Dafeng Night Watchman

Chapter 470: Chapter 470: Siege



When the hatred gradually subsided, Xu Qian'an re-examined the battle, and suddenly felt a chill on his back and a chill in his heart.

With his logical reasoning ability, after listening to Zhang Kaitai's description, he had already reviewed the battle in his mind.

The core of this battle is the witch god.

The game and war unfolded with the witch god as the core.

Aiding the monsters is just a superficial reason. What Wei Yuan really wants to do is to deal with the witch god (the reason is unknown), while the late emperor and the witch god cult want to protect the witch god.

The layout made by the witch god cult is:

The late emperor dragged his feet behind, and when the army entered the enemy territory, he cut off the food and grass, cut off the army's supply, and exhausted Wei Yuan's troops,

pushing the Dafeng soldiers into the abyss of no return.

Afterwards, two third-grade spiritual masters, a first-grade great wizard, and a second- grade tribulation master made the final conclusion. As long as Wei Yuan's troops were weakened to a certain extent, they would definitely take action.

Wei Yuan's response was to massacre cities along the way, fight to support the war, and without food and military supplies, he pushed all the way to the heartland of Yan State and approached the capital.

Then, he repaired the plank road in the open and secretly crossed Chencang, and took the water route to go around the enemy's back..

From this point of view, Wei Yuan expected that the court would drag its feet. So he prepared to fight a quick battle from the beginning, leaving no way out, no supplies, and plundering on the spot to support the war, and directly pushed to the base camp of the Wushen Cult.

In the final decisive battle, Wei Yuan faced four super masters. If he was only a second-grade warrior, it would be impossible for him to defeat the four people, let alone fight with the Wushen.

Wei Yuan also considered this point. He had something to rely on, and his reliance was the Confucian sage.

"Everyone thought that this battle was to help the monsters and maintain balance. Who could have thought that there was a deeper purpose behind it... The Wushen Cult used the same trick to lure the enemy into a trap. Duke Wei also used the same trick to summon the Confucian sage and destroy the Wushen Cult headquarters. The game and calculation in this are really frightening..." Xu Qian'an muttered to himself. He still had a few doubts that he had not solved. For example, since Duke Wei was a martial artist in the Hedao realm and a terrifying strong man at the inhuman level, why did he keep a low profile for so many years and announce to the outside world that he had no cultivation and was an ordinary person? Another example? Why did the late emperor join forces with the Wushen Cult to kill Wei Yuan, even though a second-rank minister was indeed frightening to the point of scalp numbness. But can you get anything good by trying to get the skin of a tiger? Given the relationship between Wei Yuan and the queen, the late emperor only needed to hold this handle to have bargaining chips. Moreover, there was a supervisor overlooking from above, so it was not difficult to maintain the overall stability. On the contrary, sending your own soldiers and generals to the enemy's clutches will obviously cause more trouble.

Xu Qian'an thought of a familiar saying: Why did your majesty rebel?

This was his doubt at the moment.

The last point? Why did Wei Yuan attack the headquarters of the Wushen Cult with the intention of dying in battle?

It turns out that I don't even have the ability to collect his body...Xu Qian'an felt a pain in his heart.

As his thoughts fluctuated, he took a deep breath: "Duke Wei, have you been keeping a low profile?"

Zhang Kaitai said "hmm" and stared at the entrance of the military tent, and said slowly:

"After the Battle of Shanhaiguan, Duke Wei had a secret talk with His Majesty, and then he abandoned his cultivation. We couldn't understand it at the time, and we can't understand it now. I didn't expect that Duke Wei had already secretly rebuilt his martial arts. Although he died in battle, I am still very relieved.

"A clay pot will break if it is not separated from the well. It is inevitable that a general will die in battle. I have no regrets for Duke Wei to die on the battlefield as a peerless strong man."

Xu Qian'an asked again: "Except for Yang Yan and Jiang Luzhong, you are the only surviving Jinluo. What are your plans for the future?"

"I have been a night watchman for my whole life." Zhang Kaitai tilted his head and looked at him: "What about you?"

He was answered with silence.

At this time, a deputy general came running in hastily, his face panicked, and shouted: "Commander, scouts report that Yan and Kang have assembled 80,000 troops and are heading towards Yuyang Pass. They will be at the gates of the city in half an hour at most."

Zhang Kaitai's face changed, "Who is the leader?"

The deputy general said in a deep voice: "Lord Yan, Nurhejia. "

Zhang Kaitai was stunned and fell into silence. He ordered:

"Call the generals above the rank of thousand captain to discuss matters, let all soldiers go up to the city wall, and let the militia immediately go to the warehouse to move the city defense equipment and armaments..."

