The sun was setting in the west, and the setting sun was like blood. On the empty battlefield, war smoke was filled with corpses. Under the setting sun, Hetao soldiers in white clothes were gathering the bodies of the soldiers who died in the battle. According to China's practice, Li Xiaoran did not stop them.
.After all, the Qinchuan soldiers on the tower also suffered heavy losses.
Watching the corpses and wounded soldiers being carried away from him one after another, Li Xiaoran felt bitter in his heart. A day ago, these soldiers were all lively eight-foot-old men. Some of them were only sons in the family, and some were babies waiting for food.
The father of the baby is sometimes a man in the boudoir dream of a newlywed wife, but now, they are just corpses, with a label attached to them without exception: the remains of the soldiers who died in Qinchuan's battle.
"Xiao Ran, the sun has set. Today's offensive in Hetao should have come to an end." Li Bicheng walked to Li Xiaoran's side and said.
His left hand was hanging around his neck, and a few traces of blood could be faintly seen in the white gauze. During the defensive battle just now, he unfortunately met Zhao Dawu, the new commander of the Huben Army. This man was very capable of not caring about life and death when fighting.
He had a deep memory of being a reckless man with a certain temperament. If his two soldiers hadn't reacted quickly at that time, he might have become a corpse lying on the ground now. Of course, he also looked like a soldier.
It became Zhao Dawu's trophy.
Li Xiaoran shook his head: "It shouldn't be possible. The soldiers have just withdrawn from the Hetao, and there is smoke in the barracks. I'm afraid they will burn the lights to fight at night after dinner. You go and prepare, don't let the Hetao take advantage of it."
Li Bicheng said doubtfully: "Our soldiers are already quite exhausted, and so must the soldiers in Hetao. I think their best choice now is to recharge their batteries and fight again tomorrow."
Li Xiaoran smiled brightly: "The troops in Hetao are far superior to ours, and the soldiers have a lot of rest time. Moreover, have you noticed that among the many legions in Hetao, except for the two pure cavalry legions of Longxiang and Fengwu, they have been killed in bloody battles.
The Legion has no chance to play at all. Xuesha is one of the five generals in Hetao, and his attack power is not inferior to Xinke. If I were the coach of Hetao, when Xinke is not around, Xuesha will definitely be my attack
sharp knife."
Li Bicheng was a little alert when he heard what he said: "Xiao Ran, what you said is absolutely true. Maybe Hetao is preparing to consume all our energy and then use the blood to kill the legion to break through our defense line in one fell swoop. Hey, their speed
So fast?"
Li Xiaoran raised his eyes and saw that under the sunset, countless Hetao soldiers slowly walked out of the huge camp. Countless mobile archery towers were pushed to the front, and there were many rod-shaped objects standing on top of the archery towers. Li Xiaoran guessed
For a moment, I thought it should be a torch.
"The leaders are the White Tiger Army and the Huben Army!" Li Bicheng said with a solemn expression. Among the many armies in the Hetao, when it comes to siege of cities and mountain operations, the White Tiger Army is undoubtedly the first. And the Huben Army is Haotian's relatives.
The individual combat quality of the army is even higher than that of the White Tiger Army. Coupled with the honor of being Haotian's personal soldiers, their fighting will is even stronger. Seeing the two strongest siege armies in Hetao personally taking action, they also
No wonder Li Bicheng's expression changed.
Li Xiaoran squinted his eyes for a while and said: "The camp in Hetao is quite strong. This time I am afraid it is different from the tentative attack during the day. Someone is coming!"
"What are your orders, general?" A soldier stepped forward and said with his hands clasped in fists.
"Instruct all the soldiers in the pass to gather at the front line immediately and be ready to respond to the front line at any time." Li Xiaoran said solemnly.
Behind the Yinfeng Castle is the land of Qinchuan. The Yinfeng Mountains are known as natural dangers, and it is impossible for the Hetao army to cross. Therefore, Li Xiaoran simply mobilized all his troops to the front. He had an intuition that if he had any negligence tonight,
, Yinfeng Castle will inevitably be destroyed.
A quarter of an hour later, the thunderous war drums sounded again, and accompanied by Dugu's cry, the Hetao soldiers singing war songs took slow and dignified steps and stepped onto the battlefield again. The last ray of the setting sun shone on them,
They were covered with a layer of golden red. However, from Li Xiaoran's point of view, all the Hetao soldiers seemed to be bathed in thick blood, with terrifying and formidable expressions.
