Chapter 22: The Second Battle (I)
Chapter 22: The Second Battle (I)
After Marshal Xiahou Min surrendered 100,000 soldiers from the Zhuge camp, he led an army of 1.2 million with Lian Po and the three of them, and won dozens of cities in a row.
has been attacking the city and plundering the land, and captured the Lintong Pass adjacent to Chang'an.
Lintong Pass is the last pass in the south of Chang'an City, and it is also the last barrier to protect the south of Chang'an.
At this time, the sky of Chang'an was full of dark clouds, lightning and thunder, dark clouds covered the whole sky, like a dark night, the air was stuffy, making people breathless and irritable.
Meng Wei lit many candles in the council hall, discussing with the generals how to guard Lintong Pass.
At this time, a soldier covered in blood ran in and knelt on the ground.
"Report to the marshal! Lintong Pass...... Lintong Pass is lost!" the soldier looked melancholy, and tilted his head to the side after speaking.
The masked who was sitting in the middle didn't seem to be able to accept this fact, his angry eyes widened like bull's eyes, he pulled out the knife beside him, walked straight to the soldier, and put the knife to his neck.
With a hideous face, he roared angrily: "What are you talking about? Say it again! Do you know that lying about the military situation and disturbing the morale of the army is unforgivable!"
The soldier knelt on the ground, he had fled back from the sea of swords and fire to report the situation, it was not easy to escape from death, and he was so frightened by the crumbs on his neck, he was frightened, trembling all over, and tears flowed down his face, just vaguely listening to the crumbs that disturbed the morale of the army, and he had long heard that the leaders were all inducing and had words in their words, and never spoke outright, because they didn't want to because of their own bluntness, there was no way to shirk the charge for themselves in the future.
The soldier looked up, looked at the crumbs, and cried, "What the hell is that little one...... Does it mean that Lintong Pass was taken...... Still...... I still haven't won it......"
Seeing that the soldier in front of him didn't understand what he meant, what the soldier said seemed to imply that the other generals and marshals said that even if Lintong Pass was lost, they had to say that they were not lost, which made the crumbs embarrassed.
The crumb-cuffed knife cut the soldier's throat, and the soldier collapsed to the ground, convulsed a few times, and died of exhaustion.
Covered Dust walked to Fang Cai's seat, put the knife in its scabbard, and turned to sit in the chair.
"Someone, drag the deserter's body out and clean up the place!" said the crumb, picking up the teacup beside him and taking a sip of water.
When a general saw this, he said to the crumbs, "Marshal, this soldier has at least the merit of reporting the military situation, and his crime is not worthy of death, right?"
After hearing this, the other generals were shocked, as the saying goes, don't fight the traitorous, don't fight the lazy, and don't fight the long-sighted, this soldier can't get off the stage with crumbs, and the general won't even look at what he says.
At this time, wouldn't interceding for a dead soldier hit the muzzle of a gun?
Meng looked at the general and said, "General Li, order you to lead five thousand elite soldiers to Lintong Pass to call the battle, it is best to capture Zongzheng's nameless waste, he Zongzheng likes to compete with the generals single-handedly,
If you go here, you will be able to make a contribution for all generations and pass it on to all generations. ”
This General Li suddenly panicked, hurriedly stood up, and said to Meng Crumb, "Marshal, that Zongzheng once broke the hands of Marshal Yuwen of Tang Guo with a sword, and killed the top ten generals of Zhao State by himself, that Chiyan Heaven Killing Sword, collided with the artifact without a trace, very sharp, I, the five thousand men and horses, went to the Lintong Pass of his million-strong army, undoubtedly to send him to death, Marshal think twice!"
With a serious face, he slapped his left hand on the table beside him, and shouted, "Bold! General Li, if you disobey the military order? I just asked you to go to Lintong Pass to call for battle.
If Zongzheng fights in front of your two armies, if you take it and make a meritorious contribution for all generations, if the other three enemy marshals fight with you and kill their founding marshal, it will also be the first merit, what are you afraid of? Chang'an and Lintong are only five miles away,
If we can lure the enemy out of the city, we will be able to attack Lintong Pass by sending troops quickly! If we talk nonsense, we will kill you now!"
General Li looked at the other generals with a sad face, hoping that the other generals would intercede for him.
The other generals pretended to look around, and no one spoke.
General Li understood that everything black and white depended on the marshal, and he should not intercede for the dead soldiers, so he put himself in it, and the marshal did not impose the crime of imposing a false desire on his head, but just found a task that could not be completed, let him do it, and then took this opportunity to destroy him, but he knew it too late.
Even if you look at words and looks, and do what you like, the marshal's mouth determines black and white, and if you don't give you the crime you want to add, it's good, and if you can't complete the task, it's good to pick a bone in the egg.
