Yanzhou. Taishan County. Chi County.

Looking at Chixian, which is no longer a city, Bao Xin's joy on his face disappeared, and his eyebrows slowly frowned.

Chi County, without the protection of the city wall, can attack this neat, grand and prosperous county from any road.

"Capture this city, can you defend it?"

Chi County did not set up defenses against Bao Xin, nor did Tao Ying. Bao Xin, who later realized it, began to suspect that it was a huge mistake to send troops to Chi County.

"Brother, the rebel Yuzi's army has only one thousand troops and is stationed in the city. We only need to defeat him and seize the food and grass, and we will immediately return to Lu County!"

The nervous Bao Zhong also saw that Chi County was a useless rib or a quagmire, and with this small number of people in Jibei, he could not defend it at all.

"Seize food and grass?"

Bao Xin understood what his brother Bao Zhong meant, and he would take it and leave.

"Haha!"

Chen Gong, who was paying attention to Bao Xin quietly, made every move of Bao Zhong brothers, sneered in his heart.

"Ru" ​​"

Suddenly, a rapid sound of horse hooves came from the direction of Lu County, attracting everyone's attention.

"General, Lu County is lost!"

As soon as the panicked knight saw Bao Xin, he immediately told the news that Lu County had lost.

"What?"

"How could Lu County be lost?"

After hearing the sudden change, Bao Xin and Bao Zhong were all surprised and shocked.

Lu County was lost, not only did they lose their way back, but Bao Xin's family was lost in the city.

"Taishan bandit general Yin Li carried General Bao Tao's body and opened the city gate..."

"Second brother!"

"Second brother!"

After hearing the bad news of Bao Tao's death in battle, Bao Xin was as if he was hit hard in his chest, and Bao Zhong both let out a tragic howl.

"Brother, kill back and avenge your second brother!"

Bao Zhong, who was filled with grief and anger, was about to kill him back to Lu County.

"General Bao cannot!"

Chen Gong, who looked stunned, immediately spoke out to stop him.

"The walls of Lu County are towering, and it is difficult to break without sufficient troops and siege equipment!"

"If you can't attack for a long time, the rebel Yin Li and Yu Zi will attack each other, not only will Bao Xiang not be able to avenge his revenge, but he may be worried about his life!"

Ignoring Bao Zhong's murderous eyes, Chen Gong stated his interests very calmly.

"Mr. Chen, Lu County has fallen and Chi County cannot defend it. What should we do now?"

Bao Xin suppressed the grief and anger in his heart and asked for advice from the calm Chen Gong.

"In order to prevent the thief generals from learning about the loss of Lu County, Bao immediately sent someone to set fire to the city. Then he met Yu Jin's troops and quickly retreated to Chiping and then made a long-term plan!"

Chen Gong, who was already full of joy, pointed out the direction for Bao Xin slowly.

"I didn't expect that a bandit under the command of the rebel Tao Ying could also surprise Chen!"

It was a matter of time before Lu County fell. Chen Gong did not expect it to come so quickly, which saved him a lot of effort.

"Brother Zhong, take people everywhere to set fire!"

Bao Xin, who had no other way out, thought for a little while and adopted Chen Gong's strategy to buy time for his safe evacuation.

...

"I am ashamed of the people of Chi County and the trust of the lord!"

Looking at the ruins in front of you, Yu Zi was kneeling on his knees and burst into tears. His fists kept smashing the land under his knees, and endless regret arose in his heart.

"I would rather die in battle!"

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Yanzhou. Dongping Kingdom. Snake Hill.

Twenty miles outside the suburbs of Snake Hill, a large army of 20,000 people was like a long dragon, winding along the Snake Valley. Their destination was Juping, a county in Taishan County, twenty miles away.

This team of troops was a coalition forces against Tao Shiqiu with Liu Bin as the front, Li Zan, the prime minister of Dongping, and Qiao Mao, the prefect of Dongjun, as the back.

