Survival countdown

As soon as Zhao Baiyu finished speaking, he heard the piercing sound of piercing the air, and the flying rocket was reflected in his pupils, passing by the top of his head and landing behind him, making an explosion sound. The violent flames shot up and quickly enveloped the soldiers. He screamed again and again, although the flames on his body were quickly extinguished by his comrades, but immediately after that, the overwhelming rockets came, and everyone was too busy to take care of themselves, and there was no spare energy to save his comrades who were surrounded by flames.

Dou Hong rushed over to cover Zhao Baiyu, grabbed him and ran towards the city gate: "My lord, get out of here first!"

Zhao Baiyu pinched Dou Hong's wrist meridian forcefully, "When are you still thinking about that bureaucratic style?"

The pain forced Dou Hong to let go of his hand. He could not help but turn around in surprise when he heard Zhao Baiyu's swear words, but saw Zhao Baiyu's eyes were full of red flames, and he shouted in a calm and strong posture different from the usual gentleness: "You have combat experience. , go to command quickly!—Fire the cannon! Shoot the trebuchet for me! The archer stepped forward, let me shoot as many rockets as you have! Hot oil, boiling water, and buckets of excrement and urine—the excrement and urine that you have been collecting these days The boiled golden juice, pour it down for me first! Be careful, and pour it into the eyes, ears, mouth and nose of the group of bastards who want to invade our home, kill our relatives, and rob our property and land! Let them eat shit Let's go—!!"

The last sentence was hysterical, and the sound was broken, but it pierced through the fire wall and was deafening. Instead, it inspired the soldiers on the city wall. Seeing Zhao Baiyu rushing to the front, he grabbed the rocket and shot down, his fingers were bloody from the bowstring. Blurred and almost imperceptible, the others were inspired to rise up against the oppression of the overwhelming enemy.

Dou Hong didn't even think about protecting himself, so he grabbed his spear and rushed to the gate of the city wall to stab Xia Jun who climbed up. Soldiers kept lifting buckets of excrement and urine and poured them down. At this time, no one cared about that. The pungent smell soaring into the sky, only endless killings are left in my heart, I only know that if I don't resist the first wave of attacking the wall with all my strength, the next step is to fall to the ground, and the city gate is broken, and the homeland is exposed to iron hooves Next, the [-] unarmed civilians behind him will suffer a brutal massacre and ravage.

Above the city wall is an inextinguishable flame, and below the city wall is endless flames. The smell of charred corpses, blood, gunpowder smoke and the smell of poured gold juice are intertwined, making people crazy It irritated Zhao Baiyu's stomach, but now his whole body was tense and his mind was highly concentrated. He was desperately searching for the military chariot in the middle of Xia Jun, and it stopped quietly two miles away.

Beyond the shooting range, neither rockets nor heavy crossbows with a range of one mile can kill the generals in the military chariot.

Suddenly bright red hot plasma sprayed out, splashing half of Zhao Baiyu's face, the hand that drew the bow trembled, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the soldier beside him being split in half, and a tall figure crawled out from the entrance of the city wall, holding his head high. Then the knife slashed towards Zhao Baiyu.

At this critical moment, Dou Hong's spear pierced through the enemy's heart, and he pulled it out suddenly, making a particularly ear-piercing sound of cracking silk. The latter fell to the ground in response, and Zhao Baiyu's rocket was also fired at the same time. , When the chest passed through the chest of one Xia Bing and was nailed to the abdomen of another Xia Bing, there was a crackling sound, and he was instantly swallowed by flames.

Zhao Baiyu, who had just come from a life-and-death moment, had no time to be afraid. When he found that the rocket was used up, he drew out his ring knife and rushed to the enemy army who had climbed up. Blood sprayed on his face, and the sound of flesh being cut Amplified in the ears, rumbling over the sounds of swords and guns and fighting.

Different from the extreme anger and calmness when beheading corrupt officials, now only the thought of killing is left in his mind, without fear, fatigue and guilt.

If you don't kill, you die.

Death is not the end, there are tens of thousands of people behind them relying on their protection.

Zhao Baiyu gritted his teeth, and let out a roar from his chest: "Kill!"

Countless people in front of him, behind him, on the left and right responded to him, and there was a lot of killing sounds. Some recruits who were pierced through the chest directly hugged the enemy and rushed towards the tower, but they were trampled out of shape after a while.

