Chapter 293

Although it is not known how long it will take for the war to spread to the city that never sleeps, people's consciousness is always keen, and rumors are the main reason for the fueling of the situation.

In less than a month, the Northern Regions have been completely shrouded in the shadow of war, and I don't know how many of the original characters will become historical dust when the war is over, and I don't know how many characters will leave a strong mark in the history books, leaving the world with only endless fear in front of them.

Time flies slowly, but the situation changes too quickly, and if you don't think of a way to deal with the situation as soon as possible, many forces will face problems like the many families in the City That Never Sleeps.

Putting aside the situation in the city that never sleeps, two days have passed since the battle of Xilanguan that day, and Zhang Yuan, who fled that day, also fled to the family as soon as possible to spread the news of the defeat to the clan, and the Zhang family was naturally in chaos at that time.

A high-level cadre didn't expect that the Snow Army would be defeated so quickly, so thoroughly, and they would never persuade Zhang Yuanyi to continue to be the commander of the Snow Army, so it can be seen that Zhang Yuanyi's failure also has the responsibility of the high-level Zhang family. Now that there is one more person and one more strength, the high-level of the Zhang family will naturally not treat Zhang Yuanyi as an eighth-order martial cultivator.

And the choice made by the Zhang family at the first time was to evacuate, there are many people in the Zhang family, and it is indeed troublesome to evacuate the family, but fortunately, the night army did not attack Xilan City in time, and the Zhang family still has a certain amount of time to prepare.

At the same time, many families in the city chose to leave like the Zhang family, and some even set fire to their mansions when they left, not wanting to leave anything for the Night Army.

For two days, the city had been full of fires, and it was sunny but black smoke was shrouded everywhere, and those who did not leave were full of gloom on their faces, not knowing what fate awaited them.

Because the people were lit in all directions as they left, the city was full of smoke and miasma, and there were street stalls lying on the ground everywhere, and before the night army reached the city, half of the people in Xilan City had already run away. Not to mention organizing personnel to resist the Night Army, Xilan City no longer has that ability at all.

When the news reached the city that the night army was marching towards Xilan City, the citizens of the city who had not left were all filled with fear and gloom, and the adults were filled with grief and anger, and the children wept under the protection of the adults, and looked to the west with uneasy expressions, and any strange sound would affect their nerves.

For two days, the city was filled with the sound of smashing and noise, especially the sound of children crying, which made more children cry, and now some of them are almost in tears.

Most of the shops in the city, whether their owners were still there or not, were closed, and although some of the taverns were still open, they looked empty inside.

In those fireworks places, the prostitutes who usually like to play with the upstairs and downstairs inside and outside the door are not the slightest person, every household is closed, and the city is deserted outside the city.

On the way east from Westland, countless civilians fled to Westwind, each hoping to find refuge in Westwind.

On the other hand, no matter what the situation in Xilan City is at the moment, in fact, from beginning to end, Zhao Wu has never considered doing anything to innocent city citizens, it is also a long-term consideration, there are many city citizens in the Snow Country, even if there are few people who know martial arts, but if they are united, they still have great power.

If the behavior of the night army makes the people of the city hate the same enemy, how can the night country gain a foothold in Xilan City in the future, and as the commander of the three armies, Zhao Wu can't avoid an important question, that is, the physiological needs of the soldiers in the army.

Once the occupation of Xilan City or even the Snow Country, more places in the Snow Country will become the territory of the Night Country, and after the soldiers are materially satisfied, they will definitely pursue their physical needs, and the women and children of the Snow Country may naturally become the objects of their venting.

Throughout the ages, many generals and marshals have not been able to avoid this question, either bringing military prostitutes in the army, or allowing soldiers to do something to women and children in the occupied areas. Of the two methods, Zhao Wu would rather choose the first one, but that is not a long-term solution, and Zhao Wu can't decide what to do for the time being.

For Zhao Wu, there are many issues to consider, and Zhao Wu needs more time to think about it. During this period, Zhao Wu also had to observe the performance of the soldiers, no matter what, Zhao Wu would not let the army wantonly burn and plunder in Xilan City.

Before arriving in Xilan City, Zhao Wu would convey the instructions to be strict with the army, and of course Zhao Wu could not neglect his subordinates.

A day later, according to Zhao Wu's instructions, the night army soldiers were divided into four directions, and rushed to the direction where the four snow army troops were located, while the remaining more than 10,000 wounded soldiers and thousands of logistics personnel followed Zhao Wu to continue to march to Xilancheng.

Zhao Wu and the others were still a hundred miles away from the city, and at their current speed, they would be able to reach Xilan City in two days. In two days, the people who were originally left in the city might have left some because they were afraid of the might of the Night Army, of course, these did not need to be considered by Zhao Wu. For Zhao Wu, the more people who leave, the better.

