Long Ying's shouts subsided a little, and he poured magical energy into his voice. He didn't seem to raise his voice, but every word he said was clearly transmitted to the ears of the soldiers, and said: "I, Long Ying, am going on the expedition on my behalf this time.
You are not Long Ying's subordinates, but my brothers. I will take you to fight a great victory, and a complete victory. The next head I, Long Ying, will cut off will be from Sun Wanrong's body.
Come down."
Without waiting for anyone to react, he first lowered the bamboo pole for carrying the head horizontally, reached out from the side of Xueer's horse and took out the Jie Tian Bang installed on the side of the saddle, raised it with his right hand into the air, and waved it with one hand. Jie Tian Bang
Like a magic trick, it transformed into light and shadow in the sky, emitting a terrifying roaring sound that broke through the sky, with an astonishing power that shook the heavens and the earth.
Not to mention the three armies, Lou Shide, Yang Xuanji, Zhang Jiujie and Guo Yuanzhen were also dumbfounded. They had never thought that such a terrifying artifact existed in the world. You can imagine its indestructible power in the hands of Long Ying.
The light and shadow disappeared just as suddenly as they appeared, turning into a weapon one foot or two long carried on the shoulder.
When everyone was holding their breath, Long Ying reappeared with a confident and contagious smile, and said calmly: "I, Long Ying, will use this to grant me the magic weapon to cut off Sun Wanrong's head."
The campus grounds erupted in uncontrollable cheers and cheers, and everyone was so excited that they were crazy.
Lou Shide and others all drew their weapons, pointed to the north, and shouted in unison: "Long live our emperor!"
The three armies responded in unison, holding high all kinds of weapons and pointing towards the north. Their morale and fighting spirit reached its peak.
In the next three days, the main army gathered in Youzhou marched to the front line. The troops were divided into four groups, with a strong lineup and high morale.
The first route was led by Lou Shide himself, with the strongest force of 60,000. It went straight out of the pass and stopped twenty miles northwest of Shanzhou City. The goal was to defend rather than attack the enemy, and to build strong battle forts at strategic points.
Contain the enemy. Since the enemy's total strength is only 80,000, and they are scattered in Yingzhou, Jizhou, Pingzhou and Xincheng, they will be unable to challenge this main force for a while, allowing Lou Shide, the most senior commander, to deploy calmly.
The second route, led by Yang Xuanji, has 20,000 troops and goes straight to Shanhaiguan. It is necessary to put this important foreign town under absolute control and control the Great Wall.
The third route, commanded by Zhang Jiujie, had 50,000 troops and advanced step by step towards Jizhou, showing a steady and steady pattern.
The fourth line of troops is the weakest, composed of 10,000 elite soldiers painstakingly trained by Wan Renyu and Feng Guoting, supplemented by 3,000 elite cavalry hidden in the dark and secretly accompanying them, led by Guo Yuanzhen.
On the surface, the Fourth Route Army is the weakest, and the leader Guo Yuanzhen is not a famous general. Anyone who is well versed in the art of war should think that the military operation of the Zhou Army is targeting Jizhou, and the rest is just to contain the nature.
The Fourth Route Army was even more prepared.
The most exciting part is the journey that Long Ying and three other people started, heading to Jizhou with Zhang Jiujie's Third Route Army. Since both Xue'er and Long Ying are very easy to recognize, it will strengthen the Khitan people's wrong ideas. Who would have known?
Their target is Pingzhou.
Supplies, grains and various siege equipment were continuously sent to Youzhou from the Grand Canal. The 20,000 people sent by Wu Zhao were responsible for guarding Youzhou and nearby cities. Li Duozuo personally came to command. The Grand Canal also assembled
The naval fleet can support the rear cities at any time.
Before setting off, Wilderness Dance came back. Just because he could come back in time, we knew that he might have been watching and join them at the critical moment.
