The 30,000 Tiger Leopard Cavalry led by Ma Chao were lurking at the border of Dongchuan County.
On the day that the battle of Yong Ren City ended, Bai Qi sent an urgent message to Ma Chao through the courier station, telling him not to rush to Yong Ren City, but to go straight to the border and wait for his prey.
That was why Ma Chao's troops were ambushed.
The moment the Tiger Leopard Cavalry charged out, Wang Meng lost all hope. He turned his head to the north and said sadly, "Your Highness, I have failed you and have no face to return. I can only atone for my sins with my death!"
With that, Wang Meng suddenly drew his sword and committed suicide before his personal guards could react. Bright red blood spurted out and dyed the blue sky red.
A hero of the generation had fallen just like that!
With a "plop", Wang Meng's body fell off his horse. His eyes were wide open, showing his unwillingness to accept his fate. That was the regret of unfulfilled ambition and the unwillingness of being born at the wrong time.
Perhaps, there was even a tinge of bitterness that came from not being human.
In front of the brilliant generals of Great Xia, all the famous generals felt inferior. This time, Wang Meng was completely defeated by Bai Qi. This was a huge blow to Wang Meng and also one of the reasons why he committed suicide.
"General!" The personal guards exclaimed.
No one expected Wang Meng to be so unyielding.
The personal guards turned pale. According to the rules of the army, if the general died, the personal guards would be buried with him. Even if they managed to escape back to Handan City, they would not be able to escape death. The only way out was to surrender.
However, personal guards were different from ordinary soldiers. If they surrendered, they would inevitably bear the bad reputation of "betraying their master".
Hearing the exclamations, Little Mu Tuo and the rest finally reacted. Their faces were pale and their hearts were filled with sorrow.
"The fox grieves for the rabbit's death!"
Thinking back to their high spirits when they set off, and now they were in dire straits, the difference was like heaven and earth. All these drastic changes happened in just two to three days.
The world had changed so much that people did not know what to do.
Wang Meng's death was like a bolt from the blue to the already terrible allied army. Seeing that the general had committed suicide, the soldiers no longer had the will to fight. Moreover, they were ambushed in front of them and pursued from behind. The fate of the remnants of the 60,000 allied army could be imagined.
"Clang!"
Someone threw down the weapon in his hand. "There's no more hope!"
"Clank!" "Clank!"
Half of the remaining 60,000 soldiers surrendered in the blink of an eye, and the rest were mostly mutants. This was because the natives could surrender, but the [Xiao Alliance] couldn't.
Even if he surrendered, the other party wouldn't want him.
Seeing this, Xiao Nianying unsheathed the long sword on his waist. With a solemn expression, he loudly said: "Brothers, the failure of this expedition is my responsibility. I will naturally shoulder the due responsibility when I return. But now, please believe me one more time, unite together, and follow me to break out of this encirclement. "
When the members of the Xiao Alliance heard that, they all had complicated expressions.
Before the expedition, Xiao Nianying used the experience of [Flowing Light Pavilion] as an example to convince the guild members to support this expedition. Most of the members agreed with Xiao Nianying's judgement, otherwise they would not have willingly gone out to battle.
However, the outcome of the expedition was unacceptable to the players.
Wang Meng and the rest vowed that their plan was meticulous, but they were ambushed by Great Xia and suffered heavy casualties. Escaping all the way to the border, the members of the [Xiao Alliance] were already resentful towards Xiao Nianying.
But no matter how much they hated each other, as Xiao Nianying said, this was an internal conflict of the guild. Naturally, it should be left to be resolved after returning. What they needed to do now was to unite together and break out of this encirclement.
Otherwise, it was unknown how many more brothers would die.
Therefore, although Xiao Nianying's mobilization order was ordinary, it aroused the passion of the members of the [Xiao Alliance].
"Kill!"
30,000 members of the [Xiao Alliance] gathered together and charged towards the Tiger Leopard Cavalry.
Meeting on a narrow path, the brave wins!
When Ma Chao saw this, he sneered. "Overestimating yourself!" As he spoke, he took the lead and led the troops to fight with the [Xiao Alliance].
The two armies were like two torrents, rushing towards each other and colliding in the wilderness. Blood splattered everywhere.
30,000 against 30,000 seemed to be evenly matched, but in such a large-scale battle, it was an infantry against the elite cavalry of Great Xia. It was impossible for the [Xiao Alliance] to win.
Countless players didn't even have time to display their skills before they were trampled into meat paste by the war horses.
In less than an hour, the outcome of the battle was decided. Apart from a few members of the [Xiao Alliance] who fought their way out and escaped back to Dali in a sorry state, the rest lost their lives.
At this point, the battle of Dongchuan County had basically come to an end. All that was left was to clean up the mess.
As soon as the battle ended, E Lai and Zhao Bonu, who were in charge of the pursuit, rushed over. The three armies of Great Xia met victoriously at the border and settled the overall situation.
After letting the assistant generals deal with the aftermath, the three generals gathered together.
Zhao Bonu took out two military orders and said solemnly, "Commander's orders!"
Ma Chao and E Lai bowed and said, "Receive the orders!"
Zhao Bonu first looked at E Lai and said, "General Wuwei will lead the fourth Imperial Guard Corps to detain the prisoners of war, clear Dongchuan County, and guard Lingxi City."
"Yes, Commander!"
E Lai cupped his fists and received the military order.
After the battle of Yongren City, the allied army had scattered in all directions. Apart from the prisoners of war, there were still many stragglers in Dongchuan County that needed to be regrouped and reorganized.