The flames filled the sky until a ray of golden morning light pierced through the thick clouds and illuminated the gray forest in the distance. Set up camp outside.

***

Zhao Baiyu's hands were shaking like sieves, his fingers were split open, and the pain caused by the bloody flesh was not even as exhausting as his physical exhaustion, which impacted his spirit more. However, he still had to hold on and continue to deal with the next crisis of siege.

"How many rescue teams successfully broke through?"

Dou Hong's condition was not much better than Zhao Baiyu's. His hair was messed up, his eyes were bloodshot, and he replied pantingly, "There is a team whose head did not appear on the enemy's flagpole."

Zhao Baiyu closed his eyes fiercely.

A total of seven rescue teams, each with five members, only one team managed to break through and ran to report.

"It is 120 miles from Jingzhou to Weizhou. It would take two days and two nights for light cavalry to arrive at the fastest, but this is not practical, not to mention that Weizhou was also besieged by the Xia army. You can only go to Yuanzhou, Qingzhou, Longzhou, Ningzhou and Fengxiang asked for help, but both Yuanzhou and Longzhou sent a lot of troops to support Weizhou, and there were not many troops who could support us. There were [-] forbidden troops in Qingzhou, [-] in Fengxiang, and [-] in Longzhou. In addition, the township soldiers and the Xiang army are estimated to be able to gather [-] troops, but the first batch of reinforcements will take five days at the fastest!" Zhao Baiyu gritted his molars and tasted the blood: "We must stick to Jingzhou for five days , We must wait until reinforcements arrive!"

Dou Hong's heart sank rapidly. This was the best result he had expected. Asking for help may not be able to successfully reach the destination, and the smooth departure of reinforcements may not necessarily ensure that they will arrive within five days.

Zhao Baiyu said in a low voice at this time: "Try to ensure the supply of medicine, food, grass and water for ten days."

Dou Hong understands Zhao Baiyu's consideration but——

"The ammunition lasts for three days. I estimate that the enemy's reinforcements will be [-], and the ammunition is sufficient. I don't hesitate. We have a maximum of [-] soldiers. I'm afraid it won't last long."

"As long as the fencing ropes are successfully made, no matter how violent the ammunition is, we will not be afraid. Have the people in the city been mobilized? If anyone resists or shakes the morale of the army, they will be locked in prison."

Before Dou Hong could respond, the generals below hurried over and said, "My lord, the fence ropes you ordered last night have already been produced. Do you want to go and inspect them yourself?"

Zhao Baiyu: "Put the roof on first and then bombard it, to see if it works."

The general listened to the order.

Then a craftsman took a strong rope made according to the pattern and size given by Zhao Baiyu, and put it on an empty house, with a total of five floors, and then poured mud around it. With a bang, after the smoke dissipated, there was no damage, and all the soldiers were immediately elated, saying that they would not be afraid of Daxia's burning bombs and poisonous gas bombs with this sharp weapon.

Zhao Baiyu: "Poisonous gas. After the bomb explodes, it looks like smoke, and the fence can't stop it."

Dou Hong immediately stepped forward and said: "My lord, some doctors suggested that you can use a simple mask soaked in acid vinegar to prevent poisonous smoke. It contains highly poisonous gas. The process of making bombs can easily cause a large number of deaths, so the number is rare, except for the first time. The poisonous gas and bombs thrown in the siege contain highly poisonous substances, which are used to deter and depress morale, and the poisonous gas and bombs projected afterwards are not lethal."

Zhao Baiyu: "We need people to give people, we need materials to give materials, and we will fully cooperate to make a gas mask." Then he asked every general to express their thoughts on dealing with Xia Jun, "Gathering the leaders of a hundred schools of thought, and speaking freely, we can do anything. .”

All the soldiers looked at each other in blank dismay, a lot of hesitation in their hearts, probably because Keshan was headstrong and conceited, and never impatiently listened to the suggestions of his subordinates leading troops to fight.

The so-called generals are brave soldiers, generals are brave, and they will follow suit. The generals who show their faces under the consternation of Keshan are naturally people with little talent. When Bai Yu said this, he habitually hesitated and worried.

Although Zhao Baiyu was known as the blue sky, and his performance last night was quite brave, but he is a civil servant, how can he know how to lead troops to fight?

