Chapter 8: Coercing the Son of Heaven to Kill the Princes (4)

In the next three days, the generals of Xingyang City, who had suffered a heavy defeat, organized three small-scale attacks, or temptations, again. The end result was a heavy blow to morale. Not once succeeded, and the trenches were like moats in front of the two armies. There is almost no way to break through the encirclement and rescue His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who has been surrounded for more than 20 days.

For the next two days, Xingyang City was extremely silent. The city gates were closed, and only the lobby of the main building could be heard some heated discussions. But in those two days, no one has done anything.

Until the early morning of the third day.

The sound of the enemy general's call was heard around the castle tower as soon as the sky was white. The generals and city lords who had stayed in the lobby for almost all the past two days could only rub their tired eyes, and under the leadership of Gao Qingshi, they walked to the top of the city tower.

"Wanyan Sizhong". Dozens of meters outside the trench, the general who was calling for battle was none other than Wanyan Sizhong, the general of Nankang City. Originally, no one among the generals wanted to deal with him. After a while, the daylight became a little thicker, and the generals' vision became clear. When they saw the scene behind Yan Sizhong, everyone's faces changed.

"What do you want!" Gao Qingshi shouted as he stood on the city tower, but he seemed to have lost his momentum, and could only vent his incompetence in anger.

- Wanyan Sizhong, dressed in the uniform of the general of the Underworld, rode on a black horse. Behind him, two soldiers stood on the other side of the trench and pressed a captive to the ground. The captive knelt on the ground with his head bowed, and finally raised his head when he heard the provocative voice of Wan Yan Sizhong shouting in front of him.

What made Gao Yushi so confused was that the captives who were pressed to the ground by the other party were none other than Pei Baolong, the general of Zhenxi!

There is no way to know how Pei Baolong was captured, and there is no time to think about whether His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is in danger. Wan Yan Sizhong's hoarse and smug voice sounded on the battlefield

- "The army of Qinshan Kingdom was assembled, and it didn't dare to send troops for two whole days. Do you really think that General Ben will not dare to take your crown prince? Pei Baolong was already captured alive when he was trying to break through. At noon today, if you don't send troops to rescue him, General Ben will bury him himself!"

With that, he stabbed the spear in his hand to the ground. Pei Baolong, who was behind him, lowered his head again and didn't say anything. This worries the generals on the main floor even more. All eyes were once again focused on coach Gao Yushi. His face was angry, his lips trembled, and he waved his hand violently, "Back to the camp!"

Throughout the morning, the people of Qinshan began to prepare intensively to go out of the city to rescue Pei Baolong's troops. For them, none of them doubted Yan Sizhong's words. This person is decisive and ruthless, if they can't avoid the battle again, Pei Baolong will definitely be buried alive. For the sake of the Great War, for the sake of the Qinshan Kingdom, for the sake of morale, these are all things that are absolutely not allowed to happen.

Gao Yushi couldn't let the other party kill the Zhenxi general of Qinshan Kingdom in front of them. Even if it was known early on that the purpose of the opponent's encirclement and not killing was to lead them to fight under bad conditions. However, in the battle at noon, they must respond, they must win!

At noon, the war drums sounded wildly, and the flags of the arrow towers on the main building were erected and danced wildly in the wind.

"Open the gates!"

At the same time, among the more than 1,000 soldiers of the Qinshan Kingdom who had been surrounded for more than 20 days, only the large granary where His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was hiding was left.

"The Emperor of the Underworld asked the little monk to come, in order to tell His Royal Highness the Crown Prince the news. The people of the Wanyan family in the underworld came to report that the priest of Tongtian had arrested the emperor of the underworld who had fled and returned to Beijing. Imprisoned in the dungeons of the Imperial Palace, which was more heavily guarded and in worse conditions. I wonder what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince thinks about this news?"

"It's... It can't be. The Emperor of the Underworld is now commanding the three armies on the front line in Nankang City, how can he be arrested?Wait, wait......" There was a musty smell in the granary, even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who had been hiding inside, now exuded a strong stench on his body, and the whole person was covered and embarrassed. Shortly before the battle between the two armies was about to engage at noon, the monk used some kind of stealth spell to pass over the more than 1,000 tired cavalry who were still guarding the town outside, and appeared in the granary.

The prince listened to him, and at first thought he was joking. The Emperor of the Underworld is now clearly in command of all the armies on the front line of the Underworld in the enemy formation. Through the ruthless methods of monks, he solved some of the priestly forces on the border before, and now he is deeply popular with the military. And keep it a secret from the underworld, the priest of Tongtian doesn't know what happened at the front line, and he is still stupidly sending troops to this side. Has the Emperor been arrested and brought to justice? What nonsense.

