"Take the men to collect the bodies and pieces of meat on the wall and throw them into a pile at the foot of the wall."
After saying that, when everyone started to get busy, she also grabbed the corpses one by one and used them as brushes to stain them with blood, smearing the blood patterns on the ground, drawing an inconspicuous blood pattern magic circle.
Blood streaks appeared and the corpses piled up more and more.
Among the corpses were not only bandits and enemy soldiers, but also many ordinary townspeople who died for unknown reasons and were thrown into the pile.
After Xi Heng finished drawing the magic circle, he took a quick glance at the size of the pile of corpses and roughly estimated that there were several thousand of them.
but……
"It's still too little." She shook her head.
Xi Heng originally wanted to obtain the spiritual energy needed for the Blood Sea Method on his way south.
I thought the big bandits in Gyeonggi had enough men under their command, and that should be enough when added together.
But now it seems that these so-called Four Bandits of the Capital may not even be able to outnumber the remnants of the Tianliang Army left after Fang Tiande's death.
The only reason they were able to resist the Great Zhao capital's army was because their officers and soldiers were too incompetent.
"Kill as many as you can."
……
Ten days later, all the major bandits in the capital were wiped out.
Among these so-called big bandits, the strongest one has only the great strength of dark energy. None of them has the transformation energy that can contend with Xi Heng for a few moves. The soldiers are not like Yan Mengjun who can form a formation to surround and kill her, so they will naturally be defeated by her easily.
As long as she moves to the front of the bandit position where friendly forces are stationed, she can break through it in a short time.
After the killing, the first thing Xi Heng did was to pile them up to burn them and absorb their spiritual energy.
While leading the troops in pursuit, raids, and attacks, she also gathered thirty spirit stones filled with spiritual energy.
The bodies used were not only those of enemy bandits, but also those of many civilians who were displaced or injured in attacks by bandits along the way, as well as the bodies of officers and soldiers.
But even though he no longer cared about his corpse's identity, the spiritual energy was still not enough.
If one wants to cause a major battle against Yan Meng's army, the only spell needed is Sea of Blood.
Other spells are like missiles and artillery shells, but the sustainable and controllable spell "Sea of Blood" has a strategic significance almost equivalent to that of a nuclear bomb.
Now that Great Zhao has fallen into a weak position in the northern border battlefield, Xi Heng wants to use this to reverse the situation.
but……
“It’s not enough.”
She achieved a great victory and led the remaining 8,000 officers and soldiers from the capital back home. She was worshipped and revered by many people in the capital.
But to Xi Heng, the praises and cheers from millions of people were just meaningless things.
She would rather give up such praise in exchange for 50,000 corpses.
Listening to people's respectful things, she kept wondering how she could get another 50,000 units of spiritual energy.
Where in the world can she directly obtain so much spiritual energy?
Which enemy... would have nearly 50,000 men?
Yan Mengguo naturally had no choice but to forget about it. If he could kill 50,000 of their soldiers, there would be no need to use the Sea of Blood technique.
Most of the people in Donghuangmei Mountain are warriors, and there are not many organized military units.
Because of this, they were unable to lead their troops to capture the city of Dazhao, but only took advantage of the rebellion in Hailu when the government's control over it was weak to occupy part of the territory.
It is probably impossible for this organization of warriors to work together to attack the imperial court.
The Lord of Huangmei Mountain himself did not pay much attention to attacking the imperial territory, and was only focused on studying the Hunyuan Gongfa they created.
Up to now, there has been less and less news from East Huangmei Mountain.
The only remaining strong enemies of the Great Zhao are the Southern Barbarians in the west and the Dark Sky Sect in the south.
If the Dark Sky Sect had no connection with Xi Heng, she might really have focused her attention there.
But she is the Saint of the Dark Heaven Sect...
"Do we want to kill the barbarians in the west? But there is not enough time." Xi Heng shook his head.
If he led his troops to the west now and fought a battle with a total death toll of tens of thousands, Yan Meng's army might have already moved south and attacked the capital.
"I'd better lead the troops to the north first and then fight a tug-of-war with Yan Mengguo... maybe I can slowly gather 50,000 troops." Xi Heng said to himself.
