Three Kingdoms Eschatology

With a few loud bangs, the heavy cavalry horses knocked four or five Baekje soldiers into the air.The mace in the knight's hand also whirred, knocking down the Baekje soldiers on both sides of the cavalry one by one.The Baekje soldiers fell to the ground like straw shaved by a sickle, and the Baekje soldiers who came to their senses ran to both sides in a daze.In less than half a moment, the Baekje soldiers who had gathered under the east gate disappeared without a trace. Five hundred heavy armored cavalry stopped their horseshoes beside the stairway beside the city gate. The knights jumped off their horses one after another, holding wolves With a big stick and a saber in one hand, he went to the tower to kill.At the same time, horses neighing and horseshoes rushing could be heard outside the city. It turned out that the battalion Qingqi Feiyu who was going to the port also got the news and killed them back.

On the city tower, the Baekje soldiers once again gained a tactical advantage by virtue of their large numbers of people. The two small phalanxes of the Liang army blocked by the corridor had fewer and fewer people in the Vietnam War, and they retreated step by step.Seeing that Liang Jun's situation is in jeopardy.

Dozens of Baekje soldiers crowded in the front lined up with spears of different lengths. Although most of the dense spear blades were blocked by Liang Jun's shield wall, many of them passed through the gaps between the shields and pierced into Liang Jun's rifle. In the ring piece armor of the pawn.A Liang army infantry was shot three times in a row and fell in a pool of blood in the corridor of the city wall, but there were no Liang army soldiers behind him who could directly replace him.Seeing this critical situation, a Liang army leader hurriedly stood up and walked diagonally, trying to block the gap.But time seems to be running out.

Just when two or three Baekje soldiers were about to squeeze into this gap, arrows from nowhere suddenly fell from the sky, knocking down a large area of ​​Baekje soldiers behind them, and the dense arrows easily pierced through these gaps. The body of a Baekje soldier wearing no armor or only wearing leather armor.The two or three Baekje soldiers who lost their follow-up fell into the crowd of Liang Jun helplessly, and were quickly stabbed into honeycombs by the first knife.

Qingqi Feiyu under the city galloped along the city wall, while continuously shooting bows and arrows, providing support for his comrades at the top of the city.Immediately afterwards, the heavily armored knights who ran up to the top of the city on foot rushed to the front of the shield wall of the army formation, and greeted the Baekje soldiers with sabers and maces.

A Baekje army leader raised his head knife in his hand and stabbed forward recklessly, but was hit flying by the mace's big stick. At the same time, the sharp blade of the saber swept across his neck, and a Bloody heads rose into the air.Another five or six spearmen of the Baekje Army stabbed a heavy cavalry with their spears at once, but none of the five or six spears were able to pierce with all their strength, so they failed to pierce the armor of the heavy cavalry. .The latter's mace and saber had been thrown into a ball.Amidst the screams and wailing, the heads of the two were crushed by the mace, and one was beheaded.The last two Baekje soldiers were stabbed in the chest by two Liang Jun spear and shield soldiers with their first knives.The Baekje soldiers farther away were still being attacked by arrows from Qingqi Feiyu under the city.The Baekje soldiers at the top of the city suffered from so many attacks, and finally their morale collapsed and they retreated.Qingqi Feiyu outside the city continued to walk around the city unrelentingly, chasing and shooting the Baekje soldiers on the top of the city wall.The heavily armored knights and spear shield soldiers who fought on foot also began to chase the rout along the corridor.

At the same time, the two teams of longbowmen who had been blocked behind the city gate also entered the city and climbed up the tower along the stairs.The Xu Rong phalanx on the main street in Nanxin City also retreated to the vicinity of the city gate after suffering huge casualties.The archers of Army Commander Liang occupied the commanding heights and were finally able to show their talents.Heavy arrows shot down the city uninterruptedly one after another, and almost every arrow hit a target.

King Chou Shou also followed at this time, and when he saw that the two soldiers beside him were also killed by arrows one after another, he also became frightened in his heart, and couldn't help but retreat a few steps.Liang Jun, who had retreated to the gate of Dongcheng City, stopped retreating and began to firmly block the gate hole with several layers of shield walls. His spears stabbed forward repeatedly from behind the shield wall like poisonous snakes spitting out letters.In front of the three-dimensional defense line composed of spears, shield walls, and heavy arrows, the Baekje soldiers seemed to have hit an invisible mountain of knives. Not only could they not go beyond a step, but they also suffered heavy casualties.

When King Chou Shou was secretly in a hurry, there was a report from the soldiers in a panic: "My lord, the brothers at the top of the city were defeated by the Liang army. The Liang army is driving them to the north and south walls. Our army at the north and south gates The defenders call for reinforcements."