Zhao Baiyu saw what they were thinking and said nothing, just looked at Dou Hong.

Dou Hong changed his mind, and immediately stood up and said: "Although the enemy army fought fiercely for one night, the victory is in numbers, but it should not be delayed for a long time. I am afraid that the battle will be resolved quickly, and the next round of siege will be carried out soon, so as to consume our troops. And physical strength. Our army is at a disadvantage in numbers, but we can only drag it! There are fences, and the enemy's artillery attack method is invalid. They should use other siege weapons. Learn from Zhuge Kongming's grass boat and borrow arrows, and at night, organize a thousand warriors to go out of the city gate and sneak into the enemy camp to attack."

Zhao Baiyu: "Yes."

Dou Hong's strategy is not a clever trick, but it is effective.

Seeing Zhao Baiyu's acceptance, someone came out and said: "There are tunnels in the city that lead to the outside of the city, you can lie in ambush in the tunnels and wait for an opportunity to sneak attack."

Tunnel battle?The wisdom of the ancestors.

Zhao Baiyu was not stingy with admiring him, and praised the big and three thick men to be coy and joyful.

Some people open their mouths and get affirmation, and they quickly encourage others. They are all good men who have done their best. Who wouldn't want to fulfill Ling Yunzhi?Who has never had the ambition to be a general?

In an instant, a group of soldiers uttered their suggestions to consume the vitality and physical strength of the enemy army and try their best to delay the time for breaking the city. Zhao Baiyu listened carefully.

If you have any doubts, ask a few more questions, and if you adopt it, you don’t need to talk nonsense. Give people the greatest authority to let them do it freely, and let them write down everyone’s contribution in this war, so that They clearly see that any contributions they make now are not in vain, and they will be rewarded one by one in the future.

This move is like a reassurance pill that doubles morale.

Zhao Baiyu will also point out the reason for the rejected proposal, and speak out the flaws in a few words, which is convincing.

Gradually, the discussion grew from nothing, from quiet to passionate, and then disappeared in an instant. Dou Hong raised his index finger to his mouth to signal silence. Everyone looked at Zhao Baiyu, who was in a mess under the city wall, in the sandbag. I closed my eyes and fell into a deep sleep unconsciously.

Even in his sleep, his posture was tense, and he didn't dare to relax in the slightest, and his scarred hands were also exposed to others, and he still couldn't wait for a bottle of medicine and a roll of gauze to bandage him.

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There was no sound.

Everyone retreated tacitly, leaving a veteran guarding Zhao Baiyu who was sleeping in the sandbag within five steps, and called the doctor's apprentice to help Zhao Baiyu's hand with medicine.

The rest of the people should work, but the soldiers who fought last night were already exhausted, Dou Hong ordered them to rest in shifts, and he himself went to take a nap.

After less than two hours of sleep, Zhao Baiyu was awakened by the rumbling of artillery fire and the muffled sound of the city gate being slammed by a huge force. Without giving him time to recover, he threw himself into the next stormy raid.

***

Qilian Mountains, Unknown Canyon.

The rumbling sound was deafening like thunder, from far to near, suddenly the smoke and dust billowed, revealing the clues, but it was thousands of horses galloping, rushing past, the cavalry ambushing on the canyon suddenly changed their expressions, looked with their heads, and searched for a long time. Seeing the black figure hiding among the horses, he immediately raised his hand to give an order.

"Fried Valley!"

Someone at the side hesitated: "The tens of thousands of horses below are all qualified to be war horses. Wouldn't they be buried together if we blow up the valley?"

The leading cavalry slapped it over: "Haven't you seen that the purpose of these Han people is to steal our Great Xia war horses to their country? It's very easy to cross desert grasslands and mountains and borrow a road from Tubo." We will arrive in Xining Prefecture soon!"

Those who were slapped did not dare to complain, and immediately took orders to ignite the explosives that had been buried in the canyon long ago.

The sound of continuous explosions frightened the horses, they all neighed and fled in all directions. From time to time, their necks were broken by the sudden falling boulders, and they were lucky if they were killed on the spot.

A black spear suddenly ended the pain of the horse, tightened the reins to avoid the stones falling from the sky, Huo Jingtang looked at the ambush above the canyon, suddenly rushed into the center of the horse group, and grabbed a person from inside after a while, the latter put both hands together A series of calls for horses were made from his mouth, gradually calming down the restless horses and actively avoiding danger.

