Nightwatcher Chapter 52: Ace Troops

Xu Erlang pointed to the map and said:

"Songshan County is one of the important strongholds in the second line of defense of the Chief Minister Yang. If Songshan County is preserved, the grain and grass from Qingzhou can be transported to the south via the Songhe route.

"The entire northwest area with Songshan County as the focal point can be used as the rear of our army to support our army's entanglement with the Yunzhou rebels."

Miao Youfang looked at it with a probe. On the map, Xu Erlang used charcoal to draw the fortress occupied by the Yunzhou Army. "Songshan County" is like a nail embedded in the northwest of the rebel advancement line.

"If you draw it like this, I can see the importance of Songshan County. This hero is still wondering, why is such a small Po County so important to Chief Minister Yang, although you often say it is a line of defense Important location.

"Where is the important thing, I don't have a clear understanding of Miao Daxia. It's clear at a glance."

Miao Youfang nodded while watching:

"Erlang deserves to be a scholar in the two rankings, a scholar from Yunlu Academy, this hero is very comforted."

"Read more books when you have time, and improve your rhetoric." Xu Erlang replied with a calm expression. .

He is quite experienced in the face of the vulgar Wufu.

Never get angry easily.

Xu Erlang continued:

"Unless the Yunzhou rebels are defeated on the two fronts of Tanglin and Wanjun, and have to increase their troops into the battlefield and cannot support Zhuo Haoran, otherwise, Zhuo Haoran will not withdraw his troops, but wait for support."

Tanglin Hewan County and Songshan County form the second line of defense.

"Then what should we do?" Miao Youfang asked as soon as he didn't understand.

"The grain and grass in the city and Zizhong who defended the city are still abundant. Naturally, they can't stick to it, waiting for the reinforcements of Governor Yang." Xu Xinnian muttered:

"The premise is that the battle between Tanglin and Wanjun will not be too tragic."

"What if it's tragic?" Miao Youfang asked if he didn't understand.

"Then be prepared to stand alone and fight a protracted battle." Xu Xinnian sighed.

The Tanglin and Wan County are relatively more important than Songshan County.

Fortunately, before he sent troops, Sun Xuanji gave him a large number of heavy firearms, including artillery, bed crossbows, crossbows, and fire guns, all of which were sharp weapons for defending the city.

As for materials such as kerosene and rolling logs, Songshan County has abundant reserves due to its wealth.

The Dafeng defenders have the confidence to fight a protracted battle.

While speaking, he summoned a centurion and ordered:

"Send scouts out of the West City, bring picks and shovel, sneak along the Songhe River, squat down the enemy’s grain path."

When the centurion took the order, Miao Youfang proactively analyzed:

"Are you going to cut off the enemy's food and grass before the reinforcements arrive?"

A few days ago, he led the cavalry into the camp, slaughtered indiscriminately, and burned the rebel's grain and grass. Even if the fire was finally extinguished, the remaining grain and grass might not last a few days.

Xu Xinnian gave a "hey":

"No, I will destroy the official road, delay the advancing speed of the enemy's reinforcements, and then anger Zhuo Haoran and force him to attack the city. In this way, we may be able to eat Zhuo Haoran's army before the arrival of the rebels' reinforcements. "

Marchs and wars are inevitably accompanied by the transportation of food, grass and armaments, and these things rely on vehicles.

The normal movement of vehicles depends on the road.

A route that penetrates hundreds of holes will greatly delay the marching speed of reinforcements.

"Brother Miao, you have just gone through a hard fight. Go eat some meat. You have to be on duty at night."

Xu Xinnian rubbed his swollen temples and exhaled: "I have to rest for a while."

He hasn't closed his eyes all day and night.

Zhou Miao has the right way. Xu Erlang wore light armor and fell asleep. The hard-wearing equipment did not cause any hindrance to him, and he fell asleep soon.

This benefited from the experience of going north to support the monsters. At that time, the coalition forces of Dafeng and the monsters were dispersed, and the fragments were scattered everywhere, and there would be a crisis at any time.

As a result, I have developed a magical skill that can quickly fall asleep even in armor.

"Boom boom boom..."

Xu Erlang was awakened by the dense and dense drum sound of Shen Xiong. He opened his eyes sharply, bounced from the simple bed, and subconsciously turned his head to look at the water leak by the bed. The time was four quarters.

On the eve of dawn.

He carried the standard saber and ran out of Urn City. The sky was pitch black, and the light of the torch of the city head was burning in the cold night.

Miao Youfang, who is heading towards Wengcheng, meets Xu Erlang's eyes, grinning and saying:

"The man is a lunatic, and he took the initiative to attack the city. Isn't this just what we want, don't have to think about the law."

