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The dense arrows fell like raindrops, and there was a clear sound of ding ding immediately, but the extremely sharp arrows were all bounced off by the thick and sturdy iron armor, and none of the soldiers trapped in the camp fell down, and the thrown arrows hit The chance of a gap in the shield is so small that it can be ignored.

"Archer, let go!"

The officer commanding the archers in the formation was stunned for a moment, and his gaze turned instinctively to the arrows of a row of archers around him. Under such a dense rain of arrows, it was too scary that none of the enemy soldiers fell down. He even suspected that These archers shoot fletchers without arrowheads.

However, he quickly came back to his senses and ordered the archers to shoot a second wave of arrows.

The dense rain of arrows did not cause any damage to the soldiers of the trapped camp who were wearing heavy armor and had super protective capabilities. The conical attack array was still slowly advancing, and the sound of uniform rumbling footsteps almost crushed people's hearts. .

Qingchuan soldiers shot six waves of arrows in succession, and only two unlucky soldiers trapped in the camp were injured by arrows.

The steel warriors advancing rumblingly made the Qingchuan soldiers in front of the formation feel tremendous pressure and fear. However, they were pushed by the comrades behind them and could not retreat. They could only bite the bullet and move forward to face the steel giants.

The two sides finally collided. The Qingchuan soldier in the front row screamed and swung the iron sword in his hand, slashing desperately. However, when the iron sword struck the thick and solid armor, apart from the deafening explosion, a stream of sparks burst out. It was a shallow cut mark left on the surface of the iron armor.

And when the big, heavy and sharp strange blades in the hands of those steel monsters fell, no matter how strong the iron shield was, it was also split in half, and no matter how tough the iron sword was, it was also split into two pieces, and by the way, the human body was also broken. Split in half, blood spurting everywhere.

These blood-stained steel monsters roared and swung the big, heavy, sharp strange blades, slashing frantically, and any creatures that blocked their progress were destroyed.

Everyone watching the battle on the top of the city was shocked by the invincible and terrifying attack power of the trapped camp, and their faces were pale and bloodless. If the previous Thunder Chariot was a heavy weapon for long-distance attack, the trapped camp was a living heavy weapon for melee combat. The power, the invincible attack power, cannot be resisted by flesh and blood.

When encountering such a steel monster, even the bravest warriors can only helplessly sigh, while the timid ones are frightened out of their wits.

The advancing speed of the trapped camp is very slow, one step at a time, but in the eyes of everyone watching the battle at the top of the city, in the eyes of Kong Ning and other Qingchuan generals, the trapped camp is like a broken bamboo, smashing into the dense phalanx of Qingchuan government soldiers, so that The exaggerated speed that people can't believe pierced through the first phalanx, and was crushing towards the second phalanx.

Most of the elite soldiers of the Qingchuan Mansion were transferred to the frontal battlefield, and they withstood the frontal attack of the Jiayue Mansion Army. The first phalanx to meet the trapped camp was also composed of elite veterans. Crash, just a normal panic.

However, the two phalanxes in the back are all composed of recruits. Even though these recruits participated in the siege of Chang'an, they were unable to attack for a long time, and their morale had long been low. The iron monsters that could not be cut down by iron swords against the trapped camp were all terrified and trembling. They only supported for a while. The already chilling soldiers could no longer bear this terrible psychological pressure.

The soldiers at the back watched helplessly as those fierce steel monsters slashed with their strange blades, and split the comrades in front in half effortlessly. Someone screamed strangely in fright, crying and yelling as they tried their best to squeeze out of the formation.

In such a big scene of confrontation between thousands of troops, sometimes the morale is like a plague, which can infect a whole team of soldiers, and then a whole school team, and a whole phalanx in a few seconds.

Someone started, and then someone followed, first a few fled desperately, then a dozen, then dozens, with a coaxing sound, the entire square formation collapsed like an ant colony that had exploded its nest, and there were scattered and fleeing soldiers everywhere. Even if the officers tried their best to suppress them, they couldn't suppress them with their swords and cut down the fleeing soldiers. In the end, they were either stabbed with swords, spears or arrows in the back by other soldiers, or they were engulfed and involved. Among the fleeing crowd.