"Kill that shepherd!"

As soon as the words fell, countless bows and arrows shot at the shepherd from all directions, but Huo Jingtang's black gun swept him to the ground in an instant, and all attacks in a radius of ten miles were blocked.

"The generals will follow me to kill!"

With a single order, thousands of ambush soldiers rushed down with a roar of killing, black and heavily armored cavalry suddenly appeared like ghosts, lined up, quietly facing thousands of imposing ambush soldiers, only fifty The cavalry showed a terrifying momentum of five hundred or five thousand cavalry.

Half an hour later, the people in the canyon went to the horses, leaving only some dead horses and hundreds of ambushes in the empty space. The wind came from the vast grassland, passing through the pitted holes in the rock wall of the canyon, blowing the green tips that protruded from their heads Ya'er, making a desolate and tragic sound of the wilderness.

This is a route that has been developed for the purpose of attacking Xining Prefecture. Due to the steep road, deserts, grasslands, mountains and other wonders all appear on this route, and it still needs to pass through Tubo, so the gains outweigh the losses and it is abandoned. Now It was picked up again, but few people left, and it was destined that no one would bury the bones of this place.

Hurry on the road non-stop, passing through several canyons in a row and entering a small grassland. At the end of the grassland is a small town of Tubo.

But the Fifty Tanghe Cavalry happened to encounter three thousand Qingqi cavalry blocking the way in this not-so-fertile prairie where the yellow land surface was exposed. The deputy general beside Huo Jingtang recognized their identities through the scimitar and clothing worn by Qingqi.

"Mongolian Qingqi." The lieutenant was surprised: "Big Xia is crazy, cooperating with Mongolian Qingqi, the most vicious and greedy jackal in the grassland? Sang Liangyu is not afraid of luring wolves into the house?"

The Mongolian light cavalry is even better than the Great Xia heavy cavalry. Fifty cavalry are against three thousand cavalry. Even the Tanghe iron cavalry with great military exploits dare not be sure that they can break through.

The glazed color in Huo Jingtang's eyes changed from light to thick: "Whether it's good to cooperate with Turkic, Western Liao, or Southern Xinjiang, or like to play with firecrackers, just kill it." He raised his hand, and every word was extremely clear: " Merit is counted on the head, and those who cut the first level are counted as fourth-class merit."

Hearing this, Fifty Riders' eyes immediately lit up, and the original fear completely turned into a murderous intent just around the corner.Huo Jingtang gave an order, and the fifty cavalry were unparalleled in bravery. They were the first to charge into the three thousand Qingqi. He was also thrown off, and the next moment he was pierced through the heart by the spear that followed, and his soul returned to a foreign land.

As the sun set, a silver light flashed on the tip of the crow gun, piercing the fragile flesh, and in an instant, a string of bright red blood beads was thrown towards the setting sun and fell on the grass. The very characteristic glazed pupils, even if the corpses around him are piled up like mountains, those eyes are still cold and calm, without the loss of control, madness or fear after killing people like hemp, as if there is no human emotion at all, even if you are galloping on the grassland and dare to fight with wolves The Mongolian Qingqi also felt fearful at this time.

Just like a pack of wolves fleeing in embarrassment with their tails between their legs when they realized the danger, the remaining Mongolian Qingqi, who were less than a thousand, also retreated out of fear at this time.

It was this inconspicuous retreat, and the momentum of the two sides was reversed instantly. Facing the Tanghe cavalry with about [-] men left, the morale of the Mongolian cavalry, who had lost two-thirds of their fine cavalry, was visibly exhausted.

The leader touched Huo Jingtang's eyes, and couldn't help but raised his hand in fear: "Withdraw..." The voice was too soft for others to hear clearly, and then he heard an angry voice that seemed to be squeezed out of his teeth: "Withdraw! "

The Mongolian light cavalry with less than a thousand left retreated like a tide, but the red-eyed Tanghe cavalry did not want to let it go easily, because Huo Jingtang did not yell to stop, so he pursued and killed them with confidence.

Huo Jingtang picked up the black gun, held the gun body, ran forward a few steps suddenly, then turned around and used his strength to throw out the black gun, piercing the sky, and accurately pierced into the chest of the leader of the Mongolian Qingqi.

