Volume 1, Chapter 182: Conquering Three Cities

As time passed, seeing that Zhu Qiyu was about to shoot the arrow, the brothers Jiang Yue and Jiang Fei hurriedly released a wisp of Taixu Qi which turned into an invisible gas snake, wrapping around the bow and arrow.

The next moment, Zhu Qiyu shot an arrow, and the sharp arrow actually made a sound of breaking through the air.

Ning Zhuo, who was far away, was startled and quickly held up his gun to block the sharp arrow. However, the next moment, the spear in his hand broke as soon as it came into contact with the arrow!

In Dingnan Pass, Guo Ziyi had just ordered his men to send the memorial away when a servant came running over to report: "My Lord Marshal, something bad has happened. General Ning Zhuo was just shot dead by a general of the Great Sun Dynasty. All of his 50,000 soldiers and horses were killed or wounded!"

Upon hearing this, Guo Ziyi slammed the table and shouted angrily: "Who allowed him to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy? Don't you know how to hold him back? Don't you know the fighting power of the Jiang brothers? This is simply nonsense. This is a meaningless sacrifice!"

"Damn it, they have retreated to Dingnan Pass, and they are still not willing to give up!" Guo Ziyi cursed softly, then climbed up the city wall of Dingnan Pass. When he climbed up the wall and looked down, he saw Jiang Yue, covered in blood, holding a gun and walking towards Dingnan Pass with a smile on his face, two hundred meters away.

It seems that capturing Dingnan Pass is inevitable.

Guo Ziyi didn't dare to stay any longer, and immediately ordered: "The entire army should withdraw from Dingnan Pass as soon as possible and return to the Black Witch Kingdom, now!"

A lieutenant general said in embarrassment: "Marshal, we haven't eaten for a long time. We are exhausted and can't walk anymore!"

"Everyone, bring dry food with you and eat as you go. You don't need to go too fast. As long as we hand over Dingnan Pass to the Great Sun Dynasty, they will not chase us anymore!"

Guo Ziyi added: "Tell those who don't want to leave, if you want to die, I won't stop you from staying here, go!"

The soldiers of the Black Witch Kingdom retreated again and abandoned Dingnan Pass. The marching force increased from 1.7 million to 1.85 million. At this point, their plan to invade the Great Sun Dynasty completely failed.

The great achievement of occupying one pass and three cities all turned into nothing at this moment. Although they plundered a large amount of resources and civilians of the Great Sun Dynasty, they also lost more than 400,000 soldiers and countless generals. More importantly, they lost face.

They came in a mighty force and left in a disgraceful manner.

As the sun sets in the west, Guo Ziyi's back looks somewhat lonely, his body becomes more hunched, and his face looks extremely old.

An army of 1.85 million, a number large enough to form a very long queue along the entire road, densely packed and stretching endlessly, but their speed was all very slow without exception. It would be more accurate to say that it was a refugee migration rather than a retreat.

Their speed is even three points slower than the refugee migration.

There was no other way. They were really hungry. Dingnan Pass happened to be open for lunch, and everyone scrambled for some dry food to fill their stomachs. This was how they could barely hold on and not starve to death.

After taking back Dingnan Pass, the war in southern Xinjiang came to an end. After pacifying the war in southern Xinjiang, we can give an explanation to His Majesty the Emperor.

Although there were no living civilians within a thousand miles, at least the territory of the Great Sun Dynasty would not be taken away by the enemy country. This was the limit of what they could do.

Jiang Yue ordered all the soldiers to rest in Dingnan Pass for a week, to recuperate and recover from the fatigue and exhaustion of the past few days.

But these days, two problems have been put before Jiang Yue, making it difficult for him to make a decision.

On this day, Jiang Yue, Jiang Fei and Zhu Qiyu, together with all the generals in command of the troops, discussed the next battle in the marshal's tent.

Jiang Fei, as the marshal, sat in the main seat, with Jiang Yue and Zhu Qiyu on his left and right. He was the first to speak out: "Brother, since the Black Witch Nation has retreated, we will immediately send troops to the Divine Eagle Gang in the southeast, and then wipe them out all the way, and then return to the capital, how about that?"

Zhu Qiyu frowned when he heard this, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Of course, there is no problem in suppressing the bandits, but now we only have 100,000 troops. I am afraid that even if we can capture the Shenying Gang, we will be powerless against the Amaterasu Gang and the Broken Dragon Gang!"

"What I mean is, can we go back to Wangfeng City first, collect the 50,000 defenders of Wangfeng City, and then recruit new soldiers in Wangfeng City? It would be best if we can expand the team to 200,000. Then, with the strength of the two generals, we can wipe out the three major gangs without any mistakes!"

Zhu Qiyu's words were still conservative. In fact, he didn't know much about the situation of these bandits. He only knew that any one of their forces had a military strength of 200,000!

And since the enemy was able to deal with the 70,000-plus troops led by Jiang Yue and massacred them all without leaving a single one alive, their strength and strategy must have been extraordinary.

Therefore, he just wanted to have at least a force that could rival those gangs. This way, he would be safer. After all, even if there were not many casualties, the army would not be too small, and in that case, it would not even scare those bandits.

Jiang Fei looked at Jiang Yue and asked, "Brother, what do you mean?"

Jiang Yue frowned and said nothing at this time, looking very conflicted. Seeing this, everyone stopped talking and waited quietly for Jiang Yue.

After a long while, Jiang Yue let out a long sigh and said loudly: "Everyone, although the Black Witch Nation has been repelled, are we just going to let it go?"

