The gods began by supporting Guo Jing to become emperor

Chapter 322 Yangping Iron Wall, Kou Zhong vs. the Enemy

"Damn it."

After returning to the tent, Li Shimin took off his helmet and threw it to the ground, "Yuwen boy, how dare you bully me like this!" Just now, Yuwen Chengdu had such an attitude, as if he didn't take him seriously.

At this moment, the words of the general who had escaped from an ambush not long ago came to his mind again, making him extremely annoyed. In the attack on Lecheng, his 20,000 troops suffered heavy losses, and his 3,000 pursuers were even killed in counterattack. Their combat effectiveness has not yet recovered.

After he captured Lecheng, he wanted to take Hancheng in one go. However, Yuwen Chengdu ordered him to rest there, and he led an army of 100,000 of the Yuwen clan to attack Hancheng. He captured the city in less than ten days.

Comparing the two, the difference is obvious. There are strange rumors circulating in the army, which is really hateful!
"Is Master Li here?"

Is it Master Fairy?

A soft and delicate voice came from outside the tent. Li Shimin suddenly came back to his senses, picked up the helmet on the ground, and calmed down his mind, "Come in."

Then, Shi Feixuan walked into the tent and saw the other party's complicated mood at a glance. Ordinary people can hide their emotions with their expressions, but they cannot hide it from her, a master who has almost reached the level of swordsmanship.

Thinking of the heavy bet that Cihang Jingzhai had placed on him, she sighed in her heart and comforted him softly, "Mr. Li, don't worry about the overall situation in the army. Yangping Pass is the gateway to Hanzhong. The Song clan will surely deploy elite troops. If the Li clan retreats at this time, it will preserve its strength."

"Although conquering Bashu is our goal, it is equally important for the Li family to retain their own strength. The Buddhist sect will support you, so you don't have to worry."

Li Shimin heard the soft words and when he saw Shi Feixuan's exquisite and beautiful face, all the troubles in his heart disappeared and he couldn't help but smile, "Thank you for your words, Fairy. I almost missed something important."

Shi Feixuan gently lifted the hair hanging down from her ears and said calmly, "Mr. Li, you are too kind. The clan leader can entrust the army to you. Even without me, you can see this."

……

"Brother, why is this thing different from the previous slingshot?"

On the wall of Yangping Pass, Kou Zhong looked at the tall slingshot in front of him and asked with interest.

Li Jing patted the trebuchet and explained to him, "Have you forgotten Senior Lu Miaozi who was traveling with my uncle? He is known as the best craftsman in the world. This trebuchet was improved by him. Its range has doubled and its power is extremely powerful. With this thing, we will definitely make them unable to return."

"I have already completed the people under your command. What are your plans next?"

Kou Zhong leaned on the top of the city wall and looked into the distance. "I have only defended Lecheng for more than half a month. If the monks of the Li clan were not too powerful, my men would not be able to hold on. Otherwise, they would not have been able to capture it so easily. However, I saw the flag on the opposite side. They are from the Yuwen clan. How can I leave my little brother behind?"

Li Jing knew the hatred between Kou Zhong and the Yuwen clan, so he stopped trying to persuade him to go to the rear to rest. "Okay, since you want to stay, then follow my command and don't disrupt my deployment."

Kou Zhong was overjoyed, bowed his head and clasped his fists, "Don't worry, big brother, I'll save it."

……

On the high platform.

Yuwen Chengdu, wearing a shining armor, shouted, "Everyone, the gate to Hanzhong is right before our eyes. If you take this city, I will allow you to plunder for ten days."

Upon hearing this, the soldiers immediately became alert. These days, the army had been talking about how rich and wealthy people were in Shu. How much money could they have looted after ten days of looting?
In an instant, the morale of the army on the parade ground was boiling, and they couldn't wait to rush into Hanzhong to plunder.

In the nearby tent, the four great monks, as well as Buddhists such as Fan Qinghui, who heard this, just sat quietly in their places, closed their eyes and chanted scriptures. When two armies fought, some losses were inevitable, but as long as the Song clan could be destroyed, everything would be worth it.

"Go out and capture this city!"

"Break the city, break the city!" The soldiers below waved their weapons and the noise filled the air.

Half an hour later, the army poured out of the camp like a tide and rushed towards Yangping Pass not far away.

On the top of the city wall, the Song army was on full alert. Li Jing sat under the general's flag and watched the Guanlong coalition forces attack the city from afar.

As the enemy came within range, he ordered the catapults to fire. After being urgently improved by Lu Miaozi, the catapults were more like the Huihui cannons of later generations, with added counterweights and fewer soldiers operating them.

"boom!"

The running soldiers only saw the Yangping Pass city wall right in front of them. The stones thrown by the catapults whistled and smashed down in front of their horrified eyes, creating a big pit in an instant. The huge impact force smashed the soldiers into a ball of meat paste.

