Crossing the Unknown Country

Chapter 528: The Outer Guards Lost

The Dongjie Army sent a large number of troops this time, and the defenders of Ansheng Kingdom also suffered heavy casualties after a fierce battle. Although troops were transferred from the city to supplement, the deployment needed to be readjusted.

While they were still making arrangements, the Dongjie Army came again. One of their scouts saw the Dongjie Army coming and quickly sent a letter to the defenders to prepare.

When the Dongjie army came, the defenders had already assembled urgently and were waiting for their arrival. This was a life-and-death battle, because the Dongjie army had a large number of cavalry, and the defenders were finally defeated by their attack. Except for a few soldiers who escaped, the general and the soldiers were almost wiped out.

The battle was a bloody one, and the defenders of Ansheng fought bravely and did not retreat at all to prevent them from entering the territory of Ansheng.

However, the war on the plains was still very advantageous for the Dongjie Army, who were strong and good at archery. They fought against the infantry on horseback, killing them like chopping melons and vegetables.

Although some of them were caught by the tripwires and fell off their horses, once they were cut off, the cavalry behind them could run over. There were too many of them this time, and in the end the defenders still failed to stop them.

However, this time they did not rush through the checkpoints and directly plunder the defenseless villages and towns one by one. They only sent a small group of troops to several nearby villages to look for their food reserves.

Some nearby villages had no idea that these foreign enemies would invade. By the time they saw the foreigners appear, it was too late. These people usually killed anyone they met and then entered the village and searched for food from house to house.

The common people cried and ran away, but there was no way to go. Some of the better families were farther away from the direction these people came from, and quickly hid in the cellar. It all depended on whether the cellar in the house was well concealed.

After they had killed and searched every household, they started to light fires and burn everything that could be burned. They didn't want any living people to gather together and fight them.

Without a home, people cannot survive, and even those who are left will be burned to death in the house. Those who are lucky enough to survive can only flee to ANXENG, which is what they want to see most.

It can scare those who are timid and fearful. When they capture the next city, it may be an empty city.

For them, they first occupied the territory, there were a lot of people, and they could migrate some of them from the tribe. Those Ansheng people they captured were ready-made slaves.

A large group of Dongjie troops came directly to the south gate of Fenggou City. As soon as they arrived, they sent messengers back to the north gate to request reinforcements. They wanted to launch an attack from both sides to see how long the defenders in Fenggou City could hold out.

When General Wang An learned that the Dongjie Army was attacking from other places, he knew that Fenggou City was in danger this time.

He had predicted that the place would be captured. In the past, it bordered other countries, so there was nothing to fear. Who knew that the Dongjie Army had captured that country first, and then began to attack them. Such a large plain area could not be strictly defended. Once it was attacked, it would fall sooner or later.

He could only send an urgent report to the imperial court, hoping that reinforcements would come to rescue them. They could only defend Fenggu City and hold back the Dongjie army, preventing them from bypassing and entering the heartland of Ansheng State.

At the same time, the news from the border town of Ansheng Kingdom flooded into people's hearts like a tide. The villagers in the villages that were not invaded in the border town all took their belongings and began to flee southwards. They had no weapons and could not defeat those foreigners.

Of course, the villagers of Shili Village also received the news, and they did not choose to flee. They chose to stay and defend their homes. The village chief discussed with the village chiefs of several surrounding villages and they decided to fight the enemy together.