Zixiang Pass, the military camp of the Northern Dynasties.

General Li was discussing with the generals what they should do next when the Southern Korean army had enough food and grass. At this time, a soldier defending the city hurriedly came to report: "Oh no, General Li! ”

General Li frowned and asked, "Why are you so alarmed?" ”

The soldier was panting and looked flustered, and said, "Back to the general, the Southern Dynasty ......... The emperor of the Southern Dynasty personally led the 200,000 troops of Fuyun Pass to fight over, and now he has arrived outside the city gate! ”

"What!" General Li's face changed drastically, and the rest of the generals stood up in panic and asked, "Have you arrived outside the city gate?" Why do you report now? ”

The soldier hurriedly said: "Our spies were killed along the way, so we didn't receive the news in advance."

A general turned his head to look at General Li, the current supreme commander in the army, and asked, "What should I do?" Your Majesty is not here, should we go out of the city to face the battle? ”

General Li's eyebrows were furrowed, and he clenched his fists and slammed them on the table, "General Zhao, General Wang, you two are ready to fight, and the rest of you, follow me to the city wall to have a look." ”

The city wall of Zixiangguan is much higher than the general city wall, and it is also more solid, on the city wall, 10,000 people stretch their bows and strings, just wait for an order, and ten thousand arrows will be together. General Li and others climbed the city wall and looked out.

I saw that the city gate was dozens of zhang away, and under the diffuse sand and dust, the ironclad lion that could not be seen at a glance was magnificent. Under the golden banner embroidered with the word "south", you can see at a glance a man and a woman surrounded by everyone, all white, they sit on horseback, their bodies are straight, obviously the terrain is much lower than this city wall, but their eyes are not looking up, but as if standing in a high place beyond the reach of others, looking down on the earth.

The sunlight shines through the dust and smoke, gathering a layer of golden light on them, the men's armor is dazzling, and the whole body exudes the momentum of a natural king, and the women's white clothes are dazzling like snow, sacred and inviolable, giving people the illusion that the gods have descended to crusade against the mortal world. Their gaze was fierce, and they shot straight through the air over hundreds of thousands of people, making people want to tremble.

General Li was shocked in his heart, "Sure enough, it was the Southern Emperor who came!" Even the lady came! ”

A person behind him continued: "She is no longer a lady, she is the imperial concubine of the Southern Dynasty." ”

Another person sighed: "Your Majesty set up a false harem for her, and when she heard that she was expelled from the Southern Dynasty, he hurried to the Dusty Wind Country to see her If today, Your Majesty is here, and sees her side by side with the Southern Emperor to seize Your Majesty's country, then in Your Majesty's heart, how should Chuan feel?" Everyone was silent, and after a while, someone asked worriedly: "General Li, if this battle starts, no one can say for sure whether it will be killed or wounded, in case of flail" VI

General Li waved away this cumbersome clue and said with a resolute face: "No matter who she is, since she is in the enemy camp, she is our enemy. If you are an enemy, you need no scruples. Our responsibility is to defend the country, and the rest is not considered in this book! ”

Another said: "I'm afraid this battle will not be easy to fight." ”

"If it's not easy to fight, you have to fight." General Li frowned, his face was extremely solemn, he looked at the imposing Southern Army, pondered slightly and said: "The Southern Army of Fuyun Pass has poured out, it seems that the Southern Emperor has made up his mind to take my Zixiang Pass this time, and we are not as good as they want." This wall is more than ten zhang high, strong as iron, as long as we do not go out of the city to face the battle, the Southern Emperor will not want to step into this city half a step. Come on, the general will order: Defend the city, no one is allowed to go out of the city to meet the battle without authorization, and those who violate the order will be punished by military law! ”

"Yes." One was ordered to retreat.

"General Li, look, what is that? It's like a carriage, why did the Southern Emperor carry so many carriages to war? A general asked, pointing to the blue-glowing carriages on either side of the Southern Korean army.

General Li looked over and saw that it was pulled by three horses and was made of bronze that did not look like a chariot or a carriage pulling people. He couldn't help but wonder, and his brow furrowed even tighter. At this moment, the carriages scattered with blue light suddenly moved, and from both sides of the army like green dragons, they went straight to the front of the army and approached together, forming a row in front of the army. There was a baffle in front of the carriage, one man high, with a solid bronze roof, and invulnerable. There is a very small round hole in the middle of the front, and there is a small window in the rear door. What is the purpose of so many bronze carriages, pulled to the battlefield? Nobody knows. All they heard was the sound of horses' hooves and chariots, and the earth seemed to tremble.

