In a post-cold world, winter always comes earlier than later.

On the second day after the Ningguo army arrived outside Jiangxia City, the unusually sudden wind and snow fell to the earth.

In just one night, the originally verdant earth was covered with a layer of snow white.

However, the first heavy snow of winter did not stop people's activities.

Driven by a strong will, the soldiers inside and outside the city still moved, and under the drive of the generals, they endured the cold of winter and walked out of the camp gate tremblingly.

The sound of golden drums sounded, and with the reprimands and the guidance of the banner, the Ning camp, which was already full of people outside the city, instantly became lively.

The soldiers crawled out of the tent and formed a procession under the leadership of the chief of the army. Immediately after that, several columns of soldiers converged into a team, and under the leadership of the team, they converged with each other and reorganized into pawns. In the end, the five pawns met and formed the most basic array, which was rehearsed on the battlefield.

Shen Qiu led a group of courtiers, stood on a high lookout car, and slowly drove out of the camp with the ability of countless war horses under his feet, leaning towards the center of the battlefield.

Ten feet high, the car is made of countless huge and stout trees and metal parts that are constructed from fine materials, and it is sturdy and magnificent.

Standing on the platform at the top of the car, condescending, you can almost look at the halfway up the mountain behind Jiangxia City.

From here, you can see the entire city as you look at the mountain castle.

Shen Qiu looked at the various towers and arrow towers piled up on the mountainside, the densely arranged catapult crossbow machines, the crooked road up the mountain, the dangerous mountain, and the city wall at the foot of the mountain, which was built by the mountain and was three feet high, and a breath of cold air couldn't help but gasp.

Although he rarely fights outside the country and has little experience in commanding troops, he is also a great general of the former Vietnamese, and he has a lot of knowledge about military battle formations.

At this time, just looking at Jiangxia City in front of him, looking at the various defense facilities in the city, there is no need to attack at all, and he can see at a glance that this is definitely a rare fortified city in the world.

It would be very difficult to break the city by ordinary means.

Even if it can be defeated, the final casualties will be an unimaginable number.

After estimating the possible losses of attacking this city, Shen Qiu couldn't help but pat the eaves on his side, and secretly hated: "Such a strong city, such a place of victory, is actually based on Chu thieves, not controlled by Wang Shi. Xiao Yue's clan, if it is my Jinling sinner. ”

It's no wonder that Shen Qiu hates it so much, and he can't even help but blame the royal family of the former dynasty who have already conceded Zen.

It's really a mess left by Qianyue, too big, and too incompetent.

Since their Linhai family crossed to the south, they have overcome obstacles for thousands of years, led the three emperors, and continuously conquered one barbarian clan after another.

In the process of this conquest, he has also experienced countless hardships, many disasters, and even faced more than one disaster of annihilation.

But no matter how many difficulties and dangers they encountered, the Linhai family made concerted efforts to overcome the past and soon ushered in new development.

And the successive dynastic changes, even if there were many twists and turns, in the end still maintained the alternation of power within the six surnames and seven clans. The territory originally laid down can also ensure that it is generally complete, and there will be no loss of territory.

But in the last years of the former Vietnam, all the original conventions were broken.

First of all, the three kingdoms of Changsha, Nanhai and Ninghai were established, and then the two kingdoms of Xichuan and Hanzhong appeared, and finally these vassal states successively broke away from the tributary system of the Jinling Dynasty, and Ningguo completely lost the land west of the Great River and south of Wuling.

The loss of these lands almost means that thousands of years later, after four generations of dynasties, all of them have been lost.

These Linhai families, the Jinling Dynasty, lost half of their interests at once.

With such a big loss and setback, how can Shen Qiu and the family behind Shen Qiu be secretly hated.

It is this kind of resentment that even the Xiao family, which has abdicated in recent years and has been transformed into one of the seven clans, is not very well received and is rejected and disgusted by all clans.

If it weren't for the fact that there were Xiao female marriages between each family, they would have also married many women into the Xiao family, and they were all relatives of each other, and the relationship was so close that they couldn't be separated at all.

Otherwise, the various families and clans who have suffered such a great loss will probably unite a long time ago and destroy the Xiao clan to vent their hatred.

