Shangyang City, located at the junction of Yue and the southwest, rose due to the canal transportation and became a city of trade in Yue.

With the advent of troubled times, the strategic value of Shangyang City has become increasingly prominent, becoming the focus of the competition between the Southwest Army and the Vietnamese Army.

By taking Shangyang City, the southwest army can go down the river, rushing into the hinterland of the Jianghuai River and collecting the land of Wu and Yue.

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

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

Otherwise, you have to cross mountains and ridges and attack the fortresses and cities. Other issues are easy to say, but the key is that logistics cannot keep up.

Even in the world of high-martial arts, food transportation still depends on civilians. Although high-end equipment such as storage rings exist, it is too much of a drop in the bucket compared to the consumption of the army.

For strategic reasons, Shangyang City, which once flourished with commerce, has now transformed into a war fortress.

In order to strengthen the city defense, King Yue began to build fortifications here two years ago. At this moment, Shangyang City has a wall of more than ten feet high and three or four feet wide. It is not an exaggeration to use a word of iron and iron.

Such a strong city defense was not enough. King Yue spent a lot of money to invite the formation master and arranged several formations on the city wall.

Not only is the city's defense strong, but there are also 200,000 troops stationed in the city, and enough food and grass for the army to eat for two years is stored in order to prevent the long-term siege of the Southwest soldiers.

Such sufficient preparation is as solid as a soul. However, Zhao Wenge, as the commander of the garrison, still felt uneasy.

Since the King of Wu sent troops to attack Dongyue, King of Yue has drawn troops from the southern line. Except for the strategic key areas like Shangyang City, the number of troops stationed in other areas has been greatly reduced.

After fighting with the Southwest Army for a long time, Zhao Wenge understood the opponent's strength very well. It is not that the enemy's individual soldiers are very strong, the key is that the enemy's lack of empty salary.

For generals who commanded the army, not having a vacant salary does not only mean being honest, but also being sufficient supply of logistics supplies.

In fact, the signs of empty salary after entering a chaotic world have been curbed. All commanders know that the army in their hands is their capital.

If the situation allows, most generals hope that they will have more soldiers and more elite soldiers, but the problem is that the actual situation does not allow it.

Theoretically, the military pay paid by the King of Yue was sufficient. The reality is that this sufficient amount was limited to the amount at the time of departure, and half-way transportation also required losses.

The approved transportation losses are only in a theoretical state. The losses caused by various emergencies are often unable to be reported and can only bear them by themselves.

In order to ensure sufficient supply, falsely claiming some soldiers to get empty salary is the best choice. The difference is limited to the courage of the generals. Just use the expenses if they are brave, and those who are brave can make a lot of effort.

In this context, you must not only be careful about the enemy, but also your teammates.

Because the nominal army of 100,000 may actually be only 50,000 or 60,000, and if you encounter a disaster, you may only have 10,000 or 20,000 people.

The enemy has a 500,000 army and our side has a million army. The advantage lies in me!

As a result, when I arrived on the battlefield, I found that the enemy's 500,000 army was a real 500,000 army; my own 100 army might have only 300,000 to 400,000 people, and some of them were temporarily opened to charge the number.

The upper limit is easy to calculate, but the lower limit is not able to estimate it. No one knows how much tricky his teammates are, after all, they came from the Great Zhou era.

Therefore, in the previous wars, the Vietnamese army was always suppressed by the Southwest soldiers. The commander generals did not dare to take the initiative to launch an attack without two or three times the advantage of paper force.

The only thing that made Zhao Wenge feel relieved was that the Southwest King was deeply trapped in the Lingnan battlefield and had no time to come to fight the autumn wind for a while. He could sleep a few more peacefully.

After patrolling the city defenses, Zhao Wenge, who was about to go home to prepare for the marriage of the 28th concubine, just as he stepped down the city tower, he heard a familiar voice behind him.

"The general has a big deal, and there is a smoke ignited in the south. I am afraid that the southwest soldiers will come."

Without caring about marrying a concubine, Zhao Wenge flew up to the city tower and looked at the wolf smoke ignited in the distance.

In addition to being the clan of King Yue, Zhao Wenge is also an important factor in being able to serve as the guard of the strategic important place like Shangyang.

The King of Yue had just pulled out his troops and left, and the enemy rushed to attack, which obviously caused the news to leak.

The army's mobilization is too heavy, so it is impossible to keep it confidential. But it is just a matter of slowly leaking the news. In this situation, it is obvious that someone leaks the news.

Realizing that it was not good, Zhao Wenge immediately ordered his generals: "Immediately send a horse to investigate the invading enemy forces, and also call on the aristocratic families in the city to discuss the matter of defense."

There was no mention of asking for help from King Yue. The enemy situation is unclear now, and asking for help will only disrupt King Yue's strategic deployment.

If the enemy only attacks tentatively, he can also protect Shangyang City with the defenders in the city. As for other areas, if they are lost, they will be lost.

In the battle for hegemony in troubled times, who has never 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 land can be recovered later, it will be harmless.

If the main force of the Southwest troops came to attack, it would be useless even if the King of Yue sent reinforcements. The current battlefield of East Vietnam has already dragged down the King of Yue's large number of troops.