One of the generals wondered: "I have been fighting for so many years, and I have never seen a chariot with a roof!"

One of the strategists rubbed his beard and pondered, "This chariot is a little strange, the whole thing is made of bronze, it looks good, and it is sturdy and strong, but the body is too heavy for four horses to run fast." Why did they, why make such a tank? ”

Another said, "What chariot?" There's not even a place to stand for people! I see, this is what they are going to use to escape when they can't beat it, and it's almost the same as calling it a life-saving vehicle. ”

Another general waved his hand and said with disdain: "It doesn't matter what chariot it is, if we don't go out of the city to meet the battle, they will be useless in any chariot." Just think that they came to us to admire and appreciate, and when the southern army was defeated, they fled into the wilderness, leaving these chariots, and we will study them carefully. ”

In the camp of the southern army, Zong Zheng sat on horseback without worry, his face was dark, his eyes were indifferent and stupid, and his expression was indifferent, he couldn't see his expression, only his eyes were condensed and firm, and he had the determination to see the enemy camp commander on the city wall appear, and the two of them glanced at each other, and the tacit understanding without words circulated between the two.

Before leaving, they agreed that she would be responsible for breaking the city, and he would be responsible for breaking the enemy.

Zongzheng turned his head without worrying and looked at the neatly arranged chariots in front of him, his eyes were deep, as if he was looking forward to it.

The Nine Emperors were dressed in silver armor, holding a sword in his hand, arrogantly on horseback, changing his usual appearance, his face was very serious, and he looked a little handsome. He looked up at the towering and impregnable city wall, leaned over slightly, and asked in a suspicious whisper, "Seventh sister-in-law, are you sure that we don't need a ladder to attack the city?" You see, this city wall is ten zhang high, at least, this is a famous and difficult to break through the city pass! ”

Man Yao turned around to look at him, raised his eyebrows slightly, and said, "With such a high city wall, do you think the ladder can be reached?"

The Nine Emperors said: "That's better than nothing!" No phase, don't you say? ”

Wuxiangzi is also wearing silver armor, and the scar on his handsome face that reaches the bridge of his nose adds a bit of awe-inspiring momentum to him under the murderous aura of the army. When he heard this, he turned his head and said with a slight smile: "Niangniang said that you don't need a ladder, so you must not need it." The minister thought, to deal with this copper wall, Niangniang must have already made up her mind. Lord, we should believe in Niangniang, and be on call with peace of mind. Although he was also suspicious in his heart, he chose to believe in Niangniang, and even more so in the emperor. If it were another person, he would not listen to her arrangement when nothing was clear, however, she was no one else, she was the emperor's most trusted person in this world, the kind of heart-to-heart trust full of tacit understanding, he spent his life, even if he gave his life for it, it could not be compared.

Zong Zheng squinted his eyes without worry, glanced at the Nine Emperor Princes, and the Nine Emperor Princes laughed dryly, and said busily: "Seventh sister-in-law, it's not that I don't believe you, I'm just curious, what is your secret weapon?" Is it those carriages? But why don't I see the use of this carriage? It can't fight, and if this man sits in it, he can't even see the enemy, how can he fight? I don't understand, he still finds it strange no matter how he looks at it. But the seventh brother was convinced of this, and he didn't even ask.

Man Yao smiled slightly, his eyes were shining, and he smiled a little mysteriously: "You will know in a moment whether it is useful or not!" As she spoke, she turned her head to look at Zongzheng Wuwu, who stretched out his hand to her, his eyes were deep, and he said with implied anticipation, "I'm waiting for you to surprise me." She put her hand in the palm of his, felt his unconditional trust, and smiled, "I won't let you down." ”

The Nine Emperors' eyes were bright, and the more curious they became, he said urgently: "Seventh Brother, then let's attack the city quickly."

