Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 578: Calm Evacuation, the Two Armies Meet Up

"Madam, let's go to Longyuan!" Duan Qifeng, despite his injuries, was still thinking about going to Longyuan first to gather the defeated soldiers.

"Don't be anxious, my husband. We have harvested a lot of blood food this time!" Fei Mingyue was wearing a bright red silk dress, with a slender waist and charming eyes.

Duan Qifeng was stunned at first, then he reacted.

During this period of time, he was so busy defending the city that he forgot his original purpose.

"Where is the blood food?"

"right here!"

Fei Mingyue smiled.

At this time, a soldier in iron armor walked in, "Madam, the other blood food has been arranged!"

Duan Qifeng was not surprised to see the person coming, because the person was his confidant Duan Ninghe.

Duan Ninghe is not only his confidant, but also his nephew.

Fei Mingyue nodded slightly, stretched out her hand to help Duan Qifeng up, "My husband, I will accompany you to enjoy the blood meal!"

Duan Qifeng nodded, feeling quite happy.

Blood eater!
As long as he has enough blood food, his cultivation will be able to advance further, and then he will definitely be able to kill that Hu enemy general.

But as soon as he stood up, he felt a pain in his neck.

"You~~"

He turned his head and looked at Fei Mingyue beside him, his eyes full of disbelief.

Fei Mingyue bit his neck and looked at him with tears in her eyes. Bright red blood oozed from her lips, making them even more charming.

She was smiling, and her smile was bright and proud.

He also laughed sarcastically.

Duan Qifeng wanted to resist, but he was seriously injured and his hands were controlled by Fei Mingyue.

The innate true qi in the body is rapidly dissipating, and the blood and qi are also constantly dissipating.

Powerlessness and fear surged in my heart.

"Ninghe!"

He looked at Duan Ninghe for help.

However, Duan Ninghe looked at Fei Mingyue with infatuated eyes.

"You guys~~"

He fell into despair.

Fei Mingyue sucked for a long time, slowly raised her head, and licked her red lips with her tender red tongue.

"Don't be afraid, my dear. I will take good care of you!"

"You said that you could give me everything you have!"

"Now I need you to fulfill the promise you made!"

She is as beautiful as a bright red rose, and her voice is full of arousing desire.

"You poisonous scorpion woman~"

Duan Qifeng just felt weak all over and his consciousness became increasingly blurred.

"Cuckoo~"

Fei Mingyue smiled sweetly, "Silly husband, they are blood eaters, but you are my blood slave! Everything you have belongs to me!"

"You should feel honored to be my blood slave!"

Duan Qifeng roared, "Get out of here, you vicious woman!"

But his roar seemed extremely powerless.

Fei Mingyue shook her head and looked at Duan Ninghe, "Shouldn't you feel honored to be my blood slave?"

Duan Ninghe nodded vigorously and knelt on the ground, "It is an honor for you!"

"look!"

Fei Mingyue looked at Duan Qifeng tenderly, caressing his face with her soft hands. She murmured, "My dear husband, let me see you off for the last time!"

The soft sound makes people's hearts sway.

Unfortunately, Duan Qifeng had no intention of appreciating this wonderful tenderness at the moment.

The pain in his neck came again, and his consciousness became increasingly blurred. After a moment, he lost the last bit of consciousness.

……

After evacuating from Yemi City, the situation was much better than Yang Zhengshan had expected.

Originally, Yang Zhengshan was worried that the Wuliang tribe would continue to gather young and strong men to follow them, but after Yang Chengxu led his troops to charge and kill, there were no more young and strong men from the Hu tribe watching behind them.

Until they entered the edge of the snowfield, there were no young and strong Hu people within dozens of miles around.

Such a result was somewhat beyond Yang Zhengshan's expectations.

But it also proves from the side that the small tribes of the Wuliang tribe did not have much autonomy and initiative.

Even if they cannot intercept their evacuation, they can follow behind to determine their location and direction of evacuation, and provide information to the returning Uto.

But it turned out that the leaders of these small tribes had no such thoughts at all, and they all hid themselves away like turtles.

Yang Zhengshan retreated calmly with the wounded soldiers and a large amount of property.

After they had marched along the edge of the snowfield for three days, Yang Mingzhen and Yang Chengze also followed with the left and right battalions.

Yang Zhengshan looked at the soldiers who came later and felt relieved again.

"What are the casualties?" he asked.

Yang Mingzhen said in a deep voice: "There are still more than 8,000 soldiers who can fight, and more than 200 of them are still in Menghe Mountain. They should be able to go back!"