He issued orders skillfully, without any hurry, but his stern expression showed that this Jinluo was extremely heavy in his heart.

After a while, more than a dozen generals wearing armor and carrying swords stepped into the military tent, bowed to Xu Qian'an and Zhang Kaitai, and took their seats. Perhaps knowing the news that the armies of Yan and Kang were about to arrive at the city, the generals looked serious and did not greet Xu Qian'an too much.

Zhang Kaitai looked around at everyone and said in a deep voice: "The counterattack of Yan and Kang is coming. It seems that the Wushen Cult wants to fight to the death with our

Dafeng."

All the generals present had a keen sense of war. After withdrawing to Yuyang Pass, they had analyzed the situation.

The Wushen Cult suffered heavy losses in this battle, breaking through seven cities in a row. There were too many things to deal with. In this case, the correct approach was to deploy troops, repair the broken cities, and send scouts to keep an eye on the border.

It is impossible to start a war lightly in the short term. On the contrary, it means that the Wushen Cult will fight to the death with Dafeng.

"We don't have enough troops..."

"There is not enough food and grass. After Chen Ying killed those dog officials in the Ministry of Revenue, he found out that the food and grass had not been transported at all. Those dog officials in the Ministry of Revenue deliberately concealed it from us."

"Collaboration with the enemy and treason should be executed. The brothers fought hard in the front, and these dog officials stabbed us in the back. They are sons of bitches."

Zhang Kaitai knocked on the table, corrected the topic and said:

"What we have to do now is to defend Yuyang Pass, and then send a report to the court, so that the court can quickly send troops to support. But food is a problem. The food in the warehouse cannot support the arrival of reinforcements."

A general pondered and said: "Yuzhou has been a grain-producing area since ancient times. The local people will not lack food, and we can collect grain from them. We don't trust those dog officials now, so we send people to collect grain ourselves."

Zhang Kaitai frowned: "This is against the rules, and the people may not be willing. At that time, don't be labeled as tyrannical and give the civil officials a handle to impeach us."

"They will be willing."

The local general said word by word: "The court forty years ago forgot the debt, but the people of our three states will not forget it."

After the issue of food and grass came to an end, the generals turned to discuss the issue of

military strength.

Everyone was frowning.

"With the speed at which the court mobilizes troops, can we, with more than 16,000 people,

hold on?"

The Wushen Cult is not like the barbarians. The barbarians rely on piles of corpses to attack the city. The Wushen Cult has siege equipment, a small part of which is made by themselves, and a part of which is secretly smuggled from Dafeng.

In the Battle of Shanhaiguan, the Wushen Cult learned from the pain and summed up the reasons for the defeat. They believed that Dafeng could dominate the nine states, and heavy lethal weapons were the most important reliance.

So they secretly colluded with Dafeng officials, embezzled military equipment, and then dismantled and imitated... Over the years, they also learned to make many siege equipment.

Including gunpowder.

However, the Wushen Cult has no sorcerers. The siege equipment, artillery and chariot crossbows they made are all ordinary things, while Dafeng's are magic weapons, and the

lethality is incomparable.

"We have to defend even if we can't defend. The Wushen Cult is a paper tiger. We will win if we beat them back this time. If we can't beat them back, we have to hurt them and make them seriously injured. Just like the Battle of Shanhaiguan, let them be unable to recover for twenty years. "

"It's no big deal to die."

As he was talking, Zhang Kaitai's deputy general looked at his direct superior and said in a

deep voice:

"Chen Ying, that bastard, left the camp without permission. Now we have only a handful of fourth-grade masters, and it is difficult to stop them. I remember that Nurhejia is a fourth- grade master, both in martial arts and wizard systems."

This sentence made the generals present frown and the atmosphere was solemn.

"Knock knock..."

Xu Qian'an knocked on the table to attract everyone's attention and asked, "Martial arts and

wizards are practiced together? Who is this Nurhejia?"

To be honest, he is now well-informed, but he rarely encounters such dual-system

characters.

Somewhat surprised.

Practicing is so difficult. It is not easy to struggle in one system. How can there be extra

energy to practice other systems?

Zhang Kaitai answered his question: "The inheritance of the throne of the Wushen vassal

state is different from our Central Plains. In the system of the Three Kingdoms of Yan, Jing and Kang, government affairs were handled by ministers, and the monarch held military power, so the monarchs of all dynasties were brave warriors and veterans of the battlefield.

