The Empress Kneels in Her Palace to Admit Her Mistakes After Slaying Her Ways in the Female-Oriented

Ye Fan then realized that Ren Tianye had never intended to fight him one-on-one.

The retreat was merely to prevent arrows from harming their own men.

He's planning a group fight.

Enraged, he exclaimed, "Ren Tianye, you're shameless!"

His response was a hail of arrows.

Arrows rained down like a storm, aimed only at his face.

Ye Fan was also a ruthless person. He immediately wielded the gilded bronze mace in his hand to parry left and right, but at such close range, the strength and density of the arrows were simply beyond human resistance.

The armor he seized was not obtained from the soldiers of Yunji City, but was provided by powerful families such as Wang Hai, so its quality was naturally much inferior.

As a result, he was wounded in several places after almost a volley of arrows.

The key point is that it wasn't just a single volley of arrows.

The second volley of arrows arrived in an instant.

Then came the third and fourth rounds!

After four rounds, Ye Fan's strength in wielding the double maces weakened, he coughed up blood, was covered in wounds, and was completely unable to resist.

Its body had long since become like a hedgehog.

"Ren, Ren Tianye, you, you are shameless!"

Unwilling to give up, he uttered his last words before finally collapsing to the ground after enduring four volleys of arrows.

Ren Tianye breathed a slight sigh of relief.

I knew these protagonists were hard to kill. They wouldn't die if a weapon pierced their left heart or their right heart; you had to cut off their heads.

Therefore, we must launch a full-scale, all-encompassing attack!

If I stab you into a sieve, will you die?

Only then did he order a halt to the archery. He drew his short sword from his waist, jumped off his horse, and, with a few personal guards, cautiously surrounded them.

He was afraid that Ye Fan would fake his death and then suddenly attack him when he got close, taking him down with him in his dying moments.

Therefore, extreme caution is required.

They didn't even check the body first; instead, their personal guards did it.

Fortunately, nothing went wrong.

Ye Fan is as dead as can be.

At this moment, Ren Tianye rushed forward, and with a swift stroke of his knife, severed Ye Fan's head.

I breathed a huge sigh of relief.

Ye Fan is dead; the greatest crisis is over.

He can rest assured a lot.

Of course, the necessary precautions should still be taken.

"Guards! Light a huge fire and burn this Ye Fan to ashes!"

"yes!"

All soldiers obeyed.

Soon, a huge fire broke out, and Ye Fan's body was placed on top of it.

At this moment, Zhang Shi also rushed over with his men. Upon seeing this scene, he was shocked.

Just how much does the Great General hate Ye Fan?

Even after someone dies, their body is still burned!

"Zhang Shi, you've come at the right time..." Ren Tianye's voice rang out: "Now, go to Sifang City immediately and find some eminent monks and Taoist priests."

"Find everyone who can be helped to pass on their soul."

"This general wants the best."

"Yes, yes, General!"

Zhang Shi was even more bewildered. Was this some kind of ritual for the deceased?

He said, "I'll go right away."

"However, General, now that Sifang City has been pacified, it is time for you to take charge of the overall situation."

"Why don't you and my subordinate go to Sifang City together?"

"I will take care of Ye Fan's salvation."

Ren Tianye shook his head: "I'll oversee things personally. We'll talk about the Four Directions City matter later."

"Go now."

"Okay, okay." Zhang Shi was even more puzzled, but this time he didn't say anything. He quickly arrived in Sifang City and found the former deputy general Zhang Liang, asking him to help find those who could be saved from suffering.

Zhang Liang had been in Sifang City since childhood, so doing these things was nothing to him. He quickly found the two monks and two Taoists and personally delivered them to General Ren Tianye.

Originally, Zhang Liang had hoped to make a name for himself in front of the general after doing all this, but Ren Tianye's gaze never left Ye Fan's corpse.

Even when they were burned to ashes, their gazes refused to leave them.

The monks and Taoists were instructed to perform rituals to deliver Ye Fan from suffering and cast him into the cycle of reincarnation, never to be reborn.

By the time this was finished, it was already broad daylight.

A strong wind blew, and the ashes rose up, scattering in the air until they disappeared completely.

Ren Tianye was relieved.

He took people to Sifang City.

With Sifang City secured, the core members, such as the Ye and Li families, have either been killed or captured, while the rest have all loyally surrendered. It can be said that Sifang City is now firmly under their control.

What needs to be done right now is to control the epidemic.

It's not that difficult.

After all, this plague is not so deadly that one will die immediately upon contact; with the availability of medicine, there is a chance of recovery.

After he arranged for someone to do it, he began to calculate the number of soldiers.

Including those recruited along the way, those sent by noble families like Wang Hai, the bandits who joined them from the surrounding mountains, and the original garrison in Sifang City, the number has reached 40,000!

Forty thousand people!

When he left Yunji City, he had three thousand elite troops plus eight hundred soldiers.

The total number is less than four thousand.

In just a few days, the number of troops increased tenfold!

"With these troops here, the crisis at Yunji City can be resolved."

"But what should we do with this newly conquered Four Directions City?"

Ye Fan's general Song Wan is most likely on his way and will arrive soon. Ren Tianye doesn't know how many men Song Wan has, but since Ye Fan relies on him, he must be extraordinary.

If he leaves, it will be troublesome if Song Wan attacks the city.

Let's keep 5,000 people for now.

"Select the original garrison of Sifang City."

"With the formidable defenses of Sifang City, it should be able to hold out for a while."

After making a rough calculation, Ren Tianye summoned his generals to hold a meeting in the city lord's mansion.

Before all the generals had arrived, the messenger rushed in in a panic: "Reporting, General, a troop of soldiers has come from the south and is only fifteen li away from Sifang City."

Ren Tianye's heart skipped a beat: "Who goes there?"

"Can you see it clearly?"

"General, that army is carrying a large banner with the character 'Song' on it."

Song Wan!

Ren Tianye was certain, but he hadn't expected Song Wan to arrive so quickly, which meant things were in big trouble.

"How many troops are there?"

"The general reported that there were about fifty or sixty thousand men, all fully armored and armed, with a very imposing military appearance and an extraordinary presence."

As soon as he finished speaking, the generals were taken aback.

Fifty or sixty thousand people!

Armored and armed!

That's a powerful army!

The arrival of such a powerful army posed a huge crisis for them.

especially……

Yunji City is in dire need of help and must be rescued immediately. We cannot linger in Sifang City, as the situation will only worsen.

Ren Tianye had naturally thought of this long ago, since his generals had already considered it. He frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and then said, "Gentlemen, I wish to leave one person behind to lead five thousand elite troops to guard this Sifang City."

"Is any of you willing to stay?"

Everyone fell silent instantly.

This time, defending Sifang City is different from the last time we attacked it.

Last time it was too easy; the city was full of inside agents, and it could have been taken down with ease, so everyone was willing to attack.

But now Song Wan has brought fifty or sixty thousand men, which is extremely difficult, and staying behind would most likely mean certain death.

For a moment, no one uttered a sound.

Just as Ren Tianye was about to assign troops, his deputy, Wang Ming, strode forward and said, "General, this humble general is willing to stay."

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