As time passed, the sky turned pale, and the sound of the pursuers gradually faded away, and everyone heaved a sigh of relief. Until now, their hearts are still pounding. Sweaty palms.

Back at the entrance of the secret passage, they were greeted by a few sharp arrows first.

Everyone's expressions changed in an instant, and Qi Qi began to be on guard, and some people's eyes were red at that time. If the secret passage was occupied by someone, the consequences would be disastrous.

"Stop, we are all our own." Li Yaonan quickly turned the corner, and found that his party was still wearing the clothes of the enemy army.

Wang Erniu's heart relaxed: "Stop, stop, I'm Wang Erniu."

A few people hiding in the woods finally revealed their figures. Someone ran up and punched Wang Erniu: "Damn it, why are you dressed like this? It's so scary." I almost thought Yan Xiaowei would sneak attack Failed, the secret path was discovered.

"Haha." Wang Erniu touched his head, and began to talk about his great achievements, showing off how he sneaked into the enemy camp.

Those who listened relished it, hating themselves for not being able to participate in it, especially when they heard the enemy's fire. Their excitement was beyond words, and their eyes sparkled: "Really? Captain Yan really succeeded in the sneak attack?"

"Of course, it doesn't matter who we are."

"Great, great."

"Finally revenge."

"It's a pity we can't kill a few more people."

"It's a pity that I didn't accompany Captain Yan."

The soldiers were crying and laughing at the same time. I don't know whether they were sad for the dead or rejoicing that this night attack was successful.

Everyone's mood became heavy unconsciously, and the joy just now was swept away, yes, so what if the night attack was successful, it was just delaying time, the dead will not come back, and there will be more people forever in the future Close your eyes, what joy is there in a small victory.

Li Yaonan immediately asked: "Is the wound medicine ready?"

The soldier nodded: "It's ready, the stretcher is here."

Li Yaonan was silent for a while, and then ordered: "Go and prepare some dry food. Once Captain Yan comes back, those who should save people should save people, and those who should rest should rest. There is still a tough battle to fight today."

"Yes."

The soldiers staying behind in the secret path started to get busy, and it didn't take long before the sky became bright, and the sun shone through the gaps between the branches and leaves to shine on the forest. After waiting for about an hour, Yan Xiaowei led a group of troops, and finally appeared in front of them. within sight.

There were originally a thousand soldiers, but now half of them are missing. Li Yaonan felt sore in his heart. Looking at the stretcher that was prepared, a feeling of powerlessness came to his heart. None of the troops brought back by Captain Yan was seriously injured. Man, where did they go.

Yan Xiaowei was expressionless, leaving only a pair of eyes full of desolation: "Report to my lord, this officer has completed the mission. This sneak attack was successful, and 430 soldiers were sacrificed."

As his words fell, some people's eyes were red at that time, some sat silently on the ground, some even sobbed and choked, and some howled in grief.

"Ah Yan, Ah Yan, you can save him, you can save him."

"Woooooo-"

"I want revenge, and I must kill all the damned Qiang people."

"Wow--"

"Brother Xiaoqiang was just injured, why didn't he go with us, he was never a burden, not—"

"I can carry Xiao Heizi on my back, he is only 17 years old."

"Aqi's son is just full moon, woo woo woo—"

"Xiao Shanzi asked me to bring his savings back to his hometown."

Yan Xiaowei remained silent, allowing them to vent their emotions. The air was full of sadness, and the atmosphere became heavy, but now is not the time to relax.The soldiers who stayed behind hurriedly took out the wound medicine and bandaged them one by one. After crying enough and tired, after venting their emotions, the expressions on their faces became more determined, and hatred took root and sprouted in their hearts.

"Have a good rest." Yan Xiaowei said lightly, without resting for a moment, he immediately discussed with Li Yaonan about the next sneak attack.

There was no extra time to be sad. After crying hard, the soldiers quickly restrained their emotions, filled their stomachs, and immediately sneaked into the cave at the entrance of the secret passage, and found a place to lie down and sleep at random. They were so tired that the rest did not dare Delayed, he hastily tidied up the surroundings, wiped off the traces on the ground, and surrounded the entrance of the cave densely with branches and vines.

At noon, Sun Ruisi brought 2000 people over, and seeing Li Yaonan intact, there was a look in his eyes that he really did.

