The scorching sun was in the sky, releasing scorching light and scorching the earth.
Countless soldiers in black armor lined up under the city, with spears standing like a forest. Even under the scorching sunlight, they stood motionless.
The tens of thousands of troops were silent and did not hide the murderous atmosphere. On the entire battlefield, only the golden king's flag fluttered in the wind and made a hunting sound.
A solemn murderous aura of battlefield conquest spreads straight towards the city ahead.
Such a solemn and solemn aura made the rebel soldiers on the city wall feel trembling, as if a huge boulder was pressing on their chests, and they subconsciously felt afraid and retreated.
"Hurry! The officers and soldiers are about to attack the city. What are you waiting for!"
The roars of the rebel generals barely brought the rebels on the city wall back to their senses and began to carry rolling wood and stones to defend the city.
At this moment, in the distance, the Xia Kingdom's army was in formation.
King Qi turned over and dismounted, and all the generals immediately bowed their heads and clasped their fists, shouting:
"See the Marshal!"
King Qi nodded slightly, glanced at the army's formation, and said:
"The city ahead is a battleground for entering Anshun County, and it is also the first battle for our army to attack the rebels in Anshun County. Countless eyes in the world are watching! I have personally come to take charge, and you must not have any
accident!"
The princes and princes in Jinling City who regarded him as a thorn in their side, the hundreds of officials in the court, the Yun State, even expelled the Xia State officials, and the Xiangzhou County rebels who still refused to obey the Xia State's rule.
The subsequent attitude of these forces towards King Qi was largely determined by today's battle.
When the generals heard this, they immediately shouted:
"Please rest assured, Commander, I will wait until the end to do my best!"
When King Qi heard this, he raised his hand slightly.
The soldiers behind him immediately walked quickly to King Qi's side, holding command arrows in their hands.
King Qi drew out a command arrow and said in a deep voice:
"Pass the military order, the army marches directly to the south gate. I, the king, will be stationed in the city tonight!"
"yes!"
The generals shouted loudly, turned around and left quickly, heading to their respective camps to reorganize their troops.
The messengers held command arrows, rode on war horses, shuttled back and forth, and shouted:
"The commander-in-chief has an order, attack the south gate! Attack the south gate!"
The next moment, the previously extremely tight military formation slowly dispersed under the sound of military drums.
The "squeaking" sound of the bowstring being pulled up made a loud sound.
"shoot!"
As soon as the military order was given, there was only a "whoosh" sound, and a hail of arrows shot out. It was like a dark cloud, and it poured down like a strong wind and rain.
"The officers and soldiers are attacking the city!"
"The officers and soldiers are attacking the city!"
Facing the Xia army's attack on the city, some rebel soldiers could not bear it. They immediately let out several shrill shouts, stood up in panic, and rushed towards the bottom of the city tower.
But before these people could take a few steps, arrows rained down, and screams suddenly came.
The rebel general on the city wall leaned down, raised his shield, and shouted:
"Archer, where's the archer?"
Under the shouts of the rebel generals, brave rebel soldiers hid under the battlements, raised their bows and arrows, and fired arrows.
But after a while, someone heard a crying voice saying:
"General, it's useless!"
"General, our bows and arrows can't hit the army!"
The weapons in the hands of these rebels are nothing more than local soldiers and officers from Anshun County.
Nearly half of the so-called bows and arrows among the rebels came from the bows and arrows brought by the Orions when they surrendered to the army. How could they be as sophisticated as the standard weapons of the Daxia frontier army?
When the rebel general heard this, he was furious and subconsciously wanted to get up and curse a few words. However, the arrows falling like a heavy rain on his head made him only hold back the nameless fire in his heart and continue to hide under the battlements.
.
"Da, da, da..."
Sergeant Xia held a spear and a shield, guarded the ladder behind him, rushed to the car, and came at a neat pace.
Accompanied by a fierce murderous aura, every sound of stepping seemed to step heavily on the hearts of the rebels.
One of the rebels stood up slightly and looked down at the city, despite the rain of arrows, and his pupils suddenly opened wide.
The soldiers of the Xia army wearing black armor were like a black tide, carrying an irresponsible force, shooting straight towards the towering city, as if they were trying to smash the entire city that was blocking the way of the army to pieces.
They were some fierce bandits from the old camp. At this moment, they caught a glimpse of the power of the officers and soldiers. When they were in a trance, their vision was slightly blurred, and they seemed to catch a glimpse of a bloody ferocious beast looking up to the sky and roaring in anger above the army.
With just one glance, those old rebel thieves who were known as tough soldiers lost all their courage and exclaimed:
"It's bad, I can't hold on anymore!"
“If you can’t defend it, you definitely can’t defend it!”
"Run quickly. If you don't run and stay here, you will die!"
The noisy noise of the rebel soldiers caused the morale of the army to dissipate visibly. No matter how many generals cursed and punished them, another group of rebel soldiers dropped their weapons and headed towards the city wall without looking back.
