Chapter 568: Empty City

The men and horses left quietly through the night, first the left army escorted the wounded away, then the right army of the Chinese army, which suffered a lot of losses in this battle, and then the men and horses left by Ji Jing, escorting Ji Yan to catch the deer ridge.

The city gradually fell silent, but the earthen walls and forest hills were still in full swing, and the fortifications were constantly being fortified. Wu Jian sat on the earthen wall every day, with Ji Jing and his own tooth flag hunting on his side.

The wounds on his body were a little itchy, which made him quite uncomfortable, so he had to drink a lot of wine every day to suppress it.

Zhuo Ke and Luo Zhang would take turns guarding him every day, reporting on the movements of the coalition forces and their own movements from time to time.

On the fourth day, Shui Congyue left with the Righteous Eagle Army and the Mastiff, and continued to roam the field like a fierce tiger, ready to strike a ferocious blow at the coalition forces.

The only one left was Niu Chao, and when Niu also secretly found Wu Gan, he was unwilling to leave with this old father, and all the troops looked at him unpleasantly, so Wu Gan had to keep him by his side.

"The owner of the village, everyone is almost gone." Zhuo Ke squatted on the ground to change Wu Gan's injury medicine, and kicked Niu Chao away who came over to make trouble, "When are we leaving?"

"I'll leave tonight." Wu Gen looked at the increasingly bold scouts of the coalition army, turned his head and shouted at Niu Chao who was lying on the ground, "Put two arrows, and if you can't shoot, you won't be given food."

"The surname Wu won't give me food, believe it or not, I won't let you eat." Niu Chao threatened viciously, and took out two bags from his arms to signal, which should contain poison.

This move reminded Wu Jian that it was time to put some medicine in the water well in the city. Kicking Niu Chao away, Wu Jian looked at the coalition forces in the distance with interest.

After the first battle a few days ago, the coalition army retreated ten miles, fortified the camp, reorganized the army, and these days have been very quiet.

Niu Chao muttered a few sentences, but obediently walked to a giant crossbow at the head of the wall, pulled the winch with great effort, and smashed it on the trigger without looking.

The arrow flew crookedly, and the foresight was gone, and a gust of wind blew, which happened to land next to several scouts, and hit one of them's horse.

Under the pain, the war horse jumped forward, and the people on the horse were suddenly overturned to the ground. A few people next to him were shocked, but they quickly dismounted and helped the people on the ground up.

This person's helmet fell to the ground, revealing a beautiful long hair, which was Murong Yuqiang.

Wu Yan stood up from the wall suddenly, staring at the woman in the distance, why did she come.

Murong Yuqiang stepped back a little farther away and stared viciously at Wu Yan in the distance. Fang Cai's arrow was so dangerous, if he shot it more correctly, he would have to be pierced on the spot.

The reason why the coalition forces did not move in the past few days was actually due to the excessive loss of men and horses in the two attacks on the city, and a total of 15,000 people were killed or wounded. As a result, the huge military advantage over the Northern Army was much smaller.

Moreover, recently, an informant came to report that the southern army was also led by Ji Ye, slowly approaching in the direction of the city. In order to deal with a possible war, Gu Yangsi and Lu Lie raised men and horses everywhere, and all the remaining men and horses of the Ba family in Yediyuan were transferred to Yugu City, while the Murong family was transferred over to prepare to defend the captured Yuanli City.

At the same time, the Qiu Lin family also dispatched 5,000 men and horses to replace the Cang family, responsible for guarding the right flank of the coalition army. Now the most damaged is the Cang family, which has been beaten down several times, and nearly half of them have been killed or injured. As for the grain route, it became to protect the main supply points, and some losses were lost.

In the past few days, the coalition forces have been discussing for days, and many things have actually avoided Murong Yuqiang, intentionally or unintentionally, and she knows that everyone is a little suspicious of her. But she doesn't care, if the coalition wins, the Murong family will not be affected too much. If the coalition loses, the Yu Murong family will not have any losses.

It's just that when I thought of the cheap sister who had been fighting with me since I was a child, I had to sit facing south, and I wanted to bow down with everyone else, and the other party looked at me with pity. When I think of this scene, my heart feels as uncomfortable as eating a fly.

Depressed, today she came out in full armor and pretended to be a scout to see what the city of Qianli looked like, which caused the coalition forces to suffer a big loss. Seeing the person sitting on the wall from afar, his mood suddenly became complicated.

