Under the sky

Chapter 218 High City and Deep Pool

Wu Qiushan is the head of the Divine Spear Sect, and he is absolutely unparalleled in his skills with guns. Although his name is not as loud as Double Dragon Zhao Zijing, Dragon-Zlaying Sword Fang toasting and Giant God Du Yinsong, he is still a highly relied upon master, otherwise he would not have appeared. Important place in Hanzhong.

As he raised his gun, he picked out a Qingcheng disciple from his horse. A ray of cold light struck him. The Wu Qiu shirt was spread out. He saw a young man on the horse wearing a thin iron armor and wielding a silver gun with a red tassel. He was 20 years younger and came closer.The two immediately clashed. Although this man's skills were not as strong as his own, his spear was as powerful as a swimming dragon. He could stab, hold, stab, wrap, and circle with incomparable skill. Wu Qiu Shan had been immersed in this art for 40 years, and he was still excited when he saw him making moves. shock.

After a few moves, the man saw that he couldn't win, so he rode away. Wu Qiushan was afraid of his exquisite marksmanship and was afraid that his opponent would use his carbine, so he lowered his body to catch up. When the man saw that his plan failed, he turned his horse and went to stab Wu Qiushan. How could Wu Qiu Shan let him get hold of the horses? He held them with his gun.The two spears entangled and circled, fighting with strength. Wu Qiushan prevailed and pushed the man's spear away. Then he circled the man's waist with the spear, entering it with his right waist, passing out from under his left waist, and stabbing the man's chest. "Shadows of Spears Dancing Under the Flowers" is performed in one go and is extremely exquisite.The man was lying on his back and suddenly turned to the side. Wu Qiushan thought he had fallen off his horse, and a cold light suddenly flew up from the ground.

It turned out that the man actually turned over the horse, went around the horse's belly, and poked the spear from under the horse's belly. This kind of weird marksmanship was really unprecedented. Wu Qiushan knew that he was out of reach, so he simply jumped on the back of the opponent's horse.The man rolled away and rolled several times on the ground. Wu Qiushan rode his horse forward, but the horse refused to obey. The man stood up, and Wu Qiushan hurriedly dismounted.

The opportunity was lost, the man was already stabbing with his spear, Wu Qiu Shi jumped back to avoid it, holding the handle of the gun with his left hand, and slapped the tail of the gun with his right hand, using the "Phoenix Nod" move, the spear suddenly shot out, but the tip of the spear was erratic. , covering the upper body of the opponent.The man opened the gallows and responded with the "Hundred Flowers Bloom" move, and the two silver guns immediately rolled into a ball.

After more than twenty moves, Wu Qiushan was very anxious. He was nicknamed the Silver Spear. After 20 years of fame, he could not hold down a young man on the tip of the spear.He hit his opponent's lower body and swept the silver spear along the ground. When he turned around, the tip of the spear pointed upwards, the horse twisted its waist, lifted up from the ground and stabbed backwards.This move of "Coiling Dragon Looking Back" is a variation of Shenqianmen's improved self-returning carbine. It concentrates the whole body's strength on one point, and uses lightning and stone fire. It is extremely powerful. Any opponent who tries to wrap, hold, stab, or collapse will definitely be penetrated. This is really cool. If you want to dodge, it depends on whether you can dodge or not.

The man suddenly pointed the tip of his spear upward and stabbed him with a spear. It was a death-defying attack to force him to withdraw.Wu Qiushan was overjoyed. Not only did he strike a moment faster, but the spear was thrust out with his 40 years of skill. It was as fast as lightning. By the time the opponent's spear reached his chest, he would have already pierced him through the heart.

Unexpectedly, halfway through the shooting, his right wrist suddenly felt cold. It turned out that the opponent was not aiming at his chest, but stabbing his wrist.His wrist was two feet closer to his chest. With just such a slight difference, his spear hit his opponent's chest, but it was delayed at all, and the force was not enough. The man fell to the ground with a groan, and the iron armor on his chest was pierced, and blood was pouring out. , then he got up again, struck the ground with his spear, and fired it. It was obvious that the injury was not serious.

However, Wu Qiushan's wrist was seriously injured, the blood was bleeding, and he was in severe pain. Seeing the opponent coming with a gun, he tried to defend himself against the enemy, but his wrist was weak, so he had to resist with all his strength.At this time, the strength was clear, Wu Qiushan was retreating steadily, and the disciples around him rushed to rescue him. Wu Qiushan was able to catch his breath, and when he looked up, he saw that the Qingcheng disciples were like a broken bamboo, and they kept coming, and the Huashan disciples were retreating. , Unable to retreat, Wu Qiushan shouted loudly and ordered all his disciples to step forward to resist.

