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Chapter 417 The War Begins
Golden Crow breaks dawn, and a new day comes.

Last night, the Dali barracks was not peaceful. People broke into many times and caused riots, but they were quickly suppressed and quelled.

War is not a child's play. Dajiang wanted to assassinate the general of Dali's army before the war, but Dali's side had already prepared, and they failed.

dong dong dong~!

Thunderous drums resounded over the camp of the army. Hearing the sound of the drums, the soldiers who had not taken off their armors and put down their weapons since the expedition came out of the tents and began to assemble.

"Hurry up, hurry up, the general has an order. I will wait for the pikemen to attack the city at any time. Each team counts the number of people and gathers, but if there are escapees, they will be killed without mercy!" The captain's voice resounded around, his tone cold and stern.

Soldiers have to go to the battlefield. The so-called raising soldiers is used for a thousand days. Soldiers enjoy the support of the state when they are free from work. Deserters during war are not worthy of living in this world.

"Have all the teams arrived?" Yun Jing asked the team leaders.

Although it is clear at a glance who is coming and who is not, there are still necessary procedures.

"Huiyun Squadron, everyone is here"

Zhao Dezhu and the others answered one after another.

Nodding his head, Yun Jing glanced at everyone and said, "Everyone, our squadron has more than 20 people. Yun hopes that there will still be so many people when he comes back. Let's go and gather in the direction of the brigade."

War is ruthless. Once on the battlefield, facing enemies from all directions, who can guarantee that he can come back alive safely?

"Captain, I guess I've eaten something bad and I want to have diarrhea..." When going to the assembly point of the brigade, a small soldier reported to Liu Sanhui in a low voice.

Liu San stared at him coldly and lowered his voice to warn: "We are about to go to the battlefield. At this time, you tell me that you want to have diarrhea? No matter if you are real or fake, you can either hold it back for me or pull your pants down." Otherwise, you will be punished as a deserter and your head will be chopped off!"

The little soldier wanted to cry, but his expression was distorted because of the discomfort, and he said with a mournful face: "Captain, I really want to have diarrhea."

"It's about this time, there's no way, you can pull your pants down, it's better than beheading, don't worry, no one will laugh at you", Liu San glanced at the other party sympathetically and said speechlessly.

Immediately afterwards, there was a puff sound from the soldier's crotch, and then the stench filled, he really pulled his pants down.

Everyone: "..."

You are so serious!

Fortunately, in the cold weather, the soldiers with trouser pockets wore thick clothes. Although there was a bad smell, it was not a big problem.

Yun Jing couldn't hide this from Yun Jing, he was in a complicated mood, the soldier's diarrhea was real, but more of it was the incontinence caused by nervousness and fear, after all, he was about to go to the battlefield, he could die at any time, he only had one life, who wouldn't be afraid?
After all, these soldiers are all veterans who have been on the battlefield, and their psychological quality is excellent. The soldier with diarrhea is an exception. Everyone understands that they are not making fun of him.

As the squadrons, squadrons and brigades... assembled step by step, the 20,000 people spear army that Yunjing was in finally left the barracks, lined up through the simple city wall built yesterday, and marched straight to Nanyang City of the Dajiang Dynasty.

Today will be the beginning of the decisive battle. It is related to the pattern of the entire follow-up war, and there is no room for loss. If Nanyang City cannot be broken in the first battle, it will have a great blow to morale!
On the vast ice field, hundreds of thousands of troops are rushing like a raging crowd.

Yunjing and his 20,000-people pikemen came two miles away from Nanyang City and stopped to line up. Next to them were two other pikemen. The three generals who led the three pikemen gathered together to discuss the battle plan.

In fact, there is nothing to discuss. After the battle starts, the higher-ups will rush and fight wherever the higher-ups tell them to fight. Such a large-scale battle is not something that young generals can make decisions. All they need to do is listen to them.

In addition to the pikemen, other arms are assembled on the ice field, and the number has exceeded 400,000 and is approaching 500,000!

