Song Gongbao, the general of the southern expedition, led his troops to the outside of Lishui County.
Above the official road, there are continuous camps and eighteen companies of camps have been erected, forming a faint angle with the county seat.
Song Gongbao came back with Wu Xing on horseback. He was a little worried and said: "The Liang thieves are preparing to form a stronghold and defend to the death. It's really an anomaly! According to common sense, it hasn't been long after a big battle. Aren't the soldiers tired?
Are there no complaints?"
Wu Xing replied, "According to the information I have found carefully...the one facing him is the fake Prime Minister Liang, with five thousand soldiers and horses...it is not easy to fight."
In city defense battles, it is common for thousands of people to persist for months or even years under siege by tens of thousands of troops. "Map"
Song Gongbao unfolded the map, took a closer look, and frowned: "Lishui County has a difficult terrain, with dangerous mountains and rivers, and the benefits of large rivers... It is easy to defend but difficult to attack. The other side also built many fortresses to echo each other. If we do not remove them one by one, we
Even if we attack the city, we won't be able to rest assured. Can we go around it?"
"There are no other official roads nearby. If you go through the jungle and cross the mountains, you can only pass through a small part. You will have to abandon the food, grass and baggage, and you will die."
Wu Xing said cautiously, "It is true that Privy Council Gao deliberately sent two armies to attack Jiangzhou Fucheng in a detour... But Fucheng is high up and deep in the river. There are 7,000 Liang troops and 20,000 surrendered soldiers. It is not that easy to fight, and... our side
The military order is to take the official road of Lishui County!"
When it comes to this, even the military adviser will have a headache. There are so many military orders.
Privy Council Gao from the rear has already decided on a strategy, and the room for maneuver in the front is much smaller. The only option is to attack Lishui County by force! "Attacking by force?"
Song Gongbao sighed, "I'm sorry, brothers..."
But he knew in his heart that the imperial court was deliberately trying to consume him, and he had to cooperate.
Again, to recruit rebels, you must get rid of your minions and not make the court feel threatened, otherwise there will be unforeseen disasters and blessings. Moreover, there is a large army at the rear. If the king wants his ministers to die, they must die!
Even if he dies in battle, he is still a loyal minister of the court and has a posthumous title. If he dares to rebel, he is a traitor!
Who asked them to recruit people in the first place?
Wu Xing coughed twice. Since he was recruited, he had worked hard and lost weight, almost losing his shape, but he still couldn't save anything.
At this time, he took out a white handkerchief, wiped the blood that spilled from the corner of his mouth, and thought hard for a while, and said, "There are many types of attack methods... We have many people, and the other party has few people. A village can have hundreds of people at most, and it can surround most villages."
No attack, just attack one by force. If the opponent dares to save him, I can lead the troops to attack him! Liang Jun has just experienced a big battle, and his military morale may not be available... This is also the opportunity we have been waiting for, and we can try to recruit him to surrender.
"In this way, the villages can be uprooted, and finally the county can be attacked."
"Although the county seat of Lishui County is not high, it is still five feet tall. It is very difficult to capture..." Song Gongbao had a headache.
"If you want your brothers to be less injured, there is a way to do it more secretly."
Wu Xing gritted his teeth and said.
"Oh?" Song Gongbao was in a trance, and even thought he had returned to the village. No matter what difficulties he encountered at that time, this military advisor could always come up with a clever plan to turn the crisis around: "The plan will be safe."
"Drive the people away and attack the city with ants!" Wu Xing said word by word: "The defenders in Lishui County must be locals. We will use their parents, wives and children to attack the city. Let's see who can be tougher?"
"Even if there is no riot, the people can still use the city's arrows, hammers, hot oil and other ordnance!"
Song Gongbao was trembling all over and looked at the military advisor in shock.
Of course he knew this strategy was feasible, but it was too poisonous!
Even if Lishui County is conquered, there may be trouble in the future.
As soon as Wu Xing said the words, he felt a little regretful and waved his feather fan: "This is just my humble opinion..."
"Let me think, let me think..."
Song Gongbao waved his hand to Wu Xing to retreat, and he left the camp to inspect the military camp.
He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he always felt that these old brothers' energy and spirit, which had been a little sluggish due to the repeated battles, suddenly revived!
Even Song Gongbao felt that his energy was much stronger, as if he had returned to the heyday of Xiaohuang Village!
…
Chongming Road. On a high platform.
Candles were burning, incense was curling up, and the bright yellow tablecloth was filled with three animal sacrifices.
The Grand Master had disheveled hair, holding a mahogany sword, and was fighting on foot. Suddenly, when the tip of the sword was raised, a piece of bright yellow talisman paper spontaneously ignited without wind. He picked it up with the tip of the sword, like a flaming tree and silver flowers. The last point pointed to the direction of "Go."
Ziyu and other real people stopped to watch in the audience.