Run away.
Looking at the chaos on the city wall in the distance, beside King Qi, there was a man wearing a Taoist robe, with a faint milky white light blooming between his eyebrows.
For the rebel soldiers, even if they were in a trance and saw the bloody beast above Xia Jun's head with claws and fangs, roaring towards the sky, they thought it was just an illusion caused by their mental stress.
But under the Taoist's secret technique of understanding destiny, the bloody beast is obviously not an illusion.
The battle formations merged, the auras of the tens of thousands of troops connected, and the blood energy surged into the sky, condensing into a strange beast.
It looks like a raccoon, but has a white head and tiger claws. The blood-colored aura full of chilling winds around the whole body. It raises its head and roars, which is extremely ferocious.
The strange beast Liangqu is a ferocious beast that symbolizes war in mythology.
The Taoist looked up at the sky, his eyes a little hot, and he seemed to be murmuring:
"Sure enough, sure enough! The heaven and earth are changing, and the age of great strife has arrived..."
After a while, the Taoist slowly calmed down, and the white light between his eyebrows slowly dissipated. He straightened his clothes, quickly bowed to King Qi beside him, and said:
"Congratulations, Your Highness, the city has been conquered!"
Before he finished speaking, another voice was heard, saying:
"Congratulations, Your Highness, for winning the battle!"
When the Taoist heard this, he raised his head slightly and saw a scholar wearing a Confucian robe opposite, also congratulating King Qi.
In the Jixia Academy of Yun State, although various schools of thought had academic disputes, the relationship was quite relaxed because the students from each school studied in the same place and had many contacts.
However, in the Xia Kingdom's court, hundreds of families have disciples who serve as officials. In order to expand the influence of each school's doctrine, the fights between each other became more and more fierce. And when princes competed for the right to inherit the throne, each family took this opportunity to choose a prince to support.
, the fight became even more intense.
We cannot say that they are in love with each other, but we can also say that they are incompatible with each other.
Since the Taoist and Confucian families decided to serve King Qi at the same time, they naturally could not avoid fighting in private.
So even when I congratulated King Qi, I felt a bit tense.
King Qi turned his head slightly, looked at the two Confucian and Taoist people beside him, raised his brows slightly, and suddenly said:
"It's just a city, it's nothing! At this time, I would like to ask you two for advice on how to arrange the battle for Anshun County in the future?"
Hearing this, the two of them immediately looked at each other.
The ministers have to choose the king to be loyal to, and the king also has to test whether the ministers can be reused.
Both of them knew that this was King Qi's test for the two of them!
When the Taoist heard this, he said without saying a word:
"The rebels only occupy one county, but Your Highness brings the power of Daxia and hundreds of thousands of troops to move in. The situation is panic and irreversible! Your Highness only needs to let nature take its course and leave a glimmer of hope for the rebel soldiers so that they can
If you don't have the intention of killing the fish and breaking the net, Anshun County can be pacified in as little as one month and as long as three months!"
Having said this, the Taoist paused slightly and continued:
"There are also military leaders in our Taoist family who are willing to serve His Highness!"
Upon hearing this, King Qi nodded slightly and said in a deep voice:
"What Mr. Mitsuru said is true, I have learned a lesson!"
Hearing this, Taoist disciple Chong Leyou curved his mouth and bowed his head slightly in salute.
"Instructions are sent to the soldiers of each battalion to attack the city and surround three towers. If the rebels surrender, let the past be forgotten!" King Qi continued.
The soldiers under his command immediately responded:
"yes!"
Seeing this, the Confucian disciples on the side also quickly said:
"His Highness led the troops to suppress the rebellion, and the righteousness is at hand. Most of the rebels were instigated by the bandit leaders in order to survive. Now that Your Highness is practicing the royal way, we, the Confucian family, are willing to help, so that the people in the county will know the kindness of the court and surrender!"
When King Qi heard this, he raised his eyebrows and said:
"Oh? I have only known about fighting, but I have never thought of this. If Mr. Zhou Shun can help me put down the rebellion as soon as possible, I will personally write to the court to ask for credit for my husband!"
When Zhou Shun heard this, he quickly bowed his head and saluted, saying:
"I don't seek fame or title, I just want to help His Highness solve your problems!"
When King Qi heard this, he smiled slightly and said:
"In that case, I would like to ask you two to take more trouble!"
When Chong Leyou heard this, Zhou Shun all bowed and bowed, then without even looking at each other, they turned around and left to share the worries of King Qi.
Looking at the two people's retreating figures, King Qi suddenly said:
"There are many schools of thought, but as long as they are guided by Hao Sheng, the benefits to the country will definitely outweigh the disadvantages!"
Having said this, King Qi sighed slightly and said:
"If my father had stopped it at the beginning, the situation in the DPRK and China would never have become so chaotic. How much national power would have been wasted on party disputes in the court..."
