When the first rays of the setting sun shone on the earth, Liang Jun walked out of the Red Ghost Valley and faced the Yima Pingchuan, the toxin-containing river that flowed out of the valley and turned to the southeast, and the scenery changed from the previous mountains and trees to the still green grassland. When the grass in the Daliang Kingdom on the north side of the Yelong River began to turn yellow, the land of Donghu was still lush with grass and trees, and this alone was enough to make Daliang covet.

Geng Yan shook off the map of Donghu drawn by his predecessors and said: "According to this map, the end of this hundred-mile plain is the capital city of Donghu leaning on the tongue ridge. ”

Gu Hongxuan suggested: "The soldiers are fast, our army will attack immediately, a distance of three hundred miles, and the cavalry will be used to say that we can reach the capital in the early morning of the next morning, and we will be caught off guard!" ”

Yang Zhong nodded and ordered: "Commander Geng, the Wugong Guard and the Tenglong Guard under my command are all cavalry, and the Han Dao Guard of Xuanjia is also a cavalry, so I will lead the three guards to attack, and you will be responsible for the rearguard, on the one hand, after the break, and on the other hand, the battle situation will be reported to the general!" ”

"The last general obeys!"

"Let's go!" Yang Zhong took the lead, and Sanwei followed closely behind, and suddenly bursts of smoke and dust covered the sky and the sun, which stimulated Si Heng to open his eyes.

"Roar, these 200,000 cavalry are really amazing, with this momentum, in my opinion, it is not difficult to take the capital of Donghu, I hope to leave some military merits for me and other brothers, don't wait for us to arrive, the battle is over, then it will be boring."

Ling Fei glanced at Si Heng, "This is a war for your family and country, but you are full of your own military exploits, which is really superficial!" ”

"Hey, it's not right for you to say that, the mission of the family and the country and personal honor and disgrace are not contradictory, who doesn't have selfishness these days, look at what you said!" was squeezed by Ling Feiyan, and Si Heng suddenly panicked.

Shi Gong Zhengyuan really didn't want to listen to the two of them, and reminded: "If you continue to fight like this, the battle over there will really end." ”

"Yes, yes, yes, it's still the truth of what Zhengyuan said!" Si Heng grabbed Ling Feiyan with a shy face and hurried to keep up with the large army, Ling Feiyan suddenly felt that his face was a little hot, and shook off Si Heng's hand vigorously, but this person was shameless and repeatedly entangled, provoking the soldiers under the command of the two to desperately hold back their laughter.

A day's and night's run was not particularly tiring for the best cavalry of Daliang, and 120,000 cavalry rumbled in smoke and dust, and arrived ten miles away from the capital of Donghu at sunrise the next day. The guards of the capital were very flustered, obviously they did not expect the Liang army to suddenly appear under the capital, and immediately the defense of the city began to become strict, and one by one the Donghu soldiers looked nervously at the Liang cavalry not far away.

Yang Zhong ordered the whole army to repair in situ, and he stared at the wall of the capital, living up to his expectations, and soon after, Shi Mingyu appeared at the head of the city, when he saw Liang Jun, the complexity in his heart was unknown, whether he cared more about his son or worried more about Rong Micheng, Yang Zhong didn't know and didn't care about these, he was concerned about the fact that a ditch five zhang wide had been dug in front of the capital and the deer grate shining with cold light in front of the ditch.

Yang Zhong hit his horse and came to the front of the city, looking coldly at the ten-man high city wall and the Donghu soldiers on the city wall.

"It turned out to be General Yang!" That Shi Mingyu stood at the head of the city and shouted, "I really didn't expect you to pass through the Red Ghost Valley so quickly, but my Donghu Capital City is not like the Red Ghost Valley, according to the words of your Liang people, it is 'impregnable', if you want to conquer it, you have to exchange your life!" Oh, by the way, I don't know how the old general Yang Jie is doing, wait for me to say hello to him! ”

Hearing the words "Old General Yang", Yang Zhong was itching with hatred, and couldn't help but reply: "The Rongmi City that you are proud of has been taken by us without abolishing a single soldier!" Before I set out on the expedition, my father also instructed that when I met that Shi Yaba, I must tell you that my father is waiting for you under the Nine Springs, oh, by the way, that Lord Shi, your son is also waiting to reunite with your father and son under the Nine Springs! After speaking, Yang Zhong returned to the Liang army's camp with his horse, and Shi Mingyu also hated his fingers and scratched marks on the city wall stone.