Once the number of spirit stones is barely enough, they will gather for a decisive battle and crush all the invaders from Yan Meng Kingdom who have invaded the border of Da Zhao.
After the victory, she wanted to continue to lead her troops to attack Yan Meng State and destroy it so that it could no longer attack the south.
Riding on a red-maned horse and under the admiring gazes of many common people, Xi Heng led the officers and soldiers of the capital, whose morale had been greatly boosted after winning several great victories in a row, back to their garrison behind the city gate.
Most of the Beijing troops who followed her looked excited.
Xi Heng himself didn't think there was anything to be excited about.
It was just a gradual battle in which the majority defeated the minority.
She said that there was no need for these ten thousand soldiers. As long as she was given five hundred elite cavalry, she could easily wipe out the bandits in the capital area.
In that case, the speed can be much faster.
When leading officers and soldiers from the capital, there are even more things to pay attention to, just like they are doing military training.
But they did improve to some extent - the remaining 8,000 Beijing troops are now considered an ever-victorious army in the mainland.
Although there was actually no improvement in their skills, military strength, tactics, etc., their morale did soar and they had some military momentum.
"In the interior, they can probably be considered as a usable force."
Xi Heng allowed the Beijing troops to hold a post-war celebration banquet, while he quietly left and went directly to the palace.
As usual, he entered the palace directly using light skills and arrived in front of Fuqing Palace.
But the Zhao Chuxiao they were looking for was not here today. It was almost dark, but the other party was still staying in Taixiao Palace to handle official business.
Xi Heng heard this and turned in that direction, recalling his tiring daily life as an emperor.
He had to get up at five in the morning, dress and tidy up, and after the court meeting, he had to be busy until the afternoon. When he returned to the emperor's residence in Fuqing Hall, he still had to recite or read Huajin martial arts and Xianzong Xianwen...
There is very little time for rest every day. Sometimes I stay up all night without noticing, and just when I want to fall asleep, I have to go to court again.
She didn't want to go through it again.
If I were to sit on the throne again, I would definitely solve most of the things that don't need to be complicated in the simplest way.
Then maybe we wouldn't have to be so busy.
Or...
Xi Heng imagined Chu Xiao's appearance in his mind and pondered for a while.
As I was thinking, I arrived at my destination.
The girl walked on the blue and white floor that looked like it was made of jade, and came to the magnificent court hall.
There were golden dragons painted on the walls, and the surrounding guards were also wearing golden armor. There was a eunuch holding a floating device standing in front of the hall.
Even though there was no court meeting in the hall, the atmosphere outside was still very rigorous and orderly.
When the eunuch saw the official badge on her waist, he bowed respectfully and approached her, first greeting her and then asking what she wanted.
After casually saying something about reporting on the bandit suppression situation, the eunuch led her in.
He walked past the hall where court meetings were held, went around to the corridor at the back, and stopped in front of a pavilion where the emperor often worked.
The eunuch went in to report and then invited her in.
Xi Heng walked around the familiar wooden shelves that displayed various rare items, and saw Zhao Chuxiao in the back who was handling memorials.
"Are you so busy today?"
Although there was a time in Xi Heng's previous life when his desk was piled with memorials, it only took him one or two hours to deal with them.
"Six powerful officials suddenly left the court, and the power structure changed, which naturally caused a lot of trouble." Zhao Chuxiao calmly put down the brush and turned around and said:
"The letter you and I sent to the Dark Sky Sect ten days ago has already had an effect. The Dark Sky Sect stopped its migration northward and evacuated the two cities."
Xi Heng knew this was natural, and said, "The big bandits in the capital have been pacified, so send troops to support the northern army as soon as possible."
"Speaking of the war in the northern border..." Chu Xiao sighed softly, and took out a document from the pile of memorials on the table and handed it to him: "Perhaps you don't have to lead the army too far. Yan Meng's army has already moved south."
"Hmm?" The girl took it and saw the central handwriting at first glance. She subconsciously read out: "The garrison on the southern bank of the Black Dragon Lake was defeated... Yan Meng and the Baekje Kingdom on the eastern peninsula allied and sent a large number of ships, including Yan Meng's cavalry, to attack together, breaking through the blockade and heading south?"
