Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 1068
Chapter 1078

If you know the enemy and know the enemy, you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles.Liu Ke can know every move of Ezhanahe Yabu anytime and anywhere, so he can naturally remain invincible.However, Ezhanah Yabu was like a blind and deaf man.At this time, Ezhanah Yabu was still dreaming of his sweet dream, thinking that he could completely defeat Liu Ke, a tired soldier, with the help of the elite troops of the Heda Empire.

The defeat of Stone City was a defeat of geographical advantage.The defeat of the Syr Darya was a defeat of the right time.However, the weather is getting cooler now, and the Wei army is far less cold-resistant than the Heda people, and the east bank of the Heli River is a plain that is very suitable for cavalry operations.This is the hinterland of the Heda Empire. They are very familiar with every plant and tree here, occupying the right time, place and people. He feels that there is no reason to lose to Wei Jun again.

Two branches bloom, one for each.Just when Liu Ke was about to fight Ezhanah Yabu on the Heli River, Ye Xian also launched a fierce battle against Taluosi City, an important town in Shiguo.

Relying on his large number of people, Ye Xian first sent troops to occupy the surrounding cities of Taluosi City, isolate Taluosi City, and attack the morale of the defenders.Then use the servant army to carry out fierce offensive and defensive battles.Thereby concealing Ye Xian's real purpose.Digging tunnels is a professional and technical job, not everyone can do it. If there are no professionals to operate, digging holes is tantamount to burying yourself alive, but the Anxi Army has a professional engineer battalion.These engineers and soldiers have never been engaged in the career of miners or tomb robbers.Accumulated a lot of rich experience.Ye Xian ordered people to strictly block the news. In order to prevent the Shi Guojun in the city from discovering that the Wei army was digging tunnels in advance, Ye Xian ordered the troops not to relax, continue to attack repeatedly, and continued to bombard the city wall with ballistas. As a result, the falling cannon stones effectively interfered with Shi Jun's monitoring of the ground.

In ancient times, the efficiency was very low. It took seven days to dig a tunnel of more than 300 steps before it was dug under the city wall.During this period, many accidents occurred, resulting in the death of three people in the engineering battalion and the injury of dozens of people.The casualties this time were not caused by the defenders of Shiguo, but by the ballista soldiers of the Anxi Army who ejected a ballista off the target and happened to land on the tunnel dug by the engineers.

Due to the high geological sand content in the east of Talas City, it is very unfavorable for digging tunnels, and it is very easy to landslide.Even a three-foot-thick pothole cannot withstand a 25-jin stone bomb.After this accident, the engineering battalion adopted the method of topping wooden piles and laying planks to carry out excavation, which delayed the progress of the project.

During the seven days when the Wei army began to dig the tunnel, the servant army of Wei State attacked the city very violently. A large number of servant troops took turns to fight, holding shields against arrows, and bravely rushed to the wall of Taluosi City repeatedly. The crossbow was even more powerful, and the stone bullets and crossbow arrows were smashed towards the wall of Taluosi City like a torrential rain.

Liu Yan immediately felt the huge pressure from the Wei army in the city, and had to go to the city to command the onslaught of the Wei army. These days, his life is very difficult, because his army in the city has begun to appear unstable. Some peasants, young and strong, used ropes to go down to the city at night and escape collectively.In particular, Liu Yan used the members of the Mason Association to closely monitor and oppress the people in the city, which angered the people in the city. A more prestigious butcher from the Jie people made a move on the third day after the Wei army began to attack Taluosi City. Mutiny, trying to seize the south gate, open the city gate to welcome the Wei army into the city.However, due to haste, the assembled people were not trained, and they were nervously discovered by the members of the masonry association who were monitoring them. As a result, Liu Yan sent troops to suppress the riot of the people, so that no catastrophe was caused. Otherwise, it is estimated that After a while, the Wei army had already captured the city of Taluosi.

On the seventh day, Ye Xian ordered Ming Jin to retreat early.And openly supply wine and meat to the servants and soldiers.Just after sunset, he forced the servants to sleep.This anomaly was discovered by the careful Liu Yan, but he really couldn't spare any manpower to test Wei Jun's movements, so he had to order people to strictly guard against Wei's night attack.