Fortunately, the Xiao family also noticed this, knowing that he was not welcomed, and in recent years, he has been extremely low-key, and the children of the family have chosen to close their doors and become transparent people.

Out of sight, out of mind, not too many people go to trouble them.

But at this time, looking at Jiangxia City, looking at the fortress that was extremely strong and almost impossible to capture, Shen Qiu remembered the culprit who lost this city, and he couldn't help but scold.

It can be seen that the heart is angry.

Next to Shen Qiu, there was a heroic general who followed by the side, and when he heard Shen Qiu's secret scolding, his brows jumped.

This heroic general, who accepted the funding of Shenqiu four years ago, successfully broke through the innate and inherited his grandfather's name as the new Wu'an Hou Bai Yi'an.

Since breaking through the innate nature, Bai Yi'an, who inherited the way of the ancestors, quickly stood out from the innate martial arts by virtue of his innate martial arts that could fuse military energy, and became the top three masters of the Ning Kingdom under the Shen Qiu.

And because his innate martial arts are very good at commanding troops, so on this expedition, Shen Qiu brought Bai Yi'an with him, as the deputy commander of the main army, to assist him in commanding the 400,000 soldiers and horses.

At this time, after the arrival of the army, Shen Qiu was ready to lead the army out of the camp and attack Jiangxia City to test the depth of the Chu army.

However, now that the army has not yet been launched, Shen Qiu seems to be emotional, which suddenly makes Bai Yi'an feel bad.

He knew that His Majesty was jealous of Jiangxia City in his heart, so he moved his anger to the Xiao family, but now was not the time to engage in internal strife and purge, and he couldn't do this.

For the dissatisfaction of the Xiao family, the entire Linhai six surnames and seven clans are almost common.

Even within the Xiao family itself, there are many complaints against Emperor Hongdao and Emperor Longqing, thinking that it was the father and son who tossed the good Xiao dynasty to its demise, and caused the family to fall into the current situation.

But no matter how much these grievances are, all the guilt of the Xiao clan has disappeared with their abdication and ceased to exist.

The rules of the game of the Linhai family are that the royal family of the previous dynasty abdicates, and then the new family representative inherits, and from then on, the dynasty is rectified, the mountains and rivers are cleaned up, and a new prosperous dynasty is opened.

The royal family of the former dynasty that abdicated was transferred to a new family, and the successor royal family could not be liquidated with all the past past.

Otherwise, you liquidate me, I liquidate you, the six surnames and seven clans kill each other, and under this bloody game, everyone would have been wiped out a long time ago.

How can we still marry each other, advance and retreat together, and enjoy thousands of years of wealth together like now?

Therefore, no matter how dissatisfied he was with Xiao, the other party abided by the rules of the game and chose to abdicate.

Then as the successor, no matter how you can liquidate the other party.

Because it upsets the balance and breaks the rules.

And once the balance and rules are broken, no matter how small, it will eventually bring destruction as the rift expands.

Therefore, seeing that the emperor seemed to have the idea of liquidating the Xiao family, the heroic general hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the army has been arrayed, and the equipment and crossbows have been completed, and it is ready to launch a tentative attack." ”

As soon as these words came out, Shen Qiu's attention was really pulled back from Xiao's fault.

He looked down.

I saw that on the white wilderness, groups of soldiers had been arranged neatly, and they were orderly distributed in an area of several miles in the vicinity according to the direction of the troops, battalion numbers, and flags.

The 50,000 soldiers and horses who were deployed this time to test the attack on Jiangxia City have all been assembled.

Tens of thousands of troops stood on the field, their armor was bright, their banners were hunting, their swords and guns were like light, and they were cold.

The crowd gathered together, turning the originally white earth into a yellow sea.

Yes, like the State of Chu, the military robes of the State of Ning are also yellow.

At the beginning of the founding of Changsha, Lu Yuan used the Taiping Taoist book he practiced by himself, as well as his own birth date, and pretended to be in the name of Huangtian Daoist, and set up a system of serving the land as virtue.

The system was set, and since then, all kinds of dresses, ceremonies, military robes and other costumes in the Chu State have been dominated by advocating yellow.

