This warrior is so fierce

Chapter 539 Confused
Tianming, Dongping City.

Under Dongping City, the number of bandits increased to 2.

The 2 people are just Li Xingxi's vanguard army, which is mighty and mighty, forming a formation under the tower.

In Dongping City, a feeling of panic gradually spread.

"Don't worry, General Cao's army has entered the city to garrison yesterday!"

"Although there are many enemy troops, our army is elite, and our army will surely win this battle!"

Li Niu recruited several generals and ran to the city to spread the news, trying to turn public opinion around.

But as long as someone walked to the top of the city and saw the densely packed bandit army in the east, he still felt a little bit apprehensive.

And only a small number of people know that Cao Su left the city not long after he came to Dongping City yesterday. Now, there is no Cao Su army in the city. city ​​defense army.

That's all, five thousand soldiers, according to Cao Su's request, must stop Li Xingxi in Dongping City for more than three days.

Three days doesn't sound like a long time, but when you look outside the outer east wall, there are enemy troops everywhere, and you don't have much confidence at all.

It's just that Li Niu's strict management of the army, coupled with the strict discipline of Cao's army, no one dared to dissatisfy.

Li Niu didn't sleep all night, and arrived at the east wall section of Dongping City early in the morning.

After the arrival of more than [-] troops, a large amount of energy and blood had been gathered in the east city wall section, and the enemy army had no intention of attacking the city yet.

A centurion under his command reported to him: "Since the fifth watch, the enemy army has been lighting fires and cooking, and there are still a large number of enemy troops arriving in the distance. Look over there, the general, it is the enemy's siege. instrument."

The siege equipment was set up on site, Li Xingxi traveled across the two states, and the army under his command had already broken away from the general category of "peasant rebel army".

Especially the vanguard army, which belongs to the elite army, is even more dressed in iron armor. There are also siege professionals in the army to assist the army in building siege equipment.

Like Cao Su's army, there is a shortage of talents in this area.

His army is basically based on field battles, and there are relatively few talents who specialize in siege equipment.

Of course, with the combat strength of the Pingbei Army, there are few in the world who can win in field battles.

And once the field battle is defeated, defending the city to the death is not a long-term solution after all.

Li Niu's eyesight was very good, and he could see behind Li Xingxi's army at a glance, a huge siege tower made of logs was being built.

However, Dongping City lacked defensive equipment. Except for some short-range ballistas, there were no defensive weapons that could cause substantial damage, which made it more difficult to defend the city.

He looked worried, silently looking to the southeast, wondering where the general had gone now——
Li Xingxi was in command of the Chinese army and set off from Jincheng today.

As soon as he arrived in Mojiang, there were reports from Ma Ma.

"Report to the general, the horse news last night."

Tanma hung the news on his horse and galloped to Li Xingxi's army, and then passed the news to Li Xingxi.

Although Li Xingxi is just an ordinary farmer's boy, since the Wanping Army uprising, he has been in both Youzhou and Liaozhou. After several years, he is now considered the biggest force in Youzhou and Liaozhou.

There are a lot of generals under his command, top-rank warriors and alchemy monks also assist him.

With the help of Weng Xiao, a monk in the alchemy period, Li Xingxi also established his own intelligence system.

Tanma passed all kinds of news to his ears, so that he could make the most correct choice.

"Mr. Weng, what do you think?"

Li Xingxi gave the news to the middle-aged scribe who was nearby. The scribe took a look at the news and found that it said "Cao Su's army arrived in Dongping City last night, and the number of defenders in Dongping City increased".

Weng Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly: "This Cao Su came so fast."

Li Xingxi smiled: "Most of Cao Su's troops are elite cavalry. In the past, he led tens of thousands of cavalry across Xizhou and defeated the boundary-breaking demon king. If there was no court struggle, Cao Su would never have come to Youzhou."

"With more cavalry, the mobility of his army will be stronger. I am not surprised to be able to rush to the aid of Dongping City as soon as he gets the news."

