Volume 10 Chapter 123

Hu Xian's call for help was immediately transmitted to Yangchuan and Bailin. The commanders of the two cities were Li Rong and Lu Hongming. Read the full text.

Li Rong's identity is not simple. He is the cousin of Li Jin, the general of Mo State. However, he is still very talented and knowledgeable. He is proficient in military books and strategies and is good at commanding troops to fight. He had made many military achievements on the battlefield of Ning State and was highly appreciated by Shao Fang.

Lu Hongming was born as a civil servant, but his research on military books and strategies was more thorough than Li Rong. In addition, he was quick-witted and eloquent when talking about military tactics. Even veteran generals who had been commanders for many years could not compare with him.

In Shao Fang's eyes, Li Rong and Lu Hongming were both outstanding generals of Mo State. He felt very relieved to have them guard the border.

Li Rong and Lu Hongming were both shocked when they received Hu Xian's emergency letter. They were also somewhat surprised by the large-scale invasion of Feng Army. However, their choices were surprisingly consistent. They did not immediately send troops to rescue Xiashui Town, but waited and saw what would happen.

In Lu Hongming's view, the invasion of Fengjun was just a bluff, and its purpose was to draw back the army that had invaded Yuguo. He didn't believe that Fengjun really dared to attack Xiashui Town.

Li Rong, who also did not send troops, thought differently from Lu Hongming. He was worried. Li Rong believed that Fengjun dared to take Xiashui Town with great fanfare, and must have been well prepared. If his side rushed to rescue, it would be likely to fall into the Fengjun's conspiracy.

He deliberately sent a large number of spies to observe the movements of Fengjun, and also sent people to investigate between Yangchuan and Xiashui Town to see if there were any Fengguo ambushes.

Li Rong was indeed an excellent commander, with a sharp mind. Although it was only 300 miles from Yangchuan to Xiashui Town, the road was not easy to walk, with many hills and valleys, and it was easy to set up an ambush. Before he sent troops to assist Xiashui, he had already prevented Fengjun from using the strategy of besieging the point and attacking the reinforcements.

If he had met an ordinary opponent, he might have found out the flaws. But this time he met the Pingyuan Army, and the chief commander of the ambush was the experienced Wu Guang. Wu Guang set up an ambush in the middle section between Yangchuan and Xiashui. The ambush troops were far away from the official road, and they were scattered and divided into small groups. In addition, Wu Guang sent out a small group of Fengjun as secret sentries. Once they found the spies of the Mo Kingdom, they would kill them without mercy.

The spies sent by Li Rong went to the area where Wu Guang set up an ambush to explore, but they either returned empty-handed without finding anything, or disappeared inexplicably. In the end, no trace of the ambush troops was found.

However, the disappearance of a large number of spies still aroused Li Rong's vigilance, and made him more determined not to send troops rashly.

Let's talk about the 9th and 10th Corps of the Pingyuan Army led by Xiao Muqing. There are only 20,000 people in the two corps. If you count the non-combat personnel such as the logistics team of the corps, there are only 30,000 people at most. But when advancing to Xiashui Town, the team was extremely long, and everyone was busy. Basically, everyone held a big flag and a small flag behind them. Because there were many flags, the distance between people did not appear loose even if they were pulled apart. If you observe from a distance, the entire team of the Pingyuan Army is embroidered with ribbons flying, and the military flags are like a forest. It stretches for more than ten miles, and the lineup is amazing.

Such a team will not make people believe that it is 100,000, even if it is 150,000 or 200,000.

Xiao Muqing led such a "large army" that was only in appearance to arrive at Xiashui Town.

Five miles away from Xiashui Town, Xiao Muqing ordered to set up camp. He didn't care whether the camp was strong or not, but it must be large. It would be best if it looked like it could accommodate hundreds of thousands of people. At his command, the whole army moved, some cut wood, some dug soil, some built walls, and the 30,000 Feng troops built the camp in an orderly manner.

The Pingyuan Army was well-trained and moved quickly. In just two hours, the camp had begun to take shape. The soldiers followed Xiao Muqing's requirements, not seeking quality but only area, and set up the camp covering an area of ​​more than ten miles. Looking inside, there were rows of barracks and rows of tents, densely packed, and it was spectacular. In the open spaces in various parts of the military camp, the Feng Army also set up many straw men and put on Feng Army armor. If you look from a distance, it is difficult to tell the authenticity.

While setting up the camp, Xiao Muqing led his two corps commanders, more than a dozen lieutenants, and thousands of Feng troops to move all the Pingyuan Army's catapults and city-breaking crossbows out, and set up a battle formation two miles outside Xiashui Town.

Xiao Muqing sat on his horse and looked towards Xiashui Town. This town was not much different from a small city. The city walls were also high. There were dense Mo troops standing on the walls, and the flags of the Mo Kingdom were planted on the top of the city.

After watching for a while, Xiao Muqing sneered, turned his head, and asked casually: "Who is willing to take the lead and go to challenge the enemy?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a lieutenant named Gao Chang urged his horse forward two steps, bowed his hands and shouted loudly: "General, I am willing to go!" Xiao Muqing glanced at him, nodded, and said calmly: "Okay!"

With his approval, Gao Chang knocked his feet on the stirrups, roared, and urged his horse to rush out of the camp. In the blink of an eye, he was a hundred steps away from Xiashui Town. At this time, there was a sharp whistle on the top of the city, and a sharp arrow flew down and nailed to the ground in front of the warhorse.

