Chapter Twenty-Five: What Do You Call War?
In an instant, Lu Xuan seemed to be in a tragic battlefield, as if thousands of troops and horses were coming, and the veteran general at the head of the group waved a knife at him.
This kind of meaning, Lu Xuan has seen it for the first time.
The red flame golden knife was unsheathed, and in an instant, thousands of horses were in unison, leaving only the veteran swinging the knife at him still stubbornly slashing down.
"Wow~"
The illusion disappeared, two knives slashed together, and a crack ran across the entire Sanyang County.
"The old general's intention is very special." Lu Xuan looked at Yin Zheng.
"You're not bad either." Yin Zheng put away the knife and looked at Lu Xuan with a somewhat complicated gaze: "The young man really has some skills. ”
"Old general, I have already made a bet, you and I will not make a move, and there will be no other five-grade shot, it depends on the level of you and me leading the troops, how about it?" Lu Xuan asked with a smile.
Yin Zheng looked at Lu Xuan for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay, it seems that the young man is quite confident in his own use of soldiers, and the old man will compete with you." ”
"Boom~"
In the sky, there was a thunderclap, and the oath of the two was confirmed by the Heavenly Dao, once this oath was violated, it would not only be bad luck for themselves, but even for their children and grandchildren.
"I am a person who respects the elderly, and this Sanyang County will let the old general guard it, and I will break the city tomorrow." Lu Xuan said with a smile.
"Are young people confident?" Yin Zheng squinted at Lu Xuan: "Although your use of soldiers is strange, but the odds are compatible, it is the way to use soldiers, don't be too conceited." ”
"Would the old general like to add some color?" Lu Xuan looked back at Yin Zheng: "If I can break the city tomorrow, the old general joins my Guiyi Sect, and he is still fighting for the country, I won't let the old general be the enemy of Daqian, how about it?" ”
"The young man wants to provoke the old man?" Yin Zheng knew that the other party was provoking him, but he still couldn't help but get angry, just like Lu Xuan said, although he never recognized the identity of the god of war, but he has fought for decades in his life, and he has indeed never been defeated, although Lu Xuan's use of troops is good, and the overall situation is very strong, but he dares to say this kind of thing in front of him, if it is not for the fact that the gambling contract has been established, Yin Zheng really wants to slap this boy who does not know the height of the sky to death.
"The reason why this radical general method is useful is not because of how clever it is, but because there are always people who feel that they have won, old general, if I can't break the city tomorrow, then I will obey the old general's orders from now on." Lu Xuan looked at Yin Zheng seriously.
"Boom~"
It's the way of heaven again!
"Good!" Yin Zheng looked at Lu Xuan and nodded: "After tomorrow, the old man will personally teach you the art of war!" ”
"It's okay to teach the art of war, but it's in Guiyi, I'll ask the old general for advice!" After Lu Xuan finished speaking, his figure flashed and disappeared in front of Yin Zheng.
Yin Zheng looked at the direction where Lu Xuan disappeared, snorted coldly, got up and returned to the army.
"General, how is it in the city?" In the army, several ranger generals hurriedly stepped forward to ask.
"I met that Lu Xuan and made a bet with him!" Yin Zheng snorted coldly and said about the gambling fight.
A ranger general sneered: "Today's young man, who doesn't know the thickness of the high ground, thinks that after a few victories, he can compete with the general, but I want to see how he can break the city in one day." ”
"Don't be careless in the generals, the old man and Lu Xuan will not make a move in this battle, purely compete with the soldiers, although this son is young, but the soldiers are eclectic, treacherous and changeable, you must not be careless to underestimate the enemy, quickly occupy important places after entering the city, and investigate any possible threats in the city." Yin Zheng said in a deep voice.
"The general must think too highly of this person, it is already more difficult to attack the city than to defend the city, not to mention that the troops are similar." Another ranger laughed.
"Underestimating the enemy is a taboo in the use of soldiers, and the old man is like this on weekdays?" Yin Zheng's eyes were cold, and he looked at the generals.
"Yes, the general forgives the sins!" The generals' hearts sank, and they hurriedly bowed and said.
Yin Zheng has been on the border for many years, whether in Daqian or Dakang, he is known for his prestige, at this moment he is so serious, not angry and arrogant, the generals hurriedly put away their laughter.
Under the command of Yin Zheng, the army did not enter the city immediately, and after first checking the surrounding areas of Sanyang County in a carpet manner, and occupying several favorable terrain, they began to enter the city in batches.
