Shangguan Qingyun and Mu Tianxiang did not stop the army's pursuit, and the army that had been suppressed for several days needed to vent, and needed a hearty victory to boost the sluggish morale.

The battle lasted all night, at dawn, the chasing army took a tired pace, slowly returned, the excitement is beyond words, 50,000 people annihilated more than 100,000 Tang and Song Dynasty coalition troops This is a big victory, a brilliant victory.

"Cool, it's so cool," Shangguan Qinghe kept howling wolf, venting the joy in his heart.

"Vice President Mu, your command today is too good, I thought that the annihilation of the Song army would be a big victory, but I didn't expect to defeat the Tang army by taking advantage of the situation......" Several division commanders around him also said happily.

"The Song army is completely finished, but the ordinary soldiers of the Tang army have been defeated and annihilated, but the main generals and monks have not suffered much losses. You need to be careful. Mu Tianxiang said.

"You're so disappointed, you can't make people happy. Shangguan Jin said angrily.

"That is, although the army without monks is a plate of scattered sand, but without the cooperation of ordinary troops, it is a joke in the face of thousands of troops, defeating the Tang and Song Dynasty coalition forces, I think there are other means for the bloodthirsty sect. Shangguan Qingyun also said easily.

"How many secular countries does the Bloodthirsty Gate control, and what is its strength?" asked Mu Tianxiang.

"The Bloodthirsty Gate controls the four secular countries of Tang, Song, Chifeng, and Jin, among which Chifeng is the strongest, followed by Tang and Song, and Jin has recently fallen into civil strife, and it is estimated that it will not be able to draw troops to support. Shangguan Ping, who knows the strength around him best, said.

"How many troops do you estimate the Bloodthirsty Sect can draw?" Mu Tianxiang remembered that the original Heavenly Wind Kingdom had mobilized nearly five million troops at its most critical time.

"Theoretically, the Bloodthirsty Gate can mobilize seven or eight million troops, but that will greatly affect the development of the country, and I think the Bloodthirsty Gate will not be so reckless, after all, it is not a war to destroy the country. Moreover, the surroundings of the Bloodthirsty Gate are not very peaceful, and the Immortal Sect, the Liuyun Sect, and others are also watching with great eyesight. ”

"In order to rescue Lijiazhuang and Fengyun City, the Bloodthirsty Gate will not shake the country's capital. After all, it's not worth it if the loss is too big. I estimate that the Bloodthirsty Gate has less than four million troops on its permanent side, and that there will be no more than 500,000 troops that can be drawn to support it, excluding the necessary defense and law and order. ”

"Of course, I'm talking about the short term, if we can't stop the reinforcements' support for Fengyun City and Lijiazhuang, the war is at a stalemate, and the bloodthirsty gate can mobilize no more than three million troops within a year or two without hurting the country's capital, it's still okay. Shangguan Ping said.

Everyone around the truth understands that if it is a war of attrition, the final result will be difficult to predict. Only by insisting on holding the Sun Moon Gorge, so that Fengyun City and Lijiazhuang are not supported by a single soldier, and the forces of the Scattered Cultivation Alliance can quickly eliminate the rebels, the Bloodthirsty Gate will lose the motivation to continue fighting, after all, the loss of all kinds of personnel and materials in the war of annihilation is not something that everyone can bear.

"Yes, the key is to see if we can hold the Sun Moon Gorge before the city lord destroys the rebels. Mu Tianxiang said, although the enemy army of 150,000 was eliminated, it was still very easy to organize another 300,000 or 400,000 troops in the Bloodthirsty Gate, and it was still very difficult to follow.

Although the army won a great victory this time, the attrition of the army also reached nearly 10,000, not including the lightly wounded, and the available strength is now more than 40,000, and nearly one-third of the army has been lost.

Fortunately, under the great victory, the morale has been greatly improved, and the strength and cooperation of the soldiers have become more skilled. After all, the weak are eliminated, and those who can survive are the strong.

Another good news is that the loss of the monks is not large, and many monks have broken through the level of cultivation in the face of life and death tests, and they are more identified with Mu Tianxiang's tactics and training, and the cooperation with ordinary soldiers is also more handy.

"Report!" Just as Mu Tianxiang was discussing with several generals in the army, Tan Ma came to report.

"What's the matter," now that the Tang and Song Dynasty coalition forces have just been defeated, it is impossible for the Bloodthirsty Gate to organize an attack without five or six days, and there should be no urgent military situation.

"Brigade Commander Zhang has come to report that Fengyun City and Lijiazhuang have organized 50,000 reinforcements, and they may want to sneak attack our rear," Tanma said.

If the Tang and Song coalition forces are still there, the 50,000 people in Fengyun City and Lijiazhuang are still very threatening, but now that the Tang and Song coalition forces have just been annihilated and their morale is in full swing, the threat of these 50,000 people is not great, and if they want to face the siege of the city lord, it is too late to defend, and these 50,000 people will not be the main force.

"Tell Brigade Commander Zhang that it's okay to hold on to Rizhao Peak, pay attention to monitoring the enemy army, and don't need to attack," Shangguan Qingyun said, and this situation had been planned for a long time.

Sending away the horses, Mu Tianxiang said: "Tell the army on the third wall to do a good job of defense, and the rest of the army will all gather near the first city wall, rest for two days and defeat the rebels in one fell swoop." ”

"The miscellaneous cards of 50,000 are not enough for one of our armies to be wiped out, so hand them over to our first army. Shangguan Qinghe said proudly.

"Is your first army very powerful, our second army is not bad, this battle is handed over to our second army. Shangguan Jin said disdainfully.

