Chapter 452: Forced Retreat
In Rongcheng, there were already corpses all over the field, and Yi Xiaodao walked on the streets, and there was a dead silence around. Those who starved to death, those who were killed, and even those with white bones, exuded a pungent stench.
Yi Xiaodao's face was calm, such a scene had long been expected by him, under the war, ordinary people could not escape the end of death left and right.
"Click"
This sound did not come from Yi Xiaodao's feet, but from a ruined house on the side.
Yi Xiaodao's hand slowly touched the Siqing sword on his waist, only glanced at the residence, and continued to move forward.
"Brother... Brother, please give me something to eat! A teenage boy ran out of the rubble and rushed towards Yi Xiaodao.
Yi Xiaodao's long sword was immediately unsheathed, but it did not stab out. This is indeed an ordinary child, a child who is so hungry that his steps are vain.
The little boy threw himself at Yi Xiaodao's feet and hugged Yi Xiaodao's legs: "Brother, please give me something to eat..."
Yi Xiaodao squatted down and helped the little boy up: "You just ran out like this, aren't you afraid?" ”
Even if the little boy was helped up, he still didn't dare to look at Yi Xiaodao: "I'm afraid... But my sister is dying... Ask my brother to give me something to eat..."
"Sister..."Yi Xiaodao's heart moved, and said, "Where is your sister?" Take me there. ”
The little boy broke free of Yi Xiaodao, took two steps back in fear, looked straight at Yi Xiaodao, and did not speak.
Yi Xiaodao groped in his arms, but didn't touch anything, sighed and said: "If you can trust me, wait for me here with your sister, and when I'm done, take you and my sister to eat delicious food!" ”
"What's your name?"
"My name is Man Yong," the little boy replied timidly.
"Okay, Man Yong, wait for me here." Yi Xiaodao said softly, and continued to walk towards the Rongcheng Mansion.
Before he could go far, the little boy ran from behind and stopped in front of Yi Xiaodao: "Brother, I... I'll go with you. ”
Yi Xiaodao smiled lightly: "What my brother is going to do is very dangerous, you better go back and take care of your sister." When my brother is done, he will come back to you. ”
The little boy shook his head: "Brother, I'm not afraid of danger, I'll go with you." Younger sister... It's okay with my sister, I hid her. ”
Yi Xiaodao looked at the little boy's determined eyes, knowing that he was afraid that he would not come back, like a drowning person, desperately trying to grasp the last straw.
"Wait a minute, if there is danger, my brother may not be able to protect you, you have to protect yourself."
"Hmm!" The little boy nodded obediently.
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Outside the city, the thousands of soldiers besieging the city have been submerged by the "black tide", and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of the imperial court are firmly guarding the camp.
Yi Xiaoling was quite clever, as early as before the "black tide" arrived, he went down the ladder from the city and escaped.
"Silly wood, retreat!" Yi Xiaoling jumped on the back of Li Dingxing's horse, tugged on the reins, and urged him to withdraw to the camp.
"This Rongcheng... Where did so many ants come from..."Li Dingxing's eyesight is quite good, and he has already seen that this "black tide" is composed of countless black ants. This kind of ant has a large head and a small body, and a pair of large jaws are powerful and powerful, which is full of deterrence. No matter whether it is a person or a horse in front of you, as long as you bite it, you will never let go, and in a moment, you can turn the other party into a pile of white bones, and there will be no flesh and blood left.
"It must be the ghost of the people in the Holy Worm Valley in the city! What about Big Brother? Yi Xiaoling said with palpitations, after all, he had almost turned into a pile of white bones just now.
Li Dingxing replied: "The eldest brother went to the south, he should have entered the city." ”
"I'm going to be in the limelight again..."Both of them know Yi Xiaodao's temperament, after all, this is not the first time.
"These ants... What to do? Li Dingxing has no idea, he grew up in the Nanhuai Palace, and the people in the palace sprinkle and sweep every day, and he rarely even sees insects, let alone this overwhelming, as many ants as there are tides.
Yi Xiaoling smiled slyly: "Heh, don't you know that insects are afraid of fire?" Isn't it enough to attack with fire? also calls itself Nanhuai Zhangzifang! There is no shame either. ”
"That's right! Right! The lady is right! Li Dingxing suddenly realized, hurriedly urged the war horse, and returned to the camp.
Li Dingxing and the others had just returned to the camp, and waved their big hands: "Quickly send the order, all the soldiers of the army, quickly prepare the torches and prepare to fight!" ”
Everyone in the camp panicked and prepared the torches, but these ants were coming very fast, and before the military order was fully communicated, the "black tide" had already spread, and it was less than a mile away from the camp.
"It's too late! Dial someone to resist for a while! Yi Xiaoling urged.
Soon, the soldiers and horses of the front battalion in the large camp rushed out with torches, and everyone lined up, holding torches high, forming a wall of fire in front of the large camp, and waiting for the battle.
At this time, the accident suddenly appeared, and in the southeast corner of Rongcheng, a group of men and horses rushed out, cloaked in sharp clothes, and rushed over like a whirlwind.
"This is..."Li Dingxing, Yi Xiaoling and the others were stunned, their clothes and armor banners were clearly the Western Guijun, but where did such a large wave of Western Gui soldiers and horses come from? To the south of Rongcheng, didn't Chu Zhou already send Chu Zhou to guard there...
