Chapter 336: Chrysalis Turns into an Iron Wall
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One of the ancient famous cities, easy to defend and difficult to attack.
Its predecessor was the place where the ancient power sat down, and after the rise of the Yan Emperor Shennong, it gradually developed into a Xiongguan on the northern route from the Shennong clan to the Xuanyuan clan.
The city wall is 100 zhang high, nine feet thick, the whole body is like steel and iron, water and fire are difficult to break, wind and thunder do not invade, and can swallow the vitality and melt the mana, think it is for its own use, and strengthen it layer by layer.
The city river stretches for ten miles, from east to west, from the west back, meandering and staggered like a dragon on the ground, looking at each other from the end to the end, it is another natural barrier for the butterfly chrysalis pass.
Lou Shuping with more than 100,000 Shennong's army all the way to the north, suffering all the hardships and dangers, often the army just set up camp, there are tribes that are good friends with the emperor Xuanyuan surprise attack, and do not love war, only want to intrude, so that the Shennong's army can not recuperate smoothly, although Lou Shuping has been familiar with the art of war since childhood, and has been fighting in the north and south for many years, but in the face of the enemy's rogue fighting methods, there is no other way than to fight and retreat.
The Shennong army was harassed all the way, but because the soul of the Shennong army was still there, the military spirit was not dispersed, and there were generals such as Lou Shuping who had both wisdom and courage under the command, and there were no major casualties during the half moon of the attack, and finally retreated to the northern border of the Shennong clan and the Xuanyuan clan, and took the butterfly chrysalis pass as the foothold, and recuperated here.
Counting the original more than 35,000 soldiers defending the city in Chrysalis Pass, Lou Shuping's troops can be expanded to nearly 200,000.
It's just that this block is always limited.
Although the butterfly chrysalis pass occupies the advantage of the terrain, such as the dragon on the flat ground, but the grain and grass in the city is not rich, this grain and grass does not only refer to the satiety grains eaten by ordinary people, but also includes the elixir of healing and recovery, and some special spiritual materials that can greatly reduce the feeling of fatigue and sleepiness, the taste may not be very delicious, but it is definitely the most suitable supply for large-scale battles between qi refiners and even gods and demon armies.
As the saying goes, the soldiers and horses go first before the grain and grass are moved, and the significance of the grain and grass to the army is like mana to the gods and demons, which is indispensable.
Originally, there were only more than 35,000 soldiers guarding the city in the Chrysalis Pass, the number was small but the elite was victorious, and the ordinary people were only tens of thousands of households, and the supply of grain and grass in the Chrysalis Pass was enough for them to support for seven or eight years in the case of major wars, but with the influx of more than 100,000 Shennong's army led by Lou Shuping, the population in the city doubled, and more than half of this group of troops were wounded, most of the seriously injured, and few of the lightly injured, and the time for which the grain and grass could be maintained naturally decreased sharply.
According to Lou Shuping's experience, with the remaining grain and grass situation in the Chrysalis Pass, it can only last for July and August for the nearly 200,000 Shennong soldiers and tens of thousands of ordinary people.
It's been less than a year!
Every time he thought of this, Lou Shuping had to touch his forehead with his hand, and he really had a terrible headache.
If it is left in the past, the grain and grass to maintain July and August are enough, and there will be a new harvest near the end of the year, but now it is a sensitive period for the war between the Xuanyuan clan and the Shennong clan, and he Lou Shuping is on the verge of taking over the position of Xingtian, leading more than 100,000 Shennong clan's army to retreat all the way north, and come to this butterfly chrysalis pass, no matter how small the casualties along the way are, it is also a casualty is human life, and no matter how strong the soul of the Shennong army is, it cannot change the fact that they are now frustrated.
Grizzled, the general of the defeated army...... And so on a series of adjectives are inseparable.