At this time, everyone opened their spiritual eyes and saw a real dragon in a trance!
This true dragon has antlers, a snake body, a fish tail... the most important thing is that it has reverse scales. Although it looks weak at this time, it roars like a flashback.
Amidst the roar of the dragon, an invisible sword light rose from the capital, swept through all the nine states in the world, and headed south!
One sword light chills nineteen continents!
"This is the secret technique of luck passed down from generation to generation..." "I hope the great master can succeed." "Although Dasong is declining, it is still a real dragon. It is impossible for Da Liang to be uncontrolled!" The four great masters looked at this scene, all looking forward to it.
The next moment, they each used their secret skills, either using water mirrors or bronze mirrors, and they all saw a wonderful scene!
In the south, in the black and red ocean, a black-backed carp quietly emerges!
Immediately afterwards, a sword light fell from the sky, and the carp was immediately severely injured!
"Liang Guolong's energy is too weak to stop him..." Master Ziyu smiled and nodded, "This is common sense..."
Master Ziyin frowned and said, "The king of Liang is so powerful in the southeast, how can he be a carp?" While several masters were meditating, the Grand Master on the stage stood with his sword put away and remained silent for a long time. "Grand Master, how can you be a carp?"
The four real people waited for a while, and finally couldn't bear it anymore and asked one after another.
"It went quite smoothly, even like a blessing from heaven..."
Although the Grand Master said this, there was no trace of joy on his face: "It's just that although I suppressed the Dragon Qi of King Liang, his military Qi was not affected at all... And in the luck of King Liang in the south, the Qi of Xu Lingzi could not be found...
…seems to be hidden.”
Master Zi Lei was immediately shocked, "This...then if we take such a risk and use the secret technique of luck, will it be of no use at all in the end?"
If it is true, it must be a blood loss!
"It's not like that..." The Grand Master's expression was a bit mysterious: "Xu Lingzi will not be affected, but the same cannot be said for Prince Liang and other ministers. It will always be beneficial to us..."
…
Go back in time for a moment.
Liang Palace.
When the Grand Master did what he was doing, a sword light came across the nine states! Xiao Liang's expression suddenly changed and he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood! "Your Majesty"
The surrounding palace maids and eunuchs were immediately shocked.
"Why did the king suddenly vomit blood and fall unconscious?"
When Cao Man, the acting magistrate and magistrate who had just returned, heard the news, he couldn't help but frowned, "Please ask someone to see why this happened."
"The medical officers were at a loss to do anything after seeing it. They just said that the king is fine!" The clerk who came to report the news was a little frightened and even more uneasy.
When Cao Man saw this look, he couldn't help scolding him: "What are you afraid of? The sky won't fall if the Prime Minister is still here!"
While I was worried, someone from outside came to report: "Taoist Master Du Longzi wants to see you! Please!"
Cao Man said quickly, and saw Du Longzi walking in like flying, without caring about his manners: "It's a big deal... someone cast a spell to suppress the dragon energy of King Liang."
"oh"
Cao Man immediately thought of the incident where King Liang vomited blood and fainted, and asked, "Is there any way to solve it?"
Du Longzi suddenly had a bitter look on his face, "There is nothing we can do about it because of the lack of knowledge and knowledge... But this suppression cannot last long. After all, it is essentially the Great Song True Dragon who came to suppress the dragon's destiny of King Liang... If the battle ahead can be won, the morale of both sides will increase, and naturally...
It can be lifted.”
But there was still one sentence in his mind that he hadn't said yet.
"It's not a big deal that King Liang's spirit has been suppressed. After all, he is not pro-government... The key is that the talented people within the system may sway people's hearts!"
After all, the secret technique of luck is only an auxiliary, but in the context of the imperial court's attack of half a million troops, it is very fatal.
"Before the Prime Minister leads the troops, let Tang Xun and I guard the city to guard against enemy sneak attacks... As long as the army remains in chaos and seven thousand soldiers guard a city, they will be able to sustain it until the Prime Minister returns and asks the Taoist priest to help me." Cao Man's words were sincere.
He was so desperate that he even had the will to die.
Du Longzi was startled, and then said, "Don't worry about this... The old Taoist saw that the military spirit was at its peak, and there was no wavering at all!"
Taixue.
Taichong and Taihe had just finished class and looked at Taiyin: "The teacher said that after this war, our Taishangdao will have great development, at least it will dominate the entire south... By then, we will all have to promote
Entering the center, oh... those are the officials of the Minister and the Minister, can we do it?"
Taiyin rolled his eyes, "Forget it about Taichong, Taihe, you need to lose weight, otherwise how can you have a body?"
While the three Taoist boys were talking, they seemed to have taken the entire south as their own, and had no idea about the 500,000-strong imperial army.
Not far away, Fan Jin heard the conversation between these Taoist boys and suddenly smiled to himself. His originally anxious mood instantly became much calmer... On top of the city wall.