Under the command of Sikong Jian, the trapped camp continued to advance towards Kong Ning's central army. Although the three phalanxes that the Qingchuan government soldiers marched forward to fight collapsed, the advance speed of the trapped camp was too slow, and the Qingchuan government soldiers had not yet triggered a complete attack. The army collapsed, and Kong Ning had a certain amount of time to gather the defeated soldiers who fled.

"Hold on, hold on, shoot the arrow, shoot me the arrow!"

In the middle army formation, the officers screamed desperately. They also knew that bows and arrows had no effect on the steel monsters that trapped the camp, but out of inner fear and instinct, they could only howl hysterically.

Although the Chinese army did not collapse, the arrows shot from the formation were sparse, and some of them had no strength at all, or were not aimed at the head, and shot to one side. It can be seen from this that the morale of the soldiers of Qingchuan Mansion has dropped to freezing point. It takes a powerful charge to chisel into the frontal phalanx, and the army will surely collapse.

The rapid rumble of battle drums followed one after another, amidst the sound of low-pitched horns, the Jiayue army launched a full-line charge, and amidst the roar of killing that resounded through the sky, countless soldiers roared and charged forward.

Before falling into the camp and breaking the formation, the Qingchuan soldiers whose morale was down to freezing point finally collapsed. Soldiers scattered and fled everywhere in the wilderness. Amid the roar of disarming and not killing, many soldiers threw away their weapons and crouched on the ground with their heads in their hands.

The general situation was over, Kong Ning and his confidantes rode their horses and fled outside under the cover of the remaining personal guards. However, they were met by a dense rain of arrows shot by tiger and leopard cavalry.

Kong Ning hurriedly turned his horse's head and fled to the other side. Zhuo Fengxing led a group of tiger and leopard cavalry in hot pursuit.

A howling arrow pierced the back of Kong Ning's neck, and his body fell on the horse's back. The soldiers of the tiger and leopard cavalry tied his body to the horse and brought him back to wait for the young master to dispose of. After all, death is like a lamp going out, let alone Kong Ning It's still the young master's second brother-in-law, how the young master handles it is his business.

Of the 20 Qingchuan soldiers, more than 6 were killed in sieges and positional battles, 11 were captured, and the rest fled without a trace.

At this time, the sky was already dark, piles of bonfires were lit on the battlefield of the wolf smoke, and the soldiers of Jiayue Mansion were still cleaning up the battlefield happily.

However, under Li Gang's order, the city gate of Chang'an was still closed, and the security was more stringent than before. There were patrolling soldiers everywhere on the streets, and the sky ban was still not lifted.

However, all the people in the city breathed a sigh of relief. For them, the danger was finally lifted, and the complexions of some people became increasingly pale and ugly.

Chapter 177 Unifying the Empire

After dark, the east gate of Chang'an was opened, and a large number of wounded were brought in from outside the city. After that, no one was allowed to leave the city except for a few cronies around Li Gang.

That night, many people suffered from insomnia, whether it was Li's enemies or those who were loyal or supportive of Li's, the difference was only in sadness and excitement.

Li Gang and his confidants were so busy that they had no time to sleep, while the civil servants and generals of Jiayue were so excited that they could not sleep. Obstacles, entry into Chang'an is a sure thing.

Even if the prime minister doesn't want to sit on that dragon chair, he is still a powerful minister who controls the government. These old subordinates have no credit but also hard work. How can there be so little promotion and reward?Just these, how can it not make people so excited that they can't sleep?

The next day, the sky brightened and the city gates were opened. After the war, Chang'an City began to return to normal. However, apart from soldiers with swords and guns patrolling around, there were very few people entering and leaving the city gates. After all, the war had just subsided, and the people They are still busy cleaning up the rubble of buildings destroyed by the grinding boulder, and it will take at least four or five days to truly return to normal.

What relieved the people in the city was that the houses and other buildings destroyed by the war were built by soldiers for free, which made the people very grateful.

It is rumored that Prime Minister Sun and all the officials stayed up all night and were busy cleaning up the list of dead soldiers. The war money and martyr certificates will be issued soon. Your Excellency is a good officer.

