In the early morning, after taking a short rest, the imperial army continued to march towards Quancheng.
On the mountain peak ten miles away to the northwest, Guan Luoyang and Lin Lingsu looked over.
Thousands of flags fluttered in the wind on the land, and cavalry, chariots, and infantry left billowing smoke wherever they passed.
Big waves were rolling on the water, and the bulging sails were like white-winged water birds. Under the leadership of twenty large ships, they took the Yellow River.
By water and land, the armies advanced hand in hand.
Lin Lingsu whispered: "After all, there are soldiers and horses led by many generals. Every move is in line with the rules and is extraordinary."
Guan Luoyang asked: "In one night, have you seen clearly the number of masters in the military camp, the deployment of troops and horses, the distribution and transportation of the baggage, grain, artillery and ammunition, etc.?"
"certainly."
Lin Lingsu said with a hint of admiration, "You carried the mountain and flew to the sky. You did such a feat. I just used my divine eyes to watch from the side. Even if you let Gongsun do this, Once it’s cleared up, there won’t be any mistakes.”
When Guan Luoyang heard the word "carry the mountain", he subconsciously pressed the knuckles of his other fingers with the thumb of his right hand, making a soft sound.
He carried and lifted the mountain with a little bit of skill. He used Shangqiongbiluo and tried his best to reduce the gravity on the mountain. Only then could he move the mountain several times overnight.
But even if the weight is reduced a lot, it is not easy to do this kind of thing. In particular, after breaking the mountain top, maintaining the integrity of the mountain during the rapid movement is also a big loss for Guan Luoyang. .
"Unfortunately, it is much easier to destroy a few hills than to move mountains. After what happened last night, they are now on alert. It is probably impossible to repeat the same tactics."
Guan Luoyang sighed softly, "Actually, I quite like this feeling of lifting big things and hitting people."
Lin Lingsu smiled and thought: "Chen Xizhen later took action alone, chopped up the mountain, rolled up the debris with sword light, and scattered it into the distance. It can be seen that his "Tai Qing Tian Xin Lun" should have been cultivated to a level above the third level of the golden elixir. , and there are three or five male and female evil-killing swords from Longhu Mountain in hand, so they are quite powerful."
"However, he did follow the evil way of training. If he had followed the authentic way of training and reached the realm of golden elixir, his mortal heart would have been indestructible. He would forget his feelings despite his feelings. He shouldn't be so irritable and arrogant."
While talking, Lin Lingsu sucked up a huge stone, clap it with one hand, and split it into many thin stone slabs. Wherever the electric light passed, the scorch marks left behind meandered into pictures, and connected the strokes into words, with flying dragons and phoenixes, carving out what he saw. message.
Guan Luoyang took a look at it and saw that not only the number of masters, the proportion of cavalry, etc. were marked on it, but the number of large artillery was also marked.
"Not to mention the small and medium-sized cannons. The highest-standard Dragon King cannon can hit any place within a range of at least ten miles and up to forty miles. They actually brought three hundred of such things?"
Guan Luoyang's eyes narrowed slightly, "It seems that Ling Zhen's judgment is indeed true. Chen Xizhen's army has basically grasped the big killer weapons stored in Bianliang. The officers and soldiers who went to other places to suppress the rebellion were also No one can get a share.”
Lin Lingsu said: "This kind of Dragon King cannon is very heavy and huge, and it is inconvenient to carry. They have to transport mineral grains, bows and arrows and heavy armor, so the number of gunpowder and shells they can carry is limited."
Guan Luoyang nodded and said: "Judging from their marching speed, they will arrive at Quancheng before noon today. It's time to go see how the preparations in Quancheng are."
The two of them used their own methods to break through the air and leave.
Quancheng Mansion is a land with a large area under its jurisdiction, but many places are desolate mountains, forests, rivers, and abandoned rural farms.
Although the city where the prefect's yamen is located contains nearly 90% of the wealth of Quancheng Mansion, its actual area is only less than one-tenth of that of Quancheng Mansion, and it is located in the heart of the city.
Not long after the imperial army set out early in the morning, they had already entered the confines of Quancheng Mansion, but it was only when the sun was setting in the sky that they could see the shadow of the city in the distance.