Xu Erlang frowned as he walked towards the battlements and said:

"Zhuo Haoran is irritable and impulsive, and he is easy to attack the city. But we have not used the aggressive method yet, and he is not an ordinary person. He should know that the remaining force alone is not enough to attack the city.

"This matter is strange."

Miao Youfang asked: "What's wrong."

I’m not a superintendent, how do I know.........Xu Xinnian came to the side of the battlements and cautiously looked into the distance, seeing the dense fire from the cannon fired from the city’s head The enemy army is approaching the city.

"Is this going to burn all jade and stone?"

Xu Erlang frowned.

While his thoughts flickered, he slammed down to the left, and a cannonball blasted away in his hiding place with howling, and the flames splashed in all directions, engulfing the waves of air and gravel.

Miao Youfang pumped up the air machine to block the hot airflow, allowing Xu Erlang to escape the fate of serious injury.

"Fuck it!"

Xu Erlang got up in a cold sweat, cats his waist, ran toward the horse track, shouting:

"The catapult throws kerosene lighting.

"The archer and firecracker prepare, don't lift the kerosene barrel, first lift the log..."

Under his command, the defenders organized a defensive counterattack. Everywhere there was the rumbling of artillery fires and the loud noise of artillery shells exploding.

The expanding flames exploded under the city and exploded on the walls.

The artilleryman was killed, and the reserve team quickly made up for it.

The bed crossbow artillery was destroyed, and the militia immediately pushed in new heavy firearms.

In addition, these militiamen who were recruited ran back and forth on the horse track with their waists down to rescue the wounded.

The battle is fierce.

Zhuo Haoran holds a standard saber, flexibly avoiding artillery, arrows, and rolling logs thrown down from the city.

Successfully approached the city gate.

The city gate was destroyed by his own hands as early as three days ago, but the Yunzhou Army failed to pass the city gate smoothly because the city defenders had already transported tons of stones to block the gate.

Leave only a small door that only one person and one horse can pass through.

When defending the city, the small gate was blocked by a huge stone.

When leaving the city, dozens of militiamen used hemp rope to pull away the boulders.

This tactic was commonplace before the advent of the warlock system.

In ancient times, at the gate of each city, a separate warehouse for storing stones was built to ensure that during wartime, the defenders could quickly seal the gates.

After the emergence of the warlock system, the important border towns and main cities were guarded by formations, and the "city-closing tactics" were gradually abandoned.

In the past year, Yang Gong reactivated the city's lockdown tactics and ordered all counties to build warehouses and prepare rocks.

The main defense of the city closure tactic is the masters of the Fourth Stage. The city gate cannot stop the martial artist of this realm, and the city closure technique can ensure that the city gate can still be hindered by the enemy after it is destroyed.

After all, the army is dominated by ordinary soldiers and low-grade martial artists.

Zhuo Haoran jumped up, stepped on the city wall several steps, and easily climbed to the top of the city. With a sweep of the blade, he cut a cannon and two gunners into two.

........ stomping seedlings successively to take the well-track pit horse, bull like mad to five products of the footer rammed four products Zhuohao Ran.

Zuo Haoran grinned, and the sword intent burst out, and the standard saber was instantly red like a soldering iron, engulfing the intent to kill everything, and he wanted to slash the fifth-grade guy under the sword.

Not far away, under the protection of two guards, Xu Erlang filled his body with a light breath, with one hand on his back and the other on his lower abdomen, and said in a deep voice:

"Big man, die without regrets.

"Big husband, beware of benevolence and righteousness."

Hanging from his waist, Yang Gong's jade pendant lights up, adding to Haoran's righteousness.

At the same time, the guard on the left of Xu Erlang bent his bow to shoot an arrow toward the sky.

The arrows are tied with fireworks and exploded high in the sky.

The two words fell, Miao Youfang seemed to have been on a stimulant, and his breath skyrocketed, while Zhuo Haoran's eyes were obviously in a trance, the two words of benevolence and righteousness made him unable to cut the knife in his hand.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Miao Youfang deceived his body and approached him, slapped off the knife in his hand with a palm, followed the lunge to his side, and hit Zhuo Haoran's body into the air uncontrollably. Jinwufu's special skills--

A set to kill you!

Xu Erlang is a 7-rank benevolent person. What he just used was the 8th-rank self-cultivation realm's ability-the power of boldness.

The most important role of the power of bravery is to boost morale, increase combat power to one's own soldiers, and eliminate certain illnesses.

Secondly, it can temporarily affect the enemy's mind, and if used well, it can weaken the enemy.