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, this is the news from the underworld. ”

"I see, I see. This should be the case......"

However, after some thought, the prince suddenly realized something. The assassin he sent to the Underworld before, hoping to rescue the Immortal Emperor in the Heavenly Prison as quickly as possible, was a good friend he had since he was a child. Later, the crown prince knew that before he sent people to the rescue, the Hades Emperor had already received the help of the masters, escaped from the prison, and was on his way to the front line.

However, his little one has not heard the slightest news after such a long time. The prince was well aware of this man's loyal nature and his decisiveness. He immediately had this guess - the assassins rushed to the underworld, and after finding that the Hades Emperor had escaped, they disguised themselves as the Hades Emperor, attracting the attention of the priests of Tongtian and others, and asking them to capture them and throw them into the dungeon!

Although he didn't know how to do this kind of thing, how to pretend to be the Emperor of Hades without revealing his stuff, it was almost an impossible task. However, the crown prince became more and more firm in his conjecture. He knows too well that his own hair is small, and this person's ability is put aside for the time being, as long as it is something he promised, this person will really do everything to do it.

He was a true man of loyalty.

After listening to the prince's explanation, the monk also felt that there was some truth. He bowed slightly and said, "In that case, it couldn't be better." but he suffered the righteous man. The Immortal Emperor was able to safely expand his power on the front lines, and only then would he have the opportunity to confront the Priest of Babel. ”

"I also hope that the war between you and me can meet expectations as soon as possible, and His Majesty the Hades Emperor will wield his command to the underworld and rescue my dear friend as soon as possible. The prince thought of the little man he had sent, and he suddenly felt a pang of unease in his heart. Although he is a plain man, he can be ruthless, insidious and cunning. But if this person loses his life because of his own request, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will feel uneasy and guilty for the rest of his life.

"Of course. Then, the little monk temporarily retired. Outside, another big battle has begun. ”

After that, the whole person turned into a black shadow, and with a unique and mysterious Dao method, he directly hid out of the granary and returned to the soldiers in front of the encirclement.

Under the gate of Yang City.

The lords of the cities, the generals from all directions, the south, the south, the north, and the south, the south, the north, and the low-ranking officers and strategists who accompanied them, all of them were in the ranks. The commanders from all over the country, with their lieutenants, gathered in front of their assembled troops, ready to attack at any time. In order to rescue Pei Baolong, Gao Yushi led the generals to point out an army of 15,000 people. The soldiers of the four realms each accounted for a part of it, but they brought almost all the generals with them.

The Southern Quenching Flame Greatbow requires a unique type of arrow to fire. This huge reserve of arrows is not much, and a full dozen rounds were used up when Zheng Ergou was relieved of the siege before, and this time, with the promise of General Jiang Wuya, they put all the giant arrows on the arrow tower to prepare.

This time, two giant elephants were dispatched. But they changed their strategy. No more war elephants to lead the charge. The other side will inevitably start a wall of fire in the trench again, as they did last time. The three generals of the southern realm plan to launch three giant catapults in the castle tower before the war elephants are dispatched. The remaining soldiers of the three realms took the lead as cover, pushing the catapult to the range where they could shoot at the enemy. Swap the catapult's ammo for a fuel pack. Throw the oil ladle through the wall of fire into the crowd, so that the other party will eat the bitter fruit. After a large number of oil bags entered the encirclement, the enemy troops had to start extinguishing the fire. At this time, it is time for the Shattered Earth Giant to go out. As in the first plan, set up a pedal in the trench and let the army that had been covering charge into the encirclement.

The four powerful military cities of Sun Moon City, Heishui City, Xingyang City, and Daya City in the north have all brought some reserves of thunder to the front line. Even if the enemy still has a backhand, they will throw the thunderbolt into the fire pit, directly raze the place behind the trench, and start the battle again!

A group of forward elite cavalry was the first to walk out of the city gate. Gao Yushi, the Generalissimo of the Three Realms and Qu Dui followed closely behind, slowly riding out of the horse. The officers below them and the city lords all took the lead among their respective men. All the officials of the northern border gathered in front of the northern army of more than 5,000 people in the middle, and slowly advanced in the middle of the army. In the middle, Gao Yushi's eyebrows were furrowed. He knew that this time he would be able to break through the trench and encirclement no matter what. Wan Yan Sizhong must have guessed that they would go out of the city in a big army, so he must have prepared for the future. Most likely, they will use the forces of the large army in the rear when the front is unfavorable.

