It was precisely because he had just returned from the Great Xia Kingdom that such a great victory gave Qi Hu more reason to believe that as long as the Dongli army was dispatched, he would be able to crush these invaders in Xilin City, who were as weak as ants, and beat them to pieces.

However, the truth is always crueler than imagined. The constant war reports mercilessly forced Qi Hu to face a reality - his idea was wrong. Qi Hu had to admit that the Dongli Army, which had created great feats in the Great Xia Kingdom, was indeed true, but it was frustrated in Xilin City.

The siege of Xilin City lasted more than seven days, but this small Xilin City not only failed to recover in the end, but also lost nearly 10,000 troops outside the city gate. It is a great irony that the city gates could not be breached.

Not only that, but Qi Hu also suffered another shame at the same time.

Just when the Dongli army attacked Xilin City, which greatly reduced the military garrison of Nantucheng, the Xinghua army actually sent troops to attack Nantucheng. When the two armies were fighting, the enemy army did not send troops to support Xilin City, but attacked another city, which was a contempt for Qi Hu?

Qi Hu was puzzled, and he guessed that the enemy army was just implementing a plan to encircle Wei and save Zhao. Therefore, Qi Hu did not pay attention to the helpers sent by Nantucheng. Of course, Qi Hu couldn't completely ignore it, he still sent 10,000 troops, carrying several crystal energy cannons, to reinforce Nantu City.

As a result, this 10,000 army was very unexpected to him, and was ambushed by the Xinghua Army halfway and suffered a miserable defeat.

From the beginning of the expedition to the present, the battle between the two sides of the battlefield has caused 100,000 troops to leave the east, and the battle losses have reached 20,000 soldiers. In this short period of time. In this way, a fifth of the troops were lost. For the dignified Marshal Qi Hu. What a great shame it was?! How could he not be angry, and how could he not breathe a sigh of relief.

At this moment, Qi Hu was already a little angry. The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, making Qi Hu angry and said, "Give me a Shenwu cannon to blow up the gate of Xilin City." ”

Ah! Inside the tent, the generals suddenly exclaimed.

The Shenwu cannon, but the super crystal energy cannon made by the alchemist, is enough to blow open the city gate with one shot. But. The Shenwu Cannon is a weapon of the Zhenguo, which is unusually usable, and in addition to one cannon of ten thousand gold, the energy crystals required to use the Shenwu Cannon must be at least level three or above. However, third-level energy crystals have always been extremely rare and difficult to obtain, so they are not a last resort. It is absolutely impossible to use the Shenwu cannon. But at this time, Qi Hu gritted his teeth and categorically ordered the use of Shenwu cannons, which naturally shocked the generals - the situation was really so bad.

Qi Hu naturally understood. The price required to use the Shenwu cannon was high, but he understood that if he didn't capture Xilin City and wait for the Xinghua Legion on the side of Nantu City to come with a victory, it would definitely be a heavy blow to the morale of the Dongli army.

Qi Hu must take advantage of the defeat of Nantu before it spreads, break through Xilin City, and reverse the passive situation in one fell swoop.

"What's that?" Leon was taken aback when he saw hundreds of soldiers in Dongli's army pushing out a cannon, and he immediately handed the telescope to a local military attache in Xilin City beside him, so that he could see what was in the distance.

"Oops! That's a Shenwu cannon!" After the military attache took the telescope from Leon's hand, he immediately looked into the distance, but when he finally saw clearly, he was shocked.

"What is the Shenwu Cannon?" Leon wondered, as if he had noticed something was wrong from the military attaché's sudden look.

"That's the weapon of Dongli Country! The lethality is particularly powerful, it is said that a single cannonball is enough to blast through the walls of Xilin City!" said the military attaché.

When Leon heard this, his face suddenly sank. He subconsciously looked at the advancing Shenwu cannon of the Dongli army, and after a few seconds, he ran down the city wall and quickly went to the Xilin City City Lord's Mansion to ask to see Mu En. In the Xilin City Lord's Mansion, there were several former Xilin civil officials, and from them, Leon got more and more detailed information about the Shenwu Cannon.

"Remove all the soldiers on the city wall and carry out the second set of battle plans. Eli, another commander of the Xinghua Royal Legion, said decisively after hearing Leon's report.

The so-called second set of battle plans is to continue to resist in the city, relying on favorable terrain and building cover, until the last soldier is fought, waiting for the kingdom's reinforcements to arrive. Such a battle plan is equivalent to fighting in a narrow urban alley, which is simply called street fighting.

In fact, in order to prepare for this set of combat plans, Mu En and the others have already emptied the Dongcheng area of Xilin City, and safely transferred all the residents of Dongcheng District to the Xicheng area in advance, and used Dongcheng District as a combat area.

Ten minutes later, on the wall of Xilin City, there was not a single soldier, leaving a banner full of cities.

The Shenwu cannon of the Dongli Army, under the concerted push of nearly 100 Dongli soldiers, was finally pushed to a position about 400 meters away from the Xilin City Wall.

When Qi Hu saw the quiet situation on the wall of Xilin City, which should not be there, he couldn't help frowning, and he was suspicious.

This is not a normal situation! Qi Hu was very sure of this in his heart. Although he didn't know why the people in Xilin City didn't move, it was obviously a plan to lure the enemy in. Even, if it weren't for the fact that the Dongli army was still heavily surrounding Xilin City, and it was impossible for even a fly to fly out, maybe Qi Hu would have thought that the enemy army had fled.

After realizing that the enemy army was using a trick, Qi Hu showed a cold smile of extreme disdain.

The 10,000 Dongli heavy armored army is ready, and it should be able to resist the enemy's strange weapons, plus 5,000 archers, with the cooperation of troops from near and far, it will definitely be able to destroy the Xilin rebels, as well as the enemy army of the small country of Xinghua, and recover Xilin City.

A cannonball quickly shot out from the muzzle of the Shenwu cannon, drawing a bright white and dazzling light, with a scorching red flame, and crashed into the east gate of Xilin City.

Bang! In response, next to the east gate of Xilin City, a huge circular gap appeared.

"Meritorious deeds are at this time!

As the east gate of Xilin City was broken, a general who left the east immediately took this opportunity to shout wildly and encourage the whole army to move forward bravely!

When they attacked Xilin City again this time, they brought not only Shenwu artillery and Dongli army, but also Qi Hu's firm promise - as long as they fought bravely to kill the enemy and successfully captured Xilin City, they would let go of all military law restrictions and allow the entire army of Dongli to wantonly plunder for a day!

Xilin City, before losing to the enemy, is one of the four major cities in the East Departure Country, and has always been famous in the East Departure Country, and the total wealth is among the best. The richest people in Xilin City are also among the best in the East Country, and the treasures they have in reserve are countless. Therefore, countless Dongli soldiers have taken a fancy to this fertile territory and expect to make a lot of money.

War is always easier to bring wealth, no matter what the means, after a big war, fighting for your life, hope in exchange, is naturally wealth and glory. (To be continued......)

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