Wang Ting gritted his teeth: "Then levy again!" ”

Knowing that doing this would have a great impact on Dayan, Wang Ting still did it.

Think about it, the enemy army is about to drive over, and there are no soldiers, do you want him to wait for death?

Moreover, even if he was defeated and died, what was left to Xia Qi was nothing more than a broken country.

It's kind of a kind of a flood after I die.

Later, Wang Ting led the army to retreat towards the royal city.

The original river city in the rear has been taken, and if you don't leave, you will really be stabbed with chrysanthemums.

At the same time, as the royal court issued a conscription order again, coupled with the spread of the news of the defeat of the front-line siege army, all of a sudden, in the territory of Dayan, the people of the cities were also in danger, and the soldiers in the army were arresting people everywhere, not to mention some young and strong young people, even some men in their forties and fifties, as long as their limbs were able-bodied, they were all taken away, which is enough to see that Wang Ting was really forced to be anxious this time.

In comparison, it was Dongyuan City, Xincheng, and Yuanhe City that fell into Xia Qi's hands, and the people of these three cities lived a more stable life.

Because for the people of these three cities, after Xia Qi captured the city, the only thing he did was to block the city gates on both sides, and in doing so, of course, it would have an impact on them, but compared with Dayan's soldiers who captured the city was a round of burning and looting, and usually bullied men and women on their own land, the two groups of people can be said to be superior to each other.

In this way, after the first few days of worry, the people who have realized this are simply living in peace.

For example, because of the closure of the city gates, many people have no surplus food at home because they cannot go out of the city to work on the farmland.

Regarding this matter, Xia Qi behaved simply, directly waved his hand, and asked people to set up a few cauldrons in the center of the city to distribute food, not because his virgin heart was overflowing, but because once there was a famine in the city, more troublesome things would definitely happen at that time.

At the same time, Xia Qi's move also unexpectedly gave him a good reputation in these three cities, obviously occupying other people's cities, but inexplicably there is a feeling of popular support, even Li Chuan, who had just returned to the past, and the soldiers under his command also shouted "Patriarch Renyi", and the loyalty began to rise, I don't know if the royal court saw this scene, would it be so angry that it would spit out a mouthful of blood.

To get back to the point, after that battle, after four days of rest, all the seriously wounded soldiers have been sent back to Daxia City to recuperate.

In addition, Xia Qi also encountered a little troublesome thing here, that is, the Eight Bull Crossbow Wood has crossbow arrows.

In fact, it's a bit wrong to say this, the heavy crossbow arrows that were shot out before will undoubtedly be picked up when the battlefield is cleaned up after the war, after all, each heavy crossbow arrow can be said to be expensive, how can it really be used as a disposable? Not to mention heavy crossbow arrows, even if they are fired by archers, they are all recoverable and recycled as much as possible.

However, ordnance equipment like this is not something that can be reused all the time as long as it is picked up, because the bronze arrows will wear out, and the heavy crossbow arrows of the eight-ox crossbow are generally used three to five times, and they should be sent back to the ordnance forging department to be rebuilt.

In the previous battle, all the heavy crossbow arrows were shot at the siege tower covered with bronze armor plates! It is already conceivable what the bronze arrow, when it hits such a thick bronze armor plate, it is already conceivable, the arrow part is seriously damaged, although it can still be used, but the destructive power of the city wall and city gate has been greatly reduced.

However, Xia Qi had already given an order to the Ordnance Forging Department in the rear to make every effort to make a batch of heavy crossbow arrows for the Eight Bull Crossbows, calculate the time, and it should be delivered in a few days.

Next, Xia Qi led the army to advance the battle line to Kihara City, which was the city guarded by Li Ke.

The previous siege of the new city was nominally commanded by him, but it was the royal court who gave the orders.

After another three days, fifty heavy crossbow arrows that were urgently made were finally transported to the front line, and this time Xia Qi obviously made up his mind to break through the gate of Muyuan City, and directly pushed out all the six eight-bull crossbows brought this time!

No nonsense, Xia Qi waved his hand, and the six eight-bull crossbows fired at the same time, and the first salvo was directly locked on the other party's bed crossbow placed on the city wall.

A series of violent roars struck directly on Li Ke's heart, making him feel a thrill, in the face of this range suppression, the bed crossbow on the head of their wooden wall was completely reduced to an ornament, there was no power to resist at all, and the powerful and violent attack mercilessly destroyed the bed crossbow on their wall, and hit the morale of the soldiers defending the city.

After three rounds of fire, after destroying the bed crossbow on the opposite wall, Xia Qiyi's army advanced a hundred meters forward, turning the target of the attack to the gate of Kihara Castle.

After closing the distance, the Eight Bull Crossbow had a significant increase in hit rate and power, and just one round of attacks caused obvious damage to the gate of Kihara City, just when Xia Qi was thinking about what the other party would do next, he unexpectedly found that the soldiers guarding the city on the opposite wall were actually evacuating quickly.

