The night is dark.
In the undulating wilderness of low hills, the sound of killing was like boiling.
The imperial special forces team led by Zhao Anji rushed out in a surprise attack and attacked a Yamato tribe.
But in the corner of the battlefield, Zhao Anji himself encountered a life and death crisis.
Tomorrow Tianzhi was not present in person, but the four pieces of armor controlled by his spiritual thoughts sealed part of the consciousness and practice of the slain person during his lifetime, and the power was terrifying.
Tomorrow Tianzhi is located in a Chinese military camp somewhere, his eyes are slightly closed, as if his soul has left his body.
By imbibing his soul, he can use the puppet armor to gain insight into the battlefield as if he were there in person.
Suddenly, Ming Tianzhi in the big tent opened his lips slightly and murmured like an evil spirit whispering.
On the battlefield, spells were lingering on the human skins inside the four suits of armor. The surrounding wind was surging, turning into countless wind blades, and the void seemed to be cut open.
This is the Puppet Armor Killing Formation, with seven attacks in all directions.
The killing array, with four sets of armor as the core, spread to the nearby area, trying to use indiscriminate attacks to force out Zhao Anji, who was using the power of concealment.
But Zhao Anji walked out of the void on his own.
One of the armors appeared in front of him instantly.
Clang!
The armor pulled out the waist knife, raised both hands, assumed a high-up posture, and suddenly struck down.
The sword is as bright as lightning.
Amidst the roar, a large bronze spear appeared in Zhao Anji's hand, and he pointed at the armor.
The knife collided, and the long knife was swung away.
Zhao Anji took advantage of the effect of hiding from the sky and took out two horse spears hanging on the back of the horse beside him. They connected them and twisted them into a bronze spear that was ten feet long and as thick as an arm.
He unfolds the big sword, sweeps, pokes, stabs, and draws. The changes are simple, wide open and big close, and the moves contain great power.
The armor that was fighting with him was struck by his horse's spear, and several spells on its surface were broken.
However, the other three sets of armor immediately approached, the black air pulsed, and the four sets of armor joined together, and their power suddenly increased.
Clang!
Zhao Anji's horse suddenly staggered from the middle and became two pieces again.
The sudden change in length allowed him to move forward, close the distance with the armor, shrug his shoulders and run into the opponent's arms, stabbing him directly in the chest.
The short section of the horse's spur was used as a short stick to draw across the armor's head and hit it repeatedly.
Secret lines flashed on the spear, and the sharp edge penetrated into the armor.
But Zhao Anji immediately realized something was wrong, and the penetration felt empty.
When he got closer, he saw clearly that the person standing in the black energy filling the armor was not a human being at all.
Inside this armor...is a piece of skin.
He was startled and suddenly felt a huge pain in his chest and abdomen.
There was a mechanism inside the armor, and a third hand protruded from the bottom, holding a short blade. It found a gap in the side of Zhao Anji's armor and stabbed straight into the chest and abdomen.
"How does it taste?"
An indifferent voice came from within the armor.
The opponent's hand holding the short blade rotated, and the sharp blade rotated in Zhao Anji's abdominal cavity, causing heartbreaking pain and blood gushing out.
Amidst Zhao Anji's violent scolding, all of Ma Shan's sharp edges were poured into the armor, and he lifted it up, splitting the armor.
The human skin inside also shattered.
Beside him, the other three sets of armor approached him again.
At this time, outside the battlefield, the sound of hooves sounded like thunder.
Zhao Ponu led his troops to appear on the edge of the battlefield. His eyes quickly found the position where Zhao Anji was fighting with his opponent, and he rushed over.
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On the same night, fighting took place in two other places.
One is Donghai County in the eastern part of the Han Dynasty.
An army from the Yamato Kingdom took the Blackbird and launched a tentative attack on Donghai County.
The Han army commanded by Li Gan on the shore was ready and waiting for a long time.
A confrontation ensued.
Another battlefield was at Mulu City at the junction of Yuezhi and Parthia in the northwest.
In the early morning, there was thick fog hanging outside the city.
Bhutto personally led the troops and used the fog of war technique to approach Mulu City.
The fog of war is a war magic given to Parthia by the God of War, which is also the marching method they master.
In a thick fog, the Parthian tribe led by Bhutto suddenly appeared outside Mulu City.
Bhutto himself concealed his presence and stayed close to the city walls.