In other words, at the beginning of this war, Dali dispatched 500,000 troops, and the attitude of the decisive battle was beyond doubt.

There were no cavalry in the assembled army. In fact, it was easy to understand. Although the cavalry was powerful, it was not suitable for cavalry to fight in the ice and snow today, and it was siege, so the cavalry was useless at all.

At the forefront of the assembly of the Dali army, one mile away from Nanyang City, is Li Qiu's [-] Thunder Fire Army soldiers.

Li Qiu's Thunderfire Legion has 300,000 people, but now only 100,000 people have been dispatched. These [-] people are the vanguard and the key to breaking through Nanyang City.

In the past wars and sieges, they really used human lives to fill them up. It was a veritable war of attrition, which consumed the lives of soldiers. Now, with the appearance of Li Qiu's thunder and fire army, the war pattern will definitely be rewritten!
The equipment of the Thunderfire Legion is different from other armies. They are not equipped with metal armor, but all wear cloth armor, and they are not equipped with various weapons. Everyone carries a cloth bag, and the bag contains gadgets...

In addition to the configurations on the soldiers, this Lei Huo army also brought boxes of various sizes to the battlefield. Some boxes needed horses and oxen to pull them. , and more catapults.

Among the crowd lined up, Yun Jing saw the equipment of the Lei Huo Legion at the forefront, and then looked at Da Jiang Nan Yang City with sympathy.

He couldn't help thinking at this moment, with the Thunder and Fire Legion leading the way ahead, he guessed it would mean a smooth battle.

Although the city walls of Nanyang City are tall and solid, and there are countless masters above it, can it withstand an iron bump the size of a basketball?
Dali's army lined up in an orderly manner to prepare for battle, and Dajiang Dynasty's Nanyang City was also actively preparing for battle.

The city wall is full of soldiers, the archers are in place, the crossbow bed has been opened, and the crossbow bolts that are as thick as arms, the kind of crossbow bed that needs a winch to be pulled open, the crossbow bolts shot at the innate level, it is estimated that one arrow is a child, little soldier Miscellaneous soldiers and the like will definitely end up wearing candied haws, and there are such crossbow beds in Nanyang City every 20 meters, and each crossbow bed can shoot three crossbow bolts at a time.

In addition, there is also a stacking crossbow, which consists of more than ten crossbows stacked together. Although its power is far inferior to that of a bed crossbow, it is superior in that it can shoot dozens of crossbow arrows at one time. It can be called a machine gun in the era of cold weapons.

On the city wall, there are rolling logs and rocks, as well as kerosene and boiled golden juice. These things are very useful when the enemy troops come to the bottom of the city wall!

The ground below Nanyang City is full of horse-rejection piles, horse pits and trenches, and outside the city wall, there is water and condensed ice, so it is impossible to climb up. There are various preparations on the city wall, which can be said to be good at defending the city. Extreme.

They are defending the city, and there is no need to send troops out to fight. According to the previous war mode, in such weather, if the attacking party wants to take down a city, it may not succeed even if it pays several times the price. It is purely filled with human life. War of attrition.

But now, in Dali's side, Li Qiu has already taken over the task of breaking the city. He has also issued a military order, and even explained clearly the methods of the Lei Huo Army's attack on the city. Initiate a showdown this season.

Ever since he learned that there was a big movement in Dali, Jia Pingnan, the commander of the three armies guarding Nanyang City in Dajiang, called his soldiers to discuss countermeasures.

They didn't know what Dali's side was thinking until now that Dali's army had come out of the city, so they started fighting in such a season, and it was still the rhythm of a decisive battle.

"Old dog Qin must be mentally ill." Jia Pingnan stood on Nanyang City and looked at Dali's side and said speechlessly. In this weather, ordinary soldiers are too cold to hold their weapons in the field for a long time, but they want to start a war. It's not their brains. What is sickness?
Jia Pingnan was wearing a pitch-black armor, which was extremely ferocious, with sharp metal spikes on each joint, especially the shoulder pad on the right shoulder, which was shaped like a poisonous snake's head with its mouth open and its fangs exposed.

