Chapter 141: Scorched Earth

Speaking of the problem of God's injustice, Zhu Houxi became upset, since he went to Anlu Mansion to the capital to ascend the throne and sit in the palace, and since he became the emperor, he has not done anything well. Defeat in battle, defeat in rectification, and when you become an emperor, there are still people who compete with you for power and power, and you are still a loyal minister?! It took nearly ten years to take the government from the hands of the ministers, firmly grasp it in his own hands, and monopolize the power, but within a few years, the feeling of dominating the world has not stabilized for a while, and all kinds of wars are continuous, and he has to get a dragon shadow general who is on a par with himself to suppress it. In the end, the war subsided, and then the brothers turned against each other, and finally even half of the rivers and mountains were lost. The most disgusting thing is that he doesn't even have a prince, and many people privately say that he is a mule that can't give birth.

On the other hand, Lu Bing, although there have been many hardships, many of them are also deliberately caused by Zhu Houxi, and Zhu Houyu knows this in his heart. That's right, he and Lu Bing still had brotherhood before, but he has always had a heart of comparison with Lu Bing, and even envy, jealousy and hatred. Obviously, he has always had a higher status than Lu Bing, in the final analysis, Lu Bing should always be his courtier, why did he hold the beauty? Why does he have a strong martial arts? Why is it that now he has a lot of sons under his knees, but he has nothing to show for himself! What is the war of the Ming Dynasty, it is my guidance, but the fame and status benefits are all taken by Lu Bing, and the official voice and the people's voice should be their own!

Why! In the end, he, Lu Bing, turned his back to the south and became the emperor of a generation, took half of his own country but ended up with a benevolent and righteous name, and he became a monarch in exile as an emperor. was said to be a faint king. Those people, whose people are they, should the world be surnamed Zhu or Lu. Why should the benefits of the world be taken by Lu Bing alone. Why can he always change the stars, and why is he always smooth sailing, where do the whimsical ideas in his mind come from, and how did the courage and strength to turn the tide come from.

If it goes on like this, I am afraid that the old country will be unbearable, and I will really lose my country, and I will not be able to return to heaven if God does not help. Lu Bing, where else do you want to force me? The more Zhu Houxi thought about it, the more angry he became. roared that the heavens would not help me, but help the thief.

Zhu Houxi didn't say how to be unconvinced, just said that at this time, Lu Yi had already led the army to Yungui, and one day it would be time to join Lu Xun. At that time, the army will fight a total of more than 70,000 people, and Zhu Houxi will not be defeated and retreated?

For a while, Zhu Houxi not only had to consider the failure of the next plan, but also encountered a huge crisis, or fight to the death. Either you can return to Bashu and still have some strength. Is face or lining important, even if they retreat, will the two brothers Lu Xun continue to pursue Bashu and cause a crisis in the country? And are their soldiers still so strong? One problem after another was placed in front of Zhu Houxi, which made him frown.

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It was night, the night was getting thicker, there was a fire above the city, there were many Kong Ming lanterns in the distance, and many incendiary shells would be released from time to time. Illuminate the surrounding scene to prevent Qi Jingtong from taking advantage of the night to raid. Xu Yang's army held on to the Changling Pass. Waiting for Qi Jingtong's fierce attack, the scouts sent out earlier had already been investigated, and there was no vision around, but Xu Yang was still not at ease, and repeatedly ordered people to investigate, for fear that there would be a mistake. No matter whether what Qi Jingtong said about ruining them at night during the previous day, whether it is true or deliberately intimidating, you need to be careful and cautious, as long as you are careful enough, Qi Jingtong will have no chance, and Lu Jiajun will not fail!

Although the Xu Yang Department of the Lu Family Army had lost a lot of artillery in the past, its vitality was not injured, and now it can still be compared to the enemy, and the artillery soldiers are also sufficient, although the morale is low, but it is still obedient to orders, and it is even more loyal. Moreover, with the strength of the city wall and the artillery strike, it may be possible to win this defensive battle, and then the morale will definitely rise sharply, and it is not known whether the enemy will be repelled by attacking again, or that sentence, it is unknown who will kill the deer. At this point today, it seems that Xu Yang's men have suffered more casualties, but after all, they still advanced, pushing from Jingmen to the fifth level of Changling, and laying down half of the top ten levels, so it is not a failure.

The soldiers of the Xu Yang Department of the Lu Family Army all raised their throats in their hearts, and looked nervously at the remnants of Qi Jingtong. The soldiers of the Lu family army are not afraid of real swords and guns, the Lu family's artillery fire is sharp, and the soldiers are all heroes, even if the remnants of the Ming have made progress in weapons and soldiers, but compared to the Lu family, they are also out of reach, they are worried that Qi Jingtong will have some conspiracy again, and make some unbelievable but will cause heavy damage.

Everyone is both respectful and afraid of Qi Jingtong's intelligence, and even Xu Yang, the leader of the Lu Jiajun, is sleeping in armor and not daring to relax in the slightest, but where can Xu Yang sleep at this time, he can only go to the city to supervise the battle. Finally, the remnants of the soldiers and horses began to move forward, which made everyone feel relieved, always hanging like this without moving, but it made people feel uneasy, now as long as the fight is up, it is easy to say, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, and have a hard encounter with the opponent, it turns out that Qi Jingtong is just scaring people, in fact, he is facing the enemy head-on. Xu Yang smiled, laughing at himself for being frightened, and laughing at his own heart.

