Dongyang, adjacent to Huiji, is a small town, due to the death of the supreme commander Zuo Yiwei, the counterinsurgency war was unled, resulting in the increasingly rampant rebels occupying the town.

Li Ziling just wanted to recapture this town, so he suffered two losses, which could make the elite Zuo Yiwei suffer, which shows that the strength of this group of rebels who occupied Dongyang should not be underestimated.

At this time, in the Dongyang City Lord's Mansion, a tall and thin man in his thirties was looking at the military map in front of him.

After a long time, he raised his head and asked a tall middle-aged man beside him, "Have our soldiers maintained their training in the past few days?"

The middle-aged man replied, "Lord Xiang, they keep training every day, and now their combat strength can directly catch up with Xiao Xian's military horses. ”

Xiang Guishan nodded and said, "For them, this is a life-critical matter, and they don't dare not practice, not to mention that I am also very relieved that you personally train them." How's the preparation for the battle report for the big brother?"

"The battle report was reported to Tanzhou two days ago, and the battlefield was only cleaned up today, and a total of 700 corpses of Zuo Yiwei were found. ”

Xiang Guishan pondered for a moment and said, "If you want your eldest brother to send troops as soon as possible, it won't be long before Zuo Yiwei will come to Dongyang City to take revenge." ”

He groaned, repeatedly compared the map with his hand for a long time, and finally pointed to a mountain peak: "If Zuo Yiwei comes to retaliate, there is a chance that he will pass through here."

You let the few people who came to help us lurk here with a few hundred people. Let each of them bring two fast horses. The strategy is still the same as last time, preset the formation, and flee immediately after a round of concentrated hunting.

Let's teach these Zuo Yiwei a lesson first, and then you will come back to me after arranging this matter, and we will go to see the situation of strengthening the city defenses. ”

The middle-aged man answered the order, but hesitated and did not retreat.

Xiang Guishan raised his eyebrows and asked, "Is there anything else you want to say?"

"My lord, since last night, our scouts outside have not reported back, and I have sent three groups of brothers out to look for them, but there is no news after they left the city......

Xiang Guishan's hand trembled slightly, and fell into silence.

When the first rays of sunlight shone on the high walls of Jingling Castle, eighteen soldiers struggled to push open the gates inlaid with bronze cones, and then ran away as fast as they could, clinging to the walls. In the dust, a group of brightly armored cavalry rushed out of the city.

One of the cavalrymen at the head held high a battle flag, and the fluttering flag was a blood-red flag, which was rarely seen in war, representing massacres.

The other battle flag is the battle flag of Zuo Yiwei of the Shengyuan Dynasty, the two battle flags flutter in the wind, and nearly 10,000 cavalry under the battle flag step on the fine steps, following the fluttering battle flag out of Jingling City, after the cavalry, there is a rolling tide of infantry queues.

Xu Fusheng, Li Ziling and other generals stood on the side of the road, watching the army roll towards the southern line.

After the army, countless wagons of all kinds carrying grain and grass poured out of the city. In this big march, Zuo Yiwei had already requisitioned all the carriages in Jingling City, but the grain and grass materials that could be transported were only a small part of what the army needed.

Behind the large group of men and horses, there were no less than thirty black-robed wizards, and behind the black-robed wizards, dozens of warriors of the Nasu tribe carried a huge black coffin, and hundreds of butchers in green shirts followed closely behind the coffin.

Xu Fusheng looked up at the sky, his eyes narrowed slightly, and his breathing was slightly short. As if subconsciously, the corners of his mouth pursed tightly.

After a day's march, the light cavalry in front began to break away from the army and outflank Dongyang first.

Two thousand hoplites also picked up the march with their retinue. The infantry, on the other hand, maintained a normal marching pace.

As the formation grew longer, by nightfall, the queue of the army was more than ten kilometers long from front to rear

Li Ziling galloped over from the rear, and walked side by side with Xu Fusheng and said: "Lord Xu, our current formation is very dangerous! I think we should stop and reorganize the army, otherwise the other side will cause us great losses as long as they use light cavalry to assault halfway." ”

Xu Fusheng shook his head with a smile and said, "No need! Our top priority is to rush to Dongyang first, and try not to let one person or one horse in the city escape." Sneak attack?hehe, don't worry about it at all. ”

Xu Fusheng looked up at the griffin in the sky, then at the old wizard and the people from the Black Witch Gate, and said indifferently: "Don't worry about the other party's sneak attack, I'm afraid that they won't dare to come." ”

Originally, the important town of Dongyang should have ushered in another sunny morning.

However, a thick cloud swept in the sky in the distance at an incredible speed, projecting it on the earth, and the black clouds overwhelmed the city, driving all the sunshine and warmth away from the small city of Dongyang.

Xiang Guishan stood at the head of the city and looked up at the sky.

The billowing black clouds stayed over the city, thicker and lower, and centered on Dongyang City, as if slowly rotating.

Looking at the lead-gray cloud vortex, Xiang Guishan suddenly felt that it was not the sky moving, but the earth spinning.

"Is our scout cavalry rewarded?"

The middle-aged man who had been by Xiang Guishan's side replied, "My lord, I have already sent fifteen scout cavalry, but ...... A team hasn't come back yet!"

The man's voice trembled a little, he was not afraid of visible enemies, but sometimes the unknown was the most terrifying.

Xiang Guishan just sighed.

