Section 15 The Last Line of Defense of Wei
When they withdrew to the remote city, the Wei army knew that the city had been lost, and it was surrounded and attacked, and after the heavy losses, it was not easy to kill less than 300,000 people.
Ling Luo did not miss the opportunity to pursue the victory, and the Zheng army left some defensive soldiers and horses, and the others divided their troops into eight routes and drove straight into the territory of Wei.
Within a month, the Wei army, which had been severely injured, failed to organize an effective force and retreated in the pursuit. When the Wei State finally gathered its forces to defend Shandong City with the help of natural hazards, the land seized by Zheng Guo and the Divine Soul Army had exceeded four million square kilometers.
One million of them are occupied by the Divine Soul Army, all of which are northern lands, most of which are sparsely populated and have few cities. The remaining three million were acquired by Zheng Jun, and the number of prosperous cities exceeded two hundred and fifty, and the real vitality of Wei State was greatly damaged by the loss of these lands, and its prestige was no longer there.
The Great Wei, which owned 15 million square kilometers of land before the war, was taken by surprise at the beginning of Zheng's army, lost 5 million land, and was defeated by the Divine Soul Army and Zheng Army after holding on for several months, and lost another 4 million land under the defeat and retreat. Coupled with the uprising occupied by the Divine Soul Army, the so-called Great Wei now has only more than 5 million square kilometers of land left.
Many officials, generals, martial artists, merchants, and even the people of Wei were discouraged and desperate because of this, and they all took refuge in Zheng State. Many officials in the Wei court even tried to take the initiative to collude with Zheng Guo or the Divine Soul Army, hoping for the opportunity to betray information and ask for credit.
The battle of the remote city was extremely tragic, with more than 300,000 soldiers and horses killed and wounded and more than 200,000 captured. This made Zhu Qiang unexpected, and everyone in the world thought that although Wei lost a lot of land at the beginning of the attack by Zheng Bing, it would definitely be able to resist the attack of Zheng Jun after reacting.
The name of the remote city of rich Jia Chen Shui is famous all over the world, and everyone knows that the Wei State was defeated because of him. The incredible apostasy of the 300,000 army of Wei is also because of him. The lowly Immortal Soul Rebel Army, which was originally despised by the powers, has since made people dare not despise it.
All the powerhouses are willing to watch Zheng Guo and Wei State fight, but they are not willing to see Zheng Guo win such a big victory, let alone Zheng Guo destroying Wei State. Qi and Chen contacted Korea, sent envoys to Zheng, and exerted pressure to intercede on behalf of the Wei envoys, hoping that Zheng would strike troops and suspend peace. King Zheng was shaken by this, and although the Wei State suffered heavy losses, the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse, and although the land was lost a lot, it was precisely because of the lack of land that the troops could concentrate on defense without worries.
Shandong City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are still hidden worries about the large amount of land obtained, and only a truce can deal with those hidden dangers. It was already an unexpected joy that the remote city could be captured, but this kind of luck would not happen to Shandong City for the second time.
After receiving the secret decree of King Zheng, Ling Luo replied that he was willing to make a truce, but only if Wei was ceded land at the price.
This request was indeed too deceitful, but the king of Wei, who was afraid that he would destroy the country if he continued to fight, actually agreed, so he ceded 800,000 square kilometers of land to Zheng Guo, which was already difficult to defend, so that a truce seemed to be signed soon.
Shandong City is located in the Wei Plateau area, surrounded by steep and continuous, the entrance is the low mountain pass of Shandong City. The 260,000 soldiers and horses of the Wei army were all concentrated in this city, and there were 20,000 defenders in the low mountain pass, and after the defeat of the Wei State in the remote city, 30,000 soldiers and horses were transferred to Shandong City, and now a total of 310,000 soldiers and horses.