Li Xingxi hoped that Cao Su would fight him in Dongping City. As long as the cavalry mobility of Cao Su's army could not be fully utilized, then he could advance layer by layer.

This is also one of the reasons why Li Xingxi deliberately made some noise in Mojiang, which made Youzhou nervous.

As long as Cao Su is trapped in Dongping City, Li Xingxi will decide whether to fight or let him go.

"I'm afraid Cao Su won't enter Dongping City for defense so easily."

"Cao Su is also a generation of famous generals, how can he not know this truth?"

Li Xingxi wanted to force Cao Su to fight in Dongping City, but he didn't expect the effect to be so good. Cao Su really came to Dongping City. He always felt unreal and worried that Cao Su had other plans.

"No matter what Cao Su does, as long as we win Dongping City, it will be equivalent to gaining the first stronghold to enter Youzhou."

"After Dongping City, the road is smooth, and you can easily kill Youzhou Mansion. Once our army appears in Youzhou Mansion, can Cao Su still sit still?"

Weng Xiao's eyes flashed, and he said sadly: "The general can also destroy Dongping City first, and then cut off the heads of Dongping City and Pingbei Army first, and pile them up outside Youzhou Mansion. Chaos."

"As long as the Youzhou government is in chaos, Cao Su's foundation will be gone, and this battle will surely be won."

The strategy offered by Weng Xiao was beyond the reach of an ordinary Taoist. After hearing this, Li Xingxi also felt that it was too harsh.

But he has long been used to Weng Xiao's behavior style, and he silently kept this plan in his heart after hearing the words.

"Speed ​​up!"

Li Xingxi shouted loudly.

Under Li Xingxi's urging, the army under his command began to speed up across the river.

Several hours later, Li Xingxi's army also crossed the Mojiang River and began to move towards Dongping City.
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Two days later, it snowed heavily.

To the south of Jincheng, Heyong County.

A heavy snow came from the north and quickly covered the whole world.

The world is vast, and the Mojiang River is completely frozen, and the thick ice layer allows war horses to gallop on the ice.

Of course, no war horse dared to gallop on the ice, the balance was too difficult to master, and it was easy to fall.

Cao Su lay in ambush in the woods for two days.

It was not until heavy snow fell on this day that he led his army out of the small woods.

The people led their horses and stepped carefully across the Mojiang River, and easily entered Liaozhou on the opposite side of the Mojiang River.

If there are no horses, you can send people there with some boats, but Cao's army is all cavalry. In addition to people who have to cross the river, horses also have to cross the river. The Mo River is not frozen, so Cao Su can't find so many The ships came to deliver the horses.

Therefore, Cao Su could only wait until the Mojiang River was frozen.

If Mojiang is not frozen, then Cao Su will change his way and attack from the south side of Mojiang.

This directly turned into helping Dongping City instead of cutting off Li Xingxi's army.

"Everyone, success or failure depends on one action, follow me!"

After riding on the horse, Cao Su raised his arms high and shouted angrily.

His inner strength was strong, and his voice easily spread throughout the army. The soldiers in the army echoed excitedly. Then Cao Su took the lead and led the cavalry to sprint towards Jincheng in the north.
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Outside the city of Dongping, dead bodies littered the field.

It has been defending for two days. Since two days ago, after the bandit army officially attacked the city, Dongping City has been completely caught in the flames of war.

Li Xingxi's army is huge, while the defenders of Dongping City are only [-].

If 5000 troops want to resist the opponent's 20 army, it is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg.

On the walls, there were bloodstains everywhere.

In two days, the number of 5000 people shrank rapidly, and now there are only [-] soldiers who can still stand on the city wall for defense.

"General, I can't hold on anymore."

Under Li Niu's tent, a centurion was crying bitterly, and one of his arms was broken, and the road to martial arts was completely lost.