This armor is made of special materials, and it is a set of treasure armor with 'special effects'. The whole body emits a dark and cold light. Wearing this armor, Jia Pingnan is like a demon god, and no one dares to approach within three meters.

This set of armor can be described as priceless, and even if you have money, you can’t buy it. Wearing it, you can’t easily break through the armor and hurt Jia Pingnan. Don't try to hurt him.

He is holding a pitch-black halberd, and that halberd also has 'special effects'. The whole halberd is emitting black cold light, flowing around the halberd like flowing water. Needless to say, the halberd in his hand is also a magical weapon .

"General, although I don't understand Qin An Tai'an's intentions to send troops in such a season, but looking at the formation on the other side, there is something wrong. The opponent has attacked our Nanyang City many times in the past, and all of them were armed with spears and shields. They escorted the siege equipment in the front, but now, how did they arrange an army in cloth armor in the front? And the weapons equipped except for a waist knife are a package, it is really confusing."

Beside Jia Pingnan, a lieutenant general looked at Dali's formation and frowned.

Jia Pingnan's status was sufficient, and he didn't put Qin Antai in his eyes, so he was able to speak rudely, but the speaker didn't dare to do that, he still gave Qin Antai respect, and he didn't dare to call him by his name too much.

"Qin Antai is not a radical person, nor is he old-fashioned. He dared to start a war in this world. He must have something to rely on. Maybe it has something to do with the army in front of them. He will not fight uncertain battles. Pass the order. The whole army is on high alert, don't take it lightly, you have been taught to be a man by Qin Laogou," Jia Pingnan said in a deep voice, looking ahead.

Jia Pingnan, who can be appointed as the commander of the three armies of Nanyang City, is not an idler. Although they are on the defensive side and they have an absolute advantage, they have not underestimated their opponents because of this, but have become more vigilant.

War is not a joke. In the event of an accident, he, the commander of the three armies, will bear the heaviest responsibility. He will defend the border for the country. Once the border is breached, what face does Jia Pingnan have to repay His Majesty's trust?What face do you have to face Dajiang Wanmin?You can't be too cautious.

"Don't worry, Commander, our army has gathered 200,000 soldiers to fight on the city wall at any time, and 300,000 soldiers are on standby at any time. In addition, there are 500,000 troops ready for battle. There are a total of one million people. Dali's side is not going to be easy." Breaking the city, even if it is a fight to consume, our army sticks to the city wall, and they can afford to spend as much as they come. In the end, they can only leave in despair, and we may even have a chance to beat the dog in the water." Jiaping went to the south The general in the army vowed.

Defense is more advantageous than offense. Although the Dajiang Dynasty's army stationed around Nanyang City is smaller than that of Dali, it is also limited. Since Dali dares to fight, the next step is, whoever is afraid of whom.

They are defensive, this season, Dali can't break through Nanyang City without paying several times the price, and Dali has millions of people to waste here?

Of course, this is only an ideal state in normal combat. The war changes rapidly, and various schemes will lead to a tilted battle situation.

Jia Pingnan was naturally aware of the deployment that his generals said, but at this time he somehow felt that it was not enough, so he ordered: "Let the 300,000 troops on standby enter the city to assemble, and the remaining 500,000 troops are on standby to enter the city to fight at any time."

Although some people felt that Jia Pingnan's arrangement was redundant, they could only actively cooperate with the commander in chief.

"Old dog Qin, what kind of tricks are you going to play? You have broken through the border of our river in the past, and you were beaten back in the end, especially the last time. After I came here, you have never broken the city again. To you I am already familiar with the methods, this time, why do you dare to fight again? With a few 100,000 people gathered by you or an army of one hundred thousand behind?" Jia Pingnan looked ahead and thought to himself.

