Chapter 42 Under the Fallen Phoenix City
Liu Chengzhi nodded with satisfaction and said, "General Shanchang's opinion is quite in line with my opinion!" Then he pointed to the map and said, "Next, I plan to attack Kunyang Province!"
At this time, Liu Xiwu said: "It's just that Kunyang Province is at the junction with the Nanban, and a small part is currently occupied by the Nanban, if you attack here, I'm afraid it will cause a dispute with the Nanban!"
Liu Chengzhi looked at the map and said, "Then convince them!"
Five days later, the Chengzhi army marched out and marched towards Kunyang Province, a neighboring province.
Liu Chengzhi appreciated Zhu Shanchang a lot, and sent him to stay in Mianzhou City, leaving 50,000 Chengzhi troops as defenders, and at the same time ordered Liu Xiwu to stay in Mianzhou, while dispatching military supplies and giving advice to Zhu Shanchang.
Zhu Shanchang was quite familiar with the management of the army, with 50,000 Chengzhi troops as the backbone, and recruited 200,000 militiamen, Mianzhou City was fully garrisoned, and the grain and grass were sufficient, which became a strong backing for the Chengzhi army to go out.
At this time, the intelligence of the spy door came in a steady stream. It turned out that Yang Xiyue, the current controller of Kunyang Province, used to be a smuggler of salt, and because of his proper management, he earned a lot of money, so he had plenty of military spending.
Since ancient times, the salt industry has been monopolized by the government, and the sale of smuggled salt is a knife licking blood.
The original Kunyang Provincial Assassin Liu Wu was a corrupt Confucian, seeing the current chaos in the world, he automatically retired from officialdom, resulting in the dragons of Kunyang Province without a leader, Yang Xiyue took this opportunity to rise up in time, but he also became a prince.
Kunyang Province has always been not rich in agricultural products, but the west produces gold mines, so it is not suitable to garrison troops, at present Yang Xiyue only has 200,000 infantry, 100,000 archers. That Yang Xiyue is well versed in martial arts and is also a master of the Yuanlong Realm.
There are four generals under him, all of whom are masters of the Shuanglong Realm, known as the "Four Tigers", and these four tigers are guarding the four borders of Yang Xiyue's jurisdiction.
The city bordering Mianzhou in Kunyang Province is called Luofeng City, and it is said that there was a phoenix inhabiting here in the past and got its name, because it borders Jiangnan Province, the land here is fertile, and it is the richest area in Kunyang Province. Therefore, Yang Xiyue sent Yang Yecheng, the most effective of the "Four Tigers", to defend the town, and there were nearly 10,000 defenders here.
Because Jiangnan Province rarely produces horses, the Chengzhi army only has 30,000 cavalry. After two days of trekking, Liu Chengzhi's troops came to about five miles away from Luofeng City and stationed down.
Liu Chengzhi has long studied the supreme art of war, and the soldiers like to observe the terrain the most, and on the second day he brought more than ten cavalry soldiers to Luofeng City, only to see that the city is not big or high, only about two zhang, but it may be because Yang Yecheng already knows the movements of the Yunli army, and the soldiers are extremely heavily guarded.
Liu Chengzhi was wearing a white robe at this time, with a long sword stuck in his waist, which was very conspicuous. The defenders of Luofeng City saw it from afar, and they didn't say anything, just going in and out.
After a while, I saw a large group of cavalry in Luofeng City rushing out of the city and rushing straight towards Liu Chengzhi's more than ten horsemen, with a fast speed. Cheng Zhi took a closer look, there were more than 10,000 cavalry!
Liu Chengzhi hurriedly commanded the ten cavalry soldiers to retreat to his camp, but because they had just started, and the pursuers were already advancing at full speed, the distance was shortened to about 100 feet as they advanced and retreated.
Cheng Zhi knew that if he escaped again, there would be no escape, he realized that a big battle was inevitable, and immediately asked one of the soldiers to retreat first to return the letter, and he and the other Nine Knights took the initiative to meet him!
At this time, the fastest four horsemen had already driven in front of Liu Yunli, brandishing their long swords and stabbing at Liu Chengzhi. Cheng Zhi flew up from his horse and danced four sword flowers forward, and the four of them fell to the ground in response. This is the sword move that Cheng Zhi realized from the "Instant Fanghua" sword spectrum, which has an invincible effect.