Zong Zheng Wuwu glanced at Wuxiangzi, Wuxiangzi understood, and nodded to a thunder general beside him, who immediately drove his horse forward, raised the spear in his hand, and shouted: "Listen to the Northern Army!" My emperor and holy thief: The Northern and Southern Dynasties were originally one of the country's rest, because the rebels and thieves made a rebellion, so that the country was divided, you and so on, indiscriminately, aiding and abusive, this is more than innocent, but I read in you and other have made war exploits in the past, my emperor cherishes talents, can't bear to die here, and now you and other a glimmer of life. As long as you hand over the captain surnamed Lu Zhi, and then open the city and surrender, my emperor will be broad-minded, regardless of past suspicions, and he will be entrusted with important tasks in the future. Now take a stick of incense as the time limit, if after a stick of incense, you are still stubborn, our army will immediately attack the city, and then the lives will be devastated, and the heavens and the earth will mourn together.! ”

The thunder general's voice was sonorous, generous and imposing, and his words were full of the grace and might of the emperor.

After hearing this, the soldiers guarding the city of Zixiang all turned their heads to look at General Li, the commander of the army, General Li frowned and glanced left and right, with disdain on his face, and arched his hand in the direction of the capital, and raised his voice: "If you want to fight, you will fight, you don't have to be alarmist here!" We only recognize me as a thief to Your Majesty, and we will not listen to anything else. ”

He simply refused, without hesitation. The thunder general retreated, secretly glanced at the two emperors and concubines, and saw that their faces were as usual, without the slightest change. For Zongzheng Wuwu and Manyao, General Li's refusal was expected by them, and they did just a formality, letting the soldiers and people of Zixiang Pass know that they were not brutal and murderous.

Manyao clenched the reins with one hand, looking at the towering city wall that was as tall as an iron wall in people's eyes, and the tens of thousands of strange and familiar faces on the city wall. These people have all witnessed the humiliation of her in the cold palace full of blood and blood, as if she was watching a play. When she was on the verge of death, she once said in her heart that if she could live, she would definitely make everyone pay. After a year, those hatreds have gradually faded away in happiness, and it is Zhaoyun's pain that awakens the hatred buried in her heart.

Once the success is done, the battle for the throne since ancient times has been cruel and bloody, not to mention the battle in the world? Since she is standing beside him, she should abandon the kindness of a woman, be ruthless, help him take revenge, and achieve the hegemony of the emperor. Suppressing her thoughts, she looked coldly at General Li on the opposite city wall, beckoned the generals on the left and right to retreat, and raised her hand to the soldiers on the city wall and ordered: "Release the arrow!" ”

An order is given, and ten thousand arrows are in unison.

The sharp arrows were like raindrops, dense, black and heavy, and shot towards the top of the Southern Army's slashing heads, each of which was terrifying, with a life-threatening death talisman. She looked at the deadly rain of arrows, hooked her lips and sneered, and a red lotus flower on her forehead reflected the flying white of her head, exuding a holy demonic light.

The Xuanyi Iron Cavalry at the head of the Southern Army was about to raise his sword to block it, and at this time, Xiao Xu, who was behind the bronze chariot array, raised his hand at the chariot door and shouted: "Get up!" ”

Hundreds of chariots lined up in rows of baffles rose in response, from a distance of one person to a height of several zhang, just to block the dense rain of arrows. I only heard the sharp sound of "ding ding ding" and the sharp sound of iron and bronze colliding endlessly. In the blink of an eye, the chariot baffle became a strong shield, and tens of thousands of arrows of the northern army had passed, and the southern army had no casualties.

General Li and the others on the city wall were stunned for a moment, it turned out that the chariot was actually made by a machine. He raised his hand and shouted, "Stop." "If it goes on like this, it's just a waste of arrows.

A general looked disdainful and laughed loudly, "It turns out that this chariot is not a chariot, it is used as a shield!" I thought you were here to attack the city, but it turned out that you came to tell us that you are very good at being shrunken turtles! Hahaha. If you have the ability, you have been hiding behind there and not coming out, I want to see how you can attack the city when you shrink behind it? “

"Haha spider", several other generals also laughed, their faces full of disdain and contempt. General Li had a serious face, just a baffle had such a clever mechanism, and no one knew what was in that huge chariot. He was suddenly a little worried, could this impregnable city in his eyes be able to hold on today?

When some of the soldiers of the Southern Dynasty heard this, their hearts were filled with indignation, and their blood could not help but surge, and they clenched the spears in their hands, grasped the reins, and waited for the order from above, and then rushed towards the enemy like arrows off the string.

Zong Zhengwu's face was calm and deep, as if he had never heard it, his expression was unwavering, he only turned his head to look at her, raised his lips slightly, sneered, saw Xiao Xu raise his hand to the carriage, and shouted in a deep voice: "Siege!" ”

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