Li Xiang opened his eyes and saw that his body was wrapped in a layer of bandages. He was seriously injured, and he didn't have a strong body. He might not be able to survive in the small town.
"Lord, you're awake!" Li Yi immediately leaned to the bed.
Li Xiang put a pillow behind his back and leaned on it: "Nothing happened these days when I disappeared, right?"
Li Yi asked someone to bring a plate of fruit: "While you and your people are in the mountains and forests these days, we must gather the available troops and go to Beixuan City. If you are captured, we will kill you.
After you come back, Li Huo and Li Shui will each lead an army to attack the Qing Army's territory!"
Li Xiang frowned when he heard this: "In this way, will there be a lack of troops everywhere, causing some unrest?"
Li Yi smiled and said: "As long as you are here, if some places are gone, we can still snatch them back!"
Li Xiang nodded and asked: "What happened to those personal guard cavalry?"
Li Yi was silent for a while: "Except for the four people who came back with you, the rest will all die in battle!"
"They all died in the battle!" Li Xiang closed his eyes and recalled the scenes in his mind. He never thought that Xuantian Sect's ambush would be ambushed by a top force from outside the customs.
There are fifteen first-rate masters, and the remaining 600 are, at the lowest, third-rate masters.
Li Yi stood up and picked up the folded cloak from a shelf nearby: "My lord, the people from the Qing Army have sent you your cloak, as well as a personal guard's sword!"
Even though the bright red cloak has been removed from the battlefield, the smell of blood on it is still there.
"That person said that before the Guard Cavalry was destroyed, the guard wearing a cloak sent the cloak to him and gave him a long sword as a reward. That person sent the long sword and cloak this morning!"
"The sword is returned to him. Since it is a reward, let him take it. If anything happens to him in the future, he can come to me with the sword!" Li Xiang put the cloak aside and felt his stomach was empty. I'm going to prepare some barbecue, I'm hungry!"
Li Yi smiled and nodded: "I'll go get someone ready right now!"
Li Xiang lay on the bed and took out Sun Tzu's Art of War. Every time he read it, he gained great insights. Especially after experiencing being hunted down, he had a deeper understanding of some of his disciples' places in the book.
The wounds on his body would take at least ten days to heal. He could not use force for ten days, which was a kind of torture for Li Xiang. However, in order not to leave any sequelae, Li Xiang chose to lie motionless!
After Hong Tao stayed in the Xiliang garrison for a short while, a man came out and put the long sword on Hong Tao's table: "Since this sword is given to you, that sword is yours. My lord has something to say, if in the future If you have something to do, you can bring your long sword to visit Xiliang City!"
Hong Tao stood up and said, "Thank you very much!"
The waiter nodded, turned and left. Hong Tao's calm face instantly turned into a look of ecstasy. The future of Xiliang City was not as bright as usual.
Only a few years after the emergence of Xiliang City, it was already the most powerful force outside the Northwest Pass. Their Qing Army could no longer fight against Xiliang. The Xiliang army outside Beixuan City had already set off to attack the Qing Army's Lou Fan. Kill the city.
Once these two cities are captured, the Qing Army will only have one city left, Xuanzhai. Judging from the evil terrain of Xuanzhai, Xuanzhai will not be able to stop Xiliang for long.
The wilderness in the north has been wiped out, and the only thing left that still poses a threat to Xiliang City is the southern wilderness.
Are those in the Southern Wilderness the opponents of Xiliang City?
The answer is, not the opponent!
Li Xiang will become the Northwest King outside the Northwest Pass. With the number of troops in Xiliang City, even if the main army of the Great Wall Legion comes back, Xiliang City may not be afraid of the Great Wall Legion!
With a promise from Xiliang City, Hong Tao felt that he had made a fortune this time!
The future goal of Xiliang City is very likely to be within the Guan Nei, even if it cannot develop into the Guan Nei, with the current strength of Xiliang City, a promise is something that countless people want but cannot get.
Hong Tao left the Xiliang garrison in an excited mood. Now the town is about to become a subsidiary territory of Xiliang. The people of the Great Wall Legion can only watch. They are no match for the Xiliang army.
The town is still prosperous. People from the Xiliang garrison send a large amount of supplies every day. Li Xiang did not die in the ambush. Xiliang City will definitely retaliate against the Qing Army. It is time for a change of owner outside the Northwest Pass!
northern wilderness
For this expedition, the Xiliang side was fully prepared. A large number of ladders, siege crossbows, rocket crossbows, and five small trebuchets were all brought out.
