Dafeng Night Watchman-Chapter 690 - Ace Troops

Xu Erlang pointed at the map and said:

"Songshan County is one of the important strongholds in Yang Buzhengshi's second line of defense. If Songshan County is saved, Qingzhou's grain and grass can be transported to the south through the Songhe route.

"The entire northwest with Songshan County as the focus can serve as our army's rear base to support our army's entanglement with the Yunzhou rebels."

Miao Youfang looked over and saw that on the map, Xu Erlang used charcoal to draw the city occupied by the Yunzhou army. "Songshan County" was like a nail embedded in the northwest of the rebels' advance line.

"When you draw it like this, I understand the importance of Songshan County. This hero is still wondering why Yang Buzhengshi attaches so much importance to such a small and broken county, although you often say that it is an important stronghold of the defense line.

"But what's important, Master Miao, I don't have a clear understanding. Isn't it clear now?"

Miao Youfang nodded as he looked at it:

"Erlang is indeed a scholar who won two imperial examinations and came from Yunlu Academy. This master is very pleased."

"Read more books when you have time to improve your rhetoric." Xu Erlang replied calmly. .

Facing crude warriors, he is quite experienced.

He will never get angry easily.

Xu Erlang continued:

"Unless the Yunzhou rebels are defeated on the two fronts of Dongling and Wanjun, they have to increase their troops to the battlefield and are unable to support Zhuo Haoran, otherwise, Zhuo Haoran will not withdraw his troops, but wait for support."

Dongling and Wanjun and Songshan County form the second line of defense.

"Then what should we do?" Miao Youfang asked when he didn't understand.

"The city has plenty of food and fodder, and the defenders are still sufficient. Naturally, we will hold on and wait for the reinforcements from Yang Buzhengshi." Xu Xinnian pondered:

"The premise is that the battles in Dongling and Wanjun will not be too tragic."

"What if it is very tragic?" Miao Youfang asked without understanding.

"Then be prepared to be isolated and fight a protracted war." Xu Xinnian sighed.

Dongling and Wanjun are relatively more important than Songshan County.

Fortunately, before he set out, Sun Xuanji gave him a large number of heavy firearms, including artillery, bed crossbows, car crossbows, and muskets, which are all powerful weapons for defending the city.

As for kerosene, rolling logs and other supplies, Songshan County itself is rich, so the reserves are quite rich.

The defenders of Dafeng have the confidence to fight a protracted war.

As he was talking, he called a centurion and ordered:

"Send scouts out of the west city, bring pickaxes and shovels, sneak along the Song River, and wait for the enemy's food route."

After the centurion took the order and left, Miao Youfang took the initiative to analyze:

"You want to cut off the enemy's food before the reinforcements arrive?"

A few days ago, he led the cavalry to charge the camp, killed indiscriminately, and burned the rebels' food. Even if the fire was finally put out, the remaining food would probably not last for a few days.

Xu Xinnian said "Hey":

"No, I want to destroy the official road, delay the enemy's reinforcements, and then anger Zhuo Haoran and force him to attack the city. In this way, we may be able to eat up Zhuo Haoran's army before the rebels' reinforcements arrive."

Marching and fighting must be accompanied by the transportation of food and armaments, and these things rely on vehicles.

The normal movement of vehicles depends on roads.

A route with thousands of holes will greatly delay the marching speed of the reinforcements.

"Brother Miao, you just went through a hard battle. Go eat some meat. You have to be on duty at night."

Xu Xinnian rubbed his swollen temples and exhaled, "I also need to rest for a while."

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He hadn't closed his eyes for a day and a night.

After sending Miao Youfang away, Xu Erlang fell asleep in light armor. The hard and irritating equipment did not cause any obstacles to him, and he fell asleep quickly.

This was due to the experience of going north to support Yaoman. At that time, the coalition forces of Dafeng and Yaoman were dispersed, and the remnants were scattered everywhere, and they could encounter crises at any time.

Therefore, he practiced the magical skill of falling asleep quickly even in armor.

"Dong Dong Dong..."

The dense and deep drum sound woke Xu Erlang up. He opened his eyes suddenly, jumped up from the simple bed, and subconsciously turned his head to look at the water leak beside the bed. The time was 4:45 in the morning.

Before dawn.

He ran out of the city wall holding a standard saber. It was dark, and the light of the torches on the top of the city wall was burning in the cold night.

Miao Youfang, who was rushing towards the city wall, met Xu Erlang's eyes and grinned:

"That guy is a lunatic. He actually took the initiative to attack the city. Isn't this just what we want? There is no need to think of provoking him."

