Devouring Chaos

Chapter 117: Emergency at the Border

Originally, Yan Meili also wanted to follow Guan’s army, but once she left, the palace’s defenses would become weak!

So she stayed and guarded the palace together with the Golden Armor Army!

After leaving the imperial city, Guan Xiaobai felt much more relaxed as he rode on a tall horse. It was indeed quite suffocating to stay in the palace all day!

He still likes this feeling of freedom!

The Guan family army marched for half a month, passed through three cities, and marched at a rapid pace all the way!

This means that the Tubo army has been wreaking havoc in the border areas of Yan State for more than half a month, and no one knows what the situation is now!

The next city is the border city!

By this point in the journey, the army was exhausted!

Guan Xiaobai ordered the army to stop, rest, and conserve their energy! He also sent scouts to investigate the situation in the border city!

After receiving Guan Xiaobai's order, the soldiers began to set up camp and cook!

At this moment, Guan Xiaobai and the main generals gathered together in the central military tent!

"Master, we are almost not far from the border city now, why is there no news from the border city?"

They were afraid that they would be ambushed again like the python did!

"No problem. We have already sent out scouts to investigate. I believe we will get the news soon! Now we just have to wait!"

When everyone was discussing the next battle plan!

A guard came in and reported!

"Generals, a group of civilians appeared outside the camp, and they seemed to be fleeing!"

After hearing this, Guan Xiaobai tapped the armrests of the chair with his fingers!

"Please invite them into the military camp!"

"Yes!"

The guard went down quickly, and not long after, a group of civilians were captured and brought into the tent!

The people did not dare to resist. After entering the tents, they lowered their heads and dared not look at anyone!

"Keep your head up!"

Guan Xiaobai said lightly!

When the people heard the sound, they slowly raised their heads with fear!

Guan Xiaobai looked at the pale faces of these people and thought they must have not eaten for several days!

"Guards, go to the logistics department and bring some food over!"

Soon after the guards came down, they brought back several bowls of rice and a large bowl of vegetables!

"Everyone, don't be so reserved. Eat if you're hungry. If you're not satisfied, there's more!"

Hearing Guan Xiaobai's kind voice and his youthful and handsome appearance, I immediately let down my guard, and my stomach was rumbling!

These people began to pick up the bowls and chopsticks handed to them, scooped up a bowl of rice and started eating!

Guan Xiaobai chuckled as he looked at these people! After these people had eaten their fill, the indifference on their faces obviously disappeared, and they looked at Guan Xiaobai with a slight smile!

"Thank you for your hospitality, General!"

These people knelt down to thank Guan Xiaobai!

"You are welcome!"

Guan Xiaobai chuckled!

"Where are you from? Do you know the situation in Border City?"

"To be honest, General, we are just civilians who escaped from the border city!"

"Now the border city is being attacked by the Tubo Kingdom every day. The border city's defense soldiers are gradually losing damage, so the city guard General Li Mu has captured our people to fight against the Tubo army!"

"As time goes on, there will be heavy casualties among the young and middle-aged, and then it will be us older people who will go to the battlefield!"

"Helpless, we had no choice but to flee the border city in order to survive!"

After hearing this, Guan Xiaobai did not blame the refugees, nor did he blame the city guarding general Li Mu!

Everyone has their own difficulties, and no one is right or wrong!

Then Guan Xiaobai said,

"Old Yan, give them ten taels of silver each and let them go!"

Old Yan nodded, then took out the silver and gave ten taels to each person!

These people looked ashamed and bowed every ten steps before leaving!

"Thank you General, I appreciate it!"

Guan Xiaobai looked at Tao Ming who was going away and shook his head slightly!

Then he said loudly,

"Everyone should rest early tonight, and set out early tomorrow morning to enter the border city!"

"Yes!" the soldiers answered!

Now that he knew that the border city had not been lost, he felt much more relieved!

The night passed quickly!

After breakfast the next day, the soldiers broke camp and started moving forward!

The closer to the border city, the more people flee!

Guan Xiaobai could do nothing about this!

It seems that the situation in the border city is not optimistic!

Wait until Guan Xiaobai enters the border city!

Li Mu looked very happy!

"General Guan, I have been looking forward to seeing you for a long time, and finally you are here!"

"Come into the city quickly, we'll talk inside!"

Guan’s army marched into the city from behind the city!

At this moment, everyone heard shouts and cries of killing from the other side of the city! It should be that the soldiers were fighting with the Tubo army!

The location of the border city is very special, and it looks similar to a narrow strip of sky. If the Tubo Kingdom wants to enter the territory of the Yan Kingdom, it really has to break through the border city from the front! Otherwise, there is really no other way!

After Guan Xiaobai entered the city, many wounded soldiers were walking around in the city, carrying stones!

"General Li, aren't you letting these wounded soldiers rest? Why are you making them do such heavy work?"

"We can't help it. The situation is tight at the front and we need to make full use of these wounded soldiers. Only these stones can effectively stop and delay the Tubo Kingdom's siege!"

"After all, the Tibetan army has several times more soldiers than us, so I have no choice but to resort to this desperate measure!"

Li Mu said bitterly!

"By the way, how many troops did General Guan bring with him this time?"

The court only said that it would provide him with reinforcements, but did not specify how many soldiers would be provided. Therefore, he relied on his belief that the court would provide him with reinforcements and was able to hold on until now!

"Uh, there are only 10,000 soldiers!"

Guan Xiaobai told the truth!

After hearing this, Li Mu's face instantly fell!

"That's all? The border city is in danger. If the Tibetans continue to attack like this, we won't be able to hold out for a few days!"

Guan Xiaobai patted Li Mu's shoulder and said comfortingly,

"General Li, now that I, Guan Xiaobai, am here, I will not let the border city fall easily, don't worry!"

Looking at Guan Xiaobai's confident look, Li Mu curled his lips, not knowing what to say!

"Well, the court has sent you to take charge of the situation. From now on, the safety of the border city is in your hands. I hope you can defend the border city and don't become a sinner of Yan Country!"

Li Mu exhaled a breath and said! He looked much more relaxed, no longer having to carry such a heavy burden!

Guan Xiaobai nodded calmly, and ignored Li Mu, and said to Lao Yan beside him,

"Let's go to the top of the city and take a look!"

Then Guan Xiaobai led the soldiers to the battlefield ahead!

By the time Guan Xiaobai climbed to the top of the city wall, the war was in a stalemate!

The Tibetans were all tall and strong, and they were obviously brave and good at fighting. They kept using ladders to attack the city, while the soldiers on the top of the city drew their bows and shot arrows at the enemy!

When the Tibetans climbed close, the soldiers began to pick up the stones they had brought and threw them at the Tibetans. Once hit, they would basically fall off the ladders and be smashed into a pulp!

Guan Xiaobai saw that these fighting soldiers were already extremely exhausted!

Then Guan Xiaobai gave the order,

"One group of 5,000 people go forward to replace, and the others can rest!"