In half a month, the troops of Jiuhuangling captured more than a dozen county towns one after another with the momentum of attacking all and being invincible, and conquered the two prefectures of Luyang Mansion and Maozhou Mansion.

The 10,000 crossbowmen, spearmen phalanx, siege towers, giant shields, and especially the tree worm bees of the Diedewa, the earth-shattering force of Shidewa was passed on by the tens of thousands of deserter soldiers in Luyang Mansion and Maozhou Mansion.

There were three county towns between Maozhou and Hui'an, and there were many soldiers in these three counties who had fled from the Maozhou Mansion, and after their propaganda after the deification of the soldiers and Shi Dewa, the guards of the county town were so frightened that they had no intention of resisting the attack of the formations.

As soon as the soldiers led by Shi Dewa and the army lord Daran arrived, the soldiers of the three county towns abandoned the city and fled after a little resistance.

The 60,000 soldiers led by Shi Dewa and the soldier lord Da Ran occupied the three county towns almost bloodlessly.

On this day, Shi Dewa and the soldier lord Da Ran led 60,000 soldiers to the outside of the capital city of Hui'an Mansion, and the soldiers set up camp four miles away from the capital city of Hui'an Mansion.

When the Hui'an Mansion Guard heard that tens of thousands of soldiers had come to his mansion, he hurriedly approached the civil and military officials to discuss how to deal with it.

The 15,000 soldiers who fled from Maozhou Mansion under the leadership of a military commander stationed in the capital of Hui'an Prefecture. The military commander of Maozhou Mansion was also invited to attend the Hui'an Mansion Preparatory Meeting.

The military commander of Maozhou Mansion gave a detailed account of the loss of Maozhou Mansion, and the officials of Hui'an Mansion were all terrified and looked at each other after hearing this.

At the end of the meeting, a consensus was reached: strengthen the troops and defend the capital city.

The Hui'an Mansion Guard mobilized more than 30 bowed bed crossbows in the city and organized them into two groups to specifically block the two siege towers of the formation.

The city of Hui'an Mansion is high and deep, plus the 15,000 soldiers of Maozhou Mansion, there are 60,000 troops in the city, and the defensive power is much higher than that of Maozhou Mansion.

Besides, Shi Dewa and the soldier lord Daran outside the city, they came to the outside of the city, let the soldiers fight the enemy and scold the formation, and when they saw that the battle exemption card was hung high on the city of Hui'an Mansion, they mobilized the troops to storm the outside of the city.

The vanguard of the siege was the giant shield, and behind the giant shield were three thousand crossbowmen. The crossbowmen of the array were too strong in attack, thousands of crossbows were fired in unison, and rows of crossbow arrows pressed the head of the city like a storm, and the archers at the head of the city put down their bows and arrows and cowered behind the arrow towers and bunkers.

The bridge-building team took the opportunity to cross the moat with a ladder truck and rushed under the city walls.

The soldiers of Hui'an Mansion set up several rows of boiling water pots and boiling oil pots under the city wall, and the boiling water and boiling oil were continuously transported to the city, and then the soldiers poured boiling water and boiling oil on the ladder truck. Many of the soldiers of the ladder car were burned, and the soldiers who were not burned did not dare to climb to the roof of the car, and there was no chance to climb to the top of the city with the help of the iron hook of the ladder car.

When the two siege towers were transported to the moat, they were strongly blocked by more than thirty crossbows on the head of the city. Many of the siege towers were shot down by the river, and eventually the siege towers failed to move the moat.

Fearing further casualties, Shidwa ordered the troops to withdraw and return to the camp.

For three days in a row, the troops no longer stormed the city of Hui'an. During the day, only a few soldiers stood far away outside the city to beg the enemy, and when night came, Shi Dewa and his lord Daran ordered the crossbowmen to shoot crossbow arrows tied to letters into the city of Hui'an.

