The sun gradually sets towards the west, and the sky is filled with layers of red lotus-like sunset glow.

The sand and dust below Jinsha City are roaring, and the darkness is filled with large armies. Soldiers layer by layer are covered in blood. The enemy has completely circled behind the city and is surrounding them from the west.

Since the fall of the city's north railway station at noon, the defenders have completely retreated to the city and defended it with the help of a city defense formation.

Lu Ming stood on the city wall, his face changed from calm to solemn.

Dozens of thick smoke rose outside the city, and flames could be seen rushing out, covered by black smoke.

For a long time, Lu Ming said bitterly: "These thieves"

The three southeastern counties of Yingzhou are the most prosperous and fertile areas. The rice fields in the Jinsha area are abundant and the people are still good at commerce. At this time, all the villages and towns have no choice but to give up and let their hometown be plundered by the demonic army and burned to ashes.

Fortunately, most of the people had already mobilized and evacuated into the city. The few who were too far away had no choice but to flee north, driving livestock with the elderly and the young, and could not take care of any other supplies.

There are not many people who own spiritual stones, but there are some among the people. Lu Ming immediately ordered the people to destroy the spiritual stone resources, but few people could bear the pain and destroy them immediately according to the order, or they simply didn't think about it, or they hid it with luck.

Waiting in the cellar to dig back later.

Basically, this could not escape the inspection of the outer domain magician, and it was directly used as a trophy for the enemy. Lu Ming was furious when he found out about this, but he had nothing to say...

It is easy to abandon a poor home, but it is difficult to leave a rich house. Who is not the same?

"Lord, look, sir, another batch of baggage convoys has gone south to transport supplies," someone from the official city shouted again.

"Oh?" Lu Ming strode up to one side, his eyes glowing with red threads, staring at the outskirts of the city.

The enemy had no flags or drums, and seemed to communicate purely with the spiritual consciousness of the magician group. Their attacks were like fire, and they responded very quickly. After the forward skirmishers encountered an attack from the Ye Fire Thunder Matrix, there were no losses.

He immediately became alert and retreated out of range on the spot.

Until now, they still refuse to step even half a step into the shooting range. On the vast plain outside the city, there are military formations under the banners, with murderous intent and eager eyes. They are not attacking the city, as if they are waiting for the defenders to leave the city to fight in the field.

Standard encirclement and reinforcement tactics.

Fireworks erupted above and below the city, feathers and arrows fell, and they were in a stalemate.

Suddenly, a striking bright line appeared in the distance. It looked like hundreds of large vehicles, all converging on the official road in the southeast direction. They were being transported in an endless stream. The specific materials could not be seen from a distance, but the fluctuations of spiritual energy were very strong.

, I can’t tell which wealthy family’s storehouse or chamber of commerce warehouse it came from.

"They didn't want to attack the city, nor did they want to encircle the area for reinforcements. They just wanted to rob?"

Some generals were already aware of this. They followed the baggage convoy southward and looked at the river where the enemy ships had been spotted earlier with some fear in their eyes.

That's a fairy ship. It's restored to its legendary peak combat power. Who in Yingzhou can resist?

It seems that the only Dragon King of Taiping Lake is the father-in-law of the Marquis of Han, but this old man is still fighting in the world and has no time to take care of himself. How can he take care of his son-in-law?

At this moment, many people realized that even if they have a backstage, there are times when it is unreliable. In the end, they can only rely on the power they truly control.

After a subtle change in people's hearts, the voice of the colonel in the city calling for war preparations everywhere became louder. No one wanted to die if they could live well.

"There was one batch in the morning, one at noon, and now it's the third batch..." Lu Ming said, mentally assessing the military strength in the county and city, and looking back at the officers: "Who can go out to rob these convoys?"

Several generals from the former county looked at each other, and the county captain spoke first: "Sir, the lord's special train is almost ten miles away, and the reinforcements from the two counties on the left and right are coming along the line to defeat the enemy. Why not..."

