Outside the city gate is the Jizhou army with flags waving. Jizhou, which used to thrive under the protection of Chongguo, knocked on the city gate of its own Beibohou when Chongguo was at its weakest.
"I took a long breath to cover my tears, and mourned the hardships in the northern frontier."
However, only bursts of songs can be heard in the ancient Chongcheng. It is said that this is the pride of their Chongcheng. It was sung by Meng Chang, the man of the hour in northern Xinjiang in the past two years and the unparalleled benevolence and righteousness, when he fought bloody battles in Yancheng to defend his homeland.
As Chaoge's army deepened, all the martial arts young men in Chongcheng regarded Meng Chang as their idol. Even the sergeants who had retreated from the Yancheng front line that day were promoting the legendary story of Meng Xiong and Meng Chang's father and son. .
Meng Xiong, who was promoted from a servant of the common people to a civilian armored family by virtue of his military exploits, and then to Meng Chang, who inherited the rank of a soldier and became a Wei lord.
The story of two generations is talked about by people in Chongcheng. The last time such an outstanding figure appeared was the young Chonghou. Chonghou Hu also publicized it like a recruitment advertisement, hoping to use Meng Chang's image to inspire people. A martial Chongcheng person.
So in the seventeen city-states of Chongguo, the most prosperous city in Northern Xinjiang in the past, various stories of Meng Chang selling exotic animals in exchange for gold to save the people, sucking pus to love soldiers, and charging forward every time began to become popular in Northern Xinjiang, as if they were from Northern Xinjiang. , not knowing Meng Renyi’s name is a very embarrassing thing.
There are also good businessmen who compare him with Xibohou Jichang and Cheng Bigan, thinking that sooner or later such a young man will be like the two and bring the virtue of benevolence and righteousness to northern Xinjiang.
This was a virtuous man that even the gods would give way to. As a result, the rumors became more and more outrageous. What's more, they even said in a serious way that as long as General Meng is here, heaven will give three points to the benevolent and righteous people. Thin noodles, wishing Chongcheng good weather and abundant harvests in the coming year.
I just don’t know if Mengchang himself would be dumbfounded if he knew about it. How can a "living person" be sacrificed? In this world, being too famous is a benefit, but that is for Ji Chang and Bigan, and for him, a small person. Whether this is a blessing or a curse for the little Gu City Guard is still unclear.
Chongcheng, the capital of Chongguo, Beibohou is the place where the Chong family made its fortune, and it is the richest city-state in Northern Xinjiang. Unfortunately, after successive conquests, even Chongcheng, which is known as the source of troops in Northern Xinjiang, has begun to be in decline, and the scope of recruitment has also been reduced. Start recruiting veterans.
At this time, Meng Xiong was also promoted to captain by Chonghou Hu, who had led the last army to Binzhou in the past. With the setting of a huge example, it really inspired the morale of Chongcheng, which was barely given after the war. The decadent Chongcheng brought a wave of heated discussions.
Meng Xiong led the soldiers and soldiers serving in his village and was responsible for the garrison and defense of the southeast gate of the city. There is also the so-called saying that one is drawn and one is left, and the solitary man does not serve.
But now Mei Wu, who stayed in Chongcheng, broke this rule. No one would blame him, just like no one blamed Meng Chang for using slaves. Outside the city is the Jizhou army, and there are only a few thousand soldiers in the city. Without strong men, this city How can we keep it?
A group of gray-haired veterans skillfully moved bricks, stones, rolling logs and other equipment onto the city wall, and quietly looked at the army of Jizhou Hou Suhu outside the city.
They didn't figure it out. Although Chongcheng and Jizhou had never been very close to each other, they had always kept a close eye on each other. What was wrong with Su Hu to come and attack Chongcheng?
The world of superiors is too far away from them. These veterans can come up with a lot of reasons. The most convincing one is that Su Hu wants to be the lord of Northern Xinjiang.
In fact, these lovely people guessed pretty well.
Su Hu stood firmly in the military formation. The two people on his left and right were Chen Qi and Zheng Lun. The military formation spread out behind him, facing Jizhou's 150,000 troops.
Having reached this point, Su Hu felt a little regretful, but the arrow had already been fired, how could he take it back? There is no use regretting. We can only bite the bullet and launch an attack on Chongguo in northern Xinjiang.
