Chapter 18 Chapter 3 King of the Army V

The big account of the coalition army. "The commander of the Tiance Army of the Xiu Kingdom, General Gang Wuwei Gang." The veteran who was over fifty years old stood up and bowed to his surroundings, his beard and hair were all white, and his gaze was still like a knife. "The commander of the Chun State Wind and Tiger Cavalry Army, General Cheng Kuicheng." The burly general covered in iron armor stood up, like a black tower, his strong chest muscles seemed to be able to break through the breastplate. "General Chen Guo Huguo leads Jintan City Chengyin, General Fei Anfei."

Chen Guoming dragged Fei An, who was dressed in fish-scale armor, and the dark green luxurious cloak to his feet, and slowly got up. "This is General Yu Dianyu, the commander of the military hall of the next Tang Dynasty, General Xi Yanxi." The general in the second seat stood up. He wore a black robe and a white belt, like an idle scholar, with only a formidable ancient sword buckled on his belt. "I'm in Chuwei State, Bai Yi." After introducing the famous generals of various countries, Bai Yi, who was wearing a white shirt, mentioned himself lightly. Before this battle, many of the famous generals here had only heard of Bai Yi's name, but had never seen this famous "Marquis of Wuyang", "General Yu Dianyue", "General Dragon" and "East Land" with their own eyes. First place general".Under so many names, Bai Yi himself has always lived in seclusion.Although he has a huge salary from the royal family "General Yudianyue", he doesn't even go to court to see the emperor during the New Year. It is even more difficult for ordinary people to see him.However, for ten years, not only did the royal family never intend to withdraw the title, but also no one in the entire Eastern Army circle questioned Bai Yi's status as the "No. 1 General in the Eastern Land".

Bai Yi didn't participate in many battles in his life, but the results of each battle reversed the situation in the Eastern Land. Now looking at the handsome and fair middle-aged man in front of him, it is difficult for famous generals from all over the world to connect the man in front of him with the legendary Bai Yi.Bai Yi gave people the feeling of being absolutely quiet, so quiet that he was a little old. "Except for General Xi who came late, it has been more than five days. Now that you are familiar with it, there is no need to be polite. The safety of the country is the responsibility of the warrior. Whether you can defeat the rebellion depends on the joint efforts of the generals!" Bai Bai Yi stood up and lifted the Gebu on the wall of the military tent, revealing the huge general map of Shangyang Pass.The length, width, and thickness of the city wall, the number of battlements, and the configuration of the organs are accurate to the inch, which can cover the entire terrain of Shangyang Pass.

"What are your plans, generals?" The tent immediately became quiet.Before Xi Yan arrived at Shangyang Pass.The armies of the princes who arrived at the beginning began to confront Ying Wuyi, and it has been no less than 20 days now, but the repeated battles have been in vain, not to mention the siege of the city, and even the field battle has not taken any advantage.Li Guo's strong soldiers have already killed the courage of the coalition forces. Cheng Kui was born in the army, relying on his bravery on the battlefield.Seeing that the people around him were silent, he couldn't help but patted the armrest of the seat: "No need to plan! We are now 70,000 against 35,000, and we have a huge advantage in terms of strength. Three against one , the hard attack has also been taken down! General Bai made a strategy, Cheng Kui is willing to lead three thousand infantry to serve as death squads, capture Ying Wuyi, split the owl's head with a car, and put down the bad breath of our Chun country!"

Chunguo Fenghu cavalry is a rare fast-attacking cavalry, strong in offense and defense, but it is slower than Li Guolei cavalry after all.Ying Wuyi seemed to have spotted Chunguo's weakness, so when he broke through with Lei Qi the day before yesterday, he chose Cheng Kui's line of defense, and took advantage of the dark night before dawn to break through like lightning.Half of the Fenghu cavalry had never mounted their horses, and the Li army had already burned and killed a round and broke through like flying.After being blocked by Xi Yan halfway, Ying Wuyi withdrew to Shangyang Pass, and the old horse chose the Chun country's defense line as usual.The dejected Cheng Kui was ordering the sergeants to repair the defense line. The Lei cavalry army had already returned from the back of the formation in a mighty manner, and there was another violent storm and non-stop burning and killing.The Thunder Cavalry turned their horse butts to the Fenghu Cavalry, and Shi Shiran returned to the city.Once in and out, as if hunting rabbits in his own hunting ground, Cheng Kui couldn't sleep, wishing he could kill Ying Wuyi, the defiant traitor, with one bite.

