Xian Sun of the Ning Mansion of the Red Chamber

Chapter 124: Dark Clouds Overcome the City
The King’s Mansion of Chu is known as the city within the city of Wuchang City. It was built in imitation of the Jinling Liudu Forbidden Palace. There are more than 4000 large and small palaces in total, accounting for almost half of Wuchang City. It is two and a half miles wide from east to west and five miles long from north to south. , covering an area of ​​more than ten square miles, that is, more than 8000 acres of land.How big is Wuchang City?It is five miles wide from east to west and ten miles long from north to south, with a total area of ​​more than [-] mu, or [-] square kilometers.

To put it bluntly, a Chu Palace can accommodate tens of thousands of troops.Of course, before raising the banner of rebellion, King Yang Huang of Chu would not dare to raise an army of tens of thousands of people in his mansion, but even so, there were as many as seven to eight thousand people who walked out of King Chu's mansion.

A full staff of Wuchang guards is only 600 people. After Feng Hengshi, Yue Zixing and others left, Yang Huang took over Wuchang City without any effort. Among Yang Huang's rebel army.But even so, there were still a large number of troops and horses stationed outside the city, and the momentum was so great that it shocked the sky.

Yang Huang was wearing a yellow silk dragon cloak and a golden armor inside. Surrounded by a group of guards, he rode his horse and galloped out of the city.

"Leave two thousand guards, and the rest will follow me to capture Jiang Xia and capture Feng Hengshi alive!"

Following Yang Huang's order, the army that erected the Yellow Dragon Banner with the word "Chu" approached Jiangxia County.

Jiangxia County, which is only more than 30 miles away from Wuchang, is also tense at this moment. The gate of the city has been closed. Yue Zixing, with the rest of the guard soldiers and hundreds of brave men temporarily recruited by Liu Yunlong, has already stretched his strings behind the city wall. And wait.

Feng Hengshi was carried up to the city gate by several soldiers on a stretcher, accompanied by Liu Yunlong.

"My lord!" Yue Zixing said politely.

Feng Hengshi nodded lightly, glanced in the direction of Wuchang outside the city, and then asked, "Master Yue, do you think we can keep Jiang Xia?"

Yue Zixing, who was missing one ear, smiled bitterly: "My lord, the spies are here to report that Yang Huang, the king of Chu, has an army of no less than 1 people. In Jiangxia City, there are only a few soldiers, and the city faces the river with its back. [-] horses are enough to encircle Jiangxia." It's not easy to keep the water out!"

"The old man only needs you to watch for a day!" Feng Heng said again.

Yue Zixing said after a slight silence: "My lord, if there are enough people, I will have the confidence to stick to Jiangxia for a day, but"

Yue Zixing turned around and looked at the surrounding soldiers, but said nothing.

Among the troops of Wuchangwei, Yue Zixing only brought some of his cronies over, and no one can guarantee that among the remaining people, there are no secret workers from the Chu Palace. There were only a few hundred people left after the second round of screening, and with the hundreds of brave men recruited by Liu Yunlong, the number was almost over a thousand.

Feng Hengshi looked outside the city, and the smoke and dust had gradually risen in the distance. It was a spectacular sight that can only be seen when a large army passes by. Reinforcements are coming, if we can't defend, after the city is broken, you and I will die!"

"My lord." Yue Zixing was about to say something, but was interrupted by Feng Hengshi: "There is a shortage of manpower, the old man will help you to gather enough manpower, you just need to rest assured to defend the city!"

"My lord, gather 2000 people for the last general, and the last general will swear to defend Jiangxia to the death!" Yue Zixing calmed down when he heard the words, and said, "Thanks to Master Liu for preparing enough rolling stones and trees, the city wall has also been thickened. There are pits dug outside the city, enough to spend half a day with the enemy, and the remaining half day, you can only do your best!"

But I heard Liu Yunlong on the side say: "Teacher, students can mobilize the people in the city to help defend the city!"

Feng Hengshi nodded and said: "You go and order people to spread the news in the city, saying that Yang Huang, the king of Chu, colluded with the White Lotus Sect to plunder Wuchang. There are no people in Wuchang, and now they are going to loot Jiangxia. Follow in the footsteps of Wuchang, let the whole city guard the city together and wait for the master!"

"Students, let's do it now!" Liu Yunlong turned around and went down the tower.

"The enemy army is coming!" I don't know how long it took, but a soldier shouted.

Both Feng Hengshi and Yue Zixing looked out of the city. The densely packed army made people feel oppressed by the black clouds over the city.

At this moment, it was already dusk, and the torches had already been lit in the army of King Chu, winding like a fire dragon, covering the sky and covering the earth without boundaries.

