The explosion in Xinzhou City lasted for dozens of breaths!
It started from the General's Mansion and exploded in the busy streets of Xinzhou City.
It turned the entire Xinzhou into a sea of fire, and it also made the great general Tuoba Jian of the barbarians standing outside the city of Xinzhou jump up in anger!
One hundred thousand soldiers of the Tiandao Army’s First Army are in Xinzhou City!
These damn border troops actually used this method to bury the barbarians with them!
He took a deep breath but said nothing.
This is war, a war that uses every possible means.
This castle, which had once stopped the barbarians from advancing southward countless times, was reduced to a shattered ruin. How many soldiers of the Western Frontier Army had perished there? How many civilians of the Yu Dynasty had perished as well?
When the heavy snow fell and the dust cleared, he led the remaining 270,000 Tiandao Army soldiers into the ruins.
The fire was still blazing, and the smell of burning flesh filled the air.
Tuoba Jian stood in front of the sea of fire, lost in thought.
The barbarian likes barbecue and barbecue is his staple food, but now... he is very hungry, but he has no appetite at all.
He even felt like vomiting!
Is this the smell of barbecue?
Why is it so pungent?
As far as his field of vision could be seen, all he saw were broken limbs and bodies.
He didn't know whose limbs these belonged to. Maybe they belonged to one of his soldiers, or maybe to a soldier from the western border army who had just been fighting hard. More likely, they belonged to some unknown citizen in Xinzhou City.
"Search... for those still alive, kill them all... and burn them all!"
He gave this order in silence, his voice was colorless and even calmer than when slaughtering cattle and sheep.
Half an hour later, three of his generals came to report... There were no living people left in Xinzhou City.
"Run away?"
"Reporting to the General, it is said that more than 500,000 civilians fled and headed towards Pingling Mountain."
"Where is the First Army of the Heavenly Blade? Have they found Tuoba Lan Ce?"
"...There are only about 20,000 people left in the First Army of the Heavenly Blade, of which only 6,000 are able to fight. Tuoba Lan Ce... was killed in action!"
Tuoba Jian narrowed his eyes, his heart was bleeding!
The 400,000 soldiers of the Tiandao Army are the best warriors of the barbarians!
They had undergone the most rigorous training for nearly a year, and their opponents should have been the Excalibur Army!
But they didn't expect that in this place, at the last moment, they would be delivered to the enemy's mouth and 90,000 of them would be eaten in one bite!
Peng Chengwu, General Peng, what a good trick!
"Tuoba Xuefeng, listen to my orders!"
"Please give the order, General!" Tuoba Xuefeng, commander of the Second Army of Tiandao, bowed and replied.
"Order, the Second Heavenly Blade Army will lead 60,000 men to pursue the Yu people... and leave no one alive!"
"yes……!"
Tuoba Xuefeng turned and left. Soon, a row of torches lit up, and 60,000 cavalrymen left the warm sea of fire in the flying snow and galloped towards the northwest.
Tuoba Jian still stood silently beside the fire, the firelight reflected on his gloomy face - where did Peng Chengwu go?
There were 300,000 soldiers stationed in Xinzhou City from the western border, but only 100,000 of them fought fiercely with him. Where did he go with at least 200,000 soldiers?
Could it be... He was suddenly shocked.
Could it be that Peng Chengwu took a detour and entered Yanshan Pass, gave up Xinzhou, and instead attacked the Huangguo?
There are already about 40,000 Divine Sword Army soldiers wreaking havoc in the Desolate Country. Could it be that Peng Chengwu abandoned Xinzhou in order to join up with the Divine Sword Army in the Desolate Country?
The Tiandao Army marched south, and the only ones capable of fighting in the Huang Kingdom were the Huang Court's 200,000 royal guards and the 50,000 cavalry stationed in the Eight Directions City… With 600,000 people, with only 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers of the Divine Sword Army and Peng Chengwu's 200,000 troops, they might not even be able to break through the Eight Directions City.
Thinking of this, Tuoba Jian felt relieved.
"Give the order to set up camp here, rest for a night, and wait for the Second Army to return... The main army will continue to march south!"
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Fu Xiaoguan's troops marched silently in the dark snow.
They were not walking fast, and were only a few hundred meters behind the hundreds of thousands of people in front of them.
Su Mo turned his head and looked at Fu Xiaoguan, grinning. This junior brother was not a heartless person after all.
The scouts just reported that at least 60,000 Tiandao soldiers are coming on horseback. According to the speed of the barbarian cavalry, they can catch up in half an hour at most.
"Just wait here."
Fu Xiaoguan pulled the reins of the warhorse and the team stopped.
This is a mountain stream, with not very high mountains on both sides and dense pine forests on the mountains. It is not conducive to cavalry charges, but it is conducive to the flintlock shooting of the Excalibur Army.
"Don't bury too many mines. I'm afraid they'll be scared away."
"Everyone hide, and when the barbarians enter this forest...shoot freely!"
He issued an order, and the five thousand Divine Sword Army disappeared into the forest in an instant. He and Su Mo flew to a big tree and waited silently for the arrival of the Heavenly Blade Army.
"After destroying this enemy force, the team will head towards the northern peak of Pingling Mountain."
Su Mo was stunned. "Fight a battle with Peng Chengwu?"
Fu Xiaoguan shook his head. "Peng Chengwu won't be able to find the Divine Sword First Army in Beifeng. He will go to the Desolate Country, and our target is not Peng Chengwu."
Fu Xiaoguan didn't say where the independent division's target was, and Su Mo didn't ask. "What if the barbarians stationed outside Xinzhou City go south?"
Fu Xiaoguan was silent for a long time because he couldn't make a decision on this issue.
If we allow the Tiandao Army to march south, there will be great suffering along the way.
But if they deliberately lured the Tiandao Army to chase them, it would be a huge risk for the Divine Sword Independent Division.
Five thousand against two or three hundred thousand. The enemy also has flintlock rifles. No matter how skilled these five thousand Divine Sword soldiers are, they are afraid of guns!
This was a difficult choice, one that was beyond the scope of this campaign's plan.
He did not expect that Emperor Xuan would make such a crazy decision. He thought that even if Emperor Xuan agreed to this move, it should come after the victory over the barbarians.
But he left this one behind. Did he really think that Peng Chengwu, with more than 200,000 border troops, could capture and kill him?
What are you thinking about?
If I let the barbarians go south, I'm afraid they will be able to fight all the way to the north bank of the Yangtze River.
Fu Xiaoguan certainly didn't want to confront these two or three hundred thousand Tiandao soldiers head-on, so his move had to fall into the wilderness!
The troops were forcing their way into the deserted court and attacking Buckingham Palace, which required the transfer of all the 200,000 princes and the guards of the eight major citadels from Buckingham Palace - only then would Tuoba Feng order the Tiandao Army to return for support.
A new strategic plan gradually became clear in Fu Xiaoguan's mind. He sighed and thought that it was true that a kind person cannot command an army.
Just as Fu Xiaoguan frowned and thought, the Second Army of Tiandao came rushing over, and then the loud noise of "boom...!" rang out again.
They stepped into the minefield, and continuous explosions occurred one after another. Countless war horses were frightened, and thousands of cavalrymen were thrown off their horses and injured by the explosions.
However, Fu Xiaoguan frowned even more tightly. He didn't pay any attention to the battlefield at all, but felt that he seemed to have missed something again.
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