He Jiong and Jiang Yi never expected that their opponent would not throw weapons, but instead shoot out a strange-sounding arrow.

The "sounding arrow" wasn't thrown by the throwing team; it was released by Duke Gu Chongjin of Wei.

Gu Chongjin and Xie Zhaozhao both saw He Jue and his group through the telescope.

Behind He Jue was a sturdy chariot, and on the chariot was an old man, presumably the old Taoist Jiang Yi.

After shouting "Ready," the other side, knowing full well the power of the Jade Dragon Kingdom's weapons, remained motionless, even displaying an excited and determined expression. Xie Zhaozhao knew something was wrong.

So, following their second plan, Gu Chongjin fired a loud arrow at He Jue to test what the problem was.

Sure enough, the arrow seemed to have hit a wall in the middle of the two armies' confrontation; instead of being fired, it bounced back.

The arrow was deflected back, and Zhou Qiheng immediately spurred his horse forward with his spear. Sure enough, he was positioned between the two armies, and his horse could not move forward any further.

He immediately rode back.

Gu Zhongjin gave the order: "Set up camp and rest."

They had gathered from the Jade Dragon Kingdom and were exhausted from their journey, so they needed to rest.

After setting up camp, Xie Zhaozhao, Gu Zhongjin, Yunyang, and Zhou Qiheng discussed strategies together.

Xie Zhaozhao said, "Rong Yu's intelligence was accurate. They invited Jiang Yi and used divination and forbidden techniques. It seems they killed quite a few people."

Zhou Qiheng said, "Mother, your son and father have also read the evil books of the Tianshan Sect. The books say that to perform divination and forbidden arts, one needs to kill someone to activate the array, and the effect lasts for no more than one hour."

If we send people to harass them every day, they will keep killing people, which will surely arouse public anger. At that time, we will win without a fight.

Xie Zhaozhao said, "Wei Guogong and I will be stationed here. You and Yunyang will each lead a cavalry unit and take the Cloud Piercing Arrows to a slightly farther distance to harass them."

Talismans and similar spells are powerful in individual combat, but their weaknesses become immediately apparent when facing a vast army. The forbidden wall cannot cover the entire border of the Liao Dynasty. By traveling further, loopholes will surely be found.

"Yes, we set fires everywhere, and he had to keep killing people to pinpoint our location."

Once a plan was devised, the entire army set up their kitchens to cook.

Zhou Qiheng led a cavalry unit to the north to probe, while Yunyang led another unit to the south, firing arrows from three directions to harass the enemy.

It's mid-June now, and the wind is blowing constantly from the east and southeast.

Xie Zhaozhao said to the entire army, "Slaughter pigs and sheep, braise pork in the wind, and use the spices that came in from overseas."

"Keep an eye on them. If the fragrance can drift over there, then their forbidden technique has expired. Then, we don't need to use the Cloud Piercing Arrow; we can just throw lightning directly."

Jiang Yi never expected Xie Zhaozhao to be so cunning, actually using the Cloud Piercing Arrow to test him, and even setting up a stove in the southeast to cook meat, probably using special spices, the aroma of which wafted in with the wind.

How could his spell last forever? At most, it could only last for an hour.

If you want to cast another forbidden spell, you must continue killing.

The larger and higher the barrier, the more people need to be killed.

Killing the soldiers was definitely not an option; the only option was to capture the civilians in the rear.

However, Xie Zhaozhao became increasingly difficult to deal with. She dispatched three teams to continuously launch cloud-piercing arrows from the south, east, and north.

He will keep killing people.

At first, they picked and chose to kill criminals in prisons, then they killed beggars, and finally, when they had no other choice, they started killing ordinary people.

Are ordinary people not human beings?

Each time he planned a killing, he could not completely avoid the eyes and ears of his soldiers.

Gradually, people became afraid and angry.

On the third day, the people knew that people were being arrested and killed, so they simply fled to other places. After killing several soldiers, a riot broke out among the soldiers.

"We're supposed to have a real fight with them, but what's this? We haven't even fought a single battle, and we're already killing our own people?"

"Trying to wear down the Jade Dragon Kingdom? That's ridiculous. They have far more food than we do. Who's going to wear down whom?"

"Drive the old Taoist priest out."

At the beginning, the noisy ones were killed first, and they were short of someone to start the battle.

Later, more and more people began to rebel, and some even said, "Since you are so afraid of Emperor An, why not surrender? Anyway, Yulong Kingdom is much richer than our Liao Kingdom. If we join Yulong Kingdom, our lives might be much better than they are now."

Xie Zhaozhao looked at the other side through her binoculars and found that they were arguing and some people even released the kidnapped civilians and surrounded Jiang Yi to berate him.

She immediately ordered Gu Chongjin to fire a cloud-piercing arrow.

This time, the arrow pierced the clouds and crashed into the enemy's military tent.

Gu Chongjin immediately ordered the throwing team to "Line up and prepare—"

"cast!"

In an instant, the smoking iron mines fired simultaneously.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Explosions continued, and the Liao army panicked. He Ji hurriedly grabbed his spear, mounted his horse, and shouted for his soldiers to take up their weapons immediately.

The horses were startled and ran wildly; the people were startled and trampled each other.

They initially tried to dodge to either side, but Zhou Qiheng and seven other generals, including Yunyang, began throwing grenades from the north and south as well. The entire Liao army was thrown into chaos.

He shouted through the smoke and dust, "Don't run!"

Nobody listened.

Are we just waiting to be blown up if we don't run?

Seeing that the enemy was already in defeat, the bugle sounded and the Jade Dragon Army launched a general offensive.

The vanguard battalion and the left and right flanks all stormed into the enemy camp, and according to Gu Zhongjin's plan, they killed Jiang Yi first.

Each member of the vanguard battalion carried a grenade. Their mission was to first cut off the enemy forces and then defeat them one by one.

Jiang Yi hurriedly threw away the talisman and fled, leaving only He Jue behind.

Gu Chongjin led the second team forward, while Zhou Qiheng and the others retreated in an orderly manner.

He Jue was already injured, but he was still incredibly strong. He shouted to Gu Chongjin, "Everyone says you're amazing. Come here, let's have a one-on-one fight."

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