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

All he could do now was to pull the great families in the city into the chariot and buy time for his lord as much as possible.

Fortunately, the Southwest King was too stubborn to suppress the powerful families. These families would not defect to them unless they had no choice, otherwise Zhao Wenge would not know what to do.

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Fighting against the scorching sun, Li Mu's army finally appeared under Shangyang City. Looking at the city in front of him, he extinguished his idea of ​​taking action.

The main thing is that there is no need. The king has his own demeanor. If he had to seize the city of Shangyang, he would have to take it himself, what else would he have to do?

After glanced at the army behind him, Li Mu waved his hand and said, "Send the order, set up camp on the spot, and launch an attack at noon tonight!"

Speaking out so openly is clearly telling the enemy to attack the city tonight. I heard the general in the army have a toothache, so I would not bring such a trick.

A straightforward veteran came forward and persuaded: "Prince, Shangyang City Defense is extremely strong, and has also arranged multiple defensive formations. If you want to break through the city defense by surprise, you may not be able to do it..."

Li Mu was still very satisfied with his subordinates' reaction. Such a foolish tactical deployment did not say that he did not understand the art of war and did not command blindly, it would give him the face of his lord.

"General Zhou, don't worry. Gu just looked at the energy of Shangyang City and found that the black air here is rolling and the evil spirit is pouring out. It is obviously a sign that the people in the city are in great sins and disasters are coming. Tonight, there will definitely be a big event in the city, which is a good opportunity to break the city."

With the addition of "Tianji Arithmetic", it can become reasonable even if it is unreasonable. Li Mu did not keep it confidential. Everyone knows that he is not only a master of formation and a master of Tianji.

This ability to be able to calculate and calculate has scared many people. Since learning that Li Mu is the Grandmaster of Heavenly Meaning, all his subordinates have become well-behaved.

Li Mu was also happy to see this, and it was very troublesome to control it, especially when facing a bunch of bureaucrats. The simplest operation is to make them afraid.

The founding monarch loved to kill people. In addition to the need to use heavy punishments in troubled times, what is more important is that killing is the easiest way to solve the problem.

It is better to make your subordinates afraid than to make them lose their awe and make them unscrupulously.

After hearing Li Mu's explanation, General Zhou, who was originally righteous, hurriedly apologized: "It's the veteran general who is stupid, please atone for his sins!"

If it weren't for the armor, he might have kneeled down.

Seeing everyone's reaction, Li Mu waved his hand generously and said, "It's okay. General Zhou is also dedicated to his duties, so why is it a crime?"

Except for the fact that disaster is true, after all, the arrival of war is a disaster itself, and the rest are all artistic processing. Anyway, they are all fooling a bunch of laymen, and Li Mu is not afraid of being misled.

Even if a Tianji Master finds that something is wrong, it is that his cultivation is not deep enough and he cannot 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 big was about to happen.

This premonition had saved his life several times. Now at this critical moment, he dared not take it lightly.

In order to prevent accidents, he even brought all the elite children of the city's aristocratic family with him, saying that they should focus on training, but in fact they were hostages.

Despite this kind of constraint, when it comes to life and death, it has no great influence on the aristocratic families, so he still does it.

It is better to have constraints than not. In order to fool everyone, he repeatedly guaranteed that the reinforcements of King Yue had already arrived on the road.

Under the night, shadows kept flashing. They were all wearing armor, as if they were a large army of black armor.

"Ghost!"

I don’t know if it was a shout, and Shangyang City was instantly in chaos. Facing ghosts, the survival ability of ordinary people is too weak.

The ghosts reappeared, and many people were heartbroken. Fortunately, the target of these ghosts was not them, but attacked the city lord's mansion and major families.

Seeing the organized Yin soldiers appearing, Zhao Wenge was shocked. He had seen many ghosts, but this was the first time he had encountered Yin soldiers.

Even if ancient books record ancient gods and animals raising Yin soldiers, it is only a matter of mentioning that no one has ever encountered it.

At present, this sudden Yin soldiers became the biggest disaster. The strong Yin evil spirit, coupled with the leading ghost kings, were telling him that things were going on.

"Come into a military formation!"

It was too late to order at this time. Panic spread, and many soldiers had become headless flies and began to run around.

How could the hundreds of guards in the city guard's palace resist the raid of the Yin Army? Even if the Jindan worshipper in the city took action, he could not make any trouble and he would be in a while.

The city guard's mansion was gone, and the aristocratic families were gone. The officers and soldiers guarding the city were collectively stunned. There were ghosts and monsters inside, and there were enemies outside to attack the city. They really didn't know what to do.

"It's important to destroy ghosts first, otherwise we will attack!"

I don’t know who shouted, which instantly triggered a chain reaction. The defenders, who had already collapsed morale, had no desire to fight.

Especially for the private army of aristocratic families, the desire to surrender is even more strong. The wife, children, and children are still in the city. If they don’t quickly suppress the ghost disaster, the whole family will be in a state of chaos.

The city belongs to the King of Yue, but the wife, children, and the old and the young are their own. It is clear at a glance which is more important.

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

However, the chaotic ghost soldiers no longer existed, and only some ghosts who took advantage of the situation were still causing trouble in the city.
Chapter completed!