Chapter 49: Jiang Heng died in battle
"I still have to think about this carefully, keep him in secret for the time being, find someone to announce his death for the dead ghost first, let the people behind them know that he has died in battle, and there will be no more such person in the world," said the Shadow Moon King.
"I know how to do it," the advisor said.
"The task of persuading him to surrender is to be given to the military advisor to do it, and if things can be successful in the future, I will not forget your benefits."
"Then thank you to the Shadow Moon King", the military advisor stepped out of the tent to find the person who died in place.
Two days later, the Shadow Moon King announced that the culprit had been beheaded in public, and a person who looked similar to Jiang Heng was beheaded by them, and his head was hung on the flagpole outside the camp.
The disciples of the Tianhua Sect lurking in the Shadow Moon Valley sent their disciples to investigate the camp of the army, and finally got the news that Jiang Heng was beheaded, and also witnessed Jiang Heng's head hanging on the flagpole, and everyone's faces were like ashes, they knew that Jiang Heng had no hope at all.
They knew that this matter would spread soon, and they couldn't hide the news that the Shadow Moon Army had killed the thief leader everywhere, so they had to send the news of Jiang Heng's death back to Tianhua Sect.
At this moment, Tianhua Sect Dai Tian gathered most of the elders to gather in the main hall to discuss the situation on the front line, and at this time, the liaison personnel had arrived.
"Tell the master, Liu Qing, the liaison of Shadow Moon Valley, has something important to report", Liu Qing came in a panic.
"What's the system of panicking, say it quickly?" Xie Tianxing said.
Liu Qing told Jiang Heng's raid in detail, and told Dai Tiande the results of the scout's investigation, and at this time, the hall became extremely quiet, and everyone dared not speak.
After a long time, Dai Tiande's face turned blue, he never thought that Jiang Heng would die in battle so quickly.
"Bastard, did the scout see clearly?" Xie Tianxing yelled.
Liu Qing trembled with fright, "He repeatedly checked the head of Senior Brother Jiang Heng, and he also grabbed a soldier and asked to confirm the beheading."
Xie Tianxing still wanted to continue to ask, "Enough, you guys go down, I'll be quiet," Dai Tiande said.
"Senior brother's day mourning," Ji Xinyi said.
Everyone withdrew from the hall, Dai Tiande sat alone in the empty hall and remembered everything that happened to this child over the years, Jiang Heng was adopted by him at the age of two or three, no different from his own son, these years can be regarded as his own hands-on, and he is regarded as a future successor training.
Dai Tiande's life can be described as bumpy, middle-aged widowed, and now there is a loss of his beloved apprentice, he still has some self-blame for sending him to the most dangerous place to carry out the mission due to his lack of experience, he also underestimated the determination of this child to take revenge, others only know that he performs the task at any cost, only the master knows how high the hatred in his heart is.
"It was I who didn't find a way to calm the hatred in his heart, and I hurt him", Dai Tiande blamed himself.
The news of Jiang Heng's death soon spread in Tianhua Sect, this news is tantamount to a blockbuster**, Dai Mengli and Lin Zixu's hearts sank suddenly, they have been brothers and sisters all these years, and his death is difficult for them to accept.
The two frantically rushed into the main hall to look for Dai Tiande to ask, but when they saw Dai Tiande, they knew the result, and the master's expression was enough to explain.
Dai Mengli's tears flowed down, her most respected and beloved senior brother was bloodstained on the battlefield, and she could never return, she didn't even have time to say goodbye to him, and Yin and Yang were separated from then on.
Although Lin Zixu has been rebellious over the years and has often fought against him, he still treats him as a brother in his heart, although he also regards him as a competitor, but their feelings have not changed in the slightest, and Jiang Heng's death at this time has had a great impact on him.
"Father, I don't believe that my senior brother is dead, you told me that they lied to me?" Dai Mengli cried to his father.
"I hurt him, although I have taught you how to become strong over the years, but I have not taught you how to let go of the hatred in your heart, it is the desire for revenge that has pushed him into the abyss," Dai Tiande blamed himself.
"Revenge? Who does he take revenge on, we will do it for him", Lin Zixu asked.
