Did you raise your head? Haotian looked at the vague figure on the tower and suddenly shouted loudly: "Come here, beat the drums, raise the tents, and attack the city!"
"Li Xiaomo of the Destruction Legion, immediately led the 100,000 soldiers of the Destruction Legion headquarters to attack the north gate of the Holy Capital of Heaven!"
"The White Tiger Legion, Zhou Jilong and Long Zhishan, led the White Tiger Legion's 100,000 soldiers to attack the west gate of the Holy Capital of Heaven!"
"Jiang Shenzhou of the Legion of Honor! Zhu Xigao of the Rock Legion! Leading two legions of 100,000 soldiers to attack the east gate of Tiandu Shengjing!"
"Blood Killing Legion, bloody killing! Lead the 70,000 infantry of the Blood Killing Legion and the 50,000 infantry of the Huben Legion to attack the south gate of Tiandu Shengjing!"
"Today's battle is about advance or retreat. The generals of each department can control the intensity and rhythm of the attack by themselves. Anyone who retreats without the general's order will be shot without mercy!" Dugu shouted sternly.
Haotian has been helped to the back. Listening to Dugu's orders that echoed through the sky, he couldn't help but sigh. As a superior, he has been deprived of the right to fight bloody battles. No matter what the reasons are, he cannot
Returning to the battlefield is simply unbearable pain for a born soldier.
"Husband, every gain must come with a loss. Besides, if you go up there, it will only distract Dushuai and the others." Qiu Mu comforted him.
Haotian did not refute this time. He knew that Qiu Mu was right. Looking at the battlefield that had merged into the battlefield, Haotian sighed again. It was quite enjoyable to be able to watch it from such a distance.
No one thought that the place where the battle was the fiercest and the first to reach high tide was the North Gate where Li Xiaomo was responsible for the attack.
As soon as Li Xiaomo's Army of Destruction arrived under the North Gate, they launched an attack on the majestic North Gate of Tiandu Shengjing regardless of casualties. The defenders in the city, led by the new captain of the Eastern Army, Jiang Tang, fought to the death.
Counterattack. The trebuchets and bows and arrows under the city were pouring into the city almost non-stop. Most of the stone archery towers on the city were smashed. The gray dust mist on the city head rose several feet high; dozens of ladders were erected in the north, south, east and west.
On the three city walls, densely packed troops climbed up continuously; more than a dozen assault vehicles took turns crashing under the three city gates. The moat had lost its function because it had been filled with sandbags and corpses of soldiers from the destroyed legions.
"Bang!" Li DaDa, the guard commander of the Legion of Destruction, rushed forward with all his strength. This time, the wood did not bounce back immediately, but he rushed straight in. The north gate of Tiandu Shengjing, which was said to be indestructible, was finally knocked open by the Legion of Destruction.
When Li boldly saw this, he didn't care about the collision in front of him. He drew out his sword and rushed in. Behind him were countless soldiers of the Destroyed Legion.
"Bang bang bang", several loud noises were heard one after another. It turned out that the defenders on the city tower saw the city gate being knocked open, and quickly put down a thousand catties of stone, preparing to completely block the city gate. A huge stone weighing a thousand catties suddenly fell down, and others
The power can be imagined. Before Li Dali could even react, he was already crushed under the stone and turned into a pulp.
This former member of Qinchuan's army had been promoted to captain of ten thousand men. However, due to Qinchuan's surrender, he was later incorporated into the Guard Commander of the Destruction Legion by Li Xiaomo. He fell under the gate of Tiandu Shengjing. Direct shot at noon.
Under the bright sunshine, one of his arms could only be vaguely seen exposed outside the boulder, but soon, with the charge of the Legion of Destruction, this arm was kicked to an unknown place.
"If our navy were here, they would be able to get twice the result with half the effort by relying on the trebuchets and ladders on the battleships!" Li Xiaomo said with emotion.
Li Zexing's eyes were flashing with an unknown meaning. No one knew what this veteran Qinchuan, now the deputy commander of the Destroyed Legion, was thinking in his mind. But Li Hao, who was beside him, saw the heavy casualties among the soldiers and took courage.
Said: "Your Majesty, the casualties of the soldiers are too great, do you think you can slow down the pace of the attack?"
Li Xiaomo shook his head firmly: "Absolutely not. In a siege, momentum is the most important thing! If we don't have the momentum to move forward, it will be more difficult to suppress the counterattack of the defenders on the tower. We have worked hard, but the other side is better than us.
