Chapter 266: Moving West
Huyantuo's knee was broken by Xie Tingzhou's kick in the previous fight. He was relying on one leg to support the force, while his neck was strangled tightly by Xie Tingzhou from behind.
Xie Tingzhou hooked his neck and kicked Huyantuo's legs from behind, bending them and making him kneel on the ground.
He leaned forward slightly and said viciously, "Want to strangle me? Come on, let me see what you can do."
Huyantuo opened his mouth wide, breathing weakly, and his face had turned purple.
His fingers dug into Xie Tingzhou's arm, holding on tightly in an attempt to gain a breath.
Xie Tingzhou picked up the sword in the snow with his foot, and when he placed it across Huyantuo's neck, he looked up and saw the black armor rushing towards him in the distance.
"Goodbye," he whispered.
Blood suddenly splattered in the snow.
Han Jiwu fell off the horse, stumbled forward a few steps, and then stopped.
Huyantuo's body fell "pa" into the snow, blood still gushing out of his neck.
Bai Yu grabbed the falcon and swooped down, stepping on Huyantuo's headless body.
Xie Tingzhou stood up, his face was covered with a bright red blood, but no one knew whose blood it was.
His eyes stared at Han Jiwu sharply, and he threw away Huyantuo's bloody head in his hand while gasping.
The severed head rolled in the snow, and the blood spread out on the red plum blossoms. Huyantuo's head was among the red plum blossoms, staring at the sky with his eyes wide open.
Xie Tingzhou said quietly: "Move camp and head west."
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Since the war began, Cao Guangjin has never been so relaxed. When the servants passed by, they could vaguely hear him humming a little tune.
"Sir!" The bailiff was panting and running as if he was about to die.
Cao Guangjin was humming a song while holding the birdcage, and was almost scared to drop the cage by the loud shout.
"What are you doing?"
The bailiff held up his legs and gasped for breath, "City gate... City gate..."
"Fighting again?!" Cao Guangjin stood up suddenly and his tone changed.
"No." The yamen runner waved his hands hurriedly, "Bei, Beilin...someone is coming."
When Cao Guangjin heard this, he was immediately excited, "The prince is here, where is he?"
"No, the north gate." said the bailiff.
"Is it Beimen or Beilin?" Cao Guangjin was anxious.
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The yamen runner said, "It's the people from Beilin who are at the north gate."
Cao Guangjin kicked someone and hurried out. He tripped on his way out. When he reached the north gate, the elite cavalry of Qingyunwei had not yet entered the city.
Before Cao Guangjin even got out of the sedan chair, he started shouting, "Quick, open the door and let the person in."
The city gates were wide open, and two thousand elite cavalrymen of the Qingyun Guard stood on their horses in a black mass, looking like they had strict military discipline.
Cao Guangjin hurriedly went to greet him, "General, I am the prefect of Ganzhou. May I ask where the prince is now? I will go and greet him in person."
Xi Feng dismounted, "The prince is in Beilin to coordinate the northern battlefield. I am here to pick up the princess on the prince's orders."
Xifeng showed his badge.
Just as Cao Guangjin stretched out his hand to take it, Xifeng had already retracted his hand and hung the badge back on his waist.
"Excuse me, where is the princess now?"
Cao Guangjin rubbed his hands, "The princess..."
"Brother Feng——"
Xifeng saw a figure as fast as lightning rushing towards him, and then he threw himself into Xifeng's arms, holding his waist tightly and refusing to let go.
Cao Guangjin looked a little embarrassed.
Xifeng grabbed Changliu's collar and pulled him away, "Where's the princess? I want to see the princess."
Chang Liu's eyes were red. "The princess left. She led her troops to the territory of the Western Jue people."
"What?!" Xi Feng was shocked. "When did it happen?"
"It's been two days." Chang Liu said, "The princess asked me to stay here and keep an eye on him."
Changliu pointed at Cao Guangjin who was standing beside him, and Cao Guangjin became even more embarrassed.
Cao Guangjin knew Chen Yu's intention of keeping Changliu and Sixi here, to keep an eye on him and not let him run away. Now that the Xijue people were gone, he didn't have to run away at all.
"Brother Feng, it's great that you're here." Chang Liu said in a tearful voice, "Please ask the brothers of Qingyun Guard to take over my job. I have to go find the princess."
Xifeng didn't say anything for a long time, looking at everything inside the city gate.
The army moved its camp deep into the western part of Jue. After the fighting stopped, the people who had taken refuge inside the pass began to migrate back one after another.
The people spontaneously assisted the remaining garrison troops in repairing the city walls, and everything seemed to be in order.
The Qingyun Guards entered the city and settled down, temporarily taking over the task of city defense.
Changliu couldn't explain the development of the war, fortunately Sixi was smart.
"After the princess discovered the changes in the Western Jue army, she launched an attack on the remaining Western Jue soldiers. During the attack, she discovered the weaknesses of the Western Jue army and thought this was a great opportunity, so..."
"What disadvantages?" Xifeng interrupted Sixi.
Si Xi said, "I also heard it from the princess. If I didn't explain it clearly, please forgive me. The princess said that the Western Jue army is like a pack of wolves, and Boda is the leader. When they unite under the leadership of the leader, their fighting power will be doubled. This is their advantage, but also their disadvantage. Once the leader is lost, the remaining soldiers will be like scattered sand."
Xi Feng was silent for a moment, "Then they are similar to the Beirong, they are all people who believe in wolves."
Si Xi nodded, "The princess and General Xiao are... Wait a minute, Chang Liu, let me see what you wrote down."
Chang Liu took out what he had written down. Chen Yu had reminded him of many things before she left, and he was afraid of forgetting, so he wrote them all down on paper. The paper was in a mess, and it took him a long time to find a few pages.
“These are the two.”
Xifeng took it, glanced at it and threw it on his chest, "What kind of nonsense is written on this?"
"People who are not smart enough can't understand it." Chang Liu handed the paper to Sixi unconvinced, "He can understand it."
Si Xi turned the paper several times before finding the right direction. He smiled apologetically at Chang Liu, frowned, and looked at it for a long time before finally understanding it.
"After Boda led his troops away, the morale of the Western Jue soldiers dropped greatly. The princess asked General Xiao to lead the vanguard, while she led the right wing to attack. This... I can't explain the tactics, anyway, the Western Jue retreated."
"Yeah." Chang Liu nodded vigorously. "They didn't guess that the princess would dare to attack, and they didn't even have time to break camp. They just ran away after the battle. These few days, Cao Guangjin was still organizing the people to move things to the Xijue camp. When the Xijue people left, they burned the food and grass, but they didn't burn it all."
Xi Feng frowned, "Don't chase after a desperate enemy. Since we have already repelled them, why do we have to go deeper?"
Si Xi said: "The princess said that the reason why Boda withdrew his troops was because the Xiao family army entered the hinterland of Xijue. If the princess did not go, General Shen and the Xiao family army would be trapped to death."
Xifeng walked back and forth in the room, making Changliu's eyes dazzled.
"Did the princess leave any other words?"
Changliu nodded and told Xifeng about Chen Yu's deployment one by one.
Xifeng looked thoughtfully in the direction of the Xijue territory, "This battle will not be easy to fight."
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