"Since he was a child, he has been under too much pressure, I never thought that so many years have passed, hatred has never passed in his heart, this mission in Shadow Moon Valley has once again stirred up the fire of hatred that he has buried for many years, it is these hatreds that have caused him to become crazy and lose his mind to choose such an adventure, I don't want you two to go to the abyss for hatred too", Dai Tiande said.
"You didn't tell me when my father was still around, and now that he's dead, can you tell us about his origin?"
"Twenty years ago, when he was a child, a Danyang Empire's chamberlain escaped from the Danyang Empire's palace with him and found me, the chamberlain has been seriously injured, he wants me to see the face of the former emperor of the Danyang Empire by me to raise him, take him as an apprentice, cover his identity for him away from the Danyang Empire's bloodbath, and soon the chamberlain died because of his injuries, I have been raising him for more than 20 years, he is Jiang Yuheng, the son of Jiang Bingqian, the emperor of the Danyang Empire twenty years ago, and he is burdened with the blood of the Danyang Empire EmperorDai Tiande told about Jiang Heng's secret identity for twenty years.
"Over the years, Senior Brother has never mentioned his past to anyone, even if he is tired and tired, he never tells it, I didn't expect him to be burdened with the blood feud of the Danyang Empire", Lin Zixu was also shocked.
Dai Mengli couldn't cry for a long time, "He promised that I would return safely, and he promised that I would tell me when the time is right."
Jiang Yuheng's death this time is a heavy blow to Tianhua Sect, Tianhua Sect has suffered heavy blows one after another these days, in the previous Great Secret Realm, Tianhua Sect has just lost the biggest dark horse and many elite disciples, and this time it has lost its first disciple again, which is unacceptable to countless Tianhua Sect disciples.
In particular, Jiang Yuheng's death made countless Tianhua Sect disciples feel sad, most of the disciples of Tianhua Peak today are passed on by Jiang Yuheng instead of their master, and many people have long regarded him as their own master.
Jiang Yuheng's death in battle reached the emperor of Tianyang Kingdom, and he immediately announced that he was knighted, which could be regarded as a thank you for his contributions, and at the same time decided to launch a rich reward for the disciples of Tianhua Sect in this operation, in recognition of their contributions to Tianyang Kingdom.
Although Jiang Yuheng's death in battle had a huge impact on the Tianhua Sect, their action successfully delayed the Shadow Moon King's attack on Night City.
As a close confidant of the emperor of the Danyang Empire, Liang Ming has always been a descendant of the emperor and is responsible for monitoring and supervising the Shadow Moon King's every move.
In the Danyang Imperial Palace, a majestic man met Jiang Bingkun: "Your Majesty, the Shadow Moon King has been neglecting the fighters, and the Night City is still impregnable after such a long time, I have issued him an attack order many times in a row, but he ignored it at all, it is really arrogant, and please call the shots", Liang Ming began to impeach the Shadow Moon King.
"Then what does he say?" Jiang Bingkun asked.
"He always shirks, the army is not enough, the army is unstable, the enemy's defense is too strong, there are too many excuses, in short, if it weren't for his special status, I would have punished him for the crime of bullying the king in the name of overseeing the army," Liang Ming said.
"How can this grain and grass ordnance be insufficient, how much grain and grass have we sent to them, why is he not satisfied?" Jiang Bingkun said angrily.
"He said that his food and grass supply routes were often cut off by a large number of powerful spirit masters, and many grain and grass were burned, and the culprit was only a few days ago that he beheaded the culprit for public display, and yesterday he asked me again for food and grass," Liang Ming said.
"It's really giving him face, if it weren't for the fact that his Shadow Moon family still has some use value, the widow would have eradicated them a long time ago, you take our military talisman to the front line camp to urge him to attack, otherwise he will be punished as the crime of bullying the king", Jiang Bingkun was very dissatisfied.
"I'll go now", Liang Ming was proud of Jiang Bingkun's support.
Soon after, Liang Ming came to the front-line military camp and went straight to the general's military tent.
"I don't know what the Overseer is doing here, but the military advisor came and said. ”
"Go away, not looking for you", Liang Ming didn't take him seriously at all.
