In the early morning, the streets of Xingren Mansion were noisy with people and cars and horses. The people got up and looked outside. They saw groups of people and horses on the long street driving into the city. Under the light of torches, these soldiers and horses were brightly armored.
, marching neatly, it was a well-equipped forbidden army of the imperial court. The common people got up and ran to tell each other, smiling happily. The imperial army arrived, and the panic-stricken common people, who had been deceived by the massive number of bandits outside the city today, finally felt at ease.
If the imperial reinforcements arrive in time, Xingren Mansion may be saved.
In the early morning, mist shrouded the sky and the earth. In late autumn in September, the morning temperature was already very cold. The weeds on the ground were covered with streaks of white frost. From a distance, it looked like it was raining.
It's like a light snowfall.
In the bandit camp outside the east city, the sound of prayers and chants came from the misty air. The first prayer in the morning began in this cold early morning. Tens of thousands of bandits knelt on the ground densely.
, raised their butts and started praying. It didn’t matter if they didn’t eat or drink when they got up in the morning, but praying and praying must come first. After praying, they felt as if they had been given chicken blood, and they were immediately full of energy and motivation.
.For these believers, this kind of spiritual food is much more important than breakfast.
"Ahu, hey, Ak, that Baba! The Holy Gong is the Greatest!" As the chants of the saints ended with a nice tail note, the whole camp was filled with the voice of the Holy Gonggong, and then everyone started to get up and start
Put the pot in the pot and make rice. Everything is back to normal.
In the holy tent in the middle of the camp, Hai Dongqing sat under the lamp with sunken eyes and a haggard face. There were also a large group of guardians sitting in the tent, and they also had tired faces. From the table
Judging from the huge candle that had been burning in a strange shape in the corner of the case, it seemed that the candle had been lit all night, and the Holy Duke and the leaders of the Green Sect had also stayed up all night.
Although everything seems to be going well, the army is approaching the city, and Guo Xu's army is far away in Shan County, and it is impossible to come to support within a few days. But Hai Dongqing does not dare to slack off at all, because he knows that this time it is
His last chance could not be missed. He had to capture the city in front of him and use it as a barrier to block his pursuers, giving him enough time to break out to the west. He had to capture Xing without a single blow.
Renfu, preserve a large amount of the strength of the Skitarii, and defeat the last obstacle to the Beijing-North army. Precisely because it is necessary to ensure the rapid capture of Xingren Mansion, and at the same time preserve a large amount of strength of the Skitarii, this siege battle is actually
It was very contradictory. Therefore, Haidong Qing called everyone to discuss the best siege strategy.
After many discussions, many methods and strategies were proposed, but Hai Dongqing did not get a reliable solution. Hai Dongqing understood the shortcomings of his subordinates. They were all pirates and gangsters, so there would be nothing wrong with them.
A reliable way to fight. If they were asked to kill people, set fire to steal things, they would naturally support a few. But if it were put on the table to think of a formal way to fight a large army, they would come up with it like idiots one by one.
Sometimes it's ridiculously childish.
At this time, Hai Dongqing missed Meng Xiang and Song Xian very much. After all, the two of them still had some leadership experience and brains. At least compared to the group of people in front of them, they were much higher. Unfortunately,
Meng Xiang died at the foot of Yangwu City, and Song Mian had no choice but to be abandoned by him as cannon fodder. Now, among his subordinates, there was no one who could share his worries.
In fact, Hai Dongqing himself didn't have any good ideas. After the uprising, although he experienced a fierce battle in Yingtian Mansion, it was actually the first city defense battle that Hai Dongqing had experienced, and he had accumulated some experience in leading the army. But now this
This is a siege battle, and the defensive experience accumulated from the Battle of Yingtianfu cannot be used here much. One attack and the other defend, the methods of the two are very different, and they cannot be taken for granted. How much Hai Dongqing hopes that he also has Guo Xu.
The siege weapon called the Sky Cart that he had when attacking the city. In that way, he could copy Guo Xu's siege methods. He believed that he would quickly defeat Xingren Mansion. But how could he have such a big family fortune?
All they have is some improvised manpower and some of the crudest and most primitive siege ladders.
However, soon, the conflict about how to preserve strength and quickly capture the city was resolved by the news received in the early morning. When it was learned that the Beijing Forbidden Army had gone to Xingren Prefecture to defend the city, everything became much simpler.
At the moment, we only need to capture Xingren Mansion, because that also means defeating the imperial army in the north of Beijing. With this victory, there is no obstacle to the west, and the two problems are merged into one.
Therefore, there is no need to preserve strength. The opponent's reinforcements have entered the city, and the garrison in the city has reached more than 10,000, and they are all regular troops. Preserving strength in this situation? Isn't it a joke? The problem now is that even if we attack with all our strength, I'm afraid it won't be enough.
It may not be possible to capture Xingren Mansion. So the focus of the problem turned to the specific matter of how to attack the city. At this point, everyone quickly reached a consensus. No matter what, the arrow has to be fired, and it must be successful.
There are fierce tigers in front of them and wolves behind them. There is no space and time left for them to move. They can only fight to the death with the tens of thousands of miscellaneous followers they hold in their hands.