Therefore, they also called another 20,000 men to form a hundred phalanxes in the barracks at noon and gather around the camps to wait. If the other side really uses the rear troops, three golden gongs will be struck in succession outside the city. This is no longer a signal for Mingjin to withdraw his troops, but an order for 20,000 troops to swarm out and fight to the death!

Soon, the enemy's main general, Wanyan Sizhong, appeared in the eyes of the generals. He stood at the back of the trench, and Pei Baolong had been bound by his hands and feet, and was thrown into the trench. However, there seemed to be something under his feet, allowing Pei Baolong's head to be exposed. He had a lot of scars on his face, he was sweating profusely, and he always lowered his head and didn't dare to look in the direction of Xing Yangcheng.

Wanyan Sizhong stood beside two generals, namely Xiao Zhili and Xiao Shangwu. Behind him, the monk sat on the ground, without a helmet, revealing his bare skull. The expression on the monk's face was full of indifference, and he didn't look at the Xing Yangcheng army that was walking with his eyes.

The generals of the rear battalion had dispersed to the various layers of defense on the front line of the encirclement, directing the battle. And Wanyan Sizhong, who was dressed in heavy armor, had the majestic spear at his feet, and he held a shovel in his hand, and he was digging into the ground with grace, and threw it heavily at Pei Baolong's head in the trench.

Even in the sound of war drums resounding in the sky of the two armies, Gao Yushi still felt that he heard the ridicule of the three enemy generals so harshly.

"Good, good. Da Shuai, it seems that it is not the kind of unsympathetic and indecisive shrunken turtle that I guessed before. ”

From the generals of the Qinshan Kingdom in the front, to the generals of the northern city lords in the back, to the southern sergeants on the back side, and finally the 20,000 troops stationed in the city gate. Everyone knows that the other party said that he was going to bury Pei Baolong just for show, that is, to let them go out of the city to fight against him. It can also be seen that the Underworld has a great confidence in winning this battle, thus further weakening the border military strength of the Qinshan Kingdom.

Wan Yan Sizhong saw Gao Yushi's handsome flag being held by the vanguard troops and running towards the encirclement. He nodded in satisfaction, shouted loudly, and lifted Pei Baolong, whose face was covered with dust and limbs tied together, in the trench with one hand. He quickly cut through the ropes on Pei Baolong's limbs with four knives, tugged at his shoulders roughly, and strode towards the back of the encirclement.

Gao Yushi waved his hand to the people around him. They can't go any further, and in front of them is the range of the enemy's troops.

As soon as Yan Sizhong left, the generals in royal uniforms glanced at several generals not far from the outside of the city tower, and shouted in a local language of the Underworld. The soldiers standing on the inside of the trench around them picked up the sticks on their backs, lit them with a flint that they had with them, and threw them into the trenches.

The raging wall of fire rose into the sky again, remaining at a height of five meters for a long time. Seeing this, Gao Yushi took a deep breath and threw the big flag he was holding in his hand into the air, and several generals around him shouted with him, "Go to war!"

"Fight!"

"Fight!"

From the armies of the eastern and western realms in the front, to the northern warriors in the middle, and then to the southern heroes in the rear. The sound of the order to go out of battle resounded through the distance of hundreds of meters inside and outside the city. Soon, the soldiers of the Western Frontier at the forefront took the lead, and after witnessing that their Zhenxi general, General Pei Baolong, was actually insulted like this, the soldiers of the Western Frontier were all angry, and their momentum skyrocketed for a while. Immediately after that, thousands of armies from the east and north rushed out behind the warriors of the west, and their respective generals followed suit. When the army left half of the army and rushed towards the battlefield, General Murong Yu suddenly slapped his horse and galloped away in the midst of the crowd. Seeing this, Li Anliang, who was also a hussar general next to him, also brandished his horsewhip and rushed out after him.

Gao Yushi wasted his strength to persuade the remaining generals to stabilize. The southern army and the Shattered Elephant in the rear, as well as the 20,000 reserve troops in the city, still need their command, so don't rush forward easily.

The armies of the Three Realms spread out across the wide battlefield and spread throughout the battlefield. Rushing towards the encirclement a few hundred meters away. Soon, the soldiers of the Western Realm who rushed to the forefront were only a few dozen meters away from the fire trench. At this time, the soldiers in the front row of the enemy army raised their bows and arrows and drew their longbows towards them.

"Shoot your arrows!"

"Shoot through the wall of fire!"