I thought that I had tied myself up and wanted to go to Chaoge to apologize in order to preserve the stability of Jizhou, but I heard a Taoist priest riding a white-fronted tiger in the sky above me say softly: "General, please stay."
I was obsessed with listening to his lies and came to Chongguo to conquer.
I didn’t know what I was thinking at the time, but I listened to the old Taoist priest talking to me: “Why not take this opportunity to replace Chongguo?”
Why couldn't I stand the test?
Thinking that Chonghouhu's main force is outside, if he does not take this opportunity to capture Chongcheng and let Chongguo really stand up again with the support of Dashang, won't Jizhou still be unable to make any further progress in the future?
If Chongcheng is occupied, it will be much easier to fight against Chonghou Hu who has just returned from Binzhou on an expedition. According to the Taoist's words, the elite divisions should be divided into two groups. After taking Chongcheng by himself, his eldest son Su Quanzhong took advantage of Chonghou Hu's return to support the army in Binzhou, and took the opportunity to occupy Binzhou, which was severely damaged by internal fighting.
In this way, Northern Xinjiang entered the hands of Jizhou.
So for the sake of Wen Taishi's more than 300,000 troops hanging outside, the merchants could only suffer this dumb loss.
Even if Emperor Xin did not give him the position of Beibeihou, the lord of the entire Northern Territory would still be able to live up to his name. It was too late for Da Shang to beg him to attack the Western Zhou Dynasty, so how could he take the risk to deal with him.
Su Hu is a man who is resourceful and quick to make decisions. He has always wanted to stand on his own but failed. Now a great opportunity has fallen from the sky. He doesn't know whether it was the old Taoist priest who was deceiving him or whether he really planned to do this and tied himself up. Suhou immediately returned to Jizhou, gathered his army and went out to conquer Chongguo. He captured the city and territory along the way and captured the four southern cities of Chongguo.
By the time Mei Wu reacted, half of Chongguo had been lost, and Su Hu's army was approaching the city.
In conquests among the princes, they like to pay attention to the fact that a division has a good reputation, and an unjust attack has a way, which is the way to defeat.
Unfortunately, the post-war population of Chongcheng is not much better than that of places like Jiucheng. The two battles with Beihai were all caused by drinking and pecking. Zhucheng lacked military strength and was destroyed by the Jizhou army with low morale. It was unjust. The morale of the division also gradually improved through repeated plunders and rewards.
Meiwu's whip was beyond reach, so he could only strengthen the wall and clear the country, trying his best to protect Chongcheng and turn around the army that defended Chonghou.
"Xiong, why did you go up the city wall yourself? You are the captain, stand back and don't block Nai Weng's position."
The speaker, Meng Jichang, is the third eldest child in the family. He is the same Paoze who lived and ate with Meng Xiong back then, and shared life and death together.
"Meng Laosan, Naiweng's body and bones are not that precious. When I followed the Marquis to fight against ghosts, which time did my brother not take the lead?"
"You are a loser. Your son is so promising. Your father, because of your son's worth, won't leave this life to follow your son to enjoy the blessings of Chengcheng. What are you doing with your life?"
Meng Xiong didn't speak, just stared ahead quietly. His second son was very smart and learned everything quickly. No one knew his second son's abilities better than him.
Even since he was a child, Meng Chang has been talking about early retirement, not wanting to be too tired, seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune, etc. He knows that his second son is a person with great ambitions, and he will definitely succeed and establish a career. His own great achievements.
With a son like this, how could he, a father, hold his son back? The father of General Meng Chang, a benevolent and righteous general, could not have a cowardly father! He couldn't give Meng Chang much help. The only thing he could do was to let his famous son have a brave father, so that no one would use him as an excuse to hurt Meng Chang.
"coming!"
Meng Xiong's voice was high-pitched, commanding the civilians and soldiers at the top of the city. The crossbowmen were on standby, and the shields were raised, keeping an eye on the enemy's range.
"Fire the arrow!"
The Chongcheng defenders carried out the attack and defense in an orderly manner, and they could still cope with it in the early stage. As the battle became more and more protracted, the defenders composed of veterans and civilians began to suffer large-scale casualties. Jizhou climbed up the ladder. Elite soldiers are killing everyone.