In order to win this battle, Yin Zheng personally led people to study the terrain of Sanyang, Yin Zheng was even more together with the generals, Yin Zheng stood in Lu Xuan's position, and the others were responsible for defending the city, so as to find the disadvantages of defending the city, find flaws, find a point, and immediately make up for it, so that day and night, the entire Sanyang County guard can be called a drop of water, and eight thousand soldiers were assigned to the extreme by Yin Zheng, ensuring that once the war starts, every soldier can play his due value.
And Lu Xuan really didn't play any tricks, Yin Zheng searched the whole city, and didn't find anything suspicious.
"It seems that this Lu Xuan really wants to compete with the old man in a dignified manner!" Although Yin Zheng was a little annoyed by Lu Xuan's contempt for him, he also appreciated his confidence a little more.
"It's just a matter of self-control." The generals prepared overnight, and the current Sanyang County, let alone 8,000, even if the Guiyi Sect sent 80,000 soldiers and horses, it would be impossible to capture it in one day.
Yin Zheng didn't think that Lu Xuan had the ability to break the city now, and said with a smile: "It's a good thing for young people to have self-confidence, but they also have to recognize themselves, and after this battle is over, the old man will personally beat him for this problem." ”
"General, do you really want to take this thief?" A ranger general frowned.
"Although this son has gone astray, but a talent is rare in the world, look at his governance of Yunzhou for many years, the people of Yunzhou live in peace, do not close their doors at night, if they can take the right path, it is the blessing of the court, and it is the luck of all the people." Yin Zheng shook his head and sighed: "The old man is old after all, if he is willing to take the position of the old man, he will also be the iron wall of Kyushu in the future!" ”
The generals were silent when they heard this, Lu Xuan is a genuine five-grade master, if he really votes for the imperial court, and has Yin Zheng's strong recommendation, maybe he can really be reused by the imperial court, and his heart is a little inexplicably complicated.
"General, the wolf smoke has risen, and the enemy has arrived!" A lieutenant rushed over and saluted Yin Zhengyi.
"Okay, the generals will follow the old man to the city, the old man wants to see how Lu Xuan is going to break the city!" Yin Zheng said with a smile.
Outside Sanyang City, the Eight Thousand Guiyi Sect Apologists came slowly with hundreds of carriages, and two cavalry patrolled on the side to prevent the enemy from raiding.
"Although this son has gone astray, he is really good at using soldiers, you see those two cavalry." Yin Zheng observed for a moment and smiled at the generals.
"Isn't it just to prevent our army from raiding?" A ranger general wondered.
"If you only look at this cavalry, it is true, but I have taught you to look at the overall situation in battle, and you should combine these two cavalry with the middle troops." Yin Zheng said with a smile.
Everyone looked at it according to the words, faintly, the soldiers and horses in the middle looked a little chaotic at first glance, but they were orderly in the chaos.
"It's not obvious to see it this way, right, pass on my military order, and attack from the side!" Yin Zheng defended the city, not only in the city, but also outside the city there were troops responsible for guerrilla sneak attacks.
With Yin Zheng's order, a cavalry suddenly went around from behind the city and headed straight for the Guiyi Sect army.
However, what puzzled the generals was that the two cruising cavalry did not meet the battle, but separated and outflanked on both sides, and in the direction of the Chinese army, rows of crossbowmen quickly stepped forward to aim at the direction of the enemy, and Yin Zheng quickly ordered to withdraw.
"See? The chaotic army of the Chinese army is a trap, these two cavalry are not to prevent the raid, but to prevent the raid soldiers and horses from escaping, if it is to receive the enemy just now, the raiding people and horses will be copied by three breads, this son with soldiers, very aggressive, but more good at deceiving people, ordinary generals see him in such a formation, if he is not careful, he will be fooled if he has a slight heart to underestimate the enemy! Yin Zheng sneered.
The army of the Guiyi Sect stopped at a distance of about three hundred paces from the city wall of Sanyang County, and instead of setting up camp, they began to arrange their formations, and on the hundreds of carriages that came with the army, things were constantly being carried down and began to be assembled on the spot, while the two cavalry cruised within a hundred paces in front, not giving the defenders a chance to surprise attack.
"Siege equipment?" A general was puzzled: "At this distance, I'm afraid that ordinary equipment is not as effective as a seven-rank martial artist." ”
Yin Zheng also couldn't understand, what was Lu Xuan doing?