Suddenly he saw three girls leading the Qingcheng disciples to charge forward, bravely taking the lead. He vaguely recognized one of them as the girl who wanted to kidnap the Third Young Master outside Tianshui City last year.She saw that her arrows were flawless, and her long sword was like a tornado, scattering the Huashan disciples. Wu Qiushan was deeply impressed by this girl's martial arts and did not dare to fight. He sent his disciples to stop her, but how could she stop her?
The battle lasted from Shenshi to dusk. Wu Qiushan blocked several attacks on Qingcheng, but bad news kept coming. First, Master Ji of the Xingtang Hall of the Shenqianmen died in the rebel army, and then he heard that the master of the Hall of Fame, Xu Yang, had been killed. After being defeated and fleeing, Hall Master Ma was killed by a famous girl.

His subordinates found horses for Wu Qiushan. He got on the horse and looked around, only to see the Huashan disciples defeated and fleeing. If they did not retreat, they would be annihilated, so he had to pay money to withdraw his troops and escape to Hanzhong City.

The difference in military strength between the two sides is not huge. Huashan still has some advantages in numbers, but this advantage does not determine victory or defeat.In the 90 years of Taiping, although the Nine Families never gave up training their disciples, there were few wars after all. Although this group of Huashan disciples experienced the Yinghu Water Battle, Qingcheng abandoned the battle at that time. They just chased and killed along the river, gaining the upper hand. , the Battle of Hanzhong was the first time they faced a large-scale battle, and they were frightened.

The disciples of Qingcheng once captured Jinzhou and were defeated on Yinghu Lake. They hid in the mountains for more than ten days, secretly suffering from hunger and cold. They experienced desperate situations and defeated Yan Lizhang's camp after the desperate situation. Their morale was high and they knew clearly what was going on. What are the consequences of not winning the war?

The three thousand Qingcheng disciples who survived this journey are the key to the success or failure of this battle.

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Yan Xuting was dizzy when he saw Huashan's defeat.He still faces a problem, should he open the city gate and rescue Wu Qiu Shan and his disciples?
Almost all the troops in Hanzhong City were defeated and fled. If the city gates were not opened, these disciples would have fled everywhere. There were only 500 people left in the city. Even if they could not hold on, it would be difficult to send reinforcements to Chang'an.But if the city gate is opened and Qingcheng disciples are afraid of flooding in, Hanzhong will fall immediately.

If you don't open it, it will fall. If you open it, today may be the day the city is destroyed.

He understood that he had failed, and all he needed to consider now was how to avoid failing even more miserably.

"Open the south gate!" Yan Xuting ordered, "Burn all the granaries!"

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Ji Shaoguang saw the city gate open and Wu Qiushan and other cavalrymen fled into the city. Other Huashan disciples were also looking for horses to escape. He also listened to Xie Gubai beating drums to send orders to attack the city. He found a horse among the rebels and ran towards the south gate. On the way Looking around, he saw Shen Weichen leading a group of disciples to cover up the defeated army, so he rode forward and met the defeated soldiers along the way. The judge's pen fell from the horse and his brain burst.

When Shen Weichen saw his master coming, he asked, "Master?"

Ji Shaoguang said: "I will go into the city first, and the eldest lady will come to the rear!" After saying that, he ignored Shen Weichen and rode forward.He knew that the first wave into the city was the most dangerous, and he was afraid that Shen Weichen would take risks, so he asked her to take the rear.

Although Shen Weichen is the sister of the head of the clan and Wei Shu is in charge, Ji Shaoguang is the general on the battlefield and has no choice but to obey orders.Ji Shaoguang followed up with the previous army and just entered Wengcheng. Arrows rained down from the archery tower. He waved the judge's pen to shoot down the flying arrows one by one, and led dozens of disciples to break into the inner city.

Wu Qiushan returned to the city and shouted loudly: "There is no retreat, hold the city gate and help the brothers!" The Huashan disciples guarded the city gate and Ji Shaoguang rushed out. He happened to meet Wu Qiushan. The two were in-laws. At this time, there was nothing to say. Judge Ji Shaoguang's pen hit Wu Qiu Shan, and Wu Qiu Shan raised his gun to fight.The two were familiar with each other and knew each other well. Wu Qiu Shan's martial arts skills were inferior to Ji Shao Guang's. Now that his right arm was injured, it was even harder to resist.After a few moves, Ji Shaoguang opened the silver gun with his right hand and hit Wu Qiu Shan with the judge's pen in his left hand. Wu Qiu Shan's ribs were broken and he spurted out a mouthful of blood and fell off his horse.