This nasty Terran has done it to such an extent, by virtue of

I can't move forward with my own strength, and I still have some admiration in my heart. It's just that when he thought that the coalition army was about to attack the city on a large scale, how could his little men and horses be able to stop it.

This fool, what kind of life do you sell for the Ji family.

In the midst of the ups and downs of her heart, she was shot by an inexplicable arrow on the horse, how could she not be annoyed.

Glancing coldly at Wu Yan on the wall, Murong Yuqiang shook his head arrogantly and returned to the coalition camp.

Wu Gen touched his bald head, and he was already in a cold sweat. Yes, offend people again.

At night, the city was still the same as a few days ago, there was no light, and it was dark. Wu Gan took Zhuo Ke and Luo Zhang, and the people wrapped their horses and hooves, quietly went out of the West Gate, turned around and went west.

In the early morning of the city, the coalition troops and horses that had completed the whole army pulled out the camp and rumbled forward. Looking at this fortified city that made itself lose its troops, their faces were a little solemn,

One after another flying stone vehicles were launched, which were built day and night in the past few days, almost exhausting the woods within a radius of 100 miles, not only repairing all the flying stone vehicles that were damaged by Wu Gen before, but also increasing to more than 300 units.

The army attacked the city this time, and fought twice, and the coalition army reviewed several times in the past few days, and I have to say that the layout of the two sieges was a little inappropriate.

The allied forces concentrated their forces to attack the forest hills and earthen walls, which were only ten miles away, and Wu Gan could just concentrate a small number of troops here, forming a local stalemate with the allied forces.

The city is about forty miles long, how can Wu Gan have so many people to set up defenses, although the city has a strong wall, but three hundred flying stone vehicles are concentrated here, are you afraid that you can't smash a section of the city wall.

Wu Gen is still sitting on the earthen wall, and the coalition forces have also watched it these days, except for eating and drinking, most of the time he sits here, accompanied by two big flags behind him.

"This guy can sit still, standing on the wall like a stone turtle, and I will attack the city with my army today, and see if he can move." Lu Lie looked at Wu Yan in the distance, and scolded with a horsewhip.

"No, this city is not right." Gu Dang glanced at the other side, and suddenly pointed at the city and exclaimed.

"What's wrong?" Lu Lie was a little confused.

Gu Yangsi was also stunned, and then his complexion changed greatly, a smart person like him, although he lacked experience in military formations, he quickly saw it as soon as he reminded him, "Brother Lu, please look, there are crows in the sky above the city."

Lu Lie looked up, and sure enough, in the sky above the city, flocks of crows were circling, as if they were looking for food.

"Raven?" Lu Lie was a little dazed, and immediately took a breath of cold air, "Could it be that there is no one in the city, so there are these beasts foraging."

"Not bad." Gu Yangsi also stared at the other side.

"Then Wu Gan......" Lu Lie pointed to Wu Gan on the earthen wall, and was a little speechless for a while.

"Send some people over and see." Gu Yangsi's face was gloomy, and with a wave of his hand, more than a dozen personal soldiers beside him led the order to urge the horse forward.

The army stopped in place, holding its breath and watching the dozen or so people cautiously move forward, gradually approaching the earthen wall. There were no bows and arrows on the wall, and Wu Yan was motionless, and the dozens of soldiers standing next to him also ignored the arrival of these personal soldiers.

The wind blew along the ground, and when it reached the earthen wall, it suddenly became stronger, and the flags on the wall were hunting. Suddenly, Wu Gan, who was sitting on the earthen wall, somehow fell headlong under the wall.

Yes...... The coalition soldiers let out a cry of surprise, and they all leaned back, as if Wu Yan had smashed in front of him.

The dozen or so soldiers were also taken aback, and when they ran carefully to the earthen wall, they were safe and sound. The crowd helped Wu Gan up, and soon some people climbed the earthen wall with flying claws and ran along the wall to both sides.

But two people turned around and rushed back, and when they were out of breath and ran to Gu Yangsi, they reported loudly: "Young master, it's a wood carving, there is no one on the wall, and there is no one in the back village, and the brothers are preparing to go into the city to search."

Gu Yangsi sighed, "What else are you searching for, Wu Yan must have escaped, let's go, Brother Lu, let's go meet this old opponent."