The voices of the generals of the Western Realm sounded at the same time as the voices of the generals of the Underworld. Obviously, Qin Shanguo also expected that this wall of fire would definitely appear again, so the arrows temporarily equipped for the generals were also similar to the arrows in the hands of the enemy. They all wanted to use the wall of fire to strengthen the power of their bows and arrows. It's just that the soldiers of the Underworld have a more effective advantage, and they have very good conditions for raising shields.

The soldiers in the front row of the opposing party showed the scene of one person raising a shield for another person to cover him for archery. In this way, the power of the enemy archers is actually far less than the power of the soldiers of the Western Frontier when they are desperate to fire thousands of arrows.

However, due to the fact that the defense of the Iron Shield Array of the Underworld was really strong, with both offense and defense, they did not lose many manpower in this round of mutual shooting. On the contrary, the soldiers of the Western Frontier, after the sound of releasing the bowstrings on both sides sounded, the soldiers who rushed to the front fell one after another, and the losses in one round were nearly two hundred. After firing this round, they hurriedly dispersed to both sides of the front of the trench, rushed to the edge where there was less crowding, and poured into the rear troops for a second round of shooting.

When the soldiers of the Western Frontier completed the first round of tasks, the soldiers of the Eastern Frontier and the Warriors of the Northern Frontier rushed forward to do the same. Then disperse to the two sides and come back, and start a non-stop war of attrition.

Doing so, at least, is a loss-making three-for-one trade. However, they chose to do so without hesitation. Since the number of people in the front of the opponent is far inferior to them, it will not take a few rounds to annihilate all the people in the first layer of the enemy's encirclement, and the casualties on themselves will not be particularly large. Secondly, their purpose was to create enough chaos and provide cover for the southern soldiers in the rear. They will launch three giant catapults, and as long as the prepared fuel ladle is accurately thrown into the wall of fire, their mission will be brilliantly accomplished!

To achieve their goals, these well-trained soldiers can risk their own lives and deaths.

The midday sun is getting hotter and hotter.

The shock of the first round is over. The soldiers of the North left at least 300 corpses on the battlefield. Without hesitation at all, the remaining thousands of people gathered their respective city lords and deputy city lords in the center, scattered to the sides, raised their shields, and retreated towards the rear as quickly as possible. The warriors of the West, who had already suffered considerable losses, took the stage again, fearlessly charging in front of the wall of fire with their longbows raised.

When charging, Blackwater City was close to the military strength of Liangwen City and Da Yadu. He Zhe also followed closely behind the armies of Liang Lansong and Hou Liangshi, and galloped towards the rear wing. There were only about a hundred soldiers in his Blackwater City, and with the soldiers who had been sent to Xingyang City before, there were fewer soldiers in this battle than the other city lords. Fang had just killed nearly twenty more soldiers, and the army that followed him was no longer enough. But when he rode his horse and caught a glimpse of a young man in light armor behind him, he felt very relieved.

Zheng Ergou also followed. At this time, the city lord was surrounded in the middle, and he put away his usual hippie smile as he galloped wildly, and his face was full of seriousness and heaviness.

Just this morning, after Yan Sizhong came to call for war. The lords and generals of the cities returned to their respective camps to prepare for business. In fact, this also has a certain tragic color. It's not certain whether you can come back or not.

In the morning, He Zhe returned to the main camp of the city and told He Yue the news with a calm face. In the morning, she was reading the books given by Sen Qian, and when she heard the news, she panicked. All the generals are going to fight, how big will this battle be? She looked slightly outside the camp and saw that the surrounding battalions had begun to gather soldiers, and the noisy sound was gradually coming.

He Zhe had to tell her the truth. Pei Baolong is blackmailed by the other party as a hostage, and they must rescue General Pei. The other party was also prepared. So this battle is the largest in a long time, and it may turn into a major war of all the armaments of both sides!

He Zhe didn't even try to embellish the facts, he told her so bluntly. Anyway, if he really can't come back, then it's definitely good for her to know the real situation now. He Yue, who was already a monk, tried his best to suppress his panic. She understood that her father could not leave the city. She summoned Zheng Ergou, who was waiting outside the door, and asked him to help her and protect her father again.

He Yue didn't bother to say this in front of He Zhe. Zheng Ergou really couldn't ignore her pleading eyes and her miserable appearance. He Zhe had no opinion, he could only agree, and forced a smile on his face, "I protected the adults last time, and I will definitely be able to do it this time." ”

However, when he put on light clothes and was about to go out of the city to fight with the crowd, Zheng Ergou still felt a deep sense of unease and worry. That's right, he didn't worry about the monk. This man is definitely not a serious person. At this moment, Zheng Ergou left He Yue and followed He Zhe, or the bald donkey continued to snipe him, bent on killing him. Or, the bald donkey has a way, sneak into the Xingyangcheng military camp and find Heyue. That's what worries him the most. Of course, he didn't think that the monk would kill the eldest lady. He must have sensed the Sanqing Stone on He Yue's body that already had a certain communication with his divine sense, and this was the last thing Zheng Ergou wanted to see!

