Chapter Eighty-Five: The Battle of Xiangyang Begins

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Drums beat outside the city of Xiangyang, blood flowed like rivers under the city, stumps and broken bodies were all over the wilderness, and countless birds in the air were attracted by flesh and blood.

There were also many wild dogs in the grass, and hungry wolves were eyeing them, and they would go up and eat them when the war was over, so as to relieve their animal nature.

At this time, the Wagang army had already divided its troops and sent Xu Shiji to attack Jin Yong City in detail, in order to divide the troops in Xiangyang City to relieve the pressure of the strong attack, but unfortunately Xu Shiji's division of troops was ambushed by Yang Gongqing along the way, and the siege was delayed all the way, which not only lengthened the battle line of Wagang, but also suppressed the high-spirited momentum of the Wagang army that had just come out.

The pressure on Jin Yongcheng was reduced for a while, but for the sake of safety, Yang Gongqing still allocated 5,000 soldiers to support Jin Yongcheng, but it was much better than the estimate of the Wagang army, and the garrison in the city was sufficient.

Especially the residents in the city basically practice the martial arts of Mingzhulou, if it is really a last resort, they are all excellent soldiers, but before that time, there is no need for such a full force to be a soldier for the time being.

The two generals Yang Gongqing and Zhang Zhenzhou were no longer calm at that time, and their faces were also covered with blood stains at this time, only Tang Zichen on the side, Fang was still wearing a purple gauze without dripping blood, but there was a glaive knife standing on the side that did not match her figure, and the blood coagulation that was already visible on the blade showed that the number of people killed was incalculable.

Yang Gongqing's eyes were bloodshot, obviously he didn't have enough rest in the battle, and his long beard, which had always been well groomed, was also stained with blood, and he obviously had no time to take care of it.

"Is this Wagangzhai crazy? It's been almost twenty waves of offensives, and nearly 50,000 soldiers have been lost here, even if most of them are newly trained cannon fodder, aren't they afraid of the collapse of the Wagang army's morale? ”

Zhang Zhenzhou's eyes were also solemn, and there were bloodshots all over the inside, obviously not resting: "Yes, and even the corpses of the soldiers have begun to be used, polluting the water source, if it weren't for the boiling water that we have been drinking, and using the trebuchet to disinfect several water sources with quicklime, I am afraid that the epidemic would have been rampant outside Xiangyang City at this time." ”

"Li Mi is also ambitious, vicious and ruthless."

You must know that collecting the corpses of soldiers and preventing epidemics is the unspoken rule of most marches, as long as you see that it is the person who collects the corpses, basically both sides will not attack, after all, the epidemic does not distinguish between the enemy and me, but once even the epidemic and other means are used, it means that this is a war to destroy the country and exterminate the species, and there is no bottom line.

Tang Zichen looked at the Wagang army that was still braving the rain of arrows and boulders, and couldn't help but feel a trace of sadness, human life in troubled times is so worthless.

Seeing the soldiers like ants being cut down and pierced and pushed down the city wall by the soldiers of the Pearl Tower who defended the city, a trace of blood was added to the wall of Xiangyang, a fortified city of a hundred battles.

Suddenly, Tang Zichen spoke: "How many cavalry are available in the city?" There was a gleam in his eyes.

Yang Gongqing was slightly stunned and then replied: "There are more than 100 horses, and there are still a lot of horses, but in addition to the cavalry that can be used, there are only so many left in the city." ”

"Okay, just this wave, go all out to defend and completely repel them, and the rest of the cavalry will chase and kill with me, and go straight to the Pushan public camp, preferably to kill Shuai Qi, and the battle will be over." Tang Zichen commanded.

Yang Gongqing couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this dangerous move: "The deputy landlord must not be, this is too reckless, even if the deputy landlord's martial arts are unmatched, the battlefield is different from the competition in the rivers and lakes, there are attacks in all directions, and if you are not careful, you will die." ”

Tang Zichen didn't feel displeased because of Yang Gongqing's objection, but said lightly: "Mo Yi asked me to come just to end this battle quickly, you don't know our realm, so it's normal to have doubts, if I want, I can kill the Wagang Army in three days alone, but what's the point?" ”

"This battle is to test the strength of my Pearl Tower, but it is also to show the world the power of my Pearl Tower, the bloody battle day and night is enough to spread the world, and the purpose of our training has also been achieved, the rest is to reduce the casualties in the Central Plains, this death is life, it is always a pity to die like this."

Yang Gongqing and Zhang Zhenzhou were greatly shocked when they heard this, can their personal strength be so strong and surpass the army? So what's the point of my sergeant?

Tang Zichen seemed to see the thoughts of Yang Gongqing and the others: "Don't think too much, at least in this era, my landlord and I are only an exception, and with the spread of martial arts, the strength of the army will only become stronger and stronger." ”

After all, Yang Gongqing is a veteran and quickly calmed down: "Since the deputy landlord has such a mind and is unwilling to make more killings, we will naturally not organize, but just take care of ourselves." ”

"And the deputy landlord, don't you bring the team that came with you?" Zhang Zhenzhou asked.

Tang Zichen's eyes flashed: "Since I want to come, the Wagang Army will not be so peaceful, that team will be hidden as a surprise soldier, I don't have to worry about my safety, I want to leave no one in this world!" ”

Then he lifted the glaive, turned around and went down the tower, and prepared for the cavalry to charge.

Yang Gongqing and the others sighed slightly, and then ordered in a deep voice: "Fire oil, arrow rain, and stone-throwing are all at full speed, repel this wave of enemy troops, go to the guard camp, clean up the city, and recapture the lost city!" ”

A few guards behind him bowed down to receive the order, and hurriedly turned around and left.

At this time, it was already the afternoon of the second day of the siege of the Wagang army, and the sun was dazzling, as if they wanted to burn out the blood in this world with their own temperature, but unfortunately it was already twilight, and the scorching sun was difficult to defeat the rules of this world.

Qin Qiong took the remnants of the defeated soldiers, slowly retreated in the direction of the Wagang army, and from time to time used the steel shield to attack the crotch of the arrow rain, and suddenly after another rain of arrows, the rain of arrows gradually thinned out, Qin Qiong's defeated face suddenly flashed a trace of redness, did not leave the range of the bow and crossbow, but the rain of arrows was less and finally coming?

I saw him turn around and look in the direction of Xiangyang City, only to see the solid city gate slowly open, the drawbridge set up the moat, and a purple figure with a burst of horses' hooves on his head, struck towards them like a wind.

Holding the bloodstained Glaive Knife, the figure at the head was Tang Zichen, riding more than a thousand horses, and launched a charge towards the Wagang army, and then although there were only 100 horses, it gave people the illusion of 10,000 horses charging.

Qin Qiong was still stunned, the cavalry had already charged in front of him, and the Wagang Army was worthy of being one of the few forces in the world, even if it was so defeated, it also raised its last courage to dance its weapons towards Tang Zichen and the others.

It's a pity that it's all useless! As the purple figure moved forward, no matter how much she jumped into the attack, she had been cut down by the unimaginably fast before she met her, and for a while, the purple figure stepped out of a bloody path in the defeated army of Wagang, and there were countless broken arms and limbs where she passed, with her spotless purple clothes, it was really like a Valkyrie in the world, blocking the eyes.