If Li Gang wants to quickly take root in Chang'an, he has to wield a big stick in one hand to show his force, intimidating Xiao Xiao, and in the other hand he has to win people's hearts with radishes.

Li Gang also gave a certain amount of rewards to those powerful families who extended a helping hand in the pre-war period. In this way, more noble families who were still hesitating to see the direction of the wind showed their favor, and Li Gang also gave a lot of gifts. As a result, more and more aristocratic families have turned to the Li family. With the support of these aristocratic families, Li's power in the court has completely overwhelmed the royalists.

After the war, Chang'an was full of waste, and there were too many things to deal with in the court. The prime minister's faction and the royalist faction headed by Li Gang were busy fighting for power and fighting for power.

Outside the city, the tens of li company camp built by the former Qingchuan government army is still there, but the tens of thousands of troops of the Jiayue government army live inside. Soldiers come in and out every day to purchase a large amount of food, fish, meat and vegetables. We can even see groups of soldiers practicing on the flat ground outside the barracks.

When the Tang Empire's army suddenly invaded, Gucheng was trapped, and the news of Jincheng's fall came, the people did not panic at all. The army stationed outside the city was a reassurance.

However, the atmosphere in the hall was not only tense, but also full of gunpowder.

Even though the royalists regarded Li Gang as an enemy, many ministers temporarily put aside their hostility and discussed how to repel the invading foreign enemies in the face of national security. However, there were still a few courtiers who did not understand the general situation to criticize Li. , but alluding to the Tang Empire's opportunity because of Li's ambition and war chaos.

Li Gang has long been indifferent, and he doesn't care about all kinds of accusations at all. He just keeps some guys in his heart silently, and will settle accounts later in the autumn.

The father and son had a clear division of labor, and Li Wei also told him the plan, so he stayed in Chang'an City with peace of mind. Apart from sparring with the royalists in the court hall, he was desperately trying to install him in various government offices. At the same time, he personally urged the Ministry of War to do a good job in logistics to ensure the supply of food and grass for the army.

However, the logistics supply of the army is almost entirely undertaken by the two provinces of Jiayue and Hongfeng. Fortunately, Li Wei secretly carried out the currency war and used bad money to buy a large amount of military supplies such as grain and grass from the Tang Empire. It can be regarded as a solution to the urgent need.

At this time, the 12 army led by Li Wei was arriving at the foot of Dongping City. After the battle last night, he asked the soldiers to take time to rest. Nearly dawn, the army quietly left the camp and marched towards Dongping Pass.

He Jin left 1 guards in Jiangyang County, and Li Wei took away 9000 people. The army advanced to Dongping City.

Li Wei broke up the 6000 Qingchuan soldiers in the pass, and all the old, weak, sick, disabled and below were sent home to work in agriculture. The remaining nearly 5000 people were dispersed into various armies, leaving [-] people guarding Dongping Pass. Pushing Jiangluo City.

At noon the next day, the army was still about ten miles away from Jiangluo City, and they would not receive any rewards at night. Duan Kecheng, the guard of Jiangluo, and Lang Jin, the guard of Jin, ordered the soldiers to put down their weapons and surrender.

Li Wei couldn't help heaving a sigh of relief. It would be great to be able to unify the entire empire without bloodshed. The civil war would seriously damage the vitality of the empire, especially at the critical moment of the Tang Empire's invasion.

Even though he was worried about whether Sun Jai would be able to stop the attack of the Tang Empire's army, at least he needed to digest the recruitment of so many Qingchuan soldiers. Pingjin was the base that the Kong family had painstakingly managed for decades, and if they were not careful, they might capsize.

While reorganizing the army, the battle reports from the front continued to come in. Tang Wei, the deputy general of Gucheng Desun Jai, led [-] troops to reinforce him, and repelled more than a dozen crazy attacks by the Tang army. The city was impregnable. For Li Wei, this was good news. .

However, Sun Zha, who was deploying defenses around Xinjiang County, was under tremendous pressure. The small walls of Xinjiang County were too low to withstand the successive attacks of nearly 20 Tang troops. Jiangxian City, retreated to Xiyang County, and abandoned the city again after holding on for two days, retreating to Jianghuai and Jiangyin counties for defense.

