Among the overlapping military tents, patrolling sergeants were constantly going back and forth. The tense atmosphere of the war filled the entire camp. The huge military camp was filled with murderous intent, as if it were an ancient giant that chose people to eat.
beast.
On the surface, the soldiers of the Daling Dynasty are still as elite as ever. Unfortunately, with these consecutive defeats, their morale is no longer as high as when they first arrived.
Although the Qingyun Pass in front of them was steep, it was not taken seriously by the soldiers of the Daling Dynasty. In their hearts, the Ming Dynasty knew that the Daling Dynasty was coming, and they still opened the city gates and surrendered eagerly.
But as a result, five days have passed, and the troops on our side have been lost, but the city wall opposite is still as solid as a rock. Although we rushed to the top of the city several times in the past few days, unfortunately, we all failed in the end. Our own masters also tried their best to destroy the city wall.
, or rushed to the top of the city to eliminate the Ming army on the top of the city. As a result, many of them were killed by Ming's conspiracy.
There were more than twenty passes like this in the Ming Dynasty, and there were countless pass cities that were close to each other. If everyone wastes such effort, then I don’t know how long it will take to reach the capital of the Ming Dynasty.
How many people are left?
In the military tent, Hu Buren and two middle-aged men sat looking at each other. As the commander of the first army, Hu Buren acted cautiously at this time. He was as polite as possible, always with a flattering look on his face.
smile.
"General Hu, I am very disappointed with your ability. It has been five days, and not only have you failed to capture the Qingyun Pass in front of you, you have also caused the death of many of our disciples. What do you think we should do about this matter?"
The two middle-aged men are naturally the elders of the Chiyan Sect who are staying in the army. The two brothers, who have just entered the extraordinary stage, do not have a high status in the Chiyan Sect. But even so, the two of them are still in Hu Buren's eyes.
Being an unattainable existence, in the face of the two people's censure, I can endure it as long as I can.
Hearing the accusation from the elder of the Chiyan Sect, Hu Buren's face darkened, and the smile on his face froze slightly, and then resumed his flattering smile. "Elder Chen, this is the fault of the general. I didn't expect the Ming army to resist.
It’s so fierce. But the two elders can rest assured. The Ming army is already shaky and can’t hold on for much longer. In a few days, we will definitely be able to capture the Qingyun Pass in front of us.”
"In a few days!" The middle-aged man on the other side suddenly stood up, pointed at Hu Buren and said loudly, "When you came here, you swore to our brothers and sisters that the country has nothing to fear. But the result is five days.
The 200,000-strong army didn’t even defeat Qingyun Pass. Now tell us that we can defeat it in just a few days. Do you think we are brothers and are fools?”
"Elder Jiang, calm down. How dare I deceive you? I really didn't expect the Ming Dynasty to resist so fiercely. But the two elders also saw that our army rushed to the Ming Army's city several times. The Ming Dynasty will definitely not be able to hold on for long.
." On the surface, Hu Buren explained to the two of them with sincerity and fear, but in his heart he was already scolding his mother.
"Such a fortified city and dangerous pass cannot be built with masters like you as the main force, but you still blame me. My disciples suffered a lot of losses, which absorbed most of the energy of the Ming army. You people are afraid of sacrifice, and you will go back if there is even the slightest situation.
Come on, now put all the blame on me."
Hu Buren's resentment is not unreasonable. There are many good and bad within the Ming army, and the Daling Dynasty is not monolithic. The strength of the Chiyan Sect was greatly damaged. The last time they fought against the Ming Dynasty, they suffered heavy losses. Later, the elite disciples of the elite disciples of the Ming Dynasty
Elder, we also suffered a lot in the fire.
This time they came with the army. There were many disciples from the Scarlet Flame Sect, and there were also many disciples from other sects. These sects originally came with the mentality of reaping benefits, and they sent people here just to show their appearance. The fight was not
The idea of getting benefits from effort.
When attacking the city, these disciples of the sect would retreat when they encountered danger to ensure that their families would not suffer too much damage. These people retreated, and the people of the Scarlet Flame Sect could not just rush forward stupidly.
Therefore, during the five-day continuous siege battle, it seemed that a large number of masters rushed to the city wall, blocking out the sky and the sun, which was very spectacular. In fact, when encountering a slight difficulty, these high-ranking masters immediately withdrew, which played a great role.
Very limited. On the other hand, when the Ming army's own troops rushed up, the masters of the Ming Dynasty came out and drove down all the people who rushed to the top of the city. It would be a fool's errand to capture Qingyun Pass in this way.
Moreover, on the Ming Kingdom side, there are also spiritual talismans specially sent by Liu Yu. These days, although the number of spiritual talismans used by the Ming Kingdom is not large, the grade is not high, and the lethality is very limited. But they are tied to the crossbows and charged at them.
Experts come here from time to time, and the intimidation effect is quite high.
Who knew that the Mingjun across the street even had spiritual talismans. Although the grade was not high, if it was tied to a strong crossbow and shot over, it could still kill people. Other sects wanted to preserve their strength and were not willing to risk their lives. The people of the Red Flame Sect
He is not stupid, he naturally knows how to preserve his strength.
