Nightwatcher

When the hatred gradually calmed down, Xu Qi'an re-examined the battle, and suddenly felt a chill down his spine and a chill in his heart.

With his logical reasoning ability, after listening to Zhang Kaitai's description, he had already replayed the battle in his mind.

At the heart of this campaign is the Witch God. .

With the witch god as the core, the game and war unfolded.

Aiding the Yaoman is only a superficial reason. What Wei Yuan really wants to do is to deal with the witch god (the reason is unknown), while the first emperor and the witch god sect want to protect the witch god.

The layout of the witch god religion is as follows:

The first emperor dragged his legs behind, and when the army entered the enemy's territory, he cut off the food and grass, cut off the supplies of the army, and used up Wei Yuan's troops, pushing the soldiers into the abyss of eternal doom.

Afterwards, two third-rank Linghui masters, one first-rank great wizard, and one second-rank Transcending Tribulation, made the final conclusion. As long as Wei Yuan's army weakens to a certain extent, they will definitely attack.

However, Wei Yuan's way of coping was to massacre the city all the way, support the war with war, and push it all the way to the hinterland of Yan State, where the soldiers approached the capital without food, grass and military supplies.

Then, he repaired the plank road secretly to Chen Cang, and walked around the enemy's back by water.

From this point of view, Wei Yuan expected that the imperial court would hold back. So from the very beginning, he planned to fight quickly, without leaving any retreat, without supplies, and searched locally to support the battle, and pushed it directly to the base camp of the Witch God Cult.

In the final decisive battle, Wei Yuan faced four super masters. If he was only a second-rank martial artist, it would be impossible for him to defeat the four of them, let alone fight to the death with the witch god.

Wei Yuan has also considered this point, he has a reliance, and his reliance is Confucian saints.

"Everyone thought that this battle was to help the demons and barbarians and maintain the balance. Who would have thought that there was a deeper purpose behind it? The Witch God Cult will use their tricks to invite you into the urn. Wei Gong will also use his tricks to summon Confucian saints and wipe out the Witch God Cult's main altar. And calculating, it really makes one's scalp tingle."

Xu Qi'an muttered to himself.

He still had a few doubts. For example, since Duke Wei is a warrior of the Dao realm and a terrifying powerhouse at the inhuman level, why did he keep a low profile for so many years and announce to the outside world that he has no cultivation and is an ordinary person?

Another example, why did the first emperor unite with the Sorcerer God Cult to kill Wei Yuan, even though a second-rank courtier really made people feel dreadful to the point of numbness. But if you seek skin from a tiger, you can get it right?

With the relationship between Wei Yuan and the empress, as long as the late emperor held this handle, he would have a bargaining chip. Moreover, there is a prison overlooking it, so it is not difficult to maintain the overall stability.

On the contrary, sending soldiers and generals of one's own country to the enemy's tiger's mouth on its own initiative will obviously cause more trouble.

Xu Qi'an thought of a familiar sentence: Why did Your Majesty rebel?

This is his doubt at this time.

Last but not least, Wei Yuan did not hesitate to capture the main altar of the Witch God Sect with the will to die in battle. Why?

It turned out that I didn't even have the ability to collect his body Xu Qi'an felt a pain in his heart.

Amidst the ups and downs of his thoughts, he took a deep breath: "Duke Wei, have you been keeping a low profile?"

Zhang Kaitai let out a "hmm", looked at the military tent with ecstasy, and said slowly:

"After the Battle of Shanhaiguan, Duke Wei had a secret conversation with His Majesty, and then he abolished his cultivation. We couldn't understand it at the time, and we can't understand it now. Unexpectedly, Duke Wei had already secretly resumed martial arts. Although he died in battle, I still very pleased,

"The earthen pot can't be broken away from the well, and the general will inevitably die before the battle. I can die on the battlefield with the posture of a peerless powerhouse. I have no regrets for Duke Wei."

Xu Qi'an asked again: "Apart from Yang Yan and Jiang Luzhong, you are the only Jin Luo who survived, what are your plans for the future?"

"Being a watchman, I've been a watchman all my life." Zhang Kaitai turned his head and looked at him: "What about you?"

Silence answered him.

At this moment, a lieutenant general hurried over, with an anxious expression on his face, and said loudly: "Master Commander, the scouts are here to report that Yan Guo and Kang Guo have assembled 80,000 horses and are coming towards Yuyang Pass. Soldiers will come to the city."

Zhang Kaitai's face changed, "Who is the leader?"

The lieutenant said in a deep voice, "Jun Yan, Nurhega."

