Liu Dingshan, the Supreme Emperor of the Kingdom of Qixia, suddenly felt exhausted like never before. Just now, he was confronting the great elder of the Nine Sun Sect and questioning him, but unexpectedly he felt that his grandson's soul fire was extinguished.
When I hurried to the palace, I saw the most unacceptable scene.
But...he still has to accept it!
The sky gradually became brighter, and half of the fiery red sun rose from the east. But there were still thick clouds in the sky, making the sky still dark and gloomy.
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Thousands of miles away, in front of Yunhai Customs, Dugu Junjie looked back at his 'own' long transport team, with a hint of murderous intent on his face.
An hour ago, they perfectly hijacked the food transport team. Not one of the more than 5,000 people in the transport team, including the two Nascent Soul Stages, escaped. Then Dugu Junjie and others put on the blood-stained Jinyang Zhi.
They continued to march forward with the heavy losses of baggage.
Now we have finally reached our goal: Cloud Customs.
Seeing the majestic checkpoint ahead, Dugu Junjie felt nervous yet excited!
Yunhaiguan is the largest border gate between the Kingdom of Jinyang and the Kingdom of Qixia. Opposite it is the place where the emperor of the Kingdom of Qixia died. It is also the life supply line of the Jinyang Kingdom’s expeditionary legion.
The strategic significance here is so great that it is directly related to all plans of the Kingdom of Jinyang.
But at this time, Dugu Junjie had the opportunity to invade here.
Taking a deep breath, Dugu Junjie strode forward, cursing as he walked - we were sneak attacked.
Don't forget, the clothes on Dugu Junjie and his party were all in tatters, and most of the luggage and other items had signs of damage. Because of these damages, the team could only pretend to be attacked by a sneak attack.
Moreover, Dugu Junjie estimated that the Yunguan Pass should have received the news that the Huaishan Pass in the south had been invaded. Therefore, it was okay to curse at this time - we were attacked by a sneak attack, we were attacked by a sneak attack, and we almost didn't make it through
!
And in the center of the team, there were more than five hundred 'corpses' - those who died in battle!
Sure enough, when we arrived in front of the male city, we saw that the city was busy up and down, and the guards were tight and tense. On the city wall, which was almost fifteen or six feet high, soldiers were busy arranging crossbows - before, this was the inner city.
Yes, it is undefended.
The guard at the gate checked Dugu Junjie and others briefly before letting them go - because enemy troops might appear at any time, and Dugu Junjie was cursing, the guard let him go rather impatiently, letting Dugu Junjie deliver the baggage first.
Within the city.
Finally, the guard at the city gate was still a bit vigilant. He asked Dugu Junjie and others to stay in a fixed area of the city temporarily and were not allowed to move alone.
The luggage is very troublesome, the queue is also very long, and it takes a lot of time to enter the city!
Dugu Junjie was nervous and looked outside the city from time to time - but don't let the chain slip, we may find out at any time. If you wait until the baggage has completely entered the city and the city gates are closed, it will be too late for you to come back!
Fortunately, Zhang Hao and others are still very reliable in their work, but during a tea break, an alarm suddenly sounded in Yunhai Pass. The soldiers ran around shouting, and some people came to warn Dugu Junjie and others that they were not allowed to move around here for the time being.
I will pay attention to you again when the war is over.
Just as he was talking, a violent explosion broke out at the city gate. The city wall trembled in the explosion, and a rumble came from the ground. Before the city gate could enter the baggage, the personnel were wiped out in the gunfire!
Dugu Junjie looked at the city gate with some worry - in fact, the people escorting the supplies were divided into two groups. One part was Dugu Junjie's elite soldiers, and the other part were prisoners controlled by Ghost Poppy Grass.
These prisoners were walking behind with the baggage, they were the first wave of cannon fodder in the history of this world!
Dugu Junjie breathed a sigh of relief when he saw all his men entering the city.
