The Book of Troubled Times

Chapter 675 Broken the rules? Then it's broken

No one in the Wang family, including Huang Shang behind him, thought that Zhao Changhe could be so shameless.

 How did everyone fight in the past? Cui Wenjing and Wang Daoning chatted by the water far away from the battlefield in a tacit understanding and style. After chatting, they started fighting alone. Regardless of victory or defeat, they would not easily get involved in the battle there.

When Yanmen was fighting like that, Timur did not run to take the lead and ascend the city first. Of course, it was mainly because he was afraid that Xia Longyuan would fall from the sky when he was trapped in a tight siege. At least half of it was because he couldn't lose face.

With the power of Tianbang, you will go and kill a group of small soldiers who don't even have a porch. You will be laughed at by the world. If you capture this city, you will lose face. Few people would do this unless they reached an extremely important point of no return.

Zhao Changhe was not only able to let go, but after he shot and killed Cao Boping, he actually charged straight into the water village with a broad sword, slashing people to the point of their backs, and then rushed straight to Juancheng behind without stopping, and even climbed up first with the sword.

The general of Juancheng surrendered directly and did not even resist.

Huangshang was still thinking that everyone would sit in the base camp and restrain each other, while the generals below would fight them. This battle would have to take at least half a year to reach Langya. Maybe a single river bank could take half a year. . As a result, in just one morning, Juancheng from the river bank to the rear changed hands, and an important base was established directly on the east bank of the Yellow River.

The base area on the other side of the river has been acquired, which is a serious strategic crisis. No matter who is asked to deal with this situation, they must gather all their forces to attack back and get this stronghold back.

But at this moment Wang Daozhong expressed his inability to do anything.

 This type of civil war is very official in nature. Both sides are basically Daxia soldiers and generals. The biggest problem is that it is easy to surrender. Once the situation is not right, some will flee and give up, and some will surrender on the spot and be directly integrated. Not only will the opponent not kill them, they will even be able to use them directly if they change their flags.

The preparation of a large pile from the city owner to the guards in the city is still in the court. What Cui Yuanyong did was to temporarily suspend them, and yes, he still retained them, and he didn't even need to imprison them. The key positions were replaced by the Cui family's confidants, and the soldiers below washed away some of the ones with strong royal imprints, and immediately became Han soldiers, and even the orders were universal.

The river bank water village was originally heavily defended, but now part of it has escaped, and most of the rest have become Han soldiers. Cui Yuanyong's stationing in Juancheng was not so much about consolidating the strategic position as it was digesting new recruits and reorganizing the team. In order to support the water village, Cui Yuanyong also had a lot of food and grass, and Cui Yuanyong grinned crookedly.

Wang Daozhong suddenly discovered that his side had more troops, but overnight it was reversed...

 In fact, the same was true in the Battle of Puyang. Once Puyang was defeated, the rear would be flat and there would be no suspense.

This is not over yet. Wandongliu from the south is attacking like crazy. They are very close to Langya's base camp and can reach Langya in less than two days. Therefore, Wang Daoning had to settle this trouble first. He originally thought that when Wan Tianxiong lay down, Jianghuai would be in chaos, and few of the arrogant generals of the Cao Gang could really convince a young gang leader.

As a result, Zhao Changhe returned from the sea inexplicably, and Xuanwu took control of the Jianghuai River to support Wan Dongliu. The fall of Wan Tianxiong did not affect Wan Dongliu's overall takeover of power. This time, the nature has become to avenge his father, and the intensity of stabbing the chrysanthemum is much greater than when Wan Tianxiong himself was around. It was like stabbing with a mace...

 If they divide their forces to resist the crazy Wan Dongliu, how can they concentrate their strength to recapture the stronghold on the river bank? Almost all they could do was watch Zhao Changhe and Cui Yuanyong digest what they got, unable to do anything.

If this continues, the Langya defense battle will begin within ten days, and the originally good depth of the Qilu land will seem to be gone.

The king's center came to Huangshang anxiously: "Shangshen, we can't just sit here and wait. Once we are surrounded and become an isolated city, there is no need to fight!"

Huangshang opened his eyes from practicing. He was also a little helpless. He was injured by Zhao Changhe before, but it was not fully healed. In just three or four days, the opponent had already crossed the river...

"Don't be anxious. In the past few days, I have repeatedly thought about the battle situation with Zhao Changhe. His real strength is not that strong. He only relies on the power of the magic weapon. After all, the power of the magic weapon is not his own strength. I already know how to deal with it. Well, even if I really hit Langya, I can still teach him how to come back."

Wang Daozhong was very helpless: "If the battlefield is really set during the defense battle of Langya, then Langya will be destroyed after the battle, so what's the point?"

Huangshang said: "Even if I restrain Zhao Changhe now, can you withstand Cui Yuanyong and Wandongliu's two-sided attack?"

 “I can’t stop it.” Wang Daozhong replied in a bachelor’s manner.

"So..." Huang Pai showed a sinister smile: "Since Zhao Changhe will personally attack ordinary soldiers, then why must my target be Zhao Changhe? Zhao Changhe rose out of the grass, and the time was too short to be able to do it. Understand why no strong person from the original Heavenly Ranking will easily leave the field to participate in ordinary battles, let alone gods and demons... Because if you do this, others will do the same, and those who break the rules will have to bear the price of breaking the rules."