Xuan Shaoning stood in the military formation and did not clearly hear the implication of life and death contained in the dialogue between the two, he spent all his energy on looking at the capital: the city wall is extremely high, the gap between each brick and stone is very small, the arrow tower is built very majestic, but it has a significantly different style from the girder, there is no high eaves but is all made of bricks and stones like a fortress, and the roof is also covered with green tiles in addition to the doors and windows; The city wall does not resemble the girders with square corners, but arcs to both sides until they are out of sight; Behind the entire city, there is a towering mountain range that acts as the back of the capital, allowing the Donghu army to defend against incoming enemies from three directions; What is the name of the gate where the current army is located, Xuan Shaoning does not know the Donghu script, so he can only call it the East Gate according to the geographical location.

"The whole army listens to the order: the martial arts guard shield is ready! Dragon's Guard Crossbowmen Ready! ”

Yang Zhong led Han Daowei as the middle army, Gu Hongxuan led Wugongwei as the left army, and Jiang Xiaoyu led Tenglongwei as the right army. Wu Gong Wei took the lead in setting up the shield array and moved forward quickly, and Teng Long Wei took turns shooting arrows in the direction of the city wall in a group of three rounds, without stopping for a moment; And Donghu's side also blocked the Liang army's attack with round after round of arrow rain. With the protection of the shield array, Wu Gongwei advanced to the vicinity of the trench with little loss, An Haoran looked down, good guy, there are dense barbs placed under this trench, and blue light flashes on each thorn head.

The Donghu people are vicious enough, they are afraid that they will not be able to stab us, and they will quench the poison on the thorns! An Haoran gritted his teeth and ordered: "Build a bridge!" At the sound of an order, the Liang soldiers divided into five teams, each of which drew out wooden plank bridges one by one from the ranks and began to build them above the trench.

"Can't let them build bridges! Shoot me an arrow and don't stop! ”

Na Shi Mingyu shouted at the top of his voice, and soon round after round of more dense arrow rain than before came towards the Liang army, this trick worked, and many Liang soldiers who tried to build a bridge died under the rain of arrows. If the wooden bridge cannot be built successfully, then the strategy after that cannot be implemented, Yang Zhong ordered, "Speed up the rotation of the arrow rain, and the archers quickly change positions, and return a tooth for a tooth!" The same more dense rain of arrows also shot all the Donghu soldiers who tried to poke their heads out of the city walls into a sieve. Given a brief respite, An Haoran took the lead in grabbing the plank bridge to the opposite bank, and when the bridge was halfway erected, he stepped on the wooden bridge first without carrying a shield to protect it, leaving himself exposed to the range.

"Be careful!" Xuan Shaoning silently recited dozens of times in his heart, hoping to hurry up and erect the bridge to the other side faster. Maybe it was the rain of arrows offensive that played a role, maybe there was Xuan Shaoning's prayer, after An Haoran jumped on the opposite bank safely, he erected the first bridge unscathed, and then the girder soldiers immediately crossed the trench along the wooden bridge, and with the first bridge, there was soon a second, third, and fourth.

"Shoot me! Absolutely not let them cross the trench! "That Shi Mingyu's crazy state was seen by Xuan Shaoning, and the anger in his heart that longed for battle had been burning for a long time, just waiting for the general to give the order.

"Cold Knife Guard, prepare to hit the wood!"

"Yes!"

I've finally been waiting for this opportunity! Brothers, rush! Under the leadership of Xia Junmao, the soldiers of the Cold Knife Guard carried a huge crashing wood, dodged the rain of arrows, stepped over the squeaky wooden bridge, ignored the blue light barbs under the trench, and rushed to the east gate with enthusiasm.

"Brothers, hit me hard!"

Hey! Hey! With a regular rhythm, the bumper began to ram towards the two tall city gates one by one. Boom! Boom! Boom! The sound inspired the Liang soldiers, and at the same time made the hearts of the Donghu people sink more and more.

Yes! Yes! Hearing the brothers behind him fall one by one, Xia Junmao roared: "Brothers, work hard, knock open this city gate!" ”

Hi! Hi! With the encouragement of the captain, everyone exerted their strength to feed, and each time the impact became more violent, and the gates began to loosen under repeated impacts, and sand continued to fall on the lintels.

