Chapter 50: The First Showdown
Woo ~ woo woo ~ woo ~ The desolate horn sound accompanied by a smashing and dignified footsteps opened the curtain of the day, standing at the head of Jingling City, watching the Jianghuai army in the distance like ants slowly marching towards the direction of Jingling City with a constant pace, the speed is not fast, but it forms an invisible coercion, so that the Jingling army, which has been accustomed to the stormy attack of the Jianghuai army, feels as if a stone has been pressed in his heart, and the dullness makes people feel like they can't break through.
Although there was no such stormy attack as before, the defenders at the head of the city did not feel the slightest sense of relief, but instead gave birth to a black cloud that was about to destroy the city.
"What are they doing here?" A confused look flashed in the eyes of the veteran Feng Ge, although he didn't understand why the other party did this, but that suppressed feeling made him guess the other party's purpose after a long time on the battlefield.
"It's a heart-to-heart strategy! It seems that Duvowe has already handed over the command to others. Li Xuan's eyes flashed with appreciation, Kou Zhong did have a talent that was difficult for ordinary people to fight in battle.
"What!?" Feng Ge and the other Jingling generals flashed with disbelief in their eyes, the two armies were fighting, and it was most taboo to change generals in battle, not to mention that it was Jianghuai overlord Du Fuwei who commanded this army and horses, and changed generals in battle, isn't this self-destructive morale?
"But isn't the Jianghuai Army still under the banner of Du Fuwei?" Shang Xiuxun wondered from the side.
"Of course, this is also the wisdom of the opponent, because no matter who takes over the command, there is an important question to be faced, in the Jianghuai Army, in addition to Du Fuwei, who else can command the Jianghuai Army, a heroic division? It is better to continue under the banner of Du Fuwei, on the one hand, it can stabilize the morale of the army and minimize the negative impact of the change of commander in battle, and on the other hand, it can also cause us a confusing effect. ”
"However, in addition to Du Fuwei in the Jianghuai army. Who else has the ability to command an army of 100,000 to fight? Shang Xiuxun is still puzzled, although the Jianghuai Army is powerful, but all along, Du Fuwei has been holding up this banner alone, besides him, who else has this ability?
Li Xuan smiled slightly. But he didn't explain, but looked at the veteran Feng Ge and said, "Did you do what you asked the old general to do yesterday?" ”
"Master Li, don't worry." Feng Ge nodded and said: "The soldiers in the city have been divided into three waves, taking turns to go to the city to defend the city, but the banner is still configured with the banner of 20,000 people, and in addition, the city has been erected more straw men according to Li Ye's orders." ”
"The morale-boosting business is left to the generals." Li Xuan nodded and said, "This is a battle for the survival of Jingling, and I hope you can work together!" ”
"Li Ye rest assured!" The generals replied very dryly.
The generals retired and went to arrange the city defense. The defenders were divided into three waves, each of about 8,000 men, which greatly reduced the cost of defending the city, but again, the pressure when defending the city would be greater than before.
"Are you sure you can win this battle?" Watching the generals leave, Shang Xiuxun came to Li Xuan's side and looked at the Jianghuai army slowly approaching below. looked at Li Xuan suspiciously.
"From ancient times to the present, no commander dared to guarantee that he would win before the war. Especially in the case of such a huge disparity in strength! Li Xuan shook his head, whether it was the strength of the troops or the soldiers themselves, the Jingling army could not be compared with the Jianghuai army that had been on the battlefield for a long time, if the two sides were pulled out to fight, even if the number was equal, ninety percent of the final loss would still be the Jingling army.
"Then why are you ......" Shang Xiuxun looked at Li Xuan with thick eyebrows. Incomprehensible way.
"I am the commander of the three armies, if even I have no confidence, how can I expect the soldiers to fight hard to kill the enemy?" Li Xuan said with a smile.
"It turned out to be a lie, you're not sure at all, are you?" Shang Xiuxun glanced at Li Xuan dissatisfied.
"Not really!" Li Xuan shook his head and looked at the orderly Jianghuai army under the city. With the addition of Kou Zhong, the peerless commander, the combat power that the Jianghuai Army can exert is probably stronger than the Jianghuai Army commanded by Du Fuwei before, and said in a deep voice: "But I need time to resolve and reverse the gap between the Jianghuai Army and the Jingling Army, three days!" Three days later, it will be the key to the decisive victory! At that time, it will not only be about the victory or defeat of Jingling, but also the pattern of the world will be reborn! Now the question is, how to hold these three days under such circumstances! ”
"Oh?" Shang Xiuxun looked at Li Xuan with a confident face, shook her head, and arranged the troops, she didn't know too much, but the current situation was not optimistic, she hesitated, took a step forward, stood side by side with Li Xuan at the head of the city, looked at the Jianghuai army that had begun to launch the final charge under the city, and said quietly: "You really want to cooperate with the Yin Sect?" ”
"Not yet." Li Xuan shook his head: "Zhu Yuyan is just afraid of my martial arts, and she doesn't want the masters of the Yin Sect to suffer too much damage, maybe my conditions will make her heartbroken, but she will never take the entire Yin Sect to support me in my struggle for world domination, even if she is willing, the rest of the Yin Sect will not agree." ”
"Then why ......" Shang Xiuxun glanced at Bai Qing'er, who was standing not far away, and did not continue.
