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Taichu and Dongxia had declared war for ten days, but no major conflict broke out. Taichu Marshal Lin Chuhe was currently sitting in Xuanjian City, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers were stationed in various cities on the southern border of Taichu.
In Taichu, not only the original 600,000 defenders, Junji Temple mobilized 200,000 city guards from all over Yingzhou to join Lin Chuhe's command, plus 100,000 Qinghe troops and Qingyantang masters, Xinghen Longjia The battalion has also arrived at Xuanjian City, and although the announcement of a million-strong army is a bit exaggerated, it is similar.
According to reports from spies, Dongxia also has hundreds of thousands of troops stationed on the border. The exact number is unknown. The leader of the Dongxia army is actually the Prince of Dongxia, Bai Lingshuang.
The main palace of Hanging Sword City.
At this time, the City Lord's Mansion was the temporary residence of Marshal Lin Chuhe in the early days. In the main hall of the City Lord's Mansion, there was a huge sand table, on which the mountains, rivers, and city divisions of the Eastern Xia Dynasty were very detailed. Marshal Lin Chuhe stood in front of the sand table and was talking to everyone. The generals discussed the attack on Dongxia.
Lin Chuhe was about fifty years old, and he did not look rugged. He was not wearing armor at this time, but was wearing a green shirt, looking a little frail.
Lin Chuhe was a military legend in the early days of Taichu. Originally, he was not a military commander, but a civil servant who passed the imperial examination. His imperial examination results were not outstanding at that time, and the court did not pay much attention to him. He was only sent to Fengwu County as a county magistrate.
At that time, the Jin'an Dynasty was powerful and had the upper hand in the dispute with the Taichu Dynasty. This gave Taichu's late emperor Li Jianshen a headache, fearing that the Jin'an Dynasty would take advantage of the situation to attack Taichu.
Repeated changes of generals on the western front could not change the situation. When Li Jianshen was in a state of distress, a letter attracted his attention. This letter was written by a county official in Fengwu County. It was not reported to the county government, but to the county government. Officials' opinions on training, raising and employing troops.
The more Li Jianshen looked at him, the more he felt that this man had unique insights and was a rare military commander. He immediately summoned this man to Beijing to meet the emperor. This man was Lin Chuhe.
After Lin Chuhe came to Beijing to face the emperor, Li Jianshen recognized his military strategy more, but was also worried that he was just talking on paper, so he just sent him to Donglin Pass as a staff general.
In this way, a generation of Confucian general Lin Chuhe transformed from a civil servant into a military general.
The general of Donglin Pass did not pay much attention to this civilian general, but after seeing Lin Chuhe's ability to lead troops in several battles, Lin Chuhe's ability was recognized by the general. With Lin Chuhe's strategic support, Donglin Pass began to be able to compete with Jin'an Fight against each other.
Perhaps seeing the strength of the Taichu army, the Jin'an Dynasty did not attack Yingzhou, but attacked Yingzhou in the northeast, and gradually defeated the Daliao Dynasty entrenched in Yingzhou.
Li Jianshen saw this situation and promoted Lin Chuhe to the commander-in-chief of Donglin Pass. From then on, Lin Chuhe fought in the south and north, made great achievements in battle, and became the marshal of Taichu in his thirties.
At this moment, Lin Chuhe pointed on the sand table with a serious face and told the generals around him. In addition to the Taichu generals, he also had Longyan Division, the head of the Qingyan Hall, Qianlu Sanlang, the commander of the Shiwanqinghe Army, and Xinghen Longjia. The battalion commander Tang Jinge was also on the list.
Late at night, the drizzle continued, and on the Dongxia Wuwei Pass wall, the Dongxia soldiers were still in high spirits, guarding against the Taichu Army's surprise attack.
Wuwei Pass is the most important pass on the border of Eastern Xia Dynasty. It is built close to mountains and rivers. It has towering city walls and a wide moat in front of the pass. It is extremely easy to defend but difficult to attack after retracting the suspension bridge.
The patrolling soldiers in the city did not notice that several figures had come to the moat through the night.
"Shikigami: Ice Boy!" As a person chanted softly, a child exuding cold air was thrown into the moat. The moat was visible to the naked eye and formed an ice road. Everyone followed the ice road to the bottom of the city wall. .
"Shikigami: Lord of the River!"
"Shikigami: Cimu!"
"Shikigami: Drunk Maniac!"
"Shikigami: Kurochi!"
Several voices rang out, and several huge spirits suddenly appeared under the city wall. A huge shikigami with fish scales on his body and water waves surrounding his body opened his mouth and actually drained all the water in the moat in a short period of time. He inhaled it into his stomach, and then smashed huge balls of water onto the city wall.
The other three shikigami have all fought against the Xinghe Sect. The one-armed shikigami is Ji Mu from Ryugen Division, the shikigami with the huge wine gourd is Kiraku Kiyono's Jiu Kuang, and the hydra basilisk is Ku Yao Pheasant's Jiu Kuang. Lu Zhi.
After the four major shikigami appeared, they began to continuously attack one part of the city wall.