At the beginning, Dajiang planned to kill Master Chen of the Dali Dynasty, as if cutting off an arm of the Dali Dynasty. He was supposed to go south to attack Dali in a big way, but he didn't know that the plan could not keep up with the changes. In order to increase national strength, Dajiang had to temporarily suspend his offensive plan, but the Dali Dynasty took the lead in launching the war.

This dozen is many years.

Over the years, Dajiang has been in a passive state of being beaten. Although the Sangluo Dynasty and the Golden Wolf Dynasty jointly put pressure on Dali, those two parties did not work hard.

Now the Dajiang Dynasty has long been dissatisfied with this passive and beaten situation. As the coach guarding Nanyang City, Jia Pingnan's status is high enough. He has already learned that the cabinet has already discussed with the Sangluo Dynasty and the Golden Wolf Dynasty to formulate a southward strategy. In two years, the Three Kingdoms will move south to carve up the territory of Dali in one fell swoop!
If you want to carve up the territory of Dali, there is a problem that cannot be avoided, that is, you must get rid of those mythical people in Dali in advance, otherwise everything will be a joke. After all, if the mythical realm is not eliminated, whoever is below that level They can't bear the anger of the mythical realm, and everyone will have trouble sleeping and eating.

Get rid of the mythical realm of Dali in advance. Although the Dajiang Dynasty had a chance to succeed at the beginning, it is precisely because of that achievement that it is not easy to get rid of the mythical realm of Dali. Dajiang relies on himself The country can't do it. It needs to unite the strength of the other two countries to ensure nothing goes wrong.

However, it was related to the Mythical Realm, so Jia Pingnan could not intervene.

But whoever is a bit ambitious emperor and general would not want to expand the territory and become famous through the ages?As long as the strength is sufficient, there is nothing wrong with trying to invade the territory of other countries. History is written by the victors, aggression and annexation. After time, civilization assimilates and civilians can live in peace. Who cares about the situation of the ancestors...

"Perhaps in my lifetime, I can still witness the Dali dynasty disappear in the long river of history, now let's let you dance for a while longer," Jia Pingnan thought to himself while looking at the Dali army who had already prepared for the battle ahead.

His name is Ping Nan, so why didn't he go south to wipe out the ambition of Dali himself!
In this era of war, there is no such thing as a one-on-one battle between the generals of the two armies before the war. Dali decided to do it after making preparations.

"General Li, I'll leave it to you," Qin Antai looked at Li Qiu and said in the temporary tent of the Chinese army.

Although the decision to go to war in the dead of winter is the emperor of Dali, Qin Antai is also under great pressure. If Li Qiu had not repeatedly assured that he had the confidence to break the city, Qin Antai would never take such a risk, and would try his best to dissuade His Majesty from withdrawing his order .

What should be said has been discussed countless times before, and then just wait for the good news.

In fact, why did Qin Antai not want to fight to determine the world, especially now that Dali does not have the power of the mythical realm of the Three Kingdoms in the North, without this concern, he can still open the opponent's country, why not try?

"Don't worry, Commander. Today we will celebrate in Nanyang City. As long as we open the gate of Nanyang City, our army will be able to enter Dajiang. It's too early to say these things, Li Qiu will go, let's see Li break through Nanyang City and clear the way for our army!"

After finishing speaking, Li Qiulong walked away to the front line to command the battle. Now that the battle is about to start, his guard of the true state of mind is even closer.

"Pass down the order, the whole army will step forward three hundred steps, and place Nanyang City within the range of the catapult attack," he ordered when he came to the front line and left to look at the opposite side.

He gave an order, and the one hundred thousand Leihuo army moved forward after hearing the news, and moved forward three hundred steps. At this distance, the city wall of Nanyang City was already within one mile, but it was out of the range of the opponent's bow and arrow, even if the opponent was condescending, they couldn't shoot so far Even if the opponent's crossbow bed shoots so far, the power is greatly reduced.

The [-] Thunder Army stopped at the specified distance, and a catapult was ready.

