Li Yanrao raised the difficulty of Yikunzhou's attack, nothing more than to highlight the merits of Lu Longjun's attack here, this kind of daughter-in-law-like mentality, Li Congjing naturally didn't bother to pay attention to it. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Soon Li Yanchao led the main force of the army to arrive, and Lu Longjun camped in front of the city, which is located on the edge of Qilaotu Mountain, and the timber can also be obtained, but the stone is more difficult to get, otherwise the camp will not be easy to tie, after all, it is a wartime camp, and the requirements are much higher than the marching camp.

Generally speaking, the position of the tent in the camp is the core, and it is also the most well-guarded place, and the corner tower fence is readily available, which can be called the camp within the camp.

However, today's Lu Longjun camp, the most well-guarded place, is not Li Yanchao's handsome tent, nor Li Congjing's royal tent, but a seemingly inconspicuous, but absolutely in the key position of the formation, from the perspective of the camp arrangement, the urgency of this place even exceeds Li Congjing and Li Yanchao's big tent.

The armor guards here are all Li Yanchao's personal guards. Ordinary armor soldiers and generals don't say that they are guards, but they don't even have the qualifications to approach. What is even more surprising to the discerning people is that it is Li Yanchao's personal guard, who only assumes the role of peripheral guard.

In the battalion, who served as the internal guard, was a group of armor soldiers whom Lu Longjun had never met.

In today's Lu Long Army, there are many knowledgeable generals, although they don't know which army these armor soldiers belong to, but they can clearly perceive the elite and fierce of the other party, and the instincts honed on the battlefield tell them that they are definitely a group of guys who kill people without blinking. Those with sharp eyes, after seeing the cyan robes under the strict armor of the armor, they stopped asking more questions with interest, and they didn't even think about it anymore.

"General, who is the person who lives in this camp, who is sacred, so that the defense of this place is more tightly guarded than the Great Tent of King Qin?" When Li Yanrao personally led his troops to inspect the defense of this place, his personal guards couldn't help but ask him, "Do you want the general to personally inspect and be vigilant?" ”

There are only two people in the Lu Long Army who know about this place, and Li Yanrao is one of them, but he was obviously given a gag order, so he could only shake his head and remain silent.

This guard is also a clever man, and in connection with what he has seen and heard on the march in these days, he further said: "This time the army is going north, and the 'those' armor soldiers are guarding more than a dozen carriages, and the ruts left on the road by those carriages are very deep, not like carrying people, but like carrying some heavy objects, could it be a new type of ordnance?" ”

Li Yanrao suddenly stopped and glanced back at the guard.

Touching Li Yanrao's eyes, the guards were stunned, because not only did they not have any appreciation for his cleverness, but they were so cold that they even seemed to flash a trace of killing intent.

The guards suddenly remembered a military order, and immediately shuddered: secrets in the army, those who inquire without authorization, behead.

"Did you know that your words alone are enough for Ben to cut off your head?" At this time, Li Yanrao completely lost his affinity for the trilogy on weekdays.

You never know which people around you are the pawns planted by the other party, and you can't know which people are just bought by the other party, even if he has no intention of betrayal, it is very likely that important military aircraft have been leaked.

There was an anecdote in Lu Longjun's army a few years ago.

Li Yanrao's deputy head of the guard was defected by one of his fellow countrymen, because the two have known each other since childhood, and the other party is interested in stammering, the deputy head of the deputy capital soon became cordial to that person, and introduced the other party to Lu Longjun.

People always like to show off after they are developed, and they like to brag in front of their fellow countrymen, and after a drunken time, the deputy head of the capital, stimulated by the words of the fellow countrymen, told the secret that he was going to go to Yikun Prefecture with Li Yanrao as a boastful capital.

I never thought that the villagers of the deputy capital had already bought the Khitan in Yikun Prefecture, and Li Yanrao's whereabouts were soon revealed. It is also a loss that Li Yanrao has some luck, and the Youzhou Military Intelligence Department found out the whereabouts of Xizuo in time, and took advantage of the situation to torture the news, and sent people to quickly recover Li Yanrao, so that Li Yanrao did not catch the turtle in the urn.