"Enemy attack!" "Enemy attack!"
Dongxia has naturally discovered these powerful shikigami. Bows, arrows, ballistas and other defensive equipment are constantly attacking the shikigami, but with little effect. A single attack from those shikigami can kill a large number of city defenders.
Under the indiscriminate bombardment of the four masters' fighting power shikigami, no matter how strong the city wall was, it could not hold on for long, and soon a gap of two to three feet wide was blasted out.
While the Eastern Xia defenders were struggling, a large group of cavalry appeared in the direction of Taichu and rushed towards Wuwei Pass. The one rushing at the front was the Xinghen Dragon Armor Battalion led by Tang Jinge.
After discovering the enemy, the Eastern Xia defenders on the city wall immediately fired arrows and crossbows at the Taichu Army, but it seemed to have little effect. The Taichu Army soon came to the moat, and saw Tang Jinge's white tiger leaping up, and actually crossed the already dried up river. The moat came to the foot of Wuweiguan city wall.
The two deputy commanders Jiang Huaishi and Yue Kaishan followed closely, and the two giant wolves also crossed the moat. It was not easy for the remaining cavalry to cross the moat.
Tang Jinge flew up and slashed at the chains of the suspension bridge. Jiang Huaishi and Yue Kaishan were guarding him, helping Tang Jinge block the flying arrows and falling rocks.
The two thick iron chains were quickly cut off by Tang Jinge, and the suspension bridge fell. Under the leadership of Tang Jinge, the Taichu cavalry bypassed the city gate and charged towards the huge gap opened by the shikigami.
The cavalry played little role in the siege, but under the command of Lin Chuhe, the Taichu Army and Qinghe Shishen cooperated tacitly, allowing the Longjia Battalion to play an important role in the siege.
Tang Jinge, who rushed into Wuwei Pass, led the Longjia Battalion and Taichu Cavalry to engage in a fierce battle with the defenders of Wuwei Pass. Yu She, the defender of Wuwei Pass, stopped the defenders from desperately resisting. However, the broken city was not so easy to defend, and the city gate soon fell.
The Taichu cavalry opened the city gate. At this time, the relatively slow infantry soldiers had also arrived and filed into Wuwei Pass.
Seeing that the situation was over, Yu She began to command the defenders to evacuate. How could Tang Jinge give him a chance? He led the crowd to charge towards the Wuwei defenders at the rear. He soon broke through the defense line of the Wuwei defenders at the rear and began to pursue the retreating Wuwei army. .
The battle of Wuwei Pass only lasted three hours before the dust settled. The Taichu Army completely occupied Wuwei Pass. More than 10,000 of the 80,000 defenders of Wuwei Pass were killed, and 30,000 people including the guard Yu She were captured. Only more than 30,000 people escaped from Wuwei Pass and fled to Xiaguan City where the main force of Eastern Xia was stationed.
Taichu suffered only more than 3,000 casualties, which could be described as a great victory.
Lin Chuhe did not cease his troops. After leaving 100,000 soldiers at Wuwei Pass, the Taichu army divided into two groups and advanced towards the other two passes of the Eastern Xia Dynasty.
News of the fall of Wuwei Pass soon reached the ears of Dongxia commander Bai Lingshuang. Bai Lingshuang immediately commanded the main force of 200,000 Dongxia troops to go to Yinma Pass located on the west side of Wuwei Pass.
One hundred thousand Qinghe troops arrived in the north of Yinma Pass and formed a formation several miles away from Yinma Pass to confront the garrison inside the pass and prepare to attack the city at any time.
At dawn, the Taichu Army, which launched a surprise attack from Wuwei Pass to Yinma Pass, and the main force of the Eastern Xia met unexpectedly more than ten miles away from Yinma Pass.
The leader of the Taichu raiding force was Ni Feihong, the former Taichu general. This man was the second-ranking figure in the Taichu army that went south. In addition to the 200,000 Taichu regular troops, he also had the Xinghen Longjia Battalion and Qingyan Hall led by Tang Jinge. A large number of divine masters.
The main force of the Eastern Xia led by Bai Lingshuang should not be underestimated either. The Eastern Xia Red Flame Army and the Beast King Camp are among them, and there are also several masters in charge of the masters.
When the enemies met, they were extremely jealous. Without saying anything, the two sides launched an offensive against each other.
Shikigami Kuroichi and the Lord of the River took the lead, and many Qinghe shikigami stood in front of the Dongxia army. The Qinghe people attacked Dongxia very hard and were always at the front of the battle formation.
Tang Jinge led 10,000 cavalry including the Longjia Battalion to outflank the right wing, inserting into the Dongxia Army like a sharp sword. The pressure on the East Xia right increased greatly. Bai Lingshuang immediately transferred the 10,000 Red Flame Army to the right to face the Taichu Cavalry. .
The Red Flame Army is very conspicuous on the battlefield. Its silver armor is engraved with large red flame patterns. The lining and cloak are both red. Looking at it, it looks like a raging sea of fire spreading.