It’s even harder! Also, now that there is no Qinchuan Li family, there is no prince or heir apparent, so don’t call us that in the future.”
Li Xiaomo knew very well that the Eastern Legion only had 100,000 soldiers, including 20,000 cavalry. If he wanted to defend the huge Tiandu Holy Capital, each city wall could only be equipped with 20,000 infantry. However, Tiandu Holy Capital was, after all,
In the capital city of the Qingfeng Empire, it was easy to raise two hundred thousand soldiers under emergency conscription. Therefore, he could not give the defenders on the tower a chance to counterattack or give them confidence. He wanted the other party to feel that it seemed that every time
Every moment, the city gates fall.
Li Hao hesitated for a moment: "General, Hetao has not sent any supervisory troops. We don't need to fight so hard."
Li Xiaomo paused and stared at Li Hao intently. Li Hao originally dared to look at Li Xiaomo, but he quickly lowered his head and said to himself: "General, we fought for Qin Chuan before.
, it’s for the Li family. But now, we don’t know who we are fighting for or who we are fighting for. So many outstanding Qinchuan men died worthlessly here, and my subordinates really want to
It doesn’t make sense!”
Surprisingly, Li Xiaomo did not get angry. He just looked at his soldier captain quietly and glanced at Li Zexing and others around him. Everyone he saw lowered their heads in fear.
With their heads spinning, Li Hao's words were actually what they wanted to say. But under Li Xiaomo's prestige, no one dared to look into his eyes.
Li Xiaomo sighed in his heart. He knew that this idea had always been the mainstream in the minds of Qinchuan soldiers. I am afraid that at least 70,000 of the 100,000 troops thought this way. However, they did not understand at all.
The reason why he worked so hard was not only his desire for victory, but also for the people of Qinchuan.
"Have you ever thought about it, Qinchuan has been defeated, and all the people have become the subjects of Hetao. Do you know why Hetao later gave up the initial plan to annihilate the three tribes? Is it really because
They killed until they were weak, or they were afraid of our resistance! No, it was because we had surrendered, completely surrendered, and our destruction of the army was the price for Hetao to let go of millions of Qinchuan people. We fought for them
Fight hard, they will let our fellow villagers go, it’s that simple!”
"Do you think we have the strength to fight against the Hetao? No, not at all! If you really hold the attitude of sharing the same fate, then the disaster in Yizhou will happen in our Qinchuan. We have already lost and have no capital.
, so that our fellow villagers no longer have to face the threat of the butcher's knife, and so that they can receive fair and just treatment, we must fight bravely, this is why we fight so hard!"
The expressions on the faces of all the generals were different. Some people understood it, but more people still didn't understand it. Li Xiaomo shook his head helplessly. He had worked so hard, but unfortunately these people didn't understand it at all. In other words, they
I understand, but I don’t want to understand.
"Now, I don't want to say anything more. You will definitely understand my general's good intentions in the future. General, I don't care what you think now, but you must fight hard and capture the Holy Capital of Heaven first!" Li Xiaomo said in a broken tone.
shouted.
Although the generals did not understand, they obviously did not dare to disobey Li Xiaomo's order. Although each of them still had a lot of clues, they still returned to their own ranks honestly.
Looking at these generals with complicated expressions, Li Xiaomo suddenly felt worried. These people were just representatives of more people in Qinchuan. Although they were temporarily suppressed by him, if they were provoked by others, who would
He knows what will happen. It seems that he must take good control of Qinchuan's situation, otherwise there will be big trouble in the future.
The war has begun, and the Hetao army will never stop before victory is achieved. Xiang Xing in Tiandu Shengjing is quite clear about this. From the moment the Hetao began an all-out attack, his eyes widened.
I'm afraid I've missed any detail.
Xiang Xing is neither Bian Shigexing nor Hiraang. What he is better at is charging, endless charging. However, since Tie Zhen was transferred back to Tiandu Shengjing to serve as Minister of War, he no longer had this opportunity. Later, Bei Zheng
The army under the leadership of Dingbei Marquis Zhang Mingjing marched north to Hetao. Xiang Xing originally thought this was a great opportunity, but he never expected that this time would become the most humiliating moment in his history of joining the army.
