King Shangguan Hongye of Qin, wearing gold and silver armor, rides on a horse covered with light armor.
He was carrying a red-tasseled spear made from thousand-year-old cold iron, and holding a heavy bow that was almost as tall as himself. He was as heroic as a warrior god descending!
He raised his handsome face and looked coldly at the stone plaque on the fortress - Gujiazhai.
Suddenly, he held up the heavy bow Chuan Yun, drew out three heavy arrows with his backhand, and bent the bow directly to set the arrow, with a free and sharp posture——
"Tummy! Tummy! Tummy!!!"
Three fierce winds sounded, and three heavy arrows with fierce murderous intent, one after another, went straight into the stone plaque of Gujiazhai!
"Clang! Crack!"
After a few sounds, the stone plaque broke into pieces, making an unpleasant sound, and almost shattered into powder and fell to the ground!
Seeing that their general was so capable, the imperial troops below the city shouted in unison - "Okay!"
The expressions of the guards on the city wall suddenly changed drastically - if any of these arrows hit a person, their internal organs would all burst open!
"Opening gold and cracking stones - the Xiao family's sun-shooting arrow technique!" Gu Da couldn't help but exclaimed!
Why, the generals of the imperial court actually know the Xiao family’s archery skills!
Another middle-aged guard who was responsible for accompanying Gu Da to defend the city also had an ugly and complicated expression: "The heavy bow and arrows in that man's hand are Xiao Shuai's once feared Split Sun Bow! The bow string and bow body are both specially made. Back then,
The only ones who have the ability to pull away are Xiao Shuai and his eldest son!"
Although several generals of the Xiao family had their own merits at that time, the only one who truly took over the mantle of Marshal Xiao was the eldest son of Marshal Xiao - General Zhaowu Xiao Guantian!
The general and Xiao Shuai were annihilated more than 20 years ago!
But the young general in gold and silver armor leading the army under the city could actually draw the sun-splitting bow!
I am afraid that his skills are not inferior to those of General Xiao Guantian!
The middle-aged guard frowned tightly——
Their enemy was no weaker than the generals of the Xiao family, and they even used the Xiao family's sun-shooting method. This move was a demonstration, and it was also a stratagem in the art of war!
What the opponent wants to attack is their morale! On the battlefield, the most important thing is morale! Without morale, they will be defeated in one blow!
He looked at the soldiers guarding the city wall, and sure enough, the soldiers who had been working hard and had high morale now looked a little confused and depressed.
They themselves are from the Red Blood Legion, and they rely on the skills left by the Xiao family. But now, the enemy on the opposite side not only knows the skills of the Xiao family, but also knows more than you!
How could the soldiers not feel at a loss?!
Shangguan Hongye looked at the commotion on the city wall. As he expected, the soldiers on the other side were whispering to each other and became panicked.
He sneered disdainfully and waved his horsewhip: "Come on, raise the flag of my king, so that the rabble who are fishing for fame and pulling the banner with the Xiao family's remaining power can see who owns the world on the battlefield now!"
If it was the real Red Blood Legion back then and was trained by the generals of the Xiao family, I am afraid that these three arrows would not have devastated their morale.
After all, times have changed, and this new group of so-called red-blooded orphans are nothing more than a bunch of trash with the false reputation of their predecessors!
As soon as he gave the order, General Xuanwei immediately had several huge war flags with the word "Qin" propped up, and they hunted and danced in front of the open city wall, majestic and majestic!
Immediately, the morale of the imperial army was greatly boosted. They all raised their arms and swords and cheered - "The King of Qin is mighty! The King of Qin is mighty! The King of Qin is mighty!!!"
Excitement and murderous intent soar into the sky!
General Xuanwei breathed a sigh of relief. Who knows how many men and horses the vanguard army lost in the traps as they went up the mountain?
The 70,000 troops led by the Huaiyuan Army are still trapped in the formation on the other side of the mountain road, unable to get up.
The soldiers of the whole army climbed up the mountain, but encountered danger and obstacles again, and their morale was inevitably low. Fortunately, when they came up, His Highness King Qin broke the situation with three arrows and showed the power of our army!
"How about we go to meet General Huaiyuan's troops? Is there any news?" Shangguan Hongye raised his whip and asked in a low voice.
