Chapter 496: Indifferent and Ruthless
Everything, as Chu Yun planned, these days, he openly truce, secretly set up traps near the garrison, just waiting for Xia Ying to bump into him.
After this battle, Xia Ying's side suffered heavy losses, although they fled back to Guizhou City, they could no longer defend it, the lack of food and grass was a reason, after the defeat, it was difficult for them to hold this first checkpoint, which was also a very important reason.
The defense line must be contracted, after Xia Ying returned to the city, she didn't have time to be sad, so she gave the order to retreat, and Chu Yun did not disappoint her, and really came to attack the city with a large army.
This offensive was even more fierce than the head-on clash that day.
And such a fierce offensive naturally brought even more heavy casualties. Even if Xia Ying decided to abandon the city and flee, she had to leave a group of people behind to break the queen.
The four Li Jin brothers stood up without hesitation at this time.
Xia Ying wanted to refuse, but in the end, she still couldn't say anything to refuse, in order to take care of the overall situation, she had to leave, and the people who stayed behind would naturally be unable to escape death.
"There's no time to delay, let's go!"
Lin Qianxu urged, she didn't know why that Wu Yun'er suddenly became weaker today, but even if she became weaker, she still suffered some minor injuries.
Originally, she was unwilling to let Xia Ying come to the front line, the son of a daughter couldn't sit down, but now that the situation has changed, no matter what, she must be protected.
Xia Ying was ruthless after all, at this time, indecision was meaningless.
"Take care, you guys."
Xia Ying said the last goodbye words to the four Li Jin brothers, saying that they should take care, but the people who stayed behind could only die.
With the withdrawal of Xia Ying's large army, leaving only the four Li Jin brothers with a small army to fight against Chu Yun's army, how long did the United States do, and the city of Guizhou was broken.
Chu Yun led his army into the city, but was stopped by Li Jin and others.
"Childe, long time no see."
There are less than 100 people around Li Jin, anyway, they are left to die, so go as much as you can!
He said hello to Chu Yun, but Chu Yun said, "Put down the knife in your hand, I can give you a happy death." ”
"It can't be."
The four brothers said in unison, Chu Yun could only shake his head, and as soon as he raised his hand, everyone knew that when this hand fell, it would be time for the army to rush and kill.
However, at this moment all the inhabitants of the city rushed out, either with kitchen knives or brooms in their hands, and among them, old and weak, women, and children.
They stood in front of Li Jin and the others.
If Chu Yun's hand fell, it would not only be these people from the Qinglian Sect who would be killed.
"Death to those who stand in my way!"
Chu Yun issued an ultimatum, but the group of people, still the same, still stood in front of the army, covering the retreat of Li Jin and the others.
This is what Chu Yun didn't expect, what did Xia Ying do to win the hearts of the people to this extent.
Chu Yun originally thought that the people were selfish and self-interested, so he didn't expect that there would be ordinary people in a city who would do this kind of thing for them.
Chu Yun can completely regard these people as traitors to the party, and killing one of them is a merit.
In the past, there were those who killed good people and pretended to be thieves. Now, these people can also be regarded as anti-thieves, but how can Chu Yun do this.
The raised hand was finally put down, and Chu Yun waited for Li Jin and the others to withdraw before ordering: "Clear the remnants of the city, arrest these people for me, but if you resist, you will be killed!" ”
Chu Yun is going to do a big project this time, if these people are a little safe, Chu Yun doesn't have to do this, but if they do it to this extent, then they can only drive away.
Otherwise, after Chu Yun occupied Guizhou City, they would stab them in the back, and Chu Yun would not be at ease when he started fighting.
It's a pity that Chu Yun is not the Murder Demon King, otherwise no one in this city would be able to say that he is wrong after killing all of them.
In the process of arresting, there was naturally resistance, and Chu Yun did what he said this time, whoever resisted, would die.
After killing a few people, they finally let people be honest, and Chu Yun didn't embarrass them too much, but just let them go to work.
If you work, you will have food.
It's similar to the cash-for-work method at Binh Duong Pass, only this time it's more brutal.
But such a rude behavior also made the people of Guizhou City honest, Chu Yun arranged easier work for the elderly and children, and the adults were more difficult, but they couldn't die of fatigue and starvation.
Soon, the city of Guizhou, which had experienced the trauma of the war, recovered, and the food was still tight, so Chu Yun asked people to organize the young and strong, go into the mountains to hunt, and others to open up the wasteland and farm.