When they first set foot on the battlefield, the Hetao infantry were not very fast. However, as they slowly approached the city wall, the hundreds of thousands of troops suddenly quickened their pace, each holding their shields high and shouting in unison as they quickly approached the city wall.
"Trebuchet! Crossbow! Fire!" Li Xiaoran shouted loudly, and arrows rained down on the battlefield mercilessly. However, after a day of consumption, the rain of arrows on the tower became much thinner.
, although many Hetao soldiers fell down after being hit by arrows, as long as they were not killed immediately, all of them gritted their teeth and moved forward desperately. Because they knew that once they fell, they would most likely be trampled by the army behind them.
Meat Sauce, if you really die like that, it would be better to die in a vigorous battle on the battlefield. As long as they move forward, their eyes only have the Yinfeng Castle in front, because they understand that that is where they can avenge their shame.
That's where the hope for victory lies.
More than a dozen siege vehicles were set up on the tower of Yinfeng Castle almost at the same time. Countless ladders followed closely behind, and the tall mobile arrow tower gradually approached the city wall. With the newly lit butter torch, Li Xiaoran could even
Look clearly at the fervent eyes of the Hetao soldiers and the bursting veins on their foreheads.
However, the Qinchuan soldiers were not to be outdone. The rolling stones and wood that had been prepared mercilessly crashed down the slope of the siege vehicle, and then one by one they picked up their weapons and rushed forward without hesitation.
, blood-stained Xiongguan, magnificent mountains and rivers.
"The greatest tragedy for a nation is that its best sons and daughters kill each other." Seeing this situation, Luo Xiang suddenly sighed and said.
Haotian nodded. It is for this reason that he dislikes the civil war very much. Even if he wins, he is just a murderer who slaughters his own people. Therefore, he always likes to say that there are no heroes in the civil war, even if it is the last one.
Winners are only losers. Real heroes, especially national heroes, will never be born in a civil war.
With an inadvertent glance, Haotian discovered that Dugu's expression was extremely serious. This old gangster who was the top in Hetao or in the entire Qingfeng Empire rarely showed such an expression. Maybe except when fighting, he
It's rare for him to be serious for a while. I never expect to see him so serious.
There are two tall sentry towers standing next to Dugu. Compared with other sentry towers, these two sentry towers are at least twice as high. Standing on the ground, ordinary soldiers look at the sentries on the sentry towers.
All he could see was a black dot. But Dugu didn't have this problem. He could even clearly see the appearance of the sentry above.
"Order Zhou Jilong to immediately ascend to the position of Longzhi Mountain. Zhu Hongjian and Xiong Ao are ready." Dugu shouted in a deep voice. The two flag soldiers beside him quickly waved the lanterns in their hands. The sentries on the two sentry towers saw this.
, also quickly waved the two lanterns in his hands, one red and one green, to convey the message to the front.
"Zhu Qianping and Zhao Dawu are preparing to retreat, and Hua Lou and Yang Jiao of the Huben Corps are preparing to fill in." Dugu continued. The Huben Corps originally only had two armies of infantry. In order to fight south of the river, the infantry was specifically expanded to 50,000.
, Hualou, Yang Jiaodu and Zhou Wanxiao were the commanders appointed later.
"Instruct Jiang Chenzhou of the Honor Legion and Zhu Xigao of the Rock Legion to give them two sticks of incense to prepare. After two sticks of incense, prepare to attack!"
Haotian stood beside Dugu without answering. He believed that with Dugu's ability, he would be better than himself in commanding. If the bloody killing and mystery are also here, then the two of them can give Dugu some advice,
However, the two senior brothers are not here, and Luo Xiang always has some inexplicable things, so Dugu can only take the lead by himself. Of course, with Dugu's ability, he doesn't care at all.
Where did the bloody murder and mystery go? Apart from Haotian, Luo Xiang, Dugu and others, even Qiu Mu didn't know. She only knew that yesterday morning, after she served Haotian to wash up, she didn't see the two of them.
The figures, including the 50,000 infantrymen of the Blood Killing Legion, all disappeared. Xian Lianchen was also not puzzled, so he asked casually, but Haotian just shook his head and smiled, and they could not ask anymore. But Qiu Mu believed that,
The mysterious disappearance of the two people must be related to the capture of Yinfeng Castle.
