Chapter Eighty-Seven: The Siege of the Imperial Capital

Since arranging the suppression of the cult in Qinguang County, Zheng Fengdu has been in a very good mood.

Because, the development of the situation on the side of the Black Pupil Empire is simply one-sided.

"Your Majesty, there has been a military report from the north, hehe, the northern local army of the black-pupiled people is blocked on the front line of the Tuotuo River, and it is difficult to move an inch!" A general opened the big tent and strode in, his face with unconcealed joy.

Recently, there have been victories everywhere, and the atmosphere on the side of the imperial camp is very relaxed, and Zheng Fengdu has always had a smile on his face, which makes it much easier for these people to talk.

As soon as this guy entered the door, Zheng Fengdu didn't scold him, this is a general who went out of his guard battalion, and it can be regarded as the preferential treatment of the Son of Heaven!

Hearing this, Zheng Fengdu walked aside, looked directly at the giant map, found the Tuotuo River, and said, "Zheng Yan, tell me about it!"

Zheng Yan saw that he was in a good mood, and he was also happy to hurriedly pick up the baton, bowed and saluted, walked to the map, pointed to the Tuotuo River, and said: "Your Majesty, look, here, here, the Wheel Legion and the Equality Legion respectively set up these two docks, and sent elite knights to patrol between the two docks, and stubbornly blocked the four legions of the enemy Li Mu in Hebei. ”

"Well, the Tuotuo River is turbulent, as long as these two openings are pierced, Li Mu and his horses will not be able to cross the river! Okay, I have won this war!"

"Your Majesty, when will you start attacking the Black Pupil Emperor's Capital! The little cubs under the last general are screaming and ready to take the lead! This is the first great credit to attack the Black Pupil Emperor's Capital, but it must be given to the last general!" Zheng Yan said with a shy face and climbed down the pole.

"Hey, Zheng Yan, I haven't seen you for more than ten years, your kid's skin is getting thicker and thicker! Thinking that in the Northern Expedition, the Song Emperor's army led by this kid fought brilliantly, and Zheng Fengdu's face was even more relaxed.

Zheng Yan is the most outstanding representative of the orphans he adopts every year, and he was sent to serve in the local army more than ten years ago, and he is quite dutiful.

"Hehe, Your Majesty, the last general was trained by you, how can you smear your face!"

"Okay! Now that the hidden danger in the north has been lifted, the time has come to attack the Black Pupil Imperial Capital, as long as the capital of the Black Pupil Empire is defeated, those local forces can be slowly cut off! Since you kid dares to invite merit, why should I be stingy with the reward, I will hand over this first attack on the Black Pupil Imperial Capital to you! You kid don't give me a, otherwise, you must know that my military law is not vegetarian. ”

"Obey the order, your majesty, you can take a look, Zheng Yan will never embarrass your majesty. Those who went out of the guard camp were not bad seeds!" Zheng Yan patted his chest happily.

He is not a magnified word, the key is that in recent times, everyone has found that the army of the Black Pupil Empire really does not want to be too watery. A small squad of Fengdu soldiers can occupy a town and let the Black Pupils be captured. Not to mention an entire legion, with more than 200,000 men and horses, full of morale.

In Zheng Yan's opinion, based on the incomparable combat effectiveness and low morale of the Black Pupil people, it is estimated that with a single charge, they can climb the wall of the Black Pupil Emperor's capital, and they can break their defenses and attack the city in half a day.

Looking at his complacent appearance, Zheng Feng didn't say anything. It's okay for your subordinates to be high-spirited, but it's not a good thing to be too proud. However, this kid is a role he values, and it's good for him to suffer some losses and increase his knowledge.

On the one hand, there are mourning soldiers who are ruined and dying without a fight, and on the other hand, there are proud soldiers with high morale but are proud and complacent.

"Let's go down and prepare! let your little cubs eat and drink enough today, and tomorrow give me the fierce spirit of our Fengdu people!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, please!"

Zheng Fengdu waved his hand and told him to get down, and the latter hurriedly bowed and retreated.

As soon as he came out of the account, Zheng Yan arched his hand to a group of colleagues who were waiting outside with a smug face, "Everyone, let me let you go! Come to the city in the future, I will invite you to drink!"

"Cut, that is, relying on the background of His Majesty's guard battalion, he let him pick up a big bargain, and it is really hard to compare with the merits of war. General Zou Qi in the front line is much stronger than him!"

"That is, this kid was only born in the guard battalion more than ten years ago, and General Zou Qi is the current commander of the guard battalion! ”

"General Zou Qi, a close minister, has made such great feats, and has traveled thousands of miles, and the defeated Black Pupil Army does not know how many mortals, but he is still polite and modest to us people. Look at this kid, he just picked up some leftovers behind General Zou Qi, and his eyes are above the top, and he doesn't take us seriously, this person is better than others, it's really incomparable!"

"Hehe, General Zou Qi is blocking the reinforcements of the Black Pupil Empire in the west of the Black Pupil Imperial Capital, he just wants to pick up a bargain!"

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Seeing his arrogant appearance, the other generals were naturally very uncomfortable. Although all kinds of cool words will not be said in front of him, there are a lot of fingers behind it.

Zheng Yan also vaguely heard something, but he didn't mind at all, in his opinion, these guys simply said that grapes were sour because they couldn't eat grapes, and they were envious and jealous of themselves. Thinking of this, his nostrils were raised higher, and he didn't shake off these people, but turned around and left.

