Defying the sky

Chapter 118 Siege
The two cities of Hengsha and Dulang are located at the corners of Jialan City, and their strategic position is also very important. As long as Hengsha Dulang is captured and echoed with Jialan from a distance, then you can attack, retreat and defend, and the logistics support is also very important. It is extremely easy to get complementary.

If Jialan is captured by Cai Lun first, and then Hengsha Dulang is captured by King Xiaoyao's army again, it will be almost impossible for the imperial capital's counter-insurgency army to defeat King Xiaoyao in one go. They can only continue to mobilize from other places. The army besieged the city on all sides, playing a war of attrition with him.

Of course, if Ao Yang can take the lead in advancing to Jialan, even if the two cities of Hengsha and Dulang are occupied by the opponent, he can still hold out for a period of time, and cut off the connection between Hengsha City and Dulang City, as long as his own reserve army arrives , will be able to easily take back the helpless Hengsha City and Dulang City.

At this moment, five hundred miles away from Jialan City, a mighty cavalry regiment was galloping on its way, and dust was flying up.Like a storm in the desert, rolling up a piece of yellow sand.

"The cavalry that reported to Cai Lun is four hundred miles away from Jialan."

"Explore again, the army is speeding up." Ao Yang was wearing silver armor, and the silver helmet reflected a strong light under the sunlight. With the majestic and majestic body, the general's demeanor was undoubtedly displayed.

One day later, outside Jialan City, there were billowing sand waves, and red-tasseled gold-armored cavalrymen approached the city all the time. The small holes for the arrows are barely visible, but the presence of the arrows pointing outwards makes it very conspicuous.

At this moment, at the head of Jialan City, a refined middle-aged man stood there with a serious face, but his eyes were indeed determined and stern. As one of the emperor's most trusted confidantes, Shi Qian was appointed as the guard of Jialan. Jialan's important position, there are usually [-] troops in the garrison, and it is a piece of cake to defend Jialan, but the cunning and cunning Xiaoyao Wang has already discovered this problem. Over the years, he has lied about some military information every year. Our army suffered heavy casualties, and it was necessary to send troops from various places to assist. Of course, Jialan was also inevitable.

Shi Qian, who is loyal and loyal, of course puts the empire first. Although the number of troops sent each time is not many, there are thousands of them. Once they are sent out, the troops will basically never come back. Then Xiaoyao Wang's messenger will blow his pain again, how tragic the border war is, hundreds of thousands of troops bravely killed the enemy, shed blood and died for the country.

At the beginning, Shi Qian didn't take it seriously. On the battlefield, the troops given were basically irretrievable, so he could only continue to train the reserve army. After some communication, it was found that this was the case. At that time, they all thought that King Xiaoyao sent their troops to the battlefield as cannon fodder. They could only swallow the bitterness in their stomachs, and decided to never pay attention to King Xiaoyao in the future. .

Surprisingly, King Xiaoyao never asked them to transfer troops since then, but news of good news came one after another, and the borders of the empire were peaceful. I wonder if I have blamed Xiaoyao Wang by mistake.

Just five days ago, King Xiaoyao sent a courier again. He was startled at that time. He saw that the courier was covered in mud. Pu, burst into tears, said that the border crisis has fallen into a bitter battle, and the turmoil this time is too great to be controlled. He asked him to send all the soldiers of the city to rescue him urgently. Shi Qian hesitated, and he was always decisive. , and then the lieutenant general's constant persuasion, saying that he was willing to lead the army, and he would definitely bring the army back, otherwise he would not come back. Shi Qian was so moved that he made a decision at that time, but unfortunately he would have misunderstood the other party's intention. Not coming back has two meanings, one is to die outside, but not to come back, he obviously took it for granted as one meaning, but contrary to his wishes, it happens to be the second meaning, the lieutenant general has gone to Qingzhou City to enjoy his blessings.

At this moment, there are less than [-] defenders on the city wall, and most of them are old and weak. The others have been taken away by the lieutenant general.The rebels under the city set up a formation, lined up a phalanx, and prepared siege equipment, just waiting to start.

Shi Qian made the final mobilization, looking at his own soldiers, everything can only be resigned to fate.

"The city is dead and I am dead!" This is Shi Qian's mood at the moment. He has never thought that these old and weak soldiers can hold on. Unless a miracle happens, or reinforcements from the imperial capital arrive, everything can only be persisted. separated.

"Hoo hoo!" A charging horn sounded, and King Xiaoyao's army launched a fierce attack on Jialan with all its strength, with a magnificent momentum.

There were screams, but they couldn't stop the advance of the rebels. The city gate was rumbling, and people continued to climb up the city wall.

Putting up all their energy, the warriors on the city wall pulled up all their strength one by one. Stones, sand, oil pans, and coals were all poured down. Arrows kept coming out of holes of the same size, and occasionally There were a few fire-type skills such as fireballs that charged down with raging flames, and screams followed each other.