Xu Erlang frowned as he walked towards the battlement:

"Zhuo Haoran has a violent and impulsive personality and is easily provoked, but we haven't used provocation yet, and he is not an ordinary person. He should know that the remaining troops are not enough to attack the city.

"There is something strange about this."

Miao Youfang asked: "What's strange."

I'm not the supervisor, how do I know......Xu Xinnian came to the battlement and looked into the distance cautiously. With the expansion of the fire from the cannons fired from the top of the city wall, he saw dense enemy troops approaching the city.

"Are they going to burn themselves to death? "

Xu Erlang frowned.

As the thought flashed through his mind, he suddenly fell to the left, and a cannonball exploded in his hiding place with a whistle, and the flames rolled up the air waves and gravel, splashing in all directions.

Miao Youfang mobilized his energy to block the hot airflow, allowing Xu Erlang to avoid the fate of being seriously injured.

"Fuck him!"

Xu Erlang climbed up in a cold sweat, crouched, and ran to the horse trail while shouting:

"Catapults throw kerosene for lighting.

"Archers and musketeers, get ready, don't lift the kerosene barrels first, lift the rolling logs first..."

Under his command, the defenders launched a defensive counterattack in an orderly manner, and there were rumbling sounds of artillery firing and loud noises of shells exploding everywhere.

The expanding flames exploded under the city and on the city walls.

The gunners were killed, and the reserve team quickly filled the position.

The crossbows and artillery were destroyed, and the militia immediately pushed new heavy weapons.

In addition, these recruited militias crouched and ran back and forth on the horse road to rescue the wounded.

The battle was extremely fierce.

Zhuo Haoran held a standard military knife and flexibly avoided artillery, arrows, and rolling logs thrown from the top of the city.

Smoothly approached the city gate.

The city gate had been destroyed by him three days ago, but the Yunzhou army failed to pass through the city gate smoothly because the city defenders had already moved tons of stones to block the city gate.

Only a small door that could only accommodate one person and one horse was left.

When defending the city, the small door was blocked by huge stones.

When leaving the city, dozens of militias pulled the boulders apart with hemp ropes.

This tactic was common before the emergence of the sorcerer system.

In ancient times, a separate warehouse for storing stones was built at the gate of each city to ensure that the defenders could quickly seal the gate in wartime.

After the emergence of the sorcerer system, the border towns and the main city were all protected by formations, and the "city sealing tactics" were gradually abandoned.

In the past year, Yang Gong re-activated the city sealing tactics and ordered the counties to build warehouses and prepare stones.

The city sealing tactics are mainly to guard against the masters of the fourth level. The city gates cannot stop the warriors of this level, and the city sealing technique can ensure that the enemy can still be blocked after the city gates are destroyed.

After all, the army is still mainly composed of ordinary soldiers and low-level warriors.

Zhuo Haoran jumped up, stepped on the city wall a few times, and easily climbed to the top of the city. With a sweep of the blade, he cut a cannon and two gunners in half.

Thump, thump, thump...Miao Youfang stepped out of deep pits on the horse path one after another, like a mad bull, and rushed towards Zhuo Haoran, a fourth-rank warrior, with his fifth-rank body.

Zhuo Haoran laughed grimly, and his sword intent burst out. His standard military knife instantly turned red like a branding iron, carrying the intention of annihilating everything, and he was ready to cut the fifth-rank guy down with his sword.

Not far away, Xu Erlang, under the protection of two guards, had a faint aura surging around him. He put one hand on his back and the other on his lower abdomen, and said in a deep voice:

"A real man should die without regrets.

"A real man should be kind and righteous. "

The jade pendant of Yang Gong hanging on his waist lit up, adding strength to Haoran's righteousness.

At the same time, the guard on Xu Erlang's left bent his bow and shot an arrow into the sky.

The arrow was tied with fireworks and exploded in the sky.

After the two sentences, Miao Youfang seemed to have taken stimulants, and his breath soared. Zhuo Haoran's eyes were obviously dazed for a moment. The words "benevolence and righteousness" prevented him from chopping the knife in his hand.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Miao Youfang approached and slapped the knife in his hand away. Following that, he stepped sideways with his shoulders and knocked Zhuo Haoran into the air uncontrollably. Then, he used the unique skill of the Huajin warrior—

I'll kill you in one set!

Xu Erlang is a seventh-grade benevolent person. He just used the ability of the eighth-grade self-cultivation realm—the power of the literary courage.

The greatest function of the power of the literary courage is to boost morale, increase the combat power of the soldiers, and eliminate certain illnesses.

Secondly, it can temporarily affect the enemy's mind. If used well, it can weaken the enemy.

