In the Heavens

Shangyang City, located at the junction of Yuedi and the southwest, rose because of water transportation and became a city of commerce and trade in Yuedi.

With the advent of chaotic times, the strategic value of Shangyang City has become more and more prominent, and it has become the focus of competition between the Southwest Army and the Vietnamese Army.

After winning Shangyang City, the southwest army can go down the river, all the way into the hinterland of Jianghuai, and collect the land of Wuyue.

It can be said that Shangyang City is not only the portal of King Yue, but also the portal of King Wu, but it happens to be in the hands of King Yue.

This is also the fundamental reason why Li Mu took the lead in attacking Yue last year. The geographical location determines that it is better to attack from Shangyang City, and the route down the river is better.

Otherwise, you have to go over mountains and mountains, and attack the fortresses and cities all the way. Other issues are easy to talk about, but the key is that logistics can’t keep up.

Even in the world of Gaowu, people still have to rely on the people to transport food. Although high-end equipment such as storage rings exists, compared to the consumption of the army, it is really a drop in the bucket.

For the sake of strategic value, Shangyang City, which used to be prosperous in commerce and trade, has now turned into a war fortress.

In order to strengthen the city defense, the King of Yue began to build fortifications here as early as two years ago. At this moment, the city walls of Shangyang City are more than ten feet high and three or four feet wide.

Such a solid city defense is not enough for the King of Yue. He also spent a lot of money to invite the master of the formation, and arranged a number of formations on the city wall.

Not only is the city defense strong, but there are also 200,000 troops stationed in the city, and they have hoarded enough food and grass for the army to eat for two years, just to prevent the long-term siege of the southwest soldiers.

Such adequate preparation can be described as impregnable. But Zhao Wenge, who was the guard, still felt uneasy for a while.

Since King Wu sent troops to sneak attack on Dongyue, King Yue has deployed troops on the southern front. Except for the strategic location of Shangyang City, the number of troops stationed in other areas has been greatly reduced.

Having fought against the Southwest Army for a long time, Zhao Wenge understands the strength of the opponent very well. It's not that the enemy's individual combat effectiveness is strong, but the key is that the enemy's army has no empty pay.

For the generals of the army, the lack of empty pay is not only a sign of incorruptibility, but also a sufficient supply of logistical materials.

In fact, the signs of empty pay after entering the troubled times have been curbed. All commanders and generals know that the army in their hands is their own capital.

If the situation allows, most generals want to have more and more elite soldiers in their hands, but the problem is that the actual situation does not allow it.

In theory, the military pay issued by the King of Yue is sufficient. The reality is that this sufficiency is limited to the full amount at the time of leaving the warehouse, and half-way transportation also needs to be lost.

The approved transport loss is only in the theoretical state. In many cases, the losses caused by various emergencies cannot be reported and can only be borne by oneself.

In order to ensure sufficient supply, it is the best choice to falsely report some troops to take empty pay. The difference is only limited to the courage of the generals. The timid ones can smooth the expenses, and the daring ones can work hard.

Fighting against this background, you should not only be careful about your enemies, but also your teammates.

Because of the nominal army of 100,000 people, in reality there may be only 50,000 or 60,000 people in place, and maybe only 10,000 or 20,000 people in trouble.

The enemy's army of 500,000, our army of 1 million, the advantage is in me!

As a result, when they arrived on the battlefield, they found that the enemy's army of 500,000 people was a genuine army of 500,000;

The upper limit is easy to calculate, but there is no way to estimate the lower limit. No one knows how pitiful their teammates are, after all, they came from the Great Zhou era.

Therefore, in the previous war, the Vietnamese army had been pressed and beaten by the southwestern soldiers. The commander-in-chief did not dare to take the initiative to launch an attack without the advantage of two or three times the paper strength.

The only thing that makes Zhao Wenge feel gratified is that the King of Southwest China is deeply trapped in the Lingnan battlefield.

After inspecting the city defense, Zhao Wenge, who was about to go home to prepare for the marriage of his concubine in the twenty-eighth room, just stepped down from the city tower when he heard a familiar voice behind him.

"The general is bad. The smoke of the wolf is lit in the south. I am afraid that the southwestern soldiers will come over."

Ignoring the question of marrying a concubine, Zhao Wenge leaped up to the tower and looked at the smoke of the wolf burning in the distance.

In addition to being the clan brother of the King of Yue, Zhao Wenge's own ability is also an important factor to be able to serve as the defender of a strategically important place like Shangyang.

The King of Yue had just dispatched his troops to leave, and the enemy hurriedly launched an attack, obviously leaking the rumors.

The movement of the army is too large, and it is impossible to keep secrets. But that was all slowly leaking news, and now it's obvious that someone leaked the news.

Realizing that it was not good, Zhao Wenge immediately instructed his generals: "Immediately send out scout horses to investigate the strength of the incoming enemy, and also summon aristocratic families in the city to discuss matters of defense."

There is no mention of asking the King of Yue for help. Now that the enemy's situation is unknown, asking for help will only disrupt the strategic deployment of the King of Yue.

If the enemy is only a tentative attack, he can also protect Shangyang City with the help of the defenders in the city. As for other areas, if you lose it, you will lose it.

In troubled times, who hasn't lost the city and lost the land? It is nothing more than a question of whether it can be taken back. As long as the lost ground can be recovered later, it will be harmless.

If the main force of the southwestern army were to attack, it would be useless even if the King of Yue sent reinforcements. The current Dongyue battlefield has already held back a large number of the King of Yue's troops.

