Chapter 422 Rivers of blood and outstanding achievements

Author: Taiqing Yaodao

Chapter 422 Rivers of blood and outstanding achievements

Dozens of corpses were piled together, and blood flowed from the gaps in the corpses, then flowed calmly further along the steps.

Li Xuan stood on the three steps. Seventy steps behind him was the city gate.

This area is also where the largest number of corpses are piled up.

And these three steps were dug by Li Xuan in advance.

At this moment, behind Li Xuan, stood a team of Qianniu Guards wearing red clothes and golden armor, holding tall horses stained with blood in their hands.

Their breathing was still a little rapid, but the murderous intent in their eyes was slowly fading away.

As soon as the city gate opened before, the Qianniu Guards immediately rushed out.

The Tianyin cultists, who were already exhausted and broken, were immediately killed by the cavalry and fled in all directions.

When they fled to the seventy steps away from the city, one of them didn't pay attention and fell directly to the ground with a "snap".

This fall can immediately mean the difference between life and death.

People from the Tianyin Sect are not familiar with this terrain.

When walking up, they can naturally notice the sudden steps, but when walking down, especially when fleeing, they can't take it into consideration at all.

Crowding, pulling, hugging, killing each other...

In this way, under the pursuit of Qianniu Guards, Tianyin's disciples were immediately killed and injured.

However, the Qianniu Guards' pursuit ended here. Li Xuan had given strict orders before, and the Qianniu Guards had to pursue them until seventy steps, and these seventy steps were enough for them to kill to the fullest.

One can imagine how many they killed.

…

Li Xuan raised her eyes from the blood-colored mountain road, looked at the distant mountains and forests, and asked softly: "Has Colonel Yan led his men to pursue him?"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Qiu Zhenmu responded with cupped hands.

Behind the Qianniu Guards, the Kuaiji Mansion soldiers and the Wuzhou soldiers were already chasing the Tianyin Cultivators who escaped from the city gate.

Those who surrender will live, those who do not surrender will die.

Make sure that the details of this battle are not revealed as much as possible.

Qiu Zhenmu took a step forward, raised her hands to Li Xuan and asked, "Your Majesty, why don't you let us chase him together this time?"

The three steps under his feet have been piled flat with corpses. As long as he is careful, the horse's hooves will not be hurt by the steps at all.

"Because I am worried that you will not be able to come back alive." Li Xuan's words made Qiu Zhenmu's face suddenly full of surprise.

In Qiu Zhenmu's surprised eyes, Li Xuan raised his head, looked towards the endless dense forest, and said in a deep voice: "This time, I have given an order for Colonel Yan to chase him all the way to the other side of the mountain before returning.

, you should know how dangerous this is, right?"

"Invading Muzhou?" Qiu Zhenmu was startled. He asked subconsciously: "Isn't the prince not planning to enter Muzhou?"

"We just try our best to get to the mountain pass on the other side and kill all the Tianyin cultists in the mountain to prevent the details of our battle with them from being exposed this time. At the same time, we have a look at what is going on on the other side. If we encounter obstacles, we can also choose

Return, but I have ordered them to try their best to destroy the mountain road and delay the Tianyin Sect's reinforcements from coming to Meiling Pass."

Li Xuan's expression was indifferent, but she kept clenching and releasing her fists. No one knew whether she was excited or nervous.

After thinking about it for a while, Qiu Zhenmu asked in a low voice: "Can I ask how many people the Tianyin Sect can send into Wuzhou this time?"

"I don't know, but it should be at least more than a thousand. After all, a thousand people have died in our hands. No matter how stupid they are, they should increase their troops if they know better."

"That's at least two thousand?" Qiu Zhenmu was startled, and then he raised his hands and said: "Even if we have Brother Zhou's team, the total number will not exceed a thousand. With a thousand people defending the city, it will be difficult.

It’s not very big, but there must be a lot of casualties.”

Li Xuan nodded calmly and said: "It is indeed possible, so I tried every means to delay the time for those from the Tianyin Sect to reach Meiling Pass."

Qiu Zhenmu nodded slightly, he also thought of this.

At this time, Li Xuan began to walk forward, stepping on the corpse under his feet, and walked towards the mountain road ahead. At the same time, he whispered: "Only in this way will we have enough time to prepare."

"Your Majesty is worried that behind these two thousand people, more people will come to kill." Qiu Zhenmu immediately understood the subtext of Li Xuan's words.

Li Xuan stopped, looked in the direction of Muzhou City, and said with a cold face: "Once the Tianyin Sect raises its troops, it can gather at least 20,000 troops. Although it is impossible to send all 20,000 people to Lanxi, but

Half of them are bound to be indispensable...Ten thousand people, Brother Qiu, what do you think?"

"It's okay!" Qiu Zhenmu's words made Li Xuan immediately surprised.

Qiu Zhenmu followed closely and said: "This mountain road is rugged and there are cliffs on both sides. The more troops the opponent has, the more difficult it will be to deploy."