Just after midnight, messengers began to appear in the camp of the Wei army. They summoned the generals and ordered them to call up all the soldiers. In order to avoid any abnormalities in the city, the camp did not even light up the lights, but gathered in the dark .At this time, the soldiers of the various armies who were awakened from sleep were also very full. They just looked at the teams of Anxi Army soldiers who were full of murderous looks, and they did not dare to express a single complaint.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and Ye Xian was also waiting for the arrival of the last moment.

"Are you ready?"

"Reporting to the deputy commander, the preparations have already been completed, and it can be detonated at any time!"

"Let's start!" Ye Xian said coldly: "All armies are ready for the assault!"

The Stone King's Palace in Taluosi City is actually the original city guard's mansion.Although Liu Yan established himself as the king of the Stone Kingdom, he did not spend extravagantly on the construction of the palace, but slightly repaired the city guard's mansion. From this point of view, Liu Yan is also a pragmatic person.At night, the uneasiness in Liu Yan's heart was very strong.

At the beginning, he relied on this innate ability to surpass his premonition to escape Ran Min's slaughter, Xianbei Murong Jun's pursuit, and crisis after crisis.Liu Yan is very confident about this innate ability to exceed expectations.He felt something was going to happen, so he got up as soon as he hid on the bed.When I came to the city, I checked all the city defense facilities, and found no obvious problems.At this moment, the uneasiness in Liu Yan's heart not only did not weaken, but became more intense.

"Damn, what the hell is this Wei Jun going to do?" Several followers looked at each other, not knowing how to answer.

Liu Yan felt puzzled, so he went to Ma Guangbi for advice.Ma Guangbi is the most capable general under Liu Yan, and he is also better at military affairs than him.So he told Ma Guangbi his doubts.Ma Guangbi also knew Liu Yan's over-premonition, and he also knew that he would never aim indiscriminately.
Ma Guangbi said: "In addition to the frontal attack, the Han people's siege is nothing more than water attack, fire attack and tunnel siege. However, for the Wei army's tunnel siege, the city has already learned the method of the Han people. No abnormalities were found. If there were any, those soldiers should have reported it long ago!"

After hearing this, Liu Yan felt a little relieved.However, he secretly shook his head at the current situation, not to say that Liu Yan was desperate at the moment, at least he didn't see any hope of victory.Fortunately, he owns the organization of the Mason Association, at least he can control the behavior of most people in the city, and he doesn't have to worry about the people in the city turning against him.The enmity between the Jie people and the Han people is too deep, and this bloody enmity cannot be easily resolved.

Liu Yan went to condolences to the soldiers who had fought hard, and found that although their morale was a little low, the backbone of the Mason Society was very firm.

This beautiful woman is none other than Uma, the princess of Kangju Kingdom.Speaking of which, Uma was really unlucky. Back then, she became the plaything of the overlord Jessie of Kangju Kingdom, the eastern general of the Heda Empire.However, with Jessie's defeat, her fate should have turned around. As the saying goes, love grows with each passing day, and Jessie still has a three-point affection for her. When she was defeated, she still sent someone to send her to Kang Juguo.But who would have thought that the reinforcements from the Wei Dynasty that she was looking forward to so much, not only failed to save the fate of Kang Ju, but directly wiped out Kang Ju.

When the city was broken, Uma escaped from Kangju and went to Taluosi City, an important town in Shiguo.Her beauty made her the prey of Liu Yan.Wuma looked at Liu Yan who was gradually falling into a deep sleep, and felt even more desolate in her heart.She hated Jersey, hated Liu Yan, and even more hated the group of Wei people outside the city who destroyed her home.

Outside the city of Taluosi, the soldiers of the Western Army of Wei Guoan put on their battle armor and stood silently in formation with weapons in hand.At this time, all the servants and soldiers also lined up outside their tents and assembled.The Anxi cavalry and the shepherds of the Western Regions kept calming their horses and kept them quiet. Only the sharpness of their swords and guns flickered under the lights from time to time, and the camp was full of chills at a glance. ...