Captain Yan was taken aback: "What about the city gate?"

Sun Ruisi gestured to be calm and calm, and said slowly: "Master Yan, there is no need to worry. The people of Nanquan enthusiastically signed up to resist the enemy. Now two thousand people have been summoned. This morning, they saw the enemy's red light all over the sky. The people are very excited. Excited, everyone is trying to get revenge."

Lieutenant Yan's lips twitched, and the emotions in his heart were mixed. Some were moved, some sighed, but more of it was deep admiration. He and County Magistrate Yang were at a loss, but Master Li was able to reverse the situation in an instant. He obviously only brought 30 people to the Disturbing the enemy camp, not only came back unscathed, but also confused the entire enemy. That gorgeous firework attracted the attention of a large number of enemy troops. escape.

Xiaowei Yan deeply regretted that it was a pity that Mr. Li did not become a military general, he planned everything step by step, and figured out the enemy's mind very well. If it were him, he would never dare to act like this, and actually blatantly sneaked into the enemy's camp.

Li Yaonan didn't stay here for a long time, relying on Mr. Yang in the city, he was afraid that the good layout would be ruined, the civil servants could at most use a pen, and leaving the war to him, he was a hundred worried, so he made an appointment with Yan Xiaowei Fireworks as a letter, Li Yaonan quickly returned to the city.

Compared with the chaotic county town yesterday, it looks orderly today. Old people and women go to battle together. Even if they can’t kill the enemy, they can wash and cook, and do things within their capacity. Guang, Yan Xiaowei and Li Yaonan became heroes in the hearts of Nanquan people.

Li Yaonan's heart was very heavy, how could he bear the word "hero"? The 430 soldiers who died were the real heroes, the martyrs of Nanquan.

Standing on the high city wall, looking at the enemy camp, seeing that they had no attack posture, Li Yaonan followed the example of soldiers and found a corner to rest. He was tired all night yesterday, and now he is too tired.

"Master Li, you should go back and rest, the enemy army will not be able to fight for a while, we are here to watch."

"It's okay, I just squint for a while, the enemy will not let it go, and if there is any movement, I will know it in time."

Seeing that he couldn't be persuaded, the soldiers all fell silent, not daring to speak loudly for fear of disturbing him.

After squinting for a while, Li Yaonan slept extremely unsteadily, even his dream seemed to be bright red, and the sound of killing could not stop in his ears.

Not long after sleeping, he was awakened by an angry voice. He opened his eyes suddenly, and saw the soldiers looking out of the city wall angrily. Their anger made them lose their minds and let out wailing.

"I'm going to get the body back."

"Shut up, do you want the people to be buried with you?"

"Is that how you look at it?"

"They deserve to die, the Qiang people deserve to die."

The enemy army laughed arrogantly in the distance, Li Yaonan stood up, his eyes were red with anger soon like the soldiers, and he felt that he had never been so calm before, and the Qiang people really deserved to die.The corpses of the soldiers who died last night were thrown into pieces by the enemy in the open space in front of them to demonstrate, and they were beaten at will with whips in their hands.

"How dare they whip the corpse." The soldiers on the city wall broke down in tears.

"Ah, I'm going to kill them—" the soldier shouted heart-piercingly.

"Hahahahaha!" The enemy laughed more and more wildly, and the team of hundreds of people beat the corpse more ferociously.

Li Yaonan's eyes were cold, and he raised his crossbow to aim at the enemy who laughed the loudest, "Whoosh!" He shot three arrows in a row, the first arrow was to deceive people, the second arrow was to be just in case, and the third arrow was aimed at the chest, killing him with one blow. Life.

The enemy's laughter stopped abruptly, and he looked at the sharp arrow on his chest in disbelief. He had already dodged it, why he still shot himself, until the moment he died, he couldn't figure it out, and fell straight on the ground. On the ground, death will never rest in peace.

Li Yaonan's actions completely aroused the enemy's anger, he chopped off the head of a dead body, and kicked it out in a mighty manner.

"Open the city gate." Li Yaonan ordered calmly.

"My lord." The soldiers became anxious. Although they were also very angry, how could the city be kept if they opened the city gate.

"My lord can't."

