Special War God

The general of Kou Zhanyong's vanguard troops was named Gongyang Ansheng. After they arrived at the west gate of Xiyuan City in the afternoon, they only took a short rest and then ordered the siege to begin, leaving only a small number of soldiers to set up tents.

After a while, Xia Zhongnan led several scouts to quietly approach the battlefield and observe the situation of the siege...

The siege battles in this world are not much different from the scenes Xia Zhongnan saw in the TV series. The attackers were equipped with ladders, wooden beams and other equipment, and they climbed the walls and attacked the city gates fiercely. The defenders threw stones, guns and other objects they had prepared in advance to defend and counterattack.

Many cultivators can be seen on the battlefield. With the city wall as high as more than ten meters, these cultivators can jump onto the city wall with just two steps of the cloud ladder and engage in hand-to-hand combat with the defenders. Whenever a cultivator climbs onto the city wall, several cultivators from the Tongjiang Army and the Xiangshui Army will immediately rush forward to surround and kill him. Most cultivators who attack the city wall will choose to jump off the wall to save their lives, but there are also a few cultivators who are fearless and insist on staying on the wall until the last moment.

This was just a siege test by the vanguard army, and the real siege battle was expected to begin the next day. However, even so, the fierce battle in front of him had already shocked Xia Zhongnan deeply. This was the first time in his life that he had personally witnessed an attack and defense battle involving tens of thousands of people. At that moment, he was filled with passion by the magnificent scene.

When he was in the Chifang City military camp, Xia Zhongnan wanted to create a unique spear technique of his own, and had imagined incorporating formations into it. However, due to the numerous daily trivialities, this matter never made any progress. Now, at the scene of the battle between the two armies, he finally realized that the spear technique that best suited him should be used in combination with military tactics.

So, his first style of shooting naturally came to his mind. That was the move he was most proficient in - the brave one wins when two meet in a narrow road. The face-to-face head-on attack was his first move in the art of shooting.

The siege ended in the evening, and the siege troops camped outside the city to cook. However, before they could have a full meal, the city gates suddenly opened and 10,000 Tongjiang troops rushed out from the city.

It turned out that the Xiangshui Army was the only ones defending the west gate, and the Tongjiang Army had been resting in the city, waiting for the enemy to retreat before launching a surprise attack. Seeing the Tongjiang Army rushing out of the city, Gongyang Ansheng snorted coldly and said sarcastically: "You really have some courage to attack the camp. But you dare to attack the camp with such a small number of troops. Do you think I am a soft persimmon that can be easily squeezed?"

Gongyang Ansheng actually still had 50,000 reserve troops who had not yet participated in the afternoon siege. At this moment, they were also in high spirits and quickly left the camp to set up battle array to meet the Tongjiang army.

After leaving the city, the Tongjiang army found that the siege troops were well prepared and immediately turned around and fled back to the city. The siege troops did not chase them because it was dark and they had the advantage. There was no need to risk chasing them and avoid falling into the trap set by the defenders.

In the second half of the night, 10,000 Chifang troops approached quietly. Xia Zhongnan, who had been watching nearby, sent out scouts to guide 2,000 archers to the designated location. Then, thousands of ignited rockets were fired at the camp of the siege army. At the same time, Xia Zhongnan led 8,000 Chifang troops to attack Gongyang Ansheng's tent. There was a chaotic cry of surprise in the tent, and some quick-reacting cultivators rushed to intercept them...

Liu Da Huzi, Zhao Delin, Zuoqiu Juemin and Duan Ganbao were all cultivators at the Spiritualization Stage. They led the Chifang Army's cultivators to charge forward. Under Xia Zhongnan's command, they stabbed Gongyang Ansheng's camp like a sharp knife. In Xia Zhongnan's plan, the focus of the sneak attack was of course the decapitation operation.

When monks in the camp rushed out to block the enemy, they were immediately overwhelmed by the monks of the Chifang Army. The concentrated training that Zuoqiu Juemin and others had given them before played a key role at this time. They charged in front, and the impact of the Chifang Army's 8,000 spears was extremely fierce.

Gongyang Ansheng was awakened from his sleep by the shouting and killing sounds around him. Before his guards could gather, Liu Da Huzi had already led his army to kill him. He wanted to draw his sword to fight, but was pulled by the arms by several guards and fled in another direction. However, when he fled, Liu Da Huzi led his troops to chase him all the way, and his 100,000 vanguard troops fell into greater chaos.

At this time, the city gate was opened again, and Hou Huanjie and Shao Chengxiu led the Tongjiang Army and Xiangshui Army to launch a fierce attack on the camp of the vanguard army. The camp was full of flames, and the Bai soldiers were in chaos.