The huge inertial force dragged the leader of the horse flying, dragged several meters, and nailed him to death on the grassland, gulping out blood, but after a while, Huo Jingtang appeared in front of his eyes, struggling violently with his hands and feet, his expression extremely frightened, feeling The black gun pinned to his body was pulled out, and Huo Jingtang's ghostly figure was reflected in his pupils, holding up the ring-headed knife—fall, click!The corpses were separated.

As soon as the leader died, the Mongolian cavalry fled in all directions, and their heads were easily harvested. But Huo Jingtang quickly realized that something was wrong. He turned his head to look at the sunset on the horizon, which was bitten by the earth, and a row of black spots suddenly appeared. When he broke into the sight, his brain was aroused, and he immediately raised his breath and shouted: "Retreat! Retreat!"

Thirty or so Tanghe cavalry saw the cavalry coming densely from the distant horizon, they also shuddered, their scalps became numb, and they didn't dare to stay any longer. Gradually approaching, even if they broke into the Tubo border, they would not be afraid at all.

Although there were thirty or so Tanghe cavalry left, half of them were seriously injured, and the other half had just experienced fighting and were in a period of fatigue, unable to face the new wave of Daxia cavalry with high morale.

This time I'm afraid there will be more bad luck than good luck.

"Damn it! This Xia thief is like a locust, killing waves and coming again. If the whole army goes up together, we might be killed by us now!!" The deputy general roared: "Sang dog thief! It's best! I pray that I can escape from the dead this time, otherwise I will dig your ancestors' cemetery!"

Soon they were surrounded by the Daxia cavalry. Facing the continuous pursuit, the [-] surviving Tanghe cavalry couldn't help feeling exhausted. Combat is all about going all out. If the whole army joins forces, even fifty cavalry It's no problem for Wanjun. After all, the brave and invincible Tanghe cavalry can defeat the enemy's army just by their invincible momentum. It happens that the repeated and repeated wheel battles consume their physical strength, number of people, and not It will make one's own army's morale slack, and the people behind the scenes who arranged for the pursuit really have a good plan.

Huo Jingtang held the old scarf that was hidden in his heart, lowered his voice, and his eyes were firm: "The ancestral grave of the Sanggou thief may not be found, or live and wait for the next time to lead the army to fight and capture the Xingqing Mansion, and let you take revenge !"

The Tanghe cavalry in the surrounding circle laughed happily after hearing the words: "Brothers, do you hear? The general promises that if we can survive this time, we will enter the capital of Daxia and destroy this group of thieves who have forgotten their ancestors!"

"I'm a rough old man. I can't remember anything and I hold grudges! General, with your words, I have to climb back to the northwest even if I crawl!"

"Hehuang land, the son of heaven, has not been collected, and I don't plan to turn back—" Huo Jingtang laughed, and suddenly sang the poems of the frontier guards, piercing the clouds and cracking rocks, echoing the stern cry of the goshawk flying over the grassland: "Look at my hometown!"

The sound falls, kills the enemy, and takes the lead.

Thirty iron cavalry were quickly submerged in the vast sea of ​​enemy troops. Huo Jingtang lived up to the name of the Northwest Human Massacre, and the surrounding area was full of empty areas where enemy corpses were piled up. They ordered dozens of soldiers to sacrifice their spears and stab at Huo Jingtang. The latter stepped on the spears and jumped into the air, then dozens of soldiers raised their spears and placed them where Huo Jingtang had landed. Huo Jingtang Insert a black gun into the gap where the spears are close together, and use their strength to avoid the sharp spearheads, but they also draw scars under the siege of hot pursuit.

Raising his hand to hold the dozens of spears that were stabbing him, Huo Jingtang swept the person aside as a human shield to block the attack from the other side, and broke the spear with his strange strength, poured his internal force and hit it out, killing him again in an instant. Dozens of people.There was a sound of piercing in the air, Huo Jingtang instinctively pulled out the ring head and chopped it off. The next moment, he felt a sharp pain in his abdomen. When he looked up, he saw a row of soldiers holding a bow with extraordinary power. Sen Leng's arrow was aimed at him.

First heavy cavalry, then light cavalry, and finally even the excellent archers were dispatched. Sang Liangyu valued him quite a lot.