"As for the others, more than 2,800 people have been buried, and more than 400 are seriously injured!"

Yang Zhengshan nodded. A 30% reduction in personnel was not a huge loss, but it was not a small amount for the Zhenbiao Battalion.

The three battalions under his command, the front, middle and rear, also suffered a 30% reduction in strength. That is to say, this time, in addition to the auxiliary troops, they had nearly 7,000 soldiers killed in action, and more than a thousand seriously injured soldiers who were carried on the road.

"Where are your food supplies?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

Yang Mingzhen smiled and said, "We are not short of food. Each of us has brought at least 20 days' worth of food!"

"It's not enough, but we have extra food!" Yang Zhengshan said with a smile. He pulled the reins and walked towards the front of the team.

It took them nearly a month to get here, and it would take at least a month to go back.

The way back is neither faster nor slower than the way here.

There are no roads in the world, but roads are formed when more people walk on them. The road in the snowy land has been trodden by more than 20,000 people and tens of thousands of horses, so it is naturally much easier to walk now, so the way back will not be more difficult.

Yang Zhengshan took some extra food with him when he left Yemi City, because he was worried that Yang Mingzhen and Yang Chengze would not have enough food.

Yang Mingzhen followed him, "That's good, we brought a lot of horses, two for each person, and 20,000 more!"

Yang Zhengshan had already seen those war horses just now, "Which horse farm did you rob?"

"The Huiba tribe has a large horse farm, but unfortunately most of the good horses were taken to Beiyuan Town, and the horses left behind are relatively ordinary horses!" Yang Mingzhen said.

Yang Mingzhen and Yang Chengze had never lacked horses, but when they captured the Huiba horse farm, they took away all the war horses there.

First, they did not want to stay with the Huiba tribe, and second, they were already preparing for the return journey.

In addition to the war horses, they also gained some property. Each soldier carried some gold and silver. Although it was not a lot, it was still a considerable gain.

As for the rest, they didn't gain much.

In contrast, Yang Zhengshan took away a large amount of gold and silver, especially elixirs and precious medicines, with a value of no less than three million taels of silver, in addition to gold, jade, gems and other previous items.

The total value should be around five million taels of silver.

This number sounds like a lot, but in reality, each soldier only received a few hundred taels of silver.

Of course, the bulk of the money was taken away by Yang Zhengshan, and this time Yang Zhengshan's harvest was the biggest.

Yang Zhengshan has already made a plan. After the war is over, he will go to Xingyue Island and leave all the things in the Lingquan Space on Xingyue Island.

With these things, the Yang family's foundation on Xingyue Island will be no weaker than that of Xingyue Sect.

For a force, the foundation includes many things. Martial arts masters are the foundation, money and food are also the foundation, as well as secret manuals of martial arts, spiritual fruits and elixirs, precious medicines and medicinal materials, etc. All things related to cultivation are considered part of the foundation.

A powerful force must have no shortcomings in any aspect.

Take ores for example. Many metal ores are relatively rare, and sometimes they cannot be bought with gold and silver. A powerful martial arts force must not only reserve a large number of weapons, but also reserve various scarce ores in case of emergency.

In the past, the Yang family couldn't even afford a decent gun. Zhou Lan gave Yang Zhengshan a gilded flying fish spear, which gave Yang Zhengshan a handy weapon. Later, the gilded flying fish spear was damaged, and Luo Shang spent a lot of money to get Yang Zhengshan a black iron spear.

But now, the Yang family still does not have a very deep foundation. The Yang family has no shortage of various precious medicines and spiritual fruits, but they are short of minerals and weapons.

Although Yang Zhengshan has accumulated some weapons over the years, there are only a dozen good weapons among them, and most of them are swords.

After the two armies joined forces, they slowly withdrew towards the snowy plains.

The news that Ye Mi City was burned down by Yang Zhengshan quickly spread.

Inside the Menghe Mountain and Dongque Pass, Tang Wuxi's expression gradually became strange as he listened to his subordinates' reports.

"Is everything you said true?" he asked in disbelief.

"Master, it's absolutely true. The news has already reached the Keman tribe. The Master of the Keman tribe, Sha Luo, told me personally that it is said that Yemi City was burned down by the Chongshan Town army. It was burned completely, and nothing was left except the city walls!" the subordinate said affirmatively.

Tang Wuxi took a deep breath and said, "Does this mean that the royal court no longer exists?"

Now that Yemi City is gone, does the Wuliang Royal Court still exist?
This seems to be a problem.