"Above the two, there are three-grade masters of the Wushen Cult who serve as national teachers. The national teacher does not ask about military affairs, but he is the person with the greatest power in the country. Except that he cannot abolish or establish the monarch, the national teacher has the right to decide and deny all matters. The monarch is actually more like a commander who controls the military power of a country."

No wonder, Xiahou Yushu, the monarch of Jingguo, was praised as a general second only to

Duke Wei. I was wondering, these two people, being an emperor is a side job? It's really a side

job........

Xu Qian nodded suddenly, and roughly understood the class system of theocracy. Zhang Kaitai continued:

"Nurhejia is the contemporary Yan Jun. His coordination ability may not be as good as Xiahou

Yushu, but in terms of personal combat power, two Xiahou Yushu are not his opponents. Nurhejia is not only the peak of the fourth rank, but also the peak of the fourth rank in dual

systems.

"Before the expedition, we were even prepared to replace him with two or three fourth rank. Who would have thought......"

Who would have thought that we could not even capture Yandu.

Xu Qian'an calmly glanced at the generals present and saw that they looked solemn. They

seemed to be a little negative and frustrated because of Zhang Kaitai's narration. He nodded immediately and did not ask any more questions.

Listening to comrades talking about the enemy's strength is a very demoralizing thing.

In terms of war, Xu Qian'an had no experience, so he stopped participating, half-closed his eyes, and thought.

His silence disappointed several generals who knew that Xu Yinluo was a master of military

tactics. The peak of the fourth rank in dual systems is a bit difficult to deal with... Xu Qian'an weighed it again and again in his mind and found that he did not Ability to defeat opponents. First, the superposition of means from different systems can produce a qualitative change.

Just like Xu Qian'an relied on the Confucian magic book to temporarily become an "all- rounder" and overwhelm Li Miaozhen and Chu Yuanzhen with his own strength.

At that time, he was two grades lower than the two. Secondly, there are also strong and weak fourth-grade masters. Li Miaozhen, a rising star

who has been promoted to the fourth-grade for half a year, is basically beaten by those fourth-grade peak masters.

What is the concept of the fourth-grade peak of the dual system?

Below the third grade, there are not many who can beat him.

"My Tiandi Yidao Zhan plus Taiping Dao can threaten the fourth-grade masters, but only the

weaker fourth-grade like Li Miaozhen. Moreover, it may not be able to cut the opponent. The deterrent effect of the Buddhist lion roar is not effective for wizards who are proficient in the

field of Yuanshen. If I can't cut that knife, I'm done.....

"Master Shenshu didn't wake up either. You can never wake up a person who is hanging up,

even if you say nmsl.......

"The Confucian magic book is a very strong auxiliary, but I don't have the righteousness to

protect me. If I use it too hard, I will die first. If I don't use it hard, I can't kill the dual system of the fourth-grade peak......."

After carefully examining his own methods, Xu Qian'an was a little discouraged. Without cheating, it was too difficult and almost impossible to kill the fourth-grade peak

dual system with a fifth-grade body.

Even if he joined forces with Li Miaozhen and Zhang Kaitai, the three of them would definitely

have no problem beating Nurhejia, but the armies of Yan and Kang are not short of masters, and there are 80,000 troops.

Outside Yuyang Pass.

The sky was blue, and on the desolate plains, dense troops slowly advanced, followed by

artillery, infantry, and cavalry, with clear layers.

In front of the artillery, there were six huge siege vehicles, pulled by 28 horses. This siege vehicle was made by Yan according to the drawings leaked by the Ministry of War.

It can be raised and lowered, and the highest can be seven feet, which is enough to cope with

the height of most city walls. As for those built in dangerous passes, even if the height is high enough, the siege vehicle cannot be driven in.

This is also the reason why Wei Yuan did not bring a siege vehicle when attacking the city. The Yan State's pass is dangerous and narrow, mostly relying on geographical advantages, and siege vehicles have no place to use.

In the cavalry lineup, Nurhejia rode on the back of a tall and strange beast, which looks like a

horse, covered with black scales all over the body, and a sharp horn protruding from the forehead.

The unicorn scale beast of Jingguo.

Nurhejia's mount is not an ordinary unicorn scale beast. It is a brother of Xiahou Yushu's

beloved horse from the same mother. They are all descendants of the spiritual monster in Jingguo's horse farm.

"Brother Red Bear, there are less than 20,000 defenders at Yuyang Pass. Can you estimate how long it will take to capture it?"

Nurhejia, with gray hair on his temples, turned his head and looked at the rider beside him.

