Chapter 45: Three Cities in a Row
In the first year of Emperor Xin, Qingming.
The spring ploughing has passed, and Meng Wei, under the strong request of the nobles of the Dirt City, carried out a huge ancestor sacrifice.
It's just that this sacrifice did not use human animals, and because of the withering of the population of the Dirt City, Wu Zhu and the nobles did not require the use of human sacrifices.
I think that the benevolent ancestors would not blame them for such a trivial matter, but would be happy.
The level of Rong Zhu's divination is quite high, under Meng Weiming's swaying sword, Rong Zhu sang and danced to burn the tortoise shell, and then cheered loudly.
"Fu Liu, Fu Jiu, Zhenji! Jeong-chi!! ”
"Our army will win, a great victory, a great victory."
The whole army cheered thunderously, shouting victory, and the high fighting spirit made Meng Wei can't help but smack his tongue, feudal superstition, in the eyes of this group of people, unexpectedly useful, the quality of a hexagram, sometimes more than the commander's mobilization speech is effective.
Two thousand five hundred soldiers, five thousand soldiers, five thousand servants, the south wind is howling, and the northern expedition is being made!
Eighty light crossbows, a few arrows, spears, shields, swords, and swords were enough to arm most of the army.
This was all the new power that Meng Wei had gained in Dirt City.
braved the heavy snow to raid, and after breaking the city, he took over the military defense of the dirt city, and built the dirt city into a bridgehead, so that the nobles in the city were at ease, and it was not enough to run after taking it.
However, are the troops of the Great Merchants so wild now? If you go deep alone, you will be fed by the enemy?
It's not that no one doubts the authenticity of Meng Weijunjue, Beihai is now allowed to enter or leave, and they don't dare to take the initiative to go to Chongcheng and Chaoge to ask, is there a general Meng Wei in your army?
Seeing that the army and the people did not commit any crimes, they also helped the nobles and commoners to withstand the blizzard and cold of the winter moon.
The nobles and people in the city could only watch with complicated faces as Meng Wei took the last living force of the city and went to the Northern Expedition.
Pray for the victory of the army, otherwise the weakened Dirt City will really disappear into the dust of history.
When he came, he was embarrassed, and when he went, he waved his flag, listened to the neat footsteps of the armored troops in front of the formation, and looked at this group of soldiers wearing armor without saying a word, in the eyes of the soldiers and servant troops in the rear military formation, the powerful military force was stronger than the deterrent brought by the alien beast group.
Beihai is also one of the richest territories in northern Xinjiang, and it was once an important source of troops to follow Chonghou to conquer the Quartet.
But these people have never seen such an elite and powerful army, and before the war started, the military appearance displayed made the major nobles of the Dirt City put away their thoughts.
The army scattered and went straight to the three city-states that connected the princely lands of the Dirt City, and the three cities of Bran, Pu, and Xu.
Rather than three cities, it was more like three settlements and towns, with no tall walls and not too many populous legions, and the lords of these three small cities were just ordinary Bangbo.
A little stronger, but it can make up a thousand armor soldiers, and the weak city is even more scarce, and the whole city has no more than 100 armor.
The current Beihai armor soldiers are dead, and most of the conscripts have also gone to Beihai, and those who remain are basically soldiers who stay behind to protect their city-states.
Meng Wei's army divided its troops into three attacks, and finally concentrated on the division.
Breaking three city-states is equivalent to being between the southwest of Beihai and Taicheng, and there is no blockage.
Facing directly behind, it will be the side gate of the Beihai suburbs leading to the inner Beihai, Qingyang Pass.
After breaking through the Qingyang Pass, the Great Plains will be unobstructed, and the sky will be high and the birds will fly, and the sea will be wide and the fish will jump.
The army can be attacked in a real sense, retreat and escape, and have a sense of security and strategic capital.
In the early stage, it was only necessary to stagger the surroundings of Beihai City, pick up the family wealth of more than 30 princes in the Guan, and accumulate a lot, and finally gather the army to give Yuan Futong a big surprise.
If you can't kill Yuan Futong, you can also give a wave of ruthlessness to the Beihai rebel coalition, so your strategic significance this time will be completed.
