Chapter Ninety-Six: The Beginning of the War
The rest time is always short, and after relaxing with a few wives, I will start to prepare for the next thing.
At present, the war is about to break out, although there is a previous arrangement that can guarantee more than 70% victory, it is difficult to guarantee a case.
Slowly got up from the big bed and got dressed, and then tried the current physical condition, I was surprised to find that the black black cyclone in the dantian had grown in a circle, and I felt faintly showing signs of breaking through.
Originally, my strength was already in the middle of the Xuan Realm, and now I have reached the peak of the middle stage, and I am only one step away from the late stage of the Xuan Realm, and I exhaled deeply and covered several wives with quilts. Then I went to the city gate tower alone, and at this time the black dragon also took on a human form and followed me around.
After the last big battle, the strength of the black dragon is now basically stable in the early stage of the realm, although the strength is still not one-tenth of the previous one, but now it is already my biggest killing weapon, and his strong physical strength and rich combat experience make him basically invincible at the same level, if it is not for a particularly perverted opponent, it should not be particularly difficult to win.
We chatted as we walked, "Black Dragon, you used to be a fierce beast that dominated the world, and you also broke into the hell of the ten directions to suck fierce ghosts, do you have any insights into the ghost path?" ”
The black dragon also nodded when he heard my question, just like I said, he used to be your heavenly figure, and he can do everything from heaven to earth. Even the underworld can't do anything about him, and he is a dragon that has devoured fierce ghosts, so he should know something about this.
The black dragon said: "Lord, my subordinates have entered the Ten Directions Hell to devour the fierce demons, and they do have some understanding of the ghost path, and their subordinates have also raised a few powerful ghosts to guard the Phantom Dragon Gorge. ”
"Oh! If there is such a thing, then tell me about it. I asked, curiously.
The black dragon continued: "There are generally two kinds of ghost paths, namely ghost summoning and raising ghosts, and this kind of way has existed since ancient times, just like Mrs. Han's cultivation is the common way of summoning ghosts, as the name suggests, it is the magic of conjuring spirits and controlling ghosts.
And raising ghosts is more difficult than recruiting ghosts, because recruiting ghosts is always a dead art, and the ghosts that are recruited are only based on the existing conditions, and the ghosts in the way of raising corpses are ghosts that have been contracted, and they are ghosts with growth, although the strength will be relatively weak at the beginning, but with the improvement of the master's strength, the ghosts will also be rapidly upgraded, and the ghosts raised by the subordinates back then have reached the level of the ghost emperor, which is all because the strength of the subordinates reached the peak of the late stage of the heavenly realm, and it is only one step away from becoming an earth immortal.
If the lord can change a few house ghosts, it is also a good choice, and the method is actually very simple, such as the eldest lady and the second lady, the form of nine and the lord zero fit is very good, but in addition, there is also the use of the master and slave contract for raising, but the process is more complicated and the materials required are also quite harsh. ”
As I walked, I listened to the black dragon tell me about the knowledge of the ghost way, and I have to say that this fierce beast that has lived for thousands of years knows a lot of things, and what makes me more interested is the way of raising ghosts, how to say it, it may be because I married two ghost-level female ghosts as wives, so I will have some other thoughts about raising ghosts.
Raising ghosts is actually commonplace in the Yin Xing, but the Heavenly Master's Mansion has always taken the elimination of demons as its own responsibility, and no Heavenly Master will want to raise ghosts as an auxiliary, and I am different, I am always willing to try something new, but the ghost path is basically not affirmed by the Xuanmen and the Daomen, and many times it is considered a crooked and evil way, for example, the ghost sect has been swept away by the Xuanmen family, and it can only become a general loose cultivation sect.
Thinking of this, I think that the approach of Xuanmen and Daomen is actually too extreme, but these people who claim to be righteous people all have different thoughts from their own race, and it is inevitable that such a situation will occur.