The letter concisely wrote the reasons and purposes for the Jiuhuangling army to attack the capital and county seat of the Xurui Dynasty.

The contents of the letter gradually spread among the soldiers of Hui'an Fucheng:

In order to snatch the metal ore of Yong'an Island, Feng Yi, the king of Nanling, cheated to death, and the dynasty used this as an excuse to blockade Yong'an Island for eight years, forcing away some young people on the island, causing many families to be separated, and the Great Rumor, the Great Magician and others died of depression. The dynasty found that the combat effectiveness of the formations in the Nine Desolation Mountains was strong, and it was afraid that it would be unfavorable to the dynasty, so they sent the king of Qiulu to lead the army to attack the Nine Desolation Mountains to destroy the formations. King Qiulu's army was defeated by the soldiers in the Nine Desolation Mountains, and at night, they attacked residential areas and slaughtered more than 4,000 innocent people, including women and children.

The soldiers of Jiuhuangling have no intention of overthrowing the rule of the dynasty, but they must use all their strength to punish Zheng Kaiji, the king of Qiulu who caused the bloody case of the civilians of Jiuhuangling, and punish Feng Yi, the king of Nanling, Zhou Chi, and the participants of the dynasty.

The Hui'an Mansion Guard also received a letter from the soldiers who had entered the city, and he was also shocked. Feng Yi, the king of Nanling, was killed on Yong'an Island, Zhou Chi led the army to blockade Yong'an Island to track down the murderer, and Feng Yi's son Feng Rui became the new king of Nanling, which was a well-known fact of the entire dynasty eight years ago, and now it has become a conspiracy, which is unbelievable.

Both the Hui'an Prefecture guards and the soldiers who knew the contents of the letter believed that if the situation was true, the dynasty's actions were outrageous.

The power of the Xurui Dynasty was as great as the sky, so the officers and soldiers of Hui'an Mansion did not dare to accuse the dynasty verbally, but they already had sympathy for the soldiers of the Nine Desolate Mountains in their hearts.

On the afternoon of the eighth day when Shi Dewa and the soldier lord Da Ran led the troops to the outside of Hui'an Mansion, the soldiers pulled out their camps and retreated in the direction of Maozhou Mansion.

After learning the news of the retreat of the soldiers, the Hui'an Mansion guard hurriedly climbed to the top of the city to watch the movement.

After a while, the civil and military officials climbed up to the top of the city to watch the retreat of the troops.

Everyone saw that the camp outside the city was originally a company camp next to a company camp, and the tents were arranged like endless water waves, which was extremely magnificent, but now the camp was dusty, and the place where the tents disappeared was full of debris, and it was a messy scene.

When the Hui'an Mansion guarded the city for a long time, he breathed a sigh of relief, got off the city with a smile on his face, and went straight to the mansion.

The civil and military officials at the head of the city were all arrogant, and followed the Hui'an Mansion into the mansion.

The officials who entered the government had a heated discussion, and unanimously agreed that the troops were unable to storm the city, and after occupying Luyang and Maozhou, the battle line was too long, the troops were insufficient, and the supply of food and grass was difficult to guarantee, so they were forced to withdraw their troops.

The Hui'an Mansion Keeper couldn't help nodding his head while listening to everyone's discussions, but he still said with some concern: "Could this be a conspiracy played by Shi Dewa?"

Everyone present shook their heads and said that it was impossible.

The governor of Hui'an Mansion immediately ordered a banquet to be set up for a half-day holiday to celebrate the retreat of the soldiers in Hui'an Mansion.

The banquet of the Hui'an Mansion lasted until the time of the lamp, and the Hui'an Mansion Shou returned to the mansion with five points of drunkenness, he was so excited that he did not feel sleepy, and came to the study to write a letter of good news to Zheng Kai, the king of Qiulu, and then the wine came up, and he fell asleep on the bookcase.

I don't know how long later, the door of the study was pushed open, and the lieutenant in charge of the army of Hui'an Mansion ran in in a panic, woke up the Hui'an Mansion guard, and said with a crying voice: "Lord Mansion Guard——!!