"Xilulu..."

The somewhat restless Qiao Mao tied the reins of the horse, stopped the horse's road, looked back at the follow-up people and horses that had already moved halfway, and looked up at the sky.

In the evening sky, the clouds were dyed with the afterglow into a gorgeous fiery red, like a cluster of burning flames.

"General, Li Xiang of the Central Army urged our troops to quickly enter the valley, and the front army was already burying the pot to make rice!"

Qiao Mao was looking at the burning clouds in the sky and thoughts were interrupted by the deputy general.

"Okay, order the follow-up to speed up..."

Halfway through his words, Qiao Mao suddenly stopped, and his thoughtful eyes looked back at the western sky.

At this moment, the clouds became even redder, as if the whole sky was burning, making Qiao Mao feel palpitations.

"Immediately order the follow-up personnel to suspend entering the valley and bury the pot to make rice on the spot!"

The deputy general was stunned. The large group of troops had entered the valley. At present, there were less than 3,000 people in the Dongjun who had not entered the valley. The stove was all in the central army, so they stayed outside the valley and had no food to eat.

"This, general..."

"Boom..."

The deputy general was about to persuade Qiao Mao to speed up into the valley when suddenly a rumbling thunder came, followed by a swaying mountain.

"Not good, there is an ambush!"

"Quick out of the valley..."

Qiao Mao, who had a pale face, shouted and then stopped abruptly.

Just in the few breaths of rumbling, the road to the valley was sealed by the big rocks rolling down the mountains on both sides.

"It's over!"

It seems that in order to confirm Qiao Mao’s prediction, the moment the rolling stone fell, the panicked coalition forces in the rolling smoke and dust had not yet come back to their senses, and there had been rain of arrows on both sides of the valley, and arrows with fire.

"Swish swish swish swish..."

"Huhuhuhu..."

"Crack..."

In the spring valley, with dead branches everywhere. As soon as the rocket with tinder oil landed, a raging fire ignited. With the wind passing through the valley, the fire instantly became a prairie fire.

"Ah..."

"Help me..."

"My eyes..."

"Ahem..."

Listening to the various shrill screams from the valley, the deputy general standing beside Qiao Mao suddenly widened his eyes, looking at the valley covered by fire and smoke with horror, almost unable to believe his eyes.

"Go away!"

Qiao Mao, who had woken up, walked towards the way he came. He didn't dare to stay at the entrance of the valley for a moment, nor did he think that someone would open the stones blocked at the entrance of the valley to save people. He just wanted to stay away from here quickly.

"Return to Dongjun!"

...

The Snake Valley, where the smoke has not yet ended, was filled with a choking smell of blood and a disgusting smell of burning corpses.

Maybe the night bird has returned to the forest, maybe the valley is too evil, and the smell of blood does not attract crows and eagles to eat. Except for the sound of rocks falling from time to time, the valley looks extremely quiet.

"It's a pity that I failed to achieve my full results and walked away from Qiaomao!"

Xi Zhicai, who tried his best to cover his mouth and nose, looked at the body of Liu Bin, the snake Qiu Ling and Li Zan, who had burned out of recognition, and shook his head with regret.

After two days of preparation, even Yan Liang did not disclose the ambush plan. As a result, Qiao Mao escaped, Xi Zhicai was somewhat unwilling to accept it.

"However, without Li Zan, it would be much easier for Yan Wenheng to conquer Dongping Kingdom!"

Only after suppressing Yan Liang's troops for two consecutive days could Xi Zhi see dissatisfaction in Yan Liang's face, but his purpose was to solve the two counties and countries once and for all.

Of course, Xi Zhicai also has the meaning of secretly competing with Chen Deng and Zhu Zhi.

Walking out of the Snake Valley with the embers burning after the fire, Xi Zhicai took advantage of the moonlight and torches to think about the next direction of his advancement.

"Nanpingyang!"
To be continued...