Although their actual numbers far exceeded those of the Wu army, they could not form combat effectiveness without effective organization. Although there were some sporadic resistance, they were quickly put down by the Wu army, leaving them with nothing but passive resistance.

Xia Zhongnan, like many other Wu soldiers, had bloodshot eyes and fought frantically. The tremendous pressure and the efforts to formulate strategies over the past few days turned into a burning fighting spirit in his chest at this moment. The spear in his hand was actually a special black iron steel spear, specially made by the forging master of the Chifang Army according to his design. It was 13 inches long and could be split into two sections for easy carrying. When needed, it only needed to be screwed on.

At this moment, the spears were like dragons emerging from water, rushing through the melee, taking lives one after another. There was no mercy on the battlefield, and only by destroying the enemy to the greatest extent could we protect the lives of ourselves and our comrades to the greatest extent.

His previous attempt to integrate military tactics into spearmanship was sublimated in this real battle. While his spear was drinking blood, his spearmanship skills were also improving rapidly.

By the time dawn broke in the sky, the 100,000-strong Bai Kingdom vanguard army was almost completely wiped out by the 30,000-strong Wu Kingdom army, and less than 10,000 people managed to escape.

Liu Da Huzi sat on the body of a fallen warhorse to rest without caring about his image. His body was covered with the blood of the enemies, but his mental state was still good.

The mutilated body of Gongyang Ansheng, the general of the Bai Kingdom's vanguard army, lay in front of him. Looking at the body, he felt extremely relieved. As the saying goes, "king against king, general against general", on this night, he led Zhao Delin, Duan Ganbao and Zuoqiu Juemin to bite Gongyang Ansheng desperately, and after a hard and difficult battle, he finally succeeded in killing Gongyang Ansheng in front of him at dawn, which also meant that the vanguard army of the Bai Kingdom had been completely wiped out.

Hou Huanjie and Shao Chengxiu then joined forces to attack. They each chased after the fleeing Baiguo vanguard soldiers for nearly twenty miles before returning. They met on the road and then walked side by side...

This battle made the leaders of the three armies deeply admire each other, and also made the soldiers of the three armies more united and close. After Xia Zhongnan's strength was verified in actual combat, his prestige in the hearts of all the soldiers of the 13th Army was truly established, and he could almost be compared with General Yangwu Liu Dabazi.

However, despite their great victory over the White Country's vanguard, the shadow in everyone's heart did not dissipate. Because the real strong enemy, the main force of more than 600,000 led by Kou Zhanyong, was a difficult existence to defeat. As the highest military commander of the White Country, Kou Zhanyong's cultivation realm must have reached the Return to Void Realm. With just him alone, 30,000 Wu Country soldiers could not resist.

Of course, the confrontation between generals on the battlefield is often a confrontation of equal status. Unless it is a critical moment, Kou Zhanyong will not personally take action to deal with the 30,000 Bai State troops.

In order to prevent the corpses from rotting and causing plague, the soldiers of the three armies put the bodies of the 90,000 dead Bai soldiers together, poured fuel on them and burned them, and dug a large pit, in which nearly a thousand dead Wu soldiers were buried. Afterwards, the Tongjiang Army and the Xiangshui Army returned to Xiyuan City, and the Chifang Army returned to the Elong Ridge of Fengqi Mountain.

The army started with 10,000 soldiers and returned with more than 8,000 horses. The vanguard army originally had 10,000 cavalrymen, but because they did not have time to get to the stables to get the horses, they were hit hard by the Chifang army, so most of the horses were left intact to the Chifang army.

The Elong Ridge was originally an extremely steep mountain that was difficult for humans and animals to climb, but there was a naturally formed mountain stream in the center. It is said that an evil dragon was suppressed here, until one day, the evil dragon broke out of the mountain and left this mountain stream. After many explorations, Xia Zhongnan finally determined that this was an ideal place for the Tibetan army. There was only one passage to enter, which could be said to be a one-man pass against ten thousand men; the other exit was located on a cliff, and even a cultivator in the Qi Transformation Realm would find it difficult to climb up without special equipment.

There is a spring in the mountain stream, and sufficient food has been stored there. If the enemy wants to attack here, it will be more difficult than in Xiyuan City. Even if the enemy has more troops, the mountain stream mouth cannot accommodate more people to charge.

Following Xia Zhongnan's tactical philosophy, he must first ensure the safety of his own team before completing military orders, so he will not fight to the death for someone like Lang Zhengfeng.

The result of this battle completely shocked Kou Zhanyong and Lang Zhengfeng, who were closely following the battle. The news that Gongyang Ansheng was killed and the 100,000 vanguard troops were almost annihilated made Kou Zhanyong almost lose control of his emotions. He failed to control his strength and smashed the head of the sergeant who came to report, roaring: "Lang Zhengfeng actually wanted to use 30,000 vassal troops to delay our pursuit for a few days, but Gongyang Ansheng was wiped out by these 30,000 abandoned soldiers, and the 100,000 elite soldiers of the Bai Kingdom were destroyed in an instant!"

