Volume 10 Chapter 978
Chapter 978
The next day, early morning. Under the orders of Tang Yin and Xiao Xuan, the Fengchuan Allied Forces left the camp one after another and climbed to the Shenchi Mountain in a mighty manner.
Shenchi Mountain is steep, and the mountain road is not rugged, but it is relatively narrow. It is extremely difficult for the army to advance. Large baggage cannot be transported up at all. The trebuchets and other large siege weapons of the Fengchuan army have become useless.
Fortunately, Nie Zhenye, who was in charge of the defense of Shenchi City, had secretly switched sides. Otherwise, the fortification on the mountain road alone would have been enough to kill the two armies of Fengchuan and Sichuan.
The Fengchuan Allied Forces came to attack in a large scale, and the Shenchi side naturally got the news. Nie Zhen was standing on the top of the city, holding an arrow stack in his hand, looking out.
The first thing that appeared on the mountain road was the flag of the Feng Army. A large flag was embroidered with a huge word "wind". Behind the wind flag is a field of red flags, with the word Pingyuan written on the largest one.
The disciples of Shenchi on the city wall could see clearly. Someone shouted to Nie in shock: "Elder Nie, the enemy is Pingyuan Army, Pingyuan Army of Feng Kingdom——"
Nie Zhen raised the corner of his mouth, smiled slightly, and said: "Give me your order to open the city gate!"
"What?" Many of the disciples around Shenchi wondered if they had heard wrongly. The enemy army was attacking in large numbers and with great force, and we wanted to open the city gate and go out to fight? Isn’t that an egg hitting a stone?
"Elder Nie, you must not do this!" A disciple of Shenchi rushed forward and said urgently: "The enemy has many troops and it is unwise for us to face the enemy head-on. I hope Elder Nie will think twice... …”
Before he finished speaking, Qin He suddenly drew out his sword and stabbed him in the chest. flutter! The sword came suddenly and struck fiercely. Everyone present's expressions changed drastically when they saw this, they screamed and subconsciously took a step back.
Qin He pulled out the sword from the corpse, then with lightning eyes, he looked around at everyone present, and shouted loudly: "Guanghan listens to the stupidity and is ignorant, secretly cultivates secretly spiritual cultivators, harms the world, and traps our divine pond in an unkind place. Righteous, all my disciples of Shenchi should unite together to eliminate this thief. The Fengchuan Allied Forces are not our enemies, but are here to help us. Now open the city gate and welcome the Fengchuan Allied Forces to enter the city. If there are any opponents, He is in cahoots with Guang Hanting and should be killed without mercy!"
Hearing this, everyone gasped and turned to look at Nie Zhen. Qin He is Nie Zhen's disciple. When he does this, people naturally want to see how Nie Zhen reacts.
Nie Zhen seemed to be smiling but not smiling at this moment, stroking his white beard with his hands, looking leisurely and showing no signs of surprise. Obviously, if Qin He dared to do this, he must have been instructed by Nie Zhen.
The leaders who were loyal to Nie Zhen looked at each other and lost no time in shouting in unison: "What Brother Qin said is reasonable. Guanghan Ting is the number one traitor to our Shenchi in thousands of years. His crime is unforgivable. I will wait for him." Unite Fengchuan and other countries to destroy this thief and save Shenchi from water and fire!"
Nie Zhen, who was in charge of city defense, rebelled, his disciples rebelled, and even the leaders guarding the city wall rebelled. The change happened suddenly, and the disciples of Shenchi below were all stunned and could not react for a long time.
Qin He looked around at everyone and asked in a deep voice: "What are you still doing? If you don't open the city gate and delay the important event, you and the others will die without a burial place!"
Nie Zhen cleared his throat and finally said: "I am in charge of the city defense. All you have to do is follow my orders. Even if the sky falls, I will come out to support you. It has nothing to do with you. If you disobey, If you don't comply, it will be a death penalty. Don't blame me for being unkind and ruthless under the sword!" As he spoke, he raised his hand and grasped the hilt of the sword.
Everyone was shocked and shuddered in unison. Without daring to pause, they all raised their hands and responded with a trembling voice: "Yes! I... I obey!"
The disciples of Shenchi gritted their teeth, grinned, and turned the gate. They heard bursts of rattling sounds from below the city gate tower, and the heavy bronze gate of Shenchi City was pulled up.
Within the copper gate, there was a wooden city gate wrapped in iron. People worked together to remove the door latch, which was as thick as a person, and then slowly opened the city gate together.
As the gate of Shenchi City was opened, Pingyuan Army, the leading army, rushed to Shenchi City.
Seeing the city gate in front of them wide open, the morale of the officers and soldiers of the Pingyuan Army was greatly shaken. People shouted in unison, used all their strength to swing their legs and ran forward, and the army poured into the city like a tide.
Seeing that Pingyuan Army had successfully entered the city, Nie Zhen secretly breathed a sigh of relief and sighed in his heart: The great thing has been accomplished! He said to everyone on the left and right: "Everyone, get down from the city wall immediately and clear the way for Brother Fengjun!"
"Yes!" His disciples, disciples, and leaders loyal to him responded in unison, and then ran down the city wall quickly.
Nie Zhen stood on the top of the city without moving, looking at the huge crowd of Feng troops outside the city, whose numbers were hard to distinguish. He also felt lucky that this was just the Pingyuan Army, while the Fengchuan Allied Army had several legions. Well, fortunately, he had defected. Otherwise, how could he have withstood the attack of such a large army?
"Is this Elder Nie Zhen in the city?" While Nie Zhen was thinking about it, he suddenly heard someone shouting loudly below the city.