The demon-conquering real person Wang Tianba was riding a horse, chanting incantations and casting spells. The big, shining golden eyeball, three feet in diameter, emerged from the air above his head, still dazzling in the daytime.
"go!"
The eyeballs rose higher and higher, looming among the clouds, flying towards the city at high speed.
After a while, the golden eyeball flew over the city, hiding among the white clouds and looking down.
I saw soldiers in red clothes and armor everywhere on the city wall, their swords and guns were sharply polished, their murderous intent was overflowing, and they were heavily guarded.
When the wind is strong, the colorful flags inserted between the arrow stacks on the wall will "hurrah..." The flags will roll, and behind each flag, there are piles of stones, logs, and boiling oil. The pot and golden juice were all used to defend the city.
The big golden eyes carefully flew around the city in the clouds. On the four walls, they all looked like they were ready. The soldiers all closed their mouths tightly and walked around, busy, but there was no Half a sound of noisy shouting.
Wang Tianba, who was in the army, was secretly shocked and said: "The Liangshan grass bandits have such strict military discipline. They knew that my army was approaching, but they didn't feel depressed or fearful at all!"
Xiantian General Feng Hui asked from the side: "How many soldiers and horses are there?"
"At least there are nearly 20,000 people."
Wang Tianba closed one of his left eyes, his right eye widened, and said, "There are a lot of discarded debris on the streets in the city. They are in a mess. There are also broken doors and windows, but there are no signs of people moving around. Maybe there are soldiers and horses ambushing them." In the city, wait until I get closer to take a look."
The big eyes in the clouds tried their best to converge the golden light, found an angle that overlapped with the sunlight, and slowly lowered a little.
Bang.
A rootless vine flew in the air, blew out the big eyeball, and then disappeared.
Wang Tianba screamed in pain, and finally saw only a hint of greenness. He quickly took out an elixir, crushed it and applied it to his right eye, shouting: "I am so alert, there is a master in the city who has broken my spell. "
Many generals started discussing with each other.
"With 20,000 troops and horses, Liangshan probably sent most of them to Quancheng."
"I think this thing is a bit strange. There are eight hundred miles of water in Liangshan, Shenzhen and Hong Kong are confusing, and the peaks are steep, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack. Instead of leaving their troops in their base, they sent them here to fight against us?"
"You don't know something. Most of the families of the Liangshan grass bandits are among the peaks of Liangshan. If they weren't forced to do so, how could they be willing to fight bloody battles in their lair and let the children take this risk?"
"That's right. They had won several battles before and were feeling arrogant. It's not surprising that they had the courage to line up troops to defend the city in Quan City."
"It took a lot of effort to conquer Quan City. I don't think these short-sighted thieves are willing to give up easily."
"In my opinion. After all, Quancheng is a powerful city. If the Liangshan grass bandits want to defend it, it is a wise move to waste the imperial army. If I were to take command, I would not give up Quancheng easily. After all, The side defending the city has much more resources, so if the momentum goes wrong, they can retreat to their base and fight again.”
While everyone was talking about it, Xiantian General Feng Hui waved the nine-ring Splashing Wind machete in his hand, took the initiative to ask for help, and came to Chen Xizhen's side.
"Daozi, please let me be the vanguard, leading 10,000 soldiers and horses, leading the siege cloud chariots and other equipment, to dampen the ambition of the Liangshan grass bandits!"
Gou Ying shouted from the side: "If someone comes out of the city to fight against the generals, and a master casts a spell, General Feng alone is not safe enough. We should ask General Guan Sheng and others to be the vanguard. Mr. Huayang, Mr. Dong Wei, and our group of warlocks will hold the battle for them." "
Chen Xizhen, who had never spoken until then, suddenly waved his hand with a smile and said, "Why are you doing this? The people in Liangshan tried several times last night just to know the strength of the generals in the army. But how can a group of bandits know the secrets of the imperial court?" The true background of the army?”
"I don't need generals to attack the city, and I don't need Taoist officials to attack the city. I can cause them to suffer heavy losses and escape from Quan City."
These words spread loudly, making the surrounding petty officials and generals feel refreshed.
Gou Ying cupped her hands and asked, "What clever plan does Daozi have?"
"This place is only twenty miles away from Quancheng. Our army's artillery can hit it directly."
