Emperor Taizong's Growth Plan

Xia Guo Yicheng County, Shuzhou City.

This Yicheng County prefecture is the barrier of Xia Guojingji.

Although it can be seen from the map that both sides of the Yangtze River are vast and there are many prefectures and cities, the Yun army can directly attack the capital of Xia Kingdom in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River as long as it bypasses here a little.

But in fact, this Shuzhou City is an important town that the Yun army cannot bypass!
Because in the north of Shuzhou City, there are many peaks, and the Dabie Mountains stretch for nearly a thousand miles from east to west.In the south of Shuzhou City, it is composed of Huangshan Mountain, Jiuhua Mountain, Qiyun Mountain and many other mountain ranges, the most rugged and difficult mountainous area in southern Anhui!
Shuzhou City guards the only road downstream along the Yangtze River.If we don't capture this place, it will be difficult for the Yun Army to continue attacking Xia Guo!
At this time, under the city of Shuzhou.

The artificially excavated moat has a wide surface, attracting water from the Yangtze River and surrounding the city.The huge entrance bridge is raised high at this time.The river is extremely deep and the fast-flowing moat directly blocks the road leading to the city gate.

At the city gate, the city gates weighing ten thousand catties and made of fine steel were also tightly closed at this time.

The city wall, which is more than ten feet high, is made of green bricks and three-component clay, and stands majestically.There are defensive measures such as Tibetan soldier caves and horse faces all over it.Behind the city gate, there are urns and turrets garrisoned by Xia Jun's elite.

The strict defense has built the entire Shuzhou City into an impregnable fortress!
Thanks to Wu Zhengping's prompt decision, he had already gathered all the Xia troops in Yicheng County, together with the reinforcements from the Xia Kingdom who came one after another, forming an army composed of [-] elite soldiers and [-] local county soldiers!
It is naturally impossible for such an army to fight the cloud army in the field.

But Wu Zhengping was confident, and under his command, he led this army to defend Shuzhou City, relying on the danger of the city, to resist the advance of the Yun army,
It is still possible to stop the speed of the cloud army's advance!
At this time, outside Shuzhou City.

The sky was filled with smoke and dust, covering the sky.The forest-like Yunlong banner was raised high, surging continuously.

The generals and soldiers of the Xia army guarding the city wall heard the clear roar of horses and iron hooves, and the sound of marching together with the soldiers.

Looking up, the generals of the Yun army in white armor, like a tide, are coming from all over the mountains and plains in the distance.

The billowing wolf smoke, entangled with the chilling air of the battlefield, shot straight into the sky.

In an instant, the color of the sky and the earth changed, and dark clouds shrouded it, coming towards Shuzhou City, casting a shadow.

The majestic, majestic and majestic power of the Yun army weighed on the hearts of all the soldiers of the Xia army in the city, making them feel like a heavy boulder was pressing on their chests, making them breathless.

Wu Zhengping flicked his cloak, and surrounded by a group of generals, he walked quickly to the city wall.

Rao is a group of people, all of whom are veterans who are used to fighting. Now seeing the majestic power of the Yun Kingdom army in the distance, they couldn't help but take a deep breath.

At this time, there were countless lieutenant generals in the Xia army, and a trace of despair suddenly appeared in their hearts.

Such a mighty army is extremely frightening. If it weren't for the fact that the city of Shuzhou was high and deep, the morale of the Xia army would have completely collapsed by now!
Outside Shuzhou City, the Yun Army lined up here, and the square formation of soldiers was orderly and chilling.

Tens of thousands of elite cloud troops gathered here, but there was no sound.In my ears, I only heard the banners of the cloud army standing in a forest, fluttering in the wind, and the sound of hunting.

Hundreds of murderous aura radiated from all over the body, and the elite and abnormal personal soldiers, surrounded by the commander-in-chief banner, poured out of the army.

Under the big banner, Wu Zixu was wearing a battle armor and patrolling the army formation.The big red cloak kept flying, making it extremely flamboyant.

Wherever the handsome banner went, the Yunlong banner erected in the army surged like waves.

The generals of the Yun Army held their weapons and looked at Wu Zixu with burning eyes, and shouted in unison:
"mighty!"

"mighty!"

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Its voice is deafening, which shows that the morale of the cloud army is extremely high, and the intention to fight is undoubtedly revealed.

Just like that, Wu Zixu swaggered around in front of the formation of the two armies, and after boosting morale, he reined in his horse and squinted to look at Wu Zhengping, whose figure was quite vague on the city wall.

"You really can bear your temper," Zixu snorted coldly, and said to himself with a trace of dissatisfaction.

Although he wholeheartedly wanted to destroy the land and society of the Xia Kingdom, as a leader, he never made any mistakes because of his urgency.

So he knew very well that if he lost too many troops in order to storm the fortified city in front of him, then he would be forced to stop his attack on Jinling City.

