The world begins with refining skills

Chapter 232 Brave Niu Niu, not afraid of difficulties!
When Uesugi Tora woke up again, it was already noon the next day.

After sitting up, Uesugi Tora found himself in an unfamiliar tent.

A military uniform was hung on the wooden beam next to the couch, and some food was placed on the dining table in the middle of the tent.

Even his clothes were changed. Fortunately, his butt didn't hurt, so Uesugi Tora didn't think much about it.

"Cuckoo~"

After realizing that the host had woken up, Uesugi Tiger's stomach immediately started growling.

Not only did he fail to get a good rest these days, he also didn't eat much or drink much water.

In addition, he consumed a lot of energy while sleeping to eliminate physical and mental fatigue, so he was already starving at this time.

He took a few steps to the dining table and sat down. Not caring that the food was already cold, Uesugi Tora grabbed the bowl and chopsticks and began to wolf it down.

The food in the military camp was far from delicious, but in Uesugi Tora's eyes at this moment, it seemed like a delicacy.

"General, you're awake!"

Captain Xiong Yan suddenly walked in with two soldiers carrying food boxes. After seeing Uesugi Tora who was digging for food, he said with surprise.

This man was originally under the command of Uesugi Tora. Because Uesugi Tora maintained neutrality in the court, he was ostracized and suppressed by Shen Zhong and the Queen Mother, and his real power was stripped away.

All the generals under his command were implicated and transferred away, but many of the captains stayed.

When Xiong Yan saw the cold rice that Uesugi Tora was eating, he hurriedly took the food box from the soldier and brought out the hot food inside.

"General, cold food hurts your stomach. This is freshly made."

"It's okay. I ate everything when I was chasing the Hu people in the western border."

Uesugi Tora said nonchalantly, and took the plate brought by Xiong Yan. He felt that it was not enough to eat.

"You've come at the right time. What's going on with all the chaos outside? Are the Nanqing border troops making any moves?"

Just now he heard the sound of many soldiers moving back and forth outside the tent, but he was busy eating and ignored it.

"There is no movement from the Nanqing border troops. The Imperial Master has ordered that troops will be dispatched to attack Nanqing Cangzhou at 1:00 a.m. tomorrow," Xiong Yan said. "The troops are busy preparing food and weapons right now."

"If Nanqing doesn't move, then cough cough." The word "good" had just been half uttered when Uesugi Tora was suddenly startled, choked by the food in his mouth, and started coughing non-stop.

Xiong Yan saw this and quickly poured a bowl of water for Uesugi Tiger: "General, water!"

Uesugi Tora picked up the bowl of water and drank it all. After washing the food in his throat, he asked in surprise, "What did you just say?"

"The Imperial Master has ordered an attack on Cangzhou tomorrow?"

Uesugi Tora was instantly numb.

This kind of large-scale military engagement is not as simple as pulling people out. The collection and transportation of supplies alone will not be accomplished in a day or two.

They had just arrived at the border army camp yesterday, even though the order to fight against Nanqing had already been informed to the border army soldiers via carrier pigeons.

But it was just a notice to let them be prepared. This order must be conveyed by an imperial edict.

Otherwise, if any carrier pigeon could mobilize an army, wouldn't it be chaos?

"How long have I slept?" Uesugi Tora was somewhat doubtful whether he had slept for several days because he was too tired.

"The general arrived at 3 p.m. yesterday. It's now 15:00. He has slept for almost a whole day and night."

Xiong Yan replied that he was also very curious about how Uesugi Tora could be so tired.

Just one day and one night?
In other words, from the time they arrived at the border camp yesterday to the time they launched the attack at dawn tomorrow, they had less than two days to prepare.

"Isn't this nonsense? No, I have to stop the Imperial Master."

Shangshanhu slammed his chopsticks on the table and was about to get up to find Musheng.

Just as his buttocks left the Huchuang, Shangshanhu's body suddenly froze, as if he thought of something, and then slowly sat down.

'No, no'

Uesugi Tora suddenly remembered his experiences over the past few days.

Just because he said a few rude words to Mu Sheng, not only was he beaten into a pig's head, he was also forced to march for five days and five nights.

He was almost exhausted to death.

"Forget it, the Imperial Master is not very kind-hearted, so let's not offend him."

"Even if the sky falls, there are still the Imperial Master and the Queen Mother to support it. I am a general with no real power, so I'd better not worry about these things."

After thinking about it, Uesugi Tora started eating with peace of mind.

"Mmm, it smells so good!"

The next day, at the hour of Mao.

The 150,000-strong Northern Qi army broke camp with only three days' worth of food and fodder and marched toward Cangzhou in Southern Qing.