Ji Shaoguang jumped off his horse and was about to kill Wu Qiushan. Wu Qiushan shouted: "Brother-in-law, I treat Min sister well!"

Ji Shaoguang was moved by old feelings and did not want his sister to be widowed. He shouted loudly: "Get out of here!" He kicked him away and led the crowd to seize the city gate.

When Yan Xuting saw Qingcheng disciples gathered outside the city, he ordered the city gate to be closed, personally led his men to charge and kill them, and directed the defeated troops to guard the city gate.Ji Shaoguang failed to enter the conflict, almost all of his disciples died, and he was also wounded. Seeing that if the door was closed, he would be captured even if he did not die.

At this moment, dozens more riders broke into the city gate. Wei Xihou pierced one of his disciples with his spear and led his troops to kill him from left to right, preventing the city gate from closing.Yan Xuting saw that more and more Qingcheng disciples were pouring in, and the city gate was about to be lost. The disciples helped Wu Qiushan, who was seriously injured, to arrive. Wu Qiushan only said: "Young master... run away... run away..."

Yan Xuting nodded: "I know."

Suddenly a fire broke out in the city. Seeing the bright light of the fire, Wu Qiu Shan turned around and said in surprise: "Young Master burned down the granary?"

Yan Xuting nodded and immediately ordered: "Open the north gate!" He almost gritted his teeth and said this, "Abandon the city!"

Under Yan Xuting's instructions, the defeated Huashan disciples either entered from the south gate or exited from the north gate, or escaped individually, or abandoned their weapons and surrendered. Yan Xuting let his horses run wildly in the alleys, trying his best to delay, until late at night he led the defeated army to escape from Hanzhong.

Wei Xihou ordered to put out the fire and gather his troops and horses. The fire was extinguished until Zishi, and seven or eight of Hanzhong's grain stores were burned.

The disciples in Qingcheng burst into thunderous cheers, and their shouts lingered in the sky above Hanzhong for a long time.Ji Shaoguang looked around, as if in a dream. He thought that taking down Hanzhong was a fantasy, but now it has come true. He didn't know whether it was because of his old age or excessive blood loss from the wound, but he felt dizzy.

Gu Qingshang couldn't hide his excitement on his face, while Xia Lijun remained expressionless.

Ji Shaoguang went to see his sister and nephew and told him that his brother-in-law was not dead. Then he learned that his nephew was also on the battlefield. His life and death were unknown. Looking at his crying sister, he didn't know how to comfort him.

Zhu Menshang was finally able to take a good breath. He felt that tonight might be the only night in the past two months that he could sleep peacefully, so he went to find Wei Xihou. When he saw that his chest was injured, he asked about it.

Wei Xihou said: "Wu Qiushan is worthy of being the master of the Shenqian Sect, he has great skills."

Zhu Menshang examined him and said: "The injury is not serious, just two broken ribs. It doesn't matter."

Wei Xihou asked: "What's in the way?"

Zhu Menshang asked: "Drink."

Wei Xihou shrugged: "It won't hinder you."

Xie Gubai posted a list to calm the people, counted the wounded soldiers, gathered the horses, and obtained countless bows, arrows, leather armor and other equipment.Li Jingfeng led the crowd to lure the enemy. Shen Weichen was very worried. Xie Gubai said: "Yan Jiuling grabbed the Qingcheng disciples and asked if Hanzhong was attacked. He would not dare to pursue them deeply. We will wait until tomorrow."

"Does anyone remember me?" Miao Ziyi thought while wandering on the street.He was only good at water transportation and could not participate in military discussions. He was also disabled and could not use his strength to charge into battle. He usually followed the troops and stayed in the camp without doing anything.This time, no one paid attention to him after he followed the team into Hanzhong. He didn't know where he was going. He wanted to have a drink with Zhu Menshang, but his disciples said that Zhu Menshang had already left with Wei Xihou.

"I'm just a fucking Miao Ziyi that no one remembers." He thought to himself.

