Hu Xian's request for help was immediately transmitted to the two cities of Yangchuan and Bailin. The commanders of the two cities were Li Rong and Lu Hongming respectively.
Li Rong's identity is not simple. He is the cousin of Li Jin, the general of the Mo Kingdom. However, he is still very talented and knowledgeable. He is proficient in military tactics and strategies, and is good at uniting the army in battle. He has made many military exploits on the battlefield of Ning Kingdom.
, which was highly appreciated by Shao Fang.
Lu Hongming was a civil servant, but his research on military tactics was more thorough than Li Rong's. In addition, he was quick in thinking and eloquent when talking about the art of war. Even a veteran who had been in command for many years could not compare with him.
In Shao Fang's eyes, both Li Rong and Lu Hongming were outstanding generals in Mo. He felt very relieved that they were guarding the border.
Li Rong and Lu Hongming were both shocked when they received Hu Xian's urgent message. They were also somewhat surprised by the large-scale invasion of the Feng Army. However, their choices were surprisingly consistent. Neither of them immediately sent troops to rescue Xiashui Town.
Sit back and watch what happens.
In Lu Hongming's view, the Feng Army's invasion was a bluff, and its purpose was to lure back the army that invaded the Jade Kingdom. He did not believe that the Feng Army really dared to capture Shuizhen.
Li Rong, who also did not send troops, had different thoughts from Lu Hongming. He was worried. Li Rong believed that if the Feng army dared to go straight to Xiashui Town with great fanfare, they must have been well prepared. If he rescued hastily, he would probably suffer a stroke.
The army's treacherous plan.
He specially sent a large number of spies to observe the movements of the Feng army. He also specially sent people to check between Yangchuan and Xiashui Town to see if there were any ambushes from the Feng Kingdom.
Li Rong is indeed an excellent commander with a thoughtful mind. Although it is only three hundred miles from Yangchuan to Xiashui Town, the road is not easy to walk. There are many hills and mountain valleys, and it is easy to set up an ambush. He had already taken precautions before sending troops to assist Xiashui.
The Feng army may use the strategy of encirclement and reinforcements.
If he had met an ordinary opponent, he might have found out the flaw, but this time he met the Pingyuan Army, and the leader of the ambush was the experienced Wu Guang. Wu Guang set up an ambush in the middle between Yangchuan and Xiashui.
, the ambush troops were far away from the official road, and they were scattered and broken into pieces. In addition, Wu Guang also sent a small group of soldiers to serve as secret sentries. Once Mo's spies were discovered, they would be killed without mercy.
The spies sent by Li Rong went to the area where Wu Guang set up an ambush, but they either returned with no success or disappeared inexplicably, and in the end no trace of the ambush was found.
However, the disappearance of a large number of spies still aroused Li Rong's vigilance and made him more determined not to send troops hastily.
Let's say that the 9th and 10th Corps of the Pingyuan Army headed by Xiao Muqing only had 20,000 people. Counting the corps' logistics team and other non-combatants, they only had 30,000 people at best. But when they advanced to Xiashui Town, the team was extremely stretched.
It is long, and everyone is not idle. Basically, each person holds a big flag and puts a small flag behind his back. Because there are many flags, the distance between people does not look loose even if they are widened. If observed from a distance, the Pingyuan Army's
The entire team, with embroidered ribbons flying and military flags like a forest, stretched out for more than ten miles. The lineup was astonishingly large.
Let alone 100,000 for such a team, people would believe it. Even if it was 150,000, 200,000 would still be convincing.
Xiao Muqing led such a superficial 'big army' to Xiashui Town.
There were still five miles away from Xiashui Town. Xiao Muqing ordered the camp to be set up. He didn't care whether the camp was strong or not, but it had to be big. It would be best if it looked like it could accommodate hundreds of thousands of people. He gave the order and the entire army moved.
, felling wood, digging soil, building walls, and about 30,000 wind troops set up camps in an orderly manner.
The Pingyuan Army was well-trained and moved quickly. In just two hours, the camp had begun to take shape. The soldiers followed Xiao Muqing's request, not seeking quality but only area, and set up the camp covering an area of more than ten miles. Looking inside,
There are rows of barracks and rows of tents, which are so dense and spectacular. In the open spaces around the military camp, Feng Jun also set up many straw men and put on Feng Jun armor. If you look at them from a distance, it is difficult to distinguish the authenticity.
While setting up camp, Xiao Muqing led his two corps commanders, more than a dozen generals, and thousands of wind troops to carry out all the trebuchets and city-breaking crossbows of the Pingyuan Army, and placed them two miles outside Xiashui Town.
The local area is in good position.
Xiao Muqing sat on the horse and looked up at Xiashui Town. The town was similar to a small city. The city walls were also high. There were densely packed Mo troops standing on the walls. The Mo country's flags were planted all over the city.
After watching for a moment, Xiao Muqing sneered, turned around, and asked lightly: "Who wants to take the lead and go to challenge the enemy?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a general named Gao Chang urged his horse to take two steps forward, raised his hands and shouted in a loud voice: "General, I am willing to go!"
Xiao Muqing glanced at him, nodded, and said calmly: "Yes!"
With his approval, Gao Chang knocked his horse's stirrup with both feet, roared, and urged his horse to rush out of the formation. In just a blink of an eye, he was a hundred steps outside Xiashui Town. At this time, there was a scream from the top of the city.