Sun Zha had no choice but to retreat. Behind him was Pingjin, the capital of Qingchuan Province. He could only desperately build fortifications in Jianghuai and Jiangyin counties. He was caught in the middle of nearly 20 Tang troops and Qingchuan troops, and he was in a very disadvantageous situation.

Fortunately, Lang Jin, the general of Pingjin, knew the general situation and did not stab the knife from the back at the critical moment. Otherwise, the final defense line that Sun Zha painstakingly built would collapse, and the Tang army would drive straight in and plunder the hinterland of the Qin Empire.

When Sun Ja received Li Wei's message, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. During this period, the two counties of Jianghuai and Jiangyin had endured more than a dozen crazy attacks by the Tang army. The city defenses were severely damaged, and the soldiers suffered heavy casualties.

That night, Sun Jai led his army to retreat towards Pingjin, and a cavalry unit of 2000 Tang troops chased after him. As a result, they were ambush, and only more than 800 cavalry escaped from the encirclement in embarrassment.

Sun Ja led his troops to withdraw into Pingjin City, and handed over the military power wisely. The young master is the future lord. If he still foolishly holds on to the military power, his military career will come to an end after this battle. cause more trouble.

Li Wei is very satisfied with his performance, he is worthy of being the number one fighter under Daddy Cheap.

Chapter 178 Space for Time

Sun Jai's layer upon layer of resistance exhausted the Tang army's elite troops to a certain extent, and also bought Li Wei precious time, allowing him enough time to settle Kong Ning, unify the Qin Empire, and calmly dispatch the army to fight against the Tang army under the city of Pingjin. .

At this time, Li Wei had 20 troops in his hands. His second brother-in-law Tang Tianhe, who was good at defense, led 5 people to defend Pingjin City. The line of defense is to prevent the Tang army from splitting up, bypassing Panlong Mountain, and attacking Gucheng from behind.

The small walls of Quping County are low, and its defense capability cannot be compared with that of Pingjin City, which Kong has painstakingly managed for many years. However, in order to realize the battle plan formulated by Li Wei, Quping's defense line must be firmly held. Once the defense line is breached, The battle plan to defeat the main force of the Tang army under the city of Pingjin not only failed, but also caused extremely serious consequences.

Therefore, Li Wei not only requisitioned a large number of people to build the Quping line of defense, but also left two-thirds of the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion, that is, 2000 people and 120 Thunder Chariots, to Sun Jai, and at the same time ordered the generals to rush out a large number of troops. Simple catapults, soldiers collected stone bombs and kerosene everywhere to make the most primitive incendiary bombs.

Sun Jai was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. Such an important task was due to the young master's trust and reuse of him. With so many powerful offensive weapons, if he couldn't defend Qu Ping's line of defense, he would have no face to face other than wiping his neck. up.

After the arrangements were made, Li Wei led an army of [-] troops including [-] camps and [-] tiger and leopard cavalry to advance from Quping to Panlong Mountain. Yongxiatang County, cut off the Tang army's retreat, and then defeated the Tang army's troops that were alone.

While the army was marching in a circuitous manner, nearly 20 Tang troops marched to the city of Pingjin with the vigor of winning streak, and camped for dozens of miles.

Although Ge Changqing, the commander of the Tang army, was full of ambitions, he was not dazzled by the successive victories. He ordered the army to camp outside the city to rest, and at the same time sent a large number of Yeburei to inquire about the news, and at the same time discussed with his subordinates the next action plan.

According to the information obtained by Yebushou, there are [-] defenders stationed in Pingjin City, but the city walls are thick and strong, and it is extremely difficult to attack the city. Even if it can be conquered, the losses will be heavy.

Quping County, where 6 people were stationed by Sun Zha, has low walls and low defense capabilities. If Quping County is conquered, they can go around to the back of Gucheng and attack back and forth with another army. The army drove straight in and echoed each other.

However, Ge Changqing has his own selfish intentions. If he assists his allies in conquering Gucheng, his achievements in conquering the city will be shared;

But if he doesn't attack Quping and assists his allies in conquering Gucheng, no matter how much credit he makes, he will definitely offend a group of people in the court. If he doesn't get involved, his military achievements will be greatly reduced, so he has to think of a compromise. Method.

