In Yunyang's army, the morale fell to the bottom for the first time.
It was already evening, and the siege Yunyang soldiers withdrew to the barracks, and the Yunyang Guards and Yunyang's senior generals also stayed behind closed doors. There was a desolate and depressing atmosphere in the barracks. Even if the number of casualties was not announced, everyone knew that today's siege battle must have suffered heavy losses.
Most importantly, the lord was injured.
During the day, Yunyang Guards and Yunyang's Keqing came out in full force, and for the first time there was a gap in the defense force around Lord Yunyang. At this moment, a mass of flaming objects bombarded the lord. Although some personal guards rushed over to save him, the large-scale explosion still involved the lord.
According to eyewitnesses, the lord had multiple burns on his body, and a deep wound was pierced by a copper plate on his chest, and he was carried to the rescue on the spot. Therefore, the siege battle had to come to an end temporarily, which was a good thing for the soldiers of Yunyang. After witnessing their companions being melted by the flames, they could not summon up the courage to attack the city again in a short time.
"Have you heard? The lord may be seriously injured..."
"Hush! Silence! Is this something we can discuss?!"
"But I have a friend who said that he saw the Lord Lord covered in blood..."
"Yes, yes, my father is an old friend with a doctor here, and the doctor also said that the lord's injury is very serious, and even if he recovers, the root cause of the disease will fall."
"Hey, what will Yunyang do in the future if something happens to the Lord Lord?"
"This... Isn't Master Shizi still here?"
"Who knows. I figured it out. No matter how many rewards you give, how many of those who rushed to the front today can come back alive? Those guys in Yuxi City are not human at all. They charged yesterday without fear of death. Today, this kind of fire that burns people to the bones, they, they are like demons from hell!"
"Now that I said it, I also remembered it. It seems that I just heard from the guests that none of the people who rushed to the city to trouble the city lord came back. Could it be that they all went to... hell?"
The soldiers in Yunyang shuddered uncontrollably, and stopped chatting at the same time.
Everyone was thinking about this possibility, and the more they thought about it, the more they felt panicked.
Inside the big tent, Lord Yunyang was covered with bandages, and his exposed eye was staring at a candle hanging above his head.
He could think with his feet that there must be rumors everywhere in the barracks, but he couldn't help it. The injury on Lord Yunyang's body was actually not serious. His bodyguards sacrificed their lives to save him and blocked most of the force of the explosion. His body was more burnt. The problem was that now he was covered in bandages, even if he appeared in front of soldiers and told them the truth about his injuries, not many people would choose to believe him.
This kind of rumor refutation is meaningless and will only aggravate the feeling of trying to cover up.
The senior generals of Yunyang surrounded the lord, not knowing what the gloomy lord was thinking. But their hearts are actually not nervous. The judgment of today's battle is basically made by Lord Yunyang himself. Jun is too cunning.
After a long time, Lord Yunyang said quietly:
"Send the order and let Karpath's 50,000 frontier troops be transferred back."
Yunyang's senior generals raised their heads one after another, with a bit of joy in their shock.
Karpass is one of Yunyang's veterans, about the same age as the Yunyang lord, but he is a bit rigid and out of gregarious. He is currently leading an army of 50,000 troops stationed in the east of Yunyang, and is racing to train his troops day and night, in preparation for attacking Tiancheng's territory in the future. The senior generals of Yunyang were shocked because Lord Yunyang's move was equivalent to giving up the fight for Tiancheng's territory and spitting out the fat in his mouth to deal with the troubles in front of him. This also meant that Lord Yunyang acquiesced that he would fight today's battle Lost and need reinforcements.
And they were delighted because the better Karpass performed in the Eastern Expedition, the greater the threat to them. If Karpass really captured a large area of the Tiancheng Territory, then in the future, in terms of the military's right to speak, these generals who followed Lord Yunyang would inevitably become weaker and weaker day by day.
Lord Yunyang glanced at the generals who followed him, and showed a sneer.
He knew what these people were thinking, and he also laughed at these people's short-sightedness.
He didn't know what was burning in his army today, and he didn't know what was blowing up beside him. But there is one thing he knows, that is, the people who use those things are not some well-known martial arts masters, nor some great magicians who look down on all beings, but just a group of unknown ordinary people.
This means that if Lid is given more time, Lid can arm more soldiers with that weapon, and each soldier will be equipped with a greater number and variety of weapons. In just two years, the disease of ringworm and scabies has become a serious problem. If it continues to drag on, Yunyang may really be over.
The lesser of two evils, even if Yunyang doesn't fight for Tiancheng's territory, and doesn't participate in the vicissitudes of the future, he still has to solve his own problems first. So Lord Yunyang will not retreat, he will continue to stay here, confronting Fang Shisan, while waiting for the arrival of reinforcements from the rear.
If 20,000 people are not enough, it will be 50,000 people.
If 50,000 people are not enough, there will be more. The scattered frontier troops in Yunyang still have more than a hundred thousand.
If it is not enough, recruit troops, and if it is not enough, go to other territories to borrow money—
Even with the advantage of numbers, he must bury Lide here.
However, what even Lord Yunyang didn't know was that Karpass, a feudal official who was similar in age to him, had an unpleasant past with his eldest son Liyi. That year, Karpass was still in the center, and his wife was belittled by someone when she was out on the street. Afterwards, Karpass sent someone to investigate and found out that the other party was Li Yi, the eldest son of Yunyang who went out to have fun.
That year, Li Yi was the most popular candidate for the heir, and he was the hottest young star in Lingyun City.
That year, Karpass wisely did not break out any conflicts with Li Yi, and silently left Lingyun City in the subsequent transfer, and went to the frontier to lead troops.
No one knew about this except for the two parties involved. Even the lord of Yunyang was kept in the dark, so he didn't do anything to conceal it, and asked the generals to release the news in order to boost the morale of his side. Otherwise, if Fang Shisan sent people to attack the camp, the soldiers in Yunyang might not even have the courage to resist.
In the middle of the night, the bonfires in the barracks flickered.
Li Yi, who had slept all afternoon, got up, stretched long, and walked out of the military tent. The people sent by Lord Yunyang wanted to stop them, but Li Yi kicked them to the ground one by one, and walked out ostentatiously under the pretext of inspection. Most of the soldiers had already fallen asleep, and Li Yi walked around the tent, only to see a few sentries talking with red faces:
"Have you heard? The Eastern Route Army is coming to support us."
"This time, Xiaxin City must be finished... 50,000 people can drown Xiaxin City with a mouthful of spit."
"I wish General Karpass would come soon..."
Li Yi listened silently, at first he felt that the last name was a bit familiar, after a little recollection, he suddenly woke up like a dream.
He remembered, that dark alley, the desperate cry of that woman, the laughter of those subordinates helping the evil, and the sound of flesh and flesh colliding. Someone found out about his house, and his people also reported the real identity of the woman, but at that time he didn't think it mattered.
The civil and military forces of the whole dynasty are on his side, so what kind of waves can a mere general make? The big deal is to just find a reason to kill him in the future.
After that, the name faded out of his sight for a while. But I didn't expect to hear it again, it would be at this time.
Li Yi's body trembled slightly.