313. Chapter 312: The Battle of Gong He
In the afternoon, Shen Shi, who was sitting in the main tent of the barracks in his battle robe and studying the terrain around Baihui, suddenly received a letter from the commander of Ji'an City after the 50,000 garrisons were annihilated.
After reading the contents of the letter, his face changed suddenly and his eyebrows tightened.
"What's going on? Do you know where those people came from? ”
"If you go back to Your Highness, no one knows what the origin of that group of people is, and I don't know how many people there are, only that they are well-trained and extraordinary, and in less than half an hour, 50,000 garrisons were taken."
Gong Yingye's heart is heavy, extraordinary? Where is it so simple to just be extraordinary? To be able to wipe out 50,000 garrisons in half an hour is not an ordinary person at all, he doesn't know when there is such a tiger army within the scope of his power, as soon as he makes a move, he will destroy his 50,000 horses and horses in a big way, and kill him by surprise.
Who is behind the Tiger Army? Is it a charlatan cult? Or is it someone who has been lurking around him and his father, coveting imperial power, waiting to give him a fatal blow at a critical moment? Will it be...... Did the Hou Mansion do it?
Gong Mingye immediately shook his head and vetoed this speculation, over the years, the Hou Mansion has been fading out of people's field of vision, away from the court and not involved in political affairs, and his father has also been closely monitoring the movements of the Hou Mansion, and has never found that the Hou Mansion will rebel at all, those people can never be the power of the Hou Mansion.
Who could that be?
Huangfu Shenghua?
This person is scheming, he once pretended to be obedient and let them put him under house arrest, and finally robbed people under his nose and fled, if it is not good, the people of the Ma family were also kidnapped by this person, used to blackmail her, and coerced her to go with him willingly. With the ability of Huangfu Shenghua, he is absolutely capable of gathering men and horses in a certain wilderness in Tiansheng unknowingly, training secretly, and killing him by surprise when he fights with Western Vietnam.
Or is it Zhuge Wuwei?
This person hasn't moved much since he took over as the leader of the Martial Arts Alliance in Wuyi, and maybe he's just busy preparing for this raid.
After thinking about it for a long time, Gong Mingye decided to send people to go deep into the enemy's rear to find out the truth.
"You go back first, bring the will of the palace to Li Duwei, and tell him that there is no need to go out of the city to meet the enemy in the next few days, just hold the city tower, and wait for the palace to defeat Helian Zheng, who attacked Baihui, and he will personally go to meet those mysterious people for a while."
"Yes!"
The defenders who delivered the letter retreated, changed horses, and hurried back to Ji'an City, and an hour later, in the evening, Helian Zheng, who was resting in the camp tent, also received a letter from Ji'an.
Ji'an changed hands, the banner word "Cheng", I didn't know the details of the new master, and I didn't dare to forcibly attack the city.
After reading the letter, he raised his eyebrows.
Yes? Could it be the remnants of the previous dynasty? Didn't you say that all the people in Dacheng had died back then, and where did these people come from?
Just as he was wondering, someone lifted the curtain of the tent and walked in.
"The six princes are wondering if the person mentioned in the letter is a remnant of Dacheng?"
Helian Zheng heard the voice of someone and raised his head in surprise. "Mr. Huang knows the origin of these people?"
"Hmm." Huang Zhenyuan nodded, "The sixth prince is right to suspect that these people are the remnants of Dacheng. In that year, the ancestors of the Gong family sought to usurp the throne, chasing and killing King Ji Wen and Lian Guifei along the way, both of them were unfortunately poisoned, and after the last time, King Ji Wen gave up his chance to survive and gave the antidote to Lian Guifei, who was pregnant with Liujia.
It's a pity that even the concubine was poisoned too deeply and didn't survive later, but before she died, she successfully gave birth to Lin'er and continued the Ji bloodline. ”
"The person who broke through Ji'an City and hung the Dacheng banner on the head of Ji'an City is a descendant of the Dacheng royal family? Is this man powerful? And even the concubine died later because she was poisoned too deeply, is there nothing wrong with the fetus in her womb? ”
"Huh!" Huang Zhenyuan chuckled, "The so-called providence makes people, for the descendants of the Ji family and those who support them, this sentence is really very appropriate." That concubine was poisoned too deeply, and in the end, her life could not be guaranteed, how could the fetus in her womb be safe and unharmed? The poison is very domineering, and it has lasted for several generations, and each generation of princes is born with poison, and the longest will not live to be thirty-five years old.
However, it is precisely because of this encounter, as well as the unchanging loyalty of those courtiers for many years, that in the generation of the Ji family, God has been particularly favored by God and has produced a superior prince, and this person is destined to be the doom of the palace prince. ”
What Huang Zhen didn't say was that this person was also Helian Zheng's destined catastrophe, and with that person, his grand cause of dominating the world was destined to be a dream.
"Who is that person? Sir, do you know the way? Helian Zheng asked.
"Nature knows the way."
"And where is he now? In Ji'an City? Have you seen him, sir? ”
"He, I haven't seen him, but I've fought with him, if I hadn't had the ability to penetrate the heavens, I would have left Wuyi earlier, and I would have been caught by him last time."
