Chapter 644: A Pyrrhic Victory? Fiasco?
In Uncle Kassan's sheepskin bag, the broken crockpot porcelain pieces were sold on the ground and could be bought everywhere, and the brownish-gray powder that led to the diseased and dead livestock should be a poisonous substance.
When Daoist Qingxuan saw those brown-gray powders, his face turned pale and his expression was strange, and he almost didn't pop out his eyes in surprise. Ah Niu, Sun Liang, and Uncle Kasan all focused their attention on the items on the table, and no one noticed the change in Qingxuan's face standing behind.
Sun Liang said: "Someone secretly buried a crockpot containing toxic substances near the water source, which is obviously ill-intentioned, and it seems that Uncle Kassan's poisoning theory is very likely to be close to the truth." Fortunately, the water source there is for the livestock in the livestock farm, and it does not pose a danger to our villagers for the time being, perhaps because the people who secretly poisoned the people did not know much about the situation in the territory, so they did not cause a major disaster.
The lord, his subordinates immediately sent someone to investigate the matter thoroughly, and asked the martial artists to check all the water sources to avoid unnecessary losses. ”
Ah Niu nodded, but there was such an accident when Feng Xiang was in a good place, his face was as cold as ice, Ah Niu's anger was ignited, and he said coldly: "This matter needs to be carried out secretly, so as not to cause panic among the villagers." Put all this powder away, and if I know who poisoned it, I'll let him swallow all the rest of the poison in his stomach and see if it tastes good! ”
As a master breeder, Uncle Kasan has a lot of feelings for herding animals, and is very disgusted by this kind of cruelty to living beings, he is not only a member of Fengxiang City, his son Kaza is also a friend of a city lord, Uncle Kasan is not too restrained in front of Ah Niu, and he said: "That's right!" ”
Qingxuan Dao Chief's legs were weak, his body was shaky, and he felt cold all over his body in the hot day, others didn't know what was going on, but how could this Dao Elder not know?
The poisonous substances in the crockpot were originally a by-product of his alchemy failure, and the Qingxuan Daoist knew that most of the pills were so toxic that they should not be dumped directly, so he secretly buried them in the crockpot. When digging the pit and burying the tank, I didn't notice that it was too close to the water source, and somehow the clay pot broke and the poison seeped into the water source. That's why this disaster happened. Originally, there was a fierce ideological struggle in the mind of the Qingxuan Dao Chief, and he planned to confess and clarify the misunderstanding with leniency, but before the words could be spoken, he heard that the Fengxiang City Lord had already let go of the cruel words, and the poor Dao Chang was half green when he thought that he might be forced to swallow the brown-gray powder that could kill large livestock.
Qingxuan Dao Chang also understood that hundreds of livestock were lost. It's not a big deal for Fengxiang City, according to the truth, the benevolent city lord will not really force him to take poison, Ah Niu said that, it was based on the premise that there were hostile forces deliberately poisoning, and of course the mistakes of his own people were not included. However, Daoist Qingxuan was worried that speaking out at this time might affect the territory's investment in alchemy experiments, which would make him even more uncomfortable than killing him.
It's one thing to fund alchemy, it's another thing to make the territory suffer losses because of what is refined! Qingxuan didn't dare to speak again. I made up my mind to avoid this limelight and said, "It seems that the waste slag of alchemy in the future must not be buried in the territory casually." This time it was the death of the livestock, if the next time the villagers were ...... I don't have to wait for the city lord to speak, I can wipe my neck and hang myself. ”
It was precisely because he was worried that the territory would suspend his investment in Alchemy Shi Yàn, and the Qingxuan Daoist chose to remain silent, which made him unexpectedly that this "poisoning incident" made the garrison of Fengxiang City toss for a long time as if it were facing a great enemy. In particular, the Shanzi battalion and the martial artists were strictly ordered to improve the defense deployment of the territory, and they must no longer be poisoned by the enemy in the territory! ”
It's a mess.
A certain city lord ignored the hot weather. Accompanied Uncle Cassan to the site of the current crockpot field for on-site investigation. Of course, Sun Liang did not dare to slack off. Xun notified Yan Xin, the leader of the Qingzhou Dark Flower Department. But. Qingxuan Dao Chang had only buried a clay pot in his territory. It is destined that nothing new will emerge in this exploration.
With the passage of time. The poisoning incident gradually subsided.
Five days later.
Early morning. Qing Xuan and another Taoist priest in the Taoist temple are nothing. Left Fengxiang City early. Go to Jiuli Mountain to "collect medicine". Since Qing Xuan came to Fengxiang City. Nothingness had to abdicate to make way for Xian. Both were almost fanatically paranoid about alchemy experiments. Because of common hobbies. It is impossible to ** the middle level Taoist priest of the alchemy land is nothing. Soon became the assistant of the Qing Xuan Alchemy Pill.
