War broke out suddenly without warning again on this land that was already riddled with holes.
Just as the Yellow Turban Army opened the city gates of Fucheng like a flood bursting an embankment and rushed towards Fancheng with shouts of earth-shattering roars, the Xuzhou army in the east, which had been stationed on the front line of Lingbi for several months, also received the arrival of Xuzhou Hou Lu Bu
With the order, he raised the butcher knife in his hand, rolled up waves of blood, and paved a road to Shouchun City with the bones of Yuan Shujun and the people along the way.
In the hinterland of the Central Plains, fighting has resumed on both the east and west sides. Cao Cao in the north is preparing his troops. No one will doubt that as long as Liu Biao of Jingzhou can hold out in Fancheng for three days, millions of troops from the five northern states will rush towards the Yellow Turban Army's northern defense line.
At the same time, 200,000 soldiers from Jiangdong in the south were also gathering urgently. Sun Quan did not expect that Lu Bu would break the alliance and act alone at the beginning of the alliance. Moreover, he launched a crazy attack on Yuan Shu in an extremely bloody way regardless of the cost and consequences.
.The horn of war sounded, and Jiangdong Army rushed to the front line like a river under the call of Wu Hou, trying to occupy half of Yangzhou before Lu Bu captured Shouchun.
Compared with Lu Bu and Sun Quan, the battle situation between Qin Yang and Liu Bei was clearer. The Qin and Liu coalitions attacked. Although Liu Biao had an army of 350,000, most of them were naval forces with weak land warfare capabilities. Therefore, Fancheng took the defensive and relied on Fancheng's troops.
The strength of the Qin Dynasty and the water power of the Xiangjiang River were used to contain the 300,000-strong coalition of Qin and Liu.
Just as Qin Yang expected, a critical battle involving a large-scale army unit is almost the most brutal form of all battles.
Smoke filled the air and the war was raging. Under Fancheng, the sound of killings was loud and corpses piled up like mountains. Although the Jingzhou Army did not place all of its 350,000 troops on the front line of Fancheng, in fact most of the main force of the Jingzhou Army was
It is the navy. The only troops stationed in Fancheng are the Jingzhou Army of 150,000 soldiers led by Wenpin. Moreover, among the 150,000 soldiers of the Army, there are 80,000 newly recruited soldiers, and the remaining more than 70,000 soldiers
This is Jingzhou’s standing land combat force.
If the two sides fight on the plains or in other forms, not to mention Qin Yang's Yellow Turban Army, even the 50,000 elite soldiers currently under Liu Bei's command are enough to sweep away the 150,000 army. But the 150,000 people are under the command of Wen, the commander of the Jingzhou Army.
Under the command of Pinpin. Relying on the strength of Fancheng and the assistance of the 200,000 naval troops behind him, it was able to withstand the fierce attacks of the 300,000 elite coalition forces of Qin Yang and Liu Bei for two consecutive days!
In two days, the walls of Fancheng, an important town in Jingzhou, were extremely dilapidated. Even the thick and solid city gate was re-erected by countless soldiers of the Jingzhou Army after being knocked down several times. In two days, the Yellow Turban Army and Liu Bei's Army fought.
More than 30,000 soldiers died. The Jingzhou side suffered double this number of casualties.
In an almost one-sided attack, the soldiers of the Jingzhou Army, who were said to be unskilled in land warfare, used their own flesh and blood to block the so-called invincible Yellow Turban Army for two whole days and nights. The Jingzhou Army had already
The broken military flag is still flying high on the top of Fancheng. Even Qin Yang and Liu Bei, as opponents, can't help but feel sincere admiration for their fighting strength and will.
In the past two days, in addition to commanding the Battle of Fancheng, the nerves of Qin Yang and the Supreme Command of the Yellow Turban Army were also constantly distracted by the situation in the east and north. At this time, the increasingly mature Yellow Turban Army was extremely powerful.
The espionage system was fully activated. Outside the golden tent, countless carrier pigeons gathered here from all directions every day. Wei Yan's figure frequently appeared outside Qin Yang's sleeping tent. Even late at night, Wei Yan, Guo Jia and others
He was also granted permission to enter and exit the Golden Dome Hall freely.
"What did you say? Shouchun's intelligence station has..." Qin Yang's eyes were bloodshot, and even he could not help but show signs of fatigue after several days of sleeplessness.
Wei Yan's voice was a little low: "Reporting to Your Highness, this flying pigeon letter is the last information from the intelligence station in Shouchun City. Just when the lights were on tonight, Lu Bu had personally led his army to break through Shouchun City, and fulfilled his promise to order Xuzhou
The army massacred the city in Shouchun. Shouchun City was surrounded and there was no chance of anyone surviving."
"Massacre?! Shouchun City is the most prosperous place in Yangzhou, with a population of hundreds of thousands. Is Lu Bu crazy?" Qin Yang's heart sank. Even he could not help but be shocked by the sudden news.
"In fact..." Wei Yan said with a solemn expression: "When Sun Quan's Jiangdong Army was gathering, the people in the south of Yangzhou had begun to move to Shouchun City to avoid the war... Moreover, there were hundreds of thousands of defeated soldiers of Yuan Shu's army in the city.
Now the total number of defenders and civilians in Shouchun City is close to two million..."
"Oh my God! Two million?! Lu Bu actually wanted to massacre two million people in one night?!" Qin Yang was completely shocked by the number that came out of Wei Yan's mouth! Bai Qi, the God of Killing in the Warring States Period, killed 400,000 people in one fell swoop.
