Chapter 496: I can stand proudly on the peak
Going west to Jiayuguan is what was called the Western Regions in ancient times. After leaving Jiayuguan, it is about 800 miles west, and it is the Yizhou City, which the Western Liao Dynasty specially used to resist the Jin Dynasty.
When Xiao Chuo was founded in the Western Liao Dynasty, because the Jin Dynasty often came out of seclusion and attacked him, she deliberately expanded the Yizhou City several times on the original basis. There were 40,000 troops stationed within the country all year round. Even if the Western Regions were scarce, she never lacked the arms in the Yizhou City.
Especially since Chen Weijia became the Grand Marshal of the Army, his attention to Yizhou City has taken a new level. Not only will the supply of food and grass be delayed every month, but all the military facilities transported will be in trouble, even if they are just the simplest piece of wrist guards, from the instructions to the transport soldiers, they will be executed.
Over time, the saying "first-class Yizhou and second-class Kuitun" has been circulating in the Western Liao Dynasty for many years, meaning that even the soldiers in the capital Kuitun are far inferior to those in Yizhou City.
Chen Sheng was a native of the Song Dynasty. When the Liao Kingdom was destroyed and Xiao Chuo led his people to move westward, he was only eleven or twelve years old. The village was destroyed because of the war.
He was also lucky. He was separated from his parents and happened to meet a large group of Liao people who were moving westward. He finally escaped with a little Liao language and was adopted by an old Liao soldier and brought to the Western Regions.
In more than ten years, he went from Shu Xiaotong to a man who was nearly thirty years old, and from the boy who couldn't even lift a knife, he became a garrison in Yiwu City, one of the acropolis of Yizhou City.
Chen Sheng pushed the brim of the hat with the handle of the knife, and he was a little heavy-hearted. Compared with those newly recruited men who had only been in the army for a few years, he had been rolling on the battlefield since he was eleven or twelve years old, but he did not have much confidence in this war.
The female war god was indeed completely calculating. At least in the past few years of war, the woman could always calculate clearly. She defeated the more and beat the Jin soldiers to the point of being in a hurry.
However, this time the Jin Dynasty attacked was not the past 80,000 or 90,000 miscellaneous troops. Not only were there the terrifying sand demons, crocodiles, and terrifying claws in the Jin Dynasty. It was even said that the Jin emperor had personally set out to war. There were no less than four people in the seven realms of his followers, but the entire Yizhou defense line was only three people in the seven realms of his position here.
Moreover, I heard that the female military god went to the capital for help two days ago. She was such a stupid girl. Isn’t it enough to let her men ask for help? Why did she have to go by herself? Once she left, how could she stop the 300,000 troops outside the city?
He spitted into the palm of his hand, and Chen Sheng rubbed it hard, his eyes a little gloomy. Although the woman had made some arrangements before leaving, he didn't believe that these arrangements could block the enemy alone. As long as there was a mistake in one link, it would definitely collapse on the whole line. At that time, the 70,000 Liao soldiers here would directly become the 300,000 gold men on the opposite side.
He was watching the wind and sand outside the city, and a group of soldiers walked towards him. For his confidant, this kid didn't like the Liao Dao, but he built a scimitar of the Jin army, which made him unable to raise his head in front of his colleagues and could not even quarrel. Once the other party lost, he would be speechless as long as he threw out a sentence "How is your golden dog?"
So when Chen Sheng saw the Jin Dynasty scimitar on the kid's waist, he became a little more irritable, and he had the urge to take the knife out.
The boy obviously saw what Chen Sheng meant, quickly covered the scimitar on his waist, and said with a smirk: "Boss, I spent a lot of money to build this thing. If you can throw it away from my wife, you can't throw it away my treasure!"
Chen Sheng spat, lifted the knife and pointed it at the other party's crotch with a scabbard, and said with a wicked smile: "Then do you want this treasure or you?"
Seeing that his heart blushed, Chen Sheng sneered, took back the knife, and said in a deep voice: "We have worked hard these days. When the Jin soldiers retreat, I would like to ask you to find a girl in the city."
