Imperial County Magistrate

Chapter 230 Flames Burning the Mountain
"Thank you General Li for saving your life!"

He abandoned hundreds of Qi army corpses and fled in panic. The vanguard general was also hit by an arrow.

Even though Guan Chang was safe at the moment, he still had lingering fears and thanked Li Jingyuan who was standing beside him.

The latter shook his head and looked at the armor that Guan Chang had taken off with a stern expression.

Guan Chang was naked from the waist up, and there was an obvious dent in his heart and chest.

As for the armor he took off, the outer three layers of iron armor were completely shattered, the inner leather armor was torn, and the last layer of the goggles was deformed, embedded with an arrow with an almost invisible blade.

Looking at Li Jingyuan's eyes, Guan Chang also imagined his own armor and was frightened.

As a vanguard general, the armor he wore was naturally made of high quality, and ordinary arrows could not penetrate the outer armor at all.

However, the armor around his heart is now almost scrapped, which shows that the person who shot this arrow is definitely not an ordinary general.

That's why he thought it was Empress Xiao Linglong who was personally present when he blocked an arrow earlier.

Li Jingyuan frowned, used a knife to pick out the arrow embedded in the breast mirror, and exclaimed: "This arrow was shot from the top of a mountain nearly two hundred feet away from you and me, and it accurately hit your heart."

"The archer is definitely a master, at least a fourth-level martial artist!"

"I'm afraid it's more than that."

Guan Chang exhaled a breath of turbidity: "If I were a fourth-grade martial artist and poured my true energy into the arrow, I'm afraid this arrow would be able to shoot right through me."

Li Jingyuan was confused, and Guan Chang explained: "The opponent has such strength, but this arrow did not kill me. This shows a problem."

"The person who shot the arrow did not use true energy, but relied entirely on the strength of the bow to shoot this arrow?"

Li Jingyuan clicked his tongue: "Why does this master act like this?"

"There is only one answer."

Guan Chang's eyes were sinister: "That means he can't transport Qi now."

Li Jingyuan suddenly realized, nodded and said: "Indeed, there are not many people in this world who have such archery skills. Could it be that he is the commander-in-chief of the Tianyu Army of Qian Kingdom?"

The Tianyu Army of the Qian Kingdom is the most elite army of the Qian Kingdom, and every one of them is a marksman. When the Three Kingdoms destroyed Qian, the two of them had witnessed the killing power of the Tianyu Army.

"It doesn't look like it. If it were the commander-in-chief of the Tianyu Army, he wouldn't have used the first arrow to attract my attention, leaving the door wide open in front of me after I blocked the arrow."

"Although this person's archery skills are high, he is not as good as the commander of the Tianyu Army. I suspect he is the empress Xiao Linglong."

"It is indeed possible."

Li Jingyuan said sternly: "If it is Xiao Linglong, this will be troublesome. If the army cannot pass through Xiashan, it will not be able to invade Qianguo."

The empress Xiao Linglong was extremely powerful in battle. She fought against seven generals of the Three Kingdoms alone on the battlefield with one person and one sword.

Five were killed and two were injured. If Ye Hongxue hadn't taken action to repel them, the consequences would have been disastrous.

Even so, it shook a lot of morale.

It would be difficult if she were the one guarding Xia Shan.

Guan Chang spat out a mouthful of blood foam. The arrow caused him some internal injuries. He sneered and said, "So what if it's her. I had already thought about how to cross this gorge before I came here."

"Du Yu."

He called his lieutenant, and Du Yu hurriedly said: "General!"

"Inform the whole army to repair on the spot. After the third watch tonight, you will bring people to burn the mountain for me!"

"The last will obey!"

Li Jingyuan twitched the corner of his mouth and took a breath: "You are really a madman."

If such a large gorge mountain burns up, it will take ten days and a half months for the mountain fire to be extinguished.

