Twenty days later, Yuci Mansion, waiting for Longcheng.
Tang Chi is now in charge of Yuci Mansion.
Because Tang Chi traveled around Wu and Yue and made great contributions to Lu Wu's acquisition of the title of Bo, he was named the governor of Yuci Prefecture. However, Lu Wu has not yet been officially granted the title, so Tang Chi's title of governor is not justified. If you obey, it can only be regarded as a temporary appointment, and it cannot be used to go further and obtain the position of minister.
The Tang family was originally a powerful family in the south, and now that Lu Wu was in the ascendant, no one could think of it and openly opposed Tang Chi's governance of the Yuci Mansion.
Dailong City borders Tonghe Prefecture, with only a hilly area in between.
Since Lu Wu captured half of Tonghe Prefecture, martial law has been implemented here, and the nearby people have been relocated to clear the country. This is nominally to prevent the Chu army from breaking through and attacking Yuci Prefecture.
This makes sense. Although this place is covered with hills and is not very suitable for large groups of people to pass through, it is not a natural danger that is difficult to cross.
But at this moment, while the dragon city was heavily guarded, it was extremely calm outside the city.
"Report!"
"Come in!"
"General General, Chu's vanguard of 3,000 men has arrived at Tonghe City. General Meng personally led 3,000 men to fight, and killed two generals of the Chu army. Then General Meng led his troops to cover up the attack, but was defeated by the enemy's vanguard general Ji Chan's counterattack. , and returned to Tonghe City under the support of the officers and soldiers in the city."
Chen Tong, the commander of Tanma Camp, came in and reported:
"The central army of the Chu State has arrived near Ming City. The general commander of the army is Chu State General Qu Dazhong, and the deputy general is Shangqing Xiangcheng. The total army is 500,000."
Chen Tong was from Chu, and was planted with demonic seeds by Lu Wu with the help of his military spirit. He was one of Lu Wu's twenty-four named disciples.
"I know, you've worked hard these days." Lu Wu said with a pleasant expression.
Just looking at Chen Tong's energy and blood feeling a little declining, you can tell how hard he has been working these days.
"It is a disciple's honor to be able to do something small for Master." Chen Tong said in a deep voice.
He was born into a poor family and had been in the army for many years. He took the lead in both training and suppressing bandits. However, even if he made great achievements, he would only receive a reward of a few taels of silver. Promotion was only a matter for the aristocratic children with backing, and he had nothing to do with it. relation.
Later, he was captured by Lu Wu. He originally thought that this was the end of the world. His family had no money to redeem him, and he might be dragged into mining and paving roads until he died. But he didn't expect that Lu Wu's laws would It was very different from the Chu State. Not only did the lower-level soldiers make a lot of money, they could also be elected as officers.
Later, he was even more lucky. He was appointed as a disciple by Lu Wu among the thousands of armies. He was taught the secret skills of magic, practiced the Nine Nether Sea True Qi (quick version), and crossed the gap between the seventh and sixth grades in one step. The natural chasm is now striding towards the fifth-grade master.
As for the Nine Netherworld Sea Zhenqi Express Edition, which blindly pursues quick results and is almost a demonic skill - their twenty-four disciples can only be grateful, but they didn't realize that the general himself also practiced such a skill?
"The Great Luo of All Worlds"
The twenty-four of them were of low background, and they had never been able to obtain the internal Qi cultivation method before. They missed the best time for internal cultivation. Even if they were given a copy of the authentic magical skills, they would not have time to practice them. The quick magic skills were the real ones. Suitable - as for the consequences? That's what happens after you survive.
It was going to be a series of battles, and it was not certain whether he could survive. If he could survive, with his master-disciple relationship with the general and his military exploits, it would be no problem to find a wife and a son. When that time comes, So what if you die?
When Chen Tong turned around and went to rest, Tang Chi said hesitantly: "General, do you really want to take this dangerous move?"
"Otherwise, it's not enough to win completely." Lu Wu nodded.
"But General, the Chu State's border troops have been at war with Yan and Lu for many years, and they have rich experience in fighting generals." Tang Chi advised.
He didn't say any more, but his meaning was made clear.
It's not that the Chu State's border troops didn't have ways to deal with fighting generals. If Lu Wu fell into a tight siege by the border troops, he might be surrounded and killed.
"I know it well." After saying that, Lu Wu stood up and walked outside.
The time has come and it's time to go.
"General, please think twice!" When Tang Chi saw Lu Wu was about to leave, he stood in front of Lu Wu with a grimace.