The military advisor had no choice but to retreat and let him in, "Gui Yunhai, you have such a big face that you want this overseer to come and beg you", Liang Ming shouted.
"I wonder if the Overseer has any questions?" said the Shadowmoon King unhurriedly.
"Don't pretend to be garlic, why do the Overseers always slack off when they urge you to attack the city many times?"
"My letter to you has made it very clear, don't you understand? Our hundreds of thousands of troops on the front line are hungry and can't hold weapons."
"Don't cry for me, don't you count how much food, grass and ordnance we have allocated to you these days?"
"But only a small part of the barracks was delivered, a lot of grain and grass were burned on the road, our logistics could not be effectively guaranteed, when the army started, you promised in front of Your Majesty that you would send us supplies in time, and this dereliction of duty is not counted on my Shadow Moon King", the Shadow Moon King-for-tat.
"You need to escape responsibility, it's your own ineffective crackdown on bandits, and I can't blame it," Liang Ming said.
Seeing the fierce quarrel between the two people, the military advisor stepped forward and persuaded, "The two generals are angry, we are all doing things for His Majesty the Emperor, if things go wrong, no one can drag it out, even the Overseer cannot escape His Majesty's wrath, we have beheaded the leader of the robbers in front of us, and the other rabble do not need to worry, as long as we continue to ensure the supply of ordnance, food and grass, it will not be long before Night City will be defeated."
"What do you think, Lord Overseer?" the Grand General stopped arguing.
"Okay, I brought His Majesty's military talisman from the Emperor, and he told me that I have cheap authority, and if the general continues to slack off, he will blame me for carrying out His Majesty's orders", Liang Ming left in a menacing manner.
"This old horseman, with a bit of flattery, makes irresponsible remarks in front of the emperor, this person must be embankmented," said the Shadow Moon King.
"The general is angry, we have written down this account for the time being, and sooner or later we will get it back with interest," said the military advisor.
"Let's let him be arrogant for a while, and then I'll clean him up when I destroy the Tianyang Kingdom and gain a firm foothold", the Shadow Moon King couldn't swallow this evil breath.
"How is that kid doing these days?"
"It's a hard bone, and he's still grinding his temperament, and sooner or later he will understand our methods."
"If we want to successfully bring down Jiang Bingkun, it is always possible to bypass the Moon Worship Sect, what do you think about this matter?"
"The reason why the Moon Worship Sect chose to support Jiang Bingkun is because our Danyang Empire is the strongest, and secondly, he is ambitious enough, if you can take his place in the future, the Moon Worship Sect will understand who is the right choice to support", the military advisor planned.
"No, the threat of the Moon Worship Sect is far from what you think, sooner or later one day he will show his sharp fangs, and now he chooses to support the Danyang Empire just because it is still useful, one day he will take his place, we have to guard against it, otherwise we will make a wedding dress for them in vain", the Shadow Moon King thought of something more.
"It seems that we still have to think about some things in the long run, but for now, we should find a way to break through the Dark City," the military advisor said.
"Actually, the reason why I have been holding my troops is just to increase the bargaining weight between us and Jiang Bingkun, I want more military power", the Shadow Moon King has his own plans.
"I see, it's me who is overthinking."
"This time, you have carefully planned to ensure the smooth flow of the grain route this time, and the Dark Night City will be broken within ten days," said the Shadow Moon King.
"I'm personally in charge this time, without the leader, they're just a bunch of loose sand, don't worry," the military advisor personally went to the Shadow Moon Fortress to receive logistical supplies.
In the depths of the mountains of the Shadow Moon Valley, "Senior Brother Zhao, the spies have reported that another huge batch of supplies has passed out from Danyang Country and the Shadow Moon Fortress will be transported to the front again in a few days, this time we..." A scout reported that Jiang Heng was dead, and he became the supreme person in charge here, and he was in charge of the operation command.
"Their losses in the previous operation were huge, and it was not easy to get the hand they wanted this time, but we will never give up any opportunity, deploy first, and then see if the situation can be shot, if the timing is not good, we will give up", Zhao Tianhu has the lesson of the previous time, he is not reckless, and others have agreed with his idea.