This was once their city, and they knew exactly where the weak points of defense were.
They also have hidden arrangements here.
When Bhutto approached the city, he reached out and touched the city wall.
The armor all over his body lit up, and the war array originally carved on the city wall also glowed, blending with him.
Boom!
The wall moved sideways, and the stone wall shrank or expanded, turning into a stone staircase that led directly from the bottom of the city to the top of the city wall.
The Ladder of War is also a Parthian siege magic.
At the end of the last war, before they agreed to the conditions put forward by the Han army and handed over Mulu City to the Han army, they left behind hidden methods.
Just to call back again.
The Han troops stationed at the top of the city were alerted by the noise.
The troops behind Bhutto swarmed forward, and the offensive and defensive battle around Mulu City began in full swing.
The fierce fighting continued until dawn.
The Parthian tribesmen who were the main attackers successfully entered the city by virtue of their prepared arrangements.
The 15,000 elite soldiers of the Han army who defended the city, led by King Hunxie, withdrew from the east gate of the city.
There are no Parthian soldiers and horses at the east gate, which is a gap deliberately left by Bhutto.
Surround three and leave one, and with a retreat, the enemy will not fight to the death, which will invisibly weaken its fighting spirit. This is the art of war.
But another group of troops led by Utis had other arrangements in the direction of the withdrawal of the Han army outside the city.
It's not that easy for the other party to retreat.
"Commander, we have spent a lot of money in this battle, and our losses are more than twice that of the opponent."
The deputy general who accompanied the army said: "The Han army is indeed very powerful."
Bhutto nodded slightly: "Our main attack is, although we have made arrangements in advance, the consumption is unavoidable."
"After all, it was us who defeated the Han army and took back the wooden deer." said the deputy general.
Bhutto stood in the stone hall in the center of the city, scanning the surroundings and frowning slightly.
Having been on the battlefield for a long time, he has a very keen sense of the battlefield.
This kind of induction has allowed him to avoid the enemy's calculations many times in the past and led him to victory in wars.
Bhutto recalled the fighting process from the beginning.
After the Han army took over Mulu, it was converted into a military fortress and heavily stationed.
But in the previous confrontation, the number of Han soldiers and horses left behind in the city was far less than expected.
Secondly, the Han army was not determined to fight. After they captured the city, they immediately blew the war trumpet and withdrew from the east gate.
Bhutto mused: "Search inside and outside the city, pay close attention to every detail, and see if there is any abnormality."
His subordinates were ordered to investigate, but Buttol walked back and forth in the hall a little anxiously.
He pondered for a moment, then came to the street and looked around.
Bhutto suddenly took a breath. There seemed to be a strange smell permeating the city. He had not noticed it before during the war, but only discovered it now.
He stepped under a building in the city, stared at the ground, and opened up the ground with a long knife.
Under the thin soil, there is a layer of wooden boards, and under the board is... kerosene.
The strange smell he smelled was the smell of kerosene...Bhutto suddenly had an idea.
At the same moment, a soldier quickly approached: "Commander, there are a lot of dry firewood and other things piled up in the city..."
"Call the entire army to withdraw from Mulu City."
Bhutto interrupted the soldier's report and walked out quickly.
As the Parthian soldiers and horses were withdrawing from the city, a ball of flames burst out from somewhere in the city, and then spread at an alarming speed, quickly forming a ring along the corners of the inner city, surrounding the city.
Some of the troops and horses that were withdrawing from the city were immediately blocked by the flames.
Bhutto had just left the city and looked back with a gloomy expression.
The Han army dug a culvert in the city in advance, poured kerosene inside and concealed it on the outside. Straw and dry firewood are piled up everywhere in the city. Once there is a fire, the kerosene culvert will be ignited first, and the culvert under the inner city wall will instantly surround the city.
The dry firewood and other reserved arrangements are ignited with kerosene, which catches the wind and cannot be extinguished.
Within a dozen breaths, the whole city was engulfed in flames.
If Butuo relied on his spiritual practice for a while at night, there would be no problem in escaping.
But the Parthian tribesmen brought into the city must have suffered heavy losses, and most of them would be killed in the sea of fire.
Mulu City originally belonged to Parthia, so the Han army didn't feel any pain when it burned it.
Even if they were discovered early, some Parthian tribesmen were still trapped in the city by the flames before they could evacuate in time.
Bhutto broke into a cold sweat without realizing it.
