Zhou Kui shouted: "The archers continue to shoot arrows, and the sword players roll the stone and the wood!" ”

"Roll down the stone sasswood!"

As the order was delivered, about half of the soldiers at the head of the city continued to shoot arrows, while others moved out from under the battlements of the city wall, and several people lifted up and smashed down with great force.

The rolling stones are all the size of a grinding plate, and when they are smashed head-on, the power is extremely strong, and often a stone falls, which is to smash more than a dozen White Lotus disciples and roll them down. The top is naturally directly smashed into a ball of meat sauce, and the Tashan Acropolis is high and deep, the city wall is as high as five zhang, falling down from a height of more than ten meters, most of them are directly killed, some of them are fatal, they broke their tendons and fractures, and they lay on the ground moaning in pain.

The wood also began to be carried up and thrown down by the soldiers, compared to the stone, this kind of wood is more terrifying, it is made of a whole large wood, more than two zhang long, a hug thick, weighing hundreds of thousands of catties. More than a dozen Ming soldiers carried the sassaga wood, and rolled down the ladder that the White Lotus Sect leaned on, and the place where the sassal wood rolled down in front of it was simply irresistible, and the White Lotus Sect was hit by the sassal wood, and before they could let out a scream, they were run over from their bodies and immediately turned into a pile of red meat sauce. Rolling down the ladder cleared a path full of flesh and blood. The sassal wood fell into the crowd below the city, and it was stoned to death.

Even some of the ladders were directly broken by the rolling logs, and the whole ladder broke from it and fell to the ground with a bang, and the people on the ladder also screamed and smashed to the ground, not only killing themselves, but also killing the robe.

And many Ming troops are still struggling to open their bows and arrows. Shooting at the city.

This round of violent arrow rain and the blow of the sandalwood rolling stones immediately suppressed the arrogance of the White Lotus Sect outside the city. The White Lotus Sect suffered heavy losses, and almost all of the ladders were empty. Flesh and blood sticks on the wooden surface of the ladder. It's like a ladder made of flesh and blood.

The morale of the Ming army was greatly boosted, and there were cheers one after another.

The morale of the White Lotus Sect was choked, and it instantly fell low. But this was the advantage of the religious army, and there were not many believers, and they were particularly religious, and they were soon re-motivated and climbed towards the city under the shouting of several officers who looked like gods and sticks.

In their hearts, death is death. Anyway, if you die for the Holy Sect and the Holy Kingdom of the Holy King, you will also enter the White Lotus Buddha Kingdom to enjoy happiness after death.

They shouted loudly and continued to climb.

Such ferocity and blind piety that are not afraid of death make the Ming army at the head of the city also can't help but feel frightened in their hearts, and with a new round of attack, the rolling stones and wooden feather arrows rain down like a little bit.

The White Lotus Sect launched a wave of attacks forward, and were beaten back again and again by the Ming army at the head of the city.

Their charge was so fierce that they even rushed to the city several times, but the Ming army was not vegetarian. Zhou Kui had already left a reserve army, a fresh army, and whenever a White Lotus Sect attacked the city, he would immediately launch a counter-charge against them. Drive down these cannon fodder who are not strong in combat.

Attacking the city and defending the city, Tashan Wei is like a meat grinder. There are a lot of casualties.

It's just that such a huge casualty. It couldn't move the high-ranking people on both sides, whether it was Zhou Kui on the city wall or those high-ranking generals who were fighting outside the White Lotus Sect camp in the distance.

Siege several times. This time, even they are used to it. This siege is almost a remake of the previous ones, and it seems to be indistinguishable, at least for now.

Outside the White Lotus Sect camp, the front and back, the left and right middle and five armies were lined up in turn, and at a glance, the soldiers were mountains and seas, and the prestige was prominent, which made people feel frightened and frightened.