King Qiushou was shocked when he heard this. He didn't deploy many troops in the north, south and even the west gate, because he was very confident that he could surround Xu Rong's main force in the city.At this time, he wondered in his heart, could it be that Xu Rong only entered the city with a small group, but the real main force did not enter the city with him, but all boarded the city wall, so it was possible to defeat our army on the city wall corridor so easily?If this is the case, once the Liang army captures the gates of the remaining three walls, wouldn't it mean that his soldiers and horses with tens of thousands of people would be in a desperate situation.

King Qiushou thought about this, he didn't dare to think any more, and hurriedly ordered: "Pass on the king's military order, the whole army retreats! Hurry up and withdraw from the South New City through the West City Gate!" After saying that, he jumped on his own mount and hurriedly Withdrew westward in a hurry.A quarter of an hour later, the various divisions of Qiu Shou's army who knew that their king had escaped also hurriedly fled outside the west city gate one after another.Liang Jun, both above and below the city, took the opportunity to pursue and kill them with all their strength.

At sunset, the Liang soldiers who had been fighting fiercely for almost a whole day withdrew their troops and retreated to this new southern city.Xu Rong seized the time to interrogate some captured Baekje generals before he knew the whole cause and effect of the incident.

It turned out that although King Qiushou failed to capture Liekou, before Sima Yi left, he still promised to donate the South New City to Baekje, provided that King Qiushou followed his plan.This was a series of tricks. Xiahou Dun failed to attack the Liang army at night that night, so he retreated directly to the port in the west of the city, boarded a boat and left, and at the same time notified the Baekje army hidden in the southern mountains and hills to enter Nanxin City.In this way, when Xu Rong saw the empty city and the empty harbor, he must have thought that the Wei army had abandoned the city, but the Baekje army had already set up ambushes in the streets and alleys of Nanxin City and the other three walls.

It's just that Sima Yi would not have thought that even if he succeeded in deceiving Xu Rong, his strategy would still fail under Liang Jun's powerful combat power.At this time, Qiushou Wang, who was fleeing in the southern mountainous area outside the city, saw that there was no Liang army chasing after him, so he slowed down his horse speed and gathered the rout troops.His face was now full of indifferent expressions, and Team Liang's performance terrified him too much.He sighed in his heart, how could there be such a powerful army in the world, and how should he keep Baekje from being destroyed by them in the future.

Chapter 716

After a rare storm, the bloody smell left by the battle in the previous few days in Nanxin City was completely wiped away.The air also becomes fresher.The guards of the Liang army at the head of the city suddenly discovered that several masts appeared where the sky and the sea connected.Soon, masts and layers of sails covered the sea near Nanxincheng.

Xu Rong had already received the report from the soldiers, climbed to the top of the city and looked into the distance, and found that, as he expected, it was the main force of the Liang army who had received the news from the flying pigeon.Quite a few of these ships are ocean-going rigging galleons unique to Liang Jun.In addition to the ability to sail across oceans that traditional ships do not have, these sailing ships are characterized by their huge loading capacity. A single ship can carry hundreds of soldiers and horses.In addition to these ocean-going rigged galleons, galley warships that were also unique to the Liang army, and even large Viking ships capable of long-distance sailing were also organized in the fleet.

On the deep water pier to the west of Nanxin City, Wei Wen, the commander of Daliang Dongyang Fleet, was the first person Xu Rong met.Wei Wen took refuge in Liang State after the fall of Wu State.Naturally, Feng Yu wanted to give full play to his expertise and appointed him as the commander of the Eastern Fleet, one of the three major fleets.The remaining two ocean-going fleets are the Western Fleet, commanded by Lin Tao.Nanyang Fleet, Commander Gan Ning.However, the Inland River Navy that Gan Ning was originally commanded was abolished because of the unification of the world, and the original ship personnel were assigned to other legions and ocean-going fleets.

After Xu Rong exchanged a few words with Wei Wen, a young man came out from behind Wei Wen, bowed to Xu Rong and said, "Xiao Wang has seen General Zhendong."

This person Xu Rong naturally recognized, it was Feng Yufeng's Wei Wang Cao Chong.Although Cao Chong is a prince conferred by the emperor, he is the king of Fan, which cannot be compared with the prince.According to the practice of the previous dynasty, although his status is nominally higher than that of Xu Rong's Zhendong General, in fact, he can treat any general of the Liang Dynasty with the same etiquette that a king of a small state treats a minister of a heavenly kingdom. to treat.

Xu Rong hurriedly returned the courtesy and said: "It's been hard work for the king of Wei to come across the sea this time. Xu has already prepared a little wine in this southern new city to welcome you all. Please go."

Cao Chong introduced Xu Rong one by one to various royal staff including Guo Jia.Finally, Xu Rong found Tai Shici's figure. It turned out that Tai Shici's army was the second army sent by Feng Yu to Sanhan, Haidong.The reason why Feng Yu sent Tai Shici is also very simple. Tai Shici is from Donglai, and Donglai and Haidong are just across the sea.In addition to Tai Shici's army, Feng Yu also sent a civil servant --- Xun Yu.

