Volume VII. Qiankun positioning》

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Bashu, Luozhou boundary, there is an extremely treacherous mountain range, called the Evil Tiger Mountain, its terrain is dangerous, undulating and difficult to flat. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

This evil tiger mountain is said to have been transformed by a fierce tiger. It is rumored that before the first Qin, the old dragon king in the upper reaches of the Minjiang River left a son and a daughter, his son is an evil dragon, making waves, rolling up a monstrous flood, his sister dragon girl is kind-hearted, and can't bear to see the people suffering in the flood, so quietly, rushed to Lingyun Mountain overnight, opened a gap of 100 zhang wide, and drained the flood away.

When the dragon found out, he imprisoned her in a cave and sent a tiger to guard her. There is a young man named Du Yu, who got the dragon head crutch given by the gods, decided to eliminate harm for the people, and finally succeeded in subduing the evil dragon, killing the tiger, releasing the dragon girl, and forming a couple with the dragon girl.

This Du Yu is the "Emperor Wang" in the mouth of the people later.

The legendary story did not end after the boy rescued the dragon girl and became the emperor of the ancient Shu Kingdom. Because in the process of controlling the flood, a courtier named Turtle Ling showed extraordinary ability, and Emperor Wangdi appointed him as prime minister. Who knew that this turtle spirit was ambitious, and after designing to lure Emperor Wangdi out of the royal city, he eventually killed Emperor Wang, and then, he coveted the beauty of the dragon girl and wanted to occupy the dragon girl.

The dragon girl was looking forward to the return of the emperor, so she naturally refused to accept the turtle spirit. After Emperor Wang's death, because he was worried about the dragon girl, his soul did not disperse, turned into a cuckoo, wailed outside the window of the dragon girl, the dragon girl saw the crying cuckoo, knew that this was the killed Emperor Wangdi, and died of heartbreak, and after his death, he also turned into a cuckoo, and went away with Emperor Wang.

Emperor Wang's spring heart trust cuckoo!

It is this poignant and touching legend that is being spoken.

However, although this beautiful story has been widely spread among the people of Bashu, in the history books of later generations, as the villain of this story, the turtle spirit was a promising monarch who established an enlightened dynasty in the ancient Shu State for three hundred years, until it was later destroyed by the Qin State.

Now it has been more than a thousand years since the fall of the Ming Dynasty, and the existence of the Enlightened Dynasty can only be found in the history books of China.

As for Shuzhong, the graphic characters used in the ancient Shu Kingdom before, although occasionally discovered, no one has long been able to understand it, and most of them are not aware of the existence of the enlightened dynasty before the Chinese conquest.

What is still circulating is the beautiful legend of Emperor Wang and the Dragon Maiden, as well as the villain Turtle Ling, who coveted the beauty of the Dragon Maiden and killed Emperor Wang.

In the west of the Evil Tiger Mountain Range, there is a stone city called Yuliu, which is the only way to enter Shuzhong through the Snake Road.

At this moment, the person guarding here is the famous general Mu Yuan of the Silver Turtle Ridge in the twenty-seven holes of the Three Wilderness and Nine Ridges of Xiling.

As a general of the Miao army who went out of Xiling and made the greatest achievements, a few days ago, Mu Yuan was actually unwilling.

After the Miao army completely occupied Bashu and the two states in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, the next plan was to use troops on the Southwest Seven Roads of China.

At that time, the Miao army was extremely contemptuous of those thieves on the Southwest Seventh Road, and almost believed that the battle would be won.

Mu Yuan, who was supposed to be entrusted with the important task, was unexpectedly placed in the rear by Brother Crane for other reasons in the battle of Xiling, and Brother Crane at that time sent his brother-in-law Ma Jingzhan.

In fact, Ma Jingzhan is not the top general of the Miao army, but he also has a certain strength, and he is also the elite soldier in the Miao army. It's just that no one thought that in that battle, the Red Turban Army would use artillery that had never appeared on the battlefield before.

Although the Miao soldiers were elite, in the face of the sudden bombardment, the people turned on their horses, the army could not form an army, and then under the strong attack of the Red Turban Army, which had fewer soldiers and horses, but was also unstoppable, the whole line was routed and suffered heavy losses.

