Ancient Qingguan.

As one of the most famous Taoist temples in Tiannan County, it has been the peak of incense in the past two hundred years. Because it is only a few dozen miles away from Tianlong, there are often dignitaries and nobles from Tianlong City who come here to divinate and incense, or cultivate oneself and study Taoist scriptures.

But since the Nanfeng fortress was breached, the Omani army drove straight into and occupied the Nanfeng Mansion, and the incense of Gu Qingguan plummeted. A large number of nobles evacuated from Tianlong City in panic, attempting to escape into the hinterland of the empire from the north through the Guò Songjiang River. The rest of the people who remained in Tianlong City did not dare to go out. Especially two days ago, after there were reports of witnessing a small group of Omani troops near Tianlong, the city gates were closed and there was no one.

In this case, the Taoist priests of the ancient Qingguan were also a little panicked in their leisure.

It's another morning.

The ethereal bell rang, waking up hundreds of Taoist priests in the ancient Qingguan. After washing, the day began to recite the morning sutra on the Xuanmen Day as usual. Just when many Taoist priests thought that this day was the same as before, after finishing the morning class and preparing to eat, a large number of Omani soldiers appeared under the mountain gate.

The two little Taoist boys who were guarding outside the gate of the Guqing Guanguan had never seen this scene, and they were frightened by hundreds of murderous Omanis and stumbled into the temple. While closing the door, he ordered someone to summon some Taoist priests who practiced some self-defense martial arts. However, the Omanis did not give them time at all, and a dozen soldiers smashed open the gate with all their strength and quickly rushed in.

The Taoist priests who rushed over after hearing the news were all defeated by the Omanis and imprisoned in the front hall, and those who dared to resist were all killed.

Soon, a wing of soldiers rushed in completely controlled this ancient temple with a history of more than 200 years, and captured the master of the ancient Qing Temple, Hong Daochang.

"This is the land of the outside world, and every layman ......"

He walked up tremblingly, and before he finished speaking, he was coldly interrupted by the Omani officer: "This place has been requisitioned by the ** team of the King of Oman, so let's leave by yourself!" ”

Daoist Hong still wanted to say something, but when he saw that the other party had already raised his knife, he had no choice but to summon the Taoist priest in Guanzhong, bring some personal things, and leave Guqingguan under the escort of Omani soldiers.

They didn't see that the Omani officer gave the escort soldier a fierce look before leaving.

Directly cutting people in the ancient Qingguan, firstly, they still need to clean up by themselves, and secondly, there may be omissions, and they will be resisted by these Taoist priests. It's better to directly deceive all the hundreds of Taoist priests out and shoot them in a round of arrows below......

A moment later, the screams were faintly heard.

The Omani officer who occupied Guqingguan had a look of triumph on his face. As the cleanup was complete, the order was quickly passed back. Half a day later, a division of 13,000 Omani infantrymen escorted the first batch of grain and grass to Guqingguan. In the coming time, more grain and grass will be transferred from the rear and temporarily hoarded here.

The main force of the army of the Kingdom of Oman also began to move forward slowly, in case it was out of touch with the vanguard and the granary of the grain.

The decisive battle against Tianlong has reached the moment of imminent eruption.

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Tianlong City.

As the capital of the entire Tiannan County and a prefecture directly bordering the rival feudal states, the defense system here is tighter than that of Mu'an and Dengju. Not only does it have a wall at least a meter high, but it also has a wide moat and hundreds of various city defense weapons. After the remnants of the Tiannan Army withdrew and the local garrison of Songjiang was initially integrated, the defensive force in Tianlong City had exceeded 70,000.

As time goes on, some of the wounded soldiers recover, and this number can increase even more!

Because of this, even in the face of the 190,000 troops of the Kingdom of Oman, Leji still did not panic too much. There is enough food and water in Tianlong City, and there is no shortage of soldiers defending the city, and it is located within the empire's own territory. It is not so easy for the army of the Kingdom of Oman to break the defenses.

Generally speaking, the strength ratio of the besieging side to the defending side must reach five times in order to have a more secure grasp.

"It's just, that kind of weapon ......"

Inadvertently remembering the kind of weapon that Oman had used not long ago, Leji's originally relaxed mood became a little more nervous and uneasy. For no other reason, the Omanis used a completely new stone thrower during the final period of their capture of the fortress of the South Peak. That kind of stone thrower is far larger than the existing ones in the Empire, not only can it be thrown at a distance of two hundred steps, but the weight of the boulder that can be thrown is between two hundred and fifty and three hundred catties!

The impact of this boulder has been able to wreak havoc on a fortified wall.

Although the new type of Omani catapult was obviously only a new type of stone thrower, and had various shortcomings, such as an extremely slow rate of fire, a huge amount of manpower, and a very low accuracy, its power was undoubted. Even the walls of the Nanfeng Fortress were a little unstoppable, so they were replaced by the defense of Tianlong City......

This bloody battle, I'm afraid it may not be as easy to defend as I imagined.

