Chapter 289 Barbarian Siege (4000 words two in one chapter)
Zhao Xun was deeply moved by the importance of bad coach Feng Hao in his cultivation.
Feng Hao was indeed nurturing Zhao Xun like his own nephew, without any hidden secrets at all.
It’s not easy to do this if you are not a relative or an acquaintance.
"Thank you Master Feng for your cultivation. I will definitely do my best!"
Zhao Xun did not finish the second half of the sentence because he felt it was unlucky.
"You just stay at the bad person's office. I will go to the palace to meet the saint and wait for my news."
Qin Tianjian.
Yuan Tiangang and Wu Quanyi sit opposite each other.
Li Chunfeng stood beside him.
"Tell me, why are you here today..."
He knew Wu Quanyi and Yuan Tiangang very well.
This is the master who will not come to the Three Treasures Hall for any reason. He will never come easily unless there is something important.
"I'm here hoping that you can write to the emperor and ask him to send troops to reinforce Shazhou."
Wu Quanyi didn't delay and said straight to the point.
"You must have seen the reason."
"good."
Yuan Tiangang nodded and said: "I have seen it, but how can the imperial court dispatch troops at this moment?"
Division of troops is not an easy task, especially at this time.
"Just do your best."
Wu Quanyi sighed: "We can only try our best to fight for it. As for the result, we can only look at God."
"Can."
Yuan Tiangang faintly uttered one word.
Daming Palace, Zichen Palace.
Emperor Xianlong stared gloomily at the important minister Feng Hao in front of him.
As his most trusted confidant, Feng Hao can always figure out his intentions and do things that satisfy him the most.
But this time, Feng Hao uncharacteristically chose to remonstrate directly and asked him to send troops to reinforce Shazhou.
This simply made Emperor Xianlong find it unbelievable.
"How can you think of reinforcing Shazhou at this time?"
"Your Majesty, Shazhou is the gateway to Hexi. If Shazhou is lost, the Western Region Allied Forces may march straight in along the Hexi Corridor..."
Of course Emperor Xianlong knew the importance of the Hexi Corridor. He knew very well that once the Hexi Corridor was lost, the Hu people from the Western Regions would directly attack Chang'an.
At that time, the sky and the sky will really not respond, and the earth and the earth will not work.
There is still room for maneuver at the moment. As long as the Western Region Allied Forces are prevented from continuing to advance eastwards, everything will turn around.
"The only way is to mobilize the troops from Liangzhou."
Emperor Xianlong's intention was very clear. Most of Liangzhou's soldiers had already rushed to Chang'an and King Qin, and the remaining tens of thousands of people could be ordered by the court to go to Shazhou for reinforcements.
But it is only limited to these tens of thousands of people, and there will really be no more.
"Your Majesty is Holy Ming."
Although he knew that these tens of thousands of people might not play a key role, Feng Hao still felt relieved.
After all, at least they won't have to bear the responsibility. Even if the Hexi Corridor is really lost, they won't have to bear the eternal infamy.
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Outside Chang'an City, there is a large tent of the northern barbarian army.
"High Priest, High Priest! Good news, great news. The southern army has arrived outside Chang'an City."
"What!"
The high priest's eyes widened.
It's a good thing, he has been waiting for so long, and finally he has waited.
He had previously said that the Western Region Allied Forces and the Southern Barbarians could begin to attack the city as soon as they arrived.
Now that the southern barbarian army has arrived in Chang'an, and the East Vietnamese swordsman Wei Wuji has also arrived, they have no reason to delay any longer.
"Go and invite the leader of the southern barbarians, the Dongyue Sword Master, and I will discuss the siege with them."
"As commanded."
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Heroes gathered in the Chinese army's tent.
The High Priest of the Demon Sect, the leader of the Southern Barbarian Witch Gu Master, and the Dongyue Sword Master, three super-powerful men, gathered here.
The High Priest of the Demon Sect said calmly: "Now that the Demonic Beast Kingdom's vitality has been severely damaged, it will definitely not be able to come. It will be difficult for the Western Region Allied Forces to penetrate the Hexi Corridor in a short time. We cannot wait any longer. Things will change later, and we must take action immediately."
The leader of the Southern Barbarian Gu Master frowned and said, "Are you being too hasty? After all, Chang'an has those three old guys in charge and is blessed by a large formation. It is a tough nut to crack."
"The mountain chief, the supervisor, the dead eunuch..."
When these three people were mentioned, the eyes of the High Priest of the Demon Sect became extremely cold.
"This is indeed a big trouble."