General Lee bowed, left the council chamber, and went to the barracks to take out the troops.
Seeing that no one spoke in the council hall for a long time, and feeling that no one was pleading for General Li, he knew that even if you can't all follow me, even if you remain neutral, don't go against me, I am the sky, black and white are up to me!
Blindfold looked at everyone in the council hall and said, "The sky is full of dark clouds, like dark night, and the heavy rain is coming, but it's a pity that Zongzheng's million lives have been lost." ”
The generals have been on the battlefield for a long time, and they also know that although Lintong Pass is only five miles away from Chang'an City, but below the south of Chang'an, the terrain is inclined to slope, and heavy rain is coming.
On the wall of Lintong Pass, Zong Zheng and Lian Po patrolled here, and saw a faint team of people in the distance.
"Marshal Lian Po, didn't I ask you to send out 400,000 people to build ships, how could your people come back from Chang'an?" Zong Zheng looked at the pair of men and horses in the distance.
"Shipbuilding, Your Majesty, what are your plans to find Lian Po, why don't you look for us?" Wanyan Thunderbolt was wearing armor and his cloak fluttered in the breeze.
Zong Zheng turned his head to look at Wanyan Thunderbolt and Yelu Zhongyi, and pondered for a while, "Now Chang'an City is full of crumbled soldiers, when General Wang Zixi slaughtered everyone in Chang'an, Chang'an was an empty city at that time, there is a saying I should speak, the news is invincible, the rich are the first to know the news, and the military situation is the first to know, in order to win a hundred battles, General Wang Zixi once told me that Chang'an City has a prosperous Wujiang River,
If the rainstorm hits, open the gate and release the water, which can flood the millions of troops in Chengtangguan,
This is why the Tang State settled in Chang'an before, easy to defend and easy to attack,
He is the marshal of the million-strong army, and the main army is Chang'an, not only because Chang'an is an empty city, but this Lintong Pass is much easier to capture than Chang'an.
Even if the strong attack on Lintong Pass is better than Chang'an, Lintong Pass is close to the mountains, the woods are luxuriant, if the enemy attacked, burned the mountains and forests, you can repel the army,
If it is in Lintong Pass, Chang'an opens the gate to release water, this Lintong Pass can also build ships, turn danger into disaster, the ancestors of the Tang Kingdom are not nameless, then settle in Chang'an is a thoughtful, thousands of treasures,
It's a pity that he met someone like me who doesn't play cards according to common sense. It is now daytime, dark clouds, lightning and thunder, heavy rain is coming, it is expected that tomorrow morning when people are sleepy and tired, the debris will be opened to release water, or stay up tonight to make a boat, otherwise we have worked hard for many years, and it will be ruined. ”
At this time, hundreds of torches were faintly hanging under Lintong Pass, Zongzheng and others looked down, there were about 5,000 soldiers, looking at the standing posture, it should be composed of the old, weak, sick and disabled, the general headed by him, riding a jujube red horse, holding a scimitar in his hand, pointed at the Zongzheng on the city wall and shouted, "You wait for the rats, you can fight with me for 300 rounds, your Grandpa Li wants to mention Zongzheng's dog head today, and he will flee in my Xianyang country, and he will not be sent to death today?"
Lian Po looked at General Li under the city, turned his head, and said to Zong Zheng, "Your Majesty, this general is really an unknown person, you should not be angered by him, Your Majesty should go back." ”
Zong Zheng looked at the old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers below, smiled secretly in his heart, and said, "It seems that this crumb needs my help!"
Wanyan Thunderbolt and the others looked at each other, puzzled in their hearts, and didn't understand what Zongzheng meant by this.
Zong Zheng looked at the three of them and couldn't help but smile, "Although the sky is dark, with the slight light of the fire, it can be seen that this General Li is an honest man, he has no scheming, and he can also see that he doesn't know how to read words and feelings.
Conform to the marshal's thoughts, you should often complain about others, don't understand that the leader controls black and white, controls your reputation, if you don't obey the leader, you want to add crimes, or give you an unfinished task, and then pick a bone in the egg, so it is logical to put a crime on you. Haha, not to mention a mere 5,000 elite soldiers, it is 50,000, and in front of our million-strong army in Lintong Pass, it is also sent to death, not to mention that these 5,000 are still old, weak, sick and disabled. ”
After Zong Zheng finished speaking, he saw that Lian Po and the three of them were shocked and looked flustered, and he realized what he had just said, which made him mistakenly think that he was ordering them.
Zong Zheng thought for a moment, and felt that it was good to be misunderstood by them, so that it would be easier to manage in the future, and after speaking, he pulled out the Red Flame Heaven Killing Sword from behind and jumped down the city.