But then again, if I can raise some ghosts and use the ghost king as the last hole card, it is also a guarantee for myself, but now I only know a thing or two about the ghost way, and there is no orthodox cultivation method, so it may still be difficult to raise ghosts.
Just as I was thinking about the outer city gate, the horn sounded, and a Yin soldier hurriedly came to report.
"Report, report to the commander, five thousand bandits have gathered outside the gate of the south city to prepare to attack the city, and General Chu has led elite troops to support Adjutant General Jiang Cheng." The Yin soldier of the herald knelt down on one knee and said.
I nodded lightly, Chen Ying said after a while: "Order, the soldiers who originally guarded the rest of the passes continue to guard, beware of the enemy taking advantage of the weakness." ”
The teleporter replied "yes" and went to give the order, I turned to the black dragon and said, "Wait a while and you will hide your breath in case you need it." ”
The black dragon nodded and stopped talking, and I took out a piece of rune paper and performed the air dance technique, ready to fly to the south gate to check the situation, but in a few breaths, a golden paper crane took me and the black dragon to fly to the south gate.
At this time, the south gate of the city had now remembered the heavy sound of war drums, and the major whistles had also lit up wolf smoke to prepare for the enemy's attack, and in the distance, you could see the crossbowmen occupying the city wall and ready to shoot the attacking enemy at any time.
When they came to the top of the city tower, Chu Qi and Jiang Cheng, the two generals, were already waiting there, and when they saw me and Heilong coming, they hurriedly stepped forward to introduce the current situation to me.
Jiang Cheng carefully explained the current situation, the enemy's 5,000 men and horses each have 1,000 crossbowmen, 2,000 cavalry and infantry, and two siege vehicles, and their strength is quite amazing.
After listening to his report, I also admired this Zhao Yan, I couldn't imagine that a female generation could pull such a huge army, if she couldn't be included in the command, it would definitely be a big loss.
With a wave of my hand, I said, "Outside the city, I have ordered the corpses to ambush, leaving five hundred crossbowmen and five hundred infantry on the city walls, and the rest of the soldiers retreating into the city to ambush, and when the city gate is broken, they will besiege the city and annihilate it in one fell swoop." ”
The two generals had already told them their plans in advance, so naturally they had no objection and ordered their men to arrange the layout, while I stood on top of the tower, overlooking the army that was ready to attack below.
At first glance, I didn't know if I saw it, I felt that this Zhao Yan was really a good hand at leading troops, at first glance, all kinds of troops were neatly arranged in the past, and where the female general brother Dama Jindao stood in the early stage of the eight ghost generals in front of the battle, it was actually quite good.
In the center of the army, a woman in blue armor stood on top of a chariot with a sword hilt in her hand, her long hair fluttering in the wind, and an aura that a general should have.
At this moment, a general in front of the enemy army said in a loud voice: "Where is the general of the underworld, my generalissimo has something to talk to you." ”
Hearing this, I wanted me to come out to get acquainted, so I stepped forward and used the power of the Heavenly Master and said in a voice that was louder than that of the female general: "Wu Di, the hall master of the Lower Kaiyang Palace, dare to ask the generalissimo what advice he has?" ”
As soon as my words fell, the voice of the general in blue armor, that is, Zhao Yan, came.
"City Lord Wu, this marshal Zhao Yan doesn't dare to talk about advice, I just want to persuade the city lord to open the city gate and surrender, so as not to cause unnecessary casualties, our army has 5,000 troops, enough to crush all the Yin soldiers in the city, if you don't want to see all your men killed, open the city and surrender quickly, this commander can promise not to kill any of your soldiers, otherwise don't blame this commander for not giving face to the city lord."
There was a strong threat in Zhao Yan's voice, obviously he had done this kind of thing before, but what he didn't know was that I already had an ambush, so I sent you into the urn.
