"Lord, the Western Expedition Army has escorted the prisoners back and has now entered Dingzhou to stand by. They handed over the hundreds of thousands of livestock they seized, tens of thousands of Han slaves rescued from the Turkic tribes, and tens of thousands of Turkic prisoners to the Dingzhou official palace with the government of Dingzhou.

, waiting for disposal. At the same time, they will carry the food and grass needed to go to the front line and continue to return." Zhao Xun, who was inspecting Liaozhou, received information from the Western Front.

Zhao Xun smiled and said, "It seems that they are fighting well." As he said that, he took the detailed battle report handed over by his personal guards, and then looked carefully. Although Zhao Xun did not visit the Western Front battlefield in person, he was also

Those who know the strength of the Turkic cavalry. If it weren't for the rare snow disaster in the winter of the New Year and the loss was quite large, Zhao Xun wouldn't have directly allowed more than 100,000 soldiers to enter the Turkic grasslands for a western expedition.

Maybe instead, he directly entered Bingzhou, forced the Turks from south to north, and then advanced step by step.

"Following the lord's appearance, my subordinates can guarantee that the Western Expedition Army must have performed very well." Yang Wangqing said with a smile on the side. He naturally saw the faint smile on his face when Zhao Xun checked the information.

Zhao Xun nodded and said, "Yes, they fought pretty well. At least, it made a large number of Turkic tribes afraid to invade Bingzhou south. Especially after more than twenty small tribes were destroyed, these

The Turks finally knew the difference between our Xiaoguo Army and the Bingzhou Prefecture Army."

"In this way, I will place the people who were escorted back by the cavalry in the first town here, so as not to recruit the people from the south to move north. After all, they had adapted to the bitter and cold weather in the north and entered Liaozhou in the Turkic tribes.

The land was just a parallel position. How about it? Can it be settled?" As he said that, he glanced at Yang Wangqing.

Yang Wangqing nodded and said, "No problem, the more, the better. The land of Liaozhou is vast and sparsely populated, and the Han people are very lacking. Not to mention these tens of thousands of people, it is even a few times or dozens of times, and the land of Liaozhou is also a few times.

Can settle down. However, in the opinion of subordinates, it is best to keep all the prisoners, especially the young and strong, here to contribute to the infrastructure construction of Liaozhou. These slaves are the most

Good free labor.”

"As for the captured Turkic women, their subordinates believe that they can marry the soldiers and the people here. After all, they are women without status and will not affect the orthodox status of the Han people. Of course, it is mainly to coordinate the ratio of men and women."

Zhao Xun said in a deep voice: "Very good, I will give the state order to send them the population there. You are ready to respond. Let's not mention the others for now, prepare for them to live in a place. This is

The most basic thing. In addition, I will leave all the seized livestock to you, and I hope you can make good use of it here.”

Yang Wangqing said in a stern voice: "Don't worry, lord, I will live up to my trust. This place in Liaozhou will definitely become the strong backing and stable rear of the Xiaoguo Army."

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Sishui Pass.

In early June, King Murong Cheng of Qi finally sneaked here quietly and personally directed the strong attack on Sishui Pass. Because of the previous secretly mobilized troops, it seemed that there were only more than 100,000 troops outside Sishui Pass. In order to deal with it, the defenders in the city

The Qi army gathered in Hulao Pass in a large scale, so there were many draws, with only less than 70,000.

However, the King of Qi recruited only young and strong men, all young and strong men recruited from Yuzhou. The real soldiers of Qi happened to pretend to be young and strong men and drove from Yuzhou to Sishui Pass.

"How? Is there an abnormal situation in the city?" Murong Cheng looked at the Sishui Pass several miles away and asked in a deep voice.

"Report to the prince, there is no abnormality. Because there has been no strong attack here for more than ten consecutive days, both sides are relatively peaceful. In addition, we have continuously drawn troops to head north, and the same is true for the defenders in the pass. Our intelligence personnel have already reported that

There is no problem with returning to the information." General Ye Ziwen of Qi Army replied.

Murong Cheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Very good, assemble the army and prepare for action."

"Wuwuwu..." The Qi army camp, which had been silent for a long time, finally heard a horn. Then, a noisy sound came from the military camp, and a group of soldiers rushed out from the military camp neatly.

, After the army formation outside the camp, the catapult and the ladder were all prepared to be on the side...

At the Sishui Pass, the defender General Su Yang's face tightened and he said to himself: "Sure enough, the information above is correct. There are more than 100,000 troops outside the city. The Qi army is indeed a trick.