"No problem." Li Yaonan's face was gloomy, a dangerous light flashed in his eyes, and his cold voice had no warmth: "The enemy army wants to provoke us, let us open the city gate, so it doesn't matter if we do what they want, tell people to go Prepare tung oil, sprinkle it all under the city wall, be quick, and kill him enough today, if you are skilled, follow me to get the body back."

"Yes, my lord."

The soldiers responded loudly, and they didn't know where the confidence came from, as if they could trust wholeheartedly as long as it was what Master Li said.

The enemy army was also very surprised: "Oh, the gate of the city has really been opened."

"It's better to use the general's strategy."

"Hurry up and report to Nanquan today."

"How dare you burn our food and grass."

At the same time as the city gate was opened, the enemy troops also began to regroup, and the hundreds of enemy troops staying in front were even more ready to kill the enemy. They expected that Nanquan would not dare to leave the city indiscriminately.

"Everyone pay attention to cover, don't let the enemy find any clues." Li Yaonan told everyone to spread out, quietly set up ladders and wooden planks on the trench to ensure everyone's passage.

"Kill!"

The soldiers rushed forward frantically, Li Yaonan didn't want to be left behind, this was the first time he really went into battle to kill the enemy, but he felt an unspeakable joy in his heart, the enemy's bright red blood stabbed his eyes red, as if only in this way could he Extinguish the monstrous anger in my heart.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the enemy army did not love to fight, and hurriedly retreated.

Li Yaonan gave the order not to pursue, and only asked everyone to quickly carry the body back. He knew that the enemy's brigade was about to arrive.

With the sound of the enemy's horn, the black crowd gradually approached.

There is always a race against time in the battlefield, and the slightest loss can be a thousand miles away. Li Yaonan shouted at the top of his voice: "Hurry up."

The soldiers were sweating profusely, and they also wanted to hurry up, but there were too many corpses, so there was no time.

The enemy was getting closer and closer, Li Yaonan gave an order: "Retreat."

"But--"

"Let's go, don't you want to die?"

"The body hasn't been cleaned yet."

Li Yaonan spoke harshly: "After this battle is over, if there is a chance later, immediately, return it to me immediately, and those who violate the order will be dealt with according to military law."

The soldiers trembled, holding back the grief in their hearts, reluctantly glanced at the corpse on the ground, turned their heads, and ran towards the city wall, followed by a rain of arrows.

"hurry up."

The situation is extremely urgent, and it can be said that it is a close call. The people on the city wall looked terrified, afraid of any accidents. This time, it was Lord Li's order to open the city gate. .

"Swipe, swipe, swipe!" The densely packed arrows surrounded them tightly like a net.

"Sir, be careful."

Li Yaonan's pupils contracted suddenly, and he broke out in a cold sweat. For the first time, he felt that death was so close to him.

"Pfft!" A figure stood in front of him.

"Xiaoliang."

Li Yaonan didn't have time to think too much, and quickly retreated with his men, as long as they passed the ditch in front of them, they would be safe, another soldier hurried over and carried Xiao Liang on his back, obviously only less than ten feet away, but they I feel like I've been gone for a long, long time.

Finally back under the city wall, the ladder bridge on the ditch was pulled away, the soldiers heaved a sigh of relief, and quickly retreated into the city, Li Yaonan hurriedly lit the agreed fireworks, he knew Yan Xiaowei must be paying attention at all times.

Sun Ruisi stepped forward and scolded Li Yaonan, God knows he was almost scared out of his wits just now, a gentleman doesn't stand under a dangerous wall, doesn't he even understand this truth?

Empress Li Yaonan was terrified, he couldn't calm down until now, and he didn't want to lure the enemy with his body, but there was no way, except for Yan Xiaowei, he couldn't find anyone with a similar identity in Nanquan, who could make the soldiers obedient and quick A person who analyzes the enemy's situation.He was reluctant to let the child be tied to the wolf, and he was the one who opened the city gate this time. If he didn't go to battle in person, the soldiers would have a deep affection for the dead. If time was delayed in the action, it would be too late to regret.

Sun Ruisi gave him a hard look, after all, he didn't blame much, and the current time didn't allow it.The enemy army approached quickly, and then there was a scream. The enemy army ran too fast, stepped on the trench, and turned their backs on their backs for a while.

