Chapter 568: Zhouqu rejoins the flames of war
On the third day after Wanyan Dare was defeated in Longnan, Wanyan Emperor Yi led a large army from Lanzhou City and went all the way south.
This time, the army he led, in addition to the 50,000 troops from the cities in northern Lanzhou, there were also 30,000 cavalry wearing black and gold armor all over their bodies.
Sand Demon Army!
Directly belonging to the Golden Emperor Wanyan's first personal guard, he participated in the Chinese Beacon Period, and experienced no less than 100 battles large and small, and the black and gold armor was like their means of killing, cold and arrogant.
Emperor Wanyan, who was holding the Golden Emperor's edict, did not stay too long on the road, and when the army had not yet gone south, he had already sent scouts to go on the road first, and recruited the spirit masters of the Black Lotus Sect in various cities along the way, and constantly blessed the spiritual law for his own army, so that the journey that originally took at least seven days to reach Lixian County was only three days away.
Of course, as a price, more than a hundred Black Lotus Sect Spirit Masters were exhausted alive.
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After learning the news of the Great Golden Prince's personal expedition, Xu Xuanrong and others, who were staying in Zhouqu City, did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly accelerated the repair of the city's defense ordnance, and at the same time, Li Yilin also sent wolf cavalry to expand the patrol range to thirty miles, ensuring that there was enough time to prepare before the Jin State attacked.
At this time, there were more than just the Mandarin Duck Army and the Red Shirt Army in Zhouqu City, but the reinforced Beast God Army and Xu Xuanrong, Cai Xudong, Jiang Taiheng and others were still staying here, so the overall strength was several times stronger than at the beginning.
Two days after receiving the news, the wolf rider of the Beast God Army suddenly reported, saying that it was a sign of the Jin Kingdom army being attacked in the east, Li Yilin, Yu Jieyi, and Jiang Siyu immediately mobilized the army, and Xu Xuanrong and others also quickly rushed to the east gate of the city.
In a moment, everyone could already see the sand and dust billowing in the distance, and then they saw tens of thousands of troops emerging from behind the horizon, heavy infantry formations, countless archers with crossbows or strong bows, and siege equipment such as catapults, wells, and rushing vehicles.
In the center of the army, wearing red gold armor, Wan Yan dared to stand with a sword, his eyes were gloomy and clear, the battle that day, the red mad army under his command was annihilated, and he was even more defeated, and the famous generals in the past became the laughing stock of the Dajin government and the opposition, and today, it will be a battle of his revenge.
However, Wan Yan Kang, who was in the depths of the army, did not attract the attention of everyone in the literary army, and their eyes were focused on the front of the Jin army, where there were sixty phalanxes, each of which was five hundred soldiers in black and gold armor.
Unlike the large army on the left and right flanks and even in the rear, these soldiers were like dead people, standing there, not only lined up neatly, but even didn't move after standing, if it weren't for the fact that there were too many of them, Xu Xuanrong and the others would really subconsciously ignore these puppet-like soldiers.
"What kind of army is this?" Cai Xudong poked his head out and looked at it for a long time, frowning, "I've never heard of it!"
Jiang Siyu, Li Yilin and the others were all full of confusion, obviously they hadn't heard of it, Xu Xuanrong and Zou Buyi both frowned slightly, as if they remembered something, but they weren't sure, but Yu Jieyi, who had always been arrogant, had a pale face, and it took a long time to muster up the courage and say solemnly: "This is the Sand Demon Army." ”
"Sand Demon Army?" Everyone was stunned, and suddenly Zou Buyi took a breath and exclaimed: "Sand Demon Army, the Golden Emperor's personal guards, haven't they been fighting the Mongols in the north all along, why did they come here?"
Cai Xudong understood and said in surprise: "Emperor Jin's personal guards, well, it sounds quite powerful, but you don't have to be so scared, right?"
Yu Jieyi clenched her fists, as if she wanted to give herself courage: "Don't you understand, in Northern Xinjiang, except for the Aixin Jueluo family in Longshou Mountain, it is them, the Sand Demon Army, the Sand Demon Soldiers, and the prefecture-level soldiers, who once bloodied the Northern Xinjiang and slaughtered more than ten times the army of the Mongolian army......"
"Prefecture-level troops?" Jiang Siyu's autumn eyes condensed slightly, and he frowned, "It's the same level as Renjie's Thunder Cavalry." ”
Everyone knows very well what kind of strength Xi Chulei rides, that is the top cavalry in the literary army that only loses to the night dragon horse, this sand demon warrior is also at the ground level, even if the strength is not as good as Xi Chulei's horse, it will never be too inferior.
Zou Buyi counted them, frowned, and said: "Thirty thousand, General Yang's Xichulei can't ride nine thousand, it's already terrifying, and now it's thirty thousand...... It's really hard to do. ”
"Looking for joy, send someone to Diebu and Luqu for help," Xu Xuanrong commanded, and then said solemnly, "Everyone, the army is pressing, and it is impossible to retreat if you want to, no matter how strong they are, we only have one way to fight." ”
Cai Xudong was originally a hob meat personality who was not afraid of heaven and earth, and suddenly laughed: "Do you want you to say it? Don't worry! Isn't it just a bunch of sand devil soldiers? Afraid of a bird!"
Seeing that everyone was full of war intent, Yu Jieyi couldn't help but smile bitterly, she had seen the sand devil soldiers fighting when she was in Northern Xinjiang, it was really like a demon from hell, which left a huge psychological shadow on her at that time.
It's just that seeing that everyone is reluctant to retreat, Yu Jieyi exhaled again, her eyes suddenly became fierce, since everyone is not leaving, she can't go, what are you kidding, she is often ridiculed by everyone as the leader of the machete gang, how could she give up her partner and run away by herself?
