I am a soldier in the border army

Chapter 544: Prodigal Son! Besiege! Attack!
Under Han Shao's divine eyes, the city of Yinping was filled with an ochre-yellow aura that was showing signs of growing thicker.

However, this ochre-yellow air was different from the human aura that had gathered in the past. Instead, it was filled with the meaning of the underworld and death.

If you look closely, you can even vaguely see the struggle of the dead souls.

This undoubtedly confirmed Han Shao's previous conjecture.

The last volume of the Three Books of Heaven, Earth and Man, [The Book of Man], is indeed in Huang Tiandao's hands.

The dark and gloomy atmosphere that is currently permeating Yinping City must be related to that heavenly book.

In addition, Huang Tianjun forced ordinary people to join the army at this time.

Han Shao lowered his eyelids and couldn't help pinching his brows. When he raised his head again, his expression was indifferent.

"Don't worry about it."

"We will continue to fight this battle the same way. A few tricks won't do anything to overthrow the enemy."

Brazenly leading people to the underworld, illuminating the human world and disrupting yin and yang.

Is this what they want, everyone is like a dragon?

A hint of sneer appeared on Han Shao's face.

Zhao Mu, who was a little uneasy about the unusual movements of Huang Tianjun, suddenly had no worries after hearing Han Shao's words.

Speaking of which, the four generals under Han Shao are all loyal.

But when it comes to purity, Zhao Mu is the best.

Even Feng Can, who appears to be honest and reckless, is no match for him.

This almost blind loyalty also made him never question Han Shao's words.

Even if one day, Han Shao points to the sky and says this is Fang’s.

Zhao Mu would also nod seriously and then say something.

"I see."

Seeing this guy obeying his orders without hesitation, Han Shao laughed and cut off the connection without saying anything more.

As mentioned before, he will only watch from the sidelines in this battle, and how they fight will be entirely up to them.

He won't take action unless it is necessary.

……

Since Huang Tian’s army captured Yinping, for the next two days, hundreds of thousands of troops just huddled in the city and there was no movement.

Only the ominous aura that made people feel ominous at the slightest touch was becoming stronger and stronger.

"Could it be that these bandits intend to rely on Yinping City to fight us?"

Not only Zhao Mu's front army generals thought so, but Li Jing's central army generals in the rear could not help but frown.

Yinping City had high walls and strong defenses, and the Zhen Liao Army had always been fighting against the barbarians on the grasslands, so most of their tactics were based on field battles.

Even the Twelve Battalions of the Earth-Type Heavy Armored Army were not good at this type of siege warfare.

In addition, the number of Zhen Liao troops was several times smaller than that of Huang Tian’s army.

If you want to capture a fortified city defended by hundreds of thousands of Huang Tian soldiers with tens of thousands of heavy armored soldiers, you may not be able to fill the gap even if you sacrifice your lives.

"If we had known this, we shouldn't have let them seize Yinping!"

At this moment, many generals of the Zhen Liao Army felt a little regretful.

Li Jing, who had already known about the developments in Yinping City, was not surprised at all.

Seeing that all the generals had anxious and irritable expressions on their brows, Li Jing, who was sitting firmly in the tent, sneered for the first time.

"No hurries?"

"We have the advantage of location and people. If the rebels want to fight us, we will just fight them."

The generals present were stunned at first, and then suddenly realized that what Li Jing said made sense.

This time, thanks to the generous donation from the governor's office, the army had all the necessary supplies and fodder.

Even without considering these, the food supplies they extorted a few days ago were enough to keep them going for quite some time.

Thinking of this, the generals present couldn't help but sigh.

To put it in detail, they have been fighting with the barbarian Wuhuan for a hundred years. Have they not tightened their belts every time?

Having never fought such a battle for wealth, they fell into a misconception of thinking.

That is, every war must be fought quickly and decisively, otherwise every extra day spent means more energy is lost.

This also led to many wars in the past where soldiers had to sacrifice their lives to make up for this natural defect.

"So... Zhonglang's meaning is... let them stay in Yinping and wait and see what happens?"

Seeing the generals in the tent looking at him, Li Jing tapped the desk in front of him with his fingers and finally shook his head.

"Do not."

After saying this, Li Jing paused.

"Send the military order, march to Yinping immediately."

"I want to...attack the city!"

……

When the news that Huang Tian's army hesitated to move forward after capturing Yinping reached the governor's office, all the officials in the governor's office did not care about the loss of the rabbit or the grief of the fox.

For a moment, everyone was dumbfounded.

"What...what should I do?"

At this point, even if they are not familiar with military affairs, they already have a general idea of ​​the situation between the enemy and us.

Huang Tian’s army has many soldiers and generals, and has an absolute numerical advantage.

Although the Zhen Liao Army had few soldiers, they were all elite warriors who had survived hundreds of battles.

