Volume 3 [Mystery of Dragon Spring] 253: The Desert Attacks the City of Fire Mule
Dao Meimei arrived in the Ansai Imperial City in the Western Regions, and after seeing that she arrived in Muti, she concisely described the changes in the Daming Palace and the capture of the sisters by condensation incense. After hearing this, Damuti and Li Xiaoxiao immediately asked their father for troops and fully cooperated with Dao Meimei's rescue plan.
Damuti and his wife ordered troops overnight, and let the soldiers dress up as business travelers, clear customs from multiple points, and infiltrate Daming. After the assembly of 20,000 troops, Damuti personally commanded the city, raising troops in Lin'an City overnight, and crusading against Longhumen.
Dao Meimei rushed back to the Void Temple first, mobilized Taoist disciples led by Xuanke, and hurried to the Wild Wolf Slope on the outskirts of Lin'an to combine with Damuti's army.
But things are always unpredictable. Just when Damuti and Li Xiaoxiao arrived in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, King Yinglun led Ba Hao and other subordinates to send troops to the Western Regions with an army of 100,000 and occupied the northern fortress of the Western Regions.
The sentinels of the Western Regions rushed to their lives overnight and quickly brought the news back to the palace to inform King Damuk of the news of the desert invasion.
As soon as King Damuk heard that the Underworld had captured the fortress in the Northern Regions, he immediately arranged for the King of Tsarcin to take command and personally attack the Fire Mule City overnight to meet the army of the Underworld in the desert.
The city of Fire Mule was once a key frontier town of Shakya. It is also the first line of defense on the border with the desert. Counting south from the city of fire mule, there are more than 20 important towns in the middle, in order: Schel, Kandan, Blalie, Moqiao, Xinhu, Caoliang, Tuobalo, Shaning, Tianjin, Dayaske, Repin Town, Tianqi County, Yangtunwan, Jieyu, Dawangguan, Lusi Beiwang, Hanlanjiang, Shatiandu, Anyuwai, and finally the Imperial City of Ansai. Styl led a group of minions to settle in Firemule City, preparing to attack the next stop, Schel, the next day.
The red sun in the sky is like a wheel of fire, crushing this lonely border town in the endless sand with its blazing heat.
The sun and night were as cold as ice, and the bonfires in the desert camp could not be extinguished, and the flames were dying in the cow dung heaps
The women and children of the city were imprisoned in the outpost of the city of Fire Mule and starved with their children in their arms
Ignorant children do not know what kind of catastrophe they will face, but with their innate sensitive instincts, it is not difficult to imagine that the sun will probably sleep tomorrow, and that only darkness will shine on them in their lives after that.
The restless eyes are full of fear of the future, and the little dirty faces are naturally buried in the natural trench in the mother's chest, which is the haven they have been nostalgic for since childhood, and will exude a reassuring and tranquil atmosphere.
The women also lowered their faces engraved with the words "weathered years and hard work", and their eyes were full of despair and uncertainty about the future. At the end of his life, he still used his loving rough old hand to soothe the heart and bone in his arms, as if he was thinking about what else he could do for the child.
However, everything is limited to imagination. The men who know how to fight for freedom are no longer so important in their eyes. Accustomed to watching them being captured one by one as compulsory laborers, the hearts of these women and children have long been hollowed out
A loud horn sounded in the distance, and they saw that the desert soldiers outside the outpost had put on their battle armor, picked up the cold soldiers, and hurried around like ants, gathering in a big way. Someone happily said, "It's the royal soldiers of the Western Regions, they've come to save us."
From the perspective of the moon, scanning the outside of the fire mule city, the emptiness of the day is occupied by a large area of noise, like a dustpan full of sesame seeds, showing the observer's sight.
