Chapter 18: Meteorites from the Sky

The sky is full of fire, reflecting the red sky. Countless birds rushed out of the woods, and only the wild beasts in the mountains and forests were heard howling.

Feng Qingluan looked at the flames, and infinite guilt swelled in his heart, he couldn't imagine that the human conquest would impose these sins on the heads of birds and beasts.

Suddenly, dark clouds rolled in the sky, followed by rolling thunder.

Feng Qingluan understood that this was a crime from heaven.

Thunderbolts and torrential rain. Du Kangqiao said with disappointment: "It seems that Sun Chenggang's life should not be extinguished, heavy rain fell from the sky, extinguished the fire, and can no longer attack with fire!" ”

"Brother Du, this is the heavens monster that we don't care about the living beings, so we punish him slightly, if Sun Chenggang goes against the sky, the heavens will naturally punish him!"

Seeing the fire extinguished, Feng Qingluan felt at ease, and he comforted Du Kangqiao in a low voice.

"Helper, if we can't capture Dusong Pass, Sun Chenggang will wait for work, and when the time comes, his thousands of troops and horses will attack Tianyang City, and the people will be a catastrophe!"

"Brother Du, don't worry, even if we can't capture Dusong Pass, retreat to Tianyang City, a trench Xunyang River, Sun Chenggang will be insurmountable!"

"Helper, what you said is right, now morale is low, beware of the defenders of Dusong Pass sneaking up on us!" Du Kangqiao admonished.

The heavy rain extinguished the fire, and the defenders of Dusong Pass cheered, seeing that they were about to die in the fire, and they could not imagine that the heavens would be beautiful.

Feng Qingluan looked at the dead branches and broken trees all over the mountain, and was at a loss for a while. Du Kangqiao said: "Helper, don't be worried, we are helping Wu Shixun now, the purpose is to strengthen our Spring and Autumn Society, Wu Shixun can't rebuild a big country in China, this burden falls on our shoulders, so you have to learn from actual combat experience, you must not be arrogant in victory, and not discouraged in defeat!" ”

Feng Qingluan listened to his words and nodded. In fact, this is also what it means to wake up, and find a way to let him learn more, so he received such an errand for the Spring and Autumn Festival in front of Wu Shixun.

Feng Qingluan thought for a moment and said: "Although the fire has been extinguished, the defenders of Dusong Pass have also become frightened birds, we will continue to attack them during the day, and we will find a way to stay until night!" ”

"That's a good idea!" Du Kangqiao said, and then ordered the sergeants to continue to curse, and they had to wait until night fell to find a way to take Dusong Pass.

The sergeants scolded for a day, but the defenders of Dusong Pass did not move. When night comes, the weather is clear, although the smoke is filled, but the bright moon is still bright.

"Helper, tonight we have to take Dusong Pass no matter what, I will personally lead the troops forward!" Du Kangqiao was righteous and awe-inspiring: "Remember, if you can't take the Dusong Pass, our Spring and Autumn Society will inevitably be greatly damaged, and Wu Shixun will not treat us well, you take the remaining brothers of the Spring and Autumn Festival to other places, and you will definitely carry forward our Spring and Autumn Society!" ”

For Du Kangqiao's entrustment, Feng Qingluan felt a sense of tragedy.

In the second half of the night, Du Kangqiao ordered to capture Dusong Pass. Du Kangqiao held the rattan card in his hand and rushed to the front.

Feng Qingluan watched them from afar, beating drums and cheering.

Not to be outdone, the defenders of Dusong Pass shot arrows indiscriminately.

Du Kangqiao rattan card in hand, blocking the arrows.

The moonlight was like silver, and Feng Qingluan could see it clearly.

Du Kangqiao was agile and shrewd to dodge the arrows.

Suddenly, there was a rumbling sound, and a large stone rolled down from the pass.

