"kill!"
Wang Hu yelled, and swung the heavy sword in his hand with all his strength. The huge force staggered the previous enemy, and then he seized the opportunity and sent the long sword forward, and then it sank into the enemy's chest.
With a "whisper", the long knife was drawn out.
The enemy whose chest was penetrated fell to the ground, his body twitching slightly, and his eyes looked at Wang Hu in disbelief.
His mouth opened, a large mouthful of blood flowed out, and he finally fell to the ground helplessly.
However, Wang Hu didn't even look at this scene. After killing the enemy, he turned around and saw that the compatriots around him were fighting with their opponents.
On the city wall, two more Ning thieves climbed up. They looked around and seemed to see Wang Hu alone, and their eyes lit up.
Then with a ruthless look on their faces, they came over to kill each other in coordination.
Seeing this, Wang Hu gasped heavily, then gritted his teeth and did not retreat. He just picked up an iron shield on the ground and charged forward with a roar.
Gold and iron clash, and the beacon smoke is like fire.
Amidst the roars and wailings, accompanied by the crisp sound of golden gongs outside the city, the Ning thieves on the top of the city received the signal and quickly retreated like a tide.
Wang Hu forced Thief Ning back with one strike of his sword, and then watched the opponent's figure quickly leave. His body remained motionless, and like his nearby companions, he had no intention of pursuing him.
After all the Ning thieves retreated from the city and evacuated into the distance, everyone seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and sat down directly.
Wang Hu found a place beside the battlements, leaned his back against the wall, his chest heaved up and down, and he sat as if he was exhausted.
"Are you okay?"
At this time, the captain Ge Liang came from the side and saw Wang Hu's tired appearance. He looked up and down. After seeing no obvious wounds, he smiled and sat next to him.
"good."
Wang Hu nodded, but he was too tired to say anything more.
There was a fight just now, which lasted for a while.
This time may sound short, but when fighting on the battlefield, which blow is not fought with all your strength?
A moment of fighting is almost equivalent to a person concentrating all his energy and energy and exhausting everything to fight between life and death. The energy and spirit consumed in it is simply not too much.
In just a moment, Wang Hu was so tired that his whole body ached.
"The battlefield is like this. Every blow is between life and death. There are no chances. You have to go all out."
Ge Liang patted Wang Hu on the shoulder, then took off a kettle from his waist. After opening it, the aroma of wine came out. He raised his head and took a gulp of water, then brought it to Wang Hu: "This is the city You can only buy a kilogram of Zuixiangju’s Green Bee Brew for one tael of silver, would you like to try it?”
Wang Hu was not polite. He took the kettle and poured it into his mouth.
After a burst of physical exertion, his whole body was soaked with sweat, his throat and chest were already on fire, and he was very thirsty.
On the other hand, when Ge Liang saw Wang Hu gobbling up peonies, his eyes showed distress.
He quickly snatched the kettle over, then shook the little wine left in it, then carefully poured out some, took a sip, and said happily: "This Green Bee wine has a long flavor, drink it in big gulps like you drink water. What kind of taste can you taste?
You have to be like me and sip it in small sips to feel the taste and savor the lingering aftertaste. "
Ge Liang talked about his experience of drinking, then looked at Wang Hu, who had no expression, and sighed slightly.
Knowing that this boy was not a drinker, he simply said no more, and said another way: "I see that your body is full of qi and blood, and the evil spirit is overwhelming. Is this the sign that the Black Tiger is about to reach its peak?"
Black Tiger Strength is a relatively popular low-level technique among the Chu army, and its quality is only third-rate.
However, this method is relatively simple to get started with and the practice speed is also fast. The main requirement is to continuously improve your cultivation in life-and-death battles. It also includes some methods of squeezing blood essence, overdrawing potential, and consuming life span to quickly increase internal strength. Dharma door.
For the soldiers and sergeants who walk on the line of life and death all year round, their life and death are uncertain and they may be killed on the battlefield at any time.
Only one in a hundred people can live to a normal old age and a happy death.
Therefore, this method with great disadvantages is actually not a disadvantage to the soldiers.
After all, if you don't have the strength and go to the battlefield, you might die in your teens or 20s.