Then he turned to look at the city gate, only to see that the city gate had been opened by cannonballs, and a lot of baggage, as well as the prisoners controlled by the ghost poppy grass, had disappeared.
Such an explosion immediately made the general at Yunhaiguan think: There was nothing wrong with Dugu Junjie and others, otherwise no matter how ruthless the general was, it would be difficult for him to make such a decision.
Dugu Junjie finally breathed a sigh of relief and quietly sent word to his men that they were safe for the time being, but everyone was ready for the decisive battle soon.
Once the cannonballs started, they would not stop. Although a barrier was raised above the city wall, the city gate thought it was not closed and a gap appeared. Cannonballs continued to explode at the city gate, and the defensive barrier around the city gate cracked at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Pieces of pieces fell, and the foundation of the barrier began to shake.
Amidst the explosion, countless soldiers screamed and panicked. No one guarded the city gate at all.
Lonely Junjie even asked his men to "scream" and squat down with their heads in their hands - anyway, we won't go up to fight.
Amidst the explosion of the fourth salvo, the sound of collapse came from the city gate. Part of the city wall collapsed. A section of the city wall more than thirty meters long collapsed like yellow sand, raising a cloud of sand all over the sky.
, a hundred-meter-long gap appeared directly in the defensive structure of the city wall.
The defenders were stunned. They roared and tried to block the gap, but the shells fell accurately.
At a distance of less than one kilometer, the artillery controlled by the cultivators fired almost every shot, and the city wall collapsed to both sides along the gap like a bursting dam.
The shelling went on ten times, and the city gate was already in a mess; more shells fell into the city, and one shell was even only about 150 meters away from Dugu Junjie. Dugu Junjie was so frightened that he scolded his mother - this time it was not an act, it was real.
I was angry, this was not part of the plan!
"Kill!" roars came from outside the city, and the shouts of killing were like ocean waves. Under the cover of artillery, the legions from the Qixia Kingdom directly launched a general attack, and the legions came like dark clouds.
Upon seeing this, the guard at Yunhaiguan also roared angrily and commanded the army to fight.
The city wall has collapsed and the defensive barrier has disappeared; but as the defender of the city, it is in a passive position - hundreds of thousands of troops in the city can only fight in the gap and have to be baptized by artillery shells.
Every time a shell falls, it can clear an area of 30 to 50 meters and rain blood all over the sky.
However, the defenders had no retreat and no choice.
The decisive battle has begun.
The army of the Kingdom of Qixia traveled a long distance and did not have many war weapons. The defenders also had a sudden decisive battle and were not fully prepared. However, the Kingdom of Qixia had artillery!
Artillery fell from time to time, and the morale of the defenders of Jinyang Kingdom decreased at a speed visible to the naked eye. At the gap, blood soon flowed like a river, and the broken limbs and broken arms piled up like a mountain.
Finally, the guard had some courage and gathered all the people in the Golden Elixir and Nascent Soul stages to prepare for a high-end decisive battle.
The masters of both sides faced off in the sky, and the artillery stopped.
After a moment, Guan Zhengqing roared: 'Kill!'
The high-end decisive battle begins.
At this moment, a sneer suddenly appeared on Dugu Junjie's lips, and he also roared: "Kill!"
Everyone took out their crossbows from their baggage and launched three waves of rapid attacks on the backs of the defenders' masters. Some of the Nascent Soul stagers escaped, but a large number of those at the Golden Core stage were shot down screaming.
The arrowhead part of these arrows was made of steel. In just an instant, half of the sky was cleared. The defenders' expert team, which only had a total of seven or eight thousand people, lost as many as four thousand in an instant!
When the guard general reacted, Dugu Junjie let out a loud roar, and more than 5,000 soldiers instantly formed a battle formation and ran rampant inside the level.
The guard roared and roared, but was powerless.
Yunhai Customs was completely passive from the beginning. Their army was completely unprepared for war. They even opened the door to welcome thieves and were stabbed from behind. Coupled with the power of artillery, the defenders were able to defeat the enemy in less than a short time.