Chen Xizhen gave an order, and the thousands of warlocks responsible for protecting the gunpowder artillery slowly moved from the central army to the front army. They untied the iron chain pull ropes from the vehicles, uncovered the thick tent cloth, and revealed a ferocious Dragon King. gun.
This kind of artillery can fit several fat and strong men in the belly of the gun, but the farther the barrel goes forward, the more slender it becomes, and the muzzle is only the size of a human head.
Hundreds of gunners came out and cooperated with other soldiers and warlocks to adjust the height of the muzzle and select the range. The dark, scaly barrel was raised high.
A group of generals around looked at each other in shock. Guan Sheng, Hu Yanzhuo and others turned pale with shock and hurriedly rode forward.
"Commander!"
Guan Sheng's voice was like a bell, and he said to Chen Xizhen, "There are not only Liangshan's soldiers and horses in Quancheng, but also hundreds of thousands of people, all of whom are our people in the Song Dynasty. How can the artillery be so accurate if it can shoot for twenty miles? Such artillery fire is bound to cause disaster." To the whole city, the commander-in-chief please think twice!”
Hu Yanzhuo also said: "It would be better for the twelve of us to be the vanguard and fight a few battles with Liangshan's soldiers and horses first. When the people in the city know that the officers and soldiers are coming, they will definitely be tempted. When the time comes, we will try to mobilize the people, and maybe we can capture Quancheng faster. And he has gained the reputation of the commander-in-chief as a benevolent and righteous man."
From Guan Sheng and Hu Yanzhuo down, Dong Ping, Suo Chao, Zhang Qing, Hu Sanniang and others all asked for a fight.
Even among Chen Xizhen's old subordinates, some such as Tang Meng and others felt it was inappropriate and said a few words.
Chen Xizhen's face did not change and he said: "The Liangshan bandits killed the entire family of Liu Guang, the prefect of Quancheng, and killed the wise elders of the village for no reason. They searched all the stocks and left no grain of rice behind. How cruel and crazy!"
"The truly virtuous people of our Song Dynasty have probably been killed by them long ago. As long as there is still a sense of loyalty, how can we coexist with these thieves and bandits?"
"The remaining living people in the city must all be servile and subservient thieves who help the tyrants. There is no need to distinguish them. It is clean to kill them all."
While everyone was still waiting to say anything, Chen Xizhen had already put on a show of majesty like a mountain of military orders, ordering hundreds of artillerymen to immediately load ammunition and fire cannons to attack the city.
boom! boom! boom! boom! boom……
Earth-shaking roars sounded one after another, the strong smell of sulfur permeated the front of the military formation, and roaring and expanding fiery smoke erupted from the barrels.
In the sky, only cannonballs trailing black smoke and wrapped in red light were seen, flying across a long distance and bombarding the city one after another.
Whenever a cannonball falls, the house will collapse on the spot, and everything within three feet around will be reduced to debris and ashes, scattered with the wind.
In a moment, fires broke out all over the city, the fire was miserable and black smoke was rising.
The sound of many houses collapsing and cracking was like an earthquake, and a lot of masonry debris also rumbled down from the city walls.
Among the imperial army, some generals could already imagine what kind of miserable situation the city must be in now. A sea of fire, with corpses and injured and frightened people everywhere, howling helplessly like puppies and birds.
Many people looked unbearable and turned their heads and closed their eyes.
The people in that city were not enemy troops, but just like them, descendants of Yan and Huang, and people of Song.
'What a man! ! '
Guan Sheng's eyes were red with anger, and he stared at Quancheng, not daring to turn his head to look at Chen Xizhen, for fear that he would reveal the murderous intent in his eyes.
Chen Xizhen was also looking over there. He was very calm and calm, and even looked forward to the moment when the Liangshan soldiers and horses in the city collapsed and fled.
We are also looking forward to seeing if any of the fierce generals and masters in the city will become dizzy and unable to hold themselves back, so they will rush out of the city and rush towards the imperial army.
When the artillery hits the city wall, a big hole will be formed in one hit. If two or three cannons are fired in a relatively compact area, a big hole can be opened on the spot.
The defenders on the city wall were even more unbearable in the face of such artillery fire. As long as they could hit the city wall, every cannonball could clear out the defenders.
The things they prepared to defend the city became the accomplices of the cannonballs. Under the blast, the hot oil pan exploded and flipped over, the logs burned, the stones flew up, and the colorful flags were broken.