Seeing that the boulder had rolled in front of him, Du Kangqiao jumped up and dodged the boulder. But the sergeants who followed behind Du Kangqiao were not so lucky, some dodged the boulder, and some were smashed off the cliff by the boulder.

The boulders rolled in, and Du Kangqiao had to cling to the edge of the cliff. Feng Qingluan saw it clearly, and this would not be able to attack Dusong Pass at all.

He made people pay for it. Du Kangqiao retreated, covered in scars.

"Helper, a hard attack is not the best policy!"

In fact, without Du Kangqiao's explanation, Feng Qingluan can also see it clearly.

"Brother Du, since we can't take the Dusong Pass, let's retreat!" Feng Qingluan knew that it was extremely difficult for these Spring and Autumn Guild members to develop, and they couldn't lose anything here.

"Helper, I'll let you go somewhere else, after I'm gone, with me, we can't withdraw, if we can take Dusong Pass and capture Yangdu City, then our Spring and Autumn Festival will not be an ordinary existence in Tianyang City, and then we can continue to develop our strength and rebuild the great country of Chuxia!"

Feng Qingluan now knew Du Kangqiao's true thoughts, and he couldn't withdraw his troops casually.

He looked up at the moon, which had a few faint stars next to it.

There were no clouds, but all of a sudden, the moon was gone, and there were only stars in the sky.

"Strange thing, Brother Du, why is the moon gone?"

Feng Qingluan asked strangely.

Du Kangqiao was also strange because he had never seen such a celestial phenomenon.

Suddenly, a dazzling star streaked across the sky.

"Meteors, it's meteors!" Feng Qingluan exclaimed.

A huge meteor flew over.

The crowd exclaimed. I saw the meteor turn into countless fireballs and fall.

A huge fireball landed right on the city tower of Dusong Pass, and with a loud bang, half of the city tower collapsed.

Du Kangqiao was stunned for a moment, and then shouted: "Brothers, meteorite rain falls from the sky to help us capture Dusong Pass, rush!" He didn't have time to take the rattan card, so he directly drew his knife and rushed forward.

Feng Qingluan was overjoyed when she saw that Cang Tian was helping the Spring and Autumn Meeting, and she also rushed forward with the sergeants.

The defenders of Dusong Pass had been stunned by the meteorite, and the huge heat of the meteorite almost scorched them, and the living sergeants did not care about guarding the pass, and fled one after another.

The Spring and Autumn Period will take the Dusong Pass.

Du Kangqiao hurriedly sent someone to inform Wu Shixun that they had taken Dusong Pass, and asked Wu Shaoguang, the queen of the palace, to lead a large army to attack Yangdu City.

After conquering Dusong Pass, they stationed on Dusong Pass, waiting for Wu Shaoguang to lead the army to rush over.

Wu Shaoguang quickly knew that Dusong Pass had been taken by Feng Qingluan, and now the target was Yangdu City.

He urged the army to advance urgently, and took advantage of Sun Chenggang's frightened bird to take Yangdu City.

Soon the army arrived at Dusong Pass, and Wu Shaoguang sent his most powerful men to guard Dusong Pass, and he knew that if he could not capture the Yangdu City, this was the only way to retreat.

Because of winning Dusong Pass, Wu Shaoguang attaches more importance to Feng Qingluan, and the two are of the same age, so they naturally cherish each other.

The army continued to advance, and only a few dozen miles was reached, and it reached Yangdu City.

Feng Qingluan looked at Yangdu City. Sun Chenggang has been operating here for many years, and the city wall is much thicker than Tianyang City, and the moat is sparkling and bottomless.

Feng Qingluan saw that there were no siege ladders and stone throwers and other equipment in the team brought by Wu Shaoguang.

Wu Shaoguang ordered the soldiers to set up camp, and he also knew that the walls of Yangdu City were much taller than Tianyang City, and Sun Chenggang's actual combat experience was naturally not the same as that of the Xirong people.