The soldiers around all cheered when they heard this. However, the young man who loved the golden scimitar came over and whispered: "Boss, I heard that the marshal has returned to his country?"
Seeing Chen Sheng's eyes gloomy, the young man quickly smiled and said, "I heard."
"Don't worry about these things, but I'll be caught by the inspection team when I turn around, and I can't save you," he sniffed at his neck with a knife. Chen Sheng snorted coldly, "Your head will be chopped off with one knife at that time."
With his neck shrank, the young man smiled dryly, "Don't worry, I'll just chant in front of you, boss."
Chen Sheng pulled the corners of his mouth, which was quite sarcastic and unsmiling. When he joined the army in his early years, he was fortunate to follow the Regent Han Delang. Unfortunately, he had a shallow qualification and could not learn much about military abilities from the Regent. Instead, this high-ranking person learned 40% to 50%.
As the two were talking, a shrill sound of trumpets suddenly came from outside the city. Immediately, the city walls under my feet were slightly shaken. The dust and smoke outside the city suddenly rose. Chen Sheng's face suddenly turned angrily. He strode to the top of the city and looked out, and he saw a group of Jin soldiers coming out of the military camp in a distant manner, arranging the city formations in an orderly manner.
"The enemy is going to attack the city! The commander!" Chen Sheng looked around for a few times, then turned his head and shouted sternly.
As the command soldiers at the top of the city sounded the horn, the Liao soldiers in the city rushed to the front, and the soldiers wearing strong and held sharp armor gathered on the front of the city, and the crossbows, rolling woods, huge rocks and other cities were placed one by one on the front of the city.
Looking at the tens of thousands of Jin soldiers who had been continuously stretched out of the city, Chen Sheng felt a little heavy. As one of the only two acropolis in Yizhou City, there were only 15,000 troops in Yiwu City. The confrontation a few days ago had lost more than 2,000 people. Although it was convenient for the city wall, it was probably not easy to resist the nearly 80,000 Jin soldiers outside.
As the war began to be prepared, the remaining guard generals in the city also rushed to the top of the city. Seeing the situation outside, one guard general frowned and said, "It's not right."
Chen Sheng whined. The Jin people siege the city in the past few days, and the raindrops were heard very loudly. Each time they dispatched no more than 10,000 people, but before they even started today, they had already come out. This posture was to achieve the best of their achievements in one battle.
The commander of Yiwu City observed for a moment and said in a deep voice: "According to the previous arrangements of the marshal, Xiao Cai and Yelu Hong, you will lead the Black and White Wolf Cavalry to gather at the north and south gates, preparing to raid the back and forth, and the rest will follow me to fight here."
"Here!" The two generals of Xiao Cai and Yelu Hong agreed with their fists, then got off the city and rushed to the two city gates, north and south, where three thousand wolf cavalry had already been arranged.
Although Chen Weijia left the front line, she made many arrangements in advance, which was enough to keep the front line until she returned. After all, it took at most two days to go back and forth between Yizhou and Kuitun.
In half a stick of incense, the 80,000 Jin army had already formed a formation, but they did not attack directly as before, but the formation slowly dispersed, and hundreds of rare catapults outside the frontier were pushed out from it.
Seeing this scene, Chen Sheng and others were all shocked.
You should know that the area outside the border is vast, and the distance between each city is hundreds of miles. It is difficult to transport heavy equipment such as catapults and well railings. Therefore, in the past, siege wars often used infantry attacks forcibly, and there were few battles using such equipment.
After a brief shock, Chen Sheng and other generals laughed loudly, and the commander of Yiwu City even laughed wildly: "The Marshal is indeed a clever idea. He knows that these golden dogs will use catapults to attack the city. Come and let these golden dogs see our preparations!"
The next moment, there were a large number of soldiers carrying baskets of black copper balls with a stinking smell onto the top of the city. Chen Sheng and others all sneered when they saw these black balls.
This is a method that Chen Weijia specially prepared for wooden equipment such as catapults. These copper balls have been specially treated, and the outside is covered with tinder oil and the inside is filled with *. Just ignite it and immediately shoot it out with a modified crossbow, which can cause a violent explosion. This is an extremely powerful way to restrain these catapults.