"Several times the east wind blows the world and changes the world, and the millennium past is gone with the tide. Ask Pong, who is the willow spring for, and shake the golden hazel."

The speed of the army's march was beyond Jia Ying's expectations. I thought it would take five days to travel from Changsha to Xiangyang, but I didn't expect that this time would be greatly shortened.However, Jia Ying forgot one thing. The ancients relied on two legs to travel. Over the years, they have already practiced leg skills. It seems that in half a day, they will be able to reach Wuchang Mansion. Jia Ying even has Resting leisurely on the rocky rocks at Guyongkou on the bank of the river, looking far away and nostalgic for the past, recite a sentence left by the ancients.

"Report!"

A shout of urgency interrupted Jia Ying's thoughts, and she looked for the reputation, but it was a school lieutenant in embroidered clothes.

"How's Wuchang City?" Before the embroidered school captain could speak, Jia Ying asked first.

"Returning to my lord, the king of Chu, Yang Huang, raised his troops to rebel, and Wuchang City has fallen. At this moment, Yang Huang is leading an army of tens of thousands to besiege Jiangxia City. Master Feng is in Jiangxia right now, and he specially ordered the villain to come to ask for help from the lord!" Captain Xiuyi panted heavily Angrily replied.

"An army of tens of thousands? But the white bandits from Jiangbei crossed the river?" Jia Ying asked.

But the school lieutenant shook his head and said: "There are also our spies in Jiangbei. At this moment, the Yellow Turban Army of the White Lotus Sect and the Qingyi Army of the Sanyang Sect have gathered in Jiangbei. They are attacking the four prefectures of Jingzhou, Chengtian, Hanyang, and Huangzhou. Haven’t crossed the river! Those people are all direct descendants of Chu Palace!”

"A vassal king secretly gathered an army of tens of thousands. How did they hide it from the court? Could it be that all the officials in Huguang are blind?" Mu Enci said in shock when he heard the words.

However, Jia Ying had some guesses, and only said: "From the Yichang waters in the upper reaches to the Ezhou waters in the lower reaches, it is very easy to hide 8000 to [-] people on the [-]-mile Yangtze River. Soldiers, plus the personal guards of Chu Palace, Yang Huang should have these soldiers and horses in his hands."

"The troops led by Wei Datong are still behind, and our Xiang army camp has only 3000 people. I am afraid that we will suffer a disadvantage against the tens of thousands of troops of the king of Chu!" Mu Enci said worriedly.

Jia Ying pondered for a while, and asked, "How far is the forward cavalry of King Nan'an from us?"

"It will take less than half a day's journey to arrive." Mu Enci replied.

When Jia Ying heard this, he immediately issued an order: "Order the Hunan army camp to speed up the march, and send someone to inform the cavalry of the king of Nan'an, so that they don't waste their horsepower and go all out to help Jiang Xia!"

"But at that time we were already exhausted teachers," Mu Enci said worriedly.

Jia Ying shook her head and said, "I'm exhausted from marching, and it won't be easy for them to siege the city for half a day. I just need to camp far away to form a deterrent, and wait for the rear army!"

"What if they take the initiative?"

Jia Ying paused, and replied solemnly: "Then let's run!"

In Jiangbei, the Tsingyi Army has captured Hanyang Mansion as their base camp, and now another group of troops is attacking Huangzhou.

Standing in the big camp of the Tsing Yi Army at this moment, you can see Jiangxia County on the other side of the river bank, surrounded by water, and the screams of killing are loud. Waiting for someone to cross the river and join the siege battle, but in the big tent of the Chinese army, there is no military order handed down for a long time!
It's just that they don't know that in the big tent of the Chinese army at this moment, their chief general and their respected Qingyang Daozi are performing a lively scene.

"Am I beautiful?" The woman only had a silk dress wrapped around her body, her slender arms wrapped around the man's neck.

"Don't cross the river!" But I heard the woman beside me say calmly while arranging the skirts of her clothes.

"What did you say?" The man sat up in shock after hearing the words, his face full of astonishment.

The woman turned around and caressed the man's cheek, and said charmingly, "Here, I am Taoist Qingyang, the Bodhisattva in your heart, but on the other side of the river, my name is Nan Ji!"

The woman floated up, wearing a purple-blue dress to cover her exquisite and plump figure, she turned around and said with a chuckle, "If he finds out, he will kill you!"

After finishing speaking, the woman walked straight out of the tent.

When the man heard the words, his whole body trembled, and he looked at the woman who was going away again and asked, "Where are you going?"

The woman didn't turn her head back, but said: "If the man on the south side of the river loses, you can take him to the north to join the White Lotus Sect. After all, they come from the same lineage. With the people you have now, they are enough to sit on the position of King Kong. Wait for me Come back to find you!"