A sharp sound of horses' hooves came from the city, and the herald on the horse jumped off his horse, ran to the top of the city as fast as he could, and gasped: "My lord, there is a cavalry of Zuo Yiwei in the east of the city!"

Before the herald could finish speaking, another herald also rode his horse to the city, and it turned out that Zuo Yiwei's cavalry also appeared in the south of the city.

These two cavalry troopers wandered far outside the city, each numbering about 5,000 horsemen. Although they had no intention of attacking the city, they knew to Guishan that these vanguard cavalry were only here to complete the encirclement, and the main force would arrive soon.

The advance light cavalry has reached 10,000 people, and it seems that this time, Zuo Yiwei is determined to take Dongyang.

The earth began to tremble slightly, billowing smoke and dust rose on the horizon, and bursts of low gloomy thunder came from afar!

In the dust, a forest of steel gradually emerged, which was the spear held high by the heavy cavalry.

Two thousand heavy cavalry formed a charging line in front of Dongyang City, and behind them, four thousand retinues also wore light armor, held axes and raised shields, and set up battle formations.

The middle-aged man at the head of the city was already a little pale, he didn't care about the heavy cavalry under the city, just stared at the horizon in the distance.

The billowing clouds of smoke in the sky not only did not disperse, but got higher and higher!

Infantry after infantry stepped out of the dust, and the torrent of steel seemed to never stop.

Xiang Guishan's brows furrowed tightly, although Dongyang City is an important town and the city defense is strong, it only has a population of 30,000 and the defenders are only 5,000 people, even if everything that can be mobilized is mobilized, it will not exceed 10,000.

In the past, Zuo Yiwei also had a counterinsurgency plan, and the troops that could be used exceeded 10,000 people, but this time, counting the 10,000 light cavalry surrounded, the Shengyuan Dynasty has been

An army of 40,000 was dispatched!

And they didn't know what means they used, but they actually eliminated all the scouts sent by their own side, so that Xiang Guishan couldn't even ask for help.

Xiang Guishan used to be a general of the Shengyuan Dynasty, but later because of his eldest brother's appreciation, and he was framed by his boss, he took refuge in Lei Dapeng.

But even so, he also knew the strength of Zuo Yiwei of the Shengyuan Dynasty, if they were all dispatched, Dongyang would definitely not be able to hold it, maybe all the men and horses under the big brother could still fight it, but now with only this little bit of people in his hands, he would definitely not be able to hold it.

He hesitated, whether to give up this important town immediately, but the other party has the ability to silently destroy all his scouts, if he goes out of the city, he is likely to be sniped halfway with few people.

But if you bring too many people, it is safer to defend the city than to defend the city. At least, in the fortified city, even if he faced three or four times as many enemies, he was sure to hold on.

It was just this momentary hesitation that the imperial army was already besieging the city! Even if he wanted to flee to Guishan this time, he couldn't escape.

"We still have a chance!" Xiang Guishan calmed down and shouted to the warriors.

With 5,000 soldiers stationed in Jiancheng, as well as several martial arts masters, plus middle-aged civilians who assisted in the battle, this battle really still needs to be fought.

Most of the people who followed Xiang Guishan were the heroes and veterans of the green forest who had been trained on the battlefield, and when they thought of this, they really calmed down a lot and their morale was regained.

However, Xiang Guishan immediately asked in a voice that only the middle-aged man could hear, "Look...... Do we have a chance to surrender?"

The middle-aged man shook his head and replied in a very low voice: "Lord Xiang, I'm afraid, we don't have this kind of opportunity again......"

The rebels at the head of the city suddenly exclaimed!

In the center of Zuo Yiwei's large array, on both sides of the battle flag flying high, a blood-colored banner was raised. The flag fluttering in the wind was not decorated, just a dark red that was close to purple-black!

The wind blows the flag, and it howls fiercely!

When these two dark red battle flags were raised, a sturdy and extremely heavy warrior suddenly struck the heavy shield with the giant axe in his hand, and roared up to the sky!

In the blink of an eye, as if they should have been like him, the other warriors began to scream wildly! Even the hoplites in the front row roared almost mercilessly!

When the blood-colored twin banners of the dynastic army appear on the battlefield, it means that the enemy will not be surrendered, whether it is a soldier or a civilian!

"They...... I want to slaughter the city!" Xiang Guishan grabbed the hand with the sword, and because he used too much force, the bone joints were already flushed with blue and white. All the defenders at the head of the city involuntarily clenched their weapons in their hands.

Xiang Guishan suddenly drew his sword and shouted: "Come on! Mobilize the whole city, pull all the people who can move out for me to defend the city! Today, we must beat these lackeys of the faint monarch home!"

Xiang Guishan was very confident on the surface, but he was terrified in his heart, and he looked at the middle-aged man, a loyal and battle-hardened veteran whose face was pale and had the same worries in his eyes.

The raising of the blood-colored double flag before the siege of the city will inevitably force all the soldiers and civilians in the city to fight to the death. There are only two reasons why they will do this, one is that the other party's commander is a complete fool, and the other is that they are absolutely sure that they can slaughter all the warriors in the city!

However, Xiang Guishan was born in the Shengyuan Dynasty, and knew that the dynasty might have mediocre people, but there was absolutely no stupid talent! Especially Zuo Yiwei under the city, this is the elite soldiers of the dynasty, and they are all elite soldiers who have experienced countless battles.