However, the cost of storming the city wall was heavy. Although they only attacked twice, they had left tens of thousands of corpses under the city of Shangjing. What does this mean?
It means that they have lost one-tenth of the Forbidden Army, not counting the injured Forbidden Army. If it were in other places, Zhao Cheng would never do this, because these Forbidden Army are elites and veterans, enough to equal one to five. If With enough soldiers, he could rely on these 100,000 forbidden troops to raise an army of hundreds of thousands.
Inside the camp, Zhao Chengduan sat up and listened to the report from his subordinate captain. His face was full of pain. Unfortunately, if they could hold on for a while longer, they would be able to capture the city wall.
Thinking of this, he felt even more heartbroken. It was all because of that Pudu Cihang!
If he hadn't suddenly intervened in the battle, how could the morale of his imperial troops who had already stormed the city wall have plummeted! If they persist for a while longer, they will be able to have more soldiers scale the city wall. By then, the defenders will definitely not be able to resist.
Once the hole is torn open, the entire battle situation on the four walls of the capital will collapse. At that time, the entire imperial capital will become his possession, and the entire Zhou Dynasty will crawl at his feet!
It's all his fault!
The more Zhao Cheng thought about it, the angrier he became. He took out the jade pendant and poured the blood and qi from his body into it. However, after he put the qi and blood into it, there was no movement at all in the camp. He had already driven back the soldiers in the Chinese army's tent. Why didn't he see that person? Show up?
A feeling of uneasiness arose in his heart, and then he mobilized the energy and blood in his body to pour it into it with all his strength, but it was all muddy and there was no reaction from the surroundings. At this moment, a thin trickle of sweat dripped from his forehead.
Could it be that he was abandoned?
Yesterday, he had made an appointment with the middle-aged scribe. If the city wall could not be conquered, the forces behind that man would invest more resources to help him attack the imperial capital.
What, no response?
Zhao Cheng is sweating more and more on his face, and he is becoming more and more impatient. After talking to him last night, Zhao Cheng knows that his only way out now is to rely on the strength behind these people to achieve success, otherwise he can only burn everything. , put all the chips in your hand up.
However, he is not in a desperate situation now, and he is not a desperate gambler. All stud is not the most advantageous way for him. As long as he still has the value of using it, he can take advantage of it.
how so?
The anger accumulated in his heart became more and more. Finally, he couldn't control his emotions and threw the jade pendant in his hand to the ground. The jade pendant was not a treasure and was shattered on the spot.
Then, he collapsed on the seat and stared at the dome with his eyes blankly. Now, he could only rely on himself.
The most urgent task now is how to escape!
It is no longer possible to capture the capital. The man told him that Zhou Dynasty has re-determined the throne, which means that order has been restored in the court. Once they are fully prepared, they can run away if they want. No!
Before, he just took advantage of the internal strife in the Great Zhou Center to find an opportunity to take advantage of it. There are millions of people in the entire capital. Once the government organizes the young men in the city to defend the city, they will soon be able to recruit 100,000 men. .
Worse still, there are many retired soldiers in the imperial palace. Once organized, his tens of thousands of forbidden troops alone will not be able to take over the city.
At this moment, Zhao Cheng's eyes flickered, and he gradually came up with a plan. Now, one-tenth of the Forbidden Army under him was lost in the battle, and he was already feeling war-weary. After all, siege battles were fought with human lives, and even elite veterans could not do it. Willing to die in vain.
However, he used thunderous means to control the Forbidden Army before, and he killed a number of generals before taking control of the Forbidden Army. Under high pressure, the lower-level Forbidden Army did not dare to resist, but if another batch of Forbidden Army died, it would reach one-third. With one battle loss, he would no longer be able to control this army.
In this case, it is better to escape early than to die in vain under the city!
A stern look flashed in his eyes. Tomorrow, he will devote most of his soldiers to the siege. By then, the defenders in the city will be completely held back, and he will be able to escape from Zhongzhou with his elite troops. , capture a city and occupy the territory as king.
If it drags on any longer, he will have no choice but to wait for death!
When he thought of Pudu Cihang's ability, a trace of gloom flashed in his eyes. Although he didn't know why Pudu Cihang didn't pursue the victory, once he, a monk, joins the occupation, it can change everything.
In fact, if Su Ming had not wanted to obtain the maximum benefit from this war, this forbidden army would have been eliminated long ago. You must know that the secret guards of the Xuanjing Division had never shown their faces before.