After the first round of charges, no matter how much he sensed it, he didn't feel the monk's breath. Then it probably means... The eldest lady is in danger.

Following the City Lord and the troops in front of them quickly retreated to the rear flank of the Three Realms army, they were about to launch a second round of attacks. And the situation of the other party is not good. The hundreds of soldiers in the first row suffered heavy losses, and even with shields, it was difficult to resist the attack of the soldiers of the Three Realms round after round of arrows. Especially after being scorched by the wall of fire, the power of the rocket is extremely terrifying for the soldiers on both sides. The soldiers of the second encirclement have caught up to fill the gaps of those who have fallen.

Once again, the soldiers of the Western Frontier completed the second round of the charge with desperate momentum. Even though there were a lot of sacrifices, they also inflicted heavy losses on the shield soldiers and arrows who rushed up to the opponent in waves. And when the soldiers from the eastern border rushed up, a loud shout from General Gao Yushi suddenly came from behind him, "Wu Shenye, Li Longzhi, catapult!"

Among the soldiers of the southern border hundreds of meters behind him, a loud shout faintly overwhelmed the hustle and bustle on the battlefield. Launching a giant catapult is not an easy task and requires the joint efforts of many people. The three catapults were slowly pushed out of the city gates, and some of the soldiers at the front of the enemy encirclement quickly noticed them and fired their rockets directly at the catapults with all their might. Although I don't understand what catapults are for, such a behemoth is certainly not a good thing.

At this time, the quenching flame giant crossbow installed in each arrow tower on the city tower intervened in the battle. The soldiers who controlled the giant crossbow mounted the few special giant arrows in the giant crossbow, combined the strength of three people, pulled the giant crossbow, and shot towards the wall of fire. A total of more than a dozen giant crossbows fired huge arrows at the same time, and on the arrows, some hay was also tied to shoot through the wall of fire, and the lethality was extremely strong. A large number of soldiers were directly overturned to the ground, or even shot to death. The flames were barely covered by the yellow sand. The soldiers in front suffered heavy casualties and no longer had time to harass the placement of catapults. The soldiers on the second floor hurried to fill the vacancies.

The soldiers of the eastern frontier were still fighting valiantly at the front, and with the help of the Quenching Flame Giant Crossbow, the casualties were reduced considerably, and they shot sharp arrows at the soldiers who rushed one by one.

"Three, two, one, shoot me!"

An extremely harsh sound rang out in the ears of the Northern Generals, followed by two others. Immediately afterward, shadows fell on their faces and drifted over with great speed. Several huge oil ladles were thrown towards the wall of fire, only to hear Hezhe and the other city lords shouting in front of them, "Return to the team quickly!"

The sound of explosions, burning resounded throughout the battlefield. The crowd closer to the wall of fire had all turned into fire men, and no one could tell whether these were unlucky soldiers of the Underworld or warriors from the East who had no time to retreat. They rolled on the ground, screaming terribly, but to no avail. In fact, the fuel used to light the wall of fire is a very special fuel. Since the country of Hades has used it, it has to pay a certain price for its specialness.

Immediately afterward, a suspicious vision of binocence occurred. A large number of soldiers were knocked to the ground by the air wave, and their whole bodies were bathed in fire, and the large number of flames did not go out after touching the yellow sand, but instead... On the sand behind them, this purple-red fire was also ignited!

Suddenly, the direction of the wind changed, and the purple-red flames were surging in the direction of the outside of the trench, and it was also unstoppable!

"Retreat! Retreat!"

"Extinguish the fire, extinguish the fire!"

"We need support!"

A cacophony of voices rose between the two armies, and when everyone was frightened by the unstoppable flames, a sudden change occurred. Zheng Ergou suddenly turned his head and looked towards the east side of the city gate from a distance. The noise in my ears seemed to die down for a moment. That breath suddenly became very strong!

His face had never been more grim. Together with the army, he ran back to avoid the fire, but he ran very fast, leaving Ho Zhe behind. As he approached the middle of the gate, he suddenly jumped off his horse and moved at great speed to the east side of the gate, which was now unnoticed. Leap into the air!

"Little bastard... Look for death!"