Famous generals from all over the world looked sad, and when they heard these heroic words, they looked at each other, dumbfounded.After a while of silence, Xi Yan laughed softly. "Does General Xi have anything to say?" Cheng Kui became angry. "No," Xi Yan shook his head with a serious expression, "I just think that General Cheng, the death squad, must not lead the team in person. The pride of Kyushu belongs to General Cheng alone. There's no going on." Xi Yan's flattery was beyond words, just to tease him, but Cheng Kui was rude and couldn't hear it, but felt embarrassed in his heart.In the Wind Tiger Cavalry Army, his status is far inferior to "Ugly Tiger" Hua Ye, and his reputation cannot be compared with Bai Yi Xiyan.At first I heard Xi Yan laughing, thinking that Xi Yan was conceited and despised him, but now he floated up into the blue sky for a moment, and hurriedly bowed his hands and bowed his hands: "General Xi has given the award, and General Xi has given the award, it's just Cheng's superficial opinion, please correct me, generals. "

"The city wall of Shangyang Pass is nine feet six feet high, one foot four feet thick, and double-layered inside and outside. There are fire holes and irrigation mechanisms in the urn. All the gates are exposed to bows and arrows, and there is no dead angle at all," Bai Yi said lightly. Said, "Three thousand people have not rushed to the gate of the city, they have already become arrows." "Even if I lose 3,000 people, I will add another 5,000 pawns. As long as I take down one city gate, I don't believe Ying Wuyi can hold on!" "How is General Cheng going to the city?" Bai Yi glanced at Cheng Kui.

"Ladder." Cheng Kui was puzzled.Of course, the most practical equipment for climbing the city is the ladder. "General Cheng," Gang Wuwei shook his head, "Nine feet and six feet, where is such a tall tree in the world? Who can make such a tall cloud ladder?" Cheng Kui stared wide-eyed and was stunned for a long time before he remembered the unattainable city wall of Shangyang Pass. "Could it be... that the tree can't grow up to nine or six feet high?" Cheng Kui took off his helmet and scratched his head, "Didn't it mean that Yuren's tree can grow twenty or thirty feet long?"

"That's the sacred tree of the Yu clan," Gang Wuwei shook his head, "Could it be that General Cheng is going to chop up other people's sacred tree to make a ladder?" "When Shangyangguan was rebuilt, there was a dispute over the height. In the end, the craftsmen chose the tallest cedar in the dense forest of Jinhe River, and wanted to build the tallest ladder in the world. No matter how long it grows, it will be soft, and it will collapse before reaching the top of the city. So Shangyang Pass was finally built to nine feet and six feet," Bai Yi narrated quietly, without the slightest emotion.

Cheng Kui sat back in the chair dejectedly, and the solid wooden chair creaked under the weight of his burly and heavy body. "Then fire attack?" Gang Wuwei said, "I remember that Emperor Gao used fire to attack Yangguan in the bloody battle. Now that autumn is fresh and the firewood is flammable, it is the right time for fire attack." "If it was still seven hundred years ago, attacking with fire would have been an excellent strategy, but," Fei An, who had been silent for a long time, said coldly, "but today's Shangyang Pass is not the same as it was back then. The buildings in this city can almost It is said that there is not a single piece of wood, it is a real stone city!"