Therefore, the military robe of the Chu army is naturally yellow.

The Ningguo Imperial Court in Jiangdong, as a new dynasty that accepted the Yue Zen concession and inherited the orderly inheritance, naturally inherited the mantle of the previous dynasty, and it was impossible to adopt the doctrine of the Five Elements Xiangke like the dynasty that adopted the violent revolution.

Therefore, the original normal water overcomes fire, and the new dynasty takes water as its virtue, and it is impossible for it to appear in Ningguo.

Ningguo adopted the practice of the rotation of the Linhai family dynasty in the past, and adopted the theory of the five elements to give birth to the earth, established the dynastic system, and created a new dynasty.

Therefore, the Ning State and the Chu State are actually the same, they both think that they have Tude and adopt yellow clothes.

From this point of view, Ning and Chu, the two overlords of Jiangnan, fought hard at this time, and each wanted to defeat each other and dominate Yangzhou.

In a sense, the two sides are fighting for Yangzhou on the surface, but in fact, they are not fighting for the orthodoxy of Tude.

In this battle, the one who won in the end naturally unified Yangzhou and Tude, proving that he was orthodox.

The world had a wonderful end in this moment.

But above these, Shen Qiu didn't have time to think about it at all.

At this time, he looked at his carefully trained and mighty army, and his original jealousy of Jiangxia couldn't help but reduce a lot, and he had a sense of pride.

The more unbearable the former is, he has lost half of the inheritance of his ancestors, and he can be described as a sinner.

And now that he is leading his army to the east, he is about to defeat the great enemy Chu State, reorganize the old mountains and rivers, and take back the inheritance of his ancestors.

Even after the defeat of the Chu State, it was able to take advantage of the situation to receive the foundation that the ancestors of Xiangyang, Hanzhong, and Qianzhong had not been able to open up, and pushed the hegemony of the Ning State to a new peak.

Perhaps in the end, the great cause of sweeping away Lingnan and Southwest and unifying Yangzhou will also be completed in their own hands.

At that time, with these achievements, he will also become the most outstanding one among the emperors of the more than ten dynasties in Jinling since crossing the river.

With this achievement, even if he finally has to lead Ning Guo because of Shouyuan, he may not have time to continue to lead Ning Guo and survive in this Kyushu catastrophe.

But under the Nine Springs, it is enough to meet the first emperors of the previous dynasties.

And to accomplish all this, we must first defeat the great enemy of Chu, so that the hegemony of Yangzhou division can be completely unified. ’

Shen Qiu whispered in his heart, igniting a strong fighting spirit.

Then he looked at Jiang Xiacheng in the distance, and at this time, in his eyes, he didn't seem to have felt that the gang was solid.

In front of himself, who has inherited the legacy of the emperors of more than a dozen dynasties, how can a mere Chu State and a mere Lu Yuan be worthy of thousands of years of accumulation and heritage.

It's just a guy who took advantage of the opportunity to get up.

These clowns who jumped off the beam beat him back to his original form today and fell into the dust.

In front of his hundreds of thousands of troops, even the so-called emerging hegemons, even the so-called famous generals in the world, are like mustards and vulnerable.

Now, let's take this Jiangxia City first and surprise the King of Chu.

This thought flashed through his mind, and Shen Qiu suddenly ordered: "Pass the order of the front army and attack the city!" ”

As soon as the holy order was given, the army that was already ready to go under the car suddenly moved like a tide.

First, catapults, wells, and ballistas were pushed up from the rear of the army and moved to the front of the army.

Then after the adjustment of the soldiers, soon these engineering equipment had been adjusted, and with an order, countless burning stones, oil cans, and long-haired crossbow arrows that broke through the air, with billowing smoke, like clouds and raindrops, instantly enveloped a city wall.

The boulder fell on the top of the city, crushing the soldiers standing on it into pulp in an instant, and the broken stones after colliding with the bluestone city wall continued to blow the surrounding area into a piece of minced flesh with great force.

The fiery oil tank exploded in mid-air due to the high temperature, and the shattered tiles turned into sharp blades, turning the soldiers below into honeycombs.

The burning flames did not stop, scattered over the city, and lit the crying soldiers into torches.

