Chapter 2: Bloodshed on the battlefield and escape from the Immortal Gate
Chapter 108 Capturing the Thief and Capturing the King
After drinking it loudly, Zhang Chuan reflexively knelt on his knees and bowed his body.
"By God's blessing, the emperor has issued an edict! Remove Zhang Chuan from the post of Admiral Xichuan, go to Beijing to meet the Holy Spirit, and set off today without delay! I hereby express my gratitude!"
Jiang Tainian finished reading in a measured tone, staring at Zhang Chuan with a pair of eagle eyes, but he slowly put away the scroll in his hand.
In fact, Zhang Chuan had already expected that his Ice Phoenix Talisman had disappeared. How could he not know that something big was going on in Jiang Guoguo? He naturally knew about the capital. He received a military order half a month ago, ordering his troops to support Qixia Pass, so he started to think about it.
His life has been really unsatisfactory in the past few years. Although Wu Guo did not make any requests, he knew that they would not let him back in vain. When he was needed, he would naturally be used.
This is a fatal situation. Once Wu Guo issues a mission, it will be fatal to execute it. As long as Jiang Guo activates the Ice Phoenix Talisman, there is no chance of survival. If the innocent person is not executed and his identity as a prisoner is revealed, there will be no good end.
However, he could think about it openly. It was death anyway, and if he could live a day, he would make money. Although there was always a big stone in his heart, he accepted his fate and lived his life as if he were dead.
But as soon as the Ice Phoenix Talisman disappeared, he couldn't sit still. Without the control of the Ice Phoenix Talisman, it would be a doomed situation. Who would want to die if there was a chance to live?
He knows that he is not the only person in the same situation as him, and these people are probably all the same as him.
He is certainly not stupid if he can get into the position of admiral. For Jiang Guo, even if they confess, the best result is to die without doing anything, but their political future will definitely be over, and they will be called cowards, and their whole lives will definitely be ruined.
Being a true traitor and becoming a dog of Wu State from now on is not what they want, so taking advantage of the opportunity to rely on the power in their hands to become independent is the real way to maximize their interests.
These days, he has already started to communicate with people from several major provinces. Sure enough, most people have the same idea, but none of these people are old foxes. They understand the principle of shooting the first bird with a gun, and they are all waiting and watching.
He naturally knew Jiang Tainian's situation. He really didn't expect that with such a good opportunity, Jiang Tainian did not take the opportunity to attack the court. Instead, he publicly declared his allegiance to the new dynasty, and he turned out to be the first person to face it.
According to Zhang Chuan's intention, he planned to lure Jiang Tainian into the city. It would be best to persuade him to join him. If he can't persuade him, he would kill him directly and use him as a sacrificial flag to start a rebellion.
As a result, people had already expected it and dismissed him directly.
The reason why he dared to rebel did not mean that those soldiers were really determined to fight with him, but mainly because of the power in their hands.
Soldiers don't have many opinions, and most of them just follow orders. As the commander of the local army, the army naturally obeys him, and his command is legitimate.
But if he is really dismissed from his post and his backbone in the army is eliminated, he will definitely not be able to command this army.
In fact, as long as he falls, most of the people he considers to be his backbone will immediately betray him. After all, what he wants to do will implicate the nine tribes.
Jiang Tainian's move really caught him off guard. He definitely couldn't accept this imperial edict. If he didn't accept it, he would have no choice but to do it.
It's just that Jiang Tainian has not entered the city now, and they have not even dismounted their horses. It will be difficult to keep them. As long as Jiang Tainian escapes, the trouble will definitely be big.
A month later, the army was assembled. This time Yun Feiyang was still the vanguard, but he led a vanguard battalion composed of 5,000 monks. The commander of the army was General Zhu. However, because General Zhu was old, he appointed a deputy.
The commander-in-chief is Yun Jiansheng.
The progress of this war is relatively slow. After all, the Western Qi Dynasty is one of the four major dynasties in Tiangang Continent. Although it is the weakest of the four major dynasties, it also has six cities with a population of hundreds of millions, and there are even Lingyun Sect within its territory.
In a large-scale immortal cultivating sect, both the monks and the mortal army are extremely powerful.
However, due to the participation of monks, it was the battle between the monks that really determined the direction of the war, so it was more of a battle between the monks. The millions of troops deployed by both sides were more responsible for guarding their respective camps.
The two sides were in a stalemate for nearly a year. Just when the Western Qi army felt that the two sides might evolve into a long-term confrontation, more than a dozen high-level monks from the Donglai Kingdom came. All of them were wearing masks, and their specific cultivation levels could not be seen.
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That night, the entire vanguard battalion made a surprise attack. I don’t know what the specific strength of the dozen Dan Realm monks were. Anyway, they easily defeated the protective formation set up by the Lingyun Sect. The unprepared Lingyun Sect monks were killed by surprise. Plus the ten
Several monks were responsible for besieging the Lingyun Sect Dan Realm monks. They had no power to fight back, and most of them were killed in less than half an hour. Only a few people saw the opportunity and escaped quickly.
The vanguard battalion opened a gap here, and the army commanded by Yun Jiansheng, who had been waiting for danger for a long time, took advantage of the situation and rushed in. Unfortunately, the Western Qi army collapsed completely before they could react.
This battle was quite tragic, with as many as one million casualties. Especially the Lingyun Sect was almost completely wiped out and its strength was greatly damaged. It was impossible to organize an effective resistance. Without the monks to resist the forward battalion, the mortal army
It couldn't resist it at all, and it was just trying to delay Donglai's attack by relying on human lives.
Facing a war with no chance of winning, the desperate Western Qi army was unwilling to fight any more. Once the Donglai army reached the city, they surrendered immediately.
Three years later, Xiqi State had only the last city left, Xiqi City, and the other five cities had been returned to Donglai State. Donglai State, which had taken over the five cities, had good policies and the people of the five cities supported it.
Most of the North Korean troops were also recruited, so their military strength was more than doubled.
The final battle in Xiqi City was naturally a bloody battle. After all, the Xiqi nobles had no retreat and could only fight to the bitter end. Xiqi City was a super big city with a radius of three thousand miles. It had a strong city and abundant supplies. If you wanted to be trapped to death,
It's impossible, there's no good way other than a strong attack.
This kind of super big city also has a huge advantage, and that is the city defense formation. The city defense formation is like the formation on the sword cliff. Once the spiritual power is turned on, it will be isolated, so the monks basically cannot perform their duties.
The value will have no effect.
After preparing for more than half a year, the siege finally began. This was no longer a war, it was just a protracted massacre. The two sides were fighting a war of attrition and patience to see who could not withstand the huge attrition first.
This had nothing to do with you, and you didn't care much. You just focused on practicing. After three months, you simply went into seclusion.
As winter turned to spring, the siege lasted for three years. After tens of millions of soldiers were killed and injured on both sides, Xiqi, who lacked manpower, finally showed its decline.