Chapter 1323: Attacking the Heart

Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 inforeadx;? Shangguan Xiu and the eldest grandson Bohao are obviously of the same age, but in front of the scheming Shangguan Xiu, the eldest grandson Bohao is like a child who has not yet grown up.

Meng Qiuchen met with the envoy sent by the eldest grandson Bohao, and the envoy visited the Feng camp, in addition to sending Chastan's body, there was also the most important mission, so that the Feng army made a clear statement, when to withdraw the army,

During the talks with the envoys, Meng Qiuchen has been playing Tai Chi, and he promised that his side will definitely withdraw his troops, which is a matter of sooner or later, but he just doesn't give the other party a clear time to withdraw his troops.

The talks between the two sides were mainly entangled in this point, and until the end of the talks, Meng Qiuchen did not give a specific date for the withdrawal of troops.

In the afternoon of the same day, the Feng Army prepared a grand funeral for Chastain outside the Tianjing City.

According to the tradition of the fallen soldiers, the Wind Army made a stretcher with a spear, placed Chastain's body on the stretcher, and then spread the flag of the Wind Country on the corpse.

Sixteen soldiers carried stretchers and walked slowly outside Tianjing City, and tens of thousands of soldiers of the Feng Army lined up in a neat phalanx to accompany them.

The general who walked in the front drew his sword from his side, and the blade pointed to the sky.

The wind soldiers behind shouted in unison: "Wind, wind, wind, wind, wind-"

The soldiers of the Wind Country, the funeral ceremony of the Wind Army, and even the flag covered on the corpse are all the flag of the Wind Country,

Throughout the funeral ceremony, the Feng Army was sending a clear message to the soldiers and civilians in Tianjing City, there is no difference between the Feng people and the Ningnan people, everyone is the same kind of culture, they are all a family, Ningnan people are Feng people, Feng people are also Ningnan people, no matter which side of the people, as long as he is a martyr who sacrificed his life for the country, he is worthy of everyone's respect and admiration.

In order to withdraw from the army, the eldest grandson Bohao made compromises and did not hesitate to force Chastain to death, and even refused to leave Chastan's body, offering it to the wind army like a treasure.

And the Feng Army gave Chastain a funeral of almost the highest standard in the army, compared with the two, people's hatred of the Feng Army is not so heavy, but they hate the eldest grandson Bohao, the soft-boned emperor,

The funeral procession of the Feng army surrounded Tianjing, marching slowly, during which the wind army was less than 100 meters away from the closest moat of Tianjing, such a close distance was not only within the range of the Ningnan army's artillery, but also within the range of the Ningnan musket.

But the strange thing is that from beginning to end, no one in the Ningnan army fired a cannon, no one fired a gun, and the soldiers at the head of the city saw the funeral procession of the Feng army walking in front of them, and people invariably took off their helmets and saluted outside the city.

"The country is in trouble, I should go to the war, the horse leather shroud, strengthen my majesty," the soldiers of the wind army sang the song of the wind together, and pushed the atmosphere of the funeral to the climax.

Gale Song, the pure Wind Country Military Song, Ning Nanjun is no stranger to this Wind Country Military Song, but I have listened to it before, and I have never felt anything, but listening to it at this moment, it makes people can't help but burst into tears,

It is not easy to fight for the country, spill blood on the battlefield, and die for a lifetime, but when you return to the capital, you are forced to die by Your Majesty, how sad it is.

Now when people look at Chastain, they can no longer see the various mistakes he made during his lifetime, but more like looking at a mirror, which reflects his future fate.

Your Majesty, in order to steal his life, can force Chastan to death today and himself tomorrow, but Chastain and the Wind Army will see him off with a high-level funeral, and what about himself, when he dies, who will come to see him off,

Thinking of this, the officers and soldiers of the Ningnan Army were all sad in their hearts, and their eyes were wet and red, they were not only crying Chastan, but also crying themselves.

The defenders of Tianjing City not only have the soldiers of the First Legion, but also the soldiers of the Thirteenth Legion.

In the past, the people of the Thirteenth Legion really didn't have a good impression of their own legion elder, but now, people have deeply experienced the cold feeling of losing their lips and teeth.

Thinking about it carefully, Chastain was really good to them during his lifetime, the Thirteenth Legion is like a plate of loose sand, military regulations and military discipline are in vain, and the big and small mistakes of the whole legion are all carried by Chastain alone, and he has never shirked to his subordinates, nor has he ever affected his subordinates.