General Zhaoyi, who had just arrived from Suzhou with men and horses, whispered: "Don't worry, Your Highness, I'll report back to you - their formation is about to be broken, and they can outflank the back of this stronghold within an hour!"
He also knows a little bit about formations, and he can see that many formations are somehow defective. They are either unmaintained or are at the end of their game. There are always many flaws!
For example, the expert who set up the formation before was missing. Fortunately, the expert was missing, otherwise at least a quarter of the troops would have been lost in the formation!
Amidst the cheers, the middle-aged guard looked at the majestic young general at the bottom of the city and was shocked: "So that's King Qin!"
The King of Qin has also been on the battlefield since he was young, and he has never been in danger in a hundred battles!
I just didn’t expect him to be so outstanding and know the Xiao family’s cloud-piercing arrow technique!
Gu Daleng snorted coldly: "Back then, the Xiao family was defeated, but Xiao Shuai also had many capable people around him. In the end, he was separated and was recruited by the imperial court. It is not surprising that the King of Qin learned from him!"
Although the Xiao family's archery is difficult to learn, he can do it! However, he did not have a sun-splitting bow, so he was at a disadvantage before the two armies faced each other with ordinary bows and arrows!
After that, Gu Da coldly scolded the soldiers at the top of the city: "Cheer up, the lackeys of the imperial court are worthy of using the Xiao family's archery skills. What do they know about the Xiao family's archery skills!"
The middle-aged guard looked at Gu Da with satisfaction, and then pointed him to look at the Zhuge Liannu on the city wall!
Gu Da's eyes suddenly lit up. This Zhuge Liannu was also the killer weapon of Xiao Shuai's army! And it was extremely powerful!
He held the Zhuge Liannu on the city wall with his backhand, pointed it at the King of Qin and the handsome flag behind him, and shouted in the distance: "You gangsters from the Shangguan family, you deceive the world and steal your reputation, frame Zhongliang, and are cruel and ruthless. Today we will replace Xiao
Revenge for the unjust souls of Shuaimanmen who died in vain!"
With that said, he pulled off the crossbow!
In an instant, seven or eight crossbow arrows were shot out with murderous intent!
Shangguan Hongye jumped up, waved the silver spear in his hand, and shot down several crossbow arrows, but there were still two "ding" inserted into the word "Qin" in his commander's flag!
Although it was not as shocking as Shangguan Hongye's shot of splitting the sun and piercing the clouds with arrows, it still caused a burst of cheers from the wall - "Gu Xianfeng is so powerful!"
The King of Qin sneered and shouted: "You are no match for the bandits in the mountains. To bring trouble to the countryside, you have killed and injured countless people in the Northeast. How dare you use my people in Tianming to feed the beasts in the mountains!"
He had received information from Ming Lanruo, so he naturally knew what kind of beasts these were in Gujiazhai!
It has long since deviated from the purpose of Xiao Shuai's Red Blood Legion.
On the surface, after he succeeded to the throne, his father only warned Xiao Shuai and the generals of the Xiao family to rush forward greedily, and was defeated and killed. But in the end, he defeated the Northern Mongols and the Houjin people, and protected the northern border!
Therefore, my father did not deprive the Xiao family of their merits, just to prevent future generations from rebelling in the name of clearing the Xiao family's grievances.
Although he was heartbroken that his father had destroyed the pillar of the country, the matter had come to this, and he certainly could not let these unorthodox red-blooded remnants attack the imperial court and his father!
"How dare you pretend to be Xiao Shuai Chixue and fight in the name of Xiao Shuai, a beast that has no humanity?! How shameless!" He pointed at the wall with his spear and shouted sharply.
To be a teacher, you must be famous!
Regardless of whether you are a soldier or a general, what you fight for is the belief and morale in your heart!
Only by believing in your own beliefs and rushing into battle to kill the enemy can you be brave and fearless of death!
The soldiers from the two states behind him accidentally entered the formation when they thought about it. They saw some bones in the valley, and many bones that looked like children. The crowd suddenly became excited: "Kill the thieves! Kill the thieves!!"
Shangguan Hongye's handsome eyes were cold, and he shot down the arrows with a single curl of the long whip in his hand. Then, he jumped on his horse, bent his bow and arrows again, aimed at the crossbowman at the top of the opponent's city, and shouted -
"Trebuchets, prepare heavy crossbows, prepare archers, prepare heavy shields, attack the city! Kill the evil thieves and sacrifice to heaven!!!"