This is not the first time they have entered the mountains. The Qingxuandi alchemy experiment requires some strange herbs or minerals. Most of those things are not sold in the market. Every once in a while. Both of them need to go into the mountain once. Replenish the alchemy process and consume it locally. Since it is a collection of alchemy, it needs auxiliary items. It seems reasonable for the two of them to carry back baskets.
The two of them did not travel this time to collect medicine, but to dispose of the alchemy waste accumulated some time ago, after that unexpected poisoning incident (especially when I heard the cruel words of the city lord), Nothingness no longer dared to bury these things in the territory, so they came up with this excuse to go into the mountains to collect medicine. Although he knew that there would be no obstacles, after leaving the city gate unimpeded, Qingxuan still breathed a long sigh of relief. As the so-called suspicion gives rise to dark ghosts, Qing Xuan is worried that the two crockpots in the middle of the basket will be revealed, in that case, even if he is full of mouths, I am afraid he will not be able to tell what is going on.
"Where are we going?"
Nothingness also wiped a handful of sweat, but he was not afraid, carrying a heavy load to warm it on a summer morning. Qingxuan did not tell him about the poisonous substances in the crockpot, and the "poisoning incident" in the livestock farm did not spread, and Void did not know what medicine was sold in Qingxuan's gourd.
Qingxuan Dao Chang thought for a while, and said in a deep voice: "We'd better go farther this time, the farther away from the territory as possible...... In case all the nearby medicinal stones are mined by us! It's best to pick some red heart lotus and doghead wood along the way, there are not many of those two medicines, the last time the red heart lotus appeared has been excavated, I am not too familiar with the nearby terrain, do you know where it is more suitable? ”
"Then go to the north of Jiuli Mountain, I'm afraid it will take a day to hurry, there is a small village called Yuejia Village in the mountain col, there is a red heart lotus near Yuejia Village, as for the dog's head wood, there is on the way to Yuejia Village. The people in that village were simple and had little contact with the outside world, so we could spend the night in the homes of those mountain people. ”
"Okay, let's go to Yuejia Village."
The two Taoist priests often went into the mountains to collect medicines, and occasionally did not return for two or three days. Therefore, Qing Xuan and Void did not intend to inform Sun Liang in advance. As for the problem of long distances, it is not a problem. Qing Xuan couldn't wait to throw the crockpot in the two of them as far away as possible.
On the sea level in the east, a rising sun was rising, pulling the shadows of the two Taoists heading west.
Just when Fengxiang City was born in the "poisoning incident", the invincible Dongzi, the city lord of Bo Ancient City, was facing a severe test.
The suppression of the ancient city of Bo did not go well, and the four first-class cities that joined forces to resist the exploitation of the ancient city of Bo showed amazing courage and tacit understanding, and the four territories formed an alliance. Advance and retreat together. The territory that was declared war by the ancient city of Bo gathered a total of 14,000 troops from four territories, and everyone knew that if this territory was allowed to be breached, the end of the others would soon come.
The upper limit of the number of troops in the first-level cities is 5,000 people, and in addition to the 5,000 troops in the territory in question, the other three territories have sent 3,000 people each, which is already sixty percent of their maximum strength. In fact, four territories that rebelled against the "tyranny" of the ancient city of Bo. They simply don't have the ability to keep their territory full for long, but they have no choice now.
As soon as the three-day preparation period passed, Bo Gucheng soon attacked.
The ancient city of Bo did not have the siege equipment of the princes' forces. You can only use simple ladders and punch woods, but the walls of first-tier cities are not very good at defense. The army of Bo Gucheng usually achieves its goal without bloodshed, but they still pull out some disobedient thorn leaders, they have quite rich experience in siege warfare, and have summed up the law of victory with the least losses: as long as Zhang San rushes to the city wall, no one will be able to stop the victory of Bo Gucheng!
But. This law fails for the first time.
In the past, the territory captured by Bo Gucheng was fought alone, and the ability of the sergeants could not be compared with the Bo Gucheng troops who had been in battle for a long time and had obtained Zhang San's attribute bonus, which made the Bo Gucheng army invincible in Sili. This time was different, the 14,000 troops in the four territories made the defenders have enough troops to defend the city, and it would be impossible to sustain the situation unless they were killed by Zhang San.
One step back is the place of death, and there are walls to defend, and the allied troops of the four territories are outnumbered, far superior to the five thousand troops dispatched by the ancient city of Bo. The resistance of the defenders was unusually heroic. Zhang San, who has not recovered from his injuries after returning from Liangzhou. Although he mustered up the remaining courage to kill the city wall, he was under the onslaught of the defenders at any cost. The other soldiers of Bo Gucheng could not gain a foothold in the city at all, and Zhang San held out for six minutes, and after killing more than 200 defenders, he had to retreat.