"What you said makes sense." Lu Ming nodded and said seriously: "But don't forget the purpose of the enemy's collection of supplies. If this continues, the repair of the fairy ship may be completed at any time. Doesn't this run counter to the mission that the master has given us?

"

One sentence made everyone speechless. It is natural and right for soldiers to eat food and work hard. No one dared to say otherwise, but no one took the initiative to ask for a fight.

Even the county soldiers who look like this can't defeat the Taoist soldiers outside, both in terms of strength and morale.

Do you still need soldiers from the lord's palace?

Lu Ming looked disappointed and walked down the city with footsteps. As he was looking for a room along the street, he bumped into Zhang Fangbiao and Sun Ce who were returning from inspecting the North Wall.

The two of them seemed to be well prepared. They stopped Lu Ming on the street and said, "I just saw the enemy's baggage convoy outside the city. Our troops are willing to go out of the city immediately to intercept and kill them."

"General Zhang's 2,000 cavalry can still break through with his speed, and General Sun's 3,000 foot and bow camp, why not defend the city first?" Now it was Lu Ming's turn to hesitate. He seemed to recall his subordinates' waiting for the main force's persuasion, and was unavoidable.

It has some impact, so I suggest you be cautious.

According to the latest Di newspaper, the Fire Tail Arrow was just developed and put into service last fall. It is said that it can achieve the effect of the Dahuang Crossbow Formation, but it was only tested once when the city was captured, and there was a lack of sufficient scale of verification. Lu Ming

As a former Jinshi scholar with some military experience, I was afraid that Sun Ce's three thousand arrow array would be too weak to withstand the encirclement and suppression of the enemy's ten thousand troops, and he would not be able to escape if he went out.

"No need, the newly transported spirit stones will make it difficult to break through the city defense formation... Using the cavalry charge as a cover, we would rather pay half the casualties to intercept this convoy." Sun Ce responded to the governor's words and crossed his arms.

Take people down.

It’s neither risky nor arrogant. For Han ministers like Sun Ce, the governor of a county is usually the largest military, political and economic leader in the county. However, they also have their own mission as a guest army. They have already discussed that they must intercept the enemy’s transport convoy and have a negative impact on the county.

Shou Lu Ming is reporting rather than asking for instructions.

I just saw that the team was already forming up on the street. The war horses were scratching the soil with their hooves and looked a little uneasy. The veterans' expressions did not change. The cavalry just calmed the horses, adjusted the saddles and reins, and checked whether the iron shoes on the horses' hooves were firm. The crossbowmen were in the corps.

Under the leadership, he checked the compound longbow and heavy crossbow, adjusted the weight according to the feel of the big yellow crossbow that he was used to getting off the soil, and determined whether the Wangshan aiming position was in place.

The atmosphere seemed calm and solemn... We were about to set off, time was running out and there was no need to delay.

Just hit him?

Lu Ming had a look of astonishment on his face. He was used to the official style of his subordinates being unable to push the blame, but he was not used to such a strong fighting spirit. In troubled times, the army still felt safer like this.

As the teams passed by one after another and disappeared around the corner, he remembered something and stamped his feet and said: "Hey, this is not only a Taoist general, but also the lord's wife and brother-in-law. How should I explain my death?"

A familiar voice sounded in my ears, with a smile: "Oh, how do you want Brother Lu to explain to me?"

"...Lord" Lu Ming was surprised and happy, and felt reassured.

"Don't say anything. I'm worried. I'll bring a real group over to take a look first."

Ye Qing came over in casual clothes with some people. The dragon energy was invisible and invisible. He had just arrived, but he didn't think Sun Ce's tactical awareness was wrong. He looked at Lu Ming and said

"Headquarters has defeated the demonic army of a thousand people who intercepted it at the northern train station."