As his own family, Zhao Wenge is very aware of the strength of King Yue. One-on-one is still difficult, and facing the two enemies of King Wu and King of Southwest at the same time, his lord has no chance of winning.

All he can do now is to pull the big family in the city into the chariot and buy as much time as possible for his lord.

Fortunately, the King of Southwest has done a great job in suppressing the powerful families, and these aristocratic families will not defect to the past unless they have to, otherwise Zhao Wenge really doesn't know what to do.

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Under the scorching sun, Li Mu's army finally appeared under Shangyang City. Looking at the fortified city in front of him, he put out the thought of doing it himself.

Mainly it's not necessary. The king has the bearing of a king. If there is a mere Shangyang City, he has to take it by himself, so what do his subordinates do?

Glancing at the army behind him, Li Mu waved his hand and said, "Go on, set up camp on the spot, and launch an attack at three o'clock tonight!"

Saying it so openly is clearly telling the enemy to attack the city tonight. Hearing that the general in the army had a toothache, he didn't carry such a fool.

An upright veteran stepped forward and persuaded: "My lord, the defense of Shangyang City is extremely strong, and a multi-layer defense formation has been arranged. If you want to break through the city defense by surprise, I am afraid that you are not strong..."

Li Mu was still very satisfied with the response of his subordinates. Such a messed up tactical deployment, I didn't say that I don't understand the art of war, and don't make a blind command, it's all to give him the face of the lord.

"General Zhou, don't worry. Gu just watched the qi of Shangyang City, and found that the black qi was tumbling here, and there was yin and evil qi gushing out. It is obviously a sign that the people in the city are sinful and doom is imminent. There must be something big in the city tonight. It's a good chance to break the city."

With more "natural arithmetic", unreasonable can also become reasonable. Li Mu did not keep it a secret, everyone knew that he was not only a master of cultivation, but also a master of formation and master of heaven.

This ability to be able to pinch will count, but it frightened many people. After learning that Li Mu was the master of Tianji, all his subordinates became more obedient.

Li Mu is also happy to see it succeed, but it is very troublesome to control it, especially when facing a bunch of bureaucrats. The easiest thing to do is to make them afraid.

The founding monarch loves killing people. In addition to the need to use heavy code in troubled times, the more important thing is that killing is the easiest way to solve the problem.

It's better to make your subordinates fear, than to let them lose their awe and toss unscrupulously.

After listening to Li Mu's explanation, General Zhou, who was originally righteous, hurriedly apologized: "It's the old general who is stupid, please make atonement!"

If it weren't for the armor, I'm afraid he would have already knelt down.

Seeing everyone's reactions, Li Mu waved his hand generously and said, "It doesn't matter. General Zhou is also a public servant, so what's the point!"

In addition to the fact that doom is imminent, after all, the advent of military disaster is itself a catastrophe, and the rest is artistic processing. Anyway, they were all fooling a bunch of laymen, and Li Mu wasn't afraid of being stalked.

Even if a celestial master found something wrong, it was because his cultivation was not deep enough to be able to see it.

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The sky gradually dimmed, but Zhao Wenge, who was guarding the city, became more and more nervous, as if something major was about to happen.

This hunch had saved his life several times. At this juncture now, he didn't dare to take it lightly.

In order to prevent accidents, he even brought all the elite children of the family in the city by his side.

Despite this constraint, when it comes to life and death, he doesn't have much influence on the aristocratic family, so he still did it.

Constraints are better than no constraints. In order to fool everyone, he reassured that King Yue's reinforcements were already on their way.

Under the night, shadows kept flashing. One by one dressed in armor, like an army of black armor.

"Ghost!"

I don't know if it was a shout, and Shangyang City fell into chaos in an instant. In the face of ghosts, the survivability of ordinary people is too weak.

The ghost disaster reappears, and many people's hearts are broken. Fortunately, the target of these ghosts was not them, but launched an attack on the City Lord's Mansion and the major families.

Zhao Wenge was stunned when he saw the organized ghost soldiers appear. He has seen many ghosts, but this is the first time Yin Bing has encountered them.

Even if it is recorded in ancient books that the ancient gods raised Yin soldiers, that is only a mention, and no one has really encountered it.

Right now, this sudden presence of Yin soldiers has become the biggest disaster. The thick yin and evil spirits, coupled with the leading ghost kings, all told him that things were going badly.

"Quickly form an army!"

It was too late to order by now. Panic spread, and many soldiers had become headless flies and started running around.

How could the hundreds of guards in the city guard house resist the raid of the Yin Army? Even if the Jindan in the city made a sacrifice, it was cold without being able to toss a few times.

The city guard is gone, and the UUkanshu www.uukanshu.com aristocratic family is gone. The officers and soldiers defending the city were collectively dumbfounded. There were ghosts and monsters inside, and there were enemies attacking the city outside. They really didn't know what to do.

"It's important to destroy the ghosts first, or let's attack!"

I don't know who shouted, which instantly triggered a chain reaction. The defenders, whose morale had collapsed, completely lost their desire to fight.

In particular, the private armies of many aristocratic families have a particularly strong desire to surrender. His wife, children, and children are still in the city. If we don't quickly suppress the ghost disaster, then the whole family will be left alone.

The city belongs to the King of Yue, but his wife, children, and children belong to him. It is obvious at a glance.

The city gate was slowly opened, and just after the attack was launched, the southwestern soldiers who had not yet understood what was going on were welcomed into the city.

But at this moment, the chaotic soldiers no longer exist, and there are only some ghosts and robbers who are still doing things in the city.

The Battle of Shangyang was just the beginning of the legend, and then followed by a series of accidental coincidences, using facts to describe what is "destined to return".