Pei Yanli had never expected that the fall of Dong'an City would come so suddenly.
He took the letter from Xiao Yunchen and rode back at full speed.
Li Sisi and Li Nian, who were far away in the northwest, had never imagined that the enemy would break into the city so quickly.
The place where they are resting now is the village where Aunt Pei's sister lives. They spent some money and are staying there temporarily.
Aunt Pei was not willing to go any further south, and she kept worrying about Pei Yu'an's safety along the way.
"I don't know what's happening to my Yu'an now, wuwuwu..."
"If anything happens to him, how will I live?" Aunt Pei's red and swollen eyes couldn't stop shedding tears, and she cried in a trembling voice: "I never had nightmares before, but lately I always dream of Yu'an coming back injured."
Li Sisi sat beside her and comforted her, "Auntie, don't worry too much. Dreams are always the opposite of reality. Brother Pei is a military doctor. He always managed to turn danger into safety, and this time will definitely be the same."
Aunt Pei's sobs softened a bit, and she looked at Li Sisi through tearful eyes, "Really? I just can't help but imagine this. I don't know when these days of fear will end!"
Li Sisi nodded: "Auntie, you will be fine. You should also take care of yourself. If you cry yourself to death, Brother Pei will definitely be distressed when he comes back."
Aunt Pei wiped her tears and suddenly seemed to remember something, her face showing a flash of anger: "Yan Li is such a stubborn ass! I told him not to take the imperial examination a long time ago, but he just wouldn't listen!" She held Li Sisi's hand tightly and said, "Luckily, you two sisters are here with me. Otherwise, in this chaotic situation, I, a woman, really don't know what to do!"
Li Nian walked over holding the child, thinking that this place was a bit far from the official road, and they had only walked for most of the day. Now they were still too close to Dong'an City, and the enemy might attack at any time.
So he started to persuade her, "Auntie, let's continue on our journey to the next city at daybreak. Transportation here is inconvenient, and we can't even find out about Brother Pei's army."
When Aunt Pei heard her words, she wiped her tears with her sleeve and cheered up a little: "Niannian is right. We should continue our journey tomorrow and find out the situation after we enter the city."
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Under the cover of night, dazzling flames illuminated the night sky of the entire city, and black shadows used their claws to accurately drop bag after bag of gunpowder.
The roar was deafening and bricks and rubble were blown everywhere.
Qi Heng stood not far outside the city and watched in amazement.
"Brother Yu, what is this thing?"
Xiao Yunyu sat on the horse with his long legs, looking at the beautiful scenery in the city with raised eyebrows. The effect was better than he expected.
The corners of his mouth curled up nonchalantly, his deep eyes filled with flames shooting up into the sky. He said lazily, "I traded this for money with an old Taoist priest. He performed it for me once. The earth-shaking effect when it exploded was really interesting, so I bought it."
"Ah?" Qi Heng shivered in the northwest night wind when he heard his description and asked softly, "What does the city look like now?"
Xiao Yunyu twitched the corner of his lips slightly, and said in a casual tone, "Perhaps... rubble and blood and flesh flying everywhere?"
Qi Heng's voice trembled when he heard it, not knowing whether it was out of anger or fear: "This city belongs to our Anyang Kingdom!"
Xiao Yunyu glanced at him sideways. "Didn't you say those people from Xiyuan Kingdom like to massacre cities? Judging by the timing... they captured this place during the New Year's holiday. There shouldn't be many of our country's citizens left in the city, so they just bombed it."
Qi Heng gritted his teeth and reminded: "The city belongs to our Anyang Kingdom!"
Xiao Yunyu frowned and sneered, "This is the quickest way. Otherwise, with the limited strength of your Qi family army and those prince's followers who simply don't obey orders, how can we fight against the extremely fierce and victorious Xiyuan army?"
"Given the morale of our army, we're basically doomed to defeat without a fight, so we must win this first battle."
Not far behind the two men, the sound of horse hooves approached. Xiao Yunyu's men came galloping in with a report: "Master, General Wang refused to come. He said that if you want to die, go by yourself. Don't drag him along."
After the subordinate finished speaking, he quickly added: "These are General Wang's exact words. I didn't add a single word."
Xiao Yunyu let out a soft "tsk".
Qi Heng angrily cursed, "These cowards! I told them to come and clean up the mess, not to charge into battle, yet they won't even come?"
Xiao Yunyu tugged at the reins, turned his horse around, and said, "Let's go back and find him."
"Ah? What should we do with this city? Then the battle will be in vain?" Qi Heng followed Xiao Yunyu on horseback and asked anxiously.
Xiao Yunyu raised his voice and replied, "This isn't what I wanted in the first place. I originally thought Wang Jiang could be of some use, but I didn't expect him to be so arrogant and wouldn't listen to anything I said."
"Call the Qi Family Army and block all exits of Dong'an City."
Qi Heng had come to his senses a little at this moment, and hurriedly said with a smile, "Are you planning to block the retreat of the Xiyuan army in Dong'an City? They have just entered Dong'an City and certainly haven't had time to arrange for food and supplies. Without support, they won't be able to stay for more than a few days."
"Brother Yu, so it turns out that Dong'an City is what you want to take over?"
Xiao Yunyu chuckled and didn't answer him. He quickened his pace and headed towards where Wang Jiang was hiding.
Wang Jiang's army looked much more energetic than Qi's army, and they had sufficient food and supplies and were fully equipped.
You can tell at first glance that he has hardly fought in a war.
Yes, running away when encountering a battle along the way is not a good thing!
Looking at the Qi family army, even the remnants still fought to the end.
When Xiao Yunyu found Wang Jiang, he was eating barbecue beside a blazing campfire. Several people around him were drinking and eating meat, and they were having a very happy time.
When he saw Xiao Yunyu, he stood up with a smile, holding a half-eaten leg of lamb in his hand, his mouth full of oil.
"Hey, isn't this Xiao Yunyu, the eldest son of the Marquisate? I heard Qi He strongly recommended you for generalship? Did your men report earlier that you boasted that you could capture Xidi City tonight?"
"Why are you so dejected now..."
Before he could finish his words, Xiao Yunyu kicked him far away, and his arrogant words came to an abrupt end.
His whole body fell directly to the ground, and with a "puff" sound, blood spurted out.
Seeing this, Wang Jiang's soldiers immediately picked up their weapons and stared at Xiao Yunyu vigilantly.
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