"The people behind are grabbing these two ropes. Yes, they are moving along the middle of the two ropes. No one is allowed to open their eyes! Bastard, if I tell you not to open your eyes, are you looking for death?" On a trail,
Xue Sha shouted angrily, and slapped a soldier casually. The soldier's name was Chen Yang, and he was a personal soldier of Xue Sha. He was not too afraid of Xue Sha. Although he closed his eyes at the time, he just took two steps and started to fight again.
He couldn't help but squint his eyes quietly. However, what he didn't expect was that in front of him was a large group of ferocious monsters who didn't know what they were. He felt fear in his heart and immediately closed his eyes.
However, most of the soldiers in the Hetao were people who crawled out of the dead, and joking about life and death has almost become their instinct. Driven by curiosity, Chen Yang kept his eyes slightly open along the way, secretly looking at the surrounding situation.
.It's just that the sky is a little dark, and he doesn't have the deep inner strength of Blood Kill, so he can't see clearly. He just has a vague idea about this mystery.
"Senior brother, you should also take a rest. This is the last wave of soldiers. We will be able to pass through the Ten Jue Immortal Killing Formation by evening at the latest. By then, we will be able to reach Yinfeng Castle with only four hours of rapid march.
Later, give Qinchuan soldiers a fatal blow." Xuanji said on the side. Since there were only two of them, Xuanji also treated himself as a senior brother.
Xue Sha wiped the sweat off his face and breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Well, finally nothing happened. This Ten Jue Immortal Slaying Formation is indeed well-deserved. If it weren't for your guidance, I might not have been able to find the way."
Xuanji was a little proud: "Of course, the Ten Jue Immortal Killing Formation is a unique formation in the world, and this place is one of the seven secret places in China, and it also has its own uniqueness. I'm not boasting, junior brother, even if there are 200,000 troops
, without someone who is familiar with the road to lead the way, there is no way you can even step into Tianji Valley."
Xue Sha agreed very much. Although he was a disciple of Yingwu Layman, he had only been to Tianji Valley once in so many years. At that time, he did not pay attention to the changes in the formation, and the Ten Jue Killing Immortal Formation was based on the local special natural illusion.
It changes every hour. If it weren't for Xuanji, the junior brother who grew up here, to lead the way, Blood Killing would definitely not be able to get in.
Speaking of which, Yinfeng Mountain Range and Huanhai Qingtian are somewhat similar. Both places are filled with thick fog and guarded by strange formations. It’s just that Xue Sha has never been to Huanhai Qingtian, so he can’t make any updates.
Detailed comparison.
The Yinfeng Mountains are the dividing line between Hetao and Qinchuan. Since ancient times, there have only been two roads to pass through the Yinfeng Mountains: the Jianmen Plank Road and the Yinfeng Castle. However, Haotian entered it with Shenji layman Pang Ye that time.
Tianji Valley, so I was fortunate to know that there is a trail in Tianji Valley that leads directly to the south of the Yinfeng Mountains. In addition, Xuanji grew up in Tianji Valley, so the Hetao specially formulated a southbound battle plan to address this.
The strategic plan of Hetao is almost worthless. That is to say, the main army will go south to attract all the attention of the Li family in Qinchuan to the Yinfeng Castle. The army will feign an attack here to contain the Li family's forces. Another group of elite soldiers will be selected.
, passing through the Tianji Valley and going directly to the south of the Yinfeng Mountains, and then unexpectedly attacked from both sides and captured the Yinfeng Castle in one fell swoop. As long as the Yinfeng Castle is captured, it will be just around the corner to pacify Qinchuan and sweep away China.
Because Tianji Valley is isolated from the world, almost no one in the world knows the existence of this path. Therefore, Xuanji and Luo Xiang were quite sure when they made the plan. However, when it was about to send troops south, Xuanji discovered his plan.
There is a fatal flaw in the story, that is, apart from Haotian and others, there was also Zhongyong Hou Xiangxing, the commander of Qingfeng Dongfang Legion, who entered Tianji Valley together.
Xiang Xing is a person who is very tight-lipped about his promises. Since this involves the secret of Tianji Valley, he must not have told outsiders before. But the southward movement of Hetao this time is of great importance. After all, Xiang Xing is a veteran of the Qingfeng Empire, and he is also very knowledgeable.
Strategy. If he knew the performance of Hetao in front of Yinfeng Castle, he would most likely guess the possible strategy of Hetao. In order to avoid reporting to the Li family in Qinchuan, the cavalry with the letter engraved was specially embedded in the Hulao Pass area.