Jizhou is the closest to Youzhou. After walking slowly for three days, it is less than twelve miles away from Jizhou. Zhang Jiujie knew the terrain of this area well, selected several strategic locations and commanding heights with excellent conditions, and ordered the construction of a stronghold to be started.
Strong support from the rear of the siege army.
Long Ying, Wan Renyu and Feng Guoting gathered in the military tent and summoned Huang Yuan Wu. After Long Ying came back, it was the first time he saw him. After a few polite words, he said: "We will leave immediately."
Wasteland Dance was surprised and said: "Where are you going?"
Long Ying grabbed his shoulder and said with a smile: "We are going to have a big time now. Are you interested in the wilderness dance?"
A look of surprise flashed in Huangyuanwu's eyes, and she sighed: "Go to Pingzhou! Right?"
All three of them were surprised by the quickness of his thoughts.
Huang Yuanwu asked again: "How did Master Ying do it?"
Long Ying knew that he was referring to the killing of Jun Zhong, so he asked instead, "Has the news of Jun Zhong's death spread?"
Huang Yuan Wu said with a little lack of interest: "It is spreading like a plague. I heard people talking about it as soon as I entered the customs. All tribes and gangs in Shanhaiguan restrained their men and stopped their activities, because they knew that we would have a large-scale military operation.
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Wan Renyu asked: "Is there any other news?"
Huang Yuanwu said: "The Khitan people are very nervous. They can't help but mobilize troops from all over the country to Yingzhou and strengthen city defense and patrols. I once witnessed a Khitan army of about 5,000 people marching from Xincheng to Yingzhou."
Longying sighed: "The new city is in danger!"
The surprise of the wilderness dance disappeared in a flash.
Feng Guoting said: "Can you find the marching route to the Khitan New City?"
Huang Yuanwu showed a bitter smile and said: "What else does it mean?"
All three people understood his feelings, but he didn't know that they had seen through it, and the atmosphere was very unnatural.
Long Ying said calmly: "Do you still want to go with us?"
The dance in the wilderness cheered up and said: "I will go through fire and water without hesitation."
Long Ying stood up and said: "Let's go while it's dark!"
Pingzhou is located on the east bank of the Luanhe River. This river comes from the northwest, flows through the Great Wall, and exits the Bohai Sea. It is more than a hundred feet wide and has become a natural danger to Pingzhou.
The size of Pingzhou is twice as big as that of Jizhou. Compared with Youzhou, although it is the size of an acropolis, its city walls are strong, fifteen feet high and two feet wide. The whole city is about five hundred feet in length and width, and the city's perimeter is
It is 1,600 feet wide, with gates in the southeast, northwest, and the water of the Luan River is introduced to form a moat with a width of three feet. In order to prevent the river from flooding, the whole city is located on a hilly highland. It has a geographical advantage and is easy to defend but difficult to defend.
Attack the dangerous fortress.
Guo Yuanzhen advanced along the coast. When Yi Yuanyu heard that the Zhou army was arriving, he demolished the four pontoon bridges across the Luan River, cutting off traffic on the east and west banks. However, Guo Yuanzhen had already guessed that Yi Yuanyu had this plan and camped on the west bank for the night.
, and also set up archery towers along the river to build fortifications to prevent the fierce Khitan people from crossing the river to attack.
In the early morning of the next day, a large number of naval warships arrived, bringing in 5,000 garrison troops. Li Duozuo personally commanded them and built a three-layer defense line two miles away from the city, crushing Yi Yueyu's many raids.
At noon, Guo Yuanzhen successfully built three pontoon bridges across the river, sent soldiers and supplies to the other side, and began to build the high platform in Long Ying's mind.
At dusk, Long Ying and his four men arrived outside Pingzhou City and joined Guo Yuanzhen's 10,000 elite soldiers. The high platform that was more than ten feet taller than the city wall was also completed.
Longying and Guo Yuanzhen climbed to a high hill to observe the situation at the east gate of Pingzhou from a distance.
Long Ying said easily: "Have you rested enough?"