The pace of advancing to the west was put down for the time being, but the reputation of Chu Yunku's officials was spreading.
When the news of the victory reached the imperial court, it naturally made Zhao Gou very happy, and sure enough, letting Chu Yun go out was different.
Zhao Gou felt comfortable in his heart, and naturally he always took the bad information that came to his ears to heart. He didn't urge Chu Yun to continue westward, in his opinion, Chu Yun must be a measured person, he just needs to vigorously support grain and grass.
And the government is now almost firmly in the hands of Zhao Gou, last time he took out a few bigwigs under the pretext, naturally there are new people to make up for them, these new people, of course, are all Zhao Gou's obedience.
At this time, the battle of the Western Expedition temporarily came to a standstill, giving up a city, although the life pressure of the Qinglian Sect was still there, it was much smaller, and like Chu Yun's choice, Xia Ying also asked people to go into the mountains to hunt, go into the water to fish, and try her best to maintain the survival of the people within her control.
Li Jin and the others successfully escaped, which really surprised Xia Ying, but after learning the truth, Xia Ying's mood was also very heavy.
It wasn't until the news that Chu Yun had captured all the people in a city to work as coolies reached Xia Ying's ears that Xia Ying was even more disappointed in Chu Yun.
At the same time, Xia Ying also secretly laughed at herself, saying that she would cut off contact, and it was herself who would no longer have anything to do with it, but now Chu Yun was really determined as she said, why was she so miserable?
Time continues to pass, and in the blink of an eye, autumn is solstice, and it is finally the harvest season. After drought and locust plagues, the harvest in Shu is not optimistic, and food is still a problem.
It will take at least another year to recover.
The imperial court is worried about feeding the people of the world every year, and now Xia Ying must also worry about this problem. The people live on food, and their minimum need now is to live.
And after the autumn harvest, the war began again, Chu Yun and Wu Yun'er continued to lead the army westward, and now Chu Yun is nominally the supervising army, but he has done all the things of the general, and Wu Yun'er, the general, has been paddling the whole process.
Chu Yun of the water reminded her not to be so obvious when she released the water.
The more obvious thing is that the last time I fought against Lin Qianji and Lin Qianxu, with Wu Yun'er's strength, it was easy to kill two of them, but one was not killed, and the other party was restrained for so long, and finally let the other party escape.
It's really a clumsy acting.
Fortunately, others don't know much about how strong Wu Yun'er's force is, anyway, the thieves are also very strong, so Wu Yun'er fought a draw, and no one felt that there was anything wrong.
Wu Yun'er just couldn't hide it from Chu Yun alone.
The next stop in Guizhou City is Jincheng.
After Jincheng, it is Shucheng.
If Jincheng is broken, then the Qinglian Sect can only be stationed in a corner of Shucheng in the end.
It's really like breaking through a level, and one level is more difficult than the other.
The army pressed the border again, ending the peaceful situation that had been in place for several days.
And this time is different from the previous time in Guizhou City, after so long, the time when food is in short supply has passed, so it is unrealistic to wait for the other party to go out of the city to fight, and the army on Chu Yun's side is also extremely labor-intensive in transporting food.
So, this time there is no time to delay.
Taking human lives to pile up is the worst way to siege a city, especially when the opponent is defending the high ground and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. A strong attack will result in the loss of more troops than the opponent.
It is possible to kill a thousand enemies and lose three thousand.
Then, at this time, there is only one plan to attack the city.
Fire Attack!
It's a crisp autumn season, and the weather is dry and suitable for setting fires.
Lin Qianji and Lin Qianxu originally wanted to teach Chu Yun a lesson in Jincheng, but as a result, Chu Yun's operation made them unable to understand it, and they dispatched a large number of people to collect firewood nearby. Piled up under the Jincheng.
This posture of setting fire to the city suddenly made people think that he was a little whimsical.
If you want to burn down a city, how much fire do you need?
The strange thing is that after accumulating enough firewood, Chu Yun asked people to cut down trees again, but he didn't feel that the firewood was not enough, and he needed to cut down trees to cooperate.
Xia Ying's side didn't think about destroying Chu Yun's pyre, no matter what the plan was, the destruction was right.
However, the previous ambush and trap in Guizhou City made Xia Ying dare not easily lead his troops to raid Chu Yun.