If you have enough strength, you can kill the enemy and protect yourself on the battlefield. Even if your potential is exhausted and you are old and sick, you can still live for at least thirty or forty years, which is equivalent to twice as long as your life.
"Yes, I have been fighting with Ning Thief these past few days. After killing ten people, with the help of the Blood Evil Qi, the second meridian in my body should be opened soon. By then, when the Black Tiger Strength is fully achieved, I will be able to enter the third-rate realm of martial arts. Now." When Wang Hu mentioned his cultivation level, he couldn't help but smile on his cold face.
For some people, fighting against powerful enemies, honing their martial arts skills, and then continuing to improve and make breakthroughs is the happiest thing in life.
Wang Hu is such a person.
"You have killed a lot of enemies these days, and you have accumulated enough merits. After you have achieved the Black Tiger Power, you can go to the soldier commander to redeem the Tiger Evil Technique.
Tiger Sha Kung Fu is an advanced Kung Fu of Black Tiger Jin, ranking second-rate. Many soldiers commanders and camp commanders in the army practice this Kung Fu.
With your talent, you may be able to understand the true meaning in the future and advance to the level of a second-rate master. "
Ge Liang said enthusiastically, but suddenly thought of something again and looked at Wang Hu, and couldn't help but sigh: "It's a pity, it's a pity that you were born too late.
If he had joined the army twenty years earlier when the king started his career, he would have been able to join the king's sect and become a disciple of the emperor.
Among the current army, among the lieutenants and generals, which one is not a disciple of the great king?
What a pity, what a pity. "
Speaking of it, Ge Liang looked a little lonely at the end, and he didn't know whether he felt sorry for Wang Hu or himself.
When Lu Yuan started his business, because of his grassroots background, he had very few capable subordinates and trusted confidants.
In order to solve this dilemma, it was necessary to select a large number of qualified soldiers from the army, accept them as disciples, teach them martial arts, train them, and make them their confidants.
At that time, the power was just beginning, and Lu Yuan's power was also expanding rapidly. It was really full of vitality, everything was happening, and everyone could find unlimited opportunities.
It was at that time that Ge Liang joined the army and obtained the skills to practice martial arts.
However, his qualifications were somewhat inferior and he was not able to become Lu Yuan's disciple, not even registered.
In the end, after twenty years of wasted time, his body was already riddled with holes, and his realm had stopped at the third-rate level, making it difficult to go any further.
Wang Hu's qualifications are sufficient, but now twenty years have passed.
The State of Chu has been established, and the court has systems. There are naturally many opportunities in the army, but it is no longer possible to directly worship the king as a disciple.
Even for ten years, no one was accepted as a disciple by the king. There was no shortage of available people in Chu State.
The best era has passed. Wang Hu, who was qualified enough to be the disciple of the great king, can now only practice black tiger strength, a technique that accelerates the physical body, squeezing his great potential in advance and losing his future in vain.
Originally a seed that might have a chance to become a first-rate player, now, the highest achievement in the future is a second-rate master.
But even if you are a second-rate master, for many people at the bottom, the road to the sky is still unimaginable.
Just like in this army.
The minimum requirement for those captains in the camp is to be in the second-rate realm. Without this strength, even if they have enough merit, it is impossible to take a step up.
As for the status of a school captain, according to different grades, the lowest is comparable to a county captain, and the highest is comparable to a commander of a government. It is a high-ranking position and a glorious ancestor.
At least when Wang Hu heard what Ge Liang said, there was a trace of yearning in his eyes.
He is not very high-spirited personally. If he can really be promoted to the position of captain in the future, he will be satisfied.
"Second rate?"
Wang Hu whispered, with strong fighting spirit in his eyes: "I will achieve this."
Ge Liang looked at the juniors in front of him, this scene full of confidence and vitality, and a smile appeared on his face.
The reason why he pays attention to Wang Hu is because of the other person's qualifications and character. With the above two points, this boy will definitely achieve something in the future, enough to make some preliminary investment and form a good relationship.
"Second-rate people don't be in a hurry."
Ge Liang patted Wang Hu on the shoulder, and then said with a smile: "We have had many battles in the past few days, and our A-5th Battalion has lost a lot of casualties. Each soldier has lost a lot of men, and even a soldier commander has died. and three captains.