In the Xia Kingdom's court, officials from hundreds of families were fighting endlessly, and the princes were competing for the right to inherit the throne. It was chaos upon chaos, and I don't know how much national power the Xia Kingdom had wasted in vain!
If nothing else, let’s talk about the Southwest Plague. If someone in the government hadn’t held back, how could the situation have deteriorated to this point?
Thinking of this, King Qi couldn't help but sigh heavily again.
At this time, Feng Chu, who was standing behind King Qi, heard the words, lowered his head slightly and said:
"Perhaps Your Majesty also has His Majesty's original reasons... But if Your Highness wants to change, all he has to do is win the throne!"
When King Qi heard this, he couldn't help but look at Feng Chu, frowned slightly and said:
"I always feel that you want me to ascend to that position more than I do!"
When Feng Chu heard this, he hesitated for a moment, then lowered his eyebrows and said quietly:
"Whether His Highness can ascend to the throne of God is related to my wealth and life, so I have to be nervous..."
King Qi curled his lips slightly and said:
"It's not such an exaggeration. Even if you fail in the fight for the throne, I will still be able to protect you Ichigo!"
When Feng Chu heard this, he laughed and said nothing...
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In Anshun County, Hao Yuanhua's beard exploded and he exclaimed:
"Say it again!"
The generals under his command were immediately startled by Hao Yuanhua's appearance, and said tremblingly:
"General, the officers and soldiers are coming!"
In the government office, all the main rebel generals are sitting here.
Upon hearing the report, everyone immediately looked at Hao Yuanhua with worried and uneasy expressions on their faces.
The rebels in Anshun County were quite powerful before. However, upon closer inspection, it was only because of the southwest plague that the Xia Kingdom had no time to take care of them. This allowed them to have smooth sailing since they started their army.
The most difficult battle the rebels fought before was when the border army sent more than 10,000 troops to suppress it.
In front of these elite border troops of the Xia Kingdom, the rebels' performance was nothing short of embarrassing, which profoundly made the rebels realize the gap between themselves and the official army.
In the end, it was because Murong Fu sneaked into the army and killed the general that the decline was restored.
But now, tens of thousands of Xia Kingdom's southwestern frontier troops are coming. Just thinking about it will make everyone here despair!
Hao Yuanhua took a deep breath, slowly sat back down, gritted his teeth and said:
"Why are you attacking my Anshun County? This, this is completely different from what we promised at the beginning..."
The person behind the scenes had clearly told Hao Yuanhua before that letting Murong Fu capture Huang'an County would definitely attract all the attention of the Xia army.
By that time, Hao Yuanhua would not only be able to get rid of the situation of being besieged by the army, but also be able to get rid of the ambitious but accomplished Murong Fu!
But why is the current development of the situation completely different from the previous planning and planning?
At this time, Hao Yuanhua couldn't help but have a look of panic in his eyes.
However, he is a reckless hero. Although he doesn't know much about stabilizing military morale, he also knows that he must not show panic in front of his men at this time.
He moved his throat, with a look of disdain on his face, and said proudly:
"It doesn't matter. When the army comes, just eat them! Anyway, it's not like they have never been defeated by us!"
When the generals saw Hao Yuanhua acting like this, no matter what they thought in their hearts, smiles appeared on their faces and they said in unison:
"Exactly! How many of the more than 10,000 officers and soldiers escaped from our hands alive in the end?"
"If we can win once, we can win a second time!"
"The second general's martial arts are unparalleled. When the time comes, let him go to the enemy's camp, take the head of that so-called King Qi, and present it to the general as a bench!"
"Hahaha!"
"..."
All the generals suddenly laughed heartily and did not take Xia Jun's attention at all.
It’s just that this fearlessness, it’s not clear how many people are real and how many are fake!
When the generals retreated, Hao Yuanhua could no longer pretend to be calm. He immediately called his confidants and said anxiously:
"Go quickly, go to the backyard and invite Military Advisor Li!"
I don’t know the real name of Military Advisor Li, he is only called Military Advisor. However, his true identity is actually sent by the person behind the scenes.
When the confidants heard this, they immediately retreated.
Not long after, his confidant hurried back and said in a panic:
"Oh no, General, Commander Li is dead!"
Hao Yuanhua glared and said angrily:
"Dead? How did you die?"
"My neck was wiped..." his henchman stammered.
"Impossible, my government office is heavily guarded, how is it possible..."
Halfway through speaking, Hao Yuanhua suddenly paused, turned to look at his subordinates, and asked:
"Anything else discovered?"
The subordinate was stunned for a while, then suddenly remembered and said:
"Back to General, I remembered that Commander Li was holding a colorful embroidered satin ribbon in his hand =...but it looked a bit like someone had stuffed it into his hand."
Hearing this, Hao Yuanhua murmured:
"Colorfully embroidered ribbons?"
After a while, Hao Yuanhua's face suddenly turned pale.