What if, this is another ploy?
Moreover, the place where the firewood is arranged is often guarded by heavy soldiers, and there is a distance from Jincheng.
Xia Ying also felt that it should be impossible to set fire, but what was Chu Yun's purpose in doing this?
The more she thought about it, the more she couldn't figure it out, and the more uneasy Xia Ying became.
And Chu Yun finally stopped after cutting down trees for a few days, but he still didn't do anything.
This time, Wu Yun'er was curious and asked, "What are you doing here?" ”
Chu Yun waved the folding fan and replied: "Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed!" ”
After another day, Chu Yuncai said: "When the east wind rises tomorrow, light the fire, and Jincheng can be broken." ”
Wu Yun'er still didn't understand, what does the east wind have to do with breaking the city, the next day, sure enough, the east wind came, Chu Yun's level of looking at the weather is also good, not by watching the sky at night, but by geographical knowledge.
When the east wind rose, Xia Ying finally saw the fire burning, but if it was arranged so far, what could be burned by setting fire?
Xia Ying didn't understand at first, but when the billowing smoke was sent into Jincheng by the east wind, Xia Ying suddenly realized.
This is not a fire attack, but a smoke attack!
Since history, no one has used such a method to attack the city, but this trick is indeed too yin!
Many trees that were not completely burned, and the smoke brought up by them blew into Jincheng, and the people in Jincheng couldn't bear it at all!
If you don't evacuate, you may be smoked to death in the city.
"How could you do such an act!!"
Xia Ying couldn't believe that Chu Yun would actually have a day to attack ordinary people, and these thick smokes would of course indiscriminately hurt everyone in Jincheng.
Xia Ying immediately asked to retreat, and all the Qinglian Sect members helped the people of Jincheng evacuate Jincheng together.
Take as much food as you can take away, and if you can't take it away, there's no way to do it.
By the time the smoke cleared and the army entered the city, Jincheng was already empty.
No one died inside, Xia Ying's decision was still very decisive, and as Chu Yun expected, she did not give up on any of the people.
And his army, without abandoning a single soldier, took Jincheng.
There is still a little aftertaste of fireworks in the air, Chu Yun's pollution of the air this time is very serious, at least for half a month, Jincheng is not suitable for human habitation.
Fortunately, in this era, there is no such thing as a factory, and nature will soon purify the air in this area.
Wu Yun'er was also stunned after Chu Yun took Jincheng so easily, she originally thought that this war would be quite tragic to take Jincheng, who knew that it would be so simple.
This east wind is really powerful!
Now, further west, you will reach the Two Realms Mountain, away from the human cliff.
The Two Realms Mountain is the saddest level, such as when Chu Yun was an envoy, there were so many troops, as long as someone on the mountain pushed the rolling stones, there was only the share of escape.
Therefore, in this area, Xia Ying will definitely arrange the same means.
Chu Yun's march could almost be stopped before reaching the Two Realms Mountain.
After the cliff, although Jiangyuan County is slightly flat, and the Shu land a little to the west, although the road is rugged, it is also easy to defend and difficult to attack, but compared with the Two Realms Mountain, it is still a little worse.
The mountains of the two realms can't be defended, and the Shu Dao is even more difficult to defend.
For Chu Yun, the Two Realms Mountain is also a place full of memories.
The evil relationship between him and Xia Ying started since he was a child, but when he confirmed the intentions of both parties, it was at the foot of the mountains of these two realms, in front of the cliff.
This will probably also become the most critical place for the two armies to fight, and it may also be the place for the final decisive battle.
After the cliff from the people, even if the Qinglian Sect can survive for a long time, it is not far from defeat.
The Two Realms Mountain is the most important pass.
However, in a few months, Chu Yun had forced the mighty Qinglian Sect to this extent, all because the map of the rebellion was too small, and if it was a national rebellion, then Chu Yun might be a little difficult to handle.
Of course, to that extent, it must be that the country is completely corrupted, so it's impossible to say which side Chu Yun will help.
It's just that the rebellion of the southwest generation can be easily cleaned up.
However, Xia Ying's range of activities is not just in the southwest generation, she has traveled more places than Chu Yun thought.
From west to east, from north to south, the members of the Qinglian Sect are all over the world, but the southwest has been selected as the headquarters base.
When Chu Yuntun was in front of the Two Realms Mountain, the rebellion of the Qinglian Sect in other places had finally begun......