The momentum of the Chinese army is the most orderly, tens of thousands of soldiers in black armor are standing vigorously, one by one is like a javelin, looking at the shape and temperament, it is to let people know that their combat effectiveness is definitely far superior to others. In the middle position, there are thousands of elite black-armored cavalry, all of whom are in black armor, and the black armor seems to be made of stainless steel, shining with a cold and faint light.

Surrounded by thousands of black-armored cavalry, it was a gorgeous chariot, extremely luxurious, and the whole was made of fine small-leaved sandalwood, and when you got closer, you could smell the unique fragrance. It was carved with gold and silver and made various patterns, and the railing was also cast in silver and then hollowed out. The horses pulling the cart are also pure white in color, tall and handsome, and the bridles and reins of the war horses are all made of gold and silver wires.

On the top is an umbrella cover made of yellow silk, and the tassels hanging down around the umbrella cover are also twisted with gold and silver wires, and below are strings of large beads.

In the middle of the chariot, under the umbrella cover, is a golden dragon chair, nine dragons twisted together, eyebrows, the dragon's mouth, are also inlaid with pearls and gems.

Behind the dragon chair, two beautiful girls who are no more than sixteen or seventeen years old wear gorgeous fans made of peacock feathers, symbolizing the honor of honor.

It's a pity that the dragon chair is empty.

His Highness did not come.

When the army was attacking, the soldiers were fighting desperately, and he was most needed to boost the morale of His Highness the Holy King, he did not appear.

On the left and right of this gorgeous chariot, they are Feng Xichen in a purple robe and Zhao Yunshan in armor.

The two looked at each other, both with a worried face. Although His Royal Highness the Holy King has not been very easy to see since a few days ago, every time he attacks the city, at least he comes back, has it reached such a point now?

In the long run, what do civil and military officials think? What do the soldiers below think?

Feng Xichen suddenly said in a low voice: "Yunshan, send an order for all armies to prepare, and as soon as you hear the order, immediately attack the city." ”

Zhao Yunshan was stunned for a moment and said, "Why?" ”

Feng Xichen rode to his side and whispered a few words in his ear. When Zhao Yunshan heard this, he was first overjoyed, and then he was displeased, and said secretly in his heart: "You are the minister of literature, and I am the general in charge of military affairs, why did you directly command the army by bypassing me?" There is also Li Qingshan, a rabbit cub, who didn't come to me to report something, but found you, and he really ate inside and out. ”

His eyes were already a little gloomy, but Feng Xichen was already more trusted by Xu Hongru than him. Moreover, the White Lotus Sect also pays attention to the rule of martial arts, so Feng Xichen's status is also higher than him. Now His Royal Highness the Holy King did not come forward and entrusted all the power to Feng Xichen. Listen to his own commands. It was Zhao Yunshan who didn't show it, and said, "I'll do it!" ”

Feng Xichen didn't notice his strange appearance, and nodded: "Hurry up and give orders!" I'm afraid it's almost time. ”

Looking at the battle situation in the distance, Zao Wou-Ki yawned heavily.

glanced at the surrounding henchmen, and the deputy general was far away on the other side, he was also unscrupulous, and scolded in a low voice: "Into his mother, every day is like this, every day is like this." What else is there to see? ”

There was a chorus of echoing laughter from the henchmen around him.

Niu Dazhang frowned and said: "Let's attack the city, they defend it, and they will naturally have an advantage, and our troops are not strong enough to be able to take the city in one fell swoop, as long as the rolling stones and sandalwood and other materials in the city are not exhausted, according to this way of playing, we will not be able to take this city for the rest of our lives." ”

He is now a commander under Zao Wou-ki, and he is quite effective. While one of the other divisions had 2,630 men, his division had almost 6,000 men, and they were all the elite of the original forward battalion that had been directly reorganized, and their combat effectiveness was quite strong.

"Who knows what the guy up there thinks?" Zhao Wuji pursed his lips: "Now His Royal Highness the Holy King is in a deep house. I don't know who made these moths. ”

He is also quite dissatisfied with Feng Xichen, Feng Xichen is a clear-eyed person after all. knew that Li Qingshan was much stronger than him. And this is exactly what Zao Wou-Ki is most reluctant to admit.