All the generals under him are warriors, how could he think so complicatedly, the generals won consecutive battles, the soldiers were full of fighting spirit, they called for battle one after another, with the vigor of consecutive victories, they captured Pingjin City in one go.

In the end, Ge Changqing accepted the proposal of the military adviser, and the main force attacked Pingjin City, and another army was sent to attack Quping County.

Early the next morning, Ge Changqing led an army to set up a formation under the city, beating drums to attack the city, and his deputy Qu Tianyi led 5 people to attack Quping County.

The battle to attack Pingjin City was extremely fierce. Qu Tianyi led an army of [-] to advance towards Quping County. He was Ge Changqing's confidant general, so he naturally understood what Shangguan meant. Before Pingjin City was captured, Quping could not be defeated anyway. Conquering, that is to say, his troops only temporarily launched a feint attack on Qu Ping to restrain Sun Ja's troops who were stationed in Qu Ping.

It took nearly three days for Qu Tianyi and his troops to arrive at the base of Quping County, and then slowly set up camp to rest. The next day, it was almost noon before leading the army to attack the city.

Sun Jai's task was to defend Quping County to the core. Even if there were enemy fighters, he would not be allowed to attack, at least until Li Wei's main force captured Pingyong and Xiatang counties. Leisurely.

It can be said that there is no pressure on the Quping line of defense at present, and Pingjin City with its thick and strong walls has been violently attacked by the Tang army. unexpected.

He thought that the Tang army would choose Quping County, which is not strong in defense, as the focus of offensive breakthroughs. Unexpectedly, because of the selfishness of the Tang army coach Ge Changqing, he would choose Pingjin City, which has a high city and thick walls, as the main direction of attack.

Even if Tang Tianhe made a mistake in his prediction, he never underestimated the enemy. This is related to his cautious character. He does not seek merit, but seeks to make no mistakes. As long as I complete the task assigned to me, it will be a great achievement.

He personally sat at the head of the city and commanded the soldiers to fight. The [-] soldiers were divided into dozens of teams of thousands of people. Every two teams took turns to defend the city. Let the soldiers get a good rest and ensure that they have sufficient physical strength to fight.

With the spirit of winning streak, the Tang army attacked the city like crazy, while the Qin army desperately defended the city. life.

The people in the city spontaneously organized themselves to help carry defensive weapons such as arrows, rocks, rocks and logs, and wounded soldiers and corpses to the city. Some even took up the weapons left by the dead soldiers to help defend the city.

For the common people, they support whoever treats them well. After the Jiayue Army entered the city, the military discipline was extremely strict, and there was no disturbance to the people. Even if there were a few cases, they were beheaded by officials. After paying the bill, the price was reasonable, and a large amount of food and grass were shipped in, which ensured that there would be no famine in the city, which was many times better than the various tyranny of the original prefect Kong Ning.

Now that foreign enemies are invading, if the city is breached, God knows what will happen. In addition, Tang Tianhe intends to spread the news that the Tang army is going to massacre the city.

Tang Jun attacked frantically for two days and two nights, and Tang Tianhe also guarded carefully for two days and two nights. He was already good at defending, coupled with his cautious character, he commanded the soldiers to arrange the defenses of Pingjin city to be watertight. Don't give Tang Jun the slightest chance.

However, sometimes being too cautious and doing things too well may not be a good thing. Tang Tianhe didn't know that, because of his cautiousness, he defended Pingjin City like a fortress, shaking Tang Jun's coach Ge Changqing's confidence in conquering Pingjin City up.

Chapter 179 Secret Weapon

Ge Changqing's confidence in conquering Pingjin City was shaken.

The army attacked for two days and two nights with the vigor of a winning streak. More than half of the various siege equipment was damaged, and the soldiers suffered heavy losses. None of the top positions in the city can be captured once.

Ge Changqing had to force himself to calm down and reconsider. The walls of Pingjin City are thick and strong, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Moreover, the troops and weapons are sufficient, the combat power is good, and the morale is high. The city suffered heavy losses, and the gains outweighed the losses.

Looking at the impenetrable Pingjin City, Ge Changqing sighed helplessly, turned to look in the direction of Quping County, hesitated for a while, and finally made a decision, the main army attacked Quping, and pretended to attack Pingjin.

