Sometimes, living is indeed easier than dying.

No one knows what happened behind the huge golden chariot that represented the dignity and might of Qianxia Mountain on the day when Qianye Pass in Qianxia Mountain was breached by Wen Ren Cang Yue.

Because on this day, Hu Piyi survived, but some of his most loyal subordinates who knew what happened behind the chariot, as well as those spiritual priests who were originally exempt from the military's jurisdiction, were

Leaving in the dark, heading towards death.

People in the Yunqin Empire only heard bad news from the southern border every day.

Even the vast majority of people in the Yunqin court did not expect that Yunqin's defeat at the southern border would come so quickly and so completely.

After capturing Qianye Pass, an army of about 10,000 people, extremely exhausted after marching for days, quickly arrived at Qianye Pass.

Although under the command of Hu Piyi, the retreating Yunqin army changed its route and went around Jiaye Pass to avoid being completely surrounded by the Da Mang army, this exhausted Da Mang army after several days of forced marching,

Relying on the catapults in Qianye Pass and the remaining Falling Moon Crossbows and other powerful ordnance, under the command of Wenren Cang Yue, in the next few days, they blocked the 30,000 reinforcements from Yunqin and several troops from Qianxia Mountain.

They attacked from both sides and waited for the arrival of Da Mang's reinforcements.

The main army of Da Mang who was pursuing Hu Piyi only separated 30,000 troops to continue pursuing Hu Piyi. The remaining 40,000 troops all entered Qianye Pass according to the established route.

After the main army of Da Mang entered Qianye Pass, only three days later, Qianyu and Tongan Pass near Qianxia Qianye Pass were all defeated by Da Mang army.

On the day Qianye Pass was breached, Da Mang's 70,000-strong pursuit army was five days' journey from Qianxia Mountain.

Therefore, according to the expectations of most people in the Yunqin Court, Wenren Cangyue would have some time to recuperate, and it would take about ten days from that date to be able to gather and attack Qianxia Mountain.

But in just eight days, Da Mang's army had already broken through three passes in a row, and Da Mang's vanguard had already invaded the territory of Yunqin!

Hu Piyi led a total of more than 40,000 Yunqin troops back to Jiaye Pass in Qianxia Mountain, plus nearly 50,000 defenders from various departments in Qianxia Mountain. The rear of Qianxia Mountain, under the urgent mobilization of the Yunqin Empire,

Nearly 170,000 reinforcements have arrived at Qianxia Mountain.

At this time, the total number of Da Mang's troops at the three passes of Qianxia Mountain and close to Qianxia Mountain was only about 150,000.

Naturally, the people of the Yunqin Empire could not think so thoroughly. They understood that there was a time lag in the arrival of these reinforcements, and the advancing speed of Damang's army far exceeded the Yunqin military's estimate. They did not understand that at this time, even if

Gu Yunjing, the other most powerful general in the empire, was unable to avoid being invaded by Da Mang's army into Yunqin territory.

All they knew was that under the command of Hu Piyi, the more than 400,000 Yunqin troops who were in front of them for the southern expedition were beaten to the point where only so many people came back.

All they knew was that despite the arrival of so many reinforcements, the Da Mang army actually broke through Qianxia Mountain.

After being invaded by the enemy's army, residents of some towns began to flee and become homeless. This has never happened before since the founding of Yunqin, and almost all the people of Yunqin have never thought about it!

The people of Yunqin began to panic and became extremely angry. They demanded that Hu Piyi be removed from his position as commander-in-chief and that Hu Piyi be punished.

…

Lin Xi crouched motionless in a patch of grass that was not high.

He was wearing a green robe and a rough grass blanket randomly made of some long grass, but it was a grass blanket with excellent concealment effect.

Not far in front of him was a large area of ​​charred ruins.

On the map of Yunqin, this place was originally called Xiaguang Town. Here, not only can you see the gorgeous sunset on Qianxia Mountain in the distance, but you can also drink a bowl of it and your face will turn redder than the sunset.

, and also bright Cabernet Sauvignon wine.

There used to be many wine workshops here, and the surrounding fields were planted with a lot of sorghum used for wine making. Usually this is a livelier town than Donggang Town and Yanlai Town. However, at this moment, it is just a charred ruin.

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Lin Xi knew that Wenren Cangyue would definitely attack Qianxia Mountain and drag Yunqin into the quagmire of war. If it weren't for what he did at Longshe Border, as long as it was delayed until this autumn and winter, Yunqin's situation would be even worse.

, however, he did not expect that Wenren Cangyue's army could break through Qianxia Mountain so quickly and guard the passes of Qianxia Mountain.

When he arrived at Qianxia Border Pass, Da Mang's army had already broken through three passes. Behind Qianxia Mountain, half of Nanling Province had become a battlefield.

In a forest in the distance, the howls of wild wolves echoed.

Without the need for a brass eagle eye, Lin Xi's eyes locked on a few moving gray spots in the forest six or seven miles away from him.

Originally, it was impossible to see traces of wild wolves in this kind of area. However, not long after the market town here was destroyed, as soon as the human traces disappeared, the wild wolves that originally appeared around the foot of Qianxia Mountain had already passed through.

After hundreds of miles, he appeared here.

Lin Xi's eyes did not stop at these wild wolves. His eyes continued to turn to the ruins of the market town.

At this moment, a large Mang cavalry army of more than 20 people was patrolling near the market town.

The horses of this Da Mang cavalry were all wrapped in cotton cloth. Lin Xi had been with this cavalry for two days, so he was sure that this cavalry must be a certain Da Mang cavalry that had entered Nanling Province.

Army reconnaissance force.

Xu Qiubai's whereabouts are extremely secretive. According to some information previously collected by Zhantai Qiantang, Xu Qiubai is wandering around at will like a lone wolf, but he is not instructed by anyone to carry out assassinations again and again.

In other words, his mission was to assassinate Yun Qin's generals as much as possible. As for when and where he could carry out the assassination, there was no restriction at all.

Under such circumstances, even the entire Yunqin military could not trace the specific whereabouts of Xu Qiubai. It was even more impossible for Lin Xi to find out that Xu Qiubai was participating in the battle among the entire Biluo frontier army.

The whereabouts of the most powerful archers.

However, when she decided to come to Qianxia Border Pass, Lin Xi had already figured out some of Vice Dean Xia's intentions and what she was going to do.

Xu Qiubai was constantly assassinating Yun Qin generals.

He then decided, like Xu Qiubai, to continuously assassinate Da Mang's generals.

This is a kind of practice for him, and he can be sure that Xu Qiubai will definitely notice his existence. In this way, Xu Qiubai may be able to take the initiative to appear in front of him.

…

Lin Xi looked at the large and reckless scout army calmly and patiently.

During the past two days of tracking, he had already observed some of the habits of this scout army.

However, the behavior of this reconnaissance force in recent days is very different from usual. Not only does it move very slowly, but it also stays in the same area for too long.

Various signs allowed him to judge that there would be a Da Mang army that would pass through here and return to the Qianxia Mountains following some secret marks left by this reconnaissance army.

So when the reconnaissance army left this scorched town and headed towards the Qianxia Mountains, he did not follow the reconnaissance army again. Instead, he moved slowly and entered a road covered with weeds and some

In a waterlogged ditch.

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(I didn’t have time to write today, so I stayed up late at night to write these two chapters. This chapter has a slightly shorter word count, and there will be another explosion tomorrow)
Chapter completed!