While talking. A fast horse galloped and ordered: "The general has ordered." All units are ready, and as soon as there is an order, immediately attack Tashanwei! ”

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and Zao Wou-Ki quickly took the order, and after the herald left, he immediately said, "What's going on?" ”

Everyone looked at each other, and Niu Dazhang said with a solemn face: "I'm afraid there will be a big event!" ”

What happened in the White Lotus Sect's side, Zhou Kui naturally didn't know, he sat on the chair, as steady as Mount Tai, although he was fighting life and death less than ten meters away, but he was not nervous and panicked at all.

He even let out a long breath and lightened his mood.

In his eyes, today's battle was coming to an end.

Although the impact momentum of the White Lotus Sect was still fierce, in the eyes of his expert, it was already close to the end of the crossbow. Morale and physical strength are already almost consumed, and it is not far from retreating. If not, it is not a siege, but a death.

With this kind of intensity and intensity attack, as long as there are enough soldiers in the city, rolling stones, skulls and other materials, he is confident that he can keep defending. And the supplies in the city can at least last for more than a month, the soldiers are gone, and there are old and weak men, men, and women and children. As for what to do in more than a month, Zhou Kui didn't dare to think about it, and he didn't want to think about it.

"If you can hold on for a while, it's been for so long, why shouldn't the court react?"

Zhou Kui, who didn't take the White Lotus Sect bandits in his eyes at all, naturally didn't notice some abnormalities that happened under the city.

And the soldiers defending the city are too busy killing the enemy to take care of it, where is the energy to look around? Therefore, the truth hidden in the chaos was not discovered.

There was a White Lotus Sect's offensive phalanx, which was a little different from the others, they had a neater pace, better keeping in line, and they were more agile in reaching out, and they were obviously quite elite. And the more important difference is that although they also hold up the ladder and pretend to attack the city, in fact, the ladder is more like a cover-up—a disguise for their true purpose.

If you look closely, you will find that all of their bodies are intentionally or unintentionally blocking in front of a few things carried in the team, which turned out to be three black coffins, but the outside is covered with white cloth, and it is impossible to distinguish between this group of white-clothed cultists.

After this group reached the bottom of the city wall, they divided a group of men to feign the siege, while the rest of the people began to take out the chisels, axes and other things they carried with them, and began to dig holes in the city wall.

The surrounding phalanxes were all approaching this side regardless of the dead and wounded, struggling to attack the city and cover their movements.

Tashanwei is surrounded by large plains, so the city wall is not cast in stone, but made of fired large blue bricks, which are naturally worse than stones in terms of hardness, and behind the outer layers of green bricks, is the traditional rammed earth city wall. So it's not that it's hard to dig. When they dig up the outer layers of bricks, they can dig out a large pile of dirt when they dig inside.

Finally. A soldier at the head of the city noticed the strange situation and shouted, "What is that?" ”

The attention of the defenders at the head of the city was also diverted from this side. Unfortunately, it was too late, and there were already three large holes in the city wall that were large enough to hold the coffin, and the three big holes were very close together, like a coffin of only three feet.

And the White Lotus Sect members withstood the sharp arrows that kept shooting from the city's head, and stuffed the three coffins into it.

A seemingly leader shouted: "Death attack, no one is allowed to retreat, don't let them destroy the lead." ”

In other words, it ignited a thick fuse.

At this time, he was less than a meter away from the three large coffins, and what was inside the coffins. He knew exactly how powerful it was.

He held the burning fuse in one hand and pointed at the city and laughed wildly.

Then, his smile became the background forever.

A huge roar suddenly erupted between heaven and earth.

The earth shook violently, and a loud bang shook through the wilderness, and it was clearly heard more than ten miles away.