The defeat of Ma Jingzhan and the loss of many elite soldiers were completely unexpected for the Miao army, and with the submission of the Red Turban Army and other southwestern thieves to the Zhou court, the territory expansion of the barbarian army suddenly became difficult. Although it occupies the upper reaches of the Changhe, but from the Changhe River, the Miao army does not have a water division, and if it does not capture Bafan Town, it will not be able to get out on land.

In addition, due to the rapid expansion of the barbarian army's territory, the north has basically fallen into the hands of the barbarians. Although Brother Ori thought about forcibly killing from the direction of Sibi Cave, but in that case, it would be tantamount to directly clashing with the barbarians, and after thinking about it for a long time, he still couldn't make such a determination after all.

Unlike the barbarian army, which occupied a large amount of land and had no time to digest it, and further motivated the soldiers with the military merit system, when the territory could not continue to expand, the contradictions caused by the uneven distribution of spoils among the cave owners within the Miao army could hardly be resolved.

In the process of advancing and retreating, Brother Ori ignored the opposition of the Ming Witch Zhu Division, and once again used troops in the southwest, but the result was that the Red Turban Army, which had further increased its artillery and used more unpredictable soldiers, was beaten back again.

This defeat triggered a struggle within the Miao army, and after forcibly suppressing dissidents through bloody means, Brother Lu had to start to face, following the martial arts conference in Huaxia, and the southern soldiers and horses that attacked Bashu in two ways. And Mu Yuan, also in this situation, was urgently transferred and stationed in Yuliu City.

As a well-known general in the Miao army, the arrival of Mu Yuan greatly boosted the morale of the Miao soldiers at the bottom.

However, at this moment, Mu Yuan, standing on the head of the city, only had a gloomy face, for him, at this moment, what he was thinking about was how to achieve this victory, or whether he could return to Silver Turtle Ridge alive...... In fact, he himself can't tell.

Behind him, the Miao soldiers, who were constantly busy, were in good order, and the people who were forcibly driven up to the city and continued to strengthen the fortifications occasionally raised their heads and looked at his back, their eyes full of resentment.

For the people of Bashu, in the eyes of the Huaxia court, they certainly belong to the people outside the Huaxia, but for the Miao people in Xiling, they actually don't have much closeness. Bashu is the place where the Chinese and the Miao people live together, since the Qin Dynasty, it has been regarded as a part of China, the old graphic text has long been lost, although because of the terrain, it is somewhat isolated from the outside world, but after all, it is also deeply influenced by Chinese culture.

Being ruled by the Zhou Dynasty or being ruled by the Miao soldiers killed by Xiling, in the consciousness of the Bashu people, there is not much difference. Huayi's distinction, in a place like Bashu, almost does not work. However, the war, after all, was provoked by these Miao people in Xiling, and Bashu, which was originally isolated from the outside and relatively peaceful, also became war-torn because of these Miao soldiers, and now it was forcibly enlisted by the Miao army who were afraid of the Zhou soldiers, and it was impossible for them to be without resentment.

The fortifications of Yuliu Castle were built very quickly.

Since Ningjiang used "cement" for the first time in the Quarry Gorge, the barbarians and Yi also began to study this new thing. However, limestone mining is easy, want to burn it into quicklime that can be used to make cement, but it is not an easy task, Ningjiang is through the Daomen of the talisman technique, to strengthen the hardness of the kiln wall and control the fire, without the assistance of magic, with the current manufacturing process, want to make lime on a large scale, it is not an easy task.

Fortunately, Xiling also has the witchcraft of Xiling, and after discovering the exploitation and use of fierce fire oil, through the combination of witchcraft and fierce fire oil, Ming Wuzhu Master finally succeeded in mastering the skills of large-scale lime production, so that the fortifications of the cities of Bashu can be quickly strengthened in a very short time.

Despite this, at this moment, with elite soldiers, relying on the powerful fortifications and the rugged terrain and narrow mountain roads of Bashu itself, Mu Yuan still did not have the grasp of holding this place, which was almost unimaginable in the past.

The gray sky, the cold wind howling, Mu Yuan stood on the high wall, looked at the enemy troops in the distance, and pushed out the chariots with artillery......

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The generals of the Huaxia Army and the leading army outside the city were Wang Keyuan and Yue Qing.

At this moment, the two of them were wearing heavy cotton clothes together, standing on the high platform, looking at the soldiers who were also busy.

Unlike the other side, although the winter is cold, at this time, the soldiers and morale of the entire front army are still high.

