general commander of the main army corps, and is more like the commander of the reserve corps, enjoying the treatment and authority of the corps commander, but the military rank is half or even one.

At the same time, the news of the robbery of the prisoners of war was urgently sent to the front line at a rate of seven or eight hundred miles a day, and it was already mid-December when it arrived at the army of the Moon God King, and the Moon God King Blundor was furious when he heard the news:

"Kabias, a parasite who doesn't learn and doesn't know how to do it, hundreds of thousands of people can't even pack up two thousand, it's just a bunch of rice buckets. Dornon, get Mooney to come to me at once! ”

"Your Majesty, the top priority is to conquer Zi City and the Brake as soon as possible, and we can wait until after the Barrier is defeated before making a decision on repairs."

Dornon's suggestion was immediately rejected by Blendo:

"No, it turns out that Bailiyan is an extremely dangerous person, and Temir may not be able to deal with him."

"But at the moment the war is at a critical juncture, and at this time, the withdrawal of Mooney's army will not only not be able to return to Po Song Province in a short time, but it will also become very difficult to besiege Zi City."

"No, the war will end by next spring, and the northerners will flee with their tails between their legs like lost dogs. So next year's local reinforcements can be prioritized to exterminate this group of barbaric dog mongrels! Ordered Mooney to hand over the command of the front to Ponoki, and let him select 50,000 of the most elite soldiers from the whole army, and by January next year, he must set off south to Po Song Province to take over reinforcements and suppress the rebellion. ”

"All right, Your Majesty, I'll send a messenger at once."

As soon as Duo Nong's voice fell, the golden-armored guard entered the house and reported:

"Your Majesty, the Captain of the Detzk Legion Messenger asks for an audience."

"Let him in."

When he was young, the messenger entered the house in a panic, his face full of panic. Brendo was already displeased, but when he saw that the faces of the people who came were different, he immediately thought that it was Detzke who had suffered the defeat.

"What's so alarming, is it the defeat of Detzke!"

"Your Majesty, twenty-one days ago, the Mubart army fought a decisive battle with the northerners in Rongtian, and was attacked by unknown weapons of the northerners, suffered heavy losses, and has returned to the king's law."

"Unidentified weapon?" Duo Nong was suspicious and hurriedly asked, "What kind of weapon is it?" ”

"It is a very large copper pillar, which can make a loud noise like thunder, and can also breathe fire, and can throw copper balls weighing more than ten catties two or three hundred steps away, and there are extremely large numbers, and they have launched more than two hundred copper balls at one time.

In the first day of the battle alone, more than 100 fangs were killed and wounded, and they also had an even more, extremely powerful copper rod, which could also fire smaller copper pellets and iron sand on the shoulders of a man, and our armor was powerless against this fire-breathing weapon, and could be easily shot through. ”

The messenger spoke incoherently, much to Blendo's impatience:

"Can't you tell what it is!"

"Back to Your Majesty, the Captain of the Dezik Legion sent a copper ball thrown by the northerners, just outside."

"Then don't you hurry up and let people in!"

The messenger sent more than a dozen copper balls, as well as some iron and copper pills, into the house, and Brenduo glanced at it, pointed to the copper pills and iron sand on the ground, and said disdainfully:

"Did the northerners use these to scare our brave warriors!"

"Your Majesty, the northerners put them in copper rods and sprayed them with fire at our warriors, there are tens of thousands, and the power is very great. And this kind of copper ball weighing more than ten catties, they can launch one or two hundred at a time, concentrating our dense array, and the casualties are very heavy. If you hit a battle fang, you can even be killed directly. ”

"Nonsense!" Blundor scoffed: "Duonon, has there been any information recently that the northerners have used this kind of weapon that has never been seen before?" ”

"Your Majesty, after the northerners retreated to Zicheng and galloped, the border was tightly sealed, and it was very difficult for our inner line to send news, and we have not received this news for the time being. If necessary, the ministers can do whatever it takes to let people sneak into the north to get their secrets. ”

"Then go quickly, I don't want our fighters to pee their pants in fear of such inexplicable remarks."

"Your Majesty!"

A few months ago, at the request of the royal guest, Changsun Guo sent troops to the south, carrying imitations of artillery of different calibers, more than 20,000 individual soldiers and firearms, and thousands of mines, although it was very primitive and simple, but it greatly shocked the Jinxuedi people who had never seen firearms.

Under the First World War, more than 200 fangs were shot and wounded, and the results were brilliant, reversing the danger of Mubat's army soldiers approaching the city in one fell swoop.

In the blink of an eye into 632 Shengyuan, the muddy earthworm of Changsun Guo withstood the offensive of the Black Turban Army like never before, even though it was more victorious than few, but it finally relieved the precarious Liang State and could concentrate its forces to deal with the threat from the eastern border.

(End of chapter)