"Close the city gate, shoot me with all your strength now." Li Yaonan gave an order, and rushed to the city wall at lightning speed.

"kill--"

The soldiers kept shooting arrows, and they were red-eyed.

The trenches could not stop the enemy for too long. The sharpened bamboos pierced through the body of the enemy forward. The death was extremely miserable. The enemy was furious and quickly came up with a solution. He rushed to the bottom of the city wall and set up a ladder to climb up. .

"Light it up!" With a cold voice, the enemy was thrown into the purgatory of fire.

"Boom!" A ferocious fire snake scurried at the foot of the city wall. The high-temperature attack defeated the enemy's second wave of attack. The soldiers kept adding inflammable materials. Quickly aim and shoot.

This is a protracted battle. They all understand in their hearts that the strength of the enemy and us is too great. Under the strong attack of the enemy, this situation will not last long. It will be a matter of breaking the city sooner or later.

Different from the previous attacks, this time the enemy was aggressive and didn't care about casualties at all. It seemed that the only purpose was to take down Nanquan.

Li Yaonan's body was subconsciously tainted with a murderous air. Seeing that the situation was getting worse and worse, thick gunpowder smoke rose from the sky above the enemy camp.

Li Yaonan laughed suddenly: "Successful, successful, our reinforcements raided the enemy's home base, look quickly, the camp of the Qiang people was raided, kill—"

Some people didn't know why, but thought that the reinforcements had arrived, and they were even more excited to kill.

Someone immediately understood and yelled: "The reinforcements are here, the reinforcements are here, let's attack back and forth, we must kill every single piece of the enemy."

"Kill!"

The enemy camp became chaotic, and the offensive gradually eased. Seeing another pile of gunpowder smoke rising above the camp, the enemy generals were startled and angry, and hurriedly beat the drums to withdraw their troops. They dared not delay any longer. The enemy troops receded like a tide. The reinforcements arrived, and when the time came, they would attack back and forth, so there was no way for them to survive.

The soldiers shouted excitedly: "The reinforcements have arrived, the reinforcements have arrived."

The people danced with joy: "Nanquan is saved, Nanquan is saved."

Master Yang was full of doubts, and he was not ashamed to ask for advice: "Master Li, where are the reinforcements, why didn't the lower officials hear about it."

"Yes!" There were also people who were full of doubts. Wasn't Yan Xiaowei the one who sneaked up?

Li Yaonan twitched the corners of his lips, and once again had a deep understanding of the rigidity of the ancients. He rolled his eyes at Master Yang and said, "There are no reinforcements." Being occupied is simply desperate.With reinforcements, it is different. The Qiang people will start to be afraid, and they dare not take risks without knowing the strength of the enemy.

At the end of Master Yang's words, he was very ashamed of Master Li's contempt, and the soldiers and common people were full of disappointment, so there was no reinforcements.

Li Yaonan comforted: "Don't worry, after this battle, the enemy army will have to recuperate for at least two days. I predict that the troops of the eldest brother will arrive soon."

Hope rose again in everyone's hearts, and then they began to count the number of people. More than [-] people were sacrificed in this battle.

Li Yaonan was silent for a while, and asked them to collect the corpses, and they must bury them safely. It was only at this moment that he realized how much he had taken for granted in his previous plan. The battlefield is not a child's play, let alone a place to compete. He made preparations in advance, and fortunately he did think about the people.Otherwise, he was afraid that he would not be able to pass the psychological test. So many lives and blood were only for the governor's selfishness, which is really hateful.

Colonel Yan quickly returned with his men and horses. Of the more than [-] soldiers, there were only more than [-] left, all of them ragged and wounded.

Li Yaonan couldn't describe his mood, everyone was silent for a while.

The people in Nanquan were moved and cried, and hurriedly took out wound medicine to bandage them, and recited their heroic deeds in their mouths.

There were also people who lost their relatives and burst into tears on the spot, but they still firmly thanked the soldiers for their homeland and proudly told everyone that his son (husband) died to protect Nanquan.

The soldier smiled slowly, and suddenly felt that everything was worth it.

Li Yaonan told them to go to rest quickly, and then went to see the wounded, he remembered that if Xiao Liang hadn't blocked him, he would not be able to stand safely.

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