Chapter 229

There are several reasons why Qiu Xu didn't deploy too many troops in Xihe county. First, Xihe county is located in the upper reaches of Guangji river. The terrain is quite high, and there are many mountains and plateaus in the county. Besides crossing Guangji River, there is only one way to get to Xihe county from the south. The world knows that Jieshan mountain range is dense and dangerous, and there are many beasts. There is almost no road available, Therefore, even though Guangji county and Xihe county were not far apart on the map, Qiu Xu did not think that Daqian had to venture through Jieshan when he was taking the initiative in the battlefield and taking advantage of his troops.

The other is the Jieshan mountain range in the south of Xihe River, which is the junction of Tianxing and Nanli. More than 160 years ago, when Emperor Daqian Wendi ascended the throne, Daqian's national strength began to flourish. Since then, Tianxing and Nanli, who felt the pressure and threat, began to form an alliance to fight against Daqian. In the past 100 years, whether it was Tianxing or Nanli, In order to show the sincerity of the alliance and have no suspicion of the other side, they will not station too many troops in the counties on both sides of the Jieshan mountains.

Therefore, after Qiu Xu increased the garrison of Xihe county from 5000 to 30000, he did not continue to invest in Xihe county. Because he didn't think that Da Qian would give up easily and take Xihe County as the first attack direction.

At this time, Xihe county was in chaos when the white wolf king broke through the gate. At this time, most of the garrison in the county were new recruits. Many of these recruits were mountain hunters. Looking at the wolves roaring into the city, fear and despair flashed on many faces.

As young people of Orion family background, how could they not have seen the ferocity of mountain forest black wolf, the cunning of prairie gray wolf, heard of the ghost of alien beast shadow wolf, the cruel bloodthirsty of fierce beast wild wolf and blood wolf, and the wisdom of spirit beast moon wolf. Now a huge pack of these wolves is rushing into the city, and everyone knows what it means. And it's the darkest time before dawn. In the dark where the fire can't shine, it's the home of wolves. Although it's only half an hour before dawn, many people know that they probably won't see today's sunrise.

At this time, in the north city of Xihe county city, there were constant whimpers of wolves being seriously injured and screams of people before they died. In the face of such a large number of wolves with exotic beasts and under the command of the wolf king, the army that lost the support of the city wall behaved much better than ordinary people. Without certain martial arts cultivation as support, when facing these wolves that were born for fighting and killing, They don't have an advantage, which is why every time a tide of Jedi animals occurs, the villages, towns and cities on the way will be washed by blood.

At this moment, a young man with pale complexion and obviously broken courage saw a wolf with red light in his eyes and red blood on his mouth and claws looking at him. Suddenly, what the grandfather, who had been a mountain Hunter all his life, had said to him flashed in his heart.

"If you are surrounded by beasts, you need to show weakness and bow your head when you are facing the situation of death. Everything has spirit, and you can live forever by kneeling."

When the young man saw that the wolf had already attacked him, he felt a tremor in his heart. He quickly threw his steel knife aside, knelt down on his knees, and crawled to the ground shivering.

The wolf in the office was stunned when he saw the young man's appearance. The fierce light in his eyes faded slightly. He twisted his body in the air and landed on the young man's side. The wolf turned around the young man twice, put out his nose and sniffed on the young man. Then he rushed to a man who was wearing the captain's armor and was attacking the wolves with a long gun.

The young man was relieved to see the wolf leave, but he did not dare to move, because he knew that before the wolves left, he would not be attacked by the wolves until he kept his present posture.

What happened to the young man was seen by many city guards. Many clever people threw their weapons aside and knelt down like the young man. Sure enough, the wolves did not continue to attack these surrender people. Although the night was dim, the scene on the wall was seen by the star soldiers in other places. These soldiers, whether they were veterans of the royal capital corps or new recruits who had just entered the army, had lost their sense of fighting for death because their lives were threatened. They all started to do the same thing.

Only a quarter of an hour after the wolves entered the city, the wall of the north gate of Xihe county had been lost, and most of the soldiers chose to surrender to the wolves to save their lives. Then the East and west walls surrendered one after another, and the supporting troops from the South City were surrounded by wolves in the middle of Xihe county.

When Gu Qingcheng and Zhuge Ya led their troops to the South Gate of Xihe County, they found that the white wolf king was standing majestically on the wall of the city, driving more than a dozen Tianxing soldiers to open the gate.

Zhuge Ya looked at the gate of Xihe county city in a daze for a long time. He looked at the white giant wolf standing on the wall with a look of admiration and said, "I have been in Fengxiang army for nearly 20 years. I think I have never seen the world, but I never thought that war could be fought like this. With this wolf pack, it is far better than thousands of soldiers."

Gu Qingcheng smiles, looks at the north, and says, "I didn't think a year ago that this kind of war only exists in theory can really appear on the battlefield. If Lu que didn't let Bai Xia take over the wolves in the mountains before the battle of Danshui, and left Bai Xia in southern Xinjiang when he returned to the imperial capital, I can't imagine that Bai Xia still has such ability. With the wolves it controls, our army seems to have the least number, but its combat power is absolutely no worse than the other two. "

"It is." Zhuge Ya nodded and said with regret, "but this method is only available to you and Lu que. It's too difficult to sign a contract with the wolf king."

