Ren Baqian sat at the top of the city wall and watched the militia excitedly pushing carts of rations back. There was also a large herd of cows and sheep.
Even though the ordinary soldiers of Great Xia ate rations, some practitioners still ate meat. Even though their appetites weren't as big as the aboriginals, they still ate quite a lot.
"What are the arrangements?" Ren Baqian tilted his head and asked.
"Distribute the rations to the commoners and bring the livestock with you," Li Qianqiu said. The commoners could still eat the rations, but if the soldiers ate them, they wouldn't have to do anything else and would have to eat from morning to night.
At noon, the soldiers of the Protectorate of the Center returned. All of them were so hungry that their faces were twitching.
The winged cavalry only returned in the afternoon. Dozens of kilometers to the north of the north barracks were covered with the corpses of Great Xia soldiers.
If they weren't so hungry, they would have chased them for another day.
It had been a month. They had been besieged for a month, and they could finally vent their anger.
Just as Ren Baqian had expected, the guards in the east barracks had slipped away in the morning. The soldiers in the city didn't go after them, so they took advantage of the situation.
"Get someone to bury them. Otherwise, it will be troublesome if a plague breaks out," Ren Baqian said. Li Qianqiu nodded. They understood this principle.
Along the way down from the city wall, Ren Baqian heard people asking, "Did they win?"
"The Great Xia army has escaped!"
"When are we going to attack them?"
…
Similar remarks were made. The aboriginal commoners were far more concerned about being besieged by Great Xia than about being defeated.
To these boorish people, being besieged by Great Xia for a month was a huge disgrace.
As for the casualties, the aboriginals didn't care much about it.
Or rather, everyone believed in the existence of the spirits of their ancestors and weren't that afraid of death.
Just like the believers of some religions on Earth, they weren't afraid of death. Instead, they believed that they would welcome a better home after death.
All of these showed that the aboriginals were extraordinarily ambitious.
The faces of the commoners in the city were filled with joy and hearty laughter. Their voices were much louder, especially when carts of grain were being transported into the city. The commoners, who were running out of grain, were very excited. Many people stuck their heads out of their homes to look.
As for other things, such as young girls throwing themselves at him to express their excitement when they saw him in his official robes, or celebrating joyfully, there were none.
Everyone did what they were supposed to do. When the soldiers returned to the barracks, they began to eat and then lay down to sleep. Some of the commoners helped to deal with the rations, while the rest of them hung their clothes and beat their children.
In the hearts of the commoners, it was just defeating an enemy. If you yell, it will be a joke.
"The children of the aboriginals are really tough …" Ren Baqian saw a woman carrying a seven or eight-year-old child by the neck and throwing him out of the courtyard.
"Go out and have fun. Don't cause trouble here!"
That child rolled on the ground, patted the dust off his body, bared his shiny front teeth at Ren Baqian, yelled, and ran away.
Was she his real mother?
Ren Baqian was a little curious about what the empress would be like when he and the empress had a child in the future!
From the empress's character … it was very likely that the child would watch her eat snacks, eat candy, or watch her binge-watch dramas …
Ren Baqian rubbed his face as he imagined such a scene. It was better not to think so much.
In the end, there was a celebration at night, but it was organized by Ren Baqian. After all, it was his first time experiencing war. After a month of arduous defending the city, the soldiers shed their blood, and the people in the city were united. Finally, despite the huge disparity in numbers, they won with great difficulty.
They had to celebrate.
There was no wine in the army, but there was enough meat. After slaughtering half of the livestock that was brought over from the Great Xia barracks, the entire army finally had their fill and was in a jubilant mood.
There were dozens of circles in the barracks. In each circle, there were shirtless burly men fighting without any rules. From time to time, someone would be thrown out of the crowd, causing a series of excited howls.
"Next! Who's next? "
Ren Baqian held the bottle of wine left behind by the empress and watched the freestyle fight. After drinking a bottle of wine, he directly lay on the ground.
The bustling night passed.
The next day, the results of the battle were tallied. In this battle, more than half of Great Xia's casualties were lost, while the aboriginals' losses were negligible. The biggest casualties were the dozens of winged cavalry warriors who died at the hands of Lu Pinghai.
But on this day, new information came back.
"Sir, there's news from the Protectorate of the Northeast. The Yun Nation has sent their troops and has arrived at the frontlines!"
"…" Ren Baqian grinned after hearing this. This was great. He didn't even have to find an excuse.
After fighting with Great Xia for more than a month, the Yun Nation didn't make any moves. Even though Great Xia had the upper hand and Dayao was defending step by step, the Yun Nation was still there studying.
Now that the war was almost over, you made a move. If I don't beat you up, I would be letting down my conscience.
Even courting death wouldn't be as professional as you. Sure enough, you can't even get a hot piece of sh * t.
Li Qianqiu laughed when he heard this news. He had the same thoughts as Ren Baqian. This was the worst time for the Yun Nation to send their troops. If it was earlier, Great Xia would still have the upper hand. If it was later, they might have already received detailed information about the Great Xia army and would reconsider sending their troops.
Everyone in Dayao was very interested in going to the Yun Nation to plunder.
However, Ren Baqian knew that this wasn't just a simple plunder. After dealing with Great Xia, the next step was to conquer the Yun Nation and incorporate it into Dayao's territory.
The Yun Nation's mines and salt fields were very important to Dayao.
Li Qianqiu made some arrangements before leading the army out of the city to the south to encircle and annihilate the two Great Xia armies.
Ren Baqian waited for half a day and returned to Earth to replenish 100 mortar shells and 1,000 rounds of anti-aircraft machine gun bullets before chasing after the Yun Nation with his guards.
This time, the number of his guards had increased from 50 to 100. With 100 Earth Wheel experts as his guards, as long as they didn't encounter a large group of enemy troops, they would be able to do whatever they wanted.
In Great Xia, even the top aristocratic families couldn't come up with such a luxurious lineup.
Ren Baqian felt that if he were to bring along 100 guards, he would be able to do whatever he wanted on Earth.
After chasing for three days, Ren Baqian once again replenished 50 mortar shells and more than 2,000 rounds of anti-aircraft machine gun bullets.
With guns in hand, there was no need to panic. With 170 mortar shells and 5,000 rounds of anti-aircraft machine gun bullets, no matter what kind of enemy they encountered, it would be enough.
The two armies of Great Xia merged together on the day Ren Baqian returned to Earth and headed north. It seemed like they knew about Wu Shenghou's death and the defeat of the army outside Liao City. If they didn't retreat and continued to advance, they would reach the mouth of the Great Xia army in two days.
If they occupied that place, it would be easy to defend and difficult to attack. However, after the defeat of the Great Xia army in Liao City, they were completely trapped there. Dayao didn't even need to attack. They would starve to death after being besieged for half a month.
Therefore, even though they had swept through the northern part of Dayao and were about to occupy the most important place, they had no choice but to retreat.
The moment Great Xia's army outside Liao City was defeated, it was already a failure.
If there was any good news for Great Xia from this war, it would be that the Yun Nation had taken over.
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