Huo Jingtang smiled sarcastically, raised his hand and cut off the end of the iron arrow that had been inserted into his abdomen, and the veins on his arm and back of his hand burst out. It has reached such a point that he still burst out with an extremely powerful and fearless aura to overwhelm the enemy general.

The enemy general retreated timidly, raised his hand and ordered: "The archers are ready - shoot the arrow!"

The iron arrows fell densely, Huo Jingtang plunged the crow gun into the ground, and held the ring-sword with both hands to forcefully clear an open space. Even if the arrows hit his shoulder and calf, it seemed that he didn't feel any pain. Even the bow and archer with the god arm were cut off, and the enemy general was terrified and retreated every step of the way. He couldn't understand why there are people in the world who are more terrifying than evil spirits!

"Archers...all archers—come out!" The more fearful the enemy general became, the more determined he was to kill Huo Jingtang here, so he ordered the five hundred archers to line up in ten rows, ready to shoot arrows without intervals, He was determined to kill Huo Jingtang even if he ran out of iron arrows and [-] cavalrymen. "Arrow..."

Huo Jingtang's vision was covered by falling blood, he had no extra ability to think, and there was only one thought left in his brain, soul, bones and blood, to live.

Must live!

He promised Zhao Baiyu not to leave him first, how dare he die here?

"Fire arrows!"

The rain of arrows came overwhelmingly, but five nearby lieutenants rushed forward to block Huo Jingtang and shouted that they should come to the back, that Huo Jingtang should bring a bottle of wine to their graves and let them know after killing Daxia.

Huo Jingtang's eyeballs were bloodshot, he clenched his ring-sword and suddenly stepped forward to cut off the iron arrow approaching the lieutenant's face, and roared at the group of lieutenants who still opened their mouths to let him escape: "Shut your mother's mouth!"

The enemy's archers immediately topped the next batch after releasing one batch, without giving them a chance to breathe. The enemy general's eyes were red, his face was red, and he was very excited. If Huo Jingtang, the God of War in the Northwest, died in his hands, Since then, he has become famous all over the world, not to mention his ancestors and ancestors, but he can even go down in history and become a famous general of a generation.

"Let the arrows, let the arrows, let the arrows!"

The enemy general shouted hysterically, but the distorted and excited smiling face froze in the next moment. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a row of archers beside him being pierced by iron arrows. The cavalry who came also held the divine arm and bow that should be unique to Daxia. The opponent moved from far to near, so close that he could finally see the leader's dress and face clearly.

It was also Tanghe's cavalry costume, and that face happened to be Zhe Qingfeng, the leader of the Zhe clan of the Northwest Fan tribe, whom he had fought against.

How could he be here?

This was the last question that crossed his mind before he was alive, because soon he heard a ghostly and cold question: "Hasn't anyone told you not to turn your back on your enemy on the battlefield after leading soldiers for many years?"

What, what?

The enemy general only had time to catch a glimpse of endless murderous intent flashing across Huo Jingtang's face, which was even more stunning when viewed up close, followed by severe pain, and his vision changed, as if he saw his body standing in place, but his vision changed to looking up, See headless bodies and fiery red skies.

The enemy's reinforcements arrived, the main general was beheaded, and the Daxia soldiers lost their morale and fled in all directions. The Fan soldiers brought by Zhe Qingfeng chased after a while and then withdrew to assist the well-protected herdsmen to scatter their horses all over the grassland. drive them all back.

Zhe Qingfeng looked at the shocking battlefield, especially the pile of corpses around Huo Jingtang, which looked like a mass grave, he was extremely awed.

"The last general will see the general!"

Huo Jingtang took off his helmet and threw it on the ground, the blood that splashed in was extremely sticky, his hair was wrapped into bunches, he raised the ring knife and cut off all the iron arrow tails on his body, and then turned towards Qingfeng: "Why are you here? What happened to Xiao Lang?"

Zhe Qingfeng was stunned, as if he didn't expect that Huo Jingtang's first reaction was to ask Zhao Baiyu, but he felt that he was expected, so he explained why he came here.

Huo Jingtang frowned: "Xiao Lang found out that Sang Liangyu was tracking down the Xiliang Mansion, so he sent you to support him?" He looked at the magic arm bow in Zhe Qingfeng's hand, "You guys met the batch that was sent back to Daqing in advance. King's craftsmen and weapons?"