Zhang Kaitai was taken aback for a moment, then fell into silence, and he ordered:

"Call the generals above the commander-in-chief and above to discuss matters, let all the soldiers go up to the city wall, and let the militiamen immediately go to the warehouse to carry the defense equipment and armaments."

He proficiently issued one order after another without rushing, but the stern expression showed that Jin Luo was extremely heavy in his heart.

In a short time, more than a dozen generals wearing armor and carrying knives stepped into the military tent, bowed their hands to Xu Qi'an and Zhang Kaitai, and took their seats.

Probably because they knew the news that the Yankang and Kang armies were about to approach the city, the generals all looked serious, and they didn't exchange too many greetings with Xu Qi'an.

Zhang Kaitai looked around at the crowd, and said in a deep voice: "The counterattack of the Yankang and Kang countries is coming. From this point of view, the Witch God Sect will continue to serve us forever."

All the generals present were experienced generals with a keen sense of war. After they withdrew to Yuyang Pass, they had analyzed the situation.

The Witch God Cult suffered heavy losses in this battle, breaking seven cities in a row, and there were too many things to deal with. Under such circumstances, the correct approach was to deploy troops and repair the breached cities, while sending scouts to keep an eye on the border.

It is impossible to start a war lightly in the short term. On the contrary, it means that the Witch God Cult and Dafeng will not die endlessly.

"We don't have enough troops"

"There's not enough food and grass. After killing the dog officials of the household department, Chen Ying realized that the food and grass had not been delivered at all. The dog officials of the household department deliberately concealed us."

"Collaborating with the enemy and treasoning the country, we should kill the whole family. The brothers are fighting hard at the front, and these dog officials stab us in the back, son of a bitch."

Zhang Kaitai knocked on the table, corrected the topic, and said:

"What we have to do now is to defend Yuyang Pass, and then send a pond report to the imperial court, so that the imperial court can send troops to support it quickly. But food is a problem, and the food in the warehouse cannot support the arrival of reinforcements."

A general pondered: "Yuzhou has been a land of grain production since ancient times. The local people will not be short of food, so they can collect food from them. We can't trust those dog officials now. Let's send people to collect food."

Zhang Kaitai frowned: "This is against the rules, and the people may not be willing. At that time, don't be called abusive and extortionate, and take the initiative to give the civil servants a reason to impeach us."

"They will."

The local general said word by word: "The court forgot the debt forty years ago, but the people of our three prefectures will never forget it."

The matter of food and grass came to an end, and the generals turned to discussing the issue of military strength.

All of them were frowning.

"With the speed at which the imperial court mobilizes troops, can we hold more than 16,000 people?"

The Sorcerer Sect is no different than the barbarians. The barbarians rely on corpses to attack the city. The Sorcerer Sect has siege equipment, a small part of which is made by itself, and some are secretly smuggled large-scale weapons.

During the Battle of Shanhaiguan, the Witch God Sect learned from the painful experience, summed up the reasons for the defeat, and believed that the Dafeng can dominate Kyushu, and heavy lethal weapons are the most important reliance.

So secretly colluded with Dafeng officials, embezzled the armaments, then disassembled them, and learned to imitate them. After so many years, they have also learned to make many siege equipment.

including gunpowder.

However, the Witch God Sect has no warlocks. The siege equipment, artillery and crossbows they made are all mortal things, and what they serve are magical weapons, and their lethality is incomparable.

"If you can't defend it, you have to defend it. The Witch God Sect is a paper tiger. If we beat them back this time, we win. If we can't fight them back, we have to hurt them, and they will be severely injured. Just like the Battle of Shanhaiguan, they will be devastated. ten years."

"The big deal is death."

While talking, Zhang Kaitai's lieutenant general glanced at his immediate superior, and said solemnly:

"Chen Ying, this bastard, left the camp without authorization. Now we have only a handful of fourth-rank masters, and it's hard to stop them. I remember that Nurheja is a fourth-rank, a double fourth-rank in martial arts and wizard systems."

These words made the generals present frowned, and the atmosphere was dignified.

"Tuk Tuk"

Xu Qi'an knocked on the table, attracting everyone's attention, and asked, "Double cultivation of martial arts and wizards? Who is this Nurheja?"

To be honest, he is well-informed now, but he rarely meets such dual-system characters.

Somewhat surprised.

Cultivation is so difficult, and it is not easy to fumble in one system. How can there be extra energy to practice other systems?

Zhang Kaitai replied to his question: "The inheritance of the throne of the vassal state of the Witch God Cult is different from that of our Central Plains. In the system of the Yanjingkang Three Kingdoms, the government affairs were handled by the ministers, and the monarch held the military power. Therefore, the monarchs of all dynasties were all brave warriors. , is also a veteran of the battlefield.

