Chapter 859

After Wu Mei arrived in Wancheng, she immediately set about setting up the city defense. At the same time, she sent all the women, elderly, and children of Wancheng to Yancheng, leaving only the strong young people to participate in the reinforcement of the city defense.

The new recruits from Yancheng had only been in Wancheng for three days, and a large group of Zhenjun troops had already appeared in Wancheng.

Along the way, the Zhen army burned, killed, looted, and committed all kinds of evil. Wherever they passed, whether it was a city or a village, they first killed, then shot, and finally burned, turning the wind and land they passed upside down and leaving corpses everywhere. .

Seeing Wancheng, the morale of the Zhen army was extremely high. Everyone knew that arriving at Wancheng was equivalent to arriving at Yancheng, the capital of wind. As long as Wancheng was defeated, Yancheng would be in one's pocket.

Li Cheng ordered the entire army to rest where they were, and then asked the guards to light a fire. He called several important generals over and gathered around the fire, half squatting and half sitting, while warming their hands and discussing.

"Have you found out how many troops Wancheng has?" Li Cheng raised his hands and asked, exhaling. The further north you go, the colder the weather becomes. When you reach Wancheng, the low temperature makes Zhenren unbearable.

"Back to the general, we have found out that Wancheng's troops are less than 50,000. In addition to Wancheng's city army, they are the Central Army who came from Yancheng for reinforcements. However, these Feng Kingdom Central Army are all new soldiers, and their combat effectiveness is probably not as good as The city army is not worth mentioning!" Xun Xiao said with a nonchalant smile.

Gao Jun glanced left and right and whispered: "I heard that even Mrs. Leping from Feng Kingdom has arrived in Wancheng."

"Mrs. Leping?" Li Cheng had no impression.

"Mrs. Leping's name is Wu Mei. It is said that she is extremely beautiful and charming. When Zhong Tian killed the king and established himself as the Wind King, he planned to choose Wu Mei as his princess. Later, Tang Yin broke into the palace alone and forced herself under Zhong Tian's nose. Taking Wu Mei away shows how charming this woman is!"

When he spoke, Gao Jun's eyebrows were dancing, as if he had seen Wu Mei before.

"Oh? There is such a thing!" Li Cheng smiled and said: "I never thought that Tang Yin would be so angry that he would fall for a beauty!" After a pause, he nodded repeatedly and responded: "That's right, this is also in line with Tang Yin's behavior. His character, if he hadn’t been greedy for Her Highness’s beauty, how could he have brought the disaster of war to his country?”

Gao Jun said with a smile: "Wumei is in Wancheng, and Her Royal Highness the Princess is in Yancheng. We will take Wancheng first, and then Yancheng, and capture Wumei and the princess. The former can be sent to the king, and the latter to the young master. In that way, the general's The merits are great. Who knows, the king will promote the general to a general or a general!"

"Haha!" Li Cheng was also happy. If Wu Mei was really as stunning as Gao Jun said, he would give her to the king, and the king would reward him greatly. After secretly feeling proud for a while, a gust of cold wind blew by, causing Li Cheng to shiver subconsciously. He looked up at the sky. It was morning, but the sky was gray and even the sun was shining brightly. He shook his head and muttered. Said: "Damn weather!"

Gao Jun and other generals also felt the biting cold wind, so they moved closer to the fire and said: "General, we attack the city in the morning and will almost be able to enter Wancheng at noon. Let the soldiers have a good rest this time. In the past few days, we have been fighting again and again. It’s a long journey, and I’m exhausted both at the top and bottom.”

Li Cheng did not object, nodded and said: "After entering Wancheng, Yancheng will be very close at hand. We no longer have to worry that the other party will move the capital and flee. It's time for the soldiers to take a good rest."

"General, I see you!" Gao Jun stood up, raised his hands and said, "General, I am willing to lead the battle with 20,000 soldiers and take the lead!"

Gao Jun's morale is high, which is a good thing. Li Cheng is also very happy, but considering that his injury has not healed, he shook his head and said: "General Gao is injured and it is inconvenient. It is better for General Xun to take the lead..."

Before he finished speaking, Gao Jun became anxious, raised his arm, waved it vigorously, and said seriously: "General, a mere arrow wound is nothing at all. The general has been fine for a long time. This time, let the general Let’s fight first!”

"This..." Li Cheng hesitated for a moment, and seeing Gao Jun's anxious eyes almost turning red, he nodded and said, "Okay! However, General Gao must be more careful. Since Mrs. Feng Guo is in Wancheng, her city defense Not to be underestimated!”

"Haha!" Gao Jun looked up and laughed, and said proudly: "Tens of thousands of wind troops are like lambs waiting to be slaughtered in the eyes of the general. In less than an hour, the general will break through Wancheng's defenses!"

Li Cheng likes generals like Gao Jun. When facing the enemy, he is confident and arrogant. Moreover, he himself really has outstanding skills. Li Cheng nodded and smiled: "Then, I am going to have a drink with General Gao in the city."

"General, just wait and see!" As he spoke, Gao Jun picked up his gun, mounted his horse, and headed straight for Wancheng with 20,000 elite Zhen troops.

When he was about to enter the shooting range of Wancheng, Gao Jun didn't even stop and continued to rush forward.

At this moment, I heard a squeaking sound in front of my ear, and a long and sharp whistling sound came out.

Snapped!

