My clone is on the other side of the starry sky

Chapter 231 Do you call this a war?

For a moment, Lu Xuan felt as if he was in a tragic battlefield. It seemed that thousands of troops were coming towards him, and the leader of them, a veteran, slashed at him with a sword.

This was the first time Lu Xuan saw this kind of meaning.

The scarlet flame golden sword was unsheathed, and in an instant, all the horses were silent, leaving only the veteran who was still stubbornly slashing down the sword he was swinging at him.

"Dang~"

The illusion disappeared, the two knives were slashed in one place, and a crack spread across the entire Sanyang County.

"The old general's intention is very special." Lu Xuan looked at Yin Zheng.

"You're not bad either." Yin Zheng put away his sword and looked at Lu Xuan with complicated eyes: "Young man really has some abilities."

"Old General, I have made this bet. If you and I don't take action, no other fifth-grade soldiers will take action. It depends on your and my ability to lead troops. How about it?" Lu Xuan asked with a smile.

Yin Zheng looked at Lu Xuan for a moment, nodded and said: "Okay, it seems that the young man is quite confident in his own military use, so I will give you a duel."

"Boom~"

There was a thunder in the sky, and the two people's oath was confirmed by heaven. Once this oath is violated, it will not only be bad luck for oneself, but also bring disaster to the descendants.

"I am a man who respects the elderly. Let the old general guard Sanyang County. I will attack the city tomorrow." Lu Xuan said with a smile.

"Young man, are you very confident?" Yin Zheng squinted at Lu Xuan: "Although your military use is strange, the combination of strange and right is the way to use soldiers. Don't be too conceited."

"Then the old general is willing to add some luck?" Lu Xuan turned around and looked at Yin Zheng: "If I can break the city tomorrow and the old general joins our Guiyi Sect, he will still be guarding the border for the country. I will not let the old general and the How about making Da Qian an enemy?"

"Young man wants to irritate me?" Yin Zheng knew that the other party was irritating him, but he still couldn't help but get angry. As Lu Xuan said, although he never recognized the identity of the God of War, he had fought for decades in his life, and he had indeed never When he was defeated, although Lu Xuan was good at using troops and had a strong view of the overall situation, he dared to say such things in front of him. If the bet had not been established, Yin Zheng would have really wanted to slap this ignorant boy to death.

"The reason why this method of provoking generals is useful is not because of how clever it is, but because there are always people who feel that they are sure to win. Old General, if I can't break the city tomorrow, then I will only follow the orders of the old general from now on." Lu Xuan said seriously. Look at Yoongi.

"Boom~"

It’s the way of heaven that proves it again!

"Okay!" Yin Zheng looked at Lu Xuan and nodded: "After tomorrow, I will personally teach you the art of war!"

"It's okay to teach the art of war, but it's just Guiyijiao. I'm asking the old general for advice!" After Lu Xuan finished speaking, he disappeared in front of Yin Zheng.

Yin Zheng looked at the direction Lu Xuan disappeared, snorted coldly, stood up and returned to the army.

"General, how is the city?" In the army, several ranger generals hurriedly stepped forward to ask.

"Meet that Lu Xuan and have a bet with him!" Yin Zheng said with a cold snort the story of the bet.

A ranger general sneered: "Today's young people don't know how thick the high ground is. They think that after winning a few battles, they can compete with the general. They want to see how he can defeat the city in one day."

"Generals, don't be careless. Neither I nor Lu Xuan will take action in this battle. It's purely a competition of using troops. Although this man is young, his troops are eclectic and cunning. You must not be careless and underestimate the enemy. After entering the city, quickly occupy the fortress. We are here to investigate any possible threats in the city." Yin Zheng said in a deep voice.

"General, you think too highly of this person. Attacking a city is harder than defending it, not to mention the troops are of similar strength." Another ranger general laughed.

"Underestimating the enemy is a taboo in using troops. Is this what I usually teach you?" Yin Zheng looked at the generals with a cold look.

"Yes, general, forgive me!" The generals were shocked and bowed quickly.

Yin Zheng has been guarding the border for many years and has always been prestigious in both Daqian and Dakang. Now that he was so serious and calm, the generals quickly put away their laughter.

Under the command of Yin Zheng, the army did not enter the city immediately. After first conducting a carpet survey around Sanyang County and occupying several favorable terrains, they began to enter the city in batches.