When Chastain was alive, people didn't feel anything, but now that he is dead, people remember all the good things he did in life.

When the funeral procession walked outside the city, the soldiers of the 13th Army at the head of the city knelt on their knees, and many soldiers held arrows in their hands, crying bitterly.

In the legion, Xin Chen, who often opposes Chastain and relies on his background, often does not take Chastain in his eyes, is the one who cries the most at this time, I am afraid that even he did not expect that he would have such a deep affection for Chastain,

The art of war is cloudy, the siege is the bottom, the heart is the top, the wind army has taken the heart attack war to the extreme, today the wind army did not attack Tianjing, but the funeral they held was no less than the hundreds of thousands of troops bombarding Tianjing City,

The camp of the wind army, the tent of the Chinese army,

Meng Qiuchen owed a debt to Shangguan Xiu, who was sitting in the center, and said: "Your Highness, Weichen thinks that the fighter plane has matured, and our army can launch a strong attack on Tianjing City at any time,"

Zhao Chen answered: "This battle, when the battle is quickly resolved, at present, the west, northwest, and southwest of Ningnan, a total of eight counties, there are troop changes, it seems that the eight county army is going to work together to send troops to aid Tianjing, if it drags on for too long, if our army can't capture Tianjing in a short time, when the eight county army arrives, our army will have no chance of winning,"

Zhan Xiong also said: "The current Tianjing defenders, the morale is low, it is indeed an excellent time for our army to attack,"

Shangguan Xiu's fingers tapped rhythmically and gently on the table, and after a while, he said slowly: "I am quite surprised that there will be eight counties in the western part of Ningnan to send troops together to rescue Tianjing,"

The western region of Ningnan was obtained by the continuous annexation of Western countries in the last hundred years, and it was precisely because of Ningnan's continuous westward expansion that the Western countries formed a Western alliance to jointly resist Ningnan.

In the case of the setback of Ningnan's westward expansion, the national policy was changed, and the direction of expansion was corrected, from west to east.

Speaking of the Ningnan Imperial Court's roots in the western region are not particularly deep, all ethnic groups in the western region still retain their original culture more or less, and they basically resist the Ningnan Imperial Court.

Zhao Chen said: "Your Highness, it is said that the eldest grandson Huai'an seems to be in the west at the moment,"

"Eldest Sun Huai'an went to the west," Shangguan Xiu raised his eyebrows, everyone present was also taken aback, Zhao Chen hurriedly said: "This news has not been confirmed, whether it is true or false, subordinates need further confirmation,"

"If the eldest grandson Huai'an is really in the west, it will make our army lose one of its fierce enemies," Meng Qiuchen sighed.

The military talent of the eldest grandson Huai'an, Meng Qiuchen has also often heard of it, if the defenders of Tianjing City are personally commanded by the eldest grandson Huai'an, it is not so easy for his side to break through the defense of Tianjing City.

Shangguan Xiu asked curiously: "Isn't this Prince An inseparable from his family, why did he suddenly run to the west?"

Zhao Chen shook his head and said, "Therefore, my subordinates are also quite suspicious of this news, and they are worried that this may be a Lost Soul Array deliberately emitted by the Ningnan Imperial Court,"

Shangguan Xiu thought about it, then turned his head to look at the eldest grandson Boyuan, and asked his opinion,

Eldest Sun Boyuan waved his hand again and again, and said with a wry smile: "Your Highness doesn't have to look at me, I can't see through Eldest Sun Huai'an at all now, and it is not completely impossible to say that Eldest Sun Huai'an is currently in the west,"

The eldest grandson Huai'an is a person who does not play cards according to common sense, saying that the eldest grandson Huai'an can't leave the house, he rushed to Du Ji to be the commander of the whole army, and actively participated in the royal war, if he is happy to fight abroad, he went to Du Ji and ran back to Tianjing a few days later, and was appointed by the eldest grandson Bohao as the commander of the southern defense line, but his feet never stepped on the southern front battlefield,

At the end of Ningnan, if you want to talk about the ability to stir up peace, the eldest grandson Huai'an is definitely above Zhang Jiuwei, these two-stirring sticks, one is stirring up in the court, and the other is stirring up in the army, which has made Ningnan, which is already full of holes, even more messy.