"They pounced on me in one go. In fact, I am not afraid of them, but I am afraid of them. They attack in waves, wheel battles, human sea tactics, and various methods. Even if we can barely hold on to Meiling Pass,

I will definitely suffer heavy losses, which is something I don’t want to see.”

Having said this, Li Xuan turned to look at Qiu Zhenmu: "This is also the reason why I don't want you to rush into the depths of the mountain road at will. On the one hand, it is really not worth it. On the other hand, I hope that Qian

Niuwei's sharp knife can be used in key places.

"What the prince said makes sense, I will obey the order." Qiu Zhenmu bowed seriously to Li Xuan.

"Also, I'm afraid it's not far away from the time when the Tianyin Sect will actually start an uprising. This incident may disrupt their pace of advancing troops and buy us some time." Li Xuan's face suddenly became solemn.

In the southeast today, the most important thing is not the summer harvest, but the Tianyin Sect's rebellion.

It's about what name they will use to rebel.

Li Xuan once learned from He Qing'er that this time, the Tianyin Sect raised troops in the name of Shi Xu, the governor of Muzhou.

Coming from a Shi Xu family, once he raises a banner against the imperial court, the consequences will be extremely serious.

"Brother Qiu, do you think His Majesty really doesn't have any special arrangements in Muzhou?" Li Xuan looked sideways at Qiu Zhenmu and asked his biggest doubt all along.

If you want to completely quell the rebellion of the Tianyin Sect, you only need to send a general and completely ban the inheritance of the Tianyin Sect in Muzhou. Why go to such trouble.

"There should be some. As far as my subordinates know, the imperial court has sent many people to Muzhou for many years, but in the end all information was lost." Qiu Zhenmu couldn't help but shook his head slightly, his eyes

There was a hint of worry in it.

Instead, Li Xuan nodded seriously.

His entry prompter has the ability to peer into people's eyes and influence believers. Then, with the powerful and mysterious power of the Empress, will she also be able to identify the spies of the imperial court who have infiltrated the Tianyin Sect at a glance?

There were even other reasons that forced Li Zhi to take this step in the end.

"Let's go, I'll go back later. There are still a lot of things waiting for me in the city." Li Xuan waved her hand back, and then took the lead towards Meiling Pass.

The people and soldiers all around were very busy.

The wounded inside and the comrades who died in battle are all taken care of by their own comrades and colleagues, but for the Tianyin cultists who died outside, they must rely on the soldiers of Lanxi County to collect their bodies.

However, Lanxi's soldiers were not completely unwilling. Li Xuan promised that unless they were really important tokens, all the property on these corpses would be handed over to them for distribution.

Of course, before they took action, the Wuzhou soldiers had already searched and looted everything, and all the really valuable things had been taken away.

In such hot weather, if the bodies are not removed quickly and buried, the plague will easily occur.

…

"Wang joins the army, and every soldier's merit assessment must be accurate." Li Xuan stopped and couldn't help but explain a few words to Wang Qin again.

"Your Highness, don't worry, I have been doing this for many years." Wang Qin rolled his eyes at Li Xuan angrily, and then went to work.

Qiu Zhenmu, who was standing behind Li Xuan, couldn't help but snickered slightly.

Li Xuan didn't pay attention at all. He walked a little further inside and immediately saw Feng Hua who was repairing the trebuchet.

He hurriedly walked up: "Feng Canjun, this time, could you please install two trebuchets on the city wall, and then slightly modify them so that they can be launched more easily?"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I have been thinking about this matter for several days, so it won't delay Your Majesty's affairs." Feng Hua earnestly handed over to Li Xuan.

"That's good." Li Xuan cupped his hands, then turned to look at Qiu Zhenmu and said, "Brother Qiu, let's go see the condition of the arrows together?"

The group of people immediately turned around and walked towards the warehouse.

Qiu Zhenmu asked as he walked: "Your Majesty, is the situation really difficult this time?"

This time, the people brought by Zhou Shen did not directly intervene at all.

Li Xuan just brought the people he killed before and completely wiped out more than a thousand troops of the Tianyin Sect.

Although the checkpoints are relied upon, Li Xuan's strong ability to defend the city cannot be ignored.

"Brother Qiu, although I have made many calculations in the past few times, in fact, it is the bows and arrows and catapults that really work."

After a slight pause, Li Xuan followed up and said: "Due to various reasons, both Zuo Fei and Luo Yongjie were severely under-prepared in this regard, but it will definitely not be the case next time."

Li Xuan raised his head, looked in the direction of Muzhou, and said with a serious face: "Next time, they will definitely bring enough trebuchets, enough crossbows, enough shields, enough ladders, and siege rams. They will bring enough everything."

The equipment that can help them attack the city...these things, if you are not careful, may very well kill you and me."

This time, Li Xuan used He Qing'er's help to make the content of the secret message sent by Ye Wanwan slightly deviated, and time was not caught up in time, so that he could plan and kill Luo Yongjie step by step.

But next time, he won't have this chance. Whether it's Luo Yongjie or others in the Tianyin Sect, they will keep an eye on Li Xuan's every move.
To be continued...