Guo Yuanzhen said: "The heavy work has been shared by Commander Li. The brothers slept a full night last night and started to rest again in the afternoon. Until now, they can be dispatched at any time."
The Wilderness Dancer's eyes were fixed on the high platform, showing an expression of surprise and uncertainty.
Wan Renyu touched him with her shoulder and said with a smile: "Did you guess it?"
Wasteland Dance shook his head blankly.
Long Ying felt that the overall situation was settled, and said: "After she kills Yi Yuanyu, the three of us will rush into the city and seize control of the suspension bridge. This is a road of no return with no turning back. Brother Huang is interested ?"
Wasteland Dance showed a strange expression and said: "It is the honor of Wasteland Dance to fight side by side with these three people in a near-death environment."
Long Ying felt something in his heart. The pain of being an undercover agent was hard to explain to outsiders. When he first met Huang Yuan Wu, he was so cool and unrestrained, but now he showed some emotions from time to time, not because he was incompetent, but because he had already interacted with them. I have feelings and can't bear to hurt them. In the future, I will pretend to be Fan Qingzhou and break into the Dajiang Alliance, and I will be in the same situation.
Guo Yuanzhen said: "Come! Let me show you what I have prepared."
The five people rode their horses back to the high wooden platform outside the camp. There were a row of more than ten wooden boxes on the ground. They got off their horses and came to the box. Guo Yuanzhen ordered someone to open the box and get a strange arrow. The arrow cluster was hit by a path. He replaced it with a three-inch long ball and said: "This is a poisonous smoke arrow. The surface of the ball is made of hemp coated with asphalt. It contains gunpowder, lime powder, arsenic and other medicinal materials. Before firing, use a red-hot cone to burn the ball." The cone penetrates, bursting into flames and scorching the enemy. On a night like tonight with only a slight breeze, the thick smoke produced will last for a long time. It is a powerful firearm shipped from the south of the Yangtze River. We have two thousand of them now."
Wan Renyu took the poisonous smoke arrow and played with it in his hand.
Guo Yuanzhen sent someone to fetch another iron arrow, handed it to Long Ying, and said, "This is the heavy iron arrow requested by Master Ying."
Long Ying happily took it, weighed it with his hands, and said, "It's really quite heavy."
Feng Guoting said: "Do you want to try shooting?"
Long Ying shook his head and said: "No need! I am fully confident that I can use this arrow to take Yi Yuanyu's life."
Guo Yuanzhen took out the scroll from his arms, came to the front of the four people, opened it, and said: "This is a portrait painted by the artist based on Yi Yuanyu's appearance. It is 80% similar to his real person. Fortunately, he likes to wear a yellow cloak outside his armor. , not difficult to recognize.”
Wan Renyu said: "I am most afraid that if he wears a steel helmet, even an iron arrow cannot penetrate it."
Long Ying said confidently: "The iron arrow will be filled with my true energy. With the height and weight of the iron arrow, the steel armor cannot withstand it. It would be better for him to wear a steel helmet, which will reduce his sensitivity."
Guo Yuanzhen took a deep breath and said, "When will we start?"
Long Ying said: "Is Fang Jun ready?"
Fang Jun has become Guo Yuanzhen's deputy. When Guo Yuanzhen cannot be spared, he will take the responsibility of commanding the three thousand elites.
Guo Yuanzhen said: "No problem."
Wasteland Dance asked: "What's the situation with the enemies in the city?"
Feng Guoting replied: "Long before the occupation of Pingzhou, all the residents in the city fled and hid in the villages and towns south of Youzhou. Now there are only Khitans in the city, with a total force of about 12,000, which is more than that of Ji The Khitan army in the state has doubled."
Guo Yuanzhen continued: "So Yi Youyu doesn't take us seriously at all. Even if we include the soldiers led by Li Datong, we only have three thousand more people than them. This of course does not include our Divine Eagle Army. They should have moved into an ambush position."(