Midnight was as dark as ink, and a fire dragon was traveling quickly on the mountain path. Finally, it walked out of the Taihang Mountains, onto the official road, and headed straight for Lingqiu County.

The rapid sound of horse hooves shattered the tranquility of the dawn, and also awakened the dream of the soldiers guarding the city. When they looked out from the top of the city, rubbing their groggy eyes, they found that the sound of hoofbeats outside was like thunder, and thousands of horses galloped across the mountains.

The Qi army from all over the field came like a tidal wave, with bright armor, swords and spears like a forest, and murderous intent in the sky. Everyone was so frightened that they shivered cleverly. They suddenly lost all sleep and hurriedly reported to the generals responsible for defending the city.

It is said that the general Liu Wuzhou sent to guard Lingqiu was named Xun Mingxiang, which was a relatively uncommon surname, but he was quite brave, so he was highly used by Liu Wuzhou.

It is said that Xun Xiang was woken up by his own soldiers in his sleep. When he heard that the Qi army was attacking, he couldn't help being shocked. He hurriedly got up, put on his clothes, hung up his gun, mounted his horse, and ran straight to the city gate, not even bothering to urinate.

When Xun Xiang climbed to the top of the city, the Qi army had already launched an attack on the city. The offensive was like a tide and was unstoppable. Arrows fell on the top of the city like raindrops, and the defenders could not raise their heads at all.

Xun Xiang couldn't help but feel frightened and anxious, but this guy was bold, raised his shield, braved the rain of arrows and walked to the parapet to check out the situation. He saw a big flag flying high, with the word "Qi" written on it with flying dragons and phoenixes.

There is no doubt that it is the Qi army, and there is a general flag with the word "Li" next to the big flag. It should be the right-guard general Li Jing of Qi State.

"Isn't Li Jing seriously injured?"

He was probably really injured, and the injury was serious, so Xun Xiang relaxed a little. Unexpectedly, Li Jing suddenly came to the city with troops, which really caught him off guard.

At this moment, there was a sudden loud noise, and there was a violent vibration at the top of the city. Many people were unable to stand steadily and fell down.

I almost wet my crotch.

"What's going on?" Xun Xiang was in shock and doubt. At this time, the Qi army outside the city let out earth-shattering cheers, followed by the roar of horse hooves.

Xun Xiang couldn't help but feel his hair and skin tingling, and regardless of the danger, he hurriedly stood up and looked out of the city.

I saw a cavalry of the Qi army with animal patterns and armor roaring towards the city gate, holding a shield in the left hand and a sword in the right hand. Their murderous intent was soaring into the sky, which made people feel frightened.

Xun Xiang suddenly thought of something, and his face changed drastically. At this time, someone shouted in horror: "The city gate is broken!"

Yes, at this time the city gate of Lingqiu County had been broken. It was blown to pieces and was in a mess. A group of defenders guarding behind the city gate were also affected, lying down in a mess.

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It turns out that just now, the Qi army responsible for attacking the city gate detonated two "Ten Thousand Enemies" missiles.

The so-called enemy of ten thousand people was invented by the Shenji Battalion specifically to deal with heavy earth mines such as city gates. This kind of earth mine is quite simple to make. First, wrap hundreds of kilograms of black powder with oil paper, and then

Then paste it with mud on the outside, dry it into a huge mud ball, and then nail a wooden frame to put the mud ball inside, which is convenient for transportation and movement. When using it, you only need to light the fuse. Due to the large amount of medicine, the power is quite terrifying.

, so it was named Ten Thousand Enemies, which was a sharp weapon for attacking fortresses.

However, this thing is too heavy and heavy. It is impossible to use a trebuchet to deliver it remotely. It can only be lifted manually, so there are pros and cons. You have to brave the rain of arrows from the city, rolling logs, pounding stones and hot oil to deliver it.

It is very difficult to get to the bottom of the city gate.

However, since this time it was a surprise attack, and there was no moat in Lingqiu City, the Qi army sent the two big bombs to the city gate relatively easily.

It was blown down.

At this time, the Qi army's animal pattern armored light cavalry charged, completely breaking through the broken city gate, and rushed into the city with overwhelming force, followed closely by the infantry, pouring in like a tide.

Xun Xiang couldn't help but be frightened to death. Until this moment, he still didn't understand how the Qi army destroyed the city gate. When he came to his senses, the Qi army's cavalry had already driven straight in from the city gate.

