The cavalry of the Holy Sect of Paradise suddenly appeared near Danzhou, and some of them even crossed the capital of Danzhou to peek at Tiandu Shengjing in the north. The Holy Sect of Paradise lacked cavalry, so once the cavalry was dispatched, they must have a conspiracy. Now Tiandu Shengjing
Emperor Zhongxing in the capital suddenly panicked and quickly ordered the Eastern Legion stationed at the junction of Tiandu Shengjing and Danzhou to quickly enter Tiandu Shengjing. Although the city gate was not closed for fear of causing panic, the forbidden area in the city was still closed.
The Guard Corps and the Yuzhou Corps were all mobilized, and even the remnants of the Qinglong Corps were assembled and on standby.
Just when Xiang Xing was considering whether he should obey the order and return to defend the Holy Capital of Tiandu, another news came. When a team of 10,000 people from the Bliss Holy Sect quietly sneaked into the territory of Pingzhou, they were killed by Zhang Keliang, who had already ordered a strict patrol.
What was discovered. Zhang Keliang attached great importance to this information and sent out detective horses to conduct a careful search. Only then did he discover that there were at least 30,000 soldiers from the Holy Sect of Paradise who had sneaked into Pingzhou. Zhang Keliang was shocked and quickly led his troops to attack resolutely. As a result, the other party failed to see the situation.
Miao, and quickly retreated. After hearing this, Zhang Jishi and his son who were stationed in Danzhou were also worried. While patrolling carefully, they ordered all 50,000 soldiers in Danzhou to assemble and stand by.
"Zhu Zhao, what on earth is he going to do?" Everyone was puzzled, especially Zhang Keliang, who was on the eastward march of the Paradise Army. He couldn't sleep at night and carefully patrolled the defense area all night. It was just the Paradise Holy Cult.
There was no movement at all, but the 14th Guards in the Shouzhou direction sent a small force to tentatively attack Zhang Keliang's defense area. However, the scale of the battle between the two sides was not very large, and it had no impact on the overall situation.
Zhang Jiwei in Binzhou City did not dare to neglect. He was always wearing armor as if he were facing a powerful enemy. The whole night, the lights were brightly lit in the military camp of the Holy Sect of Paradise, and the drums were beating continuously. Along with the constantly changing drums,
From time to time, Bliss soldiers would touch the Pennsylvania city wall with their whole bodies covered in black. These soldiers are not many in number, but their skills are very good, and they usually consist of a team of more than ten people. The soldiers patrolling the Huai River usually have a team of about a hundred people. These soldiers
As soon as the person touched them, they were hacked and killed. When the Huaishui soldiers came to their senses, they had already jumped off the city wall. After such repeated actions, the Huaishui soldiers were also exhausted.
However, contrary to Zhang Jiwei's expectations, the Paradise army under the city did not launch even a large-scale attack until dawn. Zhang Jiwei was puzzled. Until breakfast time, he had not seen the smoke rising from the camp of the Paradise Holy Cult.
, only then did he realize something. He carefully sent out advance soldiers and entered the Paradise Army Camp. Sure enough, the Paradise soldiers had already disappeared. In the middle of the camp, a sheep was tied upside down and hung in the direction of the leg.
There was a big drum, but the drum head was cracked. It was obvious that this sheep had been playing here all night last night.
As for the soldiers of the Holy Sect of Paradise who made a sneak attack, they probably only numbered a hundred or ten. Their constant harassment and assassination were just to confuse Zhang Jiwei's attention.
Zhang Jiwei was confused again. The area within twenty miles had been searched. Where had the over 100,000 troops of the Holy Sect of Paradise gone?
Zhu Zhao's army disappeared. In one night, the 150,000 Ji Le army completely disappeared from the Huai River. Although they did not capture Pennsylvania, with their strong military advantage, the Ji Le army easily broke through Qingjiang County.
After looting food for three days, Zhu Zhao gave the order to massacre and set fire to the city without mercy.
From the bottom of his heart, Zhu Zhao did not want to massacre the city. This was not because he suddenly became kind-hearted, but because it would waste half a day of his time. The Holy Sect of Paradise is now running against time. As the main general, Zhu Zhao,
Naturally, we must seize the time. However, after fighting for more than half a month and traveling long distances, the Bliss soldiers really need a place to vent.
The Bliss Soldiers are not like Hetao. Although they also have faith, the faith that supports them has gradually deteriorated. The belief that supports their strong fighting will has gradually changed from their obsession with the Bliss Holy Religion to a desire for destruction and killing. And Zhu Zhao
In order to improve the combat effectiveness of the subordinates as much as possible, this desire has been continuously elevated and has become an indispensable part of their lives. Such an army is a true tiger and wolf division. Not only on the battlefield
Yes, it's the same in normal times. As soon as they stop, they need blood, killing, and women to nourish their spirits and bodies.