The nine sergeants behind Liu Chengzhi worked in groups of three, drew their spears, formed a three-person tiger formation, and slowly marched towards the approaching enemy troops. After a short time into the enemy position, the three groups formed a new system with their backs to each other, but they were not chaotic at all. At this time, more than 10,000 soldiers had already surrounded Cheng Zhi and others.
In a hurry, five more people approached and stabbed Liu Chengzhi with their spears. I saw Liu Chengzhi use his long sword to lightly pick it up, and the five spears stabbed at the soldiers next to him as if they had eyes, and stabbed four soldiers to death at once.
Liu Chengzhi knew that it would take at least half an hour to wait for his own troops to reinforce him, and at this time, he should not only be extremely careful of the blades cut by the enemy, but also pay attention to conserving his physical strength. Therefore, the method of borrowing force is often used to direct the stabbing blade to the enemy itself.
At this time, the rest of the enemy army saw that Liu Chengzhi was very difficult, so they began to attack the remaining nine Yunli troops. Immediately, more than a dozen soldiers with long knives slashed at a group of Chengzhi troops. However, I saw that one of the Chengzhi soldiers took the spear sideways and blocked the more than ten strokes, while the other two Chengzhi soldiers stabbed their spears outward, and five more enemy soldiers fell at once.
In this way, the two sides went back and forth, fighting for dozens of rounds, and the Chengzhi army killed three soldiers, so the remaining six people formed two three-person tiger formations. And the military horses sent by Luofeng City have lost nearly two hundred and fifty horses.
At this time, Liu Chengzhi led the Chengzhi army to gradually enter the center of the enemy army, Liu Chengzhi carefully observed the situation, and found that there were many cavalry in front of him who had been clustered and horseed.
This man was gorgeously dressed, very different from the others, with a long beard, and seemed to be an officer. This person is more than ten zhang away from Liu Chengzhi, and Chengzhi has a plan in his heart.
Liu Chengzhi slapped the saddle with his left hand, flew up, and swept forward. The soldier who looked a foot in front of him stepped on it, and the soldier snorted, was kicked unconscious, fell from his horse, and his life and death were unknown.
With this force, Yunli Liu Chengzhi rushed forward two more feet, and then concocted it according to the law, and after a few rounds, he kicked down four enemy soldiers and came to the officer.
The officer did not panic at all, picked up the long knife in his hand and stabbed Liu Chengzhi. Liu Chengzhi directly grabbed the blade with his left hand, only to hear a sound of metal hissing, and the long knife was crumpled into a ball.
Liu Chengzhi swung the long sword in his right hand forward, but he heard a "boom", and the officer's horse had been torn apart by his internal force. And the officer hurriedly jumped into the air, looking at the left rear and retreating sharply.
Liu Chengzhi had been surrounded for a long time at this time, his eyes had already been red, his left hand was volleyed into the air, and with a "roar", a thunderbolt dragon flew out of Liu Chengzhi's palm and rushed straight to the officer's chest.
I only heard a "snap", and I saw that the officer's chest was sunken, a mouthful of blood rushed out, and he fell to the ground and couldn't get up. Liu Chengzhi pointed his long sword, fell to the ground in front of him, and grabbed the officer.
At this time, I saw that all the cavalry of Luofeng City immediately stopped their attack and shouted: "City Lord!"
Liu Chengzhi only realized at this time that this person was Yang Yecheng, the guard of Luofeng City. According to the news from the spy shadow gate, the general guarding the city in Yang Xiyue's jurisdiction is generally called the "city lord".
At this time, only shouts of killing could be heard from the rear, and Cheng Zhijun received a report and urgently sent two thousand cavalry to rescue him. At this time, the cavalry of Luofeng City laid down their weapons one after another and surrendered to the Chengzhi army.
It turned out that Yang Yecheng was strict in governing the army and was extremely generous to the sergeants, so his prestige in the army was very high, and the remaining hundreds of cavalry fell into Fengcheng, and when they saw the general being arrested, they had no intention of resisting, and they surrendered one after another, just asking the general who could spare them not to die.