Within half an hour, I was completely in despair.
The guard became even more desperate in the end and wanted to die together with the enemy, but in the end he refused to die in peace. He was besieged by four Nascent Soul stages.
Guan Zhengqing coldly took back the flying sword, threw away the blood on it, grabbed the guard's head and flew high into the sky, announcing that the guard had died in battle.
The war soon subsided, and the army of Qixia Kingdom once again captured more than 30,000 prisoners. By now, the army had more than 100,000 prisoners in its hands.
There were less than 200,000 troops, but 100,000 prisoners were captured! This was a severe challenge for an absolutely large army.
An hour later, Zhang Hao and others sat down in the half-collapsed General's Mansion in Yunchuan.
Dugu Junjie grabbed Zhang Han's collar and was spitting - your cannonball was only 150 meters away from me, and the shock wave almost knocked me over.
"You haven't read it yet, I know it." Zhang Han said with a sneer.
"No, I'm turning against you now!" Dugu Junjie sneered, "I'm going to hang you on the barrel of the cannon and let you feel the power of the cannon."
"Help..." Zhang Han shouted and was chased by Dugu Junjie all over the room.
The others smiled at the farce and excitedly discussed this victory.
From the beginning of the expedition to the present, a total of three battles have been fought, all of which achieved brilliant victories. A total of more than 160,000 enemy troops were killed and captured, and the number of remaining prisoners now exceeds 100,000.
How to deal with these prisoners, and how to deal with this majestic city, has become the main topic of discussion at the moment.
Finally, everyone focused their attention on Zhang Hao, Zhou Shuhai, Guan Zhengqing, and Gu Xingdong.
Zhang Hao is the general person in charge of Dayang Group, and this war was almost entirely due to Dayang Group's artillery.
Zhou Shuhai is the owner of Xinglin Hall and is highly respected.
Guan Zhengqing was the imperial secretary and brought reinforcements from the Canglan Kingdom.
Gu Xingdong is the governor of Xingchang County.
Zhang Hao took advantage of his age and was the first to speak: "I have a few ideas.
First of all, if we want to hold on to Yunhaiguan, we cannot. To us, the current Yunhaiguan is just a wild shop on the roadside, with no connection to the village or the countryside.
Therefore, we need to squeeze out the potential of Yunhaiguan, and finally bury the bomb under the city, completely destroying the city in one go.
The second is the issue of prisoners. We have captured more than 100,000 prisoners here, and the Qixia Kingdom has also captured many prisoners. We should conduct some prisoner exchanges.
Also, we must vigorously publicize this war and create a shadow of fear in the hearts of the enemy."
Zhou Shuhai nodded: "I'm not good at military affairs, you can discuss it."
Guan Zhengqing thought for a while and said: "We should report this matter back to the Imperial Capital as soon as possible to prevent Marshal Wu from being attacked by a sneak attack due to information problems like last time.
Moreover, such a victory needs to be informed to the people and make everyone excited."
Gu Xingdong said thoughtfully: "I feel that the Kingdom of Jinyang must not have reacted yet. Should we take the opportunity to enter the nearby area and plunder it? We will strengthen the walls here and clear the wilderness!
Then, there will definitely be an army coming. At this time, we will leave an empty city, but we will plant a bomb under the empty city. When the enemy moves in, we will... detonate it!
If we succeed, we can also eliminate a group of enemy troops, capture another group of prisoners, and scan the surrounding area again. In this way, we can at least buy enough breathing time for the Kingdom of Qixia!"
"Wonderful!" Zhang Hao clapped his hands immediately upon hearing this.
The problem of prisoners is easy to solve. Just take the drug and imprison them in the city. This time there is no need to move, only ten thousand people are enough, and they can also protect the safety of the city. The rest are mainly those with strong mobility
The team will separate and go to the surrounding areas to "clear the wilderness".