The third pawn I led, Huang Qing, died the day before yesterday. The deputy captain of the first team led by him made up the team, and the deputy position became vacant.
The deputy of the team is a rank lower than the ninth rank. Although it is the lowest rank, he has finally entered the official rank and can barely be regarded as an official.
The most important thing is that he wants to be a team deputy. Unlike the team leader, who has a rigid requirement of third-rate realm, as long as the sergeant develops his internal strength and opens up a meridian.
You have done enough, I plan to recommend to Ying Zheng that your boy fill the position of deputy of the first team and get an official status.
After a few days of waiting like this for you to become a black tiger, break through to the third level, and have enough strength, I will help you see if there is still a team leader position in the camp or elsewhere.
Only by becoming a team leader, with fifty men under his command, and being able to select a group of soldiers as personal guards and protected by someone, can the chance of survival on the battlefield be greatly improved.
At the very least, you have multiple options when you encounter danger.
There is no need to be like a soldier who has no choice but to grit his teeth and fight forward. "
Speaking of casualties, Ge Liang couldn't help but sigh.
This group of new soldiers he led, or rather the defenders in the city, were really young.
They were all rookies who had never experienced bloodshed. Facing the cruel battlefield, they had no idea how to deal with it.
Due to lack of experience, encountering enemy veterans will naturally result in heavy casualties.
There were 100,000 guards in the city. During this month, they were divided into 20,000 soldiers at a time and made into five batches. They took turns going to the city to guard the city for a day.
Ge Liang has led his soldiers to the top of the city six times.
In this mere six times, eight of his one hundred soldiers were killed or injured, and the casualties were close to 10%.
If you use yourself to push others, other soldiers in the camp will not be much better.
The city was originally full of 100,000 people, but now, it is estimated that less than 10,000 are gone.
Although these casualties are not too many overall, it is only January.
Ten thousand people died in one month.
If we were to defend it for a year, wouldn't all the 100,000 people in the city be dead?
Of course, as a veteran, Ge Liang naturally knew that this situation could not happen.
Because as defenders, they suffered such heavy casualties.
The Ning thieves outside the city, as the attacking party, must be even more miserable than them.
Although the approximate number is not known, judging from Ge Liang's own fighting with the enemy in the past few days.
For every person who dies on his side, two or three of the thieves below the city will die.
Moreover, this casualty ratio is still expanding rapidly as the new soldiers under his command are tempered by the fire of war and gradually grow.
The best proof is Wang Hu.
Wang Hu, who was still a little immature at first, has not only become more murderous after killing for a month, but his strength has also improved rapidly, and he is about to break through to the third rate.
Although the other soldiers are not as talented as Wang Hu, they have also improved a lot, and their killing skills have become more skilled.
In today's battle, for every one person on our side who died, three or four of the thieves would die.
Once everyone under his command has transformed into veterans and gained sufficient experience, they may be able to achieve an exchange ratio of one to five or one to six.
There are so many advantages and disadvantages between defending a city and attacking a city.
As a new soldier, Wang Hu didn't understand this, but after hearing that his superior was willing to recommend him to be an official, his face showed joy: "Thank you, Captain."
"Well, take this opportunity."
Ge Liang nodded and said meaningfully: "These days, more and more Ning thieves are dying. No matter how many of them there are, if this method of death continues, they will not be able to sustain it.
When you become a team leader, you might be able to get some peace of mind.
Take advantage of this time, practice hard, break through to the third level, and don't let me down. "
Based on battlefield experience, Ge Liang made this inference, and then without waiting for Wang Hu's reply, he stood up, patted his skirt and armor, and headed towards a watchtower not far away.
The battle was over, and the casualties among his men were light. It was time to go back, report to Yingzheng, and fulfill the promise by the way, giving Wang Hu a future.
Although a soldier commander only oversees one hundred soldiers, he is considered a mid- to low-level officer in the army and has a lot of affairs.
The chat with Wang Hu was just for relaxation, and it was time to get down to business now.
Alas, I don't know if this kid can survive this battle.
Shaking his head, Ge Liang no longer thought about these things. He was used to seeing life and death, and he had already learned to take a leisurely life and ignore everything.
…
Just when Ge Liang and other veterans in the army noticed Ning Ren's fatigue based on their sense of experience.