When the governor and the lieutenant of Hui'an Mansion ran to the street, the city was already in flames, and the sound of killing was everywhere.

The guard of Hui'an Mansion was paralyzed with fright, and said to the lieutenant in a trembling voice: "How did the soldiers enter the city!"

The lieutenant said, "I don't know, but I heard that they came in through the east gate." ”

The governor of Hui'an Mansion said: "You go and gather troops to besiege the east gate, and I will go to inspect the south gate." ”

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The soldiers entered the city from the east gate of the city, and the east gate was opened by the soldiers of the city.

The soldiers who opened the city gate were soldiers from Luyang Mansion, and after Luyang Mansion was breached, more than 10,000 soldiers were taken prisoner. When these soldiers discovered that after the soldiers of the Nine Desolate Mountains entered the city, they treated the people as if they were buying and selling them publicly, and they did not commit any crimes in the autumn; the officers were kind and amiable to the soldiers, and the officers and men ate and lived together, and they were like brothers. All this made the soldiers of Luyang Mansion extremely envious, because the officers of the army of Luyang Mansion often reprimanded and scolded the soldiers, and the soldiers were afraid to avoid the officers when they saw them.

The officers and soldiers of Jiuhuangling were very friendly to the soldiers of Luyang Mansion, who had become prisoners, and they would rather sleep on the street by themselves than seize the original garrison of the soldiers of Luyang Mansion.

This moved the soldiers of Luyang Mansion very much, because among them there were people who had participated in the massacre of the people of the Nine Desolation Mountains.

Later, the soldiers of Luyang Mansion learned about the reason why the Nine Desolate Ridge Formation attacked the dynasty, and they felt even more guilty for the people who had killed the Nine Desolate Mountains.

In the end, when the soldier lord Da Ran proposed to let these soldiers return to the dynasty, these soldiers of Luyang Mansion expressed their desire not to return to the dynasty.

Da Ran, the lord of the army, secretly found 200 reliable soldiers from Luyang Mansion whose hometown was far away from the prefecture under the jurisdiction of Zheng Kai, the king of Qiulu, and begged them to help the troops of Jiuhuangling to break through the county capital of Zheng Kai, the king of Qiulu.

The soldier lord Da Ran bowed deeply to the 200 soldiers of Luyang Mansion, and promised them that after the battle, they would be given 1,000 taels of silver each to return to their hometown.

The two hundred soldiers were deeply moved, and swore no rewards and swore allegiance to the Nine Desolations.

When the soldier lord Da Ran led the troops to the outside of Maozhou Mansion, he brought these 200 Luyang Mansion soldiers. When he and Shi Dewa joined forces to break through the gate of Maozhou Mansion, the soldier lord Da Ran let the 200 soldiers of Luyang Mansion blend in with the soldiers of Maozhou Mansion and fled into Hui'an Mansion City with the soldiers who escaped from Maozhou Mansion. The soldier lord Da Ran told the 200 Luyang Mansion soldiers in advance that when they attacked Hui'an Mansion City, once they saw that the soldiers could not defeat Hui'an Mansion City and withdraw their troops, they would try to open the east gate of the Mansion City that night, and the inside and outside should help the troops to break through Hui'an Mansion City.

The soldier lord Da Ran and Shi Dewa came to the outside of Hui'an Mansion, and saw that the city of Hui'an Mansion was high and deep, and if they wanted to storm the city, they would inevitably suffer heavy casualties, so Shi Dewa and the soldier lord Da Ran led the army to storm Hui'an Mansion City It was fake, pretending that the strong attack could not be carried out and withdrawing the troops, the purpose was to paralyze the officers and soldiers of the city and make them relax their defense of the city.

