When the sky was getting brighter, the battle began to draw to a close.
After all, the opponent was not the army of the ancient tribe, so it couldn't survive a large number of casualties without collapsing.
Being able to persist overnight, it can be said that Xie Kun has successfully brainwashed, and is close to the level of pyramid schemes.
You must know that after this night, according to the observation of the Captain's Mansion, at most half of them left the city.
In other words, half of the people died in the chaos of the night.
In ancient times, 30% of the casualties have not yet collapsed, and it is already a strong army among the strong.
But against the ancient race, there were basically only deaths and no injuries.
To be able to persist until 50% of the battle was dead before retreating, it can be seen that these miscellaneous soldiers combined with the city defenders and the new army really believed that the ancients would slaughter the city, so they fought to the death and never retreated.
However, soldiers are still soldiers.
After paying huge casualties and finding that his opponent was still untouchable, he finally backed off.
In the early morning, the entire city of Xue Yang was full of blood, and the streets where several battles took place were covered with blood and all kinds of stumps.
The people in the whole city stayed in fear at home all night, and the worst thing finally happened, the ancient clan occupied Xueyang City.
A woman looked at the sleeping child lying in her arms with tears on her face, with a struggling look on her face, and the bone knife in her hand aimed at the child's vest...
"Death at the hands of barbarians, let's go like this! At least there will be no pain, no fear!" The woman murmured to herself with tears.
"Those who follow will prosper, those who rebel will perish. Those who obey will live, and those who resist will die! Ordinary people, keep their own place, and naturally nothing will happen. It is strictly forbidden to hide rebels and weapons. If anyone dares to hide rebels or intends to rebel, kill everyone." Forgive me! If anyone finds out, they can report it to the Guard Duwei's Mansion and reward him with a hundred taels of silver."
Just then a loud voice sounded in the street.
"What?" The woman was stunned, the bone knife in her hand shook, and immediately cut the child's back. The child who felt the pain in the back immediately woke up and cried loudly.
"Those who obey will prosper, those who disobey will perish. Those who obey will live, and those who resist will die! Ordinary people, keep their own law and order, and naturally nothing will happen..."
"Clang!"
The bone knife fell to the ground, and the woman immediately rushed out of the room with the child in her arms, only to find two blood-stained men wearing long knives walking down the street and shouting.
what a barbarian...
The woman immediately fell to the ground holding the child and weeping bitterly.
After a long time, the woman checked the child's back, and when she saw the shallow wound, she felt terrified. If the voice came later, the consequences would be disastrous.
Hope is really what they say... This is her only courage to live...
Not only her, but the civilians in the city heard such shouts, and a wave of hope suddenly rose.
After being indoctrinated by Xie Kun for a month that the barbarians would not leave anyone alive, when the barbarians really captured Xueyang City, everyone was in despair. However, when everyone was desperate, there was suddenly such news that could give everyone a glimmer of hope.
Everyone is like a drowning person, clinging tightly to that straw and putting all their hopes on it.
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"Your Majesty!" Ren Baqian greeted the Empress in front of the gate of the City Lord's Mansion.
"Hmph!" The empress snorted coldly and left, she didn't give him a good face, but made him startled.
"Hmph!" Qingyuan and Hongluan also snorted coldly, and followed the empress past him.
"My lord, the street we came to just now stinks... We came here after a long detour." A guard said to Ren Baqian with a strange expression.
No need to think about who made that smell.
Now it's like a ghost town, and even the people have gone to other people's homes to take refuge.
Ren Baqian took out a handful of big white rabbits and stuffed them to the bewildered guards.
Last night was too chaotic, my mind was full of things, but I forgot about those skunk bombs.
"Your Majesty has worked hard all the way, should we find a room to rest for a while, or first understand the battle situation last night?" Ren Baqian trotted all the way behind the empress and said earnestly.
"Is your majesty hungry? Would you like me to cook some porridge for your majesty? How about preserved egg and lean meat porridge?"
"Do you have preserved eggs?" The empress looked over coldly.
"There are no preserved eggs, but there are still eggs... How about some lean meat porridge with eggs?" Ren Baqian laughed, and was shot on the wall by the empress.
Seeing that Ren Baqian turned into a dog's leg in an instant, everyone consciously turned their faces away.
After a while, the empress finally put aside the fact that she was recruited just now. "When I just came here, I heard someone calling Shunzhechang... What are you doing?"
Ren Baqian also said sternly: "For more than a month, Xie Kun has been instilling in the people here information about the cruelty of the ancients, leaving no one alive, massacring the city, etc. Now that Xueyang City has been brought down, the people in the city are panicked. Letting people shout can also ease the panic of the people."
"I really don't want to keep alive." The empress said lightly.
"But they are all His Majesty's people, the ancients are, and so are these people." Ren Baqian rolled up his sleeves and prepared to reshape the three views for the empress.
"You want to fight with me?" The empress squinted at him. Are you rolling up your sleeves with me
"When I see Your Majesty, my heart gets hot, and when my heart gets hot, my blood gets hot, and when my blood gets hot, my whole body gets hot!"
"Forget it, the civilians here are also my people. I know those words. My ears are tired from listening to you. I will give them a chance, and you can make them honest. But the rebels, all of them You can't stay." The empress waved her hand.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will not make any mistakes in my work." Ren Baqian said with a smile.
After Xi Wanya heard that the Empress had arrived, she rushed over and reported the casualties.
The casualties last night were not too big, the Southern Protectorate had about a thousand casualties, while the flying cavalry had only twenty or so casualties.
Half of these people can return to the team after recuperating from their injuries.
The opponent's casualties are roughly estimated to exceed 50,000.
After all, it was dark night, and they were fighting in the streets of the city. The strong personal strength of the ancient people had a great advantage, and they were facing some miscellaneous soldiers who had nothing but arrogance.
After Xi Wanya reported the situation, he looked at Ren Baqian and said, "Master Ren, I have sent someone to transport grain to the granary."
Ren Baqian nodded, although the granary is now occupied by the people from the Captain's Mansion, but the ancient army is going to transport the grain, and these people really dare not stop them.
But just in case, let the guard go to inform.
Afterwards, Ren Baqian gathered the people from the Captain's Mansion and ordered to develop some warriors in the city first.
The lowest level in the Captain's Mansion is Tiqi, and Lishi is even lower than Tiqi. To sum it up in one word, it is a temporary worker, a reserve.
However, in Ren Baqian's mind, this kind of warrior is the most in demand and extremely important.
Only by spreading them in every city and penetrating their tentacles into every row and every corner, can the Captain's Mansion learn about any trouble in any place through them.
They are the eyes and ears of the Captain's Mansion.
Everything they saw and heard would eventually be passed on to the Captain's Mansion, and then handed over to Ren Baqian after sorting it out.
This is what Ren Baqian values most.