Everyone was stunned, obviously not quite understanding what Jiang Yue meant.

Jiang Yue continued, "Can they come and go as they please in the Great Sun Dynasty?

They, the Black Witch Nation, came to the Great Sun Dynasty and burned, killed, and looted. Now that they can’t win, they are going home? They have a home to return to, but what about the soldiers who died in the war and the people who were harmed? Where are their homes?"

"If I don't let them pay the slightest price, I will feel unwilling and resentful!"

Jiang Fei slammed the table and shouted, "Brother, just tell me what you want to do. I will definitely support you!"

Zhu Qiyu also said: "That's right, they should pay a price!"

Jiang Yue looked around at the soldiers with a complicated expression and saw that they were all very excited, just waiting for him to announce the next action.

Jiang Yue made up his mind, and said loudly: "In this case, we will immediately mobilize the army and attack the Black Witch Nation!"

Jiang Fei also shouted: "Okay, before the expedition, His Majesty the Emperor also issued an angry order, asking me to directly pacify the entire Black Witch Kingdom!"

Everyone agreed on the idea, and the 100,000 soldiers in Dingnan Pass immediately set out to march south, breaking through the northern gate towards the border of the Black Witch Kingdom!

After a day and a night, an army of one hundred thousand gathered outside the Chuangbei Gate of the Black Witch Kingdom, preparing to attack the city.

Guo Ziyi, who had been resting for several days in Chuangbei Pass, was so frightened when he heard the news that the Great Sun Dynasty was attacking that he fell off the bed. But he immediately got up staggeringly, without even wearing armor, and went to the city wall of Chuangbei Pass in just his pajamas.

The further Guo Ziyi walked along the way, the more panicked he became. He seemed to have underestimated the seriousness of the matter. He had never thought that the army of the Great Sun Dynasty would come to attack their Black Witch Kingdom.

But now the facts are right before his eyes, what should he do?

He could retreat to Jitian, Nanshan, Linyong, and even Dingnan Pass. After handing them all over, although he had no military merit, he also did not commit any major offense.

But if he handed over the Chuangbei Pass of the Black Witch Kingdom, it would be a heinous crime of abandoning territory and punishing the entire nine generations of his clan. He absolutely could not bear the wrath of His Majesty the King!

"What should I do? What should I do? Should I fight or not?" Guo Ziyi thought of the three times he was captured. Even the Obsidian Snake King died tragically on the spot. Three hundred thousand soldiers died like ants. He couldn't help but tremble in his heart. He really didn't have the courage to be an enemy of the Jiang brothers again.

Soon they arrived at the wall of Chuangbei Pass and saw the figures of Jiang Yue and Jiang Fei from afar. He could not help but cursed: "You are going too far. This Marshal has already made concessions again and again. Don't go too far. My Black Witch Kingdom is not something that your Great Sun Dynasty can bully!"

Jiang Yue and Jiang Fei looked at each other and smiled. They rode out on their horses with guns in hand and rushed straight to break through the Beiguan city wall!

The war horses were very fast, and without Guo Ziyi's order, no one dared to shoot them with bows and arrows. The next moment, the two of them actually flew into the air and jumped onto the city wall of Chuangbei Pass.

The two of them could already jump thirty meters high, and the city wall of the North Gate was only ten meters high, so it was easy for them to jump up.

However, in the past sieges, it was of no use for the two of them to jump up, as the large army could not attack them and the city could not be captured. But the situation now is completely different.

The two men pointed their guns in front of Guo Ziyi. Jiang Yue laughed loudly and said, "Marshal Guo, since you have given in so many times, it won't hurt to give in again!"

Upon hearing this, Guo Ziyi involuntarily took two or three steps back, only to hear Jiang Yue say again: "Or does Marshal Guo want to fight with us two brothers again!"

A strong murderous aura suddenly burst out from the two of them, as if they were haunted by thousands of ghosts, wailing and howling. Guo Ziyi was immediately frightened and his face turned pale. He hurriedly said, "Retreat, retreat again, retreat to break through the North Gate!"

Then Guo Ziyi staggered around and walked away. He was about to collapse inside. He just wanted to leave Chuangbeiguan as quickly as possible and completely stay away from these two demons from hell.

Looking at Guo Ziyi who was fleeing in panic, Jiang Fei sneered and said, "When you see my two brothers in the future, I hope Marshal Guo will be more conscious and don't waste my two brothers' breath. Otherwise, I will make you suffer!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Guo Ziyi, who was fleeing, tripped himself in panic and rolled down the steps of the city wall. Fortunately, he was stopped and supported by four or five soldiers, otherwise he would have lost his life today.

The Black Witch Kingdom lost the Chuangbei Pass, and the 100,000-strong army once again killed nearly 2 million troops, who fled in panic. Such a war has truly become a rare joke in the world.

In the following half month, Jiang Yue and others went even further, leading an army of 100,000 to capture Kaibei City, Ningyin City and Qingji City of the Black Witch Kingdom. Wherever Jiang Yue and Jiang Fei led their troops to, Guo Ziyi would abandon the city with a large army.

Most of the people in the three cities were lost, and those who did not leave, such as Jiang Yue, were not troubled. The army only stayed in the city for a few hours and then immediately set out to attack the next city.

He almost followed in Guo Ziyi's footsteps, and the consecutive loss of three cities made Guo Ziyi's head full of white hair. He looked like a teenager, and his body became much more hunched, like a sixty-year-old man.