, Want to break the barrier today? That's not to think about it! Come and send orders to prepare for each department!"

In the army in the camp, Murong Cheng drew his sword and roared: "Order! Prepare for the catapult, and the heavy siege troops attack. You must take down the South Wall within today!"

Murong Zhen was on the high platform built in the middle of the military tent, and he could see his figure on the entire battlefield, and he could see the situation everywhere. Behind him, Zhang Tu and Zhong Yan were all on his side. In addition,

More than a dozen generals and schoolmen also stood behind him.

After getting information about no abnormal situations in the pass, Murong Cheng finally let go of his heart. In his opinion, his plan was ready and it was time to prepare for the attack. Therefore, he decided to face Nan Wall, which was the only way to face him.

The breakthrough land launches an attack.

“Huha…”

"Boom boom boom..."

At dawn, under the order of Murong Cheng, the main force of the Qi army launched a powerful offensive against the southern wall of Sishui Pass for half a year and used tens of thousands of soldiers to transport them for a month.

When the first dawn light pierced the sky, hundreds of stone bullets were shot into the air at the same time. The dense black dots even covered the sun's brilliance.

"Jiuchi..."

The rapidly flying stone bomb made a strange howling sound, causing the soldiers on both sides to bear the first round of attack. "Boom!" The ground inside and outside the city wall was hit by the first round of stone bombs. In an instant, gravel on the south wall flew across the south wall.

The debris smashed by the stone bullets flew in a range of several meters around like arrows. The guards of the south wall of the Sishui Pass, who were warned, had long been curled up in the hidden hole dug on the wall, and used it to cover it.

He looked at the tremor of the ground and looked at the flying crumbs outside. The panic and fear in his heart were pressed tightly in his heart by them.

The soldiers were smashed into a pool of meat paste in front of everyone, and they couldn't tell what they were originally. However, the soldiers were still doing their own things, and no one dared to go outside.

"Damn it, Qi Jun's miscellaneous things, you can wait. When you get closer, the catapults in my city also want you to look good!" Guardian Su Yang also hid in the hidden military cave, looking at the situation outside, and muttered secretly.

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"Woooo!" After the catapult shot three rounds in a row, the military horn of the Qi army launched an attack resounded throughout the sky. More than a dozen solemnly treated Qi army heavy infantry formations began to slowly move forward and form dense shields.

Several shield walls shone with golden light in the golden morning light. The towering spear clusters have been put down. Hundreds of heavy siege arrow towers have exposed their hideous faces in the morning mist, and slowly under the escort of the military formation.

Near the south wall. Behind them are the second echelon of siege soldiers such as spearmen, sword and shield soldiers and archers.

"Hurry! Arrange the formation! The Qi army's siege team is here! Get ready!" Under the order of the officer, the defenders of Sishui Pass ran out of the Tibetan soldiers on the inner floor of the city wall and hurriedly went up to the city wall to garrison and counterattack.

"Arrowman, prepare to... shoot!"

With the officer's order, a "swoosh!" sound suddenly came from the city wall. The archers at Sishui Pass finally began to counterattack. They used the bows and arrows in their hands to counterattack the approaching Qi army, and countless arrows were pouring out.

On the head of the Qi army... However, the defense of the heavy infantry is still good, and most arrows do not play much role.

"Transfer, crossbow machine is ready, catapult is ready!" Seeing the crossbow machine being set up by the soldiers, Su Yangzhen roared.

"Chirp chirp..." More than a hundred crossbows immediately roared in counterattack, and hundreds of black lights flashed out, emitting a faint light under the sunlight. However, the crossbow of the baby's arm as thick as a tiny shot out by the crossbows was missing.

, definitely not a good thing, for the attacker, this is a powerful tool for life-seeking.

"Puff puff puff puff..." More than a hundred small blood waves appeared, and each crossbow arrow took away two or three Qi soldiers. In just one round, more than three hundred siege soldiers were taken away. Of course,

The speed of the crossbow's arrows made the siege soldiers less afraid of them. Then, without stopping at all, the Qi army came towards the city wall without decreasing speed.

"Huhh..." The lurking stone troopers in the city wall finally let out a roar. Huge stones rolled down like raindrops, and the Qi army's army was overturned, and there was chaos. The huge round stone bullets were in the Qi army's formation.

A blood mark was plowed out, and a huge rock was crushed to death by the soldiers who were several times underneath, turning into a pile of bloody and filthy flesh. Then, more than a dozen heavy infantry shields shattered, and the people were knocked out.