I sneered loudly and said: "Hahaha, joke, as the lord of a palace, how can I surrender to a group of bandits, although my troops are not as good as yours, but don't forget that the person who attacked the city is you, is it too arrogant to want to capture the gate of my wind capital with your five thousand men and horses." ”
"It seems that the city lord is not a smart person, so Ben Shuai doesn't have to bother to talk about it, let's go to war." Zhao Yan said coldly, and after speaking, he commanded the army to start attacking the city.
With the beating of war drums, the huge siege chariot rumbled towards the city gate, followed by more than a thousand Yin soldiers holding shields and halberds, and the long face was magnificent.
Then as soon as I raised my hand, the war drums on the city wall also sounded, and the sound of the horn spread throughout the wind capital, and the momentum was by no means weaker than the other party.
"Crossbowmen ready." I said slowly.
Hearing my order, five hundred crossbowmen on the city wall drew their longbows for a full moon and were ready to fire at any time, and when the enemy was completely within range of our army, I waved a large number of arrows and feathers towards the enemy army.
For a while, the sound of clanging metal collision came from the battlefield below, and under the attack of countless arrows, many of the enemy troops below were still shot and killed on the spot, and the 1,000 siege soldiers who rushed forward in just a moment lost about 200, but it did not stop them from advancing in the slightest.
The two engineering vehicles roared forward, apparently unaffected by the bow and arrow, and I immediately ordered the artillery to fire at the siege engine.
Boom! Boom! Boom! After three cannon shots, there was also smoke and dust from the explosion below, one of the siege vehicles was blown up, the wheels stopped, and the other was not damaged in the slightest, and continued to think about the city gate.
A smile appeared on the corner of my mouth and said, "Fire Attack." ”
Immediately afterwards, seven or eight Yin soldiers brought up the wooden barrel full of oil, and the torch in their hands directly ignited the barrel, and placed it on the throwing weapon, and threw it out in this way.
I don't know what the oil in the barrel is, as soon as the torch is put up, it starts to burn, it is obviously something similar to gasoline, and with the throwing of several wooden barrels, the battlefield below also entered a sea of fire, and those Yin soldiers and ghosts will be contaminated with this burning oil and will be ignited immediately, and they will roll on the ground directly.
The rest of the siege engine was also sprinkled with fuel, and for a while black smoke billowed and was accompanied by a miserable ghost crying wolf, and in less than a while, the attacking thousand Yin soldiers had already lost most of them, and the tragedy of the battle can be imagined.
At present, we have destroyed as many as 500 enemies without losing a single soldier, which has weakened the enemy's momentum by an unknown amount, and at the same time, our war drums continue to beat, and the momentum is incredible.
But no matter what, there are only five hundred Yin soldiers on top of my city tower, and although the other party has now lost some men and horses, it is not enough for her to retreat, on the contrary, the trend of attack is becoming more and more violent, and every enemy soldier raises his shield to resist the attack of the rain of arrows, and the opposite person directly pushes the siege vehicle that has blown up the wheels like this city gate attack.
I saw that the heat was almost over, so I ordered to prepare to retreat, and just as I was about to turn around, the enemy's crossbow also launched an attack on the city wall.
Whoosh, the sound of breaking the sky pierced, and I quickly raised a dragon scale shield in front of me, and several crossbowmen were shot by the enemy's bow and arrow before they could dodge, and their souls were scattered in a blink of an eye.
My heart was also shocked, if it wasn't for the black dragon blocking the bow and arrow in time, I would definitely have ten thousand arrows piercing my heart in my position, and I was in the flesh, and I would definitely not be able to survive if I was hit by a ghost weapon.
While we were dodging our bows and arrows, the enemy siege soldiers had already erected stairs and began to storm the walls, and there was a violent crash of the gates below.
I didn't even think of ordering the rest of the soldiers to retreat, the original purpose had been achieved, and now they were waiting for their army to enter the city.
After slashing and killing two of the Yin soldiers who rushed up the walls, we retreated into the city and joined the main army.