This time, in order to ensure the safety of supplies, the military advisor went to the empire and invited a group of powerful mercenary teams, as many as two hundred people, they had almost figured out the number and strength of Jiang Heng and his group before, and the mercenary group of two hundred people was definitely not something they could deal with.
Zhao Tianhu and the others did not directly give up the operation, they found a suitable location for the ambush, and still made a lot of arrangements, waiting for them to come.
The Shadow Moon King was under pressure from the Overseers at the moment, and had to launch a siege plan, and he had been pretending to lack supplies for the past few days, and the soldiers had lazily put down their training, which caused the appearance of a disillusionment in the Tianyang Kingdom defending the city.
During this time, Night City has been in a high-pressure state, and at this time, they found that the Shadow Moon army had no intention of fighting, which made them germinate the idea of taking the initiative to seek war, and the Dark Night City general Zhuo Xilai saw a glimmer of hope, and took advantage of the star and moon He organized a large-scale active attack in the hope of breaking up the offensive of the Shadow Moon army.
In the months since the siege of Dark City, he has almost lost his military heart, and spends his days worrying, and this time he wants to give me this opportunity.
More than 100,000 defenders of Night City slaughtered the Shadow Moon military camp with great momentum, and in the military tent: "The Great General's Night Army has been dispatched with all its might, and it will soon enter our encirclement", the scout came to report.
"You can't hold your breath so soon, you will definitely lose a lot this time", the Shadow Moon King controls everything.
The menacing Night Legion was unstoppable, but soon they understood the horror of the Shadow Moon King, and they entered the encirclement carefully planned by the Shadow Moon King.
These soldiers were high-spirited, cheering and shouting, and the momentum was fierce without the slightest hint of malaise, and the great battle was about to break out, and hundreds of thousands of troops launched a shocking battle, and both sides killed real fire.
"General, the Shadow Moon army is simply deliberately waiting for us to kill ourselves, and we have no intention of slacking off the battle at all, we have been fooled", the deputy general was covered in blood and didn't know how many people he killed.
"Today's warriors fought their way out of the encirclement to avenge the countless dead soldiers of the Tianyang Kingdom," Zhuo Xilai shouted.
In the face of hundreds of thousands of troops with high fighting spirits, they had no chance of winning, but at this time they had no way to retreat, only to fight to the end.
This night, the corpses here are all over the earth, and the blood flows into a river, this is the hardest battle since the Shadow Moon army was dispatched, even the Shadow Moon King narrowed his eyes, he felt the anger from the soldiers and civilians of the Tianyang Kingdom, this battle lasted until the afternoon of the next day, until more than 20,000 people broke through into the Dark Night City, and the rest of the Night Warriors were all killed, and their corpses were spread all over the twenty miles.
The Shadow Moon King urgently ordered his men to count the casualties, and the result shocked him, the other party left hundreds of thousands of corpses, and their Shadow Moon army also lost more than 100,000 people, even if they were under siege, these soldiers of Night City still fought desperately. This result pierced him deeply in the heart.
Night City lost nearly half of its defenders in this battle, and the Shadow Moon army still had 600,000 left, and Night City was in danger.
The battle report on the front line quickly conveyed the two empires, and the emperor of the Tianyang Empire was frightened into a cold sweat, and shouted above the court, "Heaven is going to kill me, who can resist the Danyang army."
"General Zhuo's misjudgment led to this defeat, and now that Night City is in danger, we must urgently deploy a second line of defense for the division," said the minister.
"Then Night City was abandoned like this?", the Emperor was heartbroken.
"Although the losses in Night City are huge, the casualties of the Shadow Moon army are not small, and they are temporarily powerless to threaten the second line of defense, which can buy us time", someone said.
"Either way, mobilize 50,000 men to support them in Night City, and tell Zhuo Xilai to defend Night City and urgently build a second line of defense," said the Emperor of the Tianyang Empire.
The Tianyang Empire urgently dispatched more than 50,000 soldiers to the front line urgently, and at the same time built a second line of defense.
"General, Tianyang's spies have come to report that more than 50,000 people have left for Dark Night City", and the deputy general reported to the sea of clouds.