Countless pieces of masonry and stone in that section of the city wall were splashed indiscriminately, some of them were shaken out of a height of tens of meters, and countless bricks were shaken into powder. With the explosion, it was shaken up to a height of half a day, and countless smoke and dust were permeated more than ten zhang high, and the range of hundreds of meters was shrouded in smoke and stone powder, and it was seen from afar. It's like a sandstorm that came to this land 500 years in advance.

With that violent tremor, many Ming soldiers and White Lotus Sect disciples were shocked and fell to the ground, and they sat on the ground. Dumbfounded as he stared at the smoky sky, of course. And the rocks that were blown up all over the air, and. Countless severed arms and stumps and hundreds of pounds of blood.

The explosion caused them to lose their hearing for a while, their ears were buzzing, and they could no longer hear any other sounds.

At this moment, the heavens and the earth seemed to become quiet, just stunned to look at the sky rolled up by smoke and dust, the flying stones, blood, and various parts of the human body seemed to have turned into a montage-like slow motion, slowly moving in the air.

It wasn't until the rocks and parts fell that they instinctively lay on the ground, pouting their buttocks and holding their heads to dodge.

Despite this, many people were screaming in pain when they were smashed, and of course, they didn't know what they were shouting, because they couldn't hear it at all.

After these things fell, a dense layer of mud spots fell in the air, and these mud spots were all red. It was the color of stone dust mixed with countless bloods.

The red mud spots fell, and the ground changed color in an instant.

The soldiers were all covered in blood.

I don't know how many people were killed in this huge explosion.

In the gorgeous Chinese army tent of the White Lotus Sect, Xu Hongru was holding a beautiful young woman and thrusting wildly, and the woman's snow-white buttocks were knocked out and shook out of a series of charming hip waves, and her mouth screamed.

At the critical moment, suddenly the ground shook violently, Xu Hongru didn't grasp it steadily, and the two of them fell off the bed together. The carpet of the future generations was spread on the ground, but it didn't hurt, but the woman screamed in pain, and Xu Hongru also screamed. But it turned out that the two of them were not aligned in one position, and it turned out that a shot was inserted into the valley road.

"Fuck it!"

Xu Hongru scolded angrily, only felt that the fire there was burning and painful, and he didn't use lubricant beforehand, he felt that his skin there was worn out.

And when the smoke and dust cleared and looked at the city wall, the White Lotus disciples all let out a burst of crazy cheers, while the Ming army on the city wall was stunned, like a mourning exam.

It turned out that on the city wall, a huge hole had been blown up, seven or eight meters wide, and the entire section of the city wall was blown up, and the surrounding city walls were also blown up one by one, like spider webs.

Zhou Kui was even more shocked and fell down from his chair, but he worked hard, and he stood firm in one stumble, unlike those soldiers around him, who all fell to the ground. He was stunned by the explosion, but after all, he had seen the big wind and waves, and soon he came back to his strength, and when he saw the huge crack, his face changed drastically, and he shouted: "Quick, plug the crack!" ”

But it was too late.

Apparently several of the officers of the phalanx had been instructed in advance and reacted extremely quickly, after a brief loss of consciousness. Immediately, he shouted and led people towards the crack. With this leading role, the remaining White Lotus Sect disciples also followed suit. The ground is brick powder that is not thicker than the instep. Stepping on it, it fluttered and soared in all directions. When it gets into the eyes, it's an indescribable tingle.

In some places, the stone powder has turned into mud, and when you step on it, you will pull it out and your feet will be full of red mud.

Near the gap, there were many broken arms and stumps, and there was no one intact, whether it was the White Lotus Sect or the Ming army.

And almost at the same time as the explosion, Feng Xichen gave the order to launch a general attack. The White Lotus Sect, led by the 1,000 black-armored cavalry of the Chinese army, pressed the tens of thousands of troops of the left and right middle five armies together, like a white storm.

Only then did the Ming army on the city wall react and hurriedly went to seal the gap, but the White Lotus Sect took the lead, and there were many people, and they lost the protection of the city wall, and their advantages were lost.

I saw that the weak red defense line composed of Ming officers and soldiers was washed away by the white waves.