After a while, Lu Lie, Gu Yangsi and the others all climbed the earthen wall, looking at everything in front of them in amazement.

A row of straw figures were placed on the earthen wall, and sticks were inserted deep into the earth

。 Only the so-called Wu Gan is carved out of wood. Armor on the outside.

What made several people even more angry was that behind Wu Gan, there were also six wooden figures carved, all kneeling on the ground, their hands tied behind them.

The faces of these six people were lifelike, and they knew at a glance who it was, it was the young master of the six families. And the statue deliberately scandalized several people, such as Lu Lie's huge head was placed on a delicate woman, Murong Yuqiang was carved with a fat body, and as for Gu Yangsi and Cang Yi, they were bare on their upper bodies, turning their heads and eyes facing each other, but their faces were very close, almost close to each other, as if they were parting with life and death.

Suddenly, two figures flew up, and Lu Lie and Murong Yuqiang flew forward and cut their wood carvings to pieces.

Murong Yuqiang's face turned pale with anger, and she looked at the west viciously, "Disciple Deng, sooner or later, one day you fall into my hands, and you will definitely be cut by a thousand knives."

Gu Yangsi didn't care at all, he stepped forward with great interest, bent down to look at his wood carving, and said with a smile, "Not bad, this knife work is full of fire, delicate and subtle, and the form and spirit are ready, so I took it."

After a false alarm, the army marched directly into the city. The city was ruined and broken, hardly a single piece of wood or stone could be seen, and even the bluestone in the street had been pried away, leaving only a few lonely houses.

"Wu Gan, how ruthless he is, he actually demolished a city into ruins." Gu Yangsi sighed again and again.

Ba Yueze turned over and dismounted, walked to a stove, and stretched out his hand to twist the ashes of the stove. I found a few more stoves, explored them one by one, and returned to the front of everyone, "The thieves are walking in batches, the thickness of the stove ash is uneven, and there is still some residual heat under the thickest bottom, it seems that the last group of thieves has not gone far, should we send someone to catch up."

Lu Lie and Gu Yangsi discussed it in a low voice, but still rejected Ba Yueze's proposal, "Just send some scouts, the army will either not move, or the whole army will march." Wu Gen must have gone to find Ji Ye, the two merged, and it was useless to send fewer people. However, what Ba Zhenfu said is also that the soldiers are very fast, and our army will set off after a little rest for half a day, and will not give the enemy time to rest and recuperate."

The group walked to the highest house in the city, which had been part of the Lord's Mansion. There is no way, it is devastating, this building is the most conspicuous one, and it is not to choose who it chooses.

When he stepped on the rubble and entered the house, the inside was clean, and it seemed that it was the place where Wu Gan held military meetings every day. The tables and chairs in the house were all split and burned, leaving only a pile of brocade mats, on which the generals of the Northern Army should sit on the mats on weekdays.

The soldiers hurriedly invited a few young masters, pacification, and generals to sit down according to their dignity, prepared tea, and let these people rest.

Lu Lie sat up, his body was heavy, and he flattened the thick brocade pad to the ground at once. "Everyone, sit down, let's discuss the matter of the marching army. Now that the city has been dropped, I would like to ask the young master of Murong to bring 5,000 of his men, and ask Brother Ba to send 5,000 people to be stationed here. This city is close to Cold Land City, and its location is quite important, so it is necessary to garrison more soldiers."

This is an old routine that Lu Lie has already discussed with Gu Yangsi, and it is just an old routine to let the Murong family and the Ba family monitor each other.

"In addition, in these two days, the broken wall outside the city has been torn down, so that we may not hinder the advance of our army. Oops, what, this is." Lu Lie was talking, and suddenly felt some pain in his buttocks, and looked sideways at the mat under him, which was a little strange.

Suddenly, a chill stretched up from his buttocks, and half of his body was a little numb, "There are poisonous needles in this pad." Lu Lie yelled.

At the same time, several others jumped up screaming, apparently also hit.

There was a sudden uproar in the room, and Lu Lie hurriedly asked people to take out the pill and take it, regardless of whether it was right or not, eat it first.

As soon as he calmed down, he heard the sound of fighting outside the house, and after a while, a personal soldier rushed in, "Young masters, the well water in the city is poisonous, and some brothers have become very crazy after drinking it, and they are committing murder in all directions."