Chapter 496 The Decisive Battle at Sishui Pass

Jiang Ziya ran away, and Tang Lin took Kong Xuan back to Xiqi. He was originally planning to ask Xibohou for another divination, but he couldn't locate Jiang Ziya's location. As a result, Xibohou said that the same thing can only be divined once. If the divination is forced, the result will be inaccurate or there will be retribution.

Tang Lin was helpless. It seemed that Jiang Ziya had really escaped. The more important issue is that Jiang Ziya wrote his name on the list of gods, so the whip will be effective on him. The next time he encounters the divine whip, he can still smash his heavenly spirit, but he doesn't have a second life-saving talisman.

Therefore, if you want to catch Jiang Ziya, Tang Lin must have an absolute advantage and have many people around you to help him, so that he can avoid being killed instantly by the magic whip. This magic weapon is really unreasonable.

Tang Lin forced Huang Feihu to retreat at Chentangguan, and took in Kong Xuan at Sanshanguan. It can be said that he tore off Yin Jiao's face and stepped on it ten thousand times.

But Yin Jiao had no choice. What could a mortal emperor do to a powerful god? Especially now that the numbers are in chaos and the dynasty's Qi numbers have no effect.

However, Yin Jiao also had another target that could demonstrate his imperial power, and that was Li Jing of Chentangguan. Li Jing's entire family was beheaded. This was the result of their cooperation with the rebels.

As soon as this imperial edict came out, Master Wen expressed his opposition in the court.

"Li Jing has been loyal and loyal for generations, and Taoist Lihuo's attempt to murder the late emperor is nothing more than a rumor. Your Majesty, you want to use this to accuse Li Jing of being a tyrant."

As a veteran of the four dynasties, I heard that Taishi was the head of the civil service. As soon as this statement came out, many courtiers immediately responded.

But how could Yin Jiao accept it? Taoist Lihuo made King Zhou indulge in sensuality. Yin Jiao saw this with his own eyes. The fact that King Zhou was poisoned and died has never been concluded, so besides Taoist Lihuo, who else is the most suspicious.

Yin Jiao did not convict Taoist Lihuo at first. He originally wanted him to come to Chaoge to prove his innocence. But Taoist Lihuo had no intention of coming to Chaoge to defend himself. He was simply contemptuous of the imperial power. Yin Jiao must convict him regardless of whether he was guilty or not.

Otherwise, how majestic the laws of the Shang Dynasty would be.

However, Taoist Lihuo used the simplest and crudest means to resist, and fought against the court again and again. Yin Jiao absolutely cannot tolerate this situation.

Li Jing could only count him as unlucky. Yin Jiao didn't know that Li Jing was unjustly accused, but if he didn't show this man to scare the monkeys, he would become the laughing stock of the world.

If Tang Lin knew what Yin Jiao was thinking, he would definitely sneer at it. Nowadays, most mortals in the world may not even know that the emperor has changed. Who knows who Yin Jiao is and what embarrassing things he has done.

When an emperor cares too much about face and ignores what is truly good and bad, he will gradually become no different from a tyrant.

Master Wen could see what was right and wrong, but he couldn't see Yin Jiao's thoughts clearly, so he ended up being locked up. The reason was easier to find. Master Wen and Taoist Lihuo were both members of the Jiejiao sect.

The court was in an uproar and heard that the Grand Master had been imprisoned. This was a turmoil that had never happened before during the reign of King Zhou.

Although King Zhou likes to be sensual and sensual, he also knows how to delegate power, and the world is peaceful when he is idle and in charge. Just a month after Master Wen was arrested, the court began to fall into chaos.

It’s not that the court would not turn around without Grand Master Wen, but that Yin Jiao took over the work of Grand Master Wen on himself, to prove that he could do a better job than Grand Master Wen, and that he could be a good emperor without this person. .

However, Yin Jiao was not as good as Wen Taishi in terms of experience and wisdom.

After receiving intelligence that a high-ranking official was suspected of being embezzled and bribed, Yin Jiao ordered a thorough investigation within three days. Little did he know that it would take a day to send the edict back, and another day to send it back. In the remaining day, in addition to forging evidence and being beaten, he also had to What's the point?

The same is true for other government affairs, promotion of officials, various financial allocations, etc. Yin Jiao is not ignorant, but he demands perfection in everything, and this is the biggest problem.

Managing a big country is like cooking small dishes. You must not be eager for quick success or go to extremes, but Yin Jiao committed both.

But the emperor cannot be questioned, and the people below can only deal with the matter, but Yin Jiao is not the kind of fool who can be easily fooled. He can see that his subordinates are deceiving him, which makes him even more angry. .

The result was that several heads were lost and a group of ministers were arrested and imprisoned.

Then, the government became even more chaotic.

At this time, Jiang Ziya rode Si Xiang to Chaoge.

Yin Jiao attaches great importance to the name of Chan Jiao, especially now that Jie Jiao has become a thorn in his side.