Li Niu was also covered in blood, with many bruises on his body. He gritted his teeth and said, "One more day, the general ordered me to wait for three days. Could it be that we can't even do this order?"

"What do you keep? What else can you keep?"

Among the centurions, there are also many resentful ones.

Li Niu was furious, pulled out the halberd in his hand, and suddenly pressed forward, covering the centurion's shoulder.

In the life-and-death fight, Li Niu has made rapid progress in martial arts, and now his combat power at the seventh rank of the strength realm can be regarded as second to none in the entire Dongping City.

The centurion was suppressed by Li Niu's long halberd, and immediately fell to his knees on the ground.

Li Niu stared at him, and said word by word: "Take your life! I didn't even retreat, why are you retreating?"

"Anyone who retreats will be dealt with according to military law!"

Outside Dongping City, Li Xingxi's army tent.

All the generals and officers under Li Xingxi's account were there.

In the military tent, some dancers were found, swaying gracefully, all the soldiers were drinking and eating meat, laughing and talking.

"Commander, Dongping City has been beaten like this. If Cao Su hasn't come yet, I don't think Cao Su will come at all. Tomorrow, I will personally lead the troops to charge and destroy Dongping City!"

A burly general begged for orders.

Li Xingxi shook his head, said with a light smile, "There's no rush."

"Dahu, don't beg for your life anymore. Our commander-in-chief has already made up his mind, so you can enjoy the singing and dancing music."

Beside the burly general, a general with a goatee wrapped his arms around the waist of a dancing girl, and with a smile pushed the dancing girl to Dahu.

Du Hu frowned, and reached out to stop the trembling dancing girl.

The dancing girl showed fear on her face, but she sat down obediently, and took out the jug to pour wine for Duhu.

Having been rejected, Du Hu sat down with a depressed expression on his face, picked up the wine glass and drank it down in one gulp.

Beside Li Xingxi, the middle-aged scribe Weng Xiao said in a low voice, "Marshal, it's almost there."

"I'm afraid Cao Su really made a feint, Dongping City. He should have given up."

After two days of onslaught, Dongping City suffered heavy casualties, and it turned out like this. Legend has it that Cao Su, who had entered the "Dongping City Defense", did not even have a ghost, so Weng Xiao concluded that Cao Su must have abandoned Dongping City.

Li Xingxi actually thought the same way, and sighed slightly: "Cao Su is really beyond what people can think of. If he abandons Dongping City and sticks to Youzhou Mansion, there is nothing I can do. It is said that Youzhou Mansion has high walls and thick walls. An army of 30 will not be able to attack."

"A real man can be broken if he can, and Cao Su can be regarded as a ruthless man, hahaha!"

After Li Xingxi finished speaking, he laughed out loud.

Weng Xiao also laughed, and when Li Xingxi slaughtered the defenders of Dongping City, he would pile their heads into a mountain and throw them at the gate of Youzhou Mansion to see how Cao Su would appease the mood in Youzhou Mansion.

It must be known that Youzhou Mansion is different from Dongping City. It is a super big city with intricate relationships within the city.

The government, family, and sect gathered all kinds of forces. How can it be so simple to want a bowl of water to be flat? ——
To the south of Jincheng, Cao Su divided the cavalry into three.

He personally led [-] cavalry, starting from the center, directly harassing Jincheng.

And Hong Ding and Ma Chao, each leading more than [-] elite cavalry, flew out from the two wings. Ma Chao was in charge of burning the boats at the ferry, directly attacking Li Xingxi's retreat route, and could also attack the grain road.

Hong Ding directly bypassed Jincheng and went deep behind Jincheng.

After Jincheng, there are two small cities called Jiu'an and Chidong respectively. The attack on these two small cities will sound the alarm for Jincheng first. You can directly try to attack Jincheng, maybe you can win Jincheng in one battle.

Therefore, after the two wings flew out, Cao Su's army marched the slowest.

More than [-] cavalry slowly marched forward in the wilderness. By dawn, the outline of Jincheng could already be seen.