The whistling long-haired crossbow arrows cut off the soldiers one by one, and finally with the remaining strength, they strung people into gourds and nailed them to the wall.

In just an instant, with the first round of projection, the head of Jiangxia City was reduced to a terrible hell.

And taking advantage of this covering attack to disrupt the position of the city, the wells and ladders in the rear were also pushed by the Ning soldiers, and slowly approached the city.

The crossbowmen stood on wells at the same level as the city walls, or even higher, and poured arrows down on the city.

The ladder leaned against the city wall, and countless soldiers below climbed the staircase, protected by the outer planks, towards the chaotic city.

It was only a preliminary attack, and the Ning people showed that terrifying firepower and skill.

This scene made Lu Yuan, who saw this scene on the observation deck halfway up the mountainside, couldn't help frowning: "There are still too many recruits, and many of them are not well trained, even if they are called soldiers, in fact, they are not as good as the county soldiers, and they are better than the people." ”

He looked at the performance of the Chu soldiers in the city and shook his head dissatisfied.

In recent years, the Chu army has expanded one after another, and in less than a year, it has doubled the size of its troops and recruited 250,000 new soldiers.

With so many recruits, even if the army is trained according to the standards of soldiers, in a short period of time, how can it be possible to train a recruit with no foundation to you as a real soldier.

Just like the panicked and hurried Chu soldiers in front of him.

These soldiers of the Chu Army were all recruits recruited in November and December last year, and their basic training time was less than a year, let alone battlefield experience.

Those local and county soldiers who have been on the battlefield or have eliminated bandits internally, killed people, and seen blood are stronger than these recruits.

At the very least, those prefecture and county soldiers will not be panicked by this round of blows from Ning Guo and collapse.

And the soldiers who are still new recruits obviously can't do this.

"The foundation of the soldiers is still good, but they lack experience. They have been training for almost a year, and they have become proficient in all kinds of battle orders and killing skills.

The only thing that is bad is that the battlefield is fighting. ”

Next to Lu Yuan, this was transferred over, and Chu Wei, who participated in the battle together, also saw the performance of the soldiers below.

However, he was not too dissatisfied with this, but was quite optimistic: "Now take the opportunity to defend the city, let the soldiers and the Ning people have a fight." As long as you practice a few times, your hands are stained with blood, and you are used to seeing life and death, you will soon be able to transform from the flames of war and become a qualified elite soldier. ”

has been in the army for more than 20 years, and Chu Wei is also a veteran of the battlefield.

In the eyes of a veteran like him, the death and wounds of soldiers are always just a number, as long as the goal can be achieved and the war can be won, no matter how many people die is worth it.

And for now.

With Jiangxia Jiancheng, even if the soldiers in the city are inexperienced, relying on the support of the city, it is easy to defend the city.

Even taking advantage of this opportunity to defend the city, it is an extremely cost-effective thing to use this kind of war with sufficient intensity, but the casualties can be controlled within a certain range, and temper the soldiers who were originally just recruits.

If you can take the opportunity to train an elite army, even if tens of thousands of people die, half of the soldiers in the city will die, it is actually worth it.

A veteran who has come out of the war, even if the number is only half, is far higher in value and role than the original 100,000 recruits.

However, this price is a bit unsatisfactory for Lu Yuan, who needs the population and soldiers to provide luck.

Of course, Lu Yuan also knew that as long as there was war, the truth of the dead was indispensable.

But it would be better to have fewer deaths than more deaths.

Therefore, after watching it for a while, I saw that those recruits were under the attack of the Ning people, and after letting people climb to the top of the city, they finally couldn't bear it anymore, and also ordered: "All the departments of the machine and the car, the target is most of the Ning army close to the city, smash it for me, shoot it hard!" ”

The voice fell.

Behind them, the countless soldiers who operated the crossbow machines and catapults finally poured countless stone cannonballs on the Ningren soldiers who were already approaching the city wall, as well as the various siege equipment of the Ningren who were within the firing range.

After the Chu people endured the terrible attack, it was soon the turn of the Ning people to enjoy it.

You come and go, blood and fire, wailing and pain, death and madness, turning this wall into a terrible purgatory.