Chapter 57: The Great War Begins
Chen Zheng has been staring at the movements of Cai Guo's army during this time, and he came to report the situation as soon as possible.
"20,000 troops rushing to Jingcheng?"
When Xiong Jun heard the news, he and Long Fall glanced at each other, and both of them had stunned looks on their faces. Is Cai Guo crazy? He actually divided his troops? He didn't even defeat Heiyan City, but he actually bypassed and attacked Jingcheng? Aren't they afraid that the defeat of Heiyan City will be there, and when Jingguo's army will come to help, the 20,000 army will be wiped out?
"Sure enough!"
Li Yunyi's expression didn't fluctuate much, and he asked, "Have they contacted Ding Yu?"
Chen Zheng replied: "If they are connected, they are on the outskirts of the dark forest, and they will be able to reach Yujing Mountain in two or three hours. ”
Li Yunyi bowed slightly: "Order them to lurk over there, don't come over, wait for my order." You work hard for a while, always monitor the 20,000 troops attacking Jingcheng, be careful not to get too close, there is a high probability that there will be a grandmaster in their army. ”
"Grandmaster!"
Xiong Jun and Long Cheng's faces changed slightly, there was no grandmaster in Jingcheng, and Li Hongtu was a grandmaster, but it was said that he had been unconscious and delirious. If the grandmaster leads an army of 20,000 to attack, Jingcheng will definitely not be able to bear it, and the fall of Jingcheng will be fatal to the morale of Jingguo's army.
"Whoa!"
Chen Zheng went down, Li Yunyi looked at Xiong Jun and Long Cheng were still in a daze, and ordered with a cold snort: "Mobilize those more than 10,000 troops, build an earthen wall, and build an earthen wall three meters wide and three meters high every 100 meters on the road up the mountain." Each earthen wall has an entrance, and mud and stone are prepared next to it, which can be blocked at any time. ”
"Build an earthen wall?"
Xiong Jun and Long Cheng looked at each other, 20,000 troops attacked Jingcheng, under normal circumstances, shouldn't Li Yunyi take the army into Jingcheng and help protect Jingcheng? Why build a wall in this Yujing Mountain? What is a wall built for 100 meters? Is it fun to play with mud?
Seeing that Xiong Jun and Long Cheng did not move, Li Yunyi glanced at the past coldly, Xiong Jun and Long Cheng trembled, did not dare to ask anything, and took the order. Li Yunyi called Lin Jian in again and asked, "Have those catapults been transported?"
"It's shipped!"
Lin Jian nodded, and Li Yunyi ordered: "Assemble it on the spot, just set it up on the mountain, and find a few sergeants who know how to operate it to train, you don't need to be very accurate, but you can't deviate too far." In addition, you take these mineral powder lists, and arrange them according to the list, each of which is wrapped separately, and these three need a thousand copies. If you don't have enough manpower, ask Xiong Jun to allocate 1,000 people to you, and get it done in one day. ”
"Whoa!"
Lin Jianren is very honest and won't ask more, anyway, just do what Li Yunyi tells him, and he doesn't care what Li Yunyi uses these for.
The outside was soon in full swing, and Xiong Juncai had already determined at this moment that Li Yunyi had incorporated many troops over there all the way, and it was definitely used to do coolies. Without so many troops, these things simply can't be done.
From the mountain down to the mountain, the mountain road is crooked, adding up to at least three miles away, and a hundred meters are piled up with an earthen wall, which is thirty earthen walls. The key is that most of the places in Yujingshan are stone walls, and there is very little soil, and these soil and stones need to be excavated and transported down the mountain, which is quite large.
"What does this His Royal Highness King Yi want to do?"
Su Yunyi lived in a palace, and Jiang Xiaocian and Chunya stayed by her for a moment, monitoring her all the time. Through the window, Su Yunyi frowned as he looked at the hot scene outside. She doesn't know much about Jingguo, but she knows that this is Yujing Mountain, and Li Yunyi came here with more than 10,000 troops, so she seems to be ready to hold on?
Is he afraid that Cai Guo's army will come to dig up his ancestral grave?
It was busy until dark, and the earthen wall was not completely built, but only twenty sides. Xiong Jun asked the army to rush to work overnight, and the dense torches illuminated half of Yujing Mountain. It was noisy until midnight when it subsided.
In the middle of the night, Chen Zheng went up the mountain, and Cai Guo's army came and arrived in the east of Jingcheng. He is currently camping, and it is estimated that he may attack Jingcheng early tomorrow morning. After Li Yunyi got the news, he said in a deep voice: "You immediately fly pigeons to pass the book, let Ding Yu and them set off immediately, and kill anyone who encounters scouts on the way, whether Jing Guo or Cai Guo, and rush to the foot of Yujing Mountain before dawn to standby." ”
"Whoa!"
Chen Zheng went down, Xiong Jun and Long Cheng were slightly excited, the blood wolf camp has returned, Li Yunyi is preparing for a big battle? Seeing the two of them gearing up, Li Yunyi waved his hand and said, "Get out, rest well, there will be a big battle tomorrow." ”
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Jingcheng is in chaos, very messy!