Li Yanrao, as the number two person in the Lu Long army, if he falls into the hands of the Khitan, the Lu Long army will suffer unimaginable losses.

It is not uncommon for the Khitan to buy the handiwork of the deputy head of the country, which is called "rural" in the art of war, but the energy should not be underestimated.

Li Yanrao also remembered this matter just now, so he mercilessly reprimanded the mouthy guards.

Looking at the well-guarded barracks, Li Yanrao's mind reappeared the scene when he first saw the power of the batch of "ordnance" in Youzhou some time ago, which was a terrifying scene that he could not forget in his life, and it was precisely because of those things that even if he saw the majestic defense of Yikunzhou with his own eyes, he was confident that he would take the city.

Li Yanrao was confident in taking Yikun Prefecture because he knew the power of those "ordnances", but Li Congjing was not as optimistic as him, and he knew very well the nature of those ordnances, and how to exert their power was not a simple matter.

As a matter of fact, the thing was developed at the end of last year, and the Military Intelligence Department immediately brought the samples provided by the Armaments Research and Development Department to Li Congjing, who had experimented with its performance in Chengdu, and this time came to the West Building with full confidence, also because a batch of finished products produced by the Armaments Research and Development Department could be shipped in time.

Liu Lao and Xu Banxian of the Armaments Research and Development Department agreed that this thing should be named "Heavenly Punishment", which shows how much shock this thing brought them, they have been developing this thing for seven or eight years, and now they are so afraid of its power, it is impossible not to scare the soldiers on both sides after this thing appears on the battlefield.

It's just a matter of scaring the enemy, that's the effect Li Congjing wants to see, but it's not good to scare Lu Longjun, after all, the next task of the army is to attack the city, and after that thing is used, it is for Lu Longjun to take advantage of the situation to increase the offensive and take the city. However, in order to keep it secret, Li Congjing couldn't let Lu Longjun take a look at its power, after all, the movement caused by this thing was not small, and it was impossible for Lu Long's soldiers to experience its power without attracting the attention of the Khitan Meticulous Works.

But then again, even if the Khitan knew about the existence of this thing, they couldn't make a too effective response, but if Yikun Prefecture changed its tactics because of this, or Yelubei sent reinforcements over, it would cause too many variables, and Li Congjing had to think carefully if he wanted to ensure that the effect of this thing after it appeared could deter everyone, so as to earn more things in the grassland.

Besides, the power of this thing is not as great as imagined...... After all, it is the first generation of finished products, and the gap with later generations cannot be described in words, as long as you think about the dynasties after the appearance of this thing, the way of war has not changed much to understand one or two.

"Your Highness, the trappers have been assembled." Li Yanchao came to the big tent to report to Li Congjing.

The war will start tomorrow, and all the preparations must be completed today, and Li Congjing still has something to explain to the first batch of users of the "Heavenly Punishment".

There were only 500 soldiers in the trap, mainly composed of Li Congjing's guards, Li Yanchao's guards, and the sharp soldiers of the Military Intelligence Department who escorted the "Heavenly Punishment" - they were people who had seen the "Heavenly Punishment" and had also been trained in the use of the "Heavenly Punishment", and they would bear the burden of using the "Heavenly Punishment" when they attacked the city tomorrow.

"Yeluhege has decided to defend the city, and it is the battle of tomorrow, focusing on breaking through the military forts in Yikun Prefecture, and going against the trend. Tomorrow, you and others will carry the special ordnance issued by the army, and launch an offensive against the Khitan army fort group together with the siege vanguard, and the siege vanguard army will provide cover for you and others, and create conditions for you to break through the army fort group......" Li Congjing rubbed his hands with this group and jumped to the armor and said, "There are a few places to keep in mind in this battle, only by remembering these, you can successfully complete the task, open up the situation for the army, and finally retreat with your whole body......

Compared with the explanation of the trapped soldiers, Li Congjing paid more attention to the warning of Lu Long's soldiers, after all, the latter wanted to ensure that he would launch a full-scale offensive against Yikun Prefecture without being frightened stupid.

Tonight's Lulong military camp seems to be calm, but in fact a huge storm is brewing.