When retreating, Zhang San was injured again and again, and was shot in the thigh, which was not good!
Because Zhang San failed to open the situation, the soldiers of Bo Gucheng were almost always under the unfavorable shape of attacking the city wall, and the attack only lasted less than two hours and killed more than 1,500 people.
Zhang San had to stop.
The player who went out with the army to adventure informed the invincible Dongzi of the battle situation, and the ancient city lord of Bo immediately decided to personally lead 5,000 reinforcements to help the battle. The invincible Dongzi understands that if he can't defeat these four territories that dare to challenge his authority, the hegemony of Bogu City in Sili will inevitably be shaky, and most of the painstaking "Bogu Empire" will not be guaranteed.
If you want to maintain the strong position of Bo Ancient City, you must defeat these four cities!
In order to defeat these four cities, you must first defeat the first opponent, as long as you can break the first city heavily guarded, the morale and strength of the four-city coalition army will inevitably be greatly damaged, and it will be easy to destroy the next three cities!
Accompanying him to reinforce Zhang San was the mysterious Zhang Erniang.
Zhang Erniang, who made a stunning appearance in Silverstone City, appeared in front of the world again, and after some actions, the defenders at the head of the city were in chaos. It was in this battle that the adventurer who was killed by the attacking demon revealed a secret: Zhang Erniang's true identity was confirmed - it was indeed Zhang Ning!
Zhang Ning's hexology created excellent attack conditions for the siege troops of Bo Gucheng, although the bean soldiers summoned by the hexology were strong, but the bean soldiers did not know how to climb the ladder and climb the wall, and the defenders would not give her the opportunity to scatter beans on the city, unless the city gate was breached (or cut through the stone wall, it was almost impossible to do), they were almost useless in such siege battles. Because of this, the heavy task of capturing the city had to fall on the troops of Bo Gucheng.
Taking advantage of the low morale of the defenders at the head of the city and the chaos, the Bogu army went to the city one after another to fight, and the invincible Dongzi once thought. Victory is within reach.
He underestimated the wisdom of his opponents.
In the battle of Liangzhou Silverstone City, Zhang Ning's watch Xiàn attracted the attention of players. Those who can use demon magic are too strong, and the four lords of this "rebellion" are naturally no exception, which is related to the life and death of their territory. After studying the battle video of Silverstone City, the four lords may have a large consumption of mental power when casting the spell, and Zhang Ning will not be able to continue to cast the spell for a long time after using the demon, as long as he resists the first wave of the demon, he will have a great chance of winning. And a corresponding approach has been developed.
Their method is to divide the defending troops into four groups, and only one force is enough to hold the defense line of the city wall, and after Zhang Ning's method, replace the defending troops affected by the demon magic with the unaffected new force!
Seeing the army of Bo Gucheng shouting and rushing towards the city wall, the defenders quickly completed the change of defense, although the troops who had just entered the city would be affected by the witchcraft to some extent, but compared with those defenders who suffered a lot, the combat power was completely different.
That's exactly how it was arranged. Let the invincible Dongzi swallow the bitter fruit again!
Zhang San was not good at doing it, and the troops of Bogu Gudi could not break through the defenders' defense line at all!
After losing more than 2,000 soldiers again, the invincible Dongzi had to retreat unwillingly. This is the city that Bogu Gucheng failed to break through after declaring war. Most importantly, this defeat was too untimely to not only shatter the myth of Bo Gucheng, but also deal a heavy blow to the reputation of Bo Gucheng.
The successful experience of the four territories has shown the world that the attack of the ancient city of Bo is not impossible to hold, and that they are not invincible. Even if Zhang San and Zhang Ning shoot at the same time, they still have a chance to keep the clouds open and see the moon!
No one is willing to endure exploitation, and where there is oppression, there is resistance!
The four first-level cities can join forces to defend the attack of Bo Ancient City, so wouldn't it be more promising for the second-level cities with stronger defense and military power to keep their territory?
This present has greatly boosted the confidence of the lords who have been oppressed by the ancient city of Bo, just like a little spark in the wasteland, gradually burning the plains, and more people are ready to move. But. Everyone understands. Bogucheng's defeat was not due to its lack of strength, but this time it was frustrated. In addition to the four territories working together to persevere to the end, it is also because Bo Gucheng underestimated the difficulties.
People who are familiar with the invincible Dongzidi know that this matter can't just be settled, and Bogu will make a comeback. As the saying goes, "the tiger will not fall", not to mention that the strength of the ancient city of Bo has not been greatly damaged, and many lords still wisely continue to wait and see, which also gives the invincible Dongzi a chance to breathe.
The ancient city of Bo regrouped faster than many people expected, and on the third day after the end of the war, the ancient city declared war again, and the target was still the territory that was not captured last time. This is a strong signal, the invincible Dongzi's actions show that where the ancient city of Bo falls, it must get up!