The walls of the castle are much thicker than ordinary castle towers, and they are made of solid mountain stones. The Wei State sent almost all the martial cultivators who could be dispatched, and there were many Jianghu rangers who were loyal to the country to help spontaneously. The most worrying thing is the terrain, the road that can accommodate the march in front of the city is narrow, and the terrain is higher and higher.
The attacking army was located below, and the narrow terrain could not give full play to the advantages of a large number of troops, even if the soldiers and horses were several times larger than the eastern city, it was difficult to break through. Reluctantly, the casualties must be unacceptably heavy.
When the army led by Bu Jingxian and Ling Luo caught up, the townspeople outside the low mountain pass fled one after another.
When the soldiers were chasing, Bu Jingxian found that among the fleeing Wei people, there was a middle-aged man in his thirties carrying a large box, which was hijacked by a large group of fleeing Wei troops, and the group of people was about to go to the low mountain pass, but was stopped by the Zheng army and finally turned around and fled to the northwest.
When the night step frightened the immortal and Ling Luo checked the city wall of the low mountain pass together, they both felt that it was difficult to attack. The walls of the castle were narrow and thick, and there were many martial cultivators who assisted the guards in defending the walls. So he returned and thought again. Walking around the village alone, he saw more than a dozen Zheng soldiers guarding the blacksmith shop, and there were still people looking for something inside.
"What are you?"
Most of Zheng Jun knew Bu Jingxian, and when he asked, he hurriedly hugged his fists and replied, "Back to Beijun, General Chen said that the blacksmith skills here are superb, and he is afraid of being killed and injured in the chaos, so he specially ordered us to protect him, but there was no one when he came." ”
"I see. Bu Jingxian said and walked away, and couldn't help but think of the middle-aged man who was hijacked by the guards and fled. After thinking about it, he got on his horse and left the town alone, pursuing in the direction where the group of deserters went.
July wandered around the town, carrying a bag to collect food from the town's food stalls and restaurants. Many people in the town fled, and most of them didn't have time to take anything with them. She ate and walked at the same time, and she didn't care that the soldiers walking around the street looked at her greasy hands.
When I left the town, I saw a figure riding a horse and galloping away in the northwest direction under the night, and I saw that it was the left bank of Beijun. July couldn't help but be suspicious, so he used light skills to chase after him from afar.
After running for half an hour, he found that the footprints had reached the mountain, and the grass and trees at the foot of the mountain were trampled in a mess, and there was no suitable road for horses, so he tied his horse to the foot of the mountain and walked into the mountain. I didn't go far, and I noticed that someone was following behind, and when I turned around, I saw July chasing after him with chicken legs.
The moonlight shone through the branches and leaves of the trees, sparsely falling on her golden brocade robe, and her clear eyes were half reflecting a soft gaze, and half were hidden in the darkness under the trees.
The night forest was silent, and suddenly there was the sound of chicken bones being bitten.
July's ten fingers were covered with greasy, and after a while, he ate the tendons of the chicken thighs, chewing on the bones as if he were chewing finely.
Suddenly jumped and fell beside him, and when he spit out half of the chicken bones on the ground, the marrow oil in them had been sucked dry.
"What are you doing?" July chased all the way, and he didn't know what to do when Bu Jingxian ran out alone, so the surname Suo followed and asked directly.
"When I came, I saw a group of Wei soldiers very suspicious. ”
July had nothing to say, Bu Jingxian smiled slightly, and continued to walk towards the mountain.
'Whoosh-'
An arrow suddenly flew from the shadows, but Bu Jingxian heard the sound but didn't bother to move, and didn't care that the arrow came over, grabbed a stone and threw it in the direction where the arrow came from. The arrow hit him in the neck, and without any harm to him, it was bounced off the ground, and at the same time the archer was stoned to death, and he tumbled several times and came to a stop under the tree.
July watched from behind and suddenly asked, "Doesn't it hurt?"