After doing everything that should be done, Li Congjing returned to the big tent, but his mind couldn't calm down, to a certain extent, the battle of tomorrow is different from any previous war, whether the scene will get out of control, whether the battle will evolve in the direction he expects, although the belief in his heart is firm, he still has to worry, because after all, there is no old thing to refer to.

The new things created will face the test of war, and they will be shown in front of the eyes of the people of the world, as the main messenger of all this, Li Congjing's mood is very complicated.

On the one hand, he was desperate to see those things work, after all, it was the result of years of preparation, and he wanted them to face the test of practice, but he was worried that the results would not be satisfactory; On the other hand, he has repeatedly asked himself whether it is really appropriate to let this kind of thing come out early.

After all, to use this thing in war is, in a sense, to slaughter.

And once it is used, it will not be able to stop, and in the future conquests, thousands of people will die because of it, and as this thing becomes familiar to the world and is controlled by both the enemy and the enemy, more living beings will be destroyed because of it.

That's almost slaughtering the world!

Ascending the corner tower, Li Congjing stood in the wind under the moon, unable to speak for a long time.

"What is Your Highness worried about?" Mo Li didn't know when he also climbed the corner tower, and he didn't know what was going on with this guy, he could always appear when he was needed.

"There's nothing to worry about." Li Congjing shook his head, when it came to the end, he didn't have the habit of retreating from battle.

"In the next ten years, in the next hundred years, I don't know how many people will ......die from the 'Heavenly Punishment' thing," Mo Li sighed.

"So what? Do we have to give up this for this? Li Congjing's eyes were firm, "The emergence of 'heavenly punishment' is an inevitability, even if I don't take it out today, it will always appear in the future, and the improvement and progress of armaments will inevitably make it popular." It has a reason for its appearance, it kills, but it is not only killing. Since its appearance is the way forward in the evolution of armaments, why should I reject it? ”

"Doesn't Your Highness feel guilty for the world's inspiration?" Mo Li's eyes were weird.

"Guilty?" Li Congjing smiled, but this smile had no meaning of joy at all, "I don't feel guilty." As a soldier, what I have to consider is how to defeat the enemy and lead my soldiers to victory, which is my duty. As the King of Qin, what I want to consider is how to make the Tang Dynasty strong, dominate the world, and create a prosperous world, which is my mission. As a Han Chinese, what I want to do is to let the Han people stand on top of the world, we can bully others, but others can't bully us, as Ban Gu said, those who dare to commit strong men will be punished even if they are far away! ”

"What does it take to do this? It is not possible to rely on lip service, it is not possible to rely on benevolence, righteousness and morality, and to defeat one opponent after another, you have to rely on bloody fighting. 'Heavenly Punishment' can help me achieve these goals, so why should I abandon it and not use it? Li Congjing shook his head categorically, "The saint may spit on it, but I won't." ”

"Letting the 'Heavenly Punishment' come out will indeed cause more living beings to perish, but even so, I am not guilty. If I had felt guilty about this, I wouldn't have put on my armor and sword and fought on the battlefield in the first place. Killing people with 'heavenly punishment' is murder, but isn't killing with a sword in your hand called murder? If I say I'm guilty, it's not really guilty, it's hypocrisy. ”

Li Congjing stood on the corner tower, with the stars above his head, like a mountain, "I don't feel guilty, but I know that bringing 'heavenly punishment' into the world, no matter what, is a sin. The corners of his mouth moved, and a smile was frank and bright, "Since it is a sin, if God wants to punish me, I will never complain, even if I fall into the eighteenth layer of hell after death, I will not frown." ”

He turned around and looked at Mo Li, "But, that has to be after I let the Tang Dynasty reign in the world!" ”

Mo Li was stunned, Li Congjing's eyes made him understand what was the responsibility of the Imperial King of Qin, and he bowed deeply, "Your Highness has a firm mind, it seems that you don't need to leave to be relieved, it's too much to do." ”

......

The next day, at dawn, Lu Long's army was in front of the camp and forced towards the city of Yikun Prefecture.

Li Congjing was neatly draped and rode his horse in front of the battle.

The Khitan cavalry drove out of the main city of Yikunzhou and set up a position in front of the city, and then a Khitan envoy came to shout with a festival, and Yeluhege hoped to meet Li Congjing.

