The scene in front of me was something that even the old shopkeeper could not imagine.

In his opinion, if the city is defeated today, he will have to leave with Qingyu, regardless of Zhou's soldiers.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Hei and Qing Yu prepared countless traps for the enemy in the wilderness.

And Qingyu still murmured to herself: "Seeing him building a tall building... seeing his building collapse!"

Xiao Hei from the City Lord's Mansion shook his head and said in a solemn voice: "Don't you still want the other party to leave with the remaining siege tanks?"

With a word that woke up the dreamer, Qingyu no longer paid attention to the old shopkeeper beside him, but looked at the city lord Chen Wendao beside him and said: "All the heavy slaves, three rounds of volley!"

Chen Wendao was startled, and then issued an order to the messenger beside him.

At this time, Huangfu Wuque, the vanguard general, had already led his army to the moat in front of Dingzhou City.

Looking back at the horses and soldiers who fell into the trap behind him, as well as the countless chariots entering the city, he looked up to the sky and shouted wildly: "How dare you play tricks on me!"

Just when he was about to issue the order to attack the city, the camp in the distance blew the retreat horn.

It was General Gao Hu who saw something bad and ordered the army to blow the horn to retreat.

Just because he lost the first battle, it didn't mean that he would fight the opponent desperately now. That was something only a fool would do.

At the moment when Huangfu Wuque led the army to retreat, war drums rang out from the top of Dingzhou City, followed by a rain of arrows flying towards the Northern Qi army in the wasteland.

According to Qingyu's order, all the heavy slaves wrapped in kerosene and lit were not aimed at the soldiers of the Northern Qi Dynasty, but at the siege chariots that had not yet fallen.

And the chariot that fell into a deep pit.

In this battle, Qingyu and Xiaohei's plan is to destroy the enemy's siege tanks.

The vanguard sent by Northern Qi was unable to collapse these large pits. These pits were prepared for these heavy chariots.

The heavy slave can shoot much farther than the bow and arrow, almost covering the area within 200 feet outside Dingzhou City!

At the moment when the vanguard general Huangfu Wuque led his army to retreat, the battlefield was ignited by Zhou's rockets!

The tall siege chariots instantly became targets for heavy soldiers, but before the blink of an eye, the army had no time to move these chariots away.

Because they have no way out, there are deep pits one after another behind them!

"Retreat! Retreat!"

As the vanguard general, Huangfu Wuque had no choice but to issue the order to retreat and no longer paid attention to these siege tanks that were lit by kerosene.

He knew that if it were any later, these rockets would hit the army!

Qingyu on the city wall looked at the Northern Qi army who turned around and ran away, and said coldly: "Don't stop, continue!"

This time, the cold heavy slaves and tens of thousands of iron arrows turned into a shower of arrows and flew towards the retreating Northern Qi army.

"Ah! Ah..."

Amidst the bursts of miserable cries, countless Northern Qi soldiers were struck by arrows.

Only the soldiers holding iron shields remained calm and protected the vanguard general and others as they slowly evacuated. After all, this was not the first time that the Northern Qi army was on the battlefield.

For example, if the attack fails, you will not panic too much when you evacuate the battlefield.

The old shopkeeper on the city wall looked at the blazing flames on the wasteland and the Northern Qi army retreating in an orderly manner, and couldn't help but sigh heavily.

I don't know if it was for the Northern Qi soldiers who fell in the trap, or for the Northern Qi army that could calmly evacuate even if they were defeated.

The arrow rain on Dingzhou City did not stop, and the Northern Qi army was quickly evacuating.

On the battlefield, the Northern Qi general who was hit by an iron arrow was screaming in agony as he was about to die, and the horse that had been hit by the arrow was screaming in agony at the last moment of his life.

Qingyu bit her lips tightly and said nothing. She knew that this battle seemed easy, but it took a lot of Xiao Hei's hard work.

Without the plan that Xiao Hei had set with her before, Dingzhou City today would have inevitably fallen to the siege chariots of the Northern Qi army.

This is a life and death battle.

The Queen placed her hopes on her, but fortunately, she was waiting for Xiao Hei who had returned from Northern Qi.

Until half an hour later.

The city lord Chen Wendao looked at the scene in front of him and couldn't help but ask: "General, do you want to send an army out of the city to chase him?"

Qingyu shook her head and said quietly: "No, let the army stop shooting and let the Northern Qi army clean the battlefield."

After speaking, he looked at the old shopkeeper and said, "Senior, let's go back to the city lord's mansion."

Giving the enemy time to clean up the battlefield is also what Xiao Hei taught Qing Yu.

He learned this principle from Nalan Yu outside Nanyun City in southern Xinjiang. Nalan Yu's teacher was his brother Li Xiuyuan.