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The cavalry led by Yan Jiuling and Jiang Hao rushed back at noon the next day, and saw the battlefield in a mess, which was shocking.A Huashan disciple stood on the city wall and shouted: "Governor Yan is back! Come into the city quickly, I have something to discuss with you, Master!"

Yan Jiuling became suspicious and shouted: "What happened? Please ask Master Wu to come out to meet you first!"

The disciples on the city said: "Yesterday, when Qingcheng invaded, Master Wu was injured while killing the enemy. He is still recovering from his injuries!"

Yan Jiuling whispered to Jiang Hao: "It's a little weird. Send someone to the city to find out the details."

Jiang Hao sent twenty cavalry into the city, but he was captured alive just as he entered Wengcheng.Yan Jiuling saw a large number of cavalry pouring out of the city and knew that Hanzhong had fallen. He hurriedly led his troops around the city. He was chased for a while and then led the defeated troops to flee north.

Later, Xie Gubai held a military meeting at the Shenqian Gate. As soon as he entered the hall, he saw Gu Qingshang already waiting, looking at the marching map and thinking deeply.Xie Gubai walked straight to the opposite side of her, and Gu Qingshang noticed it and said with a smile, "Mr. Xie came just in time."

Xie Gubai said: "Miss Gu came very early."

Gu Qingshang said: "You are usually the first to come, so I deliberately went early today."

Xie Gubai smiled and said: "Does this mean you want to compete with Xie?"

Gu Qingshang said: "I have many questions. I couldn't find the opportunity before, Mr. Xie..." She pointed at the map and asked, "Did Yan Xuting make any mistakes in this battle?"

Xie Gubai looked at her and asked, "Miss Gu, do you want to learn the art of war?"

Gu Qingshang said: "They say it is extremely dangerous to go deep alone, but we still won. Hanzhong City is so strong, why did Yan Xuting lose it in two days? I want to know what mistakes he made so that he would not make the same mistake again."

"In many cases on the battlefield, there is no right or wrong, only success or failure depends on the hero." Xie Gubai said, "We can win with some luck."

"Lucky..." Gu Qingshang bit her lip and thought, "I learned nothing from these two words. I believe in luck, but I don't believe that everything depends on luck." She suddenly smiled and said: "Does Mr. Xie want to hide something? Are you willing to teach people how to fish?”

Xie Gubai smiled: "Girl, you have to ask more carefully."

Gu Qingshang asked: "If it were Mr. Xie, how would he defend Hanzhong City?"

Xie Gubai pointed at the map: "Wait until the enemy retreats to Micang Road before pursuing us. We are coming from the east and there is no food road, so we must be short of food. We will entangle the Qingcheng Army and trap it to death."

Gu Qingshang asked: "Is this okay?"

Xie Gubai said: "I don't know. If Qingcheng sends more than these 7000 people and uses [-] to lure the enemy, like this time Yan Jiuling went out to pursue the wounded soldiers led by Jingfeng, and the remaining people attacked the city, then they would not only If it is broken, the entire army will be annihilated.”

Gu Qingshang said: "Then send spies first to make sure there are no other Qingcheng disciples on the east road before pursuing?"

Xie Gubai said: "If you go back and forth and delay for a day or two, you will have to chase the enemy as far away as possible. How do you know that the enemy will not set up an ambush waiting for you in front?"

Gu Qingshang said in frustration: "In short, you don't know anything and can only guess?"

Xie Gubai said: "There are still things that can be done right. It is not wrong for Yan Xuting to go out to attack the city. This is a tough battle, but we won it. It is not wrong for him to open the city to take in the defeated soldiers. If he closes the city gate and calls for If the people defend the city together, they may be able to hold on for a few more days, but it may not help.”

"However, before the city was destroyed, he still made the right decision, which was to burn the granary. He knew that Hanzhong could not be defended, so he did not take any chances." Xie Gubai said, "If Hanzhong stores enough grain, Qingcheng can occupy the city And defend. Yan Xuting did not use the stability of Hanzhong City. With this powerful force of thousands of people and a lot of baggage in the city, if he could not defend, he would have a chance to confront the Huashan army led by Yan Feixi, which would not only strangle the grain road, but also defend the city. By forcing the Huashan troops deep into Ba County to death, we can also increase Huashan's losses. If we can hold Hanzhong and wait for Qingcheng to defeat Huashan and come to help, then all the south of Hanzhong will be under Qingcheng's control."

"Is there none now?" Gu Qingshang asked, "Although most of the food in the city has been burned, the remaining food is enough to last for a long time. We don't have to give up Hanzhong."

