Jiaohua

This was the first time that Xia Zhaoyi had made a pre-war declaration in front of the Xia family army since she had commanded the troops for so long.

Everyone in the Xia family army also understood how extraordinary it meant for them as soldiers to set foot on this land on horseback.

This is not any checkpoint front of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, but an inner city on the edge of the Northern Yuan Dynasty's hinterland.

When Shang Taiyu led his troops to the safest Lushibao in Zhitu, it brought such a shock to the entire Zhitu and Shaoguang War. Today, they are going to repay this shock.

Twenty war horses sprinted forward, passed Xia Zhaoyi, and threw long ropes with iron hooks into the air, entangled the three-person-high wooden fence. Ten war horses each galloped to the left and right, pulling the fence apart.

The Northern Yuan soldiers retreated quickly, shooting arrows behind them as they ran, but their arrows had no accuracy or power and fell limply to the ground.

A red tasseled spear suddenly shot out from behind him, and a Northern Yuan soldier who was about to shoot an arrow let out a scream and fell to the ground.

Xia Zhaoyi rode his horse quickly, leaned his flexible waist, drew out his spear while running, and stabbed forward in an instant. Another Northern Yuan soldier who could not outrun the superior horse was killed on the spot.

The Xia family army separated behind Xia Zhaoyi and ran towards other strongholds to clear the area.

Xia Xingming, Xia Junnan and others rode fast on horseback to chase after the Northern Yuan soldiers who had already run away to report the news.

"Gee!" Xia Zhaoyi ran towards the north.

Those who were chasing after Lin Wumei were all dumbfounded when they saw the high ground here from afar.

Soon, they turned around and ran towards Qingquan Town.

Because of the vast view and the fact that it is located on a high mountain plateau, the two sides appear close, but the actual distance is at least eight miles.

Lin Wumei climbed up from the snow, her eyes wide open, looking at the girl in red who was coming towards her from a distance.

Suddenly, Lin Wumei recognized who the girl was, and tears fell from her eyes. She opened her mouth and cried, then lowered her head and wiped away her tears with her sleeves.

When Xia Zhaoyi got closer, he reined in his horse and looked at her, slowly pointing the spear in his hand toward Lin Wumei.

"Raise your head." Xia Zhaoyi said condescendingly.

Lin Wumei fell to her knees in front of Xia Zhaoyi with a thud: "Miss A Li!"

The pure Chinese accent made Xia Zhaoyi raise his eyebrows.

"I am Lin Wumei! Lin Wumei beside Lu Wuwei, the mountain behind Shuiling in Hengxiang Village, the foot of Qisan Mountain in Guizhou, we almost fell into your hands!"

Xia Zhaoyi was slightly surprised: "It's you."

She had received a letter when she arrived at Tu, and had learned what Lin Wumei had done in Mingfang City.

"Miss A Li, please spare me. I am here to assassinate Tao Lan! I was wanted all the way and only managed to escape here! Please spare my life!"

"Stand up and speak, don't kneel before me, and then answer me, why did you assassinate Tao Lan?"

Lin Wumei couldn't get up at all. Once she knelt down, all the strength in her body seemed to disappear.

She cried, "Lü Wuwei killed my brothers and sisters, and he wants to kill me too! We, a group of brothers and sisters from different surnames, have never done anything wrong to them, but we have ended up like this. I hate it so much, I am so angry! So, I have come here thousands of miles away. I want to kill Tao Lan with my own hands, and let this bastard Lü Wuwei be punished by Lord Meng. The suffering he will endure will be a hundred times more than what I have endured!"

As she spoke, Lin Wumei wiped her tears again and looked at Xia Zhaoyi pleadingly: "Miss Ali, if you don't believe me, there are wanted posters of me everywhere on the street! You can take a look and you will know whether what I said is true or false! I know that I was wrong before and helped the tyrant, but today I dare to ask you to let me go. I am not afraid of death, but I have not yet avenged my great hatred and I still have a wish! Don't worry, this wish is definitely not to harm innocent people. I want to kill the Beiyuan dogs! After killing them, it will be difficult for me to retreat unscathed, and I will die, so don't dirty your hands, I have my own place to end my life!" Zhan Ning and others came at this time: "Second Miss!"

Seeing the face of the woman kneeling on the snow, Zhan Ning was stunned: "It's you, Lin Wumei!"

Lin Wumei cried, "Miss A Li, please let me go, I beg you!"

Xia Zhaoyi glanced at the blood on her body, paused, and said in a deep voice: "You are alone and dare to go to Beiyuanshen to assassinate Tao Lan. Your courage and courage are commendable. For this reason, I will not kill you."

"Thank you, Miss Ali! But," Lin Wumei said with a bit of shame, "I killed Tao Lan because of a personal grudge. Miss Ali, you are too kind."

“One’s deeds do not count one’s heart.”

Xia Zhaoyi took out a bottle of medicine from his sleeve and threw it to Lin Wumei, who quickly caught it.

"Give her some more silver." Xia Zhaoyi looked at Zhan Ning.

Zhan Ning responded, fished out his purse, opened it and prepared to take out a few taels of silver, but he felt it was petty, after all, everyone had gone to severely injure Tao Lan, so Zhan Ning simply threw the entire purse out.

Lin Wumei was dumbfounded after catching it, and looked up at Xia Zhaoyi: "Miss A Li..."

"Take care." Xia Zhaoyi said, pulling the reins.

Zhan Ning and the others also turned their horses around. After thinking for a while, Zhan Ning looked at Lin Wumei and said, "We will go back from here. If you have nowhere to go, you can wait here for us to turn around. The other side of the snow mountain is Zhitu. After Zhitu, the world is vast and you can go wherever you want!"

Lin Wumei didn't know what to say. She nodded with red eyes and said softly, "Thank you, Xia Jiajun."

Qingquan Town has always been in chaos. The group of people who chased Lin Wumei came back screaming and saying that someone was coming to kill them from the Jinyue Divine Mountain.

But their voices were too small to affect even one street, let alone the entire Qingquan Town, so they simply ran away on their own.

The first to realize that something was wrong were the herdsmen in the countryside southeast of Qingquan Town, but it was too late. The Xia family army was already on the high slope five miles away from them.

Moreover, the war horses were extremely fast, and the distance was suddenly shortened in just a blink of an eye.

The crowd was in a panic in an instant. They didn't care about the pigs, cattle, sheep, horses, or property and belongings. They pulled the elderly and children and turned around and ran west.

The two veterans, Xia Xingming and Xia Chuan, were incredibly fast and charged into the crowd, showing no mercy to anyone in their prime, regardless of gender.

Jian Jun and Xia Junnan did not rush to the front. They each led the "new" barracks they were in charge of, and shouted as they ran: "Listen, generals! We soldiers will not hurt civilians! But don't be soft-hearted here. The soldiers and herdsmen of the Northern Yuan Dynasty are united and ready for war at any time. All the people are soldiers! So we should kill them when we should. If we don't kill them, they will kill our comrades and our civilians next year! No, many of them have stained their hands with the blood of our compatriots!"

The soldiers shouted: "Then kill them! Kill them all!"

Jian Jun shouted: "Charge!!"

The soldiers shouted: "Charge!!!"

Xia Xingming and Xia Chuan had already rushed into the village outside the city, and the people who were caught off guard screamed in panic.

Amid screams, the Xia family army's spears and swords chopped at the merchants, pedestrians and residents who had no power to fight back, just like cutting tofu and chopping vegetables. (End of this chapter)