The power of the literary courage of the eighth-grade self-cultivation realm is advanced. The version is the five virtues. As the name suggests, virtue regulates people's words and deeds, and requires others to follow the "six virtues of a gentleman".

This is very similar to the Buddhist precepts.

It's just that there is no room for advancement in precepts, and virtue, one step higher, is to follow the law.

At that point, to regulate people's words and deeds, there is no need for the "six virtues of a gentleman", and it can be done arbitrarily and forcefully.

Bang!

Miao Youfang's combo was forcibly interrupted by Zhuo Haoran who came to his senses, and he was kicked in the lower abdomen and flew backwards , rolling on the horse path.

Zhuo Haoran ignored the embarrassed Miao Youfang, stepped on the parapet, and killed Xu Erlang with a clear goal.

In the past few sieges, this scholar from Yunlu Academy made him suffer a lot. Relying on the short-term containment of Confucian magic and cooperating with a fifth-rank warrior, he repeatedly made him return in defeat.

Miao Youfang plowed deep marks on the ground with his elbows and feet, forcibly unloading the force, opened his palms to take the two shells in the basket and threw them at Zhuo Haoran.

Then ignited with Qi.

"Boom!"

The expanding flames enveloped Zhuo Haoran, and Xu Erlang took the opportunity to retreat under the protection of the guards.

He was extremely calm, not at all frightened by being chased by a fourth-rank warrior. After Zhuo Haoran rushed out of the fireball, he once again encouraged the clear air:

"A gentleman should value harmony.

"A gentleman should sacrifice his life for justice."

Miao Youfang rushed out from the side with a ferocious face, and tangled with Zhuo Haoran and rolled down the top of the city.

Dangdangdang......During the process, the two used their hands, feet and elbows to fight fiercely. The enemy soldiers climbing up the ladder were affected and fell screaming.

Miao Youfang was soon defeated and was opened by Zhuo Haoran's punch. Then, Zhuo the Butcher used his palm like a knife, and the knife intent burst out in Miao Youfang's chest.

At that time, a sharp spear light shot like a comet, interrupting Zhuo Haoran's attack, forcing him to wave his palm knife to block.

Zhu Jun flew over the wall and arrived at the critical moment.

With the strength of Xu Erlang and Miao Youfang, it was difficult to deal with Zhuo Haoran. When Zhuo Haoran attacked the city, Xu Erlang would let people use fireworks as a signal to notify Zhu Jun at the north gate.

Zhu Jun knew that the fourth-rank officer in the enemy army was here, and he would come immediately.

"Bang!"

In the air wave like a cannon explosion, Miao Youfang took the opportunity to break free, stepped on the city wall and returned to the top of the city, guarding Xu Erlang.

After Zhuo Haoran split the spear, he also returned to the top of the city and stood on the parapet.

Zhu Jun inserted between the two sides, waved to call the spear, and confronted Zhuo Haoran.

Zhuo Haoran's eyes swept over Zhu Jun, looking at Xu Xinnian behind him, and sneered:

"I once boasted in front of the general that I would capture Songshan County within five days. Now it's the eighth day, the city has not been captured, and more than half of my elite troops have been lost.

"I didn't expect that my lifelong reputation would be ruined by you, a yellow-haired boy."

Xu Erlang responded calmly and said lightly:

"It's not unfair that my son fell on me. "

Zhuo Haoran's face flashed with anger, but he suppressed his emotions and said slowly:

"Do you know why I am attacking the city tonight?"

This is exactly what Xu Erlang wondered, but he just responded lightly:

"Because you are tired of living."

Zhuo Haoran's forehead veins jumped: "I don't have to get angry with a dying man, because the elite trained by the national teacher has already arrived."

"Li~"

Suddenly, a high-pitched and sharp cry came from the horizon.

At this time, the east was slightly white, and the sky was blue.

Under the deep blue sky, a group of huge creatures flapped their wings and flew towards Songshan County.

"Suzaku Army!"

Zhuo Haoran glanced at the horizon, retracted his gaze, and grinned:

"Today, the city is broken, and I will slaughter for three days and three nights. "

Flying Beast Army...Xu Erlang's pupils contracted.

........

Southern Xinjiang.

Xu Qian'an summoned the pagoda, the door opened, and cast a beam of light.

In the beam was Mu Nanzhi holding Bai Ji.

"What do you want to talk to me about?"

He took back the pagoda while looking at Bai Ji.

The little fox sent him a message through the pagoda spirit, saying that there was something important to discuss.

Mu Nanzhi's eyes immediately turned to Luo Yuheng beside Xu Qian'an.