Zhou Kui sat down on the chair in a daze.

It's late! Finished! Tower Guard is finished!

On the seventh day of the fourth month of the fifty-third year of Zhengde, Feng Xichen, the prime minister of the White Lotus Sect who had been unable to defend Tashan for a long time, adopted Li Qingshan's strategy and mixed into the ordinary sect with elite soldiers. Three large coffins were filled with 1,000 catties of gunpowder, and after the city wall was excavated, the coffin was pushed in, and dozens of dead soldiers ignited the explosives, and the city wall of Sanzhang in the north of the east gate of Tashanwei was blown up.

Millions of White Lotus Sect disciples rushed in. Tashanwei fell, and the commander made Zhou Kuili fight and was captured.

Li Qingshan's subordinates took the lead in entering the city to maintain order. Feng Xichen, the prime minister of Wen, issued thirteen orders in a row, prohibiting burning, killing, and plundering, and beheaded 300 of the army. The armies were shocked, and the military discipline was clear.

More than 20,000 officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty surrendered. All of them were integrated by Li Qingshan. After the various armies entered the city, they also expanded, and the morale of the White Lotus Sect was greatly expanded.

On the second day, hundreds of civil and military officials knelt to greet him, and hundreds of thousands of troops knelt to welcome His Royal Highness the Holy King into the city.

On the same day, His Royal Highness the Holy King changed the command of the embassy to the line of the palace, changed the name of Tashanwei to Tianjing, and tentatively designated it as the capital of the White Lotus Holy Kingdom.

At the same time, the generals and civil and military officials were divided, and the more than 100,000 sects under their command were scattered around Tashanwei and distributed land to the subjects.

At this point, the White Lotus Holy Kingdom officially announced the founding of the country.

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On the west bank of the Wenjiang River, Fu Yuwei.

Fuyuwei old camp.

In April, the whole grassland has been full of vitality and vitality, and the grass has been squeezed out of the soil layer to break through the blockade of the soil, and it is about two inches long. At a glance, the grassland that was originally green and yellow and the same as the head of leprosy has become a green and green patch, and at a glance, the wind blows the grass low.

Spring is coming, the grassland is also alive, flocks of yellow sheep on the west bank of the Naowen River between the large rocky mountains and rocky beaches and the grassland, they bury their heads in the grass for a while and raise their heads vigilantly, looking around to watch. The hares of the prairie are scurrying around, gnawing on the tender green grass.

The shepherds drove out all the cattle and sheep that had been kept in the pen for a winter, and flocks of cattle and sheep moved on the savannah like shadows of clouds. After a winter's suffering, they have become very thin, and they are now chewing greedily. The shepherds rode on their horses, their attitudes leisurely, and the whips in their hands flicked loudly from time to time, driving the cattle and sheep to change places.

On the west bank of the vast Naowen River, around the old camp, wild beasts were extinct—they were all frightened by the murderous aura that scattered and fled.

At this moment, the vast grassland was trembling slightly, and groups of cavalry were galloping across the country.

This is the soldiers of Fu Yuwei training.

He is a herdsman every day, and he is a soldier when he fights. Whenever spring comes, the land recovers, and the national strength of the grassland people also recovers quickly with the change of seasons.

In the old camp, there was a fierce quarrel.

Standing on the throne, he frowned, and looked at the generals below with his chin in his hand, very annoyed.

Liang Yanqiu stood beside him and frowned silently.

Below, it's a mess.

"Great Khan, send troops quickly! This is a great opportunity given to us by the heavens of eternal life! A bearded general shouted.

"Ohri Lehok is right, Great Khan, this is a golden opportunity!" Another general with a short figure and a black face similar to Tuxingsun said: "Now the main force of the Ming army is confronting Amin's miscellaneous Jurchens, and the White Lotus Sect has conquered Tashanwei in the south, and the Ming army has already seen a huge hole in our solid defense line, let's take advantage of this time to kill it and knock down that piece of Han people!" (To be continued.) )