Wang Daozhong’s eyes lit up: “God’s intention…”

"If I go to the Western Front, I can only contain Zhao Changhe. But I can go to the Southern Front... to help a hundred thousand people. In my eyes, it is just a hundred thousand ants to help you and others defeat it. How about it?"

The king was ecstatic: "If this is the case, Langya will have no worries!"

Huangshang smiled and disappeared.

 …

At this time, Wandongliu had already broken through Tancheng. In front of him was Lanling, which was the last line of defense south of Langya. He was too close to go north from Xuzhou.

He was not in a hurry to continue north to Lanling and temporarily stationed in Tancheng to rest.

After all, we have to wait for the war on the Western Front and join forces with Cui Yuanyong, otherwise it will be easy to be defeated one by one. In fact, we are not far away. As long as Cui Yuanyong keeps his troops unimpeded and breaks through two more cities, we will be able to join forces across Weishan Lake.

Even so, with this distance difference between everyone, the risk of being defeated individually is still very high. Once they are attacked, Cui Yuanyong will have no time to provide support. Wan Dongliu went all out to strengthen the city's defenses. He didn't dare to sleep at night and patrolled the city himself.

 At night.

Wan Dongliu stood at the top of the city and looked at the moon. There was no snow tonight, and the moon and stars were sparse. It will be the twelfth lunar month soon, but strangely, as we get closer to Langya, we feel a little bit hotter. But the weather is obviously still very cold. This kind of dry heat is not so much heat as it is a lack of moisture. It is extremely dry, resulting in no snow at all.

 In the world of gods and demons, a lot of common sense is different from the past understanding. Wan Dongliu knows how dangerous this kind of war is, because the opponents we face are no longer human.

When the difference in strength is too large, the number of people loses meaning. Even if there are millions of people, they cannot stop the collapse of Mount Tai.

With one arrow from Zhao Changhe, the moat of the Yellow River lost its meaning. What about the other party? Can you just stupidly challenge Zhao Changhe in a duel?

The other party is very likely to come here, Wan Dongliu has this suspicion.

 But he did not back down. Whether it was his father's hatred or his childhood faith, he was not allowed to shrink from the battle.

 The city wall suddenly shook faintly, as if there was an earthquake. The surrounding lieutenants were all stunned: "Young Master, there seems to be an earthquake? Come down to the top of the city and go to an open place..."

"Let's go." Wan Dongliu smiled and slowly took out a blue mask from his arms and put it on his face.

 Generals: "?"

Wan Dongliu raised his head to look at the moon and said calmly: "Under the command of the Emperor of the Night, twenty-eight-year-old Zhen Shuigui has met Your Excellency Huangshang."

The air was distorted, and Huangshang suddenly appeared in the void. He was a little surprised: "You don't think that I will let you go for the sake of Emperor Ye, do you?"

Wan Dongliu smiled: "No."

 “Then what do you mean?”

“Now that the Holy Religion rules the world, we don’t need to hide. Masks can slightly increase our strength and defense.”

Huangshang seemed to have heard the funniest joke in the world: "You... want to fight against me?"

“Although I may not be able to take any moves, it’s better than waiting to die.”

 “Haven’t you ever thought that you could surrender?”

"I never thought about it." Wan Dongliu said calmly: "Of course, this mask has another meaning."

"What?"

“As a believer in the Night Emperor, I want to see if the **** will come to save me, and whether the belief in gods and demons has any meaning.”

"Ha...hahahahaha!" Huangshang laughed so hard: "Then there's no need to try, your Night Emperor is already dead hahahaha!"

Wan Dongliu said calmly: "I don't think a demon who can't even defeat Qinglong is qualified to know the life and death of Emperor Ye. I doubt that you were even qualified to meet Emperor Ye back then."

Huangsang's smile turned into a ferocious one: "Then ask Him yourself under the Nine Springs!"

"Boom!" The city wall suddenly collapsed and Wandongliu fell into the city. Countless stones from the city wall above crashed down, as if to bury him alive.

Wan Dongliu slid his body left and right, avoiding the rocks at the critical moment, and the desolate disaster came flying into the sky, covering the moonlight.

The skinny palms were about to be slapped down: "Die, ant."

Before he finished speaking, Huangshang's heart suddenly jumped. Before he could take out the palm, he suddenly swiped it to the side.

A golden arrow came silently in front of him, and was blown away by this shot.

 “Zhao Changhe!”

Hangpai turned around fiercely. Under the full moon, Zhao Changhe rode a Pegasus and slashed down with his sword: "I know that you only have this much potential!"

Wan Dongliu’s face under the mask showed a fanatical expression, including the other Sixiang cultists behind him and the Caobang soldiers who were being taught by the Sixiang Cult, their eyes were full of fanaticism.

In fact, it was normal for Zhao Changhe to come. Huangshang would think that he should come to beat Wan Dongliu, and Wan Dongliu also had a premonition that he would probably be beaten. Zhao Changhe has always been a smart man, and it was normal for him to predict, but it did not mean that he was really the Night Emperor. Apparition.

But this was so exciting that Wan Dongliu didn't even think about the possibility of Zhao Changhe losing. Without hesitation, he led the crowd into the city and shouted: "The Lanling army and horses must be on their way to accept the city defense." ! Everyone, follow me to attack and catch them off guard!"

 (End of this chapter)