As early as Cao Pi forced the Han Emperor Liu Xie to abdicate, Xun Yu had actually resigned from the field and returned to his hometown after his old age.After Feng Yu conquered Yecheng and ruled the world, Feng Yu followed Xun You to visit his uncle again and again, and only then persuaded him to come out of the mountain again.

But this time Xun Yu came to Haidong not to command Xu Rong and Tai Shici's two armies.Even letting him serve as a military adviser was not the main purpose of Feng Yu's sending him here.Instead, Feng Yu decided to set up a new state in Haidong—Dongqing Prefecture. He wanted to separate the four counties of Liaodong that originally belonged to Youzhou and the land of Sanhan that was about to be conquered from the vast Youzhou, and group them together as East Qingzhou jurisdiction.And the first governor of East Qingzhou, the governor of the state, was Xun Yu.

A few quarters of an hour later, the generals of Daliang and Cao Chong's staff sat down in the government office in Nanxin City.After two days and one night on the sea, everyone eagerly looked forward to the rich food and drink, but in the end they were very disappointed.Because what is served is crude wine and bad food.The few meats were horse meat killed on the battlefield and pheasants and hares hunted in the nearby mountains.Besides, the people serving wine and food are all Xu Rong's personal soldiers, and they have never seen even a maidservant.Looking at Xu Rong again, although he pretended to be happy, holding a wine cup and drinking with everyone present, there was a hint of melancholy between his brows.

Guo Jia, who was beside Cao Chong, immediately saw the way. He offered a glass of wine to Xu Rongxian and said, "General Xu seems to have something on his mind. Could it be that the city he got is an empty city? Cao Pi took away all the people and goods in the city. caused by it?"

Xu Rong replied: "Mr. Feng Xiao's guess is right. A certain soldier lost hundreds of thousands of soldiers to get this city, but the city is empty of population, supplies and food. Our army just got an empty city. If we didn't get this city by the way Our army has lost the battle of a good deep-water port. However, this is not the most worrying thing. It is that the two counties of Fanglelang and even Sanhan in this area are barren and undeveloped land. There are quite a few Chinese descendants of the same language and race, but it is difficult for me to use them. In the future, it will be really difficult to rely on the two legions of Brother X and Tai Shici to complete the Holy Majesty's edict."

Xun Yu, who hadn't spoken for a long time, just ate and drank, couldn't help raising his brows after hearing these quiet words with him.Guo Jia asked again: "Le Lang led Fang as a border county. We all know that the resources are poor, but the Chinese descendants mentioned by General Xu are also difficult for the court to use. Why?"

Xu Rong then told everyone the details and current situation he had learned.After he finished his narration, Xun You put down his chopsticks and laughed and said, "What's the difficulty? We only need to do two things to appease the people and let Le Lang lead the people to my use."

Xu Rong hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "If you dare to serve as governor for you, what two things should I do?"

Xun Yu stroked his beard and said, "The first thing, I just need to come forward. This thing is to imitate the pre-Qin Wei Yang's method of migrating wood to establish trust. The second thing can only be done by Ru and Tai Shi." To accomplish this, General Ci is to destroy Baekje, the biggest force among Ma and Han, in the shortest possible time. Of course, in the end, we must borrow the soldiers and horses of King Wei to show the strength of our Liang Liang among the people. The people of the two counties believe that After seeing the credibility of the Daliang court and the strength of the Daliang court, I naturally don't have any doubts before."

Everyone listened to Xun Yu's words, and after a moment of silence, Wei Wen said: "The governor's words are not unreasonable, but the Holy Majesty ordered a certain army guarding the King of Wei to go to Yingzhou. If the trip is delayed, let Cao Pi be there first." Yingzhou laid down the foundation and built a defense, wouldn't it be a big mistake."

Guo Jia smiled and said: "It's okay, it's okay, the emperor's edict only needs our army to reach Yingzhou before this winter. There are still three or four months from now. I think it will be three or four months before Cao Pi, this thief Nothing can come out of it.”

Xun Yu also said, "That's why we want to destroy Baekje as soon as possible, not only to prove our military strength in Daliang, but also to not delay King Wei's trip."

Xu Rong and Taishi Ci put down their wine glasses together, and said to Xun Yu, "If that's the case, then act according to what the governor said."

……

Two days later, Xun Yu came to Liekou City under the escort of a group of Liang Jun cavalry.Gongsun Dan, the prefect of Daifang, greeted the newly appointed governor of East Qingzhou three miles outside the city early.