As for the future, whether it can withstand the counterattack of the rebels and demons, we will talk about it then.
I am very greedy for life and afraid of death, but I am afraid of it, and I don't know when it started, my mouth is still retreating, but my body has been living towards death.
Hey, it's all Yuan Futong's fault, if there's anything wrong, just blame him, who let him not guard his territory, and turn the gun to the demon beast to do rape.
But it was said that at this time, the left road Bran City was already shouting and killing, and Bian Ji's ghost path was not as effective as before in this kind of battle scene, but it was not completely useless.
Only the ghost showed his body, dangling in front of the defenders of the city, killing and not killing, catching and not catching, all kinds of tragic death of the ghost appearance, frightened the soldiers on the city to scream.
With each claw, he can visibly grasp a gray-white transparent human soul, which is really a bit terrifying for the soldiers, and they are all avoiding these fierce ghosts.
Seeing this, the armor soldiers and soldiers who climbed the ladder under the city also accelerated the speed of climbing to buy time for the siege.
The city on the right side is even more vulnerable, and Zhao Bing seems to have improved a lot of blood power recently, and has been complaining that his two copper hammers are getting lighter and lighter, and they are a little uncomfortable.
The angry Meng Wei rolled his eyes, your copper hammer melted and exchanged for money, enough to buy two slaves, you still pick and choose, your own axe and spear are not willing to change, and you have been tinkering, and you will use it.
Meng Wei misses his clumsy eldest brother a little, and he doesn't know how the eldest brother is doing, whether he is resting well, and whether he thinks about himself.
If you really miss your little brother, how about going back and helping to fight three pairs of iron weapons.
Zhao Bing rushed in with two sledgehammers, and the fragile wooden earthen wall, when the two hammers went down, a gap was smashed, and the two hundred soldiers under his command immediately rushed in to control the people and nobles in the "town" and maintain order.
Meng Wei is a little tricky here, but it's not far behind.
Meng Wei, who first ascended to the city wall, opened his three heads and six arms, and the flames were everywhere in the incineration, just like a player who opened the blood lock in the cavalry, regardless of the danger, he fought alone against the armored soldiers, resisted the opponent's phalanx, opened the city gate for the cavalry, and attacked the armored formation.
This scene stimulated the newly subdued troops of their own side to scream, shouting that the general was mighty, and sacrificed their lives to storm the enemy phalanx lined up in the city gate.
The defenders of Licheng were really afraid of being in a hurry.
What kind of monster is this? Three heads, six hands, a sword pierced into his body, but he could only break through an inch of skin, the majestic qi and blood and strong muscles resisted the short sword, but instead pushed the guard on the opposite side back dozens of steps, and then kicked it open, and the axe fell and split in half.
Looking at the "Demon God" who was slowly moving forward, the soldiers of the city retreated in horror, not daring to look at the pair of scarlet bloody eyes.
It's very troublesome to have no double halberds, and it's a disadvantage to engage in close combat, and the two double knives that have been found temporarily have been cut down.
After glancing around, Meng Wei picked up the flagpole that fell to the ground without saying a word, and the hardwood with the thickness of the child's arm was broken by him with his wrist strength.
The left head took two short sticks and gestured a few times, it was okay, barely usable, and I would find a way to make two good knives in the future.
Meng Wei, who solved the weapon problem, finally waited for his siege array to be completed.
And just as Meng Wei was about to charge into battle with the armor soldiers, an old man with white hair and white beard walked out of the opposite military formation.
"Bo Bang of Licheng, Luo Liang, I have seen the general, since the general came to rescue Beihai, why did he attack my Licheng and kill my soldiers?"
The old man seemed polite, but instead reprimanded Meng for his immoral behavior without telling him.
The conquests between the princes must be informed in advance, and then they will fight a fair battle after sacrificing three animals together.
This general is so savage, he launched a surprise attack without greeting, who is the demon beast? It's even more barbarian than a barbarian.