After the three-day preparation period for the battle, Zhang San's injuries will heal, and Zhang Ning can also perform his magic again, and Bo Gucheng will be able to fight in the strongest state. These are not enough to guarantee the victory of Bo Gucheng, and the invincible Dongzi is still killing others.
The four first-level cities that joined forces to say "no" to Bo Gucheng, and the other three lords were also declared war at the same time!
The declarants are the three second-tier cities that have been "conquered" by the ancient city of Bo, and their strength is significantly stronger than their opponents. The four territories alliance was declared war at the same time, which means that the battle will start at the same time, and it is difficult for the four territories alliance to join forces to fight against the ancient city of Bo as before, and the pressure during the siege will be significantly reduced. It's just the strength of a first-class city, and it's impossible to withstand the attack of Bo Gucheng!
The invincible Dongzi did not expect these three vassal lords to go all out to help Bo Gucheng "suppress the uprising", as the end of the world was fallen, and it was very immoral to swing the butcher's knife at the suffering comrades, as long as they could contain the opponent's forces. The cost of declaring war on the three vassal territories was borne by the ancient city of Bo.
This is not the biggest price paid by Bogucheng.
It was not easy to make these three vassal territories become accomplices of Bo Gucheng, and it was not easy to be infamous willingly, and when the three lords learned that the invincible Dongzi wanted them to send troops, they refused to agree no matter what. In order to prevent them from disobeying the yang and yin and ruining the major affairs of Bo Gucheng, the invincible Dongzi gritted his teeth and made a dazzling decision: if the vassal territory broke the opponent's city and destroyed it in this battle, Bo Gucheng was willing to give up the interests in the vassal territory (give up colonies, taxes, etc.), and the relationship between the two sides changed from a "master-slave relationship" to a completely equal "partnership".
In order to win, the invincible Dongzi can be regarded as a bloody investment!
Although everyone knows that the probability of a second-tier city attacking a first-tier city is not too high, and it is likely that it is just a waste of work, but such a condition, the three vassal territories cannot refuse at all. The opportunity to regain their freedom was fleeting, and they could not waste it, and the three vassal territories all went all out, and they were willingly used as a spear by the invincible Dongzi.
"Anyway, just this time, after this vote, the unequal agreement signed before will be invalidated, and Lao Tzu can be regarded as a new life!" Under the strong counterattack of Bo Gucheng and his accomplices, the four territories alliance inevitably split, and the lord who was declared war by Bo Gucheng was anxious, trying to persuade the other three partners to "recognize the shape shì, the main target of the invincible Dongzi must be here, and you can't run away after I finish playing", but the other three lords obviously pay more attention to the imminent threat, if they are destroyed by the second-level city because the defenders are too small, it will be too late to regret it.
Under the advantages of one another, the battle has not yet started, and the victory and defeat have been divided.
When the battle began again, the ancient city of Bo shattered the will of the defenders to resist with a devastating force. As soon as Zhang Ning's demon magic was finished, Zhang San led the troops to rush up, and in less than half an hour from the moment he climbed the city wall, the territory was destroyed!
The three vassal territories also seemed to have met the enemy who killed their father, and asked friendly player forces to help guard the city, and the lord personally led all the troops into battle.
Before the war, when faced with the question of "why do you want to help the abuse and become a lackey of the ancient city of Bo", a vassal lord said to his opponent with great regret: "I deeply sympathize with my brother's plight, but I am also forced to do this, brother, if I don't destroy you, I will not be able to be free, and I don't know how long I will be exploited." The so-called I don't go to hell who goes to hell, anyway, even if I don't beat you, you will die, so you should wave some residual heat and become a brother! ”
The angry lord trembled with rage, and could only respond with a "Damn!" ”
After a bloody battle, the two vassal territories broke through each other's cities as they wished, and the invincible Dongzi also kept his promise, and Bo Gucheng gave up his interests in those two territories from now on, and the two sides annulled the unequal agreement signed before.
Only the benevolent brother who asked others to "squander his spare heat" did not do his best, and the first-level city lord who was almost not mad by him fought hard to drag it out until the end of the war. "Waste Heat" lost this opportunity to get rid of the continued exploitation of Bo Gucheng, although he took the initiative to ask for help, saying that he was "willing to declare war on the opponent again, at his own expense", but the invincible Dongzi obviously would not give him this opportunity.
"No need, I'll take care of the rest of the little trash fish myself."
The invincible Dongzi succeeded in destroying four first-class cities that "went against the sky", but the price paid by Bo Gucheng was also quite high, and it can only be called a crushing victory. Everyone saw that in order to defeat the opponent, Bo Gucheng had to mobilize the vassal territories to fight by giving up interests.
It's not so much a victory as a fiasco!
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