There is one person in the Red Flame Army who is the most special. He looks to be in his forties. He is not wearing armor. Instead, his upper body is naked, showing his rock-hard muscles. He has a large flame tattoo on his body and holds two black pistols. The giant hammer exudes a dangerous aura.
If Gu Xifeng saw this person here, he would be shocked, and it would bring back many palpitating memories for him, because this person was one of the masters who hunted him and his brother back then, Qin Ming, the leader of the Eastern Xia Red Flame Army!
Although the Red Flame Army is infantry, Qin Ming has a mount, which is a huge army with fiery red hair. Its momentum is not weaker than Tang Jinge's white tiger mount.
Qin Ming took the lead and rushed into the Taichu cavalry formation. As the two black giant hammers continued to be swung, the Taichu cavalry were cut down from their horses like melons and vegetables. Very few ordinary cavalry could stop Qin Ming's attack.
Seeing this, a Longjia battalion cavalry rushed towards Qin Ming with a sword in hand. Tang Jinge saw this and shouted: "Ma Sheng, don't go, that's a master." Then Tang Jinge controlled the white tiger under his crotch and rushed towards Qin Ming anxiously. .
The Longjia battalion cavalry named Ma Sheng had the strength of the middle stage of Jinjin Realm. He took advantage of Qin Ming's unpreparedness and slashed at Qin Ming's back. Qin Ming felt something in his heart, and the body-protecting aura enveloped him. Ma Sheng's sword struck on top of the aura. Can't shake the Gang Qi even a bit.
Ma Sheng was frightened and was about to retreat, but how could Qin Ming give him a chance? The giant hammer swung back and hit Ma Sheng directly in the face. Ma Sheng leaned back and hurriedly raised his knife to block. He only felt a A terrifying force came from him, his arm lost consciousness, and the sword flew out instantly.
Qin Ming was a little surprised when the attack failed. He turned the red lion around and looked at the Taichu cavalry with strange armor with interest. Then Qin Ming swung both hammers at the same time, targeting Ma Sheng and his mount respectively.
Ma Sheng wanted to retreat, but his speed was far slower than Qin Ming's and he was completely unable to escape. He only saw the black giant hammer getting closer and closer to him. Even the dragon armor could not save his life when he was hit by this terrible blunt weapon.
"Am I going to die?" Ma Sheng sighed in his heart. He didn't expect that he would die on the first day of the attack on Dongxia.
The huge impact he imagined did not come. Ma Sheng only felt a pulling force coming from behind him, and then he flew backwards and fell heavily to the ground.
When he got up from the ground, he saw that Tang Jinge was already fighting Qin Ming, and his horse had fallen to the ground lifeless. Apparently he had been saved by the commander, but his horse did not survive.
There was no time for sorrow and regret, and he was surrounded by the Red Flame Army soldiers who were eyeing him. Ma Sheng strangled a Red Flame Army soldier with his bare hands, took away the opponent's saber, and fought with the enemy again. Pao Ze from the Longjia Battalion also watched. When it came to his situation, two horsemen came to him and fought beside him.
Looking at Tang Jinge, now Tang Jinge has touched the threshold of the Grandmaster realm. The breakthrough is imminent, but there is no breakthrough even when he is close. Facing the veteran Grandmaster, even Tang Jinge is somewhat powerless. He tries his best to still be in danger.
Qin Ming did not take Tang Jinge seriously at first, but he was surprised when he could not take down the young man for a long time. After Qin Ming repelled Tang Jinge, he said loudly: "Qin Ming, the Red Flame Army of Lower Eastern Xia, there are actually still people in the Taichu Army. For such a young master, I dare to ask you your surname!"
Tang Jinge breathed a sigh of relief and replied: "Tang Jinge of Star Trace Dragon Armor Camp."
Qin Ming's eyes became more interested, and he laughed and said: "It turns out to be the famous Commander Tang of Longjia Camp of Xinghe Sect. It's such a pleasure to meet you. Let me learn from Commander Tang's clever tactics again."
Qin Ming's expression gradually became serious, a red light flashed in his eyes, the flame tattoo on his body also lit up, and the two black giant hammers were also wrapped in a ball of red energy.
Tang Jinge's expression was solemn when he saw this. He knew that Qin Ming would do his best, so he slowly closed his eyes.
When Qin Ming charged, Tang Jinge opened his eyes again, his eyes full of fighting spirit, and a shadow of an ancient warrior appeared on his body, the God of War came to the world!
Even with the blessing of the God of War, Tang Jinge was still no match for Qin Ming. Every time his fighting force collided with the black giant hammer, it was very difficult.
When Tang Jinge was about to lose, a war hammer bigger than Qin Ming's hammer hit Qin Ming. Qin Ming calmly blocked it, but another meteor hammer came from the other side and hit Qin Ming's guard hard. Above the body's Gang Qi, a small crack appeared in the powerful body-protecting Gang Qi.
Qin Ming controlled the red lion and retreated sharply. Two cavalrymen and Tang Jinge formed an encirclement against Qin Ming. It was the two deputy commanders of the Xinghen Longjia Battalion, Jiang Huaishi and Yue Kaishan, who had arrived!