"And on top of the two, there are third-rank masters of the Witch God Sect who act as the national teacher. The national teacher does not care about military affairs, but is the person with the greatest power in the country. Except for not being able to abolish the monarch, the national teacher has the right to decide and deny all affairs The monarch is actually more like the commander in charge of a country's military strength."

No wonder, Xiahou Yushu, the king of Jingguo, is known as the most handsome talent after Wei Gong. What a side job

Xu Qi'an nodded suddenly, and roughly understood the hierarchy of theocracy.

Zhang Kaitai continued:

"Nurheja is the contemporary Yanjun. His overall planning ability may not be as good as Xiahou Yushu, but in terms of personal combat power, the two Xiahou Yushu are not his opponents. Nurheja is not only the peak of the fourth rank, but also a dual system The pinnacle of the fourth rank.

"Before the expedition, we were even prepared to replace him with two or three fourth-tier players. Who would have thought"

Who would have thought that we would not be able to attack even the flames.

Xu Qi'an calmly glanced at the generals present, saw that their expressions were dignified, and seemed a little negative and depressed because of Zhang Kaitai's narration, so he nodded immediately and didn't ask any more questions.

Listening to comrades talk about the strength of the enemy is a very demoralizing thing.

In terms of war, Xu Qi'an had no experience, so he stopped participating, half-closed his eyes, and thought about it.

His silence disappointed the generals who knew that Xu Yinluo was a master in the art of war.

The pinnacle of the fourth rank of the dual system is a bit difficult to deal with! Xu Qi'an weighed it over and over again in his heart, and found that he did not have the ability to defeat his opponent.

First of all, the superposition of the means of different systems can produce the effect of qualitative change. Just like when Xu Qi'an temporarily became an "all-rounder" with the help of Confucian magic books, he overwhelmed Li Miaozhen and Chu Yuanzhen with his own power.

At that time, his was two grades lower than the two.

Secondly, the fourth rank also has strengths and weaknesses. A rising star like Li Miaozhen, who has been promoted to the fourth rank for half a year, will basically be pressed and beaten when he encounters those who are at the top of the fourth rank.

What is the concept of the pinnacle of the fourth product of the dual system?

Under the third rank, there are not many who can beat him.

"My Heaven and Earth One Slash plus Taiping Dao can pose a threat to fourth-rank masters, but it can only be used against weak fourth-rank masters like Li Miaozhen. Moreover, it may not be able to hit the opponent. The deterrent effect of the Buddhist lion's roar is not good for those who are proficient in the realm of primordial spirit. The wizard is not effective, if I can't cut that knife, I will be finished

"Master Shenshu didn't wake up, you can never wake up a person who hangs up, even if you say nmsl

"The Confucian magic book is a very strong support, but I don't have the awe-inspiring righteousness to protect my body. If I use it too hard, I will die first. If I don't use it too hard, I can't kill the dual system of the peak of the fourth rank."

After carefully examining his methods, Xu Qi'an was a little discouraged.

With a fifth-rank body, it is almost impossible to kill the fourth-rank peak double system without opening and closing.

Even if he joins forces with Li Miaozhen and Zhang Kaitai, it will definitely be no problem to fight a Nurheja, but there is no shortage of masters in the Yan State and Kang State armies, and there are still 80,000 horses.

Outside Yuyang Pass.

The sky is blue, and on the desolate plain, the densely packed army is slowly advancing, followed by artillery, infantry, and cavalry, with distinct layers.

Before the artillery, there were six huge siege vehicles pulled by twenty-eight horses. This kind of siege vehicle was manufactured by Yan Guo according to the blueprint leaked by the Ministry of War.

It can be lifted up and down, up to seven feet, which is enough to handle the height of most of the city walls. As for those buildings in the dangerous pass, even if the height is enough, the siege vehicles cannot drive in.

This is also the reason why Wei Yuan didn't bring siege vehicles with him when he attacked the city. Yan Kingdom's passes and passes were mostly due to the favorable location, so the siege vehicles were useless.

In the cavalry lineup, Nurhega rode on the back of a tall and strange beast, which looked like a horse, covered with pitch-black scales, and a sharp single horn protruding from its forehead.

Yasukuni's Unicorn.

Nurheja's mount is not just an ordinary unicorn. It is a brother of the same mother as Xiahou Yushu's favorite horse, and they are both offspring of that psychic monster in the Jingguo horse farm.

"Brother Red Bear, there are only less than 20,000 defenders at Yuyang Pass. How long does it take to take it?"

