Chapter 129: The Mang Army Siege the City

Liu Xuan proclaimed himself emperor, the government and the opposition were shaken, Wang Mang was furious, and ordered the army that was being trained to immediately go south to suppress the bandits, vowing to exterminate the original regime.

For the rebel forces in the Nanyang Territory, Wang Mang has long been like a man, and he hates Liu Jiu even more. Before Zhen Fu, the doctor of the Nanyang front team, was defeated, Wang Mang began to recruit people who were proficient in the art of war and strange people in the world, trained day and night, and prepared to go south to help Zhen Fu exterminate the rebels. Who knew that Zhen Fu's army was defeated like a mountain, the reinforcements of the Mang army had not yet set off, and Zhen Fu had been broken by the righteous army.

Now Liu Xuan is called the emperor, Wang Mang is even more violent, the Beijing garrison, the recruited strange people, even the northern front to deal with the Red Mei rebel army of the troops also transferred back, and temporarily recruited many strong men, known as a million army, handed over to the commander of the Great Sikong Wangyi, said that Fu Hou Cui Fa supervised the army, and killed to Nanyang.

When the Xuanhan Dynasty heard that Wang Mang's million-strong army was heading south, they immediately panicked, and no one expected that Wang Mang would draw all his combat strength to deal with the nascent Gengshi regime. Of course, the first emperor Liu Xuan didn't have the idea of fart, and shrank in the harem all day long, trembling, and Wang Kuang, Wang Feng, Chen Mu and other three princes and nine kings of the Xuanhan Dynasty were also dumbfounded, and many people began to take stock of their family assets again, ready to flee for their lives.

At this time, Liu Xuan took the initiative to stand up and ask Liu Xuan for his life, and he wanted to lead his subordinates to continue to attack Wancheng. One is that Wancheng is an important town in Nanyang, and the city defense is strong, which can make the Xuanhan Dynasty the capital of Wancheng and stabilize the foundation; the other is that Wancheng and Kunyang are each other's horns, and they can attack and retreat, and take Wancheng, which is of great importance to resist the Xinmang army.

Wang Feng, Chen Mu, Zhang Wei and others heard that the million-strong army of the Xinmang regime had moved south, and they had already lost their hearts, and at this time Liu Xuan actually took the initiative to take the lead, and of course several people were overjoyed, and instigated Liu Xuan to pass on the will, grant Liu Xuan military power, and be fully responsible for the military affairs of the Xuanhan Dynasty.

Regardless of his previous suspicions, Liu Xuan gladly accepted the order and led his troops to Wancheng to take this fortress before the arrival of the Xinmang army, so as to consolidate the foundation of the Xuanhan Dynasty.

In accordance with Liu Xiu's order, Liu Xiu and Wang Feng, Wang Chang, Chen Mu and other generals divided their troops to the north to cut off Wancheng's foreign aid.

Liu Jiu led the attack on Wancheng with all the old Han army, and the soldiers worked together. And Liu Xiu, together with Wang Feng, Wang Chang, Chen Mu and others, restrained left and right, which made Liu Xiu very relieved. In addition to keeping Jia Fu and other former Qinglong Gang righteous soldiers by his side, Liu Jiu asked Fu Qingyun, Chu Wenjing and Lin Zhengjun to follow Liu Xiu to the north to protect his safety.

When Lin Zhengjun heard that Wang Mang had mobilized a million troops to go south, he was also frightened when he expected that the Xuanhan Dynasty would fall. I wanted to slip away, but Luo Yuntian sent a message that Cui Fa, the leader of the Golden Crow Sect, had already gone south with the Mang army, and asked him to follow the Han army north and report the battle situation at any time. Lin Zhengjun had no choice but to lead the "Hongyi Group" and a group of martial arts figures to follow Liu Xiu north.

If a person who practices martial arts fights alone, an ordinary sergeant is certainly not an opponent. But on the battlefield, among thousands of troops, the power of individuals is too small. is the top players in the rivers and lakes like Fu Qingyun and Xuan Xuan, who can be a hundred, but can't stop 110,000, not to mention thousands of arrows flying on the battlefield, thousands of horses, it is really not a martial arts figure who can influence the battle situation.

