Early the next morning.

Shortly after breakfast.

Inside and outside Qiaoshui Town, the war drums thundered.

With the orderly dispatch of the generals of the various armies, hundreds of thousands of troops poured out of the small Qiaoshui Town like a highly functioning machine, rushing towards the final line of defense of the Southern Zhou Dynasty.

Zhenzhou, Longling City.

Under the scorching sun, the majestic imperial flag of the majestic city is unfurled, the endless armor gathers inside and outside the city wall, and the fortresses such as pillboxes, trenches, and estuaries are waiting for them, like an impregnable steel fortress, rooted in the plain land between the two mountain ranges.

Still on the west side of Longling City, there is the Huai River, the city of the mother river of the Southern Zhou Dynasty.

On the city wall, Yu Zhongcheng, the commander of the Southern Zhou Dynasty, walked behind Emperor Heren in a dragon robe.

Emperor Heren was the emperor of the Southern Zhou Dynasty.

It was in his hands that the national strength of the Southern Zhou Dynasty reached a peak, especially in the years of Heren, when the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the domestic martial arts were strong.

The dead Southern Zhou general Zhou Jiuyue and the national teacher Zuo Qianji were all promoted at this time, making the influence of the Southern Zhou Dynasty surpass that of the Chu State.

Later, Emperor Heren devoted himself to studying martial arts and seeking a breakthrough, so he handed over state affairs to the crown prince, who is now Emperor Huanping, and let him succeed to the throne, while he retired to Emperor Taishang, hidden behind the scenes, and concentrated on cultivation.

Yu Zhongcheng raised his hand and pointed to the Huai River:

"Emperor Taishang, the minister has already investigated, the Chu army has no water division, all of them are cavalry and infantry, and the bridge through the Huai River, the minister has ordered it to be destroyed, even the fishing boats of the fishermen on the shore, the minister has also carried out water payment, and the shore has arranged people to guard it, and it is impossible for the Chu army to cross the river. The fact that both the Chu armies chose to take a detour and converge in Qiaoshui Town also illustrates this."

Emperor Heren walked with his hands in his hands, his brows were tightly locked, and he lost the north of the Huai River, and the Southern Zhou Dynasty lost half of the country, if he did not take these lost lands from the hands of the Chu army, then he would not be able to face the ancestors and ancestors underground after his death.

Now the Chu army is gathered in Qiaoshui Town, less than a hundred miles away from Longling City, and it is obvious that they are ready for a decisive battle with them.

And this battle, Nan Zhou had to take it.

Because of the loss of resources north of the Huai River and south of the Guanghuai River, the imperial court could not support the army to fight for too long.

The Chu army went deep into the Southern Zhou Dynasty, and the battle line was stretched so far, and it was difficult to supply in the rear.

In this battle, the Southern Zhou must win, if it loses, it will not be able to face the ancestors of the ground, and the entire Southern Zhou will be in danger of losing the country.

In this battle, only victory is allowed, not defeat.

Thinking of this, Emperor Heren came back to his senses, looked at the city wall, and said, "Yu Aiqing, didn't you say last time that the power of the Chu army's artillery has increased, and even the city wall can blast out a big hole, do you have the means to deal with it?"

Commander Yu nodded: "Emperor Taishang, rest assured, the minister has already let the city wall be strengthened below..."

As he spoke, Commander Yu pointed to the stone bunker outside the city and said, "Although that firearm is hugely powerful, its range is much lower than that of the bed crossbow, so we just need to prevent the Chu army's artillery from advancing to the range that can bombard Longling City.

These cultivated stone bunkers are about five feet thick, and the artillery can't penetrate them at all, and there are gaps in the bunkers shot by bed crossbows, so that the firearms of the Chu army can't hit us, but we can hit them.

Not only that, but tunnels have been dug under these bunkers, so if the defenders in the bunkers suffer casualties, the defenders in our city can immediately enter the bunkers through the tunnels to rescue and replenish."

With such thorough preparations, Emperor Heren nodded slightly, feeling a little at ease, and then moved his gaze to Situ Gui Lin and Cang Songzi not far away, arched his hand to them, and pleaded: "If Chen Mo and the others forcibly break the city with their martial arts, it will be troublesome for the two of them to help."

Cang Songzi nodded slightly, his two students died at the hands of Chen Mo, and he was forced to withdraw from the Chu State by the Yin and Yang family, he couldn't swallow this breath, so he would naturally help him.

Situ Ghost Lonely put on the ghost mask again, held the white bone scepter and pestled it on the ground, and said, "When the time comes, Your Majesty will not let go of the old man."

"Don't worry, we will definitely work together to capture Chen Mo then."

"Newspaper

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As soon as Emperor Heren finished speaking, he heard a sudden sound coming, and then a general hurriedly came to the front of several people, knelt down on one knee and arched his hand: "Report, Emperor Taishang, commander, the spies in front have come to report, the Chu army has sent out the whole army and is heading towards Longling City."

Outside Bridgewater.

Nearly 400,000 troops marched mightily across the plains.

In the rear of the army, mules and horses followed with grain and grass and baggage.

The sand and dust raised by the foot soldiers marched like smoke and waves, obscuring the sky and the sun.

...

Twilight.

"Tiger!"

"Tiger!"

"Tiger!"

A few miles away, the earth-shattering shouts reached the ears of the Southern Zhou army in the city and in the bunkers.

Hundreds of thousands of people marched on the plain, and it was impossible to hide the eyes of the scouts, and when the Southern Zhou army received a report from the spies, they had already begun to prepare for battle, their swords were unsheathed, their crossbows were wound, and they were waiting for them behind the impregnable defensive line.

Soon, under the sunset, at the end of the skyline, a white horse appeared.

On the white horse, Chen Mo was dressed in a python robe, with a dragon slaying knife at his waist, and a big banner with the word "Chen" next to him, hunting and hunting in the autumn wind.

Then, there was no edge of the human wall visible to the left and right, holding spears and spears to show his figure, stepping on neat and heavy steps, approaching the southern perimeter defense line step by step.

Nearly 400,000 people spread out on the plain, like a sea of mountains and mountains, solemn military appearance, a few miles away, the Southern Zhou army behind the defense line pressed the forehead sweat, out of breath.

On Longling City, Yu Zhongcheng frowned, and spies kept reporting from the front to report the movements of the Chu army in detail.

"How can there be such a war, 400,000 people are pushed forward together, when the city wall is not built?"

"The spies have probed, and there is the Zhenxi army of the King of Zhenxi on the right flank."

The generals talked a lot.

Yu Zhongcheng raised his eyebrows and said, "The Chu army must want to repeat the old trick again, bombarding our fortifications with artillery, and don't let the Chu army advance."

"No."

Hundreds of thousands of troops spread out across the plain, and from a distance, they look like dense small black dots, giving people a feeling of dense phobia.

There were still three miles away from Longling City, so Chen Mo stopped his horse on the plain and raised his hand to raise the dragon slaying knife.

While the command flag was waving, the whole army quickly stopped in place and stood by.

Sanli is outside the range of the bow and crossbow, and the bed crossbow can barely reach it, but it is on the head.

The front army moved out of the way, and the heavy shield men stepped out from the rear.

can be a heavy shield soldier, everyone is a warrior of eight grades and above, and the heavy shield in their hands is about 100 catties, they are neatly aligned, and step by step towards Longling City.

Heavy footsteps fell to the ground, and a slight tremor could be seen.

"Drink."

A cry came out of their mouths.

"Whoosh!"

In the bunker in front of Longling City, more than a dozen crossbow arrows burst out and broke through the air.