Chapter 56: Outside the Imperial Beast Pass
When facing Sima Mao's sudden question, Dongfang Yufu was stunned.
After a while, Dongfang Yufu remembered something. He slapped his forehead suddenly and said in surprise: "At noon, Sima's nephew went to pass on the army orders to his brother, and at that time, the spy arranged in front of him to report that it was the advance troops of the Northwest Army of the Cyan Kingdom and was about to arrive at the Beast Control Pass soon.
When Sima's nephew heard this, he discussed with his brother on the spot. He asked his nephew to give him some people and go to the tops of the valleys on both sides of the Beast Control Pass to form an ambush bow and arrow formation.
My nephew wanted to set up an ambush in front of the Beast Control Pass and raid the advance troops of the Northwest Cyan army, and try to delay them so that they can gain some time for the Grand Sima and seize the magical weapons.
At that time, no matter how my brother dissuaded Sima Xianniang, Sima Xianniang insisted on his own ideas. The oldest brother could not resist him. Seeing that his nephew was also considering the overall situation, he picked up some elite soldiers from the army and left them to him according to Sima Xianniang's proposal.
I originally planned to go back to Fenglang City to meet with Brother Sima, but I reported this to Brother Sima, but..."
Dongfang Yufu felt regretful. After all, she was indeed a bit careless when dealing with this matter, and Sima Mao would definitely blame him.
However, when Sima Mao heard his statement, he kept not blaming him, but nodded and praised him repeatedly.
There is no need to tell the story of what happened later, and Sima Mao naturally knew about it.
So when Dongfang Yufu said the word "just", Sima Mao immediately waved his hand to interrupt Dongfang Yufu's words, and smiled with a happy face: "Brother Dongfang handled this matter well. Yun'er finally grew up and began to take responsibility. It would be nice to give him a chance to experience it. Uh...is not bad."
"Brother Sima, why don't you go back to pick up Sima's nephew? How about conveying the order for Sima to withdraw his troops?"
Dongfang Yufu felt a little guilty about her reckless handling of Sima Jack. At this moment, seeing Sima Mao looking relieved, her heart was always mixed. After a moment of silence, he immediately volunteered to Sima Mao.
Since ancient times, both armies have been injured in the fight. If Sima Yun was injured in this ambush, or if he died unfortunately, then he would not be able to explain to Sima Mao.
After all, Sima Mao has no son, so Sima Yun is his only relative. If Sima Yun makes any mistakes, Sima Mao might ask him to sue him.
So Sima Yun is safe now, so his Dongfang Yufu will naturally be safe. Therefore, Dongfang Yufu took the initiative to ask himself to go to pick up Sima Yun himself, mainly for his own sake and peace and peace in the future.
After hearing the words of Dongfang Yufu, Sima Mao turned around and faced Dongfang Yufu.
Sima Mao stroked the long beard on his chin and hesitated for a while. Then he nodded to Dongfang Yufu and said, "Okay, Yun'er is still a little younger after all. If Brother Dongfang comes to pick up Ying Yun'er, I feel much more at ease."
After pausing for a moment, Dongfang Yufu was about to say something, but Sima Mao patted Dongfang Yufu's shoulder gently, and then smiled and said with a smile: "Tongfang, take care of it. I will lead the army to withdraw from Fenglang City with the divine weapons. We will take the way we came before and detoured through the northwest desert. I will follow the army to wait for you to return safely in the northwest desert."
Dongfang Yufu nodded solemnly, then clasped her fists to Sima Mao and Hei Qilin one by one, and said aloud: "Brother Sima, brother Qilin, take care of you, two of you."
Sima Mao and Hei Qilin clasped their fists to Dongfang Yufu, and both faced Dongfang Yufu. They met for a long time, and seemed to have been away from each other for a long time, and they said goodbye.
"Tongfang, take care of yourself."
"Brother Dongfang, take care of him."
As soon as Sima Mao and Hei Qilin finished speaking, Dongfang Yufu's entourage general led the high-headed horse and handed it over to Dongfang Yufu.
Dongfang Yufu did not hesitate. She took the rope and then got on the horse. She raised the whip and then slapped the horse away. His followers followed one after another, and ran all the way south.
Looking at Dongfang Yufu's back gradually fading away, Sima Mao suddenly took a deep breath and said calmly: "I hope that the advance troops of the Northwest Army of Cyan Country have not yet arrived at Yun'er's ambush circle."