He paused and said: "As for the formation in Chang'an City, it doesn't matter. I have already ordered to start destroying the knots of the formation. The formation will definitely not be able to maintain its full mana."
"Really?"
Wei Wuji's eyes flashed with light, and his expression became very stern.
The reason why he did not kill the dog emperor Xianlong before was largely because he was worried about the mountain chief and the great formation in Chang'an City.
If the formation is damaged to a certain extent now, then Wei Wuji will have one less factor to worry about.
This was of course a great joy for Wei Wuji.
"Of course it's true. It seems that the Sword Master can get what he wants this time."
The high priest was very proud: "Of course, the premise is that we have to break through Chang'an City."
Wei Wuji's concerns overlap with those of the high priest, but they are not exactly the same.
Wei Wuji's ultimate goal is Emperor Xianlong, while the high priest's goal is Chang'an City.
Therefore, the high priest tried his best to connect the two together, hoping to tie Wei Wuji firmly to him.
"To break through Chang'an, destroying its great formation is only the first step. Countless lives will be needed next to get to the top of the city and break open the gate."
The high priest turned to the leader of the Southern Barbarian witch and Gu masters.
Although the northern barbarians and the southern barbarians share the same origin, they have been separated for thousands of years and have undergone a great degree of differentiation.
The specific cultivation skills of its practitioners have also differentiated.
Specifically, the Demon Sect can summon relatively powerful individual evil objects. However, the number of summoned objects at the same time is not very large.
The Southern Barbarian witch and Gu masters can summon a large number of yin objects at the same time, but the level of the yin objects summoned is not high.
If you want to pile up corpses, the spells of the Southern Barbarian witch and Gu masters are obviously more suitable.
"This is simple."
Of course, the leader of the Southern Barbarian Witch Gu Master understood what the High Priest of the Demon Sect meant, and immediately nodded and said: "As long as you give me enough corpses, I can summon tens of thousands of Yin soldiers."
"Then the Yin soldiers will clear the way and build a wall of corpses. Our warriors only need to climb along the wall of corpses."
The words of the Southern Barbarian Gu Master gave reassurance to the High Priest of the Demon Sect, and the most difficult problem to be solved at the moment was solved.
"Then let the devil come to the world and destroy everything. When the storm comes, no one will be spared. If we want to establish a new order, we can only destroy the old order. We will be the new masters of the Central Plains. Our ancestors were originally destroyed by the Central Plains.
They were expelled and forced to settle in desolate lands. Now we are killing them again just to make them pay the price. An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth!"
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The situation was far more complicated than Zhao Xun expected.
Feng Hao and Yuan Tiangang entered the palace to meet the saint respectively, and what they got in exchange was only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses left in Liangzhou to reinforce Shazhou.
This is undoubtedly just a drop in the bucket.
"What a pity, Emperor Xianlong really has no foresight."
But Zhao Xun can't blame him too much.
After all, any emperor would most likely choose to save himself when faced with a choice between the two.
"The defense battle of Chang'an will begin next."
Zhao Xun murmured.
"Mingyun, Mingyun, something serious has happened."
Just then I saw Jia Xingwen walking quickly.
"Brother Jia, what's going on?"
In Zhao Xun's impression, Jia Xingwen has always been a mature and prudent person, and he would not be so panicked unless it was a last resort.
Being able to force Brother Jia into this situation is enough to show that the situation is already very critical.
"Barbarians, barbarians have begun to attack the city..."
Boom!
Zhao Xun felt like his head was buzzing and he couldn't believe his ears.
"What did you say?"
"The barbarians have begun to attack the city, Mingyun!"
Jia Xingwen looked miserable.
"How could it be so sudden..."
Zhao Xun covered his forehead with one hand and still couldn't believe it until this moment.
"Hurry, Master Feng is calling all the bad guys to gather and prepare for the fight. Ming Yun, come quickly too."
"Um."
Zhao Xun knew that now was not the time to be distracted.
Since the enemy has begun to attack the city, it means that everyone in the city must enter a wartime state.
As a bad person, Zhao Xun has no reason to retreat.
He must rely on his own hands to protect what he cherishes.
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At the top of Chang'an City, all major armies have arrived.
Shence Army, Longwu Army, Jinwu Guard...
The government officials including Wucheng Military and Horse Division, Jingzhao Prefecture Government Office, Wannian County Government Office, and Chang'an County Government Office have all assembled.
The bad guys are the last to arrive.
Because they are the emperor's minions, they will not come to the city to fight in person unless absolutely necessary.
