Su Muyun showed no fear, galloping forward and raising his spear to deflect the wolf-fang spear. The two exchanged dozens of blows. He was naturally strong, having trained in martial arts from a young age with his grandfather, the Duke of Anguo, and was proficient in all eighteen weapons.
Duke Anguo was a brave general who founded the Dayan Dynasty. His sons were mediocre in martial arts, but his eldest grandson Su Muyun was a hero at a young age, and had the style of Duke Anguo.
He had only used 70% of his ability and the fight with the King of Yue was already very close. During the fight, he deliberately tried to rush to the right rear of the narrow valley several times, including several soldiers who came out of the narrow valley later. This created an illusion for the King of Yue and the generals behind him that he wanted to lead his men back to Jishui from the right rear.
After fighting for a dozen more rounds, Su Muyun's spearmanship became increasingly disordered, and his breathing became heavier. He seemed to be fighting the King of Yue with all his might for a few more rounds, then he rode back to the valley entrance, his momentum undiminished. He pointed his spear at the King of Yue and said, "Old wretch, if I weren't so unfit for the job, I would have killed you off your horse and sent you off to meet your older son! If you have the guts, don't leave! I'll go in and rest for a while, then I'll come back and fight you for eight hundred rounds. I'll see who's better."
After saying this, he turned his horse and ran into the narrow valley, shouting as he ran: "Don't follow me in, there are tens of thousands of ambushes in there, don't blame me for not taking revenge on you!"
Several soldiers also panicked and ran towards the narrow valley, shouting, "There are ambushes, don't follow us, don't follow us!
"Hahaha!" King Yue and the generals behind him almost burst out laughing. They're trying to kill you while you're sick, so how could they give you a chance to breathe?
"Gee!" King Yue took the lead and chased into the narrow valley.
Soon, all eight thousand men and horses poured into the narrow valley. Su Muyun looked back and saw the gleaming torches following them in like dragons. He reined in his horse to let a few soldiers pass, then shouted at the relentless pursuit of the King of Yue: "Old man, your death has come!"
He shouted and ran away.
"Where are you escaping? Give me your life!" King Yue thought that he had no way to escape today and was still talking nonsense when death was imminent. He raised his spear and chased after Su Muyun.
"Boom!" The rolling logs and rocks fell from the sky, startling the horse under the King of Yue. It let out a long neigh, raised its hooves and took a few steps back, narrowly avoiding throwing the King of Yue off the horse.
"Hahaha!" Laughter rang out from above the narrow valley. Ding Youtian and Qin Yifan, wearing cloaks, leaned over and looked down. "Your Highness the King of Yue, today is the day you die! You bumped into this on your own, you can't blame anyone else!"
"Oh no, Your Highness, we've been tricked. Retreat quickly. I will protect Your Highness and get him out of the narrow valley at the risk of my life. Retreat quickly!" Just as the right general finished speaking, there was a commotion from the direction of the valley entrance behind him. The Dayan Army had set fire to the valley entrance and sealed it.
"My life is over!" The King of Yue wailed, and only then did he regret not listening to the old wizard.
"Fire!" Ding Youtian gave an order, and countless torches soaked in kerosene and rockets fell like a rain of locusts. The soldiers at the entrance of the valley rushed into the valley, and the soldiers inside the valley rushed to the valley entrance. The valley became a mess, and the narrow valley became a purgatory on earth. The howling and neighing of horses resounded through the sky.
"kill!"
At the same time, the General of Cavalry saw a fire in the narrow valley and led 30,000 elite soldiers with murderous intent to attack the Three Kingdoms troops camped outside the east gate of Qujing City.
Outside the north gate, the General of Chariots and Cavalry led 30,000 elite troops to launch an attack at the same time.
The shouts and cries of killing shook the sky!
Jian Ning, who occupied the commanding heights, waved the flag in his hand, and eight howitzers fired at the north gate wall at the same time. The shells whizzed in, and in the flames rising into the sky, a large section of the north gate wall collapsed.
On the east gate, the old wizard was afraid that the King of Yue would be in danger, so he took three thousand soldiers and horses to the depression to support the King of Yue. However, before they had gone far, the General of Cavalry led his troops to attack them.