"Work hard, you're about to succeed!"

Hi! Hi! Xuan Shaoning's sweat flowed into his mouth, tasting a salty and bitter taste, even though his hands and shoulders were already sore and unconscious, but with a breath of not admitting defeat, he still slammed towards the city gate.

Bang! The sound of the bolt breaking came to Xuan Shaoning's ears, and he immediately shouted, "The bolt is broken, everyone come again!" ”

Everyone's last effort slammed into it, and the city gate was forced open with a bang! Following the direction of the force, Xuan Shaoning's body involuntarily rushed into the city, and before he could see the enemy in the city, a cold light had already approached him, and between opening and closing his eyes, the blade slashed through the skin. Clang! The sound produced by the collision of swords shook Xuan Shaoning's ears.

"Captain Xuan, be careful!" Cao Tie was holding a machete in front of him at this moment, and all the brothers of the original Fifth Martial Arts who had been following him were around Xuan Shaoning.

"Rush in!" An Haoran, as the vanguard, led the Liang army to rush into the city gate and fought to the death with the inner city guards, while some soldiers of Wugongwei quickly built a wooden bridge for the war horses to pass, and soon the cavalry joined the battle. As more and more cavalry joined the battle group, the Donghu army fought and retreated, all the way to the inner city gate. Gu Hongxuan led the cavalry to rush all the way and rushed towards the inner city gate. The whole battle went very smoothly, and all the Liang soldiers looked extremely excited.

The outer city is full of lookouts on both sides, and the long length extends to the inner city, and the number of Donghu soldiers killed in the outer city is not as large as imagined, and Shi Mingyu himself is gone. All this made Xuan Shaoning vigilant, this scene seems familiar, and a similar situation was encountered in the Battle of Yinzhou, is it?

"Defend the city gates!" Just when Xuan Shaoning shouted this sentence, he heard a boom, and the two heavy city gates had been closed. Oops! Hit the trick! Without waiting for the soldiers of the martial guards, heavily armed Donghu soldiers appeared on the lookouts on both sides, and without saying a word, they shot arrows at the Liang army under the city. The unsuspecting Liang army fell one after another before they had time to form a shield array.

Yang Zhong, who was outside the city, saw this scene and immediately understood the tricks of the Donghu people, "The two armies obey my orders and immediately attack the city!" Before the soldiers could take the first step, a crossbow arrow swished and skewered the three soldiers in front of the formation into meat skewers.

Bed crossbow?! Yang Zhong was very surprised, this bed crossbow is a special ordnance for the beam, even if the surrounding countries have always wanted to imitate it, but they have only learned the core from the skin, so the power has not been very much, but the power of this arrow crossbow is almost the same as the bed crossbow of the beam.

"Shield!" The military array in the front row immediately set up a protective formation and waited for it, and more than a dozen bed crossbows had been erected at the head of the capital, whoosh! Sou! Sou! One after another powerful crossbow arrows roared towards the Liang army, the strength was too strong, even with the shield blocking, the crossbow arrows still pierced through the soldiers' bodies.

The bed crossbow is full of power, but the weakness is that the firing gap is long, and the production cost of crossbow arrows is high, even the number of crossbow arrows in the girder is not much, let alone the small country of Donghu. The Liang army took advantage of the weakness of the bed crossbow and quickly advanced towards the city gate after sacrificing a part of the soldiers, at this time, the north and south gates of the capital were opened at the same time, and the two mighty Donghu armies rushed towards the Liang army in horns with each other, and for a time Yang Zhong's Chinese army and Jiang Xiaoyu's right army were overwhelmed by the enemy on three sides.

"Retreat to the city gates!" Xuan Shaoning shouted to retreat while slashing and slashing the enemy troops who rushed up, since he fell into the enemy's plan to lure the king into the urn, Xuan Shaoning's Han Dao Wei and Gu Hongxuan's martial arts guard were cut off in two areas, Han Dao Wei was closer to the east city gate, and Gu Hongxuan was already in the direction of the inner city gate.

"Archers go on! Rain of arrows covered! ”

The Donghu people issued a new attack order, and in the face of tens of thousands of live targets below, the Donghu archers shot happily, round after round, without the slightest intention of stopping. The soldiers of the Liang army were miserable, and the shield bearers gathered in a formation to cooperate with each other, but in the face of the rain of arrows that could not be stopped at all, the shield was soon densely covered with a layer of white hair, and even more, the entire shield had no place for feather arrows to insert. Under such an offensive, the cavalry fell to the ground one after another, and Gu Hongxuan also jumped off his horse and hid in the protective circle composed of his own soldiers.