On the other hand, the army of the human emperor, just out of the division, fought a succession, took advantage of the time when Xingtian left all the way to the north, the pursuit of thousands of miles, and so on until Lou Shuping retreated to the butterfly chrysalis pass to recuperate, they set up camp fifty miles outside the butterfly chrysalis pass, lit the cooking smoke, and blew the horn from time to time, but they did not really charge, just firmly surrounded the majestic city of the butterfly chrysalis pass.
But that's really all they do?
The corners of Lou Shuping's mouth twitched, and he knew with his eyes that this was impossible.
Anyway, he is also a veteran who has been on the battlefield for many years, although his position is not as good as Xingtian, and his cultivation strength is also much behind, but when it comes to tactics and adaptations, Lou Shuping is not inferior to Xingtian, the reason why the army of the emperor is approaching the Chrysalis Pass and not attacking the city for a long time is not because he is afraid of the terrain advantages and defensive strength of the Chrysalis Pass, but because he wants to wait for work, surround the point to send reinforcements, attract more Shennong's army to come, and swallow it blatantly at the critical moment!
Obediently, this appetite is really not small.
Even when Lou Shuping's newborn calf was not afraid of tigers and was still a stunned young man, he had to poke out a thumbs up from the bottom of his heart when he saw this scene, and said with admiration and emotion: "This leader is really a talent!
Now after thousands of years of ups and downs, Rong Ma has countless scars in his life, but he has never been promoted again, the old man with the face of a man wears a Shennong's standard saber on his waist, wearing a dark heavy armor, climbs the city tower, stands under a banner with the word "Yan", his eyes are deep, his expression is solemn, he coughed suddenly, and said in a deep voice: "Jiuli Iron Cavalry is the world, the Xuanyuan Army is in Liuhe, and I don't hear the military might of my Shennong clan, are these guys powerful and swaggering, or am my Shennong clan weak and low-key?"
There are constant sentry posts on the city tower, bright or dark, and there are patrol sergeants who constantly change their positions and inspect the movements, but when they hear Lou Shuping's self-questioning words, they all pause, their eyes shift, and fall on the armor that Lou Shuping is wearing.
A brief silence was followed by a questioning voice that smelled of Mars.
"General Lou is a veteran of the Three Dynasties, I don't know how many years I have worn this armor, and how many battles I have fought in the south and north, so although the general has never been crowned a marquis, we still have deep respect for you. It's just that last night's vision of the sky, the star fell, faintly has the potential to destroy thousands of troops and horses, we can't help but cry when we hear it, thinking that the general of the punishment sky is already more auspicious, and now the butterfly chrysalis pass has the highest qualifications of the general, the strongest tactics, should stabilize the army's heart, and inspire my Shennong, why did he say this to damage the reputation of our clan? Isn't it that the general is in a cowardly battle, and plans to lower that person, the emperor Sun Xuanyuan?"
The sound is loud, like a clash of iron guns in Jinge, which shocks people's hearts!
Lou Shuping was not angry when he heard this, but he just glanced indifferently at the impassioned young Shennong sergeant, and said with a smile: "If the old man had already surrendered to Emperor Xuanyuan, as early as in the first line of the Lilu clan, I would have gone to surrender with the head of more than 100,000 good Shennong clan's sons." ”
Lou Shuping's words seemed to be an understatement, but for some reason, when his sentence "Go to Chengcheng with the heads of more than 100,000 good Shennong's sons" came into the ears of many soldiers present, everyone was immediately silent, as if the old man in front of him who was not amazing but had a lot of achievements really had this ability at that time!
"Ahem...... In that case, why did the general say such a discouraged statement?" I don't know whether it was sudden timidity or self-conscious loss, but the young sergeant's voice was much quieter than before, but it was still clearly heard.
Lou Shuping did not answer immediately, but continued to speak to himself with a somewhat gloomy look: "I know that Lou Shuping is an old minister of the three dynasties of the Shennong clan, and I have been fighting horses all my life, and I know that I have made great achievements in war but I have never been able to be a prince, and I know that I am clearly dying but I still don't want to leave the army, but who knows how many scars I have under my black armor?"
