The Savage Lady Wants to Kill Me! Reborn on the Path of Cultivation

The rebels led by Zhao Xuan had been besieging Qilin City for nearly ten days. During these ten days of fierce fighting, although the defenders of Qilin City suffered heavy casualties and were exhausted, the rebels also suffered heavy losses.

Generally speaking, the casualties of the attackers are more serious.

Duan Tianyang pondered for a moment, then said calmly: "The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. After ten days of continuous fighting, the rebels must be exhausted. We will definitely win this battle. Jingyuan, go and investigate further."

"Yes!" Lu Jingyuan replied, and then rode away.

As the commander-in-chief, Duan Tianyang is full of confidence and the morale of his soldiers is also high.

Although they were faced with a situation where they were outnumbered, they were not afraid at all.

Duan Tianyang set up the Hidden Martial Arts Hall in the Hongxing Society. Originally, he intended to utilize the hidden warriors' skills to carry out assassinations, but now these hidden warriors have become his spy team.

It has to be said that when it comes to gathering intelligence, hidden warriors are indeed very suitable.

Members of the Hidden Martial Hall frequently reported back the latest battle situation in Qilin City. Although they were still some distance away from Qilin City, Duan Tianyang knew the current battle situation well.

Duan Tianyang looked up and saw that the sky was gradually darkening. He had a premonition that the rebels' siege today would soon come to an end.

Sure enough, not long after, Qiu Tieyi and Hua Duoer returned with several members of the Hidden Martial Hall, while Lu Jingyuan stayed near Qilin City to continue collecting intelligence.

As soon as Qiu Tieyi saw Duan Tianyang, he immediately reported: "Brother Tian, ​​the rebels attacking the city have withdrawn to the camp."

Duan Tianyang heard this and asked, "Tieyi, do you know where the rebels' camp is?"

Qiu Tieyi nodded and replied, "I know, but we only inquired from a distance and did not dare to get close."

As he spoke, he pulled out a few slightly wrinkled pieces of parchment from his arms and unfolded them carefully while observing the contents on them.

He pulled out a piece of paper and handed it to Duan Tianyang, pointing to the route map on the paper and saying, "This is the location of Qilin City. The rebel camp is marked here, about six miles away from us."

Duan Tianyang glanced at Qiu Tieyi, smiled and nodded in approval.

Although Qiu Tieyi sometimes seems too bloodthirsty, he still performs well in other aspects.

Now as the head of Yinwu Hall, he is now quite capable.

He asked with a smile: "How is the enemy camp going?"

"Not very good." Hua Duoer shook her head in response, adding: "Their layout is very loose."

Qiu Tieyi then took out a piece of parchment, handed it to Duan Tianyang and said, "Brother Tian, ​​this is the sketch of the enemy camp I drew. There are no earth walls or trenches around the rebel camp, not even fences, just some scattered chevaux de frise. I think Zhao Xuan doesn't seem to be very good at leading troops in battle."

Duan Tianyang took the sketch, carefully observed Qiu Tieyi's slightly immature brushstrokes, and then slowly said: "Perhaps Zhao Xuan deliberately pretended that he didn't know how to set up camp and didn't know how to lead troops. His purpose may be to lure the defenders in Qilin City to take the initiative to attack. This trick is called luring the snake out of its hole!"

Qiu Tieyi and Hua Duoer exchanged confused looks. Neither of them had ever thought about this question.

Qiu Tieyi scratched his head and asked in confusion: "Is Zhao Xuan really so cunning?"

Duan Tianyang smiled and explained calmly, "Zhou Baiyuan was able to be promoted from a small city guard to a commander of a hundred thousand troops in just a few months. How could he be an ordinary person? Since Zhou Baiyuan was able to hand over two corps to Commander Zhao Xuan, do you think Zhao Xuan is someone who doesn't know how to lead troops in battle, or even the basics of setting up camp?"

After listening to Duan Tianyang's detailed explanation, Qiu Tieyi nodded frequently, feeling that his words made a lot of sense.

A hint of embarrassment flushed on his face, and he said with a half-angry, half-smiled expression: "Damn it, I almost got fooled by Zhao Xuan!"

Duan Tianyang secretly rejoiced in his heart. Fortunately, he had read a lot of military strategies and historical books in modern times. Wouldn’t this come in handy?

He said seriously: "When two armies are facing each other, the most taboo thing is to be careless. No matter how weak the enemy is, we must regard it as a strong opponent. If the opponent is strong, we should 'pay less attention to appearance and more attention to quality'."

After hearing his words, Qiu Tieyi and Hua Duoer seemed a little confused.

At this moment, a fast horse galloped from the direction of Qilin City, and soon a member of the Hidden Martial Hall came to Duan Tianyang, intervened and saluted, “Brother Tian, ​​Zhao Xuan has withdrawn his troops!”

As soon as these words were spoken, Guan Hu, Qiu Tieyi and others couldn't help but frowned, and Duan Tianyang also showed a puzzled expression.

The member of the Hidden Martial Hall continued to report: "Just now, the rebels burned the remains of the fallen soldiers in the camp, and now they are dismantling the tents. It seems that they really plan to withdraw!"

"Brother Tian, ​​will Zhao Xuan feel that Qilin City's defenses are too strong and therefore plan to withdraw his troops to attack other cities?" Guan Hu asked with a puzzled look on his face.

Duan Tianyang thought for a moment and shook his head slowly: "The possibility is very small. Zhao Xuan has been attacking for ten days. If he really planned to attack somewhere else, he should have withdrawn his troops long ago. Why wait until now?" He continued to analyze, "Over the past ten days, both sides have suffered heavy casualties. If he withdraws now, all of Zhao Xuan's previous efforts will be wasted, and it will also create opportunities for the other three rebels to attack and take away the credit. How could he be so stupid?"

There must be a demon in the abnormal situation!

Duan Tianyang frowned, his mind racing with thoughts. Then, he smiled calmly and said decisively: "There must be something wrong here!"

"Brother Tian, ​​do you think this is Zhao Xuan's plan?" Guan Hu asked.

"It's almost certain!" Duan Tianyang looked deep, "Let's not act rashly. If Zhao Xuan really withdraws his troops, then we will have less trouble. But if this is just an illusion, I'm afraid that Qilin City will face a fierce battle tonight!"

The spies from Yinwu Hall noticed signs that the rebels were preparing to retreat, and the spies from Qilin City also discovered the same thing.

The spies who were previously sent out to gather information saw that the soldiers in the rebel camp were dismantling the tents and busy packing up their belongings, so the spies immediately withdrew to Qilin City.

When they arrived at the foot of the city, the soldiers on the city wall quickly threw down a rope. The spy tied the rope around his waist and was then pulled up to the city wall by the soldiers.

After the spy left the city, he hurriedly mounted a warhorse and headed straight for the city guard's office.

Although Xihui City's city guard chief Lu Yun was injured in the previous battle with the rebels, his injury was not as serious as rumored. It was only a minor injury and he has now recovered.

At this time, Lu Yun was sitting in the hall of the City Guard Mansion, discussing with his subordinates how to resist the next siege by the rebels.

While they were discussing, a spy rushed in from outside.