Even from the confrontations during this period, it can be seen that the Zhen Liao Army is clearly stronger than the Huang Tian Army, which is several times stronger than it, in terms of both strength and tactics.

In other words, if a real fight breaks out, the chances of winning are quite high.

But at this moment, Huang Tianjun chose to retreat after taking Yinping.

Not to mention how the Zhen Liao army would attack the city next, just with the support of Yinping Gaocheng, most of the iron cavalry, which was the strongest spear of the Zhen Liao army, were destroyed.

Unless they are willing to let the cavalry abandon their horses, there is no way they can attack the city!

"Tug, tug, tug! Now it's all right. I want to see how they fight the next battle!"

"Hey! As the Art of War says, speed is the essence of war! Now that the bandits are prepared, what should we do next?"

In the main hall of the governor's mansion, some people spoke in a mocking tone, some stamped their feet anxiously, and looked anxious.

Yuan Feng, who was sitting on the main seat, also had a gloomy expression at this moment.

"Is it possible that all my investment is really going to go to waste?"

If he hadn't had years of experience in cultivating his Qi, he would have run to question Han Shao at this moment.

At this moment, a burst of urgent and panicked reports suddenly came from outside the hall.

"Oh no! Governor! Oh no!"

"The main force of the Zhen Liao Army suddenly accelerated their marching speed. They...they said...they wanted Li Jing to lead his troops to attack the city directly!"

If they had heard this before, everyone present would have applauded and cheered, unable to contain their joy.

But at this moment they only felt cold all over and their faces gradually turned pale.

Even Yuan Feng couldn't help but slam the table and stood up, then swept a cold gaze over everyone present.

"Are you forcing them to march again?"

These bastards work in the governor's office, but their hearts are on their family's private land.

In order to protect his own family business, he did the foolish thing of forcing the Zhenliao Army to advance, which was also consistent with Yuan Feng's consistent understanding of them.

But when they heard Yuan Feng's questioning, everyone looked wronged.

"Provincial Governor! No!"

"Since the Liao Zhen Army set out, we have never urged them once!"

"Yes, Governor! You know that those people are extremely arrogant. How can they let us control them? Even if we force them to march, they will not listen to us!"

All the officials present were talking to each other, and what they said was very true.

Indeed, those brave generals and soldiers of Zhen Liao Army were arrogant and would never allow themselves to be manipulated by others.

"So... this march was their own decision?"

Although Yuan Feng was still a little hesitant in his heart, he gradually believed these nonsense.

But it was precisely because he realized this that he became even more angry.

"Is Li Jing really out of his mind?"

"He only has a little over 100,000 soldiers to suppress Liao. How could he possibly capture a fortified city defended by hundreds of thousands of rebels?"

"And that guy named Han! Are we just going to let that idiot Li Jing do whatever he wants?"

He was about to question Han Shao with his divine thoughts and ask him to postpone the attack on the city, but he didn't expect that bastard Han Shao would send down his divine thoughts first.

"Why is the governor so nervous? Why not wait and see?"

The veins on Yuan Feng's forehead were throbbing.

I am panicking? What a joke! I am worried about the money and food!
"Attack the city, is that what you mean?"

Han Shao clicked his tongue twice, and then spoke ambiguously.

"That's it."

Yuan Feng was almost laughing out of anger.

"Aren't you afraid that your little fortune will be ruined in Yinping?"

Han Shao chuckled.

"How could that be? Li Jing is my favorite general, and I trust him."

The word "believe" made Yuan Feng's mouth curl up with a hint of sarcasm.

But now that Han Shao has said so, what else can he say?
It's really like a son selling his father's land without any regret!

Poor Gongsun Du and Li Wenjing, this old couple, who worked so hard to build up this little fortune!

"Mr. Yan, you must know that my money and food are not so easy to get. If things go wrong, don't blame me for being unkind."

Han Shao, who didn't know he had been labeled a 'prodigal son', smiled noncommittally.

It was obvious that he didn't take Yuan Feng's threat seriously.

……

An accelerated march in just one day.

The main force of the Zhen Liao army of more than 100,000 finally arrived at the city of Yinping.

Without any pause, the first military order came from the central army.

"siege!"

Oh, an army of more than 100,000 launched a siege on a fortified city defended by hundreds of thousands of Huang Tian soldiers.

This is like a gang fight, where a lone person facing a huge group of people shouts "You are surrounded by me".

It sounds really funny.

But that's the truth.

When the Zhen Liao army arrived at the city of Linyinping, they split into four groups and blocked the four gates.

There is no such thing as surrounding three sides and leaving one person missing. They just set up a posture of catching a turtle in a jar.

Looking at the black-armored soldiers who had besieged them in the city, some of the Huangtian Army generals were even amused.

"Is it possible that the brains of these Youzhou barbarians have been beaten into oblivion by the grassland barbarians?"