He was a sturdy man wearing black armor. There was a vertical scar on his left face, running

from his eyebrow to his chin. This scar not only disfigured his face, but also destroyed one of his eyes.

So he was one-eyed.

The identity of this one-eyed man was equally noble. He was the younger brother of the king

of Kangguo, Sugudu Hongxiong. Hongxiong, as his name suggests.

This man was gifted and had amazing physical strength. When he was in the Refining Essence

Realm, he once punched a martial artist in the Refining Qi Realm and broke his bones and

tendons.

From the temple to the rivers and lakes in Kangguo, this man's cultivation could be ranked in

the top 20.

Sugudu Hongxiong squinted his eyes, looked at the towering walls of Yuyang Pass from afar, and grinned: "At most half a month."

Nurhejia shook his head: "I said five days. Of course, if the situation is as I expected, then maybe three days will be enough." Sugudu Hongxiong frowned and looked at him.

Nurhejia smiled and said, "Wei Yuan is dead, and the morale of Dafeng soldiers is low. Seeing our 80,000 troops approaching the city is another blow. In addition, most of Dafeng's level warriors have been killed in Jingshan City. How many masters can there be in a small

Yuyang Pass? Even if there are, are there enough for us to kill?" Sugudu Hongxiong nodded slowly. The burly fifty-year-old man continued:

high-

"Besides, our soldiers are in high spirits. Wei Yuan is in the headquarters. Dafeng's military

god died in our Wushen Sect headquarters. From another perspective, isn't it very exciting?"

They attacked Yuyang Pass this time under the order of the Wushen Sect headquarters. The

order conveyed by Irbu National Master was concise: Kill!

Kill people!

Kill as many as you can, and kill as many as you can.

Replay the massacre of thousands of miles forty years ago. Nurhejia looked at the fluttering flags of Dafeng on the top of the city wall, squinted his eyes,

and said:

"Wei Yuan slaughtered the people of my Yan country and shook the fortune of my Wushen religion. Now, it is our turn to shake the fortune of Dafeng."

It is very simple to shake the fortune, that is, war, that is, killing.

A country is made up of individuals. The larger the population, the stronger the fortune. It is

self-evident which one has stronger fortune, a small country with 10,000 people or a large

country with 10 million people.

The coalition forces of Yan and Kang countries stopped, and the footsteps, wheels, and armor

collisions all disappeared, and there was silence.

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Xu Qian'an followed Zhang Kaitai and other generals to the top of the city wall and looked down from a distance. The 80,000 troops were neatly arranged, like cut tofu blocks. These 80,000 troops gave people the feeling of being as small as an ant colony, but they were

so dense and dense that they also made people feel suffocated, and the oppression was like a

tide.

The guards on the top of the city wall looked solemn, as if they were facing a great enemy. Zhang Kaitai held the hilt of his sword with a solemn expression, overlooking the army under

the city, and said in a deep voice:

"The Wushen Cult is different from the Yaoman. The Yaoman has nothing but cavalry. We lose

more than we win when we charge and fight with the Yaoman on the battlefield. But the

Yaoman are also very sensible and rarely attack the city.

"But the Wushen Cult has artillery, chariots and crossbows, siege equipment, and infantry

who are good at ant-like sieges."

Xu Qian'an suggested: "Didn't you say that Duke Wei penetrated the heartland of Yan State?

Yan State has suffered heavy losses and is now gathering troops. Ha, how many troops can he dispatch?

"Maybe, they are very empty inside now, can we sneak attack the capital of Yan State from

behind?"

Zhang Kaitai shook his head: "It's not that simple, Nurgahe is not stupid, he must have left a minimum number of troops to defend the city, and then fortify the walls and clear the fields.

Our artillery is limited, and we can't afford a siege.

"Don't let the artillery be gone by the time the city is not captured, wouldn't it be a loss of

both the lady and the soldiers. The capital of Yan State, even the Duke of Wei couldn't capture

it in a short time, let alone us.

"If we attack other cities, the battle line will be too long, the enemy can easily cut off our food

and grass, and the brothers sent out will be sacrificed in vain."

Xu Qian'an nodded slowly.

At this time, he saw a rider coming out of the line. With his eyesight, he could vaguely see that

it was a burly man with white hair on his temples, sharp eyes like knives, and a fierce aura.

Under his crotch was a black-scaled beast that was majestic and ferocious. Nurgahe? He made a guess in his heart.