Gu Qingcheng's eyes flashed, and she naturally understood Zhuge Ya's meaning. It was very difficult for the beast to take the initiative to conclude an equal contract with people, and it was even more difficult to sign a spirit beast contract with the intelligent spirit beast. If the spirit beast was still the wolf king, it was basically impossible.

Because it's not determined by the level of cultivation. Even if Yunshu, the first worshipper in the Imperial City, can kill many mysterious level beasts and even mysterious level spirit beasts with her cultivation, but there is no way to let a spirit beast take the initiative to conclude a contract with her. Gu Qingcheng suddenly thinks that the white wolf king originally wanted to make a contract with Lu que, but after Lu que took the white wolf king out of the mountain and sea picture scroll, he took the initiative to find her and gave her this opportunity. Thinking of this, Gu Qingcheng can't help but feel warm.

"Let's go into the city. After such a long journey, the soldiers need time to have a good rest." Gu Qingcheng looks back at the ten thousand Fengxiang cloud riders behind him. Although these cloud riders are elite, and each of them has an incredible look on his face, their good military discipline doesn't make them any different. They still keep fighting posture and wait for the military order of general Gu Qingcheng.

"Well, there must be many prisoners in the city that we need to deal with first." Zhuge Ya nodded and followed Gu Qingcheng slowly into the city.

When Gu Qingcheng and Zhuge Ya entered the city, the white wolf king on the wall jumped down and came to Gu Qingcheng's horse head to lead the way.

"Bai Xia, how about the damage of wolves?" Gu Qingcheng looked at the white wolf king and found that he wasn't hurt. He didn't even have blood on his body. He was relieved and began to ask.

"In addition to the loss of more than 200 at the beginning of the North Gate war, the Tianxing garrison in the East, West and South all knelt down and surrendered after the wolves appeared." The white wolf king said with the spirit.

"Where are these prisoners now?" Gu Qingcheng asked again.

"Except for the people who just opened the city gate, I let the more than ten month wolves lead the wolves to escort them to the barracks in the west of the city."

"Take me there first, and we'll have a rest when the problem of these prisoners is solved." Gu Qingcheng nodded and then said to Zhuge ya, "all the prisoners are escorted to the military camp in the west of the city by wolves. Now I'll go with Bai Xia and ask general Zhuge to lead the army to take over the defense of Xihe county and city, and then come out to settle the people after dawn."

"Nuo ~" ZHUGE Ya said that although she was Gu Qingcheng's aunt in terms of seniority, in the army, she was mainly Gu Qingcheng, who was the deputy commander of Fengxiang army.

"Bai Xia, let's go." Gu Qingcheng said to the white wolf king, with five hundred cloud cavalry, who was her personal soldier temporarily, heading for the west of the city under the leadership of the white wolf king.

Zhuge Ya looks at Gu Qingcheng and the white wolf king leaving. There is a trace of envy in her eyes. She just heard Gu Qingcheng talking to the white wolf king, but she can't hear the white wolf king's answer, because the spirit of the white wolf king is only aimed at Gu Qingcheng. She has seen many such scenes during this period. As a general of the army, She also hopes to be favored by a spirit beast like the white wolf king. Having such a spirit beast on her side is just a big help, but such a thing is really possible.

Zhuge Ya suddenly thought of Lu que, who was in the capital of the emperor. At this time, she couldn't see through the young man as big as her nephew Zhuge Yan. The reason was not because of her talent, but because she didn't know what Lu que was thinking and what she really cared about. The white wolf king was originally brought out by Lu Que in the picture scroll of mountains and seas, but he gave it to Gu Qingcheng, who had not yet confirmed his engagement.

This kind of thing can't happen if you put it on any of the princes in the imperial capital. It's so rare for a wolf king to be a spirit beast. No one can transfer such a precious spirit beast to others. But Lu que just did it. She didn't feel it before. But when she saw the power of the white wolf king with her own eyes this time, she really couldn't understand that Lu que didn't even hesitate to send out such a spirit beast. What did he really value in his heart?

At the same time, outside the military camp in the west of Xihe county city, nearly 10000 wolves, like a well-trained army, squatted there neatly, blocking the whole barracks. In the open space of the barracks, nearly 14000 Tianxing garrison, who had thrown away their weapons and armor, were squatting or sitting there. Everyone's face showed confusion and fear. They didn't understand why the wolves drove them here and what to do with them next.

"Junhou, what do you think the wolves will do to us? You don't want to eat us when we are hungry." In a small group of people sitting together, a young man asked a middle-aged man in a shaking voice.

"How do I know?" Seeing that many people's eyes looked at him, the middle-aged man said angrily, "when I was in Wangdu, I was attacked by my own xiyuanze army. When I arrived in this remote Xihe County, I was attacked by wolves. I don't know what bad luck I had."