The gunpowder fuze as thick as a finger is flashing thick yellow smoke, making a chirping sound. The distance of more than 300 steps and the fuze of more than 300 steps are very prone to accidents. Ye Xian did not order the dead soldiers to ignite the gunpowder. In fact, he did not want to sacrifice one more soldier.At this time, Wei Guo's gunpowder technology has become more and more mature, and the best power formula of granular black powder has been achieved, which is now more than three times more powerful than the original powder black powder.

However, in order to blast successfully at one time, Ye Xian still put 47 barrels of gunpowder under the city wall, which weighed more than 300 catties.To ignite the fuse this time, it takes more than 300 steps to ignite the gunpowder buried at the foot of the city wall. It is still unknown whether the blasting can be carried out smoothly. If the fuse is wet or extinguished halfway, then They were all busy tonight.

Although Ye Xian had a calm face, he was also a little nervous. He didn't know whether he would be able to blow down the city wall in a while, and before he knew it, his left hand holding the rein of the horse unconsciously clenched.Calculating the time, the gunpowder fuse should have burned to the bottom of the city wall, but nothing happened until now, and everyone's palms were sweating.If the gunpowder doesn't explode, then they will be wasted tonight, and there is no other way but to go back to the camp to rest.

Ye Xian was secretly worried, but he couldn't show it. Just when they were in a hurry, the ground suddenly shook, and the city wall in front of him seemed to be lifted up by something, and it arched upwards. After a while, many lights and torches fell from the top of the city, and then the city wall began to collapse slowly, and the ground began to shake violently.It was only after a while that a series of dull roars came from the ground, and the entire city of Taluosi was in chaos as if it was boiling.

"It's done!" The engineer battalion commander shouted excitedly.

At this time, the generals and soldiers of the Anxi Army outside the city were better off. They already knew the power of gunpowder, but the soldiers of the servant army and the shepherds of the Western Regions had never seen such a large-scale explosion of gunpowder, especially the huge bang. They felt that their souls were scattered, and they didn't recover from it for a long time.

"The whole army is attacking. After entering the city, the sword will not be sealed!" Ye Xian shouted.Immediately after Ye Xian's order was issued, the Wei State camp seemed to wake up instantly as if it was in a deep sleep. The lights were brightly lit and the drums were rumbling.Teams of infantry and cavalry began to rush towards the huge gap more than 300 steps wide in Taluosi.

Seeing that the infantry and cavalry of the Wei State had already started to attack, the soldiers of the servant army and the shepherds of the Western Regions also shouted together, each speaking their own mother tongue, yelling in a cacophony, to the effect of one word, "Kill!"

A large army like a tide rushed towards the huge gap in Taluosi City, but the Shi Kingdom defenders on the city wall did not react at all.The soldiers guarding the city wall were either killed on the spot, or were stunned by the shock, and even the soldiers in the inner city camp not close to the explosion point didn't know what happened.

Liu Yan, who was awakened by the huge explosion, suddenly turned over and fell to the ground. With his bare buttocks, he didn't even have time to put on his clothes, so he yelled at the guard outside the house: "Come on, come and see what's going on?"

Just as Liu Yan's personal guards were about to run out of the palace, they vaguely heard the killing cries of Wei's army.Now that Liu Yandang understood what was going on, he quickly put on his clothes and armor, and then rushed towards the east city with the palace guards.Liu Yan led his personal guards to gather his soldiers and horses while rushing, and at the same time sent someone to notify Ma Guangbi, so that Ma Guangbi immediately led more than [-] elite Jie tribes out of the west gate and retreated in the direction of the Taluosi River.Wei State did not have a boat division force, as long as the pontoon bridge was not lost, Wei State's army would not be able to cross the river for a while.

This is a terrifying conspiracy of the Wei State. In order to attack the city of Taluosi, the Wei army has already made every effort. I am afraid that there is not much chance to drive the Wei State army out of the city.Only by resisting for a moment, can the elite of the Jie tribe win a precious opportunity to break through.As long as these more than 1000 elites rush to surround and enter the vast grassland, they will become horse bandits and threaten the Silk Road and the supply line of the Wei army. It is impossible for the Wei army to destroy them in a short time.