Guan Chang chuckled: "It doesn't matter, just as we open roads across mountains and build bridges over rivers, and when our army sets off, your majesty has given instructions. If the Qian Kingdom dares to kill our Daqi royal family, they must be destroyed this time!"

Li Jingyuan smiled and said, "Then it's up to your army this time."

"Easy to say." The two laughed and decided to set the mountain on fire.

There is still a lot of time before the large forces of the two countries' coalition forces arrive.

They were already lightly armed pioneers, so they were not in a hurry.

night time.

The soldiers brought by Ye Hongxue ate dry food and looked at the darkening sky.

Ye Hongxue was worried and called the general: "Don't let your guard down at night, and you must not let them pass."

"Don't worry, General."

Until late at night, Ye Hongxue suddenly smelled an uneasy atmosphere. Just as he was about to say something, a general rushed over: "The general is in trouble! The spies are here to report that the enemy has set fire to the mountain!"

"Bastard!"

Ye Hongxue was immediately furious, and immediately came to a high place, where he saw flames soaring into the sky and thick smoke billowing in the distance. It was a darkness deeper than the night.

The sea of ​​fire is more like a wave of death advancing towards the surrounding area!

Even if it rains heavily now, it will never be able to extinguish the fire without rain for three days and three nights.

Even though she was far away, Ye Hongxue could feel the air around her heating up rapidly!
Who can stop the wildfires?
"Notify the entire army to retreat quickly!"

Ye Hongxue immediately gave the order to retreat. If it were later, it would be surrounded by wildfires, and no one would be able to escape.

The soldiers rushed to convey her order, and finally managed to evacuate to the rear before the fire approached.

Seeing the flames rising into the sky, Ye Hongxue sighed in his heart, feeling a little pity.

But there was no frustration.

This wildfire will burn for a long time, enough for the country to make arrangements to deal with the coalition forces of the two countries.

The fire in Xiashan was also noticed by Tongzhou. The state herdsman Zhang Zheng noticed it and immediately wrote a secret report and sent someone [-] miles to rush to the rear.

At the same time, the entire army was integrated to prepare to resist the enemy.

A fire burned for ten days and ten nights, and the originally lush mountain forest was now pitch black.

As soon as the mountain fire stopped, Li Jingyuan and Guan Chang immediately set off to pass through the gorge mountain as quickly as possible.

And set up camp directly around the gorge.

Tongzhou Prefecture Mu Zhang Zheng, who had been deployed for [-] miles, immediately dispatched troops and generals after learning the news, preparing to take advantage of the enemy's unstable foundation to attack and seize the territory around Xiashan.

With Xiashan as a support, Qian Guo may still be able to carry out defensive counterattacks to hold back the enemy.

But Guan Chang's fire made it impossible for Zhang Zheng to make arrangements before.

As soon as the mountain fire stopped, both sides immediately attacked to seize the location.

A large number of Qianguo soldiers rushed out of the camp and marched toward the mountain, and the two sides instantly fought.

The first battle ended in a draw with both sides suffering injuries.

After two days of fighting, Li Jingyuan and Li Jingyuan thought they had figured out Zhang Zheng's strength.

Ye Hongxue suddenly rushed out from their left with an army of [-] people.

With the addition of these 5 people, the coalition forces of the two countries, which were still evenly matched with the Qian Kingdom, were suddenly defeated.

Nearly 8000 people were killed or injured in the First World War.

Only then did Guan Chang and Li Jingyuan realize that the arrow that day was not shot by Empress Xiao Linglong at all, but by Jingguo General Ye Hongxue!
"Asshole! Damn Ye Hongxue, damn Jing Guo!"

Li Jingyuan was furious. His eight thousand cavalry were about to break through Qian Guo's battle formation, but Ye Hongxue came out and surrounded and annihilated him with 5 people.

Li Jingyuan immediately called a messenger and asked him to deliver a message to Marshal Horn who was coming from behind, informing him of Jingguo's aid to Qianguo.

(End of this chapter)