"With just these few people, you want to surround us?"

Unless they all have a cultivation level above the middle three realms, it won’t take long for the Huang Tian Army, with just such a small number of people, to overwhelm them once they rush out.

But they soon stopped laughing.

As the order to "attack the city" came from the Zhenliao Central Army, the black-armored soldiers who were blocking the four gates did not move.

But behind them came a deafening roar.

And this time, because there was no sound of horse hooves to cover it, the huge roar was even clearer and more shocking.

Boom, boom, boom——

Along with a series of roars coming from the top of the city, the city wall that should have been as solid as a rock was splashed with rubble.

Many of Huang Tiandao's soldiers who leaned over to watch the show had their bodies torn apart before they even had time to scream.

Even the Taoist soldiers behind the city wall were blown away by the terrifying air wave, with their bones broken.

For a moment, the entire city wall was painted with bloody and glaring red.

Seductive and cruel.

"Oh no! It's that Mo family creation from before!"

A general of the Huang Tian army exclaimed.

It was obvious that the previous battle, that terrifying Mohist creation had left a deep impression on them.

As a result, they reacted quickly and asked the Taoist soldiers on the city wall to be careful and defend.

But when facing such a horrific creature, is it useful to just be careful and protect yourself?
Soon, another loud roar came from all directions.

Whenever there was an explosion on the top of the city, the violent energy of heaven and earth would sweep across the area carrying countless pieces of debris.

Countless soldiers died as a result. Even if they were lucky enough to survive, their limbs were incomplete and they could only lie on the ground and wail.

At this moment, the so-called fearlessness of death became meaningless under the terrifying rampage of the Mohist creature.

Under this continuous bombardment, some generals finally couldn't bear it anymore.

"General! Let the believers retreat! If they stay on the city wall, they will just be lambs to be slaughtered!"

Fight with all your might for the great cause of the Great Sage Teacher and die a worthy death!

But now...everyone would think that dying this way is meaningless!

However, upon hearing the cries of their generals, the generals in charge of guarding the four city walls all reacted in the same way.

"No! You can't retreat!"

Once there is no one on the top of the city wall, those barbarians will definitely take advantage of the situation to climb up to the top of the city wall.

By then, they will be trapped by relying on the city walls to look down on the enemy.

Therefore, even though they knew that if they continued like this, countless soldiers would die, they could not and dared not retreat!

"Tell the believers to hide as far back as possible, but they must not leave the city wall!"

There is no doubt that as long as you don't stand in front of the city wall, your chances of survival will be greatly increased.

But in this way, the city defense equipment that was originally prepared with great effort and should have inflicted heavy casualties on the enemy would have become meaningless.

All they could do was watch them being destroyed one by one.

This even includes the extremely precious...Pogang Crossbow.

Looking at those broken crossbows that turned into pieces on the ground without even firing an arrow, General Huang Tianjun on the city wall felt his heart bleeding.

At this moment, they suddenly realized in a trance that things on the battlefield would probably change from now on.

……

boom--

On August 30th, a huge roar lasted all day long.

There is almost no intact part of the entire Yinping city wall.

During this period, the Huang Tian army in the city did not fail to come up with a countermeasure.

It was a pity that even the large Taoist defense formation that they had hastily set up at great cost only lasted for two or three hours before it was broken.

Huang Tianlishi, who transformed into a sky-holding warrior, could certainly withstand the bombardment of those Mohist creatures.

But since they stay in one place for a long time, they are natural targets.

Otherwise, he would be killed by the strong men of Youzhou who use bows and arrows to snipe him in a short while!

Looking at the tragic scene in front of them, which was covered in blood and almost in ruins, the Huang Tiandao soldiers who had just stepped onto the top of the city wall to fill the gap all turned pale and opened their mouths to vomit.

At this moment, no matter how fanatical the belief is, it cannot suppress the instinct of human nature.

"General! Let's go out of the city and fight!"

"We're going to die if we stay here! We'd rather go out of the city and kill some people, at least... at least we can kill a few people!"

It's so unfair to die here in vain!
I have to say, there is some truth in this.

It would be better to die in vain without even seeing the enemy.

It’s better to go out of the city and fight.

After some hesitation, the four gate guards finally chose to report to their superiors.

The core generals of the Huangtian Army in the city also felt that it made sense.

"You can give it a try."

Soon, the tightly closed tall city gate burst open.

But at the moment when those Huang Tiandao soldiers rushed out of the city gate with red eyes, they suddenly felt like they fell into an icy cave.

Because in front of them, the rows of terrifying Mohist creations opened their black and bloody mouths, facing directly towards the city gate where they were.

boom--

The exploding energy of heaven and earth carried the metal bullets, like plowing the land, and along the direction of the city gate from the front to the back, it plowed out a blood-red "mud" that was more than a hundred steps long.

……

(End of this chapter)