Su Le sent Yue Qun away, and his heart could not be calm for a long time. As the head of the three major scholar families in Xia Kingdom, Yue Shaoqing has been in the upper class society for many years and has a deep foundation. His news is much wider than Su Le's.
This time he sent people to Su Le's southern camp, obviously to visit Yue Ling, but secretly to win over and threaten him. What does Yue Shaoqing know? What do they want to do? Why is Yue Shaoqing so relieved?
Keep Yue Ling here with you?
A series of questions kept popping up in Su Le's mind. Now his Southern Xinjiang Army was ordered to stand by and was not allowed to cross the Mekong River without authorization. In fact, it was just a show of force to frighten the barbarians. His Southern Xinjiang Army could not commit it.
On the battlefield, listening to Yue Shaoqing's tone, it seems that the Xia Kingdom will lose this battle. Did the Yue family do something in the battle of Xuancheng?
Su Le thought of the composition of Xing Long's troops this time. Three of the four elite battalions were from the families of the three great scholars. From the tone of the Holy Envoy, it seemed that Xing Long had easily mobilized them and was about to enter Xuancheng.
Okay. Why are the three great scholars so obedient?
When Su Le thought of this, he suddenly shuddered in his heart. Originally, Xing Jing led 60,000 elite troops to fight against the 200,000 troops of the Later Tang Dynasty. There was already a huge disparity in strength. If the other three elite battalions counterattacked on the battlefield, even if Haotian's
No matter how powerful Tiefengying is, no matter how powerful Xing Long and Xia Yi are, they are still humans, not gods, and they still cannot escape the fate of destruction.
Although he didn't care about the survival of Xia Kingdom, he did care about the life and death of Xia Yi and Haotian. Even for Xing Long, Su Le didn't want to see him die. When Su Le thought of this, he couldn't sit still anymore and hurriedly called for him.
Li Zhu and Hou Shun were arrested, and Li Zhu was temporarily in charge of his Pingnan General Seal, as usual.
In this way, train troops as usual and teach the battle formations of Kaishan Camp to other battalions as much as possible. During his absence, he can exercise the authority of the commander-in-chief of the Southern Xinjiang Army. He should inform Hou Shun of the important information he obtained during this period in a timely manner.
Send Shadow to Xuancheng to report to him, especially the information about the Shiman people and the Shang people.
The two nodded and went out. Su Le was about to pack up and leave. Yue Ling, like a happy little swallow, rushed to Su Le and asked with a smile: "Brother Le, do you want to go hunting?"
?I’m going too!”
Su Le's brain suddenly short-circuited. How could he have forgotten this aunt? She would not be willing to die if she was asked to stay in the Southern Xinjiang camp. But taking her to Xuancheng is too dangerous. What should I do?
"Um... girl, Brother Le is not going hunting this time, but to explore the enemy's situation. It's very dangerous there and it's not fun at all. Don't go there." Su Le stepped forward and said to Yue Ling seriously.
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"Is it dangerous?" When Yue Ling heard this, her eyes widened. She thought for a moment and then said, "Since it is so dangerous, I can't let Brother Le go into danger alone. I want to follow Brother Le to protect you!"
"Sister-in-law, it's okay for you to tame a monster or something like that. That's a battlefield, it's no joke. If you're not careful, your life will be lost." Su Le couldn't laugh or cry. This girl still wanted to
In order to protect himself, if he really went to Xuancheng, he would definitely have to be distracted to protect her, so he gently stroked Yue Ling's long hair, smiled and said, "Good boy, brother Le went to investigate the military situation and rushed there immediately.
Come back and play with you, okay?"
"Brother Le is going to Xuancheng, right?" Although Yue Ling is willful, she is extremely smart and guessed it right away.
"Well...yes, the battle that affects the survival of Xia Kingdom now is Xuancheng, and Mr. Xia also went to help in the battle. Although he is strong, he is old after all, and I am always worried, so I have to go and take a look.
"Su Le said sincerely when he saw that Yue Ling had guessed it.
"Brother Le, please take me there. My brother's shadow guard camp should be in Xuancheng at this time. At worst, I will go to his place then. If you need to be busy, just do your thing. I won't mess with you." Yue Ling
Chu Chu begged Su Le pitifully.
What Su Le hated the most was the cute little appearance of this girl. He couldn't help but feel soft in his heart, and nodded and said: "We have agreed that as soon as we arrive in Xuancheng, you will go to your brother's place. You are not allowed to run around.
Otherwise I won’t take you there.”
When Yue Ling saw Su Le nodding, not caring about anything else, she jumped out of the tent and went to pack her things.
Su Le considered that it would be troublesome to take Yue Ling to Xuancheng, but Yue Mo and his shadow guard camp were also in Xuancheng. If they had any changes, Yue Ling might be able to help if they went, so he agreed to her
Followed.
Southeast of Xia Kingdom, Xuancheng.
Xuancheng is a city rather than a pass. It is located in the Qingcang Mountains in the southeast of Xia Kingdom. It is surrounded by Xiaoxian Peak on the left and Daxian Peak on the right. It is built on the mountains. The terrain is steep, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.
For many years, it has been an important military town in the southeast of the Xia Kingdom and the last line of defense in the southeast of the Xia Kingdom. If the Later Tang Dynasty broke through Xuancheng, the Xia Kingdom would no longer be able to defend it, and the great country would have to be left to its own devices.