On Nanyang City, Jia Pingnan frowned slightly.

Dali dispatched a hundred thousand soldiers without shield protection, but they stopped when they were out of the range of the bow and arrow, as if they were about to attack.

"What kind of tricks are you playing? The catapult can throw stones here. Could it be that the other party wants to use the catapult to smash down the city wall? Then you have to cast it forever..."

Thoughts flickered, Jia Pingnan really didn't understand what Dali was thinking.

Ka Ka Ka ~!

Lei Huojun's more than 200 catapults aimed at Nanyang City, and the winch made a rattling sound. When the catapults were ready to go, the boxes that came with the catapults were opened one after another, and inside were iron balls the size of basketballs. Pimple, the kind with a fuse!

The iron lumps were placed where the stones were originally placed.

Seeing that all the catapults were ready, Li Qiu ordered: "Light it up and shoot!"

Whoo~!

A torch was brought to the iron lump fuze to ignite it. Immediately afterwards, someone hit the throwing mechanism of the catapult with a hammer. Amidst the whistling sound, iron lumps the size of basketballs flew towards Nanyang City. .

"This is a mountain-opening thunder, which is enough to blow up the rocks. The martial arts at the early stage of innate cultivation will be smashed to pieces under the explosion of the mountain-opening thunder at close range. Although the city wall of Nanyang City is strong, how many explosions can it withstand? Of course, some of the other party Innate mid-to-late stage experts and true intentions can block the mountain mines from a distance, but how many of them are there? Two hundred catapults from our side cast the mountain mines at the same time, and the opponent can at most resist part of it... After this battle, the reputation of the Thunderfire Legion will definitely be destroyed. It will resound throughout the world!"

Li Qiu looked at Nanyang City on the opposite side and said silently.

Among the spearmen, Yun Jing was always paying attention to the battle, and when he saw the catapult drop the bomb, the corner of his mouth subconsciously twitched.

"Use bombs to bomb before hand-to-hand combat. Isn't this bullying? I guess Dajiang never dreamed that Dali would have such a thing. Well, although he provided ideas for Master at the beginning, in just a few years, he still didn't know what to do. The artillery can be built, maybe it has already been built, but it can’t be guaranteed that Da Lizang is the first hand, and it will be a surprise when the opponent is familiar with the mode of dropping bombs from the catapult and then moves out the artillery..."

Whispering in his heart, Yunjing looked ahead and waited for the scene that Huo-Yao will present after its debut in this world.

On the city wall of Nanyang City, when they saw Dali throw iron bumps with catapults, many people looked at each other.

"What are the people in Dali doing, throwing precious iron materials like stones? You can't do such a thing until your head was kicked by a donkey?"

"They didn't come to attack the city, they tried to use the catapult to break the city, didn't they wake up, no matter how many iron bumps they put in, it would be useless..."

Many people in the Dajiang Dynasty were really stunned by Dali's actions, and they had never seen such a fighting mode.

Although I have never seen anything like this, there are still some martial arts masters who have instincts.

Jia Pingnan frowned the first time he saw the iron lumps thrown by Da Li, feeling that the thing was not simple, and immediately exhaled and said, "This thing is weird, stop it."

While speaking, he raised his hand and waved the halberd with special effects in his hand, a white edge flew out, and in an instant, the curved white edge of the painting, which was 200 meters in size, swept out, spanning a distance of [-] meters and striking more than ten over the bomb.

The reaction of the others was a bit slower than Jia Pingnan's. By the time those capable people reacted, the bombs were already approaching the city wall, so all kinds of swords, lights and swords flew out, making the whole place colorful Quite nice.

Boom boom~!

More than a dozen bombs exploded in the air under Jia Pingnan's sharp sweep. The flames were dazzling and the sound shook the whole field, just like the roar of thunder. The sudden explosion shocked countless people on both sides of the battlefield.