In order to win this battle, Yin Zheng personally led people to study the terrain of Sanyang. Yin Zheng even gathered with the generals. Yin Zheng stood in Lu Xuan's position, and the others were responsible for defending the city, in order to discover the defender. He looked for flaws in the city and made up for them immediately when he found them. In this way, day and night, the entire Sanyang County defense was watertight. The eight thousand soldiers were assigned to the extreme by Yin Zheng, ensuring that once the war started, every soldier could perform to the best of his ability. His due value.

And Lu Xuan really didn't play any tricks. Yin Zheng searched the whole city and couldn't find anything suspicious.

"It seems that Lu Xuan really wants to compete openly with me!" Although Yin Zheng was a little angry at Lu Xuan's contempt for him, he also appreciated his confidence a little more.

"It's just overestimating one's own capabilities." The generals prepared overnight. Now Sanyang County, let alone 8,000, even if the Guiyi Sect comes with 80,000 troops, it is impossible to capture it in one day.

Yin Zheng now doesn't think Lu Xuan is capable of breaking the city. He smiled and stroked his beard and said, "It's a good thing for young people to have confidence, but they also have to recognize themselves. After this battle is over, I will personally attack this problem of his."

"General, do you really want to surrender this thief?" A ranger general frowned.

"Although this son has gone astray, his talents are rare in the world. Looking at the years he has governed Yunzhou, the people of Yunzhou have lived in peace and open their doors at night. If he can follow the right path, it will be a blessing to the court and even more fortunate to all the people." Yin Zheng shook his head. He sighed: "I am getting old after all. If he is willing to take my place, he will be like this Kyushu Iron Wall in the future!"

The generals were silent after hearing this. Lu Xuan was a genuine fifth-grade master. If he really voted for the imperial court and Yin Zheng recommended him, he might really be reused by the imperial court. They felt inexplicably complicated in their hearts.

"General, the smoke is rising and the enemy has arrived!" A captain rushed over and saluted Yin Zheng.

"Okay, the generals will follow me to the city. I want to see how Lu Xuan is going to break the city!" Yin Zheng said with a smile.

Outside Sanyang City, the Eight Thousand Guiyi Cult Guards came slowly with hundreds of chariots, and two cavalry were cruising on the side to prevent the enemy from raiding. "Although this man has gone astray, he is really good at using troops. Look at those two cavalry." After Yin Zheng observed for a moment, he smiled at the generals.

"Isn't it just to prevent our army from raiding?" a ranger general asked in confusion.

"If you only look at this cavalry, it is true, but I have taught you that in a war, you must look at the overall situation. You combine these two cavalry with the middle force." Yin Zheng said with a smile.

Everyone looked as they were told, and faintly, the soldiers and horses in the middle looked a little chaotic at first glance, but they were orderly in the chaos.

"It's not obvious, right? Send my military order and attack from the side!" Yin Zheng defended the city, not only deploying troops inside the city, but also having troops responsible for guerrilla attacks outside the city.

Following Yin Zheng's order, a group of cavalry suddenly circled out from behind the city and headed straight for the Guiyi Sect army.

However, what puzzled the generals was that the two roving cavalry did not fight, but separated and outflanked each other on both sides. In the direction of the central army, rows of crossbowmen quickly stepped forward and aimed at the direction of the enemy. Yin Zheng quickly ordered a withdrawal .

"Did you see it? The rebellious troops in the Chinese army are a trap. These two cavalry are not to prevent surprise attacks, but are used to prevent the surprise soldiers and horses from escaping. If we had engaged the enemy just now, the surprise soldiers and horses would have been surrounded on three sides. This time He is very aggressive when using troops, but he is also good at deceiving others. When ordinary generals see his formation, if they are not careful and underestimate the enemy, they will be fooled!" Yin Zheng said with a sneer.

The Guiyi Sect's army stopped about 300 steps away from the city wall of Sanyang County. Instead of setting up camp, they began to arrange their formations. On the hundreds of carriages that came with the army, things were constantly being carried down, and they started on the spot. Assembling, the two cavalrymen cruised within a hundred steps in front, not giving the defenders a chance to make a surprise attack.

"Siege equipment?" A general asked in confusion: "At this distance, ordinary equipment may not be as effective as a seventh-level warrior."

Yin Zheng also couldn't understand. What was Lu Xuan doing?

