Amidst the sound of the retreat horn, the middle-aged man led Zhou Southeast on horseback and galloped all the way back to Xiyuan City. Then, he was heard shouting loudly to the group of soldiers guarding the city, "Military doctor! Call the military doctor quickly!!

"

"Zhou, Zhou Jie..."

Hearing the sound, the middle-aged man known as Zhou Jie quickly responded after reacting, "The general will be here."

"No, don't stay in this city for too long." Zhou Southeast, who had already lost a lot of blood, said with all his strength, "Wait until all the troops outside have withdrawn, close the east city gate, and then go directly through the west city gate.

Evacuate!”

"Evacuate?" Zhou Jie was stunned when he heard this, "But Your Majesty..."

"It doesn't matter to me." Zhou Southeast gritted his teeth and said in a voice that didn't sound like it didn't matter, "Just pull out the arrow and simply stop the bleeding."

Having said this, Zhou Southeast took two deep breaths with difficulty, and then spoke again, "The opponent's siege force is too strong. If you stay in this city, you will be waiting for death. You can evacuate directly from the west gate of this city. The east gate of this city

After closing it, destroy the mechanism of the East City Gate, and then you can buy some time."

"The last general takes command!"

"By the way, there's more..."

"Your Majesty, please speak, and the general will listen."

"Before you leave, set two fires in this city!" As he spoke, Zhou Southeast's eyes flashed with undisguised viciousness, "Don't he want to take this city back? Then I will give it back to him.

That’s it!”

After hearing this, Zhou Jie's pupils shrank visibly, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything and then withdrew.

At the same time, outside Xiyuan City...

"Huh..." With a long breath, the long bow in Luo Ji's hand fell to the ground, and his hands, completely powerless, just dropped.

Liu Meng, who arrived later, turned over and dismounted with a look of fear on his face, and then knelt down on the ground, "General, I am late to escort you, please punish me, leader!"

Luo Ji didn't respond to Liu Meng's apology, or whether he heard Liu Meng's words clearly was a question. After a long and highly concentrated battle, he relaxed now.

The whole person seemed a little dazed.

After maintaining this state for an unknown amount of time, Luo Ji lowered his head and glanced at Liu Meng, who was still kneeling on the ground, and then slowly said, "Liu Meng, you are injured."

"It's just a minor injury. Thank you for your concern, chief."

"Are you slightly injured?" He glanced at Liu Meng, half of his body was soaked with blood, and then turned to look at the battlefield that had just experienced a fight. Wherever he saw it, the corpses made Luo Meng stunned.

The editor felt shocked and said, "Go gather the troops, place the wounded, and then ask people to clean up the battlefield."

"Chief, clear the battlefield now?" For a moment, Liu Meng, who was a little unresponsive, subconsciously glanced at the closed gate of Xiyuan City.

As if he had read through his thoughts, Luo Ji spoke again, "If he had any brains, he should gather his troops and evacuate from the west city gate now."

"Then let's..." Liu Meng's voice stopped abruptly in the middle of his words. He originally wanted to ask if he should send a troop to chase them, but after thinking about it carefully, how to chase them? At this time, the east city gate was closed.

Damn it, they can't get in, and if they go around, can they go straight to the opposite side faster? In addition, the soldiers under his command have just experienced a fierce battle, suffering heavy casualties, and there is really no energy left to pursue them.

enemy.

Thinking of this, Liu Meng swallowed back the words that were on his lips, and just when he was about to obey Luo Ji's order, the sudden thick smoke from Xiyuan City in the distance stopped him in his tracks, and then

The whole person's expression suddenly changed, "Chief, leader! Xiyuan City is on fire!"

"That guy!!!" Luo Ji's face turned ugly as he realized what had happened. After regaining some strength, he quickly rode the prairie fire all the way to the east city gate, and then shouted loudly, "The guy from Xiyuan City

Listen, people! I am Luo Ji, open the city gate quickly and let us in!!"

After Luo Ji shouted three times with all his strength, a young man poked his head out from the city wall, "Yes, is he the leader?!"

"It's me! Open the city gate quickly!!"

The bright light armor and the prairie fire beneath it can be said to be Luo Ji's signature. After seeing it, the young man on the city wall was overjoyed and said, "Chief, please wait a moment. I'll open the door right now!"

However, some time passed and Luo Ji's heart sank as he looked at the city gate in front of him that had not moved for a long time. Then the next second, the young man's voice rang out again from inside the city gate, with a tone in his tone.

He said with a clear cry, "Chief, the mechanism of the East City Gate was destroyed by those outsiders, and now the city gate cannot be opened!"

"That bastard!" The moment the suspicion in his mind was confirmed, Luo Ji's face couldn't help but become even more ugly. Then he shouted loudly, "Ask the people in the city to work together to put out the fire! Pay attention to controlling the fire, and put out the nearby people."

Move all flammable materials away! And..."

After giving the instructions, Luo Ji decisively led a group of people around Xiyuan City towards the West Gate...

At the same time, after a simple hemostasis treatment by a military doctor, Zhou Southeast, who was in a state of embarrassment, evacuated from the west city gate early with his infantry troops...

Looking at the long troops, Liu Kai, who was leading his troops hiding in the woods on the right outside the west gate of Xiyuan City, frowned.

He was lying in ambush here. He originally wanted to take advantage of the opponent's defeat and escape, and lead three hundred cavalry to suddenly rush out and capture the leader of the extraterrestrial invader. However, he did not expect that the situation was a little different from what he expected. After the battle,

, the opponent’s remaining troops are estimated to be more than 3,000.

Bringing three hundred cavalry to attack an army with more than ten times his strength, even if it was a surprise attack, would be courting death. As a wise general, Liu Kai would obviously not do such a thing.

Just when he was thinking about what to do next, the deputy general beside him suddenly exclaimed, "General, Xiyuan City is on fire!!"

"What?!" Liu Kaixin was shocked when he heard this. He quickly turned around and looked in the direction of Xiyuan City. As expected, there was thick smoke billowing over Xiyuan City, and he could vaguely see the light of fire rising.

Suddenly, a whole cavalry unit, and every cavalry member looked at the alien army in the distance with full resentment in their eyes, "They actually set fire to the city? Those damn outsiders!!"

"We must not let them go!"

"Kill them all! We must kill them all!!"

Compared with the soldiers who were already filled with indignation, Zhang Yan was promoted to deputy general because he obviously had some merits. At the critical moment, he still took a deep breath and said, "General, we are now..."

"I'll take a hundred cavalry to follow and have a look. You take the rest of the people back to Xiyuan City to help put out the fire, and at the same time report the situation on our side to the leaders!"

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