"Are you worthy? The same human race, helping the beast to abuse, if you say that the other princes are coerced, that's it, you have been following Yuan Futong from beginning to end, there is no shortage of soldiers, and the soldiers are not endless. ”
"When dealing with people, you have to be reasonable, and when dealing with wild beasts, you have to reason with them? How are you different from demons? ”
Bomberoyan was speechless, vaguely glanced at the many ambushes in the side room, and immediately waved his hand: "Do it!" ”
Hundreds of sharp arrows attacked, Meng Wei looked at Bang Bo proudly, not afraid at all, the three weapons in his hand danced impenetrable, only a few sharp arrows shot at his body, and they were also stuck in his muscles by qi and blood.
"Is this your last move? Old stuff. ”
Bomber laughed: "Reckless, look at the arrow in you, this is a highly poisonous thing contaminated with the juice of the Soul Breaking Grass, wait for death, monster." ”
Meng Wei looked at the complacent Bang Bo with disdain, opened the blood sacrifice, and under the high temperature transpiration, he directly squeezed the toxins that entered the body into the wound, and the feather arrow fell to the ground with a burst of blood.
Without giving Bang Bo a chance to quibble, Meng Wei waved his hand, and the armorers immediately walked towards the phalanx with neat steps.
Now Boomer is really panicking, what kind of elite is this, with his own number, even if he kills Meng Wei, the invincible army behind him is really something we can match?
Just when the old man was doubting himself, Meng Wei had already charged, as fast as a cheetah, in the midst of swords, guns and swords, he grabbed the old man and threw him into his own position, and then drove Wushuang and mowed the grass.
The midday sun had already warmed up, the bran city and the city were broken, and the rest of the people were on their knees and begging.
The city is a step slower, mainly because this large city in Bangbo is no longer weaker than the Weijue city like Dirt City, and it took a lot of effort to clean it up, and it took a long time to block the four gates.
did not experience Yuan Futong's crusade, from the beginning followed Yuan Futong to avoid the most cruel human sacrifices, the population of Licheng is more than that of Dirt City, and it took Meng Wei a lot of time to see these people and not flee in the direction of Qingyang Pass.
After entering the city, the army quickly occupied the city lord's mansion, put Luo Liang and a group of Bangbo people in prison, and waited for the city to be absorbed and cleared, and then transported to the city for detention.
Killing them is refreshing, but it is also necessary to plan for the future, after all, he did not respect the military order, and came to Beihai with the team that originally planned to return to Yancheng.
No one sees their exploits, no one knows what they have done, and if they die in battle in the future, I am afraid that no one will remember their existence.
These groups of princes who took the initiative to follow Yuan Futong to rebel are the best evidence to prove that they have come.
"Wu Cheng, you will do it personally, there are more than 100,000 people here, there is no need to recruit one out of ten, choose brave people, people who are dissatisfied with Yuan Thief, and have a deep hatred for demon beasts, such talents are the combat power we need."
"You can do the specific affairs."
"No."
Although Wu Cheng is slippery, his ability to do things is very reliable, and now what Meng Wei needs is time, he must deal with the problem of the three cities before Qingyang Pass is discovered, and then gather troops to attack the city.
In this way, the connection between the inner North Sea and the outer North Sea can be severed.
If Qingyang Pass can't be taken, Yuan Futong can chase him in the wild suburbs, or be united by the princes of the Beihai Outer Sea to enter the mode of attrition, which is not a path conducive to his development.
Not to mention, in the center of the wilderness of the North Sea, there is also a powerful beast that swallows flames - Bi Fang.
In other words, I have cleaned up a lot of carapaces and ring dogs along the way, and these strange beasts really don't care? Or do they simply not care?
Instructed to complete the collection of grain, Meng Wei went to the mansion of the Luo clan of the Yu clan.
The 500 armor soldiers left behind in the city, 2,000 sets of armor and weapons, this is the most valuable wealth in the city, even if they can't absorb these people, they can also arm the 2,500 soldiers to become half-armor soldiers.
After rummaging around, there was no tiger talisman in the mansion, Meng Wei was a little distressed, and simply called the herald to greet him.
"Let Xin Ping go to the prison for a good interrogation, where is this dog thief and tiger talisman hidden, dig deeper, and dig out their warehouses and the places where the treasures are hidden."
"Do this well, general, I will reward the three armies to the brothers, and organize a wave of merchants for the brothers to escort and transport back to Chongcheng."