On the high platform of Yunche, Yuwen Chengdu saw this scene and his eyelids jumped violently. The range of this catapult was so far.

The coalition forces were well prepared to deal with this type of city defense equipment, but they did not expect that the enemy would launch an attack before they reached the set distance. Faced with the huge army, the damage caused by the catapults was not great, but the impact on morale was significant.

A moment later, the enemy army came close to the city wall. On the wall, the Song army pulled the bowstrings and arrows rained down from the sky.

The fastest soldiers in the first wave were unlucky and were shot to pieces.

"Raise your shield!"

The soldiers behind hurriedly raised their shields, but as they ran so fast, they were not well defended and the rain of arrows still mercilessly took away the lives of batches of soldiers.

After several rounds of shooting, the Zhou army approached the city wall.

With the concerted efforts of thousands of pioneers, dozens of siege ladders quickly reached the parapet on the city wall.

The defenders on the city also tried their best to push the ladders away with poles, spears, and lances, or threw out objects such as fire pots and torches to try to burn the ladders.

At the same time, the coalition archers and nearly a thousand infantrymen carrying bows and arrows heard the order and immediately drew their bows and arrows to fight back.

"Whoosh whoosh..."

Dense black light roared into the air, drew a slight arc, and poured down on the top of the city.

"what……"

Although most of the missiles missed or hit the city walls, screams could still be heard from the top of the city walls. The defenders, who were busy dealing with the siege ladders, fell down the city like dumplings and were smashed to pieces.

Those who were lucky enough not to die from the fall were even more miserable. They became stepping stones for countless coalition forces and were trampled into meat paste.

A moment later, there was a "bang!"

A ladder finally succeeded in hitting the top of the city wall, and the thick iron hook on the top of the ladder also successfully hooked onto the parapet, making it difficult for the defenders to push it away. In addition, a long section of the upper end of the ladder was wrapped in iron sheets, so even if the defenders wanted to cut or burn the ladder, it would be impossible.

"Go!" Inspired by the first achievement of climbing the city wall, the first soldiers bit the back of their knives, climbed up the ladders frantically, and rushed to the top of the city wall. After the first one, there was the second one, and soon several more ladders were set up one after another...

At this time, the rolling logs and stones prepared by the Song army finally came in handy. The climbing soldiers had no time to dodge and fell from the ladders several feet high, causing heavy casualties.

Attacking a city and defending a city are originally a process of mutual consumption and testing.

After several hours, the coalition forces finally climbed up the city wall. However, the Song army was well-rested and they were chopped down before they could gain a firm foothold and occupy the top of the city wall. The attackers and defenders refused to give in. The killing was in full swing, and from time to time, soldiers from both sides screamed and fell from the top of the city wall. Blood splattered...

Unfortunately, the number of allied forces climbing to the top of the city wall was limited, making it difficult for them to gain an advantage!
……

For more than ten days, the coalition forces were unable to gain a foothold on the city wall and instead suffered thousands of casualties. The previous rumors in the army also disappeared, and no one thought that the second son of the Li family was no longer capable.

Seeing this, Yuwen Chengdu also became ruthless and ordered his generals to lead the siege personally.

Inside Yangping Pass, Kou Zhong sincerely sighed, "Big brother's military tactics are flawless, I admire you." In the past few days, he did not lead the troops, but just followed Li Jing and saw with his own eyes how the other side deployed troops and stopped the enemy on the city wall.

Moreover, he did not just defend himself, but sometimes even deliberately let the enemy in to annihilate them, as if the entire battlefield situation was right in front of him, visible at a glance.

Li Jing smiled faintly, and said, "You are different from me. You are a first-class warrior on the battlefield. How many people can compare with you in charging into battle? Don't worry, it won't be long before the enemy will come to you on their own."

"Haha, then I'll wait."

As the coalition forces gained momentum, their offensive became more and more powerful, with more and more soldiers pouring onto the walls to gain a foothold.

Suddenly, a general's flag came into view in the distance, and the opportunity came...

The three allied generals gathered together and led hundreds of their personal soldiers to attack Li Jing's location.

On the stage, Li Jing had a calm expression and did not take them seriously at all. He was here as bait. If it were before, he would never dare to take the risk. But now, he is a master, and ordinary people will never be able to defeat him. What is he afraid of?

At this time, looking at the enemies getting closer and closer, Kou Zhong couldn't help but said, "Brother, leave them to me."

"Okay, go ahead."

At this moment, the allied generals were enjoying killing. The three of them supported each other and broke through the guards. They were only ten feet away from where Li Jing was. They could even see Li Jing sitting upright.

Suddenly, the sound of a knife was heard.

"Qiang..."