Nurhega, with gray temples, turned his head and looked at Yiqi beside him.

It was a stout man wearing black armor. On the left side of his face was a vertical scar from his eyebrows to his chin. This scar not only disfigured his face, but also ruined an eye.

So it's one-eyed.

The status of this one-eyed man is also honorable, he is the younger brother of King Kang, Su Gudu Hongxiong.

Red Bear, as the name suggests.

This person is endowed with extraordinary talent and amazing physical strength. When he was in the refinement realm, he once broke bones and tendons that were hit by a martial artist in the Qi realm with a single punch.

From the temples of Kangguo to the rivers and lakes, this person's cultivation can be ranked in the top 20.

Red Bear in Su Gudu squinted his eyes, looked at the majestic city wall of Yuyang Pass, and grinned: "At most half a month."

Nurheja shook his head: "I said five days. Of course, if the situation is as I expected, then maybe three days will be enough."

Su Gudu Hongxiong stared at him.

Nurhejia laughed and said: "Wei Yuan is dead, and the morale of the Dafeng soldiers is low. Seeing our 80,000 horsemen approaching the city is another blow. In addition, most of Dafeng's high-grade warriors have already been lost in Jingshan City. How many masters can there be in the small Yuyang Pass? If there are, is it enough for us to kill?"

Su Gudu Red Bear nodded slowly.

The burly half-hundred man continued:

"Furthermore, our soldiers are in full swing, Wei Yuan is in the main altar, and the Great Fengjun God died in the main altar of our Witch God Sect. Isn't it exciting from another angle?"

They attacked Yuyang Pass this time, following the orders of the Sorcerer Sect Headquarters, and the order conveyed by Irbu Guoshi was concise and to the point: kill!

kill!

Kill as much as you can, and kill as much as you can.

Repeat the massacre of thousands of miles from forty years ago.

Nurhega looked at the banners waving at the top of the city, squinted his eyes, and let out a hey:

"Wei Yuan slaughtered the people of my country of Yan and shook the luck of my witch god religion. Now, it's our turn to shake the luck of Dafeng."

Shaking luck is very simple, it is war and killing.

A country is made up of individuals. The larger the population, the stronger the luck. It is self-evident which one is more lucky, whether it is a small country with 10,000 people or a large country with tens of millions of people.

The coalition forces of Yankang and Kang came to a halt, the sound of footsteps, wheels, and armor clashing all disappeared, and there was no sound.

Xu Qi'an followed Zhang Kaitai and other generals to the top of the city, overlooking from a distance, the 80,000 horses were lined up neatly, like cut tofu pieces.

These 80,000 horses feel like an ant colony, but they are densely packed, which also makes people feel suffocated, and the oppressive feeling is like a tide.

The guards at the head of the city looked solemn, as if they were facing an enemy.

Zhang Kaitai pressed the handle of the knife with a solemn expression, overlooking the army under the city, said in a deep voice:

"The Witch Cult is different from the Yaoman. The Yaoman has nothing but cavalry. We charge and fight with the Yaoman on the battlefield. We lose more than we win. But the Yaoman is also very knowledgeable and rarely attacks the city.

"But the Witch God Cult has artillery, crossbows, siege equipment, and infantry who are good at siege with ants."

Xu Qi'an suggested: "Didn't you say that Duke Wei penetrated the hinterland of the Yan Kingdom? The Yan Kingdom suffered heavy losses, and now they are gathering troops, heh, how many troops can he dispatch?

"Maybe, their interior is very empty now, can we go around and attack the capital of Yan Kingdom?"

Zhang Kaitai shook his head: "It's not that simple. Nurgahe is not stupid. He must have left a minimum force to defend the city, and then fortified the wall to clear the field. Our artillery is limited, and we can't afford a siege battle.

"Don't wait until the artillery is gone, and the city hasn't been captured yet. Wouldn't it mean that you lose your wife and lose your army? Even Duke Wei can't capture the capital of Yan Kingdom in a short time, let alone us.

"If we fight other cities, the front line is too long, and the enemy can easily cut off our food and grass, and the brothers sent out will die in vain."

Xu Qi'an nodded slowly.

At this time, he saw Yiqi coming out, and with his eyesight, he could vaguely see that it was a burly man with frosty temples, eyes as sharp as knives, and a fierce aura.

Under the crotch is a black-scaled alien beast, a fierce steed.

Nur Hega? He made a guess in his mind.