The warhorse neighed long and thin, raised its front hooves high, and turned twice in place before stopping. Gao Chang steadied his horse, raised his head and looked at the top of the city wall, pointed with the magic knife in his hand, and shouted loudly: "I am Gao Chang, the lieutenant general of the Feng Kingdom's Plain Army! Mo country boy, which one of you is coming out to die?"

At this time, Hu Xian, the Dragon Commander of Mo country, was on the top of the city wall. He saw the Feng Army's camp in his eyes, and he could also see clearly the thousands of siege weapons placed outside the city by the Feng Army. He didn't need to fight, just looking at the Feng Army's formation made him feel half cold. Seeing that a Feng general came to challenge, he took a breath of cold air and hurriedly said to his left and right: "No one is allowed to fight without my order!"

Needless to say, no one in the Mo army planned to leave the city to fight. Now after listening to his order, the generals of Mo Jun felt relieved and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. A soldier is in a raging state, and a general is in a raging nest. Hu Xian is a man who is greedy for life and afraid of death, and is as timid as a mouse. How can his generals fare better?

Gao Chang shouted three times outside the city, but no one in Xiashui Town answered him, let alone challenged him. Seeing this, Gao Chang became even more powerful. He held a knife in one hand and rode his horse to circle back and forth in front of the city in a mighty manner. At the same time, he laughed loudly and said: " The little boy from Mo State is self-aware and knows that if you go out to fight, you will die. I advise you to wait, there is still a way to survive in Kaicheng surrender. If we wait until our army launches a large-scale attack, there will be no chickens, dogs, or even a blade of grass in Xiashui Town!"

oops! Hu Xian grinned and wiped cold sweat on the city wall. He asked tremblingly: "Have the people we sent to Yangchuan and Bailin sent their letters asking for help?"

"Reply to the general, it has been sent to you a long time ago."

"But what about our reinforcements? Now that the Feng army has arrived at the city, why are the reinforcements from Yangchuan and Bailin still delayed in arriving?"

"This..." Hu Xian's generals were unable to answer.

"Hurry up and send someone for help. No matter what, we must invite reinforcements!" Hu Xian scratched his head and scratched his head anxiously, and said in a trembling voice: "The Feng Army has a large number of troops. I'm afraid there will be more than one legion of the Pingyuan Army. Once the other party launches an attack, it will definitely be Siege the city and attack it. By then, we won’t be able to get out even if we want to send people out of the city to ask for help!”

After saying that, seeing his men still standing there stupidly, Hu Xian was anxious and angry. He stamped his feet repeatedly and shouted, "You should go, why are you standing there?"

"Ah? Ah, yes, yes, general, I will send someone for help right away."

Mo Jun from Xiashui Town sent people on fast horses to Yangchuan and Bailin for the second time, and then asked Li Rong and Lu Hongming for help. The people they sent had just left Xiashui Town from the east and west sides, and the Pingyuan Army also sounded the horn of attack.

Of course, the Pingyuan Army would not directly invest its troops in the siege. After all, they only had 20,000 combatable troops. As soon as they launched an siege, their secrets would be exposed. Xiao Muqing ordered all his trebuchets and city-breaking crossbows to be activated. There is no need to hold anything back, use continuous long-range strikes to suppress and test the opponent.

Although the Pingyuan Army has now detached 80,000 troops and most of its generals, the ambush troops cannot use large weapons such as trebuchets and city-breaking crossbows. The entire army's trebuchets and city-breaking crossbows are basically in these two. Thousands of people were in action at this moment, and the momentum was so terrifying.

For a time, the sound of mechanical rotation and ejection was heard in the Feng Army camp. Thousands of stone bullets flew into the air, drew arcs, and hit the city wall of Xiashui Town. Thousands of crossbow arrows also struck. The sky was filled with ear-piercing whistles, and the arrows pierced through the city wall mercilessly.

In just an instant, the city walls of Xiashui Town blossomed everywhere. The rumblings, the shattering of the city walls, and the screams of people were mixed together. Blood and flesh flew everywhere on the city head, stones splashed everywhere, and thick smoke bursts became a living thing. Human region.

The local army of Mo Country had never seen such a ferocious attack. They didn't even see the shadow of the attackers of the Feng Army. They were already hit so hard that they were disoriented and miserable.

"General, the Feng army's attack is too fierce. Let's get down the city wall quickly!" The local army generals protected Hu Xian and ran towards the city wall rolling and crawling.

Hu Xian held his head and ran down the city while shouting: "Continue to send people to ask for reinforcements..." Before he could finish his words, a huge stone bullet dropped from the sky and hit a place not far in front of him. Mo Bing, who was running under the city, was smashed. The two of them didn't even have time to scream. They were smashed into a pulp on the spot. The blood and flesh splattered on Hu Xian's face and body.

He saw it so clearly that chills came from his bones. His legs became weak and he almost collapsed to the ground. He shouted with a cry: "If we send people to ask for reinforcements again, as long as we don't see reinforcements, we will keep sending people." …”

Hu Xian and his generals withdrew from the city one after another. The other Mo soldiers could no longer stay on the city. They crowded into the city in groups, shouting and neighing. The north wall of Xiashui Town was turned into a mess.