Zhe Qingfeng: "Yes."

Huo Jingtang: "Sang Liangyu usurped the throne and frequently feigned attacks on the fortresses in the northwest, so where is the real target?"

In the later stage, he traveled all the way to the wilderness, grassland and desert and other isolated places. Huo Jingtang only guessed the opponent's intention to feign attack through the movements of the Great Xia army. Without more precise clues, he could not make further judgments.

Zhe Qingfeng hesitated.

Huo Jingtang's eyes were sharp, "Say!"

Zhe Qingfeng: "It's Weizhou. I sneaked into Xiliang Mansion at that time, and heard that the Daxia army divided Zhenrong and Weizhou in two ways, and the reinforcements rushed to Weizhou to fight fiercely with the Daxia army. The stalemate, unable to attack for a long time, and the Daxia army brought many siege weapons that were not there before, which is extremely difficult."

Huo Jingtang's face was ugly: "Weizhou and Jingzhou are too close! Jingzhou must send troops to support Weizhou. There are not many soldiers left to defend the city, and the defense in the back is weak. If you besiege and attack the city, Jingzhou will be in great danger!"

Zhe Qingfeng: "Probably not, the main army of Daxia is trapped in Weizhou, and there is no spare power to take Jingzhou."

Huo Jingtang first got on his horse and went to the nearest Tubo town to treat the wound, and at the same time said with a serious face: "You don't understand that Sang Liangyu is an uncontrollable, too smart lunatic, because he is a defector, he cares about the reputation of loyal ministers, Daxia has been a minister for more than [-] years knowing that Emperor Yong'an used and guarded against him, but he was still conscientious and conscientious. There is a connection, and the clues come from Jingzhou. The smarter and more paranoid people are, the less they can tolerate someone planning to trick him. This is a big situation that has been in place for more than ten years. Sang Liangyu must be curious about Jingzhou..."

At this point, Huo Jingtang was busy on his way and did not speak again until he arrived at the inn in the small town of Tubo and found a doctor to help him dig out the arrowhead left on his body.

"Alliance with Turks and Mongolia, and possibly southern Xinjiang. What did Sang Liangyu use to persuade them to cooperate with Daxia? The soldiers and horses sent out to feign attacks in the northwest and the 30 soldiers who besieged Weizhou have greatly exceeded Daxia's For military strength, he compulsorily conscripts up to [-] soldiers, but after the domestic conscription is over, is he not afraid that neighboring countries will take advantage of it? There are still Gaoyi Mountain and Tuoba Pearl in the country, so he is not afraid of the fire in the backyard?"

Zhe Qingfeng also noticed something strange when he heard the words: "According to the general's guess, what is Sang Liangyu's plan?"

Huo Jingtang looked down at the dancing candle flames: "He doesn't mind if Da Xia is torn apart."

Zhe Qingfeng was startled: "Could it be that Sang Liangyu used the land of Great Xia to persuade the Turkic, Mongolian, and southern Xinjiang alliances? He is really crazy! Who will usurp the throne and drag the country to die together? That is the country he has worked so hard for!" She quickly reacted, "If Great Xia is used as a bargaining chip, then this invasion will not be just a small matter like before. Sang Liangyu once led three wars, and the big scene was defeated. After that, he tried countless times to persuade Emperor Yong'an to come again." A large-scale war, but all of them were rejected by Emperor Yong'an. It seems that in the previous three wars, Emperor Yong'an realized that Sang Liangyu was only using the Great Xia army as a tool for him to revenge against us? So, there is no Emperor Yong'an this time , Sang Liangyu will attack the northwest at all costs!"

Huo Jingtang clenched his hands: "Now the total number of soldiers and horses on the surface is less than 20, and there must be 10,000+ soldiers and horses besieging Sang Liangyu's real target. Once captured, in order to avenge the big scene, Sang Liangyu Liangyu will surely slaughter the city, he doesn't care about the consequences, and he doesn't care about Daxia's ending... I have a bad feeling."

Jingzhou is a very special place.

Sang Liangyu used Jing Keshan to import the wealth collected from the south into Daxia through Jingzhou Quchang, which became the main pillar for him to strengthen his own strength. However, the deadly chess piece planted by Wang Yueming in Daxia also left traces in Jingzhou. There is Xiaolang...it is Xiaolang who killed three hundred officials with a knife four years ago. Excluding Sang Liangyu's chess piece buried in the southeast, destroying his many years of planning!