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"Don't stop, attack me!" The Qi army infantry not only did not retreat in the face of the tragic scene, but rushed towards the southern wall of Sishui Pass, which was only more than 30 meters away.

"Siege Tower, hurry up! Go up!" The officer roared shrillly. Countless civilians and soldiers pushed the siege Tower desperately and approached with the neat sound of horns.

A large number of trenchers that had previously been hidden on the south wall began to focus on the nearby siege tower. The stones roared and the siege tower creaked. "Bao" was lost while more than a dozen building cars were lost.

The huge siege tower finally leaned against the city wall, and the widened and thickened barrier was like a mountain lowering from the battlement high, smashing hard on the battlement entrance, revealing the heavy infantry holding the siege shield behind it.

"Arrowmen, crossbowmen cover! Heavy infantry, go up..." Under the command of the officers, the heavy infantry of Qi army rushed out with shields, and the exit of the siege tower was filled with dense crossbowmen and archers.

, cover the advancement of heavy infantry and open the passage of advancement for heavy infantry.

"Shoot! Design for me, you must never let the Qi army rush up to the city wall!" The archers on the city wall also turned to the siege tower to shoot at the same time. The clusters of arrows attacking each other on both sides crossed the sky like swarms of locusts.

"Roar...rush over!" The heavy infantry of the Qi army rushed towards the Nancheng city wall without fear of sacrifice. Countless soldiers fell from the baffle like dumplings, falling from the city, and they could not die anymore... But,

This still cannot stop the advancement speed and courage of the Qi army's heavy infantry.

"Where are the spearmen? Immediately form a formation and stop them for me!" the city guarding officer shouted.

The defending spearmen quickly formed a defense line in the battlements and strangled them with the heavy infantry of Qi army rushing up. The spear penetrated the chests of the soldiers on both sides, and blood sputtered from the battlements.

The passage behind the siege tower connects the military formation below. From above the passage, Qi soldiers kept falling from the baffle in front, and new soldiers immediately made up the back. The narrow and long street car passage became both sides.

The battlefield of tug-of-war is like monsters constantly devouring soldiers from both sides of the enemy and us.

"Boom!" With a loud sound, another siege tower was hit by a stone bullet from a catapult. The shaking bracket broke from the middle, and countless soldiers fell from above...

"Damn, these damn catapults!" The officer behind him looked fierce, and his five hands clasped him pointed out the creaking sound, hoping that his catapult would also shoot stone bullets and fight back. Of course, this was just

Just think about it. In front of the city wall, there are all our own attackers. Stone bullets are flying out. The only ones who suffer losses will not be the enemy. At that time, they will also be smashed together with their own soldiers.

In fact, the Qi army knew about the catapults on the city wall. However, in order to suppress these things, the Qi army was equipped with no less than 500. The previous volley was to attack the catapults and crossbows above the city wall.

Such a long-range attack weapon and a weapon with extremely lethality.

However, the defenders on the city wall did not place the catapult on the city wall that might be hit as he imagined, but hid in the corner tower deeper in the city, taking advantage of the distance to constantly attack the city.

The army suppressed the army, and even if it was discovered, it would be difficult to strike. After all, the siege army was already entangled with the defending army.

"Send the order to prepare our catapult and cover the city walls in a while." Seeing the heavy infantry formation in the siege ahead, Murong Cheng kept suppressing the enemy catapult and crossbow machines, he said coldly.

He ordered. Because the front was suppressed very much, Qi Jun's ladder could not be approached at all. He was directly hit by a catapult inside the city wall, and was directly smashed into pieces and could not be used.

The soldiers guarding the city placed their catapults behind the side and were not above the city wall, so their catapult advantage would no longer exist. For the siege army, this was a perfect opportunity to suppress. In addition, the other way was to the siege army.

The number of one side is greater than the other side, so Murong Cheng is preparing to use a trencher to teach the other side a lesson so that the other side knows how powerful he is.

"Oh... I would have gotten the thunder of the Xiaoguo Army. In that case, we can try to blow up the Sishui Pass. Why do we have to work so hard?" Murong Cheng couldn't help but sigh.

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Zhong Yan said: "Prince, according to our information, the Sky-Sheng Thunder of the Xiaoguo Army is not that easy to use. A city like this will consume the number of the Sky-Sheng Thunder that the Xiaoguo Army has stored for half a year. If it is used Sky-Sheng Thunder
To be continued...