The main force of the Qing Army gathered at Loufan City and used Loufan City as a front shield to block the Xiliang army's attack. Jimo City on the other side also went on alert.
The Xiliang army was dispatched, which made the people in the Qing Army feel panic. The Xiliang troops had just defeated their Qing Army army not long ago, and even the Great Wall Army troops who came to help in the battle were also wiped out.
The morale of the Qing Army troops has dropped to the lowest level!
Song Cheng stood on the two-foot-high city wall, looking at the Xiliang army that had rushed outside the city.
Xiliang received a large amount of baggage after defeating the Great Wall Army, and the large number of war horses left by the Great Wall Cavalry became the transport horses for the Xiliang troops.
About 1,500 war horses helped the army transport goods. The speed of the army was greatly increased, and it took just two days to reach the outside of Loufan City.
Early morning on the third day!
Fifty huge ladders were pushed and pulled by the soldiers, and rushed under the Loufan city wall. It was the first time that these ladders appeared in the eyes of the Qing Army soldiers.
The Qing army used ladders to attack the city. Just throw the ladder onto the city wall, and the soldiers behind could fly up quickly using Qinggong. No one had ever used a ladder like the Xiangxi Liang Yun Ladder, which looked cumbersome.
On the city wall, Song Cheng saw the ladders coming slowly and saw those huge war weapons, with some thoughts in his eyes.
Every once in a while, some war weapons, battle formations, and soldier command methods that he has never seen appear in Xiliang. He has never seen these things before!
Bang bang bang!
Suddenly, five huge stones fell from the sky and hit the city wall. Seeing the stones coming, the soldiers wanted to escape. The crowded comrades around them made them only bear the care from the trebuchets.
As the trebuchets launched the attack, Xiliang's archers and crossbowmen were ready. When the Xiliang siege troops reached the archers' attack range, it was time for them to take action.
Rocket crossbows, siege crossbows and other heavy crossbow arrows were also aimed at the city wall.
Song Cheng on the city wall felt very stressed. His elite troops had been transferred away, leaving only three thousand soldiers who had just been recruited. When the Xiliang army was dispatched, he knew that it would be very difficult to defend Loufan City.
Difficult, but their territory is quite large, and they can use important passes in various places as strongholds to consume the Xiliang army.
They couldn't defeat Xiliang City on the frontal battlefield, so they could attack from the side. He didn't believe that Xiliang City was not interested in the resource points in Loufan City!
However, we have not seen the Xiliang Iron Cavalry so far, which makes people a little worried.
Whoosh whoosh!
When the Xiliang troops entered a hundred meters away from Loufan City, the archers and crossbowmen behind them immediately released long arrows. Long black arrows fell from the sky, and the soldiers on the city wall raised their shields.
"rush!"
The captain at the front shouted, and the soldiers pulling the ladder speeded up. There were more than 20 people pulling and pushing a ladder, so the speed was naturally extremely fast.
There is no moat outside Loufan City. The most lacking thing in the wilderness is water resources. How can there be a moat!
The archers behind attacked one after another. The soldiers on the wall did not dare to raise their heads. Once they raised their heads, the long arrows roared towards them!
Song Cheng was also pushed back by Xiliang City's powerful long-range suppression. His true energy could block some long arrow attacks, but thousands of arrows fell, and he didn't have that much true energy to resist these long arrows.
attack.
Click!
The first cart was pulled to the city wall, and the soldiers behind it turned the gears, and the iron-wrapped steps went up. When they could reach the top of the city wall, the soldiers behind them pushed the ladder forward and pressed it tightly against the city wall.
The captain drew his sword and said, "Come up first, brave warriors, come with me!"
After speaking, he strode towards the city wall, and the attacks from the long-range troops behind him also fell. The long swordsmen in armor followed the captain and rushed to the city wall.
From the bottom of the city wall to the top of the city wall, the Xiliang soldiers had already reached the city wall in less than three breaths.
The Qing Army soldiers on the city wall had not recovered from the long-range attack by Xiliang troops when they saw the Xiliang swordsmen who had already reached the city wall.
The attack range of the two-meter-tall Xiliang soldiers was far greater than that of the Qing army soldiers. The Xiliang soldiers were killing them randomly on the city wall. Some Qing army soldiers wanted to get close to the Xiliang soldiers for close combat. They were greeted by Xiliang soldiers.
Soldier's sword.
The long swordsmen of Xiliang have all learned the killing swordsmanship. The long swords in their hands are nearly one and a half meters long. When they are held in their hands, the attack range of the long swords is almost as long as the spears of the Qing Army soldiers.