"My lord, there are enemy troops coming up from the southwest side!" Jiangxia County, a soldier covered in blood on the top of the wall shouted to Yue Zixing on the top of the wall.

Yue Zixing's armor was also oozing with blood. At this moment, he was stabbing a soldier of the Chu Palace who had climbed to the top of the wall with a spear. Throw me away!"

He, the chief general, has already played in person, how can there be any extra people for him to dispatch!

However, on the three walls of the city, the enemy has already come up at this moment, and everyone is desperately fighting for their lives, so no one cares about going to other places to support!
Yue Zixing looked up at the situation on the top of the city, and shouted violently: "You son of a bitch, you will be a hero again in 20 years! Brothers, fight them!"

"Master Yue, I'll come to help you!" Liu Yunlong and a group of people rushed to the top of the city with hoes and rakes, blocking the gap in the southwest direction.

"Lord Liu, when will the reinforcements arrive!" Yue Zixing asked again as he saw Liu Yunlong leading people up again, his desire to die a little lessened.

Liu Yunlong was also not a weak person. After flying two Chu soldiers, he shouted loudly: "Brothers, our reinforcements are coming soon, hold on and you will survive!"

It's just that as his words fell, the morale of their own side was not boosted in any way. They had heard this sentence many times, and they had already become numb.

It's just that the people fighting on the top of the city didn't notice that behind the army of King Yang Huang of Chu, in the direction of Yuezhou in the southwest, a large yellow silk flag appeared on the horizon at the end of the line of sight, with a big "Jia" hanging on the flag "Character!

Liu Yunlong chopped down a Chu soldier again, and suddenly looked up and saw a group of black clouds appearing on the flat ground in the distance. Wherever he passed, yellow sand rolled up the ground, and smoke and dust flew up. Although the speed of the black cloud was slow, But approaching the county at a nearly constant speed.

Liu Yunlong rubbed his scarlet eyes, took a closer look, turned around with joy and shouted: "Brothers! Our reinforcements are here!"

Everyone was still numb until...until the camp of King Chu's army below the city began to gradually become turbulent, and the offensive on the top of the city finally weakened. At this moment, Jia Ying's army was less than two miles away from Yang Huang's Chu army. The place stopped, and the distance of a few hundred meters was enough for the two sides to see each other clearly!

In fact, when Jia Ying's army was still thirty miles away, Yang Huang had already received the report from the scouts, so the attack on Jiangxia City just now was the most violent wave. All the pawns going up were sent out, and they were attacking from three sides. It's a pity that Jia Ying came here while the city was in sight!

Under the cover, Yang Huang, who was dressed in a yellow robe and golden armor, asked the palace official beside him: "Where is the Tsingyi Army? Why haven't they crossed the river yet? Send someone to urge you! Ask Nan Ji and Yao Changming, do you still want this king?" Are you going to invite them?"

The official of the Wangfu gave a wink to the person behind him, and after that person rode away towards Jiangdu, Fu said to Yang Huang: "Your Majesty, don't worry, there is a concubine Nan in Jiangbei, not to mention that Yao Changming is the son of the Chu Palace. What's going to happen."

Only then did Yang Huang lightly nod his head, but said with deep reluctance: "Jia Ying only has [-] pawns at the moment, if the Tsingyi army is here, this king is enough to eat them all! Hmph!"

"My lord, let the last general lead the cavalry to charge for a while while their foothold is not stable. There are only 3000 people under the iron hooves, but they are nothing more than chickens and dogs!" a partial general begged for his life.

"Okay! If you can capture Jia Ying, I will personally celebrate for you!" Yang Huang said happily when he saw his subordinates fighting so bravely.

Seeing that the general was about to ride his horse and lead the army away, the ground suddenly trembled slightly, the palace official raised his eyes to look into the distance, and said to the people beside him: "My lord, look quickly!"

On the hillside not far to the east of Jia Ying's army, a large flag with the word "Mu" slowly rose up, and a group of black light armored cavalry appeared there like a group of silent ghosts.

Yang Huang saw the big characters on the flag, his face sank, he turned to the official and asked, "Who sent the spies in charge of Yunnan? Didn't it mean that the Zhennan army hasn't entered Guizhou yet?"

The palace official hurriedly replied: "My lord, the spies in the mansion are under the supervision of Concubine Nan, so there should be no mistakes. Could it be that Nan'an Wang Ming repaired the plank road, but secretly sent another powerful team?"

On the other side, it wasn't until Jia Ying, who was ready to order the retreat at any time, heaved a long sigh of relief when he saw the cavalry army of King Nan'an appearing.

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