When rebuilding the Eastern Army and confronting the Holy Sect of Paradise, Xiang Xing didn't have many opportunities to take action. Because at this time, the Qingfeng Empire was already declining. Although Emperor Yinglie resolutely resisted, he still had the heart to preserve his strength. Therefore, although
He had many collisions with the Paradise Alliance at that time, but none of them made him happy.
Now, he has been pushed to the position of chief defense envoy of Tiandu Shengjing. But Xiang Xing himself also knows that Tiandu Shengjing cannot defend Tiandu Shengjing for long at all, even with the addition of the imperial guards, palace guards, and even all the yamen servants in the yamen
For patrolling, his total strength would not exceed 150,000, while the attacking Hetao army invested more than 400,000 troops in just the first round of attack.
"Bao Feng!" Xiang Xing shouted in a deep voice, but there was no response for a long time. Xiang Xing then remembered that he had sent him, Hou Zhengchun and a group of capable troops to the other three walls. Now he only had 20,000 in his hands.
warrior.
"Legion commander, what are your orders?" A soldier stepped forward and asked.
Xiang Xing shook his head. He originally wanted to discuss tactics with Bao Feng, but since Bao Feng was not here, there was no need. However, after thinking about it, he still recruited his own soldiers and said in a deep voice: "Go tell General Jiang Zhiyang that he
Twenty thousand cavalry, ready to attack at any time!"
The soldier's eyes lit up: "Legion Commander, are we ready to take the initiative?"
Xiang Xing smiled bitterly, but didn't say anything. He didn't want to undermine the soldier's confidence.
The soldiers left in a hurry, and Xiang Xing stood alone on the city tower again. The sound of killing continued on the battlefield. Countless soldiers died on the battlefield, and their blood was left along the city wall. Under the noon sun, it seemed that the city wall was covered with smoke.
Added a blood red background.
Looking around, I could see hundreds of thousands of people fighting. A gust of wind blew by, bringing with it a strong smell of blood. Xiang Xing suddenly felt unusually desolate.
Unlike Xiang Xing, Chu Xiangcheng and Luo Xiang retreated to their carriage at almost the same time as the war started. Outside the carriage was a raging battlefield, but inside there were two glasses of light wine and a table of Go.
, the two old men sat opposite each other, silent.
"Chu Yi, please see me." A low voice suddenly came from outside the car.
Chu Xiangcheng quickly opened the curtain, and a young man in his thirties had already gotten into the carriage. He saluted the two of them, and Chu Yi said in a deep voice: "For the record, the two masters, the disciples are watching from the north gate.
For a long time, I eavesdropped on the conversation between Li Xiaomo and his subordinates. The Qinchuan soldiers still held strong hostility towards us surrendering, at least their senior officials did. However, Li Xiaomo was particularly determined. The disciples believed that Li Xiaomo was
Surrender to us sincerely."
Chu Yinai was a disciple personally taught by Chu Xiangcheng and Luo Xiang. There were seven people like him in total. In addition to Chu Qinai, who was Haotian's personal guard, Chu San once sat in charge of the Jingbei Palace in the Holy Capital of Tiandu for a long time.
, the whereabouts of the remaining five people have always been uncertain. Except for Luo Xiang and Chu Xiangcheng, very few people even know about their existence.
Luo Xiang and Chu Xiangcheng are both very careful people. Although Chu Yi is their direct disciple, they still feel the need to confirm.
Chu Yi respected the two of them very much, so he honestly recounted the situation at that time.
Seeing Chu Yi still standing, Luo Xiang motioned for him to sit down, poured him a cup of tea, and said with a smile: "Li Xiaomo didn't notice you, did he?"
Chu Yi shook his head and said with certainty: "Absolutely not. When it comes to martial arts attainments, the disciples will not be worse than him, and he can't know if he calculates with intention or without intention."
Luo Xiang smiled with satisfaction. Chu Yi's martial arts was the most outstanding among all the people. When he was on Yuzhou Road, he was able to fight against Old Man Piaofeng, one of the eight masters of the evil way. Now, of course, Li Xiaomo is no longer there.
Below. Since Li Xiaomo didn't notice his existence, then the situation is really true, unless Li Xiaomo's scheming is really that deep.
Chu Xiangcheng paused and said slowly: "Since Li Xiaomo has no problem, we can feel more relieved. To be honest, if we really want to eradicate a hero like Li Xiaomo, I won't be able to bear it."
Luo Xiang smiled disapprovingly and said: "Actually, isn't this what we expected? Li Xiaomo is a truly smart man, and he will never do anything stupid. Unfortunately, not everyone in the world is smart.