The night was dark and condensation was like water. The rain had stopped long ago, but it did soak into the surface of the ground and did not cool down in early summer. Shangjing was in the north and the weather was very hot. Therefore, this rain could not stop this war at all. .
"General, several soldiers escaped and were discovered by the soldiers guarding the camp. What should we do?" Zhao Cheng's soldiers reported outside the military tent.
"Behead them all as a warning to others!" Upon hearing this news, Zhao Cheng's eyes became colder and his inner thoughts became more firm, so he ordered in a cold voice!
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However, at this moment, on the city wall, Su Ming looked at the Forbidden Army camp in the distance with a cold look in his eyes. Now, it was finally Xuanjing Division's turn to take action.
This forbidden army will also lose its final use value and add to Su Ming's credit book for the imperial court!
The secret guards of the Xuanjing Division were created by combining the power of the imperial army with the cleaning power. They were not only elites in the army, but also monks and warriors.
At this moment, on the city wall, a group of forbidden soldiers were heavily armed, wearing dark armor, holding spears, sharp blades hanging from their waists, and crossbows. Under the dark masks, there were pairs of cold and fighting eyes.
Of course, these secret guards had already been converted by Su Ming using the Selfless Sanskrit Sound. After all, he must hold such a fighting power in his hands.
At the city gate, the Qianjun Gate slowly opened. There was no moon tonight and the stars were dim. It was a dark moonlit night, and figures merged into the darkness and slowly moved towards the camp of the Forbidden Army.
There are only a thousand of them, but the aura around them is very low, and ordinary people cannot detect it at all. This is Xuanjing Division's unique breath-containing technique, and the effect is very practical.
They left the city gate without being discovered by the scouts of the Forbidden Army.
"stop!"
The sound of crossbow arrows pierced the air, and a figure slowly fell down in the darkness and was caught by another person and put to the ground. During this period, no violent noise was made. Secretly, the secret sentry scouts of the Forbidden Army were pulled out one by one, silently and neatly. .
Killing the scouts and secret sentries means that the eyes of the Forbidden Army have been poked out, but this cannot be hidden for too long. It will naturally be exposed when the defense is changed. However, the Forbidden Army's camp is very close to the capital, only a dozen miles away, which makes it easier for the Forbidden Army to make a surprise attack. .
In less than a stick of incense, Secretary Xuanjing had arrived two miles away from the Forbidden Army camp. At this distance, he could no longer hide his figure. In the Forbidden Army camp, the tyrannical evil spirit of the army destroyed all spells. The guards' eyes could no longer be shielded.
"kill!"
The secret guards raised their spears and threw them fiercely in the direction of the military camp. The friction between the cold spear heads and the air generated heat, which ignited the combustion aid in the spear heads. In an instant, these thousand spears were like a thousand spears. The rocket set the entire camp on fire.
"Enemy attack!"
"Fire, fire!"
The screams resounded through the night sky, and the Forbidden Army's tents and baggage supplies were quickly set alight with spears. Many soldiers were burned alive while they were still sleeping.
It's not their fault. Who would have thought that the defenders who had always been submissive would dare to come out to sneak attack on their imperial army?
What's more, these forbidden troops have been fighting in border towns all year round and have never seen the secret guards of Xuanjing Division. Therefore, they were immediately stunned. But what's even more terrible is that the forbidden troops bombed the camp at this time.
Previously, the Forbidden Army was controlled by several generals and was not unified, but Zhao Cheng used thunderbolt methods to kill other generals and then took control of these 100,000 troops.
But doing so also caused certain hidden dangers. However, when the Forbidden Army later attacked the city, tens of thousands of people were lost, and some soldiers were injured to varying degrees. However, the Forbidden Army camp has always maintained a state of oppression. Originally, people's hearts were No, Zhao Cheng was not a very prestigious general. In the afternoon, some soldiers escaped, and Zhao Cheng ordered people to behead them in public, which even chilled the soldiers at the bottom.
No one is willing to accompany him to die in vain. These forbidden troops are indeed elite, but it does not mean that they will resolutely execute military orders. Moreover, Zhao Cheng did not give enough benefits to the lower-level soldiers. He only attracted the middle-level generals. In this way First, it is even more unpopular.
Even if Su Ming didn't send secret guards to attack the camp, the camp would still be blown up tonight.
In the camp, the soldiers woke up from their sleep. All kinds of emotions broke through their defenses. In addition, there were fires everywhere, and there were comrades in armor setting fires and killing people. They collapsed all of a sudden. They picked up the weapons around them and started shooting. Kill the people around you.