"Alas, let's go! I was thinking of finding a good opportunity to take the lead, but I was robbed by this bad goods, so let's not go to make trouble in front of His Majesty!"

A group of generals with different minds did not have the heart to meet Zheng Fengdu, and returned to their respective military camps one after another.

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"Woo woo woo ......"

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

Drums and horns contended, flags were unfurled, and a million troops surrounded the Black Pupil Emperor, with light and heavy infantry in front, crossbowmen in the back, and knights guarding left and right.

All kinds of siege equipment were also pushed in front of the army by the baggage soldiers, and they were ready for battle.

Above the city tower, the soldiers of the Black Pupil Empire also widened their eyes, staring at the black-pressed Fengdu army below.

At the forefront were heavy infantry armed with huge shields and spears, followed by rows of archers. The Templars and Royal Knights hid in the caves, ready to rescue the defenses on the walls.

The rolling wood and stones are all ready, and every two or three battlements, there is a large cauldron boiling gold juice, and the foul smell cannot be blown away. Some of the heavy soldiers next to them soaked their blades, spear heads, and arrowheads in gold juice, so that once these blades slashed into the Fengdu people, they would cause more damage.

In the watchtowers scattered all over the city wall, the warlocks are also not out of the atmosphere, waiting for the Fengdu people to attack.

Beneath the city walls, rows of mages are sitting cross-legged, meditating and resting. They are responsible for defending against spells and defending the soldiers on the walls from spell attacks.

Behind them, one after another trebuchets had already marked the throwing area, and the bombardment area had been divided outside the city a few days earlier.

This kind of arrangement has never appeared in the various cities attacked by the Fengdu people in the past.

Therefore, if Zheng Yan thought that he could easily take the Black Pupil Imperial Capital, hehe, I am afraid that he would break his head and bleed.

"Archbishop, thank you for your support, the royal family's help to you is in my heart, great god of the underworld!" On the inner city tower, not far from the eastern wall of the outer city, the Emperor of the Black Pupil Empire was talking to an old man in a dazzling black robe and a long tall hat with a flattering face.

The old man is the archbishop of the Hades Temple in the Black Pupil Empire, Yin Wuji, a necromantic magister, comparable to the existence of a paladin.

The emperor's flattering words, he was noncommittal, and his attitude was very arrogant. Of course, in the Black Pupil Empire, the archbishop also has this confidence and arrogance. Because, the appointment and removal and coronation of the emperor must be approved by the Temple of Hades.

In fact, this is the case in most countries in the Pluto Star Domain, and the Hades Temple represents the Hades exercising power on the ground, which is naturally higher than the secular imperial power.

It is precisely because of this that Zheng Fengdu did not allow the temple of the underworld to spread in the Fengdu Empire, and only built a temple in Fengdu City to show that he also worshiped the god of the underworld. A strong man like him would never allow these clowns to use the banner of the god of the underworld to act in front of him. Of course, Zheng Fengdu himself is a god-level powerhouse, and he also wants to gain the power of faith, which is also an important factor.

The Pluto Clan has always been led by the Mostek family in the star field of the Black Pupil Star, and after Zheng Fengdu's ambition was exposed, Prince Mostek naturally had to find a way to cut him off. This is also the reason why he was selected as the vanguard of the divine war and as cannon fodder.

"Emperor, where is the army of the Grand Duke of the North?" asked Archbishop Yin Wuji, sitting there, looking at the Emperor who was a head down from him.

The emperor was stunned by the question, and hurriedly turned his head to signal to the ministers.

"Archbishop Qiqi, Grand Duke Limu's army has not yet sent news, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to rescue the imperial capital in a short time. As soon as the emperor signaled, someone below naturally played the situation.

"Hey, Emperor, you're really surprising to this seat. From Hurricane Pass to Dijing, no matter how many garrisons and cities the Black Pupil Empire had, they couldn't stop Zheng Fengdu. Even, it is not uncommon to collapse at the touch of a button and surrender. You say, are you very incompetent as an emperor!" Yin Wuji's voice was as miserable as his surname, and a cold wind blew in the city tower.

Bang, the emperor couldn't sit still anymore, and when he heard this, he immediately knelt in front of Yin Wuji in fright, and cried out with tears in his eyes: "Archbishop, I know what is wrong! It's all because I believe in Hermione too much, Hermin, relying on the status of an elder of the royal family, insisted on sitting on the position of the commander of the First Legion, and made the First Legion have no fighting spirit, so that the leader was so defeated." ”

According to the investigation of his subordinates, in the decades since Hermione was in charge of the military affairs of the First Legion, from top to bottom, he ate empty salaries, resold military funds, and embezzled military funds, so that the scale of the First Legion was reduced from 200,000 to less than 50,000 before the war.

When the war came, Hermione forcibly recruited more than 100,000 strong men, but everyone knew how much combat power these recruits could have. Even so, Hermione did not even pay his military salary except for some settling-in allowances, and this time the Hurricane Pass fell because the new army defected. The subordinates were about to rush to the rescue, but who knew that Hermin didn't even survive for half a day, so he escaped without permission and lost the hurricane pass. In desperation, the subordinates withdrew to the imperial capital. ”

It was An Feng, the captain of the Knights of the Templars who went to the aid of Hurricane Pass, who stood up to speak. At that time, he didn't take the goods from He Min's hands, and this guy already had a grudge in his heart, so he naturally spared no effort at this moment.