"It's not worth it." Xie Gubai said, "It's too difficult to keep these 7000 people. If the entire army is wiped out here, we will lose the advantage we finally gained."

What I just said is the best result, but it is obviously impossible. It is extremely risky to drag Huashan to death with this lone army.

Xie Gubai asked: "Miss Gu, do you have any other questions?"

Gu Qingshang saw Ji Shaoguang's figure outside the door and said, "There are so many questions that I want to ask. It's very tedious to ask them one by one. I will ask you slowly on the way. If you are tired, just say so. There is no need to hide it."

Xie Gubai said calmly: "Xie knows that you have to be more straightforward when dealing with girls to avoid getting beaten."

Gu Qingshang smiled and said, "Are you making fun of me?"

Before Xie Gubai could answer, Ji Shaoguang walked in and said hello. Soon after, Shen Weichen and Wei Xihou arrived one after another.

"Although we won, we are still in danger." Ji Shaoguang pointed to the march map, "We are in Hanzhong, Bazhong and Nanchong have fallen, and the Micang Road is full of enemies. We can hold on to the city and wait for good news from the south. Withdraw. The second plan is that we retreat to Tongzhou along the Jinzhou West Road - the road that Mr. Wei came from. Huashan has lost all its food and grass and cannot continue to fight. Nanchong has no choice but to withdraw its troops. We have already won, Ba It can be taken back."

"Master Yan will be here soon," Ji Shaoguang said. "The Young Master of the Yan family is not dead, and Yan Jiuling has not been captured. I guess he will pick up the defeated troops nearby and come back. Should we defend Hanzhong or retreat?"

Wei Xihou thought for a while and looked at Xie Gubai: "What did Mr. Xie say?"

"Abandon the city and leave tomorrow." Xie Gubai said, "Master Yan is bound to take back Hanzhong. He will use all his strength to attack the city and rescue the fallen Huashan troops, so that not even the south of Hanzhong is lost. Hanzhong City has everything We are the people of Huashan who cannot be of the same mind as Qingcheng, so it is difficult to defend the city. Although Mr. Yan burned the grain and grass, the remainder is enough to support us in taking back Bazhong. We must retreat as soon as possible and hold the rice warehouse road before Master Yan catches up."

"Or take the rice warehouse road?" Ji Shaoguang's face was solemn, "We have already won. Without Hanzhong to store grain, Huashan will not be able to fight for long without withdrawing troops. There are no enemy troops on Jinzhou West Road, so we can retreat safely."

"With Master Yan's character..." Xie Gubai said, "It's hard to guarantee that he won't use the entire sect's accumulation to attack Qingcheng."

"What if he is not as crazy as Mr. Ji?" Ji Shaoguang said, "The enemy must be surrounded. If you block the retreat from Huashan, he will definitely fight you to the death."

"If Master Yan is really desperate, most of the hard-earned victory will be in vain." Xie Gubai said, "The reason why this thousand-mile raid was possible is that Huashan did not expect it. How did Mr. Ji know whether Master Yan would also make us Unexpected?"

Ji Shaoguang was speechless for a moment, Wei Xihou was still relaxed, Shen Weichen frowned slightly, even Gu Qingshang, who was not proficient in the art of war, knew that the next road would be more dangerous.She pointed to the rice warehouse on the march map and said: "The road to the rice warehouse is narrow and difficult to walk, so we will hold on here. Yan Feixi's team that wants to rescue his son and the fallen Huashan must go south."

She then pointed to Bazhong: "Bazhong fell, and the Huashan garrison was here." Then she pointed to Nanchong further south, "The Huashan garrison who captured Nanchong found that the grain road was cut off, and they would retreat from the Micang Road. They had no food, and they would also Fight to the death to break through.”

This is a situation where two sides are trapped, and both are enemy forces struggling to survive.

Wei Xihou smiled and nodded: "Yes. Behind us is the pursuit of Master Yan, and in front is the Huashan army retreating under the command of Second Master Yan. This is a small road. We have to get stuck here and fight on both sides."

"How long will it take?" Gu Qingshang asked.

Wei Xihou said: "Not necessarily. If we can recapture Bazhong and defend it in danger, we can hold out as long as we can. It depends on whether Huashan surrenders first or we are annihilated first."

Xie Gubai said: "The most important thing now is food and grass. My sister, please escort the food and grass first. Bring as much food and grass, horses, bows and arrows as possible. If necessary, drive the Huashan prisoners to transport food. Go now and prepare as soon as possible."