Such a blatant march soon attracted the attention of the Nanqing defenders.

In other words, when they set out, spies had already passed on the movements of the Northern Qi army to the general of the Southern Qing garrison.

Cangzhou, Yulong City.

"There are 150,000 troops, but no baggage carts are seen accompanying them." Ye Zhong looked through the information collected by the scouts in the army and laughed:
"It seems that this Northern Qi imperial teacher wants to learn from the Hu people to raid the grasslands and use war to support war!"

"When the Hu people raid the valleys, they just split into small groups and plunder some villages and counties. The food in these places can't feed an army of 150,000, right?" said a staff member at the side in surprise.

"Of course it's not enough. There is only one place in the entire Cangzhou where they can collect enough food in a short period of time." Ye Zhong said.

"General, you mean Yulong City?" The staff said in disbelief, "Didn't the intelligence say that the Northern Qi army didn't even have much baggage?"

"Did they bring siege equipment? But even if they did, Yulong City has high walls and is guarded by hundreds of thousands of troops."

"It's not indestructible, but it's as strong as a rock. How could the Northern Qi barbarians have the confidence to break through Yulong City in such a short time?"

"Is this Imperial Master a member of the Supervisory Council? Did he deliberately send the Northern Qi army to their deaths?"

The aide speculated with evil humor, otherwise it would be difficult for him to explain the actions of the national teacher.

"Don't be careless!"

Ye Zhong reminded him, thinking of the conversation he had with Chen Pingping from the Supervisory Council before he left Kyoto.

"According to the intelligence from the Supervisory Council, this Siming Divine Cult has some strange methods. Almost all of the Supervisory Council's spies in Northern Qi have been uprooted."

“No matter how strange the method is, can it withstand the simultaneous attack of thousands of arrows?” The staff member said confidently: “General, don’t worry too much. Our army will win this battle!”

"Maybe we can even take over the Yizhou of Northern Qi in one fell swoop. With such a great achievement in expanding the territory, the general will surely be remembered in history!"

Ye Chong felt very comfortable with the flattery from his staff. He recalled what Chen Pingping said, that the strength of these cult members was only rank seven, and they were just relying on their bodies that were not afraid of getting hurt to commit crimes.

However, no matter how afraid they were of getting hurt, Ye Chong didn't believe that they could survive being trampled into pulp by the iron cavalry?
What's more, his uncle, Grandmaster Ye Liuyun, is also in the army at this time.

What kind of evil tricks can defeat the grandmaster's Liuyun Sanshou?
Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Ye Zhong's face.

Seeing that he was in a good mood, the staff member stepped forward and said, "General, why don't we divide our forces and set up an ambush outside the city, and when the Northern Qi army is frustrated in attacking the city, we can join forces from inside and outside." The staff member stretched out a palm and slowly clenched his fist: "Take down the Northern Qi army of 150,000 in one fell swoop!"

"After that, we can march straight in and completely seize the land of Yizhou in Northern Qi!"

Ye Zhong was slightly startled when he heard this, and then he was overjoyed: "Sir, what you said is very good, let's do it!"

Three days later, the Northern Qi army was unstoppable.

They swept through many villages and towns along the way and finally arrived at the foot of Yulong City before the last batch of food and fodder ran out.

Although the overall national strength and military power are not as good as those of Nanqing, as the most elite border troops of Northern Qi, this 100,000-strong army is very well equipped.

Excluding 50,000 logistics personnel, the Northern Qi's 100,000 combat troops slowly deployed their array under Yunlong City.

Like a Great Wall of Steel, countless swords and spears flashing with cold light point straight to the sky, as if they are going to pierce through the clouds in the sky.

In the front line of the army, all the soldiers were wearing armor, shining brightly in the rising sun.

"Master Imperial Master, the walls of Yulong City are high and thick, and our army has no siege equipment. If we start attacking the city like this, we will just send our soldiers to die in vain!"

Looking at the Yulong City in front of him that was like a solid wall of steel, he thought of the army that had just finished eating the last grain of food.

Shangshanhu felt despair. Could it be that he could not defeat Mu Sheng? He really wanted to grab him by the collar and ask him if he was a spy sent from Nanjing.

How can we fight this battle? Even if we give him a grandmaster, it will be useless.

"Then you come?" Mu Sheng said, glancing at Shangshanhu.

"I, I'll do it," Shangshanhu stammered for a long time, but in the end he couldn't say those two words.

One is that he is self-aware and knows that there is nothing he can do even if he comes himself.

Even if he ordered the army to retreat immediately, the Nanqing defenders would not sit idly by. By then, it was uncertain how many of the 150,000 troops would be able to escape.

Another thing is that based on his understanding of the Imperial Master, it doesn't sound like he really wants him to come.