No wonder the Han army left immediately after the battle and did not defend the city.
The confrontation between the Han army just now was to lure them into the city.
With only one step left, the army was burned to death in the city.
On the other side, after King Hunxie led his troops to withdraw from Mulu City, Wutis led his troops to intercept and kill him halfway, but they were met by the troops sent by Wei Qing to support him.
After Buto saw through the plan to burn the city, he was worried that Utis had fallen into the trap, so he also led troops to reinforce him.
That night, the two sides surrounded Mulu City, making repeated plans and making arrangements for each other.
If either party makes a slight mistake, it will be irreversible.
The wood deer was burned and destroyed, but the Parthian losses were much greater.
Not only did they fail to recapture the strategic frontier, they were also set on fire by the Han army, burning to death some of the troops who entered the city before they could evacuate.
early morning.
The two sides temporarily stopped fighting.
Bhutto stood on the edge of the battlefield and remained silent for a long time.
He thought of a problem. When the other party asked for Mulu City, they had obviously guessed that they were unwilling and would try their best to take back Mulu.
The game actually started from that time.
Which general in the Han army, looking at the entire battle, began to make arrangements for the next battle before the last battle was over, and dug a trap to kill the Parthian tribesmen? !
Bhutto thought to himself: If his guess was correct, the Han generals' strategic and military capabilities would be even greater than his previous judgment.
This made him feel a little afraid of the commander-in-chief of the Han army for the first time.
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Chang'an.
At dawn, the emperor got up and went to court.
After the meeting, the sky was bright.
When the emperor returned to his study, the clan elder Liu Jue and two other clan members came to see him.
"What's the matter?"
The emperor looked at Liu Jue: "Did Li Gan win the battle in Jiaodong?"
Liu Jue smiled and said: "Your Majesty is wise, that is exactly what happened.
Last night, the enemy troops from the sea, probably more than 5,000 troops, landed on the coast.
General Li Gan deliberately drew back his troops and lured the enemy dozens of miles deep along the coast.
The opponent's probing attack was aimed at plundering coastal villages. Unexpectedly, General Li Gan accurately predicted their behavior and hid the Han troops in the villages in advance.
After the opponent approaches, our troops suddenly rush out and entangle the opponent, and other soldiers and horses then rush out. "
Liu Jue was quite proud and said: "The enemy suffered a huge defeat in this battle. My big man mounted heavy cavalry to test his skills and defeated the enemy easily. More than half of the enemy invaders who landed were killed, and the remaining ones fled and sailed away without daring to stay for a moment."
General Li uses his troops like a god to exaggerate the power of our great Han Dynasty! "
Liu Jue glanced at the emperor.
He was very happy and rushed to tell the emperor the good news.
The sharpness of the heavy cavalry, Li Gan's judgment of the enemy's strength, and his ability to defeat the opponent's troops without much expenditure.
These performances made the clan feel that it was worthwhile to invest more in Li Gan and the heavy cavalry.
However, Liu Jue did not see any emotional changes on the emperor's face.
He said: "Your Majesty, how do you think General Li Gan fought in this battle?"
"It failed to take the initiative and was strategically passive."
The emperor said calmly: "But the prediction of the enemy's situation is accurate, and it has not reduced the majesty of my great man. It is acceptable."
"We are discussing and would like to increase the number of heavy cavalry under General Li Gan to 8,000. Please allow your Majesty's permission!"
The emperor remained calm: "It's accurate."
Liu Jue couldn't help it anymore and asked: "I heard that Lang Zhongling also led his troops out a few days ago. I wonder if he can do anything now. To what extent did he fight, and did he make any achievements?"
The emperor waved his hand and said: "There is still no news from Lang Zhongling. If nothing happens, please leave. I have many things to do."
Liu Jue was satisfied and secretly thought that Huo Qubing would be defeated by Li Gan this time.
He bowed and retreated, intending to inform everyone in the clan of the news.
And just after he left, the emperor took out the Sheji Map, stretched out his hand to flick it, and a picture was reflected in the map.
It was a scene of fire filling the sky, completely engulfing the capital of Yamato.
Flames soar into the sky.
The corner of the emperor's mouth rose: "Although Li Gan has some military talents, he is not at the same level as Qu Bing.
Lang Zhongling was invincible on the battlefield. Li Gan had the ability to conquer one place at a time, but he did not have the strategic vision to see the overall situation, which was far behind. "
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