"Don't look too high at your status in the Yin Sect." Li Xuan smiled and shook his head: "She is just Wanwan's backup, as long as Wanwan is still in the day, she will not have a bright future, this time, it is just an addition, called Zhu Yuyan left by my side to assist, but in fact, Zhu Yuyan has been regarded as an outcast, once we turn against each other in the future, even if I kill Bai Qing'er without hesitation, Zhu Yuyan will not frown." ”
As he spoke, Li Xuan suddenly pointed in the air, and a roaring boulder suddenly exploded without warning, turning into rubble in the sky, and smashed towards the countless Jianghuai troops under the city, which immediately caused a small piece of chaos, and the surrounding Jingling defenders couldn't help but let out a cheer in unison when they saw this.
Shang Xiuxun looked at Bai Qing'er's eyes, a flash of pity flashed, sighed slightly, stopped talking, drew his sword in his hand, and struck down the arrows that were shooting from the sky.
"Master Li, the Jianghuai army here is too fierce, and the brothers can't resist it!" Qian Yunwolf came to Li Xuan's side, with an arrow cluster on his shoulder, and said astringently.
"Can you get the oil ready?" There is no need for Qian Yun to say, Li Xuan has also noticed that the fighting quality of the Jianghuai army is much stronger than that of the Jingling army, even if it has the advantage of strengthening the city, it has been beaten by the Jianghuai army and can't raise its head.
"It's ready, according to Master Li's instructions, it's all packed into the jar!" Qian Yun looked at Li Xuan puzzled, the oil is indeed a sharp weapon to defend the city, but what's the use of hitting it in the jar? Smash people?
"Smash it all down for me!" Li Xuan looked at the Jianghuai army that was swarming like ants, and said in a deep voice.
Belch...... It's really smashing?
Qian Yun and other generals couldn't help but stare when they heard this, and wanted to question, but in the face of Li Xuan's indifferent gaze, no one dared to say it, one by one they acted according to the order, and one by one the wine jars were constantly smashed down, and the spilled oil did not play the slightest lethal effect at all, at most it only made the ladder more difficult to climb, which greatly slowed down the enemy's offensive speed, but in this way, a large amount of fire oil was wasted, which made people feel quite worthless, but the military orders were like a mountain, and they had to smash the wine jars full of fire oil one by one. In exchange for insignificant damage, even if the fragile wine jar is smashed on the enemy's head, the hard helmet will make the wine jar shatter immediately, and only some unlucky eggs will be injured if they happen to be hit by the wine jar, but there are too few such examples.
"What are they doing?" A Jianghuai army general couldn't dodge, was hit by a wine jar, covered with fire oil made him very unaccustomed, but did not suffer much damage, blankly glanced at the direction of the city wall, raised the steel knife in his hand, and once again desperately launched a desperate charge to the city.
"Master Li, the oil has almost been thrown away!" Soon, Qian Yun came up with a depressed face, although there was no dissatisfaction in his eyes when he looked at Li Xuan, but he no longer had the respect of yesterday, in his opinion, Li Xuan may be martial arts, but this leading troops to fight is a mess, obviously not this piece of material.
"Well done, go, bring some torches, light them and throw them down for me!" Li Xuan ignored Qian Yun's attitude, since he couldn't see through it, it could only mean that the other party had a limited brain, and he knew that he could just act according to orders.
"Torches?" Qian Yun looked at the Jianghuai army who were still desperate to climb up despite being covered with fire oil, and a touch of admiration and indescribable excitement suddenly flashed in his eyes, even if he was stupid at this moment, he understood what Li Xuan meant, and agreed, and hurriedly asked people to summon a large number of torches and distribute them to the soldiers of the army, one by one the torches were ignited, and in the frightened eyes of the Jianghuai army under the city, thousands of torches were thrown out towards the city.
"Bang~"
The torch landed, the ground that had been infected by countless fire oil instantly sparked, and quickly spread to the surroundings, thousands of ignition points, caused by the fire light instantly connected into a piece, outside the city of Jingling, formed a flame area with a width of ten zhang, countless Jianghuai soldiers screamed and rolled in the firelight, but the radius of ten miles was shrouded in flames, there was nowhere to escape, in a desperate howl, a piece of fresh life turned into ashes.
"Vomit~" Shang Xiuxun couldn't help retching, as the owner of Pegasus Ranch, she was used to being arrogant and pampered, how could she have ever seen such a purgatory-like scene in the world.
"Retreat!" In the distance, under the banner of the Jianghuai army, looking at the Jianghuai soldiers who were shrouded in the firelight, Kou Zhong did not expect that the other party would use such a ruthless means, this fire, burned not only thousands of siege soldiers, but more importantly, the morale that was finally condensed, the current situation, but it is not suitable to continue the siege, but Kou Zhong is a little unwilling, after today's battle, the Ling army is afraid that it will usher in a transformation, this transformation is not its own strength, but from a change in mentality, The Jianghuai army has always formed an unattainable and powerful image in the hearts of the Jingling army, after this battle, I am afraid that it will be greatly discounted, and the next battle, the Jingling army will lose its fear of the Jianghuai army, and this battle is becoming more and more difficult to fight! (To be continued......)