Drums beat outside the city, and black clouds rolled in from the west with a strong wind, blowing the soldiers and horses of the two armies to a crumbling ground. The wind and sand rolled up on the ground, beat the snare drum, and tore the battle flag.

From south to north, the battle lines of the two armies of Qi and Liang could not be seen at a glance, and they confronted each other in the wind and sand. When the black clouds pressed down on the city, the sky turned from bright to dark, from yellow to black, and it was solemn and gloomy like the looks of thousands of soldiers.

On the ground at this time, swords and spears were flying, and war horses were neighing. The air seemed to freeze, making it impossible to breathe. The air is still there, it's not really frozen, it's the opposite formation, and you don't dare to breathe.

"Knock knock knock......" Hundreds of war drums of the Qi army sounded at the same time, sounding the order to march, and also sounding the arrival of the moment of the peak showdown between the two powerhouses in the Central Plains. The winner is the king and the loser is Kou, and after this battle, a new overlord will eventually be produced.

"Kill! ......" Situ Hao gave an order, and Liang Jun roared and rushed over. The two black clouds on the ground quickly moved closer together, gradually merging together, corresponding to the black clouds in the sky.

Suddenly, among the two black clouds above and below, there was another black cloud. It was thousands of sharp arrows, and they shot at each other in the air.

Life was like a mustard, and many soldiers fell on the way to charge before they could engage the enemy. Immediately overwhelmed by the surging crowd, he remained on this battlefield full of killing forever.

The crossbows of the Liang army took the limelight in the hand-to-hand encounter, tens of thousands of crossbow arrows were fired in unison, the distance was close and the enemy army was dense, almost the arrows hit, and the poor Qi army could only resist with flesh and blood, and nearly 10,000 people were lost in an instant.

Sima Jian's 280,000 troops on the East Road fought a decisive battle, and Situ Hao led 200,000 Liang troops to attack, all with the idea of not dying and not returning, wanting to eliminate the elite of the enemy country in a battle. The two armies mobilized all their forces and launched an unprecedented and tragic battle at Xiapu on the 16th day of the second month of the fourth year of the Indian Dynasty.

At the same time, the Nubei army from the north broke through Chenzhou and marched all the way south, taking several small cities north of Suzhou into their pockets. And the voyage far to the west, at this time, also led more than 100,000 troops to the city of Guxinfu.

"Look, my lord, that side is already on fire, and smoke is drifting towards the city." Sun Ke immediately moved to the left side of the voyage, stretched out his hand and pointed to the woods on the west side of the Guxin Mansion.

"Well, let the soldiers get ready, cover their faces with green cloth during the siege, and don't let the smoke arrive." Yuanhang squinted his eyes and looked into the distance on his horse, and in front of the horse, the soldiers of the Liang army had already covered their faces with soaked green cloth.

After a while, the thick smoke drifting from the forest shrouded the ancient letter mansion, and standing in the distance, he could only see the city underneath, as if the city had towered into the clouds.

"Siege!" Sun Ke pointed at his long knife, the flag soldiers beside him waved the battle flag, and the Liang army cautiously advanced forward.

On the tower of Guxin Mansion, the Qi army was choked by the smoke and couldn't open their eyes, and the soldiers bent down one after another, looking for something soft to cover their mouths and noses.

"Shoot the arrows, ahem...... Hurry up and release the arrows. The defender of the city covered his mouth with one hand and waved his sword with the other, although he couldn't see the city, he also knew that the smoke was released by the Liang army, and he would soon attack the city.

The defenders were already in tears by this time, crouching on the city and barely drawing their bows, and after releasing the arrows indiscriminately, they hurriedly retracted, covered their noses and coughed. The general shouted from behind him to throw the logs, but no one got up.

The Liang army rushed to the city wall almost unscathed, and the army set up a vertical ladder, and the soldiers covered their faces with crossbows behind them and climbed up quickly.

When the Qi army saw the siege ladder on the city wall, he got up on the ground and wanted to push it away, but he was choked by the smoke and coughed again and again, and he couldn't breathe.

Liang Jun climbed the wall, first raised his hand to hit the crossbow arrow, then discarded the repeater, pulled out a single knife from behind and jumped into the city. Most of the Qi troops in the city were already panicked by the smoke, and they were scurrying around, and it was not until the Liang army went to the city that they remembered that they were going to defend the city.

Every time the Liang army boarded a soldier, a string of crossbow arrows hit. The Qi army in the city suffered heavy casualties, and fled to the city in a chaotic manner.

"Flee ......," one of the generals had just shouted, and a crossbow arrow seemed to have an eye, piercing through the smoke and through his chest. The general shouted, pulled out the crossbow arrow, and fell on his back, but the unwilling eyes still did not close after all.