"Alas ~" many veterans from the army of Wangdu sighed bitterly, and their hearts were choked. As the first legion of Tianxing in name, they had a very difficult time. When Wang Hong died a few months ago, the Duke of Wucheng led the xiyuanze Legion to attack the capital. The whole army of the capital lost miserably in that battle. Then Daqian invaded, and the new king ascended the throne. They were sent to Qiu Xu's command, and then Qiu Xu sent them here to train the newly recruited soldiers. However, not long after that, Xihe county was attacked by a group of wolves of unprecedented scale. They didn't even persist for an hour, and they became prisoners of the lower ranks.

If they were defeated by the elite, they would admit it. However, when they were defeated by a pack of wolves, many veterans who came slowly from God were so ashamed that they wanted to die immediately, so as not to tarnish their family's reputation because of their actions.

"This wolf pack should not suddenly appear here. If I guess correctly, this wolf pack should belong to the same one that appeared in the Danshui war and the hexingyuan war. In other words, this wolf pack belongs to Daqian, and Lu que was in the capital of Daqian at this time, so Gu Qingcheng must be the one who controlled this wolf pack behind him." A man with a weak face and dressed as a civil servant began to say that he was the Sheriff of Xihe county. He came from the Xie family of Tianxing.

"Sheriff Xie, do you mean Gu Qingcheng sent out wolves in the dark before dawn to defeat us and take the city?" Jun Hou, who spoke before, asked.

"If I'm not wrong, it should be." Xie Daoquan's eyes flashed and nodded.

"It's not unfair that we were defeated in this war. General Qiu Ao in Danshui war, general Zhai Ning in hexingyuan war, and commander Qiu in xiaoqingshan's mad lion army were all defeated by Lu Que and Gu Qingcheng. We were defeated by her, which is also the result of fate. At least when it comes out, the world won't say that we were defeated by a group of wolves."

Just as these people were talking, there was a little commotion among the wolves outside the barracks. A dozen blood wolves around the barracks stepped back toward the two sides of the gate and made way for the whole gate. Gu Qingcheng rode a thread wildebeest into the barracks and swept his eyes around the soldiers captured by the wolves.

When the star soldiers squatting on the ground saw someone coming in, they stood up one after another. Then they saw the white wolf king, the five hundred fengxiangyunqi and the symbolic cloud swallowing beast under them.

"You are shocked." Gu Qingcheng went to a high platform, turned over and dismounted, arched his hands at nearly 14000 unarmed prisoners of war.

"Are you Gu Qingcheng, deputy commander of Fengxiang army?" Xie Daoquan got up and looked up at Gu Qingcheng and asked.

"It's Ben Shuai. Your clothes should be Xihe sheriff. Are you Xie Daoquan?" Gu Qingcheng looked up and down at the man who was talking. There was a kind of temperament in the man who was born in a big family. This kind of temperament would never be possessed by ordinary people. Gu Qingcheng, who was also born in the gate of the top nobility, could naturally feel this kind of breath.

"It's my official, deputy commander Gu. We have been defeated in this battle. Now we are all prisoners. I don't know what deputy commander Gu wants to do with us?" Xie Daoquan asked. When he said this, he was also worried. Now it is the national war between Daqian and Tianxing, and the world can see that Daqian has made up his mind to destroy Tianxing kingdom. Now they are prisoners. No matter how Daqian deals with them, the world can say nothing.

And the most important thing is that Bai Yi, the Marquis of Wu'an in Daqian, who had been stationed in zhennanguan and fought with Tianxing for several times, had the habit of killing prisoners. Although Lu Que and Gu Qingcheng won the two wars of Danshui and hexingyuan before, they didn't embarrass the captured Tianxing soldiers. At that time, Lu que, not Gu Qingcheng, led the army. He didn't know if Gu Qingcheng, who is now the leader of the army, would kill them all, just like Bai Yi, so as not to leave trouble for himself.

"Then I don't know how Xie Taishou wants Ben Shuai to deal with you?" Gu Qingcheng hears speech to have interest to see Xie Daoquan one eye to ask a way.

Xie Daoquan said with a wry smile, "if you are defeated and captured, you are not qualified to decide your own destiny. This is the end of the matter. It's up to deputy commander Gu to make the decision."

"No ~" Gu Qingcheng shook his head slowly and said, "it's better to control one's fate in one's own hands. I'll give you three ways to choose. How about that?"

"Go ahead, Mr. Gu." Xie Daoquan felt a move in his heart. He knew that Gu Qingcheng didn't put them all to death. He was a little relieved.

"The first way is to join my army and become a member of the Fengxiang army. As long as you can survive the six-month special training of the Fengxiang army, you will be paid the same as the regular soldiers of the Fengxiang army." Gu Qingcheng said that he glanced at the crowd and continued, "the second way is, I know that there are many things among you. Recruits are recruited into the army as a last resort. If you don't want to join the Fengxiang army, my commander can give you dry food and make you return home to reunite with your parents, wife and children, and never be threatened by the war in this world."

As soon as Gu Qingcheng's words came to an end, there was a buzz among the captives.