He has ten thousand reasons to be sure that Sang Liangyu will choose Jingzhou for his most ruthless revenge, but there is no reason to deny that Sang Liangyu vetoed Jingzhou.

"Zhe Qingfeng, take my envoy's official defense seal letter to Xihe to borrow troops!" Huo Jingtang ignored the deep mouth on his body, got up, put on his coat, and prepared to leave. "It's too late, I'll hurry back to Jingzhou first."

A badly injured lieutenant advised: "General, your injury is not serious, so you should not hurry."

"I can't die. My chest was almost cut in half before, why don't I still chase the enemy for ten miles? It's ok, you can rest." Huo Jingtang patted the veteran's arm and walked out, with an expression on his face. The tone was not as relaxed as it was just now: "Xiao Lang sent you to save me, now it's my turn to go back and save him."

Xiao Lang may be at the critical moment of life and death, if he does not leave immediately, he is afraid that there will be no medicine for regret in this life.

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Gyeongju Forbidden Army Camp.

Looking at the messenger soldiers coming from Jingzhou, Marshal Zheng Yuanling of Huanqing Road waved his hand and said, "This commander knows, you should step back first, and then lead the troops to rescue."

But as soon as the messengers left, Cai Zhongsheng, the pacifier of Shaanxi who was hiding in the back of the front hall, came out to stop him: "Brother Yuchang is really planning to send troops to support him?"

Zheng Yuanling frowned: "Otherwise?"

Cai Zhongsheng: "Brother Yuchang, brother Yuchang, have you forgotten that Jingzhou still has the King of Lin'an and Zhao Baiyu? Then Huo Jingtang is the invincible marshal of the Northwest, how could he be trapped in the hands of tens of thousands of soldiers in Daxia? ?”

Zheng Yuanling: "Two fists are no match for four hands. No matter how powerful Huo Jingtang is, he will die if the gap between soldiers and horses is two or three times greater!"

Cai Zhongsheng: "Isn't it better to die?"

Zheng Yuanling's expression changed.

Cai Zhongsheng: "Your Majesty, who can't see now? Huo Jingtang is alive, and Jin Wang will never be able to ascend the throne. Zheng Guogong's mansion has been planning for many years to ruin his dynasty. So many people's lives, wealth and wealth are all tied to Jin. Huo Jingtang died on Wang Yiren, isn't it a good thing to benefit the public?"

Zheng Yuanling: "The [-] people in Jingzhou..."

Cai Zhongsheng: "Does Daxia dare to slaughter the city? If he dares to slaughter the city, the 63 soldiers in the northwest will wipe out Daxia in one fell swoop! I'm afraid it will still be the same as before, go in and plunder and then leave, but Huo Jingtang is guarding the city, but the city is broken Whose responsibility is it not his responsibility? Daxia hates him to the bone, and will definitely not let Huo Jingtang go."

Zheng Yuanling: "But the request for help has arrived, and everyone is watching, so I'm afraid it won't be easy to deal with it."

Cai Zhongsheng: "Isn't Weizhou also being besieged by Xia soldiers? Our Qingzhou is closer to Weizhou. If His Majesty asks later, he will say that Marshal, you have borrowed the main force to Weizhou. Besides, Qingzhou is far away from Jingzhou. It will take at least ten days and a half months."

Zheng Yuanling understood what Cai Zhongsheng meant, and was indeed moved, but he had been in the army for many years, but he couldn't do it in vain, even though the city of Jingzhou would not be destroyed in Daxia, but burning, killing and looting would always be inevitable.

After much deliberation, Zheng Yuanling finally made up his mind and said: "I will send most of the soldiers and horses to Weizhou, and another [-] to Jingzhou, including [-] cavalry. This commander will not deliberately delay the arrival of reinforcements. , but whether Jingzhou can sustain the reinforcements depends on the luck of Huo Jingtang and Zhao Baiyu."

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Rocket: fire at the position of the arrow.

The Song Dynasty engaged in poison and gas warfare, and the Ming Dynasty had a simple gas mask. Then I saw a siege weapon in the Ming Dynasty. It was a car tied up and down to form a square, and a dozen artillery pieces were bundled in four squares, one after the other. One launch, awesome