What Leji didn't know was that if Chen Wu was here and had seen it with his own eyes, he would definitely be able to know what the new weapons of the Omanis were. That's right, it's the famous "return cannon" before crossing it, that is, the counterweight stone throwing machine. At this stage, several major countries in the eastern continent are mainly using traditional torsion stone throwers when attacking cities. However, the Omanis suffered a big loss under the fortress of Nanfeng, and could not break through several times, so they began to concentrate on the study of siege weapons.

This model, much larger than the torsion catapult and the pinnacle of the advent of the thermal weapon artillery, is the latest Omani prototype.

Of course, Le Ji didn't know the difference between the two types of stone throwers, and the naming in the other world, but he could clearly feel that this larger counterweight stone throwing machine would pose a great threat to the city defense of Tianlong City. During the period when the Omanis were hoarding grain and grass, he also made some targeted preparations, strengthened the city defenses, and ordered people to demolish the houses within 50 steps of the city wall to prevent possible accidental injuries to civilians and even fires.

If he could, he really hoped that the Omanis would stay like this until the empire won a decisive victory in other directions and drew forces to support it.

Fortunately, this period has not been completely without good news.

With the arrival of Zhao'an's holy decree in Dengzhou, there was also a secret decree transmitted to Tianlong City in Tiannan County. Leji soon learns that his neighbor to the north has been recruited by the empire, and that there is a good chance that he will become his temporary "boss" after the war. This made him feel a little complicated at the same time, and at the same time, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. In this way, he does not need to face pressure from the north and can focus his full attention on dealing with the Omanis.

Moreover, according to the Empire, he may not count on more than 10,000 reinforcements!

The starting experience of the Taiping Army, Le Ji has carefully read it, and he is quite appreciative of several military acts of the Taiping Army. How strong is the military strength of this gang of thieves, Leji has not dealt with it personally, so he does not dare to draw conclusions, but it should not be too bad. Under the command of their leader, more than 10,000 people can still help a lot.

However, there are always two sides to the story.

As the black-clothed guards sent back the news of the secret investigation, they learned that the Taiping army had accepted the imperial recruitment, and Saladin, who felt that he had been tricked, was greatly embarrassed.

He sent people to woo him in every possible way, and he did not hesitate to send a batch of weapons and armor, but finally defected to the empire. After calling Yan Xingbang, the leader of the black-clothed guards, and scolding him bitterly, Saladin, who was discouraged, calmed down and gave the order for the army to attack the city in advance.

On the side of Gu Qingguan, the grain and grass have been preliminarily prepared. Although it is not impossible to wait a few more days, Saladin is a little worried about the shape of the north face. Although he felt that the Taiping army after Zhao'an might not dare to go south, let alone open Daqing Pass to let the imperial reinforcements come over, but compared to before, things were a little more variable.

If you can, it's better to take Tianlong as much as possible.

As long as this county town of Tiannan is breached, the kingdom of Oman will be able to obtain the grain, grass, baggage and population of the city. Coupled with the complete elimination of the threat of the Tiannan Army, the southeast of the Qianyuan Empire will no longer have any threat at all, and it will completely fall into the hands of his Saladin!

Finally, after the third batch of grain and grass arrived at Guqingguan, the vanguard of the Oman Kingdom captured six or seven thousand people near Tianlong City and began to drive them to fill the river.

For the Kingdom of Oman, these imperials were still enemies, and they were under no pressure to die as cannon fodder, just like the Taiping army had driven out the displaced people before. After all, it is better to die thousands of people who have nothing to do with it than to kill the Omanis themselves.

Although these Southern Barbarians have been influenced by the cultural circle of the empire, they are still wild in their bones!

Driven by the ferocity of the Omanis, the people near Longcheng who did not have time to retreat into the city, or refused to leave their homes in the vicinity of Longcheng these days, had to carry dirt bags and march towards the moat of Tianlong in fear.

The soldiers of the Tiannan Legion at the head of the city, many of whom had relatives and family members inside, were all furious and indignant when they saw this scene. However, no matter how angry they are, they can't change the fact that these people have begun to threaten the safety of Tianlong City.

Leji has joined the army since he was sixteen years old, and this scene has long been commonplace, and it can be said that his heart is as hard as iron. Without any hesitation, he ordered the soldiers defending the city to attack.

A large number of gravel prepared in advance fell with the stone thrower, like a goddess scattering flowers!

The first batch of displaced people rushed over immediately fell in large numbers, and the rest of the people immediately fled in droves. Seeing this, the soldiers of the Tiannan Legion at the head of the city did not chase and kill, and let them leave.

However, the Omanis were not merciful, and when they saw the people fleeing, the overseers immediately cut down a group of people. What's more, the capture of a family at the same time, threatening the safety of the wife and daughter, forced the male laborers of the family to work for the Omanis. Under such a threat, no matter how reluctant they were, some people could only continue to carry dirt bags and start filling the river.

The brutal siege battle kicked off with the bloodshed of the Imperials!