Wu Shaoguang saluted first and then soldiers, and sent people to the city to persuade him to surrender. Sun Chenggang sent someone to bring the messenger into the city with a hanging basket, and he ordered the messenger to be cut off on the tower and thrown down.

When Wu Shaoguang saw Sun Chenggang toasting and not eating and drinking, he was immediately furious and ordered the soldiers to attack the city.

They did not have ladders or stone throwers, and still used the old method, sending soldiers with fire oil to swim across the moat and burn the city gates.

However, he didn't know that their method of capturing Tianyang City had long been known to the people of the world. Sun Chenggang has replaced the city gate with a fine steel plate, and he is not afraid of fire.

Wu Shaoguang's strategy was too naΓ―ve, not only did he not burn the city gate, but all the soldiers who swam across the moat were shot with strong bows by Sun Chenggang.

It is no longer possible to rebuild the ladder.

Feng Qingluan suddenly hated Wu Shixun very much, for so many years, he didn't even prepare siege equipment.

Du Kangqiao's idea for Wu Shaoguang was to build an earthen city by the moat outside Yangdu. After the earthen city was built, a long bamboo pole was used to tie the head of the Yangdu city, and the sergeants rowed over the bamboo pole.

Wu Shaoguang thinks the idea is good, but the amount of work is huge.

Someone came up with the idea that the houses of the people outside the city could be demolished and bricks and timber could be obtained to build an earthen city.

For a while, Wu Shaoguang didn't have a good idea, after all, he was also young, and it was the first time he had experienced such a vicious battle.

Wu Shixun also sent a letter asking him to quickly capture Yangdu City, otherwise, there would be vassal kings rebelling in the east and west, and Tianyang City would be particularly passive if it was attacked on its back.

Wu Shaoguang came to Feng Qingluan again to discuss. Feng Qingluan looked at him with a frown, and his heart was also extremely uncomfortable.

"Young marshal, I don't think it's better for you to join the gang of our Spring and Autumn Society, maybe they will have an idea!" Feng Qingluan persuaded.

Wu Shaoguang agreed and went to the barracks of the Spring and Autumn Meeting.

Du Kangqiao saw Wu Shaoguang and said to him: "Young marshal, our brothers in the Spring and Autumn Festival have come up with an idea!" ”

Wu Shaoguang heard him say this, and asked him to say it quickly.

"Young marshal, you let the sergeants build an earthen city outside the south gate of Yangdu to attract Sun Chenggang's attention, and our brothers from the Spring and Autumn Society will wait until a dark night to climb up from the eastern city wall, and then open the city gate and receive your army to rush in!"

After listening to Du Kangqiao's words, Wu Shaoguang did not object, and after thinking about it, this was the only feasible idea.

"Do you brothers in the Spring and Autumn Festival have wings and can fly to the tower of the Yang Capital City!" Wu Shaoguang asked with some suspicion.

"Don't worry, young marshal, among our gangs, there are many people who climb the city wall, when the Xirong people occupied Tianyang City, they were not allowed to go through the city gate, and our gang relied on climbing the city wall to go out and contact other gangs!"

"In that case, I will order the construction of the city!" Wu Shaoguang said.

Du Kangqiao agreed, and went to choose the people who could climb the city wall.

Wu Shaoguang built an earthen city outside the Yangdu City, and naturally Sun Chenggang in the Yangdu City saw it in his eyes.

He said to his subordinates: "You don't have to worry, Wu Shixun's men can't attack the Yang Capital!" ”

Du Kangqiao selected more than 200 Spring and Autumn Gangs, and asked the blacksmiths to build 200 flying catches to climb the city wall overnight.

Seeing their busy appearance, Feng Qingluan knew that it would be difficult to attack the city with this method.

He asked people to find the locals outside the Yangdu City, gave them money, and asked them to take him to inspect the terrain outside the Yangdu City.

Du Kangqiao knew that the responsibility for this siege was heavy, so he didn't consult with him, but just asked him to pay more attention and watch how they attacked the city.