Chapter 179: Shocking Pinggang
In the middle of summer, the sky was already bright soon after the arrival of Mao, and the vast white fog shrouded the entire Pinggang City, and there were sporadic noises in the city from time to time.
As the royal capital of the Southern King Kong Youde's power, even after successive defeats, the population in Pinggang City still exceeds 100,000, and such a huge population base naturally needs countless shops, hotels and other service industries to maintain.
Most of the first people in the city were now employed in the service industry.
"Captain Sun!"
"Captain Sun is going to change shifts again!"
In the western district of Pinggang City, on a street full of temporary paving on both sides, Sun Cheng got up early as usual, bought a few steamed buns at the bun shop next to the street, and walked across the street towards the city wall while eating, and the vendors along the way greeted him warmly.
As a member of the Pinggang City garrison team leader, Sun Cheng has 50 garrison soldiers under his command, mainly responsible for guarding the city wall of the West Gate section, and is also a low-level officer in the army, this identity is no longer offended by the small traders on both sides of the street.
"Captain!"
"Captain!"
After eating the buns in his hand beautifully, Sun Cheng finally came to the tower of Xicheng City, at this time all the 50 soldiers under his command had arrived at their posts, waiting for him to change shifts with the personnel on duty last night after his arrival.
"It's going to take a while for the city gate to open in this weather, Team Liu, you should go back and rest first!"
The fog shrouded the entire Pinggang City, the visibility was less than 5 meters, and after the change of personnel from the previous shift was completed, looking at the white expanse outside the city, Sun Cheng said loudly.
According to the custom, in order to avoid being taken advantage of by possible enemies, the opening of the gate of Pinggang City in this foggy weather will be delayed by an hour, and all those who urgently need to enter and exit the city must wait until the gate is opened before entering or leaving the city.
Thundered~
Just when Sun Cheng and the others on the city tower had completed the shift change and were about to take people downstairs to open the city gate, standing on the city tower, they faintly felt a slight tremor under their feet, and a violent rumbling sound suddenly came from outside the city.
"Bell, bell!"
"Oh no! There are cavalry! ”
Sun Cheng's face on the city tower changed immediately, and he immediately ordered someone to ring the alarm bell on the city tower.
Pedal Pedal Pedal ~
On the tower of the city, the soldiers defending the city turned into the ground with horror, and the sound of heavy horses' hooves struck everyone's hearts like thunder, and they poured like a mountain and a sea.
Outside the city, there was a vast expanse of white, and the movement of the enemy army could not be seen at all. This invisible danger is even more frightening!
The heavy sound of horses' hooves drew closer and closer, and lasted for a quarter of an hour before it stopped.
"What's going on?"
After the sound of hooves stopped, Sun Cheng and the others looked at each other, looking dazed, the imaginary siege scene and the rain of arrows did not come, and they couldn't see anyone approaching under the city.
Could it be that the sound of hooves just now is all an illusion?
"Summons to all! Prepare for battle! ”
Wei Le, who had just arrived on the city wall after receiving the news, looked at the outside of the city with a serious face, and ordered to the generals under his command.
Time passed slowly, and an hour later, while the defenders on the city tower were waiting, the dense fog outside Pinggang City finally gradually faded, and the situation outside slowly appeared in everyone's sight.
"Hiss~"
As the fog cleared, the situation outside the city slowly appeared in people's sight, and there was a sudden burst of exclamations and gasps from the castle tower.
As far as the eye could see, I saw that the open space 300 meters away outside the city had been covered with dense black-armored cavalry.
These cavalrymen were dressed in black armor and wore red tasseled helmets, forming four huge phalanxes and standing quietly in place, black forests and spears like forests, exuding a cold and gloomy light in the morning light.
Looking at the black-armored cavalry cluster outside the city, a hint of horror flashed on Wei Le's face.
The more than 10,000 cavalry of the Southern King Army outside the city did not make a sound for more than an hour, what an elite can do.
How did these cavalrymen come from Simon? Could it be that the prince has already been defeated?
At the same time, questions and horrors also filled Wei Le's heart, which made him cold there for a short time, not knowing how to react.
Behind Wei Le, the guards of Pinggang City did not dare to make the slightest move, and they were also frightened by the cavalry outside the city.
Outside the city, in the middle of the front army of the army, a huge military flag stood tall, and Sima Yu, who was wearing black armor and a red cloak on his shoulder, stood on a tall war horse, looking leisurely at the Pinggang City in front of him.
"That's?"
On the city tower, Wei Le, who came back to his senses in a trance, saw the pupils of the military flag in front of the army shrink violently.
People in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River know that Sima Yu, the king of the south, advocates black, and all the armies in the entire southern king army wear black armor and hold black flags, but the general flag of Sima Yu, the king of the south, is different, and there is gold around the black unicorn flag.
This is unique to Sima Yu, and only Sima Yu can use it in the entire Southern Wang Army.
Facing Sima Yu's leisurely gaze, Wei Le only felt a heavy pressure coming from the surface.
With the continuous expansion of power, Sima Yu, the king of the south, has become one of the overlords in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. In the continuous victories of the Southern King Army, no one would think that his rise was based on luck, which was the momentum accumulated with countless corpses and seas of blood.
"Zhao Tong!"
After staring silently for a long time, Sima Yu retracted his gaze and said.
"In!"
Zhao Tong, who was following behind him, hurriedly came out to answer when he heard this.
"Give you 5,000 men and horses, and watch Pinggang City!" Sima Yu said lightly.
The ambush battle in Donglin Village that has just ended, the last sharp spirit of Kong Youde's army has also been knocked out, and now Sima Yu and they are facing only two lonely cities of Pinggang and Sichuan City, although there are still more than 30,000 troops, but it is not enough to worry, leaving Zhao Tong to lead 5,000 flying feather cavalry to besiege Pinggang City.
"Whoa!"
Seeing that Sima had no intention of attacking Pinggang City, Zhao Tong was slightly surprised, and still respectfully received the order.
In his opinion, the fighting spirit of Pinggang City in front of him has been lost, and he can easily go down without paying too much price, and he doesn't understand why Sima Yu abandoned it.
However, he was absolutely obedient to Sima Yu's orders.
Only by going deep into the Southern King's Army can we understand the importance of Sima Yu's prestige in the army, and convincing Sima Yu is the first lesson learned by all soldiers who join the Southern King's Army.
This could only be done in the Southern King's Army, which was formed on the basis of a large number of barbarian soldiers who were loyal to Sima Yu.
"Withdraw!"
After arranging for Zhao Tong to stay behind, Sima Yu pulled the reins and quickly led the troops to the north.
To the north, 15,000 Left Guards and 10,000 cavalry battalions had arrived in the northern part of Shimo County under the escort of the Southern Battalion of the Water Division.
Now, the remnants of Kong Youde's army can no longer attract Sima Yu's attention, because a bigger battle has come.