Tangren### trampled.
Xing Long, Xia Yi and another middle-aged man wearing silver armor stood on the tall city wall and watched the enemy retreat like a tide again and again, and they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
This middle-aged man is the lord of Xuancheng, named Cui Zong. According to him, this is already the twentieth attack on the city since the Later Tang Dynasty attacked Xuancheng. Fortunately, those who started the siege of the Later Tang Dynasty were all vanguards.
The troops, coupled with the united efforts of Xuancheng's soldiers and civilians, were able to repulse the enemy's attacks many times before Xing Long's reinforcements arrived, leaving the crumbling Xuancheng firmly in the hands of the Xia people.
Today, there are less than 20,000 defenders in Xuancheng, plus the 60,000 elite soldiers brought by Xing Long, for a total of 80,000 troops. It is still very difficult to face the 200,000 troops of the Later Tang Dynasty.
, Moreover, the Tang people had only been conducting tentative attacks in the past two days, but today they have begun a real siege of the city. The charge just now left four to five thousand corpses under the city, and the Xia soldiers guarding the city also
Two to three thousand people were lost.
Cui Jiong knew that if things continued like this, even if they had to fight for strength, Xuancheng would change hands within a few days if it was not defended. It seemed that an attack would be necessary to win. However, Xing Long, as the commander of the army, ordered the army not to attack and to defend to the death.
Xuancheng, because the opponent has been using their superior strength to consume Xia's army, and their real elite has not yet appeared, so now is not the time to attack.
"Commander, the number of soldiers and horses in Xuancheng is less than 20,000. If we continue to deplete at this rate, within two days, our army will have no one to defend the city. What's the use of sending out elite battalions to attack when the time comes!"
Cui Jiong argued hard.
"Okay! City Lord Cui, I am the commander of the army. I have my own ideas on how to fight a war. You don't need to say anything." Xing Long knew that what Cui Jiong said was reasonable, but he still had an extremely bad premonition in his heart that he couldn't express.
Something is wrong, but I can only save my trump card until the end.
Cui Jiong knew that Xing Long was a well-known veteran of the Xia Kingdom and had rich experience in marching and fighting. Seeing his persistence, he said nothing more.
At this time, another wave of attacks from the Later Tang Dynasty began.
You can see from a distance, densely packed groups of people from the Later Tang Dynasty, carrying ladders, carrying bed crossbows, pushing down wells and rushing carts, like swarms of ants, following the charging drums of the Central Army of the Later Tang Dynasty, one by one.
They roared angrily and charged towards Xuancheng without fear of death.
Xing Long stood on the tall city wall, slowly raising his right hand, his eyes full of worry, but as the coach, he could not show a trace of fear or timidity, he could only show calmness and confidence, so that Xia Guo could defeat the post-Tang Dynasty people.
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"Shoot!" Xing Long shouted as he saw the figure of the Later Tang Dynasty getting bigger and bigger and getting closer and closer to the city wall. A cold light suddenly shot out from his eyes.
Following his order, countless arrows suddenly shot out from the walls of Xuancheng, overwhelming the sky and covering the ground, like locusts flying at high speeds, blocking out the clouds and the sun, covering thousands of post-Tang Dynasty people rushing under the city walls.
"Whoosh whoosh..."
As countless arrows flew into the clouds, bursts of painful wails quickly came from under the city wall. These ordinary soldiers could not choose their own destiny. When they faced the arrows that covered the sky and the sun, their hearts were filled with speechlessness.
The fear was like panicked ants, shouting, tightly holding the weapons in their hands, as if grasping their only life-saving straw.
They ran, shouted, and tried their best to block the flying arrows with their spears, trying to win a glimmer of hope for themselves, but the people around them kept falling, and their courage was shattered in front of the cold arrows.
They looked so vulnerable. When they tried to fend off one arrow, another one had penetrated deeply into their bodies.
The wailing sounds beside them began to become fainter, the scene in front of them became blurred, and the pain in their bodies seemed to be no longer so painful, because they felt that their bodies seemed to suddenly become lighter, and their souls seemed to be free. The world in front of them instantly
Turned into darkness, this world that made them miserable finally gave them freedom and relief.
Soldiers of the Later Tang Dynasty fell down one by one, but there were still many lucky soldiers who escaped from the rain of arrows and carried the long ladder to the city wall. They had just put the long ladder on the city wall and were about to climb up, but they were greeted by
Another nightmare.
Rolling logs with iron nails, scalding fires, and boulders as big as sieves were all enough to kill them without leaving any body parts. The soldiers of the Xia Kingdom in the city seemed to be used to these scenes, and they marched in an orderly manner.
They carried the defensive equipment and handed it to the defenders on the city wall one by one. They knew that every equipment was the enemy's head and blood, and at the same time it was also a life-saving tool for themselves.
The battle on the battlefield was cruel, but compared to the previous battles between the soldiers, the battle between the generals was even more shocking. Xing Long and Xia Yi were already aiming at the Central Army of the Later Tang Dynasty, which was about five miles away, sitting on their tall horses.
One of the members has gray hair
The veteran, that was Lu You, the coach of the Later Tang Dynasty. The murderous aura he exuded directly enveloped all the soldiers attacking the city in front, as if giving each soldier a forceful injection. They were all like wild beasts, even if they were injured, they would not die.
He rushed towards the Xuancheng city wall in pain.