However, Lu Xuan ignored him, and took care of loading and unloading these instruments by himself, hundreds of carriages, and the objects dismantled were so many that it made people's scalps tingle, there were already hundreds of city-breaking crossbows alone, and there were also net-like instruments, I don't know what to do, the giant crossbow arrows were actually tied together, and it would take some effort to disassemble them at this time.
Yin Zheng tried it a few times, but Lu Xuan just asked the cavalry to drive him away.
Yin Zheng frowned slightly, he made a one-day appointment with Lu Xuan, this is just disassembling the equipment, it has been almost half a day, could it be that this Lu Xuan wants to surrender?
Seeing that it was already noon, and the things of the Guiyi Sect were finally equipped, Lu Xuan rode his horse to the city, looked up at Yin Zheng and said with a smile: "Old general, I'm going to start attacking the city." ”
"Come on, the old man also wants to see your methods! However, the old man still reminds you that there is only half a day left. Yin Zheng sneered, there is now half a day left in the one-day appointment, unless Lu Xuan personally makes a move, it is impossible for the other party to break the city no matter what.
"Half a day." Lu Xuan looked at the sky, nodded and said, "Enough, the old general is careful!" ”
"Fanatic!" Yin Zheng snorted coldly: "Just come!" ”
Lu Xuan didn't talk nonsense, rode back to the front of the formation, waved his hand and said, "Test shooting!" ”
"Boom~"
The roar of the city-breaking crossbow sounded like muffled thunder, and hundreds of crossbow arrows broke through the air and sank into the city wall, the power of the crossbow arrows far exceeded the ordinary city-breaking crossbows, and some even directly penetrated the two-zhang thick city wall.
"What kind of city-breaking crossbow is this? That's the power of the castle defense mechanism with the spirit of protecting the city, right!? A ranger general was horrified by the power of the city-breaking crossbow.
"However, this kind of powerful city-breaking crossbow may be quite difficult to load, and it will not be ...... if you can fire a single arrow in an hour."
The other ranger general didn't say half of his words, but there was a continuous roar in the distance, and he turned his head in shock, but saw that the city-breaking crossbow was like a chicken blood, spraying out the crossbow arrows one by one, and the soldiers who operated only needed to straighten out the connected crossbow arrows, and two other soldiers were responsible for pressing the crossbow machine, and one person shook the bracket, and the city-breaking crossbow continued to shoot out one crossbow arrow after another.
In just an instant, the originally strong city walls were already crumbling.
And that's just the beginning.
"Bang~"
There was another muffled sound, and the hearts of the soldiers defending the city jumped, and countless crossbow arrows erupted from the sieve-like equipment at once, and dozens of them erupted at the same time, and the sky was covered in an instant.
This thing...... It can't be a burst of fire, right?
This is really not, but I saw that some soldiers quickly took off the sieve-like thing in front of them and replaced it with another one, and it was another round of arrow rain, and the area covered by the arrow rain was the whole city, and many soldiers did not know what was going on, so they were shot and killed by the arrow rain that broke through the air.
"Boom Boom Boom~"
"Bang Bang Bang~"
There seemed to be only these two voices left between heaven and earth, the front wall continued to collapse, all the buildings in the city were covered by a dense rain of arrows, the soldiers exposed to the building were purged at the first time, and those who survived could only hide in the building and shiver, and from time to time there were crossbow arrows breaking the tiles above the head and falling down.
Lu Xuan didn't attack the city either, so he continued to bombard until the afternoon, Yin Zheng wanted to organize soldiers and horses to fight out of the city several times, but under this intensive offensive, it became difficult for the soldiers to even assemble, and many people were shot by the rain of arrows falling from the sky in the process of assembly.
I don't know how many crossbow arrows have been fired at the wall, and there are probably more arrows in the entire wall than there are stones to build the city.
"Boom~"
The overwhelmed walls finally collapsed in the evening.
"Into town!" Lu Xuan waved his hand, and Yang Chong immediately rushed towards the city with his men and horses.
Lu Xuan's figure flashed, appeared in the ruins of the collapsed city wall, looked at Yin Zheng, who was a little distracted, and said with a smile: "Old general, the day has not yet arrived, now I should be counted as winning, right?" ”
Yin Zheng turned his head slowly, his bloodshot eyes staring at Lu Xuan fiercely: "You call this a war?" ”
"Doesn't count?" Lu Xuan asked rhetorically: "It's reasonable to use some equipment for siege, right?" ”
(End of chapter)