Jiang Ziya met with Yin Jiao for half a day, and the next day he was named prime minister by Yin Jiao. In just half a month, he managed the chaotic government affairs in order. This Jiang Taigong, who was supposed to make the Zhou Dynasty prosperous for eight hundred years, has now become the prime minister of the Shang Dynasty, which is really strange.

During this period of time, Tang Lin was well prepared in Xiqi, and his army was ready to go. As long as the time was right, they could go out.

At this time, the news came that Jiang Ziya had become the prime minister, and Tang Lin knew that it was time to take action.

The Battle of the Gods has become clear. Xiqi is still fighting against Chaoge, but he thought he was on Chaoge's side, but he didn't expect to end up on Xiqi's side.

But this is not a big problem, as long as you sweep all the way through.

On that day, Xiqi sent troops to attack Chaoge in the name of the second prince Yin Hong.

Instead of Chaoge's advance attack, Xiqi directly sent troops. The swearing-in was so loud that it was known all over the world. Xiqi ordered one hundred thousand troops to send troops to Sishui Pass.

Chao Ge heard this, and Yin Jiao urgently summoned Jiang Ziya to discuss it. Today, most of the officials in the court still feel that hearing that the Grand Master was imprisoned was Yin Jiao's biggest mistake, and that Xiqi's rebellion against business was also caused by Yin Jiao.

This is different from the rebellion of the Beihai princes. Xiqi is one of the four great princes, accounting for one-third of the world's cities. Moreover, the banner they used was Yin Hong, the second prince who had an arm chopped off by Yin Jiao and had to escape from Chaoge.

It can be said that both of them are the heirs to the throne. At this time, there is no rule for the eldest son to succeed to the throne, otherwise King Zhou would not be able to become the emperor.

In the fight between brothers, it would be better for him as a minister to keep quiet. Who knows who will win in the end?

Under this situation, Jiang Ziya became the only minister in Yinjiao who could be completely trusted, because all the interests of Chanjiao were tied to him.

Jiang Ziya also knew that this battle was unavoidable and must be dealt with cautiously. He quickly advised Yin Jiao to recall all the generals who were guarding Chaoge and were related to Jiejiao to Chaoge to listen and deal with them. Anyone who refused to comply would be punished on the spot for treason. execution.

As for Sishui Pass, they mobilized all the troops to go there and decided to fight Xiqi here. In the Battle of the Gods, mortal soldiers are only auxiliary, and the real decisive battle requires the help of gods.

Therefore, the so-called strategic depth is meaningless. For gods, traveling thousands of miles a day is just leisure, and there is no way to rob food roads. These conventional means of mortal warfare have no effect at all.

The only thing that can be done is to choose a location, prepare the formation in advance, and then the two armies will fight in a decisive battle. There is no trick at all.

Therefore, the national troops gathered at Sishui Pass, and all the immortals of Chanjiao were ready to fight to the death with Jiejiao at Sishui Pass. Moreover, they also have a big advantage.

At this time, they are the defensive side, so they have the advantage of geographical location and can deal with it through formation. When the time comes, even if Jie Jiao comes to attack, he will still be defeated by the formation. In front of the formation, ten more Kong Xuan are useless.

However, everyone in Jiejiao should also be very aware of this advantage. Since Taoist Lihuo appeared, various methods have emerged one after another. Knowing that Chaoge has a great advantage, they should divide their troops into several places to take advantage of Jiejiao's numerical advantage. Why choose this kind of decisive battle?

How did Jiang Ziya know that Tang Lin wanted to play a decisive battle.

How did Jiejiao lose the original Conferred God Battle? It's just a tactic of adding fuel to the fire to keep killing people. Those named generals, Chong Houhu, Zhang Guifang, Yu Hua, the four generals of the Mo family, Wen Taishi, Kong Xuan... a group of people gathered together and couldn't crush Xiqi, but they had to go up one by one. I just want to send them one by one.

On the Xiqi side, the whole family would come together at all times, including Su Hu's family, Li Jing's family, and Huang Feihu's family, and the four vanguards, Nezha, Lei Zhenzi, Yang Jian, and Huang Tianhua, would start fighting.

The powerful Jiejiao warriors at the back were sent away one by one. Sanxiao came out only after Zhao Gongming died, and Yu Yuan came out only after Yu Hua died... Isn't this division of troops really undercover?

Tang Linzhang has the authority granted by the saint. As the sixth direct successor of Jie Sect, he can command everyone in the sect. The direct disciples of the Holy Mother of the Golden Spirit were difficult to command, but Tang Lin was not polite at all to the disciples who were junior to Tang Lin.

Before setting off for the expedition, he made a trip to Biyou Palace and brought out all the Jie Jiao disciples who were not in seclusion. This time is the decisive battle. We must use absolute force to beat Jiang Ziya's people until they doubt their lives and surrender directly to the city.