"The demon army is indeed a demon army. According to the information I got, these are called warrior warriors. They are not afraid of death and their strength is at the fourth level of Qi Refining."

"But the shortcomings are also obvious. It is relatively rigid and inflexible. If you don't change the order, you would rather charge to your death."

"Our army concentrates its fire and kills the magicians first, then those who direct the battle, and then the rest can be annihilated calmly."

"Now if we follow on foot, if we delay for half an hour, we can surround this enemy..." Ye Qing said calmly, this was a flaw that he discovered only after several years of killing in his previous life, and now it became miraculous.

Being able to seize the enemy's vital points and annihilate them decisively in the first moment, the Lord is truly a god. Lu Ming decisively shut his mouth, walked a few steps behind him, and gradually turned his eyes to the end of the street.

In this short period of time, thousands of cavalry and archers were lined up one after another, and the city gate was rumbling open, revealing a tidal wave of enemies outside.

boom--

The turtle-shell-like formation let go, the heavy city gates were pulled up, and the cavalry rushed out. Everyone looked stern, with the green dragon logo on their cold and translucent breastplates, and the spears were stuck vertically in the narrow pouches on the saddle. As long as one

You can just reach out and pick it up, it looks like a forest of steel.

At this time, a radiance of military strength flashed through, and the stars on the cold spear tips flashed continuously. The intelligence showed that this was the unique "Army-breaking Star Talisman Spear Formation" under the command of the Marquis of Han. It was suitable for both infantry and cavalry. Only

Only elite Tao soldiers can use it.

"Haha, I really wanted the city lord to seduce him with this strategy."

"Two thousand troops? Tsk, tsk, I still can't help but intercept the baggage convoy. They are all afraid of the power of the mothership after repair."

"The equipment is pretty good. I'll pick it up later. The horses arrived just in time. We are short of cavalry..."

In the outer territory military formation, although the casual cultivators were responsible for connecting the upper and lower areas, they themselves were not very disciplined, and everyone was already laughing and talking.

After the generals were forged into warriors, their eyes flashed red, their rationality and blood-devouring combination, and they all looked at the army in front of them carefully.

"It's an iron army." The soldiers knew it just by looking at it. For this kind of competition at the same level, the red light in their eyes became even brighter.

Ning Yuan's mind was more complete, basically similar to that of a living person, and he thought deeply when he saw this.

I heard that tens of thousands of Taoist soldiers can be gathered here in the whole state. It would be good to have a few thousand in this county. It seems that the family is completely exhausted... Fortunately, the enemy general has been impatient and rushed forward. Otherwise, when the enemy's reinforcements increase, it will not look good.

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The female cultivator who had been following Ning Yuan was now wearing silver armor and looking heroic. She could not help but look at the new opponent. Her dark eyes were a little confused. She still remembered that the first wave of battle in the morning was with this cavalry army.

It suddenly emerged from the waterway and almost caused them to rush into the battle, but they still managed to break out in a flurry of arrows.

Now that I am not afraid of death and run out, is there something I can rely on?

"Don't underestimate it. It is said that these are elites who have fought in hundreds of battles. This morning, your forwards have fought against each other once. At least they are well-equipped and cannot be shot by normal arrows. Let them enter the range of the arrow array later.

Remember to use magic arrows, you cannot save them at this time..."

Ning Yuan ignored those arrogant casual magicians and only reminded his generals that he still didn't know the actual power of this cavalry in close combat. Are there many examples in this area of ​​being overturned by Taoist generals with powerful cavalry?

Compared with the saturated firepower crushing of the arrow formation, the lightning charge of the cavalry is naturally used to complete a miraculous reversal.

"In an encounter in this area, I may be interested in the ownership of this army, but now I have a more important mission, and I am not interested in planning to conquer the enemy. I will form the main force. This time, all the magic arrows will be used.

I’ll just shoot him on the spot.”

Ning Yuan pointed at the cavalry and announced its fate.
Chapter completed!