Enemy?

Hearing this, I looked at the fire rising in the distance, and some of the screams and war drums that were faintly audible, although a little subtle.

Li Chuan and the Great Witch Priest looked at each other, and finally accepted this reality in their hearts.

But then came new questions.

"Who is the enemy? How many people are there? ”

As the commander of the army, Li Chuan asked this question in the first sentence.

"The people who came were wearing the costumes of those Dongyang people, and the banner was a Chu character, which may be a Chu person from the east. As for how many people ......"

The messenger who came to report was also a little more stable at this time, panicked, and told what he had seen, and then thought about it: "Because it was too sudden, General Xiong Wu didn't know it for the time being."

But when I looked at the Chu people all over the mountains, there were at least more than 10,000. And I don't know if this is the vanguard of those Chu people. ”

With a hint of hesitation, the messenger said with some uncertainty.

"Dongyang Chu people? The vanguard of 10,000 people? ”

When Li Chuan heard the news, the shock in his heart became bigger and bigger.

Even some fears are floating in my heart.

After a thousand years of peace, those Dongyang people finally couldn't bear it anymore at this time and began to attack their Chili people?

When I think of the Qiang, Man, Miao, Yue and other ethnic groups around me who have been gradually conquered by the Dongyang people, and when I think of the fate of these ethnic groups now, I shudder in my heart.

Don't blame him for that.

In fact, in the past thousands of years, since those Dongyang people under the banner of the Three Emperors and Miao descendants crossed the river to the south, there have been too many ethnic groups conquered and slaughtered by them in the entire Yangzhou territory.

Even they, the Southwest Yi people, although they have not had this kind of extermination war with the Dongyang people head-on.

But just looking at the one after another annihilated ethnic groups, watching the gradually expanding territory of the Dongyang people, as the Southwest Yi people, who are very likely to be the next target, how can there be no fear and jealousy in their hearts.

At this time, the things that have been fearing and jealous in my heart have finally played out in reality.

With this huge shock and fear, Li Chuan's eyes looked at the Great Witch Sacrifice.

I saw this messenger of God, but his face also had the same expression as his own. And after seeing that he was coming, the Great Witch Priest directly gritted his teeth and said: "The appearance of the Dongyang people here has broken the tacit understanding between us and them for thousands of years.

Those who came were not good, they came to seize our Chili people and our land.

This is a battle of races, a battle for survival. ”

After being shocked, this Divine Palace Witch Priest directly sealed this battle, and then immediately said: "General, although I don't know how many Chu people have come, since they dare to come, they are definitely fully prepared.

You immediately dispatch troops and horses, go to the rescue of Xiong Wu first, and stop those Chu people.

And the siege ...... here."

The Great Witch Priest looked at the warriors who were still fighting fiercely in the distance and were not affected by the fire in the rear, gritted his teeth and said, "Stop first, and wait until you figure out the details of those Chu people, and then make plans."

Now that there are outsiders present, this stone city can't be defeated. ”

Yes, it just can't be beaten.

Although he has no experience in leading troops into battle, as the great witch festival of the shrine, he still has a lot of vision and wisdom.

At this time, it is natural to be able to judge that there is a third enemy of unknown strength, peeking around. It is no longer possible for his side to attack Stone City wholeheartedly and without scruples as before.

Those valiant warriors can't be wasted on that bloody and brutal siege battle at this time.

Their lives and martial arts must be kept to resist, and they have begun to formally invade, and the Dongyang people are even more powerful.

Under the premise of this big goal, Stone City is already insignificant.

Although the Great Witch Festival is still unclear, whether the group of outsiders in the city is connected with the Dongyang people who suddenly attacked them outside the city, and whether the two sides are in a gang?

But at this time, it doesn't make much sense whether to take Stone City or not.

Even if you take it, what if you take it?

In the case of the invasion of the Dongyang people, it took valuable strength to build this fortified city, can you still expect to use this ruined city after the war to resist the invasion of the Dongyang people?

It's unrealistic.

So at this time, the Great Witch Festival made this arrangement.

And after listening to his words, Li Chuan, who understood that this was indeed the best way, immediately nodded and said, "I'll arrange it." ”

After the words fell, he turned his head to look at his right-hand man, and took out the tiger talisman from his arms: "Shi Hu, you immediately lead 30,000 soldiers and horses to rescue Xiong Wu." , he withdrew the people. At the same time, test the quality of those Chu people to see how many people there are and what kind of purpose they have. ”

A burly general next to him stood up and commanded, "Obey." ”

After saying that, the general took the tiger talisman and left in a hurry.