The army got the name of the "God of Killing". Lu Bu actually wanted to kill two million people?! How many people did the entire Xuzhou army have? Even if the entire army was added up, it was only about 300,000! Thirty thousand
Ten thousand people slaughtered two million people! Was Lu Bu crazy, or was the entire Xuzhou army crazy?
Looking at Qin Yang's shocked expression, Wei Yan didn't feel surprised at all. Even he, the person who had been responsible for killing in secret, was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a long time after hearing the news. With Shouchun City
Compared with the ongoing killings, today's extremely cruel Fancheng battlefield, and even all previous battles including the "Wild Array", all appear to be extremely peaceful and compassionate. From the beginning of the Yellow Turban Rebellion to the present, all battles have intensified
The number of soldiers killed in the battle was far less than Lu Bu's massacre.
Two million living lives! It sounds simple to say. But in the hearts of people like Qin Yang and Wei Yan who have experienced countless wars, they understand what this means. You must know that in the battle of millions of people, in the end
The number of people killed in battle will not reach one-tenth of this number!
"How... did they do it?" Qin Yang's voice was a little dry. Although he didn't want to ask, he had to ask this question. After all, 300,000 people slaughtered 2 million people, and even Lu Bu couldn't.
Do it in a short time.
"It's Chen Gong. He activated the Dunjia Heavenly Book and Earth Scroll. When the carrier pigeon flew out, the entire Shouchun City was in violent shaking. The earth shattered and the houses collapsed..."
The golden-domed tent once again fell into deathly silence. Qin Yang and Wei Yan sat quietly in the golden-domed tent, with only the flickering candles exploding with "cracking" wicks from time to time.
The sound of explosion. Even Guo Jia, who had just entered the golden tent in a hurry, could not help but be infected by this solemn atmosphere. He stood quietly at the door of the tent without saying a word.
After a long time, Qin Yang finally saw Guo Jia at the door of the tent. He couldn't help but let out a long breath and said, "Military advisor, what's the matter?"
Guo Jia glanced at Qin Yang and Wei Yan in surprise. Although he didn't know what happened, he also understood that what could put the two of them in such a state was anything but ordinary.
"Reporting to Your Highness, the envoy from Xuzhou City brought a secret message and wanted to submit it to Your Highness..." Guo Jia said hurriedly.
"Xuzhou..." Qin Yang's heart moved, and he recovered from the shock and asked: "Whose envoy?"
"The envoy claimed to be... sent by Miss Diao Chan..." Guo Jia pondered for a moment and said truthfully.
"Diao Chan?! Where is the envoy?" Qin Yang raised his eyebrows.
Guo Jia sighed softly and said: "The messenger claimed that this secret letter was of great importance. After delivering the letter to his subordinates, he took poison and committed suicide..."
"You committed suicide by taking poison?!" Qin Yang took a breath of air. The massacre of the city in Shouchun was shocking enough. Now looking at the behavior of the envoy, could anything more serious happen?
Thinking of this, Qin Yang hurriedly said: "Give me the secret message."
Upon hearing this, Guo Jia immediately took out a silk letter sealed with wax from his arms and handed it to Qin Yang's hand, and looked at Wei Yan, who was silent, with questioning eyes.
"Wei Yan, please tell the military advisor about Shouchun..." After Qin Yang took the silk book, his heart moved when he looked at the familiar handwriting on the silk book, and he casually said to Wei Yan.
While Wei Yan was ordered to whisper to Guo Jia about Shouchun, Qin Yang thoughtfully opened the silk book and began to read.
Opening the silk book, lines of familiar and beautiful words came into Qin Yang's eyes. In normal times, just these words would evoke countless emotions and memories in Qin Yang. But now, Qin Yang's heart has no memories at all.
He just kept reading the things described in the silk book countless times. The more he read, the more frightened he felt...
At this time, Wei Yan had also briefly told Guo Jia about Shouchun. Guo Jia's reaction was even stronger than that of Qin Yang and Wei Yan.
"What?! Doesn't Chen Gong not want to live anymore?"
Guo Jia's exclamation instantly pulled Qin Yang's thoughts out of the silk book. He asked in surprise: "Guo Jia, what did you say?"
Guo Jia took a deep breath, tried his best to recover from the shock, and then said slowly: "Reporting to Your Highness, Chen Gong has activated the strongest power of Dunjia Heavenly Book and Earth Scroll without authorization, causing earthquakes in the entire Shouchun City. This has reached
It has exceeded the limit that a mortal can bear. I dare to conclude that Chen Gong will definitely die after this time!"
"Chen Gong must die?!" Wei Yan also shouted softly. He naturally knew that Guo Jia was the holder of Dunjia Heavenly Book and Ghost Scroll. Since Guo Jia said so, he must be 90% sure. But he really couldn't understand why.
A master like Chen Gong would risk his life to help Lu Bu do such an unprecedented and cruel thing?!
"Chen Gong's death is inevitable... Even if he didn't want to die, I'm afraid Lu Bu wouldn't let him live. I didn't expect that everything he tried to avoid would finally happen like this... And it happened like this...
..." Qin Yang was not as horrified as Wei Yan. He seemed to have already expected that things would be like this. He waved his hand with an expressionless expression, and with a "boom" in the surprised eyes of Guo Jia and Wei Yan, the silk book in his hand instantly turned into ashes.