C101

The surprise attack of the Golden Crow City had resulted in a terrible defeat for the Western barbarians. The Golden Crow City had beheaded more than a hundred thousand Western barbarians, but the Western barbarians had drowned to death twenty or thirty thousand people in the river in a panic.

Compared to the Western barbarians, the losses in Golden Crow City were relatively small. The members of the Golden Crow City had not lost their minds due to victory. According to Zhang Yuan's previous instructions, the entire army would return after reaching the Qing River.

After passing through the western barbarians' original base camp, they didn't forget to clean up and bring away those that the western barbarians didn't have time to take with them. However, after arriving at the western barbarians' base camp, the originally victorious joy instantly vanished.

The uses of the women of the Central Plains that the Western barbarians had kidnapped remained the same in an inconspicuous place within the base camp. They sometimes lured away at leisure, and sometimes fasted when they did not have enough food.

However, he never expected them to be so deranged. When he launched his surprise attack in Golden Crow City, he knew that he could not take away all these girls, so he killed them all.

There were more than a hundred thousand female corpses, and the place they had lived in before they died was actually so small compared to their current number.

Everyone gnashed their teeth as Xu Zhaoyang angrily said, "How can we vent the hatred in the hearts of those people in the Central Plains without killing this beast?!"

Without a word, they quickly took what they could use and burned the rest of the tents.

The remaining tents were the majority of the ones that had been burned down during the raid. This had taken a full three days and three nights. On the fifth day, the Western barbarians returned once more.

During this period of time, a group of Western barbarians had dispersed. They directly bypassed Golden Crow City and headed towards the north. There were more than ten thousand of them in this group.

On the side where the civilians left, the Southern Sword Sect and the Flying Cloud Sect joined the escort team. The citizens suddenly gained a lot of protection, and bandits similar to bandits that were ambushed would be easily killed.

After all, these bandits were only known in the thousands.

For a while, the citizens had even more respect for the South Sword Sect and the Flying Cloud Sect. No one would blame the South Sword Sect and the Flying Cloud Sect for not going to the Midland to participate in the Western barbarians' battle.

In the blink of an eye, four months had passed. Large numbers of people had been evacuated too slowly, to the point that it had already been four months since the last group had left.

In these four months, it was fortunate that the Flying Cloud Sect and the South Sword Sect had prepared plenty of food. They had taken away all the food stored in the two gates over the years.

It had to be known that with the two great sects' wealth, any one of their clans would have more grain than all the other clans in the south. This way, the commoners would be able to obtain food from the South Sword Sect and the Flying Cloud Sect.

Ever since the South Sword Sect and the Flying Cloud Sect released their rations to save the people, the people had treated the two sect masters as gods, and the two sect masters had acted extremely close to the people.

For example, when a child's dirty hands accidentally grabbed onto the corner of Nan Tian Ze's clothes, Nan Tian Ze would rub his head and smile. It looked like the child's direct ancestor.

On the day of the fifth month, the last group of evacuees had arrived at an open area and would soon be under the protection of the northern sects.

All of a sudden, a group of Western Iron Cavalry had been attacked and scattered by Golden Crow City.

This retreat was escorted by the young disciples of first-rate powers such as the Heng Yue Sect. When they saw the ten thousand Western barbarian cavalry charging towards them, these disciples all took out their weapons and prepared to fight without a second word.

However, they only numbered two to three thousand, while the Western barbarians numbered more than ten thousand.

"Stop them! Don't let them hurt the people! The people of the Flying Cloud Sect and the South Sword Sect will arrive in time!" Xi Yi immediately shouted.

The leader of the Western barbarians was a small general. When he saw Xi Yi, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva. Xi Yi was too beautiful.

"Tell everyone else to do whatever you want, and don't let that girl get hurt for me!" "Let's end this quickly!" The Western general licked his lips as he held the reins, and his orders reached everyone's ears.

Seeing the Western barbarians charging at them, Xi Yi's expression did not change. She had long wanted to fight with the vicious Western barbarians. This was a rare opportunity.

However, how could she have known that the teachers had a huge reason for telling them to leave? They would know about it after a fight.

The moment the young disciples and the Western Iron Cavalry clashed, half of them were killed.

Since Xi Yi had been targeted by this general, this general should have a higher level of martial arts than even the second-rate faction's leader. Thus, Xi Yi fell into a deep slumber after being easily knocked out.

Just as these young disciples of the Western Iron Cavalry were preparing to attack the common people after they had taken care of these aristocratic families, the people of the South Sword Sect and the Flying Cloud Sect arrived at the scene.

These Western Iron Cavalry naturally recognized the clothing of the South Sword Gate and the Flying Cloud Sect. When they saw who had arrived, they immediately turned around and ran.

The commoners who were crying stopped crying as if they had seen a savior when they saw the South Sword Gate and the Cloud Sky Sect.

This group of people from the South Sword Martial School and the Flying Cloud Sect only numbered around two thousand. Two elders led the group, so it was not convenient to chase after them due to the large number of people.

Xiao Heng and Fang Mu looked at the disciples of the Venerable Class families lying in pools of blood. The two of them quickly led their men to check if they could find any survivors.

They were disappointed. Not a single survivor had died a miserable death. Some of them might still have survived after being hacked by the Western barbarians. However, they had no chance of survival after being trampled on by countless horses' hooves.

"Elder, none of the disciples from the other sects and aristocratic families had returned, but the female disciples were nowhere to be seen." It could be seen that his outburst only lasted for a split-second.

The elder frowned when he heard this. At this time, Xiao Heng seemed to have gone insane as he angrily said, "They must have been captured by the Western barbarians. I beg the elder to give us the order to rescue them."

"Xiao Heng, pay attention to your image!" The Southern Sword Sect's Elder scolded Xiao Heng when he saw his appearance.

"Elder, we will definitely be saved if we go now!" When Xiao Heng said this, he was close to tears.

In this period of time, he was thoroughly disappointed with his own sect. The outbreak of the war in the south had caused all his sect members to turn a blind eye.

Initially, he had planned to retreat to the Central Region to fight with the Western barbarians, but in the end, his sect had said to escort the common people, and so on and so forth.

Why did they not fight against the Western barbarians with such high levels of martial arts skills? Even third-rate powers would throw themselves into the fray.

In the days of escorting the commoners, they had only dealt with a few small thieves. Although they had helped the commoners a lot, it was not enough for Xiao Heng.

At this moment, the Western barbarians had kidnapped the female disciples of the other sects' aristocratic families right under their noses. However, his elder had no intention of chasing them down, which made his heart grow cold.

There was also an object with the same thought.