King Utuo is still here, but his palace is gone!

"I don't know about this, but I heard that King Uto has led his troops back."

Tang Wuxi fell into silence. In the hall, his generals looked at each other in bewilderment.

After a long while, Tang Wuxi asked again: "Any other news?"

"Yes, there are many news coming from all over the place. Some people say that the Chongshan Town army once approached the city of Bayandelehei. Some people say that the Chongshan Town army swept through many tribes. Some people say that the Chongshan Town army almost broke through the banner of the Alaman tribe. It is also said that the horse farm of the Huiba tribe was robbed by the Chongshan Town army, and the Huiba tribe lost tens of thousands of war horses!"

At this time, all kinds of news were flying around on the Wuliang Prairie. Although Yang Mingzhen and Yang Chengze had been on the grassland for more than a month and had already joined Yang Zhengshan and retreated, it took time for news to spread, and now was the time when all kinds of news broke out.

There are all kinds of news, some true and some false, mixed with many weird rumors.

Regardless of whether the news is true or not, let's just talk about those weird rumors. Some say that this is an evil deed done by the devil, some say that the soldiers in Chongshan Town are the devil, and there are also claims that it is a punishment from the gods.

Just like when there was a severe drought in Liaodong, rumors about the new emperor's immorality were prevalent among the people. Although the Wulianghu people's beliefs were mainly based on Buddhism, they were also mixed with a lot of nature worship, such as gods of heaven, mountains, water, trees, and so on.

In times of great disaster, there will inevitably be evil words to mislead people.

Of course, Tang Wuxi would not believe these nonsense. His mind was completely confused.

There is news about Chongshan Town’s army everywhere, but how many troops does Chongshan Town actually have?
He looked at the east blankly. Aren't there 100,000 troops at the exit of the mountain gate? Why are there so many troops from Chongshan Town attacking everywhere in the heart of the royal court?

According to the news, it seems that there are hundreds of thousands of troops from Chongshan Town in the heart of the royal court.

This is too bullshit!
"How many troops are there in the enemy camp?" Tang Wuxi asked.

In the hall, several generals looked at each other, and Batuer said, "Your Majesty, there should be no less than 100,000 troops!"

"Do you believe it?" Tang Wuxi looked at Batuer dimly.

Batuer's expression froze. "Your Highness, what you mean is that the camp is empty! That's impossible. We can see them building siege weapons every day."

Tang Wuxi Muren said, "But it's been almost two months, and they haven't launched an attack yet!"

Batu'er's face looked a little ugly.

"Ah~" Tang Wuxi sighed, "We were fooled by them!"

Batuer said angrily: "Your Majesty, I will lead the troops to attack their camp right now."

"Shut up!" Tang Wuxi glared at him. "What's the point of attacking their camp now? The royal city has been breached, the war is over, and there is no benefit even if we capture the enemy's camp."

"And can you really break through it?"

"Maybe the enemy is not the main force of Chongshan Town, but they have built a very solid camp and manufactured a large number of siege weapons."

Batuer stopped talking. After calming down, he realized that it was almost impossible to break through the opposite camp.

During these nearly two months, Tang Feihu and Niu Zhuang not only built siege equipment, but also continuously strengthened the camp.

At this time, their camp was no worse than the Queguan Pass in front of them.

The village wall is just a deceptive appearance. Behind it are earth walls and trenches. These earth walls and trenches have blocked the exit of the mountain gate.

There are also a large number of crossbows and catapults in the camp. If Tang Wuxi really launches an attack, he will only suffer heavy losses and it will be difficult to capture the camp unless he is willing to use the strength of his entire clan.

"Well, what should we do?" Batu said depressedly.

Tang Wuxi said calmly, "We don't need to do anything next. We just need to wait quietly!"

Everyone is puzzled.

Tang Wuxi glanced at him and explained, "It's not us who should be anxious now, but Wu Tuo!"

In this battle, their Chici tribe seemed to have been at the forefront, but even though their Chici tribe suffered almost no losses, they only lost a few unimportant small and medium-sized tribes in the beginning.

The tribe that suffered the greatest losses was naturally the Wuliang tribe, followed by the Kereyid tribe, the Huiba tribe, and the Alaman tribe.

The Wanggu and Chici tribes only lost a few small and medium-sized tribes, and the Tatar tribe was not looted by Yang Mingzhen and Yang Chengze.

With this calculation, the ones who should be anxious are naturally the Wuliang tribe, that is, Uto.

Everyone turned around and agreed: "The flag owner is still very clear-sighted!"

(End of this chapter)