In the camp of the Ningnan Army.

A general of the Ningnan Army looked at the battle situation on the mountain, turned his head to Tong Yang and said, "General, the enemy has begun to rush down the mountain to kill!"

"It's just a bluff. Tong Yang said slowly: "In another half an hour, replace the second corps with the third corps, and use the stone thrower to attack the enemy troops halfway up the mountain!"

"Yes, General!" the general agreed, and then whispered, "There is still no movement on the east side of Xibu Mountain, I don't know what Guo Wu is waiting for." ”

Tong Yang smiled and said, "General Guo's ability to find fighters is far beyond ordinary people, since he hasn't moved now, it means that he hasn't found a suitable fighter yet." ”

The general cleared his throat, leaned closer to the carriage, and reminded in a low voice: "General, Guo Wu is Peng Shuai's man. ”

The Peng Shuai he said refers to the commander of the Seventh Legion, Peng Huang.

Peng Huang is a veteran of Ningnan, with a mediocre background and not very outstanding ability, but he is old enough, and he has served in the army for decades, and he is conscientious and conscientious, although he has no great merit or great fault. And Tong Yang is a rising star, with a prominent background, outstanding ability, and a celebrity in front of today's son, if he stands in Peng Huang's position, Tong Yang, the deputy marshal, is undoubtedly the person who poses the greatest threat to his status.

Tong Yang frowned slightly when he heard this, and after a while, he smiled indifferently, waved his hand and said, "General Guo is not a person who does not care about the importance of things. ”

The general shook his head slowly, and said: "As the saying goes, knowing people and knowing faces do not know their hearts! If the general can take Xibu Mountain in one fell swoop in this battle, and let the Shah people be willing to lend troops to Haotian, it will undoubtedly be a great achievement, and the adults in the court will also strongly recommend the general to His Highness to replace Peng Shuai, and at that time, the general will be the commander of the Seventh Army, and Peng Shuai will return to his hometown in advance." "Please Baidu black じ岩じ pavilion,Thank you!

Tong Yang sighed secretly in his heart, he is a general in the army, his duty is to lead the army to fight, those intrigues for power and profit, he disdains them, but many times, he has to take this factor into account.

He pondered for a moment and said: "Before noon, if there is no progress on the frontal battlefield, replace the third corps with the first corps, and the second and third corps will attack from the north and south, and our army will besiege Xibu Mountain on three sides. "If in this case, the dragon slaying team still does not stand still, and still refuses to attack, it means that Guo Wu really has different intentions.

The general nodded heavily, arched his hand and said, "The general is wise!"

The battle on Xibu Mountain showed no signs of easing, but became more and more intense, and the Ningnan army rushed up the mountainside several times, but was killed several times by the Feng army led by Shangguanxiu, and unconsciously, the fierce battle between the two sides had been fought from morning to noon.

At noon, the main attacking Ningnan Army temporarily withdrew and buried a pot to cook at the foot of Xibu Mountain. The wind army on the mountain finally had a rare opportunity to rest, and the people were seriously overstretched, and one by one they fell to the ground as if they had collapsed, leaving only the strength to snort and gasp.

Even Shangguan Xiu was so tired that his face was covered with sweat, and the whole person looked as if he had just been fished out of the water. He was looking at the situation at the bottom of the mountain, Xiao Jue came over, sat down slowly beside Shangguan Xiu, he gasped for a while, wiped the sweat beads on his face, looked at the enemy troops under the mountain, and said weakly: "Brother Xiu, we finally survived the battle in the morning." ”

Shangguan Xiu asked, "How many brothers have we killed or wounded?"

"Two hundred and thirteen people were killed and more than 100 brothers were wounded. As he spoke, Xiao Jue raised his hand and pointed to the corpses of the Ningnan soldiers that could be seen everywhere on the hillside, and said, "The Ningnan army has suffered much greater casualties than our army. ”

"But the Ningnan army can afford casualties, but our army can't afford casualties. Shangguan Xiu narrowed his eyes and said quietly. The Ningnan Army had three corps, and the casualties could be 1,800 people, without hurting the muscles and bones, but its own side only had 3,000 people, and the casualties were several hundred, which greatly reduced its combat strength. Guan Jian is that the Ningnan Army has not used all its strength until now, and is only afraid that the first battle in the afternoon will be far more difficult and dangerous than the battle in the morning.

The armistice between the two sides was only more than half an hour, and then, the Ningnan army pushed out the withdrawn stone throwing machine again, but this time the stone throwing machine was not only concentrated in the west of Xibu Mountain, many stone throwing machines were transported to the south and north of Xibu Mountain, and the stone throwing machines on three sides launched a long-range attack on Xibu Mountain.

In the morning, the Ningnan army was too anxious to use the range of the catapult to directly hit the top of Xibu Mountain, but after being repelled by the rockets of the wind army, they also learned to be smart, and advanced step by step, first using the catapult to attack the first line of defense halfway up the Xibu Mountain.

As the first boulder flew over with the piercing sound of breaking wind, the second battle between the two sides began.

This boulder is impartial, and it is exactly where Shangguan Xiu is located. He leapt from the ground, completing his spiritual transformation as the saber was unsheathed, and he swung the knife outward, and a wind blade shot out, sweeping straight towards the flying boulder.

The wind blade cut into the boulder, creating a long crack in the stone, and the boulder fell down the mountain without falling halfway up the mountain. Shangguan Xiu shouted: "Find cover to dodge, the enemy army will attack our first line of defense!"

