Hengdao Sixteen Kingdoms

Chapter 440 The opposite

Wang Meng's fierce character is actually his character.

Be brave, diligent, and bold.

As Li Yue expected, Wang Meng led his troops into Huguan and joined the elite Heiyun troops in the hands of Li Qi, Li Yi, and Zhao He. The force was as high as [-]. He also gathered Wei Shan, Mi Jin, Qin Biao, Lu Guang, and Liu Lao. Among them, Zhuge Kan and other generals can be said to be as fierce as a cloud.

From a high position, he looked at Murong Chui with covetous eyes.

However, Murong Chui was not idle either. He summoned 5 troops from Taiyuan, and his army reached 8.

But just like Xiangguo, the two armies were also confronting each other.

"Your Highness only needs to hold back Murong Ke. This war minister will conquer Bingzhou and capture Murong Chui alive!" Wang Meng specially sent a letter.

Li Yue smiled and replied with four words: "Waiting for good news."

Murong Chui nominally had an army of 3 men, but in fact the real elite numbered only [-] to [-] men. The rest were temporarily captured strong men with insufficient equipment.

There is a huge difference from the new army trained by Wang Meng.

On the east road, generals Jia Jian and Lu Bo attacked Shuzhou early, and Cui Jin dispatched from behind, fighting back and forth with Mu Yugen.

Mu Yugen was a veteran general, but Jia Jian was not inferior. Together with Lu Bozao and Cui Jin, he had the upper hand and ate up several supporting troops from Jicheng.

This is actually a manifestation of national strength.

The Yan State occupied You and merged the two states for a short period of time and did not manage it effectively. Its foundation is still in Liaodong.

Li Yue doesn't need to fight with Murong Keer, he just needs to concentrate his efforts to push through.

"Your Highness, Murong Ke moved his troops to praise the emperor." Zhang Shengye reported the latest news.

Zanhuang sticks to Taihang Mountain and passes through Jingxing to help Bingzhou.

Murong Ke moved his troops here in order to take care of the Bingzhou battlefield and support Murong Chui.

Li Yue would not give him this opportunity, "The time has come, send the order to attack Xiangguo!"

"Wei!" The soldier came out of the tent with a happy face.

Various sounds suddenly came from the camp, as if they were gradually waking up.

When Li Yue left the camp, there were already soldiers standing outside the tent, their eyes filled with bloodthirsty desire.

This desire condensed into a sky-high murderous aura.

Xiangguo, the capital of the Hu people, was once the place where Jie and Zhao were prosperous, and now it is the sharp blade of Yan that hangs over the head of Yecheng!
The victory over Xiang State was of great significance to the soldiers, and it also had a profound impact on Liang State.

Li Yue originally just wanted to feign an attack and attract Murong Ke to go south for support, but when he saw the looks in the soldiers' eyes, he suddenly changed his mind. The morale of the army must not be let down.

Taking this city was a heavy blow to Yan's morale.

The strongest Xiang State has been captured. Which other city in Yan State can withstand the attack of the Black Cloud Army?
Murong Ke saw Li Yue's intention to besiege the city for reinforcements and was unwilling to go south easily, so he might as well change his mind and directly attack Xiangguo and break the Yan army's defenses!

After more than ten days of confrontation, the defenders on Xiangguo City also relaxed.

They all thought that the Black Cloud Army did not dare to attack the city. After all, Ran Min had learned from the past.

Li Yue decided to do the opposite this time!
Squeak, squeak...

Thunderbolt carts and ballista carts were pushed to the front line.

The soldiers walked silently to the front of the formation.

The defenders on the city were still laughing and cursing, and all kinds of obscene words were unbearable to hear.

Just as they were cursing, the Pili chariot let out a deep roar and threw the fire oil can towards Xiangguo City.

Followed closely by the rockets flying into the sky, densely shooting towards the city.

Angry flames rose and immediately engulfed the dozens of Yan troops who were cursing at the top of the city.

Immediately afterwards, the ballista also began to show its power, nailing the arrows to the city wall densely.

The heavy troops rushed to the city with their shields and filled in the ditches and pits that the Yan army had laid out in advance.

More than a hundred oxen and mules dragged a dozen rush vehicles forward.

The black cloud is pressing down on the city and the city is about to be destroyed.

The battlefield with tens of thousands of people stretched for miles like a sea of ​​armor, swords and spears.

Since you have decided to conquer Xiangguo, let's do it in one go.