Standing on the lookout in the inner city, Shi Mingyu looked at the scene of "closing the door and beating the dog" quite proudly, and felt that it was not enjoyable after watching it for a while, so he ordered: "Don't neglect the distinguished guests, serve good food!" Although the Liang army, who was deep in the middle of the urn city, couldn't hear what Shi Mingyu said, but at this moment he briefly felt the slowdown of the offensive, and the bold man also poked his head out slightly from behind the shield to peek, and the reality was as he expected, indeed the feather arrows no longer shot, and he was wondering about the stall, he saw that the archers on the head of the city were replaced with new feather arrows, to be precise, it was not a simple feather arrow, but a feather arrow that was ignited, What is even more surprising is that the flame of the arrow burning is not red but cyan, and the green flame is constantly beating, which is extremely penetrating.

What is this? Before the Liang soldier could think clearly, a flaming feather arrow shot into the shield he was holding, and as soon as the green flame stained the shield, it immediately spread and burned the entire shield, and the rapid and scorching pain caused by the burning forced the soldier to throw away the former talisman. Just when he was still desperately shaking his hand, hoping to relieve the pain of the burn he had just been burned, a second feather arrow burning with cyan flames shot into his body, his eyes widened in disbelief, and the whole person fell on his back, and at the moment of falling, the whole person was shrouded in cyan flames.

This is not the encounter of this Liang soldier alone, but the reality faced by all the trapped Liang soldiers, the Donghu people shot this weird and lethal feather arrow towards the Liang army below, and for a while the shield players were burned to death after being hit by the arrow, and the physical pain caused by the burning made these once proud Liang cavalry begin to roar, and began to frantically slap the flames on their bodies, but unfortunately everything was in vain, the cyan flames seemed to be ghost fires from hell, once they were contaminated, it was impossible to escape, He slowly fell to the ground under the painful burn, and was burned to the point that only black carbon was left.

"What the hell is this!" Lei Peng was obviously frightened, and shouted in a trembling voice. Xuan Shaoning understands that these iron-blooded men do not show the slightest cowardice in the face of the cruel battlefield, but in the face of this strange fire that exceeds the comprehension ability of ordinary people, no matter how brave the man is, he will inevitably be afraid. The reason why Xuan Shaoning was able to understand Lei Peng was because his hand holding the sword began to tremble slightly.

Sou! Another feather arrow burning with ghost fire shot towards Lei Peng, I don't know how to be good Lei Peng blindly retreated, seeing that the cyan ghost fire was about to climb up his body, Xuan Shaoning shouted and cut off the feather arrow with a sword, and the feather arrow that was hit hard on the side failed to complete its mission, and fell to the ground in two when it was close to the end, but the ghost fire was still burning tenaciously.

"Cheer up! Once the shield is shot, discard it immediately, and cut off the feather arrows with the sword in your hand, and never let the ghost fire get touched! Xuan Shaoning's move had the effect of boosting morale, Xia Junmao ordered the Han Dao Guards to regroup, and everyone showed great concentration to face the Ghost Fire Feather Arrow.

"Keep shooting!"

Under Yaba's orders, the Donghu people did not stop attacking with ghost fire, and shot out hell fire round after round, sending the enemies in the urn city into the Yellow Spring. Gu Hongxuan rushed into the urn city with 20,000 people, thinking that he would directly attack the inner city with a fighting spirit, but unexpectedly, this urn city was not open, and 20,000 horses were crowded with each other in it, which was simply a live target sent to the door, and the Donghu people had lost nearly half of the Liang army's strength after continuous shooting with three incense sticks.

"Rejoice! Master Dumo, your gift is so useful! When this battle is over, I will surely show my master to reward the master! Facing the current results, Shi Mingyu said to the person behind him with gratitude, but the other party seemed unmoved, and said coldly: "Then Lord Shi, this green firefly is very valuable, don't waste it too much here." ”

That Shi Mingyu suddenly realized: "Yes, yes, the number of green fireflies brought by the master is limited, and it has already caused a lot of casualties to the Liang army, and it is the turn of our soldiers to appear!" ”