A tough Jizhou vanguard army boarded the city and took off the two melon-edge hammers from his waist. No one around him could get within two meters of him. The strong man fought for the space for the leader behind him to climb the city. Mei Luan saw Like this, he immediately came forward, using both maces to exert force, and with one strike, the strongman blocked the whip blow, but failed to avoid the tremor in his soul in the shadow of the mace.
The whole person's mind was numb, and then Mei Luan followed up with his second blow, hitting the strong man's head with blood, and he fell under the city wall with the force.
Mei Luan was panting heavily. He and his eldest brother Mei Wu were like two firefighters, running to rescue wherever there was an opening. If it weren't for the hard support of the two, this Chongcheng would have been destroyed by the Jizhou Army. It was captured.
It's just that when manpower is limited, Jizhou's army becomes stronger and its numbers are more elite and larger.
Chongcheng gradually fell into a disadvantage, and more and more Jizhou troops stood on top of the city.
"What are you waiting for?"
"If you hesitate any longer, Chongcheng will be gone. When the Jizhou army enters the city, you Mei family are just retainers. Those who can't get up or down, it's most appropriate to use them as sacrifices to heaven."
Mei Wu coldly pulled out his sword and pointed it at the muscular slave with a tattooed face.
"Chunxiong, you were originally a prisoner brought back from the Huns by Chonghou himself. How can you boast to me and command all the slaves in the city to die for our army?"
The tattooed young man was not afraid. After hearing these words, he looked directly at Mei Wu and said loudly.
"Chunxiong naturally has no ability to make these slaves die. For them, it is just a matter of changing their masters. Under whose hands will they not die?"
"I can't do it, but General Mengchang can do it. As long as the general agrees, we, the descendants and relatives of the slaves in Chongcheng, can go to Gu City after the war. The eight thousand slaves in the city will definitely be willing to be used by the general."
Mei Wu pondered the issue of gains and losses. Unlike his younger brother Mei Luan, he was more mature and stable, and did not have so many worldly prejudices. Otherwise, Chonghou Hu would not have asked Mei Wu to guard the home every time he went to war. Otherwise, Chun Xiong would not have risked his life. It's a huge risk to say this to a general who doesn't know how to adapt.
Meng Chang's promotion path, due to Chonghou's deliberate actions, Mei Wu almost heard the cocoon, and naturally understood Chunxiong's meaning. In the entire Dachang, there are currently slaves in Beihai who are appointed as soldiers and join the military merit system. In such a special case, the nobles did not object, and the special relationship with Beihai had a lot to do with it.
But Mei Wu didn't dare. If he opened this hole and aroused the thoughts of slaves all over the world, he didn't know whether the world would be in chaos, but he, Mei Wu, would definitely be the first to be skinned and cramped by the nobles in the city.
Chongcheng's life was ruined due to one of the crimes, and the honor of Chongcheng was allowed to be stained by the blood of slaves. Chongcheng, which suffered heavy losses afterwards, always needs someone with enough weight to stand up, take all the blame, and then die a humble death.
If there were other ways, Mei Wu would not have to worry about whether he would die or his family would be destroyed. However, the entire Chongcheng army was already exhausted, and he could not count on the village elders on crutches and the babies waiting to be fed. Go into battle and kill the enemy.
This is also the reason why Mei Wu took the initiative to find Chunxiong. Apart from the slave goods in the hands of merchants and the private slaves of the major nobles, there are only eight thousand regular combatable slaves in Chongcheng. They were all captured by Chonghou during the war with the Rong tribe in previous years. 'inventory'.
Chunxiong was extremely special. He was originally the son of a Hungarian noble, and he was also the only one with great prestige among the Hungarian slaves.
Mei Wu thought for a long time. If he didn't use slaves, his entire family would probably be destroyed. If he used slaves, he might die, but the family might not.
Mei Wu looked at Chunxiong gloomily, as if he wanted to see the "noble" among the slaves clearly, and his sinister eyes revealed a kind of determination and decisiveness.
"I promise you, but the premise is to defend Chongcheng. Otherwise, before I die, I will let the soldiers in the city kill you all first!"