Yuanhang stood upwind, saw the Liang army attacking the city, and cast an appreciative look at Fu Yashi sideways.

"Yashi is skilled in the art of war, he can make fireworks into generals, and plants and trees are soldiers, and he needs a lot of advice when he is free."

Fu Yashi smiled modestly, "The adult's plan is a hundred times better than Yashi, how dare Yashi get an axe." ”

"Haha, you've learned to say some compliments, too." Yuanhang smiled and waved his hand, turning his head forward, "Order the whole army to attack the city with all its might, and be sure to take Guxin Mansion today." ”

Outside the city of Xiapu, dust and smoke rose from the land where ten thousand horses had trodden. A light in the sky pierced through the black curtain, and then, thunder rang out, drowning out the shouts of killing in an instant.

The torrential rain poured down like human tears, baptizing this war. The Liang army's crossbow arrows were quick to fire and light to use, but they were not inferior to bows and arrows. The Qi army was defenseless and suffered heavy losses.

"Pass the order, the left and right armies will attack, and quickly encircle the enemy army." Sima Jian divided two lines of soldiers and horses, and rushed from the two wings of the Liang army, intending to divide the Liang army into two and destroy it.

Situ Hao had already prepared, knowing that his troops were inferior to the Qi army, so he gathered all the men and horses together. When the Qi army came on both sides, the men and horses on each side of the Liang army turned and passed sideways respectively to resist the Qi army.

A Qi soldier slashed down a Liang soldier with a knife, but before the single knife could be withdrawn, he had been stabbed in the chest by another Liang soldier and pushed a few meters away by the spear.

"Lao Tzu fought with you." A Liang soldier shouted hysterically. His left arm had been cut off in half, his eyes were red, and he threw himself forward, holding a Qi soldier by the waist with one arm, and the two fell into the muddy water together. The Liang army opened his mouth and bit the enemy's neck, and the Qi soldiers below screamed in pain, swinging their fists at his head.

The wind is still blowing, and the battle flags are whirring and whispering the tragedy of war. The rain fell in a line, thousands of soldiers fell, and tens of millions of people rushed up, writing the emperor's country with blood and life.

Situ Hao's concentrated strategy resisted the three-sided attack of the Qi army, and the two sides expanded the battlefield bigger and bigger, and there were battles everywhere outside Xiapu City until one side fell.

At noon, the manic wind stopped, but the rain continued to pour. The crackling raindrops hit the cold knife body, and the one that flowed down turned into red rain.

The war continues, and fighting is everywhere. The low-lying areas were already covered with red rain, and at any moment a soldier would fall, splash the rain, and fall again.

Situ Hao raised his hand, wiped the rain from his face, and looked ahead with a solemn expression, "Pass the order, the crossbowmen on both wings will cover, and the army will move forward." ”

Sima Jian is also paying attention, because the number of troops is more than 80,000 of the enemy's army, so he has adopted the strategy of going out by different roads and encircling on three sides, but now it seems that the advantage is not obvious. The main forces of the two sides in the middle were hard to fight, but the two sides could not attack and could not cut off the Liang army from the middle.

Sima Jian knew that the Liang army had crossbow arrows, but he underestimated the power of the crossbows, and less than half of the soldiers and horses on both wings of the Qi army had been killed by crossbow arrows.

"General, Tan Ma Lai, the Nubei army has passed through Xuding County and is coming to Xiapu." A partial general came to Sima Jian and said urgently.

"What!" Sima Jian was so frightened that he almost fell off his horse. In front, the Liang Qi army was fighting to the death, and when the victory was not decided, if the angry army came, he would definitely be defeated.

"General, give the order to withdraw to the city, if you come in anger, our army will be defeated." Several generals beside Sima Jian spoke together, and their faces showed worry.

On Sima Jian's wrinkled face, rain and tears ran down his already wet beard. The withdrawal of troops at this time will undoubtedly suffer heavy losses, how can the Liang army easily give up such an opportunity. But if he didn't withdraw, the Nubei army would come, and his soldiers and horses would be wiped out.

"Heaven is dead, great Qi......" Sima Jian looked up to the sky and sighed, the defeat was decided. The rain hit him in the face mercilessly, shattering his old heart.

"Withdraw." Sima Jian gave an order in pain, and the generals escorted the old general back to Xiapu City. The Qi army was ordered to retreat into the city of Xiapu and retreat.

Situ Hao didn't know that the Nubei army was rushing to this side, and when he saw the Qi army retreating, he hurriedly ordered to chase and kill. The Liang army marched forward bravely, and the soldiers who killed the Qi army turned on their backs, and the corpses were all over the field.

The heavy rain did not stop until dusk, and the horses that had lost their owners occasionally heard a few neighs on the battlefield. As far as the eye can see, the piles of corpses are telling a tragic story.