With an order, the sound of war drums and horns buzzed endlessly - "Woooooooo!"
"kill--!!!"
Countless soldiers raised their swords, heavy shields and siege ladders, and under the cover of archers and crossbows, they charged towards the solid city with murderous intent like a torrent!
The smell of blood and gunpowder smoke began to fill the air...
The earth is trembling.
…
The sun rises and the moon sets, the war has been bloody and intense these days, and the city is noisy. Those delivering weapons, bandaging the wounded, transporting food, patrolling and checking for spies... are coming and going, and the atmosphere is tense.
Ming Lanruo was quietly in the room, looking at the butterflies in the porcelain cup.
Its gorgeous wings have dried and are no longer wet, but they still haven't opened. They just hang behind it, dormant quietly.
No eating, no drinking.
Jing He looked at it, a little worried about this gorgeous and eerie little thing: "It won't die."
"Yes." Ming Lanruo said calmly, "But not now."
One day left.
She put the porcelain box aside.
Qiao Yan came in with a fruit plate, followed by the chubby figure of Magistrate Tang, who also held a basket in his hand.
Magistrate Tang smiled and said: "I got some new fruits, specially sent to the nobles to try."
Ming Lanruo looked at the basket of watery and clean peaches, she held her chin and smiled softly: "The prefect is really thoughtful. Even when the war is raging, he still wants to send us these good things."
Magistrate Tang still had a smile on his face: "It should be."
As he spoke, he came over, sat at the table, and sighed: "The war is fierce now. Master Gu probably didn't expect that King Qin would be so troublesome. A lot of people were killed and injured in Gujiazhai in the past two days. It's more than Master Gu imagined."
Ming Lanruo raised her eyebrows slightly: "Gujiazhai has a high fortification and a large amount of grain reserves. In addition, it is easy to defend the city but difficult to attack it. How could this happen?"
Besides, most of the people here are red-blooded orphans, and many of them are even red-blooded veterans. There have been many casualties in the past two days?
Magistrate Tang narrowed his slender eyes, as if mocking Ming Lanruo's ignorance——
"Warriors require training. Mr. Gu has been the king of the mountain here for more than 20 years. Except for a few battles to subdue other gangsters in the first few years, he has been nothing more than the king of the mountain for the next ten years."
He paused and chuckled: "Even if we still use Xiao Shuai's method to train troops, it's just a small fight with bandits. There is no spirit left."
Ming Lanruo didn't mind his ridicule, she just thought deeply——
"For many years, the soldiers and horses in Youzhou, Yunzhou, and Suzhou are not only front-line borders, but also second-line checkpoints. There are often small-scale battles. The soldiers have been practicing for a long time. In addition, His Highness the King of Qin has also led troops in battles for many years. Naturally, he can compete with Gujiazhai on paper.
It’s different.”
Ming Lanruo's keenness made Tang Zhifu take a high look. He smiled and said, "What Concubine Ming said is true, but this is a good thing, because it means that the King of Qin will soon wipe out the Gujiazhai and Gujiajun."
She saw that Magistrate Tang, a red-blooded former general, did not show any regret or sadness for his fellow military comrades whom she had worked with for twenty years. He was so cold-blooded and calm.
Ming Lanruo's eyes were complicated and cold. It turned out that people's hearts have changed and they can never go back. The Red Blood Rebels in Northeast China are really rotten from top to bottom.
Magistrate Tang said in a flattering tone: "I don't know, what are your plans? When will you arrange for someone to open the city gate and let His Highness King Qin in?"
Qiao Yan took a peach, picked a small and delicate dagger and peeled the peach slowly: "Why are you so anxious, Prefect Tang? Your mission is to monitor Master Gu and Gu Bijun, don't worry about the rest."
Magistrate Tang looked at his long, pale fingers holding a dagger, and twitched the spot on his face that was still covered with plaster.
He forced a smile and said: "I'm also worried that the nobles will be injured. After all, swords don't have eyes on the battlefield."
It has been two days since the war began, and the fighting inside and outside the city is now very fierce. Without Ming Fei's specific plan, the risk of his plan to take Yueniang away tomorrow will increase.
The most important thing is that he needs to communicate with the prince's people——
The best time to open the city gates, break in and engage in street fighting is the best time to kill Concubine Ming, destroy the King of Qin... and kill the father-in-law of Dongchang named Qiao!