Originally, he thought that the other party was going to go out of the city to meet the attack, however, the closed gate of Muyuan City was slow to move, and Xia Qi, who noticed the abnormality, flashed a trace of thoughtfulness in his eyes, and then signaled the Eight Bull Crossbow to stop attacking, and after a while, he raised his hand, and directly sent a small cloud ladder force to quickly get closer, climb the wall of the Muyuan City to confirm the situation, and finally found that the city defenders in the city had actually destroyed the mechanism of the east city gate and withdrew.

"These cowards actually abandoned the city and fled, they are really not a gentleman!"

The generals such as Xiong and the white wolf who learned the news were full of depression.

And unlike the depressed few people, Xia Qi obviously wanted to think more, Muyuan City was an important defense line in the eastern border of Dayan, and that Li Ke actually retreated directly without even fighting after sensing the destructive power of the Eight Bull Crossbow, which was simply two extremes from their posture of defending the city a few days ago.

After quickly sorting out the thoughts in his head, Xia Qi pondered for a while, and then asked Li Chuan, who knew the situation in Dayan best, "Li Chuan, what do you think?" ”

As a wise general, Li Chuan at this time obviously noticed the unusual behavior of Li Ke, so he had been thinking about this matter in his mind just now.

"Without the order of the royal court, according to Li Ke's character, he would never dare to abandon the city and flee like this, but he withdrew so simply this time, and nine times out of ten he got the royal court's instructions."

Hearing this conclusion, Xia Qi rubbed his chin, and then asked out loud again, "Behind this Muyuan City, there is the royal city, right?" ”

"Yes." Li Chuan nodded.

"Do you think it's possible for the royal court to abandon the Great Yan Royal City and retreat?"

"The subordinates think it's unlikely, and then retreat to the west, there are only two small cities left with weak city defenses and garrisons, compared to it, Dayan Wangcheng is the most populous and largest city in the entire Dayan, if even Dayan gives up, then the royal court will not have a chance to turn the tables in the future."

Hearing this, a hint of clarity flashed in Xia Qi's eyes, according to Li Chuan's statement, if Wang Ting wants to turn the tables against the wind, he must not give up Dayan Wangcheng, once he gives up, when the time comes, there will be no one to him, and there will be no resources, what capital does he have to talk about this turnaround?

In this way, it is easy to guess the meaning of the other party's hand, obviously he wants to preserve his troops, and then fight him to the death outside the Great Yan King City.

With this thought flashing through his mind, the two teams of people who climbed to Kihara City with the help of the cloud ladder finally opened the east city gate with great effort.

After the army entered the city, Xia Qi found that the Muyuan City was extremely lively, and at a glance, he saw a fire burning in the distance.

Considering all kinds of circumstances, Xia Qi decisively mobilized troops to assist the people in the city to extinguish the fire, and then it was confirmed that the two buildings that were burned down in the city were granaries and armories, and other buildings around were also affected to a certain extent, but fortunately, the fire was controlled in time and did not cause further losses.

In the eyes of Wang Ting and Li Ke, this hand may have successfully avoided the grain, grass and ordnance that could not be taken away from falling into the hands of the enemy, but for Xia Qi, who is not short of grain, grass and ordnance at all, there is basically no impact.

On the contrary, it was the people of Kihara City who were panicked and complained about the people who were burned by this fire, coupled with the previous forced recruitment of soldiers, it is conceivable how strong the people's grievances in Kihara City are at this moment.

The other party's cooperation gave Xia Qi an excellent opportunity to buy people's hearts, decisively asked people to open a warehouse and release grain, and then let Li Chuan and them help pacify the people in the city, and they could also brush up on the loyalty of a wave of soldiers, why not?

Facts have proved that Xia Qi's hand was successful, and he shouted directly in the crowd, "Is there anyone who will repair the city gate mechanism?" Immediately, several people stood up and expressed their willingness to help them repair the city gate organs, and even Xia Qi later asked a few people about the situation of the cities in Dayan during this time, and the people were completely in a posture of knowing everything and saying everything, there is no doubt that the loyalty of these people to Dayan and the royal court has fallen below sixty points.

At this time, Xia Qi was wondering in his heart, after this all-out war is over, should he simply transfer all the populations in these cities to his own territory, anyway, the popularity of the people has been brushed out, after these people are submissive, with the blessing of his 'high personality' talent, the loyalty is estimated to easily reach seventy or even eighty points, which is just enough to replenish a large wave of manpower to his Great Xia civilization.

Of course, this is just an idea for the time being, whether to do this or not, he has to think about it again, so many people, and it is not that you can accept it, you also have to see if there are so many jobs and living areas on your own territory, not to mention that the current all-out war has not yet been fought.

In order to avoid long nights and dreams, Xia Qi did not stay in Muyuan City for a long time, and after resting for one night, he left a hundred troops in the city as a response, and then the army slowly left the city and rushed towards the decisive place of this all-out war!