Appropriate indulgence is to better improve their combat effectiveness. Zhu Zhao said this in his heart, so when Minghui led 30,000 soldiers to feint attack at the foot of Binzhou City, he was leading his own army to indulge in Qingjiang County.
By the time their indulgence was over, Qingjiang County, which originally had 50,000 to 60,000 people, but later had an influx of 40,000 to 50,000 people, was in ruins, and no one alive could be seen in the entire county. The last beautiful woman was also
His throat was cut open by Zhu Zhao. If he hadn't escaped for his life, Zhu Zhao wouldn't have minded having such a coquettish and beautiful woman by his side. But the situation was different now. He could only stab the woman who had given him infinite pleasure just now. At least,
The woman he fell in love with will never be fucked by anyone else.
Qinchuan Road, Hezhou.
After the Li family conquered Hezhou, in order to cope with the pressure from the Song family in the upper reaches of the river, a total of 80,000 soldiers were stationed here. The total strength of Qinchuan Road including the navy was only 400,000, and many of them were new recruits who had only been in the army for half a year. Li
The Red Eyebrow Army of the family is an absolute field army, separated from the local garrison. Putting aside the 50,000 soldiers and 30,000 naval troops led by Li Xiaomo who went south, the total strength of the Li family, including the Yinfeng Castle defense line, is
There are only 240,000, which shows that the Li family attaches great importance to Hezhou.
"No matter what, we must ensure the safety of Hezhou." Before leaving, Li Tieming repeatedly said to his cousin Li Tiehe and nephew Li Bicheng.
Li Tiehe did not speak, but nodded with a solemn expression. He knew the importance of Hezhou to the Li family.
Hezhou is richer than Qinchuan Road, and even the capital Ezhou cannot compare. Hezhou only has one-sixth of the land of Qinchuan Road, but it has created at least one-third of Qinchuan's wealth. And Hezhou has created at least one-third of Qinchuan Road's wealth.
As the largest inland port on Qinchuan Road, it is of great significance to the Li family in both military and civilian aspects. Although they have experienced the ravages of the Song family, even with the Song family's madness, they dare not extend their hands to ordinary people
. Therefore, Hezhou's private wealth did not suffer much loss in this catastrophe. Zhu Zhao's raid two years ago, because of the rush, only caused huge damage to Hezhou City. After
After such a long period of recuperation, Hezhou has regained some of its vitality.
From an economic point of view, Hezhou connects to Yizhou and connects to the Huai River. The convenient shipping is enough to create huge wealth. Now the Qingfeng Empire's commercial area has gradually shrunk from the former Yangzhou Jiangnan Second Road towards the interior. The development of the Hetao
That's good, but the relationship between the Li family and Hetao is a bit awkward, and it seems that goods mainly flow from Hetao to Qinchuan, while gold and silver flow from Qinchuan to Hetao, which makes the Li family somewhat unhappy. Therefore, the Li family's main trading partner
It is the Dahu Road and South Yunnan Road areas south of Huai River Zhangjia and Dajiang.
As for the military, the importance of this aspect obviously exceeds the economic level. Especially after the Holy Sect of Paradise went south to Dahu, and Jinhua Mitsukoshi and the four southern Yunnan tribes sent troops together, Jiangnan Road has become an uninhabited ruins area, and the situation of Dahu Road
It's not much better than Jiangnan Road. Although Ouyang Jingzhong is still in charge, there are not many troops on the entire Dahu Road. As for the four southern Yunnan tribes, the Song family will not let them go if they want to come. The Zhang family is weak and the court has too much time to take care of itself.
This is a great opportunity for the Li family to plan for the Great Lakes in the south of the Yangtze River. However, the current situation of the Dahu Road is not clear yet, so the Li family must manage Hezhou, a strategic location.
There are currently 50,000 soldiers stationed in Hezhou City, led by Li Tiehe himself. Li Xuancheng, on the other hand, leads 30,000 soldiers stationed in Kuju County. Less than ten miles to the east is the Baidi City of Yuzhou of the Song family. I have already eaten
After two losses, the Li family naturally had to be cautious.
However, although Li Tiehe was careful enough, especially after the Ji Le soldiers landed in Huai River, Li Tiehe carefully scrutinized all the business travelers coming from the east, but the spies of the Ji Le Holy Cult still sneaked into Hezhou City.
However, these spies had already laid an ambush when Zhu Zhao withdrew his troops from Hongzhou, and at that time, Li Tiehe had not even thought about the Bliss Holy Church's idea of attacking Hezhou.
At noon, Li Tiehe was still patrolling Hezhou City. He always felt uneasy, as if something was going to happen today, so he couldn't even eat lunch. The old man was in good spirits, so he simply led his soldiers around.
Start patrolling.
"Intensify inspections, especially at the east gate. Don't let down your guard." Li Tiehe felt that he needed to emphasize this.