No one answered.
Because no one can answer.
Lou Shuping looked up to the sky and smiled, his head was high, and he suddenly urged his mana and grabbed the armor on his body suddenly.
Towers are towering.
In full view.
The old man unloads his armor!
No one spoke out to stop it.
No one looked at each other angrily.
Because looking at the open, scarred and slightly rickety body, all the soldiers present had trembling lips and red eyes.
Lou Shuping ignored it, and continued to maintain the posture of lifting the armor in the air with one arm and holding the handle with the other.
The autumn wind was not as cold as the winter wind, but it was more bleak, setting off the old man's already not very strong body even thinner.
He is full of momentum.
Lao Ji is in the woods, and his ambitions are thousands of miles.
How can the ambition of my Lou Shuping's life be more than a thousand miles?
Even 90,000 miles of heaven and earth cannot be included.
It's a pity, it's a pity, my heart, my will, jumped out of the five elements, beyond the six realms, and flew into the heavens and the earth, but the body was still in the mortal dust, always wearing a heavy black armor, always carrying a narrow saber.
A is Shennong Jia, and the knife is Shennong knife.
People are also Shennong people.
The earth is full of things, and Shennong is immortal.
Hehe, when I was young, I always felt that this sentence was extremely domineering, and I once thought that if I awakened the Shennong bloodline, I would really be able to live forever, and when I grew up, I went to the battlefield to know that the world was so big, and no one could be immortal all the time.
Temple people died in the temple.
Jianghu people died in the rivers and lakes.
People on the battlefield naturally die on the battlefield.
Sadness is also strong!
Lou Shuping walked abruptly.
One step should be one foot, and one foot should be one mark.
Even some of the scars that had been forgotten but were injured were picked up by Lou Shuping again in this continuous pacing, along with those fragments of memories that had witnessed too much tragedy.
"In the past year, the battle of the iron wall, Shennong's 60,000 soldiers and horses had to make a desperate bet because of the lack of food and grass, and attacked 100,000 Dongyi defenders without reinforcements. When the blood stained the blue sky, the cloud ladder could not get close to the city wall at all, and the catapult could not disperse the blood mist, and more than 30,000 people were killed in one day by 60,000 soldiers and horses, while Dongyi lost only 10,000. In the end, 20,000 remnants of Shennong's army forcibly blasted open the city gate with the method of blood sacrifice, all of them fought to the death, and after entering the city, they collectively blew themselves up, which annihilated most of the 100,000 Dongyi defenders of the iron wall and opened the way for the follow-up troops of the Shennong clan. ”
Lou Shuping approached the war drums of the city tower while reminiscing about the past.
Hearing this, many young faces present didn't know why, and they looked dazed, only a few senior generals showed different faces, gritted their teeth and muttered: "At that time, more than half of the 100,000 Dongyi defenders were annihilated, but the 60,000 soldiers and horses were almost wiped out, and when the follow-up troops of the Shennong clan arrived, only seven people were saved, of which four of them died quickly due to the blood sacrifice, and only three survived. Strictly speaking, this matter is also a major secret matter of my Shennong clan, and the general knows it in such detail, thinking that he was also a member of the successor army at the beginning. ”
Lou Shuping continued to march in the direction of the war drums without looking back.
He knew the battle of the iron wall, but he was not one of the successor troops.
Step by step, the old man came to the drum.
With one arm still on its arm, it slammed into the drums of war!
Boom!
The drums vibrated and the fighting spirit was monstrous.
Lou Shuping was arrogant, but there were blood and tears in his eyes, he beat the drum with his armor, and he did not stop for a moment, and the sound shocked the butterfly chrysalis fifty miles away from the cooking smoke, and the 400,000 imperial army led by Li Mu.
The drums rang out, and so did the other voices.
"Lou Shuping, the old soldier of the bloody clothes battalion, will turn the butterfly chrysalis into an iron wall today, try to ask the emperor's account, who can break it? Who dares to break it?!"
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