Seeing the condensed military momentum in the city boiling like fire from afar, Wan Yan dared to smile coldly in the depths of the army outside the city, what he wanted was for this group of people to fight to the death and not retreat, only in this way could the literary and artistic army here be completely wiped out.
Slowly raising his hand, Wan Yan dared to say in a deep voice: "Wan Yan is stable, attack the city!"
As early as on the way here, Emperor Wanyan had already disrupted the 50,000 army that had been put together, and five six realm sect marshal-level powerhouses served as 10,000 captains, each in charge of 10,000 people, and at this moment, Wanyan Wen shouted by Wanyan Dare was one of the five captains.
Hearing his order, a man with a bearded face and a burly body like a huge mountain strode out of the ranks, leading 10,000 infantry troops to fight forward, and at the same time, hundreds of wrestlers* moved the boulders to the wooden frame of the catapult, and then pulled the ropes together, and in an instant, the boulders rose into the air, turning into an arc and crashing towards the city.
"Carving insect skills!" Zhao Ji, the first seat of the Sword Building Sect Branch, sneered, and the natal sword on his waist came out of its sheath, and in an instant, an endless wind blew out of thin air, and countless sword spirits like a blast rose into the sky, smashing the boulders into powder.
Along with the shattering of countless boulders, the redwood archers distributed in each section of the city wall also attacked under Jiang Siyu's arrangement, and a powerful arrow like thunder roared down, frantically shooting the golden soldiers below.
Wan Yanwen shouted loudly when he saw this, and the thousands of archers in the formation were also not to be outdone, and for a while, it rained arrows back and forth in the city, such as two waterfalls that hedged against each other.
"Gale!"
Li Yilin stood at the head of the city with a steel spear in his hand, his expression was very high-spirited, with a wave of his arm, the people of the Beast God Army who had not climbed the city wall for the time being because of the city battle quickly sealed and cast spells, summoning bursts of surging winds, which not only increased the speed of their own arrows, but also greatly affected the accuracy of the arrows of the archers under the city.
These armies were originally a ragtag army put together, and the Jin Kingdom was not a country famous for its archery, and the archers of these archers were not good at archery, but they encountered such a continuous wind, and almost eighty percent of the arrows shot were swept down by the hurricane.
Carrying a rain of arrows and strong winds, Wan Yanwen finally arrived at the city wall after paying for the lives of nearly 3,000 people, and was quickly propped up by the ladder carefully guarded by them, and a golden soldier wearing a scimitar climbed up the ladder, while three rushing chariots aimed at the city gate and launched a fierce attack at the same time.
At this moment, the second battle of Zhouqu City between Wenjin and Jin finally kicked off.
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News of the attack on Zhouqu City soon spread to Diebe City.
Because the Rock Tiger Army was all hoplites, according to the previous plan, the Rock Tiger Army did not go to reinforce, and Fu Feng, Wu Xue, and Li Huan all stayed here to prevent the Jin Kingdom from sneaking up here.
However, after receiving the news that the 80,000 army of the Jin State was attacking Zhouqu again, Fu Feng couldn't sit still, and hurriedly called Wu Xue and Li Huan, intending to bring troops over for reinforcements.
It's a pity that he just proposed the idea of reinforcements, which provoked a series of cynicism from Wu Xue.
"Are you a pig?"
"A group of heavily armored people have come all the way to reinforce them, are you sure they will still have the strength to fight when they arrive?"
"What? Walk slowly? Then just bring all the snacks and tea, and let's go over slowly." ”
A series of complaints sprayed Fu Feng's face with foaming stars, and Fu Feng's face was as black as carbon, if it weren't for Wu Xue, if it weren't for the people of the Literature and Art Department, if they were replaced by others, Fu Feng would have drawn a knife and cut people.
Li Huan was overwhelmed by the side, pulled Wu Xue, and asked, "Sister Xue, what do you suggest?"
It is very strange that Wu Xue, who has always been recognized as the mascot of the Ministry of Literature and Art, was actually arranged by Yao Ruoyu and Song Kai to be the military advisor of Diebu City after the capture of Diebu, which is why Li Huan asked so.
Holding her chin, Wu Xue tried her best to pretend to be unfathomable, but in Fu Feng's eyes, she was a pretentious Huba.
"Let's go to Minxian County?" Suddenly, Wu Xue said with a grin, "Anyway, we are heavy armor, and we will either be too late to rush over, or we will have no strength to go, so it is better to go to Minxian first, and then attack Lixian to cut off the retreat of the Jin soldiers." ”
"Go to Minxian?" Fu Feng was stunned, Minxian is located in the northeast of Diebu, if you go there and then go to Lixian, it is not impossible, but such a turnover is too wasteful of time, not to mention, if the Jin State breaks through Zhouqu City, what is the point of occupying Lixian by himself?
Li Huan obviously thought of this as well, and hesitated: "Sister Xue, in case, I mean in case, if Zhouqu fails, won't we be surrounded by them instead?"
"What if it won't fail?" Wu Xue grinned, for some reason, although she was still smiling like before, Fu Feng and Li Huan felt a temperament very similar to Song Kai, Xu Xuanrong and others from her.
As if it were ...... Sagacious!
Fu Feng and Li Huan looked at each other, and they both secretly scolded themselves, probably because they were too anxious, they would all have such an illusion.
As if finding that they didn't believe in themselves, Wu Xue waved her fleshy little hand and said with a smile: "Believe me! Why do you think they didn't leave after repelling Yan Dang last time?"
Fu Feng was silent when he heard this, and only after a while did he grit his teeth and nod his head and agree to Wu Xue's plan.