When they were still a mile away from Changling, the remnants of the Ming army suddenly stopped, and then began to fire from a distance. This is barely able to reach the artillery of the Lu Jiajun, but it has lost its accuracy, and the artillery of the remnants has long exceeded the strike range. Lu Jiajun has learned to be cautious, although he knows that he can't shoot at this distance, he still hides in the hidden soldier cave to avoid it, to prevent the remnant Ming Qi Jingtong from deliberately hiding his strength, and the actual artillery fire is enough range, so that they will suffer a big loss.

However, the remnants of the Ming Dynasty no longer advanced, and continued to bombard with artillery fire, which did not hide the range at all, and fell more than a hundred steps outside Changling City, constantly smashing on the ground, splashing the soil high. Everyone doesn't understand, which hand is this playing, instead of attacking the city, he is constantly working towards the land outside the uninhabited pass, is he trying to beat the land lord out to help?

Xu Yang looked at the scene in front of him, and he couldn't understand it either, but the increasingly uneasy atmosphere spread in his heart, and it also spread in the army. Such an unbelievable move kept teasing the heart of Lu Jiajun, who was already nervous enough.

Xu Yang knew that if he continued like this, he was afraid that before the official start of the fight, he would already be discouraged and self-defeating, and he would be frightened by Qi Jingtong's bizarre approach. Therefore, Xu Yang decided to fight back, using artillery fire to help our army's prestige, although now the range is far and inaccurate, but the Lu family's firearms are indeed powerful, the range is long, and the power is great, and there are also a few shells that fell into the enemy camp, accurately hit, killing and wounding many enemy soldiers. Although these enemy troops were only a hundred people, and they were all the same in Qi Jingtong's subordinates, this was enough to make the Lu family's army soar, the wind was high to help the fire, and the same was true of the army's morale, so the Lu family's army began to fire one after another.

Suddenly Xu Yang ordered to stop firing, he found something wrong, whether the ground was bombarded by iron bombs or explosive bombs, it was at most a pothole, and in order to stabilize the city wall of the checkpoint, the land would generally be tamped in advance around it to prevent tilting and collapse, and also to prevent the ground from shaking and affecting the foundation of the city wall. So even if all the shells were smashed in one place, it would be just a huge pothole, and once the soil was smashed, the change would not be too big. But now it is different, where the remnants of the artillery fire are mentioned, only four or five shells are needed, and a large area of land is dented and collapsed, and there is a faint tendency to spread towards Changling.

For some reason, a play suddenly flashed in Xu Yang's mind, which was called Burning Xinye. Suddenly, Xu Yang was terrified, as if he wanted to understand something, although he couldn't believe it, but when he thought of Qi Jingtong's words during the day, he suddenly realized. It is better to believe that it is not credible, if this is the case, then the consequences will not be suspected, and their own army will be destroyed, and if they really die, they may die, and it is better to die if they don't die. Regardless of whether he was lying to himself or not, Xu Yang still shouted frantically: "Retreat, retreat!" ”

Everyone was puzzled and looked at Xu Yang, could it be that the Lord was planted in Qi Jingtong's hands one after another, frightened, crazy, crazy? However, even so, the Lu family's army was strictly disciplined, and they still obeyed orders and began to carry the city defense ordnance. Xu Yang shouted again: "Don't want it, don't want these things, obey the order and quickly escape from Changling!" Xu Yang actually used the word escape, and there were no deserters in the Lu family, but at this time he said that he was fleeing, which shows the crisis of form, and he is as anxious as a lost dog.

The team immediately opened the east gate of Changling, and before many troops were out, they saw that the remnant Ming army released incendiary bombs, and the incendiary bombs ignited when they landed, as if there was an invisible lead on the ground, and spread towards the Changling level.

In the blink of an eye, the line of fire disappeared, and then there was a deafening roar in the direction of Changling, and the entire city wall was blown up into the sky, and the soldiers and the brick wall were thrown high into the sky at the same time. And in the level, there are also huge explosions one after another, and fires and burns endlessly. The entire impregnable Long Ridge was burned in an instant, turning into a huge fireball.

More than 2,000 soldiers had just been evacuated, and they didn't want anything but the equipment and food they were carrying. Everyone looked at Changling Pass in surprise, and it was already wrapped in raging fire at this time. The flames seemed to fall from the sky, and they came so quickly that it was like throwing a torch into a pile of explosives and fuel. No one understood what was happening, except that the incessant explosions tossed the contents of the city into the sky, and at first the corpses and building materials were mutilated, and then only ashes remained.

The fire stopped the pursuit of the remnants of the Ming soldiers and horses, and more than 2,000 Lu soldiers fled in a hurry and abandoned their armor, they had never been so wolf. What the hell is going on, I'm afraid that only Qi Jingtong and Xu Yang understand, but at this time, Xu Yang was also left in the city forever, turned into a scorched earth, and it was difficult to tell where he was. (To be continued......)