A sharp arrow flew down and was nailed to the ground in front of the horse.
The war horse neighed loudly, raised its front hooves high, and spun around twice before stopping. Gao Chang stabilized the war horse, raised his head and looked towards the city head, pointed with the spiritual knife in his hand, and shouted loudly: "I am
General Gao Chang of the plain army of the Feng Kingdom! Children of the Mo Kingdom, which one will come out to die?"
At this time, Hu Xian, the commander of Long Xiang of Mo State, was at the top of the city. He could see the Feng Army's camp and the thousands of siege equipment placed outside the city. He didn't need to fight, he just watched.
He felt chilled by the Feng army's formation. Seeing General Feng coming to challenge him, he took a deep breath and hurriedly said to his left and right: "No one is allowed to fight without my order!"
Needless to say, no one in the Mo army planned to go out of the city to fight. Now after listening to his order, the generals of the Mo army were all relieved and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Every soldier is raging, and his generals are raging. Hu Xian is greedy and fearful.
If he dies and is as timid as a mouse, what will happen to his generals?
Gao Chang shouted three times outside the city, but no one in Xiashui Town responded, let alone challenged him. Seeing this, Gao Chang became even more powerful. He held a knife in one hand and rode his horse to circle back and forth in front of the city in a mighty manner. At the same time, he laughed loudly and said: "
The little boy from Mo State is self-aware and knows that if you go out to fight, you will die. I advise you to wait, there is still a way to survive in surrendering in Kaicheng. If we wait until our army launches a large-scale attack, there will be no chickens or dogs left in Xiashui Town, and not even a blade of grass will grow!"
Oops! Hu Xian grinned on the top of the city and wiped cold sweat. He asked tremblingly: "Have the people from Bailin sent to Yangchuan sent us a letter asking for help?"
"Reply to the general, it has been sent to you a long time ago."
"But what about our reinforcements? Now that the Feng army has arrived at the city, why have the reinforcements from Yangchuan and Bailin not arrived yet?"
"This..." Hu Xian's generals couldn't answer either.
"Hurry up and send people to ask for help. No matter what, we must invite reinforcements!" Hu Xian scratched his head and said in a trembling voice: "The Feng Army has a large number of troops. I am afraid that there will be more than one legion of the Pingyuan Army. Once the other party launches an attack, it will definitely be
We will besiege the city and attack it. By then, even if we want to send people out of the city to ask for help, we won’t be able to get out!"
After saying that, when he saw his subordinates still standing there stupidly, Hu Xian was anxious and angry. He stamped his feet repeatedly and shouted: "You should go, why are you still standing there?"
"Ah? Ah, yes, yes, general, I will send someone for help right away."
Mo Jun from Xiashui Town sent people on fast horses to Yangchuan and Bailin for the second time, and then asked Li Rong and Lu Hongming for help. The people they sent had just left Xiashui Town from the east and west sides, and the Pingyuan Army also blew the whistle.
The call to attack.
Of course, the Pingyuan Army would not directly invest its troops in the siege. After all, they only had 20,000 combatable troops. As long as they launched an siege, their secrets would be exposed immediately. Xiao Muqing ordered all his trebuchets and city-breaking crossbows to be activated.
There is no need to hold anything back, use continuous long-range strikes to suppress and test the opponent.
Although the Pingyuan Army has now detached 80,000 troops and most of its generals, the ambush troops cannot use large weapons such as trebuchets and city-breaking crossbows. The entire army's trebuchets and city-breaking crossbows are basically in these two.
Thousands of people were in action, and the momentum was so frightening.
For a moment, the machinery in Fengjun's camp rotated, and the sound of ejection was heard endlessly. Thousands of stone bullets flew into the air, drew arcs, and hit the city wall of Xiashui Town. Thousands of crossbow arrows also struck.
The sky was broken by a piercing roar, and the arrows mercilessly penetrated the city wall.
In just an instant, the city walls of Xiashui Town blossomed everywhere, with rumbling sounds, the sound of the walls breaking, and the screams of people mixed together. Flesh and blood flew everywhere on the city top, stones flew everywhere, and bursts of smoke became a living thing.
Human realm.
The local army of Mo State had never seen such a ferocious attack before. They didn't even see the shadow of the attackers of the Feng Army. They were knocked dizzy and miserable.
"General, the Feng army's attack is too fierce. Let's get down the city wall quickly!" The local army generals protected Hu Xian and ran towards the city wall rolling and crawling.
Hu Xian held his head and ran down the city while shouting: "Continue to send people to ask for reinforcements..." Before he could finish his words, a huge stone bullet dropped from the sky and hit a place not far in front of him.
Mo Bing, who was running under the city, was smashed. The two of them didn't even have time to scream. They were smashed into a pulp on the spot. The blood and flesh splattered on Hu Xian's face and body.
He saw it clearly, and a chill came from his bones. His legs became weak and he almost collapsed to the ground. He shouted with a cry: "If we send people to ask for reinforcements again, as long as we don't see any reinforcements, we will keep sending people."
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Hu Xian and his generals withdrew from the city one after another. The other Mo soldiers could no longer stay on the city. They crowded into the lower part of the city in groups, shouting and neighing. The northern city wall in front of Xiashui Town was turned into a mess.