Chapter 717

It was another early morning, and the gate of Liekou City was slowly opened by the soldiers guarding the gate as usual.The common people who had already been waiting inside and outside the city gate immediately picked up the loads, and the baskets full of goods on their heads went in and out of the city gate.

It's just that today's city gate is much different than usual.It turned out that there were many more soldiers at the city gate, and the armor on these soldiers was far better than that of the local county soldiers in the leading area.Apparently they were all "Central Plains soldiers" from across the sea.

In addition to this, a not very thick and not very long piece of wood was erected in the opening of the city gate, and two large notices were pasted in a conspicuous place at the gate of the city.A county soldier beat a small gong and yelled next to the notice: "Daliang Emperor ordered that our county be designated as the jurisdiction of Dongqing Prefecture from today, and Dr. Xun Yu will be the governor. In addition, there is an edict from the governor of Xun Yu, and today we will erect a large tree. Here, whoever can move this tree to Ximen will be rewarded with a hundred taels."

The shouting was first in Chinese, and then in Fuyu dialect and Hanyi dialect.Those who passed by the city gate were not interested in the governor of East Qingzhou, but when they heard about the reward of one hundred taels, they all became interested.They all gathered in front of the notice to check the details, and some who could read started to recite word by word.After everyone confirmed that their ears heard correctly, discussions arose.

"Such a small piece of wood, who can't take it away, why should I give a hundred taels of gold? Don't even think about it, there is nothing so good in the world, there must be something wrong with it."

"Yeah, maybe it's to test whether there are greedy people among the people, and then..." The speaker said that he made a neck-cutting gesture with his palm.

"That's not the case. But I think it's just to play with the people for fun, or to test the strength of the person who revealed the list, and then arrest him as a strong man. Otherwise, what's the point of offering a reward?"

"To catch a strong man? This is unlikely. Once a strong man is caught and the news spreads, who will be fooled again? Whether it is true or not, try it first. How can I say a hundred gold, after such a journey, We'll be rich."

"Hehe, I'm afraid you have life to earn, but you don't have life to spend. If you don't believe me, go and try it."

Half an hour later, the city gate was crowded with onlookers, but no one stepped forward to reveal the list.It's just that no matter the officials and generals in Daliang or the common people watching the fun, they didn't notice that there was someone sneering under the shade of a big tree not far away.

This person is a spy sent by King Qiushou to Liekou City. He is not from Fuyu or even from Mahan, but from Chenhan.Moreover, he, a native of Chenhan, is very special, he is a descendant of exiles who escaped from hard labor in the former Qin Dynasty.He naturally heard the allusion of Yimu Lixin as a folk tale from his elders.He laughed secretly, these Liang people are too stupid, even if they want to emigrate to establish a trust, they have to use another method, but they copied them like this.

At this time, a young man in his 30s and [-]s had already walked to the city gate and weighed the wood standing there with his hands, obviously intending to try to earn the hundred taels of gold ingots.Seeing this, Baekje Seizuo suddenly had an idea, and a weird smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Just like the scene that happened in Xianyang hundreds of years ago.The young man carried the huge tree and headed towards the east city amidst the laughter and ridicule of the crowd.Along the way, Liang Jun soldiers cleared the way for him and dispersed the idlers who were blocking the way.Liekou City is not big, and in just a quarter of an hour, the young man carrying a big tree came to the gate of the east city.He put the big wood on the ground with a bang, then looked straight at General Liang Jun and said, "Master, the wood is here for you. Where can I get the money? If you can't give me a hundred taels, Fifty taels is fine. I almost paid for my mother's medicine."

Someone nearby shouted in Chinese: "Silly boy of the Wang family, are you still daydreaming? Is money so easy to earn?", "Wang Er fool, you did another stupid thing." The surrounding burst into laughter Zhisheng, apparently this young man surnamed Wang and nicknamed Wang Erlianzi is a "familiar face" in Liekou City.

General Liang Jun, who was in charge, immediately responded loudly: "You don't need to go somewhere to receive the reward..." The crowd laughed even louder when they heard this, and someone had already announced in advance that their judgment was correct: "If you see it, I will tell Say there is no such good thing in the world." But when everyone heard the second half of the words of the generals of the two armies, they suddenly became silent.

"Right here, we will deliver a hundred gold to you." After finishing speaking, the general waved his hand, and someone brought up a plate covered with a red cloth.As soon as the red cloth was uncovered, it was discovered that there was a whole plate of yellow gold ingots underneath.The originally silent people at the scene suddenly exclaimed, and some began to yell, regretting incessantly.

The general took the plate containing the gold ingots from the soldier and was about to hand it to Wang Er, who was about to pick it up with trembling hands.

At this time, something unexpected happened, the general suddenly threw out the whole plate of gold ingots.With a bang, several gold ingots and wooden plates smashed on the head of a nearby person, and at the same time, a hidden arrow passed by the head of the fool Wang Er.