"Wuyi?" Helian Zheng was shocked, "That person once appeared in Wuyi, when?" ”
"The Sixth Prince, revealing the heavens without authorization will damage the blessing of longevity, this point, you must know the Tao, so there are some things that I can't explain to you directly. But what I can tell you is that you have seen this man, not only have you seen him, but you have fought with him, and you have eaten deflated at his hands. Moreover, you once coveted his woman and tried to take her back to Western Vietnam, but in the end you failed. ”
Helian Zheng's pupils shrank, and his face showed a look of surprise. "You're talking about...... Zhuge Wuwei? ”
Today, there are not many people he has fought against, and there are only a handful of people who can make him deflated. Among those individuals, only Zhuge Wuwei was the only one who could be called outstanding, and who had something to do with the palace night, and he couldn't have imagined that this person would be the prince of the previous dynasty!
"I didn't say anything." Huang Zhenyuan smiled very leisurely, "Now that Dacheng's elite soldiers have captured Ji'an City, they will probably start to capture the rest of the cities in the near future, how to do it is most beneficial to Xiyue, the six princes, you think about it yourself, I won't mix it." ”
Huang Zhenyuan bowed slightly, then turned around and withdrew from the tent, Helian Zheng stared at the letter in his hand, squinted his eyes and pondered for a long time, resolutely cleaned up the desk in front of him, laid out the rice paper, picked up the pen and wrote a letter, and ordered someone to send it outside Ji'an City overnight.
The next day, Dacheng Army Fan Zeng ordered the whole army to rest and recuperate, and promptly posted a notice to inform the people in the city of their identity, saying that they were righteous divisions, and this time the troops were only to regain the imperial power of the Ji family, and to drive the unjustified Gong father and son off the dragon chair, which would not hurt the people in the city at all, and tried their best to appease the people.
Because the palace night earlier ordered the city to be strict, not allowed the people in the city to enter and leave the city at will, Ji'an is located on the border, the materials are relatively scarce, and the strict ban has led to a shortage of many living utensils for the people in the city, so he ordered people to transport all kinds of materials that have been prepared to the market, and sell them cheaply at a price lower than the usual market price of Ji'an, and capture the love of the people.
In the afternoon of the same day, General Qiu Ji, who received Helian Zheng's letter, led his army to join Helian Zheng outside Baihui City, and launched the most fierce siege since the beginning of the battle that night.
The night was thick and the fire was shining brightly.
Oil-soaked and fire-lit stones flew out of the catapults and smashed into the head of Baihui City one by one, causing a loud bang and smashing the hearts of the people in the city, trembling violently and not being able to sleep.
The infantry, carrying the wooden ladder, resolutely rushed to the bottom of the tower, erected the stairs and prepared to forcibly attack the city. On the top of the tower, stones fell down one by one, countless figures fell from the stairs, and the infantry behind continued to climb without fear of death.
Gong Ying Ye stood on the top of the city tower, his eyes gloomy locked on the besiegers below, and ordered in a loud voice: "All the soldiers of Tiansheng listen to the order, and if the enemy rushes up, kill one!" Come up with two, and kill a pair! Behind us is our homeland, and we must not let them break through the city and come in and trample on our parents, brothers and sisters! ”
Helian Zheng was about a hundred meters away from the city tower and watched the battle situation in front closely, when he saw a large number of archers suddenly appearing above the city tower, his eagle eyes narrowed, and he shouted: "Sword and shield soldiers gather!" Rush to this prince! I'm going to climb the tower tonight! ”
Woohoo!
Arrows rained down, and a large number of figures fell from the wooden ladder after being hit by the arrows, and the sword and shield soldiers immediately avoided the rain of arrows and approached the foot of the wall, and climbed up the wooden ladder.
In the distance, Helian Zheng's eagle eyes were shining, and there was a smile in his eyes that he was bound to get.
What about the iron walls of Baihui City? He is going to break this copper wall today and force the palace out of Baihui in the dark night!
Zhuge Wuwei is the prince of Dacheng, and what if he is ready to recover Dacheng? Even if he can't occupy all the territory of Tiansheng, it would be good to capture a few cities!
Anyway, in the end, the most complete loss will be the night of the other palace!
Seeing that the sword and shield soldiers were about to climb the city tower, the corners of Gong Mingye, who were standing on the top of the city tower, suddenly rose up, evoking a cold smile.
"Oiled!" The two cold words, who were climbing the building with all their might, held the shield in one hand, and the sword and shield soldier who was buzzing with stones on the shield did not hear it.
The archers retreated, the rain of arrows stopped, and the sword and shield soldiers rejoiced, could it be that the arrows were finished?
However, before the smile in their hearts could bloom on their faces, suddenly a heavy rain poured down, and although they held their shields at their sides or above their heads, they were splashed all over.
The heavy rain came and went even more suddenly, and someone smelled a strange smell and sniffed it with his nose, and it was oil!
"That's oil! It's not rain! The exclamation was raised, and before all the sword and shield soldiers clinging to the stairs could react, there was suddenly a lot of fire above the castle tower.
Someone looked up, and when he saw the objects that were shining with fire, his expression suddenly changed greatly, and those fires were actually rockets that were about to be fired at them with their bows wound!
"Retreat!" Someone shouted, but unfortunately the speed of the rocket was much faster than the speed of the crowd's reaction and retreat.
From a distance, I saw countless small fireballs bounced on other shields after being bounced off by the shield, flying wherever they went, where they were burning up, and after a while, several long buildings became a few seas of fire, and the sword and shield soldiers turned into fireballs and fell from the building, and the wailing and screaming resounded through the sky.