, in order to cut off the connection between Tiandu Shengjing and the Li family of Qinchuan. Otherwise, with Xinqing's temperament, it would be impossible to stay outside Hulao Pass for such a few days. As for Fengjing, it also has this purpose.
"Have you seen Senior Brother?" Xue Sha asked.
Xuanji nodded: "Senior brother is still in good health, but he doesn't want to come over. The Guitian lineage has never been stained with blood, and this time we went for revenge. Please forgive me, senior brother." Xuanji had some doubts in his heart, he and Indifferent
Having been together day and night for twenty years, I know very well what kind of temper my senior brother has. At the beginning, Xuanji was worried that indifferent would prevent him and others from entering. If that was really the case, then Xuanji would not be able to pass Tianji even with the help of bloodshed.
Gu Mi said. However, Danbo actually had no objection at all, which confused Xuanji for a long time.
In fact, Xuanji's guess is not bad. From the bottom of his heart, Indifferent really doesn't want to ruin the reputation of Tianji Valley for thousands of years just because Xuanji and Xuesha are his juniors. But these were the last words of the original layman Peeping the Sky, Indifferent
I dare not disobey.
The Guigu lineage is divided into three branches, Guitian is the eldest, Yingwu is the second, and Shenji is the last. Although Xuesha is the oldest among this generation, Danbo is the heir to the Guitian lineage, so even if
Even if you want to kill him with blood, you must call him "Senior Brother".
Xue Sha was silent for a while, and then sighed after a long time: "It's true what my senior brother said, the smell of blood on my body is indeed too strong. But now China needs hot-blooded men like me to take revenge when we can unify the world."
After avenging my hatred, I will come back here. This is also my home."
Xuanji smiled slightly: "Senior brother has spoken out my little brother's feelings. However, I believe this day is not far away."
To be honest, Xuanji himself is not willing to return to Tianji Valley now. His biggest wish in life is to unify China and the people live and work in peace and contentment. However, after the Battle of Dingzhou, the tragic and colorful deaths of the people of Dingzhou made Xuanji also have
Heart knot. In the past, among the senior leaders of Hetao, Xuanji was very inclined to God's will, and he was a rare moderate in the Hetao camp. But now, due to the death of Yancai and the battle of Dingzhou, Xuanji also began to lean towards Xue Sha and others.
's camp.
Xuanji really didn't want to see Danbo, Cihuang and Shuidu, because in front of them, Xuanji found it difficult to be righteous. Besides, the world was uncertain, and Xuanji didn't want to come back just yet.
Xue Sha's thick palm gently patted Xuanji's shoulder: "Let's go too, we will be back sooner or later anyway. Senior brother, they are not unkind, at least, didn't they let us take advantage of this?"
"
Xuanji nodded. Few outsiders have entered Tianji Valley for thousands of years, let alone this time an army of 50,000 entered together. But Indifferent did not express any dissatisfaction, even Xuanji had just arrived at the gate of the Ten Jue Immortal Killing Formation,
The assassin emperor was waiting for their arrival here. However, in order to keep the secret of Tianji Valley, Xue Sha specially ordered that all the soldiers under his command should be blindfolded. Those who took off their cloths and looked around without permission before receiving their orders
, dealt with by military law.
The two junior brothers walked side by side. They did not need to worry about the soldiers in front. Although Danbo did not come to see the two junior brothers, Emperor Ci and dozens of people who had lived here were leading them forward. Looking at the people in the valley,
In a clump of green bamboo, Xue Sha suddenly smiled and said: "Junior brother, my uncle once said that this is an act that goes against heaven. And an act that goes against heaven will definitely be punished by heaven. Are you afraid?"
In the face of bloodshed, the mystery is also quite casual: "Senior brother, I am alone, and Yancai is dead. One person has enough to eat and the whole family is not hungry. Even if there is a divine punishment, so what? But senior brother, don't you have any regrets?
?”
Xue Sha smiled nonchalantly and said: "Master once said that I have a strong smell of blood, and I am a person who is stubborn and defies nature. I don't care about some divine punishment."
Xuanji also laughed and said: "What the senior brother said is absolutely true. Didn't the senior uncle say that either he is a person with a hard life and defies heaven, or he is a very evil person but a good person, otherwise it will be absolutely difficult to escape. Since senior brother is a person with a hard life and defies heaven, then the younger brother