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On the tenth day of October, a rumor spread wildly in Zheng Guo.

All the people were discussing the war during this time, and the focus was Zheng Han.

It is said that Zheng Han, as the second prince, did not hesitate to lay out a conspiracy in order to seize the throne and introduce the Cangguo army into the country, so as to force the emperor and obtain military power.

On the contrary, Zheng Kang, the third prince, has been trying to communicate with Cangguo and try to calm the war as much as possible.

The common people are the most fond of this kind of gossip and palace secrets, so the news spread quickly, and even the soldiers in the army began to complain, all because Zheng Han provoked disputes between the two countries, which caused the bloodshed of the soldiers of the two countries.

Just when some people were skeptical of this rumor, most of the nobles of Zheng Guo stood up to affirm the truth of this rumor, and at the same time condemned Zheng Han's conspiracy and supported Zheng Kang.

The middle class aristocracy and the petty aristocracy, followed.

For a time, all kinds of accusations against Zheng Han were overwhelming, and as a second prince, his prestige in China also reached a historical low.

On the contrary, Zheng Kang's reputation is soaring, not only the domestic nobles have supported it, but even the evaluation of the common people has risen several notches.

This situation naturally made Zheng Han, who was the protagonist, very angry, and turned his anger into motivation and put it into military action.

On October 11, Zheng Guo's army was mobilized.

The East Battalion and the West Battalion each led 30,000 peasant troops, totaling more than 80,000 people, and were attacking left and right, and the troops approached the area of the imperial city.

At the same time, as Kong Shangxian had predicted before, Zheng Han really worked hard, ignoring the cities along the Bandit Mountain Range, and directly gathered the scattered garrison troops from all over the country to form a regular army of more than 8,000 people, which was displayed next to the Bandit Mountain Range, next to the border of Cangguo, and was in a stalemate with the White Tiger Legion.

In this regard, the three major armies of Qinglong, Suzaku and Xuanwu also responded, and ordered the remnants of Gu Fengnan and Yang Hong to lead the rebel army to garrison the three cities of Dongyang City, Liangshan City and Huangtian City, and the main force gathered together to fight head-on with the main force of Zheng State.

The first war that will decide the fate and future of the two countries has finally arrived.

After reading the battle report on the front line, Yang Mu's heart was a little pity, the final decisive battle was too fast, with the current situation of the two armies, it can be said that as long as it drags on for one more day, the Cang army will have a better chance of winning.

Because the war has reached a critical stage, so almost every hour, there will be a copy of the latest battle report to Yang Mu's handsome account, Wei Zhongquan, who is far away on the front line, carefully analyzed the battle situation, and decided to divide the main force into two parts, one part in Huangtian City, and one part under Zheng Cheng to attack the city, the two parts of the army showed a trend of mutual assistance, and the siege and defense of the city were carried out at the same time.

In this regard, Yang Mu agreed and was also very pleased.

As a person who has read more military books, Wei Zhongquan has made rapid progress during this time, especially in the use of soldiers, he is no longer static, he knows how to be flexible, and he also has a long-term view of the overall situation, and he has successfully transformed from a general to a handsome talent.

Yang Mu immediately gave instructions and transferred the newly trained 8,000 volunteers to the front line to assist in the war.

On October 12, forced by the strategy of the Cang army, the Zheng army had to divide the main force into two parts, and the Dongda Battalion was responsible for attacking Huangtian City.

10,000 regular elites, plus 30,000 peasant troops, a total of 40,000.

Such a huge scale of war can be said to be the largest war in decades for the Zheng and Cang armies.

Similar to the situation in Cangguo, the main generals of the three major battalions are not the children of the major families, but the personal guards of Emperor Zhengguo.

The commander of the Dongda Battalion was a general named Xue Wu, about forty years old, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, riding on the back of a red date-colored horse, commanding the entire army.

"Children in the city, open the door and surrender!" Xue Wu brandished his horsewhip and shouted under the city.