"If you can't do it, stop forcing me!"

After Mu Sheng said this, he rode his horse to the front of the army.

"Don't worry if you still can't do it! If I can't do it, how can you do it?"

Shang Shanhu secretly complained, then he rode forward. He wanted to see how the state master was going to break through Yulong City.

At the forefront of the Northern Qi army were the thirty-six deformed warriors brought by Mu Sheng.

Ever since his nuclear radiation qi broke through to the grandmaster level, the number of mutated fruits in his body has increased to one hundred and eight.

Except for these thirty-six, the remaining seventy-two deformed warriors were left in Shangjing City to help Zhan Doudou control the entire Northern Qi armed forces.

For example, the Five Cities Army, the Embroidered Uniform Guard, the Imperial Guards, etc.

Don’t ask why Zhan Doudou and the Queen Mother of Northern Qi were so confident in letting Mu Sheng’s men occupy these important positions.

The only thing he has is the grandmaster's intimidating force and a little bit of his charm.

At this time, these thirty-six deformed warriors have all released their deformed forms and put on special full-body armor.

These armors were made by Mu Sheng in the days before his departure.

If it weren't for his extremely yang and hot abilities, ordinary people would not be able to create so many pieces of armor in such a short time.

"How about it, Tie Niu, are you ready?" Mu Sheng walked up to the largest deformed warrior and patted his arm.

"Whether we can capture Yulong City today depends on you!"

"Don't worry, Master Siming, Tie Niu will never let you down!"

Tie Niu's muffled reply came from under his helmet.

"Okay, Niu Niu must have this kind of momentum!" Mu Sheng said with a smile, and then injected a ball of true energy equivalent to a grandmaster's full-strength attack into Tie Niu's body.

There was a clang.

Mu Sheng drew the sword from his waist, pointed it in the direction of Yulong City and shouted: "Attack!!!"

Following his order, the standard-bearer immediately waved the flag in his hand, and the messenger also shuttled through the army to convey the order.

Soon, the entire Northern Qi army began to move slowly.

On Yulong City, Ye Zhong, wearing armor, was standing on the top of the city wall, looking at the slowly advancing Northern Qi army, and said in surprise:
"You don't even have siege ladders?"

Forget about not bringing siege equipment, but can we just cut down some trees and make a few ladders?
The city wall is so high, are these Northern Qi soldiers planning to fly up?
There is also a moat, which is useless. How do you cross the moat? Pay with your life?
A sense of absurdity arose in Ye Zhong's heart. He always felt that the opposing coach was not quite right.

The 20,000 generals he had arranged to ambush outside the city looked at each other in bewilderment when they saw this scene.

"Put on your armor and mount your horses. I have a feeling these Northern Qi soldiers will be defeated soon!"

"If we had known earlier that the Northern Qi people would fight like this, wouldn't we have destroyed Northern Qi long ago?"

"Hahaha, we're going to make a great contribution this time. Who knows, I might even be awarded a title, hahaha."

Not to mention them, even the soldiers in the Northern Qi army were a little confused at this time.

Who attacks a city like this? Are they going to use their corpses as footholds?
Just when everyone thought that this was a war without suspense, the Northern Qi army had already come within an arrow's reach of Yulong City.

Before the Nanqing defenders on the city wall could shoot arrows, something unexpected happened in the Northern Qi camp.

"Moo!!!"

The iron bull, who was eight feet tall and had a waist circumference of eight feet, roared towards the sky.

The ball of true energy left by Mu Sheng in his body exploded instantly, like gasoline encountering sparks, and quickly burned in his body.

Tie Niu felt that he was full of strength. He raised his foot and stomped hard, and the whole person was instantly ejected.

Like a steel chariot, it swept up thick dust and rushed straight towards the gate of Yunlong City.

With the help of Mu Sheng's true qi, Tie Niu's speed became faster and faster, and he rushed to the edge of the moat in a moment.

Faced with the moat that was several meters wide, Tie Niu just raised his feet slightly and crossed the moat like a petrel skimming over the sea.

After crossing the moat, the gate of Yulong City is right in front of you.

Tie Niu only had time to slightly adjust the direction of his horns before he slammed heavily into the gate of Yulong City the next second.

Bang! ! !
Bang! ! !
After a deafening roar, the thick gate of the outer city wall was easily penetrated by the iron ox as if it were made of silk paper.

The entire city gate was shattered into pieces under the violent impact.

Then there is the city gate of Wengcheng.

The Iron Bull rushed forward headfirst into Yulong City, crashing through several streets before slowly coming to a stop.

Just like that, Yulong City was like a defenseless girl whose gate was pushed open by Niu Niu.

(End of this chapter)