At the same time, in one of the night army's troops, Lin Xuanzhong and the Da Niu brothers were still together, and their marching speed was much faster than when they were separated from several other armies before, and they could travel fifteen miles in an hour.

The rapid march made the soldiers somewhat tired, and the general above knew that the time was urgent, but he still had to let the soldiers rest as much as possible, so during the march, there was still a lot of time to rest.

Despite this, there are still many soldiers who wear out their shoes when they are in a hurry, and some even wear out their feet, if it is not for the military spirit has returned to normal, judging from the situation of the army after Zhao Wugang issued the order for urgent battle that day, there may have been soldiers who want to complain loudly, and now the soldiers are willing to eat dry food, and they have no intention of complaining, at most they just muttering that the road conditions are too bad sometimes.

It's a pity that there is no choice in terms of the marching route, according to Zhao Wu's instructions, those generals are taking their soldiers to take the remote route as much as possible, the mountain road is bumpy, and there are many thorns.

Surprisingly, they kept taking the remote route, and several armies still passed through some villages, and encountered many fierce beasts on the way. The army did not stop when they encountered the village, according to Zhao Wu's instructions, regardless of whether there were people in the village or not, the army should mainly rush to the road, of course, they must always pay attention to their whereabouts so as not to be detected by outsiders.

When encountering fierce beasts, whether it is a group of fierce beasts or only one or two fierce beasts, in the face of a large number of troops, those fierce beasts can only flee in all directions, and several armies along the way are still unimpeded.

Lin Xuanzhong's night army only had 35,000 people, 5,000 cavalry, 10,000 archers, and 20,000 infantry, because the snow army they were going to attack was also small, and according to the news reported by the spies, it should be around 50,000. Because the terrain was not suitable for cavalry combat, only 3,000 of the cavalry actually rode horses, and the other 2,000 were on foot like other soldiers.

Not only Lin Xuanzhong and his army were like this, but the other armies were also rarely useful, three thousand light cavalry could leave their mounts and infantry at any time, and only the archers could be used in the four combat areas, but there were only a small number of people used.

Like the cavalry, at the critical moment, the archers also have to join the battle, judging from the current combination, Lin Xuanzhong and their army have a great chance of using archers, otherwise it is impossible to send only more than 30,000 people, of which 10,000 are archers.

It's really a coincidence, Ming Buregret is actually among the five thousand cavalry, and the two sides also met. Yesterday, Qingyi brought the news of Ming Buregret, and today he met Ming Buregret in person, Lin Xuanzhong and the Da Niu brothers were very excited.

Because of a certain military rank, Ming Buregret is still qualified to ride a horse, and after the two sides greeted each other, they exchanged enthusiastically, during which Ming Buregret also specially asked Lin Xuanzhong if he was willing to join their riding camp. Lin Xuanzhong's strength can meet the standard of their cavalry requisition, but unfortunately Lin Xuanzhong did not have the idea of joining the cavalry battalion, but Da Niu was very eager to join the cavalry battalion.

Seeing that they did not regret that they were sitting on the horses so majestic, the big bull was very envious, but the big tiger did not express any opinion on this, because the strength of the big tiger did not meet the standard of joining the cavalry camp.

After communicating for a while, the two sides separated again, but they didn't expect to be able to fight side by side with Lin Xuanzhong, Ming Buregret was very happy about this, and planned to protect Lin Xuanzhong's safety when he had the opportunity to attack the Snow Army.

On the contrary, Lin Xuanzhong was not too worried about Ming Buregret's safety, Ming Buregret was a fifth-order martial cultivator, and he had a horse to rely on, as long as he was not stupid enough to fight a sixth-order martial cultivator alone, then there should be no problem with his own safety, but I don't know what the battle between the two sides will be at that time.

Although those generals said well, Lin Xuanzhong could think of unexpected situations, if the enemy army discovered their arrival in advance, or if there was no suitable terrain available, then even if the enemy army could be caught off guard, the effect would definitely be greatly reduced, and their casualties would naturally be more than expected.

It was still two or three days away from catching up with those snow troops, Lin Xuanzhong didn't want to think about what would happen in two or three days, and besides, Lin Xuanzhong was just an ordinary soldier and didn't have a way to get news, how could he think clearly about what was about to happen.

In other words, in the past half a month, under the leadership of Zhao Wu, the night army has won many battles and annihilated more than 200,000 enemies. What is the concept of 200,000 Lin Xuanzhong can't imagine anymore, not to mention that there are so many sixth-order and seventh-order martial cultivators among them, and he used to think that the mercenary team led by Red Tears and his father was very powerful, and the people of the three major families in Sleepless City were very powerful, but now Lin Xuanzhong found out that it was the army that was really powerful.