Kou Zhong's long sword flashed out like a black rainbow, and the fierce sword energy on his body rose like a flame. He slashed diagonally from a distance. In the blink of an eye, he crossed a space of more than ten feet and intercepted the three people.

However, the three people who were intercepted were shocked and angry when they saw that there was only one person on the other side. They shouted in unison: "Arrogant!" and drew their weapons without hesitation to kill Kou Zhong.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa..."

A knife, a sword, and a pistol cut through the air like lightning, with a fierce roar that frightened people. They attacked Kou Zhong from three directions: upper, middle, and lower. The knife light, sword shadow, and gun flower each trembled and flickered, and the cold light burst out, firmly covering his vital points and acupoints.

The moves were both sophisticated and venomous, and even more so, the blood-stained yellow sand, the brutal murderous aura that would never return, and the domineering nature was unmatched!

In an instant, Kou Zhong was certain that these three men must be veterans of the coalition forces. Their aura was fundamentally different from that of the martial arts masters. If it were any other master-level master, it would be difficult for them to easily withstand the full-strength attack of the three men!
But the person they were facing was Kou Zhong, who had killed countless people since his debut. The strange and bizarre bandits in Bashu also honed his keen martial arts intuition.

His eyes turned cold, and his long sword turned into a ray of clear light, cutting into the dense light and shadow of the three people's weapons in the nick of time.

The tip of the knife brushed past the enemy's blade, rubbed past the edge of the sword, and passed over the tip of the spear, but it was like a spring flowing over a rock, naturally and without hindrance... and even drew an arc to recover!
The entire trajectory is extremely clear, yet it is filled with a strange charm that leaves no trace. It comes from one place and goes to another place, without a trace. It is simple and direct, just like an antelope hanging its horns, leaving no trace.

“Boring, borring, borring…”

The sound of the powerful energies collided, resounding throughout the area. The surrounding soldiers were struck by lightning and were knocked back several feet, crashing into the city wall behind them.

Kou Zhongru was hit hard, his face flushed, his feet sank an inch deep into the bricks, but he did not retreat but advanced, shouting, "Come again!"

The three people opposite fell back three feet together and disappeared in an instant. The fanaticism in their eyes faded away and became extremely serious. With such skills, where did such a young master come from?

They are also considered experts in the coalition. Although they are not masters, they have been immersed in the acquired realm for a long time and have strong skills. But with just one move, they know the opponent's strength, because people in the acquired realm can definitely not withstand this move. Only masters can take it.

Is this the Ten Styles of Bloody Battle?
Li Jing watched the battlefield from afar with a strange look on his face. Since the two met, he had never seen Kou Zhong use his full strength. In their daily sparring, he knew that he was no match for him.

But he didn't expect that Kou Zhong was actually using the Ten Bloody Fighting Styles he had taught him before, except that the moves were more sophisticated and completely different from what he had taught before. If this sword technique was not created by him, he would not have been able to recognize it at all.

After a pause, Kou Zhong sneered, "Nothing more than that!"

The three generals knew that the enemy was extraordinary. They looked at each other and attacked again. Each of them took strange steps, their figures flashed, and a sword and a spear were on the left and right, like a closing pair of iron pliers, clamping down on each other fiercely.

The man wielding the sword came later but was the first to arrive. He jumped high up and the bright sword light tightly covered Kou Zhong's head.

The angles and timing of the three were all perfectly calculated. The ever-changing swords and spears perfectly blocked Kou Zhong's way of movement, forcing him to either advance to block or retreat. He grasped the essence of the art of war and made it impossible for the enemy to advance or retreat.

Because no matter whether he rushed forward to fight three alone or retreated, he could not break the enemy's move. Although he could avoid this fatal move, his momentum would be greatly reduced, so that he would be defeated by the continuous and fierce attacks from the three people!
In a battle on the battlefield, momentum is extremely important, and the three generals are well aware of this.

The opponent's combined moves were exquisite, Kou Zhong secretly praised him and chose to face the enemy head-on. Various sword moves flashed through his mind, and the essence of various military strategies appeared one by one. In a flash, he made a move as if it came to his mind.

At the moment of drawing the knife, his foot slipped and he ended up right below the knife expert in mid-air, within the blind spot of his knife force. The three-person attack undoubtedly turned into a two-person attack, leaving a loophole.

The pitch-black blade slashed out slowly but actually quickly, the energy was condensed but not released, and then exploded with a loud bang. He could still cope with one against two.

The two men, one with a sword and one with a gun, were so close to each other that they seemed to smell the blood on each other's swords. Their faces suddenly changed and they switched from offense to defense at the same time.

A sword and a spear each met the blow,

“Bang, bang!”

The energy splashed everywhere as the three men crossed each other. Kou Zhong only trembled violently, but the other two men spurted blood.

(End of this chapter)