General Gao Hu, who was in front of the Northern Qi camp, couldn't figure it out for a moment when he saw that the enemy had withdrawn its troops instead of sending a large army out of the city to pursue them.

Until Huangfu Wuque returned with his army.

The general said coldly: "Send a large army to clean up the battlefield and bring home our wounded and dead soldiers."

In this battle, the Northern Qi army fell into the plot of Dingzhou Anjun.

But at the last moment, the Northern Qi army was spared. Even Gao Hu, as a general, could not figure it out for a moment.

In the city lord's mansion, Xiao Hei withdrew his consciousness and couldn't help but laugh when he looked at the two sisters who stared at him.

Yan'er looked at her face stained with ink and smiled: "Sister, are you writing or do you want to dress up as a little cat?"

Qingqing was so obedient that she went outside the living room early to fetch a basin of water and brought it over to her brother for her sister to wash her face.

Yan'er looked at the little tabby cat in the water and couldn't help but giggle: "Yan'er looked at her brother in a daze and turned into a little tabby cat."

Qingqing touched her stomach and shouted, "Qingqing is hungry."

After coughing lightly, Xiao Hei smiled faintly and said, "Sister, after washing Yan'er's face, I'll go cook."

Before the three of them could bring the bowls, the old shopkeeper returned to the courtyard alone.

When Qingqing saw it, she quickly shouted: "Grandpa is here to eat, my brother has just made it."

Xiao Hei thought for a while and asked: "Where is Qingyu?"

"She wants to celebrate with the city lord and a bunch of generals, and won't come back to eat." The old shopkeeper smiled lightly: "I didn't expect that the Northern Qi army withdrew before the battle started."

Xiao Hei shook his head and said coldly: "If you win a battle today, you should celebrate. What if you lose tomorrow?"

He fully understands the principle of extreme happiness leading to sadness.

I think back then, Nalanyu and others were almost killed by the monks of the Nanhai Army after they returned to Nanyun City to celebrate because of a victory in the battle.

If it hadn't been for the unfaithful tactics of my brother and the old monk, I'm afraid the whole southern Xinjiang would have changed after that night.

However, it seems that it is not his turn to worry about Dingzhou City right now...

He only needs to take care of the safety of his two sisters. If he can help Qingyu, he has already done so. He will have to wait until summer at most before returning to the imperial city.

It is estimated that my brother will have returned from the desert by then. The generals of the Zhou Dynasty are not responsible for the war in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

The old shopkeeper didn't expect Xiao Hei to see so clearly and think so delicately and calmly.

I couldn't help but think of how similar the wars of those years were to the present in the prehistoric world?

It's just that he is the same as Xiao Hei. As long as nothing happens to Xiao Hei and the two little guys, he doesn't bother to ask Da Zhou too much about the war.

Thinking of this, the old shopkeeper picked up the wine glass on the table and smiled: "It seems that you want to go back to the imperial city?"

I don't know why, but Xiao Hei replied: "Let's talk about it in early summer."

While serving dishes to Yan'er and Qingqing, Xiao Hei was thinking about the trivial matters after returning to the imperial city. In his opinion, he could not have a close relationship with the Queen.

Who knows how long the war between Dazhou and Northern Qi will last?

Who will kill whom in the end?

"When we return to the imperial city, I will have to let my brother make up his mind on many things."

Xiao Hei made up his mind, looked at the old shopkeeper and said, "I just came to this world to watch the excitement."

An unintentional remark, but it aroused the old shopkeeper's thoughts. Why didn't he come to this world to see the excitement?

As long as the three people in front of him are safe, why should he meddle in other people's business?

When we arrived at the Imperial City, Li Xiuyuan was naturally there to worry about it.

That night, the army in Dingzhou City won the first battle, and the whole army celebrated.

The military camp was full of laughter and drinking. When Qingyu returned to the small courtyard, Xiaohei had already arranged for the two little ones to rest.

But the lights in the Northern Qi camp were still brightly lit.

As a general, Gao Hu looked at Huangfu Wuque in front of him. The two of them, followed by several generals, were counting the casualties in today's battle.

As expected by the general, all the siege chariots were destroyed in the wasteland outside Dingzhou City.

Fortunately, there were about 5,000 dead and wounded soldiers, and 3,000 of them were injured. They could continue to fight as long as they rested for a month.

This is good news for the Northern Qi army.

Huangfu Wuque frowned and asked, "General, should we wait for assistance from the imperial city, or should we continue to attack the city?"

Gao Hu replied coldly: "Write a battle report overnight and send it back to the imperial city tomorrow. We will continue to attack the city early tomorrow morning. We can't let them be complacent."
To be continued...