The person who was smashed was Baiji Xizuo. Seeing that the incident was exposed, he immediately threw away the hand crossbow hidden in his sleeve and ran away.Five or six soldiers of the Liang army had quick eyes and quick hands, and they had already chased after them, and at the same time released the mountain dogs in their hands.The fine work hadn't run ten battles away before it was bitten by the mountain dog's calf, and then firmly pressed to the ground by several Liang soldiers.

The scene was completely silent for a while, then Wang Er squatted on the ground, hugged his head and howled, "I don't want gold anymore, don't kill me!" ingot.

General Liang Jun frowned, and was about to order the soldiers to come forward, surround the crowd looting the gold ingots, and take back the lost gold ingots from their hands, but someone pinched his shoulder.The general turned his head and saw that it was none other than Xun Yu, the governor.Xun Yu shook his head to indicate that he should not make any more noise.

At this time, the dust had settled on the scene, and the gold ingots scattered all over the place had disappeared without a trace, and had entered some people's pockets.But after hearing the news, a large number of Liang Jun also surrounded the group of people.

Xun Yu cleared his throat at this time, and said loudly to everyone: "This old man is Xun Yu, the Governor of East Qingzhou who has just arrived. This old man will never break his word about the wooden seal reward. Now that the gold ingot is lost, the old man Take out another [-] gold ingots to this villager. As for the [-] gold ingots that have been lost, because our soldiers will take the initiative to throw them on the ground, we will not pursue them again."

Xun Yu waved his hand as he spoke, and Liang Jun, who was surrounding the group, saw the gesture and scattered away.Xun Yu changed the subject, pointed to the arrested fine worker and said: "This person is obstructing and sabotaging, with bad intentions. After our Daliang government finds out the reason, we will chop him up in the street and show the public as an example!" During the speech, Another medical history brought a new plate of gold ingots, and Xun Yu handed it to Wang Erlianzi himself.

Chapter 718 Gathering in the Gift City

The unexpected episode in Migrating Mu Lixin actually achieved better results for Liang Jun. This incident was soon known to the Han people, Zhu Hu, and Han Yi who lived in Liekou City.It quickly spread throughout Daifang County through those peddlers, and it is still spreading from south to north.

This incident was also reported to the comfort city located on the shore of Daishui.Daishui is the Han River of the later generations. Weilicheng is the first large-scale castle occupied by the Buyeo people going south, and it is also the first capital they established after they established Baekje.

At this time, Qiu Shouwang, who was still wearing a bandage on his arm, listened carefully to the intelligence summary of the spy and the scouts.When he heard about Daliang's establishment of East Qingzhou and Xun Yu's emigration to Mu Lixin, he spit on the ground disapprovingly: "What is East Qingzhou, West Qingzhou? This Korean land will belong to our Baekje Buyeo people from now on. Let's use this old trick to establish reputation and trust, and see how this king will deal with you!"

He turned his eyes and ordered the guards around him to order the soldiers: "Pass my military order, and quickly summon all the commanders in the army, as well as all the princes who are in charge of Lu, to come and narrate!"

Baekje's political system is a continuation of Mahan's tribal city-state alliance, and it still pursues a system of enfeoffment.Although King Qiu is the lord of Baekje, he actually only has three cities within the capital of Baekje, and a total of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses can be dispatched directly.The rest of the city, Wubao, is divided into dozens of Danlu, large and small.The big Danlu will have a central city with some docks attached.The smallest Danlu only has a Wubao.Each lord of Danlu may be called a king or a marquis, and has completely independent military and political power over the Danlu under his jurisdiction.

Half a day later, a dozen commanders under the command of Lord Danlu and King Qiushou gathered in the palace hall of Weili City.King Chou Shou directly expressed his attitude to them, saying: "There has been a change of dynasty on the other side of the sea. What kind of beam has been changed this time. They sent people to take over Le Lang, which belonged to Wei State before, and brought two counties with them. Dongqing Prefecture, it seems that they are trying to turn our Baekje and even Sanhan into their counties. How can our descendants of Fuyu be enslaved by others, so this king came to you to discuss how to deal with Liang Guo Method."

After King Qiushou finished speaking, he noticed the hesitation on the faces of several Danlu city lords, and immediately continued: "Our Baekje has formed a relationship with them and fought two battles. Now we have to fight if we want to fight, and we don't want to fight." We have to fight too. Otherwise, sooner or later, they will annex our Baekje Gyeonggi and various Danro.”

An old-fashioned city lord of Danlu opened his dry mouth and said, "But lord, little lord, I heard that the Liang army is very brave and good at fighting. They can sweep tens of thousands of miles of territory with a small population and strength. In just two years, the Central Plains on the west side of the sea were unified. Even the Great Wei, who claimed to have millions of soldiers, was beaten by them, and he brought the remnants of less than [-] soldiers to our place. Now this large army They came across the sea again, and it seems that their navy is also very strong. The total number of soldiers and horses in our Baekje and Gyeonggi is no more than [-]. How can we resist them?"