Because of his preparation, Yiwu City attacked first. More than a dozen crossbows opened fire almost at the same time. Burning copper balls roared out and rushed towards the catapults outside the city with extremely accurate accuracy. It immediately attracted a series of explosions. In addition to the ones that were "shooting" crooked, a total of twelve catapults were blown up.
But the next moment, the Jin soldiers also launched a counterattack, with hundreds of huge rocks weighing hundreds of pounds rising into the air, drawing arcs and roaring at the top of the city.
Chen Sheng drew his sword and unsheathed it. The true energy of the fifth level level was pulled up and turned into a sword light and swept it out. He smashed several huge rocks directly. At the same time, all the masters above the fifth level in the city also took action, smashing most of the falling rocks. Although the rest hit the top of the city, the reinforced city walls only swayed slightly, and at most they smashed into pieces of earth chips.
"I really don't know what kind of crazy these golden dogs are. How dare you attack the city?" Chen Sheng curled his lips and sneered, "Even if the marshal did not prepare in advance, it would be impossible to defeat us by relying on these catapults alone? Could it be that the tactical pair of people-seasons?"
A general next to him rubbed his sore wrist and cursed: "Old Chen, you are really worthy of being a Song Dynasty person. You can also say such elegant words as a couple!"
"Do you look down on others? Tell you, my grandfather was the county magistrate of the Song Dynasty before." Chen Sheng laughed.
While several people were quarreling, they siege the city and defending the city exchanged firepower again, each with certain damage. However, the Jin army only threw out huge rocks, and the copper ball shot by the Western Liao Dynasty had tinder oil, which was even more powerful. Even if it was blocked by the fifth realm, it would be injured in certain shocks.
For some reason, although the Jin people acted as an attacker, except for the catapults that were pushed to the front of the formation, no soldiers or soldiers came up. They just kept using the catapults to throw out huge rocks, which made Chen Sheng and others inexplicably watch.
The confrontation between each other was fierce. A guard general who was responsible for guarding the bronze ball suddenly pointed to the south and said sternly: "What happened to the south gate!"
Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and looked towards the south gate. They saw wolf smoke rolling and there were faint shouts of killing. Chen Sheng and others all changed their faces.
According to Chen Weijia's arrangement, if the Jin soldiers acted as if they were desperate to attack the city, the Liao army would first consume it with turbulent copper balls, then fight and retreat, give up the city wall, lure the Jin soldiers into the city, and take advantage of the time when they were cut off by the city wall, the six thousand wolf cavalry who had left the city in advance raided from the flank, and then detonated the * who had been buried in the city wall, taking advantage of the opportunity to severely damage the Jin army.
But at this moment, the South Gate had changed, which meant that only the three thousand black wolf cavalry in the North Gate could raid the Jin soldiers. In this way, the surprise soldiers whose number of people was suddenly reduced by half would be difficult to achieve the estimated effect in advance.
Just as everyone's attention was focused on the South Gate, the general who first appeared abnormally in the South Gate suddenly slapped out his palm. His palm strength was as fierce as fire, not only shattering countless tincture oil and copper balls, but also igniting the tincture oil and * with the flame palm strength.
When Chen Sheng heard the movement, he turned his head and happened to see this scene. He immediately said in horror: "Qu Chulu, what are you doing?"
The general named Qu Chulu grinned and before he could speak, the ignited copper ball pile had already exploded.
Qu Chulu was originally the person in charge of the copper balls. Under his arrangement, these copper balls were piled up together. Because the war came, others did not pay attention to this issue, so that the power of the explosion of thousands of copper balls was completely concentrated together at this moment.
With a bang, everyone on the city wall felt as if someone had hit the forehead hard. Even the fifth level generals had no time to release their true energy to protect their bodies, and they were blown away by the explosion waves.
The explosion was too terrifying. With a thick smoke that rushed straight into the sky, this section of the city wall was actually blown up. The remaining limbs, earth chips, and broken iron scattered everywhere, as if a heavy rain of flesh and blood was scattered. Even the Jin army, three miles apart, was chaotic by the explosion wave, and it took a long time to reorganize it.