Heilongtai learned for the first time that the 20,000 troops from Cai Guo's side were attacking, and such a big thing couldn't be concealed if he wanted to. Li Yunyu and many high-ranking officials of Jingguo did not expect that Wang Tai would dare to do this? This completely violated military common sense, and if Cai Guo was not good, he would be defeated.
Although there were 20,000 troops, Jingcheng was the royal capital, the city walls were strong, and there were 8,000 defenders in the city, how could it be so easy to attack? Once this side could not be defeated, the Black Rock City side would be easily defeated because of the division of troops. When Black Rock is defeated and the army returns, the 20,000 troops will be wiped out.
Wang Tai is not an idiot, and one victory after another has established his prestige as the military god of Cai Guo. Since he dares to do this, he must be sure, then... Jingcheng is in danger. So Jingcheng began to be in chaos, many officials secretly transferred their wealth and families, and the city gates to the west and north were blocked.
Some smart people thought that there was a high probability that there would be a grandmaster in the 20,000 army, and they remembered the two mysterious grandmasters who attacked Li Hongtu in Fancheng, although these two grandmasters had not made a move later. But if you can make a shot once, you can make a second shot.
The last time those two grandmasters hit Li Hongtu hard, it actually attracted the attention of the major forces of the entire Southern Chu Dynasty, especially those vassal states, because it broke the rules of the game.
Wars between vassal states are very common, if you fight me and I fight you, if you ask for foreign aid, it is easy to cause alarm and panic among the other vassal states. This time, Cai Guo asked foreign aid to destroy Jingguo, can he sweep all the way to the past next time and destroy the rest of the vassal states?
These two mysterious grandmasters were very low-key, and after Fan Cheng made a move, they disappeared, and they never shot again in the subsequent battles. The major vassal states have sent secret agents over, and if evidence is found and the identities of these two grandmasters are confirmed, the rest of the vassal states will definitely not sit idly by.
Without the Grandmaster to suppress the formation, the possibility of 20,000 troops defeating Jingcheng is very low. If there is a grandmaster, the probability is 890%. There are not many powerhouses in Jingcheng now, there are only a dozen or so, and they will definitely not be able to stop the grandmaster.
A group of ministers knelt in King Jing's palace and begged Li Yunyu to evacuate, asking him to focus on the country's society and avoid it for the time being. As long as Li Yunyu doesn't have an accident, then Jingguo still has hope. What's more, some ministers asked Li Yunyu to flee directly to Southern Chu, if Jingguo perished, then go to the Southern Chu court to cry and ask Southern Chu to help them restore the country.
Li Yunyu is very entangled!
If he escapes from Jingcheng, he will turn his back on his people and Jingguo, and his prestige among the people and the court is very high, and the probability of ascending the throne has reached eighty percent.
If you don't leave, if there is a grandmaster in the 20,000 army, it will definitely be impossible to escape death. Cai Guo's 20,000 troops are rushing, they must be coming for him and Jingcheng, kill him and defeat Jingcheng, Jingguo is doomed to destruction.
News came from Black Rock City that Cai Guo's army attacked fiercely regardless of casualties, and was attacking from all directions. They couldn't do it if they wanted to divide their troops to aid Jingcheng, and the two great grandmasters felt that there were two grandmasters in Cai Guo's army, so they didn't dare to act rashly, otherwise the Black Rock City side would collapse.
Throughout the afternoon, Li Yunyu spent the whole afternoon in anxiety, constantly urging Wu Tiance to use all his strength to investigate whether there was a grandmaster in the 20,000-strong army. It's a pity that Wu Tiance is not a god, how can the situation in Cai Guojun be so easy to find out?
In the middle of the night, Cai Guo's army arrived, Li Yunyu became even more anxious, and he didn't sleep all night, while sending troops to strengthen the city defense, he continued to urge Wu Tiance to investigate. At the same time, he also brought Jingguo's only flying beast into the back of the palace, and it seemed to be ready to evacuate at any time.
"What about Imperial Physician Liu, call Imperial Physician Liu!"
He thought about it, called the imperial doctor again, asked about Li Hongtu's physical condition, and asked if he could transfer Li Hongtu. Imperial Doctor Liu smiled bitterly and shook his head, Li Hongtu's physical condition has deteriorated in the past two days, and if he is transferred, he will die halfway.
Li Yunyu could only give up, he went to Jinghou Palace, persuaded the queen for a while, and soon the flying beast took off into the air and took the queen and the ninth prince away. The flying beast was fast, and returned an hour later, taking the remaining princesses with them.
Li Yunyu had already prepared for the worst, if Jingcheng was broken, he would also want to keep the royal bloodline, but he himself did not leave for the time being. He still had a trace of luck in his heart, thinking that there was no grandmaster in Cai Guo's army, and he could still hold Jingcheng with the 8,000 troops in the city.
After sitting in King Jing's palace all night, Li Yunyu's face was very bad. A dawn lit up in the east, and the sky finally dawned, Li Yunyu barely ate a few bites, but the sound of military trumpets sounded in the east, and Cai Guo's army began to attack as soon as it was dawn.
Li Yunyu threw away his chopsticks, picked up a sword, waved his hand at Cao Li, the commander of the Imperial Forest Army standing beside him, and shouted: "Go, go to the city wall!"