As a high-ranking military officer and a veteran on the battlefield, Lu Yuan and others were naturally keenly aware of Ning Ren's strange behavior.
As Ge Liang guessed, Ning Ren really couldn't hold on any longer.
After a month of continuous fierce attack, the Chu people in the city suffered heavy casualties, losing more than 8,000 soldiers.
But as the siege party, Ningren suffered more losses.
Even though the Chu people had too many recruits, they took advantage of the opponent's inexperience at first.
But as these new soldiers were tempered, Ningren's casualties also increased.
Now, one month has passed, and under successive attacks on the city, the Ning soldiers and horses have suffered nearly 40,000 casualties, which is close to one-tenth of the main force of the Ning army commanded by Shen Qiu.
And if we only count Ning Jun outside Jiangxia City, it is equivalent to one-fifth.
The loss of a large army was close to 20%, and even the elite soldiers were unable to bear it.
Although they could continue to attack with force, they continued to fight for a month and failed to break through the Jiangxia city defense.
At this time, the Chu soldiers in the city were gradually tempered, and with the siege of the city, the strength gap between the two sides would be further reduced.
No matter how unwilling Shen Qiu was, he could not continue to send troops to attack.
"It can take as little as one day, or as long as two or three days. If Ningren loses another three to five thousand people, they will almost have no choice but to withdraw their troops, silence their flags, huddle in the camp outside the city, lick their wounds secretly, and recover their strength."
At the high-level military meeting in the evening, Chu Wei, who was full of high spirits, made this conclusion.
In recent days, as the naval commander, Lu Yuan's disciple has been stealing the show.
The Ning people's attack on the city on land did not go smoothly, and the Ning people's boat division also did not gain much advantage in the water battle on the river.
The Ning Kingdom only has a total of 150,000 naval troops, of which 50,000 naval troops, about one-third of the troops, need to stay in the country to block the river and defend the Liang Kingdom in the north, so it is difficult to mobilize them.
Of the remaining 100,000 naval troops, 50,000 were distributed to the Xiangyang County battlefield, and the remaining 50,000 were brought to Jiangxia City.
Although because of Shen Qiu's arrival, Ning's 50,000 naval troops were originally stationed in Xiangyang County, but 30,000 naval troops were transferred here, making up a total of 80,000 naval troops.
The number of troops is slightly more than that of Chu's 50,000 navy, which can be regarded as a considerable advantage.
But here in Chu State, there is also Jiangxia City, which has the geographical advantage of a water fortress.
The Jiangxia City alone, with hundreds of trebuchets and ballistae equipment placed on the mountainside, blocking the entire river, was enough to smooth out the numerical gap between the thirty thousand navy.
Coupled with the expansion of the Ningguo Navy in the past two years, there are many new recruits in the army, and the experience and running-in are somewhat lacking.
The Chu Navy has been established for many years, and there are all veteran sailors on board the boats. Their experience and strength are much better than those of the new recruits.
Relying on the elite soldiers, the geographical location, and Chu Wei, an amazing old commander.
As early as ten days ago, there was a decisive battle on the river outside Jiangxia City.
The Chu navy defeated the Ning navy, destroying more than 300 Ning ships on the spot, capturing more than a hundred ships, killing more than 20,000 of the opponent's navy, and surrendering more than 8,000 people.
After the First World War, the strength of Ningguo's navy was severely damaged. In the end, although some ships were collected, there were still 50,000 navy left.
But after the defeat, their morale was low, but they were no longer a match for the Chu Navy.
Such a brilliant victory also completely established Chu's dominant position in its own territory and waterways. From now on, Ning's naval forces will never be able to step into Chu's waterways again.
Lu Yuan finally didn't have to worry. The Chu State's waterway was occupied by the Ning State, and the river was eventually blocked. One country was divided into two. The rear was constantly attacked, and wars were everywhere.
However, the situation in Jiangxia is very good.
Although this matter was worthy of joy, Lu Yuan was not as happy as Chu Wei. Instead, with a little worry in his eyes, he picked up a letter on the table and frowned.
There was only one thing recorded on the thin piece of paper.
That was five days ago, Xiang Duan, Marquis of Wuxin in Ning State, led a hundred thousand troops to raid Changsha Mansion.
