Bashi Kingdom captured Bai Shuxin as a witness. Bai Boyi, the lord of Baiguo City, sneaked into Shanchuan City to rescue his brothers, but was captured by mistake. Bashi Kingdom took advantage of the situation and raised troops to suddenly capture Baiguo City.
This conflict started and ended quickly. After Shaowu captured Baiguo City, he stood still and sent an envoy to question Zheng Gu. It took time for the news to reach Chiwangqiu, and Chiwangqiu couldn't speak even if he wanted to dissuade him. Because
Zheng Gu wanted Shaowu's life. Even ordinary people would have to seek revenge, let alone the king of a country. How could he not let others vent his anger?
The Zheng Shi Kingdom and the Bashi Kingdom gathered heavy troops at the border but did not fight. At this time, Xiangqiong suddenly intervened and led his army into the Bashi Kingdom border. They marched down three cities and attacked the capital. Xiangqiong did not show up in advance.
After seeking Chi Wangqiu's advice, the strategy he pursued was to advance quickly and catch the Bashi Kingdom by surprise.
Under such circumstances, who can dissuade the Bashi Kingdom from raising troops to fight back? Today, Xiangqiong’s army reached the gates of Batu City, and Shaowu’s army also attacked the gates of Xiangdu City. In fact, when Xingyao issued the order, Xiangqiong Shang
While attacking the pass between Pengshan and Zhangrenshan, Shaowu had just defeated the defense line of Yue Geng's army, but this expert had already judged the direction of the battle and understood the strategic intentions of the coaches on both sides.
Since the war is fought like this, one side's capital city will inevitably be breached, and eventually it will be bad. So Xingyao simultaneously issued an order to the sect liaisons stationed in Xiangshi Kingdom and Bashi Kingdom: If Bashi City is defeated, we must find a way to do it.
Bring one of Shaowu's brothers to Chiwangqiu; if the capital is destroyed, try to take one of Xiangqiong's sons back.
Xingsha used Yan Ge to send a message. Yan Ge carried a very small magic weapon with the idea of controlling the gods on it, which must be interpreted using the secret method of Chiwangqiu. Liang Yichen has been pondering the matter after receiving the order.
What should he do? After Yuxuan's army was defeated, he would wait for someone to come to him and make a request. That way he would have more dignity and be easier to ask than coming to him himself.
But Liang Yichen waited for three full days. Yu Xuan didn't come to him. He secretly inquired about the news that Yu Xuan had packed his things and was preparing to retreat westward. Liang Yichen almost couldn't stand it anymore. If Yu Xuan didn't come to him,
He had already planned to go directly to Yuxuan to ask for someone, and made some promises smoothly.
Just at this time, Yu Xuan finally came to ask for help, which made him feel relieved and made the request. Liang Yichen had been waiting very hard these days, but the mission was completed perfectly in the end. How could he be dissatisfied?
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Meeting Liang Yichen on the road was just a small episode during the march. The army of young ministers quickly advanced to Xiangdu City. Although this city is not as grand as Batu City, it is not small either. The city walls are tall and strong. At this moment, the four gates are tightly closed.
close.
The Shaowu ordered the siege of the city from the east, south and north, but left a gap in the west. This was also Lingbaoti's suggestion. Although Yuxuan's army was defeated, they evacuated all the people from nearby villages in advance.
If the four gates of the capital are besieged and the siege is too hasty, the city will organize soldiers and civilians to board the city, and at the same time spread rumors that they will be massacred if the city is breached, which will force the people to fight to the death.
This is the strongest city that Shaowu encountered during his march. Simply besieging it and attacking it could be very costly. It would be better to leave a glimmer of hope for the opponent and disrupt the morale of the troops in the city.
The Shao Wu accepted this suggestion. He wished that the defenders in the city could escape. Even if they were to pursue him in the future, it would be much easier to deal with than attacking the capital at the moment. The Shao Wu did not surround the west gate, but sent military formations to block the east gate and the south gate, and opened them.
The siege engine leader attacked the east gate. Before the battle began, he also sent a group of monks with loud voices to stand in front of the formation and shout to persuade them to surrender.
General Zheng Yuguang, the deputy in charge of defending the city, did not take the initiative to offer the city. Instead, he ordered his sergeants to shoot down a row of cold arrows. The siege of the city could not be avoided. The young minister waved his order to attack the archery tower, climb the city slope, and use the city hammer to attack the city.
The east gate advanced and finally launched a strong attack. Although Xiangqiong was not as popular as Houlin and his son in the country, there were still forces loyal to him. It was impossible for Xiangdu City to be defeated without a fight. It all depends on how much Shaowu paid in the end.
How much does it cost?
Although the soldiers and civilians defending the city did not surrender under Yuguang's strict order, looking at the murderous Bashi army outside the city, they could not help but feel despair in their hearts. If Xiangqiong could not return in time and there was no reinforcement from the rear,
Sooner or later, this capital city will not be able to be defended. If it were not for the strong city walls, many soldiers would have wanted to escape. They are currently defending the city.
Amidst the sound of war drums, Yu Guang stood on the city tower with a solemn expression and commanded. He was judging the main attack direction of the Shaowu army. The attack on the city gate with the city hammer seemed to be a feint attack. The Shaowu army concentrated all the elite troops on the north side of the city gate and pushed forward.
Climbing the city slope in an attempt to get close to the city wall, there were many siege archery towers behind for cover. That area had the largest concentration of large siege equipment.