The atmosphere was very relaxed, the Tang and Song coalition forces that had just defeated 150,000, and no one cared about the 50,000 rebels. But some things will always happen for some unknown reasons. Two days later, Shangguan Qingyun and Mu Tianxiang and a group of other high-ranking officials regretted their carelessness.

The next day, for a whole day, the 50,000 rebels did not come.

Throughout the morning of the third day, the rebels still did not come.

Things are going a little wrong.

"What's the matter, I should have come yesterday," Geng Biao said.

"Do you know that the Tang and Song coalition forces were defeated, and it was useless to know that they came, so they withdrew ......?"

"That's not right, the rebels have withdrawn, and Brigade Commander Zhang should also report......"

"I can't figure it out......"

......

The people around were talking, and Mu Tianxiang said, "Have we sent a horse to explore the horse?"

"In the past two days, everyone has been strengthening their defenses, and a lot of scouts have been sent in the direction of the Bloodthirsty Gate, but because of Brigade Commander Zhang's monitoring behind us, we have not sent scouts...... Shangguan Qinghe said.

Careless, he had a premonition that the situation was not good, Mu Tianxiang shouted: "Quick, hurry up and send people to ask Brigade Commander Zhang what's going on." ”

"Look, what is that," Zhang Wei shouted.

I saw an embarrassed figure staggering towards the city wall.

"It seems to be, Commander Wang Chao under Brigade Commander Zhang," Ma Tiejun said.

Everyone rushed down the city wall, and the blood-stained man was indeed the head of Wang Chao.

"Quick, save our brigade commander, the rebels are besieging our brigade with all their might, and have used a large number of attack talismans, we can't stand it. Seeing everyone, Wang Chao said anxiously.

Blinded, Mu Tianxiang and Shangguan Qingyun and others were completely blinded, the rebels neither came to attack the city wall nor withdrew their troops, but besieged Rizhao Peak with all their might, regardless of losses, why is this.

Rizhao Peak is high and dangerous, which is very conducive to defense, but the canyon here is very wide, nearly a thousand zhang, and the blockade of the canyon has no meaning, so Mu Tianxiang did not choose to defend here, but sent an army to guard Rizhao Peak to monitor and contain the enemy.

is worried that the army will be defeated and the back road will be blocked, so at most it is necessary to exclude a team of thousands of people to monitor it, and it is not very easy for the people on the mountain peak to come down.

Anyone with a little sergeant common sense will not attack Rizhao Peak, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the gains outweigh the losses, even if they are captured regardless of losses, there is no point in taking it.

"Commander Wang, you are well recuperated, I will immediately send someone to rescue," appeased Wang Chao, Shangguan Qingyun and Mu Tianxiang personally led 20,000 people to the rescue.

More than 50 miles of canyon and mountain roads are not easy to walk. Shangguancheng's army marched with all its might, and it took more than an hour to arrive.

Looking at the smoky peaks, Mu Tianxiang's heart sank, it was still too late.

The rebels did not have time to escape, Shangguan Qingyun commanded the army to quickly launch a siege, hoping to save Brigade Commander Zhang, but looking at the battlefield that had fallen silent, Mu Tianxiang felt a little ominous.

After a series of battles, the resistance of the rebels was not fierce, despite the favorable terrain.

Looking at the dense corpses on the road to the peak, Mu Tianxiang estimated that there were at least nearly 40,000 people, that is to say, all the strength of the rebels was consumed in this meaningless place, and he couldn't figure it out.

The mountain peak is full of traces left by the attack of the talisman, and when the Song army was besieging, it did not have the luxury of using so many talismans, is this the strength of a ragtag army, Mu Tianxiang was completely puzzled.

The battle ended in more than an hour, and after two days of siege, the rebels were also exhausted, except for the main general, who swore not to surrender and was besieged and killed by Shangguan Qingyun and Shangguan Qinghe, the others resisted a little and surrendered, and there were about two thousand monks in the captives, and even three prefecture-level monks.

In the face of a desperate situation, monks generally will not resist to the death, even if they are captured, there is basically no danger to their lives, compared to ordinary people, it still exists at the top of the pyramid, most of them will be surrendered, even if they can't be surrendered, they will also be used to exchange resources, after all, monks are still very valuable.

"Report!" Zhang Wei, who was cleaning up the battlefield, reported.

"Say!" Mu Tianxiang looked at the tragedy, it was impossible to have no remorse.

"Except for a few seriously wounded, the rest were killed, and there are ......" Zhang Wei hesitated

"What's more, finish it all together!" Mu Tianxiang roared angrily.

"Most of the female soldiers were insulted both during and after their deaths, and Brigade Commander Zhang's body was also desecrated...... "Zhang Wei's eyes turned red.

"These brutes ......" Mu Tianxiang slammed his fist on the table, smashing the table to pieces.

"Go and ask these brutes, why they attacked Rizhao Peak, why did they ......," Mu Tianxiang roared angrily.

"I asked, they didn't know the reason, they just said that it was an order from above, to capture Rizhao Peak at all costs, and the specific reason was not clear. Zhang Wei replied.

"Tianxiang, calm down, it's not your fault, no one can think of this. Shangguan Qingyun said while comforting Mu Tianxiang: "Zhang Wei, order people to collect the bodies that died in battle, and don't leave anything out." ”

Why did the enemy attack Rizhao Peak so recklessly, because the enemy general was killed, Mu Tianxiang did not know the specific reason, and afterwards Mu Tianxiang also asked someone to carefully inspect Rizhao Peak, which is an ordinary dangerous peak, no spirit stone mine, no other special mineral deposits.

This mystery has been haunting Mu Tianxiang until a few years later, and he didn't know that the reason was so ridiculous!