The Paradise Army should be at the foot of Binzhou City now. Even if they were to attack Hezhou, the most likely location would be at the east gate. Although the South Gate is also quite convenient, the South Gate is a water village and lacks the Navy's Paradise Army.
You shouldn't touch this place.
Lieutenant General Li Lu quickly said: "General, don't worry, we have deployed heavy troops on all four walls, and there are even two thousand troops deployed near the east gate. I don't think there will be any problems."
Li Tiehe shook his head, but didn't say anything. Among the Qinchuan military, Li Tiehe can be regarded as a veteran on the battlefield. Although he cannot compare with his cousin Li Tiezhan in terms of military skills, at least younger boys like Li Xiaoran and Li Bicheng can still
There is no way to compare with him. At least, his battlefield experience is still extremely rich.
There are no absolutes in the world. Cassimbas’ 600,000 to 700,000 troops were stationed in Jinzhou, but Haotian’s 300,000 troops broke out of the way and took away 3 million people? Wan Chengdong and Ye Hengsheng were twenty
Tens of thousands of troops stood firm in Meizhou, but they disappeared after a heavy fog. Ouyang Jingzhong's 140,000 remnant troops retreated to the isolated city, but the hundreds of thousands of Paradise Golden Flower's coalition troops besieged them for half a month, so they returned without success?
Li Tiehe, who had seen too many accidents, naturally disagreed with Li Lu's words.
At this moment, a raging fire suddenly broke out near the north city of Hezhou. As soon as the fire started, there was already a burst of howling ghosts and wolves.
"Why is there such a big fire? Who is so careless?" Li Lu said a little strangely.
"Bastard! Could such a big fire be an accident? There must be a spy from the Holy Sect of Paradise sneaking in!" Li Tiehe shouted angrily, and whipped Li Lu.
Li Lu fell silent. Li Tiehe rarely gets angry, but he can be so angry that he whips people with a riding crop. Who knows if he will pull out a sword and chop people?
"All soldiers stick to their posts, and no one is allowed to go to put out the fire. The matter of putting out the fire is left to the prefect Li Datong. Let Li Wansong near the north gate be on guard. No matter what happens, he must nail the north gate, even if he is facing Ji Le
Even if the Holy Cult's 150,000-strong army attacks, we must hold out until reinforcements arrive." Li Tiehe frowned and shouted loudly.
"The soldiers at the east gate are on standby for the time being. Let Li Mali's 10,000 cavalry be ready to respond at any time. Li Shuhe's 10,000 cavalry are divided into two groups. Li Lu, you lead 5,000 cavalry to the north gate. Li Shuhe leads 5,000 cavalry to the east gate.
, if there is an army of the Holy Bliss outside the city, use the mobility of the cavalry to harass and intercept as much as possible!" Li Tiehe took a breath and then said: "Let's go to the north gate!"
The layout of the city gates of Hezhou is not the typical due east and north of Qingfeng, but is shifted at an angle along the river. The north gate is slightly tilted to the northwest, and the south gate is tilted to the southeast. The Paradise Holy Sect should now be in the direction of Pennsylvania.
, Therefore, the North Gate is not the focus of Hezhou's defense, but the cautious Li Tiehe still deployed five thousand soldiers here.
At this time, the North Gate was already raging with war. Li Wansong was already cautious enough, but he did not expect that the problem would actually arise from a transportation team coming from the direction of Ezhou. This transportation team took the Jingxi Prince's Mansion.
The notes were escorted by various military supplies. Li Wansong had also known that such a transport team would come to Hezhou before, so it was just a routine inspection and then let the other party enter the city. However, this transport team has not changed.
What has changed is the people in the team.
The Holy Sect of Paradise is very lucky. Last night when Zhu Zhao sent a vanguard to hide their traces and secretly headed to Hezhou, they happened to bump into this transport team coming from Ezhou. Naturally, Zhu Zhao would not let go of this opportunity and sent the team to Hezhou.
After killing all the people among them, he sent elite soldiers to pretend to be transport personnel and led them to Hezhou. Ji Lexiaozuo, who had already received his order in Hezhou City, was well prepared. When the transport team just entered the city, they were divided into
Some set fire to create chaos in the city, and the rest took the opportunity to attack and kill the defenders near the north gate. As a result, the transport team was blocking the city gate at that time. The defenders had no time to close the city gate and had to deal with the surprise attack of the Holy Sect of Paradise.
, naturally he was in a hurry.
There was chaos at the city gate, and the 20,000 Ji Le Pioneers who had been ambushing two miles away from the city gate immediately came out without hesitation. Although the Qinchuan soldiers occupied the advantageous location, facing the internal and external cooperation of the Ji Le soldiers, it was extremely difficult to resist.
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Li Tiehe's fast horse arrived at the north gate at this time.