The strength of the eight grades of self-cultivation, the advanced version is the five virtues, which, as the name implies, regulates people’s words and behaviors, and requires others with the "six virtues of a gentleman".

This is very similar to the discipline of Buddhism.

It's just that there is no room for advancement in the precepts, and virtue, one step further, is to speak and follow the law.

At that point, to regulate people's words and deeds, there is no need for the "six virtues of a gentleman", and they can be arbitrary and forced.

Boom!

Miao Youfang's combo was forcibly interrupted by Zhuo Haoran, who had recovered his senses. He immediately got a kick in his lower abdomen, and suddenly flew out, rolling on the horse track.

Ignoring the embarrassing Miao Youfang, Zhuo Haoran stepped on the female wall repeatedly, killing Xu Erlang with a clear goal.

In the past few siege wars, this scholar from Yunlu Academy made him suffer, relying on the short-term restraint of Confucian magic, and a fifth-rank martial artist, repeatedly letting him come home.

Miao Youfang's elbows and feet plowed deep marks on the ground, forcibly unloaded, opened his palms to photograph the two shells in the basket and threw them towards Zhuo Haoran.

Ignite again with a gas engine.

"Boom!"

The swelling flame enveloped Zhuo Haoran, and Xu Erlang took the opportunity to retreat under the protection of the guards.

He was extremely calm, and he was not at all afraid of being chased by a fourth-rank martial artist. After Zhuo Haoran rushed out of the fireball, he sighed again:

"A gentleman should value harmony.

"A gentleman should give up his life to get righteous."

Miao Youfang threw out from the side with a grim face, and entangled Zhuo Haoran and rolled down the city.

Dangdangdang.........In the process, the two of them used their hands and feet together to fight fiercely. The enemy army climbing along the ladder was affected and screamed and fell.

Miao Youfang was quickly defeated, and Zhuo Haoran opened the empty door with a punch. Then, Butcher Zhuo held hands like a knife, and the intent of the knife broke out in Miao Youfang's chest.

When it was, a sharp spear shot came like a comet, interrupting Zhuo Haoran's offensive, forcing him to wave his sword to block.

Zhu Jun flew over the wall and rushed over at the moment of his death.

With the strength of Xu Erlang and Miao Youfang, it is really reluctant to deal with Zhuo Haoran. When Zhuo Haoran is attacking the city, Xu Erlang will let people use fireworks as a letter to inform Zhu Jun at the North City Gate.

Zhu Jun knew that the fourth rank of the enemy army was here, so he would come immediately.

"Bang!"

In the blast of artillery explosion, Miao Youfang took the opportunity to break free, stepped on the city wall and returned to the top of the city, guarding Xu Erlang's side~IndoMTL.com~ After Zhuo Haoran opened the spear, he also returned to the top of the city and stood on the female wall. Above.

Zhu Jun inserted between the two sides, beckoned to call for the spear, and confronted Zhuo Haoran.

Zhuo Haoran glanced over Zhu Jun, looked at Xu Xinnian behind, sneered:

"I once boasted that I went to Haikou in front of the general and captured Songshan County in five days. Now it is the eighth day, the city has not been captured, and more than half of my subordinates have been damaged.

"I can't think of Lao Tzu I's famous name, planted on you, the yellow-haired boy."

Xu Erlang calmly said:

"The son is planted on Lao Tzu, it is not wronged."

Zuo Haoran's face flashed angrily, holding back his emotions, and slowly said:

"Do you know why I am attacking the city tonight?"

This is exactly what Xu Erlang puzzled, but he only responded lightly:

"Because you are tired of life."

Zuo Haoran's forehead bounced with blue veins: "I don't have to be angry with a dying person, because the elite trained by the national teacher has already come."

"戾~"

Suddenly, a high-pitched and sharp cry came from the horizon.

At this time, the east side is slightly exposed and the sky is blue.

Under the deep blue sky, a group of behemoths flapped their wings and swept towards Songshan County.

"Suzaku Army!"

Zuo Haoran glanced at the horizon, retracted his gaze, and said with a grinning smile:

"Today break the city, I will slaughter for three days and three nights."

The Flying Beast Army.........Xu Erlang's pupils contracted.

...........

Southern Xinjiang.

Xu Qi'an summoned the Buddha Pagoda, the gate of the tower opened, and a beam of light was cast.

In the beam is Mu Nanzhi holding Bai Ji.

"What can you do with me?"

He retracted the Buddha Pagoda while looking at Bai Ji.

The little fox sent a letter to him through Taring, saying that he had important matters to discuss.

Mun Nanzhi's gaze immediately turned to Luo Yuheng next to Xu Qi'an.