Frightened, the three of them hurriedly ran to the city wall and shouted, "Your Majesty!"
General Li was stunned by Zong Zheng's start, Zong Zheng raised his sword from the air and slashed, and General Li picked up the scimitar to block.
How could a human weapon be able to block this Red Flame Heaven Killing Sword, the scimitar was cut off, and the Red Flame Heaven Killing Sword slashed into General Li's head, and it was not until the neck that the Red Flame Heaven Killing Sword stopped.
Zong Zheng stopped in mid-air, drew back the Red Flame Sky Killing Sword, and fell to the ground, and General Li fell off his horse.
Zong Zheng held the sword behind him with his right hand, placed his left hand in front of his chest, pressed his ring finger and little finger with his thumb, put his index finger and middle finger together, and recited a mantra in his mouth.
Five thousand old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers of the Qin State, the flames of the torches around them poured towards them, burning them screaming miserably.
Zong Zheng turned his back to the gate of Lintong Pass, slowly floated into the air, and flew back to the place where he had jumped before.
Lian Po and the others were surprised, Lian Po and the three of them knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty just went down to the old ministers......
Before they could finish speaking, Zong Zheng shouted, "Come on, quickly release the arrows and shoot back the enemy army!"
Wanyan Thunderbolt was the first to stand up and clenched his fist at Zong Zheng, "Your Majesty, why waste bows and arrows, I will be a soldier and go down to cut the grass and eradicate the roots." ”
The archers fired at the five thousand soldiers of the Qin army one after another, most of whom were on fire.
Wanyan Thunderbolt just turned around, and was stopped by Zong Zheng, "Marshal Wanyan, and slowly, if you go, wouldn't it be exactly what the crumbs want, the crumbs are just to let these old and weak sick and crippled die here, we just need to shoot back with arrows, I have already burned them with fire, and those who survived, returning to Chang'an City, will definitely be able to disturb the hearts of the Qin army and let their soldiers know that we have defeated them once!"
Wanyan Thunderbolt stopped, "Your Majesty is high, the old minister is stupid." ”
And in the palace of Bai Yi City, Nasha had just finished giving a gift to the Lord of the Gods and flew to the palace.
ran into Han Sai, the prime minister of Zongzheng, and Han Sai ran over in a panic.
"Why is Prime Minister Han like this?
Nasha froze Han Sai, who turned pale and replied, "Ghost, there really is a ghost, and that ghost will emit thunder and lightning." ”
Nasha untied Han Sai's immobilization technique, looked at Han Sai who was trembling all over, not looking at Han Sai with good eyes, "The appearance of a country, I'm afraid of being like this, cowardly, lead the way quickly, I want to see what happened." ”
Han Sai took Nasha to the Jinluan Hall and saw a teenage girl sitting on the dragon chair of Zongzheng.
Nasha disappeared in an instant, and suddenly the meridians flowed through the fairy power and condensed on her right fist, slamming heavily on the girl's two ball-sized breasts, and the dragon chair was shocked and fell backwards.
The girl frowned in pain, and as the dragon chair fell backwards, Nasha's right foot condensed fairy power and stepped on the girl, the girl was surrounded by electric light, her right hand was like a dragon's claw, and a blue electric ball was condensed in the claw, which came out of her hand and smashed into Nasha's right foot, and Nasha was bounced to the door of the Jinluan Palace.
The girl stood up and flew into the air where Nasha was lying on the ground, and Han Sai behind her was so frightened that she couldn't move.
The girl condensed another ball of electricity in her claws, aimed it at Nasha, and asked, "Who are you, how can you have immortal power?"
Nasha disappeared, and Nasha's voice came from the air, "I am the Empress of Jinguo, the god of protection, who are you, why are you bigger than my breasts?"
The girl looked around and didn't see Nasha, "I am Fan Yingying, the god of protectorship of the Zongzheng Empire newly sent here by the Lord of the Gods of Gui Zhan Yanhua, and your god of protecting the country of Jin is not in the capital of Jin.
Running this Zongzheng Empire Bai Yi City, I don't know if I have violated the rules of heaven?"
I don't know when the dragon chair that fell was helped up, Nasha sat on it, and said to Fan Yingying, who was still floating in the air at the gate of the Jinluan Palace, "The empress of the Jin Kingdom is also the god of the Jin Kingdom to protect the country, and she can go anywhere,
Because I still have an identity, I'm the empress, haha, but as a god who protects the country, you use immortal power on mortals, isn't that a violation of the rules of heaven?"
Fan Yingying fell to the ground and looked at the trembling Han Sai, "If the people who bully their own country don't cause casualties, they don't count." ”
When Han Sai heard that Fan Yingying was the god of protecting the country in his country, his heart was relieved a lot, and he said "Protect the country...... Country...... God, I...... I ......"