"Huh?" Xi Heng's mouth twitched.
She had only been gone for over half a month, how come something like this happened again?
"The Black River flows outside the cities of Yan'an, Dongping, Yunzhou, Yanzhou, etc.... Now Yan'an and Dongping have been besieged by the enemy army. The Northern Frontier Army is heading south to provide support, but it is still unknown whether they can win." Zhao Chuxiao said:
"If these four cities are conquered, it will be our capital."
……
Chapter 120: The Final Battle is Coming
The next morning, at the training ground in the capital.
Before the officers and soldiers from the capital who had participated in yesterday's celebration banquet had sobered up, Xi Heng asked the messenger to wake up all the soldiers and asked the 8,000 Beijing troops to assemble at the training ground.
Without saying much, he told them directly to clean up their muddled minds, pack their bags immediately, organize the ranks, and prepare for the long march.
On the way, Xi Heng also packed the weapons and luggage he needed, and ran to the palace. With the order issued by Zhao Chuxiao, he asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the best sword in the official treasury for himself. He also received two hundred sets of fine armor for his subordinates for use by the elite troops.
An hour later, the sun rose to the highest point in the sky.
She then led 8,000 officers and soldiers from the capital to the northern city gate to join up with the other two armies from the capital.
There were more than 12,000 troops from the capital under the command of other generals. Together with her troops, there were a total of 20,000 troops from the capital, and they all marched northward.
While the army was marching, a letter titled "An Edict to Punish Yan" was spread from the capital to all parts of the Great Zhao.
……
"There is a difference between the destruction of a country and the destruction of the world. How to distinguish between the destruction of a country and the destruction of the world? Changing surnames and names is the destruction of a country. When benevolence and righteousness are filled to the point of beasts eating people and people about to eat each other, it is the destruction of the world..."
"Today, there is the Yan Kingdom, the remnant of the Eastern Mongols, who luckily gained power and bullied their former master. They have no regard for morality and righteousness, and plunder and rob like bandits. The court has been weakened by the chaos. If the country is defeated, the world will lose morality. The country will be in fear for a thousand years, and its language will be usurped. It will no longer exist in the world..."
"Only after knowing how to protect the world can one know how to protect the country. To protect the country is the work of the ruler and his ministers, who are all meat eaters; to protect the world, even the humblest of men has the responsibility to do so!"
"Every man has his share of responsibility for the fate of his country. Great Zhao heroes and righteous men, please join our army and march forward—"
"Announce it to the whole world, and let all know it."
The manifesto spread throughout the capital in just half a day, and was then sent to major cities in all directions by many messengers who had been dispatched earlier. Even to the areas occupied by the Dark Sky Sect and the Huangmeishan Army, it spread quickly.
Naturally, this article was written by Xi Heng overnight in Zhao Chuxiao's palace yesterday.
The news also began to spread overnight, and every second was used to increase the chances of winning the upcoming battle with the powerful enemy Yan Mengguo in the northern border.
I wonder how many folk masters this manifesto can inspire to come and help... It would be great if a few of them could come.
This was the only thing Xi Heng was thinking about as he wrote.
After writing the article easily, he put the brush down on the pen shelf, and handed the article to Zhao Chuxiao who was watching nearby, asking her to spread the article as soon as possible.
At that time, Chu Xiao read the article over and over again, and the first sentence he said after nodding was:
"It turns out that the Imperial Sister has the talent to be a writer."
Xi Heng didn't know why the other party still cared about such boring things. He waved his hand and told the other party to give up on it as soon as possible. Then he yawned and returned to Qin Xie Changxiang to rest.
We must set off as soon as possible tomorrow to rescue the besieged city in the north.
……
Up to now, he has been leading the troops on the march for half a day, and the original dawn has been replaced by sunset.
Xi Heng only then realized that leading 20,000 soldiers on a march was really too slow.
Because the troops were too numerous, they had to maintain formation during the march, and they had to stop and reorganize every five to ten miles.
A large number of scouts must be sent to the front to come and go.
You also need to pay attention to the location of food, weapons, armor and cattle carts at all times.
