Early morning, Shanyin.
Wang Ningzhi sat motionless at the top of the city, quietly watching the enemy troops five miles away, rushing towards the city like a tide. The sound of gongs and drums shook the sky and the earth, while the shouts of Tianshi Dao disciples
The sound, coupled with the roar of these magic weapons, makes the blood surge in people's hearts: "The Heavenly Master Divine Sect, the Dharma of the Three Wus, is extremely powerful and has boundless magical power. It can kill demons and destroy demons, and bring peace to the world!"
Accompanied by these loud slogans, there was a dense military formation. At the head of the formation were the natives of Wu. They held up shields and spears, and plucked cypress branches with their own hands. The branches and leaves were all fighting.
Having been blessed by the disciples of Tianshi Dao before, these farmers in Wu thought they would be invulnerable and receive the protection of the gods. Looking from a distance, almost the entire forest was moving towards here.
On top of the city, a scout shouted at the top of his lungs: "The enemy's distance is five miles!"
Under the city of Kuaiji, there was also a dense crowd of people. There were more than 20,000 strong men, holding wooden sticks, grass targets, pitchforks and other farm tools. They did not wear any armor and did not form a formation. They just stood in the north of the city and lined up.
On the front, which is six or seven miles wide and more than two miles thick, hundreds of state and county soldiers, like small fish in the ocean, are walking around among the crowd, constantly shouting at these civilians not to look around.
, or the guys who wanted to escape from the team on the excuse of peeing were beaten and kicked and sneaked back.
Indeed, for these civilians who have never experienced war formally, the terrifying demon thieves on the opposite side and the chanting that makes people's ears keep buzzing are enough to make them tremble with fear. The terrible memories of eating living people.
, came to mind again, and most people no longer had any fighting spirit and only thought about how to escape as soon as possible.
A heavily armed general named Zhang Meng was Xie Yan's commander-in-chief and the Xie family's hometown general. This time, Xie Yan specially sent him to protect Wang Ningzhi and his wife. Wang Ningzhi had never commanded a battle before, so he sent him.
This warrior who had participated in the Battle of Feishui came here to assist Wang Ningzhi in commanding the troops in Kuaiji. He kept his brows furrowed and said in a low voice to Wang Ningzhi, who was still wearing his Taoist robes: "Sir, the situation is not good. The enemy is
The army is large and the momentum is strong. The civilians of our army are untrained and will be difficult to resist. They are outside the city now and will only disrupt our city defense. Please make a decisive decision and let the crossbows and catapults at the top of the city.
Suppress the enemy troops, and then ask the civilians outside the city to quickly evacuate to both sides, and never enter the city."
Wang Ningzhi smiled slightly and flicked the fly whisk in his right hand: "General Zhang, please be patient. All of this was within my expectation. Yesterday, I gave more than 20,000 people the magic elixir. I'm just waiting for the enemy.
As soon as they arrive, I will use the medicine to turn them into unstoppable ghost soldiers. Although the demon thieves are ferocious, they are vulnerable to the ghost soldiers."
Zhang Meng opened his eyes wide and said: "If there is such a magical power, why don't you activate it now and let the ghost soldiers attack? If it takes a while, it will be impossible to defend the city."
Wang Ningzhi smiled and waved his hand: "Don't worry, the enemy is still far away. Although the ghost soldiers are powerful, they are not fast enough. If they turn around and run away now, we will not be able to annihilate the main force of the demon thieves in one fell swoop. Let's move closer and fight again."
The scout's voice sounded again: "The enemy's distance is three miles!"
Zhang Meng gritted his teeth: "Sir, the soldiers at the top of the city don't know what to do now. We are all under the city. If the enemy charges now, our troops outside the city will inevitably collapse. When the time comes, the city defenses will be overrun.
Even defense is impossible, so please give an order to close the city gate immediately and let the civilians in the city go to the city to help defend."
Wang Ningzhi shook his head: "No, there are ghost soldiers outside the city. Although the ghost soldiers are powerful, they will not hunt down the enemy leaders. If the city gate is closed, the cavalry in the city cannot rush out and capture a few thieves.
Besides, the soldiers in my city are going out to kill them."
Zhang Meng stamped his feet anxiously: "Sir, if you don't listen to me, it will be too late."
The scout's voice sounded trembling: "The enemy, the enemy's distance is two miles!"
A voice began to ring out from below the city: "Folks, demons, demon thieves are coming, man-eating demon thieves are coming, let's, let's run for our lives."
"Yes, run away for your life. It's still too late!"
The sounds were getting louder and louder, and many people under the city had begun to leave their positions. No matter how the sergeants yelled and cursed, or even drew their swords to stop them, they could not stop more and more people from deserting.
The forest on the opposite side began to move at a faster pace, and many voices speaking in Wu Nong dialect were shouting: "Enter Shanyin City, capture Wang Ningzhi alive, brothers, kill!"
"Kill the family dog, kill the family dog, charge!"
"Come into the city. Money, food, and women are all ours. Kill them!"
Amidst the clamor and chaos, smoke spread all over the city, covering the area four or five miles below the city into sand and dust. Wang Ningzhi stood up calmly and smiled at Zhang Meng beside him: "
Today, I will let you see what the magic power of the Immortal is!" He said, picked up the peach wood sword in his hand, waved it towards the sky, and shouted: "Blessings are born in the infinite heavenly lord, as urgent as the law, where are the ghost soldiers coming out?
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As he spoke, he waved his mahogany sword, and a talisman flew out from his sleeve. Amidst the exclamations of Zhang Meng and others around him, it spontaneously ignited without fire, and turned into pieces of black thread at the tip of the sword.
, lifted up by the wind, flew towards the city, and soon dispersed into the smoke and dust.
The hustle and bustle under the city gradually subsided, and the sounds that had filled the sky just now were no longer heard almost instantly. Only the sound of the whistling wind was echoing, and even the Tianshi Taoist army charging opposite them could not be heard.
They also slowed down one by one, put away their weapons, and stopped to look at the opposite side. The smoke was lingering, and the sandalwood from dozens of incense altars at the top of the city continued to fly out from Wang Ningzhi's sleeves, burning and transforming.
The yellow talisman paper that fell into black ashes made the space for several miles below the city extremely strange.
Behind the military formation on the opposite side, on an inconspicuous hillock, Sun En, dressed as an ordinary soldier, frowned: "Could it be that there are really some ghost soldiers? That faceless man won't lie to us, right?"
Xu Daofu gritted his teeth: "If it doesn't work, retreat first and consider the long term. If we don't leave, it will be too late."
Lu Xun shook his head: "Look again, if the faceless man can't stop Wang Ningzhi, why bother telling us this? If it doesn't work, let Shen Mufu resist, we will break out and act according to the plan."
Suddenly, Xu Daofu started shouting, just like tens of thousands of people in the front army exclaimed: "Oh my god, what the hell are these!"
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