Wang Mang's army and the Ji family's army fought fiercely in the depths of Kunlun Mountain, the flames of war continued, the blood and qi surged, and the fire shone on the heavens.

In this way, after three days of fighting, more than seventy percent of the soldiers and horses who came to help the Ji family were killed, and less than thirty percent of the men and horses were left who either surrendered and saved their lives, or broke through the siege and fled.

As soon as these people left, the rest of those who stayed in Kunlun Mountain to resist Wang Mang's army were basically left with the soldiers and horses of the Ji family's headquarters.

For such a situation, Wang Mang ordered a sweeping mode again, and ordered the soldiers of the whole army to surround the mountain from the four directions of the southeast, northwest, and west, and do not leave their hands behind, and kill the soldiers of the Ji family when they see them.

Wang Mang thought that the soldiers and horses of the Ji family's headquarters were all extraordinary in the end, and there were many means, and it was extremely easy to cause heavy losses if one was not careful. He didn't want to cause his soldiers to die tragically at the hands of the Ji family because of his momentary kindness.

Threats must be strangled in the cradle, and no accidents can occur.

He did not accept the surrender of the soldiers of the Ji family, for fear that these people would surrender pretendedly, and he did not dare to gamble with the lives of his soldiers on the sincerity of the other party.

This battle to exterminate the Ji family was also the most ruthless in his heart, he did not give the soldiers of the Ji family any room for mercy, and strictly abided by the idea of death to convey military orders.

At this moment, Wang Mang seemed to have become extremely ruthless, without the slightest mercy, and became a completely ruthless battlefield general, with a cold heart and no feelings.

"Chen Chong, you lead a part of the army to the southeast mountain stream for a walk. When you get there, you observe the situation carefully, don't act rashly, and don't rush into killing. Because some of the Ji family horses hiding there can't be easily killed, keeping their lives alive is of great use to me. Wang Mang instructed his confidant general Chen Chong.

Chen Chong was a little puzzled when he heard this, so he asked, "Your Majesty, I don't know what is special about those people you are talking about, and how can I distinguish them?" ”

Wang Mang replied: "You don't need to ask too much, you will know when you see people, because among the people hiding there are a few old friends you know over there." Of course, you must not show your feet when you see them, and you should not know them. You just need to make a show and force them back to the Ji family's headquarters. When the time comes, everything will come to an end. ”

"It's Your Majesty, the Minister's Decree!" Chen Chongying said.

The reason why Wang Mang gave such an order was because the soldiers and horses hiding in the southeast mountain stream were soldiers under Yuan Qiong, and Yuan Qiong was Liu Yan's person, which was equivalent to indirectly accepting Wang Mang's assignment to plot against the remnants of the Ji family.

If Yuan Qiong dies in battle, then Wang Mang's plan will be equivalent to falling short, so Wang Mang will never allow Yuan Qiong to die here.

Of course, the reason why Wang Mang knew the hiding location of Yuan Qiong's army was because some of the soldiers led by Yuan Qiong were Wang Mang's original henchmen, and they were sent by him to Jingzhou to plot, and they were controlled by Wuyazi to help Liu Xiu and Liu Yan succeed.

Deep in the Kunlun Mountains, the headquarters of the Ji family.

The Ji family was outnumbered and at a disadvantage, and the defeat was imminent, which Ji Daotian had long expected.

He originally advocated abandoning this place and not fighting head-on with Wang Mang, who was in the middle of the day, but his proposal was unanimously rejected by many elders of the Ji family.

After the patriarchs rejected his proposal, he did not hold another meeting to discuss it, because he knew that it was impossible for the attitudes of these patriarchs to change without a real fight with Wang Mang.

The thoughts of these patriarchs are stubborn in layman's terms, stubbornly guarding face, being flexible if they don't understand, not hitting the south wall and not looking back, and only knowing the pain after suffering a loss.

Although the senators rejected his proposal, he also arranged for it. He had prepared a retreat earlier in case of emergency.

Now the Ji family is at a disadvantage in an all-round way, and it may be killed by Wang Mang's army at any time, which will lead to the extinction of the clan.

At present, he summoned many high-level officials of the Ji family to gather together to arrange the evacuation route to ensure that the elite forces of the Ji family evacuated Kunlun Mountain, and stayed until later to plot slowly.

"Elders, a year ago I said that Wang Mang was invincible, and at this moment he is at a time when his luck is strong, the people's hearts are gathered, the morale is high, and it will definitely be difficult for us to achieve any benefits from a tough collision with him. But you don't believe it, you think that our Ji family is strong and strong, how about now, you have all seen Wang Mang's power, right?

If we want to successfully kill Wang Mang and restore the supreme glory of our Ji family, there is only one way, and that is to wait for his luck to go downhill before we can start plotting. If his luck does not decrease, we will not be able to help him anyway, and this is the number of days.

A person's luck is like a person's life, no one can stay at the peak forever, after the peak is aging, I expect that Wang Mang's luck will begin to slowly decay in a few years.

When the ancestors of our Ji family competed with the Yin Shang Dynasty, didn't our ancestors also use this method to achieve things? If the luck of the Yin Shang Dynasty had not been extinguished, where would our ancestors have been able to create the Great Zhou Dynasty that has not fallen for 800 years? At present, Wang Mang is like the Yin Shang Dynasty, we need to be patient and not rush.

Now we have a fight with him, and although the loss of troops is too great, fortunately, there are still some elites left. And a year ago, I started planning several reliable safe exits......"

"Dare to ask the patriarch, then Wang Mang led a million army to surround our Kunlun Mountain, how can we break out of the encirclement and escape?" A Ji family handsome man asked.

"It's okay, I've already arranged this."

Ji Daotian said coldly: "Kunlun Mountain is the territory that we have been operating for thousands of years, Wang Mang is going to attack, and he will definitely use the method of closing the mountain to block all the retreats, I have long expected this and have made arrangements." ”

With that, he jerked out a pair of parchment rolls from his bosom.

The parchment was covered with densely curvy lines that he had planned as a way out.

"Everyone, the evacuation secret road route is here, as long as everyone evacuates according to this secret road route, Wang Mang will definitely not be able to pursue him. Also, I expect that Wang Mang has an internal response on our side and knows our approximate strength, so the number of people who evacuate cannot be too large, just select the elite. lest Wang Mang be suspicious, so he dug three feet into the ground to find the secret road line. ”

"When the elite forces of our Ji family withdrew, the elders and I led the remaining forces together to break off, and entangled Wang Mang's army, blocking their footsteps up the mountain, and buying time for our evacuees."

"Yes, Patriarch!" Many elders are now convinced, and they admire Ji Daotian's strategy very much.

While everyone was talking, suddenly a child of the Ji family came in outside the door and said, "Patriarch Qiqi, Xu Ziqing asks to see the patriarch, I wonder if the patriarch wants to see him?" ”

"Xu Ziqing? What is she here for? Ji Daotian was stunned, "Although Wang Mang's army has been killed at the foot of the mountain and is about to be killed here, there is no threat to her at all." With her ability, can she still leave Ji's house smoothly with Ji Xue? ”

"You let her in and see me." Ji Daotian couldn't figure out Xu Ziqing's intentions, so he asked Xu Ziqing to come in to see him.

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