"Now I'm only worried about what will happen to the sanitary grain and grass, even if there are 100,000, I'm not afraid," said the Shadow Moon King.
"The military advisor is meticulous and there will be no mistakes, and the supplies should be able to arrive smoothly," the adjutant general said.
"Let's wait and see, as soon as the food and grass arrive, we will start the siege," said the Shadow Moon King.
"The end will understand".
After a few days of ambush, Zhao Tianhu and the others finally waited for the army of logistics supplies, Zhao Tianhu and the others just wanted to dispatch, and a powerful spirit master team of more than two hundred people suddenly appeared in the opponent's army and killed them, and the fire that the fire spirit master had just lit was extinguished, and their actions suffered a huge setback.
"Brothers, retreat quickly, there are many people on the other side, give up the action", Zhao Tianhu realized that the other party was ready to wait for them to come.
Zhang Tiancheng looked at these fleeing spirit masters, "Grab a heavy bounty, don't let them escape", the military advisor shouted.
Under the heavy reward, there will be brave men, these mercenaries are all licking blood and trading, and they are not merciless, some spirit masters who did not retreat in time in Tianhua Sect were captured, and the rest of them were scattered.
"Without Senior Brother, our combat effectiveness has been greatly reduced, and this time they have already been fully prepared, and it will be too difficult to succeed in the future," someone said.
"I will propose to Uncle Li Dufeng to transfer the position, this is no longer suitable for the mission, sooner or later they will launch a comprehensive encirclement and suppression of us, so it is better to take the initiative to transfer," Zhao Tianhu said.
The others agreed with his choice, and he sent his disciples to liaison, and they hid in the mountains again.
Without obstruction, Zhang Tiancheng went to the front line with supplies, and the Shadow Moon King finally waited for his opportunity to attack, and now they have an absolute advantage, and they have sufficient supplies, and they have no worries.
"The Strategist didn't disappoint me, this time Night City will definitely be defeated, and tomorrow we will attack in a big way", said the Shadow Moon King.
"This spirit master force is exhausted, they have no head wolf but a rabble, today we have killed more than a dozen spirit masters who are making trouble, it's time to encircle and suppress them," Zhang Tiancheng said.
"I'm free to arrange the siege plan, and I'll leave it to you to complete the task of destroying them," said the Shadow Moon King.
"Understood".
The next day, the Shadow Moon King stopped the 400,000-strong army from attacking the city, and the black-pressed army was dispatched, and the well-protected sergeant's snow-bright spear and high fighting spirit made countless people frightened.
Even today's peak powerhouses on the continent don't dare to say that they can get out of the powerful military formation alive, the neat military formation of the Shadow Moon army advances, a large number of siege ladders, trebuchets, archers, city-breaking equipment, everything, there were many defenders of Night City before, and their many attacks have failed, and now that Night City has suffered huge losses, they finally waited for the opportunity.
Zhuo Xilai, as a famous general of the battlefield for a long time, but the previous defeat, let him blame himself, the defenders almost lost more than half, now it is really difficult to defend, the hearts of the soldiers of the dark night city on the dark night city wall trembled, and the army hiding in the cow hair in the distance rushed over, although they had high walls to resist, and there were many powerful fortifications, but in the face of several times their own strength, they knew that defeat was only a matter of time.
Now, Night City is extremely oppressive, the dust raised by the distant army is obscuring the sky, the army is closing in, everyone is silently holding their weapons, and before that, each defender has received the Empire's condolence money as a consolation reward for their deaths, which will be distributed to their families in recognition of their merits.
Zhuo Xilai stood on the city wall, he did not have the slightest wave, he was ready to sacrifice, he was originally a child born poor, how old was he to have the opportunity to learn some superficial spiritual arts, and finally joined the military camp for a living.
Over the decades, he has established countless military exploits for the empire, and has been appreciated by His Majesty the Emperor, becoming the general of Night City, guarding the safety of one side, he is grateful for His Majesty's appreciation, even if he dies this time, he has no regrets, behind here is his beloved land, there are his beloved people and relatives, he has no fear at this moment.