The flames on the city wall were raging into the sky, but the Yan army was also strong. They resisted the flames and used sand to extinguish the flames. Yan soldiers whose whole bodies were covered in flames kept falling from the top of the city with shrill screams.

Li Yue did not expect that the Thunderbolt Chariot could capture a strong city like Xiangguo. He waved his hand, the command flag waved behind him, the sound of war drums rose from the ground, and the black cloud warriors carried the long ladder forward.

"Send the order, the title of the first to ascend will be promoted to five levels in a row, and a thousand households will be granted the title of marquis, and a reward of 300 million yuan in cash and silk will be given!" There must be a brave man under the heavy reward.

Hundreds of messengers galloped through the array, delivering Li Yue's military orders.

The morale of the front line is like a raging fire cooking oil.

Boom, boom, boom...

The heavy steps hit the ground hard, as if they were about to flatten the barbarian capital.

In less than a stick of incense, the entire battlefield was boiling.

The soldiers rushed towards the city wall, and without waiting for the charging chariot to approach, they directly climbed up the long ladder or stepped on the arrows...

After all, the power of kerosene was limited, and the city was well prepared and quickly extinguished the flames.

Yan Jun stepped on the still burning corpse and threw stones one after another, and arrows fell like a rainstorm.

No matter how strong the armor was, it could not withstand such a dense rain of arrows and stones, and flesh and blood flew everywhere in the blink of an eye.

But death did not deter the soldiers.

The Linchong chariot was slowly pushed to the front of the city, and arrows were sprayed on the defenders on the city wall like water. Several black clouds wearing heavy armor would jump down from the roof of the chariot and rush into the enemy army, with big axes in their hands. , the mace was swung wildly, bringing down a shower of blood.

The approaching Linchong chariot greatly reduced the pressure on the soldiers who were planning to climb the city.

Looking from Li Yue's point of view, the mountain-like earth-brown city wall has turned black, and is densely covered with black cloud soldiers.

People from both our and enemy sides continued to fall from the top of the city and fell into the black tide below the city.

It seems that even the towering green mountains around Xiangguo have become smaller.

The momentum and scale of this battle were unprecedented in Li Yue's life.

It is true that one general's achievements will make thousands of bones wither.

The rise of a new empire must go through mountains of corpses and seas of blood!
If you want to win, you must pay a price. Li Yue has no time to pity the fallen. Since he is a soldier, this is his fate.

The battlefield became more and more intense, and the sound of fighting shook the sky.

The Yan army also resisted desperately, pushing back the Heiyun soldiers who had attacked the city wall several times.

Xiangguo City is really strong, and several Linchong chariots were destroyed.

The officers and men of the Heiyun Army moved forward in five waves, fighting from noon to dusk. All the charging vehicles were destroyed, and more than [-] soldiers were killed or injured, but Xiangguo City still stood.

Even Xu Cheng was injured.

Li Yue ordered the troops to be withdrawn and stayed overnight to appease the soldiers. Honglu officials also tried their best to encourage morale.

"Tomorrow, tomorrow, even if we are shattered to pieces, we will conquer Xiangguo!" Several old soldiers patted their chests.

The next day, at dawn, the Black Cloud Army stood silently outside the city wall.

Under the city wall, corpses were densely packed and piled up in several layers.

The corpse was covered with feather arrows, broken spears, and long knives, like reeds.

The smell of blood surged into the sky.

Someone in the city has already broken through and asked for help from the north, but it will take at least two days for Murong Ke's reinforcements to go south from Zanhuang!
In other words, if we cannot capture Xiangguo today, we must be careful of Murong Ke's attack!
"Attack!" The black cloud general in front of the formation roared hysterically.

Li Yue picked up the drumstick and beat the war drum together with the warriors.

The dragon pattern on the drum surface showed its teeth and claws, and seemed to come alive with the vibration, roaring.

Li Yue looked at the lifelike dragon on the drum while knocking. The dragon shape in the Han and Wei dynasties had limbs, fangs, and claws. It was more powerful and more majestic.

This is also the earliest totem in China.

dong dong dong...

One sound was faster than the other, and one sound was louder than the other. It seemed that some kind of power spread with the sound of the drum and poured into every soldier on the battlefield.

Yesterday was a bloody battle, and the Yan army also paid a heavy price. They will only be more tired.

In fact, yesterday's hard battle had brought Xiangguo to the edge of running out of fuel.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!" The huge shouts gradually matched the rhythm of the drums.

Li Yue's arms were numb, but he was still beating the war drum.

I don’t know how long it took, but I finally heard a series of exclamations, “The city is broken!”

(End of this chapter)