Chunxiong laughed and respectfully imitated the great merchants and accepted the offer.
It seems that this Chunxiong is indeed a man of considerable courage and ability. I don’t know what he said to these slaves. The eight thousand Rong clan only wore rags to cover their privacy and howled with bamboo poles and rusty spears. He rushed to the top of the city and charged the Jizhou army without fear of death.
Upon seeing this, Mei Luan and other major military commanders immediately gathered their forces and followed the group of humble slaves to attack the city. The powerful offensive forced the Jizhou army back bit by bit. Both sides surrounded the walls of the city. The stone stairs are constantly contested.
Su Hu stood under the banner of the Chinese army's chariot, feeling a little gloomy in his heart. He was obviously very dissatisfied with the attack of his own army. It was several times larger than the enemy's army. After attacking for most of a day, he could still defeat a group of naked people. The slaves were driven down.
Su Hu was very angry, so he ordered Chen Qi and Zheng Lun to attack.
Chen Qi slowly swayed at the back of the army. He was not very willing to do such a thing, but he was a minister and Su Hu was the master. He had made suggestions, but the master did not adopt them. If he could be passive and not participate, he was right. In the past, Pao Ze had the greatest respect.
Zheng Lun, who is also known as the Jizhou Shuangxiong, is different. He lacks a layer of fetters. Although he is not very willing, he has less worries than Chen Qi when he takes action.
I saw Zheng Lun looking at the unstoppable Mei Luan on top of the city, quietly following the team of siege soldiers, carefully climbing up the ladder, and getting close to Mei Luan.
Just when Mei Luan made a move to kill the Jizhou sergeant beside him, a breath of fresh air entered his belly, spring thunder burst out of his mouth, and with a "hum" sound, Mei Luan's mind was shaken, and he saw two white lights flying from Zheng Lun's nose. Come out, grab half of Mei Luan's soul and it will be pulled and sucked away.
At the critical moment, the blue light in Mei Luan's hand flashed, and the soul that was pulled by the white light was pulled back again.
But with this snort, Mei Luan struggled to fight no matter how hard he fought. He was supported by the soldiers and wanted to carry him to the bottom of the city.
"Hahaha, what kind of person do we belong to? It turns out that he is just an ordinary person who has used the power of magic weapon. Thanks to you, Mei Luan, he is still known as one of the top three in Chongcheng. He is just a person who is just trying to gain fame."
Zheng Lun was unforgiving, he held the two demon-subduing pestles in his hands and went on a killing spree, heading straight towards Mei Luan.
Ignoring the headache, Mei Luan was horrified and immediately threw down her mace, stumbling and stumbling under the desperate guard of her soldiers, against the flow of ragged slaves, and fled down the city.
Zheng Lun looked at Mei Luan's panicked figure with disdain.
"Bah! The top three in Chongcheng, Zhao Bing, Mei Luan, and Meng Renyi, are all rats in vain, nothing more than that."
As Mei Luan fled, the gap in the city was opened by the offensive and defensive forces. Countless Jizhou troops followed this gap, climbed onto the city, and ran in all directions.
Just when Zheng Lun was about to move forward to fight for more landing space, a white-haired figure picked up Mei Luan's mace, his blood and energy surged, and with an angry roar, he rushed out from the side.
"My son Mengchang is not a rat!"
"Mei Luan" struck with a blow, Zheng Lun was so shocked that he had to raise his hands to block it, and at the same time he let out a snort.
"Ah" screamed twice, and two figures fell down.
Meng Jichang immediately stepped forward and dragged Meng Xiong away. Zheng Lun also covered his weak and drooping left arm. He glanced bitterly at the old man who was lying on the ground and did not know whether he was alive or dead. He picked up the Demon-Conquering Pestle and jumped along the top of the city. Down, it landed on a wolf-like and tiger-like beast with fiery eyes and golden eyes, and fled towards the formation.
Without Zheng Lun's pull, the gap originally opened by the Jizhou army was quickly blocked by the slave army and the Chongcheng army.
A 4,600-word chapter is presented. The follow-up military formation will take over the plot of the Conferred Gods, and we will start to kill people. The list of Conferred Gods has not yet been launched, so I will first kill a few people on the list to add to the fun!
(End of chapter)