Liu Yan is also a hero, knowing that this battle has been defeated, he never hesitated for a moment. The strong man cut his wrists, and he didn't even think about the counterattack. The people in each house were expelled, and they were used to block Wei's soldiers.

Liu Yan lived in Hou Zhao for many years, and knew the habits of the Han people early on.After breaking the city, it is possible to massacre all the defenders, but massacring the common people is something that ordinary Han generals cannot do, and they are afraid of infamy.Unfortunately, Liu Yan was wrong.Ye Xian will never tolerate, but needs to stand up.Regardless of whether these people were coerced or not, they all had the blood of General Anxi on their hands, causing casualties to the generals of Anxi's army.Ye Xian wanted to use the bloody massacre to announce the fact that "resisting the Wei army will never end well!"

However, what Liu Yan didn't expect was that Ye Xian was more poisonous than he imagined, and he was even more deadly.

When hundreds of elite Jie people rode their horses onto the pontoon bridge on the Taluosi River, they saw dozens of rockets suddenly flying out of the reeds on the west bank of the Taluosi River.It turned out that there were also many soldiers in the Anxi army who were good at swimming. Ye Xian selected dozens of excellent water-skilled soldiers from the army, and asked them to use the bladders of cattle and sheep, filled with gunpowder and equipment, to swim to the west bank. The gunpowder is placed under the pontoon and the fuze is exposed through the gaps in the planks above the pontoon.

These dozens of rockets did not cause the fire on the pontoon bridge, and the Jie cavalry did not notice that the gunpowder fuze had actually been ignited.With a loud bang, the pontoon bridge on the Taluosi River shattered into thousands of pieces, and hundreds of elite Jie tribes also became the sons-in-law of the River Dragon King.

As for whether a Jie person can swim or not, it doesn't really matter anymore. Wearing fish scale armor weighing forty or fifty catties, even if they are good at swimming, they can't survive in water.

Seeing that the way back was cut off, Liu Yan also stopped thinking about retreating, and focused on commanding his troops to fight against Wei's army.However, the general situation was over at this time, and even the members of the masonry association had no intention of resisting.

"Please, don't kill me?" A Lite businessman who spoke a little Chinese begged for mercy to the soldiers of Wei State's servant army who rushed into his house.But at this time, the servants and soldiers of Wei State were full of thoughts of getting rich, so how could they listen to his begging for mercy.A soldier of the Kubin State servant army went up and chopped down the Lite businessman with a knife.As the Lite businessman was stabbed and screamed to the ground, his wife and children rushed out of the room.Looking at the fifteen or sixteen-year-old daughter of Lite businessman, she laughed wildly like a hungry wolf.

However, the servant army carried out a carpet-style search from house to house. They faithfully carried out the slaughter order, and killed all the men who were more than four feet away, and the women and property were the trophies.
As the Wei army blasted the city wall, the battle was actually over, but the clean-up work took a full eleven days.In fact, Ye Xian and the generals of the Anxi Army did not participate in the massacre at all. All the massacres were done by the servants of various countries and the horsemen of the Western Regions.What the Wei State Anxi Army did was to take advantage of its equipment to wipe out all the large-scale Shi State troops until the bandit leader Liu Yan and all the young and strong Jie people were killed.

At this time, the Jie clan was really swept into the dust of history and became a historical term, and because of this massacre, the Houjing Rebellion was completely cut off.At least without the Jie people, there would be no massacre in Jiangnan for three years.

"Does the deputy commander feel very happy doing this?" Niu Zijie asked Ye Xian with a dark face.

"Humans are not grasses, and knowledge is ruthless!" Ye Xian said: "But this commander has no choice. We Han people and Jie people have no possibility of coexistence. If this commander shows mercy to them, what face will we have in the future when we face Jiehu slaughtering me?" Thousands of Han people died? What's more, this Taluosi city is an important town on the Silk Road, and it is extremely stupid to keep Jie people who hate Han people!"

(End of this chapter)