Chapter 278: Divine Power Breaks the City
Since Longyang chose to cross the desert instead of taking the route of the Liaohe River, the Guanzhong army did not need to look at the faces of the defenders of Yancheng. So under the command of Long Jun, the siege equipment that had been manufactured poured into Yancheng as if he didn't want money. At the beginning, the defenders of Yancheng were beaten by the combination of the Guanzhong army, but after discovering that the Guanzhong army did not attach ants to attack the city, the Yancheng army gradually regained its courage and pushed the trebuchet that Yue Ming had prepared on the city wall to counterattack.
The two sides went back and forth between the city and the city, and Long Jun was secretly happy when he saw this, and hurriedly ordered people to start digging tunnels, wanting to use the earth to attack and take Yancheng. But the ground in winter was really hard, and it took the Guanzhong army many days to get close to Yancheng for a hundred steps, but Long Jun didn't care about this, and often asked people to transport the excavated frozen soil out of the camp, as if they were deliberately discovered by Yancheng.
After ten days, the Guanzhong army finally advanced the tunnel to the corner of Yancheng, but at this time, Long Jun suddenly stopped the tunnel excavation and siege, and instead asked people to collect the unmelted snow outside the camp and stuff it into the tunnel. Everyone had doubts about this, wondering what Long Jun's intention was.
Especially Xun You, he was already keen on military affairs, and Sun Tzu was familiar with the art of war, but he had never heard of or seen such a situation. So after the generals left, Xun You asked with a puzzled face, "Since you don't use tunnels to attack the city, why does the lord still dig tunnels?" And bury the tunnels with snow? ”
Hearing this, Long Jun smiled mysteriously, looked at Yancheng with his hands behind his back, and said softly, "Yue Ming compared us to evil demons, in fact, it is not a good thing for us, at least after the attack on Yancheng, the countries that have not yet fallen in the Western Regions will all tremble." That's why I wanted to destroy this fortified city in a way that was not humanly possible. ”
"What is not human?" At this moment, Xun You suddenly felt that he couldn't understand his own lord, if there was really a way to attack the city that was not humanly capable of doing it, wouldn't the nearly 100 male cities in the Central Plains become decorations? Can Tiger Prison and Hangu still become the most difficult fortified cities in the world to attack?
In the face of Xun You's confusion, Long Jun still didn't give an explanation, but picked up a pot of herbal tea and poured it on the fire, Xun You was even more puzzled, but since Long Jun didn't give an answer, he didn't bother to get to the bottom of it. As soon as the tea touched the red charcoal fire, it gave birth to a mist of water, but at this moment, Long Jun's eyes became more and more cold, and he looked at his masterpiece in a daze.
For three days in a row, in addition to the snow in the underground tunnels, the rest of the Guanzhong army began to prepare dead branches and dry trees in accordance with Long Jun's edict. Now not to mention that the Guanzhong army is confused by this order, even the defenders on Yancheng are very puzzled when they see that the other party does not attack the city and does not carry soil to dig roads. Fortunately, the Guanzhong army has always respected Long Jun's order, so no one neglected this general order, and tens of thousands of bundles of dry firewood were prepared in less than two days.
Seeing that everything was ready, Long Jun brazenly ordered the Guanzhong army to start action and threw tens of thousands of bundles of dry firewood to Yancheng. For a while, the color of the sky and the earth changed, and the dry firewood was in the air of Yancheng, but in front of this scene, the Yancheng guards had already prepared, and learned that the other party intended to take Yancheng with fire, so he hurriedly ordered someone to bring the ice water that had been prepared and sprinkled it on the dead branches and rotten leaves.
By the way, he also loudly ridiculed Long Jun for his whimsical and wanted to break through the city with fire, and he didn't look at the climate and capital. These words made the Guanzhong army outside the city jump straight to their feet, and they almost used the women of the other party's family to greet each other. At the same time, he was also angry at Long Jun's order, how could the lord use such a clumsy method to attack the city.
Seeing this, Long Jun smiled and waved his hand, and the crossbowmen who had already prepared immediately stepped forward and poured the rockets in their hands into Yancheng, as if they were aiming at the dry firewood as the defenders of Yancheng, and after a while, a raging fire broke out in the corner of Yancheng. However, because the other party's city was six feet high, except for the sporadic flames that rushed to the head of the city, the rest of the flames seemed to be warming the Yancheng army in the city, so they laughed at the actions of the Guanzhong army.
However, in the face of all this, Long Jun seemed to have the chance to win, and let the other party take advantage of his words. Then Long Jun waved his hand again, and the second batch of prepared dry firewood was still thrown towards Yancheng, but this time the throwing position of the dry firewood was chosen under the city wall to help ignite the flames in those corners. At this moment, the generals of the Guanzhong Army, including Xun You, began to wonder if Long Jun was worried about his brain, knowing that the fire attack could not make a contribution, and he would continue to use this method to attack the city.
Suddenly, there was a cracking sound in the direction of Yancheng, and Long Jun was overjoyed when he heard this sound. In the astonishment of everyone, he hurriedly ordered someone to clean up the abandoned altar, and then jumped onto the stage and shouted loudly, 'Taishang Laojun, immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, anxious as a law.' Listen to my commands, gods, and help me break the city'. Thinking of this, Long Jun paused slightly, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he silently felt the changes in the ground in his heart, and after a few breaths, Long Jun felt that the ground trembled too much, and the sound of cracking became more and more, so the long sword pointed and shouted at Yancheng, "Break it for me!" ”
At this moment, with Long Jun's 'breaking', the eastern city wall of Yancheng collapsed abruptly, sinking into the surface, and the soldiers standing on the city were also carried into the collapsed place by the rubble, and the sound of crying and wailing was endless. Between heaven and earth, it seemed that only the figure standing on the altar was laughing loudly at this moment.