Yuguang tried not to think about whether the capital could be defended. He just wanted to do his best to weaken Shaowu's spirit. If the main force of the siege was frustrated and the wave of attacks was defeated, he would have a chance to breathe.
He also knew that the young minister had not besieged the west gate, but had already ordered it to be closed. No one in the city could take the opportunity to escape, and all the young men and women in the city had to organize themselves to go to the battlefield.
On the Bashi Kingdom side, Panhu was commanding the military formation to resist the climb up the city wall and rush towards the city wall. According to experience, the first wave of counterattack they encountered should be the incoming arrows. But the sergeants were hiding behind the walls made of giant trees.
Below the city slope, the threat of arrows is not great; when approaching the city wall, the defenders' second wave of counterattack will be a large number of rolling stones, and may be accompanied by Gonggong's spells, which will cause greater casualties.
Therefore, the speed of the attack must be fast, and more of the city slopes must be successfully leaned against the city wall, commanding the military formation to rush up to fight, and the sergeants on the siege archery tower taking the opportunity to shoot and cover.
Advancing forward on the city slopes, arrows rained down from the city, followed by rolling stones. Several of the city slopes were close to the city wall. The elite military formations took the opportunity to cover up the attack. This was the most critical moment in the siege. If we could
Rush up to the city wall and establish a local position, so that the follow-up military formations can continue to pour in, and you can hope to break through the city defense in one fell swoop. At this moment, twelve items suddenly shot out of the city.
These things are so small that they are almost unnoticeable among the flying arrows and rolling stones, but they are accompanied by mana fluctuations when they fly out.
Panhu was leading the army to charge towards the city wall. There was a man standing behind the forward formation. He looked very abrupt when he appeared here. He had no armor on his body and was only wearing ordinary cloth. He did not hold any weapons in his hands. He stood there.
He was in a position under the city where the rolling stones could not hit him, and the arrows flew inexplicably but could not hit him. This person was none other than Hu Wa.
When the twelve things flew into the air outside the city, Huwa suddenly raised his head and waved his hand to hit two green leaves.
Since he followed the army into the army, this is the first time that Huwa has appeared on the battlefield where the frontline is fighting. Interestingly enough, Huwa has only been on the battlefield once in his life. He has never even served as a general commanding an army. In later generations,
However, he is also regarded as the ancestor of many great military strategists, and some people even respect the Taoist Taishang as the ancestor of military strategists.
Because Taishang not only learned and used the art of war, but also followed the army to pacify Ba Yuan and witnessed everyone's events. Of course, he was also proficient in the art of war and strategy, and the teachings he taught inspired many military strategists of later generations.
But Huwa couldn't have thought of that much at this moment. He was the one who took the initiative to join the battle. He was not only worried about Panhu charging at the front, but also expected the situation that might be encountered when storming the city wall. The opponent would use soul-eating smoke.
A secret treasure with the power of mass destruction.
During this battle of the Shaowu Army, none of the opponents had ever used the Soul-Eating Smoke. Many of the Soul-Eating Smoke stored in the Xiangshi Kingdom's arsenal must have been taken away by Xiangqiong, but those who remained would definitely be used to defend the capital.
use.
There is no wind today, so there is no need to occupy any favorable wind direction. The most elite military formations and various siege equipment are concentrated at the main attack point of the Shaowu Army. If a batch of soul-eating smoke is detonated at this time, the gray clouds will be black.
The poisonous smoke formed by the fog will naturally settle and quickly cover the army outside the city, causing serious casualties and panic.
Huwa had experience in dealing with soul-eating smoke, so he took the initiative to ask to follow Panhu to the battlefield. The young minister agreed, but ordered him not to go into battle and charge, but to stand behind the battle formation to guard against the opponent's use of secret treasures.
Huwa predicted well that the opponent really used soul-eating smoke. In order to pursue the maximum killing effect, he fired twelve of them at once. Huwa himself has a five-color divine lotus to protect him, so of course he is not afraid of these gray fog and black clouds.
However, he did not have the ability to deal with the magic power of twelve soul-eating smokes that exploded at the same time, let alone resolve them calmly. So he simply used the secret treasure - the talisman leaves given by Xiang Sha.
Huwa also has a secret sword talisman made by himself, but it is of little use in this situation. The sword talisman can only be used to attack the enemy, but cannot expel or disperse the poisonous smoke. Moreover, his cultivation level and magic power are worse than Xiangsha.
There was still a big difference. To be on the safe side, Huwa knocked out the two remaining talisman leaves on his body to make sure nothing went wrong.
Huwa had tried out one of the three talisman leaves given by Xiang Sha at the beginning, and already knew its power and control methods. The two talisman leaves seemed to be shot at the same time, but in fact they were used one after another. Huwa could not do it at once.
Only one of them can be controlled by the imperial weapon.
I saw twelve soul-devouring smoke secret treasures just exploded in the air, and a talisman leaf flew sideways. The light and shadow exploded into the shape of a boy in plain clothes. Huwa not only took advantage of the power of the secret treasure, but also himself
While casting the spell, he didn't let anyone see the boy's face clearly. He only saw the transformed figure waving his hands in mid-air, and then a piece of clear light spilled out. The clear light roll held up the exploding poisonous smoke, preventing it from falling towards the city.
drift.
Then another leaf talisman unfolded, and the transformed figure almost completely coincided with the one just now. The figure in mid-air waved his sleeves towards the city wall again, and a sword-like light rain spilled out, covering the defenders. But
This piece of light rain is not a murderous sword, but carries a sealing and binding power. Wherever it touches, the city guards groan and fall to the ground. (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!