Zhu Xi heard clearly on the city wall, hugged his arms when he heard the words, and said disdainfully: "Attacking the city and capturing the fortress is not with mouth!" ”

“……”

Xue Wu was so angry that his cheeks bulged, originally this kind of shouting was a process in a serious siege, which meant that the two armies had officially started a war without leaving room for it, but he didn't expect to be humiliated by the other party's main general.

So, Xue Wu snorted, turned his horse back to his own formation, and then raised his hand to Huangtian City in the distance, and roared like a roar: "Attack the city for me!" ”

"Woo-"

"Woo-"

"Woo-"

In the ranks of the Zheng army, three low horns sounded, and the peasant soldiers all over the mountains and fields, under the threat of a group of overseers, carried inferior weapons, and rushed towards Huangtian City.

Looking down from the castle tower, it was like a black oppressive human head in the yellow sand, like a black tide, swept in ragingly.

"Kill—"

"Rush—"

The whole 30,000 peasant army, driven by the overseers behind, screamed with all their might, stepped on the straw sandals under their feet, and surged towards the city walls.

These peasant troops, all of whom have been recruited from the north of Zheng State in recent days, many of them are directly slaves and tenant farmers of big families, with yellow faces and thin muscles, and no clothes to cover their bodies, as the siege troops rushing in front, they have no armor on their bodies, and the only thing that can be called weapons is the shoddy spears in their hands.

Of course, if the kind of thing with a rusty iron chisel tied to a wooden stick can also be called a spear.

However, this is not the worst weapon of these peasant armies.

The worse and worse so-called spear was actually just a wooden stick sharpened at one end, or a stick with a stone that was quickly sharpened by a hemp rope tied to it.

It's this kind of thing to fight...... No, come and die?

Zhu Xi, who was standing at the head of the city, pouted, Zheng Jun recruited 60,000 peasant soldiers in a short period of time, although the number was huge, but the shortcomings were also revealed, the most obvious is that the supply of weapons and equipment is not available, and there are many peasants who carry their own hunting knives and forks with hoes.

There was no doubt that a random soldier of the Xuanwu Legion could slash and kill five or six such peasant armies.

Even, those rebels who assisted in defending the city could do it all.

Just pour a ladle of boiling water from the city, and a large number of people can be scalded.

Perhaps, their real role is only to consume the physical strength of the defenders, share the attack for the regular army behind, and act as a human shield.

The rebels standing at the head of the city also looked solemn.

I have to say that since they surrendered to Cangguo, they have a strong feeling that their temporary conscripted peasant soldiers are not consumables on the battlefield.

Compared with the generals of Zheng Guo who do not regard the peasant soldiers as people, these generals of Cangguo are really qualified to be called commanders, because what the generals of Cangguo did during this period is obvious to all, and they are really regarded as regular soldiers in training, military treatment and teaching, which are no different from the soldiers of the three major legions.

What is missing may be just a real identity and some gaps in different trainings.

It is precisely because of the comparison that the soldiers of the righteous army have a kind of resistance and hatred towards the generals who hide behind the peasant soldiers in the city, and their hearts are full of sympathy for the peasant soldiers who came to die one after another.

Especially those soldiers who used to be under Zheng Kang, it was like seeing their former selves.

No!

The peasant soldiers outside the city were in an even worse situation than they were at the beginning.

At least, when they were under Zheng Kang's command, although they were not regarded as people by the generals, at least they had a passable weapon, and they had some self-protection power when facing the enemy.

But the peasant soldiers in the distance, who were being driven and rushed over, they had nothing.

"Damn the nobles of Zheng Kingdom!"

On the city wall, a sergeant couldn't help but curse in a low voice, and spat viciously at the city wall under his feet, to show his hatred for the nobles and generals of Zheng Guo at the moment.

Nearby, the rest of the soldiers of the rebel army also showed expressions of disgust.

At the same time, they are also deeply glad that they are now status, after returning to Cangguo, this country did not drive them to the battlefield like Zheng Guo, like pigs and dogs, and piled up victory with human lives. For mobile phone users, please browse M. Reading for a better reading experience.