Guan Xi went back to the point, no matter whether the eldest grandson Huai'an was in Tianjing or not, in his opinion, it didn't matter, his own attack on Tianjing was already on the bow, and it was imperative.

He said with a straight face: "Your Highness, the fighter plane is fleeting, and now, our army should attack the city as soon as possible,"

Shangguan Xiu rubbed his chin, thoughtfully, and said, "Wait a little longer,"

"Your Highness,"

"Chastain's funeral will last another three days, and after three days, our army will attack the city,"

If you have to wait for another three days, just one Chastain, why not delay your own siege for three days, all the generals looked at each other, and finally looked at Meng Qiuchen in unison, hoping that he could persuade His Highness not to delay for another three days, so as not to have many dreams at night,

Without waiting for Meng Qiuchen to speak, Shangguan Xiu stood up and walked to the door of the Chinese military tent, the gendarmes on both sides hurriedly lifted the door curtain, Shangguan Xiu stood with his hands in his hands, looked in the direction of the north, and said quietly: "Three days, it should be enough,"

The three-day funeral, it was just a continuous battle of the heart, it was not too important, the reason why Shangguan Xiu insisted on waiting for three days was actually waiting for news from the north, news from the battlefield of the city-state of Volo,

At present, the main force of the Feng army led by Luo Ren and the main force of the Ningnan reinforcement army led by Zhou Chaoxian have started a battle in the capital of the city-state of Woluo, Voro City.

In Shangguan Xiu's view, his own attack on the Tianjing defenders was not thorough enough, and the Tianjing defenders still had the last glimmer of hope in their hearts, that is, the battlefield of the city-state of Volo.

It only takes a month to travel from the city-state of Volo to Tianjing, and in the territory of the city-state of Voro, there are hundreds of thousands of central troops of Ningnan, and they can withdraw from the city-state of Voro at any time and rush to the aid of Tianjing, frdo

As long as the main force of the hundreds of thousands of Ningnan Central Army is still there, the psychological defense line of the Tianjing defenders will not completely collapse, and there will always be such a hope in the depths of their hearts.

What Shangguan Xiu was waiting for was that Luo Ren completely crushed this hope in the hearts of the Tianjing defenders, so that the defenders could understand that they were in a desperate situation, no one could come to the rescue, and no one could be their savior.

Now the battle is not over, whether Luo Ren can defeat Zhou Chaoxian, or Zhou Chaoxian can defeat Luo Ren, no one knows, Shangguan Xiu's delay is also a bet, betting that Luo Ren can win this battle, of course, this also includes his trust in Luo Ren,

Three days later, Shangguan Xiu's long-awaited report of the battle of the city-state of Volo finally came,

The Battle of Volo City became the burial ground of countless soldiers of the two countries, in this battle, the casualties of the two countries combined, no less than 200,000 people, and finally ended with the evacuation of Zhou Chaoxian's troops.

The wind army that conquered the city of Volo in one fell swoop, under the instruction of Luo Ren, washed the city of Volo in blood to vent their hatred, and the people in the city were almost killed, and the lords of the city-state of Volo, as well as the ministers under their command, were all spared and slaughtered.

After this bloody battle, the Feng Army and the Ningnan Army directly defeated the city-state of Volo.

Zhou Chaoxian led the remnants and joined forces with the left general Ye Nantian, but the retreat was cut off by Hu Chong's Third Army and Cai Huang's Fifth Army, and the army of more than 300,000 was trapped in the territory of the city-state of Volo, and there was no way back.

The report of the bloody battle in Volo City was transmitted back to the camp of the Wind Army and also to the Tianjing City.

After learning the news, Tianjing was in an uproar, and the whole city was shocked.

The fiasco of the Duki War made the side lose the former general Xin Jiyao and the million-strong army, and the war of the city-state of Volo was defeated again, is it necessary to lose the left general Ye Nantian and the Wei general Zhou Chaoxian, as well as hundreds of thousands of troops.

Shangguan Xiu's bet was right, and he was right, the defeat of the city-state of Volo became the last straw that broke the camel's back, and the psychological defense line of the defenders of Tianjing was indeed on the verge of collapse.

At this time, Shangguan Xiu, who had greatly increased his confidence, finally gave the order for the whole army to attack the city.