Bombing a camp is contagious. In just one stick of incense, the entire Forbidden Army camp fell into a complete riot. All the soldiers were fighting each other, unable to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy.
Zhao Cheng was awakened at the first moment inside the Chinese army's tent, and quickly sent out soldiers to contact the army generals. However, it was too dark outside, and the soldiers became even more crazy after blowing up the camp. The soldiers he sent out did not have time. If the news spread, he would be hacked to death.
After some generals got the news, they quickly gathered the people around them, but it was too late. What could a few hundred people do in this camp of tens of thousands of people?
All they can do is to protect themselves, not to mention suppressing the bombing of the camp and restoring order, not to mention that the secret guards of the Xuanjing Division are still watching in secret.
In this way, the secret guards broke through the main camp effortlessly and went straight to the Chinese army's tent. Tonight, they had only one goal, and that was to kill Zhao Cheng.
Along the way, they also encountered many Forbidden soldiers who were furious, but they could not survive in front of a team of thousands of people. The soldiers who still had consciousness saw the armor on them that was very different from their own, and knew that they were wearing armor. It's not easy to mess with, so I don't dare to get close.
On the other side, Zhao Cheng put on armor after sending some of his soldiers to deliver the news, and asked people to prepare horses and prepare to escape!
Yes, it is escape!
Even if the Forbidden Army blows up the camp, it is still unclear how much combat power they can retain even if the dispute is finally settled. Not to mention, the morale of the soldiers after the bombing of the camp will be completely lost. At that time, if I let them attack the city again, I am afraid that as soon as the order is given, they will immediately Will rebel!
Therefore, Jin Chan's method of escaping his shell is no longer feasible. It is better to take advantage of this moment when no one notices him and escape early before the capital can react. With these soldiers around him, it is enough for him to protect himself in this troubled world.
However, what he didn't expect was that not only the soldiers who bombed the camp wanted to kill him, but also secret guards were sent from the capital to kill him. He left the military tent with his troops and was recognized by the soldiers before he took a few steps. Then came the endless attacks and killings.
These soldiers had long lost their minds. In their eyes, Zhao Cheng was an enemy. Although he was not harmed under the protection of his own soldiers, he was hampered and could not escape from the military camp.
Under the instructions of these soldiers, the secret guards of Xuanjing Division quickly found Zhao Cheng's location. However, when Zhao Cheng saw the dark armor on the secret guards, thunder flashed through his mind, making him tremble with fear.
As a general who can take charge of the Forbidden Army and one of the confidants of Emperor Shenwu, he has naturally heard of such a hidden army in the Great Zhou Dynasty, but today, it was the first time he saw it and he recognized it. .
"Protect the general!"
When the monks under Zhao Cheng saw the secret guards, they immediately used magic weapons and talismans. They were monks accompanying the army and were not affected by the evil aura of the military camp, so they could use magic power.
But in front of the secret guards, what do a few monks mean?
I saw the secret guards shouting in unison, the energy, blood and magic power in their bodies were activated at the same time, and the evil spirit rose into the sky, turning into a white tiger and attacking these talismans and magic weapons.
The phantom of the white tiger appeared in the sky above the military camp, and the whole body was filled with huge murderous intent and evil spirit. The soldiers who were already red-eyed were soaked by the evil spirit, and suddenly became even more crazy and irrational.
In just a moment, their magic weapons and talismans were shattered by the white tiger, and the ultimate killing energy suddenly backfired, causing them to die suddenly on the spot. At this moment, Zhao Cheng took advantage of this opportunity and led the soldiers around him to kill him.
He could see clearly that he would not be able to escape until this group of people was dealt with!
However, the ideal is full, but the reality is skinny. The soldiers he relied on were vulnerable to the secret guards, and even their weapons could not pierce the armor of the secret guards. This turned into a massacre on the opposite side.
Zhao Cheng could only watch as his soldiers were killed one by one, but he was unable to do anything, let alone escape, because he was entangled by a secret guard.
Even though he had good martial arts skills, he was still vulnerable in front of the secret guard formation. The three of them formed a formation, combining offense and defense. No matter how Zhao Cheng attacked, he could not escape their encirclement.
At this time, Zhao Cheng finally felt a deep sense of despair.
Finally, he dropped the long knife in his hand and gave up.
At this moment, in the camp, beacon fires were everywhere, the sound of fighting and screams filled the sky, and the earth was soaked with blood. At some point, the large banner of the imperial army was cut to the ground, and several corpses were lying on it.