"General, Jincheng!"

Beside Cao Su, Shi Yong, the captain of the personal army, pointed into the distance and said.

At this time, in Jincheng, the guard received two messages.

"What, the ferry was attacked?"

"What, there are enemy traces in Jiu'an?"

Overnight, two pieces of news came, and the defender of Jincheng was dumbfounded.

Isn't Marshal Li attacking Dongping City?Who is this who appeared in the Northern Army near Jincheng?Cao Su?
The lack of food and grass for the Pingbei Army and average military strength were the problems of the Pingbei Army that Li Xingxi had analyzed in the army early in the morning. Therefore, with this military strength, Li Xingxi judged that Cao Su must be passively defending.

But now, the enemy army that appeared near Jincheng slapped him in the face severely.

The guard was one of the two high-ranking forces who fought against Cao Su at the beginning. His name was Ying Fan. He was a child who grew up in a grassland tribe in the northern part of Liaozhou.

"Immediately send a letter to the handsome!"

Ying Fan can be regarded as one of the mighty generals who followed Li Xingxi in the Southern and Northern Wars. With rich experience in the battlefield, he made the first reaction immediately.

At the same time, he ordered martial law in the city, and the four gates of the city were closed tightly, and no one could enter or leave without his warrant.

The merchants and people in Jincheng were very surprised. They were not well informed and did not know what happened.

Until noon the next day, the sound of rumbling horseshoes came from the west of Jincheng.

The sound of horseshoes sounded like thunder on the plain.

The guards of Jincheng saw that in a black line to the north, countless cavalry galloped past. These cavalry in black armor were all majestic and mighty, full of murderous aura.

After stepping across the west side of Jincheng, the cavalry galloped around the city for a week.

Jincheng is located on the east side of the Mojiang River. Although it is a big city, there is no danger around it.

The sound of rumbling iron hooves spread throughout the city.

However, none of these cavalry came to the city to call for battle, and after a circle, they ran directly to the east.

east?Jiuan?Chi Dong?

Jincheng Guard General Ying Fan's face was ugly, he could see the appearance of these cavalry clearly, they were clearly the people of Pingbei General Cao Su.

Cao Suzhen led the army to attack. When the commander-in-chief Li Xingxi led the Chinese army to attack Dongping City, he made a detour to the rear and appeared on the main road of Jincheng.

"General, what should I do?"

Among the guards, someone looked at the countless cavalry and suddenly showed fear.

The cavalry galloped on the battlefield, creating a great momentum.

After all, the quality of the army under Li Xingxi's command was not comparable to that of the Pingbei Army.

Ying Fan could feel the uneasy hearts of everyone under his command.

"It doesn't matter. Our city walls are high and thick. I see that the enemy troops are all cavalry. How can we attack the city?"

He said a reason to convince everyone. When everyone heard it, it seemed to be quite reasonable, and they immediately relaxed their minds.

However, at this moment, a general suddenly raised a question.

"Too bad General, Chi Dong!"

Chi Dong!

As soon as the name came out, everyone's expressions changed immediately.

Although Chidong City is a small town, it is the place where Li Xingxi stores grain and grass, and it belongs to the granary of the army under his command.

The cavalry of the Pingbei Army may not be able to attack the tall and thick Jincheng, but judging by its momentum, Chidong, a small city, must be unstoppable. If Cao Su touches the granary, how can this battle be fought?

"Quickly, send me another letter and hand it over to the commander-in-chief!"

Ying Fan almost yelled, and then looked at the Pingbei Army going away with an ugly expression.

Not long after, another bad news came. In the south of the city, a large number of Pingbei Army appeared again, and the number was immeasurable.

"How many people came from the Pingbei Army? All the family backgrounds?"

"Cao Su, this is crazy"

Ying Fan has never seen such a solitary throw-and-go style of play.

At the beginning, Wang Zha was attacked first, and he wanted to fight them to the death.

(End of this chapter)