Bi Xiu vomited blood, but fortunately the deputy general beside him helped him up and he did not fall off the camel.
After the thunderous explosion, the ancient Shu army realized their impulsiveness and stopped in their tracks. Some people even hoped that the Ten Nations Alliance would come to serve as cannon fodder, but when they looked back, they found that Jueping City was empty, and there was no sign of the Alliance. They couldn't help but curse the ten small countries in their hearts.
The Gu Shu people did not move forward, and the Da Shun people did not pursue them. They just stood opposite and looked at them with a smile, like teasing a child. But the Gu Shu people had passed the moment of impulsiveness. After all, the strength of Da Shun was there. Even if they were humiliated in public, they dared not say anything more. The soldiers were all thinking about how to sneak away. What if the other side threw another thunderbolt at them? Wouldn't they be dead?
Bi Xiu was surrounded by soldiers and didn't dare to show his head. He knew that in addition to the thunderbolt, the Dashun people also had a hidden weapon that could hit people accurately from a long distance. If he showed his head, he would be killed by someone who hit him right between the eyebrows. But it was not a solution to keep the stalemate like this, so he took a few deep breaths and shouted loudly: "Xuan Tianming! If you have the ability, come out and fight this general alone! What's the point of bringing a group of people with you?"
As soon as these words came out, not only the Dashun soldiers, but even the ancient Shu people couldn't hold back their laughter. Damn, this is leading troops to fight! Didn't you lead hundreds of thousands of troops yourself? It's much more than the Dashun people. When two countries go to war, do they have to fight one-on-one instead of fighting in groups? How much alcohol did this general drink today? Is he having a brain seizure?
Xuan Tianming was also amused and shouted, "Groundhog, you are drunk but I am not. You have all the power to make use of it, but I want to fight you alone? Are you bored?" After saying that, he threw a grenade at the ancient Shu army without any preparation. With a loud "boom", another group of ancient Shu soldiers were destroyed.
Even without the Ten-Nation Alliance, Gu Shu itself had an army of 300,000, but after the battles in Shaping and Jueping, the number of people was reduced little by little. People's fear of "sky thunder" not only did not decrease at all, but it increased rapidly, especially this time Feng Yuheng participated in the battle. This Princess Ji'an was particularly angry, maybe because her parents were dead. She held a black thing in her hand, which was emitting sparks, and kept shooting at Gu Shu, killing a lot of people every time she shot.
Gradually, the ancient Shu people realized that this was not a battle between two armies, but a one-sided massacre by the Dashun Army! The ancient Shu people could no longer fight, and they were so scared that they cried and screamed, completely ignoring the command and command of Bi Xiu who had regained consciousness. Even the people holding the military flag simply threw it away, covered their ears with their hands, and ran towards the city desperately.
Bi Xiu's eyes were red, but not because of killing. In fact, they didn't even touch the hair of the Dashun soldiers. They were far away, but they kept throwing thunder and shooting with strange hidden weapons. The ancient Shu army was bleeding like a river, and the corpses were piled up like a mountain.
The deputy general beside him pulled Bi Xiu and said, "General, let's retreat! We can't fight this battle!"
Bi Xiu was now fully awake. When he saw the situation clearly, it was as if the fall of Shaping City was happening again. He closed his eyes tightly, and when he opened them again, he finally gave the order to retreat!
With the commander's order, the soldiers ran even faster. The noise behind them was deafening. No one knew which thunderbolt would fall on their head. They just ran for their lives. It was not enough to run back to the city. They had to continue running south and run out from the south gate. It would be best if they could run all the way to Yueping City. That way they would have some time to breathe.
Bi Xiu also returned to the city. When he passed by the red tent, he saw the girls inside running out desperately, fearing that they would be struck to death by thunder if they ran too slowly. With just one glance, he was suddenly confused. One of the girls who escaped seemed to look exactly like the Princess Ji'an of Dashun, so much so that he almost thought he was still drunk and was dazzled.
"Who is that?" He pointed at the woman and asked the deputy general beside him, "Is she the girl in our red tent?"
The deputy general looked over and was also shocked. He blurted out subconsciously: "The princess of Dashun?"
A soldier nearby who heard it replied, "That's the woman we just captured from outside the city!"
"Newly captured?" Bi Xiu's eyes lit up and he immediately urged the camel to go over. Without saying a word, he bent down, scooped up the woman and placed her in front of him.
The woman screamed in fear, turned around and looked at him in horror, "Who are you?"
Bi Xiu stared at her face again and couldn't help but exclaimed: "How can there be people in the world who look so similar? Could they be twin sisters? Or... spies of Dashun?" As soon as he said this, a fierce light flashed in his eyes, and the hand around the woman's waist increased its strength, causing the woman to scream in pain again.
"General, could this person really be a spy of Dashun?" The deputy general looked at the woman grimly, holding a long knife in his hand, ready to chop her down!
But at this moment, the woman shouted: "I am not! I am the Eighth Prince's person, I am on your side!" This shout revealed her identity, and it was Fu Ya who ran away from Lanzhou City. She heard the identity of the ancient Shu general and immediately catered to him and said loudly: "General, you hate Princess Ji'an, right? I hate it too! Since the Eighth Prince can use my face to stir up a storm, why doesn't the general follow suit?"
