484 Capture the thief first and capture the king first
The capital city of Lin Xi Kingdom was devastated, with broken walls and ruins.
On the streets of the city, injured people with severed arms and legs were lying everywhere. Although every effort was made to treat them, the number of people who could survive was extremely low.
A child carrying a rake was leaning against the corner, munching moldy buns, waiting to go up to the city tower; an old woman was rolling up her sleeves and pushing stones towards the city wall as the few remaining defensive weapons; a broken arm was broken. The soldiers on the legs hold the weapons in their hands tightly and fight to the death when necessary...
This is war, it is always so ruthless.
Mo Jingxiao walked around the city, and the wailing sounds from all over the place touched his already numb nerves.
"How many people are left in the city?"
"About a hundred thousand people, they are basically old, weak, sick and disabled." Murong Xuan looked bad when he said this. The desperate resistance during this period had basically exhausted the young and middle-aged troops in the city, and Lin Xiguo had already become a mere charlatan.
But this time, the troops their master brought over were the troops brought by Shen Jingzhi into Xizhou, only ten thousand people.
It is a fantasy to think about how ten thousand people plus some old, weak, sick and disabled could deal with Mugher's army of 200,000 people.
"The bodies of the soldiers must be disposed of so that the remaining people are not infected with the disease," Mo Jingxiao ordered.
Murong Xuan nodded: "Don't worry, I have dealt with everything."
"There is still some food in the army I brought. You will take some people to bring some in later so that these people can have a full meal." Mo Jingxiao's eyes fell on the young man eating the steamed buns again.
He took a big bite of the steamed bun, chewed it expressionlessly, and swallowed it expressionlessly. He stared at Mo Jingxiao. He couldn't tell what his expression was, but it made people feel a murderous aura.
At such a young age, he had to rush forward to kill the enemy in order to defend his homeland. I wonder if his hands would shake when he killed someone for the first time?
Azuna next to him felt uncomfortable watching this scene. It was because of their incompetence that their people also suffered.
Mo Jingxiao stretched out his hand and asked the shadow guard behind him to take off his saber and handed it to the young boy's hand: "Take it."
The young man stared at Mo Jingxiao for a while. When he saw Ah Zhuna nodded, he reached out and took the knife, holding it in his arms like a treasure, for fear that someone would snatch it away.
Mo Jingxiao patted his shoulder, stood up and left without saying a word.
Everyone also quickly followed.
"Master, take the army's food and distribute it to the people in the city. What will the army eat?"
Murong Xuan had to consider such a practical problem, because there were only 10,000 troops in total, but there were hundreds of thousands of people. Moreover, this team had been brought to Xizhou for some time, and the food and grass they brought could not last long. If it is distributed to the people this time, wouldn't it mean that it will cut off the army's retreat?
Mo Jingxiao had no expression on his face and said as he walked: "Let's divide the huge forest. Digging wild vegetables and eating tree bark, catching wild animals and picking wild fruits will not starve them to death. What's more, they won't stay here long."
"Are you leaving?" Arjuna suddenly raised her voice when she heard this. After asking, she saw the people around her looking towards them, all with nervous expressions on their faces.
"I'm sorry, my reaction was a bit...excessive." Arjuna apologized quickly, with a disappointed look on his face.
That's right, this is not their problem in Daye, why should they go to all the trouble to help them?
What's more, if the Emperor of Daye wants to marry Miss Ning San to King Ying of the Eastern Qi Dynasty, Prince Ding will definitely have to rush back.
Now only the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled are left in Lin Xi Country, and they will just linger on for the next few days...
When Murong Xuan saw her with her head lowered and thinking alone, he immediately stretched out his hand and gave her a blow, and said with a thoughtful smile: "Where are you thinking? What I mean is to fight quickly and resolve the battle as soon as possible.
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"As soon as possible?" Azuna immediately raised his head and looked at Murong Xuan, somewhat disbelieving, "Let the ten thousand people fight against the two hundred thousand troops?"
"That's not realistic." Murong Xuan shook his head, "The best way is to capture the thief first and capture the king first."
Azhu repeated it repeatedly: "To capture the thief, capture the king first..."
"There are eighteen warriors around King Naia, all of whom are very skilled. I brought ten shadow guards over, one person to deal with one, and eight to me alone. They attacked his camp directly, captured King Naia, and forced him to
Retreat!" Murong Xuan said at the end, he folded his hands and clapped them loudly.
Azuna was a little confused: "Didn't you just say that King Ding could kill her? Then why didn't you kill the witch then?"
"Killing her and capturing her have different results." Murong Xuan patiently explained to her, "To kill her, the first thing several commanders of the Mugher tribe must do in order to compete for power and win the hearts of the people is
We will attack Lin Xiguo and the people brought by him to avenge King Iya. If we capture her, we can threaten her to order the Mugher tribe to retreat."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw several shadow guards looking at him and Arjuna, smiling maliciously.
"Haha, Saint Azuna won't chase our Mr. Murong and scold us?"
Azuna glared at them, biting her lower lip and saying nothing. Her face was painted black, and she didn't know if it was even red at all.
"Oh, when did Mr. Murong become so gentle?"
Murong Xuan raised the corners of his lips with a foxy smile, and glanced meaningfully at the group of them: "You can still be more gentle, do you want to try it?"
The shadow guards paused for a second, and then dispersed in a rush.
Mo Jingxiao and Murong Xuan found an empty private house next to the city tower, sat down and studied the deployment of Mugher's army, and discussed how to attack in order to break through the numerous defenses.
It has to be said that Iya is a very smart woman, otherwise she would not have become the first woman to dominate the Western Continent in ancient times. Her deployment of the army implies formations, and breaking in easily will only make people unable to return. And her
The military tent is in the eye of the formation. To get there, we have to go through countless obstacles.
"This formation..." Murong Xuan studied it carefully and frowned slightly, "Why is it like Qi Yunqian's usual method?"
"He has colluded with Xizhou." Mo Jingxiao said almost confidently.
Otherwise, with the degree of isolation in Xizhou, there would be no way that Mo Ye would know that Mo Ye wanted to marry Ning Yujin to Qi Yunqian.
Qi Yunqian deliberately asked Iya to tell him this news.
"He is really..." Murong Xuan shook his head and was speechless towards Qi Yunqian.
However, although Mo Ye's feelings for Ning Yujin were not made clear, everyone knew that he would not marry Qi Yunqian so easily, right?
unless……
Mo Jingxiao raised his head and looked at him, obviously thinking the same thing as him: "I have lost contact with Shengjing. If North Vietnam and Eastern Qi exert pressure with their troops at this time, the emperor will not be able to withstand it."
Murong Xuan nodded and suddenly loosened his clenched hands: "This matter is really troublesome."
"It's nothing to worry about." Mo Jingxiao leaned back, his eyebrows suddenly sharp, "He won't succeed."