Bu Jingxian was stunned for a moment, and watched Qiyue's eyes gradually smile. "In order to maintain the reputation of the left bank of the enemy, of course you know that there is no reason why the arrows are sharp?...... I didn't expect you to be the first person to ask me that, neither of my wives ever asked that. ”
"It looks like it's up there. Bu Jingxian changed his tone with emotion, and ran up quickly, regardless of whether it would alarm the sentry in front of him.
He ran for a while, and when he was about to reach the mountainside, two rows of soldiers appeared in front of him, and two groups of archers with bows and arrows stood in the mountains and forests behind him.
"Who are you?"
Only then did he realize that July didn't know where he had gone.
"Left bank. ”
"The leader of the chaotic army, if you take him, the King of Wei will be rewarded!" Under the order of one of the generals who looked like a team leader, the surrounding Wei army immediately moved.
But he said that he saw the fairy in July and rushed up the mountain, and felt that his words sounded quite sad. Everyone in the world knows that Beijun is brave, and Shenwu has an incorruptible body of King Kong who was stabbed and unharmed, but there are few people who know that it will still hurt when attacked, and what Qi didn't expect was that even his wife didn't ask about it.
"Lonely people. "July didn't follow him up the mountain, knowing that there must be an ambush ahead. Standing and eating three more pieces of chicken thighs, he finally sucked the greasy on his fingers clean, and then flashed into the forest on the left, and flew towards the height with light skills. On the way, I saw Bu Jingxian fighting with some Wei troops from a distance, and I didn't pay attention to it, just went to a high place.
It didn't take long to see a fire, and hurriedly flew over, only to find that there was a cave, and the two Wei soldiers standing at the entrance of the cave were slapped to death by her on the spot before they had time to shout. She saw that all the Wei troops outside the cave had gone to set up an ambush to besiege Bu Jingxian, so she walked towards the cave.
The cave was not very big, and when I walked inside, I saw a man in his thirties sleeping, and his martial arts did not seem to be very good, and he did not notice her intrusion at all.
There was a large boxy box beside the man, and when July opened it, he saw that half of the box was filled with weapons, and the other half contained four brocade sword boxes. So he took out the sword box and weapons, only to find that these weapons were very peculiar.
One side is open, the other side is seamless, it is said to be a sword, and the tip of the blade is slightly curved, and it is said to be a knife, and the blade is as narrow and straight as a sword.
The sound of July fiddling with these weapons woke up the sleeping man, and he got up and saw a strange and beautiful woman, and was quite surprised, and looked at her a few times, and saw that she ignored himself and only looked at the weapons, so he asked, "Do you know weapons?"
"I don't understand. July replied simply, took a piece of chicken leg from the cloth bag and threw it to the man. The latter happily took it and ate it, swallowed it and asked her, "Is there any wine?"
July shook the flask on his waist and said, "I'm done." ”
The man said, "It's a pity. After eating the chicken thighs for a while, he asked July to eat three fat chicken thighs in a row, and then said, "Why do you keep looking at weapons if you don't understand weapons?"
"What kind of weapon is this? The sword is not like a knife, and the sword is not like a sword. July took them in his hands one by one and looked at them, asking puzzled.
The man laughed and said, "What's the matter? Why do you have to be like a sword? These weapons I make are more practical than knives, and although they are not as dexterous as the long swords used by the rangers, they are more powerful than ordinary swords, and they are more powerful than swords on the battlefield." ”
"Are you the blacksmith of the Wei army?"
The man said disdainfully, "The officials of the Wei State are all stupid, how do you know how powerful my weapons are!"
"Then why are you here?"
"The centurion in the town is a good friend of me, and has always admired the weapons I have built, and has recommended them to the Wei generals many times in the past, always feeling sorry for me. Today, your Zheng Army and the Divine Soul Army attacked, and he was afraid that I would be poisoned, so he took me to escape. The man said, and then asked, "Are you Zheng Guo's martial honor?" I see that the golden phoenix ornament on your head looks like the martial phoenix crown rumored by others. ”
(To be continued)