Xiqi's troop dispatch was claimed to be 100,000, but that was an exaggerated figure even including the logistical auxiliaries. In fact, 50,000 would be considered good.

After all, Prime Minister Cao in later generations only had an army of 800,000. It was not easy for the population of this era to produce an army of 100,000.

Xiqi's army moved out, and there was a lot of smoke and dust on the road. Halfway through the journey, they encountered an ambush prepared by Jiang Ziya, and hundreds of cavalry rushed out from both sides.

With an army of one hundred thousand marching, the line would have been very long. In addition, there were large dense forests on both sides of this section of the road, which made it easy for light cavalry to ambush them.

This was the first confrontation. Jiang Ziya was riding Si unlike, watching the ambush from high in the sky. Seeing the dust raised by Xiqi's troops, Jiang Ziya couldn't help but frowned. How far can the soldiers go in such a dusty environment? Most of the soldiers must have fallen before they reached Sishui Pass.

Moreover, such smoke and dust don't look like infantry coming out. Could it be that all the troops sent out by Xiqi were cavalry? No matter what the reason is, it is still important to test the truth.

However, when these cavalrymen rushed into the team, they did not see any soldiers running around in panic, not even a single person. The cavalry ran headlong into steel walls, turning their men and horses into a mass of flesh and blood.

Being ambushed, the team stopped instantly and the smoke slowly subsided. Only then did Jiang Ziya see that what he was ambushing was not Xiqi soldiers at all, but huge steel fortresses.

Under Ba's troop carriers, there were hundreds of them in a row, with no end in sight.

Many functions have been reduced, mainly transportation capacity and terrain adaptability, and other deformation functions and vehicle-mounted weapons have been removed. This simplified version of the Baxia personnel carrier is ready for mass production. It's a long way from Xiqicheng to send troops to Sishui Pass, so of course they have to use troop carriers.

Although it was just a rugged dirt road, it was a bit difficult for a horse to run up it, but it was not difficult for the seven pairs of super large road wheels to crush it all the way and flatten the rugged road.

When these cavalrymen rushed over, they found that they had hit a steel fortress, and every one of them was bruised. Those who were lucky were killed on the spot, while those who were unlucky were caught in the tracks and crushed half of their bodies, and could still crawl on the ground for two or three minutes before dying.

As for those who didn't hit, they were killed by the machine guns mounted on the vehicles.

In a short period of time, hundreds of light cavalry were almost wiped out, and only a few remained who seemed to be blessed by fate and managed to escape.

The damage was really heavy. Hundreds of cavalry were ambushed, but not even a single enemy was killed. Jiang Ziya frowned, he didn't expect Xiqi to have such a weapon of war.

"The Battle of Beihai was mentioned in the Grand Master's battle report before, but unfortunately I didn't pay attention to it at the beginning. However, this steel fortress alone cannot conquer Sishui Pass."

Jiang Ziya is over seventy years old and will no longer be affected by temporary success or failure.

However, not everyone will be like Jiang Ziya who will remain unchanged despite the collapse of the mountain. The huge steel fortress of the Xiqi Army has been spread among the defenders of Sishui Pass. Coupled with the annihilation of the light cavalry troops, these steel fortresses are even more terrifying.

Jiang Ziya had long known that this would happen, so he quickly isolated these soldiers to prevent the rumors from spreading.

However, what Jiang Ziya never expected was that before Xiqi's army arrived at Surabaya Street, a small group of cavalry came back. It was the same cavalry unit that had been killed in the ambush before.

Hundreds of cavalry entered the pass, and now they couldn't hide it even if they wanted to. Just seeing these hundreds of people entering the customs, Jiang Ziya could already imagine what would happen next.

Sure enough, half a day later, Taoist Lihuo's words began to circulate in Sishui Pass: "The cycle of life and death is in my hands, Taoist Lihuo. Those who obey me will live and those who go against me will die!"

Can resurrect the killed enemy soldiers, but what about Xiqi's soldiers?

Facing an opponent who can be resurrected, how can we fight this battle?

Attacking the heart is the first priority, and attacking the city is the second priority. Although Jiang Ziya had never heard this, he understood what Lihuo Taoist meant.

The grand formation set up at Sishui Pass does not just rely on the teachings of the golden immortals, but also requires the assistance of a large number of mortal soldiers. Originally, Chaoge's elite soldiers were much better than Xiqi's soldiers. They had the advantage of home field and numerical advantage. I didn't expect Taoist Lihuo to make such a move.

This opponent is really difficult to deal with.

Ten days later, Xiqi's army finally arrived in front of Sishui Pass and began to set up camp ten miles away. According to Jiang Ziya's idea, the tents for the 100,000-strong army were ready, and trenches had to be dug to put the antlers. These preparations would have to wait at least two days.

Who would have expected that in just half a day, the Xiqi Army would begin to attack the city.

What surprised Jiang Ziya even more was that they could not see half of the Xiqi Army, and only heard a series of loud bangs.