One of the elders sat there and said calmly, "General Hu, how long do you estimate it will take to conquer this dangerous pass in front of you!"
"This..." Hu Buren lowered his head and thought about it. In fact, he was already sweating profusely. It's not like he couldn't see that these sect disciples couldn't work hard and could only rely on their own soldiers to attack the city.
But once they attack the city, the masters of the Ming Dynasty will come out to drive them down. In this case, it will be really troublesome to take the city head-on.
The last two elders of the Red Flame Sect were a little anxious as they waited, and Hu Buren whispered, "It will take about a few days!"
"Trash!" An elder slapped the table and stood up, roaring angrily, "When you came here, didn't you say you could defeat it in one fight? Why now you said it would take a few more days? Now we have delayed it for five days, help you pay it back."
How many more days do you want to delay?"
"Two elders, please calm down." Hu Buren stood up immediately and accompanied him carefully. "It's not that the general is incompetent, it's actually that the commander of the Ming army is too cunning. There are experts in the Ming Dynasty to help, and they are relying on danger to defend, so it may take some time."
effort."
At this point, Hu Buren raised his head and said carefully, "If the masters of the sect can support the city wall for a period of time, the general will be able to capture Qingyun Pass in one fell swoop."
"Hmph!" After hearing Hu Buren's words, the people of the Chiyan Sect were naturally unwilling. "What General Hu is implying is that we have not contributed enough and are holding you back, General Hu?"
"No, I don't dare!" Hu Buren waved his hands quickly, then lowered his head and whispered, "Two elders, even the masters of the sect did not stand on the city wall for a long time. How can ordinary people like us have the ability to attack the Ming army immediately?
?”
Hu Buren said this, and the two people from the Chiyan Sect were speechless. The masters of the sect could not block the Ming Dynasty's troops without any effort. With such a dangerous city wall, the Ming Dynasty had offensive and defensive forces waiting for opportunities, counting on twenty
With an army of thousands of vanguards, it will definitely take a lot of time to win.
But Zhang Ge, the two of the Scarlet Flame Sect, can't do anything. Their relationship with other sects is only cooperation, and they can't be forced to rush up and stop coming down. The Scarlet Flame Sect itself doesn't dare to lose too much, if its own strength is too weak.
, maybe the original cooperation will turn into being annexed by others.
"We understand General Hu's difficulties." The elder of the Chiyan Sect sighed, and then said, "The Ming army deliberately hid the powerful crossbows and waited for us sect masters to go to the city to use them. The Ming army has the magic talisman again, or
Many of our masters suffered casualties. And there are also many masters in the Ming army. Although there are no masters in the extraordinary stage, it is enough to keep us in a hurry."
Hearing the words of the elder of the Chiyan Sect, Hu Buren immediately followed suit and said, "What the elder said is absolutely true. The commander-in-chief of the Ming Kingdom is very cunning, otherwise this small Qingyun Pass would not be so troublesome."
As soon as Hu Buren finished speaking, the elder of the Chi Yan Sect was stunned. He said this to excuse the Chi Yan Sect's inability to contribute. Unexpectedly, Hu Buren took advantage of the situation and took it to excuse himself. No one in the Chi Yan Sect was broken.
Those of us who live in government jobs are even less likely to get paid.
"That's true, but I heard that reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty, as well as experts from Baihua Sect, have already rushed here. If we don't capture this pass in time, we will suffer huge losses if we wait until they arrive and try to take action again.
"
Speaking of this, Ning, the elder of the Chiyan Sect, stared at Hu Buren closely. "General Hu, please tell me if there is any way to quickly capture this pass. If he has anything we can do, just tell him. If Qingyun cannot be captured in the short term,
Guan, you and I both can’t eat enough and have to walk away.”
After lowering his head and thinking for a while, Hu Buren reluctantly said, "At this moment, if we want to quickly capture Qingyun Pass, we can only instigate the Ming army in the city to rebel. As long as the troops in the city are willing to cooperate as our internal agents, then Qingyun Pass will
It’s not so easy to catch..."
Originally, Hu Buren wanted to conquer Qingyun Pass in one go. But now that he has been fighting for several days and failed to capture it, he had no choice but to use the strategy of instigating rebellion. What is the only way to achieve fame and success is to capture this city first and save the basic face.
Save it and talk about it later.
"Is it okay to rebel against the Ming army in the city?" The elder of the Chiyan Sect looked at Hu Buren with deep distrust in his eyes. If it was really possible to do this, why didn't he do it earlier?
"Two elders, please rest assured that most of the Ming army have just surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and do not have a strong sense of belonging to the Ming Dynasty. On the contrary, the Daling Dynasty has been established for thousands of years and has been a dynasty for hundreds of years. The national prestige is deep-rooted
People’s hearts.”
At this point, Hu Buren snorted coldly, "The army of the Ming Dynasty may fight to the death with the Daling Dynasty, but those armies that have just surrendered, they will not. These people are afraid of the Daling Dynasty, as long as we take the initiative to find them
They, they haven't become our military's internal agents obediently..."
The two elders of the Scarlet Flame Sect looked at each other, and one of them said, "General Hu's plan can be tried. We, the Scarlet Flame Sect, will definitely support it with all our strength." (To be continued...)