However, Lu Xuan ignored him and went about loading and unloading the equipment. There were hundreds of carriages, but the number of dismantled items was so many that it was mind-numbing. There were hundreds of city-breaking crossbows alone, and there were even hundreds of them. There are mesh-like instruments, I don’t know what they are used for, and giant crossbow arrows are bundled together. It will take some time to disassemble them now.

Yin Zheng tried several times, but Lu Xuan just asked the cavalry to drive them away.

Yin Zheng frowned slightly. He and Lu Xuan had made a one-day appointment. It had already been almost half a day just for dismantling the equipment. Could it be that Lu Xuan wanted to surrender?

Seeing that it was already noon, the Guiyi Sect's equipment was finally completed. Lu Xuan rode his horse to the bottom of the city, looked up at Yin Zheng and said with a smile: "Old General, I'm going to start attacking the city."

"Come on, I also want to see what you can do! But I still remind you that there is only half a day left." Yin Zheng sneered, half a day is left for the one-day appointment, unless Lu Xuan personally Take action, otherwise the opponent will not be able to break the city no matter what.

"It's been a long time." Lu Xuan looked at the sky, nodded and said, "That's enough, old general, be careful!"

"Crazy guy!" Yin Zheng snorted coldly: "Come on!"

Lu Xuan didn't waste any time, rode his horse back to the front of the formation, waved his hand and said: "Test firing!"

"Boom~"

The roar of the city-breaking crossbow sounded like muffled thunder. Hundreds of crossbow arrows shot through the air and crashed into the city wall. The power of the crossbow arrows was far beyond ordinary city-breaking crossbows. Some of them actually penetrated the two-foot-thick wall. city ​​wall.

"What kind of city-breaking crossbow is this? Isn't that the power of a city-defending mechanism with green energy to protect the city?" A ranger general was horrified by the power of this city-breaking crossbow.

"However, reloading a city-breaking crossbow with such power may be quite laborious. If you can fire one arrow in an hour..."

The other ranger general didn't finish his words when a series of roars came from the distance. He turned around in shock and saw the city-breaking crossbows spraying out arrows one after another as if they had been pumped with chicken blood. When it came out, the operating soldiers only needed to straighten out the connected crossbow arrows. Two other soldiers were responsible for pressing the crossbow machine, and one person shook the mechanism. The city-breaking crossbow would continuously eject crossbow arrows one after another.

In just an instant, the originally strong city wall was already crumbling.

And this is just the beginning.

"Bang~"

There was another muffled sound, and the hearts of the soldiers guarding the city jumped. The sieve-like instrument suddenly sprayed out countless crossbow bolts, dozens of them erupted at the same time, and the sky was covered in an instant.

This thing...couldn't it also be a burst of fire?

This is really not true, but I saw some soldiers quickly taking off the sieve-like thing in front and replacing it with another one. There was another round of arrow rain, and the arrow rain covered the whole city. Many soldiers did not know what happened. , was killed by a hail of arrows that broke through the sky.

"Boom boom boom~"

"Bang bang bang~"

It seemed that there were only two voices left in the world. The city wall in front kept collapsing. All the buildings in the city were covered by dense arrow rain. The soldiers exposed outside the buildings were cleaned immediately. Those who were lucky enough to survive could only He was hiding in the building and shivering, and from time to time, crossbow arrows broke through the tiles above his head and fell down.

Lu Xuan did not attack the city, and continued to bombard it continuously until the afternoon. Yin Zheng tried several times to organize soldiers and horses to go out to fight, but under this intensive offensive, it became difficult for the soldiers to even assemble. Many people were in During the assembly process, he was killed by a hail of arrows falling from the sky.

The city wall has been hit by countless crossbow arrows. There may be more arrow shafts in the entire city wall than there are stones in the city.

"Boom~"

The overwhelmed city wall finally collapsed in the evening.

"Enter the city!" Lu Xuan waved his hand, and Yang Chong immediately rushed towards the city with his troops.

Lu Xuan flashed and appeared in the ruins of the collapsed city wall. Looking at Yin Zheng who was a little distracted, he smiled and said, "Old General, the day has not come yet, so I should be considered the winner now, right?"

Yin Zheng slowly turned around, staring fiercely at Lu Xuan with bloodshot eyes: "You call this a war?"

"Doesn't it count?" Lu Xuan asked, "Isn't it reasonable to use some equipment to attack the city?"

(End of this chapter)