Although his orders dissatisfied the generals, the military orders were like mountains, and they had to be carried out. Soon, the soldiers who attacked the city retreated like a tide, leaving only dead bodies and various damages all over the ground. There are weapons and armor, and heavy siege equipment that is crumbling and dilapidated, some of which are still burning, billowing thick smoke.

Afterwards, Ge Changqing led the main force to march towards Quping, and Li Tianfeng, the deputy general, led 3 people to stay in the camp to contain the Qin army in the city.

At the same time, he sent flying cavalry to Quping, and ordered his deputy, Qu Tian, ​​to launch a formal attack on Quping County.

Qu Tian received the order and immediately ordered a strong attack on Quping County. Although Quping County has a small wall and low walls, there are nearly [-] Qin troops stationed there, more troops than him, and a large military camp was built outside the east gate. Containing his troops, he didn't expect to be able to attack at all, but he had to put on a show so as not to blame Ge Changqing.

Tang Jun's anomaly caught Sun Jai's attention. While strengthening his vigilance, he dispatched a large number of Ye Bu Shou, and soon found out that Ge Changqing was leading the main force to come here. He couldn't help but sigh, the happy days were over. .

He sat in the big camp outside the city, watching the Tang army launch a fierce attack on Quping County, and resisted the urge to lead the army to attack. If the Tang army was beaten badly and the main force retreated in fright, it would ruin the young master's plan However, if you can't bear it, you will make a big conspiracy, so you can only bear it.

The next morning, Ge Changqing led the main army to the city of Quping. He ordered the army to rest, and led the troops out of the camp to observe the enemy's situation.

Looking at the Qin army camp outside the east gate, Ge Changqing couldn't help frowning.

Although the walls of this barracks are lower than the city walls of Quping County, they are all built with wooden piles and filled with soil. There are many arrow towers, trenches are dug outside, and horse barriers are placed. It is simply a fortress that is difficult to conquer. , Such a project, how much manpower will it cost?

Because of the existence of this barracks, the army could not trap the small Quping County to death on all sides, and it was necessary to send an army to contain the Qin army in the camp, in case the Tang army suddenly broke out from the camp during the siege.

According to Qu Tianyi, it's not that he hasn't tested the defensive capabilities of the camp. Before he rushed to the trench, he suffered heavy casualties. A giant arrow as thick as an arm with a longer range and more terrifying damage.

Heavy siege equipment like turrets and nest carts are severely damaged as long as they are hit by a giant arrow, and if they are hit by a second one, they must be repaired before they can be used again if they are not damaged. The lethality was even more frightening, one arrow could pierce the bodies of several soldiers, and the death conditions were extremely miserable, which constituted a heavy shock to the soldiers' psychology.

The terrible thing is that the raw materials for the production of this kind of giant arrow are available everywhere, and the production and processing are also very simple. Just looking at the two bare forests near Quping County, you can estimate how many of these terrifying giant arrows the Qin Army has stockpiled.

This is a new type of weapon with a more powerful range than the catapult. God knows how many of this new type of weapon the Qin army has equipped. Qu Tian only knows that the number of secret weapons equipped in this camp is no less than fifty. There are also in Quping County, and they are also erected on the top of the city, specially used to bombard towers, nest cars and other heavy siege equipment.

However, he also discovered the weakness of the secret weapon of the Qin army, that is, the power of the flat shot is very scary, but when used on the city, except for its strong ability to destroy large siege equipment, it is not very lethal to soldiers.

In Qu Tianyi's words, the defense capability of this large camp is simply a bit weak. He would rather attack Quping County, which has a higher wall, than this military camp.

All the senior generals around him frowned, Qu Tianyi was exaggerating too much, did he increase the prestige of the enemy army? "Don't believe me? Then everyone can give it a try."

Qu Tian snorted and said, he was furious, I reminded you kindly, but you took my kindness as a donkey's liver and lungs, well, let you pay for the power of Qin Jun's secret weapon.

"Commander, my subordinates are willing to lead an army to attack the camp."

Not to mention, several senior generals clasped their fists and begged for orders to attack the Qin army's camp in order to grab credit.