"Water attack? Dig Jianshui and pour the river into Shangyang Pass. Even if the water is not powerful enough to force Ying Wuyi out, but the city will be flooded, the food will be moldy, and the soldiers will be exhausted. It will be difficult for Ying Wuyi to hold on." Bai Yi shook his head slowly: "On the way here, I measured the water level of the Jianhe River, and it was ten feet lower than the terrain of Shangyangguan. I'm afraid that these were all in the mind of the person who designed it at the beginning. That person is indeed a peerless talent. .” "What about the water level of the Jianhe River seven hundred years ago?" Xi Yan asked suddenly. "It just reaches the foot of Shangyang Pass, and not a drop of water can get in!" "It's truly peerless." Xi Yan sighed quietly. "Since the terrain is high, why not let him have no water available?" A clear male voice came from a distance outside the tent, followed by steady footsteps. Xi Yan raised his eyebrows suddenly, and laughed: "The people are finally all together." He got up and opened the tent door himself, and stood at the bottom respectfully: "Yueyi night party, three arrows capture soul, could it be Gu Yueyi?" The purple-clothed general who strode into the account was startled, and immediately took a look at Xi Yan: "Moyu Feitian, Excalibur Dingyue, could it be General Yu?" The two bowed to each other and laughed together. As a famous general of the Eastern Continent, Xi Yan did not know Gu Yueyi, who was younger than him, but when they first met, they bowed and smiled, and the two seemed to be friends for many years.What Gu Yueyi was talking about was Xi Yan's name and weapon, but what Xi Yan was talking about was the "Yueyi Three Arrows" battle where Gu Yueyi became famous. Gu Yueyi became famous at the age of nineteen. Before he became famous, he was just a cavalry archer in the Izumo Cavalry Army of Northern Shanxi, and his monthly salary was only one and a half gold baht.In the Izumo Cavalry Army, there are a full 3,000 cavalry and archers.At the junction of Jinbei Kingdom and Xiu Kingdom, there is a huge lake called Yeze.Yeze was desolate, with complex terrain, and the military forces of both countries could not reach it, so it became a place where thieves had been entrenched for many years.Gu Yueyi's Izumo Cavalry Army guarded Zhenlian Town, 20 miles north of Yeze, to prevent Yeze's thieves from going north to harass them. But no one thought that after decades of operation, Yeze's thieves would form a mighty army of thousands of people.Under the ambition of the bandit leader Li Changgen, he forcibly went northward, intending to occupy Bogen City, the only important food town in northern Shanxi.And Zhenlian Town is the closest road to Bogen City. There are only fifty cavalry in Zhenlian Town.The leading cavalry general became terrified, abandoned the residents, and led his own soldiers to ask for help from Bogen City, and ordered the remaining soldiers to guard it. That night, Yeze thieves approached Zhenlian Town in a dense manner. The men and women in the town sat and cried, and the women handed over their children to their husbands with scissors on them.A man flees with a child, and a woman can save herself from being humiliated as long as she stabs her chest.This is the only way left, everyone knows that dozens of cavalry can't defend the town, and Yeze's bandit leader Li Changgen is a fanatic who likes to cut off the breasts of women who have been teased for cooking. The unknown Gu Yueyi rode out of the city alone, wearing white clothes to reflect the moon, only carrying a horn bow.The mighty Yeze army stopped in front of this arrogant cavalry archer at a loss. Li Changgen was alarmed and stepped forward to watch from behind the formation.At this time, Gu Yueyi was still 400 paces away from him, Gu Yueyi suddenly led the horse, as if he didn't see the five thousand thieves, he went straight to attack Li Changgen.There was a heavy rain of arrows in Yeze's bandit formation, Gu Yueyi fired an arrow at 300 paces, and it missed, and then fired another arrow at 200 paces, but it still missed. When he was only 150 steps away from Li Changgen, the war horse had already been shot dead by an arrow, and Gu Yue was shot by an arrow each on the shoulder, arm, and leg.Li Changgen was furious, he rode out to take off Gu Yueyi's head himself.At this time, Gu Yueyi couldn't stand anymore, he sat on the ground, slowly drew his longbow, and pointed it at Li Chu, the white feathers flashed under the moon, and the arrows roared like a dragon's chant. The last feathered arrow shattered the forehead iron on Li Changgen's battle helmet, piercing through the center of his brow.In this situation, if the remaining dozens of Izumo cavalry were burned by the fire, they would desperately