In the Battle of Xiapu, the Qi army lost nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses, and the Liang army won more with fewer than 50,000 casualties with its super crossbows. Situ Hao ordered to retreat thirty miles back and set up camp, forming a siege of Xiapu.

Late that night, more than 50,000 Nubei troops, led by Ali Lu, rushed to a distance of 50 miles north of Xiapu and stopped.

On the tower of the ancient letter house, the smoke is foggy, and you can't see the figure clearly a few meters away. The Liang army took advantage of the situation to attack, although they covered their mouths and noses with green cloths, they were still choked by a little smoke, and they all bent down and rushed to the city.

The city has been a regiment, the Qi army has counterattacked, and a small number of Liang troops who have entered the city have been surrounded, and they are fighting hard, waiting for reinforcements from the city to arrive.

The collision of Liang Jun at the city gate kept crashing, and the thick city gate could not withstand countless impacts, and the bolt of the door had cracked, and it was only a matter of time before it loosened.

The war horses outside the city gate kept digging the ground with their front hooves, and the soldiers of the Liang army only waited for the city gate to crash open, and they would pour in like a flood flooding the city.

With a "boom", the west gate of Guxin Mansion was knocked open, and the car continued to move forward, knocking the defenders under the door to both sides.

"Kill!" Gu Xin, who had already been prepared, carried the knife and was the first to rush over. The rest of the generals jumped on their horses, and the soldiers followed with shouts, and swarmed into the city.

The battle of Guxinfu was more tragic than the battle of Xiapu, with more than 200,000 soldiers and horses on both sides fighting in the city. From the time of the siege of the city at the hour of the hour, to the breaking of the gate at noon, until the dawn of the second day, the cries of killing in the city did not stop. Both sides have lost their command and are completely on their own, not knowing who is in control of the city.

When the voyage stepped into the city with the first rays of the morning sun, what he saw was a mess, with corpses all over the place. A small black dog squatted under the eaves on that side, turning its head back and forth with dull eyes, looking at this scene that had never been seen before.

"My lord, the battle situation in the city is unknown, so let's wait before entering the city." Wuying and the others were tightly guarded around Yuanhang, and even when they spoke, their eyes were still roaming around.

Yuanhang's brows furrowed, his face was mixed, "How many generals have any news?" "Since Gu Xin and they rushed into the city, they have lost contact with Yuanhang, and the night has passed, and there is no soldier to return.

Fu Yashi shook his head and said lightly: "I haven't received any news yet." ”

"Give the order to go down and let my guard battalion go into the city to search, and make sure to find a few generals."

"Yes." Fu Yashi responded. Yuanhang looked at it, and there was not a living person except for the corpse on a road in the city, like a dead city.

After waiting for a while, some soldiers came out of the side of the alley one after another, almost all of them wounded, and supported each other towards the side of the voyage.

"Which general's subordinate are you waiting for? Do you know where the generals are? Fu Yashi took a few steps forward and asked.

One of the soldiers was slightly injured, but he was stabbed in the left arm, covered the wound with his right hand, and replied: "I am General Duanmu's subordinate, and General Duanmu led his troops to this side after entering the city." After speaking, he turned around and pointed to the intersection on the side, and said: "Later, I encountered the enemy, and after the fierce battle, I lost my team and had to fight alone." ”

Yuanhang asked the rest of the soldiers, but they didn't know where their general had gone. In a hurry, a group of people turned out from the intersection in front, and it was Duanmu Long who led the troops.

"My lord, the last general has cleared the city of enemy troops, and now this city is occupied by our army." Duanmu Long's face was bloody, his eyes were full of red silk, and although he was tired, he could not hide the joy in his heart.

"Why don't you see the rest of the generals?" Yuanhang asked anxiously, the joy of taking the city was far less important than the safety of several generals.

"Lord Hui, the battle lasted until night, the enemy opened the east gate and fled, General Sun asked me to stay in the city to clear the enemy, and the rest of the generals chased out of the east gate."

"Oh, I see." Yuanhang breathed a sigh of relief for the time being, more than 100,000 people entered the city, but now there is no one in the city, if they are all killed in battle, what is the use of wanting an empty city.

At midnight, Sun Ke and several other generals led the army back to the city, and when they saw the voyage, they said: "The enemy army is invincible and has retreated to Suzhou, and our army does not dare to go deeper, so they return back." ”

Yuanhang stepped forward and hugged them one by one, and when he saw that they were all fine, he was relieved and said: "There is no need to chase after them, our army has taken this city, and it is already a great victory." Suzhou, the capital of Qi State, is close at hand, and the monk can't run the temple if he runs away, so he will fight him after the army rests for a while. ”

The generals laughed together, and the voyage told them to hurry down to rest, and sent Fu Yashi to write a good note, and let people send them back to the back hall to ask for credit.