The whole south, which has been promoted to prime minister at this moment, and at the same time concurrently serves as the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, operates strongly, and all the forces are gathered together, like a boiling dragon, and they are the minions that are about to grasp the enemy, although they are the strength of an army, but with the power of the entire dragon.

This kind of strategy of the first army is something they have never seen before, and they have never imagined, everything is given priority to the army, everything is given priority to war, all forces are mobilized, and any stumbling block that dares to drag the front line will be crushed under this high-speed wheel. These generals at the front have the support of the whole country, and the huge power to adapt to the situation in the front is also pushed by the whole wave.

This is something that was unimaginable in the Confucian culture in which they used to live!

The land of Bashu, easy to defend and difficult to attack, there are not many roads into Shu, coupled with the factors of terrain, almost every one, the enemy can easily build cities and fortifications in key positions, which also means that the attacking side, basically there is not much tactical space interspersed with roundabouts, and almost every battle is a tough battle.

Siege battles like this, one after another, would have been difficult to capture in such a cold winter...... In other words, it was originally impossible to capture, but now, looking at the rows of artillery fire, the martial arts masters with explosive bags, ready to rush forward at any time, and those Taoist priests who constantly adjust the angle of the artillery, their confidence in attacking the city has also doubled.

"If it goes on like this, maybe one day, there will be no need for even the vanguard who is charging into battle, and the chariots will advance and bombard it in rows." Because he was standing too tall and the cold wind was pressing, Yue Qing pulled his collar and smiled, "I'm really not used to this kind of tactics." ”

"Ju Shuai, let me watch you closer." Wang Keyuan also smiled, "In this kind of place, horse warfare doesn't work at all, and charging is no longer what we should do." ”

As the vanguard generals in the Weiyuan army, Wang Keyuan and Yue Qing have killed all the way on the battlefield, and they have experienced many lives and deaths, and they are like brothers at this moment. In fact, the backgrounds of the two are quite different, Wang Keyuan was born in a family of military generals with a heritage, and Yue Qing is a reckless hero who has been a horse bandit.

But in the past Great Zhou Dynasty, military generals like Wang Keyuan were basically at the bottom of the entire Great Zhou military system, although they were raised by the imperial court, but any civil official could be pressed on top of his head, and in the eyes of those Confucian-born bosses, there was no difference between the status and Yue Qing's reckless people. In the 800-year-old Confucian world, all martial artists are a category that is looked down upon, and their family background and background are not enough to become a barrier between them.

Wang Keyuan entered the Weiyuan Army earlier than Yue Qing, and although he was a hereditary general, he had also read books. Compared with Yue Qing, who only began to enter the army when the Weiyuan army was strong, he had experienced the tragic situation of successive defeats in the north before, and he knew what it was like to be defeated like a mountain, so he was much more stable than Yue Qing.

Every time the Weiyuan Army goes out on an expedition, it adopts the cooperation system of one general and one commander, and two people who have good feelings, can cooperate with each other, and have different personalities, serve as the head of the army at the same time, one main and one auxiliary, and one of them must have read books, and when participating in the formulation of the battle plan with another main general, they must also take into account the lives of the low-level soldiers and the morale and thoughts of the officers and men in the army...... And so on.

Wang Keyuan, who has now begun to join Confucian martial arts, holds such a position in the main force of the attack on Bashu. This is a big battle that needs to be constantly attacked, and before the spring flowers bloom next year, the entire Bashu must be captured, and the final decision on the tactics of the whole army is handed over to the energetic Yue Qing, and what he has to do is to fill in the gaps in tactics, as well as the operation of the whole army, so that every order of Yue Qing can be completed with the greatest efficiency.

In a way, this is a much more important, and at the same time more difficult.

Behind them, more and more soldiers and horses have been assembled, and rows of artillery have also been commissioned. In the past, Yue Qing, who was always used to taking the lead, rushed to the forefront, rubbed his hands fiercely, and his knuckles made a clicking sound. "It's almost time, let's fight!" Tilted his head, thought about it, and looked at the flag bearer in the corner of the high platform, "Let's fight!" ”

With the dancing of the battle flag, there was no indispensable offensive drum sound on the battlefield in the past, but instead, there was the roar of rows of artillery fire, bursting out of the firelight, bringing out whistling shells, and built-in gunpowder, bombarding on the city wall, like winter thunder and shock, defying the killing of the four seasons, creating a new situation in which the earth shook the mountains......