"It's an old acquaintance, so I deserve to see it." Li Congjing waved his hand unhurriedly and agreed to Yeluhege's invitation.

The two rode their horses slowly, met in front of the battle, and naturally there was no small case of fine wine, but it was not tense, and they stopped their horses when they were ten steps apart, one slightly hugged his fist and the other slightly stroked his chest, and saluted.

In terms of formation, Yeluheg leaned on Xiongcheng with his back, and the soldiers in the military forts stood solemnly, with swords and bows ready to fire, so he was naturally quite confident. Li Congjing's army behind him was strict, like a lake and a sea, and his spirit was compelling, but Li Congjing's face was warm and calm.

In order to welcome the Tang army to the north, Ben Shuai has been waiting here for several years, and now he has finally waited for Lu Longjun, and he finally lives up to Ben Shuai's daily expectations. It's just that I never thought that King Qin would also arrive in person, which is really an unexpected joy. Jerehaeg huffed his toes on the horse's back, and spoke in a very relieved tone.

The smile on the corner of Li Congjing's mouth was like nothing, and he looked at the young general in front of him who was supposed to be the future pillar of the Khitan military world, "Where does the joy come from?" ”

Yeluhege did not answer directly, but pointed to the Xiongcheng behind him and asked Li Congjing: "What does King Qin think, how is this city?" ”

Jerehage's meaning is clear: you will not be able to conquer this great city, which means that I can defeat you. Whether it is against the Khitan or Yeluhege, it is naturally a great joy to let Li Congjing suffer a defeat.

Of course, Li Congjing understood what Yeluhege meant, and he would not be led by his words, and said with a smile: "When it comes to arrogance, you don't lose half a point to your master." ”

"If King Qin doesn't believe it, you can give it a try." Jerehag raised an eyebrow. If the battle dialogue can hit the morale of the other party, it is naturally undesirable, and he said very arrogantly: "Not to mention that the King of Qin can capture this city, within ten days, if Lu Longjun can touch the walls of the main city, this commander can open the door and surrender!" ”

Yeluhege said this with confidence, and the more confident he was, the more he could make his opponent jealous, he thought that he had the chance to win, so he exaggerated his words with great strength, wanting to see Li Congjing's face, but he was soon disappointed to find that Li Congjing did not have fear of Xiongcheng and him in his eyes, and he did not even have the color of attention that should have been there.

Li Congjing laughed, "Your tone is indeed very big, so big that it makes the lonely king disgusting, you don't have to say much, and go back to defend the city." Before sunset today, if the lone king cannot take your city, the lone king will give his head and hands. With a wave of his hand, as if to drive away flies, Jerehage hurried back to the city.

Jerehaeg was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood, and said in his heart that although my words were a bit exaggerated, they didn't miss the truth much, you almost said that you could take off the sun, who are the two of us?

But Li Congjing's face was so disgusted that Haig couldn't bear to talk to him with a shy face anymore, so he turned his horse's head at the moment, shook his horsewhip fiercely, and returned to the city directly with the Khitan cavalry.

Li Congjing returned to the front of the formation, rode his horse to inspect the front of the formation, and silently encouraged the soldiers of Lu Long, and then stopped his horse at the city, pulled out his horizontal knife with a solemn face, and led forward: "Siege the city!" ”

Li Yanchao received the signal from Li Congjing, and immediately raised his sword and ordered Lu Longjun loudly: "The King of Qin has an order, the army will attack the city!" ”

A puff up, fine riding out, straight to the wings; The two passes are bulging, the steps are moving, and the big array is moving forward; The tee bulged, and the catapult threw boulders.

The Russian and Chinese soldiers stepped forward, issued a tidal cry, and launched an attack on Yikun Prefecture.

At this point, Li Congjing climbed the watchtower and overlooked the battlefield, but saw that at the front end of the ironclad ocean, a rectangular lake had branched out, and it was rapidly rushing to the hillside - it was the forward of the army that undertook the task of attacking first, and judging from the size of the phalanx, the number was around three thousand.

And among the 3,000 soldiers, there are 500 armor soldiers, all of whom are burdened.