King Qiushou glanced sideways at the old man, and said: "Uncle Liuli, you are old, otherwise, why would you lose the courage of my Fuyu people, and increase the ambition of others."

The old man who was called the Liuli King spread his arms and said disapprovingly: "Little Wang is over seventy years old, he is indeed old. Please tell me what your majesty's advice is for dealing with Liang Jun. If it is feasible, drive the Liang forces away." Go back to the Central Plains and help Baekje achieve supremacy here. Xiao Wang is willing to devote all he has to follow His Majesty's order. Xiao Wang thought to himself that the rest of the Lords who are in charge of Lu also think the same as Xiao Wang."

After King Liuli said this, the other seven or eight city lords of Danlu stood up and agreed: "As long as the king's plan is feasible, I will do my duty faithfully and follow orders."

Qiu Shouwang slapped his thigh and said "yes", and then said slowly: "This Liang army is really strong, and this king has seen it before. But they also have shortcomings, that is, the Central Plains road from here to them It is far away, from Liaodong, you have to travel thousands of miles by land, and from the sea, you have to sail for two days and one night to get there. Moreover, the sea is very windy and the waves are high, not every day is suitable for sailing, just sail across the ocean Sea, sailing here is extremely risky. Therefore, their army has grown in size, and it is difficult to replenish food and soldiers. As long as the time goes on, they will not be able to continue. So we only need to obstruct it and unite in the belt. The Hu forces in Fang Lelang's area joined forces with them to fight against Liang. If Liang's army can't move forward, can't capture new cities, and can't support war with war, then they will be destroyed without attack. Besides, we We should also send troops to continuously attack the Wubao village occupied by the Liang army in the countryside near Liekou and Nanxincheng, and establish our own stronghold, so that the two cities currently occupied by the Liang army will be completely isolated."

King Qiushou paused when he said this, raised his eyes to look at the crowd, carefully observing everyone's expressions.Everyone's expressions also became unnatural, because everyone knew that next, King Qiu was going to talk about the most important thing -- who would send how many soldiers and who would send how much food.

At this moment, a soldier of King Qiu's personal guard rushed into the palace hall and shouted: "Report to Your Majesty, something is wrong, a Liang army appeared fifty miles outside the city, and it is constantly attacking!" Approaching the comfort city. It's just that they seem to be unfamiliar with the road, instead of taking the shortest path to rush directly to the comfort city, they are advancing in a zigzag way."

The ex-husband present here, the Lord of the Big and the Small Danlu, jumped up from the floor mat in shock when he heard this.Qiu Shouwang himself was naturally taken aback, wondering why Liang Jun came so quickly.But he still pretended to be calm and comforted everyone: "Everyone, don't be surprised, this king wants to see how they break into my fortified city, Weili City!"

Then he asked the personal guard for details: "How many soldiers and horses, and how many infantry and horses are there in the Liang army who came?"

"My Majesty, according to reports from the scouts in front, the Liang Army has more than [-] troops. Among them, there are about [-] infantry and [-] cavalry."

Hearing this, King Qiushou immediately turned from surprise to joy, and laughed loudly: "The Liang army came just in time, and this king is about to win a big battle to boost the morale of the whole army. Even 3000 of them dare to come to attack the consolation The city is really ridiculous. Back then, when Gongsundu’s Yan Kingdom was at its peak, it only brought together [-] troops in Fang County, and it was helpless against us Baekje. Now the [-] soldiers of Liang Kingdom are not only facing us. It is so simple to have more than ten thousand soldiers and horses, and they have to face the dangerous mountains and rivers on the way. It is not easy for them to even find the comfort city."

Then he was about to issue military orders to his ten or so commanders, but at this moment Liuli King stood up and bid farewell to King Qiushou: "Report to Your Majesty, Xiao Wang will go back to Danlu and send troops to serve the King."

The rest of the city lords also got up and said the same thing as Liuli King, but Qiu Shou Wang waved his hand confidently: "Everyone doesn't need to go, the soldiers and horses in the capital of Liang Army are enough to deal with it. This king wants everyone to stay here and watch a good show, to see how this king attacks and kills these thousands of lifeless guys!"

Chapter 719 Counter Ambush

Among the hills and valleys, Xu Rong glanced at the sun that had already set to the west, and asked the scout ahead with a little anxiety in his tone: "Have you found the right way?"

The scout immediately replied: "Return to the general, this time should not be wrong, look at the shallow valley between the two hills in front of you. This small valley is very impressive, I can't remember it wrongly. After passing through, it is the one where the comfort city is located." Semicircular basin."

Xu Rong nodded and said: "Send a certain military order, speed up."