Chen Xizhen's eyes changed slightly as he watched this scene.
Under the fire of the Dragon King Cannon, the soldiers were directly smashed to pieces, and the whole corpse could not be seen. They were washed away by the poisonous smoke waves in the shells and fell into the city and outside. These scenes were not surprising.
However, something is strange.
"The Demon-Conquering Master!"
Chen Xizhen's eyes were filled with surprise and uncertainty, and he ordered, "Go and see what's going on in the city."
Wang Tianba accepted the order, reluctantly opened his other uninjured eye, used magic to create a large golden eye again, carefully raised it to a height where the cannonball would not affect it, and then flew towards Quancheng.
After the golden eyes flew over the city, Wang Tianba's expression changed drastically.
He shouted in shock and anger: "There is no one in the city at all, and those on the city wall and those on the city wall are not living people. There are no corpses there, only scraps of paper left by burning!"
"What?!"
All the generals shouted in unison.
Chen Xizhen's face twitched, and he immediately ordered the artillery fire to stop, and ordered the gunners to get out of the way, and the cavalry to go first. Xiantian General Feng Hui, Fu Xie Zhenren Gou Ying and others immediately led their troops towards Quancheng.
His orders came one after another, his voice was still calm, but each word sounded louder than the previous one.
At this time, Chen Xizhen didn't want the soldiers around him to stop to talk and discuss.
If someone continues to talk about the decision to set off the firecrackers, Chen Xizhen doesn't know how he should respond! !
Seeing a group of cavalry, like a long dragon, breaking out from the military formation and rushing towards Quancheng, all the generals around who might have been talking nonsense were sent away.
Only then did Chen Xizhen have room to accept her anger.
He tightened his fingers and held the reins tightly in his fists, thinking back on everything he had experienced since receiving the news of Liu Guang's death.
Especially when I think back to how confident I was when I used the imperial edict to mobilize twelve fierce frontier generals who had always been dissatisfied with me, and coerced Liu Hunkang and Wang Laozhi, and led an army of 100,000 people to set off, and then I compared my state of mind from last night to today. .
Chen Xizhen's hands were trembling slightly, and he quickly ran the theory of Taiqing Tianxin, suppressing thousands of thoughts. The worldly heart entangled in fate was exchanged for the obsessive Taoist heart that was determined to leave a reputation as an immortal in the history of the world, suppressing his state of mind.
At this moment, he saw the cavalry running and was suddenly hindered.
The cavalryman who was charging at the front stumbled and fell into the ground.
Under that thin layer of earth and stone, there were countless sharp wooden thorns, which easily penetrated the horses and riders who fell from above.
The soldiers and horses behind them had no time to react, and more than a thousand people fell into the narrow trap area one after another, wailing in pain.
Although the soldiers and horses behind did not fall, they still caused a lot of trouble in order to stop urgently. The cavalry who were closer collided with each other.
The people on horseback were all elite soldiers who practiced magic skills, and their reactions were quite timely. As long as they did not fall into the trap, they would only have minor injuries at most. When the horses galloping at full speed collided with each other, in the blink of an eye, they were gone. Thousands more horses were injured.
Chen Xizhen has experienced hundreds of battles, and there are many people around him who are familiar with the art of war. He should not have suffered such ridiculous injuries.
But whether it was Guan Luoyang carrying mountains last night or the scene of the city full of paper figures, it was a combination of superb force, magic, and simple strategies.
It's too simple and too brilliant, so it's hard to guard against it.
Chen Xizhen was busy changing his mind when he suddenly saw the scene of the cavalry being trapped and killed, and felt a shock in his chest.
Feng Hui finally commanded the cavalry to stabilize the front, and with an inadvertent glance, he saw a small commotion in the rear.
Chen Daozi, who commanded 100,000 elite troops and entered Jingdong East Road, vomited blood and fell off his horse before he could face any powerful enemy.
The other side of Quancheng.
Zhang Wanxian floated out, returned to the shore of Liangshan Water Park, and reported the news to Guan Luoyang.
"Thanks a lot."
Guan Luoyang responded, turned to Luda and others and said with a smile, "You all heard it, this is the result of the first game."
He has already mentioned it to many leaders in Liangshan.
Within three battles, the imperial army will be defeated.