Gu Xingdong even shouted bold words: before the enemy can react, he will turn a thousand miles around into a land of despair!
We do not kill people, but we must destroy all the food! Destroy all the cloth, tools, fertile fields, etc., and then leave a land of hungry people!
Everyone had discussed all the plans, but Bai Ye suddenly came: "Something is bad, the Jiuyang Sect has rebelled!"
"What!" This news shocked everyone, especially since there were people from Jiuyang Sect in the team. For example, Zhang Xinhan, Zhou Jue, and Jiuyang Sect's Zhang Jiao disciples.
Bai Ye made the news public, and everyone was really shocked.
After a while, Zhou Jue smiled and said: "That's fine, anyway, my master has decided to fully join the Dayang Group, and my relationship with the Jiuyang Sect will be severed from now on!
If I meet people from the Jiuyang Sect again, I...will never show mercy!"
After that, he stared at Zhang Xinhan and others.
Zhang Xinhan and others discussed for a long time and finally sighed. "We also decided to join Dayang Group and completely separate from Jiuyang Sect."
After that, everyone swore in public and gained everyone's trust.
A small internal crisis was resolved; but everyone had to face a bigger crisis. The Jiuyang Sect rebelled, and the consequences... were very serious!
"Bang!" Gu Xingdong slammed the table with a ferocious look in his eyes: "Everyone, without further ado, the plan we just made must be implemented immediately.
Time is victory!”
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Time passed little by little at noon. On a city wall in the east of Guangling County, Sima Zhen put his hands behind his back and looked quietly to the west - a hundred miles to the west, there were the defeated soldiers of the Qixia Kingdom led by Wu Fanghai.
Well, that's what Sima Zhen thought anyway, thinking that what Wu Fanghai led was just a bunch of defeated soldiers; even though Wu Fanghai had now regained command of nearly 400,000 troops.
Thinking of the war these days, Sima Zhen felt a little emotional. But in the end, a smile appeared on his face.
The surrender of the Jiuyang Sect was a landmark event. Sima Zhen believed that this almost took away half of the power, half of the hope, and half of the morale of the Qixia Kingdom.
As for himself, he led an army into Guangling County, the hinterland of the Qixia Kingdom. Now he has organized a 300,000-strong rebel army there. The combat effectiveness of these rebels may not be as good as that of the regular army, but it consumes the most power from Wu Fanghai.
enough!
Maybe it won't be long before we can take over the entire Qixia Kingdom. As for the so-called marriage, of course it is just a cover, a cover to paralyze the Qixia Kingdom.
Sima Zhen looked to the west, as if he wanted to make eye contact with Wu Fanghai. The two hussar generals from the two empires seemed to be confronting each other across the distance.
Suddenly, the sound of rapid footsteps came, interrupting Sima Zhen's thoughts. He turned around and saw Diao Deshan approaching with a solemn expression. He shouted from a distance: "Commander... something big has happened!"
"What's going on?" Sima Zhenyun said calmly, "How unbecoming is it to be in a panic? You are the deputy commander now, so stay calm! No matter what happens, you must stay calm!"
Diao Deshan immediately stopped, took a deep breath, adjusted his mentality, and then made a report slowly and calmly, clearly and forcefully: "At dawn today, the army of Xingchang County from the Kingdom of Qixia attacked Huaishan Pass. Huaishan Pass was lost.
The guard died in battle."
Sima Zhen's eyes widened instantly, and he... began to get excited!
Diao Deshan continued: "In the early morning, our logistics supply team was attacked by the Kingdom of Qixia. The Kingdom of Qixia pretended to be a logistics team and deceived the Yunhai Customs. At about 8:00, the Yunhaiguan fell and the guard died in the battle.
Now, Xingchang County's army has completely cut off our retreat and destroyed all logistical supplies!
The 200,000 troops in the two levels... life or death is uncertain!"
Sima Zhen was stunned!
(A little late, but it’s a big chapter of 4500 words)