Chen Sheng was lucky. He was standing behind the commander of Yiwu City. As the commander of the Sixth Realm Sect, he finally supported his true energy the moment before the explosion wave came. Although he did not use all his strength because he was caught off guard, the defense only lasted for a moment, but also helped Chen Sheng resolve most of the impact and survived by luck.
But even so, Chen Sheng, who was lifted up by the explosion wave and then fell down with the collapsed city wall, had his muscles and bones broken, and his ears were buzzing, and he could not hear any sound. His eyes, which were covered in blood, could only barely see the rich and submerged ruins around him.
"Rebel, traitor..." Chen Sheng opened his mouth, and looked at Qu Dulu, who had escaped from the explosion wave because he was prepared for it. However, because his injuries were too serious, his voice was as weak as a mosquito, and no one could hear it.
Qu Chulu didn't notice the seriously injured and dying Chen Sheng. After blowing up the city wall, he flew down the city wall and went straight to the Jin army formation. He bent down respectfully at a young man in purple and chuckled, "I've seen the National Master."
Ding Yanzhi ignored him and just stared at the burning ruins gap. With a wave of his hand, Wanyan Jian beside him and Wanyan Kang immediately led his troops into the city.
It was not until all the 80,000 Jin troops entered the city that Ding Yanzhi looked at Qu Chulu, who was a little embarrassed and smiled and said, "Do you feel it's hard to sneak into the Western Liao for four years?"
Although Ding Yanzhi had a gentle smile, Qu Chulu could not help but bury his head lower.
Four years ago, he was suddenly told to lurk in the Western Liao Dynasty. At that time, he had met Ding Yanzhi once. At that time, the other party was still a weak scholar, and his plan to lurk in the Western Liao Dynasty was also handled by the other party.
Although he was disdainful of the young man's strength, when he was traveling west, the other party's detailed and flawless layout still made him feel scared. It was so meticulous that every word, every person and every thing were really made him successfully dispel the suspicion of Western Liao, penetrated into it, and successfully became the general of Yiwu City.
Who would have thought that in just four years, the other party had grown to the height that he had to look up to, especially the other party's alloy that was so powerful that he suffocated him.
After being distracted for a moment, Qu Chulu suddenly came to his senses. Seeing that the other party had a gentle smile, he couldn't help swallowing and quickly replied: "I dare not, this is for my great Mongolia..."
Ding Yanzhi smiled: "Don't you dare, not?"
Qu Chulu's heart tightened. Just as he was about to explain, Ding Yanzhi waved his hand and said calmly: "Since Yiwu City is broken, your mission is over. Get clean. Let's go back to Fengzhou tomorrow. Your family has returned to freedom."
Qu Chulu cried with joy and quickly crawled on the ground: "Thank you, Lord National Master."
Ding Yanzhi did not look at him anymore, turned to look at the charred ruins. Through the gap, he clearly saw the Jin army slaughtering wildly in the city.
After sighing, Ding Yanzhi closed his eyes and spread a map in his heart that covered the entire Western Liao border.
While Yiwu City was broken, similar plots were also being staged by other cities on the border of the Western Liao Dynasty, but no matter how different the plots were, the final result would be the same.
Chen Weijia is indeed a military genius, military strategy, military craftsmanship, and formations. If nothing unexpected happens, her arrangement before returning to Kuitun is enough to stop the Jin army for two days.
Unfortunately, she met herself.
Compared with open conspiracy, Ding Yanzhi is not as good as Xu Xuanmeng; compared with peeping into people's hearts, Ding Yanzhi is inferior to Song Kai; compared with swords and taking different strategies, he is far inferior to Yao Ruoyu.
However, what he is best at is leveraging his strength to fight.
If you have a kilogram of hammer, I will make a kilogram of hammer; if you greet each other with a small trick, I will make a kilogram of tricks; if you are upright, I will make a kilogram of tricks.
No one can say that he can rank first in the top ten in Jinxiu's plan, but looking at China, who dares to use a plan in front of Ding Yanzhi?
He is at the bottom of the list and is also at the top of the list!
Everyone in the world can compete with Ding Yanzhi, but he can stand at the top and overlook the world's strategists!
Chapter completed!