This reminded Bi Xiu, and also reminded him of the legend that the Eighth Prince Xuan Tianmo had gotten a woman who looked very much like Princess Ji'an. It turned out to be true! He laughed loudly, reached out and picked up Fu Ya again, and sat her in front of him. His big hands pinched her key parts dishonestly, which made Fu Ya scream. Bi Xiu was very satisfied and said loudly: "In this case, then this general will take you to Yueping City!"
Overnight, Gu Shu lost another city, and on the other side of Dashun, the victory news quickly spread from Shaping City to Biannan, and then from Biannan to Lanzhou. Within half a day, the news that Jueping City was captured by the Ninth Prince spread to every corner of the Southern Realm.
The legend that the Ninth Prince was a god of war sent from heaven spread among the people again, and even the 300,000 soldiers in Biannan had to admire the bravery of the Ninth Prince. You know, it is not so easy to capture the ancient Shu city. The hot climate restricted the pace of the Dashun Army. The Eighth Prince had tried before, but when the soldiers walked outside Shaping City in the scorching heat, some of them had fainted from the heat, and the rest were on the verge of fainting all the time. It was difficult for them to stand, let alone fight.
It's not like they haven't thought about fighting at night, but who can take a city in one night like the Ninth Prince? If they fail to take it, what will they do the next day?
This battle made Xuan Tianming's military prestige rise a little higher. However, although they had taken Jueping City, they still faced a series of problems.
These problems first appeared to the people of Jueping City. The people of Jueping City did not accept the rule of Dashun as smoothly as the people of Shaping City. The prefect of Jueping was a hot-tempered man. Bi Xiu's army fled, and Jueping City fell. He felt guilty about the king of ancient Shu. On the morning when Xuan Tianming's army dealt with the battlefield outside the city and entered Jueping City, he committed suicide in front of the prefect's office with his family, old and young.
This suicide was not just a scare tactic, it was real death. Some people stabbed themselves in the stomach with knives, some hit their heads against the wall, and some tied ropes to the beams at the entrance of the government office and hanged themselves. Even two children in their cradles were suffocated to death by their parents before they died. When Xuantian Mingfeng Yuheng led part of the army to the entrance of the government office, what they saw were dozens of corpses lying there in all directions.
They had never thought that there would be such a loyal and courageous minister in ancient Shu, and they sighed for a moment. But the tragedy had already happened, and it was impossible to remedy it. Xuan Tianming ordered the magistrate's family to be buried and put into a coffin, and then find someone to find a funeral home for them.
However, the death of the prefect's family had caused riots among the people of Jueping City. They shouted loudly: "The Dashun people are robbers! The Dashun people destroyed our homes! Drive the Dashun dogs out of Jueping City! We will fight them to the death!"
Almost all the people in the city took action. Regardless of gender, age or status, they all rushed to the streets carrying their own weapons, forming a resolute confrontation with Xuan Tianming.
The Dashun soldiers did not act rashly. After all, the people were the people and the soldiers were the soldiers. It was their destiny to fight to the death, but they were never willing to take human lives lightly, let alone harm innocent people. Xuan Tianming had military rules in place. No matter where his army attacked, they would never massacre the city.
But today, the people of Jueping City were determined to get the city back for Gu Shu. Some even pointed at Xuan Tianming's nose and yelled, "You bunch of bastards! You have your own home but you don't want to stay there. Instead, you want to destroy other people's homes. You are a bunch of scoundrels! You are robbers!"
Xuan Tianming was so angry at this insult that he asked the people of Jueping City, "Don't you know that it was Gu Shu that attacked Da Shun first? For so many years, the two countries have lived in peace. Da Shun has provided you Gu Shu with so many conveniences and sent you so many good things, including food and daily necessities. You have fed them well. Why, not only are you ungrateful, but you are also turning your back on us and want to occupy Da Shun?"
The people of Jueping City were extremely shameless. Their response to Xuan Tianming's words was, "Why do you Dashun occupy such a good territory? Why do we ancient Shu have to live in the desert? What's wrong with us taking down a few of your cities? As for you turning around and suppressing us so much? It is said that Dashun has a vast territory and abundant resources, why can't you give us some?"
"Hmm?" Xuan Tianming seemed a little dazed after hearing this. He turned his head and asked Feng Yuheng, "When I heard this, why did I suddenly feel as if the Feng family had resurrected? Each one is more shameless than the other. Could all of these people have the surname Feng?"
Feng Yuheng also felt that this scene was familiar. Wasn't that how the Feng family was in the past? They could take advantage of you, but you could never fight back. If you did, it would be all your fault.
She snorted coldly, her face unfriendly: "If that's the case, it's easy to deal with. I have experience in dealing with the Feng family! It's not possible to explain the truth to everyone!"
Xuan Tianming nodded: "That's right, when necessary, we have to use force to suppress it!" As soon as he finished speaking, he raised his hand and shouted: "Generals, listen to my orders! Anyone who prevents my army from occupying Jueping City will be killed without mercy!"
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