In this battle, among the 200,000 Dali allied army, apart from the 10,000 mutants who had escaped, the rest were either killed or captured. Currently, the allied army had around 60,000 prisoners of war, and the final number of prisoners of war would only be calculated after Dongchuan County was completely cleared.
This task would take a long time, and it was just the right time for the fourth Imperial Guard Corps to attack Lingxi City and intimidate the people around. This way, E Lai could lead his troops to clear the area while cooperating with the Privy Council to reorganize the troops.
Zhao Bonu then looked at Ma Chao and said, "General Fenwei will lead his troops into Dali County and take down Cloud City." Taking down Cloud City would eliminate a hidden danger.
"Yes, Commander!"
Cloud City was now left with only two or three people, and taking down Cloud City would be a piece of cake.
However, the Dali imperial court had no reason to intervene. The loss of 50,000 Imperial Guards was also a heavy blow to that person in the Dali imperial palace, and he would no longer be able to easily influence the decision of the Dali imperial court.
There was a limit to the authority given by Gaia.
Zhao Bonu took out a secret letter and passed it to Ma Chao, saying, "This is a password that His Majesty has entrusted to the Commander."
Ma Chao listened and solemnly accepted it.
Of course, Ouyang Shuo could directly give the order to Ma Chao, but where would Bai Qi be placed? Therefore, even if Ouyang Shuo was Emperor Xia, many things had to be done according to the rules.
Ma Chao opened the secret letter, and his expression became clear.
Ouyang Shuo ordered Ma Chao that after taking down Cloud City, there was no need to choose to occupy it, but to directly choose to destroy it. In that case, the cities that were painstakingly built in Dali County would be reduced to nothing in an instant.
The entire Dali County would return to a state of wilderness.
Therefore, before shattering the territory's stone tablet, Ma Chao had to lead his troops and cooperate with the Yunnan Province Governor's Office to move all the citizens of Cloud City to the Xia Kingdom. Those who dared to disobey would be killed without mercy.
Ouyang Shuo was going to use the 'Three Lights' policy on Cloud City.
Naturally, there was a reason for doing so.
If Ouyang Shuo did not remember wrongly, according to the memories of his previous life, Gaia's five-year system update targeted a county where Imperial City was located.
After the update, unless a player's territory in the county chose to rely on Imperial City for protection, they would be automatically regarded as Imperial City's enemy. Imperial City could then send troops to encircle and annihilate them.
To put it bluntly, Gaia wanted to clearly designate the county where Imperial City was located as Imperial City's' private land '. It was the same whether Imperial City had an emperor or not.
Therefore, there was no meaning in occupying Cloud City now. It was better to empty it and leave nothing for the Dali Imperial Court. Apart from the population, all the resources had to be moved away.
All in all, it would be enough to cover the expenses of this war.
The future Dali Imperial Court would be even more isolated and helpless than the Great Sui.
…
After announcing the military order, Zhao Bonu also had to lead his troops back to Yongren City.
With the Dongchuan County matter settled, and the Fourth Imperial Guard Corp holding the fort in Lingxi City, Bai Qi could finally head north with peace of mind. He entered Sichuan and joined up with the main force of the Dragon Stallion Army to command the decisive battle between the Xia Kingdom and Swordsman City.
In the end, the battle with the Dali Allied Army was just an appetizer.
The real battle was still in Sichuan, in Swordsman City.
He just didn't know how the battle in Dongchuan County would affect the situation in the China region.
Handan City, the City Lord's residence.
The moment Wang Meng committed suicide, Di Chen received a notification from the system.
"How could this be!"
Di Chen's face was pale and ugly.
Peerless Elegance's heart trembled. She rarely saw Di Chen lose his composure like this. Concerned, she asked, "What happened?"
Di Chen said bitterly, "Wang Meng committed suicide!"
"What?!"
Peerless Elegance was also in disbelief. She glanced at Di Chen sympathetically.
"Fate is so unfair to this man."
Two days ago, they learned that the Dali Allied Army had been ambushed by the Xia Kingdom outside Yongren City and had fled in defeat. At that time, Di Chen was in a very bad mood and was rather depressed.
Fortunately, it was only a failure of the plan, and there was no substantial impact on Handan City.
But Wang Meng's sudden suicide was undoubtedly a heavy blow to Di Chen. It was not easy for Handan City to have another famous general after Lian Po. Who would have thought that he would disappear like a shooting star?
Losing Wang Meng was undoubtedly breaking an arm of the Handan City army.
Seeing that Di Chen had not recovered from his shock, Peerless Elegance comforted him, "Wang Meng has always been an unyielding man. He was already feeling guilty about the failure of the previous mission to the Sui Kingdom. This time, after the defeat in Dongchuan County, he must have lost all hope. Even if he returns to his territory, it will be difficult for him to lead the army again."
"Sigh, victory and defeat are common in military affairs. Why did it have to be like this?!" Di Chen couldn't help but sigh. There was a trace of regret in his heart. He didn't regret planning the Dali Allied Army's attack on the Xia Kingdom, but he regretted sending Wang Meng to lead the army. "If I had known this would happen, I would have sent General Lian Po."
Peerless Elegance shook her head, "This time we were too careless. We didn't expect the Xia Kingdom to use disarmament as a cover and secretly assemble their army. If we had sent General Lian Po this time, our losses would have been even greater. "
Lian Po was the symbolic general of Handan City and the core of the Handan army. If he died or was captured in this battle, it would be really terrible.
Di Chen was depressed and said fiercely, "I must avenge this!"
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