Immediately afterwards, the infantry swarmed in and attacked the city.

Xun Xiang had no choice but to lead his troops to resist hastily. However, the Qi army was well-equipped, well-trained, and had an absolute advantage in strength. How could he withstand it? Coupled with the terrifying loud noise just now, the city gate was directly bombarded.

No more. Liu Jun, who didn't know what to do, thought that Qi Jun had invited Lei Gong to blow open the city gate. His morale and courage were basically frightened. How could he still have Xin Lian Zhan?

Therefore, the Qi army attacked the city like a torrent. Xun Xiang fled to the west gate in a hurry under the protection of his own soldiers, and then fled in a hurry, not even leaving the city. It was important to save his life!

When the battle was over, the sun had only risen two poles, and the Qi army had neatly occupied Lingqiu City, with almost negligible casualties. The soldiers placed the flag representing Qi on the top of the city and let it fly high.

The officers and soldiers of the three armies were all cheering and their morale was high!

Gao Bufan and Li Jing entered the city with their buns tied together. The latter touched the city gate that had been bombed with only one doorframe left, and couldn't help but sigh: "Once this thing comes out, swords, guns, swords and halberds will be no match for you!" After speaking, he looked at Gao Bufan.

Extraordinary, his eyes are quite complex.

Gao Bufan couldn't help but secretly sweat. Indeed, in ancient times when cold weapons were king, once gunpowder was widely used in military affairs, there would really be no need for cold weapons. Humanity would move towards very efficient cannibalism. However, with the current situation,

At the industrial level, muskets and cannons may be barely possible, but more advanced thermal weapons are obviously impossible.

At noon, the battlefield was finally cleared. More than 2,000 of the 3,000 defenders were captured, and about 200 were killed. The rest fled. It was definitely a beautiful victory, but the gains were not much.

After all, Liu Wuzhou was quite poor. If it weren't for the Turks supporting the horses behind him, he would never have made such a big fuss.

Li Jing made statistics and found that in this battle, more than 100 horses and more than 1,000 cattle, sheep and other livestock were captured in this battle. The food was only less than 2,000 dan, which was only enough to feed the 7,000 Qi troops and horses for about a month. This shows that Liu Wuzhou was indeed

Relatively poor.

Let's say that Xun Xiang lost the city and fled back to Yanmen County in a panic. Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingang, who were attacking Yanmen County with all their strength, couldn't help being shocked. They quickly stopped attacking the city and made a defensive posture.

"Who is the general of the Qi army?" Liu Wuzhou asked with a gloomy face.

Xun Xiang lost the city in a confused way. At this moment, his face looked defeated and quite dejected. He lowered his head and did not dare to look into Liu Wuzhou's eyes. He replied: "It should be Li Jing!"

"Li Jing?" Song Jingang couldn't help but exclaimed. Seeing Liu Wu Zhou's dissatisfied look, he immediately coughed a little embarrassed and said to cover up: "Li Jing... Didn't Li Jing say he was seriously injured? Why did he suddenly attack Lingqiu?

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It is said that Song Jingang was the number one general under Liu Wuzhou. He was originally a horse thief. He was as famous as Wei Daoer and Wang Xuba. He had been active in Shanggu County. Later, he suffered several defeats under Li Jing and was really afraid of being beaten.

So he had no choice but to lead his people across the Taihang Mountains and enter Yanmen County and Mayi County to carry out activities in the area. Last year, Liu Wuzhou rebelled, and Song Jinjiang took his minions to join him.

Precisely because Song Jingang had been beaten to a pulp by Li Jing, so when he heard his name, he immediately lost his composure.

Liu Wuzhou glared at Song Jinjiang with dissatisfaction, and said with a dark face: "Li Jing is good at using strange weapons. I guess the injury was a fake news deliberately released. We were fooled."

Xun Xiang said with lingering fear: "This Li Jing is really awesome. I don't know what kind of strange magic he used. He actually summoned thunder from the sky and blew away the city gate with a bang. He also scared away our human souls."

The general has no way to resist, and the city will be lost in the blink of an eye."

Liu Wuzhou's expression changed slightly, and he quickly asked about the situation at that time. After hearing this, he couldn't help but frown. To be honest, he didn't really believe that Li Jing had the ability to summon thunder, but he suspected that Xun Xiang was deliberately exaggerating to exonerate himself.

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