A few days ago, Liang Jun sent scouts, and under the guidance of a Ma Han guide who was bought with a lot of money, they found the location of the comfort city.It's just that the whole path runs through the mountains without obvious markers, and one part of the path is passed through at night.This made the experienced Liang Jun mountain scouts inevitably confused when they came for the second time. Fortunately, they did not get lost in the end. The city of consolation is very close.

But when Xu Rong was about to enter the mouth of the hill, he felt a stalk in his heart.Although the hill is only thirty or forty steps high and the slope is gentle, but the vegetation is dense, Xu Rong can tell at a glance that it is a good place to ambush.He immediately reined in the horse and shouted loudly: "The whole army stops advancing!"

The military order was immediately relayed through the entire marching ranks one after another.The long and meandering teams stopped one after another.Xu Rong pointed at the two hills with his spear and said: "Send scouts quickly to investigate these two hills to see if there are enemy soldiers hiding in the trees."

Immediately, more than a dozen Liang Jun mountain scouts ran towards the hill with eagles and dogs.But Xu Rong called to stop, and said: "If you find that there are indeed enemy troops setting up an ambush here, you should try your best to pretend that you didn't find them."

The leader of the scouts clasped his fists to Xu Rong and said, "Don't worry, general, we have experience in this matter. If there is an enemy ambush in the forest, we will try our best to keep them from discovering us. Even if they detect us, we will not Let them know we've spotted them."

The scout immediately ordered to the opponent: "Put a mask on the dogs, lest they bark and startle the enemy."

Soon, more than a dozen mountain scouts disappeared into the mountains and jungles.Time passed by every minute and every second, but the dozen or so scouts had no news like a stone sinking into the sea.Xu Rong couldn't help feeling anxious, and beads of sweat rolled down his forehead.

Just as he was about to send out the second wave of scouts, the leader of the mountain scouts ran back alone with muddy sweat on his face.Xu Rong quickly asked: "Why did you come back at this time? Why did you come back alone? Where are the others?"

The leader of the scout replied out of breath: "General Qi, this subordinate and his brothers climbed from the cliff behind the hill to the top of the hill one after another, and then sneaked in the forest from top to bottom to investigate. As a result, two There is indeed a large group of enemy ambushes on the hill. And the subordinates and several brothers have roughly figured out their location and deployment. But when we were about to turn back, suddenly another group of enemy troops came to the top of the mountain, which made us I might be found when I go down the mountain. In order not to startle the enemy as much as possible and reduce the exposure of the target, the subordinate decided to turn back alone. The rest of the people are still hiding in the forest on the mountain."

Xu Rong nodded and said: "So that's how it is. You and your brother Pao Ze have made great contributions this time." After finishing speaking, he summoned the generals above the rank of the squadron to make careful arrangements.

At this time, on the top of the hill on the left, a young Fuyu general was crouching in the grass, looking up at the mountain in the distance.He is Fu Yu Jin Xiao Gu, the younger brother of King Qiu Shou.This time he was ordered to lead five thousand troops to set up an ambush here. Nearly an hour ago, he received news from the scouts that Liang Jun was within a few miles.He immediately prepared the Baekje soldiers for an ambush.But after waiting for almost an hour, Liang Jun didn't come.Instead, he became anxious, so he took more than a hundred guards to the top of the mountain, and observed Liang Jun's whereabouts from afar.

One of his personal guards whispered: "General, look. They are coming! Liang Jun is coming!" Looking closer to Xiao Gu, a group of Liang Jun banners entered the valley.This queue was five people in a row, but it stretched for nearly a mile. Mao estimated that there were more than two thousand people.He was taken aback for a moment, and whispered to himself: "It's not that the scouts reported that there were 3000 people, why there are only 2000 of them, and they are all infantry. Where are the cavalry?"

A Baekje general next to him replied: "Maybe they thought it was difficult for the cavalry to walk on the mountain, and they thought that our comfort city was in the mountains, and the cavalry could not give full play to their advantage, so they sent the cavalry back first."

For this answer, Jin Xiaogu was noncommittal.However, all the Liang troops entered the valley soon, and there was no time for him to think about it. He approached Xiao Guling and said: "Prepare to blow the horn and attack the Liang troops who have entered the valley with all their strength. They must be wiped out!"

Unexpectedly, before his words fell, Liang Jun, who had already entered the valley, suddenly set up a formation in a relatively open valley under the blaring unison of passwords.Facing the hillsides on both sides, two shield walls were built in an instant. Behind the shield wall, Liang Bing supported the big shield and covered the shield wall.Ballista carts and portable ballistas were quickly deployed in the open space.A circle of gun shield soldiers holding large shields also stood around each ballista cart.