This wave of people rushed out not far away, and when they saw the "black tide" composed of an army of ants, they also stopped: "General Wang, these... It should have been released by the Valley of the Holy Worm! ”
"Heh, the second son is right, if you don't force it, this thing at the bottom of the Holy Worm Valley will not be handed over." Xigui warlord Wang Jingwen grinned and said, this black ant colony has forced all the soldiers and horses of the imperial court back to the big tent.
"General Wang, the imperial court... It seems that I want to attack with fire! The adjutant general reminded on the side.
"It's all for the prince, now that we've seen it, we can't help but help! Command, release the arrows! Wang Jingwen had some brains in the end, and hurriedly ordered.
The western noble army that arrived avoided one after another, and the archers behind bent their bows forward, and a wave of arrows rained out in an instant.
"Whoosh!"
When the rain of arrows hit the sky, Li Dingxing turned his head and saw this wave of arrow rain, and hurriedly shouted to avoid the arrows, and hurriedly snatched a shield from the soldiers who rushed to protect him, and wanted to cover Yi Xiaoling.
Yi Xiaoling also rushed over, pressed Li Dingxing down, and a sword qi swept out, cutting off all the more than ten feather arrows that were shot at the two, and complained: "What are you running blindly without kung fu!" ”
The "torch army" outside the camp with torches in hand and waiting for them was not so lucky. Everyone was already holding swords, and now they were holding torches high, and they didn't expect that there would be a Western Gui army to arrive and shoot this wave of feather arrows. Under the rain of arrows, there were heavy casualties.
"Hahahaha! Well shot! Well shot! Keep shooting for Lao Tzu! Shoot all the arrows! Wang Jingwen stroked his hands and laughed.
The rain of arrows shot out in waves, and the camp had already been shot on their backs, and there were some scattered arrows that had been shot into the ant colony, but it was nothing to the ant colony. After being submerged, in the blink of an eye, it was gnawed into a pile of sawdust.
"Grandpa, the last general will take people to destroy this group of Xigui army!" Chen Guang came to Li Dingxing and Yi Xiaoling's side with his shield, and angrily asked Ying to fight.
"How do you get there? These ants are here, don't die!? Yi Xiaoling glared back.
"But..."Yi Xiaoling is in the Nanhuai Army, and his deterrent power is even far greater than Li Dingxing's, and Chen Guang doesn't dare to say it anymore.
Li Dingxing dodged the arrow in embarrassment and said: "As the saying goes, water and fire are ruthless, is there water around here?" ”
"Yes, yes, but it's too far away, behind our army, dozens of miles away, is the Tuojiang River..." Chen Guang was already familiar with the geography of the vicinity.
"Retreat, retreat! Withdraw to the Tuojiang River. Li Dingxing decisively ordered.
Yi Xiaoling was anxious: "But the eldest brother is still in the city..."
"He's full of fire and has a lot of internal strength, who will be his opponent? Let's go! Li Dingxing persuaded.
While a few people were talking, the ant colony had approached the gate of Dazhai, covering all the corpses of the soldiers who had just raised fire outside the camp, and in a few moments, they turned into a pile of white bones. The ant colony striker has entered the camp.
Under the rain of arrows, the battalion sergeants were unable to raise fire to drive away the ants, and retreated in defeat after defeat.
"Well, let's go!" Yi Xiaoling also knew that the situation was urgent, and hurriedly nodded in agreement.
In the imperial camp, the soldiers directly dismantled the railing behind the camp and retreated from the rear of the camp.
The ant colony did not fight to catch up, but simply pushed forward, devouring and destroying everything that stood in its way.
"General Wang, they withdrew." The adjutant general stepped forward to inquire and came back to report.
"Got it... Let's keep up slowly..."Wang Jingwen was a little discouraged, thinking that he could make a great contribution with the help of the treasures of this Holy Worm Valley this time, but he didn't expect the other side to retreat so quickly, it was really a little boring.
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In Rongcheng, Yi Xiaodao led the little boy Man Yong, and after the guidance of the little boy, he came to the door of the Sichuan Shu Palace.
"Brother... This is it. Man Yong said timidly, he didn't know what Yi Xiaodao was doing here.
"Xiao Yong, thank you for bringing your brother here. You hide in the alley over there first, and when your brother is done, I'll go to you again, okay? Yi Xiaodao said softly.
Man Yong nodded, he didn't dare to stick to Yi Xiaodao anymore, although he was small, he also knew that this Sichuan Shu Wangfu was not a place he could enter.
Yi Xiaodao settled down Man Yong, and walked into the palace alone.
The palace is no different from the city, and it is also a dead silence. Not even a single subordinate, not even a single skeleton was seen.
Yi Xiaodao ran the fire qi in his body, and after a moment, the fire qi filled his body, and his palm also pressed the Siqing sword, and he walked towards the depths of the palace.
When I came to the palace hall, the door of the hall had long disappeared, as if it had been dismantled, and there was a pungent smell in the hall, so smoked that Yi Xiaodao had to cover his mouth and nose.
"What the hell is this Holy Worm Valley doing..."Yi Xiaodao frowned and walked into the hall, reached the door, and glanced inside.
Dozens of women, lying naked on the ground, had been dead for a long time. And without exception, a large hole was broken in the chest and abdomen, and the skin and flesh were turned out, as if something had come out of their stomachs.
"Slash!"
Yi Xiaodao's long sword was suddenly pulled out, turned around and slashed away, and a huge poisonous bee was cut in half by a sword and fell to the ground.
"How can you be a little more disgusting?" Yi Xiaodao looked at the person standing at the bottom of the steps and asked.
Miao Zhangqian's face was miserable, and he looked like he was lacking in blood, looking at Yi Xiaodao's eyes, full of resentment.