"I have made up my mind." Lu Wu stretched out his hand and strode forward.
Not to mention that Tang Chi was a civil servant, even an innate master couldn't stop him from doing this.
Tang Chi felt as if he was being lifted up flatly, and he moved a few feet horizontally to get out of the way.
"General, now our success or failure depends on you, so we must not be reckless!" Tang Chi shouted behind Lu Wu - this was his last effort.
Now that Lu Wu's foundation is not stable, if he dies in front of the battle, there will be no chance to restore the situation in the south. Those who boarded the Lu Wu pirate ship will die without a burial place.
"Just don't worry." Lu Wu just said without turning his head.
Tang Chi could only look at Lu Wu's back and cry without tears.
Lu Wu walked out of the gate, climbed on Heishen's horse, and walked slowly along the long street.
Today's Tailong City has long been transformed into a large military camp. As Lu Wu marched down the long street, groups of people gathered around.
First, Qiutong Hongmei and other five women followed, all fully clothed, and then Gou Chen carried a six-foot-long black spear and rode a red war horse. The women came together on horseback.
Several eagle calls came from the sky, and drums and horns continued outside the city.
Tonghe City.
Meng Yang looked at the Chu army's vanguard camp in the distance with an ugly expression on his face.
The eliteness of the Chu army far exceeded his expectations.
Two days ago, the Chu army's vanguard arrived at Tonghe City, and Chu generals came to challenge them.
Meng Yang saw that the opponent's troops were few, and in order to boost morale, he also had the idea of testing the strength of the Chu army's border troops, so he carefully selected 3,000 elite troops and personally led the troops to fight.
When he thought about it, he was a first-class master of internal and external transformation. He dared not say that he could break through the army, kill the generals and capture the flag, but he was also a rare opponent.
Among the three thousand people under his command, there are even more masters. Masters from the martial arts in the three provinces in the south of Chu State gathered here. There are as many as three innate masters, and there are more than 40 masters above the sixth grade.
Even among ordinary soldiers, there are many well-known masters. If you pick a corps commander at random, he will have no problem dealing with three or five elite soldiers.
What's more, he hasn't been idle these days.
Lu Wu left him three captains and 3,000 troops that day. He used these people to help him train his soldiers in battle formations. He believed that this kind of lineup was outstanding in single-on-one battles, far superior to ordinary frontier elites.
However, the generals fighting in front of the two armies, the leader of Baishi Village under him, Yu Hualing, who was known as the best marksman on the green forest road in the south, was killed by an unknown and unknown captain of the opponent's sword in just three rounds. .
Meng Yang could see clearly that the opponent's sword technique was straight forward, and the subtle changes were far inferior to Yu Hualing's Canhong spear technique. However, it only attacked but did not defend, and the sword was extremely fierce.
In three rounds, Yu Hualing stabbed the opponent six times, four of which were slipped away by the armor. Two of the shots hit the opponent, one in the thigh and one in the ribs.
But the opponent only hit Yu Hualing once, and with just one blow, Yu Hualing and his gun were cut in half.
Seeing that it was nothing, Meng Yang had no choice but to take action himself and behead two of the opponent's captains. Realizing that the time had come, Meng Yang swung his sword and ordered the entire army to attack by beheading General Yu Wei.
As soon as the two sides fought, he suffered a big loss.
The opponent's battle formation seemed to come alive. Small formations of hundreds of people separated and merged erratically, quickly dividing Meng Yang's troops. Then bows, arrows, spears, heavy shields and daggers, axes, hammers, warriors, and cavalry charged. , the opponent can always use the most restrained troops to suppress Meng Yang's troops.
Even though Meng Yang has many masters in his army, even the innate masters are made of flesh, and it is difficult to kill the enemy in one shot when the opponent's strongman is holding a heavy shield.
Surrounded by three to five heavy shields, with a two-foot-long armor-piercing awl poking through the gaps in the shields, even an innate master had no choice but to jump up and dodge.
If a person leaves the ground and several seven or eight strong crossbows are fired in succession, there is no need to use a powerful weapon such as a crossbow. As long as it is an ordinary strong crossbow, it can drive the innate master into a panic - only if he is wearing heavy armor or Only those who have reached the pinnacle of martial arts can withstand one or two attacks.
But there are masters in the world who like to wear leather armor, and some who like to wear heavy armor that weighs 100 kilograms, but they are rare. At least Meng Yang doesn't have such masters.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Meng Yang issued an order for the reserve troops in the city to go out of the city to respond. The other party took the initiative to retreat and returned to the city to count the troops, but they lost more than 10%.