Tang Xun was not distracted at all, and was concentrating on reorganizing the defense: "Although it is most convenient to go from Jinshi City to Jiangzhou Prefecture through Lishui County, we must also be prepared for the enemy to take a detour! Fortunately, we have 7,000 people, and Jiang
The state is also a capital city, even if it is besieged by tens of thousands of troops, it can persist for several years without any problem..."
"General."
At this time, Zhang Tie came over. This man was indeed like Tie, with dark skin and a stubborn personality.
If he were an official, he would be hated by others, but Tang Xun liked this strict military style. "Said"
"General, the 20,000 surrendered soldiers have all disarmed and are serving as strong men to repair the city walls... In addition, there are 20,000 new soldiers in our propaganda camp who are being trained. According to the Prime Minister's wishes, they are stationed around the city.
If the King of Liang had 20,000 new soldiers before him, why didn't he draw them out to fight against the King of Wu?
Besides, Beisong’s 250,000-strong army marched south, but the prime minister only brought 5,000 troops! If there were 20,000 troops, why not use them in Lishui County? “This is the prime minister’s secret order to hide troops in Sanwang Mountain in case of unexpected events.”
Zhang Tie's character gave Tang Xun a headache at this time, and his answer was so watertight that it was as if he had said it as if he had not said it. "Okay... I won't ask any more questions, just treat it as the Prime Minister's Taoist conjuration."
"
Tang Xun covered his forehead and his eyes immediately brightened.
If 27,000 people defend a city, there will be a lot of margin. Moreover, the main force is carried by the prime minister, so they only need to deal with the enemy's partial divisions.
Not only can this city be impregnable, but it may also be possible to fight a few battles of annihilation?
…
Three days later.
Song Gongbao led his army and surrounded a stronghold. "We have already surrounded this stronghold on all sides."
A black-faced man answered loudly.
He is Song Gongbao’s most trusted general—Li Xuanfeng!
He is good at using a flower-steel axe, and has the courage to kill ligers and tigers. However, he likes to drink and get into trouble, so he cannot be let out to take charge of his own affairs. However, he is loyal and willing to obey Song Gongbao's orders unconditionally, even if it means to die!
"Have you been persuaded to surrender?" Song Gongbao asked.
"The letter urging surrender has been sent, but there is no response." Wu Xing bowed.
"Hundreds of people are facing tens of thousands of troops, and the military spirit is still so cold and hard as iron?" Song Gongbao took a breath of cold air, then waved his hand: "Attack!"
"kill"
As soon as possible, former bandits wearing Dasong military uniforms flocked to the mountain stronghold like a tide.
"put"
On top of the cottage arrow tower, there are archers who are constantly firing arrows. Even if their skills are poor, with this density, they can hit any target! "General... we have gathered tens of thousands of troops to attack a small village. It will take about an hour."
We can take it in a day." Wu Xing said with a smile. After all, their army has been training for a while since they went south, and now they are full of vigor!
But at dusk, Wu Xing's expression became a little ugly: "What's going on?"
In his eyes, that small mountain village was like a rock. No matter how the waves beat, it still stood proudly!
On the contrary, it was his own side who went up in one shot, and then retreated in one shot like the ebbing tide. "Report to the enemy that they will fight to the death and refuse to surrender."
An orderly soldier came over covered in blood and knelt down to report. "Damn it! Li Xuanfeng!" Song Gongbao threw out a military token.
"Brother, I'm here." Li Xuanfeng held an ax in his hand and went out to bow.
"We must win the first battle, and win beautifully... You lead my own soldiers and charge again!"
"yes"
Li Xuanfeng took the order and left, mixed with the army with a group of people, and rushed into the stronghold at the forefront. The shouts of killing suddenly started, and then gradually dissipated.
finally……
Li Xuanfeng came back with a bloody head and said: "Brother... the people in that village are really good guys. They all fight to the death, even if their hands and feet are severed... I will chop off this guy's head, and Hua
"It took a lot of effort." "Brother is injured too." When Song Gongbao saw a small arrow wound on Li Xuanfeng's shoulder, he seemed to feel extremely distressed. "Go down quickly and find a medical officer for treatment!"
After Li Xuanfeng went down, Wu Xing came over and sighed: "We captured the next stronghold. We killed 227 enemies and suffered over a thousand casualties ourselves."
This exchange ratio of five to five made Song Gongbao take a breath of cold air: "This is a secret and needs to be concealed... Where is the enemy?"
"The rest of the village, as well as Lishui County, sat back and watched the village fall without sending a single soldier to rescue it."
The feather fan in Wu Xing's hand trembled a little: "Is it possible that this village is full of dead soldiers? If that is the case... this is not the Eighteen Alliance, but the Eighteen Mountains of Swords, trying to cut our flesh."