Kou Shuai of the Bai State angrily declared that Gongyang Ansheng was a disgrace to his country and a sinner. He asked the king to order the complete extermination of Gongyang Ansheng's family to wash away the shame Gongyang brought to the Bai State. Seeing Kou Shuai's anger, all the soldiers were trembling with fear. No one dared to speak, fearing that they would be the next unlucky person to be beaten to death.

After a long while, General Kou calmed down a little. He said, "Forget it. Gongyang Ansheng died for the Bai Kingdom on the battlefield after all. We should treat his family according to the standards of fallen generals. Now it seems that the remnants of the Mang Kingdom are no longer a threat. The one we really need to be wary of is the Wu Kingdom."

Previously, Kou Shuai's strategy was to use the 100,000 vanguard troops led by Gongyang Ansheng to drive the army of Wu State in the west into the Yunan and Yuyang areas, and to arrange 400,000 vassal troops to set up an ambush there in advance, planning to attack from both sides and destroy Lang Zhengfeng's troops in one fell swoop. After the Mang State army was completely destroyed, he would fight against Wen Yulou who led the Wu State court army. In his eyes, the vassal army was just a ragtag army, and only the armies of the courts of various countries were truly elite forces.

However, the 100,000 elite soldiers led by Gongyang Ansheng were annihilated by the ragtag army of Wu State as if they were abandoned pawns, which made General Kou extremely angry. This battle also made him truly realize that the strength of Wu State's western front army should not be underestimated.

So he ordered: "Find out who is the leader of the 30,000 Wu state princes' army, and get all the information about them for me!" The intelligence general who received the order immediately agreed and hurriedly left the general's tent.

Then, General Kou ordered: "Sima Geng, I will give you 150,000 elite soldiers. You stay here to destroy the remaining Mang troops. Make sure to wipe out all the Mang people who have entered our territory."

Geng Sima replied firmly: "I will obey your orders!"

Commander Kou gave his final instructions: "Everyone else, hurry up and prepare. Tomorrow morning, the entire army will march out and follow me to Xuzhou to destroy the Wu army."

At the same time, on another battlefield, this battle also shocked Lang Zhengfeng and many princes and generals in the Wu State’s western army.

It took them only five days to successfully occupy Yunan, and they planned to take a short break before heading to Yuyang. Some princes and generals were talking about it: "This Bai Kingdom is really no good. Even their 100,000 elite soldiers were defeated by our 30,000 princes. Such an opponent is really disappointing!"

"If the king knows about our victory this time, we will definitely be rewarded handsomely! The Tongjiang Army, Xiangshui Army, and Chifang Army got a huge advantage for nothing. I am almost dying of envy and jealousy!"

"If we just stay here and guard Yunan, and wait for Kou Zhanyong to fall into our trap, it will be fine. Then Marshal Lang will lead us to chop off Kou Zhanyong's head, and our contribution will definitely not be less than those three families!"

At this moment, Lang Zhengfeng fell into deep thought. It was because of the success of conquering Yunan that he had laughed at Liu Dabazi and his subordinate soldier in his heart. The subordinate had analyzed that the areas of Yunan, Yuyang, and Chujun were like a den of dragons and tigers, enough to swallow up his army of more than 300,000. But in fact, didn't he conquer Yunan easily?

But when the battle report from Xiyuan arrived, Lang Zhengfeng began to waver in his judgment. If he had switched places with Liu Dabazi and others, he would not have dared to attack the 100,000 elite troops of the Bai Kingdom with only 30,000 troops, let alone achieve such a brilliant record...

It is sheer nonsense to say that the elite troops of the Bai Kingdom were vulnerable and that a hundred thousand soldiers could not even withstand the coalition forces of 30,000 princes.

Didn't we just see them beat the Mang Kingdom's army of hundreds of thousands and reduced them to scattered stragglers? If they were really that weak, wouldn't the Mang Kingdom's army be hundreds of thousands of pigs?

The fact that Liu Dabaizi and others could achieve such a record only proves that they are indeed powerful and have both courage and wisdom.

Even if he didn't want to admit it, in his heart, he could only sincerely say "admiration" to Liu Dabazi.

Ever since he began to pay attention to people like Liu Dabazi, what Xia Zhongnan had said to him before echoed in his mind again, "Marshal Lang, a large number of Bai State princes' troops must have gathered in Yunan and Yuyang areas, and they have set up pocket formations waiting for us to drill into..." These words were like heavy hammers hitting his heart.

He touched his chest and thought to himself: Have I unknowingly walked into a dangerous place?