Nasha looked at Han Sai's back and smiled, "Prime Minister Han, you can leave here, I can receive this great god." ”
Han Sai faltered after hearing this, and after a long time, he walked out of the Jinluan Palace, and the immortals fought, and the mortals had never seen the world, so they were scared.
"Who is this Zongzheng? Why haven't you heard of it before? Why can't their country bow down, don't you, the empress of the Jin Kingdom, share the same capital with Bai Yi City of the Zongzheng Empire?"
Nasha looked at Fan Yingying's chest and replied, "What's wrong with the two countries sharing a capital, I'm now Zongzheng's woman, and it's not strange that I can't bow down, he has a surname and no name, and there are many strange things about him, it seems that your figure is exactly the type that my husband Jun Zongzheng loves, it's really big! It seems that I'm going to fall out of favor! Alas!"
Fan Yingying seemed to understand something, so she replied, "People gather by like, things by groups, look at what you say, that Zongzheng is not a good person, his body is much better, why is he so not human!"
Nasha looked down at her chest and said, "There are almost no more like us." ”
Fan Yingying also lowered her head, finding that she couldn't see her instep, and felt as if she had been insulted.
Pointing at Nasha with his finger, "Can you say something golden, let Zongzheng come out to see me!"
Nasha stood up, raising an eyebrow, "He's fighting at the border, you don't know?"
Fan Yingying remembered what Zeu Yan said at the gate of the temple, and suddenly said, "It's not good! A war between great powers is a million lives, so a war between great powers requires the consent of the Lord of the Gods, and if you don't go, millions of lives will be in danger." ”
Fan Yingying motioned to Nasha to lead the way, go to Zongzheng, and stop this war, Nasha may not have seen Zongzheng for a long time, so she took Fan Yingying to Chang'an.
Yelu Zhongyi led 300,000 troops to break through the east gate of Chang'an and entered the city, at this time Chang'an was densely packed outside, and the two sides combined 600,000 troops fought together, blood splashed, stumps and broken arms flew in the air.
Meng Wei unexpectedly ordered the gate to be opened and the water was released, and the water of the Xingwu River rushed out of Chang'an City, rushing to the soldiers of 600,000 two armies outside the city, and the water source in Lintong Pass continued to pour in, and Lian Po drove the boat with 400,000 troops to Chang'an City.
However, Chang'an to Lintong Pass is only five miles, and the middle has become a river, and all the water in the river is stained red with the blood of more than 600,000 soldiers who are still fighting just now.
Wanyan said to Lian Po, "Have you seen Your Majesty?"
Looking at the whole body wet and panting, Lian Po replied, "I didn't see it, His Majesty told me last night that as long as the enemy army opened the gate and released the water, he would rush out in a boat." Don't care where he is, this is a holy order, you can't disobey it!"
Wanyan thunderbolt slowly lay together, made a loud noise, and then sat on the deck of the ship.
cried and said, "My 300,000 sons, that is my brother who lives and dies together, but unfortunately he has been taken away by the river, I am ruthless, Marshal Lian Po, I beg you, please leave me some ships, let me save my son, you go and take your 400,000 soldiers and horses, attack Chang'an, unite with Yeluzhong's soldiers, take the head of the crumb, and avenge my brothers!"
Lian Po looked at his old comrade-in-arms kneeling in front of him, nodded his head, and left dozens of small boats and thousands of men and horses to salvage his soldiers with him.
"You...... How did you get in......" Meng Wei slowly turned his head in his room, pointed at Zong Zheng, and tightly clutched his right hand on the throat that Zong Zheng had just cut from behind, and blood continued to gush from his throat, coming out of the cracks of his fingers, dripping to the ground, and then falling backwards to the ground.
At this time, in the city of Chang'an, Lian Po's 400,000 troops and Yelu Zhongyi's 300,000 troops, together with the 500,000 troops in the city, only recognized clothes and did not recognize people, and slashed and killed each other.
As soon as Zong Zheng put the Red Flame Heaven Slayer Sword into the scabbard, he was kicked in the chest inexplicably, flew to the crumb bed, and hit the wall before stopping.
Zong Zheng covered his aching chest, watched the crumbed corpse float up inexplicably, and after a while, he found that it was the god of Qin who protected the country, and hugged the crumbled corpse and cried.
It turned out that Meng Tu was Meng Xuan's own brother, and Zong Zheng took advantage of the chaos in Chang'an City, flew to the Meng Chip House, and took the opportunity to kill Meng Zhao with a sword in the back.
Just happened to use the Crystal Stealth Technique to kick Zongzheng.
Meng Duan hugged the crumbed body, looked at Zong Zheng viciously, tears appeared in his eyes, put down the crumbly body, and rushed towards Zong Zheng.