People."
Chu Xiangcheng also nodded in agreement. He naturally knew who Luo Xiang was talking about, but as soon as the smile came to his lips, a hint of bitterness appeared on Chu Xiangcheng's face: "Jiuyuan, what do you think the commander will do?"
choose?"
Luo Xiang was still smiling at first, but after hearing what Chu Xiangcheng said, his expression became ugly. In fact, they didn't have much contact with Xiang Xing. In a large sense, they could only admire his reputation, but
Ouyang Jingzhong is different. The last veteran of the Qingfeng Empire is one of the people they respect the most in their lives. If he had chosen the same path as Xiang Xing when Hetao went south to Jiangnan Third Road, then the two of them would have really been in trouble.
Difficult.
"It's not like you don't know the Marshal's temper. No one can change the things he has determined. However, after so many years, I don't know if the Marshal has changed." Luo Xiang patted his head and was very surprised.
Difficult.
When Chu Xiangcheng thought of this, he suddenly lost the mood to play chess. He gestured to Chu Yi, who quickly put away the Go chess pieces on the table.
"Chu Yi, if nothing happens, go back to the Hetao first. Keep an eye on that person. If there is any movement here, he will not react. Chu Liu is alone, and I am really afraid that I can't keep an eye on him.
"Chu Xiangcheng thought for a moment and said.
Although Luo Xiang didn't take it seriously, there was nothing wrong with being more cautious. At least, Luo Xiang didn't think there was anything wrong with paying more attention to this matter.
Chu Yi took the order and left, and calm returned to the carriage again. The Go chess had been put away, and the two of them didn't take it seriously, so they tasted the wine in front of each other, which was quite artistic.
Suddenly remembering a family matter, Chu Xiangcheng put down his cup and said, "The military advisor accidentally mentioned to me two days ago that the rainy season in the Baiyue area of Lingnan will soon pass this year, and the dry season will last for a long time."
Luo Xiang's heart moved: "Are you saying that the rainy season of Jinhua Mitsukoshi cannot last until September this year?"
Lingnan is the ancient name of the area where the Jinhua Dynasty was located. Because it is located south of Nanling, it is called Lingnan. Baiyue is the ancient name of the Mitsukoshi area. There are many ethnic minorities in the Baiyue area. During the Han Empire, it was included in Shenzhou
Under the direct rule of the empire, this continued to be the case during the Tang Empire. However, during the founding period of Emperor Qingfeng Taizu, because Emperor Taizu did not pay enough attention to the south, he gave it to the few who had made the greatest contributions among the founding heroes. Of course,
There is also the meaning of guarding against possible dangers. Therefore, the Mitsukoshi region, like the Uma dynasty, became a vassal state of Qingfeng. However, later, coups occurred in Jinhua Mitsukoshi one after another, and the current rulers are no longer descendants of the founding heroes.
The climate in Lingnan and Baiyue is very different from that in the north. The year here is divided into two obvious dry and wet seasons. The main rainfall every year is concentrated in the rainy season, which is from May to September in the Chinese calendar. In the remaining months,
Precipitation in these areas is relatively scarce and the climate is relatively dry. Fortunately, it is located on the south side of the Xijiang River, and the Xijiang River is the waterway with the largest amount of water in the empire after the big rivers, so there is no need to worry about water use.
Luo Xiang's eyebrows suddenly spread happily: "That's good, the shorter the rainy season is, the trees will become drier after the rainy season. Hum, once the climate dries, then the most dangerous miasma in jungle warfare will become
It won’t be that serious, and the snakes, insects, rats and ants will also be restrained. Jinhua Mitsukoshi’s biggest reliance is their geographical location. This time I want them to truly taste the power of our Shenzhou Dynasty. From now on, they will not be able to rely on the geographical location and
Let’s challenge it.”
Chu Xiangcheng looked at Luo Xiang's beaming expression and couldn't help but laugh: "Jiuyuan, look how old you are, how come you are still the same as Jin'er and the others. Forget it, after you said that, I am not in the mood to drink anymore.
.How about we go to the military advisor to inquire?"
"That's fine!"
The two came back to the battlefield, but after walking around, they didn't see the mystery. The two were a little confused, and they accidentally looked around, only to find that the west gate of Tiandu Shengjing had fallen. The two looked at each other, thinking in their hearts.
Thinking about the same thing: Xiang Xing, what happened?