And just now, the reason why he personally patrolled the formation in front of the formation of the two armies was to see if he could use his own identity to inspire the masters of the Xia army in the city to lead the troops out of the city for a surprise attack.

To be honest, some generals of the Xia army in the city just now had such thoughts.

Especially Yun Kaige, Xia Guoming's number one expert, wanted to rely on his cultivation in the land gods and fairyland to forcefully kill Wu Zixu.

It was Wu Zhengping who was clear-headed and knew that Wu Zixu, as the commander-in-chief of the army, would never fall into danger easily.At this time, if he dared to step forward, he definitely had his trump cards, so he ordered some generals, headed by Yun Kaige, not to go out of the city to attack.

Seeing that he failed to lure the enemy, Wu Zixu shook his head slightly, and said in a deep voice:

"Prepare to attack!"

All the generals of the Yunjun beside him immediately straightened up when they heard the words, and shouted in unison:

"Order!"

Immediately, all the generals dispersed, each returned to the army, and ordered to prepare for the attack.

The cloud army formation, which was originally neat and immovable like a mountain, suddenly dispersed like a tide.

Countless siege equipment was pushed out.

The most eye-catching thing is the dozen or so vehicles pulled by several pack horses.

The carriage was covered with white cloth.Where the cloth didn't cover it, the thick, pitch-black steel cannon barrel was exposed.

More than 30 military masters specially allocated to the artillery team directly carried the artillery weighing more than [-] catties by virtue of their vigorous military horizontal training.

In just a short while, the dozen or so huge, hideous, black cannons were aimed directly at Shuzhou City in the distance.

The craftsmen of the Shenji Institute accompanying the army continued to direct the lieutenant general and school, adjusting the angle of the muzzle.

On the city wall of Shuzhou, Wu Zhengping looked at the moving cloud army and the strange long black cylinder that was constantly fiddling in front of the army formation, and suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

General Xia Jun, who also saw it, couldn't help pointing to the distance, frowned and said:

"What it is?"

"Could it be some newly invented trebuchet?"

Wu Zhengping frowned, and suddenly thought of the elite Xia army in Southwest China who were completely annihilated by the Yun army.

There were actually many reasons worth talking about when Rongzhou City suffered a disastrous defeat.

The cloud army is elite and brave, the army's retreat is cut off, and the commander is incompetent.
But Wu Zhengping believes that the most important reason is that the cloud army suddenly revealed the method of gathering the army, which caught the Xia army off guard, and many soldiers thought it was the help of ghosts and gods.

Under the demoralization, Wu Zixu used his weak force to wipe out the entire army!
Yunguo likes to use these weird things.

But this time, the dozen or so cannons in front of him gave Wu Zhengping such a bad premonition.

"Something's wrong!" Wu Zhengping said in a low tone.

But when Wu Zhengping ordered the army to be on alert and urged the generals to stabilize the morale of the army, only the sound of "bang" was heard.

In an instant, it was like the roar of thunder, exploding in the ears of the soldiers of the two armies.

Gunpowder smoke was everywhere, and the flames appeared at first glance. The iron shells were like meteors, piercing the sky, and even ignited the surrounding air amidst the whistling sound.

There was another "bang" sound, and the ground on the city wall was suddenly shaken, and rubble was thrown up.

sound of panic
The sound of screaming, the sound of despair and collapse, instantly enveloped the walls of Shuzhou City.

Some of the shells fired by more than ten artillery pieces hit the wall, smashing huge holes and cracks in the extremely strong Shuzhou city wall.

Some shells directly hit the city wall, directly destroying a turret.Under the broken bricks and tiles, more than a hundred elite Xia soldiers died here before they made any achievements.Only the bright red blood flowed down the wreckage of the turret.

There was also the artillery whose angle was adjusted somehow, and the shells fired directly shot into Shuzhou City, destroying all the residential buildings near the city wall.The cruelty and ruthlessness of the war, which affects innocent people, is vividly reflected.

At this time, not to mention the soldiers of the Xia army in Shuzhou City, even the elite of the Yunguo army who had never seen the artillery show off their power, was temporarily deaf by the artillery roar, their brains were buzzing, and they were stunned and at a loss.

On the huge battlefield, the two countries' tens of thousands of troops fell into a daze.

After a while, the generals of the cloud army finally came to their senses.

Looking at the extremely miserable city walls of Shuzhou City in the distance, their faces were flushed, they were extremely excited, their morale exploded again, and they immediately let out cheers that shook the world.

Correspondingly, the generals and soldiers of the Xia Army in Shuzhou City fell into utter panic and despair, and their morale was completely defeated.

There were even signs that the county soldiers guarding the city walls fled in an organized manner in disregard of military orders.

Wu Zixu buttoned his ear piercings, shook his head, and then suddenly looked at the dozen or so cannons in front of the formation with extremely hot eyes, unable to hide his excitement, and said:
"Unbelievable. Unbelievable!"

"This is a god-given weapon of war. With this thing in hand, no matter how strong a city or fortress in the world is, it will not be able to withstand the sharp edge of my army!"

