It was destined to be a difficult night.

Wang Meng reorganized the previous convoy, and the large army continued to retreat southward, stopping at the two ends of the hill not far from the east city gate.

Nearly 10,000 people did not light a fire all night, leaning together in the wind and snow from time to time to keep warm, Wang Meng still stood by the north city, watching the movements of the Jin people from afar.

In the second half of the night, the sound of artillery and explosions in the west resounded throughout the night.

At dawn, there was an urgent report from the front, saying that the ice road and official road from Zhuozhou to Liangtouwang had all been blown up, and now it was no longer possible to walk.

"They want to cut off the connection between Liangtouwang and Zhuo and Yanzhou?" One of the guards guessed in a low voice.

"The group of people who set up an ambush on the Yanzhou Ice Road yesterday-"

"I think I'm going to do the same thing." Wang Meng said in a deep voice, "You can just use our gunpowder to blow up our road." ”

"But what if the road is broken," Xue Ziping looked in the direction of the two ends, "The two ends have always been the transit place of Zhuo and Yan, and the grain and grass are complete, even if it becomes a lonely city, they may not be able to besiege it...... Huh? ”

Everyone looked sideways at him, "What's wrong?" ”

Xue Ziping frowned slightly, and stretched out his hand to point to the city in the distance, "That's ...... What the? ”

In the faint light of the morning light, everyone saw several dark gray smoke rising from the city at both ends.

The smoke was at first like morning smoke, and no one paid attention to it, but in a moment they became intense, and now they were billowing up smoke, with occasional sporadic flames flickering in the smoke.

Wang Meng took out the monocular binoculars from his waist and gasped after a moment. "Look at this location...... There are a few granaries in the city. ”

The others instantly clenched the swords at their waists.

"Adjutant General, what now?"

"General Chang's message is for us to return to help from both sides," Wang Meng said in a low voice, "...... act when the opportunity arises."

Before the words fell, the team on the Jin Man's side moved.

I saw countless shield soldiers holding copper shields high, and approaching the north gate with steady steps.

Bai Ling patted Xue Zi'an beside him, "...... What is the range of our firearms? ”

"About three hundred feet." Xue Zi'an replied in a low voice, "But you have to be within a hundred feet to have the power to break the armor." ”

Bai Ling scolded in a low voice.

"How do you ask this?" Xue Zi'an leaned closer to Bai Ling, "What did you think of?" ”

"They're going to shoot rockets into the city next," Bai Ling grabbed the turf on the ground, "The golden man's longbow has a range of up to six hundred feet!" ”

Xue Zi'an was stunned for a moment.

The Golden Thief does have a special kind of giant bow that requires two people to work together - Wei Songqing doesn't know the range of his own firebolt, but he knows the Golden Thief's giant bow very well......

Wang Meng also heard Bai Ling's words, and was about to ask, but Bai Ling had already run to Wang Meng's side, "Adjutant General, can you lend me the telescope?" ”

Wang Meng didn't refuse, Bai Ling took the binoculars and ran north, behind him Wang Meng hurriedly asked, "Where is Songqing going?" ”

"That boulder in the north of the mountain last night," replied Bai Ling, "I can see the camp of the Jin people over there, and I want to confirm one thing......

Wang Meng nodded and motioned for Xue Ziping to follow.

Not long after Bai Ling left, the shield soldiers of the golden people really stopped at a distance of four hundred feet from the city gate.

A rain of arrows and gunfire flew from the walls of the city at both ends.

The ammunition landed in the open space where the city gate and the golden people could only see, and the feather arrows flew farther away from the high ground of the city tower, but were easily blocked from the shield.

A second and third round of strafing from the walls followed, but nothing changed the result.

The battlefield fell into a certain quiet and eerie atmosphere.

Suddenly, the shields of the golden people were misaligned with each other, and in the staggered between shields, countless gaps suddenly appeared, and behind this gap, the fiery arrows rose in the wind and flew towards the dome on both sides.

As Bai Ling had predicted, most of these flaming feathered arrows passed over the walls and fell into the city.

After a while, a slight amount of smoke and dust gradually rose from the rear of the northern city, and soon melted into the billowing smoke that rose early in the morning.

After shooting all the rockets in their hands, these golden men did not hesitate to fight, and retreated like a tide.

The shield and the archers worked together so skillfully that it was almost seamless.

Wang Meng and the others stood on the mountain, looking at this group of swift and cloudy golden soldiers, resentful, and slightly stunned.

And this kind of relying on shield soldiers, restraint and forbearance play, is very different from the previous Arslan.

Or, rather, unlike any of the previous tribes of gold thieves.

……

"What the hell are you looking for?" Xue Ziping asked with some curiosity.

Bai Ling was lying on the boulder she had squatted on last night, and Xue Ziping behind her was holding her feet tightly to prevent her from slipping down.

"I'm looking for a flag I saw last night." Bai Ling said softly.

"What flag?"

"An orchid." Bai Ling whispered.

Xue Ziping repeated in a low voice, still feeling confused, he was a little puzzled, but seeing Bai Ling's focused search, Xue Ziping temporarily pressed the question in his heart.

After another moment, Xue Ziping raised his head, "...... Did you find it? ”

"Still looking at it one by one." Bai Ling frowned, "I clearly remember that I saw it in these parts yesterday......"

"Don't worry, look for it slowly," Xue Ziping said in a low voice, "Say-"

"Found it!" Bai Ling almost suppressed his voice and roared, "I knew I was right last night!" ”

Xue Ziping pulled Bai Ling's leg and quickly took her to the ground.

"Let's go back," Bai Ling patted the ashes on his body and looked at Xue Ziping, "...... What did you just want to ask me? ”

"Oh, I wanted to ask you, how did you know that Jin Ren was going to use rockets this time?"

Bai Ling smiled with deep eyes, and said in a low voice, "Because of this style of play, when I was in the fourth year of Shengming, I had already seen it once in Pingjing. ”

……

Between the mountains and forests, Bai Ling followed Xue Ziping back to Wang Meng's side, and then told the Pingjing Rebellion that he had experienced a few years ago clearly.

"Heikyo?" Xue Ziping only heard the beginning, and his brows were twisted into a Sichuan character, "When did the gold thief hit Pingjing City?" ”

"Of course not a gold thief," Bai Ling said softly, "at least not then. ”

Just when everyone didn't know why, Wang Meng suddenly spoke, "In the fourth year of Shengming, a group of 'gold thieves' of unknown origin suddenly appeared in the hinterland of my Great Zhou, for the disaster of Jiangzhou, when it was claimed that there were tens of thousands of people, but in fact there were only a few thousand, which caused great panic among the people at that time - remember?" ”

The faces of those present changed instantly.

"So...... At that time, there were indeed rumors that the capital was besieged for three days and three nights," Xue Ziping was a little puzzled, "But isn't that a rumor?" ”

"The capital has indeed been surrounded," Bai Ling said softly, "but it has never been trapped, and the city defense forces have evacuated the people long before the rockets entered the city, and the roofs have been covered with fire felt. Ambushes were also laid in advance at various water sources, and the poisoners were taken down in one fell swoop......"

Xue Zi'an listened to it from the sidelines, "So who are these people?" ”

“…… The remnants of Qinyuan. Wang Meng said in a deep voice.