The camp that was set on fire by the Chu people in the distance was the easternmost flank of their army, with about 10,000 soldiers and horses stationed, led by a man named Xiong Wu.

If it is really according to the person who just came to report the news, there are 10,000 Chu people who sneak attacked, then at this time, it is really a question of how long Xiong Wu can support it when he is suddenly attacked and attacked by fire.

The most important thing is whether Xiong Wuxian can be rescued.

The most important thing is to block the momentum of those Chu people first, don't let them take advantage of this time to coerce, cover up and kill in one go, and break through the entire army.

Otherwise, the current 200,000 troops will really be defeated and thrown at the foot of this stone city.

It's just that if they do, they're really a joke.

And the Great Changhe Kingdom is also in danger.

Time is of the essence, and we must hurry up.

Seeing his subordinates receiving orders and leaving, Li Chuan said again: "Pass the order, Mingjin collect the troops, and withdraw the people who are attacking the city in front of me." ”

"Yes"

The relevant generals also immediately took the order.

……

After dealing with these urgent matters, Li Chuan turned his head to look at the Great Witch Sacrifice, at this time the shock in his heart had calmed down a lot, and he said with a solemn face: "The Dongyang people invaded, although I don't know how many people there are, but the momentum will definitely not be small.

Xiong Wu sent a message from there, and the enemy might be the Chu State in the east.

The Chu State, I have also heard in the past few years, is a newly rising power among the people of Dongyang.

It is rumored that they are the lord of the country, and they are faintly known as the first general in Jiangnan. And the state of Chu also has three counties and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses.

Such a figure will not easily withdraw from the army when he is eyeing us.

This time, our country may really face the threat of annihilating the country and the nation.

In order to protect my descendants of Chili, and in order to preserve the glory of the great gods, the Great Witch Festival, I must receive full assistance from the Shrine this time.

Only when we unite all the forces in the country will it be possible to repel the enemy, keep the country of Dachanghe, and preserve the faith of the great god of Chili. ”

This great general of the Great Chang and the country sincerely pleaded at this time.

Just as Li Xiong was able to find out that Lu Yuan intended to grow up with the country.

As the biggest threat near the Chili tribe, Li Chuan naturally has concerns about the affairs of himself, the biggest enemy of the Southwest Yi people, that is, the Dongyang people.

Although in the past two years, because of the rebellion started by Li Xiong, he had to put a lot of energy on the country and concentrate on quelling the rebellion.

But for foreign affairs, for the affairs of Dongyang people, Li Chuan has some understanding.

Therefore, it is also clear about the demise of the Yue Kingdom and the fact that the six countries of the Dongyang people are now standing side by side.

Originally, he was still quite happy, thinking that in this situation of competing for hegemony, the Dongyang people were busy with internal strife and should not be able to expand outward.

But just seemingly.

The weakening of the Dongyang people is weakened, but the desire for external expansion seems to have become stronger under this tremendous pressure.

How many years has the state of Chu been founded?

At this time, I didn't even want to compete with Ning Guo, who inherited the Yue Kingdom, for the position of the Son of Heaven.

Instead, he turned his attention to the Southwest Yi side and came to invade their Dacheng and the country.

That's true.

'Seeing my big growth and civil strife, I think it's a soft persimmon, so I want to take a bite and get some benefits? ’

Li Chuan thought like this in his heart, angry and powerless.

Because he knows.

Those Chu people really saw it, and now that the civil strife has not been calmed down, they have really become a soft persimmon.

Just take a bite and you'll reap a lot of benefits.

Looking at the distance in the distance, the raging fire, the Xiong Wu who may have been defeated, isn't this a lot of benefits?

Thinking like this, I can't help but feel even more sad in my heart.

The Great Witch Priest noticed Li Chuan's mood change, thinking about his request just now, and said with the same solemn expression: "No problem." Later, I will send an order back to the shrine, and all the witch sacrifices in it will come out to reinforce the frontline battlefield here. ”

Everything can become a witch sacrifice of the Divine Palace, and the strength and ability are not bad, and they basically have the strength of a second-rate master.

This time, in order to quell the rebellion of Li Xiong and other foreigners, the Great Witch Festival brought half of the three hundred witch festivals in the shrine. And these people played a great role in this series of wars.

Now in the face of the greater threat of the Chu State, the original idea of staying in the Divine Palace and continuing to serve the Great God of Guardians while retaining a little vitality has not come to pass.

The remaining half of the witch sacrifices can only be transferred to support the front line.

When Li Chuan heard this arrangement, he also hurriedly rejoiced: "With the help of these witch sacrifices, this battle will definitely be able to repel the Chu people and protect the land of our Chili people." ”

"The great god will bless his children."