Sun Bin, Counselor of the Military Aircraft Department who escorted the artillery to the front line with a secret decree, could not help but answer:
"Your Majesty has said that if the artillery can be further developed, the nations of the world may no longer need to build city walls to protect the cities of the country."

Wu Zixu nodded repeatedly, then pulled out his sword from his waist, pointed at Shuzhou City in front of him, and shouted:
"Continue to fire and completely blow down the walls of Shuzhou City!"

The military order was issued, and the artillery, which had already shown its power, showed its power again.

But at this time, the cannons, which had been adjusted again, spewed smoke and fire, and the iron shells slammed into the city wall of Shuzhou city.

The ground shook again, and the gravel collapsed.The blue bricks outside the city wall were smashed directly, exposing the rammed earth inside.Some shells even rammed the city walls into earth, directly cracking them.

"what!"

Among Xia's army, Yun Kaige's eyes widened with anger, he yelled violently, and his figure jumped up suddenly.

In an instant, the vision of the great sun condensed in the sky, and the two suns volleyed in the sky, releasing scorching brilliance.

Yun Kaige had the terrifying cultivation of a land god, and there was nothing to hide. He shot with all his strength, and even directly met the dozen or so shells that were fired again.

Only five muffled sounds of "bang", "bang", "bang", "bang" and "bang" were heard in succession. Among them, five extremely powerful shells came with the force of wind and thunder, and were directly blocked by Yun Kaige. Or deviated from the direction, or fell to the ground.

But the speed of the shells fired was as fast as lightning, Yun Kaige shot with all his strength, but only blocked five of them.As for the rest of the shells, they were powerless to stop them, and could only watch helplessly as they slammed into the city wall again.

Wu Zhengping on the city wall had his pupils constricted in horror.

The land fairyland has always been considered to be the most powerful existence in the world.But facing the strange ordnance suddenly brought out by Yunjun, there is nothing he can do!
Yun Kaige turned back and landed heavily on the city wall, his feet sank more than an inch before he let go of his strength.

At this time, Yun Kaige looked at Yun Jun in front, blood flashed in his eyes, and his body became more violent, he gritted his teeth and said to Wu Zhengping:

"Commander, the general wants to lead his own soldiers out of the city to fight, and destroy the siege equipment of the Yun army!"

At this time, Xia Jun was able to temporarily protect the
The only way to live in Shuzhou City is to destroy all the artillery of the Yun Army.

Otherwise, let them continue to bombard dozens of rounds, not to mention the morale of the army, even the extremely strong city walls of Shuzhou City, I am afraid they can only be completely destroyed!
Wu Zhengping also knew that Yun Kaige was the only one who destroyed the Yun army's siege equipment at this time, so he couldn't help but feel moved.

But when he raised his head and looked into the distance, and saw the two wings of the cloud army encircled by crane wing formations, and placed the artillery under the half encirclement, Wu Zhengping knew that this plan was too dangerous!
If there is a little carelessness, I am afraid that the only master of the land fairyland in the Xia army will be besieged by the cloud army and completely suppressed and killed with the vision of the army.

Not to mention that since the Yun army can create such a siege equipment, it will naturally be able to create ten or even a hundred gates.

That is to say, in Shuzhou City, the morale of the soldiers of the army has collapsed, their courage is gone, and the casualties are fleeing. The general trend is over!
It is really not a worthwhile deal to exchange Yunkaige, a master in the army in the land fairyland, for a Shuzhou city that is destined to not last long.

Thinking of this, Wu Zhengping no longer hesitated, gritted his teeth, and said:
"Order the army to withdraw the city wall, disperse into the city, and fight with the Yun army to capture the city!"

The combat strength and morale of the Xia army are not as good as those of the Yun army.

Although there is an expert in the Land of Gods and Wonderland, under the suppression of the cloud army's vision, it is obviously impossible for one person to defeat the ten thousand army and drive the cloud army out.

The so-called street fighting to seize the city is just a measure to delay the time and increase the casualties of the Yun army!
As for the generals of the Xia army, even though they felt that something was wrong, none of them refuted it, and most of them responded without hesitation as if they were relieved:

"Follow!"

At this time, the craftsman of Shenji Institute was ordered to come to test the performance of the artillery.Even though the Xia army withdrew, the artillery bombardment continued.

After more than two hours of indiscriminate bombing, after more than a dozen cannons, two of which were misfired and three were blasted, the city wall of Shuzhou City finally couldn't support it and collapsed.

The generals of the Yun army took advantage of the situation and rushed into the city, fighting fiercely with the rest of the Xia army who stood firm.
The sixth year of Dayun Zhaosheng, spring, the 27th day of the first month.

On March [-]rd, when the emperors of Yunxia and Xia made an alliance, and more than a month away, Shuzhou City, Yicheng County, was officially broken.

The entire capital of Xia Kingdom has opened its doors to the army of Yun Kingdom!-
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