Lin Zhengjun was forced to go north, while Guanxuan insisted on living and dying with Fu Qingyun, vowing to recapture the "Great Demon King Sutra" and avenge his father's death.

In Wancheng, Liu Xuan encountered stubborn resistance from the famous generals Yan You and Chen Mao, and the war fell into a stalemate. Liu Xiu and Wang Chang were like bamboos along the way, successively capturing Kunyang, Dingling, Yunxian and other places, and continuously transferred the captured grain, cattle and horses to the periphery of Wancheng to support Liu Jiu's main force of the Han army attacking Wancheng.

Liu Xiu's Han army, the commander is the marquis of Zhifang, the court captain Wang Chang. Of course, this is also the idea of Wang Kuang, Chen Mu and others, they know that leading troops to fight is not as good as Liu Xiu and Wang Chang, but they can't let the two Han armies be covered by Liu Xiu and Liu Xiu brothers, so this Han army made Wang Chang the commander.

But Wang Chang is a cool person, and has always admired the talents of Liu Xiu and Liu Xiu, and he has long heard that Fu Qingyun is resourceful, so Wang Chang comes to consult Liu Xiu and Fu Qingyun when he encounters problems, and Liu Xiu is often in charge of major affairs in the army.

The change of the first regime has just been established, and everything is based on strength, which is also the reason why the Liu Xuan brothers were excluded and suppressed by Chen Mu and others, and they still desperately want to keep the change of the first regime.

Just when Liu Xuan and Yan You were in a stalemate in Wancheng, the new Mang regime Dasikong Wang Yi and said that Fu Hou Cui Fa had led a million army to Wancheng to kill Wancheng, and wanted to join forces with Yan You and others who were holding Wancheng to exterminate the Han army.

At this moment, Liu Xiu is attacking the counties around Wancheng, although the momentum is very strong, but there are less than 10,000 soldiers. The Xinmang army went south, and Liu Xiu bore the brunt of it, and was defeated as soon as he fought with Wang Yichu, and had to quickly retreat to Kunyang.

Kunyang is located in the necessary place for the Mang army to go south to Wancheng. Seeing that Mang's army was strong, Liu Xiu retreated to Kunyang with the defeated Han army, preparing to block the Xinmang army from moving south with the city wall of Kunyang.

Wang Yi and Cui Fa immediately led a large army to kill and surrounded Kunyang. Fu Qingyun followed Liu Xiu to the city tower, raised his eyes and looked into the distance, only to see the new army overwhelming, the banner thousands of miles endlessly,

Outside the north gate of Kunyang, the two big flags of "Wang" and "Cui" are hunting, and the two generals in the middle, the golden helmet and golden armor, are the big Sikong Wangyi of the Mang Dynasty, saying that Cui Fa is waiting for him.

Cui Fa's sons and daughters, Cui Zishan and Cui Ziyun are standing behind Cui Fa, and there is a group of people dressed strangely and in strange costumes next to them, who are the strange people and strangers that Cui Fa was ordered to recruit, most of them are some cult aliens, and they want to get a piece of the pie under Cui Fa's protection.

Looking at the reckless army outside the city wall, the dense like ants, the flag like a cloud, the heavy cover of the ground, the black pressure is overwhelming, and the generals will not change color.

Liu Xiu was energetic and fearless. He was dressed in a silver helmet and silver armor, holding a red tassel gun to inspect the fortifications along the city wall, and one by one he held hands with the soldiers and patted them on the shoulders to cheer up the soldiers.

The city was already piled with rolling logs, stones, fire oil, and other things, and on the edge of each battlement, there were piles of arrows of human height. The thunder and locust arrows brought by the "Hongyi Regiment" were also placed on the battlements, but there were not many of them.

Wang Chang, Wang Feng, Chen Mu and others also guarded the city wall and waited for it.

"Knock knock knock ......knock!" As soon as the Xinmang army arrived, they immediately marched into the army with drums, preparing to take Kunyang in one go, the war drums thundered, and the sound of killing shook the sky.