A rattling arrow flew in front of Gao Jun's horse and nailed it deeply to the ground. This is a warning shot from the other side, telling him not to move forward any further. Almost at the same time, the city gate of Wancheng opened, and a general ran out from inside. This general had a golden helmet on his head and wore golden armor. He got off a bay-red horse and held a long halberd. This halberd is famous for opening. Heavenly War Halberd.

This wind general is none other than Lei Zhen.

The Zhen army came with great force, and they fought and won consecutively along the way. No one could defeat them. The soldiers in Wancheng were generally afraid of the enemy. Considering this, Zong Yuan suggested to Wu Mei that one of his own generals should be sent out to kill the enemy. Several loyal generals really want to strengthen their own morale.

Wu Mei felt that what Zong Yuan said was reasonable, and naturally looked at Lei Zhen. Currently, the only general that the Feng Army could use was Lei Zhen. If he sent a few other generals, he would probably be killed instead of killing the enemy. of.

Of course, Lei Zhen knew his own situation very well. Even though he had a low-key temperament, he could only stand up at this time, step in and salute, and said: "General, I am willing to go out of the city to fight the enemy!"

Wu Mei was waiting for his words and asked hurriedly: "How many troops are General Gao going to take out of the city?"

Lei Zhen said: "There is no need to lead troops, the general can just leave the city alone!"

Wu Mei was taken aback and said, "How is that possible..."

Lei Zhen had never been on the battlefield and was not very confident in himself. He smiled bitterly and said: "If the general is defeated, he can withdraw if he wants to. But if you take your troops and horses out of the city, in case of defeat, you will be afraid of the enemy." The army will take advantage of the chaos and rush into the city!"

His words made Wu Mei dumbfounded. Before going into battle, Lei Zhen was thinking about how he could fight this battle if he lost the battle. Zong Yuan can understand Lei Zhen's thoughts. Lei Zhen is not very clear about his own strength yet, at least not sure where he ranks among generals.

Zong Yuan said with a smile: "That's fine! Since General Lei doesn't want to lead troops into battle, then don't lead them." As he spoke, he pointed to the Zhen army outside the city and said: "The enemy's leading army looks like about 20,000 people. , This must be here to test our strength, and the generals leading it are not very powerful. It would be best if General Lei can take the enemy general's head, but defeating the enemy general is acceptable. "

He said it in an understatement, but Wu Mei looked surprised. Wasn't the general of the leading army very powerful? How can this be? Generally speaking, the general of the leading army is the most brave and skilled in the whole army, otherwise the general would not send him to lead the battle!

What Zong Yuan said made Lei Zhen's nervous mood relax a lot. He cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Lord Zong, for telling me, I'm going to leave!" With that, he walked down the city wall and left the city single-handedly.

Let's talk about Gao Jun, who was leading the battle outside the city. When he saw the Wancheng soldiers opening up and a general rushing out from inside, he was a little unable to react for a while. Since entering the territory of Feng Kingdom, Zhen's army has always defended the cities wherever they went, and no generals have ever been sent out of the city to fight.

After being stunned for a moment, he came back to his senses, and then hurriedly raised his spear high to signal the soldiers behind him to stop advancing. Then, he urged his horse to take a few steps forward, and looked forward carefully. After seeing clearly, he couldn't help but I was so happy. It turned out that the opponent only had one general out of the city, and not even a single soldier behind him. This was really interesting.

Gao Jun was about to rush his horse to fight. At this time, a general stepped forward and intervened: "There is no use in killing a chicken with a bull's knife! General Gao, please let the last general go into battle and take the enemy general's head!"

"Yes!" The opponent only had one general, and Gao Jun felt that it was not worth taking action. He nodded and said, "A quick victory, our army will enter Wancheng before noon!"

"The general will understand!"

The general nodded in response, then, holding a knife in one hand, he urged his horse to go straight towards Lei Zhen.

Seeing a general coming from the opposite side, Lei Zhen still followed the battlefield rules he knew and signed up with his hand: "General Lei is downwind..."

Before he could finish his words, the general was already in front of him, sweeping the spiritual sword in his hand and grabbing Lei Zhen's neck.

Yo! This person doesn't understand the rules so much that he doesn't even give his name and starts attacking when he comes up. Sure enough, what Mr. Zong said was correct. The enemy general did not have much strength. If he were a famous general, he would never be so rude. Thinking about it in his mind, Lei Zhen didn't stop his hand. He raised the horizontal halberd outward in a leisurely manner, and heard a crisp clang in his ear.

The spirit knife that slashed at his neck was deflected by his halberd.

ah? This wind is so powerful! General Zhen was secretly surprised. When the two horses were about to cross each other, he withdrew his spiritual sword and stabbed Lei Zhen's chest with the edge of the sword's tail. Lei Zhen stepped aside to get out of the way of his opponent. At this time, the two horses had already passed each other. Just as General Zhen was about to rein in his horse and fight back, Lei Zhen suddenly struck back with a halberd, slashing the back of General Zhen's head.

This strike back to the horse halberd was fast and cruel, beyond the general's expectation. By the time the latter realized what was wrong and tried to dodge, it was already too late.

Click!

With a crisp sound, the crescent-shaped edge of the halberd hit the back of General Zhen's neck. The latter's spiritual armor shattered with the sound, and Douda's head was also cut off by Lei Zhen's halberd.

Thin! The headless corpse fell off the war horse. The horse screamed strangely, turned around and ran back to the Zhenjun camp.

quiet! At this time, everything inside and outside Wancheng was quiet. People on both sides of the enemy and ourselves were staring at Lei Zhen in the center of the battlefield with their eyes wide open, unable to react.