Just looking at the position where Ning Nanjun placed the stone thrower, Shangguan Xiu had already judged the other party's intentions.

Under his reminder, the wind army halfway up the mountain hid behind the rocks. Boom, boom, boom! The boulder hit the mountainside continuously, and the roar was incessant, and even the ground was shaking.

A wind soldier rushed down from the top of the mountain, dodging the flying stones, and ran towards Shangguanxiu.

After coming to the bunker where Shangguan Xiu was hiding, he panted and said, "My lord, the Ningnan army is attacking Nanshan and Beishan with a stone-throwing machine, and there is also an enemy corps under Nanshan and Beishan that is preparing to attack!"

Hearing the news from the soldiers, Shangguan Xiu immediately understood that the Ningnan army was about to start attacking with all its might.

He turned his head to Xiao Jue and said: "Ah Jue, you go to guard the South Mountain, let Yu Fei guard the North Mountain, if you can fight, you will fight, if you can't resist it, you will retreat, the top of the mountain is the place where we will fight to the death with the Ningnan army!"

"Understood, Brother Xiu!" Xiao Jue glanced at Shangguan Xiu deeply, and said with a solemn face: "Brother Xiu himself should be more careful!"

"Let's go!" At the critical moment, Shangguan Xiu could only send away Xiao Jue and Wu Yufei around him to strengthen the defense of Nanshan and Beishan.

The catapults of the Ningnan army attacked for two quarters of an hour, and finally stopped, followed by a massive attack by the corps.

At present, the Ningnan Army is not a single corps fighting alone, but three corps are pressed by the whole army and launched an attack from the west, south, and north of Xibu Mountain.

The siege on three sides also greatly dispersed the strength of the Feng army, and the defenders on each side were less than a thousand, and only a few hundred arrows were no longer a big threat to a corps.

I saw that on the slopes of Xibu Mountain, there were densely packed with Ningnan soldiers holding shields high, like ant colonies, covering the mountains and fields, covering the sky.

In the morning battle, Shangguan Xiu's side had almost used up the rolling wood and stones, and now they could only use arrows to resist the enemy's charge.

Shangguan Xiu is not known for his archery, but at this moment, he also picked up a hard bow and shot arrow after arrow at the enemy who rushed up from the mountain.

He can shoot down one or two enemies, but he can't shoot hundreds of enemy troops. Soon, the Ningnan army had already rushed to the front of Shangguan Xiu and the others with an arrow array.

He shouted, "Change the repeater!" Hundreds of wind soldiers under his command took up their longbows, took off their crossbow boxes, and shot the enemy at close range with their repeaters.

Shangguan Xiu himself also lifted a repeater from the side and fired three arrows at the three enemy soldiers who were coming straight towards him.

One of the three arrows hit one of the soldiers' faces, and the other two were blocked by the shields of the two Ningnan soldiers. With a crossbow in one hand and a knife in the other, he once again struck into the enemy's camp. The shield of the Ning Nanjun could block the fierce shooting of the crossbow, but it could not block the spirit knife in Shangguan Xiu's hand.

The spirit knife slashed, and the shields all cracked in response, but in the same way, to split the shield of Ning Nanbing, Shangguan Xiu also had to spend more strength. In the fierce battle, the aura in his body was still abundant, but his physical strength was gradually unable to support it, which was also a problem that most spiritual cultivators often had in the melee of the army.

The light spirit knife on weekdays has become heavier and heavier at this time, and Shangguan Xiu's wheezing sound is getting heavier and heavier, looking at it, the enemy under the mountain is boundless, and on the other hand, on his side, the brothers are fighting less and less. Shangguan Xiu sighed secretly, if he continues to fight like this, these hundreds of brothers will have to explain here.

He suddenly slashed out several knives, cut down several Ningnan soldiers around him, and then retreated, and shouted to his own soldiers: "Brothers, retreat, all retreat to the second line of defense!"

Under his order, the Feng soldiers retreated in unison, Shangguan Xiu did not take the lead in retreating, he stayed until the end, covering the retreat of his soldiers. He unleashed the Spirit Chaos Wind and Cross Slash in succession, blocking the pursuit of Ning Nan's soldiers as much as possible.

When his brothers had all retreated to the second line of defense, Shangguan Xiu broke out of the encirclement this time and returned to his own camp.

Within the second line of defense set up by the Wind Army, a large amount of rolling wood and stone has also been hoarded, which can come in handy now. Shangguan Xiu commanded his soldiers to throw all the rolling wood and stones, forcing the pursuing enemy back into the first line of defense.

The rolling wood and stones thrown by the wind army made many Ningnan soldiers who were chasing up roll and crawl to the ground. Shangguan Xiu saw that a large number of Ningnan troops were gathered in his first line of defense, his heart moved, and he shouted: "Throw the clay pot!"

Hearing his shouts, people picked up clay pots from the ground and threw them down.

For a while, the crackling sound of the clay pot breaking was endless. Ning Nanbing wore a steel helmet on his head and steel armor on his body, even if he was smashed by a clay pot, it would not hurt, but the smashing of the clay pot was not the purpose of the Feng Army.

The clay pot fell into the first line of defense, and immediately shattered, and a large amount of black liquid flowed out of it, and Ning Nanbing touched it, put it to his nose and smelled it, and couldn't help but change his face suddenly, and exclaimed: "It's fire oil!"