After a while, Xun You took the lead in reversing the taste, pulled out the sword decorated at his waist, and shouted at the Guanzhong army who was still stunned, "Our army has the help of the gods, my lord is the destiny of heaven, all the soldiers rushed into Yancheng with me, establish a cause for the lord, kill!" ”
"Kill!" Being yelled at by Xun Yu like this, everyone in the Guanzhong Army came to their senses, and after taking a look at the independent Long Jun, they rushed to Yancheng with enthusiasm.
Led by Ma Chao, Zhao Yun, and Dian Wei, Xun Yu followed, this literati strategist who had not moved his sword for a long time, and now he was also shocked by Long Jun, for him, it is not a problem to take Yancheng today, the question is how to render this matter and spread it to the Central Plains, so that the people of the world can return to their hearts. I have to say that the strategist's mind is a hundred turns, compared to it, Ma Chao and the others have purely changed from admiration to admiration, originally thought that Long Jun was just a person who could entrust his dreams, but he didn't expect that he was still a saint who could manipulate ghosts and gods.
In contrast, at this moment, the defenders of Yancheng have no heart to resist, and the sergeants and soldiers of the army all thought that the Guanzhong army had the help of the gods, so when the Guanzhong army stepped on the body of their colleagues and stepped on the Yancheng city wall, the defenders of Yancheng knelt on the ground and begged for mercy. But they had already received the order of Long Jun to eliminate the evil, they would care about the life and death of the other party, and the long knife of slaughter did not stop, nearly 20,000 Yancheng defenders were killed by the Guanzhong army, and 20,000 heads were built by Long Jun to build a high Jingguan.
After the Blazing Sky Army rushed here, the Blazing Sky Army was also stunned by the results of this battle, especially when he saw the collapsed city wall, Long Jun, who had just been touted as a god by the Guanzhong Army, was once again in awe of the Blazing Sky Army. Feeling the reverent gaze of the battalion sergeant, Long Jun secretly pursed his lips and muttered 'ancients'!
When the influence of this matter decreased a little, Long Jun summoned everyone to discuss the next battle situation. Considering that the other party now has seventy or eighty thousand troops in hand, Xun Yu walked in front of Yutu after getting Long Jun's approval, and said in a deep voice, "Previously, the other party planned to encircle and suppress the second prince's blazing army with superior forces, but it was broken by the second prince with unreasonable hands, and now I am afraid that the other party has already known the beginning and end of this battle." Therefore, the situation facing our army next is good or bad! ”
Speaking of this, Long Jun slowly got up and continued, "The good thing is that the morale of our army is high now, and the morale of the other party is low. The bad thing is that the opponent's army is several times larger than ours, and even if the Western Regions army is weak, it is not so easy to deal with. In particular, there are more than 5,000 soldiers of the original capital under Yue Ming's account, and these 5,000 people are not easy to match, so the primary purpose of our army is to wander around its Qiancheng according to the configuration of one person and two horses, disturb the other party's sight, and wait for the other party to be tired and take it in one fell swoop. ”
Without waiting for everyone to ask questions, Long Jun smiled and continued, "The enemy advances and I retreat, the enemy is stationed and I disturb, the enemy is tired and I fight, and the enemy retreats and I chase!" You must keep in mind this 16-character mantra, because from today onwards, the Guanzhong Army will be divided into four divisions, which will disturb the enemy in all directions of the city and leave no room for the other side. ”
"Oh, we will obey the orders of the lord!" In response to Long Jun's general order, the generals in the battalion immediately walked out of the tent to prepare for the next matters, because of the expedition for most of the past half a year, the Guanzhong army did not have grain and grass to follow, so they had to fight to feed the war, and the cavalry lacked the most forage. Although part of the forage captured in the Battle of Yancheng was still a drop in the bucket for the Guanzhong Army, what they had to do now was to discuss the distribution of each army in advance.
After the generals left, Long Jun glanced at Xun You, who was calm but always in awe of himself, and said with a smile, "They are all gone, what are you still doing?" Don't you want to know how the walls of Yeonseong collapsed? It's also a shame that you can endure it for so long, and I'm also drunk! ”
"The lord has never drunk, where can he be drunk?" After joking with Long Jun, Xun You's face immediately became very solemn, and then he gave Long Jun a salute and explained excitedly, "It doesn't matter if the lord says it, or if you don't say it, the answer is not so important to me. Because there is one thing more urgent than this answer. That is, what is the Lord's intention to determine the rebellion in various places? ”
When Long Jun heard this, he smacked his lips helplessly, and covered his head with his head in the sky, but he didn't expect to come in the end, he felt that Xun You was a little strange before, but he didn't want to think about it, because if this matter was strict, the rest of the Military Aircraft Department would also know, and at that time, what they planned would be out of line, and even affect the thinking of the family members of the Long Mansion. But this question is not easy to avoid, Long Jun sighed and said softly, "Gongda, don't ask about this matter first?" ”
Getting this answer, Xun You was not surprised, and after chuckling, Xun You gave another salute and said with a smile, "Since the lord doesn't want to say it, then his subordinates won't ask again!" However, if this battle is transmitted to the Central Plains, I am afraid that the people of the world will not think so! ”
Being reminded by Xun You like this, Long Jun rolled his eyes fiercely, and secretly said in his heart, but he had nothing to do about it. So he could only pray to God not to let this matter spread too quickly.