She bent over in pain, and the smile on her face froze.
Xu Fei exerted a little force, and the tip of the sword slid out of her body.
Blood stained the ground, splashed on the boxes, stained her dress, and stung the eyes of the onlookers.
Xu Fei said coldly, "Let's go —"
A woman who did not understand the situation would only be a burden.
Since she could not bear to part with these things, then let her bring them to the Yellow Springs.
Xu Fei was not a broad-minded person.
He did not plan to take this concubine away, but she would be humiliated in the city, and sooner or later she would die.
It was better to die now, and leave everything clean.
"Whoever is reluctant to part with her can also stay behind to accompany her."
Once he said this, how would those women dare to court death?
Witnessing their mother being killed, the two bastards cried out in fear, and one by one asked for their mother.
They cried with all their might, and the ear-piercing sound pierced everyone's eardrums.
Usually, Xu Fei would have comforted them, but now he looked at them coldly, and his brows furrowed impatiently.
To prevent Xu Fei from losing control of his emotions and doing something shocking, the main wife spoke up in time.
"Master, it's getting late."
After Xu Fei heard this, he walked out of the hall with a gloomy face.
There were five plain carriages outside the residence. Four were used to carry people, and one was used to carry rice, dry food, and luggage.
Xu Fei did not have many wives and concubines, but they were not few either. Just the children alone could take up a carriage.
When everything was ready, the sky was still dark, like the ink in the inkstone that could not be melted.
Everyone squeezed into the narrow carriage, and everyone's expression was not good.
Before he could sit down, he heard the sound of hurried footsteps coming from outside, followed by a breathless report.
"Report — the enemy has launched a sneak attack, one of the city gates has been captured, please leave quickly, my lord —"
Xu Fei's face turned pale, and the women panicked, tears welling up in their eyes.
The children cried loudly, and their cries made people's heads hurt.
Xu Fei's eldest daughter nestled in her mother's arms, stubbornly pursing her lips, and her bright eyes were filled with panic.
The main wife felt her daughter trembling, and comforted her gently.
"Don't worry — Mother is here!"
Although she said that, her palms were sweating and her heart was beating like a drum.
In a sense, women in troubled times were inferior to livestock.
The first wife didn't dare to think about it. If it was necessary, would Xu Fei abandon them?
Probably … right?
She thought blankly.
The wheels of the cart rolled forward. The sky outside was still pitch-black, just like everyone's situation at the moment. There was no hope at all.
The battle cries were left behind by the carriage. Only the sound of rolling wheels and clashing armor could be heard.
Xu Fei's eldest daughter plucked up her courage and lifted the curtain.
She saw that the horizon behind the carriage was dotted with orange dots, as if the sun was rising from the east.
Taking a closer look, it wasn't the sun at all. It was clearly a fiery light that soared into the sky!
Tongues of fire were wreaking havoc in Mountain Urn City, turning the familiar scenery into ashes.
"Mother —"
Her mouth and tongue were dry, and her beating heart seemed to be out of her control, making her feel an inexplicable fear and panic.
Under the protection of the guards, the caravan safely left the city.
Xu Fei didn't feel lucky because danger was everywhere. The enemy could catch up at any time.
The soldier who was searching for Xu Fei's whereabouts reported, "My lord, we've searched everywhere. He's not here."
Xu Pei asked, "He escaped?"
At this moment, someone under the tent said, "My lord, I don't think he's gone far. If we go after him now, we can still catch up."
Xu Pei's heart wavered.
Regarding this decision, he was against it.
It was true that he wanted to defeat Xu Fei, but he didn't hate him to the point where he had to take his life.
If he were to catch him now, how to deal with him would become a problem.
No matter how fiercely he and Xu Fei fought, they were still cousins. Rounding it up, they were blood brothers.
An elder brother killing a younger brother, how could it be heard?
Without waiting for Xu Pei to finish hesitating, someone added.
"My lord, letting a tiger return to the mountains will cause endless trouble in the future. Please reconsider."
Letting a tiger return to the mountains?
That's right!
If he let Xu Fei go, the other party wouldn't appreciate it.
Xu Pei became hot-headed and ordered, "Send people to chase after him. If he's alive, I want to see him. If he's dead, I want to see his corpse!"
By the time he realized what he had said, it was already too late to retract his words.
It wasn't that the officials wanted Xu Fei dead, but they thought themselves clever and thought that this was Xu Pei's true intentions.
The barbican city was destroyed, and the commoners in the city were in a state of panic. They packed their belongings and prepared to flee the chaos of war with their families.
In an instant, the situation became even more chaotic.
The water was murky, and naturally, there were many people who tried to fish in troubled waters.
How did these people fish in troubled waters?
The more despicable ones would steal money and hide it. The more despicable ones would kidnap women to be used as reserve soldiers in the brothel. They might even drag people to a deserted place and rape them. The most despicable ones would directly slaughter innocent commoners and use their heads as military contributions.
Of course, the ones who did these things might not necessarily be real soldiers.
Soldiers were also divided into different ranks. Most of the people who did these things were 'water soldiers'. However, they were tarnishing the reputation of the entire military camp.
During war, the various feudal vassals loved to brag about their military strength and brainlessly add water.
Between a 400,000 strong army and a million strong army, of course the latter sounded more impressive.
Let's take a chestnut —
If a feudal vassal had a million strong army, excluding the amount of bragging, there would only be 400,000 survivors.
This didn't mean that the military strength of the feudal vassal's camp was really 400,000!
There might only be 100,000 soldiers who could really be considered as soldiers in the feudal vassal's camp. These people had military status, enjoyed military benefits, and were promoted and had their salaries raised when they performed military functions. The military expenses of the feudal vassal were all used on them. Weapons and armor were also provided to them first.
Excluding these 100,000 people, what were the remaining 300,000?
The rest were 'water soldiers'. This was the same principle as pouring water into pork.
The water that was poured into the pork could not be eaten as meat, but it could increase the overall weight of the pork.
These 'water soldiers' were randomly recruited to act as human heads. There were many of them, but they didn't have much combat power. There were all sorts of people from all walks of life.
Many of them couldn't live any longer and sneaked in to eat.
If the wind was favorable, they would charge forward. If the wind was against them, they would turn around and flee.
For these people, the military camp's discipline couldn't restrain them at all.
Under the influence of war, their hostility was also the heaviest. It was extremely easy for them to do evil in an atmosphere of indulgence.
In the chaos of war, they did some bad things to fill their pockets. Who would tell on them?
What's more, they ran away after making a profit. Who would go to war to catch them?
Because of the existence of these people, the people of Shan Wu City were anxious and wanted to escape.
Not escape?
Stay where they were and wait for death?
"My lord, the pursuers have caught up …"
Because they couldn't find the whereabouts of Xu Fei and the others, they could only cast a wide net and send out several teams to search for them.
This also caused the number of enemies who found traces of Xu Fei and the others to be small. If they fought hard, they could still kill their way out.
After a fierce battle, the five carriages were scattered by the chaotic army.
When Xu Fei heard this news, his entire face turned green.
"My lord …"
Most of the guards were by Xu Fei's side, so they could still fight.
"Turn back!"
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