Shen Weichen nodded and left. Xie Gubai asked Ji Shaoguang to count the wounded soldiers, arrange the retreat, and finally sent Gu Qingshang away.Only Wei Xihou was left in the meeting hall. Xie Gubai said: "Master Wei, please send someone to deliver a message from Jinzhou West Road to Tongzhou quickly to convey to the leader that we have captured Hanzhong and are about to retreat along Micang Road. , please pay attention to the trends in Huashan."

"Why didn't you say anything just now?" Wei Xihou looked at Xie Gubai, paced back and forth, stopped talking or taking orders, and after a while he looked at the marching map on the table.

Xie Gubai asked: "Master Wei, do you have any doubts?"

"According to the leader's character, if Huashan withdraws his troops, even if he pursues him, he won't be too fierce." Wei Xihou pointed to the map and said, "From north to south, Micang Road is the leader Yan, us, and Mr. Yan in the rear. , and Ya Ye in Guangyuan, we blocked the rice warehouse road to attack the enemy, and we were also attacked by the enemy. We are in a dangerous situation. The leader will be worried when he hears this news, especially Ya Ye. "

"When Mr. Ya hears the news, he will use all his strength to rescue the eldest lady and pursue the retreating army of Young Master Yan. Even if Huashan retreats into Micang Road, he will bite Young Master Yan's troops and not let them go. Until the eldest lady is rescued.”

"Why do I hear that Mr. Xie doesn't just want to win, but wants to force Master Ya to kill all the more than [-] Huashan disciples in Qingcheng?"

There was no movement on Xie Gubai's face, and he just said: "Young Master Wei is overly worried. It's just a message. Master Ya would have chased the defeated army in Huashan."

"No, I just want to say that I quite like this idea, except for using the eldest lady as bait." Wei Xihou said, "But I have to remind you that although the eldest lady is not good at military affairs, she and the leader are both He’s a smart guy.”

Xie Gubai smiled: "I've always known it."

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Before setting off, Shen Weichen informed Wei Xihou of the hiding place of Ma Qi and other horse bandits, and asked him to send people to meet them and return to Tongzhou together. After that, he led 2000 people to escort the grain, grass and baggage.Hanzhong had both mules and horses, and the marching speed was much faster than before.

She asked the Huashan prisoners who pursued Li Jingfeng with Yan Jiuling. Yan Jiuling encountered an ambush in Qingcheng last night and was originally repulsed, but he was eager for revenge, regrouped, rested for a night, and launched another assault the next day.If Xie Gubai wants to take Hanzhong, he must retain the main force. Most of the 2000 people led by Li Jingfeng are wounded soldiers. The two sides fought, and the Qingcheng disciples were defeated, with many casualties, and each hid in the mountains.Jiang Hao grabbed a Qingcheng disciple and asked. Only then did he know that Hanzhong was attacked. He didn't care about chasing the defeated army and hurriedly led his team back.

After that, they gradually met up with the Qingcheng disciples who had fled. When Shen Weichen asked about Shen Wang's news, they all said that Shen led the army to stay behind and didn't know the situation.Shen Weichen didn't catch up with the remaining soldiers until the second day. Although the team was injured and exhausted, it was still in order, and everyone was inspired by the Qingcheng flag.

Xia Lijun shouted loudly: "We won!" Qingcheng disciples cheered in unison.

Shen Weichen rode forward and saw a person wearing a mask and wrapping his wounds with coarse cloth as he walked out of the crowd and shouted: "Little sister!"

Shen Weichen smiled and waved.

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Gu Qingshang did not go with Shen Weichen, but stayed with the army so that he could ask Xie Gubai for help.Wei Xihou burned all the grain, grass and baggage that could not be taken away.

"They can't send a large army to pursue them until they have enough food and grass." Wei Xihou looked at the Qingcheng army behind him and said to Xie Gubai, "The closer we get to Qingcheng, the safer we will be, and the more difficult it will be for them."

"Huashan will continue to launch fierce attacks on us from now on." Xie Gubai said.

If the previous victory was a matter of luck and big gambles, the tough battle only begins now.

Wei Xihou said: "Every game is difficult, but we have an advantage."

Xie Gubai said: "Let's talk about it when we get to Qingcheng."

Wei Xihou turned back to look in the direction of Gu Qingshang, raised his eyebrows, and deliberately slowed down his horse's hooves.

(End of this chapter)