The Great Witch Priest just nodded and didn't say anything more.

Seeing this, Li Chuan didn't say anything more, but waited quietly.

At the moment, they only found that the Chu people attacked, and they did not know the specific situation.

Before they knew how many enemies there were, and how determined the Chu State was, even if they wanted to make more arrangements, they didn't know how to deal with it.

So at this time, I can only wait for news from Shi Hu's side.

Time just flowed slowly.

On this watchtower, a group of ministers and high-level officials waited anxiously.

The soldiers on the front line, who were attacking the city with blood, also received orders at this time and retreated one by one.

Although it didn't take long to fight, the warriors who originally rushed up to full 10,000 were only about 8,000 when they retreated.

The corpses of more than a thousand people were thrown under the stone city.

And the city that looked crumbling still stood on this field.

On the contrary, it is far away.

Looking into the distance, the fire was still burning.

……

Camp after camp, fires ablaze.

The soldiers of the Great Commander and the country in the battalion ran in all directions driven by the flames.

And some knights in yellow armor were constantly rushing back and forth in the flames.

Chop down one frightened soldier after another and prick them down in the flames.

More in another place.

The spears were like a forest, tens of thousands of people had already lined up in formation, and the soldiers of Dachu were waiting for Dan, and with a long shout from the king at the front of the front, they slowly approached a more numerous Yiren army in the distance that was rushing towards their side.

Men and horses roared, and arrows rained down.

Under the scorching sun, with the dazzling figure like the scorching sun taking the lead in the battle, the imposing Yiren soldiers suddenly collapsed and dispersed like melting snow.

And the countless heroic yellow-armored soldiers in front of them are also led by the king's indomitable momentum, and they are desperately moving forward.

August of the fourth year of Shenwu.

At the foot of the Jialing Ridge outside the southeast of Shicheng, Lu Yuan, the king of Chu, led 10,000 soldiers to raid the army of Dachang and Guoda, who had been besieging the city for several months in the ridge.

In the first battle, he attacked seven large camps with fire and captured this ridge.

Then the array met to save the people, and the king of Chu took the lead and broke it in one fell swoop.

Under the Jialing Mountains, the Chu army won two battles and two victories, killing more than 20,000 prisoners.

Before arriving in Shicheng, Lu Yuan took the lead and won a brilliant victory.

On the Chili side, after receiving the news, they abandoned the eastern camp on the same day, retreated more than ten miles in a row, and withdrew their soldiers and horses to the main camp.

A few days later, during the confrontation, Da Chu's follow-up troops and horses arrived.

Soon, under the stone city, 60,000 Chu troops had gathered.

And in the past few days, news has come from the north and south.

Dachanghe, the Huichuan Kingdom in the north and the Nongdong Kingdom in the south were also invaded by the Chu people.

At this time, the soldiers and horses of these two countries were collected under the stone city, and they were powerless to resist at all. In just a few days, most of the territory was lost.

If there is no more support, it is only a matter of time before they are all lost.

In a short period of time, with the invasion of Chu, the Great Changhe Kingdom, which was about to quell the rebellion and had a good situation, instantly fell into a precarious situation.

A crisis of national annihilation has enveloped the country.

……

"What should I do?"

The solemn atmosphere, the pessimistic atmosphere, is full of the big account.

Li Chuan looked around, looked at people with different expressions, and asked this question.

However, in the face of his inquiry, in the face of his gaze, no one dared to answer, and no one dared to look at each other.

The big defeat a few days ago was really too bad. And the intermittent encounters in the past few days have all been more defeats and fewer wins, or even few wins.

Especially with the bad news on both sides of Huichuan and Nongdong, it made everyone's mood more and more depressed.

At this moment, no one has the courage to stand up.

Looking at the cowering subordinates, Li Chuan was angry and anxious in his heart.

But he also knew that it was no longer possible to count on them at this time.

So he could only turn his gaze to the Great Witch Priest, and said with a hint of expectation: "Great Witch Priest, what can you do?" ”

Hearing this, the Great Witch Priest, who has always been known for his wisdom, couldn't help but fall silent.

The corners of his mouth moved, as if he wanted to say something, but he seemed to have some scruples and was not easy to say.

Finally, he hesitated for a while, thinking of the current situation, he still gritted his teeth and said: "The Chu people are powerful, and the king of Chu is far more terrifying than the rumors, if you want to fight against the Chu State, it is no longer enough to rely on the strength of my Chili clan."

So you have to find allies.

I'll send a message to the shrines on the Panyou and Black Feather clans, and ask them to send someone to support this side.