The two armies were assembled on the north and south sides, separated by a fence made of more than 100 wooden cones. On one side is the dazzling army of the Western Regions, and on the other side is the desert eagle dog dressed in variegated animal skin. Yellow sesame seeds and black sesame seeds are lined up in two camps in the dustpan
"Listen to the desert thieves in Fire Mule City: you have already offended my Western Regions, I advise you to abandon the city and evacuate quickly, otherwise we will kill you without a piece of armor. ”
"Grandchildren of the Western Regions
Grandpa is here to do the right thing for heaven and to recover the lost land for Shakya. Hurry up and submit the letter of surrender, or we will turn you into seeds and bury you forever in the dirt at the foot of the desert. ”
Without speculating for more than half a sentence, the moment the war drums of the two sides were beaten, the yellow sesame seeds and black sesame seeds were immediately fried together and mixed together, and a cruel fight began
The Lord of the Desert raised his Divine Fork high on his horse and shouted in a gloomy voice: "Kill the Western Regions, everything is yours." The slaves of the Western Regions, the women of the Western Regions, the gold and silver of the Western Regions, all of them are the heroes of your desert who fight for glory."
Although King Zarqin had the experience of leading troops to fight, in the face of the inhumane killing of the desert, he did not have a clever strategy to break the enemy for a while. This strange thing happened suddenly, and before the war came, he let go of Damuti, who had always been able to fight well.
The battle of the sand field has neither natural danger to rely on, nor natural time to rely on. A benevolent and righteous army that can only fight fairly with the enemy and has always advocated good-neighborliness, friendship, and peaceful coexistence can not be able to defeat the cruel forces like wolves and tigers.
Of course, the main thing is that there are no good generals to lead the troops. This made him feel the pressure very quickly. Then he ordered to defend while fighting, retreated to the second line, and withdrew to the city of Schanel.
Seeing that the soldiers of the Western Regions had retreated, Damo pursued the victory even more unscrupulously and pushed the battle line to the south. Originally, they were going to march into Schel City tomorrow, but this move in the Western Regions allowed them to achieve their goal ahead of schedule.
On the other hand, on the border of the Ming Dynasty, the Jianghu forces of the Northern Desert and Longhumen were in collusion, and the Pingbei army of Nanyingying had been fighting for two days. Suddenly, Longhumen received the news, and the military division told them to evacuate at full speed.
When the Lord of Mobei saw these people from the Central Plains retreating, the lord was furious: "These pigs from the Central Plains are treacherous. Brought me in, but he retreated. Isn't this digging a pit for me to jump" In a fit of anger, he scolded his father.
But no matter how much he scolded, it was just a happy mouth. In order to preserve their strength, they had to divide the remaining more than 30,000 people in Mobei into more than a dozen detachments, and changed from an active invasion war to a defensive self-defense war, and fought a guerrilla war around the capital of Daming.
Nan Yingying saw that the enemy's forces had decreased sharply, and seized the rare opportunity to quickly break Mobei one by one. In the end, the main force of Mobei was rejected for hundreds of miles. Mobei's trend has gone, in order not to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, he finally had no choice but to abandon the war. Retreat to Mobei, take this time as an episode, the song ended, and both sides began a new round of recuperation.
The forces of the rivers and lakes of Longhumen have returned to various places, taking advantage of the absence of an owner in the Ming Dynasty, and wantonly burning, killing, looting, and robbing houses. Some even ignored the law, overthrew the government, invaded the mountain, occupied the mountain as the king, and wantonly expanded their own power. The entire Ming Dynasty fell into a period of panic when chickens, dogs, thieves, and bandits prevailed.
The people of Li couldn't bear to dominate the mausoleum, and the hard bones were exposed to the streets one after another. The soft bones are also in groups of fallen grass. In the end, the big fish eat the small fish, layer by layer of exploitation, layer by layer of branches.
And at the top of the pyramid is the Dragon Tiger Gate. The Dragon Tiger Gate, the cash cow for the blood transfusion of the Zunwu Sect, grew into a towering tree within a few days, with lush branches, and the entire lifeline of the Ming Dynasty was shrouded in its shadow with teeth and claws.
The treasury of condensation incense has been expanded seven times, and the area is becoming larger and larger, and the gold and silver treasures are piled up, and the wealth is rivaled by the country. Grain and grass were piled up in granaries, ferries, and warehouses. All major states and counties have built various weapons for Longhumen to prepare for war. All kinds of martial arts looted from the people are intensive, and Qimen techniques are sent to Zunwumen in boxes and bundles for martial arts to study.