Soon this section of the city wall fell under the attack of Xiliang soldiers, and other sections also fell under the attack of Xiliang swordsmen. Song Cheng took one look at the city wall and left with his guards without looking back.
There are less than 3,000 troops left in Loufan City. It is still too difficult to stop the Xiliang army with 3,000 troops.
Looking at the ladders used to siege Xiliang City, he wanted to buy one. The ladders they used to siege the city were ordinary ladders that could be easily cut off. They were two different ladders from the ladders used in Xiliang City.
Now let’s see if Xiliang can attack some resource points. There are still a lot of resources around Loufan City.
On the other side, there was chaos in Jimo City. Someone saw the Xiliang cavalry outside the city. The mighty Xiliang cavalry was heading towards Jimo City.
The people in Ji Mo City did not expect that Xiliang would go straight to Ji Mo and kill them.
The troops in Jimo City took the time to pack up their belongings, took their precious things and ran away.
The city wall of Ji Mo City is just an earth wall, about three meters long. Who can such a wall block?
The people of Ji Mo City also knew very well what Ji Mo City was like. Their city could not stop the charge of the Xiliang cavalry, so they immediately fled with their precious cargo and ran towards the location of Xuanzhai.
Xuanzhai is considered the most powerful city in the Qing Army, and there are a large number of Xuantian Sect disciples in Xuanzhai.
The people who were chasing Li Xiang knew that Li Xiang had returned to the town safely and that there were thousands of Xiliang soldiers outside the town. These Xuantian Sect disciples had no idea of chasing Li Xiang.
When they fought with the cavalry, these sect disciples realized how cruel battlefield killing was.
There are no gorgeous moves on the battlefield. Those Xiliang soldiers will not give them time to accumulate strength or let them perform extremely gorgeous moves. In many cases, they will directly trade their lives for lives.
The five hundred Xiliang cavalry cost nearly two hundred people to kill those cavalry. One hundred and fifty of those people were in the third-rate realm, and there were nearly fifty-second-rate people. Even with such strength, they were in the big army. You can be called a little master at that.
It's a pity that they were replaced by Xiliang soldiers with their lives before they could show their martial arts skills.
At the same time, it gave these Xuantian Sect disciples a feeling that the soldiers on the battlefield were life-threatening existences.
These people know that there are thousands of Xiliang soldiers protecting them, and they cannot break in. They still have a long life, and they cannot just die in this place outside the pass full of sinners.
They did not return to Xuantian Sect immediately, but returned to Xuanzhai to take something back. It would take Zhou Hangjie a few days to get back to Xuanzhai, so they stayed in Xuanzhai.
With three to four hundred Xuantian Sect disciples, thirteen first-rate masters, and four thousand soldiers, Xuanzhai is now the safest place in the Qing Army.
The soldiers and high-level officials in Jimo City left first, and the remaining civilians waited peacefully in the city for the Xiliang soldiers to arrive. In their eyes, following the Qing Army was worse than following Xiliang City. Xiliang City was now the most powerful outside the Northwest Pass. A force.
Xiliang City also has the largest population outside the Northwest Pass. Xiliang City can support so many people, and it should not be difficult to support them.
The people in Jimo City did not leave, but quietly waited at home for the arrival of the Xiliang army.
When Li Huo and his cavalry arrived at Ji Mo City, they found that the gate of Ji Mo City was open and the city was quiet.
Li Huo, who was afraid of an ambush, sent a team of people in. After grabbing a few people and questioning them, Li Huo realized that he had gotten a city for free!
The army was stationed in the city, and the next day they began to manage the city, stabilize the civilians in the city, and at the same time find out the locations of the resource points around Ji Mo. They took Ji Mo City not because they were greedy for him... No, it was the resources. ?
One side is for resources, the other side is for revenge.
When Li Xiang received the news from the north, the two cities of Jimo City and Loufan City had fallen into the hands of Xiliang City, and now there was only one city left in the north, Xuanzhai.
The defenders in Loufan City retreated to Xuanzhai, and the strength of Xuanzhai reached about 30,000!
Looking at the time, Li Xiang was in no hurry to attack Xuanzhai. The cold winter had arrived. When Li Huo and Li Shui seized the Yuan Mine, snowflakes began to fall in the sky.
Winter has come and it's time to withdraw the troops. In the ice and snow, the soldiers of Xiliang are physically strong. Prime Minister Li does not dare to risk the lives of the soldiers to see if they can fight in dozens of degrees below zero!
After a year of fighting, it is also time for the soldiers to rest and take advantage of this opportunity to reorganize the eight legions!