snatch them out of Zhenlian Town and attack the thieves.Five thousand thieves collapsed. "You actually only carry three arrows?" When Gu Yueyi met Jinhou Lei Qianye, Lei Qianye looked at the young man coldly. "The subordinates don't think they have a chance to shoot the fourth arrow." "Then you have the heart to die?" "The subordinate guards Zhenlian Town, even if you die, you can't watch the thieves run rampant." Lei Qianye smiled coldly, pointed to the cavalry general who went to Bogen City to ask for help, and said, "Arrogance! Are you the one guarding Zhenlian Town? It's your general! Since there is a military order saying that you must stand firm and wait for help , you should die in your duty, you can disobey the military order because you think you are excellent at archery?" The cavalry general heaved a sigh of relief and kowtowed silently. Lei Qianye ordered Gu Yueyi to be given one hundred gold baht on the spot, but his knee was cut off, and he was expelled from the Izumo Cavalry Army forever, and he was no longer allowed to serve in Jinbei.All the ministers in the court could not bear it, but the punishment for violating military orders was just like this, and no one dared to disobey the emperor for this little cavalry archer.Gu Yueyi didn't defend herself either, she turned around and left with the executioner. "If you want to hate me, it's okay," Lei Qianye said suddenly behind him, "Your fault is that you are too high-spirited, forgetting that even though you are talented, you are just a pawn. Who dares to use a pawn whose heart is as high as the sky?" "Who is willing to be a pawn forever?" Gu Yueyi's roar echoed in the hall. Amidst Gu Yueyi's roar, Lei Qianye burst out laughing.He drew his sword and stepped forward, beheaded the cavalry general with one sword, and kicked his body aside.Lei Qianye strode back to his seat and threw down the military order he had already written, and smiled coldly at Gu Yueyi.It was written in the military order that Gu Yueyi would be promoted to partial general immediately, lead 800 out-of-cloud cavalry troops, and be given armor and swords. In just three years, Gu Yueyi had already mastered the entire Izumo Cavalry Army, and he could be called the number one general in northern Shanxi. Gu Yueyi was young and had little qualifications, so he sat at the bottom.Xi Yan also returned to his seat. "No water available?" Xi Yan smiled towards the bottom, "General Gu wants to cut off the waterway for the army?" "Yes, since Shangyang Pass is higher than its surroundings, it must not be a place where flowing water gathers. As long as we cut off its water source, we are not afraid of leaving the city to fight to the death." "This plan won't work," Fei An said with a stern expression. "I've looked around, and no rivers have entered Shangyang Pass. The water supply in the pass is probably because two mountain springs are pressed into the ground, and wells are dug in the pass to get water. It is very difficult to find the exit of the mountain spring." "It doesn't work in the east, nor in the west. Does General Fei have any clever plans?" Cheng Kui couldn't help standing up.Cheng Kui didn't like Fei An's stern demeanor and his reticence in talking and laughing.At this time, he repeatedly vetoed it, which greatly dissatisfied Cheng Kui who was seeking to fight. "The technique of corpse poison, have you ever heard of it?" "Corpse poison?" "We have fought several times, and there are enough corpses. Those corpses that have been dead for more than ten days are pulled out of the soil and thrown into Shangyang Pass with catapults. Not only does it deter the enemy, but the plague and corpse poison on these corpses spread. Open it, especially if you walk into the well, within a month, Shangyang Pass will become a dead city." After Fei An finished speaking calmly, he suddenly raised his head, looked around, and saw Cheng Kui, Gang Wuwei and Gu Yueyi all had surprised expressions, while Bai Yi turned his back to everyone, and smiled lightly. Be quiet for a while. "This can't be done, this can't be done," Cheng Kui thought for a long time, shaking his head with his big hands, "The ground is full of rotting corpses, we won the Shangyang Pass, but we can't get in." "Does General Cheng think that Ying Wuyi would be so stupid?" Fei An said disdainfully, "As long as a group of soldiers are poisoned, Ying Wuyi will rush to break out of the siege, and this is a good opportunity to intercept and kill them!" "The army of the king of the empire, with such insidious schemes, I'm afraid it will harm your majesty's political virtue." Gang Wuwei shook his head. "Old General Gang," Fei An sneered, "I have long heard that Old General Gang went into battle at the age of fourteen, and there are countless dead souls under