Jin Xiaogu exclaimed loudly: "No, they found us, immediately blow the horn and launch an attack!" The commanding soldier beside him immediately took out the horn and blew it, but only blew it twice , but arrows shot from the nearby grass.The commander who played the trumpet was shot dead on the spot.Nearly Xiao Gu himself has been dragged to the ground by the quick-witted soldiers.

Arrows were still puffing, and another Baekje soldier was shot into a honeycomb by random arrows.Jin Xiaogu said anxiously: "We need to send the order quickly, otherwise the battle will be lost." When he was speaking, a general braved the cold arrows continuously shot from the grass, and grabbed the horn of the commanding soldier that fell to the ground.Then, with a few arrows on his body, he rolled into the bushes on one side, and blew the horn with his back facing the sky.

Immediately afterwards, the horns of the Baekje Army echoing this order also sounded one after another.The [-] Baekje soldiers ambushing on the hillsides on both sides stood up and shouted in unison, and their arrows shot towards the Liang army formation in the valley like migrating locusts.But at this time, Liang Jun's ballista had also been properly installed, and the first wave of explosive bombs was thrown out.Dozens and hundreds of fireballs soared into the sky and fell towards the hillsides on both sides facing the rain of arrows.

The rain of arrows hit Liang Jun's shield wall and turtle shell like raindrops, but it had no effect at all.The fireball landed on the hillside, which had been slightly withered due to the summer drought, and piles of raging fires were ignited.The Baekje soldiers began rushing towards the valley like a tsunami...

Chapter 720 The Death of Jin Xiaogu King

In the valley near the Weilicheng Basin, a seven-foot-tall Baekje man rushed forward with a broad sword in his right hand and a large swallowtail shield in his left.He was a centurion in the Baekje Army.When he was still ten battles away from Liang Jun's formation, he suddenly found countless dense sticks flying out from behind Liang Jun's shield wall.It was a spear thrown by Liang Jun soldiers.

The centurion saw a spear rushing towards him, and quickly raised his left hand, only to hear a muffled sound from the canopy.A huge spear pierced into his large shield, passing through the shield's spear blade and passing by his left arm, making a big cut, blood gushed out immediately, and he grinned in pain.Immediately afterwards, he heard two or three screams from both sides behind him. The two Baekje soldiers who followed him were pierced through their heads and bodies by javelins, and fell down in a pool of blood.

Enduring the severe pain, the centurion swung his left hand and took off the large shield that was extremely heavy because of the spear hanging on it.He rushed to the front of the shield wall at a very fast speed, jumped up, and the broad sword was held high in the air by his hands, and when it fell, he used the momentum to split the Liang army soldiers in front of them with their shields. four dollars.However, before he fell down, three spears pierced into his lower abdomen, thigh and chest respectively.Picked him up in the air, and then fell heavily on the ground.

The Baekje soldiers scattered after hitting the shield wall like waves crashing into rocks. Some were killed by spears pierced from behind the shield wall on the spot, and some used their weapons to find gaps in the shield wall. The soldiers of the Liang army behind him stabbed away.

The ballistas in Liang Jun's formation continued to fire explosive bombs in an orderly manner, and the fireballs continued to fall among the vegetation on the hillsides on both sides.The fire became more and more fierce, and the fire points that could be seen everywhere were now connected together. Many Baekje soldiers even had their skirts licked by the flames, rolling on the ground in panic.As a result, most of the Baekje soldiers in the rear were blocked by the sea of ​​flames and could not rush to the Liang army formation continuously.

At the same time, hundreds of Liang Army infantry poured out from the hills on both sides, a considerable number of them were Liang Army's mountain scouts.Jin Xiaogu urgently ordered the soldiers on the mountainside to go up to the top of the mountain for support, but at this time the hillside was full of fire and Baekje soldiers running around, so it was impossible for anyone to come for reinforcements.Near the bushes and bushes where Xiao Gu and dozens of soldiers were hiding, they were continuously shot by dense arrows, and people kept screaming and wailing after being hit by arrows.Jin Xiaogu whispered to the surrounding soldiers: "If this continues, we will all be shot and killed by Liang Jun sooner or later. We simply fight. Everyone listen to my orders and fight out together. Maybe we can save the defeat."

Immediately, with a loud shout, Jin Xiao Gu and dozens of personal guards rushed out from the grass, and shot at the soldiers of Liang Jun who were walking towards this side while shooting arrows.Seeing someone fighting out, these soldiers dropped their bows and arrows to the ground one after another, drew out their melee weapons, and went to meet them.These soldiers of the Liang Army were not mountain scouts, but they were all elites selected from ten miles. In a short time, they killed Qi Qi, who was close to Xiao Gu's personal soldiers.

Nearly when Xiao Gu pulled the saber out of the ring armor of a Liang soldier, a spear pointed towards his head.Jin Xiao Gu tilted his head subconsciously, and the blade of the gun had cut off one of his ears.