Although the old wizard had great magical powers, he had to cast spells in advance for them to be effective. In a hurry, he took the lead in retreating, but was hit in the vest by a cloud-piercing arrow from the Cavalry General. He staggered a few steps and was knocked down by the panicked retreating soldiers. In the dim light, countless feet stepped on him, causing him to spit out mouthfuls of blood. Before he died, he still stared at the sky with wide eyes in disbelief.
The King of Yue and the old wizard were both dead. The commanders of Dirong and Shanbei had no intention of fighting any longer, so they led the remaining soldiers of Yue to flee to the neighboring county. They were intercepted and killed by General Shang.
The defenders in the East Gate of the city had lost their fighting spirit and fled the city in a short while. Before the hour of Yin, Qujing City had fallen into the hands of the Yan army. The flags of the Yan Kingdom were planted on the two major city walls in the northeast. The Yan army on the city walls cheered and torches lit up the night sky of Qujing.
It was already five quarters past three in the morning when the battlefield was cleaned up. King Pingnan ordered the charred body of King Yue to be sent to the neighboring county to intimidate Yue's army, and then he would go to the tent to reward them according to their merits.
Less than two days after the war started, two cities were captured in succession, and the morale of the Dayan army was high. A few days later, victory news came from the north. Although the imperial army had not yet arrived, Lord Yang of Yancheng and the governor had led the northern troops to hold Li County firmly.
The news also reached the enemy camp. Di Rong and Shan Bei both became afraid of fighting. They had taken advantage of the situation to drink with their master, and after a series of setbacks, they became disloyal and started to make their own plans. In order to preserve their own strength, they would run away when the situation got bad in the next battle.
Once they ran away, the morale of the Yue Kingdom army was seriously affected during the confrontation between the two armies. In less than two months, the Dayan army captured more than a dozen cities in succession and almost reached the capital of Yue Kingdom. The victory reports flew to the desk of Emperor Yongkang in the capital like snowflakes, which made the young emperor very happy, and the people in the capital also rushed to tell each other.
Tian was delighted to know that the Dayan army was winning victory after victory, but she secretly cursed Ma Fuquan and his son in her heart, asking why they didn't write her a letter?
She couldn't even read a few words, so why couldn't Xiao Mi and Xiao Douzi read a letter? Besides, there were Ah Man, Yue'e, and Qing Lian. Almost every day, she would ask Ah Man if her father, Huo Jincheng, had sent her a letter. Did the letter mention Ma Fuquan and Ma Xiaomai?
That day, Ah Man happily ran to tell Tian that her father had received a letter, which mentioned that Ma Xiaomai had made military achievements. She asked about Ma Fuquan, but Ah Man shook her head, saying that Huo Jincheng did not mention Ma Fuquan at all in the letter.
Two days later, letters from Ma Xiaomai and Da Jun also arrived. Both of their letters were sent to the Huo Mansion. Ah Man came back from the Taifu Mansion just in time for the postman to deliver the letters. She read the letter from Da Jun first. Da Jun mentioned Da Bao in his letter, but Ah Man was very unhappy that Da Bao did not write to her.
After reading the letter, Ah Man was unhappy and took Ma Xiaomai's letter to the other courtyard. "Auntie Tian, there's a letter from Brother Xiaomai."
"Really? Come on, give it to me." Tian rubbed her hands vigorously on her body, took the letter, opened it, sniffed it, and pressed it against her chest for a while before reading it. However, after reading it quickly, she could not recognize many words. She stuffed the letter back into Ah Man's hands and said, "Quick, read it to Auntie and see if Xiaomai's father has sent any message."
Ah Man read the letter to her as she was told. In the letter, Ma Xiaomai said that everything was fine between him and his father, and in his father's tone, he reminded Tian not to overwork herself. Tian felt a little relieved after hearing this, but that night she dreamed that Ma Fuquan fell off a cliff and his soul returned to the place where he and Jian Ning used to be.
In late autumn, she woke up from her dream with a start, and cold sweat broke out on her forehead and back. She was so frightened that she could no longer sleep and stared blankly waiting for dawn.
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