his sword. What's the difference between killing with a knife and killing with poison? Your Majesty has been coercing Ying Wuyi for many years. Poisoning Ying Wuyi to death, His Majesty is too late to be happy, so why would he care about such vain things as political virtue?" "But when a soldier dies, he dies. How can we excavate the bones and disturb the souls of the dead?" "Death is dead, what do you mean the souls of the dead are restless? General Gang doesn't care about the lives of the living, but cares about the safety of the dead?" Gang Wuwei was speechless. "I suddenly remembered that when General Fei besieged Wuhe City back then, he wiped out his opponents without a single soldier. Could it be this clever plan?" Xi Yan suddenly laughed. "That's right. A month later, there were corpses all over the city, and several thousand catties of sulfur and lime were used to detoxify them." Xi Yan laughed loudly: "Okay. Everyone has their own opinions, but in the end, General Bai will make the decision." After Xi Yan's words fell, Bai Yi turned around slowly, clenching his fist with his right hand firmly on the case: "Since it's up to Bai Yi to make the decision, then General Fei doesn't need to discuss it anymore. Attacking the city with corpse poison is not the way of military law." "What is the way of military law?" Fei An suppressed his anger and asked. "Do nothing!" Fei An suddenly felt cold.When Bai Yi said that, he slowly raised his eyes to look at him.The eyes of the two met, and Fei An clearly felt his sharp eyes being pushed back.Bai Yi didn't have a murderous look or dignity, but that kind of quiet pressure was irresistible.This calm old general suddenly changed when he raised his eyes. Everyone was silent for a moment, and Bai Yi said: "Since there is no good plan yet, let's go away today. It is not a day for Li Guo to threaten the emperor, and it is not a day for us to revive the emperor." The famous generals from various countries didn't say much, and they got up to say goodbye.Xi Yanluo was at the end, and stopped for a while when leaving the tent, chuckled without looking back: "If I think right, you already have a plan to break the city." "Only within ten days." "What a Bai Yi, still the arrogance of the past," Xi Yan laughed and left the tent. Gu Yueyi had already invited him to serve tea at the Jinbei State Camp. The scribe in Tsing Yi opened the curtain on the side and walked into the military tent without making a sound. "Have you finished your work?" "Three thousand catties of chamaejasma, one thousand catties of aconitum, and three thousand catties of eucalyptus have been boiled and refined, and a total of one thousand and fifty catties of rough medicine have been obtained. I have sent fifty confidant soldiers out, and I just wait for the general to send an order. .” Bai Yi nodded slightly: "Yes, you can wait for my order at any time. Also, you have been watching for so long, what do you think of the generals of various countries?" The scholar pondered for a moment: "Cheng Kui, a martial artist, was able to become a general of the Wind Tiger Cavalry Army because he borrowed the brilliance of the ugly tiger Hua Ye. Fear. On the contrary, Fei An not only has insight into the situation, but also has a lot of tricks, which can be called unscrupulous. If he is an enemy of our army, he may be a strong opponent." Bai Yi smiled lightly: "It's only half right, Fei An's sharpness is too exposed, I'm afraid it's not a good thing. Haven't you heard the saying that a long edge is easy to break? A thin-bladed knife is sharp, but it's the easiest to cut. The next two." "Gu Yueyi from the north of Shanxi has a restrained edge and looks like a general, but it will take time. As for General Tang Xi..." the scribe hesitated. "Say it straight." "The subordinates know that General Xi is an old friend of the great general, but General Xi...is not a famous general." Bai Yi smiled quietly: "It's just like a lazy son of an aristocratic family, isn't it?" "General, excuse me for your ignorance and lies." The scribe bowed down. Bai Yi shook his head: "Zihou, I know you are good at matching people, but there are always some people in the world who are beyond your expectations. Xi Yan is not someone who can be recognized by his eyes. He deserves to be a world famous general. If one day You lead the army to confront Xi Yan alone, retreat quickly, don't hesitate at all. This person, you may not be able to surpass him in your life... and my most difficult enemy!" "Enemy?" The scribe was shocked, "Isn't Xi Yan a friend of the general?" Bai Yi was silent for a long time, and sighed leisurely: "It's because he was my best friend back then, and I know his character so well. Today's Xi Yan, even if he is not my enemy, is no longer my friend! "