But seeing the roar of the drums, groups of reckless troops came out in turn and lined up. A group of reckless soldiers rushed over with shields in their hands, swishing and firing arrows into the city, while another group of reckless soldiers pushed the towers, carried ladders, and slammed wood into the city walls.

The Han army defending the city took advantage of the city wall and used the battlements to cover the fire arrows. Suddenly, arrows flew in the air, and they fell like mud and sand.

The Han army stood on the city wall, condescending, taking advantage of it, and in a few breaths, the first team of Mang troops who attacked lost less than half. But there were many reckless soldiers, the first team fell, followed the second team to make up, and shot indiscriminately at the city wall, and the Han troops defending the city fell and died one after another.

Fu Qingyun's facial features are sharp, so he is naturally not afraid of random arrows, and he and Chu Wenjing are guarding Liu Xiu's safety from left to right, so that Liu Xiu can calmly command the battle.

Seeing a group of reckless soldiers rushing to the city gate with a bumper log, Liu Xiu waved his hand, and a rolling log fell, smashing the reckless army into a piece.

Another group of Mang troops pushed the city tower and approached, and suddenly there was a thunderclap on the ground, which blew up the Mang army.

It was a thunderbolt brought by the "Righteous Path Alliance", and as soon as the thunderbolt came out, the earth shook.

"Whoosh!" A group of reckless troops had just climbed the ladder, and a burst of arrows shot out, dense as rain, and the reckless troops on the ladder fell one after another. It was the locust arrow of the Huashan faction guarding the mountain gate, the machine was launched, and the arrows were like rain, which was the most beneficial for the defense of the city.

Another wave of reckless troops slaughtered to the corner of the city, and Liu Xiu waved his hand: "Fire oil!"

A few barrels of fire oil fell, and then they were ignited by a rocket, and the outside of the city wall immediately burned to pieces, and the reckless army stained with oil stars was on fire, and they screamed and rolled on the ground.

Although the offensive and defensive weapons brought by the "Hongyi Regiment" were sharp, they were small in number after all, and they mainly had to rely on bows and arrows, rolling wood and fire oil to defend the city.

Seeing the heavy casualties of the besieging army, Cui Fa changed color and said: "Marshal, although Kunyang is small, the city is strong and thick, and it occupies all the geographical advantages, it is better to bypass Kunyang and directly take the main force of the Han army in Wancheng Liu Xuan." ”

"Joke!" Wang Yi raised his voice and said: "A small Kunyang City, thousands of bandits, how can my million-strong army take a detour." ”

Cui Fa said helplessly: "Marshal, I'm just worried that the loss of soldiers is too great, which is not conducive to fighting with the main force of Liu Xuan's Han army." ”

"Hahaha, what is Liu Xuan's rabble!" Wang Yi laughed loudly: "I will use the Kunyang sacrifice flag today, and the army will sing and dance in front of the army, and march in blood, wouldn't it be happy!"

Cui Fa sneered and said: "Everything is arranged by the marshal!"

Wang Yi pointed to Kunyang City and said proudly: "To encircle and suppress these reckless rogues, I only need 10,000 soldiers, but the emperor has dispatched a million troops. General Cui is a popular person in front of the emperor, do you know the deep meaning?"

Cui Fa shook his head.

Wang Yi said: "That is to ask us to kill gods when we meet gods, kill Buddhas when we meet Buddhas, deter Xiaoxiao, and revive Tianwei!"

Under the city of Kunyang, the oil burned into a piece. The reckless army paved the road with corpses, covered with mud and sand, and rushed to Kunyang City wave after wave, attacking the city without stopping.

A large number of reckless troops finally climbed the ladder and began to fight hand-to-hand with the Han army, Liu Xiuhong danced wildly, Chu Wenjing and Fu Qingyun were winged left and right, and the three of them were interspersed back and forth like an iron wall. Fu Qingyun held an iron staff, and Xuan Xuan held a sword, picking up the reckless army that attacked the general like a fallen leaf. Life and death are just around the corner, Lin Zhengjun also took the disciples of the "Hongyi Regiment" to defend desperately, and the swords flew at the head of the city for a while, and there was a sound of killing.