Sima Mao's words seemed to be talking to himself, and also seemed to say to the black qilin beside him.
The black Qilin, who had been stunned by the side, couldn't help but look up again after hearing Sima Mao's words.
Black Qilin looked at Dongfang Yufu's back as he was leaving, and suddenly spoke, "Brother Sima, why don't you go with Brother Dongfang to pick up Sima's nephew?"
Sima Mao shook his head gently, but his eyes returned from a distance to the stone axe in his hand.
After pondering for a moment, Sima Mao then sighed softly and said to the black Qilin beside him: "The magical weapon will cause many troubles when it appears. On the way back to Da Ku with the magical weapon, we can be said to be high and far away, with endless variations.
There have always been many terrifying forces on the Demon-killing Continent. They or they have been hiding in the darkness of various unknown fields in the world, waiting for the best opportunity to devour us in one fell swoop."
After pausing for a moment, Sima Mao suddenly looked up at the sky, and a fleeting light flashed in his deep eyes.
He suddenly closed his eyes, took a breath of some sweet air calmly, and then said in a gentle tone: "Just follow me to escort this magic weapon! After all, this magic weapon is our important thing."
The black Qilin stared at the stone axe in Sima Mao's hand, and quietly listened to Sima Mao's meaningful words, and suddenly fell into deep thought.
When Sima Mao said the second half of the sentence, the Black Qilin came back to his senses from his meditation.
Sima Mao said nothing wrong. This time, the king asked them to lead the elite of the five eighteen armies of the Dalu Empire to detour through the northwest desert and expedition the northwestern border of the Chiang Kingdom. This incident was a waste of money for Dalu.
Now, as the king wished, they finally captured the divine weapon on the last day of the agreed ten-day period, so this expedition was not futile.
Hei Qilin agreed with what Sima Mao said, so he nodded to Sima Mao and said, "Brother Sima is right. The northwest army of the Cyan Kingdom is coming soon, but we cannot afford to delay any delay. We quickly retreated to the city, cleaned up briefly, and led the army to evacuate the territory of the Cyan Kingdom quickly."
Sima Mao nodded seriously and said, "It's urgent to wait, Brother Qilin, we'll withdraw now."
"Affect the order."
The black Qilin nodded without thinking, then followed Sima Mao and walked towards the place where the army gathered.
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If the sunset is extremely beautiful, why should you be sad about the near dusk?
The old minister of the previous dynasty is now Ruyi, holding a cup and singing alone.
Fifty miles south of Fenglang City is the famous beast-controlling pass in the northwest of the country of Chiang. On both sides of the pass, there are steep mountains and narrow official roads between the valleys. It is the only channel between the country of Chiang and the northwest border.
When the Cyan Kingdom was first established, the founding king of the country was not yet easy. He originally planned to set the northwest border line at the Beast Control Pass.
After careful consideration, the northwest alien races could break through the defense line of the beast control pass, and they could go all the way and go straight to the hinterland of the Cyan Kingdom.
Because after passing this beast control barrier, there will be no danger of resisting the orc clan in the wilderness of the northwest.
After many field investigations and research, a group of generals of the national defense of the Cyan Kingdom finally discussed and decided to build a side city to resist the frequent harassment of the orcs in 50 miles outside this pass.
With these two border defenses, the orcs in the deserted northwest of the northwest did not cross the line. Only then did the thousands of people in the northwest of the Cyan Kingdom survive, and the development of agriculture and commerce also showed an unprecedented prosperity.
Sima Yun's four thousand ambushed soldiers were ambushed on the top of the mountain on both sides. Sima Yun led two thousand soldiers and horses to ambush on the top of the mountain on the left, while two thousand other soldiers and horses were ambushed on the top of the mountain on the right.
Four thousand men were lying quietly on both sides of the pass, waiting for the advance troops of the Northwest Army of the Cyan Kingdom to enter the ambush circle, Sima Yun would shoot a sound arrow. As long as the arrow was sounded, four thousand bows and crossbows would shoot continuously into the official road in the valley.
Sima Yun relies on his great geographical advantage and is full of confidence and expectations for this ambush battle. This upcoming war will surely earn him enough honor.
For so many years, Sima Yun relied on his own uncle and was respected by the generals in the army on the surface, but behind his back, people often ridiculed him for being unethical and talentless.
Whenever he accidentally hears people use the word "fox and tiger power" to smile at himself, Sima Jack always wants to find a crack in the ground to get into it.
Chapter completed!