The 200 soldiers of Luyang Mansion accepted the mission of the soldier lord Da Ran, and as soon as they entered the Maozhou Mansion, they quickly ran forward, and soon followed the fleeing Maozhou Mansion soldiers out of the city. There were more than 30,000 soldiers in Maozhou Mansion, most of whom did not know each other, and the soldiers of the Xurui Dynasty wore uniform clothing, so no one doubted the interrogation of these 200 soldiers of Luyang Mansion at all. After leaving the city, these 200 soldiers from Luyang Mansion followed the brigade into Hui'an Mansion City, and after entering the city, they happened to be placed near the East City Gate.

On the day of the retreat, the Hui'an Mansion Guard ordered the officers and soldiers to take a half-day holiday, leaving only a few soldiers to patrol the city.

There were dozens of soldiers guarding the east gate, and the soldiers guarding the gate were unhappy: the other soldiers had gone to drink and have fun, but they had to stand guard with swords and guns.

On the first watch, the leader of the 200 soldiers of Luyang Mansion secretly came to the East City Gate and invited the officers guarding the gate to a tavern near the city gate and drunk them with wine.

On the second watch, the 200 soldiers of Luyang Mansion came to the east city gate in twos and threes, and took the initiative to replace the city gate guards to stand guard. When the soldiers at the gate saw that their officers had gone to drink, and were sure that the gate was infallible, they left the gate with joy. After a while, dozens of soldiers from Hui'an Mansion at the East City Gate left the city gate, and the people guarding the city gate were replaced by 200 soldiers from Luyang Mansion.

On the day of the third watch, Shi Dewa and the soldiers led by the soldier lord Da Ran arrived as promised, and when the soldiers approached the city, Shi Dewa led 10,000 lightly armed infantry who were not easy to make a loud noise to the east gate of the city first.

The two hundred Luyang Mansion soldiers guarding the east city gate had already discovered the soldiers outside the city, so they secretly opened the east city gate and lowered the drawbridge.

Shi Dewa quickly entered the east gate with the soldiers, and after the soldiers entered the city, they marched along the city gate little by little.

Soon after Shi Dewa's 10,000 soldiers entered the city, they were discovered by the soldiers patrolling the city, and there were oil lamps hanging on the city and on the streets, and most of the soldiers patrolling on the city were napping against the wall stacks, so they did not find the soldiers outside the city, but the soldiers of a patrol on the street saw that the east gate was crowded with soldiers, and when they looked over, they found the soldiers.

The soldiers immediately stepped forward to kill the soldiers of the patrol, but a few of the soldiers who had escaped shouted "The soldiers are coming to the city" and ran to the soldiers' station.

The 200 soldiers of Luyang Mansion had already found out the distribution of the soldiers in the city, so they divided into three ways to lead the soldiers who were constantly pouring into the city to attack the soldiers' station.

Shi Dewa led 10,000 soldiers to the soldier station at the south gate, the soldier master Da Ran led 10,000 soldiers to the West Gate soldier station, and the other 10,000 soldiers were led by a division commander to kill the East Gate soldier station not far ahead.

Due to the soldiers of Luyang Mansion leading the way, the soldiers of the Three Routes Formation almost entered the garrison without much preparation in the three garrisons of the soldiers of Hui'an Mansion.

The soldiers of the patrol who first spotted the formation ran back to the garrison, informed the soldiers standing guard outside the garrison, and the soldiers standing guard ran back to the garrison to wake up the sleeping soldiers.

None of the officers and soldiers of Hui'an Fucheng could have imagined that the soldiers would rush into the city in the middle of the night, so most of the officers and soldiers of Fucheng fell into a state of complete confusion when they learned that the soldiers had entered the city, and they could not see the direction clearly in the night, and they were like hornets in beehives that had been watered with boiling water.

The soldiers did not carry out a large-scale and crazy slaughter, but only annihilated the soldiers who were stubbornly resisting. Most of the soldiers escaped from the north gate that the formation had deliberately not occupied, and more than 10,000 soldiers who had no time to escape were taken prisoner.