Then, including Xu Qi'an, the guards at the top of the city saw the monarch of the Yan Kingdom, raised his saber, turned his horse's head, and roared towards his army:

"Children of the Yan Kingdom, half a month ago, the Dafeng army invaded our territory and slaughtered seven cities in a row. Parents and brothers were slaughtered, and their homes were burned to scorched earth. Have you forgotten the deep hatred?"

The army of the Yan Kingdom uttered an overwhelming roar: "I haven't forgotten!"

Nurheja continued to growl:

"This is our hatred, but it is not a disgrace. Half a month ago, Wei Yuan died in battle in Jingshan City and was punished by our Witch God Sect. He paid the price for his actions with his own life. He respects the God of the Army, but that's all. .

"The god of war that Dafeng is so proud of was easily killed by our Witch God Sect, and became a stepping stone for us to become famous in Kyushu. Now, it's time for the weak Dafeng to taste our anger.

"We want Dafeng to know that the territory of the Witch God Cult is inviolable, and those who kill our people will be paid in blood."

Every time he said a word, the momentum and confidence of Yan Guo soldiers rose by one point.

In the end, the momentum is like a rainbow.

Kang's army was also affected by it, and their fighting spirit was high.

This speech was very successful, because it had a solid foundation and a solid basis: Wei Yuan was killed by our Witch God Sect!

In the half month since the Battle of Jingshan City ended, the Yankangjing Three Kingdoms publicized the news that Wei Yuan had been imprisoned in the main altar, which made the people, soldiers, and even people in the Jianghu of the Three Kingdoms extremely excited.

Regardless of whether there are suspicions of evading the important and trivial in the propaganda of the Witch God, the facts are the facts.

Especially the people of Yan Kingdom, when they heard the news, it can be said that the whole country cheered.

The Great Fengjun God who was famous in the Battle of Shanhaiguan and made the old soldiers who participated in the battle change their faces, was not punished by our witch gods.

The people who had been full of complaints turned their anger into joy, and the army that had lost confidence regained their fighting spirit.

At the head of the city, Xu Qi'an's face was gloomy.

Nurhega pointed his blade at Yuyang Pass and shouted: "Siege the city!"

With one order, the war started.

The two ten-thousand-man infantry from the two countries of Yankang charged first. They pushed three siege engines, carried a ladder more than ten meters long, and carried a battering ram weighing hundreds of catties.

Behind them, archers, artillery, and crossbows fired together to cover the infantry attacking the city.

On the top of the city, drums sound like thunder, and horns blow.

Boom, boom, boom!

The cannons mounted on the female wall fired one after another, and one after another the cannons smashed into the enemy army, causing flesh and blood to fly, and the remaining limbs and arms were scattered.

Boom, boom, boom!

The sound of the bed crossbow firing was clear, and the arrows condensed with white light shot into the distance. The lethality of the arrows was inferior to that of artillery, but their range and penetration were better.

Therefore, the targets of the crossbow arrows are the farther artillery, crossbows, and enemy masters.

Under the sixth-grade copper skin and iron bones, no warrior can block the blow of the magic weapon crossbow.

And even if it is the sixth rank, if you take an arrow hard, you will be seriously injured.

In addition to artillery and bed crossbows, thousands of soldiers bowed their bows and set arrows, shooting downward.

In half a stick of incense time, more than a thousand infantry died in the charge.

The sound of killing, screaming, roaring of artillery, and firing of crossbow bolts interweave into a bloody picture.

The only thing that can slowly advance is the siege engine.

The siege vehicle is huge, and the skeleton is made of a mixture of steel and wood. Even if it is hit by a few shots, it will not cause too much damage. There is also a high-grade warrior guard on it to prevent damage from artillery and crossbow bolts.

In the steel compartment of each siege vehicle, there are nearly a hundred elite soldiers.

Once these people climbed to the top of the city, they would be able to tear a hole in the firepower net in a short time, reducing the pressure on the soldiers who were climbing ants below.

Xu Qi'an, who was staring at the siege soldiers below, turned his gaze and found that a siege engine was already approaching the city wall.

The artillery hurriedly raised the muzzle and aimed at the siege vehicle.

A few shells went down, but it trembled violently, cracked, and could not be destroyed.

"Peace!"

Xu Qi'an patted his lower back lightly.

The peace knife came out of its sheath with a clang, and whizzed away. The dark golden light of the knife was as fast as a line, and it lightly stroked on several load-bearing pillars.

The heavy steel cabin crashed down, killing dozens of infantry.

The peerless magic weapon is invincible.

At the top of the city, the surrounding Dafeng soldiers cheered resoundingly, shouting "Xu Yingong" in their mouths, and their morale soared.

In the distance, in the cavalry camp, Nurheja frowned, looked around, and asked, "Who is that man?"