Then, including Xu Qian'an, the guards on the top of the city saw the king of Yan State,

holding up his sword, turning his horse's head, and roaring at his army: "Men of Yan State, half a month ago, the Dafeng army invaded our territory and slaughtered

seven cities in a row. Parents and brothers were slaughtered and their homes were burned to

ashes. Have you forgotten the deep hatred?"

The Yan army roared like a tidal wave: "I haven't forgotten!"

Nurhejia continued to roar:

"This is our hatred, but not a shame. Half a month ago, Wei Yuan died in Jingshan City and

was killed by our Wushen Sect. He paid the price for his behavior with his life. The great

military god of Dafeng is just like this.

"The military god that Dafeng is proud of was easily killed by our Wushen Sect and became a

stepping stone for us to become famous in the nine states. Now, it's time for the weak Dafeng

to taste our

anger. "We must let Dafeng know that the territory of Wushen Cult cannot be violated, and those

who kill our people must pay with blood."

Every time he said this, the Yan soldiers' morale and confidence increased.

In the end, the momentum was like a rainbow. The Kang army was also affected by it and their fighting spirit was high.

This speech was very successful because it had a solid foundation and a solid basis: Wei Yuan

was killed by our Wushen Cult!

In the half month after the end of the Jingshan City Battle, the three countries of Yan, Kang

and Jing widely publicized the news that Wei Yuan was killed in the main altar, which made

the people, soldiers and even people in the rivers and lakes of the three countries extremely

excited.

Regardless of whether the Wushen Cult's propaganda was suspected of evading the important issues, the facts were the facts.

Especially the Yan people, when they heard the news, they cheered all over the country.

The Dafeng military god who was famous in the Shanhaiguan Battle and made the old soldiers who participated in the battle tremble with fear was still killed by our Wushen Cult.

The originally complaining people turned their anger into joy, and the army that had lost

confidence regained its fighting spirit. On the top of the city, Xu Qian'an's face was gloomy.

Nurhejia pointed his blade at Yuyang Pass and shouted: "Attack the city!"

With an order, the war started.

The two 10,000-man infantry from Yan and Kang countries took the lead in charging. They

pushed three siege vehicles, carried ladders more than ten meters long, and carried siege

hammers weighing hundreds of pounds.

Behind them, archers, artillery, and crossbows fired together to cover the infantry siege.

On the top of the city, drums sounded like thunder and horns blew long.

Boom, boom, boom!

The artillery on the parapet fired one after another, and one artillery after another hit the

enemy, exploding blood and flesh, and limbs and broken arms splashed. Bang, bang, bang!

The sound of crossbows firing was clear, and crossbow arrows condensed with white light

shot into the distance. The lethality of crossbows was inferior to that of artillery, but the

range and penetration were better.

So the crossbows were aimed at artillery, chariot crossbows, and enemy masters at a distance.

Under the sixth-grade bronze skin and iron bones, no warrior could withstand a blow from a

magic crossbow. Even if it was a sixth-grade warrior, he would be seriously injured if he took an arrow.

In addition to artillery and crossbows, thousands of soldiers bent their bows and shot arrows

downward.

In half an incense stick of time, more than a thousand infantrymen died in the charge. Shouting, screaming, the roar of artillery, the sound of crossbows firing...... intertwined into a bloody picture.

The only thing that could advance slowly was the siege vehicle. The siege vehicle was huge, with a frame made of a mixture of steel and wood. Even if it was

hit by a few shots, it would not cause much damage. There were also high-grade warriors

guarding it to prevent damage from artillery and crossbows. There are nearly a hundred elite soldiers in the steel cabin of each siege vehicle. Once these people climb to the top of the city wall, they can tear a hole in the firepower

network in a short time, reducing the pressure on the soldiers climbing below. Xu Qian'an, who was staring at the siege soldiers below, turned his eyes and found that a

siege vehicle had approached the city wall. The artillery hurriedly raised the muzzle and aimed at the siege vehicle.

A few shells went down, but it just made it vibrate violently, cracked, and could not be

destroyed.

"Taiping!"

Xu Qian'an patted his waist lightly.

The Taiping sword clanged out of the sheath and whistled away. The dark golden sword light

was as fast as a line, and it lightly scratched several load-bearing pillars. The next moment,

with a series of "clicks", the siege vehicle was torn into pieces.

The heavy steel cabin fell down with a bang, killing dozens of infantrymen.

The peerless magic weapon is indestructible.

On the top of the city wall, the Dafeng soldiers around burst into loud cheers, shouting "Xu Yinluo", and their morale soared.

In the distance, in the cavalry camp, Nurhejia frowned, looked around, and asked, "Who is

that person?"