The invasion of the Dongyang people, even if only a part of the Chu State came, this is also a major event related to the survival of all our Southwest Yi people.

In the face of this kind of big event, we Chili people can't only carry it, and the two tribes must also stand up together to help.

I'll find a way to find a way for the gods on both sides, and the royal families of Dali and Nanzhao want you to communicate here? ”

The Great Witch Festival looked at Li Chuan with a serious expression.

According to the rules of thousands of years, the faith is to the faith, and the worldly is to the world.

Their shrine is only responsible for sacrificial beliefs, and only ensures the continuation of the lineage.

But the rise and fall of the world, the rotation of dynasties, is up to them.

Therefore, in terms of the shrines of the two countries, the Great Witch Festival can find a way to contact them.

Although they belong to different ethnic groups and worship different gods, there is still a connection between the three major shrines of Southwest Yi.

Under the overall situation of the invasion of countless Dongyang people, it is not difficult to convince the other two gods to sacrifice the great witch.

After all, they, the clergy, don't have so many dirty and ugly desires in pure faith.

But on the secular side, the royal families of the two countries, who were dazzled by the fancy world, can take the overall situation into account so much, it is not certain.

If those two countries have preserved their strength, and even want to weaken the Great Changhe Kingdom through the hands of the Dongyang people, and then they take advantage of the weakness, it is not impossible.

After all, this invasion.

Although Li Chuan and the Great Witch Sacrifice are serious, it is the first active invasion of the Dongyang people in thousands of years, and it is a war to exterminate the Yi people in their southwest.

But no one can deny that there is only one Chu State that is now invading.

Even now, how much strength the Chu State has invested, the two of them have not yet fully figured it out.

I only know that there are 60,000 Chu troops in front of me, and there seem to be only 10,000 or 20,000 Chu troops on the north and south sides, adding up to only 100,000 at most.

Whether there will be other forces invested in the follow-up remains to be explored.

But one thing is certain.

That is, with the strength of only one Chu State, and only the current 100,000 Chu troops, it is absolutely impossible to annex the entire Southwest Yi.

Even whether or not the Great Chang and the Kingdom can be destroyed is a matter of doubt.

With this foundation and this understanding, it is not so easy to let the two countries send troops and people to help Dachang and the country fight the Chu people together.

Your Dachanghe country is in danger of extinction, but what is the matter with my Nanzhao and Dali?

Why do you want me to contribute people and spend countless money and food to help you fight such a battle?

Is it just our common identity as a Southwest Yi people?

We are not the same ancestors and believe in the same god, so why should I help you do this?

Even if it is the same ancestor and the same faith, but everyone is a living person, we can't live entirely by faith, right?

To live is to eat, to consider gains and losses, and to be considerate.

If they really all point to the great god and point to faith, then everyone will not be able to live for a long time, and they will all starve to death.

Don't underestimate the vigilance of the Southwest Yi people against the Dongyang people, but don't overestimate their vigilance against the Dongyang people.

In the absence of pain, it is really unrealistic to expect the other two countries to selflessly help the Great Cho and the country.

But if it weren't for the help of these two countries, Dachang Heguo would really be able to fight against Chu alone, and he really wouldn't have much confidence after fighting at home for all these years.

Facing the expectant gaze of the Great Witch Festival, thinking about all kinds of gains and losses, even if Li Chuan knew that this matter was difficult to handle, he could only bite the bullet and say: "Don't worry, the Great Witch Festival, I will send a message to the king later, and ask him to send envoys to Nanzhao and Dali for help." I believe that these two countries will not ignore the situation in the eyes of the overall situation. ”

It's just that although he said this, Li Chuan was not very optimistic in his heart.

Although they are both from the Southwest Yi, they are just like the Chu and Ning countries, which are both Dongyang people.

There is no lack of hatred and war between them, the three kingdoms. Other interest disputes and the like are even more unknown.

Now, relying on the name of an invasion by the Dongyang people, can the other two countries give up these many contradictions and come to their aid?

I'm afraid that they don't take the opportunity to stab themselves in the back, and just take advantage of the fire to rob.

But now it has come.

Even though he knew that this matter was very difficult, for the sake of the Great Chang and the country, and for the sake of their Chili clan, no matter how difficult it was, they had to do it.

I hope there will be less blood this time. ’

Li Chuan sighed in his heart.

He didn't expect Nanzhao and Dali to really help selflessly.

The blood that should be given by the Great Changhe Country, the land that should be ceded, and the benefits that should be ceded will definitely not be small.

After this war, it is foreseeable that their Dachanghe country and their Chili tribe should fall into weakness for a long time.

Alas.

The world is difficult, God, why don't you bless your descendants?