He looked outside the city and saw a group of wind generals riding war horses standing in front of the city wall. The leader of the generals he knew was Xiao Muqing, the commander of the Pingyuan Army.
Yo! Nie Zhen's eyes lit up and he cupped his hands and replied: "It's me! General Xiao, I've been waiting here for a long time!" As he spoke, he jumped out from the city wall.
While he was still in the air, a white mist suddenly emanated from his body. In just a moment, the spirit armor had condensed on his body. Then, the spirit armor behind him turned into wings. As the wings flapped, he had already landed lightly on the ground. Then, the spirit armor dissipated into nothingness.
It was nothing to use the spirit of armor to transform into wings. Most of the elders in Shenchi could do this. It was just that Nie Zhen was too skilled in using it. He covered the spirit armor, transformed it into wings, and finally dispersed the spirit armor. All of them were completed in the air, in one go, and were elegant and neat.
Xiao Muqing was also startled by Nie Zhen who fell from the sky. Fortunately, he had been on the battlefield for a long time and had seen all kinds of big scenes, so the surprise did not show on his face.
He smiled slightly, dismounted, and said with a bow: "Thanks to Elder Nie's help this time, I would like to thank Elder Nie on behalf of my king."
"General Xiao, you're welcome." Nie Zhen stretched his neck to look behind Xiao Muqing, then walked forward and asked: "General Xiao, didn't His Royal Highness Feng Wang come with you?"
Xiao Muqing smiled and said: "My king and Chuan Wang will be here soon." After a while, he changed the subject and said: "Elder Nie, I will follow the king's order to capture Guanghan Ting, and I hope Elder Nie will lead the way."
Nie Zhen grinned secretly when he heard this. He couldn't hide from Guanghan Ting now, so how could he dare to take the initiative to find him. However, Xiao Muqing had already said so and he couldn't refuse, so he could only bite the bullet and said: "Guanghan Ting is now in Youdian, General Xiao, follow me!"
Xiao Muqing nodded, turned his head and asked his guards to lead a war horse over, handed it to Nie Zhen, and then followed Nie Zhen into the city.
As soon as they entered the city gate, Nie Zhen couldn't help but whispered a reminder: "Guanghan Ting is very powerful in spiritual martial arts. Even I am not his opponent. After arriving at Youdian, General Xiao must not get too close. Just watch the battle from a distance."
Even if he didn't remind Xiao Muqing, he wouldn't be stupid enough to approach Guanghan Ting. He smiled slightly and said, "Elder Nie, please rest assured. I know my limits!"
As they spoke, everyone had entered the city. At this time, Xiao Muqing couldn't help but look around, and he was also full of emotion in his heart. This is the core of Shenchi - Shenchi City. In the thousands of years since Shenchi was founded, no army from other countries has ever entered here. He and his Pingyuan Army soldiers can be said to be the first.
The Shenchi children guarding the city wall were suppressed by Nie Zhen and dared not stop the Feng Army from entering the city. People stood on the top of the city one by one, watching the Feng Army rush into the city in batches. However, there are still some people in Shenchi City who are still loyal to Guanghan Ting, including many people. People spontaneously organized to resist the Feng Army.
Unfortunately, these people are a minority after all. It may be okay for them to deal with one or two thousand regular troops, but it is undoubtedly a fantasy to resist the Pingyuan Army of 100,000.
After entering the city, the Pingyuan Army advanced rapidly and attacked the center of Shenchi City in one breath.
If they advance further, they will be close to the palace of Shenchi. At this point, the number of Shenchi guards began to increase, and the resistance became more intense, and the real fierce battle between the two sides began.
Each of the Shenchi guards is highly skilled in spiritual martial arts, and can fight ten or even one hundred at a time. However, the advantage of the Pingyuan Army lies in their large numbers. When the army advances forward, even if the guards have high spiritual martial arts, it is difficult to display them. Even if they kill all the Feng Army who rushed to the front, the bodies have not yet fallen to the ground, and the Feng Army behind them has already pushed the bodies of their companions and continued to rush up, pressing the guards to the ground.
But in the chaos of the army, once you fall to the ground, it is not easy to get up again. Just hundreds of people trampling on you is enough to crush the guards into meat patties.
Moreover, the soldiers of the Pingyuan Army are not grass that can be slaughtered at will. The soldiers are skilled in combat, using bows for long-range combat and crossbows for close combat. These pose a huge threat to the guards of Shenchi, and they are often shot and fall to the ground.
Hundreds of guards have been defeated by the Pingyuan Army's strong charge, leaving behind more than a hundred corpses, and the remaining people all fled backwards.
The guards retreated again and again, and finally all retreated to the front of the palace. At this time, the gate of the palace was closed, and all the guards standing on the palace wall were palace guards. According to the rules of Shenchi, no one can let outsiders into the palace without the permission of the Holy King. Even if the people blocked outside the palace gate are their own people, the palace guards dare not open the palace gate privately to let them enter the palace.
Now, the guards could neither advance nor retreat, and hundreds of Shenchi disciples crowded outside the palace gate.
Seeing this, the generals of the Pingyuan Army raised their swords and ordered the entire army to stop advancing.
The task of capturing the palace was the business of the Sanshui Army, and had nothing to do with the Pingyuan Army. They had other important points to capture, but this Feng general had no intention of letting the Shenchi guards on the opposite side go. He immediately shouted to the left and right: "All troops, prepare arrows--"
"All troops, prepare arrows--""All troops, prepare arrows--"
As soon as he gave the order, the voices of orders in the Feng Army camp rose and fell, and instantly spread throughout the army. Then, the Feng Army soldiers twisted their bows and put arrows on them, aiming at the Shenchi guards on the opposite side.