Crossing the Unknown Country

Even so, the village chief did not dare to be careless, and led the villagers to guard for a few more days, but no more enemies appeared. He sent a brave man to the town to ask for news, and learned that the enemy had been defeated, and those were the remaining enemy troops who fled. The town had sent troops to pursue them, and it was impossible for them to come back.

The village chief then asked all the young and old who were hiding in the mountains to go home and wait for the village to make proper arrangements. Those who were hiding in their village should also go home, but they did not want to leave and wanted to move to their village.

He had no say in this matter, as so many people were from other villages and needed to relocate their household registrations themselves. They would not block their relocation as long as they had connections in the government.

Because of the wall in front of their village, they can only build houses towards the back. In fact, this is a good thing, because the original villagers of their village are surrounded in the middle, which is safer.

Shili Village gradually became the largest village in Baima Town, and the main road at the entrance of their village became a well-known market. After all, the road in their village was well built, and it was no worse than the official road.

Borji and his men were chased by the Ansheng army from behind, and finally fled back in the mountains without stopping. When they returned to the territory of Dongjie, there were only about 60 people left. Borji died because he lacked medical care and was shot on the road.

The remaining defeated soldiers dared not go back, as they would be dead if they returned to the camp. They discussed finding a place to escape and planned to live in hiding. After all, when they arrived at the territory of Dongjie State, they could hide in any tribe and pretend to have died in battle.

Jin Baochang hadn't received any news for a long time, and the estimated time had long passed, so he knew that Borji had failed. He knew that this arrangement had failed again, and he couldn't send anyone over again.

It was impossible for him to capture the city now, so the only way left was to bypass Fenggu City and directly attack Ansheng. See if he could gain any benefits. Maybe he could occupy other cities and use them as their bases to gradually expand his advantage.

That day they left a small number of soldiers to feint an attack on Fenggou City, while the rest of the army went to attack the defenders under the city, which was the only breakthrough point.

General Huo received a report from the front that the Dongjie Army was coming towards them, and they were ready to fight. But when they knew that so many Dongjie troops had come, it was too late to ask for help.

The Dongjie army was too numerous, and those soldiers and horses rushed over without hesitation. They knew they would fall into the ditch, but they jumped in without hesitation. It didn't take long for them to fill up the ditch, and the fire couldn't stop the horses from rushing in later, and the Ansheng army's defense line was finally broken.

General Huo and his men retreated while fighting the enemy, and more than half of the Ansheng soldiers were killed or wounded. Just when they were about to be surrounded, the city garrison came out to rescue them, and the Dongjie army did not want to fight and ran directly to the next city.

Jin Baochang knew that as long as he stayed outside the city, Wang An would be able to pin him down, so he didn't want to attack Fenggu City now. He wanted to go to Ansheng State to cause trouble, and he didn't believe that the defenders of other cities would be so strong.

General Huo retreated back to the city and met with the Ninth Prince and General Wang An. They didn't say much because the Dongjie Army had already entered Ansheng Country. They had to pursue them, otherwise many villages, towns and cities in the country would be in danger, and they were afraid that they would kill all the way.

The Ninth Prince and General Huo led the remaining troops, and General Wang An sent another team to cooperate with them. He could not leave his post without permission, Fenggu City could not be lost, and they had to ambush the retreating Dongjie Army.

The Ninth Prince and his men pursued all the way back, determined to annihilate the enemy in Fengyu City.

Jin Baochang had a clear idea in mind when holding the map. He killed his way to Fengyu City, where the city had weak defenses, a good geographical location, and abundant supplies. As long as he took it, he could rest here temporarily.

They kept moving in that direction, sending small groups of troops to find food and supplies. The surrounding villages were in a terrible situation. They hadn't settled down yet when the enemy came again. Fortunately, they were still alert. When they saw the smoke rising from the first village, they knew the enemy was coming again. They quickly found a place to hide.

When Shili Village saw another person escaping, they knew that the enemy was coming, and everyone began to prepare for battle. I don’t know how many enemy troops came this time, and why the Dongjie Army was so crazy this time.