The explosion radius of the millstone-sized bomb is about [-] meters, but the explosive fragments can reach hundreds of meters!
Jia Pingnan, who is at the top of the level of true artistic conception, can only resist more than a dozen bombs with a single blow. After all, those things are scattered, but more of them explode close to their city walls, and some fall on the walls and explode. Burst!
Boom boom~!

A thunderous roar resounded through the heaven and earth, and the ground trembled slightly as the fire flickered.

Under the explosive power of the basketball-sized bomb, the city walls of Nanyang City trembled, and the condensed shell poured with water was overwhelmed and shattered. Several bombs exploded nearby, and the city walls made of solid stone were blown to collapse!
The 'damage' caused by the power of the bomb explosion to the city wall of Nanyang City was secondary, mainly because under such an explosion, the soldiers of Dajiang on the city wall would be unlucky.

Within 30 meters of the bomb explosion, the bodies of ordinary soldiers were torn apart, and flesh and blood flew everywhere.

Within a range of [-] meters, ordinary soldiers would bleed to death whenever they were hit by bombs.

That's not all, the fragments of the bomb exploded within hundreds of meters. The place where the raging metal fragments passed was like the scythe of death, harvesting the lives of the soldiers of Dajiang. The fragments spread, and their heads went blank due to the terrifying roar. Countless people's ears were bleeding and they could no longer hear any sound!
Only one round of artillery fire baptized, in the area affected by the artillery fire on the Great Jiangnan City, there were not many people who could stand, and the death toll was tens of thousands!
The people of the Dajiang Dynasty were immediately stunned by the bombing. So many people died, the city walls were damaged, and countless equipment were destroyed, but Dali did not spend a single soldier.

However, this was just the beginning. Before the people of Dajiang Dynasty could react from the shock, Li Qiu had already ordered the second round of artillery fire!

Huhuhu~
The bombs that ignited the fuzes flew towards Jiangnanyang City like meteorites falling.

"It's true that your city has a thick wall and can withstand several rounds of thunderstorms. Once you lose the city wall, no matter how many troops you have in the rear, what's the point in front of firearms!" Looking at Nanyang City ahead, Li Qiu was silent in his heart. road.

"Open the city gate and attack, regardless of the cost, destroy the opponent's catapult!" Jia Pingnan, the commander of Dajiang's three armies, stood on the city wall and ordered loudly.

After seeing the power of artillery fire, he realized that it was no longer possible to stick to resistance, and he had to take the initiative to attack and destroy Dali's catapult.

As for the question of how many soldiers will die in front of the terrifying iron bumps after dispatching troops, Jia Pingnan certainly thought about it, but it's better than being bombed passively. If you just stand still, the city will be destroyed soon. The weird iron bumps on Dali opened the way, what did the Dajiang Dynasty do to stop their progress?

Now the only option is to destroy Dali's catapult regardless of the cost.

After giving the order, Jia Pingnan looked in Li Qiu's direction, and said coldly, "This man must die, this army must be wiped out, otherwise we will be in danger!"

At the time of his order, the Thunderfire Legion's second round of gunfire baptism has arrived, and it is still the iron lumps of burning fuzes.

However, with the previous round of baptism, Dajiang saw the horror of that thing, and those who were capable all shot to stop it.

At the same time, the Dajiang army who received the order opened the city gate and rushed towards the army of the Dali Dynasty like a torrent, trying to destroy the most threatening catapult.

Seeing Dajiang's army rushing out, Li Qiu sneered in his heart, looking for death.

He ordered: "Protect the catapult according to the rehearsal, and the rest of the soldiers, get out, let these people from the Great River Dynasty see the methods of our Thunder Fire Corps!"

Following Li Qiu's order, the soldiers of the Lei Huo Army opened their bags and took out bamboo tubes as thick as wrists, the kind with fuzes.

In addition to gunpowder, these bamboo tubes have iron nails and iron pieces added.

Some soldiers even took out fist-sized iron lumps and placed them on the modified crossbows.

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(End of this chapter)