But now is the moment of life and death.
The moment of Chang'an's survival.
"Brother Mingyun, there are so many barbarians. Look at the darkness outside the city and you can't even see the edge."
"Don't be afraid, there is a large formation in Chang'an that they can't attack."
Zhao Xun said very confidently.
One of the most fulfilling things Zhao Xun has done recently is to repair the great formation in Chang'an City.
I can’t say that the formation has been completely restored now, but it is still in good condition.
"If the barbarians come to attack the city regardless of the situation, they will be clearly arranged."
Zhao Xun pointed at the enemy troops in the distance and said: "Wangcai, look, although these enemy troops are now gathered together, if you look closely, there are still boundaries that separate them. It may not be clear, but at least there is room for separation."
After a pause, Zhao Xun continued: "This shows that barbarians are not monolithic."
"But aren't the northern barbarians and the southern barbarians from the same origin?"
Wangcai felt a little confused.
"Blood brothers are still settling their scores, let alone these guys. The northern barbarians and the southern barbarians have been separated for a long time. After thousands of years, it doesn't matter if you say they are two ethnic groups."
Zhao Xun smiled and said: "Now they are reunited because of nothing more than interests. And interests are always changing. They are allies now, but they may part ways due to interests the next moment."
"Mingyun still sees clearly."
Jia Xingwen nodded and said: "In terms of determination, they are definitely not as good as us."
What Jia Xingwen said makes sense.
The soldiers and civilians of Chang'an City currently have only one choice, which is to defend.
Once the city of Chang'an is destroyed, everyone will suffer.
If they want to survive, they must hold on.
As for the barbarians, it's completely different.
It would be best for the barbarians to capture Chang'an.
But even if we can't win Chang'an, it's not a big loss.
Because they have other cities to plunder.
This gave the barbarians leeway.
In addition, the barbarians in the south and the barbarians in the north may not be of the same mind, and there may even be discord.
So these are opportunities for Changan people.
Zhao Xun firmly believes that as long as they persist, victory will eventually belong to them.
With the low horn sound, the barbarians began to charge.
But when these barbarian soldiers approached, Zhao Xun found something unusual.
"These are not living people..."
Zhao Xun's face turned pale.
"It's an army of the dead."
He had previously heard from his mentor Qinglian Taoist Priest Wu Quanyi that Southern Barbarian witch and Gu masters were very good at manipulating the dead.
The dead can stand up again in their hands, fight and even siege cities.
Moreover, the Southern Barbarian witch and Gu masters can control a large number of dead armies at the same time, even tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.
But at the same time, the combat effectiveness of the dead army is basically the same as that of the living.
As for the demon law of the northern barbarian demon sect, it can maximize the summoned evil creatures to have extremely strong combat effectiveness.
It can be said that the two kinds of magic, one in the south and the other in the north, have their own merits and choices.
But this large-scale charge of the dead army was undoubtedly the work of the southern witchcraft master.
"Archers prepare!"
Feng Hao, as the commander of the Chang'an army, stepped forward at this time.
Under his command, a group of archers bent their bows and aimed their arrows at the army of the dead not far away.
"shoot!"
Following Feng Hao's order, thousands of arrows were fired.
When the Nanman invaded, they truly united and worked together.
Countless arrows formed an arrow net and were scattered towards the army of the dead.
The arrowheads of these arrows all have blood grooves and are quenched with poison.
If an ordinary living person is shot by an arrow, even if the vital part is not hit, he will eventually die from poisoning.
So this can be considered a big killer.
Of course it's just a mass murder weapon against living people.
When these arrows hit the dead people, the expected scene did not appear, and the army of the dead was not affected in any way.
They didn't even pull out the arrows that were shot at them, but continued to charge bravely.
"Hey, this is too scary."
Wangcai was so scared that he peed.
"Aren't these guys invulnerable?"
"How can we fight this battle?"
"Shh!"
Seeing that Wangcai was trying to inflate other people's ambitions and destroy his own prestige, Zhao Xun quickly interrupted: "Be careful to keep your mouth shut at times like this. If someone with a heart hears it, can you afford to be accused of demagoguery?"
Wangcai scratched his head and said, "Isn't that true?"
"It's better to be careful than to worry about misfortune coming from your mouth."
His eyes moved away from Wangcai and fell on the dead army charging outside the city.
"Perhaps only magic can defeat magic..."
"Brother Mingyun, what is the meaning of this magic?"
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Zhao Xun coughed: "It's almost like a spell. Only the practitioner's spell can defeat these dead people."