The morning sun has dispersed the morning fog, and the cold air has become warmer. The horns below the city began to sound, and the bandits' soldiers and horses had begun to line up, six hundred steps away from Xingren Mansion, preparing to attack the city.
The defenders at the top of the city also felt like they were facing a formidable enemy. Guo Kunlin, Wei Dakui and other generals all boarded the ship. The thousands of defenders at the top of the city were ready to fight. In Xingren Mansion, all the people in the city put down what they were doing.
, gathered in the streets and squares, looking eastward, silently praying for the victory of the defenders and the safe return of their families who participated in the war.
Halfway through the hour, the horns and gongs and drums became even more noisy, and the black star-moon dragon flag, representing the presence of the Holy Duke, appeared in front of the formation. Hai Dongqing, who was wearing a mask, was sitting on a tall blue horse, holding a golden writ in his hand.
The flag appeared in everyone's sight.
"Leading the way, I want to persuade the lost sheep at the top of the city, hoping that they will turn back. Otherwise, I will have no choice but to send them all to hell." Hai Dongqing shouted in a deep voice.
Someone rushed to the city on a flying horse and shouted loudly: "Listen to the people in the city, I, the Holy Father, have come to give instructions. You must not be rude. There must be etiquette in front of the two armies. If someone is hurt by a hidden arrow, it is
It is an unkind and unjust act.”
Guo Kun laughed and said, "What's there to say? Does that bullshit Holy Duke still want to talk? If you want to be beaten, I'll beat him. I'm impatient to wait."
Lin Jue said in a deep voice beside him: "Brother, it doesn't matter what he says. He is Hai Dongqing, and he can be regarded as our old friend. After a while, we can ridicule him properly and make him lose face, which can also be regarded as encouragement.
Morale.”
Guo Kun nodded and said: "Yes, that's right." He turned to the city and shouted: "It's okay, there's nothing going on, let's see what ivory can come out of his dog's mouth. Ask him to come and talk, whoever sneaks up on you is the bastard."
Dan. Tell him not to tremble."
The sect bandit flew back to report. Soon after, hundreds of Qing sect guards surrounded Hai Dongqing and more than ten guards and slowly stepped forward. After entering the range of the arrows, the guards raised their large shields and surrounded them.
They surrounded the city to prevent an arrow attack from the top of the city, and they were extremely cautious.
"The Holy Duke has arrived to benefit the people! Why don't you kowtow yet!" A guardian shouted at the top of the city at the top of his voice.
"Hahaha." The soldiers and civilians at the top of the city burst into laughter. The young prince laughed so hard that he cursed loudly: "You are still pretending to be a ghost, you are just fooling yourself, and you are here to fool your father. Haidongqing, there is no need to hide it.
Cover it up, you are just a pirate leader, what kind of magician are you pretending to be? Do you know your grandfather? Back then, he took your soldiers and horses to your Peach Blossom Island bandit lair."
Guo Kun was not polite at all. As soon as he came up, he overturned Hai Dongqing's background and turned his past upside down.
Hai Dongqing slowly took off his mask, revealing a handsome and old face. That face was full of anger and viciousness. Hai Dongqing actually already knew that it was Lin Jue and others who annihilated Meng Xiang's army in Yangwu County.
, he was also mentally prepared that his old background could not be concealed in front of Lin Jue. Even so, after his old background was revealed, he was still extremely angry.
"Who are you? I don't know you. I used to be the owner of Peach Blossom Island, but that has long been a thing of the past. I have been enlightened by Heavenly Lord and have been reborn. The person in the past is no longer me, and I am no longer the past person.
I, the person who is in front of you at this moment is the messenger of the temple, the apostle of the heaven, the leader of the holy religion who saves the common people from their sins and purges the world of demons and evil ways. I don’t care about your bad words, because you, the lost sheep, don’t know what you have committed.
I don’t know what kind of punishment you will face for your heinous crime. You will eventually wake up, either when you are inspired by this deity, or when you suffer the pain of being devoured by thousands of ghosts in hell." Hai Dongqing said in a deep and desolate voice.
Said slowly.
"Hey, you're still being naughty, and you're doing this one after another. Why are you pretending to be such a big deal? You don't know me? I'm the young prince of Prince Liang's Mansion in Hangzhou. You know that, right? Reborn? I think you're going to die.
Don’t repent. It was a lucky thing that you escaped from Peach Blossom Island with your life. I didn’t expect that you suddenly transformed into a saint and inspired so many people to rebel. This time, don’t even think about running away.” Guo
Kun said loudly.
"It turns out that you are the young prince of Prince Liang. I have heard of it. I have no impression of you. It was not your fault back then, so why should you put gold on your face? I am doing justice for heaven and the people follow me voluntarily. How can I be deceived?
What's the saying? The imperial court regards the people as nothing, exploits the people's blood and sweat, and forces the people to survive. The people have awakened under the inspiration of this deity and are no longer silent sheep. This is an awakening. You said that this deity is causing chaos, why don't you ask
Ask Guo Chong, the emperor in the Bianliang Palace, if he doesn't give the people a way to survive, why should the people support him? If you understand this truth, you shouldn't blame me and the people, but you should question Guo Chong. He is the one who is causing the chaos in the world.
The culprit." Hai Dongqing responded in a deep voice.
"Bah, that's nonsense, it's deceiving the public." Guo Kun spat and cursed loudly.