Cai Lun in the distance waved his hand expressionlessly, and saw a pair of lightly armored troops walking out behind him. Unlike ordinary soldiers, although their eyes also had iron-blooded tempering in their eyes, they did not have the kind of swearing to death Not resolute, but with a touch of arrogance and disdain.

The flag was waved towards Jialan, and the pair of light armored troops marched forward. At the same time, a small pair of troops in the rear rose into the air. They were all flying monsters, and all kinds of birds chirped. The sound of the sound raised the morale of the rebel army, but the momentum of the defenders on the city wall became weaker and weaker.

In the technician team, the cavalry led by Cai Lun actually included hundreds of air force technicians and hundreds of underground technicians. Facing such a new force, the defenders on the city were simply vulnerable.Sure enough, the air force and the ground army fired at the same time, and the temperature of the air became scorching hot. There were many casualties on the city wall, and the soldiers guarding the city showed signs of despair.

But at this moment, there were hoofbeats in the distance, and the ground trembled. Within two moments, he appeared in sight, the guards shouted, the morale rebounded with all their strength, and they fought back desperately. Shi Qian took the lead and bathed all over his body Among the fire elements, brilliant skills were issued one by one, and he himself was also a fire technician with a skill sect.

It was the Aoyang Legion that arrived thousands of miles away. Aoyang didn't answer, and directly led the army to rush towards the rebels. In the sky above, there was also an air force soaring into the sky.

Cai Lun looked at the high-morale Aoyang army, his face was livid, and he murmured, the rebel army sounded the horn to withdraw troops and retreat, and the army that was already in disarray couldn't withstand the several attacks of Aoyang's new force. Undoubtedly defeated.

The rebel army receded like a tide in an instant, while Jialan City was full of cheers. Commander Aoyang rode his horses and ran wildly, chasing the enemy all the way, until they ran for more than ten miles and killed thousands of enemies before turning back to Jialan Going to the city, Ao Yang ordered people to count the battlefield. At this moment, the Jialan city wall has been scorched black by the fire.

Shi Qian opened the city gate, and the generals came out to meet Aoyang's army. Although the battle lasted less than an hour, Shi Qian's face was full of exhaustion.

"Thank you, General Shi!" To show respect, Ao Yang dismounted and walked towards Shi Qian.

"Meet His Royal Highness, do your best for the empire, don't talk about hard work." Shi Qian, who was behaving elegantly at the moment, still looked like the general who killed the enemy in blood.

After entering the city, Ao Yang arrived in time to occupy Jialan City. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and was discussing how to defeat the enemy. Suddenly, a soldier hurried in, knelt down and said, "Report, urgent military situation, Hengsha City and Dulang The city has been taken by the enemy."

Ao Yang and Shi Qian stood up at the same time, their faces were serious, and a thought appeared in their hearts at the same time.

"How did they suddenly arrive at the two cities of Hengsha and Dulang? There was no news before."

They didn't know that King Xiaoyao had already ordered two vanguard cavalry troops to detour and attack from the side of Hengsha Dulang City in order to ensure safety. In this way, even if they didn't arrive at Jialan, they could still deal with it.

There was silence in the hall, and Ao Yang and Shi Qian were very puzzled. What did the rebels sing? The two cities were separated by Jialan, and their rear troops were also huge. What kind of conspiracy did they have to do this? Xiaoyao Wang is a battle-tested person, and it is impossible for him to make low-level mistakes.

One day later, Ao Yunxing's army was slowly marching. The news of Aoyang's occupation of Jialan had already arrived, and they didn't need to dare to go so fast. This speed should be achieved in a day.

Luote City, a city closer to Jialan, at the moment Ao Yunxing was arriving at the foot of Luote City, and saw the wall of Luote City was quiet, and the gate was open, as if to welcome the arrival of Ao Yunxing's army.

Seeing that no one came out to greet him, Ao Yunxing raised his eyebrows and was a little displeased, but he didn't say anything. He exchanged a few words with the guards on the city, and understood that the guards were training reserve soldiers in the city, and the army marched into Luotuo At this moment, the open city gate suddenly closed slowly, and many archers suddenly appeared on the tower, shooting arrows continuously.

Before Ao Yunxing's troops figured out what was going on, there were casualties in an instant. Someone recognized the general standing in the center of the city wall, and he was actually under Xiaoyao Wang. Ao Yunxing and Gu Pa looked at each other in amazement, and they were all shocked There was news yesterday that King Xiaoyao's troops were intercepted outside Jialan City, how did they appear here at this time.

Gupa suddenly thought of a possibility that the rebel army might march to Luot as soon as they occupied Hengsha City and Dulang City to block the advance direction of the imperial army, and then supplement the army from the rear to station in Hengsha Dulang. Want to besiege Jialan.

Gupa became anxious and breathless in his heart. Xiaoyao Wang is worthy of being a hero of a generation. He marched so fast, everything was in front of the imperial capital's counter-insurgency army.

(End of this chapter)