As soon as Baili Xingyun and the others arrived in Lin'an, they were escorted into the renovated Longhumen dungeon. The sisters were trapped in an unbreakable darkness one by one. It was not the first time they had been captured, so there were no taboos against this condition, but Xingyun was a little disappointed that they didn't see Nangong Yao.
Bai Zimo always takes advantage of the prison management to protect herself with all kinds of butterflies, bees, mosquitoes and flies
Hold the connection between sisters. It's just that these flying insects can only shuttle back and forth inside the prison, and they can't break through the heavily defended dungeon after many attempts.
Condensing incense learned that the King of the Underworld had raised an army to attack the Western Regions, and was discussing with Wu Sect and Wu Mi
"What should Wu Lang do, if the desert annexes the Western Regions, it will inevitably increase its momentum, and then it will be surrounded by the Ming Dynasty in the west and north. It's hard to turn against the dead. ”
Wu Yan said: "According to the lady's intentions, if we want to fight with the desert, when do we need to prepare?"
"Everything is almost the same, but there are no strong generals under him. Damuti, Lu Feiyan betrayed us and took refuge in Sanshanmen. Duanmu Qinghe has always guarded Fan Zhu, and he only knows how to feed horses and sheep every day, and he does not want to forge ahead. The good Fan Zhu Shengjing is now about to become a pasture, and the sheep all over the mountains and fields are full of dung and eggs, making the Jianshui Holy Land stinky and messy. I really don't understand, he raised those sheep to be fat and strong, is he going to train sheep to become soldiers, can the sheep go into battle for him to kill the enemy?"
Wu said: "Eh, the lady is inevitably making a little fuss. At the critical moment, the eldest brother is still very powerful."
Ning Xiang was dissatisfied: "If you talk about fighting alone, he is indeed a usable person, but once he breaks with the desert, it will be war." What's the use of the courage of the horseman, it is better to be familiar with the art of war, the country is dying, and he is still herding sheep and playing the flute like idle clouds and wild cranes, what a big sentiment" She laughed twice with extreme sarcasm.
"According to what the lady said, Jingyang is gone, Wudaozi is still a stubborn cow, he can't pull it away, and he can't pull it. He only wanted to take back his Maoshan Broken Dao Temple. We have no one to use except Don Juan and Dan Mozi. Even if I want to compete with the desert, I am alone with a group of baby soldiers, how can I stop the desert from recovering the Western Regions"
Condensation Xiang narrowed his eyes and thought about it: "Xianggong, I'm afraid you will have to run in person this time."
Wu saw that Ning Xiang had a plan, and immediately came to the spirit: "If the lady has any countermeasures, just say, don't say that it is a trip, that is, ten trips and eight trips, if I can prevent the desert from conquering the Western Regions, I am willing to give it a try." ”
Condensation said, "I'm not sure if I can stop it, but Xianggong needs to protect King Damuk." The people of Li only recognize the lord, and the same is true of the Western Regions. As long as we can keep Damuk alive, the people of the Western Regions will be grateful to us. With King Damuk in hand, we can mobilize the populism of the Western Regions, and then we will support King Damuk and let him go to a second confrontation with the desert. In this way, even if Damuk is defeated, the desert will not suspect that we did it. Because the Western Regions' counterattack was too natural, they had every reason to retaliate against the desert. ”
When Wu heard this, he said happily: "It's a good way for our soldiers to plant the royal flag of the Western Regions, so that all the responsibility can be pushed to King Damuke, and if we win, when I respect the martial arts to attack the desert, we won't anger the King of the Underworld and burn ourselves." Lady, I will obey your cleverness without further ado, and I will take a few people to capture King Damuk."
"Eh, it's too early for you to go now, the desert has just captured the city of Fire Mule, and it is still far from the palace of Damuk, if it is not for the soldiers coming to the city, how can Damuk humbly accept our opinion? In this way, we can magnify our favor and make him grateful to Dade for working with us. ”
Wu thought about Ning Xiang's words, but everything couldn't be arranged in case, so he asked: "Then if we do everything we should do, but King Damuk is unwilling to cooperate, what should we do?"
Condensing Xiang stood up and said, "No, the dignified Lord of the Western Regions, how can he be so stupid as long as we save him when he is on the verge of despair, he can't wait to use the power of the Central Plains to recapture the Western Regions." ”